"We are Mingren, and we believe that we are ancestors!"

"What...... What do you mean? Most of the Xiyi who got this answer felt unbelievable and couldn't understand what this meant?

"Can there be you without your God? Without your ancestors, could there still be you? We Mingren, respect is to give birth to their ancestors, this is the heart of gratitude, but also the belief of my Mingren, that is, the so-called filial piety! ”

Since ancient times, China has advocated the rule of filial piety, regardless of the dynasty. The statement that the monarchy is granted by heaven is for the Son of Heaven is just an official statement, and how many people will believe it?

Zi Bu said that the strange power is chaotic, that is, Confucianism believes in ghosts and gods, but does not advocate pursuit and worship. It is precisely because of this premise that various sects have coexisted peacefully in China since ancient times, and no sect has been able to dominate the world for a long time.

Therefore, the question of Xiyi is naturally answered by filial piety, which has been advocated since ancient times, and it is the most correct answer.

Hearing this explanation, Xiyi was surprised, because everyone has different experiences and different ideas.

But in any case, this unbelievable answer soon spread in the land of Europe at an astonishing speed.

In the Holy Roman Empire, Emperor Ferdinand III, who had just succeeded to the throne, was in his palace, suddenly laughed, pointed to the north and said: "Good, defeat well, defeat well, give shameless things, suffer hardship!" ”

The messenger stood in front of him, a little dumbfounded. But then he came back to his senses and understood why His Majesty the Emperor was so out of shape.

Years of conquest have left the Holy Roman Empire impoverished. Therefore, after Ferdinand III succeeded to the throne, he did not want to fight anymore, and even thought about making concessions on the religious side, so to speak, he really wanted to compromise. But what he didn't expect was that Sweden, one of the main opponents, did not agree, and if it had been developed according to the original history, the war continued for another eleven years, until both sides were exhausted before signing the contract.

But at this time, Ferdinand III heard a messenger report that the famous Swedish general, Lennart Tolstensen, who gave him a headache, encountered the Ming army from the Far East, and all the troops were annihilated, and he almost escaped back to Sweden alone and was imprisoned by the Prime Minister. But that wasn't the end of it, as the Far East then invaded Sweden and caused unrest in Sweden. Such good news, how can he not laugh heartily when he is depressed!

"Your Majesty, there is one more bad news!" The messenger hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to speak, "Poland also sent troops to aid Tsarist Russia, and it was also defeated!" ”

When Ferdinand III heard this, his mouth opened wide, but the laughter stopped abruptly, and his face was full of consternation.

"Your Majesty, King Władysław IV of Poland personally led the army, encountered the Ming army, and died in battle. According to the latest information, his younger brother John II Casimir Vasa has become the new king of Poland and is also actively resisting the invasion of the Ming army in the country. ”

After hearing this, Ferdinand III had already come to his senses, and shouted angrily: "That fool, what kind of soldiers, now it's all right, dead, you deserve to die, fool ......"

I can't help but scold, because Poland is on his side, I originally thought that Sweden would suffer a major blow, and it was just the time when his side could use troops, but Poland also had an accident, which was equivalent to making him happy in vain, and it would be strange if he didn't scold!

But then, Ferdinand III's heart suddenly moved, and he hurriedly asked: "Then the Ming army is from the Far East, what do they believe?" ”

When the messenger heard this, he knew what His Majesty the Emperor was thinking, and a trace of strangeness appeared on his face and said: "Your Majesty, those people from the East say that they believe in their ancestors!" ”

"......" Ferdinand III was speechless for a while, but then he became happy again, "It's okay, as long as you don't believe in Protestantism, you can send someone to contact you immediately, as long as you are in alliance with our Holy Roman Empire, you can negotiate any conditions!" ”

When the messenger heard this, he hesitated a little and reminded: "Your Majesty, those Easterners killed the Polish king, and it is said that they also cut off and stacked the heads of all the Poles who were killed. ”

Ferdinand III hesitated for a moment, but remembering the powerful combat power of this eastern army, he immediately put everything behind and said: "No matter how much, let's contact first." On the Polish side, who let them provoke? ”

Obviously, Ferdinand III was scared, and when he saw a potential strong ally, he ignored it. When his men saw it, they had no choice but to do so.

