Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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"Your Majesty, the Aztecs really turned to the devil this time! According to the report of Bishop Torres who had retreated to Aome, someone saw Montezuma drink a large amount of alcohol at the coronation ceremony held in the town of Sonora. cup of blood!"

The man who yelled at the military council presided over by the emperor himself was Cardinal de Sumagara of New Spain.

Although Leopold I now hates the cardinal who pissed off the "merchant devil" with the Count of St. Chris, he is not Louis XIV after all, and he does not have the power to remove the archbishop of Mexico City.And because of the enormous influence and secular power of the Catholic Church in New Spain, Leopold I could not exclude de Zumagala from his decision-making circle without him being deposed by the Holy See.

And Bishop Desumagala was not reconciled to losing his cardinal throne like this, so he is also working hard to save himself these days.On the one hand, he sent his cronies to Rome with huge sums of money to plead with the Pope; on the other hand, he also worked hard to cooperate with Leopold's rule, in order to pay off the crime.

At the same time, he did not forget to slander Shang Fangguo and Montezuma—if they are devils, then of course Bishop Dezumara, who gave the devil smallpox, is innocent.

As a Catholic archbishop, it is politically correct to fight against the devil, how could he be guilty?

If he is innocent, his cardinal will be saved!

So today he got a report from Raul Torres about Montezuma's "becoming a demon", so he ran to report to Leopold I very excitedly.

After hearing what the archbishop in red said, Leopold really looked helpless... Why is this devil becoming more and more real?

If the devil is real, who should resist it?Caesar's business belongs to Caesar, but does the devil's business belong to God?

Thinking of this, the Spanish emperor asked Bishop de Zumagala: "Archbishop, there is no misunderstanding in Bishop Raul Torres' report?"

"No, absolutely not." The archbishop said with certainty, "Bishop Torres had arranged for the most loyal believers to lurk in the town of Sonora before evacuating Hermosillo...he saw Montezuma in Sonora with his own eyes. He became king and drank blood! In addition, he also reported that Montezuma also announced in the town of Sonora that all the land belonging to the Spanish nobles in New Spain would be confiscated and distributed to the Indians..."

"what?"

"Unforgivable!"

"Damn it, has he forgotten that he's a Spaniard too?"

"No, he's a devil!"

"Yes, he must be a devil!"

Before Emperor Leopold could make a final judgment, a group of Spanish nobles in the conference room jumped up.

If Montezuma just rebelled, they wouldn't be so angry.But this guy dares to talk about the land!

He wants to divide the land!

Is this what people do?This Montezuma wants to do this kind of thing, can he not be a devil?

Although Leopold I had no land in New Spain, he also could not tolerate such behavior.

But whether it can be determined that Montezuma has been possessed by the devil, the Spanish emperor is still undecided.

While he was hesitating, the voice of Lieutenant General Eugene von Savoy suddenly came from outside the door: "Emperor, Your Majesty has an urgent military situation!"

Military emergency?Could it be the devil...

The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became tense.

"Come in, lieutenant general."

The Spanish emperor remained calm.

Then I saw the door of the conference room being pushed open, and the small Lieutenant General Eugen walked quickly to the emperor's side, bowed, and then said: "Your Majesty, the Military Committee has just received an emergency request from the Northern Passage." Military newspaper...the Incas are attacking the castle, the situation is very critical!"

Chapter 834 I Can't Stand It, Please Please Heavenly Father!

Incas?

Why are there still Incas?

Leopold's head was getting bigger, and a merchant devil abroad and an Aztec king who took refuge in the devil had already made him, the Spanish emperor, in a hurry.Now the Inca are back again... Seeing this, Peru will also be in chaos!

Thinking of this, he said to the Marquis of Mendoza, who was about to go to the vice king of Peru: "Marquis of Mendoza, Cerro de Pasco in the Viceroyalty of Peru owns the largest silver mine in the world, which is the most important source of the empire's finances. Pillars. Therefore, the Viceroyalty of Peru is not allowed to cause any further disturbances, and the Incas who dare to rebel must be suppressed immediately!"

The Marquis of Mendoza hurriedly stood at attention, and then respectfully bowed to the emperor, "Of course, my lord, the rebellious Incas will definitely be suppressed... but the northern passage that Lieutenant General Eugen mentioned is not within the territory of the Viceroyalty of Peru. .”

