My Daming New Empire

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And before them, the Ottoman who once fought in fear in Europe has long been renamed the kingdom.

Many Europeans know that at the Rock of Gibraltar, the admiral married the daughter of the only emperor, the most powerful figure in the Ming Empire.

But that admiral was a real soldier, he never participated in business negotiations, let alone contact with Europeans other than military operations.

And that Her Royal Highness almost never showed up.

It is said that in the distant Ming Dynasty, the women of the upper class were only active in a narrow circle, and they would only come into contact with people of the same status.

The queens of those grand duchies didn't think that their identities could be compared with each other, not to mention that they didn't know how to speak in plain language, so after several visits with no results, they felt ashamed of themselves.

But this time, the honorable Princess Her Royal Highness actually took the initiative to go on a mission, and her figure immediately attracted the attention of the entire European upper class.

Among them, the most excited is not the Grand Duchess Sforza of the Principality of Milan, but Cosimo Medici, the actual controller of the Republic of Florence, and his wife Contesina.

Cosimo had the honor to meet the emperor of the Ming Empire when Zhu Zhanji visited Europe more than 40 years ago.

In the following decades, the Medici family has also been the agent of the Ming Empire in Europe.

With the support of the Ming Empire, they successfully controlled the Republic of Florence.Moreover, with the support of the Ming Empire, Florence rejected the Papal State in the south, and occupied many port cities and lands in Genoa in the north.

It can be said that Florence is now the most important feudal power in the Italian peninsula, and all of this comes from the support of the Ming Empire.

Cosimo had met with the Admiral of Gibraltar twice, and he also knew that women in the Ming Empire generally would not take on political tasks.

So his wife Contesina only visited Her Royal Highness once, and after receiving an ordinary reception, the two parties had no further contact.

But now, his heir Giovanne, who was highly valued by him, died of illness, his eldest son Piero suffered from gout, and the two grandsons he placed high hopes on, one is only 15 years old this year, and the other is only 12 years old.

And he himself was already terminally ill, and he felt that he would die soon.At this time, he needs the support of the Ming Empire even more.

I learned that Her Royal Highness the princess is going to the Principality of Milan, and she will also bring her children with her.

He asked his wife Contesina to bring his two grandchildren to Milan for the reception. For the sake of future generations, he planned to send the two grandchildren to distant Ming Dynasty to receive education.

It can be seen from past experience that His Majesty the Emperor has enough trust and support for the children who have studied in Daming.

As long as he has the support of the emperor, even if his grandson is a pig, he can sit firmly on the throne.

It would be even better if they could win the favor of the Ming nobles and marry a woman of Ming noble blood.

In Pavia, Yongheng invited Contesina and Sforza's wife Maria into his car.

Contesina knew some simple Ming dialect. Although Maria did not understand Ming dialect, Yongheng's female officer was proficient in Latin.

It was the first time for Maria to come into contact with an oriental woman. This kind of woman with a completely different temperament from the west, coupled with the aura brought by her noble status, made her a little restless in this extremely luxurious princess car.

Contesina tactfully expressed to Yongheng that she hoped to send her two grandchildren to study in Daming. Yongheng readily agreed to her request after knowing that they had studied Ming dialect in Crete for six years.

This made Maria quite moved. Her youngest son, Ludovico, has black hair and black eyes like an oriental, and is nicknamed "the Moor" by people.

It used to be a shame to her, but now, she felt that her youngest son was more suitable to study in Daming.

Moreover, Ludovico has also learned Ming Chinese for three years in Crete, and general communication is not a problem.

Therefore, she also tried to make her own request, which was also agreed by Yongheng.

She still clearly remembered that before she came to Europa, her father summoned her and her husband Yang Zhihe.While explaining to Yang Zhihe how to curb the development of Europe, the father also mentioned that he wanted to attract more upper-class figures from Europe and let them accept the influence of Ming culture.

Therefore, Yongheng must of course support their behavior of studying at their own expense.

The car arrived at the Sforzesco Castle, which was built during the time of the Visconti family and is the most magnificent private castle in Milan.

However, this ancient castle with only more than 1 square meters can't compare with Yingtianfu's imperial palace, even her princess's mansion is not as well-regulated.

The [-] guards took over the guard duties of the Principality of Milan, but even Sforza took it for granted.

All the nobles who were able to attend the banquet were very excited and felt extremely honored.When Yongheng dressed up and appeared at the banquet, countless female relatives bowed down to her according to oriental etiquette.

In Europe, kneeling is only popular when praying to God.

In the front yard, only Zhang Han was a little lost, lost in thought alone, which formed a stark contrast with the vast number of guests attending the banquet.

When he disembarked from the boat in Pavia, he met his cousin Meng Zheng who was two years younger than himself. They also arrived in Milan in the same car.

Along the way, several young people recklessly commented on the backwardness of Europe and the advancement of Ming Dynasty, and everyone showed a speechless sense of superiority.

Of course, this just left Zhang Han speechless.

For him, as a young man, he should be more tolerant in order to improve himself.

Europe is indeed backward. They have developed here for thousands of years, and it is still the most prosperous and richest region in Europe. However, it seems that there is not much difference from Dongzhou, which has only developed for a few decades.

However, he doesn't think this is something they can be proud of, because they are still young and have not made much contribution to Daming. They are just lying in the shadow of their ancestors now.

Only I can show a side that surpasses Europeans. At that time, it is not too late to look at Europeans with a sense of superiority.

But as soon as he got off the bus in Milan, he saw a scene that shocked him.

An obese middle-aged man dressed as a priest bumped into an ordinary citizen because of the excitement.Just because the citizen stepped on his shoe, he asked him to kneel down and lick his shoe clean.

To his surprise, everyone seemed to take this for granted.The old townsman knelt down like a dog, and licked the priest's shoes clean.

He stepped forward, seeing the injustice and wanting to help the citizen, but he was still considered nosy by the other party.

Although Meng Zheng is almost three years younger than Zhang Han, he is an elder.He stepped forward and pulled Zhang Han away, and saluted slightly arrogantly to the priest, who smiled honoredly.

"This is an ignorant area. Don't use the rules of Ming Dynasty to evaluate the many unreasonable things here. In Daming, even the nobles must respect the rights of the people, but in Europe, serving the messengers of God has more power than the nobles. High privilege."

Zhang Han asked, "Do you think there is really a god in this world?"

"Of course not!" Meng Zheng said affirmatively: "Your Majesty said that there are people first, and then there are gods. All gods are created by human beings themselves, which represent human beings' pursuit of beauty, perfection, happiness, safety, and The sustenance of hope. We must believe in the spirit of God, not in God himself."

"Then why are the people here still obsessed with illusory worship of gods?"

"So, they are stupid."

Zhang Han looked at the little cousin and asked, "You also have blood from this land, why..."

Meng Zheng corrected and said: "I am a person who has received the education of Ming civilization. Although I have European blood, I am already a real Ming person. Blood does not represent everything, only culture is!"

Zhang Han was interrupted by the other party, he was at a loss for words for a moment, he hesitated for a while before he said: "Cousin, don't you think we have the responsibility to lead the Europeans out of ignorance?"

Meng Zheng looked at Zhang Han and couldn't help but burst out laughing. "I don't have such noble sentiments as you. I just want to lead my relatives and friends to live a good life. If you sacrifice your happiness for others and live a stable life, I will admire you, but I will not follow you."

Zhang Han sighed, not knowing how to explain his thoughts to this little cousin.

But at this time, Meng Zheng said again: "If you really have this idea, I suggest you start with religious belief. We Daming people believe in our ancestors because the blood of our ancestors gave us life.