Joao I's impression on Zhu Zhanji was slightly disappointed, but Zhu Zhanji's impression on Joao I was shocked.

Different experiences made Zhu Zhanji look down slightly on these historical figures, but in the eyes of João I, a "native", the sudden emergence of the Ming Dynasty was like an alien, completely destroying his previous worldview.

This kind of unequal communication allowed Zhu Zhanji to take the initiative steadily.

The two men sat down in the main hall, and João I already felt this inequality.

Zhu Zhanji's seat is high, while Joao I can only sit under the stage, and he needs to look up at Zhu Zhanji who is sitting on the high dragon chair.

The two people can have a difficult conversation under the interpretation of two generalists, and when they greet each other, they enter the formal dialogue.

João I said: "Your Royal Highness, when the Ming Dynasty carried these invincible armadas to the oceans, from the far east to the west, I think it must be God's will to allow you to break through the stormy sea. ”

Zhu Zhanji replied: "God is just a poor hanged ghost in my eyes, what qualifications does he have to be the guide of my Ming Dynasty?" ”

Zhu Zhanji's answer, even in the ears of several big food translators, is extremely rebellious. Although they are infidels, Allah does not deny the existence of the other.

However, they knew very well that Zhu Zhanji could understand some Portuguese, so they did not dare to add oil or vinegar or simplify it, and translated the original words into the past.

João I, who received this answer, was stunned and couldn't react for a long time. His heart was extremely excited, if it weren't for Zhu Zhanji's momentum being too strong, he would have wanted to scold the other party.

But even with his best to control it, he still couldn't help but ask: "Could it be that the Ming people have no faith?" ”

Portuguese and Spanish are like Cantonese and Mandarin, the written language is almost the same, but the pronunciation is different. Most Portuguese people can understand Spanish, but Spaniards can't understand Portuguese.

However, this is mainly a difference in pronunciation, as long as the two are in contact with each other for a few days, the two will be able to communicate simply.

After half a year of studying with the translator, Zhu Zhanji can't speak Portuguese too complicated, but he can still understand simple words.

This time, Zhu Zhanji didn't need a translator, and directly retorted in Daming dialect: "No, on the contrary, we Daming have also gone through the same primitive stage, from totem worship, to witchcraft, to god worship. Today's Ming Dynasty has combined nature, science, scholarship, ancestry, and religious worship to form its own godless worship. ”

Several translators discussed together, and then they translated Zhu Zhanji's words with difficulty. In order to explain Zhu Zhanji's words, Tongshi used more words to translate these words into the original meaning.

Without waiting for João I to react, Zhu Zhanji continued: "For the Ming Dynasty, theism and theistic worship are backward, and it is a kind of fear that you have too little understanding of the world today and too little to know. The more you come into contact with my Ming, the more you will find that you are ignorant and ridiculous. ”

This was not only João I and his entourage, but even a group of big food generals who felt their ignorance when they heard this. If it weren't for the wrong occasion, they would all want to ask, what do the people of Daming believe in? Where is the advanced?

Of course, this question was asked by João I. "Your Highness, then, is there no god in the Ming Dynasty?"

"First, we have to figure out what God is?"

Zhu Zhanji sat up straight, looked down at the crowd and said: "In primitive society, because people's brains and language expression skills are quite low, they know very little about the world itself. Human beings are in the company of insects, snakes, birds and beasts, looking for a kind of interlocutor who can make promises with each other, and materializing this supernatural mysterious power, so there are different totem worship of various peoples with various animals or trees as objects, and a series of cumbersome customs and rituals have been formed.

At this time, witchcraft also came into being, witchcraft is manifested as a communication between people and this mysterious infinite power, in the East, when there is a major event, the primitive society will use divination and other methods to ask the "heaven" for instructions, hoping to get the revelation of the heavens, so as to be able to follow the sky when making major decisions.

I know that there are many stories of prophets in the Bible who received God's revelation and expressed and taught it to people so that they could behave in accordance with God's will—absolute devotion to God and "love for their neighbors."