"Not in Peru?" The emperor was taken aback, "Isn't the Inca Empire in South America?"

"Yes, the Inca Empire is indeed in South America." The Marquis of Mendoza replied, "However, the Northern Passage is in the northern part of New Spain...there is the main route from the hinterland of New Spain to the Rocky Mountains."

"Rocky Mountains?" The emperor was taken aback again, "How did the Incas get to the Rocky Mountains?"

Archbishop Desumagara took the emperor's question and replied: "Your Majesty, in fact, there have always been legends of seven lost Inca cities here in New Spain.

It is said that these seven cities are located deep in the Rocky Mountains and were established by seven Inca princes and their followers who fled to North America.The huge wealth brought out from the Inca Empire is also stored in the city!

In the early years, because of this legend, the New Spain Governor's Palace also organized many expeditions to the Rocky Mountains.But the expedition didn't find the seven lost Inca cities...the matter was over.It now appears that these seven Inca cities should exist. "

"But how did they escape from the collapsed Inca Empire to the Rocky Mountains?" Spanish Emperor Leopold I questioned again, "They couldn't have walked to the Rocky Mountains through Mexico, could they? Did they go from the Caribbean Sea or the Pacific Ocean? ? But did the Incas have such navigational capabilities?"

Archbishop de Zumagala replied: "Your Majesty, the Incas may not have such sailing ability...but their ally Shang Fangguo has such ability!"

The Marquis of Mendoza also added: "Your Majesty, according to reports from the Torres and Garcia missions, the Shangfang Kingdom has maintained diplomatic contacts with Aztec and Inca. At that time, the Shangfang Kingdom was in civil strife, so it was unable to send reinforcements. However, it still has the power to send ships to bring the fallen Inca princes to North America and place them in the Rocky Mountains."

"Damn devil!" Leopold I scolded, "it must be those merchant devils who are making trouble... They used the Aztec Montezuma to incite the Indians to rebel, and supported the Incas to attack us from the north , These devils are really too hateful!"

He looked back at Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, the newly established commander-in-chief of the Spanish Imperial Army, "How many defenders do we have in the northern passage? Can they hold the army of the Incas?"

The Duke of Lorraine shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, we have very few defenders in the northern passage castle, less than 800. It should be no problem to deal with ordinary Indians, but now their enemies have got business The Incas aided by Fang Guo's army...there may even be a merchant army directly participating in the battle.

So our northern portal has most likely been lost! "

This fortress, known as the Northern Passage, is about three thousand miles from Mexico City.And there is no express [-]-mile or [-]-mile express in New Spain, so the news sent to Mexico City is sent from the northern passage seven or eight days ago.

If the Inca army attacking the northern passage had received strong support from the Shangfang Kingdom, the fortress may have fallen.Even if it is not lost, it is impossible to persist until the arrival of reinforcements from Mexico City.

The Duke of Lorraine said worriedly: "Now the northern and northwest gates of New Spain have been opened...and the strength we have is not enough to stop the enemy's advance in two directions at the same time."

Although the territory of the Governor General of New Spain is very large, the population under its jurisdiction exceeds 1000 million.But the current management and organization are very poor, and the mobilization ability is of course extremely poor.And because the two governorships of New Spain and Peru have been at peace for a long time, most of the whites and mixed-race whites in the territory have not seen war for more than 100 years.Therefore, there is a shortage of excellent officers and veterans, and the Earl of San Crist ruined the most elite forces of New Spain in a failed sneak attack.Although the German military nobles brought by Leopold were all veterans of war, almost none of them could speak Spanish.Those Indo-European or Indians who enlisted for a few pesos knew little of German, French, or Latin.

So the military camp in Mexico City was noisy every day, and I saw a group of German-speaking German officers furiously reprimanding Spanish-speaking Indo-European and Indians.And those Indo-European mixed races and Indians came here with the intention of cheating on the military pay, whatever you want to scold them, they just pretend they didn't hear...in fact, they don't understand either!

In desperation, Emperor Leopold had no choice but to send people to Europe to recruit mercenaries—fortunately, the policy of Shangfang Kingdom torturing prisoners of war and forcing people to commit suicide to hell completely angered the white and mixed-race white ruling groups in New Spain and Peru.Although they didn't dare to send anyone to help the emperor fight the war, they had plenty of money, and if they dug out a little bit, it would make Leopold very rich.

