Gou in Daming, I was overheard by Zhu Yuanzhang

"So, you are His Majesty the Emperor!"

Rukia exclaimed: "We are so lucky to meet the emperor of Ming Dynasty!"

Robert and the other [-] Italians bowed down to salute Zhu Yuanzhang again.

With the translation pen, Rukia heard the identities of the two from the conversation between Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Yuanzhang just now.

Zhu Yunxi called Zhu Yuanzhang "Grandpa Emperor".

Then, the old man in front of him is the emperor of Ming Dynasty.

This mysterious oriental man with magic is the grandson of the emperor.

Robert and Lucia took 30 people from the Mediterranean Sea to the east, trying to find a rich oriental country along the route described in Marco Polo's book.

Along the way, because I had muskets and enough bullets, I didn't encounter any obstacles.

How could I have met Zhu Yunxie!
This is a godlike figure!

All kinds of equipment he owns are things they have never seen before!
Magic, in the past, was only seen in books and heard about.

After meeting Zhu Yunxi, they realized that magic really exists in this world!
Mao Yi said: "It is our Majesty of Ming Dynasty, you barbarians, why don't you kneel down?"

Rukia's translator actually translated it into vernacular: You wild and wild people, why don't you kneel down?

Lucia, who was holding a translation pen, was a little puzzled: "Why do we kneel?"

Zhu Yunxi said: "Mao Yi, don't use our Ming rules to trap them!"

"Mao Yi said that, it really hurts."

"I can't help but think of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, who asked the British envoys to kneel, but they were determined not to kneel."

"At that time, the Qing Dynasty always thought that Lao Tzu was number one in the world, and the Central Plains was the center of the world, while other areas were uncivilized barbarians, all small countries, even foreigners from Europe."

"When the British envoy Macartney visited, Britain had already experienced a renaissance at this time, and the domestic industrial revolution was in full swing, and its military strength began to increase dramatically."

"Because the British are not used to kneeling and worshiping, when they met with Emperor Qianlong, the two sides had disputes about etiquette, which were finally resolved by kneeling on one knee."

"The items brought by the British envoys can be said to be the most sincere among all countries."

"It includes steam engines, cotton spinning machines, looms, cannons, repeating guns, a model of the Sovereign battleship, and more."

"These are the most amazing achievements of the Western Industrial Revolution!"

"Obviously, the selection of these gifts took a lot of thought from the British. On the one hand, they wanted to showcase the science and technology of the British Empire, and on the other hand, they wanted to show the military strength of the British Empire, so that the Qing Dynasty would agree to trade with them."

"To the disappointment of the British envoys, not only the elderly Qing emperors dismissed the "tributes" they brought, but even the officials in their prime had no interest in these things."

"And they even got into an argument over kneeling and kowtowing!"

"It made Qianlong, who was quite happy at first, think that these barbarians and Di are people who don't know etiquette, so he didn't have a good impression of them."

"After this unhappy meeting, the Qing Dynasty completely missed the opportunity to learn about foreign developments until the Opium War opened the door to China."

"So later generations have criticized the Qing Dynasty for its ignorance. They didn't know how to keep up with the trend of the times, and they only knew how to be arrogant and so on."

"In the face of those cotton spinning machines and looms, the people of the Qing Dynasty did not realize their value, but they obviously thought that these things were of no use."

"After all, there were so many cheap labors in the Qing Dynasty, so you don't need to spend money to buy your stuff."

"As for those weapons and equipment, the people of the Qing Dynasty looked down on them even more."

"Their ancestors established the country with cavalry and archery, so why not annihilate the Ming Dynasty with its advanced firearms?"

"What's more, I don't have muskets and cannons. What do I want from you?"

"If Emperor Qianlong could see the live ammunition of British cannons and muskets, he might be able to change his mind and update the equipment for Qing soldiers."

"But Qianlong is an 80-year-old man, why do you let him run around? As for the civil servants below, they are obviously not interested in these things."

"As for the generals, from the founding of the Qing Dynasty to the present, the entire Qing Dynasty has not lost a few times. I am more confident in my heart, and I am even less interested in British weapons."

"The model of the world's strongest warship "Monarch", which has always been talked about, is just a toy in Qianlong's eyes."

"Qianlong has never seen it before. How does he know if you are bragging? If you can bring this boat over and fire two cannonballs in front of Qianlong, Qianlong will probably feel that he is ignorant and learn Western technology seriously. But what can a model explain? ?”

"In the first Opium War, the Qing Dynasty thought it was "a mere barbarian, what's the point?", but the facts slapped the Qing."

"The gap in equipment strength led to the defeat of the war. The Qing Dynasty, known as the "Heavenly Kingdom", was also defeated by the overseas barbarians in their eyes, and signed the first unequal treaty."

"Because Britain was already at war with the Qing Dynasty at this time, there was no need to kneel and worship. However, in the eyes of the Qing people at that time, Britain was still just overseas barbarians, and the "Chinese Dynasty" was still the "Chinese Dynasty."

"In order to solve this problem that hindered the majesty of the "Celestial Dynasty", but he couldn't beat it, Emperor Xianfeng thought of a way. If the British envoy wanted to see him, he had to kneel down three times and kowtow nine times, otherwise he would not see him. It was also for this reason , rejected the British envoy's request for an audience several times."

"The second Opium War began, and the Qing army was undoubtedly defeated. Finally, the British and French allied forces captured the capital."

"So far, Westerners have realized the transformation from barbarians to great powers, from kneeling to standing in front of the Qing Dynasty."

"The idea of ​​"Heavenly Kingdom" has since collapsed."

"Since then, Huaxia has entered a century of humiliating history of being carved up and enslaved by Western powers."

"To a certain extent, the century-old humiliation is caused by our arrogance and arrogance, closedness and self-defense."

"In the face of the Western Renaissance and Industrial Revolution, our emperors and officials are still complacent and do not want to change."

"Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, arrogance is."

"The same is true of nations and nations."

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned at this time.

I didn't expect our land to be divided up by others!
He had learned some of the following things from the voice of the third grandson before, and it turned out that their emperor was so ignorant!
It's ridiculous to always think that other people are barbarians and your own territory is the whole world.

Is it strange that you don't die like this?
Looking at Mao Yi again, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly felt ashamed!

Didn't we think so before?
In the past, didn't we just think that apart from Daming, everyone else was mere barbarians?

The world, the world!Son of Heaven, Son of Heaven!
Before guarding such a small place, I knew that these surrounding countries and tribes even claimed to be emperors!
"Mao Yi, from the perspective of strength and potential, we are not qualified to make them kneel!"

"They will become foreign academicians of my Daming Institute of Science and Technology. Many people, including you, will go to Daming Institute of Science and Technology for training. They will be your teachers!"

"Can you make the teacher kneel down?"

"In the future, we can neither be arrogant nor belittle ourselves. We must see how big this world is and how vast this world is!"

"Let me tell you Mao Yi, Rukia, Robert, these Italians will bring and breed the seeds of science for my Ming Dynasty."

"So talking about Mao Yi is actually for Lao Zhu."

"I hope Lao Zhu realizes this."

"Now, Italians are here. This is a great opportunity for us to popularize scientific and technological knowledge, cultivate scientific thinking, and develop modern technology."

"The arrival of Rukia and Robert is equivalent to the arrival of British envoys in the Qing Dynasty."

"At that time, Qianlong was in the year of the Zhang Dynasty, and today is Lao Zhu in the year of sixty."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself, although Qianlong defeated Yili and became the emperor through the ages, he missed the opportunity after all, he is really confused!
Now, the opportunity is in front of us, and we must seize it.