[Ming] Wuzong's Chronicle of Rebirth

Zhu Houzhao is still very curious about this Luo Zhijian. What he has been looking for is a Western missionary who came from the new route. Zhu Houzhao also met missionaries in Beijing before, but those people came from the northwest, from the Luocha Kingdom. Russia in the future will come.Luo Zhijian was the first to come directly from Europe by boat.

Although he really wanted to see him now, Zhu Houzhao didn't want to give him the impression that the nobles of the Ming Dynasty could easily meet him, not to mention that Du Ruo was a duke and he was still the prince of a country.Zhu Houzhao thought about letting them hang out.If these people don't suppress them, if they feel that Daming is weak and can be bullied in the future, it will be bad. Zhu Houzhao doesn't want to add pressure to his coastal defense.

After listening to Zhu Houzhao's instructions, Gao Feng turned around and went out to arrange for Luo Zhijian. Zhu Houzhao didn't like luxury, and the life in this mansion was worse than that of ordinary wealthy businessmen.Since it was to frighten Luo Zhijian, Gao Feng simply brought him and his translator to Zhizao Mansion, and let him live in the house where Han Yi lived.

Liang Yu committed a crime within a few months and was sent to Beijing. Han Yi's house hasn't been moved much yet, so it's best for Luo Zhijian to live in it now.For Gao Feng, this room only has the golden glitter of a nouveau riche, showing off the owner's wealth all the time.Gao Feng himself would never live in this kind of house, and now it is just right for Luo Zhijian to live in it.

As a missionary, Luo Zhijian was completely shocked.His experience in the Ming Dynasty made him feel that the Ming Dynasty was an extremely wealthy country, but that was all. The place where he lived now allowed him to see the luxurious life of the Ming Dynasty people.Such a gorgeous and exquisite house is only for the servants who serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty.Luo Zhijian never felt that his desire to preach in Daming was so strong.

Such a rich, beautiful, and heaven-like place should be God's territory.Luo Zhijian is eager to preach, he has always been in a leisurely state before.He was the first group of people who found the country of Ming Dynasty with the merchant ship, and for this reason he was received by the cardinal.Now he can't wait anymore, he is eager to learn Chinese from his translator, and every court lady and father-in-law who comes and goes is the object of his careful observation.

When he concluded that the food and clothing of these servants was many times better than that of the rich people in his own country, Luo Zhijian only wanted to see these two most noble beings in the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.But he wanted to see Zhu Houzhao, but Zhu Houzhao didn't want to see him, so he wanted to leave him alone.Luo Zhijian stayed for three days, and Gao Feng showed the most beautiful side of the Ming Dynasty before his eyes, the endless silks and satins, the endless delicacies of mountains and seas, the flowery and jade-like women, the weaving fabrics that are more gorgeous than castles. Government and Chief Envoy Yamen.

Zhu Houzhao also found it funny. At the beginning, Luo Zhijian refused to wear the clothes provided by Gao Feng, but after he experienced the most comfortable pajamas he had ever worn in his life, he put on Gao Feng's prepared pajamas for the reason of "Doin Romeas Romedoes"-doing as Romans do. clothes.

Originally, he refused to eat pig's trotters, but he reluctantly tasted the taste of the secret pig's trotters made by famous chefs in Hangzhou and fell in love with the taste.Gao Feng reported all these things to Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao and Du Ruo didn't know what to say after hearing it.

Zhu Houzhao just asked Gao Feng to take him to experience the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. He didn't expect Gao Feng to do so thoughtfully, and really bluffed Luo Zhijian like this.Those persistence, those disgusting foods, everything is just a cloud in front of the huge gap.

I heard that Luo Zhijian had improved almost in the past two days, and he could even speak a few words in Chinese, so Zhu Houzhao met him at the chief envoy's yamen.Luo Zhijian followed Gao Feng into the yamen, he had been to this place before, and this time was different from the day before.Because Zhu Houzhao came here, there was a post at five steps and one post at ten steps. A tall man in a strong coat stood guard there, and a charming maid walked past with things.

Hearing the word to go in, Luo Zhijian stood at the door and waited.Followed by his translator, had never seen such a battle before, he was extremely nervous, repeating the etiquette of respect to Luo Zhijian over and over again, Luo Zhijian was also very anxious when he was led by him.

The people inside were right, so Gao Fengcai took Luo Zhijian to the inner room, and saw two boys standing by the window, the sunlight outside the window hit their faces, casting a layer of golden radiance.One in a red boa robe, one in ivory

A robe embroidered with green bamboo.The two of them looked better than any Ming people that Luo Zhijian had ever met.

The little translator desperately pulled Luo Zhijian's robe, and Luo Zhijian realized that he was stunned.He hurriedly knelt down and greeted him in Chinese with a strange tone: "His Royal Highness is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a good day, Your Highness the Duke." The translator saw that he was different from what I taught him, and he was so anxious that he was sweating all over his head flow down.

Zhu Houzhao was not annoyed, and asked Luo Zhijian to get up, and said hello: "I don't know what Father Luo's original name is? I can also be called by this palace."

The translator translated the words to Luo Zhijian, and Luo Zhijian felt that His Highness the Crown Prince was really like an angel, knowing that he had a real name.Although the name Luo Zhijian was given to him by his friends in the Ming Dynasty, it is not his real name after all.When everyone called him Luo Zhijian, he also missed his real name very much.

"Lauren, Lauren Stewart."

