Tomorrow

Chapter One Forty-Six Jade and Stone

"You have spread the glory of the Lord for thirty years in Mingguo, haven't you gained anything?"

Alexander VII was not interested in the war between Ming and Britain. British Protestants repeatedly culled indestructible, and also caused the emperor to be beheaded by those infidels. Therefore, when I heard that the British soldiers had eaten a lot in front of the Ming soldiers. Unfortunately, not only did he not give birth to the sad emotions of rabbits and foxes, but he felt that this might not be a bad thing.

"Under the crown, I have spread the glory of the Lord in Ming for 30 years. I haven't done much. I just built a magnificent church on Yushan, the mountain of souls in Ming.

The sacred place of this church is the crown of all churches in the east, and it is also crowned with the royal name. "

Naturally, Tang Ruowang would not say that he lived a life like a prisoner in Ming Dynasty, but the Temple of Light actually exists, but it does exist, and the Nestorian monument in front of the Temple of Light also exists.

He even thinks that the magnificent Guangming Temple on the top of Yushan Mountain is not far away even if it is not comparable to the Apostolic Palace that has been continuously built for thousands of years.

Alexander VII looked at Tang Ruowang suspiciously. He was not familiar with the East. In his opinion, only the West is the center of civilization in the world. The rest is not enough!

However, Tang Ruowang also came prepared this time.

I opened a box I brought, took out a scroll, and invited two young priests to unfold it a little bit. Soon, a magnificent 20-meter-long scroll was unfolded in front of Alexander VII. .

In the picture, it is the grand scene where the people of Yushan climbed to the Temple of Light on the Christmas Day of **** to participate in the celebration.

At that time, for this scene, Tang Ruowang spent a total of 19,000 silver dollars, purchased countless fine wines, delicacies, and various small gifts, and advertised them. This led to the people in Yushan City to come to the Palace of Light. Eat, drink, and play.

However, there are a lot of people, and everyone’s purpose is food and gifts. You also listened carefully to Tang Ruowang’s sermon. After all, they gave too much.

At the beginning, even Yun Zhao laughed when he heard about it, but he didn’t expect that Tang Ruowang, a bastard, would actually look for dozens of talented painters to paint the scene at that time, and finally glued it into such a picture. A huge scroll of twenty meters in length.

In this scroll, the artist borrowed the realistic painting techniques of Zhang Zeduan's "A Picture of the River on the Ching Ming Festival". The plants and trees on the screen are vividly drawn by each person, every animal, every shop, and every rock.

Not only that, but in the front part of the picture, the Yushan Railway Station and the Yushan Academy, especially the oppressive gate of Yushan Academy, and the trains carrying passengers in the valley are the most eye-catching.

Alexander VII and a group of cardinals passed by the front of the screen one by one, discussing in a low voice while listening to Tang Ruowang's explanation.

In Yushan's daily life, Tang Ruowang has long been accustomed to seeing it. However, after falling on the screen and sending the painting to Rome, even Tang Ruowang became excited at this time.

"Is this the most prosperous city in Ming Dynasty?"

After reading the picture scroll and listening to Tang Ruowang's explanation, Alexander VII forcibly suppressed his beating heart and pretended to ask Tang Ruowang plainly.

Tang Ruowang's memories were broken by the Pope's questioning.

He recalled the dirty and gloomy cities he had seen in Europe, and sighed slightly: "Under the crown, on this mountain, there is only one university, one research institute, and four equally magnificent temples. Nothing else.

At the foot of this mountain, there is a city called Yushan City, where the current emperor of the Daming Kingdom and his family were born. Less than a hundred miles away from this city, it is a city far beyond. The huge city of Rome-Chang'an.

In this huge city, there are more than 1.5 million people living in it, and there are three such huge cities in Mingguo. They are-Yanjing, Nanjing, and Guangzhou!

In addition, they have 16 cities with a population of more than 800,000. "

"Where is their capital?"

Alexander VII sat back in his seat, rubbed his scepter, and then asked.

"The territory of the Ming Kingdom is tens of thousands of miles. Therefore, in the southeast and northwest, there is a capital city, that is, the four giant cities with a population of more than 150. The emperor will leave the current capital every few years. Go to the other capitals to work.

In every city, magnificent imperial palaces were built, but the current emperor didn't like it very much, and they usually lived in smaller palaces.

Under the crown, you don't have to have any doubts about this, the entire Ming country is richer than Europe combined.

A person who owns 10,000 silver coins in Europe can already be called a rich man. In Ming, even in the homes of ordinary merchants, it is not a surprise to own 10,000 silver coins.

The most important thing is that in Mingguo, the law is strict and everyone abides by the law. The lawless incidents in cities like Paris and London are incredible in Mingguo.

