Chapter 314 The envoy from Taixi returned to Beijing with only a bunch of books
Of course Kong Wenyin knew the benefits of Yan Shenggong, but Kong Wenyin really didn’t want to bear this name. Nan Zong and The rupture between the Beizong and the Beizong dates back to nearly three hundred years ago, when Nan Kong gave up his title to the Beizong. Since then, the Nanzong has not wanted to have anything to do with the Beizong!
If you want a Kaimu statue, I can give it to you, but if you want me to be with your family, Nankong will never be willing.
After the Beizong surrendered and Hu Yuanxiu surrendered, the Nanzong had long since disowned the Beizong family.
Kong Wenyin rejected the title of Duke Yan Shenggong, and the reputation of Nanzong immediately reached its peak. The cheap Confucians praised Nanzong again, even if Kong Wenyin was in Xi'an Gate In addition, the scoldings made them bloody, but as Kong Wenyin said, the base Confucians need a phantom Saint Kong held high to endorse their evil deeds, just like those individuals in the Western world. Priests always like to pray and play at the same time like little boys.
Zhu Yijun came to the busy June. Every June, it is the day when Zhu Yijun meets with foreign envoys, because it is the period of frequent arrivals at Daming Sea Port.
Antonio’s ship had docked at Songjiang New Port at the end of May. It was very regrettable that the five-masted ocean crossing ship did not survive the terrible waves of the Atlantic Ocean and sank forever in the boundless sea. But Antonio still placed a large order in Songjiang to purchase a new five-masted ocean crossing ship.
Antonio is a very experienced captain. In such waves, if it were the Spanish galleons in the past, all the ships would have been destroyed and people would have died. How could only one sink? Daming's ships have withstood the test of huge waves in terms of safety.
Antonio docked at the new port again, and there were some special people on the ship. They were the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Fan, Xu Jie’s traitor, and Gao Qiyu, Zhang Juzheng’s traitor. These two people brought more than thirty people with them. The team participated in a grand tour in Taixi, and officially returned to their homeland in June of the sixth year of Wanli.
On the fifth day of the fifth month of the sixth year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty received an alliance treaty with the seal of King Anda Khan and King Shunyi. Zhu Yijun took advantage of the harsh conditions proposed by Qi Jiguang and was fully accepted by Anda Khan, lest the Ming Dynasty seize him and send troops. Ying Chang's matter was not left alone, and Zhu Yijun did not see Ada Khan's envoy because it was not Mrs. Zhongshun who came to Beijing this time.
According to the information from Duntai Yuanhou, Anda Khan had fallen out with Sanniangzi due to the death of his eldest son Sengge. Although they were still friendly on the surface, they had almost reached the point where the enemies would become extremely jealous when they met. Everyone was jealous. Knowing that Sengge's death was not an accident, everyone knew that Sengge's death was inextricably related to Sanniangzi. Anda Khan also knew it, but Anda Khan could not break up with Sanniangzi.
The Ming Dynasty's position is very clear. The Ming court is more inclined to the reconciliation plan proposed by Sanniangzi, and is more inclined to support Sanniangzi, rather than Anda Khan, the king of Shunyi. Anda Khan is old and confused and has become unstable.
All the iron pots, salt, and tea for Anda Khan's right-wing tribes were supplied by Sanniangzi, and for all the wool business on the right wing, Sanniangzi's people were responsible for communicating with the Ming Dynasty, including pricing. In order to do this, Sanniangzi even gave her sister to Chen Xuexue, the minister of Honglu Temple, so that she could open the channel for dialogue and go to Beijing to see her.
Anda Khan holds most of the military power, while Sanniangzi holds financial power. Because of her financial power, she has gained part of the military power and most of the political power. Mrs. Zhongshun has almost given Anda Khan to No matter what, if Anda Khan knew about this day, he would definitely regret his lustful intentions when he conquered the Oara tribe.
Ananda Khan's right wing is now in a fierce top-level conflict, like sitting on a powder keg, waiting for the day it is ignited. At this time, no one dares to move without permission. , it’s hard for Tuman Khan.
