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Chapter 120 The Advent of Christ ([-])
"Tang Ruowang, a Jesuit missionary, kowtowed to the owner of the Eastern Land, His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Long live the emperor, long live the emperor." The authentic bowed.

foreigner?

Yang Reform thought how long he hadn't seen a foreigner.In the 21st century, foreigners are superior to others!Now, in the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century, it was time for foreigners to envy China.The foreigner in front of him prostrated himself at his feet and kowtowed to him.I feel that this world is really 300 years east and 300 years west!

A bearded face, wearing a Confucian shirt.A copy of the dress of a Confucian scholar.If you don't look at his face and those colored eyes, who would have thought that this is a foreigner?
The person in front of me can be regarded as a famous person in Chinese history. In the process of contact with the West in Chinese history, this person must be brought out and said, a historical celebrity.

"Tang Ruowang? Get up." With mixed feelings, Yang Reform called the fanatical missionary to get up.This fanatical missionary has lived in China for most of his life, and finally reached the level of Zhengyipin. This is really powerful, and it is already the highest level among officials. He has also experienced the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng's Dashun, and the Qing Dynasty. The dynasties lived comfortably in the troubled times, they are quite legendary, and they have more "protagonist aura" than the protagonists of many books.The protagonists of many books still have to use golden fingers, relying on the prophets of history to mix up what kind of first-rank, genuine first-rank, official first-rank, this one is good, directly as a foreigner, mixed into the position of genuine first-rank, it is really very powerful.If a certain writer wrote about a blue-eyed, blond-haired foreigner who got a first-rank official position in ancient China, presumably, readers would call the writer crazy and threw himself on the street to his death.But reality is often stranger than fiction. [Hehe, did someone write about Tang Ruowang?But a good subject!You don't have to mix it up, you can get the first grade. 】

"Thank you, His Majesty Emperor Daming." He emphasized with a bit of weirdness.Tang Ruowang finally stood up, so he had time to look at the legendary young emperor.Sure enough, he is quite young. This is the Eastern Emperor who controls the life and death of hundreds of millions of people and controls an area as large as the entire European state?It is too young.He was looking at himself with a strange gaze, that gaze was quite deep, as if it was an invisible abyss, that gaze, as if he had seen through his own future and his own life, Tang Ruowang had never had this kind of gaze. It feels like there are still people like this in the world?really young?Tang Ruowang began to disbelieve his own judgment.If you are a young man, you will definitely not look at yourself with that kind of "transcendence", "wisdom", that seems to be able to penetrate time.If it was just a fluffy boy, then he would, should look at himself with curiosity and surprise.

Yang Reform stared at Tang Ruowang for a while, and turned around in his mind the information about this great man.Asked: "Tang Ruowang? Tell me about your experience, from birth to how you came to the capital, and then introduce the situation in the West." Yang Reform intends to use Tang Ruowang to understand how Europe is developing now.

Tang Ruowang felt very curious and surprised. The emperor didn't seem to be in a hurry to ask him to do anything, but to chat, talk about his hometown, and talk about his own experience. Could it be that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was still interested in his hometown? Have a deep interest?
"His Majesty the Emperor, I was born in 1592 AD in the city of Cologne on the Rhine in Germany..." Tang Ruowang was very curious, could the emperor still understand what he said?Does the emperor know where Germany is?Where is the Rhine?Seeing that the emperor didn't ask, he kept talking.

In fact, Yang Reform did not understand what Tang Ruowang said at all. There are still differences in translation between Europe at this time and later generations, and there are differences in pronunciation and transliteration. The Europe marked on the map is definitely not the Europe marked on the map of the 21st century.

"Wait, 1592 is the year of my reign?" Yang Reform intends to test this supposedly knowledgeable missionary.

"Report to His Majesty the Emperor, 1592 AD, which belongs to the 20th year of the Eastern Empire's Wanli Year." Tang Ruowang reported his birth year very accurately, and even reported it once using the Ming Dynasty's calendar method, which made Yang Reform a little curious. Come on, this foreign devil has put in a lot of effort in order to spread the word. According to the information, he "combines with Confucianism and surpasses Confucianism", which seems to be accurate. .

"Go on."

"His Majesty the Emperor,... Your Majesty graduated from the Roman Academy in 1617 AD, which is the 45th year of Emperor Wanli of the Eastern Empire,..., uh, this Roman Academy..." Tang Ruowang was going to introduce his alma mater, but the Roman Academy is A famous school should show its face in front of the emperor and let the emperor know that the school he attended is very good.

"Don't talk about the Roman Academy, let's continue." Yang Reform felt that your Roman Academy is amazing, so why should I send people there to study?Saying this is a waste of time.

"...Graduated from the Academy of Rome, in 1618, sent by the King of Portugal, set sail to the East..."

"Wait, what month did you set off in 1618? When did you arrive in China...Wai Dynasty? Where did you land?" Yang Reform found that these missionaries were really fanatical. It is said that it would take a few days to travel from the West to the East by boat. In [-], Yang Reform now wants to know how long it will take to arrive.

