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Chapter 46

Roger felt like his head was pounding. He took a few deep breaths, calmed down, and then asked, "What did Mu Tieyi say?"

"tell him……"

"Go and fetch him."

"Yes." Danny took the order and left.

Roger sat sulking, but after a while he stopped being angry and started laughing.

He thought, had he encountered a six-eared macaque? It was quite interesting.

A string of hurried footsteps like small drums ran all the way. After receiving permission, Intelligence Chief Mu Tieyi followed Danny into Roger's room.

Roger faced the Arab directly. He knew the temper of this nerd, so he didn't talk nonsense.

He asked directly: "What happened to Heinrich of the Holy Roman Empire? Tell me carefully."

Mu Tieyi saluted according to the rules, and then began to report like a teacher in class:

"The third king of the Roman people of the great Franconian dynasty, the Holy Roman Emperor, the German Duke of Bavaria Heinrich IV,"

With a fake smile on his face, Roger told himself to be patient and show respect for intellectuals.

Back then, he laughed at his father, but now it's his turn. He feels that he can definitely do better than his father.

"He was the eldest son of Heinrich III, Holy Roman Emperor, and his mother was Agnes of Poitou."

Roger thought, what does the question I asked have to do with his mother? His cheeks were twitching, and he could hardly hold on to his smile.

"Heinrich IV, who was only four years old, was crowned king by Archbishop Hermann II of Cologne in the imperial capital Aachen. The following year, he was elected Duke of Bavaria at the behest of his father."

Roger's whole body felt like he was being electrified. He stretched and retracted his fingers repeatedly to scratch something, but he still gritted his teeth and endured.

"Heinrich IV was only six years old when Heinrich III died unexpectedly..."

"enough!"

Roger couldn't stand it anymore. He wanted to scratch the whole wall. He thought, what a mess this is.

He asked directly: "How old is Heinrich IV now?"

"55 years old." Mu Tieyi answered firmly.

Roger let out a sigh of relief. He thought that it was a good thing he stopped this Saracen early, otherwise he would have to answer for the rest of the day.

Roger changed the question and asked directly: "Danny has asked you about the two envoys, please tell me what happened?"

"This starts with Heinrich IV just now..."

"Stop, I just want to listen to what happened recently. Please explain it clearly in the most concise terms."

After Roger finished speaking, he felt that his tone was too harsh, and it was not good for the old minister left behind by his father.

So he added in a gentle tone: "I know you are a language expert, I think this request is not difficult for you."

Mu Tieyi nodded in agreement. He thought about it for a while and then said:

“Earlier this year, Heinrich IV’s second son, Crown Prince Heinrich, with the instigation of the princes, used conspiracy to replace Heinrich IV’s position and became the new king Heinrich V.

And imprisoned for four lifetimes.

But King IV escaped and was recruiting an army in Liège to take back the throne. The two envoys were sent by these two kings."

Roger generally understood, and he pointed out a wording mistake in Mu Tieyi: "You just used the word 'king', but I remember that the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire should use the word 'emperor'."

"After I thought about it, I think it is more correct to use 'king'." Mu Tieyi answered seriously.

Danny interjected: "What difference does it make?"

Roger seemed to see Mu Tieyi knocking on the small blackboard and starting to highlight the key points.

Mu Tieyi said: "The emperor of the empire is crowned by the pope, and the coronation ceremony of the succeeding king can be presided over by the religious leader of the country.

After Heinrich V was crowned king by the country's religious leader, he hoped to be crowned emperor by the pope.

But the new Pope Pascal II, who succeeded Urban, refused.”

Roger looks like a good student who studies hard.

He asked: "You used the word 'emperor' when you first introduced the fourth generation, why did you call him 'king' in the end?"

Mu Tieyi is like a serious teacher who will not refuse students' questions.

He replied: "This starts with Pope Gregory VII.

As soon as Gregory VII ascended the throne, he promulgated the famous "Papal Bull". The purpose of this bull is that the pope is infallible. There is one article in it: "The pope can depose the emperor."

Heinrich IV was very dissatisfied, and they fought for a long time. Finally, Heinrich IV led his troops to capture Rome.

Heinrich IV deposed Pope Gregory VII, appointed Clement III as pope, and accepted Clement III's coronation in Rome."

Roger was very interested. He remembered that Adelaide taught him "never let the Holy See get on top of you."

He never thought that someone could control a pope by himself. He dreamed that one day he would try it too?

Danny was addicted to what he heard, and he asked: "What happened next?"

Muteyi then continued: "Later, your uncle, Robert Guiscard, the leader of the Normans in South Italy, assisted Gregory VII and recaptured Rome."

Roger perked up and thought, it turns out we Normans still have a role to play.

He asked excitedly: "What happened later? After we liberated Rome, did we fight those German devils back to their hometown?"

"Later, the Normans plundered Rome and were driven out by the angry Roman people, including Gregory VII, who also fled with them."

Roger blushed with embarrassment. He thought, this is really something the Normans can do.

He quickly changed the subject: "So, Heinrich IV is the emperor, why do you call him king?"

"Because he was excommunicated, even the current Pope Pascal II insists on not recognizing him as a Christian. The emperor should be the secular protector of Christendom, so I don't think Heinrich IV can be called emperor.

.”

"Understood," Roger said very clearly now, "let's just sit back and watch the civil war in the Holy Roman Empire. It's best for the father and son to knock their brains out. I won't see either of those two envoys."

Roger thought, under the current situation, of course he would choose to hug the Pope's lap tightly.

He told Danny: "Go and separate the two envoys. You must send people to ensure the personal safety of the two envoys. Don't let them die on our territory, so as not to give people an excuse."

As for their entourage, let them fight. If you damage the flowers and plants in Palermo, remember to ask them to pay for it."

Danny took the order and left.

Roger turned to Mu Tieyi and said, "There are other envoys. Go and find out their purpose."

"But I'm not familiar with them."

Roger's brain twitched for a while, and he reminded: "You are the intelligence chief. Isn't it your job to deal with intelligence?"

"But, that, I don't know how to do."

"Use your brain to think of a way, for example, use what you are best at, um, what are you best at?"

"I'm good at translating."

"Yes, then you can use your best translation skills. Can you, um, translate? Well, um, in short, use your brain, you can always find a way, go ahead and do it."

Roger pushed Mu Tieyi out of the door, who was confused by the task.

Finally, he said to Mu Tieyi: "Remember to write a report to me before I accept the title."
Chapter completed!
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