In mid-April, the weather in the capital is muggy.

Unlike Jiajing's contempt for the Nanyang Mission, Yuwang was nervous and attached importance to the Nanyang Mission. Naturally, the place of meeting could not be in the palace, and he did not choose to be in the same hall, but arranged to Yuwang's Mansion.

Although Jiajing didn't like King Yu, this had long been the consensus of court officials. It's just that the specifications of this Yuwang Mansion are not ambiguous at all, and everything is built according to the prince's standards, which looks quite magnificent.

There are more than 200 people in the Nanyang Mission, but there are only more than ten real envoys, and all of them are present today and come to this splendid Yuwang Palace.

Batu, the leader of the North Mountain Department, brought his granddaughter Nina to the scene, and this trip was a great eye-opener, that is, he appreciated the splendid mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty, and also saw the strength of the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

King Yu attended in full costume, posing as a prince, sitting in front of the desk in the palace.

Although he was in his home field, Yuwang's psychological quality was obviously not up to par, and he still felt a burst of weakness in his heart, and beads of sweat couldn't help but ooze from his forehead.

King Yu frequently wiped his sweat, for fear that he would do something wrong, so he became the laughing stock of the whole world, and even lost his position as the prince.

"The foreign minister greets His Highness!"

It's just that King Yu's worries are obviously superfluous, and these Nanyang envoys don't have the slightest intention of making things difficult for King Yu, and they seem to salute in a proper manner, and even many people bow down.

King Yu didn't seem to have the slightest swagger of a prince, and immediately stood up from the front of the desk, and at the same time prepared to raise his hand to the Nanyang envoys in the palace.

Cough......

Lin Haoran stood on the left side of the hall, but coughed.

King Yu first looked at Lin Haoran with a puzzled face, and the eunuch next to him hurriedly motioned for him to sit back, and then King Yu reacted, and sat back on the ass that had left, and then raised his hand and said, "Everyone, please get up!" ”

Although it is a polite and virtuous corporal posture that he stands up, it is also a common practice of "holy monarch", but he now represents the Son of Heaven to entertain the envoys of Nanyang, so he naturally has to hold the shelf of the suzerain.

"Your Highness!"

The envoys saluted one after another, and then took their seats in turn.

The Nanyang envoys and their entourage were on the right side of the Yuwang Palace, and the officials headed by Lin Haoran were on the left side of the Yuwang Palace, and the palace maids brought fruits, shortbread and wine.

King Yu watched everyone take their seats, and then he let out a long breath of turbidity, and his eyes couldn't help but look at Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran had already made arrangements for the matter, so he just followed King Yu for instructions, and then nodded lightly to the Portuguese.

The Manchurian envoys who came to Beijing this time were old acquaintances Galenelle, Simon and missionary Gaspar, who had a strong desire to make friends with the Ming Dynasty and were willing to become vassals of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the missionary Gaspar had strong ambitions and wanted to carry out a larger mission in Daming.

Today is not to canonize the Nanyang envoys, the order that King Yu got was only to entertain these Nanyang envoys on behalf of the Son of Heaven, so there was nothing serious to discuss, mainly to accompany these Nanyang envoys to eat, drink and entertain.

Soon, the temple began to perform festive performances.

It's just that the festival is not performed by the prostitute of the Jiaofang Division, but by a blonde and blue-eyed Westerner, but he is wearing a black Confucian costume and playing the violin there.

The melodious sound of the piano sounded in the hall, which not only attracted the attention of the Nanyang envoys and Ming officials attending the meeting, but also caused many eunuchs and palace maids to cast concerned eyes, and even Princess Li in the backyard sent people to hear the situation here.

Gaspar was a Western missionary, and to be able to obtain this status meant that he could not have been a commoner, and he was the son of a Portuguese nobility. He not only received a good education from an early age, but also received artistic influence, and his playing skills are quite good, and he can be described as an amateur violinist.

Compared with the xylophone of the East, the violin has a more metallic texture, giving people another kind of auditory enjoyment. Especially for those who have never heard of this instrument, it is a kind of impact on the soul.

In addition to Lin Haoran, officials like He Bin and other officials were already fascinated by hearing it, and even ran to hum a tune.

