However, the bait thrown by the Catholic Pope was too big. It took no effort to collect all the Italian alliance and the entire Apennine Peninsula!

Even Xiao Yunyang could still split the Italian Peninsula into several provinces, ensuring that this peninsula that has not been chaotic in war will never be integrated, and naturally it will not be able to resist the rule of the Han Empire.

"Haha, there is no so-called international sanctions in this world, and my name as a tyrant has been confirmed. Why not take the bait and then take the blame?"

Xiao Yunyang sneered repeatedly, ordering the foreign minister to agree to the conditions proposed by the Pope, but added one to see the surrender of the entire Italian alliance within three months!

In just three months, even if the Catholic Church relaxes its spread, how many believers can it develop?

But in three months, it was enough for the Han Empire to split and annex the surrendered armies of various states and implement military control!

At that time, unless Xiao Yunyang suddenly dies, the Italian alliance will always become a historical term.

In January 2011, the Han army finally peacefully 'liberated' the entire Italian Peninsula.

Although the process was a little abrupt, under the strong suppression of all parties, the unwilling stubborn resisters were quickly suppressed.

At the same time, the Catholic Church also began to build churches in the territory of the Han Empire!

At this moment, Xiao Yunyang saw the Catholic Church's strong financial resources!

Since the Han Empire did not liquidate the surrendered nobles and preserved most of their positions, the province was established very smoothly this time.

After the establishment of the Venetian province, the Han Empire successively added Lombardy, Sardinian, Genoa, Tuscany, Roman, and two Sicily provinces in just three months.

The main bodies of these provinces are the big states in the original Italian alliance, and the small state territories are all included in these provinces, and the Pope was changed to Roman provinces. The Vatican was conferred the residence of the pope, enjoying religious and political independence, comparable to the country among the country.

This is actually a preferential treatment for the Catholic state religion.

It was precisely this practice of the Han Empire that ensured the full cooperation of Catholicism.

The Apennine Peninsula was also renamed the Italian Peninsula as a commemoration of the Italian League.

This is a political show, and Xiao Yunyang naturally would not insist on offending most of the aristocrats who once had an Italian alliance for a place name.

After occupying the city of Rome, the random mission was successfully completed. The Han household registration under Xiao Yunyang's command suddenly increased by 15,000, and the total number reached 20,000!

It was precisely because of the additional 15,000 Han households that the Han Empire greatly alleviated the "famine" of Han officials and established government teams in various provinces in the shortest time.

At the same time, vigorous political marriages have begun one after another, and the beautiful traditions of the Han Empire cannot be discarded.

A political marriage with Han officials is equivalent to being included in the ruling class of the Han Empire, similar to getting a talisman.

After the marriage, the noble families on the Italian Peninsula breathed a sigh of relief. Their military power was completely lifted by the Han Empire's unreasonable and forced to abide by the Han Empire's series of restrictions on private soldiers' escorts, which was equivalent to the knife handle being removed. Of course, I was worried that Xiao Yunyang would turn against him and let them all be dropped...

However, although Xiao Yunyang had the ability to knock out these Italian nobles, it would be of no benefit to the Han Empire.

Rule power cannot be obtained by killing a group of nobles. Without these white local nobles to connect and help manage the local area, the Han high-ranking officials will not be able to leave the city at all after they take office.

These white local aristocrats were an important link to the foundation of the Han Empire. Although they were not very powerful, they had become an indispensable part of the Han Empire.

In a peaceful atmosphere, the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire were in panic.

The French nobles and the national nobles of the Holy Roman Empire never expected that the Italian alliance would kneel in just three months, and they would kneel so simply and thoroughly!

At the same time, many nobles in the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire who were more greedy and afraid of death began to make plans for their own way of retreat.

Surrendering to the Han Empire seemed to be a good choice. Although the local nobles were deprived of military power, their rights and status had not been reduced at all, and they also became the in-laws and families of the superior Han Dynasty. As long as they did not touch the red line of the Han Empire, their status would be considered solid.

In fact, what the direct-governed provinces of the Han Empire really control is just the villages and towns around the key transportation points, and the large areas of the countryside are actually the private lands of white local powers.

They were like local emperors in those towns. The Han Dynasty had limited Han bureaucracy and the lives of the Han people were very expensive, so they would not be sent to remote villages and towns to serve as governors.

This means that the Han Empire and the local white nobles implemented decentralization, and the white powerful people also gained considerable benefits.

Xiao Yunyang didn't care about the life and death of white civilians, so he turned a blind eye to the local white civilians.

The Han Empire was so big that it didn’t have so much energy to manage villages and towns.

This means that the small and medium-sized nobles in the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire did not decline at all.

In fact, the aristocratic class who surrendered to the Han Empire only had the real aristocrats and even the royal family's rights shrank severely. After all, their power was too great, and establishing a province directly under the jurisdiction would definitely restrict their rights.

The rights of the small and medium-sized aristocrats who occupy the majority of the aristocratic class have not been reduced at all. They were originally local emperors in remote villages and towns. After becoming subjects of the Han Empire, they were still local emperors. At most, one or two women from the tribes were sent to join the families of high-ranking Han officials. For the nobles of this era, women were originally tools of marriage, which was not a loss!

Therefore, the middle and lower aristocrats of the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire had very little will to resist the Han Empire, and those who were truly unwilling to accept it were the great nobles in power.

However, even among the great nobles, there are people who want to be a lackey for the Han Empire, such as the Habsburg family!

The benefits obtained by surrendering to the Han Empire are naturally related to their own strength. If the royal family and the nobles surrender, and can play a great role, they will naturally get more!

However, many of the great nobles in this era would rather be chicken heads than phoenix tails, and it would be difficult for them to bow their heads and take the initiative to be small for others.
Chapter completed!