Volume II: Chapter 74: John Tang

Sending Ronggui away, I couldn't help but sigh, it seems that I have to find a way to train her well, at least let her open her mouth and speak loudly in front of the concubines.

At this time, Shunzhi sent someone to pass me to the imperial study, which must be to see the legendary supervisor of Qintianjian, Tang Ruowang, who is 'fine' in astronomy and geography.

As soon as I entered the imperial study, before I had time to give Shunzhi a salute, I was attracted by a little foreign old man, he was about sixty years old, not as tall as Westerners, on the contrary, he looked a little thin, his white beard hung down to his chest, although he was wearing a patch suit, but he did not have braids, with his high nose and deep eyes, it looked a little nondescript.

Shunzhi must have just gone down to the court, and he was still wearing a bright yellow court dress, he saw me come in, put down the fold in his hand and came to me, pointed to the little old man and said with a smile: "Hui'er, this is our Qing Dynasty's 'Tongxuan teacher' Tang Mafa, Tang Ruowang." "Marfa, is the meaning of grandfather in Chinese, when the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang respected Tang Ruowang and once recognized him

"Father-in-law", and Tang Ruowang quickly won Shunzhi's favor and admiration because of his profound knowledge, so Shunzhi honored Tang Ruowang

"Marfa". Tang Ruowang bowed deeply, and said: "Minister Tang Ruowang, see the queen's mother." If you want to understand the culture of a country, you must first learn the language of that country, and John Tang obviously did this.

I said, "I've heard the name of Tomafa for a long time, please get up." Shunzhi said with a smile: "Tomafa traveled around the world this time and brought back a lot of new toys, and that chiming bell is just one of them." "Traveling around the world?

I couldn't help but ask curiously, "I wonder which countries Tomafa has been to?" ”

"This time I went to Spain, France, England, Belgium, and the Netherlands. And my country, the Germanic state. "German?

It turns out that this soup John is German,

"Tomafa has been away from home for many years, and he should indeed take this opportunity to go back and see." John Tang shook his head and said, "This time time is urgent, and the minister will hurry back when he arrives in Berlin." He did not return to his hometown. Alas, my city of Cologne. I haven't been back in over a decade. ”

"Cologne?" I asked with a smile;

"I wonder if St. Peter's Basilica was built when Tomafa left?" St. Peter's Basilica is known as Cologne Cathedral, not only because it is the highest twin tower church in the world, but also because it took more than 400 years to complete.

John Tang was extremely surprised, and he exclaimed: "Does the queen also know about St. Peter?" I chuckled and said, "Not only do I know St. Peter, but I also know that if you stand on the top of the church tower and look far away, you can see the beautiful Rhine River flowing like a ribbon through the city of Cologne." ”

"Rhine!" John Tang was 'excited' and at a loss.

"I grew up on the banks of the Rhine, the mother river of Cologne. I really didn't expect that the queen mother would know everything. Shunji stared at me firmly and asked with serious surprise, "Did you also see these in the book that the Western missionary gave you?" "Uh...... If I say yes, is it considered a deception?

John Tong heard

The words "Western missionary" immediately said: "Does the queen also know her brother from the West?" "Before I can speak, Shunji

"Zealous" said: "When the queen was in her hometown, she met a priest named Thomas. "During the Qing Dynasty, there were very few foreigners in China, and most of the missionaries were in contact with each other, and John Tang twisted his beard and thought about it for a long time, probably thinking about this

Who the hell is "Thomas", he shook his head,

"The minister has not heard of this brother's name." I laughed and said, "There are thousands of Jesuit believers, and it's normal not to have heard a person's name." "Hear

"Jesus", John Tong immediately came to the 'spirit', and he hurriedly asked: "Does the queen also believe in God?" Shunzhi frowned slightly dissatisfied, and I smiled and said, "If this palace is not the queen of the Qing Dynasty, I will probably join the Jesuits." Looking at Tang Ruowang's slightly puzzled eyes, I smiled and looked at Shunzhi: "The queen of the Qing Dynasty, I only believe in one person, and that is the Son of Heaven of the Qing Dynasty." Shunzhi's smile was mixed with a hint of relief, and I looked at Tang Ruowang again and asked, "I wonder what strange things Tom Mafa brought back this time?" Tang Ruowang said happily: "It is true that a lot of strange things have been brought back, but no matter what they are, they are not as good as the other things brought back by the minister." ”

"What is it?" I was curious.

"It's people." After speaking, John Tang and Shunzhi looked at each other and smiled.

"People?"