"His Majesty the Emperor, I set off on April 1618, 4, arrived at the Ming Dynasty on July 16, 1619, and landed at a place called Macau..." Tang Ruowang had a good memory, and accurately described the departure time. Tell me about the day when you landed.However, this speech always has a little "foreign flavor".

It took a year and three months to go from the west to the east. This journey is really too far away.These missionaries are really quite fanatical!Yang Reform calculated the time a little bit and came to this conclusion.If it is said that it took more than a year to come to China by boat to do business and seek benefits, it is barely reasonable to say that people died for money, but in order to preach, they actually risked their lives and spent more than a year across the ocean , To advance to a place that has never been set foot, this kind of fanaticism, this kind of drive, really makes Yang Reform admire.And this kind of drive and enterprising spirit is exactly what comes with the rise of every country and nation.

This is not a flight in the later generations, which will arrive in a few hours, but a boat, which takes a whole year and three months to sail!If you want to go back, you will have to sail for one year and three months. Two or three years have passed like this. They are all young people in their twenties. They are in their golden age. How many three years will they have?The danger in this can be imagined.However, they are willing to take such risks just for their own beliefs. Although there are not many people in this group, their energy is quite huge!It also represents the spiritual outlook of a country and a nation when it rises.

Take another look at your own religion.

Taoism, as a whole, is a religion that can only be played in the country. Without the fanatical believers like Christians, without the determination and perseverance of Christians who dare to risk their lives to preach abroad, the whole thing is a piece of shit.

Looking at Buddhism again, it was still passed on from India. When it arrived in China, it withered, and gradually fell into a nest. It did not have the fanaticism and belief of traveling across mountains and rivers to preach in the early years.

In China, this religion has no aggressiveness and is quite weak!
Yang Reform came to a conclusion in his mind.

The performance of these religions and their respective missionaries can be seen as a microcosm of the spiritual outlook of society.It can also be seen as a manifestation of the competitiveness between the East and the West.These states shown by the native religions of the Ming Dynasty also to a certain extent represent the status quo of the society of the Ming Dynasty, which was less aggressive and more conservative.

With the increasing contact between the East and the West, the earth has gradually become transparent, and there are no more mountains and seas as shields. All countries and nations in the world have since entered an era of the law of the jungle. There is only one overlord on the earth. It's not the way it used to be.Either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind. In this big "jungle", there is always only one person who is at the top of the food chain.

But now, the Ming Dynasty seems to be very hazy, and I want to sound the alarm for the Ming Dynasty.If you don't make progress, you will only fall behind. The world becomes a big jungle, and there is only one person at the top of the food chain.

"...I arrived in the capital in 1623." Tang Ruowang gave a brief introduction to his life according to the emperor's request.

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After sorting out the chaotic thoughts, he analyzed the reasons for the backwardness of the Chinese nation and comforted himself.Yang Reform asked.

"Who is the overlord of the Western Ocean now?"

"Report to His Majesty the Emperor, he is a 'Dutchman'." Tang Ruowang told the truth, but he really couldn't figure out whether the emperor had figured it out.

In fact, Yang Reform barely understood this sentence. The overlord of the western seas was either Portugal or Spain, or the Netherlands, or the United Kingdom in the early days. These countries have very different pronunciations, and Yang Reform still barely understood doorway.

Originally, I wanted to talk to Tang Ruowang about the situation in the West, and talk about the history there. Tang Ruowang was very shocked. After talking, I found out that during the Ming Dynasty, the Western transliteration and the translation of later generations were very different. The big difference is simply hard to understand.It is difficult to use the impression of the 21st century to talk about bullshit.

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"Tang Ruowang, do you know why I called you to Beijing?"

"I report to His Majesty the Emperor, I don't know, but the last time I came to Beijing, it was to make artillery for the Ming Dynasty. Maybe this time, Your Majesty needs to make artillery for you." Tang Ruowang was different from the people of the Ming Dynasty. Very "foreign style".In the words, the self-awareness is very strong.

"...Last time? That time? Building cannons?" Yang Reform only looked at Tang Ruowang's information. Unexpectedly, he also had the experience of building cannons for the Ming Dynasty?

"I report to His Majesty the Emperor, that was the last time, that time...Falangji, that is, to make the Frangji cannon." Tang Ruowang's words were obviously a bit tongue-in-cheek. A general term for Western cannons.I hope that His Majesty the Emperor can understand, it is really difficult to talk!
"Uh... Flangji? A panacea that can represent people, geography, countries, and cannons?" Yang Reform felt contemptuous in his heart. People in the Ming Dynasty all referred to Europe as Flangji.In the literature, those who don't understand, don't know, and don't understand are all referred to as Francophone.Can't you send someone over there to figure it out?Although I despise it, this Franc machine is indeed a good thing.

Western missionaries can come to the East to preach.But no one in the East is willing to go to the West to figure this out.Could it be that this is another sign of lack of spirit?Yang Reform thought to himself in a self-deprecating way.

(End of this chapter)