The Spanish emperor Leopold counted the days in his mind, and after confirming when the troops hired from Europe would arrive, he asked: "Can we wait for the troops hired from Europe to arrive and concentrate our forces to attack the enemy first? "

"It's also very difficult," said the Duke of Lorraine, "because we still can't judge where the main force of the Shangfang Kingdom is? They may be in the north, maybe in the northwest, and they may take the sea to raid Acapulco... If we On the way to concentrate our forces to attack the enemy, the main force of the merchant army happens to be in another direction, then we may lose the Mexica Valley!

And...if the army we hired from Europe happens to meet the main force of the merchants, I am afraid they may not be able to win. After all, the merchants are likely to be helped by the devil! "

The last words of the Duke of Lorraine are really shocking!

It's not that the Spanish emperor's army didn't work hard, but there are devils in the business side!Even German mercenaries from Europe are afraid of the devil!

"Bishop!" Leopold I had no choice but to look back at the Archbishop Desumagala who made him very unhappy, "Caesar's affairs belong to Caesar, and God's affairs belong to God... Does the devil belong to Caesar or to God? "

It was his question that Archbishop Desumagala was waiting for.

The cardinal immediately replied: "Your Majesty, of course the devil's business is under God's control!"

"Then what is God going to do?" The Spanish emperor humbly asked the cardinal again.

"Your Majesty the Emperor," the cardinal told the emperor with a dignified expression, "God is omnipotent. As long as he is willing to act, he can crush the devils in the Shangfang Kingdom at any time... But God is also busy. He There are many important things to do, and I can't take care of killing the devil for the time being.

Maybe the devil in Shang Fangguo is God's test for us... and as faithful believers of God, all we can do now is pray! "

"Only prayer?" Leopold seemed dissatisfied, frowning, "But when we pray, more Indians will be bewitched by the devil! Archbishop, I think you should understand that the current situation Very urgent!"

"Your Majesty, of course I know that the situation in New Spain is critical." Archbishop Desumagara said with a serious face, "So I am going to leave immediately and go to Rome in person... to ask His Majesty the Pope to ask God directly, please Merciful God help us, the humblest of human beings!"

The Pope of Rome is said to be able to communicate directly with God... The effect of the Pope asking God to appear in the world to kill demons is naturally the best.

From the beginning of the meeting until now, Leopold I, who had been frowning all the time, finally showed a smile: "Great, as long as His Majesty the Pope personally asks our father in heaven, the heavenly father will definitely save us." .

It takes about three months to get from Mexico City to Rome... and three months later, the troops we hired from Europe should all be there. Will they be able to defeat the Aztecs, Incas, and others without the help of the devil? What about the merchants? "

"Your Majesty," Archbishop Desumagara reminded, "God will only destroy the real devil for us, and those pagan countries that are as powerful and evil as the real devil are Caesar's business!"

Leopold was stunned for a moment, still didn't understand what the red-clothed archbishop was talking about?His brother-in-law, the Duke of Lorraine, has already opened his mouth to remind: "Your Majesty, there are not only demons behind the Shang Fang Kingdom, but also the Ming Empire! We are still in a state of war with the Ming Empire... and the Shang Fang Kingdom and the Ming Empire are of the same language and the same species Allies!"

"Your Majesty," the Marquis of Mendoza also said, "We must end the war with Ming now, and ask Ming to remain neutral in our war with Shang Fang."

"Yes, but how should this be done?" Leopold I asked with a frown.

"Your Majesty," the Marquis of Mendoza thought for a while before saying to Leopold in a very painful tone, "We must cede the Philippine colony...and may also need to pay a large sum of compensation to the Ming Empire!"

The Marquis of Mendoza has also grown up, and he will use land cession to pay compensation!

Leopold glanced again at Archbishop Desumagara.

The archbishop said: "Your Majesty, in order to defeat the devil, it is necessary to make concessions to Daming."

The Marquis of Mendoza was a Spanish nobleman who represented the interests of the white nobility in New Spain and Peru.Archbishop de Zumagala is the representative of the Catholic Church in New Spain and Peru.

