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"His Holiness the Pope, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy Giovanni. Jollietti begs to see you! A young clergyman went up to the room at the top of the tower and addressed Pope Pius X.

"Giovanni. Jolliti? What is he here for? Let him go, the Vatican doesn't welcome him! "Pope Pius X has not yet spoken, and the Secretary of State of the Holy See, Mariano. Rampola spoke, and he did not have any good opinion of the officials of the Kingdom of Italy. If it weren't for the armed occupation of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy, the Holy See would not have cowered in the Vatican like it is now!

"Did he say something was wrong?" Pope Pius X asked. Although the Vatican and the officials of the Kingdom of Italy did not have a good relationship, the two sides generally did not interfere with the water of the well. After all, the Vatican is surrounded by the territory of the Kingdom of Italy, and all daily necessities and other necessities need to be transported from the territory of the Kingdom of Italy. If the two countries really go to war, it will be unusually bad for the Vatican. Of course, in view of the special status of the Vatican, the Kingdom of Italy will not excessively persecute the Vatican, and the two sides can barely be regarded as peaceful coexistence!

"Majesty, Giovanni. Prime Minister Joliti has come to ask for help. Now that the Chinese have surrounded Rome, government officials and the royal family of the Kingdom of Italy hope to take refuge in the Vatican. Otherwise, those Chinese will kill them! The clergy replied!

"Humph! Those guys in the Kingdom of Italy, do they have such a day? Sue him, the Vatican won't help them! "The Secretary of State of the Holy See, Mariano. Rambora said hatefully. The Kingdom of Italy was out of luck. He seemed very happy.

"Alright. Your Excellency Cardinal, although we have a discord with the Kingdom of Italy, the Lord teaches us to have mercy on His people. Jean Giovanni. Prime Minister Jolitti go to my study, where I will meet him! Pope Pius X said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" After the clergy saluted, they turned and left.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to help those people in the Kingdom of Italy? Those guys are the culprits of our Vatican! "The Secretary of State of the Holy See, Mariano. Rambora said with some dissatisfaction. Although God taught them to be generous, even those who claimed to have dedicated everything to God. It's still inevitable to have seven emotions and six desires.

"Your Excellency, this may be an opportunity for us in the Vatican! Now that the Kingdom and Government of Italy are at their wit's end, if we allow them to take refuge, then we may be able to make the Italians pay! Give us back Rome, for example! Pope Pius X said with a smile. The Vatican is only so small that it is simply impossible to raise the strength of the Catholic Church. If the Vatican's territory can be expanded, it will undoubtedly further enhance the Vatican's strength. At the very least, the Vatican can accommodate more clergy. These children of the Lord will take Catholicism to a greater height!

"Give us back Rome? That's good. But. Will the Kingdom of Italy agree? "The Secretary of State of the Holy See, Mariano. Rambora said with a frown. It would be a great thing for the Vatican to regain Rome. It's just that the Italians probably won't agree. Rome is, after all, the capital of Italy, and it is almost impossible for the Kingdom of Italy to hand over the capital!

"Of course, it's an exaggeration to let them give Rome back to us! But it's not impossible to get them to pay more for the land! As the Vatican expands, we will be able to build more churches and train more clergy to spread the glory of the Lord! "Pius X's face is full of longing. Every pope has made it his mission to expand the influence of the Catholic Church in the world. It's just that as science has become more and more developed, the influence of Catholicism has become weaker and weaker, which has made every pope distressed!

"Well, His Majesty the Pope, I agree with you!" Secretary of State Mariano. Rambora said. In the face of great interests, he decided to forget for a moment the hatred between Jì and the Kingdom of Italy!

Ten minutes later, Pope Pius X met with Giovanni, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, in his study. Jolietti.

"His Majesty the Pope, good morning!" After meeting Pius X, Giovanni. Prime Minister Giolitti was very respectful. Although he did not have a good relationship with the Vatican, as a Catholic, he was still full of reverence for God's spokesman in the world!

"May God bless you!" Pope Pius X had a radiant radiance of divinity.

It was only after the clergy brought coffee and left that Pope Pius X lifted the disguise.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, is there anything you want to do during your visit to the Vatican today?" Pope Pius X asked knowingly.

"Your Majesty, the Kingdom of Italy has now suffered a great catastrophe! The Chinese surrounded Rome, and the royal family and government officials of the Kingdom of Italy were probably not spared! Therefore, we hope that His Majesty, for God's sake, will allow us to take refuge in the Vatican! "Giovanni. Prime Minister Jolitti said with a wistful expression. If they are rejected by the Vatican, then they may be more than lucky this time!

