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Chapter 150 Descartes' Plan

Every year on May 6th, the Swiss Guard of the Vatican held an oath in the San Damaso Court, reciting the vows that have remained unchanged for more than a century, praying that God would bless him to complete his mission successfully, and be loyal to the Pope to sacrifice his life.

This is a very solemn thing.

At that time, Charles V’s army bloodbathed the city of Rome, and all the people from other countries in the Holy See’s Guard fled. Only the Swiss stood firm.

One hundred and forty-seven Swiss soldiers shed the last drop of blood to defend the Pope. Since then, the Holy See’s Guard has used the Swiss to form

The tradition.

The reasons for these soldiers' deaths are also very unacceptable.

Back then, these brave soldiers swear to defend the Pope, but Julius II, the cowardly and benevolent Pope, ordered the Swiss soldiers not to kill the enemy because the enemy was the people of his hometown.

These Swiss soldiers had to protect their masters and obey the master's orders not to kill the enemy, so they could only make senseless resistance without complaints and regrets, and they would never survive.

Since then, the guards responsible for defending the Apostolic Palace have always been held by the Swiss.

Every year, May 6th is the day when the group of Swiss soldiers died. On this day, successive popes will review the mighty guards of these guards wearing feathered helmets, red, yellow and blue uniforms, and armed with ancient weapons. .

The Vatican Guard was founded 150 years ago and is composed of 100 Catholics, including 70 halberds, 25 noncommissioned officers, 4 military officers, and 1 priest.

In the early morning, after the pope has reviewed the guards, he will wait for the Catholics in St. Peter’s Square to gather at 12 noon. With the ringing of the church bell, the pope will appear in the middle window on the roof of St. Peter’s We made speeches.

This is a very important speech for Alexander VII.

Because, after this speech, he will officially become the master of the Vatican, the master of the Apostolic Palace, and God's first shepherd.

Alexander VII has made all preparations.

Of course, Little Descartes also made all the preparations.

When he got up early in the morning, Mr. Descartes was tired and weak, but he wanted to sleep very much. He felt that this was because he slept too late last night.

However, he insisted on sitting up, and if he wanted to take a break, he went to the Apostolic Palace to attend the Pope's speech meeting.

Little Descartes looked worriedly at his grandfather's pale face, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Grandfather, I will listen to the Pope's sermon for you."

Mr. Descartes shook his head stubbornly and said: "I must go personally. I really want to know if Alexander will mention us in this important sermon.

This is very important, my child. If the Pope’s crown can end some of the previous abuses and open a door to new disciplines, then the spring of European new disciplines will come. With this spring breeze, new disciplines will blossom everywhere in Europe.

I cannot be absent from such a grand event. "

"But your body is not strong enough to support you after listening to the sermon under the pope's crown. If you sit and listen, it will attract a lot of criticism. Instead of this, you should stay at home and let me listen to the sermon of the Pope. Come back. After that, I will tell you sentence by sentence.

It is guaranteed that no word will be missed. "

After speaking, Little Descartes looked up at Little Emily. Immediately, Little Emily approached her grandfather and told grandfather in a low voice that she hoped that the two of them could stay together alone for a while. She made a promise. You must read quietly and not disturb your grandfather's rest. "

The other professors who were already dressed in costumes, seeing that Mr. Descartes was too weak, they also advised Mr. Descartes to rest at home, and they would go to the Apostolic Palace to listen to the Holy Voice of the Pope.

Mr. Descartes worked hard twice and found that his body still didn't have enough strength to stand for a long time, so he nodded and agreed to their request.

He sent little Emily to his study to get back two invitations, and solemnly handed them to little Descartes: "You will attend the Pope's sermon for me. After the sermon, there will be a grand banquet in the Apostolic Palace.

You must thank the Pope for me and explain why I cannot attend the meeting. "

Little Descartes said: "I will definitely convey your gratitude to the pope."

Mr. Descartes nodded, and handed the two invitations in his hand to Little Descartes, saying: "Here are two invitations, one for Grand Duke Władyslaw, the head of the Teutonic Order, and one for the hospital. Grand Duke Dara Toray, the leader of the Order of Knights.

You have to remember that this is very important. In any case, please ask them to come to me for a while. I have very important things to discuss with these two heads. "

Little Descartes thought of the weapon patterns his grandfather had drawn on the paper, and sighed secretly in his heart.

At this moment, he had understood his grandfather's intentions-he finally understood that the new discipline could no longer be composed of pure literati, otherwise, these weak literary people would not have any sense of security in war-torn Europe.

At the same time, he can't rely on any country. Once attached to any country, he will immediately offend more countries.

After the Knights of the Hospital defeated the arrogant Ottoman Suleiman I in one fell swoop in Malta a hundred years ago, it was known as the Shield of Europe. The Knights of the Hospital are the most reliable armed force in the hands of the Pope.

The Teutonic Knights took another path. As early as 130 years ago, under the influence of Martin Luther, the Teutonic Knights announced that they had converted to Lutheranism, thus cutting off the title of the lord of the Knights. The contact of the Holy See announced the secularization of the Teutonic Knights.

Since then, the territory of the Knights has been changed to the Duchy of Prussia, and the then Grand Commander Albrecht became the Duke of Prussia and became a famous elector.

However, the Teutonic Order still exists as an organization.

Cut more and more powerful.