The Tatar clan leader is sweating profusely, Tuman Khan, and his son Tumen is just a catty. Recently, he has been feeling really miserable.
In the spring, the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty gathered in Yingchang and built a military stronghold, and then there were signs of mobilization. Tuman Khan could only raise funds and make two preparations. If he continued to move westward, he would have to fight with Qi Jiguang again. , the news that the Ming army was still going to march was spread by noses and eyes. After all, Tan Lun, the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, also arrived at Yingchang Mansion. As a result, the news spread all spring, and Qi Jiguang also stayed in Yingchang without moving.
The Tuman Khan had to prepare for Qi Jiguang's conquest, which naturally delayed production and life. The left wing was originally fleeing, and life was even more miserable. In addition, in the battle of Yingchang, the troops and generals on the left were lost. For a time, the left wing tribes fled. More and more, some fled to Ada Khan, and some fled to Datong Xuanfu. After all, Hu and Han people lived together in Datong Xuanfu. They ran in and waited for the Ming Emperor to grant amnesty to the world and become a Ming Dynasty.
The most outrageous thing is that he fled to Yingchang Mansion!
Yingchang Mansion was the place where Qi Jiguang was stationed in person. Did he run there and die? However, nearly 20,000 people fled to Yingchang. Qi Jiguang and others were also a little confused. Tigers were hunting on the grassland. After their prey escaped for a while, they suddenly turned around and wanted to take refuge. The tiger also had to hesitate for a while, and finally figured out the reason. It's all Hou Yu Zhao's fault.
When Hou Yuzhao was stationed in Zhangwu, the land suitable for farming was reclaimed, and the land unsuitable for farming was used for sheep herding, but sheepherders were needed. These Hu people were good at herding sheep, so Hou Yuzhao organized these Hu people into the people. Households, that is to say, by participating in reclamation, you can avoid detours and directly obtain Ming status without waiting for the Ming Emperor's pardon!
Qi Jiguang didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he knew the whole story, so he could only accept these people in batches.
Qi Jiguang’s switch allowed people to enter the border, and Tuman Khan’s life became even more miserable! !
Because more people ran to seek refuge in Yingchang, Tuman Khan suddenly lost more than 10,000 people. This one was guarded by the right wing, and Qi Jiguang was sharpening his sword at the other end. The native man was sweating with anger, his heart was broken, his feet were stomped, and he directly sent his eldest son Buyan to the capital to pay an audience. It was not so much a peace negotiation as a surrender.
Tuman Khan planned to surrender. He planned to see the surrender conditions given by Ming Dynasty. If he was not allowed to die, he would surrender directly.
On June 15th of the sixth year of Wanli, Xu Fan, Gao Qiyu, Antonio and others arrived at Tianjin Wei in a hydrofoil sailboat. Taixi's special envoy Legas went to Tianjin Wei to pick up Antonio and came to Beijing. Zhu Yijun arrived in Tianjin in June On the 16th, Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu were announced to the Wenhua Palace.
The changes in the Ming Dynasty were really very big. Xu Fan returned to Songjiang Mansion and wanted to go home, but was told that his home was gone. Xu Fan was frightened until he learned the details. You know, it turns out that the wealthy families moved to Beijing.
After Xu Fan entered Beijing, when he arrived in Tongzhou, he saw the houses stretching from Chaoyangmen to Tongzhou. It was endless, and there was no edge at all. The official road from Tongzhou to Chaoyangmen was also in progress. As the ground hardened, the word prosperity immediately jumped into Xu Fan's mind.
Compared with the city-states I have seen in the past few years during my travels to the West, the cities of the Ming Dynasty are completely behemoths. A large city with a million people will inevitably have various problems. In order to face these new With the problems that have arisen, government offices at all levels in the Ming Dynasty are dizzyingly busy.
Zhu Yijun only allowed Xuan to meet Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu at the first time.
"I pay homage to your Majesty. Long live your Majesty, long live, long live your Majesty." Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu led a delegation of more than 30 people to the palace to pay homage.
Zhu Yijun stretched out his hand and said with a smile on his face: "Without courtesy, I will be free."
