69novels Chapter 564
Chapter 564
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Mainz looked at the Pope with a strange look. He just asked a question casually to kill time. Was the other party so excited? He is already seventy years old. Is it really good to be so excited?
The current Pope Pius XI is actually quite unlucky. The period when he succeeded to the Pope has always been the most difficult time for the Papal States, especially after Mussolini’s coup. Italy’s attitude towards the Papal States took a sharp turn for the worse, making their situation worse day by day. Now because of the shortage of materials, they even have difficulty in supplying daily necessities.
Under such circumstances, it is hard to say whether the Papal States can survive.
Although the Italians did not send troops to attack Vatican City, they can achieve the same effect by cutting off the supply of materials.
As a country within a country, Vatican City is very small, less than 0.5 square kilometers. With such a small amount of land, it is basically���There are no churches, squares and other religious places, so they basically have no arable land and do not produce any food themselves.
The population of the Papal States is not small. At this time, there are more than 2,000 people, most of whom are clergy. To feed these people, at least 10 tons of food, vegetables and other materials are needed every day, and these things all need to rely on imports from outside.
But the problem lies here. Italy cuts off their import channels, making it impossible for them to purchase materials from outside.
For the Papal States, they are not actually short of money. Believers around the world have donated a lot of money to them. They can use this money to purchase materials, and there is extra money to hold mass and other activities.
However, having money does not necessarily buy things, especially when they only have one neighboring country, and this neighboring country is quite hostile to them. Whether they can buy things depends entirely on the attitude of the Italians. If the Italians cooperate a little, then their purchases will be fine, but if the Italians do not cooperate, then there will be a big problem!
This is the situation that the Papal States are facing now. Mussolini is very hostile to them. Not only does he not cooperate, he even sends troops to cut off their channels for importing materials, causing their supply of materials to be interrupted.
Fortunately, Mussolini did not cut off the channels for personnel to travel in a desperate manner, so many people go to the Papal States for pilgrimage every day. These believers from all over the world have more or less heard about the situation of the Papal States, so before going up the mountain, most of them will purchase some necessities of life and bring them up to donate to them, which allows the Papal States to receive a certain amount of supplies every day.
Because Italy does not allow large-scale carrying of supplies, the amount of supplies that each person can bring up is very limited, and they can only rely on a large number of these things to give them these things, resulting in their supplies barely being able to maintain, but life is tight and very difficult!
At this time, the Pope was already thinking in his heart whether he should bow his head to the Italians, admit his mistakes, and give up his claim to the original territory of the Papal States in exchange for peace with each other.
After all, if they don’t live in peace, they will all starve to death!
However, he doesn’t think so now, because he thinks Mainz might stand on his side and support him!
If they have Hans’ support, then they don’t have to be afraid of the Italians!
In front of the Third Reich, Italy?
There is no way they can fight against Hans at this time. So, the Pope became more and more excited, as if he saw the Papal States return to its peak, and they were calling the shots in the world again!
So the Pope was so excited that he didn’t have time to confirm Mainz’s true thoughts. He wishfully thought that Mainz really wanted to help them, so he immediately swept away the previous shadow in his heart, and became looking forward to hosting the coronation ceremony for Mainz!
Now, I’m afraid he is the one who is most looking forward to seeing Mainz wearing the crown!
After all, only after helping Mainz to ascend the throne and be crowned, he would have the nerve to ask for support from the Third Reich openly!
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In the expectation of the Pope, leaders of various countries soon arrived at the Palace of Versailles.
As the former royal palace of Gaul, the Palace of Versailles is very magnificent and luxurious in terms of scale and interior decoration.
Many leaders of various countries entered the Palace of Versailles for the first time, so they were very curious about everything in the Palace of Versailles.
Similarly, they were more curious about the real purpose of the Hans!
During the First World War, countries signed the Treaty of Versailles in the Palace of Versailles. At that time, this was the place where countries divided the fruits of victory and determined the post-war order.
At this time, Gaul had been defeated and Hans became the victorious country. Hans summoned them together. Could it be that he wanted to divide the fruits of victory in Gaul?
However, the sun never sets, and the people have not been defeated yet. Is it really good to leave this enemy unsolved and divide the fruits of victory here?
With all kinds of questions, everyone was curious and entered each other’s positions under the guidance of Hans’ staff, waiting patiently.
At nine o’clock in the morning, the ceremony officially began.
After announcing a long paragraph of words in Latin that no one could understand, the Cardinal in White officially announced that Mainz was crowned emperor!
This news caused an uproar among the crowd. Some people showed an expression of”as expected”, as if they had long guessed that Mainz would become emperor.
Some people showed a look of surprise, as if they had never thought that such a thing might happen!
President Rossford stared at Mainz with a gloomy face. He wanted to see whether Mainz would accept the Pope’s coronation!
For all countries, the collapse of the Second Empire and Hans’ entry into the Republic Era from the Empire Era are symbols of Hans’ progress.
After all, compared to Hans in the Empire Era, Hans in the Republic Era is obviously more peaceful, and their policies and actions are more predictable. Unlike the Second Empire Era, because there is a middle-aged emperor, Hans may make unexpected moves at any time!
If Mainz accepts the coronation at this time and Hans returns to the Empire Era from the Republic Era, it will be the sorrow of the entire Hans!
An emperor who is above all citizens and all rights can decide a matter based on his personal preferences. The people and politicians have almost no room to intervene, and their objections are useless!
This kind of thing where one person decides the actions of a country will greatly threaten the security of all countries around Hans, because after the reconstruction of the empire, Hans’ policies will become more unpredictable.
However, Mainz has always given people the image of a tough hawk. Before he became emperor, he was very happy to start wars and use wars to expand Hans’ territory.
Once he became emperor, how could he give up this convenience and stop the war?