Therefore, I believe that the establishment of a cardinal in Ming is an urgent matter. At the same time, I believe that the center of the world is already in the East. This is a fact that cannot be changed. "

Alexander VII looked at Tang Ruowang and said, "Do they know that they are the center of the world?"

Tang Ruowang smiled bitterly: "Under the crown, they have called themselves China thousands of years ago. According to my historical research on Ming people, I learned that when our history reached its peak, their empire was also in the same place. A peak period.

When the Roman Empire was rampant, the Persian Empire and the Qin and Han empires of the Ming people coexisted at the same time.

When the Byzantine Empire and Charlemagne Empire existed in the world, in the East, it was the powerful Tang Empire.

When we thought that the Holy Roman Empire was already the most powerful empire in the world, in the East, Emperor Yun Zhao of the Ming Kingdom had unified the huge empire in the East and is now marching ambitiously towards the sea.

The inheritance of the Ming people has never been cut off. Every time our empire prospered and died, nothing was left behind. They are different. Each of their powerful empires will leave the Ming people rich enough. wealth.

Your Majesty, in the eyes of Ming people, the center of the world has never left the land where they live. They even stubbornly believe that it was like this before, it is like this now, and it will certainly be like this in the future.

They have their own moral concepts, their own political system, and their own codes of conduct. Emperor Yun Zhao of the Ming Dynasty once laughed at me, when their race has learned to farm, build houses, have a city, and have a moral system. At that time, people in these European countries were still in a barbaric era of savage and blood-drinking.

Even though we have developed to the present, Yun Zhao still believes that we are a group of savages. He doesn't understand that human compassion and empathy are important indicators to measure whether a race has entered the civilized era. "

Alexander VII listened to Tang Ruowang’s explanation, and he pondered for a long time before he said to the cardinals who were talking endlessly: "What do you think of this Ming country?"

The Archbishop of Blois of the French diocese said to Alexander VII: "Under the crown, everything comes from hearsay, everything comes from the mouth of a man named Tang Ruowang, and the omnipotent Lord has already warned us that if we want to know the truth, You have to go and see for yourself."

"Who can be my eyes?"

An old cardinal came out from the crowd and said in a low voice: "Moon, I can be your majesty's eyes and ears."

"Do you want to go to Minguo?"

Alexander VII did not immediately approve, but looked at the tattered cardinal with interest.

"As an ascetic monk, my pair of scripts should walk all over the earth, praising the glory of the Lord."

When Tang Ruo saw the head of the ascetic group stand up, he smiled and said nothing.

He understood that what he said could not convince the Pope. At this time, a person with noble status and unblemished character should stand up and return to Daming with him. After reading Daming, he will re-inform the current situation of Daming. pope.

For some reason, although Tang Ruowang is not from Daming, at this moment, he is actually a little proud. It seems that he is not a Roman, but from Daming.

"Harvest, it’s best if you can go. We are about to face a powerful enemy, but we don’t know anything about our enemy. I need you to go to the east, see with your eyes, use yours Listen with your ears, think with your heart.

Only in this way, the information you bring back is useful, and we can adjust our response methods based on the information you see.

This time, you are allowed to bring twenty ascetics..."

After Alexander VII said these words, he seemed to have exhausted his energy and closed his eyes slightly.

Tang Ruowang followed a group of cardinals and left the empty house, but the two priests holding the 20-meter long scroll did not leave, still holding the pair of long scrolls and standing on the main hall.

The obstructive people disappeared, and Alexander VII opened his eyes. This time, he came to the front of the picture scroll to see not the Palace of Light standing on the snow-capped mountain, but the train traveling through the canyon.

"Mingguo people actually used the steam device like this..."

Whether it is Qiao Yong~www.wuxiahere.com~ or Zhang Liang, they cannot find any chance to enter the Apostolic Palace. However, it is useless to enter the Apostolic Palace. After all, the Apostolic Palace is very big. Even if you enter, you want to stay in those palaces. Finding the pope in it is also as difficult as the sky.

For some reason, Qiao Yong really wanted to kill the pope. It was not because the pope had released Descartes and others from the beginning of his accession to the throne, nor was it because the pope announced the deprivation of some of the rights of the Inquisition on the day of his accession.

It's totally out of intuition!

He felt that if he did not kill the pope, he would make a very big mistake.

However, no matter how these people discussed, they couldn't reach a result. It seemed that they could only wait until the day when the Pope left the Apostolic Palace.

Little Descartes, who was already qualified to sit at the table and participate in the discussion, suddenly said: "It's better to let me do this. I'm still a child, and they won't pay too much attention to me."

Zhang Liang looked at Little Descartes and said: "You are not a soldier or an assassin. To Daming, you are even more important than the Pope. If you use jade to touch the stone, even if the stone is smashed, we will suffer! "