Chapter 655: Bring this young man named Galileo back to the Ming Dynasty
Some words are not cultural differences, but cultural barriers, like the three words "Qing Jun Zi", "Qing" is a verb, and "Jun" and "Zi" are both Target.
"The navy really cannot be disbanded. If the money is not invested in the navy, is it possible that it should be retained for war reparations?" Xu Fan repeated his opinion again. He firmly opposed Antonio's decision to slap his forehead.
Sometimes, Xu Fan always felt that Antonio's decision-making was like a child playing house, one moment doing this, the other moment doing that.
I really think the name Skitarii is not nice. You can change the name to Portuguese Armada. Felipe will not have any objections because he has nothing to do with the Portuguese navy, but once the navy is disbanded, Portugal will I'm going to change my last name.
The left and right Skitarii are not in the hands of the Great Illumination Sect, but Marcus is in charge of the king.
Making decisions in such a small country is indeed a bit like playing house.
For example, Mang Yingli of the Toungoo Kingdom slapped his forehead and planned to attack the Ming Dynasty. Mang Yinglong had just died and Mang Yingli had just succeeded to the throne. The top building was unstable and the civilians at the bottom were increasingly worried about the long-term war. In the face of dissatisfaction, he brazenly launched a war that required all the national strength and mobilization of the bottom!
Xu Fan really couldn't understand how Mangyingli had the courage to make such a decision.
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty did not make such a decision when he was a ten-year-old child. Whether it was to pacify the Gule Village of Jiannu Nuzhen or to resist the invasion of the Tuman Khan, all the battles were small-scale. , local wars with elite troops raiding, Mang Yingli is so grown up, and launching a full-scale war against the Ming Dynasty is somewhat serious.
And Antonio did the same. With a slap on the forehead, he expelled Cardinal Ranuccio Farnese. Given the universal belief in Portugal, how much trouble would this expulsion of Cardinal cause? If Xu Fan hadn't come up with a quick wit and created a nondescript substitute, Da Guangming, to teach him, Portugal might still be fighting a civil war.
Nonsense, simply nonsense.
"Forget it." Antonio thought for a moment and decided not to disarm the navy, which is equivalent to saying that the palace secretary's death was in vain...
"Uh..." Xu Fan spat out heavily. Angry, he has never missed the Ming Dynasty so much. Antonio's decision not to disarm was as casual as his decision to disarm.
"This is the case in Western Europe, which lacks a long-term feudal era. It lacks the experience of fine management of a vast territory when there is no abundant material and money shortage. Haven't you gotten used to it after so many years in Western Europe?" Li Ya Shi looked at Xu Fan's angry orifices and laughed sincerely.
This is Taixi, not the Ming Dynasty. The feudal system in Taixi is essentially slavery. The vassals of my vassals are not my vassals. They have no experience in managing the country in a refined way. They have found it in the sea. After a large amount of silver became lavish, management became even more lax.
If Xu Fan doesn't want to understand this, I'm afraid he will be angry and have a stroke in a few years, thinking that Antonio is the Ming Emperor? Your Majesty is always full of wisdom and good words, and his understanding of contradictions is almost instinctive. Your Majesty is an extremely good politician, and Antonio is at best a captain, nothing more.
"Huh? It seems to be true." Xu Fan was stunned, and he found that what Ligas said made sense.
The Ming Dynasty simply cannot accept the ruling method of overseas colonies, which is not even a tyranny. The governor-general offices in various places occupy the mountains and dominate the mountains. They are all like the local emperors. Even the decrees of the local kings are nonsense. , so the Ming Dynasty's overseas expansion, which was the development of the four governor's offices and the Yuanxun Islands in twelve years, was no more. Moreover, in a short period of time, the Ming Dynasty also lacked interest in places that it could not actually rule.
But Taixi accepted this situation very naturally.