Zhu Houzhao knew his name, so he called him Father Luo Lun. Luo Zhijian was so happy that he almost cried, thinking that His Royal Highness is really a first-class kind person.

Du Ruo was just accompanying the guests, and he was always dominated by Zhu Houzhao outside, so he drank tea and listened by himself.Luo Zhijian has been desperately praising the civilization and prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, and has been desperately instilling in Zhu Houzhao the thoughts of God's fraternity and Jesus' salvation.

Thinking of how those foreign businessmen of his own scoffed at China, Du Ruo felt indescribably entangled in his heart.I thought to myself that it is necessary for the country to be prosperous and strong, so that these foreigners will face up to China, the oriental lion.

When Luo Zhijian arrived, the food from the grain merchants was delivered smoothly, and Zhu Houzhao embarked on a journey back to Beijing.Luo Zhijian was assigned to the boat closest to Zhu Houzhao, and Luo Zhijian didn't want to leave Zhu Houzhao at all these two days.Every morning before the boat started sailing, he boarded Zhu Houzhao's boat with an interpreter, waiting for him to wake up.

Luo Zhijian was really shocked.He accompanied Zhu Houzhao to check and accept the grain of the grain merchants that day. Such a large warehouse was full, and I heard that this was only part of it.You must know that there is enough food for everyone in Portugal for a whole year.Whoever has so much food is the biggest rich man in Portugal.But these are just little things for a child like Zhu Houzhao to inherit the empire in the future.

Du Ruo was very distressed when he did this.Gao Feng is always worried about this barbarian, and must guard Zhu Houzhao every day.He came so early every day, before Zhu Houzhao got up, Du Ruo couldn't sneak into Zhu Houzhao's room during Liu Jin's vigil like before, and sneak back to his own room the next morning.

But the more unhappy he was with Luo Zhijian, the more Luo Zhijian felt that Zhu Houzhao was easier to get close to, and the more attached he was to Zhu Houzhao.Du Ruo returned to the capital sadly all the way.On the contrary, after spending so long with Luo Zhijian, Zhu Houzhao has basically figured out the situation in Europe.

Luo Zhijian was just a priest, and he only knew these news from the nobles and wealthy businessmen he had befriended, and because Luo Zhijian was away all year round, some things were only vaguely known, not clear.In addition, the level of this translation is really not high, and it is very difficult for Zhu Houzhao to understand. Fortunately, he still has some impressions of world history in middle school, and he can only understand six out of ten when combined.

Columbus had already discovered the New World, and the Spanish built colonies there.But Luo Zhijian was not optimistic about them. He heard that there were only wastelands and savages there. In Luo Zhijian's opinion, he didn't find half of the benefits of Ming Dynasty.Du Ruo laughed in his heart that he was ignorant, and that he deserved to lag behind the maritime overlords like Spain, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

The Portuguese da Gama discovered a new sea route to India, but that was years ago.It is not just Europeans who are looking for new sea routes. The opening of the sea ban made wealthy businessmen of the Ming Dynasty and businessmen from neighboring countries who were seeking wealth also start to look for new sea routes.Almost as soon as the Portuguese arrived in India, they discovered the richer Ming Dynasty and started their journey to reach it.In the past two years, the number of Portuguese merchant ships has increased from a few to dozens. According to Luo Zhijian, many wealthy businessmen he knows have plans to go to the Ming Dynasty in the past two years.

This is exactly what Zhu Houzhao wanted. Since he and Du Ruo have limited changes, let the torrent of the times impact this decadent dynasty.After all the carrion on the surface has been washed away, Zhu Houzhao will gouge out the flesh and heal the wounds of the country.

The group returned to the capital in July.Luo Zhijian was taken to resettlement by Du Ruo, and Zhu Houzhao returned to the palace alone.

This year, Zhu Houzhao and Du Ruo can be together without restraint and don't care about other people's eyes. Now that they have returned to Beijing, they can no longer be like this.Farewell to Yiyi, the two of them do not have a tender and affectionate meaning.By the way, Du Ruo gave Zhu Houzhao the ring he had prepared, one for each of them, it was just a plain silver ring, but there were two pinyin letters engraved inside.

Zhu Houzhao didn't want to take it with him at first, the two of them are always together, it's too eye-catching.But he couldn't stand Du Ruo's disgusted and hurt expression, so he had to wear it.Fortunately, Du Ruo hasn't forgotten their identities. The rings are a set. Wearing this one and buckling the other is completely different from the one Du Ruo is holding.Although Du Ruo was blamed for being ignorant at the time, but now sitting alone on the sedan chair back to the palace, touching the ring on his hand, Zhu Houzhao is also full of sweetness.

Zhu Houzhao knew that writing about his injury as not so serious was good for Zhu Youtang and the others. Naturally, Zhu Youtang was unwilling to tell Zhu Houzhao about these troubles in the capital. Shocking brain foggy.

This is first of all the matter of the Zhang family's demotion.Apart from Zhu Houzhao's dissatisfaction with Zhu Houwei's injury, Zhu Houzhao is happy to see other things come to fruition.In the future, Zhu Houzhao will have to take these nobles and nobles into action. If he doesn't want the Zhang family to bear the brunt, he must silence them.If Zhu Houzhao lowered their titles, they would definitely be dissatisfied, but now what they are looking for is not Zhu Houzhao's business.

The other thing is Zhu Hui's arrogance and bullying.