My Daming New Empire

After discussing with several translators, they struggled to translate Zhu Zhanji's words.In order to explain Zhu Zhanji's words, Tong Shi used more language words to translate the words in line with the original meaning.

Before Joao I could react, Zhu Zhanji continued: "For Daming, theism and worship of gods are backward. It is a kind of fear that arises because you know too little about today's world and you don't know too much. .The more you get in touch with me, Daming, you will realize that your own ignorance and ridiculousness."

It was not just King Joao I and his entourage who said this, even a group of Dashi officials felt their ignorance when they heard this.If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, they all wanted to ask, what do people in Daming really believe in?Where is the advanced?

Of course, this question was asked by John I. "Your Highness, then, does Daming have no gods?"

"First, we need to figure out what is God?"

Zhu Zhanji sat up straight, looked down at the audience and said: "Primitive society, because people's brain thinking ability and language expression ability are quite low, they know very little about the world itself. Human beings live together with insects, snakes, birds and beasts. A kind of unique interlocutor who can agree with each other, and materialize this supernatural mysterious power, so there are different totem worships of various nations with various animals or trees as objects, and a series of cumbersome totems are formed. Customs and etiquette.

At this time, witchcraft also came into being. Witchcraft is manifested as the communication between people and this mysterious infinite power. In the East, when there are major events in primitive society, they will use divination and other methods to ask "Heaven" for instructions, hoping to get Inspiration from the heavens, so as to be able to follow the sky when making major decisions.

I know that there are many stories of prophets in the Bible. They received God's revelation, and then expressed and taught it to people, so that people's behavior can conform to God's will—that is, absolute devotion to God and "love one's neighbor" people" etc.

In the expression of this ultimate infinity, each nation is invariably affected by its own cultural development, regional environment, and thinking and language ability. Therefore, each nation's ultimate infinity is presented in a different way.

In ancient Greece, there were many gods headed by Zeus; in Hebrew culture, in Europe, you must absolutely obey the instructions of Jehovah; in the ancient times of the East, this ultimate infinity is "heaven".

You in the West like to anthropomorphize gods. This is a beautiful imagination of human beings for things they cannot do.So God did not create man, but man created God.

But in our East, Heaven is not a personal infinite power, but like your Western "God", with its powerful and mysterious power that makes people fearful and awe-inspiring, it arouses complex emotions such as gratitude, terror, and worship in people's hearts. emotion. "

Everyone was dumbfounded by these words, and even the staff forgot to translate.But Zheng He and other officials of the Ming Dynasty listened to each of them with a surge of emotion.

Jin Chun looked at Zhu Zhanji, who was talking eloquently on the stage, and was convinced by this Highness for the first time in his heart.

Who said that His Highness is ignorant!

Even he himself has never figured out that this is how religious beliefs are formed.

Their Confucianism established a sub-sage, but in fact it was just saying that too many beautiful imaginations were bestowed on the sub-sage, but in reality?Anyone who understands knows that when Yasheng lived, he was also a frustrated person who could not be reused.

Although Zhu Zhanji's words did not target Yasheng, he analyzed the essence of it clearly, and even Jin Chun couldn't fault it in the slightest.

Having such a grandson is not necessarily a blessing of Confucianism, but it must be a blessing of Ming Dynasty!

It took a long time for several translators to translate this passage to Joao I, and Joao I was just as out of his mind as they were.

For people in this era, denying the gods they believe in is treasonous.Although the big cannibals have been retreating steadily on the battlefield, they have grown stronger and stronger through the spread of their beliefs.

In Europe, it is still at the end of the Middle Ages. Although the Eastern Expedition has almost torn off the last trace of Rome's face, today's Europe is still influenced by Rome.

King Joao I couldn't imagine how much shock it would cause if Zhu Zhanji's words spread in Europe!

Even he himself, now wants to take up the long sword to defend his belief.

Zhu Zhanji looked at their devastated faces, and added another sentence: "In our east, gods are just better people. The sky is the biggest, and the emperor represents the sky, and the gods are all canonized by the emperor."

In fact, Zhu Zhanji deliberately blurred the definition of the gods of the East and the West, but his words did not cause the initial shock.

Because whether it is the divine right of the king or the military power granted by heaven, it has been spread in a very early age.

The god-given divine right in the east is also practiced in ancient Egypt in the west.