Both of them now support the confession to Daming, and Leopold, an outsider, does not have to insist any longer. He sighed and said to the Marquis of Mendoza: "Marquis, then I will appoint you as the special envoy of the Spanish Empire. Daming asked the emperor for peace. When you get peace from Daming, come back and be the governor of Peru!"

The Marquis of Mendoza stood up and bowed to Leopold, "Your Majesty, I will definitely not let you down."

The situation in New Spain seems to be quite critical, so the two waves of people sent by Leopold to cede land, pay compensation, and ask God moved quickly. The next day after receiving the order, they left Mexico City, and then A group of people headed west, and a group of people headed east, heading straight for the port.

Although the two waves of people left Mexico at the same time, because the Atlantic Ocean was much narrower than the Pacific Ocean, Archbishop Desuma Galla, who was in charge of inviting God, arrived in Europe one step ahead, and saw the man who was about to meet God in Rome. Alexander VIII—the Pope was a bad old man when he was elected. He is now in his 80s, and his mind is a little unclear, but he still received this "sinful" German in the Vatican Palace. Archbishop Sumagala.

"Brother Desumagala!" the old Pope sat on his throne, and after the archbishop kissed his shoes, he said to him in a reproachful tone, "Your sins are serious, and now you must piously repent to God, In order to avoid going to hell... I can arrange for you to go to the Serrama Monastery in Sicily to live in seclusion! Well, that's it! May God forgive your crimes, Amen!"

"Papa (Papa)... what are you talking about?" Desumagala almost jumped up at the words of the demented pope.Why is he going to the Sicilian monastery when he is fine?

The old pope looked at the archbishop and was taken aback for a while, before asking, "Are you Brother Desumagala?"

"Yes, I am Desumagala."

"That's right!" the old Pope said with a serious face, "The emperor said in his letter to me that you and the Earl of St. Chris sent people to spread smallpox to the merchant country in North America...and it failed. ! Didn’t kill a merchant, only killed 10,000+ Indians! God, this is a huge sin, and it’s going to hell! Even I have to go to God for you to repent... I shouldn’t put Mexico The Archbishop's seat sold to you stupid, stupid bastard... God forgive me, Amen!"

It turned out that Emperor Leopold made a small report... The archbishop was so annoyed!But he had nothing to do with the Spanish emperor, so he suppressed his anger and said to the pope: "Papa, the situation has changed now. There is sufficient evidence to prove that the people of Shangfang have surrendered to the devil for a long time, and they are all devils. Believers, it is precisely because of the help of the devil that they are free from smallpox, and they also defeated the Count of St. Chris who went to attack! Papa, His Majesty the Emperor sent me to Rome to ask you to lead us to fight the devil! "

Chapter 835 Land cession, compensation, exorcist!

As soon as he heard that he was going to lead someone to fight the devil, His Majesty the Pope immediately became furious and shouted, "What? Devil? Brother Desumagala, you are talking nonsense because you are afraid of being punished." ? Do you think you can avoid punishment by talking nonsense like this? If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will have someone send you to the monastery of the Holy Island in Scotland... That is the edge of the Christian world, surrounded by cold Surrounded by sea water, there is only a little poor food on the island, and there is not a single woman in sight, and those Scottish monks who believe in God will wash your sinful heart with a whip!"

"Papa, you can't do this to me!" Archbishop Dezumagala immediately took out two envelopes and handed them to the Pope with both hands, "Papa, this is a letter written by the Spanish emperor, which can prove what I said about the devil. It's all true, we really met the devil in America..."

"Both letters belong to the emperor of Spain?" The pope took the two envelopes angrily, and found that one of them was sealed with wax, so he handed the envelope to one of his attendants and asked him to help him open it. An envelope was left unsealed, and there was still writing on the envelope.So the old pope took out his reading glasses tremblingly, put on the envelope and looked at it in front of his eyes, and murmured: "Your faithful servant, Benito de' Medici... ..."

After reading this, more than half of the anger on the pope's face has disappeared.

Because Benito de Medici is the head of the Medici Bank, and the Medici Bank has been faithfully providing the most reliable financial services to the Holy See and the Pope for hundreds of years.

