Three months later, in the 29th year of Chongzhen, which was the first month of 1656 AD, Ferdinand III, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and Archduke of Austria, returned to Rome in disgrace.
However, when Ferdinand III came back this time, he was captured by the Ming army.
Yes, the 500,000-strong HRE army was defeated by the Ming army, and Ferdinand III became a prisoner of war of the Ming army. He was also the second emperor to be captured after Pope Alexander VII.
As a result, the peace talks that had been stalled for half a year began again.
Looking at Ferdinand III sitting across the long table, Chongzhen asked with a smile: "Ferdinand III, do you still insist on the previous conditions?"
Ferdinand III's old face instantly turned into a monkey's butt.
Bullying, this dog emperor Chongzhen is bullying people.
If you hit someone without slapping them in the face, or scold someone without exposing their shortcomings, how can you expose others' shortcomings in public?
Seeing that Ferdinand III no longer dared to speak harshly, Chongzhen said again: "Okay, after more than half a year of calming down, I believe everyone has regained their senses. Now we can sit down and have a good chat."
"Of course, of course." Mazarin, fearing that Ferdinand III or some idiot king or duke would be fooled, quickly took over and said, "We fully support your Majesty the Emperor's opinion. It's time to have a chat."
After a pause, Mazaran said again: "I wonder if I can hear your Majesty's opinion first?"
"Yes, this is an experienced minister who can plan for the country." Chongzhen gave Mazaran a thumbs up.
"Don't dare." Mazaran looked frightened on the surface, but in his heart he was cursing Chongzhen. The dog emperor was trying to drive a wedge between France and other countries.
Sure enough, as soon as Chongzhen finished speaking, Ferdinand III and others cast suspicious glances at Mazaran, wondering whether France had reached some secret agreement with the Ming Dynasty in the past six months or so, right?
Mazaran felt bitter, but he couldn't explain it. He couldn't just say that we didn't reach an agreement. Then wouldn't it mean that there was no three hundred taels of silver here? Ferdinand and the others would only become more suspicious.
This is yellow mud falling down the crotch, it is either shit or shit.
Smiling, Chongzhen continued: "The conditions for the Ming Dynasty are very simple. There is only one condition: the Roman Pope will remove his papal title and abolish the coronation power of all emperors, kings and princes in the Christian world. Furthermore, there will be no more dioceses in the Christian world.
There are no longer clerical hierarchies such as cardinals, cardinal priests and cardinal deacons. All churches will operate independently from now on, and the presiding priest of each church needs to obtain authorization from the patriarch."
Upon hearing this, Pope Alexander VII's expression suddenly became dejected.
But prime ministers and kings such as Mazarin and Ferdinand III were astonished.
Isn't it? Daming's conditions were so simple? They worried for a long time in vain.
Jiang Tianyi, Zheng Sen, Wang Fuzhi and other Ming generals sneered, these idiots.
When Chongzhen, Jiang Tianyi and others proposed this condition before, they couldn't understand it. They all felt that this condition was too cheap for a country in the Christian world.
No matter what happens, at least some war reparations will be required.
However, Chongzhen told them that what he wanted was not war reparations, but the whole of Europe.
Then, there was a fierce debate between the monarchs and ministers about how to conquer Europe in the shortest time.
Jiang Tianyi, Zheng Sen and other generals insisted that the best way to conquer was to gradually encroach and conquer by force. Since they currently do not have enough ability to occupy the entire Europe, they should first occupy a corner of Rome, then control the Apennine Peninsula, and then use the Apennine Peninsula as a base.
It gradually expanded outward until it occupied the entire Europe.
Then Chongzhen asked Jiang Tianyi and the others a question: How long will this process take, how many people will be sacrificed, and how much will it cost?
Jiang Tianyi, Zheng Sen and others couldn't agree on what they were talking about, and no one could give a definite answer.
Chongzhen told them that this process would take at least fifty years, or even hundreds of years, and the number of Ming soldiers to be sacrificed and the price to be paid would be astronomical.
At first, Jiang Tianyi, Zheng Sen and others were not convinced, thinking that Chongzhen was exaggerating.
Because judging from the many battles between the Ming army and the European coalition forces, the performance of the European coalition forces was not much better than the nomadic armies in Central Asia, and was only slightly stronger than the Mughal Empire's army.
However, Chongzhen told them that this view was wrong.
The European Allied Forces performed poorly in field battles, but their performance in defensive battles was excellent. The direct proof is the European Allied Forces' defense at the Astrakhan Line of Defense.
Chongzhen even pointed out a cruel fact.
Europe has just ended a large-scale war, that is, the Thirty Years War between Catholics and Protestants. This war greatly gave birth to the innovation of military technology in Europe, and also had a direct consequence, that is, the entire Europe
The continent is almost covered with bastions, and the number of bastions is tens of thousands!