"This is what immature politics looks like. On the contrary, Ming Dynasty's politics are too mature, and being too mature is not conducive to development." Legas said with emotion. Ming Dynasty's overly mature politics may become the process of globalization and the Age of Discovery. The Ming Dynasty lacked the legality and legitimacy of such burning, killing and looting.
"You seem to be scolding me as a child who will not grow up. Well, I think this is a compliment." Antonio spread his hands and said: "As long as Portugal does not fall into the hands of Felipe II. "
Antonio thinks this is a compliment, because he is not smart, but he is not bad. He does not seek to be an autocratic king like Your Majesty or Felipe, so not smart is not a big deal. Big shortcoming.
"I need to go from Lisbon to Madrid to meet with His Highness Felipe. This may require an identity as the Great Illuminati Religion, the Illuminating Envoy." Legas was an apostate, and he violated his lifelong He vowed not to marry, and now he directly wants to be the left ambassador of the Great Light Sect.
What Taixi plays is identity politics. The more vests he stacks, the more powerful he becomes. This is why Taixi is keen on stacking vests and getting a lot of names.
"It's very simple. It's natural that you have been appointed as the Ming Emperor's special envoy to the West, but a Guangming Left Envoy may not be able to keep you alive in Madrid." Xu Fan said with a solemn expression.
Antonio thought for a while and said: "Give him another diplomat status, well, you can also give him a title, how about the Marquis of Pombal?"
"His Royal Highness!" Xu Fan said again He became angry. Weapons and names should not be granted lightly. Xu Fan had told Antonio many times not to knight people casually. As a sword master and first mate, Marcus was granted the title of marquis. It was natural that the captain on the ship would be knighted. Are you going to make a marquis out of the kitchen?
This Legas is a Spaniard. Although he was sent by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, can he just give him a title?
"Anyway, he still wants to return to the Ming Dynasty. Is it possible that Special Envoy Li will stay in Taixi?" Antonio said with certainty: "I believe Marcus is loyal. He has been to the Ming Dynasty many times as an envoy. They have no intention of staying in the Ming Dynasty, but as long as they see the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty with their own eyes, they will know that it is a holy place.”
"There, people are alive, whether for civilians or nobles."
Antonio did not doubt Marcus's loyalty, because Marcus was on an envoy to the Ming Dynasty We have come back every time. This is the greatest loyalty.
"Of course I have to go back. His Majesty killed the special envoy Solon. I need to explain the situation to His Highness Felipe to see what His Highness means. In fact, it is to prevent His Highness from making unwise decisions. If the Ming Dynasty issues a fine, Spain will not be able to bear it." Legas said with certainty: "With one fine, Spain will be completely ruined."
The Ming Emperor did not want to be the world's hegemon. If you want to do something you don't agree with, it will be impossible to do it, or the cost will be extremely high.
This is the influence that the Ming Emperor believed that Ming should have on the world.
But in fact, Legas knew more deeply that the power of the Ming Emperor could already affect Taixi.
For example, a ticket.
That is to say, Ming Dynasty does not like to play tricks that are fabricated out of thin air. Otherwise, through Solon's case, it will be directly escalated to the whole of Spain, requiring Spain to pay a huge fine. Felipe will have no choice but to admit defeat. , otherwise the Ming Dynasty would cut off trade, and Spanish silver would lose its value.
Silver without cargo anchoring it is just a pile of useless metal.
Businessmen who came to Manila during the Ming Dynasty refused to accept gold, resulting in gold being worthless and a large amount of silver flowing into the Ming Dynasty.
There are many achievements in the great thinking of the Wanli Reform in the Ming Dynasty, but Ligas very likes the "Anchoring of Banknotes" published by the Ministry of Household Affairs in Di Bao in November of the 10th year of Wanli, which analyzes the anchoring of banknotes very well. Clearly, he believed that this was one of the most important achievements of Ming Dynasty's economic thinking.
The banknote method needs anchoring, but the money method does not? Gold and silver are naturally not money; money is naturally gold and silver.