What he didn't know, however, was that his most important ally, the Spanish side, would not share the same attitude with him.

Today's Spain is the Habsburg period, and King Philip IV has also been troubled by military spending because of years of war. In the original history, even with the material support of the American colonies, it failed to fill the hole of military spending, and in the end he wanted the Carteniroa people to share the military spending, which led to the creation of the Bragança dynasty.

Philip IV had heard about the Ming army fighting on the side of Tsarist Russia, and he was only slightly surprised by this, and did not pay much attention to it. After all, Spain had colonies in Luzon in the Far East, and the former governor of Luzon even wanted to send troops from home to occupy the entire Ming Kingdom. According to the report at the time, the strength of the Ming Kingdom was actually just that.

However, later, the Luzon colony lost contact, and it was most likely in the hands of the Ming State. For the Spaniards, it was just a small colony, and if it was gone, it was gone, and their energy was more of a melee on European soil.

But at this time, Philip IV was shocked when he heard the news of the defeat of the Polish and Swedish forces by the Ming army, and saw him stand up from the throne at once, stare at the messenger and ask, "Is the news accurate?" The armies of Władysław IV and Lennart Torstensen were defeated by the Ming army? ”

You must know that these two people are famous people on the European battlefield, and they are very skilled in fighting. Tolstensen, in particular, suffered many defeats against the allied forces of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire.

"Yes, Your Highness!" The messenger hurriedly replied, "Poland is completely annihilated, and no one is spared. The Swedish army was almost wiped out, and Torstensen fled back to Sweden alone! “

Philip IV confirmed the news, and after a long time, he finally regained his composure and sighed: "I didn't expect that only a few years have passed, and the Ming army is so powerful, which is really impressive." In this way, Tsarist Russia is estimated to be more than lucky! ”

After sighing, he was silent, obviously thinking seriously about something.

After a while, Philip IV suddenly raised his head and said to the messenger: "I will write to His Majesty the Emperor at once, this is an opportunity, and if I seize it, I may be able to win this damned war!" ”

After finishing speaking, he immediately asked people to prepare pen and paper and began to write, and his expression was quite excited.

The messenger below saw it and knew that the king valued the bravery and good fighting shown by the Ming army, and wanted to draw the Ming army as an ally to win this damned war.

Or perhaps because he already had a manuscript in mind, Philip IV almost waved it away, and the letter was quickly written. He stood up, took the letter and looked at it again, and seemed to be very satisfied, when he was about to speak, when suddenly there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside the temple, and another messenger arrived.

"Your Highness, it's not good, our colonies in the Americas have been hit by the Far Eastern Ming Kingdom." The messenger was obviously from the Americas, had just crossed the Atlantic, and finally rushed back, "Mexico, Panama City and other places have fallen into the hands of the Ming army, and other places have also found signs of attack by the Ming army, and the governors of various places have asked His Highness to send troops for urgent reinforcements!" ”

"What?" When Philip IV heard this, he was stunned on the spot, his face full of shock, as if he suspected that he had misheard, "You said it was the Ming army attacking?" They...... They crossed the Pacific Ocean, which ...... It can't be, right? ”

"Your Highness, they have all taken down our place, and the Governor of Mexico has been killed in battle, it is absolutely true!" The messenger was anxious and replied loudly.

At this time, Philip IV also came to his senses, and knew in his heart that it was impossible for the messenger to deceive people about such a big matter. Suddenly, I sat back in my seat in a bit of frustration, and I didn't know what to do.

Spain has persisted until now, and a large part of its source of funds is the transmission of material wealth from the colonies in the Americas. But just by relying on this, he was already stretched, and he felt that he still had to find a place to find money, and now, without the wealth support of the American colonies, Spain would definitely collapse as quickly as possible, and this war would not be able to continue at all. If the situation is worse, it may be possible for Spain to fall apart.

Thinking of these grave consequences, Philip IV panicked. Seeing the letter paper still held in his hand, he thought that he was still explaining in his heart how good the army was, and that the Holy Roman Emperor must buy off the Ming army and make it an ally......