"I have returned from the west of Thailand and have a voyage note to present, and I would like to ask your Majesty to read it." Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu each took out a thick sailing notebook from their sleeves. Zhu Yijun got the two notebooks and smelled the scent of ink. They were all in small regular script, in palace style, and the size of each character was almost the same. Apparently it was copied later.
“Where is the original?” Zhu Yijun closed the two notebooks and wanted to see the original.
The travel notes and navigation notes of Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu are sent to the capital every year by sailing ship, so these have been copied long ago.
Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu glanced at each other, and Xu Fan bowed his head and said: "At Huitongguanyi."
"Feng Daban, go get it." Zhu Yijun wanted to see the original, then Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu had to let His Majesty see it.
When Feng Bao went to get the original, Zhu Yijun told Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu about Taixi's experiences, which included both laughter and tragedy.
A total of thirty people came back from the thirty-person mission, but some came back with clothes and clothes. They met robbers on the way. Even the bones of those who had been cut off could not be found, and some came back. In some conflicts, these Tiqi faithfully performed their duty of protection, but they also died in a foreign country.
Only twelve people from the entire mission returned to the Ming Dynasty alive.
"The resistance in the Netherlands was successful. Spain, known as the Empire on which the sun never sets, failed to suppress the endless resistance in the Netherlands. After a major defeat, it could only retreat to the big city and wait for reinforcements from Spain. But it is a pity that they may not be able to wait for reinforcements, because Spain is facing threats from the Ottomans, both at sea and on land." Xu Fan focused on the resistance movement in the Lower Netherlands.
Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu both stayed in the Netherlands for less than a month and immediately transferred to England. The riots in the Netherlands were really too violent and dangerous.
Large-scale iconoclastic activities broke out in cities such as Antwerp, The Hague, and Utrecht. Citizens rushed into churches and monasteries, smashed all the icons they could see, and confiscated churches. They burned the church's property, burned the church's debts and land deeds, and when they left, more than 5,500 churches, monasteries and inquisitions were destroyed throughout the Netherlands.
Spain's high-pressure rule in the Netherlands was achieved through the church. The church would lend a large amount of debts. These debts were the tools for the merger of the meat-eaters, and the bloody edict was also one of the sources of resistance. .
The Bloody Edict refers to the belief in Calvinism in the Netherlands, which is regarded as heresy by the Holy See. All Calvinists are heretics and will be thrown into the Inquisition and executed.
Heresy is like a basket, anything can be put in it. In order to make money, these tribunals arrested few real heretics at all. There are hundreds of thousands of Dutch people. Die for this crime.
Resistance is widespread and violent. The war in the Netherlands has been fought for more than ten years and it is still not over.
“I heard on the road that His Majesty had arrested Duke Yan Sheng’s Mansion and his minions and brought them to Beijing. I thought that the Netherlands had learned from the past and should be dealt with decisively.” Xu Fan specifically talked about the Netherlands, which is a kind of As for his attitude, he had just returned and his political stance was unclear, so after telling what he had experienced, he directly expressed his attitude.
Confucius Mansion in Yanzhou deserves to be killed.
"In Aiqing's opinion, there is no difference between the Confucian Mansion in Yanzhou and the tribunal in Taixi?" Zhu Yijun asked after thinking for a moment.
Xu Fan was silent for a moment, bowed his head and said: "I am stupid, I can't see any difference between them. They are all beasts in clothes."
Clothes are the representative of etiquette and the symbol of power. You can tell the quality of the clothes at a glance. Out of his class, and beast, the original intention is not to curse, it means that the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty all have talents, such as the super-grade Qilin Baize, etc., while the chests of civil servants are birds, and the breasts of military officers are beasts.
The beauty of the word "dressed beasts" is that it criticizes the social phenomenon of the Ming Dynasty. Civil servants love money, military officers are afraid of death, bully the people, and do all kinds of evil. The people regard officials dressed as beasts as beasts dressed as beasts.
This word appears in "The Golden Lotus" written in the sixth year of Wanli, a legendary storybook with thirty-six chapters in total.
This word is very precise.