If gold and silver cannot be purchased as goods, its exchange value will fall, the price of goods will rise, and gold and silver will depreciate relatively substantially.
Don’t antagonize the Ming Dynasty because of Sauron. Only the Ming Dynasty has the confidence and ability to do such a luxurious thing. Neither Felipe II nor Spain can make such an irrational decision.
For no other reason, the Ming Dynasty can produce everything. The output is extremely high and the quality is high. The Ming Dynasty can show off its temper because it has an absolute advantage in goods. Felipe II cannot show off his temper.
“Well, since I’m going back, it’s no problem to give me a false title.” Xu Fan was worried that if Ligas stayed in the West, it would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble for Portugal, but since he was leaving, That is just an honor to witness the extremely strong friendship between Ming Dynasty and Portugal.
Legasi successfully obtained the identity he wanted in Lisbon. He planned to take a boat to Madrid. This was the result of Felipe II's strong opposition in the 40th year of Jiajing. That year, he would The capital was moved from Toledo to Madrid.
Madrid’s geographical location is better. Toledo is just a small town of less than 30,000 people and can no longer fulfill its obligations as a capital.
Legas set sail from Lisbon to Madrid. After leaving the Portuguese territory, Legaz felt malicious. The captain who led him to Madrid was a naval officer of the Spanish Armada. , also a nobleman, treated Legaz like a prisoner.
Legasi didn't care. When he resolutely left Daming and returned to Taixi, he had already prepared for the worst.
He deeply loves the land where he was born and raised, so he comes back regardless of everything.
After Legas landed ashore, he was thrown into a closed carriage. Although he could see outside from the window, he was not allowed to leave the carriage and could only peek at this little by little. In a familiar but unfamiliar homeland, he did not know what kind of punishment he would face. With this fear of the unknown, Legas finally arrived in Madrid half a month later.
After a short stop in Madrid, the convoy continued to set off. It took a total of two hours, and Legaz finally met Felipe II, whom he had not seen for twelve years, at the El Escorial Monastery.
The monastery had not yet been completed when Legaz left. Its architect was Juan Bautista, a disciple of Michelangelo.
The entire monastery took 21 years to complete. It is a square castle. At the four corners of the castle, there is a seven-story turret nearly 20 feet high with a spire. This is a watchtower and an arrow. tower.
“The Ming Dynasty sent the Taixi Special Envoy, the Great Light Sect’s Left Envoy of the Light, the Portuguese diplomat, and the Marquis of Pombal. They met His Royal Highness the King, and His Highness built the monastery.” Legas did not even kneel down. He is no longer loyal to Felipe II. According to the vassal etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, kneeling down would be an insult to the heavenly kingdom.
Felipe II was writing this letter. When he heard Legas greet him, he raised his head and said with a frown: "Antonio is really a bastard. He actually treated the Marquis of Pombal You are really a bastard. He has no idea what that means."
"I can't seat so many people here. If you are Legas, just sit wherever you want. I can't sit here. Like the Ming Emperor, there are so many rules."
After Felipe II finally finished writing the letter and handed it to his secretary, he looked at Legas, looked at it for a long time, and then said with a smile: "You. If you dare to come back, aren't you afraid that the court will immediately arrest you and burn you at the stake?"
Legas did not expect that Felipe II would greet you with a smile.
Felipe II was an introverted, melancholic, pious and suspicious person. He built this magnificent monastery to escape the noise of Madrid. In such a magnificent palace, there were not even a few servants. Felipe II When he was young, he suffered several serious illnesses due to palace struggles and lacked trust in anyone.
Felipe II and the Ming Emperor have many similarities, the same diligence and suspicion, the same building of new palaces to ensure their own safety, the same efforts to govern, the same authority, and the same inability to betray any kind. tolerate.
"His Highness does not seem to be angry about my betrayal." Ligas said helplessly: "I have stayed in the Ming Dynasty for too long. I have become a Ming citizen and am no longer worthy of being His Highness's minister. But I am stupid and don’t know why His Highness is so kind.”
