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Text Chapter 1,229 The Pope¡¯s Ambition

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    "Your Majesty, Rome has been surrounded by the Chinese! I ordered the 5th Infantry to attack, but they were defeated by the Chinese! We have no way to leave Rome!" Petro.  Admiral Badoglio said very frustrated.  If Vittorio.  If Emanuele III could agree to evacuate Rome earlier, maybe they would be able to escape before the Chinese surrounded Rome.  But now, saying that everything is over, they can't ask for anything anymore!

    "General Badoglio, can't you think of another way? The Chinese encirclement has just been formed, maybe we still have a chance!" Giovanni.  Prime Minister Giolitti said.  If Rome cannot be evacuated, then the Italian royal family and senior government officials will be taken advantage of by the Chinese!  This will be a devastating blow to Italy. This war can be said to be over!

    "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, it's impossible! The 5th Infantry Division was bombed by the Chinese, suffered heavy losses, and collapsed. We no longer have enough troops to break through the Chinese encirclement! In addition, a steady stream of Chinese are now coming  As we move towards Rome, their encirclement will become more and more stable, and we have lost the best opportunity to evacuate Rome!" Petro.  Admiral Badoglio said.

    "It's over, we can't leave, those Chinese will kill us all!" Vittorio.  Emanuele II no longer looked like a monarch at this moment, just like a dying old man.

    Giovanni.  Prime Minister Giolitti and Petro.  General Badoglio was also silent. They all knew that this time they were probably doomed.  The Chinese built an encirclement outside Rome, and the Italians in Rome could not leave.  Once the large Chinese troops arrive in Rome, they will probably march towards Rome. By then, they will probably all fall into the hands of the Chinese.  Even if the Chinese won't really kill them, they may be forced to sign a treaty that is humiliating and humiliating the country, and even the whole of Italy will fall apart because of this.

    This is nothing short of a disaster for the whole of Italy!

    After a brief silence, Giovanni.  Prime Minister Giolitti suddenly said: "Your Majesty, General Badoglio, maybe there is a place where we can escape this disaster!"

    "Where?" Vittorio.  Emanuele II and Petro.  Admiral Badoglio looked at Giovanni.  Prime Minister Giolitti's eyes were full of hope.  They absolutely do not want to fall into the hands of the Chinese!

    "Vatican! We can take refuge in the Vatican! Although the Chinese are arrogant, if they don't want to be enemies of the whole world, they don't care about attacking the Vatican! We have enough time to arrange it! Wait until our armies in the north and south arrive  After Rome, whether it is war or peace, we can treat it calmly!" Giovanni.  Prime Minister Giolitti said.

    "The Vatican? But will Pius X let us take refuge? This seems unlikely, right?" Petro.  Admiral Badoglio looked unbelieving, Vittorio.  Emanuele III also had a gloomy face.  The relationship between the Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican is very bad.  They want to take refuge in the Vatican, which is almost impossible!

    "Your Majesty, we have no other choice now! Although there is a conflict between us and the Vatican, it is a conflict between us white people! Pius X will definitely not watch us being massacred by those infidels!"  Giovanni.  Prime Minister Giolitti said.

    Vittorio.  Emanuele II hesitated for a moment and then said: "Okay, Prime Minister, please contact the Vatican to see if they agree to our asylum!"

    "Yes, Your Majesty!" Giovanni.  Chancellor Giolitti immediately left the palace, and now they ran out of time.

    Looking at Giovanni.  The back of Prime Minister Giolitti leaving, Vittorio.  Emanuele II shook his head speechlessly.  He thinks that Giovanni.  Chancellor Giolitti's trip will surely be in vain.  The Vatican wants the Kingdom of Italy to be destroyed, so how can it agree to save their lives?

    Vatican City means "the place of the prophets" in Latin.  The Vatican was originally the center of the Papal State in the Middle Ages.  As early as the 4th century AD, the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great built the Constantine Cathedral in commemoration of the martyrdom of Saint Peter, a disciple of Jesus, in the northwest corner of Rome.  In the 15th and 16th centuries, the Cathedral of Constantine was transformed into today's St. Peter's Basilica, becoming the place where the Catholic Church holds the most solemn ceremonies.