In the expression of this ultimate infinity, each nation is not affected by its own cultural development, regional environment, thinking and language ability, so the presentation of the ultimate infinity of each nation is different.

In ancient Greece it was Zeus as the head of the polytheus; In the Hebrew culture, in your Europe, absolute obedience to the instructions of the Lord must be made; In Eastern antiquity, this ultimate infinity was the "heavens".

You in the West like to personify God, which is a beautiful imagination of human beings about things that they cannot do on their own. So God did not create man, but man created God.

And we, in the East, Heaven is not a personified infinite force, but like your Western "God", with its terrifying, awe-inspiring powerful and mysterious power, it arouses people's hearts with complex emotions such as gratitude, terror, and worship. ”

These words stunned everyone, and even the people forgot to translate. But Zheng He, these Ming officials, listened one by one.

Jin Chun looked at Zhu Zhanji, who was talking eloquently on the stage, and was impressed by this highness for the first time in his heart.

Who said that this highness does not learn and has no skills!

Even he himself never figured out how religious beliefs were formed.

Their Confucianism set up a sub-sage, in fact, it is just that too much beautiful imagination is given to the sub-sage, but in fact? Anyone who understands knows that in the time of Yasheng's life, he was also a frustrated person who could not be reused.

Although Zhu Zhanji's words were not aimed at Yasheng, he analyzed the essence of this clearly, and even Jin Chun couldn't pick out the slightest bit of it.

With this grandson, it is not necessarily the blessing of Confucianism, but it must be the blessing of the Ming Dynasty!

It took a long time for several translators to translate this passage to João I, who was just as distraught as they were.

For the people of this age, it would be perverse to deny the God they believed in. Although the Great Cannibals are losing ground on the battlefield, they are growing stronger and stronger through the spread of their faith.

In Europe, it is still at the end of the Middle Ages, and although the Crusades have almost torn off the last trace of Rome's face, today's Europe is still influenced by Rome.

João I couldn't imagine how much shock it would cause if Zhu Zhanji's words spread in Europe!

Even he himself is now eager to pick up the sword to defend his faith.

Zhu Zhanji looked at their dejected faces, and added: "In our East, God is just a better person. Heaven is the greatest, the emperor represents God, and the gods are canonized by the emperor. ”

This was actually Zhu Zhanji's deliberate blurring of the definition of Eastern and Western gods, but his words did not cause a shock at the beginning.

Because whether it is the divine right of the monarch or the military power granted by heaven, it has been spread in a very early era.

The divine right of heaven in the East was also common in ancient Egypt in the West.

The ancient Egyptian pharaoh claimed to be the son of the god and was believed to be the incarnation of the god, so he lived in the pyramids after his death to reach the heavens.

But in Europe, because of their city-state system, there is no centralization, and no one dares to call themselves the Son of Heaven, let alone recognize it.

Ancient Greece and Rome had republics, or the Germanic and Celtic peoples were still tribal societies in some places, so even in the monarchy city-states, there was always resistance to seeing the leader as the embodiment of the gods.

However, in order to counter foreign enemies, a unified state and a powerful monarch appeared, and Alexander the Great regarded himself as the embodiment of God.

Later, the Roman Empire established the idea that the emperor was the earthly representative of the gods, and in order to compete with the Romans and the Huns, the ancient Germanic people also began to form a state with the descendants or incarnations of Odin as kings.

But in the beginning, Europe was polytheistic, and it was not until Christianity unified secular power that a single god was derived.

The emperors of the East are gods, and the kings of the West call themselves gods, which is actually the embodiment of the difference in political systems.

The impact of such a conversation on everyone on the scene was very huge, so much so that at noon, Zhu Zhanji deliberately put on a palace feast made everyone unpleasant.

João I retired to Zhu Zhanji after lunch, leaving all negotiations on the deal to his eldest son, Duarte.

Returning to the room arranged for him by Zhu Zhanji, he sat on the large soft couch, trembling all over.

Originally, he just saw the strength of the Ming Dynasty and wanted to get closer to Zhu Zhanji, so that Portugal could have a little advantage in trade with the Ming Dynasty.

