"Freedom, equality, this is the connotation of the spirit of the Ming Dynasty. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Yang Feng waved his arm and said.

His expression was like that of a mentor.

And now Voltaire, who is not called Voltaire, looked at him with reverence, the same as looking up to his mentor, he came as a consulate secretary, at this time Voltaire was just twenty years old, full of curiosity about the sudden rise of the sun in the far east, it just so happened that one of his family's world friends was appointed as the consul in Beijing, so he came with him as a secretary, and after arriving here, the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty made him like a dream, and then think about the poverty and backwardness of Europe, especially the devastation in France after the just ended melee, He immediately began to become madly obsessed with everything about the country.

And to find out the reason why Daming is strong, and then let his motherland also embark on the road to prosperity and strength, this has also become his noble mission.

"Your Excellency, can you explain it more clearly?"

He asked excitedly.

Of course, Yang Feng can't say that he is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and now this guy's identity is a marquis of the Ming Dynasty, although his photos often appear on newspaper posters, and even holy icons can be seen everywhere, but he is too exaggerated to recognize him through that thing, it is all made out of the daguerreotype, at this time, it is good to be able to recognize the person with the photography technology, and Jin Yiwei also gave him a little makeup a little later, plus Voltaire could not have this kind of awareness, it is still very easy to deceive the past.

"It's simple.

The first is freedom.

What is Europe's problem? The dark Middle Ages have already said it all, and that is the bondage of Catholicism.

It is not my intention to discuss your beliefs.

But you have to understand that a true God doesn't ask a mortal to pay taxes, a true God doesn't throw a mortal into the fire because he studies science, and a true God doesn't sell indulgences or anything like that.

No, God wouldn't.

The real God loves mortals, the real God only gives to mortals without any taking, God is omnipotent, how can God need mortals to give anything? The true god also supports everything that mortals do to make their lives better, and the true gods will not make countless meaningless red tape to bind the lives of mortals, and of course, it is impossible to even prescribe what postures are used between mortal husbands and wives, and true gods will not even prescribe what mortals eat.

No, no, the true God doesn't do that.

The true gods will protect mortals.

Mortals, on the other hand, live freely in the garden like children under the protection of their father's strong arms, but God does not put chains around his children's feet and necks.

We don't have chains anymore.

And you still have countless chains, and those who carry them cannot run.

What you need is freedom.

Liberty leads the people! ”

Yang Feng said.

In other words, compared with Catholicism, the Holy Religion is indeed more popular, because those holy shrines do not have any red tape, and they never dictate the lives of the common people, let alone ask the common people to contribute anything......

It is said that Emperor Yang gave nearly one-third of his annual income to Taichang Temple, of course those priests will not ask believers for anything, and even they often help the poor to help believers solve problems, of course, believers really want to donate sincerely, and those priests will definitely not refuse either. There is absolutely no problem of priests making money, there are special people in the internal affairs department of Jinyiwei staring at this, once they find it, it is disrespectful to immediately send an edict to prison, because the holy shrine is dedicated to the emperor, and any criminal behavior of them is to smear the emperor's face, and the judicial department has no right to manage it, and it is directly under the disposal of Jinyiwei.

Therefore, those priests of the Holy Shrine can really be called moral models.

This is also the reason why the shrine has been so successful.

"And equality.

I am a nobleman, I am a marquis of the empire, a member of the imperial house of nobles, but I am equal to a small trader on the side of the road, we are all the subjects of His Majesty the Emperor, there is no difference between high and low, I am a marquis not because I was born noble, but because I have contributed to the country and the people, this is the reward I deserve, I can't be higher than the people because I am a marquis, in fact if I go out and give my retinue a whip, he can also go to Dali Temple to sue me, if I am convicted for this, Then my title will be abolished immediately.

Equality, that's equality.

We understood this 2,000 years ago, and one of our ancestors shouted a phrase 2,000 years ago.

Will the prime minister Hou Ning have a kind?

But you still don't understand this, our peasants can become nobles, in fact yesterday His Majesty just made an ordinary peasant a baron, because he saved a dozen children in the fire, and he himself was seriously burned, His Majesty the Emperor thought that his merits were worthy of a baron, so he was made a baron, and your peasants can only be peasants, and in our noble house there are one-tenth merchants, one-eighth is a scientist, and one-twelfth is a teacher, and there are only nobles in your noble house.