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, although there is some tension between the Vatican and the Kingdom of Italy, all believers are equal before God. It's just that the Vatican is too small, I'm afraid it can't accommodate many people! Pope Pius X said with a look of embarrassment.

"Your Majesty, there are not many people, there are only more than a thousand people in the royal family and high-ranking government officials and their families, and the Vatican can fully accommodate them!" Giovanni. Prime Minister Joliti said hurriedly. As for those ordinary people, they are not counted. Anyway, although the Chinese are extremely vicious, they will not wantonly slaughter ordinary people!

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, you also know that those Chinese are heretics, and if the Vatican allows you to take refuge, I am afraid that you will take a big risk!" Pope Pius X said.

"Damn, don't you claim that God will save the world? Why is it still a businessman's face? "See what Pius X looked like, Giovanni. Prime Minister Jolitti cursed in his heart. However, there was nothing unusual on his face!

"His Majesty, the Vatican is the spiritual center of all Catholics, and the Chinese will definitely not dare to be presumptuous here! If the Vatican can accede to our request for asylum this time, the Kingdom of Italy will support the Vatican in the future. Plus, we can pay the Vatican 100 million lira a year to spread the splendor of God to the whole world! "Giovanni. Prime Minister Jolitti said.

Pope Pius X was noncommittal, 100 million lire, although it is a lot, but for the Vatican, it is nothing. The amount of donations that the Vatican receives every year from Catholics is astronomical, enough for them, the clergy, to live in a very luxurious life. He doesn't care about money, it's about the territory of the Vatican!

"Your Excellency, if the Kingdom of Italy can return Rome to the Vatican, then we can allow you to take refuge this time!" Pope Pius X said bluntly.

"What? Give Rome back to the Vatican? That's impossible! "Giovanni. Prime Minister Giolletti immediately jumped to his feet, he knew that Vittorio. Emmanuele III would not have agreed to such conditions.

But the Vatican's territory is too small to proclaim the glory of the Lord! In this way, expand the territory of the Vatican by a hundredfold! Pope Pius X said.

Giovanni. Giuletti still shook his head, the center of Rome is only five kilometers away from the Vatican, and if the Vatican's area is expanded a hundred times, it will be 44 kilometers, which is enough to occupy a very large part of Rome!

Eventually, after some haggling, the two sides reached an agreement. The Vatican allowed the royal family and high-ranking government officials of the Kingdom of Italy to take refuge, and the Kingdom of Italy promised the Vatican that, after escaping this disaster, the land close to the Vatican would be allocated to the Vatican, expanding the territory of the Vatican by 22 kilometers, which is equivalent to 50 times the current one!

After reaching an agreement with the Vatican, Giovanni. Prime Minister Giolitti immediately returned to the Royal Palace of Caserta.

Kingdom of Italy Vittorio. Emmanuele III was very unhappy about ceding more than 20 square kilometers of land to the Vatican. But when his life was in danger, he had to grit his teeth and agree.

Before 11:35 a.m. on May 20, senior Italian royal and government officials and their families hid in the Vatican.

At half past one in the afternoon, the main forces of the 7th and 8th armies of the Chinese Army surrounded Rome and routed two infantry divisions that had come to the rescue of Rome. Subsequently, two armored brigades, two cavalry brigades and an infantry division of the Chinese army entered Rome. At this time, the Italian army in Rome had already lost the fighting spirit to resist. As a result, the Chinese Army's battle to capture Rome was very smooth, with little to no decent resistance, and before 4 p.m., they captured the whole of Rome!

However, it was at that time that the squadron found out that something was wrong! The King of Italy and the high-ranking officials of the government were all gone, and they did not know where they had gone, as if they had put on their wings and flown away. However, the whole of Rome was surrounded by the first squadron, and there were fighters of the carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy in the sky. The king of Italy and the high-ranking officials of the government can be said to be difficult to fly!

Subsequently, the Chinese army carpeted the city of Rome to search for the traces of the Italian king and high-ranking government officials. Soon, they got the news that the Italian king and high-ranking government officials had gone into hiding in the Vatican. However, they were unable to enter the Vatican to arrest people. In the previous bombardment and bombardment, they had deliberately avoided the Vatican! (To be continued......)