Chapter 2062 Ligation of Vasily III?

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In fact, in addition to robbing the population and forcing Vasily III to give up the claim to the Byzantine throne, Marin has a third hidden task, which is-to rob the top Orthodox Church in Moscow! Then, take it to Rome and make them "anyway".

Since the fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Turkey in 1453, the influence of the Orthodox Church has been hit hard. It is ironic that even the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople should be appointed by the Sultan of the Peace Church.

Moreover, Turkey also converted the Hagia Sophia, the main church of the Orthodox Church, into a mosque, and became a puppet universal patriarch, and was forced to change the patriarch's residence to St. George's Cathedral in Fanar. Although it is also in the city of Constantinople, its influence is incomparable to that of Hagia Sophia.

Because the right to appoint the universal patriarch was taken away by the pagan sultan, many senior priests of the Byzantine Empire were not reconciled to the decline of the Orthodox Church, so they fled Constantinople. But where could one go after leaving Constantinople? The west is full of "heretical" Catholic territories, and only the Slavs have a few Orthodox countries. But most of these Orthodox countries are too weak, or they are facing the giant Turkey. Therefore, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which is far away from Turkey and powerful, has become an ideal place for Orthodox priests who are unwilling to sink.

A large number of senior priests of the Orthodox Church went into exile in Moscow. They missed the glorious years supported by the Byzantine Empire and needed the support of the secular regime. Therefore, many Orthodox priests pinned their hopes on the ruler of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, hoping to support the Grand Duchy of Moscow to unify Eastern Europe. Conversely, it is also hoped that the Grand Duchy of Moscow after the unification of Eastern Europe can feed back the Orthodox Church.

The Grand Duchy of Moscow has always been ambitious, and also hopes to get the spiritual and ideological support of the church to stabilize the legal system. So, the two sides hit it off. Even when Princess Sophia married Ivan III as his successor, it was all facilitated by church figures in Moscow.

Why did the people of the Moscow Orthodox Church do this? Isn't it for the blood of the Byzantine royal family? Vasily III was a man of Byzantine royal blood. In fact, Vasily III, as the youngest son, was able to rise to the throne, and after killing his nephew Dmitry, he was able to sit firmly in the country, thanks to the support of the Orthodox Church of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. After all, believers are more obedient to the words of the church. If the church propagandizes that the monarch is reasonable and legal, most common people will blindly follow and trust it.

Although it is said that Princess Sophia married Ivan III as a continuation string and was a matchmaker for the Roman Catholic Church. Originally, the Holy See hoped to promote the merger of Catholicism and Orthodox Church.

However, Rome was actually used by the Orthodox Church. The priests of the Orthodox Church have no desire to merge with Rome. After all, who wants to be governed by "heretics"? Moreover, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which has benefited, did not send troops south to hold Turkey back as the Holy See expected, but instead kept beating the Catholic country Lithuania.

Therefore, the result of this political marriage is that Muscovites have benefited, but failed to fulfill their promises. On the Roman side, it really lost its wife and lost its soldiers.

In other words, the reason why Vasily III seized the Byzantine throne was not only the ambitions of both their mother and son, but also the instigation and support of the Moscow Orthodox Church.

Even if Vasily III succumbed, if the people on the Moscow side of the Orthodox Church were not happy, they would continue to encourage Vasily III to seek the Eastern Roman throne. No matter how bad it is, the descendants of Vasily III will be fooled into trying to seize it.

For safety reasons, it is actually safer to kill Vasily III directly, including the heirs of Vasily III. But there was no custom throughout Europe to kill a captured monarch either. Marin didn't want to break this convention, because if he killed Vasily III by hand, it meant that others could kill him or Caesar unscrupulously in the future. This risk is a bit big.

In addition, Marin hopes to gain population benefits from the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

However, he didn't want the Grand Duchy of Moscow to collapse like this. Because once the Grand Duchy of Moscow collapses, it will be cheaper for Lithuania, as well as Turkey and Crimea in the south.

These two parties are already very powerful forces, no matter who annexes the Grand Duchy of Moscow, it will be a big deal. The Grand Duchy of Moscow has a population of tens of millions, and anyone who swallows it will swell into a giant and become a dominant existence.

If Lithuania swallows the Grand Duchy of Moscow and is subject to its system, there may not be a particularly big threat. If the Turks took the opportunity to go north from the south and annex the Grand Duchy of Moscow, it would be a real disaster.

This means that Turkey will increase tens of millions of peace believers. In addition, get the huge granary and military source in Eastern Europe. Turkey is already very strong, and if it annexes the crippled Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Christian world will not be confused...

Therefore, Marin would rather keep the ambitious Vasily III than kill him. After all, as long as he is still alive, he can barely support the Grand Duchy of Moscow from being annexed. Then, a balanced situation is formed in the Eastern European region.

Marin is not worried that Vasily III will not surrender, as long as he is caught, he is not worried that he will not publicly give up his coveting of the Eastern Roman throne. After all, the throne of Byzantium is just a illusory thing that cannot be fulfilled. At least, the current Grand Duchy of Moscow can't make it happen. Not to mention the current Grand Duchy of Moscow, even the Tsarist Russian Empire, which was later known as the European steamroller, could not really win the throne of Eastern Rome. The main reason is that Constantinople has always been in the hands of Turkey, and it will remain in the 21st century.

But for the high-level Orthodox Church in Moscow, Marin was determined to tie them back to Rome this time. In addition to being able to invite credit and rewards from the Holy See, it also has the meaning of dispelling the ambitions of the Moscow Orthodox Church.

After all, almost all the top Orthodox church leaders who encouraged the Grand Duke of Moscow to seize the Byzantine throne were concentrated in Moscow, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. As long as the city is broken, the priests who advocate the "Third Rome" can be caught. As for the remaining Orthodox priests, most of them are not too enthusiastic about this statement. Because, those who are keen on this statement are basically promoted by Vasily III and placed in the center of Moscow, the Grand Duchy, and their ranks are not low.

As long as all the senior priests in Moscow are wiped out, basically, most of the forces advocating the "Third Rome" will be lost. Even if there is a fish that slips through the net, it will not be a climate.

However, what if this theory revives in the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the future? Or get rid of Vasily III?

Marin struggled for a long time, and finally thought of a way - or, sterilized Vasily III? As long as he can't give birth to another child, there will be no future troubles...

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