Feng Bao returned to the Wenhua Palace with the manuscripts. These manuscripts were very messy, and even the handwriting on them was messy. Some of the inks were made of blood, because the red ones were very abnormal, and he didn’t know whether they were red. Whether it is human blood or animal blood, it is obvious that Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu did not have a smooth life in Taixi. Even Mo could not guarantee it, so they could only find a way on their own. There are still some differences between the original and the manuscript. For example, some of Xu Fan's thoughts on the Western system were not included in the manuscript. Apparently the official of the Ministry of Rites in charge of the copy thought that these contents were not suitable for appearing in the Ming Dynasty.
"I brought back many, many books from Thailand, including "The Structure of the Human Body" on anatomy, "On Venous Valve" on blood circulation, and "On Cardiovascular Movements" , There are "On the Development of Academics" about the study of things, "On Metals" and "On Mineral Smelting" about mining and metallurgy, etc. "Gao Qiyu bowed his head and said.
This time when he returned to the Ming Dynasty, Gao Qiyu brought nearly three thousand volumes of books, all of which he bought in Naples. These books were extremely expensive even in the local area. Obtained after selling official robes made of silk.
The Anatomy of the Human Body, by Vesalius.
Vesalius was born in Brussels (the headquarters of the European Union) on the banks of the Seine. He had been a court pharmacist for generations. Vesalius became very interested in the structure of the human body. For dissection, he often went to some unclaimed cemeteries in the suburbs. Stealing corpses for autopsy; and risking being caught and killed to steal the bodies of criminals from the gallows.
Finally "The Structure of the Human Body" came out, but the Vatican did not allow this deviant book to exist because it seriously conflicted with the doctrine.
For example, in mythology, men have one less rib than women, because in mythology, women are men's ribs, and "The Structure of the Human Body" clearly shows that men and women have exactly the same number of ribs. ;
For example, in mythology, it is said that people have a resurrection bone that is not afraid of fire and will not rot. This resurrection bone is the support of the human skeleton and is also the key to the resurrection of God after three days. "The Structure of the Human Body" states that anatomy does not support the existence of resurrection bones;
For example, both East and West believe that the heart is the place where life, emotions and thought activities occur, but anatomy found that the brain and nervous system are The place where these high-level activities take place.
"Human Body Structure" introduces in detail the human skeletal system, muscular system, blood system, nervous system, digestive system, heart blood circulation, brain, etc.
This book was brutally banned by the Holy See as soon as it came out, and Vesalius was also sentenced to death by the Inquisition. After the Spanish royal family intervened, Vesalius was exiled and finally died in On the island of Zante.
Vesalius died, but "The Structure of the Human Body" survived.
Gao Qiyu said with a strange expression: "Your Majesty, I have always heard a legend in the West, that is, there is an ancient civilization in the vast ocean. His name is Daxi Country, Daxizhou or Ate. Landis, this ancient civilization was destroyed in the great prehistoric flood, and there is a Solomon's Palace in this country."
"And this Solomon's Palace is the Academy of Sciences, behind Solomon. Under the leadership of the palace, technology has developed rapidly, production speed has increased rapidly, people have no worries about food and clothing, material abundance has reached the extreme, and everyone is humble and loving to each other. ”
"I returned to the Ming Dynasty and heard that your majesty had organized a place called the Royal Gwuyuan, specializing in the infinite principles of all things. I was horrified."
In the West, Solomon's Palace is a myth and legend. , and in the Ming Dynasty, the Royal Academy of Art and Crafts really existed, and was actually improving technology, such as water lifting, coal mining, textiles, vehicles and ships, etc.
Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "I have heard of this story. Legas once peddled such a story, but it was just to teach me secretly. I found it interesting and thought it was a good idea, so I did it. In fact, the Ming Dynasty did have so many talents, and it also had the ability to recruit outstanding people from all over the world to promote the research on the infinite principles of all things."
Royal Gewu Academy, when Zhu Zaiyu first came to Beijing. , Zhu Yijun had already been tempted to build a place specifically for Zhu Zaiyu to cultivate scientific talents in the Ming Dynasty. Later, in the communication between Li Yasi and Chen Xuexue, this story was mentioned, and Zhu Yijun just took advantage of this to use it willfully. The emperor's prerogative completed the construction of the Ming Dynasty Royal Palace Museum.
