Chapter 376 The source of the money war
The Hurricane of the Reformation instantly broke out across the entire land, and the Holy See did not even have time to make any effective response. This huge organization has now been corroded by money and is full of loopholes. It is like a crumbling building. Anyone who pushes it will collapse directly.
The words in the Bible penetrated into everyone's hearts, and Father Martin Luther successfully sowed the seeds of hope in his own way with the help of Eugen.
The Holy See is over and the Pope is over. The authority of the past will no longer exist. This is an extremely painful blow to all the churches in power.
In this case, the Pope and the Holy See urgently needed a hole to vent their anger and shock the persuasive believers, so they turned their attention to Eugen.
To be precise, it is the junction of Eugen and the Vettelsbach family.
The war between these two huge forces is about to break out. The Holy Sees this opportunity and they want to take revenge. In the eyes of the Pope, Eugen is no longer the servant of the loyal God, but a shameful betrayer, Judas.
They helped Eugen so much, but now Eugen actually turned around and gave them a fatal blow to their most vulnerable place.
The Pope himself is also a believer of God. He serves God devoutly and is willing to help those whom God cares about.
But this does not mean that he has no selfish desires. In fact, in the Holy See's system of wealth accumulating, the Pope is the most benefited. In this position, he is the emperor in the entire Christianity, with supreme authority and huge interests.
And now, because of Eugen, all this is about to disappear.
How could the Pope not be angry? What's more, the cardinal in the Earl Mead family instigated him. Under various factors, the Pope finally stopped hesitating and launched a church war against Eugen.
At the first moment, Cardinal Modesar, who had once had close ties with Eugen, was controlled. He was a student of the Pope, but at this moment the Pope was already blinded by anger, and he could not listen to Cardinal Modesar's words at all.
Cardinal Modsar wanted to persuade the pope to solve this problem with Eugen in a more friendly way, so that the losses could be minimized.
He was completely considering the Holy See and the Pope. Because he had contacted Eugen, Modsar knew very well how terrible Eugen was, and it was absolutely unwise to be an enemy of such a person.
What's more, Eugen now has the support of the royal family, and he is the son-in-law of Princess Maria, the future prince, whom Charles VI was appointed. No matter what, such a person should not be too terrible with him.
But the Pope was unwilling to listen to Modesar's opinion at all. He even asked someone to tie Modesar up and imprison him in the dungeon of the Holy See.
In this way, seeing that even his own student and the next Pope Modesar were detained, the other cardinals naturally did not dare to object. So, the huge machine of the church was completely mobilized, aimed at Eugen's forces and began to accumulate strength, ready to send a fatal blow.
It has to be said that the power of the Holy See is naturally unique to the fact that it can occupy the European continent for thousands of years.
Over the years, although the strength of the church has been weakened, they can still recruit nearly 50,000 church troops to start a war at this moment.
Although these armies have not undergone any formal training, their combat effectiveness is quite strong. After all, they are all madmen who are brainwashed by their faith.
Soldiers like this are extremely terrible when they go to the battlefield. Many well-trained armies are unwilling to fight with the church army, just because they are afraid of the lifeless way of fighting.
Fifty thousand church troops, plus forty thousand Vitelsbach's army, nearly one hundred thousand troops began to invade Eugen's territory from the West, and the war was about to break out.
On the part of the church, they directly claimed that Eugen was a pagan, and they were going to cleanse the city of Leber, bring the glory of the Lord here, and erase the sinisterness of the world.
The Wittelsbach family took advantage of maintaining business order. They believed that Eugen's behavior was disrupting the domestic market, which would cause everyone to suffer a painful lesson, and may even cause famine. So they launched such a war to stop Eugen.
Both sides have such high-sounding reasons, but after all, their essence is indeed the same, but they are all for money.
The Vettelsbach family was for the benefit of the business of the Holy Roman Empire, and the Holy See was for the benefit of the church. Eugen touched these two quick cakes, and they had to resolve them through war.
After all, it depends on who has the bigger fist.
Of course, Eugen could not give in, and he could not give in. Now, Leber City has reached a critical period of development. It is like standing on the edge of a cliff, either jumping out and soaring into the sky, or falling down and falling to the ground and breaking into powder.
At this critical moment of life and death, even rabbits know how to resist, not to mention that Eugen is still a giant dragon.
His city of Leber and his dragon city are no longer the fledgling little boy.
At present, Lebir City has a strong industrialization, and requires people, money and guns. Its strength cannot be compared.
The city of Leber is now like a angry dragon with its teeth and claws, spewing terrifying heat in its mouth, and a rumble of thunder will be heard when glaring at the eyes.
And the most important thing is that his enemies have no idea how powerful Eugen is now, and they underestimated the enemy too much.
But this cannot be blamed on the Duke of Lorraine and the Pope. In fact, in this battle, everyone is optimistic about Lebre City.
In any case, the time when Lebour City was established was too short. Eugen served as the lord of Lebour City until now, and it has only been a year since.
In just one year, no matter how strong the lord is, how much changes can a city undergo?
Therefore, if this is a bet, I'm afraid everyone will bet the chips on the Vettelsbach family and the Holy See. This time, the odds between the two sides are very different. The Vettelsbach family and the Holy See are less than 0.1, while the odds for Lebach City are up by 100.
Not only is he a passerby who is unknown, but also Charles VI, the supporter of Eugen, is also very unpopular with Eugen.
Before the war broke out, Charles VI declared it in the name of the emperor, demanding that both sides stop the war immediately.
Unfortunately, the Habsburg family is showing weakness now, and Vienna has just tried its best to fight and has not yet breathed. Therefore, this deterrence of the royal family is only symbolic and has little substantial significance.
Chapter completed!