In a word, the European armies are not good at field battles, but they are still very strong at defensive battles.
What's even worse is that there are bastions all over the European continent, and coupled with the army that is good at defense, this is very troublesome. If we really push it all the way, we don't know how many people will die in battle. Although the Ming Empire's army is huge, it can't stand up to this.
It is a consumption method, so we must think of another method.
A better solution would, of course, be to fragment Europe and plunge it into a prolonged warlord war.
So, how can we fragment Europe? The answer is simple: dereligion.
Except for the ancient Roman era, Europe has never been unified, but there is still a unified gene within it, which is a unified religion, that is, Christianity.
Even though Christianity is divided into Catholicism, Protestantism and Orthodoxy, the New Testament is still believed in.
It is precisely because of the existence of Christianity that Europe will not slide into the abyss of loss of control, because at the most critical moment, religion will stand up to mediate and prevent various countries from falling into life-and-death genocide.
But if we dereligionize and make European monarchy higher than divine authority, it will be equivalent to taking away Europe's unifying genes.
At that time, the frictions and wars between European countries will no longer be about blood or power between nobles, but will become cruel struggles between countries, races and races. The wars at that time will
It will become more cruel, the scale of the war will be much larger than it is now, and the consumption of Europe will also be greater.
Of course, if left to its own devices, a unified empire would eventually emerge on the European continent, just like the Chinese Qin State that conquered the six countries and finally completed the great cause of unification.
Unfortunately, Europe no longer has such an opportunity.
Because European countries do not have as much time as Qin.
It took the sixth generation of the Qin Dynasty to finally complete the unification of China.
But the Ming Dynasty only needed twenty years at most to recover and recuperate.
Then we can launch a super-large-scale war of annihilation against Europe.
Twenty years later, the six major towns and fifteen small towns of the Ming Dynasty will have a total of 900,000 soldiers, which can produce at least 1.8 million second-generation soldiers. By then, there will be a huge army of more than 2.7 million people.
With this huge army of 2.7 million people, it is enough to complete the digestion of the Indian Peninsula and the European continent.
As for the American continent and the Australian continent, they are not so anxious, because as long as the European continent is conquered, no one can compete with the Ming Dynasty for the American and Australian continents. Just those indigenous people? Or those who have been exiled to these two continents?
Thousands of criminals? We can kill them all in minutes.
Chongzhen's eyes swept across the faces of Mazarin, Ferdinand III and others, and asked with a smile: "What do you think? If there are no different opinions, let's sign the peace treaty."
"I do, I have a different opinion." Alexander VII panicked, "Your Majesty, as long as the Ming Empire is willing to recognize the inheritance of the Holy See, the Holy See is willing to submit to the rule of the Ming Empire, and the Holy See is even willing to pay compensation.
, we can pay compensation for this crusade launched by Christendom.”
Alexander VII was so anxious that he even sacrificed the interests of Christendom in order to keep the Holy See.
The reason is also very simple. As long as the Holy See still exists, and as long as the Holy See's rule over the Christian world still exists, what does a little money mean? Hundreds of millions of believers in Europe will continuously make offerings to the Holy See.
However, if the Holy See is gone, then nothing really exists anymore.
Upon hearing this, Chongzhen smiled and turned his attention to Ferdinand III and other monarchs and prime ministers.
The result was not what Chongzhen expected. Ferdinand III, Mazarin and others all jumped out to express their opposition.
To be honest, Ferdinand III, Mazarin and other secular monarchs and prime ministers really couldn't see that Chongzhen's condition was only good for them, not bad.
The advantage is that it strengthens the power of the secular monarch.
After all, from now on, there is no need for a coronation from the Holy See.
Moreover, the old Christian rituals still exist. For example, cathedrals in various countries still exist. The only thing is that the abbot of the church needs to be appointed and removed from the Ming Dynasty.
But what does it matter, because the head of each church can only be selected from the priests of the church, and the head of the Ming Dynasty can only choose from the backup candidates. Besides, Christianity has lost the power to crown kings. Who can
What impact does being the host of various churches have on the kingdom? No impact!
Anyway, Mazaran and the others couldn't think of any disadvantages.
Therefore, this is not a conspiracy at all, but a conspiracy.
The final result is self-evident. This proposal was supported by all secular monarchs, prime ministers or representatives. Only Pope Alexander VII fiercely opposed it. But Alexander VII himself was just a prisoner, so what could his opposition mean?
So the Roman peace treaty was soon signed with formal documents.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the 29th year of Chongzhen, on the day of the Lantern Festival, the Roman Peace Treaty was officially signed.
The European monarchs, prime ministers, and representatives headed by Ferdinand III happily signed the peace treaty. These monarchs, prime ministers, and representatives did not know that with the signing of this peace treaty, the entire Christian world was officially fragmented.