Although Gaspar knew Chinese very well, it was already difficult for him to ask him to translate the Portuguese songs, so he also sang them in Portuguese.

Even so, it fascinated everyone present. Music has no borders, this is true, and the officialdom who like music has cooperated with the hammering case.

While Gaspar was playing, he was not fully engaged, and he watched the reactions of everyone in the hall.

It has been six or seven years since he arrived in Daming, but he has never forgotten his mission. Although he reached a cooperation with Lin Haoran, which allowed him to preach in Guangzhou and Leizhou, he was not satisfied.

After all kinds of attempts, he knew what could impress these high-ranking Ming people, and the violin had a double barrier of technology and operation, which became a sharp weapon for him to tackle tough problems.

It was precisely in this way that he became the guest of many officials in Guangdong by playing the violin, which deepened his relationship with the officials in Guangdong and reduced his resistance to proselytizing.

Now, he also took the initiative to ask Ying to play the violin for the prince of the Ming Dynasty, in order to get closer to the prince of the Ming Dynasty and even win his friendship.

It's just that what made him slightly frustrated was that the prince seemed absent-minded, not only wiping his sweat frequently, but also repeatedly looking at Lin Haoran next to him. As for Lin Haoran, he is already following the same as back then, and he doesn't seem to be interested in his violin.

At the end of the song, the people around him applauded.

Gaspar looked at King Yu and Lin Haoran unwillingly, but these two people didn't applaud, but they didn't look at him.

Although King Yu is a good woman, he doesn't like music, and when he heard Gaspar finally stop playing, he stretched his neck and asked Lin Haoran: "Lord Lin, how can this envoy be born so ......?" ”

I don't know if King Yu saved face for Gaspar, or if he couldn't find a suitable image word, but he stopped.

"Returning to Your Highness, this is the difference between Westerners! They are like Kunlun slaves, with different skin colors and physiognomy characteristics from our Da Ming, but in fact, they are all flesh and blood! Lin Haoran glanced at Gaspar and immediately responded.

King Yu nodded as if he didn't understand. But it is not as difficult to serve as other emperors, even if he still knows nothing about this matter, but he has no intention of continuing to embarrass Lin Haoran.

Gaspar did not leave, but continued to brush his presence in front of King Yu, and arched his hand to King Yu in the palace and said: "This song is "Prince and Princess", I wish His Royal Highness and the princess happiness!" ”

In order to do what he liked, he also racked his brains and used this beautiful meaning to express his blessings to King Yu.

"Prince and princess, isn't this ......" King Yu's mind was stuck on the title of the song, and he frowned.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid you've misunderstood! I have a Ming Dynasty that the world is unified, and I do not advocate disharmony with foreign countries, but the West is a county and can be divided into several countries, and it is customary for the prince here and the princess to be friends there. Gaspar's song originated from the West, but I didn't know that my Oriental Prince Yiyu Wang, and the Oriental princess was Princess Daming, Princess Ning'an and Princess Jiashan. Lin Haoran realized that something was wrong and immediately explained.

King Yu really thought of him and Princess Ning'an or Princess Jiashan, so he said "uh" with relief.

Simon coughed hurriedly, and Gaspar also realized that something was wrong, and immediately explained: "What Lord Lin said is extremely true, this song of the foreign minister originates from the West, and it is mainly a wish for lovers!" ”

He Bin and the others secretly sweated and found that this Westerner really didn't make people worry.

King Yu nodded as if he didn't understand, and didn't mean to get to the bottom of it, and said thoughtfully: "I see!" ”

After saying that, the hall suddenly became a little cold.

Lin Haoran knew that this King Yu was not very bright-minded, not only did he not have the ability to lead this banquet, but he also did not have the ability to take charge of himself, so he coughed lightly again.

King Yu first looked at Lin Haoran in puzzlement, and under the prompting of the internal supervisor next to him, he remembered that there was still a note on the case, and it was resolutely time for him to speak, so he read according to the note: "Come on, how old are you?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, the foreign minister is already fifty-six this year. Now living in Daming for more than seven years, I have great admiration for Daming, especially when I saw the majestic capital of Daming, the foreign minister really had a feeling: "Mo is not old and returns to his hometown, and he must break his intestines when he returns to his hometown"! Gaspar replied respectfully.