    In the year AD, King Pepin of the Frankish Kingdom gave the city of Rome and its surrounding areas to the Pope (called "Pepin's Land Offering" in church history). It later became the center of church and political life in Western Europe, and the city of Rome was established in Italy.  The Papal State, which is the capital, has a territory directly under the jurisdiction of more than 40,000 square kilometers.  In the 19th century, European nationalism rose, and Italy's national unification movement placed the Holy See on Italian territory.After the Kingdom of Sardinia in the north of the peninsula became the leader of the unification movement, it also took the lead in establishing the Kingdom of Italy.  !As the capital of the Papal State, the city of Rome faced imminent reunification. The French Emperor Napoleon III sent troops to protect the city of Rome in the name of being the "protector of the church."  When the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870, Napoleon III transferred the troops stationed in Rome back to his home country, allowing the troops of the Kingdom of Italy to smoothly enter the city of Rome. The unification of Italy was officially completed, and the Pope was forced to retreat to the Vatican Palace in the northwest corner of Rome.  ; After that, successive popes were hostile to the new Kingdom of Italy, and even prohibited believers from participating in the public affairs of the Kingdom of Italy.

    Because of these reasons, the relationship between the Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican can be described as very bad. Now that the Italian royal family and government are desperate and want to take refuge in the Vatican, it doesn¡¯t take much to think about it. Those church officials will definitely not agree!

    In the Vatican, the top of the tower of St. Peter's Basilica can overlook the entire Rome. The current Pope Pius X (called the Pope in China, Japan and South Korea) is standing in a room on the top of the tower, looking at the smoke-filled Rome.  As early as when the Chinese army landed on the western coast of Rome, the Vatican learned about the Chinese attack on Rome.  However, none of these church members took the Chinese attacks seriously.  The Vatican is the spiritual center of Catholic believers. Even if the Chinese are pagans in their eyes, they believe that the Chinese would not dare to do anything to the Vatican.  If the Chinese dare to attack the Vatican, they will be enemies of the entire Western world!  Although the Vatican now only has 0.44 square kilometers of territory left, their status is still transcendent!

    The current Pope is Pius X, formerly known as Giuseppe.  Melchiorre.  Sa.  On August 9, 1903, Sarto was crowned the 258th Pope of the Catholic Church in St. Peter's Basilica (St. Peter's Basilica) in Rome, and was named "Pius X" to express his respect for the traditionalism of the previous Pope Pius IX.  and admiration for secular strong and unyielding characters.

    The Pope¡¯s full title is: ¡°Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Apostles, Supreme Patriarch of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Head of the Vatican City State and Servant of the Servants of God¡±

    On August 20, 1903, Pope Leo XIII died of illness; the College of Cardinals immediately held a secret election ceremony in the Sistine Chapel at the end of July; the person who had the loudest voice before was Mariano.  Cardinal Rampolla; he promoted improved relations between the Holy See and France.  He was well ahead of the other candidates in the first two rounds of voting.

    At this time, Emperor Franz of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who obtained election information through illegal channels.  Because of his opposition to France, Joseph I publicly expressed his opposition to the election of Cardinal Rampola and exercised his veto power. Soon, the French government also intervened in the election, making the election difficult.

    Although the Vatican Cardinals staged a strong protest, under the influence of this, the situation began to change; on August 4, 1903, at the end of the fifth round of elections, Cardinal Salto was elected as the new Pope of Rome.

    At this time, Salto was deeply saddened by the repeated interference of European monarchs in church affairs since the 10th century, and refused to accept the Holy See of Peter, and strongly demanded that leakers in the election meetings be investigated and severely punished.  Later in the College of Cardinals and Mariano.  After Cardinal Rampola's strong persuasion, he reluctantly accepted the papal position.

    After succeeding to the throne as Pope, Pius X was determined to revitalize the Papal State, move out of the small Vatican, and expand the territory of the Vatican.  However, the Kingdom of Italy's hostility and vigilance towards the Vatican left the Vatican without any chance.  This has always bothered Pius X!

    "The Chinese military strength is too strong. It seems that the Kingdom of Italy is doomed this time. It is a pity that the Chinese are not the people of the Lord. Otherwise, the Vatican can achieve rapid development with the help of the Chinese strength!" Pius X  He said with some regret.

    "Your Majesty, the Chinese are all pagans. They have destroyed the United States and killed many of the Lord's people in this war!" Mariano.  Rampolla said with deep disgust.  He is full of disgust for China, a country that has killed many white people.

    Pius X nodded, he didn¡¯t have a good impression of China either.  In China, the imperial power is far superior to that of the divine power.  The Holy See has declined in the West, let alone the East, so there is no market for them at all!

    "Your Excellency Cardinal, it seems that we can strengthen our ties with Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They will win this war. I think the Vatican should congratulate them! If they can support the Vatican in a new round of expansion,  That¡¯s the best!¡± Pius X said with a smile!
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