The Pope hastily took out the letter paper from the envelope, read it carefully, with a smile on his face, and spoke with Archbishop Desumagala in a much gentler tone: "Okay, Brother Desumagara , You don’t have to go to the monastery to be whipped, and I can change you to be a cardinal... How about going to Austria? Emperor Louis is preparing to counterattack Vienna. If you can succeed, you will be able to atone for your sins.”

At this time, the Pope's attendant had already taken out the letter from Emperor Leopold from the wax-sealed envelope, and handed it under the Pope's nose with both hands.

So the Pope did not discuss the "value" of the Austrian archbishop with Desumagala, but took the emperor's letter and began to read, "What? Is there really a devil? How is this possible?"

"Papa, the devil really came out of America, it's absolutely true!" Dezumagala said in an extremely positive tone, "There are people who saw Count Montezuma, a descendant of the Aztec royal family, at his coronation ceremony. Drink a big cup full of blood!"

"God!" The pope suddenly yelled at this moment, "The emperor actually asked me to communicate with God, asking God to deal with the devil..."

Seeing the pope's reaction, Desumagala was a little confused, "Papa, what's the problem? Isn't our father in heaven always in touch with his representative on earth?"

Although the cardinal is greedy and vicious, his faith is firm.He firmly believes that God created all things, and he also believes that the Pope represents God.But Pope Alexander VIII was very skeptical about whether he could represent God...!

Because he has never communicated with God since he became Pope, not even once!Whatever he said to God, God never answered.So he was very suspicious because he was not in the right place - he was the pope elected by bribery!So God didn't want to talk to him.This is really sad. Although Alexander VIII bribed elections, sold priests, had illegitimate children, and killed people, he was extremely loyal to God.

"Of course, I talk to God every night!" Of course, the pope can't tell others the secret that God ignores him, so he can only lie against his conscience-he can't let people know that he is the only one who can't talk to God. Zong.The Pope before him told him that every night he chatted with God, and sometimes the heavenly brother Jesus and the Virgin Mary would appear...

Thinking of Jesus and Mary, the old Pope added: "Sometimes I will talk to Jesus and the Virgin!"

It's amazing!

Desumagala secretly made up his mind that when the old pope went to see God, he would choose the pope at any cost, so that he could communicate with God, Jesus, and the Virgin Mary!

"Someone is here!" The Pope yelled again at this time, "Go ask Brother Justice Philip to come over."

This Philip brother is the Philip of the "Roman town magician". He went to China to investigate black magic in his early years, and later served as an Austrian cardinal. After the fall of Vienna, he continued to lead the Austrian Catholics to fight against the Ottoman Empire. , was recommended by Emperor Louis to Rome as a judge.Because I know that the sinner Desuma Galla has returned to Rome and is going to see the Pope today.So Justice Philip had been waiting outside the Pope's audience hall with several Swiss mercenaries belonging to the Inquisition.

So as soon as the pope's attendants summoned, Justice Philip came in aggressively with two Swiss mercenaries to arrest people... This is a rare big fish!

"Brother Philip," the old Pope waited for Philip to kiss his shoes, and instead of asking Philip to arrest him, he asked in an expectant tone, "Are you willing to fight the devil?"

Philip turned his head and glanced at Desumagala, who was standing by the side with his back bent, thinking, "You corrupt devil! It's finally going to fall into my hands!"

"Papa, I am willing to fight the devil!" Philip's answer was decisive!

"Okay!" The old Pope nodded with satisfaction, "Then I will appoint you as the special exorcist envoy of the Holy See, bring the best exorcist of the Holy See, and go to America with Brother Desumagara to help Emperor Leopold Deal with the devils of Shangfang Kingdom!"

What?Instead of catching the devil Desumagala, but going to America with him to deal with the devil of Shang Fang Country?

Philip thought to himself, "How much did you old Pope charge Desumagala?"

"Papa," Philip had said just now that he would resolutely fight against the devil, and of course he couldn't break his word right away, so he had to tell the Pope, "I am very willing to go to America with Brother Desumagara, but...we drive The devil itself has no magic power, we can only rely on the power given by God to fight against the devil. The only way we can get the power given by God is to pray, but we are just some humble exorcists and cannot directly communicate with God, so we need your help."

Beads of sweat were already forming on the pope's brow, but he still couldn't admit that he couldn't actually communicate with God.