Before speaking, Marin asked Kong Tai, who had followed him to the court, to enter the Jinluan Palace. Because, in his hand, Comté had a huge map of Europe in his hand.

After getting Zhengde's permission, Kong Tai took the map and entered the Jinluan Hall from outside the palace. Then, the eunuch took it to the front and spread it out for Zhengde to see.

This is a relatively accurate map of Europe, with detailed depictions of the territories of each country, and it is depicted in Chinese characters. However, there were too many countries above, and Zhengde was dizzy when he saw it, so he simply asked Marin to show him a thousand fingers.

Ma Lin immediately did so, but when he stepped forward, several Jinyi Wei Han generals stepped forward and gathered around Zhengde to prevent Ma Lin from hurting people. Their hands were pressed on the hilts of their swords. As long as Marin dares to make a move, they will draw their knives and cut people......

Of course, Marin will not move, and he is not brain-dead. If he had done it in the main hall and had not yet brought a weapon, he would have been cut into meat sauce. When he stepped forward, the Chao Wat board in Ma Lin's hand was taken away by Liu Jin, so that he would not use the ivory wat board as a weapon to smash Zhengde......

Coming to Zhengde, Ma Lin first pointed to Beihai and said:

"This is the North Sea, an ocean in the west of the whole north of Europa, about eight times the size of the Bohai Sea. This is the mainland area of the Beihai Kingdom, with a total area about a quarter the size of Nanzhili, and this is the capital of the Beihai Kingdom, Orishi. ”

"Look over here, this is the island of Great Britain. The northernmost part of the island is the territory of the vassals......" Marin pointed to the Scottish Highlands.

Then, pointing to the eastern coastal road in the middle of the island of Britain:

"This is Northumberland, this is Frontier County. With the addition of Highland County to the north, the total area should be as large as Qiongzhou Island......"

Then he pointed to County Wicklow, on the island of Ireland, and said:

"This is also the territory of the minister, and the area of this land is equivalent to the size of two Daxing counties in the north of Zhili, but it was given to the elder brother as a fief by the minister......"

"Fiefdom? Is it a real seal? Zhengde asked curiously. In the Ming Dynasty, although there were also vassal kings, who claimed to have fiefdoms, in fact, the control was in the hands of the imperial court, and the vassal kings themselves were mascots, responsible for collecting rents and local owners. But Zhengde has read history and knows that the princes in history are real seals and have great power.

"Yes, it's sealed. The two counties of this county were completely administered by the minister's brother. Even, he had the right to recruit his own army. ”

"Aren't you afraid that your brother will rebel?" Zhengde asked in surprise. During his education, the civil servants warned him many times to beware of those vassal kings. For example, the "Rebellion of the Seven Kings" during the Jingdi period of the Han Dynasty and the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" in the Western Jin Dynasty are all classic historical cases.

Marin smiled and replied:

"Of course I'm afraid, so, Your Majesty, look at how far this is from my capital......" Marin pointed to County Wicklow and then to Aurich.

Emperor Zhengde suddenly laughed:

"Indeed, if you are wary of your brother, why don't you simply take his military power? Wouldn't it be better for him to be a rich man in peace? ”

Marin shook his head and said:

"Your Majesty does not know that in Europe, the system of primogeniture is practiced. In order to save money, in Europe, only the eldest son of the king could inherit the throne. As for the other sons, the king who has a lot of land will seal a piece of land, a duke, an earl, or something. In kingdoms with few lands, the king may not give fiefs to other princes. Even, some princes were sent to monasteries to become monks. In this way, the land of the divided son is dispensed with......"

"So ruthless?" Zhengde was amazed. On the side, the ministers of the DPRK and China also felt that this was too much.

"What is this?" Marin smiled and continued:

"This is still the king, and it is even more excessive to replace the small princes below. For example, the lowest-level vassal knights often have only one village in their fiefs, which is equivalent to a landlord in the Ming Dynasty. If it was given to the other sons, the eldest son would starve and even be unable to buy horse armor. ”

"Therefore, the knight family generally raised sons other than the eldest son until they were 18 or 21 years old, and then they would give them a horse, a suit of armor, and a weapon, and drive them out of the house to fend for themselves......

