Relying on his memories, Hongyi decided to give John Tong a lesson on "Russian military power in the first half of the seventeenth century". However, this lesson needs to start with the "Battle of Brydenfeld", which was "led" by Sweden. Because there's a little "point" here.

"Old Marfa, the flames of war on the continent of Europa are very different, at least far from when you left Rome!"

Hongyi smiled and poured a cup of hot tea for Tang Ruowang personally, but he picked up the bowl of warm human milk that Sun had just brought in, and took a meaningful sip.

"This ......" John Tang was naturally moved in his heart, and probably guessed what the master would say. However, as a loyal "Catholic" Catholic Jesuit priest, he can only choose to pretend to be stupid.

Regarding John Tang's reaction, Hongyi naturally knew it and expected it a long time ago. So he patiently explained.

"Old Marfa, not long after the end of the Thirty Years' War in Europe, you won't be impressed, right?"

"Master, the old minister does know a little about this. However, the outbreak of this protracted war began on May 23, 1618, the year of the Lord's birth, when Lutheran fanatics from Prague stormed the Crimean palace and threw two of the Roman emperor's ministers into a trench through the window......," said John Tong.

'Oh!' Throw out the window event'! Archduke Ferdinand, though King of Bohemia, was first and foremost a devout and somewhat fanatical Catholic! Hongyi gave a historical name and extended it appropriately, indicating that he knew about it.

"Lord Belle. God and Our Lady will bless you with your magic! John Tang had already predicted this scene, and then said:

"But earlier in the same year, more than a month before the 'Throwing Out the Window Incident', on April 16, 1618, under the leadership of Father Kinnige, 22 missionaries including Deng Yuhan and Luo Yagu set sail from Lisbon to the Celestial Empire. The specific details are naturally unknown. ”

"Oh, I see." Hongyi can only agree with John Tang's rhetoric.

Speaking of Father Kinney Pavilion, he is nothing less than a figure like John Tong's spiritual mentor. This herringbone is "four tables". Formerly known as Nikolai. Terry Gotte. He joined the Society of Jesus in 1594. In 1607, he set sail from Lisbon to Goa, India, and arrived in Macao in the 38th year of Wanli (1610). Shortly after Matteo Ricci's death, Kinney arrived in Beijing and found his journals and began to organize them. In the 40th year of Wanli (1612). Fr. Kinnige was instructed to return to Rome to report to Pope Paul V. In preparation for the return to the EU. He traveled almost all over China to investigate local teaching affairs. After returning to Europe. To attract attention from the West, he wore Chinese clothes in public and gave heartfelt speeches promoting the exploits of Matteo Ricci and other missionaries in China. And with great enthusiasm to write books and theories. As a result of his activism, a "China fever" was set off in the West at that time, and a large number of young European missionaries applied to go to China, among whom those who were both moral and learned, such as John Tong, who later held prominent positions in the Chinese court.

In the 46th year of Wanli (1618), Jinnige [1] and 22 Jesuits went to China again with more than 7,000 books donated by the Pope. During the voyage, more than half of the 22 missionaries were killed due to the plague in the cabin, storms at sea, and pirates. Only five people survived when the ship arrived in Macao, including the Swiss Tang Yuhan and the German John Tong. The former was a famous mathematician and literary scholar before he joined the Jesuits, and he and the Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo were members of the European Academy of Sciences at that time.

"In that case, Marfa Sr. may only know a thing or two about the most crucial of the Thirty Years' War, The-Battle-of-Breitenfeld, from the letters of her brothers? Then Xuan Ye will first talk about the key points of this battle, and you can judge whether it is correct or not. Hongyi retreated to the next best.

"How dare the old minister judge the words of the saint? It's just a matter of listening. Tang Ruowang continued to be humble and polite, and was ready to once again confirm the degree of Xiao Xuanye's "supernatural powers".

"Hehe, you're always so humble!" Hongyi understated the politeness and began to get to the point-

In April 1628, a mercenary army led by Wallenstein, a Bohemian nobleman hired by the Holy Roman Emperor, defeated the Mansfield division of the English army that had invaded western Bohemia, and the Protestant coalition led by the Danish alliance with the Protestant alliance and supported by Britain, France, and the Netherlands, and took control of the Elector of Saxony[2]. Under these circumstances, Denmark was forced to sign the Peace of Lübeck with the Holy Roman Emperor in May of the following year, and pledged not to meddle in German affairs, and the second phase of the German Thirty Years' War, the Danish phase, came to an end, with the Protestant forces defeating and the Holy Roman Empire extending to the Baltic Sea.

