Zhu Youxiao decided to summon John Tang.

"John Tong, you were born in Cologne, the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, right?" Zhu Youxiao asked casually.

Zhu Youxiao's first question was asked by Tang Ruowang, his origin is not that he doesn't want to say, but no one pays attention to it at all, during this period, the people of the Ming Dynasty have a kind of self-confidence, and can even be said to be a kind of pride from the heart, which is just like the white left among Westerners in later generations, and people who look at that country feel that they are superior.

Of course, the current Ming people don't pay attention to other countries at all, and they don't even bother to expand their territory, this kind of pride in their bones lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty, and after the end of the Qing Dynasty, many Chinese people looked at foreigners and turned upside down.

"Back to Your Majesty, I am indeed from Cologne." Although Tang Ruowang was shocked, he still answered Zhu Youxiao's question very seriously.

"Is your country still at war?" Zhu Youxiao then asked the second question.

In 1618 the then Holy Roman Empire broke out into a civil war, which lasted for thirty years, known as the Thirty Years' War, which set back the Germanic economy by two hundred years.

"Yes." John Tang replied respectfully.

"You're here on a Spanish ship, aren't you? Tell me about Spain and England and the Netherlands. Zhu Youxiao said. Zhu Youxiao only knew that it was now in a critical period of competition between Spain and England, and the Netherlands was taking advantage of the situation to rise and become the economic center of the world, but Zhu Youxiao did not know much about many specific things, he needed to know the current situation and how to deal with the threat from the sea.

"Yes, Your Majesty." John Tang has been away from Europe for more than ten years, and he doesn't know much about many things, but he still roughly talks about Europe.

"The English will win the final victory, the Spaniards will lose everything." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I don't know why you have such a judgment?" In his heart, John Tong was still inclined towards Spain.

"If possible, I will give Spain support." Zhu Youxiao did not answer John Tang's question.

"I will definitely bring this to His Majesty Philip III." John Tang said gratefully.

"No, Philip III died three years ago, and now the king of Spain is Philip IV." Zhu Youxiao said.

"I've been away from Europa for so long that I don't know a lot of things anymore." Tang Ruowang always thought that the Easterners did not understand the West at all, and even disdained to understand the West, he did not expect that Zhu Youxiao would know the West so well, if the person who knows the West best in the East, it must be the emperor of the largest empire in the East, he even knows the West better than the Westerners in the East, all this really shocked him!

"You know the Italian Luca? Pacioli? Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Yes." Tang Ruowang is now full of admiration for Zhu Youxiao, this emperor who is more than ten years younger than him in front of him, has wisdom that does not match his age, Tang Ruowang even wondered, is the emperor of China really the son of heaven?

"He has a book called "A Compendium of Arithmetic, Geometry, Ratios and Proportions", did you bring it?"

"I brought a lot of books from Europa, I think there seemed to be Lucca in them? Pacioli's book, if I don't have it, I will go to Macau to find it, and bring it to His Majesty as soon as possible. Tang Ruowang thought for a while and said.

"No, in this book, a double-entry bookkeeping method is introduced, and I want you to sort it out, and then combine it with the three-legged accounting method of the imperial people, establish a new double-entry accounting method, and at the same time help me cultivate a group of people who are familiar with the new bookkeeping method, and after the matter is done, I will give you the words 'Qin Bao Tianxue' to ensure the legitimate status of Catholicism in the empire." Zhu Youxiao drew a cake again.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, may the Lord bless you!" John Tang said gratefully.

"I am the reincarnation of the Emperor of Heaven, no one can bless me? Only I can bless me. Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

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Zhu Youxiao's harem life is also very comfortable, for more than a month, in addition to pampering the queen, Emperor Fan, and Chen Meiren, he has also pampered Concubine Wang Liang, Concubine Li Cheng and Concubine Duan Chun. Among Zhu Youxiao's concubines, only Emperor Ren and Concubine Zhang Yu are not favored. Concubine Zhang Yu was fundamentally injured when she was imprisoned by the Hakka family, and she is still recovering, and Imperial Concubine Ren is Wei Zhongxian's person, who used to be very arrogant and domineering in the palace, and Zhu Youxiao deliberately snubbed her for a while.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao also found that some places were a little different from history, first of all, Concubine Zhang Yu did not die, and Concubine Li Cheng, who was supposed to be pregnant, was not pregnant. I wonder if his crossing has caused history to deviate? But fortunately, history as a whole has not deviated from the original track, otherwise, he would really be black-eyed.

"Niangniang, the emperor will stay in Kunning Palace tonight." It was Xiaolian, the personal palace maid of the imperial concubine, who spoke.

In the palace, not being favored by the emperor means losing everything, and the imperial concubine Ren used to be a figure in the palace, but now the Hakka family and Wei Zhongxian have fallen, causing the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace to avoid it now. Overnight, Imperial Concubine Ren also fell to the bottom of the clouds. After being warned by Zhu Youxiao, she did calm down for a while, but after a period of time, the huge psychological gap made her really unwilling.

"If Your Majesty doesn't come again, this palace here will become a cold palace, and the people in the palace are now avoiding this palace." Imperial Concubine Ren said depressedly.

"Niangniang, the slave maid found that in addition to the queen, the emperor stayed with Emperor Fan and Chen Meiren the most." The palace maid said softly.

"Xiaolian, what do you mean......" Imperial Concubine Ren heard something in Xiaolian's words.

"The slave maid has heard from the people below before that Emperor Fan is favored, thanks to the fact that when she was in sex, she dressed enchantingly and tried her best to tempt, and Chen Meiren completely benefited from the new clothes designed by the emperor." Xiaolian said softly.

"The emperor doesn't want to come to the palace, so what should the palace do." Imperial Concubine Ren faintly felt as if there was a glimmer of opportunity.

"Since the emperor is unwilling to come, we will bring the emperor up." Xiaolian said.

"How do I lead it?" Imperial Concubine Ren asked excitedly.

"The emperor likes to wear beautiful concubines, and the slave maid thinks that the skirt and other clothes can be modified slightly, if possible, the slave maid suggests that when the clothes are modified, the clothes will appear more close-fitting, and it will also make the mother more charming." Xiaolian suggested.

"If this plan is feasible, this palace will definitely not treat you badly." Imperial Concubine Ren obviously didn't know if this plan was feasible, but she still decided to give it a try, she would not sit and wait for death willingly, otherwise she would not recognize Wei Zhongxian as her father-in-law and enter the palace.