The ancient Egyptian pharaoh called himself the son of the god, and was considered the incarnation of the god, so he lived in the pyramid after his death to reach the sky.

But in Europe, because of their city-state system, there is no centralization, so no one dares to call himself the emperor, let alone recognize it.

Because there were republics in ancient Greece and Rome, or the Germanic and Celtic people were still tribal societies in some places, so even in the monarchy city-states, some people have always resisted seeing leaders as the incarnation of gods.

But later, in order to resist foreign enemies, a unified country and a powerful monarch emerged. From Alexander the Great, he regarded himself as the incarnation of God.

Later, the Roman Empire established the idea that the emperor is the representative of God on earth, and in order to compete with Rome and the Huns, the ancient Germans also began to establish a country where the descendants or incarnations of Odin were kings.

But in the beginning, Europe was polytheistic. It was not until Christianity unified the secular power that a god emerged.

Eastern emperors enshrined gods, while Western kings called themselves gods. This is actually a manifestation of different political systems.

Such a conversation had such a huge impact on everyone present that at noon, Zhu Zhanji's specially prepared palace feast made everyone unwilling to eat.

King Joao I resigned from Zhu Zhanji after lunch, and handed over all transaction negotiations to his eldest son Duarte.

Back in the room Zhu Zhanji arranged for him, he sat on the large soft couch, trembling all over.

Originally, he just saw the strength of Ming Dynasty, and wanted to get closer to Zhu Zhanji, so that Portugal would have an advantage in trade with Ming Dynasty.

But today's conversation made him understand that Da Ming is more terrifying than the big cannibals and other heretics.Although these pagans have different beliefs from them, they still recognize the God of Christianity, because even their Koran is actually born out of the Bible.

But the Ming people are completely different. They have broken away from the stage of being controlled by the gods, and instead controlled the gods.

Although Joao I understood that Zhu Zhanji's words were very correct, such remarks can completely subvert the entire society, which is very scary for Europe, which is in urgent need of stability.

If there is no restriction of theocracy, if faith is lost, the whole of Europe will be in chaos.

After a while, he calmed down and summoned Almeida, the Minister of Guard who had been kicked out by him. "The deal with Daming has been handed over to Duarte, and it's time for him to take on more responsibilities. You go to arrange my ship, just say that I'm unwell and want to return home as soon as possible....No, you can't say that , we can’t leave in such a hurry, we will stay another day tomorrow, and we will head to the Pope’s Kingdom the day after tomorrow.”

Almeida was a little puzzled by Joao I's order and asked, "Your Majesty, where are we going?"

"Go to the Papal State, but this matter cannot be concealed from Daming. Their fleet is cruising in the Mediterranean Sea, and they may run into each other at any time."

"Your Majesty wants to..."

"Don't say it, you just know what I mean."

King Joao I was a little worried, if he stayed with the madman, the great grandson of the Ming Dynasty for a long time, would he also be influenced by the other party.He was even more worried that this was Daming's territory, and their words might be eavesdropped.

He had to rush to Rome as soon as possible and tell Martin V that Ming would be more terrifying than those heretics.

Almeida paused and said, "But His Majesty the Pope should be in Konstanz, Germany now, where the church holds a meeting to discuss the suppression of the Hussite rebellion and separatism in the southern Czech Republic."

King Joao I pondered for a while before sighing: "This is the weakest moment of the church."

Of course, Zhu Zhanji didn't have the time to spy on King Joao I's little abacus. The arrival of King Joao I also opened up the tide of trade between European countries and Ming Dynasty.

In the afternoon of that day, three fleets returned and brought with them the intention of three countries to trade with Ming Dynasty.

In today's Europe, the economic center is in southern Europe, and the political center can also be said to be in southern Europe.

Because the richest Venice, as well as the Papal State are all in the Italian peninsula.

Other countries have to accept the economic exploitation of Venice and the political oppression of Rome. If they have no choice, they can only be obedient. But if they have a better choice, of course they will throw themselves into Ming's arms without hesitation.

Especially now, Daming's commodity prices look very "real".

Although the trade list brought back by the mission was not huge, Daming did not want to eat a fat man when he came to Europe for trade.

Using the economy, interfering with politics, and making bad water in Europe is what Zhu Zhanji wants to do.