Now, these are myths in Thailand and the West, but Zhu Yijun has the ability to make myths become reality.
In the eyes of a devout believer like Legaz, there is not much difference between the Ming Emperor and the Trinity. The only difference is that the Ming Emperor will not be resurrected after three days.
“I will set up a special department for you two in Gewuyuan to translate imported works from Thailand and the West. There is no need for those religious contents. I will just select some useful ones and translate them, and by the way, I will give them to Jiesuyuan and Let the Gewuyuan confirm it to make sure it is accurate." Zhu Yijun handed the pile of books in his hand to Zhang Hong.
In those days, Tang Sanzang went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. After returning to the Tang Dynasty, he translated Buddhist Dharma at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Today, Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu went to the West to exchange and learn, and brought back a large number of books. Among these books, there are There are many, many books that Antonio did not bring to Ming Dynasty.
If what Antonio brought to the Ming Dynasty was Hinayana Buddhism, then what Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu brought back to the Ming Dynasty was Mahayana Buddhism.
Spain and Portugal were isolated from the Grand Tour due to religious issues, which caused problems in cultural exchanges. Many books appeared in heretical places, rather than everywhere. Is the Inquisition of Spain and Portugal.
As Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu were envoys of the Ming Dynasty, they were not excluded. For example, when Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu were in London, an old scholar in London was selling it, but no one was interested in it. , Gao Qiyu, with the idea of playing three poles if there are no dates, bought the theory of cardiovascular exercise, which was only 72 pages long. The more he read, the more frightened he became!
This blood actually has so much knowledge!
Zhu Yijun promised to give Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu a place to concentrate on translating imported works. This was to give them an identity, doctors of Gwuyuan.
Once you enter the Institute of Physics and become a doctor, you are a person who has jumped out of the Five Elements, is not in the Three Realms, and has no cause or effect.
Xu Fan is Xu Jie’s eldest son, and the evil that Xu Jie committed has no causal relationship with Xu Fan. Gao Qiyu’s "Shun also ordered Yu to be ordered" in the Yingtianfu Provincial Examination, even if it is mentioned again. , and has nothing to do with Gao Qiyu.
The price of joining the Gewuyuan is: from now on, it will have nothing to do with the official career. The president of the Gewuyuan is the emperor's uncle Zhu Zaiyu. As the emperor's uncle Zhu Zaiyu, if he has a little interest in politics, As the emperor, Zhu Yijun would never tolerate Zhu Zaiyu. If the emperor's uncle of the Ming Dynasty was interested in politics, he would have the potential to rebel.
After all, as the emperor's uncle, King Zhu Di of Yan succeeded in his rebellion.
It is also an excellent result for Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu to obtain the status of Ph.D. from Gewün Academy. They are no longer a combination of scholars and bureaucrats, but pure scholars.
The decline of the Ming Dynasty and the collapse of rituals and music are closely related to this aspect. The scholars of the Ming Dynasty were not pure. They were usually highly bound and overlapped with the bureaucracy. This resulted in a terrible fact. That is to say, the scholarship of the Ming Dynasty came to a standstill, and the bureaucracy itself was very busy. Unless he could climb to the level of a political affairs officer, the affairs officer would be busy with mundane things, so how could he have time to study academics?
Gewuyuan is a place that is not among the Five Elements, so it distinguishes its dual identities.
In fact, there was such a place before the Ming Dynasty, that is, the Doctors of the Five Classics of the Hanlin Academy. They were also responsible for the academic progress of the Ming Dynasty and the virtues of saints. However, the Doctors of the Five Classics of the Hanlin Academy were unable to fulfill this function. Zhang Juzheng said that virtue comes from practicing the Tao. Yes, if you have doubts about something, you are really doing it and thinking about it. This is virtuous.
If you want to develop the virtues of a saint, you must practice it. However, the doctors of the Five Classics are very knowledgeable and have zero practice. Then the development of the virtues of a saint will stagnate.