King Yu's eyes lit up slightly: "It's really strange that you can understand Wei Wenqing's poems!" ”

It's not that he praises it, but there are many foreign vassals in the capital, but there are really few who can speak Chinese as smoothly as Gaspar's, and can understand poetry. The identity of Gasparcy's foreigner has already added a lot of points.

"Your Highness praised this falsely, the foreign minister only knows some fur, and he has an axe in front of His Highness!" Gaspar was secretly happy in his heart, but he chose to be modest as the locals did.

Yuwang laughed hehehe, and had a greater affection for this Westerner.

Only the laughter passed, and the venue fell silent again.

Lin Haoran coughed helplessly, King Yu didn't need to be reminded by the eunuch this time, his eyes fell on the note on the table, and he said according to the script: "Come on, where are you from?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, the foreign minister is actually from Portugal in the West, and this time he has come to the East to preach at the behest of the Pope!" Gaspar bowed his hand slightly, and replied solemnly.

King Yu glanced at the table and asked again, "What is the position of the Pope?" ”

"In the Western countries, we honor the Pope! Like us, the king of Portugal, he must first be approved by the Church, that is, by God, so that he can be crowned king! Gaspar explained earnestly.

There are officials who have records next to them, and these conversations will be transmitted to the palace, but at this time, they are meticulously recorded.

King Yu was no longer nervous, and gradually gained more confidence in himself, and asked Gaspar again: "The West is quite far away, how did you come to my Ming Dynasty from the West?" ”

"Returning to His Royal Highness, the foreign minister sailed eastward according to the sea chart, and it took six months to reach Manchurian, and then it took half a month to reach Xiangshan, Guangdong, during which it was also very thrilling, and a ship sank in the middle of the voyage due to wind and waves!" Gaspar thinks back to the voyage, and his heart is heavy.

When King Yu heard that someone was killed on the way, he sympathized with Gaspar in his heart, and said with a slight emotion: "It is indeed very difficult for you to come to my Ming this time!" ”

"On this trip, I can see His Royal Highness's dignity with my own eyes, although the foreign minister will never give up!" Gaspar gradually figured out the hobby of the Ming people, and even showed loyalty and authenticity.

Although King Yu didn't listen to the compliments of his subordinates, the Westerners who came here were so complimented by him, and while feeling fresh, the whole person almost couldn't find the north.

Gaspar seemed to be prepared, and said to King Yu: "When the foreign minister came to Daming, he also carried something on the ship, and he wanted to give it to His Highness today!" ”

"I don't know what?" When Yuwang heard that it was something from the West, he immediately asked with great interest.

Gaspar first glanced at Lin Haoran rather complicatedly, and then turned his head to Simon and nodded slightly.

Simon also glanced at Lin Haoran, and then took out the things. But I saw that it was a pavilion-like object as high as thirty centimeters, with the top of the pavilion, the base below, a pillar in the middle, and three white horses hanging beside it.

Simon clock-up a butterfly-shaped object, and when he held it up in the palm of his hand, a beautiful note was heard in the hall.

"What's going on?"

"The sound came from the horse, could it be that the horse is alive?"

"This horse doesn't look like a living thing, I think it's a trick of their West!"

……

When He Bin and other officials heard this beautiful note, they looked at the object in shock and speculated.

Gaspar saw everyone's reactions, pointed to the object and solemnly introduced to King Yu: "This is a music box, as long as you twist a few times with this little thing, you can make this wonderful song!" ”

Gaspar came to Daming for a purpose, he wanted to sprinkle the light of God on this vast land, and wanted everyone, including the Ming Emperor, to become believers in God.

It's just that this rich East has its own civilization and beliefs, and although he has received many believers in Guangdong, his influence is still very limited, and their deeds are greatly restricted.

Gradually, he found that it was impossible to take the route of civilians in Daming. As long as they had inappropriate deeds, they simply refused to send troops to help them quell the rebellion, and they were almost kicked out of Xiangshan County by local officials.

This dynasty had a high degree of dominion, and although it did not discourage the faith of the common people, they could easily be uprooted by the upper echelons of officials if they behaved inappropriately.

It is precisely because of this that he slowly realized that if he wants to really take root in the Ming Dynasty, he must take the upper route, win over the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and even convert the current Son of Heaven into a believer in God.

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