At this time, Zhengde suddenly remembered something and asked:

"No, according to you, what Europe is primogeniture. You are not the eldest son, even if your mother's revenge is avenged and the feudal country is recaptured, it should be your eldest brother who will succeed you, right? ”

Marin nodded and said:

"Your Majesty is right, it stands to reason that my eldest brother should succeed to the throne. However, the vassal states that my grandfather lost were defeated by my troops. Therefore, my eldest brother gave me the position of prince. However, this was not etiquette, and therefore, in return, I gave the county to my eldest brother as a fief, and even allowed him to recruit troops on his own. ”

"I see, this is like Tang Xuanzong's brother making Emperor Li Xian?" Emperor Zhengde didn't consider whether Ma Lin understood Chinese history or not. Fortunately, Marin really understands......

Marin agreed:

"Your Majesty is wise, exactly! In fact, the country that my grandfather lost was nothing more than a small country. Later, I started as a mercenary, fought in the east and west, and raised a large army to recapture my grandfather's country. Then, he continued to fight and expanded the territory more than 30 times before he was ...... The king's ...... of the Grand Duke, "Marin would have liked to say that Maximilian I was the king. However, for fear of irritating the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, they simply called him king.

At this time, the upright Yang Tinghe suddenly asked:

"Lord Ma, since you have a king above you, why did you come to worship Da Ming again? Does the King of Er? If you don't know, isn't the lord of the country one minister and two masters? ”

Suddenly, many Qingliu ministers in the DPRK looked at Marin with some disdain. Because, the Chinese tradition pays attention to "one minister does not do two masters, and one daughter does not marry two husbands".

Marin replied unhurriedly:

"Elder Yang Ge doesn't know, my country is called the Holy Roman Kingdom, and the lord of the country is the Great King (yes, the emperor has become a great king. Actually, it's not wrong to understand it this way. After all, the HRE Emperor really didn't have the characteristics of an emperor). However, the Great King did not have any real power and could not directly administer the princes. His status is actually equivalent to that of Zhou Tianzi during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Great kings can be knighted and recognized as overlords, but they are not qualified to manage the affairs of states. In fact, the status of the Beihai Kingdom and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States is about the same. The land area of Beihae is about the same as that of South Korea, and the population is less than that of South Korea......"

"Moreover, in the HRE, there is endless war. Therefore, in the Beihai Kingdom, there are 60,000 troops, and they are soldiers. Otherwise, it will be difficult to survive in this troubled country. ”

"Then the master of the horse country is coming to Daming?" A Hanlin scholar asked.

"As soon as I came, I admired the majesty of the Celestial Empire, wanted to come to the richest and most powerful country in this time to have a look, and regarded Da Ming as the suzerain of the world......" Ma Lin bragged shamelessly.

However, the Ming monarchs and ministers ate this set the most, and they all showed proud and confident looks......

"Second, Daming is rich in products, which are not found in the world. Therefore, I hope to purchase all kinds of materials in Daming for daily use. ”

After a pause, Marin cried and said:

"Your Majesty and your lordship don't know that Europe is poor. In Europe, it was difficult for even kings and ministers to wear such fine silk clothes. Usually, Ma, as the lord of the country, can only wear clothes woven of wool. Wool clothes, you know, smell ...... Woo, being able to wear the silk court clothes given by the imperial court, the minister feels so happy that he is reluctant to take it off......"

Marin was full of firepower and began to play, and even squeezed out a few tears......

Zhengde and the Manchu Dynasty both looked at Ma Lin with sympathy, and at the same time felt that it was taken for granted - a small barbarian country, this should be the case......

"Also, the nobles of the Beihai Kingdom, including the contemptible people, usually eat and drink tea, they don't use porcelain, and they still use inferior pottery. Ma saw that any ordinary person in Daming could eat with a porcelain bowl, and his eyes were red with jealousy......"

"Hahaha......" A burst of laughter erupted from the Jinluan Palace. Hearing Ma Lin say this, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were extremely proud-look, the Ming Dynasty is the ......

"In fact, the Beihai Kingdom is poor and weak, and cannot pay tribute with anything too valuable. But Beihai has the most sophisticated guns in the world, and it can still be handled. Therefore, this tribute was originally based on arquebuses and Fran cannons......"

At this time, Cao Yuan, the secretary of the military department who took the money, interrupted very timely:

"Dare to ask the lord of the horse country, why is your country poor and weak, but the muskets and artillery are so sharp?"

Marin thought for a moment and replied:

"In Europe, there is a famous saying that 'demand is the mother of invention'. Although Europe is poor and weak, it is constantly at war, and people are dying every day. Therefore, in order to survive and defeat their opponents, countries attach great importance to the improvement of firearms. Anyone who perfects a sharp firearm will be rewarded. Stimulated by the war and rewards, the firearms of the Beihai Kingdom have advanced rapidly, and even surpassed the Ming ...... in level."

"Of course, it's not that the craftsmen of the Beihai Kingdom are better than the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty. It's because the Ming Dynasty has been peaceful for a long time. Although there is no 'knife and gun storage, and the horse is put in Nanshan', it is also a lot of slack. And our Beihai country, if we don't pay attention to the improvement of firearms, it is very likely that the country will die. Therefore, the Beihai Kingdom was lucky enough to surpass the powerful Ming ...... in firearms."

Ma Lin's words were very reasonable, and they also triggered the thinking of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs.

"Necessity is the mother of invention...... Wonderful...... "Bi Heng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, only had a shiny light in his eyes after hearing this, and hurriedly ordered the waiter of the Ministry of Industry to write down this sentence.

In order to take care of the face of the Ming Dynasty's monarchs and ministers, Ma Lin added tactfully:

"Actually, paying so much attention to firearms in Xia is also related to Daming......" Marin decided to be far-fetched......

"How?" Emperor Zhengde asked with interest.

"When the minister was at the end of the day, he met the minister's teacher. Chen's teacher came to Daming and learned a lot of Chinese history under the master Chongxu Daochang. He told the minister that Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty (Ming Chengzu was not originally called Chengzu, and the temple number was originally Taizong. It was Emperor Jiajing who changed his death ghost Xingwang Daddy into the Taimiao in the name of the emperor in the name of the emperor, that is, with the Shenji battalion that used firearms, defeated hundreds of thousands of Mongolian iron cavalry in the desert, and laid the stability of the northern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the minister was inspired by this, and when he became a general, he attached great importance to the improvement of firearms. But all the craftsmen who improve their firearms are rewarded. Therefore, the world's unparalleled firearms were created...... Therefore, Chen Neng thought of improving firearms because he was inspired and inspired by the deeds of Emperor Taizong......"

Suddenly, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty breathed a sigh of relief - this is right, how can a barbarian country surpass the Ming Dynasty? It turned out to be inspired by Emperor Taizong...... Well, it's also the credit of Daming...... This product surnamed Ma seems to be the disciple of a great Ming Taoist...... Well, it's your own people......

Then, the ministers looked at Marin more pleasantly......