Seeing the prince making a quick decision, Nathan had a short-circuit for a moment. When did His Highness the prince become so sensitive and decisive?

"Why are you still standing there? Go quickly?" Seeing Nathan still stunned, Tim kicked him angrily.

"Yes, Your Highness, Prince." Nathan came to his senses and hurriedly led the people away.

Tim took a deep breath to calm himself down. This may be the first time he had confronted the church power represented by Edward after traveling through time.

Now that the power of the church has completely taken the upper hand, Tim hurriedly gathered the Algarve army and controlled all the nobles' families. Only when the army was back, the nobles' families had controlled it, so he had no fear.

Although the church is very powerful, no matter how powerful it is, can the army be powerful? The nobles dare to listen to the church? Very good. Do your family still want it, and do your wife and sons still want it to live.

Of course, the reason why Tim did this is because he remembers a history deeply - Kanoza's interview.

At that time, the German King Henry IV and the Holy Roman Emperor Gregory VII had a dispute over the appointment of bishops. Pope Gregory VII naturally believed that the power of church was above everything else. The pope not only had the right to appoint bishops, but also could depose the monarch. Such power seemed to be natural and given by God.

But the question is that King Henry IV of Germany did not buy it. Perhaps he belonged to a kind of person who was a small man and a big man. When he ascended the throne at the age of six, his mother was regent. After taking power at the age of ten, he began to expand the royal territory. This naturally conflicted with the nobles and caused conflicts.

Perhaps at that time, perhaps in order to defeat the nobles and win the support of the pope, he once agreed to give up the king's right to appoint the bishop. After defeating the nobles, he turned his back on his word, no longer recognized the agreement with the pope, and insisted on letting his court priest serve as the archbishop of Milan. The pope advocated the negotiations between the two, but the German emperor ignored it and announced the dethronement of the pope. The pope confronted him and announced the termination of his subjects' pledge to Henry IV, dismiss his religion, and planned to incite the German nobles to start a rebellion and start a rebellion.

This is a fatal decision, which means that in the religious world of Europe, not only does the legitimacy of Henry's royal power do not exist, but even life will become a pagan, and the nobles who were originally dissatisfied with Henry in various places also took the opportunity to rebel with the support of the pope.

Henry IV surrendered under unprecedented pressure, so in January 1077, when the snow was heavy in the winter, the German king Henry IV dressed in a sinner: barefoot, wearing a felt robbery, led his wife to kneel in the snow outside the castle of Canossa where the pope was stationed for three days and three nights, begging the pope for forgiveness.

My goodness, it's so cold, I knelt for three days! Some people regard him as a foreign version of "Take a Thorn" and some people regard him as a hero and do not suffer any loss at the moment. No matter what others say, the king Henry IV at this time was like a grandson of the three grandsons, and he humbly asked the Pope for forgiveness. This is the meeting of Kanoza.

Later, two endings spread.

One: Henry IV, who suffered spiritual humiliation, was forgiven by the Pope. The latter finally came out of the castle after three days and three nights to give the former a kiss to forgive his guilt. Henry IV has saved his church. You should know that the church at that time was much more effective than the current household registration and ID card used in China.

2: Never think that the Pope has the last laugh. Henry IV probably believes that a real man can bend and stretch, and it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. Later, after his status was consolidated, he sent troops to Italy twice, expelling Pope Gregory VII and causing him to die in a foreign land, which was equivalent to directly forcing the Pope to death.

For Tim, he naturally believed in the second ending more. As long as he grasped the weaknesses of the army and the nobles in advance, who would win the destiny?

What's more, he wouldn't do too much, nor would he dare to do too much, so he wouldn't go to Italy to challenge the authority of the pope. If this triggered the Crusade incident, it would be too deadly.

Tim's idea is very simple now, which is to control the influence of the church in the Algarve region, and to allow the bishops here to be replaced and used by him when necessary. As for how rampant and arrogant the church forces in other parts of the European continent are, it is really not up to him to take care of it. Just clean up the snow in front of your own door.

It’s just that all this is easy to say, but it’s not easy to do. You need to plan in detail.

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Early the next morning, all the residents of Algarve City saw many white-clothed monks frequently entering the homes of the nobles. After a while, these nobles followed these monks to hurry to the church. In just half a day, Algarve's nobles almost all concentrated in the church, and no one knew what they were going to do.

"Why did you think the Bishop summon so many masters to church?"

"I don't know either, but I heard from my brother who is a servant in the royal palace that yesterday, His Highness the Prince seemed to have had a conflict with the Bishop. That afternoon, the Bishop was carried out of the palace. I guess the Bishop must have been angry and I want to teach His Highness a lesson."

"Worry, are you idiot going to kill us?" Seeing him shouting so loudly, a person next to him immediately stepped forward and blocked his mouth.

There are always some idle people in the market who like to gather together to talk about these things, but they dare not speak too loudly, otherwise what awaits them may be the monks in the church or the heavy guards in the royal palace.

Tim sat in the palace, eating grapes leisurely and spitting grape skins. The guards around him stood with a serious expression on both sides waiting for the orders of His Royal Highness. The entire hall was extremely silent.

"Your Highness, all the nobles have been invited away by the church. Our army is already outside the city." A soldier trotted into the hall, breaking the atmosphere of silence.

After hearing this, Tim threw away the grapes and quickly stood up from his seat: "Very good, tell Nathan that he can act, and let the army gather in the square, I want to give some lectures."

The lecture must be carried out for Tim. After all, in this era, it is really a problem whether the army can listen to him sincerely. I am afraid that if the army all falls to the church, then I will probably have to die first at the hands of my own people.

"Yes." The guard agreed and turned around and went to execute the order.

Tim turned around and picked up the teacup on the table and drank it hard, cleared his throat hard, and then rushed to the square under the crowd.

This square is behind the royal palace. Generally speaking, this square is an exclusive place to entertain nobles or hold royal gatherings. Usually, there are special people to guard it, and ordinary people must not enter.

By the time Tim rode his horse to the square, the army had already gathered, and the number of troops was about 10,000.
Chapter completed!