Ah, you don't have a House of Lords, and your Estates-General don't seem to have been in a hundred years, right?

And our Inspectorate is a permanent institution.

And our Inspectorate can propose impeachment against the Prime Minister, there is not even a single nobleman there, so who in your country can impeach the Prime Minister?

You see, that's the difference between equality and inequality.

We are equal.

We prosper.

You are not equal.

You are poor and chaotic.

That's the difference. ”

Yang Feng said.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty is indeed equal, in fact, there is no aristocracy in China at all, from Chen Sheng Wu Guang shouted that the general Wang Hou Ning has a kind of beginning, from Xiang Yu shouted that he can take over, the aristocracy this class no longer exists in China, and those princes of later dynasties can only be said to be wealthy, in the hearts of the people, they have never been born noble, and they can be replaced at any time, so Yang Feng shouted the slogan of equality, and there is no shock in the Ming Dynasty.

Everyone is inherently equal.

It is well known that the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, of course, this does not mean that there is really equality in reality, when has there ever been equality in reality?

But this slogan is absolutely shocking to Europeans, at this time in Europe, the aristocracy is still the aristocracy, the commoners are still the commoners, even those new capitalists, they are still commoners, even if the rich commoners are also commoners, and there is an insurmountable gap between the nobles, the slogan of equality is absolutely huge allure for them, and the prince and Hou Ning are almost deafening to them.

And the same is true of the slogan of freedom.

The old shackles still exist in the European populace, especially in France, where Catholicism is maintained, and this is even more prominent, the secular, religious shackles are bound to them, the development of science, the perception of the world, and especially the prosperity of trade, have long made people disgusted with all this, and the Reformation has long been caused by this, people have long been not so easy to cajole, they are eager to break free from this shackles, they are eager to be free and want to live without constraints.

And light a fire for them now.

Anyway, this is the meaning of the existence of Voltaire and others, since this is the case, it is better for him to do it, unity, an indivisible republic, freedom, equality, fraternity, or death, let the fire of Europe burn, let the fire of freedom and equality burn, let the fire of cleansing the old world burn......

As for Da Ming, it would be good to be a lighthouse.

The strength of these people is definitely more effective than the guns of the Ming army, anyway, for Yang Feng, what he wants is only a significant weakening of the European population, as for what kind of way, it doesn't really matter, it is the ambition of the monarchs or the anger of the people, whether it is the invasion of foreign enemies or the internal fight for ideals and dignity, this makes no difference to him. He saw the blood of Europe flowing, and that was enough, he saw the prosperity of Europe reduced to ruins, and that was enough, in this sense, the Vatican still described him as a devil, but it is indeed not an exaggeration, in the future he is indeed going to play the role of a demon, he will flap his black wings, hover over Europe with the clouds of death, and watch the grass turn into a sea of corpses and blood.

Well, he'll sing the praises of that magnificence.

But Voltaire did not know that in the eyes of this foreign young man, who had come earnestly to seek advice, the noble Marquis, a worthy teacher in total, was directing his doubts with the same sincerity, and lighting a beacon of light for him on his path shrouded in fog.

"Your Excellency, Marquis, do you have any writings on the subject?"

He asked excitedly.

"I don't have this yet, but I'm really trying to write one, I've just resigned from all my positions, because there is no shortage of people like me in this country, so I have more time to think, I've been thinking about how to let the light shine in every corner of the world, I'm enjoying the sun and the privilege of life in my own estate, my people are also enjoying peace and prosperity, but there are still too many countries and too many people in this world, still struggling in the quagmire of poverty and war, people are starving to death every day, people crying every day, There is blood every day.

Alas, the thought of this makes me feel like my life is like a crime.

I had to do something.

And freedom and equality is the best solution to all this, at least for the time being, so I want to write a book on freedom, but I haven't officially started writing it yet, if you are interested, you can collect some useful material for me in Europe, we can guarantee correspondence, you can send the letter directly to the Paris branch of the Universal company, I have a little friendship with the senior management of the global company, if there is anything you need help, please feel free to ask.

My favorite person is a young man with ideals like you. ”

Yang Feng said. (To be continued.) )