Gewuyuan has cut off the bureaucratic attributes from the beginning. Cutting off the bureaucratic attributes does not mean complete de-administration. Dr. Gewu of Gewuyuan is a serious official of the fifth rank, and the affairs of Gewuyuan are serious. The real owner of Gewuyuan is the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.
This means that Dr. Gewuyuan is an aide to the Ming Emperor.
The official selection system of the Ming Dynasty not only included the imperial examination system, but also the favor system, the hereditary military honors system, the inspection system, and even the ceremonial appointment system. For example, the elders of the Ming Dynasty were gifted by the emperor. It is also etiquette for the elders of the cabinet to enter the cabinet, and the emperor must also invite them politely.
The hereditary military honors and the specially hired cabinet ministers are actually the emperor’s own staff. Under the imperial system, staff are greater than officials than officials.
"I thank you for your grace." Gao Qiyu and Xu Fan once again bowed to express their gratitude. This means that as long as they do not participate in the government affairs, they will not be easily affected by the court's strife. Of course, the emperor himself changed his mind. Xing, unwilling to continue to revitalize the Ming Dynasty, slacked off, and wanted to surrender. The earth-shaking strife would still affect Gewuyuan, and even Gewuyuan itself would be razed to the ground.
Zhu Yijun began to announce to Antonio, the captain of Taixi, that he had a huge appetite this time, and he seemed to be planning to set up his own business.
"Your Majesty, Antonio, pay homage to your Majesty, long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty." What Antonio performed at the entrance was the Ming Dynasty's ceremony of five bows and three kowtows.
"Legas, the special envoy of Taixi, pays homage to Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live." Li Ya also practiced the kneeling ceremony. He did not profess his vassal, but vaguely dealt with it, and there was no grand ceremony of five bows and three kowtows. .
Legas is a subject of the Spanish royal family, a believer in the supreme power of the Ming Emperor, and a renegade who broke his promise to serve the Lord without marrying for life. Without protection after his death, he will be nailed to the wall of unfaithfulness.
“I sincerely ask the wise and great Emperor Ming to give me a total of twelve five-masted ships to cross the ocean. I swear that these twelve five-masted ships to cross the ocean will never be destroyed at any time. Aiming the muzzle at the Ming Dynasty, I still need 6,000 strong naval troops, and I beg your kind and great Majesty to agree to my humble request." Antonio knelt on the ground and said submissively.
Antonio wants so many ships and so many people for only one purpose, rebellion. He wants to be the king of Portugal. He has the support of the common people, but not the support of the nobles, and the nobles control the army. Antonio Need the support of the Ming Emperor.
"The defeat of Felipe II in the Netherlands has made your ambitions impatient." Zhu Yijun said very calmly: "I hope you can calm down. As a Regicide, your reign will be extremely short. Enrique the Pure is still alive, so don’t be so anxious.”
“Enrique the Pure is very old. Your Majesty, I am no longer here. It's time." Antonio knelt on the ground and said loudly: "The Ming Navy is very brave, but it takes time to become familiar with the battlefield."
Zhu Yijun thought for a long time and shook his head and said: "I am worried about you. I have already felt it. I can promise you twelve five-masted ships to cross the ocean, and I can also lend you money, but I cannot promise you six thousand naval troops."
"On your own. I also said that combat requires time to get familiar with it. I don’t want the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to take risks in the West. The navy is my army and the army of the Ming Dynasty. It is also the son of their parents and the father of their children. I can’t do it under any circumstances. I promise you, the soldiers will go to Taixi for adventure.”
Antonio looked at His Majesty in silence. This greedy tyrannosaurus actually still cares about the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty first in the face of huge interests. He is serious. After thinking for a long time, he said: "This...please ask Ming Dynasty to send naval patrols. My supporters are civilians."
"Of course it is possible, instructors are OK." Zhu Yijun agreed and sent a small number of Zhu Yijun can still afford the instructor training and the subsidy for leaving home thousands of miles away. Zhu Yijun smiled and asked: "So, what benefits can I get?"
Asking for a monthly ticket, woohoo! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
(End of this chapter)