Suddenly, as if mad, Philip IV frantically tore up the few pieces of letter paper in his hand until he could no longer tear them, and then threw them in anger like paper money, and the shredded paper floated in the air and fell near his throne.

"Those Oriental barbarians, I, Spain, are incompatible with them!" Philip IV roared, staring at the messenger and asking, "Tell me the situation carefully, and don't miss a bit!" ”

After a long while, he listened to it and thought for a while, but he couldn't help but roar loudly again: "Oriental barbarians, I am inseparable from them!" ”

Subsequently, he immediately convened an emergency meeting, and finally decided that the religious war in front of him could be put aside for the time being, and the threat from the east must be resolved first.

So, Philip IV's orders were sent one after another.

First, contact the Holy Roman Empire and make his attitude clear. Taking advantage of the Ming army's attack on Sweden and Poland, and the two camps were fighting, they prepared to negotiate peace with the Protestant countries and deal with the Ming army in Europe together.

Second, the independence of Portugal and the Netherlands was agreed, on the condition that they must deal with the Ming army together. Of course, this was also when Philip IV learned that the interests of Portugal and the Netherlands were also encroached upon by the Ming state, and that Spain was no longer able to continue to suppress these two forces, so it was better to go with the flow and gain allies against the Ming army by recognizing these two forces.

In addition, Philip IV also remembered that in the past, Charles I's messenger had come to contact the Ming army. He immediately sent an emissary, saying that he could, and actively participated in the operation of contacting the allies.

As a result, on the European side, an anti-Ming alliance is being formed at an accelerated pace.

At this time, another great power on the European side, that is, the Ottoman Empire, its Sutan Murad IV, who was tall, stood outside Baghdad on horseback, watched his army enter Baghdad, and said to his subordinates in high spirits: "I think the capture of Baghdad is more wonderful than Baghdad itself." ”

When his men heard this, they complimented him.

I have to say that Murad IV was indeed a bull man, and he was also the last bull man among the rulers of the Ottoman Empire, similar to the Ming Lu Xiangsheng. Although he was a Sutan, he was often a soldier, leading the charge at the front, and his favorite weapon was a mace weighing 60 kilograms, which Murad IV could wield with one arm. He also liked to use a longbow and a two-handed broadsword weighing 50 kilograms.

Under the reign of Murad IV, the Ottoman Empire was experiencing its last imperial glory. According to the original history, he will soon occupy the two river basins. However, he died too early, and before the Ottoman Empire could really revitalize, he died of cirrhosis.

Having said that, while he was rejoicing, a fast horse suddenly came and brought him news about the Ming army.

In the previous time, Murad IV had already learned about the appearance of the Ming army in Europe through the proclamation of the vassal Crimean Khanate, so he was very interested and asked his subordinates to keep an eye on the movements of the Ming army. Therefore, his subordinates, even if he was fighting outside, also passed the news over as soon as possible.

There is also a reason why Murad IV paid so much attention to the Ming army.

The Ottoman Empire, in fact, submitted to the Ming Dynasty and sent missions to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty many times.

According to existing records, after the fall of the Timurid Empire, the Ottoman Empire began to formally send tribute to the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Ottoman Empire was called Lu Mi by the Ming Dynasty, in the third year of Jiajing, the fifth year of Jiajing, the twenty-second year of Jiajing, the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing, and the thirty-third year of Jiajing, Lu Mi had sent envoys five times, and the number reached more than 90 people at the most. These missions took place during the reign of the Ottoman monarch Suleiman I after the annexation of Egypt and the conquest of Tabriz and Baghdad.

In fact, these tributes do not show that the Ottoman Empire was convinced by the Ming Dynasty and was willing to be the younger brother of the Ming Dynasty. It was the actions of the Timurid Empire that made Suleiman I curious. Eventually, the Timurid Empire was destroyed, and Suleiman I used this method to probe the reality of the Ming Dynasty.

You are strong enough, I will obey you, you are not strong enough, or I can win against you, and the relationship can change at any time.

Today's Murad IV is also ambitious, so when he heard that the Ming army was coming, he naturally had to pay attention.