But today's conversation made him understand that Da Ming is more terrifying than these pagans like Great Cannibals. Although these pagans do not have the same beliefs as they do, they all recognize the Christian God, because even their Koran is actually born from the Bible.

But the Ming people are completely different, they have gotten out of the stage of being controlled by the gods, and in turn they have controlled the gods.

Although João I understood that Zhu Zhanji's words were very correct, such statements could completely upend the whole society, and it was very terrible for Europe, which was in dire need of stability.

If there were no theocracy and no faith, the whole of Europe would be in chaos.

It was a moment before he calmed down, and summoned again the Minister of the Guard, Almeida, whom he had driven out. "The deal with Daming is all handed over to Duarte, and it's time for him to take on more responsibility. When you go to arrange my ship, you say that I am not feeling well and want to return home as soon as possible. …… No, we can't say that, we can't leave in such a hurry, stay tomorrow for another day, and the day after tomorrow we will go to the Papal States. ”

Almeida was a little confused by João I's order and asked: "Your Majesty, where exactly are we going?" ”

"Go to the Papal States, but this matter cannot be concealed from the Ming Dynasty, their fleet is cruising in the Mediterranean, and it may run into it at any time."

"Your Majesty wants to ......"

"Don't say it, if only you knew my mind."

Joao I was a little worried in his heart, if he had been with the madman of Emperor Daming for a long time, would he also be affected by the other party. He was even more worried that this was Daming's territory, and their words might be eavesdropped.

He had to rush to Rome as soon as possible and tell Martin V that the Ming would be even more terrible than the pagans.

"But His Majesty the Pope should now be in Konstanz, Germany, where the Church will meet to discuss the suppression of the Hussite rebellion and schism in southern Czech," said Almeida. ”

João I pondered for a long time before he sighed: "This is the weakest moment for the Church. ”

Of course, Zhu Zhanji did not have the leisure to spy on João I's small abacus, and the arrival of João I also unveiled the tide of trade between European countries and the Ming Dynasty.

In the afternoon of the same day, three fleets returned, and brought with them the intention of three countries to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

In today's Europe, the economic center is in southern Europe, and the political center can also be said to be in southern Europe.

Because the richest Venice, as well as the Papal States, are all in the Italian peninsula.

Other countries had to accept the economic exploitation of Venice and the political oppression of Rome, and if they had no choice, they could only obediently obey, but if they had a better choice, of course, they would throw themselves into the arms of the Ming without hesitation.

Especially now, the price of goods in Daming looks very "real".

Although the trade list brought back by the mission is not large, the Ming Dynasty came to trade in Europe not because he wanted to eat a fat man.

Using the economy, interfering in politics, and making bad water in Europe is what Zhu Zhanji wants to do.

The Renaissance was actually the last layer of the European people's unveiling of the church, the original kings needed to be appointed by the church, and since the Renaissance, the church has lost its mystery, and there are fewer and fewer countries that can influence.

Although there are still decades and 100 years before that time period, Zhu Zhanji does not mind letting countries take power on their own in advance.

Only in this way is it more likely that Daming will fish in troubled waters.

But in terms of intrigue and trickery, Zhu Zhanji is actually not good at it. He can set strategic directions, but he can't make simple tactics.

How to sow discord among European countries still needs to be operated by cunning Confucians like Jin Chun.

Jin Chun was very interested in this matter, he didn't expect that the East had already divided the categories of monarchy and divine power a thousand years ago.

But in Europe, it is still the power of the gods that is greater than the power of the king. Although it is not a good thing for the Ming to revive the minds of Europeans early, because a strong Europe is not what the Ming wants to see.

But now there are external forces, that is, the Ming Dynasty, and the foreign enemy, the Ottoman Empire, neither the Ming nor the Ottomans will leave a chance for Europe to develop.

Therefore, at this time, it is more beneficial than disadvantageous to destroy their theocratic thinking.

After carefully studying the current relations between European countries, he also offered Zhu Zhanji a plan for the end of his life......

(I'm done today, I'll go home tomorrow, and I'll start to resume normal updates the day after tomorrow, and I'll try my best to make up for it...... ）