"Yes," said John Tang, "this time the minister has been ordered by the emperor to invite brothers from all countries to come to the Qing Kingdom to preach, and when they come, they will bring their culture and their skills, and they will also make the two countries 'friendly', so that the people of the two countries are like a family." "I looked at Shunzhi with a slight surprise, who said that the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were all closed?

The one in front of him clearly has advanced insight and vision, not only breaking the prejudice of the race, but also without the arrogance of being a celestial empire, knowing how to discover and explore the advantages of others and using and absorbing them, so that they can continue to improve.

A sense of pride faintly rose in my heart, this is my husband, the Son of Heaven of the Great Qing Kingdom, just ...... My complexion has changed slightly, will history change?

If history will be biased, can he become a generation of famous monarchs respected by later generations like Kangxi? With me by his side, will he still be in disgrace when the dark cloud bead dies?

No, I must try to change, and if I can't change anything, then what's the point of me coming back here!

"Hui'er." Shunzhi saw that I was in a daze, and said with a smile: "Can you be in a daze when you talk?" What are you thinking? I smiled and said, "The concubine is thinking, the emperor is really a wise monarch with great ambitions." Shunzhi quipped: "I didn't expect the queen to also pat my ass." I chuckled: "The concubine is telling the truth, the people of the Western countries, because of the appearance and the people of the East are very different, so they have been called 'Yi' since ancient times, and all dynasties are 'uncivilized', the emperor can break the stereotype, and does not discriminate against foreign races because of the different skin 'color', and accept different beliefs, which shows that the emperor treats all ethnic groups in the world equally, and has the world in his heart, and there is no distinction between things and things, which can be called a famous king." Moreover, the emperor can accept the Western culture, know the important "nature" of "people", promote the "exchange" between the Qing Dynasty and other countries, make the world know that the Qing Dynasty is thirsty for talents, and attract people of insight like Tom Mafa to come to the East, which shows that the emperor is not willing to be only a "blind" ancestor of the shadow of the emperor, the emperor is really looking at the world, aiming at the world, in this way, is not a Ming monarch with lofty ambitions? After listening to my tirade, Shunzhi's face was full of surprise, his eyes flashed, and Tang Ruowang sighed happily: "It's rare that the queen has such insight and vision." I said embarrassedly: "What kind of insight is just between some 'women'." Shunzhi held my hand and said quite fondly: "If you are a 'woman', the adults in front of you who have 'insight' are not even as good as a three-year-old child." As he spoke, he snorted a little angrily: "I only know how to fight for power, occupy houses and land, and obstruct the matter of Tomafa's envoy, hum, I am not as good as they want!" "What?

I couldn't help but be stunned, didn't Shunzhi send John Tang to envoy countries because of the reason I said?

But...... In order to be angry with the ministers? Seeing that Shunzhi was a little resentful, Tang Ruowang stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, when you see the benefits of the envoy in the future, I believe that they will definitely agree to the emperor's proposal to establish 'diplomatic relations' with other countries and switch trade." "Listening to John Tang's words, I couldn't help but be dumbfounded, NND, I know that this kid in front of me is not simple, building 'communication' and trade?

Does he want China to join the WTO 300 years ahead of schedule? Shunzhi didn't notice my surprise, he sighed, and said, "They think that the whole world is clear, they don't know, the world outside is big." I squeezed his hand and said, "As the saying goes, 'the first to be the king, the second to be the minister', as a monarch, I want to be a guiding light for the ministers." Shunzhi stared at me and suddenly smiled: "That's it, who made me an immortal 'famous monarch'?" "John Tang and I listened to Shunzhi's self-evaluation, looked at each other and smiled.

Shunzhi ascended the throne at the age of six, pro-government at the age of fourteen, until his death at the age of twenty-four, presided over military affairs for ten years, but later generations mentioned him, but rarely remembered his political achievements, only knew that he was an amorous emperor who loved beauty and did not love the country, in fact, during the reign of Shunzhi, he was still quite effective in politics.

At the beginning of his pro-government, the domestic military, political, and economic aspects were full of crises, and because he lived under the wing of Dolgon for a long time, he couldn't even understand the Chinese music, let alone have any experience in governing the country

"'Jing' is full of Chinese, familiar with classics, literature and history are 'fine', calligraphy and painting are wonderful, very talented", by absorbing a lot of cultural knowledge, and constantly improve his ruling methods and means, and he can sincerely listen to the situation, allow his subordinates to commit Yan Zhizhi, even if a very sharp mention of a very sharp, he does not think that the emperors of the Qing Dynasty are diligent and can listen to different opinions, which is inseparable from the example of Shunzhi.

What's even more rare is that he is only nineteen years old now, and he is still just a child, and it is really commendable that he can have such insight and such actions.