Paris.

Bunnitz was writing to friends in China, and in the Nanjing area alone, he made more than 30 pen pals.

But at the moment, this letter is addressed to Zhao Zhenfang:

"Your Royal Highness, Eldest Princess...... I have received your letter and I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of the great mathematician Mr. Xiao Shixuan, which is a great loss to mankind all over the world......"

"I have read the Book of Changes translated by a European scholar in Nanjing. Its author, Fu Xi, is a world figure and the earliest human code maker. Based on the Chinese materials I have come across, the Book of Changes is probably the oldest book in China, if not the world, and it is the source of all science and philosophy in China. It is intrinsically consistent with the number in Pythagoras, Plato, and Hebrew philosophy, which are all inspired by the Creator......"

"I think that from the time Fuxi's Bagua system was understood to the present day, the commentaries written by Chinese authors for the Book of Changes for 3,000 years have only confused the original meaning of Bagua and distorted China's original religion that was consistent with Christianity......"

"The Chinese gossip system is consistent with Christian doctrine. Your Royal Highness, Honorable Eldest Princess, please don't be in a hurry to refute my point of view, I am appending a Creation Map here...... 0 stands for 'all that comes from nothing' and 1 stands for 'all things are sufficient'. In terms of Bagua, 0 is yin '--', and 1 is yang'. The sun is 11, the less yin is 10, the less yang is 01, and the sun is 00. The Qianqian hexagram is 111, the redemption hexagram is 011, and the separation hexagram is 101...... Mr. Shao Yong's Fuxi Bagua Yitu in the Song Dynasty is actually a binary number table from 0 to 63......"

"I visited London a few years ago, and on my way back, I visited Mr. Spinoza in the Netherlands. There is a terrible atheism in his pantheism, and if Descartes' philosophy is elaborated by Spinoza's pantheism, it will inevitably lead to atheism in the end......"

"During the French invasion of the Netherlands, Monsieur Spinoza was invited by the French Marshal Condé as a guest, and from then on he was regarded by the Dutch as a traitor. He was also exposed to Chinese philosophy, combining his pantheism with Chinese science. As a result of the war between the Netherlands and China, his promotion of Chinese philosophy further confirmed his betrayal. ”

"Mr. Spinoza was a Jew who believed that God was the universe, which is the Chinese Tai Chi. He believes that God contains both the material world and the spiritual world, that is, the Chinese qi and reason. I don't really agree with that......"

"I think the universe is made up of 'monads.'" The monad is a kind of spiritual entity without parts, which has neither extension nor shape, and does not have quantitative prescriptiveness, but only qualitative differences...... Each monad, by virtue of its own perceptual faculties, represents the world with different degrees of clarity, and naturally derives according to its own inherent inner principles......"

"And God is the highest monad who created all monads!"

"If we compare the universe to an orchestra, God is the composer of the general score of the cosmic order, and each monad is a musical note, arranged in harmony by God. This is fundamentally different from pantheism, in which God is not the composer, but the score and the orchestra itself. ”

"Mr. Newton of England, perhaps because of his busy schedule, after all, he is the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom. His mechanistic theology is ridiculous, according to his theory, the universe is a machine, and God must keep winding the universe or the universe will cease to function......"

"I accept some of Mr. Spinoza's views and believe that Christian doctrine is common to Chinese science. However, I think that Chinese Tai Chi is the God of Christianity, that is, the highest monad in the universe. The binary derivation of 0 and 1 is the music composed by God, that is, Tai Chi separates yin and yang qi ......"

"The biggest difference between me and pantheism is that God is the first reason for things, while the Chinese also think that Tai Chi is the first reason for things. Therefore, Mr. Spinoza, there is a misunderstanding of Chinese philosophy. According to his point of view, it is equivalent to Tai Chi being all things, not Tai Chi deriving all things......"

"Chinese scholars should start from the mathematical principles of the I Ching and pursue the essential meaning of the I Ching, rather than subordinate various secular interpretations......"

"To the end, once again to the honorable eldest princess, who admires your Gottfried Wilhelm Lybnitz."

With the deepening of exchanges between the East and the West, there were many Chinese scholars who were famous in Europe, but Zhao Zhenfang quickly became the most sought after.