Soon after, Wallenstein, who had been hired by the Holy Roman Empire, planned to build a powerful fleet in the Baltics, which caused concern among the long-dominant Swedish kingdom in northern Europe, which feared that if the Holy Roman Empire did have such a powerful fleet, the Swedish kingdom would lose its long-standing dominance in the Baltic region and would be directly threatened by the Holy Roman Empire. In July 1630, King Gustav II of Sweden, with the financial assistance of France, led about 13,000 Swedish troops to land in Pomerania in the northwest of the Holy Roman Empire, thus opening the third phase of the German Thirty Years' War - the Swedish phase.

The Battle of Brydenfeld was a famous battle that broke out in the area of Brydenfeld in the territory of the Holy Roman Empire on September 17, 1631, and was also the decisive battle of the third phase of the Thirty Years' War in Europe, the "Swedish Phase". In this battle, the Swedish and Saxon coalition led by King Gustav II of Sweden defeated the imperial army led by the veteran Count Tilly of the Holy Roman Empire, and led the "Protestant" forces to the first major victory after being systematically defeated since the beginning of the Thirty Years' War, which greatly enhanced the confidence of the Protestant alliance, dealt a heavy blow to the Catholic feudal forces, and changed the course of world history, so it is called the "War to Change the World".

"The main result of the Battle of Brydenfeld was that it ensured that the German princes of your homeland would not be forced to convert to your Catholic Church or be subjected to the inquisition of the Holy See in Rome. Am I right? Hongyi looked at Tang Ruowang with some provocation.

"Alas! The defeat of the Catholic Army, the so-called 'protest sects' of the Lutherans did achieve a despicable victory, but it was a fluke while God and the Virgin Mary were dozing! John Tang muttered, and it seemed that even he couldn't believe in the truth.

"Hehe, old Marfa doesn't have to regret it! Whether it is Catholic or Orthodox, including this protest sect [Protestant], we will not talk about him today, and if I have the opportunity another day, I will naturally give you an explanation! Today......"

Hongyi smiled and was relieved. It seems that in the future, the contradictions between the so-called three major Christian sects will be enough to make a fool of themselves--Hongyi thought.

"Huh? God bless you, Our Lady apparitions! Master, slave, I'm willing to do it for you! Before Xuan Ye finished speaking, Tang Ruowang had already gotten up and bowed deeply according to Chinese etiquette!

"Old Marfa, sit down, let's talk about the tactics of the Battle of Brydenfield today!" Hongyi also got up to help Tang Ruowang and once again led the topic back.

(Chapter to be continued)

"A limerick poem. Hidden Head

Reading literature and reading history is only a long breath

I was saying that there was an opportunity back then

The layout is a long-cherished wish

It's hard to come and go

Get up and spend a hundred years

Point out the suffering and diseases of the world

The edge of the town was razed to the sea

Wen'an Wuding tears of joy

[1] Some interesting facts: After arriving in China, Jinnige has studied Chinese politics, history, religion, and language. He was the first to translate the Pentateuch into Latin. In 1626, he translated the Pentateuch into Latin in Hangzhou and named it Pentabiblion Sinense. In the same year, Jinnige published the Western Confucian Ear and Eye Resources, which was the first dictionary to use phonemic letters to phonemic Chinese characters. In addition, Kinnige was the first Westerner to systematically compile a chronicle of China. He also translated the manuscript of Matteo Ricci's Italian memoirs into Latin and published them under the title Ricci's Notes on China. Jinnige once cooperated with Zhang Geng, a Fujian juren, to select and translate "Aesop's Fables", which was named "Situational Righteousness". After his second arrival in China, he had a huge translation project, but due to his untimely death, the plan was not implemented. The more than 7,000 books brought by the Jinnige Pavilion have also gradually dispersed and disappeared because no one cares about them.

[2] The term "elector" is a peculiar phenomenon in German history that was used to refer to those princes who had the right to elect the German King and Holy Roman Emperor. This system severely weakened imperial power and deepened the political division of Germany.

(To be continued......) (To be continued......)