Zhang Fan came from the modern era five hundred years later, and after arriving in the Ming Dynasty, many things he saw and heard changed.

Although his grades in history courses were not very good, it was just because he was not interested in history, which did not mean that he had not studied, and after that, he also watched some TV science and education films, or some programs by celebrities and scholars explaining history.

Zhang Fan found a problem, in the eyes of modern people, most modern people have an understanding, that in the last two feudal dynasties of the Chinese land, the Manchu Qing is superior to the Ming Dynasty, originally, for this kind of thing, Zhang Fan will not think too much, after all, this has not involved his life, just listen to others say so on weekdays.

But in the years since he came to the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Fan has a very opposed view of this kind of thinking, is the Ming Dynasty really worse than the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

After some consideration, Zhang Fan found the problem, it seems that those people's eyes are all stuck in the upper echelons of the two dynasties, and even more, they think that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are all bastards, and the emperors of the Manchu Dynasty are all sage and virtuous monarchs.

Well, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is a little unsatisfactory, even the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di of Gongde can't escape being provoked and belittled by later generations, but how to evaluate a dynasty, is it really just to see what its ruler is like.

To give a good example, during the Zhengde period, the Zhengde Emperor himself was very playful, he could sing on stage in his own costume, he could serve the folk to flirt with a good woman, he could proclaim himself a general to fight, and he also set up a place such as a leopard room for him to play lewdly, and there was a big traitor like Liu Jin during the Zhengde period.

But no one can see it, during the Zhengde period, the life of the common people is not miserable, but it is still very rich, some people may say that during the Zhengde period, there was also an uprising of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, but that was also when Zhengde just ascended the throne, some eunuchs falsely passed on the emperor's holy decree, and the reason for this was not the original intention of Zhengde, and even the Zhengde game went into battle to fight, but also won the "Yingzhou victory", so that during the Zhengde period, the Yuan and Mongolian remnants did not dare to commit it again, Even the "History of the Ming Dynasty" written by the Qing people to slander the Ming Dynasty has to admit that in the later period of Zhengde, the lives of the common people were still quite rich, and there would be no incident of starvation to death of a large number of people.

On the other hand, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, as a regime that ruled the Central Plains with the rapid rise of an ethnic minority, what they really thought about was not how to make the country strong, but how to consolidate their rule. When Emperor Qianlong was not seen, he starved and died countless times all over the land; I don't see how the Manchu Qing was destroyed in the end.

In short, we can't just look at the surface, or only look at the good or bad of a few leading figures, and the Ming Dynasty gave the world at that time, especially those Europeans who had been to the Ming Dynasty, one of the most direct manifestations is, enlightened.

It was written at the time that "Chinese cheerfully praise any virtue of their neighbours, and bravely admit that they are inferior, while the people of other countries, who do not like anything other than their own, Chinese see a product from Europe, even if it is not exquisite, and still exclaim in admiration,...... This humility is truly admirable, especially in a people whose talents are superior to others, and it is a humiliation for those who have no eyes and deliberately belittle what they see,"

It can be seen from this that the idea that the "Chinese cultural tradition" is "ignorant and rigid, blindly arrogant, and sitting in a well and watching the sky" is absolutely a mistake.

At least as far as Zhang Fan is concerned, the Ming Dynasty will not make conclusions too easily about foreign things, practical things, such as this Fran cannon, which is definitely what the Ming Dynasty people need, and will not have any resistance because this thing is not made by the Ming Dynasty, and for those foreign things that seem exquisite, but there is nothing practical, the Ming people will not blindly belittle.

After saying so much, turning to the main topic, Long Qing immediately became interested when he heard Zhang Fan say that those Franco-robot people may have a lot of newly developed weapons, but now, everyone still doesn't know what those weapons are, and this still needs Zhang Juzheng, a "diplomatic expert", to trick others.

This sounds like another joke about opening Zhang Juzheng, but Zhang Juzheng really doesn't even have the slightest unhappy idea at this time, after all, this is for the strength of the country, besides, the people who laugh at him are his own colleagues, people from his own country, and there is nothing to be ashamed of.