“You have so many great names, how can I be rude to you? You go back. After the Ming Dynasty, if you say something bad about me in front of the Ming Emperor, will my Spanish galleon still go to the Ming Dynasty to do business?" Felipe II said this as a joke. Felipe sat up straight and said quite seriously: "How bad can a person who loves his homeland be?"
"I heard the captain say that you I came back. I didn’t believe it at first until you disembarked in Lisbon and I was sure it was you. At that time, I was also very angry, but soon I discovered that you actually love Spain deeply, and that was enough.”
"How many people in the empire are rich and stable because of the glory of the empire, but they are not proud of the honor of the empire. Instead, they hate it to the bone. They feel that their achievements are achieved by their own diligence, without any regard for what they can grab. Wealth is all due to Spain’s hegemony on the sea.”
Legasi was stunned and said: “So His Highness is also troubled by rebels?”
“Oh? Does the emperor also have this kind of trouble? Hahaha, I thought that the supreme Ming Emperor would not have this kind of trouble." Felipe II's face showed a strong curiosity and some uncontrollable sincere smile.
It turns out that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty also had this kind of trouble and thought that everyone in Ming Dynasty was loyal.
"To tell the story of rebels, we have to start with a courtier who changed the Ming Dynasty. This man is named Zhang Siwei."
"Before he assassinated the emperor, the ten-year-old Emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not like to read. , did not like state affairs, and never took the education of scholars seriously. It was not until Zhang Siwei began to assassinate the emperor that the emperor clearly realized that his father had just died and no one could rely on him. He could only rely on himself, his mother, and My younger brother can only rely on his own king."
"You know, before this, the previous Ming Dynasty Prime Minister and Minister of State Gao Gong could not see any hope from the ten-year-old emperor. "
"Since then, the Ming Dynasty has had an emperor who worked hard and never slacked off." Li Yashi told the story of Zhang Siwei. This story was mentioned again and again. Gao Gong's judgment was. Based on his own judgment of his students, the ten-year-old Emperor Wanli simply could not carry the Ming Dynasty, and it was generally recognized.
"Oh? Tell me in detail, I have some good tea here." Felipe II decided to put aside all government affairs and listen to Legas tell the story of the Ming Emperor.
Legas has been writing travel notes for twelve years. He naturally tells stories in a eloquent way, vividly telling the causes and consequences as well as the emperor’s various dispositions. When Felipe heard something interesting, I will also make two comments.
"Zhang Siwei was thrown into the Jiecu Hospital, a place where people were cut into pieces. Now Zhang Siwei was made into a specimen and became a teaching aid for the great medical officers to learn, and Jiecu became It is the cornerstone of the progress of medicine in the Ming Dynasty and the most stable cornerstone, so there is a medical book, "Jie Ku Lun". After speaking, Legas took out a book from his sleeve, which has been translated into Latin "Jie Ku Lun".
This book is extremely heavy. Legas is not a doctor. Translating this book took almost all his free time. It only took several years to complete the translation with the help of a great medical officer. , illustrated and illustrated.
Felipe II did not speak, quietly flipping through the Latin exegesis. He read about twelve pages and then closed it solemnly, with a sincere smile on his face. He smiled and said: "My old friend, the messenger of wisdom, if you had taken out this book earlier, you would not have suffered so many grievances on the road."
Legas was the worse on the road. The treatment was given by Felipe. Legas had a dental plaque given by the Ming Emperor. Felipe couldn't do anything to him, but it was still necessary to embarrass him. But now Felipe regrets it very much. He took a boomerang. A person who deeply loves his homeland can never be bad no matter how bad he is.
"When you return to the Ming Dynasty, you can still retain your status as the Ming Dynasty's special envoy to the West. I will write a canonization edict later and make you the Marquis of the Dominican Republic. You can retain all the rights in Spain. Every year when the big sailing ship arrives in the port, I will give you an extra I will give you a salary of one hundred thousand taels of silver. All you need to do is translate the books you are interested in into Latin and let the fleet bring them back.”