These two knights, one is retro and the other believes in Protestantism, but whether it is the Hospital Knights or the Teutonic Knights, their influence in Europe still cannot be underestimated.

It is precisely because of their strong religious color that Mr. Descartes prepares to make the two knights an armed force that the new European disciplines can rely on.

Then a brand-new university was formed, a new university with the same full disciplines as Yushan University told by Tang Ruowang, plus the integration of teaching and research by research institutions.

With the protection of these two knights, the new discipline will have an important position in both Catholicism and Protestantism.

The news that Tang Ruowang brought from the East did not make the pope and the kings vigilant enough, but Mr. Descartes saw a new teaching and research direction from the structure of Yushan Academy.

In Europe, no university can rival the huge Yushan Academy.

This unknowingly made Mr. Descartes, who had been alive, suddenly determined to work hard again. He felt that he should leave a precious legacy to little Descartes and little Emily.

The most important thing is that once these pivotal professors actively participate in the research and development of weapons, as long as they have samples, they can quickly crack the world's latest weapons and move forward on the basis of cracking.

This hardly needs to be thought of, whether it is the Hospitallers or the Teutonic Knights, once they hear of Mr. Descartes's suggestion, they will be ecstatic.

The possibility of this thing being done is too great.

Little Descartes looked at his grandfather who seemed drowsy because of the soothing and hypnotic drugs with an indescribable look. He found that until now, his grandfather was the only one who had followed the development path of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the path chosen by his grandfather would definitely become Daming's enemy, little Descartes didn't care. He felt that as long as today passed, his grandfather's dream would definitely be in vain.

After all, these people may hardly survive the explosion of fifteen artillery pieces and five thousand catties of gunpowder.

The sun gradually rose, and Mr. Descartes fell asleep happily in the voice of little Emily.

Little Descartes dressed neatly, and followed a group of well-dressed professors straight to the Apostle Palace.

When we arrived at the Apostolic Palace Square, there were already a lot of people here. Knights of the Knights were everywhere on guard, and there were also a large number of plainclothes policemen walking around in the crowd.

All the guards stared at every suspicious person.

Little Descartes and his party were assigned to the easternmost position because they only had knowledge and no noble titles.

Even if it is not a good place here, you can barely hear the pope's sermons and speeches.

If it were not because Pope Alexander VII specifically asked the cardinals to arrange places for them, they would have to squeeze in the square with the residents of the Vatican to watch the excitement.

The important figures arrived later in accordance with the usual practice. The princes of the principalities of Italy have not yet entered the arena, and the envoys of the various countries in Rome have begun to enter the arena.

Little Descartes had seen it carefully, and the envoys of Ming Dynasty did not come, which shows that the Holy See did not invite them to the meeting.

The relationship between the Holy See, Daming, and Japan is not very good, mainly because 40 years ago, the last pope did not agree with missionaries entering Daming, and Japanese missionary. He stubbornly believes that neither Daming nor Japan is. People of God.

Little Descartes's understanding of this matter is very simple-he thinks it is the result of stupidity and shortsightedness.

He forcibly resisted not going to look at the dense forest across the Tiber River, and also resisted not going to see the two stone buildings hundreds of meters away, let alone the window where the pope was about to show his head.

His face is full of curiosity, and he constantly asks the knowledgeable professors around him for the positive, as well as the big figures who are constantly appearing in the west.

It's hard to resist heraldry professor Paris.

As long as an important nobleman appears, he can tell the origin and inheritance of this person clearly just by relying on the clan emblem on the carriage.

"Dear little Descartes, have you seen it? The Grand Duke Dara Toray of the Knights of the Hospital has arrived. Look, it's the octagonal cross flag with a red background and a white background—oh, that's under the flag of the Maltese cross. That person is Archduke Dara Dragley.

Oh, my goodness, Grand Duke Władysław, the head of the Teutonic Knights, is here too. Pay attention, my child is the one under the banner of the black cross shield.

After the evangelistic meeting is over, you have to come forward and invite these two people, but before that, it is best to find a familiar cardinal to introduce you to you, otherwise, people will think that you are an insignificant dude... …"

Little Descartes nodded with excitement, so that the freckles on both sides of his nose were slightly red.

The sun rose higher and higher, and the gate of the Apostle Palace slowly opened. A large group of missionaries dressed in various monks' robes lit up the pine branches under the leadership of a group of boys, and walked out of the Apostle Palace in full.

Little Descartes, like everyone else, looked at the window in the middle of the roof of St. Peter's Basilica~www.wuxiahere.com~ The window was fully opened, and after a while, after the choir boys praised the Lord , When the grand accordion is over, the pope will appear on that window.

Little Descartes didn’t know whether fifteen guns could destroy the stone building in an instant, let alone whether five thousand catties of gunpowder could destroy the foundation of the tower, let alone whether those gunners had time, in the shortest time. The most shells were delivered to the nobles in the square in the same time.

So, because of the rush of blood, the white freckles on both sides of his nose were completely red.

There is no turning back in the bow, as long as the church bell rang, it was artillery, when the gunpowder exploded.

Professor Paris held little Descartes Khan's left hand and said: "Oh, my child, what you need at this time is quiet and calm, so that you can become the darling of the noble banquet."

Little Descartes said: "I can't wait to see the pope right now and thank him personally for saving my grandfather and saving our family."

Paris looked at the sun that was about to reach the top of his head and smiled: "Soon, soon, you will soon be able to achieve your wish."