The camera turned to the side hall, Joanna and Richard were still waiting here, but they didn't feel too anxious, after all, there was a more delicious tea than the one they drank when they were in Jiangnan, this is actually nonsense, in the palace, how can there be anything bad, not to mention this kind of tea used to receive foreign envoys, even if it is not the top, it is definitely the best that ordinary people can't see.

"Richard, why do you say it's been so long, but there is still no person sent by the Ming Emperor to let us go," After waiting for a long time, it was Joanna, the woman, who was a little anxious at first, and asked about her companion.

"Well, there's nothing strange about this," Richard said, in fact, he was more anxious than Joanna, not that they were in a hurry, but it was really a bit boring to sit like this, but as a foreign secretary, if he didn't have such patience, then he should have been "laid off" a long time ago, "Think about it, such a huge empire, there is only one emperor who rules him, although I also know that the emperor must have many ministers to help him govern the country, But he can't just ask about anything, he has to settle the affairs of his own country before he can come to meet us."

"Oh, that's right," Joanna heard Richard say, and thought about it made sense, so she calmed down again and waited.

Alas, these two people are too simple, how do they know, if it weren't for Long Qing's whim, he felt that the jade seal that Zhang Fan brought back might be genuine, so that all the ministers would gather in the Imperial Palace this afternoon, I am afraid they will have to wait until tomorrow to get up early in the morning, sleepily follow those ministers into the palace, and then wait in this side hall.

"Richard, you are the foreign secretary, you are familiar with this kind of thing," Joanna suddenly asked again, "Do you think the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will agree to us attacking India?"

"Well, it's hard to say this kind of thing," Richard said after a moment's thought, "Before, although the Earl was very warm to us, and received us with the highest standard, but didn't you notice, when we explained our intentions to him, he just nodded his head and said that he understood, but then he didn't say anything about it,"

"Do you think this means that they don't agree," Joanna asked nervously, "Isn't it going to be troublesome now, His Majesty the Emperor has made up his mind to send troops to India, and this matter has also been agreed by all the ministers in the country, and it can't be changed at all, if the emperor of the Ming Dynasty doesn't agree, I will send troops rashly, will it make them think that we despise them, let them send troops to fight us, Richard, I have seen their army, our army will definitely not be their opponent, What can I do now?"

"This is indeed trouble," Richard also frowned and said, "If their emperor really disagrees, we will have to go back and persuade His Majesty to cancel the plan to attack India, I think even those ministers do not agree, but with this reason, they have no way, do you remember what Your Majesty said before we came, we must definitely be allies with the Ming, not enemies, even those arrogant Frenchmen, or people from other countries, are consistent on this point, The Ming is a powerful empire of civilizations that we must ally with,"

"But in this case, the state of the country will be very bad," said Joanna, frowning, "although we are now connected with the Spanish royal family, there will always be a day when we will be separated, and now those Spaniards are quietly getting a lot of things out of our country to their country, and Your Majesty and the ministers have no way to make such a decision, if it doesn't work, it will be troublesome,"

"It depends, if it really doesn't work, we can only go back and persuade Your Majesty to change the target," Richard said helplessly.

"But where to change," Joanna was also worried, "India was chosen because it is rich in gold, precious stones, and spices, and it is also the most suitable place, do you want Your Majesty to change the destination to Africa?"

"I didn't say that," Richard hurriedly said, "what are we doing in that barren land, I heard that the tribes there are still eating people, God, it's just terrifying, I'm just saying, if there is really no way this time, we can only let His Majesty change places, as for where to change, I haven't thought about it,"

Seeing Richard say this, Joanna fell silent, but a somewhat sad atmosphere had now spread between the two.

"Don't be so sad," Richard said suddenly, "haven't we yet met the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and maybe things will take a turn for the better,"

Hearing Richard say this, Joanna had no choice but to agree with him.

"Two, Your Majesty has summoned two envoys to meet you," at this time, a little eunuch came in and said to the two,