"This ......" Zhengde and the Manchu Dynasty were a little speechless. Because, in traditional Chinese culture, even if it is a concubine, he has the right to divide the family property, which is as ruthless as Europe? Therefore, the people of the Ming Dynasty could not understand this kind of behavior.

And at this time, Marin said amazingly:

"Actually, the minister was also the second son who was kicked out of the house......"

"Huh?" Zhengde and the ministers were a little dumbfounded - aren't you the lord of the Beihai Kingdom?

Then, Zhengde's eyes were full of light:

"Tell me about your misery...... Ano, it's the past encounter...... "Obviously, Immeasurable Zhengde likes to listen to people talk about tragic experiences......

Marin originally came to pull the relationship, so naturally he would not refuse. So, he told the story of his ordeal. Of course, it is embellished:

"The minister was born into a family of the lowestly vassals and knights, and the minister's father was a poor knight who was not valued by the lord, and the village he was assigned to was very poor. So, when he was 16 years old, he was kicked out of the house, taking only a horse, a gun and half a suit of armor......"

"Kicked out of the house at the age of 16?" Emperor Zhengde looked at Marin movingly, and then asked:

"Are you expensive this year?"

"The minister is 32 years old this year!" Marin replied.

"In other words, it took you 16 years to go from being an unlucky guy who was kicked out of your house to a prince with an army of 60,000?" Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao's blood burned. He thinks that people should live as wonderful as Marin. Then, he made up all kinds of scenes in Marin's mind to fight the world......

So, he asked:

"Tell me, how did you get started? Under what banner? Is the slogan 'The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand'? ”

Ma Lin's head was suddenly full of black lines, and the ministers of the DPRK and China were also full of black lines - what about you as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"......

So, Marin shook his head and said:

"The minister did not rebel, and in Europe, without royal blood, it is impossible to become the king of a country."

"Royal blood? But didn't you say you're just a knight's son? Moreover, he is not the eldest son...... "Zhu Houzhao has a good memory."

"That's right, but, Your Majesty, have you ever heard the story of "The Orphan of the Zhao Family"?" Marin asked with a smile.

The story of the Zhao orphan was turned into a miscellaneous drama in the Yuan Dynasty and was very famous.

Suddenly, both Zhengde and the Manchu Dynasty looked at Ma Lin. Emperor Zhengde was shocked:

"Could it be...... Your father is not your father, you are a fallen prince who was taken out of the palace since childhood? Zhengde began to make up for it again......

Marlin had another row of black lines on his head......

"No, no, the minister is naturally the son of the minister's father. It's just that Chen's mother is a princess in distress......"

"Oh, it turned out to be the 'Zhao orphan girl'......" yes, Zhengde made up for it again......

"Almost, Chen's maternal grandfather was the son of a prince. However, when he was young, traitors rebelled and killed his maternal great-grandfather. Therefore, Chen's maternal grandfather had to go into exile and hide. Later, my grandfather married and gave birth to my mother. However, he was hunted down by traitors. His grandfather was killed by an assassin sent by a traitor, and Chen's mother happened to be rescued by Chen's father who was passing by......"

"It turned out to be a story of 'heroes saving beauty'......" The Manchu monarchs and ministers suddenly ......

And the curious baby Emperor Zhengde raised another question:

"No, according to common sense, your mother is a princess in distress. However, the princess's children have the right to inherit the throne? "It's normal for Zhu Houzhao to have this question. Because, in China, even if the emperor has no children, it will not be the turn of the princess and the princess's children to succeed to the throne, but will choose the emperor's nephew or cousin to succeed to the throne.

Marin nodded and said:

"Yes, Europe and the Ming are different. In Europe, if kings and princes had no children, princesses had the right to inherit. Of course, it was not the princess who succeeded to the throne, but the princess's son. Sometimes, even princesses are made queens. Of course, this is only a small number of countries, and most of the countries in Europe are male monarchs. ”

Ma Lin's explanation made Emperor Zhengde and the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu addicted to listening to stories......