“I don’t know how much such knowledge is required. You can only buy it with silver, but I want to thank you for your contribution on behalf of everyone in Spain." Felipe said solemnly. He kept his promise just like the Ming Emperor. Once he made a promise, he would fulfill it.
Legas is a bridge that connects the Ming Dynasty and Spain. Spain cannot lose this bridge.
“Thank you for your generosity, Your Highness.” Legas said neither humble nor overbearing. He knew Felipe very well. He knew Felipe’s desire for knowledge. Spain was excluded from the study tour activities of the Grand Tour. Spain can only cling to theology and watch other countries progress, but is helpless.
"The Emperor of Ming Dynasty actually allowed you to bring this kind of book back. Is it true that His Majesty the Emperor is the embodiment of wisdom and was born to spread wisdom?" Felipe even expressed doubts about the teachings of the Great Light Sect. Gain a sense of identity!
Jie Gu Lun, this kind of book, it is incredible that Legas brought it back with integrity. Apart from the incarnation of wisdom in order to spread wisdom, Felipe really doesn’t know how to explain it.
Legasi shook his head and said: "That's not true. Your Majesty has always been averse to the theory of gods and ghosts. It's just that the progress of medicine benefits everyone, but it also requires everyone's efforts."
"The Ming Dynasty preached that Chinese people believe that real wisdom comes from heaven and earth, not from God! Tao is the law of universal operation of all things, the revelation of heaven and earth to people, and the process of exploring all things is called studying things."
“Your Majesty said that there are no national boundaries in studying things, but there are national boundaries in studying things.”
The Ming Dynasty translated a large number of arithmetic books from the West. His Majesty the Emperor has never forgotten this. The circulation of knowledge will not be restricted by national boundaries. It is bound, but the scholars must have national boundaries.
Legaz did not bring the steam engine back to the West because it would be useless to bring it back. It would require coal, coke, and polishing of the cylinder. It would require too many things.
“The wise Emperor of the East.” Felipe thought for a moment and said, “Call Galileo over.”
“Galileo, a very smart boy, but because of his study of medicine and Astronomy was deemed a heresy by the Holy See, who strongly doubted God, and his research was restricted. He was ordered to drop out of school, and is now looking for a job. I think you can take him with you when you return to the Ming Dynasty."
"No problem." Ligas said nonchalantly.
Legasi sat up straight and said: "Jiecuyuan was regarded as a symbol of hell on earth in the Ming Dynasty, but all its achievements have brought people towards health and away from death."
“The Jiecu Institute has an extremely important achievement, which is the research on opium. There is a patient in the Jiecu Institute named Fan Yingqi. He is a scar in His Majesty’s heart, a pillar of the empire, who can support The imperial minister became a permanent prisoner in the prison because of opium. "
"Can you tell me the story of Fan Yingqi?" Felipe II said to the secretary: "Turn it down and accept it. I want to listen to my old friend's story for the next ten days. There is no news of the English coming to Madrid, so there is no need to interrupt."
"Yes," the secretary replied quickly.
After Ligas finished talking about Zhang Siwei, he started to talk about Fan Yingqi. As he was talking, he talked about the emperor knocking out his wisdom teeth in the Jiecu Hospital and almost being killed by an inflammation storm.
"Your Majesty is a very courageous person. There is a negative example like Fan Yingqi. His Majesty is not willing to turn himself into a slave of opium and would rather die than to do so. However, His Majesty's body is too strong and the operation process... The inflammation storm appeared, and because His Majesty was too strong, he survived the inflammation storm, which disappointed the rebels." Legas talked about the dangers of opium caused by His Majesty.
