Chapter 228: Western Missionaries
After hearing that Haoge was defeated and the loyal army occupied Baizhang Pass and completely cut off everyone's retreat, in addition to being frightened, the Tartars changed their strategy and decided to go out of the Three Gorges from Sichuan. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In order to cover the main force of the Qing army, Heluohui stationed Mianzhou with the deputy general Bai Hanzhen to guard against the loyal and righteous army, while Luo Luohun led the main force to Neijiang and prepared to leave Sichuan from ZQ.
Yang Xuan ordered Shunqing Mansion to be the governor of Baoning Prefecture and Jiangding Town to be the governor of Long'an Prefecture, so as to calm the people's hearts, resettle the displaced people, and clear the land after spring ploughing, clean up the household registration, and restore local production.
Considering the expansion of the territory controlled by the Loyal and Righteous Army, considering that the next battles will be more brutal and frequent, and the six security regiments established this time can withstand the test of the battlefield, Yang Xuan decided to expand the army again and form three Yizhong regiments.
Du He was appointed as the capital of the 13th Regiment, and Wang Gao was the chief of staff of the regiment.
Yang Wei was appointed as the capital of the 14th Regiment, and Wang Gao was appointed as the chief of staff of the regiment.
Wen Zirang was appointed chief of staff of the 15th regiment, and Hong Zhenglong was appointed chief of staff of the regiment.
Yang Fuquan's 9th Regiment was ordered to guard Tongchuan Prefecture, and Guo Chonglie's 3rd Regiment was ordered to guard Shunqing Mansion to protect local tranquility.
Chen Yingzong was appointed as the deputy general, and supervised the troops and horses of the headquarters and Yang Bingyi, Feng Youqing, and Zhao Desheng to guard the various passes to guard against the invasion of the Qing army retreating into Hanzhong.
Considering that Haoge was defeated and returned, Luo Luohun led the Qing army to a section now stationed near Chengdu, and now the route out of Sichuan is either through the north out of the Sword Pavilion or the east out of ZQ appointed Fan Mingshan as a deputy general, leading the headquarters of the soldiers and horses and Wang Zhibang 10th Regiment and Wen Zirang Regiment in the support of the water camp led by Wang Fuchen approaching Hezhou, and Yang Xuan led the guard regiment, cavalry regiment, Yao Zhijiao 4th regiment, Wang Shuji's 8th regiment, Liu Weiming's regiment, Jin Tongwu's 11th regiment as the main force along the Jinniu Road westward, the newly formed capital and the 13th regiment, Yang Wei's 14th Regiment cooperated to restore order in central Sichuan.
After more than ten days of rest, most of the injured and sick people in each department have returned to the team, and their strength has recovered.
In the Ming Dynasty, the most important post road in SC territory is not the Golden Bull Road, but from Guangyuan to Langzhong, the post road of Yuxian, due to disrepair, the Golden Bull Road is very difficult to walk, sighing, Yang Xuan only recalled that whether it was Zhang Xianzhong's retreat or the Manchu Qing main force into Sichuan chose not the Golden Bull Road.
Thinking that there are many cities around the national highway, Yang Xuan once again lamented the importance of transportation, in modern times, many cities prospered because of traffic, and declined because of traffic, especially in ancient times.
The road is difficult to walk, and Yang Xuan also finds a foreign legend to chat in his spare time.
One is the Italian Jesuit missionary Riccius, and the other is the Portuguese Anwensi, who heard that he was first taken captive by Zhang Xianzhong, and then followed Hauge, and now he has become a guest of Yang Xuan.
When he had time, Yang Xuan asked people to call these two foreign missionaries to learn about the situation in Europe at that time.
At this time, Europe was still at the height of the Renaissance, and now that Columbus had discovered the New World, Europeans were frantically immigrating to the Americas.
The focus of the discussion was mainly on Columbus, Galileo and others, Yang Xuan originally wanted to ask Newton, but found that they didn't know that this person existed, so it seems that Newton was probably not born yet.
During the conversation, Gong Wanjing and others argued with the two missionaries again and again, and Yang Xuan was also happy to watch everyone argue, so he smiled for a long time and asked the two foreign missionaries to come up with evidence.
At Yang Xuan's request, the two missionaries drew a map of the world.
What is surprising is that in the map drawn by Western missionaries, there is no Oceania, that is, Australia in the sense we are accustomed to, seeing this, Yang Xuan shook his head, is God going to give himself such a large piece of land?
Of course, in order to satisfy Yang Xuan's vanity, in the world map, China is placed in the middle, when he saw that in this world, China is only a small part, Yin Chengqi shook his head and said: "In this way, what our ancients said about Dongsheng Shenzhou still makes sense, if there is the ability of Sun Wukong, a somersault cloud is 108,000 miles, go to the world to see, life is not worth the trip." ”
Yang Xuan smiled and said, "Brother Yin, as the saying goes, if you read ten thousand books, you will travel ten thousand miles. It seems that these two priests are also quite literate. I'm thinking, after the expulsion of the Tartars in the future, we must encourage some scholars to learn from Tang monks, travel to various countries, and make friends with various countries. ”
When they heard this, they burst into laughter.
Yang Xuan pointed to the world map in front of him and said, "Everyone, in this way, why has our Han nation been invaded by the northern peoples, and there were Xiongnu in the Han Dynasty; In the Jin Dynasty, there were five chaotic flowers; In the Tang Dynasty, there were Turks; In the Song Dynasty, there were Liao, Jin, Western Xia, and Mongolia; At present, there is even a rebellion in Manchuria.
In this way, we are still a little arrogant, and a little like the frog at the bottom of the well, we think that the world is my Ming land, but I don't know that this world is so big.
Two missionaries, draw a larger map of the world, and put a copy in my hall with me. The other copy is placed in the Gongyuan, oh, I will have people print it and then put it in the academies of various prefectures and counties, so that everyone can see more, take a look, otherwise we will become frogs at the bottom of the well. ”
Gong Wanjing shook his head and said, "My lord, what these two foreigners said may not be true?" ”
Yin Chengqi said: "Brother Gong, does it be said from time to time in Journey to the West that there are four continents in the world? When Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions, did he arrive in Daqin from time to time? In this way, what this foreigner said is not far from ten. ”
Seeing that the two of them almost argued, Yang Xuan smiled and said: "Oh, you two think about it, we have such a large population in the Ming Dynasty, look, Italy is not as big as ours, so we have come up with such a world map."
I don't know if what they said is true, but this can be confirmed, our Ming Dynasty is a big country in this world, many times larger than their European countries, and when the time comes, we will know if it is true when our own people go to verify it?
Well, we still want people to walk around in various places in the future, like Zhang Qian, and the foreigners are not really painting, we just paint one ourselves.
Think about it, these two gentlemen can come from thousands of miles away, others can, why can't we? ”
When the people heard this, they even claimed that it was.
Seeing the telescope used by Yang Xuan, the two foreigners sighed incredulously, and claimed that Galileo also made such a thing, Yang Xuan was quite surprised when he heard it, and hurriedly asked about the similarities and differences between this telescope and Galileo?
Of course, this requires professional and technical personnel, but the telescope is also a new thing in Europe, and although the two missionaries have more knowledge, it is a bit difficult to point out what is wrong with the telescope.
Maybe some people have a playful mentality towards Western missionaries, but Yang Xuan, as a crossing clan, does not see it this way, looking at these two Western missionaries, Ah Xuan feels more courageous, as if he has found the key to China's early entry into modern natural science, the early opening of a great country, and the early entry into the world, and cherishes it.