Felipe II then exhaled and said: "You want to tell me how determined and strong the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was to be vigilant against opium. In order to prevent the spread of opium in the Ming Dynasty, the supreme and all-encompassing Some emperors of the Ming Dynasty would rather pay the price with their lives. "
Legasi said with certainty: "It is true. His Majesty said that anti-drug control is a war to the death. As a born nobleman, he , unable to visit the front line of the anti-drug battlefield, but as the emperor, he could not cause trouble to the front line. He used his actions to support the anti-drug war. "
" Sauron wanted to transport opium to the Ming Dynasty. His behavior is undoubtedly equivalent to declaring war on the Ming Dynasty!"
"Does Your Highness know that Sauron is doing these things?"
"I don't know, in fact, I am also doing this! After the galley returned to Taixi, we learned that Sauron was dead, and that the Ming Emperor wrote a letter of credence explaining the situation in detail. The Far East is still too far away." Felipe II shook his head and said, "Of course, you may not believe it. , the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty didn’t believe it either, so I plan to pay some compensation, just two million taels of silver.”
“In Ming Dynasty’s slang, the yellow mud fell off the crotch, it’s hard to explain.”< br>
“I have no motive to instruct Sauron to do this. Compared with the loss of silver, I am more worried about the silver not being able to buy goods. You know, the rich silver mine is a huge silver mountain, and there are many slaves in that place. , cheap labor makes the cost of silver mining extremely low.”
The grade of Fufu Silver Mine is 60, which means that one hundred kilograms of ore can produce sixty kilograms of silver. Felipe really doesn’t have to worry because. The trade deficit caused the loss of silver. As long as it could be exchanged for Daming's goods, he could earn back the lost silver from other places in the West.
Solon's behavior is really based on his own actions, and may even be for his own benefit, rather than the issue of Spain's trade deficit.
But when one of his ministers was on a mission, something like this happened. It was not under his instructions, Felipe II, but it was also under his instructions, so he needed to make compensation.
Two million taels of silver, hoping to appease some of the Ming Emperor's anger.
“Your Majesty is a very frugal person, and to put it bluntly, he is a very greedy person, but I don’t think your Majesty will accept this compensation. If it was a personal act, your Majesty would have killed him. If it was His Highness who gave the order, I hope His Highness will not behave in such an offensive manner in the future." Legas made the decision on behalf of the Emperor.
“In Ming Dynasty, I was imprisoned by His Majesty’s Guards because I criticized His Majesty’s stinginess and greed for money. But His Majesty is really a gentleman. Ming Dynasty regards Spain as a friendly country, but if Spain offends again , it will be downgraded, which is about the current treatment in England. "
The emperor is very principled in doing things, and he cannot do it again and again.
This is the first time that Solon has provoked Spain on the issue of opium, and because Spain is not particularly flooded with opium, it does not have a clear understanding of the dangers of opium. But now that it has been warned, if it happens again, it is a provocation. , unable to fight in the West, Spain must pay a sufficient price for it.
So, Legas judged that the emperor would not accept compensation.
"No, no, no, people in Ming Dynasty are very honorable. You should know better than me in Ming Dynasty. I need to do something to release goodwill and prevent the emperor of Ming Dynasty from misunderstanding. How do you say that word?" Felipe II frowned, he couldn't remember how to say that word.
“Reciprocity?” Ligas asked tentatively.
“No, I remembered it, it’s the world of humanity, yes, the world of humanity.” Felipe II said with certainty.
The secretary reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness, Galileo is here."
"Bring this young man named Galileo back to the Ming Dynasty. I believe he can have more development in the Ming Dynasty. At least he can finish reading." Felipe II looked at the young man who dropped out of the University of Pisa and said sincerely said.
Being unable to complete his studies is a very painful thing for a smart man. The changes in his family and the malicious difficulties imposed by the Tribunal made it difficult for Galileo.
Galileo came to Madrid because of the spread of the Great Illuminati Sect in Spain, which made Galileo feel a cultural shock.
The widespread spread of the Great Light Sect in Europe and the West is the result of the long-term oppression of human nature by religion.
(End of this chapter)