Although Zhao Zhenfang has some scientific research results, she can at best rank in the middle of the middle in China, so why did she gain a huge reputation in Europe?

Very well understood!

First, Zhao Zhenfang is a woman, which is a scarce phenomenon in the European academic community.

Second, Zhao Zhenfang is the younger sister of the Chinese emperor and has the status of the noble eldest princess of China.

Therefore, even though Zhao Zhenfang is in her 50s, there are beautiful portraits of her when she was young in Europe.

It was drawn by an Italian official in Nanjing, with the help of memory, and his memory automatically opened up his face. The original painting was purchased by a merchant, shipped to the Netherlands, auctioned for a sky-high price, and then purchased by Louis XIV for an even higher price, and was now in the collection of the Palace of Versailles in France.

Louis XIV, the Sun King, often invited nobles to hold balls at the Palace of Versailles, and the portrait of the eldest Chinese princess was well known to the Parisian aristocracy, and then copied and disseminated by the painter.

Two more replies were written, one of which was still written on the toilet.

Unlike Newton, he was not keen on fame and fortune, and he didn't even like socializing, because it would waste precious time. Even when he was eating, drinking, and writing, he was thinking, reading, and writing!

But sometimes, socializing is a must.

In particular, after coming to Buniz to correspond with the Chinese emperor, the correspondence was transmitted through the French diplomatic system. Of course, this news could not be hidden, and those French aristocrats soon knew that Bunitz and Zhao Han were pen pals.

This time, the French diplomat brought back two reply letters from Zhao Han, one addressed to Louis XIV and one to Buniz.

To celebrate the reply of the Emperor of China, Louis XIV decided to hold a ball.

This is certainly an excellent reason, and more plausible than others, there are so many reasons for Louis XIV's ball, such as: the poop is smooth today, and the ball should be celebrated!

In the afternoon, Buniz left his residence and took a horse-drawn carriage to the Palace of Versailles on the outskirts.

The city of Paris still stinks, although scholars returning from China have elaborated on Nanjing's fecal cleaning model. But it simply could not be replicated in France, because of the need to create an industrial chain, of which the nobility and officials were of no interest.

Even the problem of feces in the Louvre has not been solved at the moment.

The dung diggers in France, who had to work at night. The mortality rate of dung diggers is extremely high, and the poor in France would rather be beggars than dung diggers unless they have to.

Smelling the stench coming from time to time in the streets, Bunnitz naturally remembered the content of the correspondence. Whether it is settling down or engaging in short-term diplomacy, all Europeans who have been to China are full of praise for China's urban management, and even feel inferior to Europe because of this.

In a short time, the carriage traveled to the vicinity of the Palace of Versailles.

There are three straight avenues, traffic is excellent, and there are already residential and office units nearby. The three avenues were laid by order of Louis XIV in order to attract the inhabitants to move in.

Many aristocrats and wealthy people built their new residences near the Palace of Versailles. However, most of them were civil structures, because Louis XIV ordered that no stone should be used in new buildings throughout the country for ten years, in order to ensure that the supply of stone at the Palace of Versailles was sufficient.

The current Palace of Versailles is still under construction, and some new buildings are added every year.

Before he could declare his status as a diplomat, he was allowed to come to Buniz and drove into the gates of the Palace of Versailles in a carriage.

Halfway through, get off the bus and walk to Bunnitz, and the driver drives the carriage to the stables.

The majestic palaces and wide gardens, the winding Chinese gardens, have been criticized in Europe and have long been considered aesthetically inconsistent. European aristocrats and artists thought that everything was fine in China, but there was something lacking in architecture, and the garden construction and interior design were messy.

Coming to Bunnitz looked into the distance, and the unfinished porcelain tower could be faintly seen.

The Versailles Porcelain Pagoda, which is similar to the glazed pagoda in Nanjing, has been built more than 50 meters high at this time, and its final height will exceed that of the glazed pagoda. The only thing that frustrated Louis XIV was that he lacked enough porcelain and glass, so he had to put terracotta tiles on the exterior walls, and finally painted a layer of white ash and pretended to be porcelain towers.

As night fell, more and more nobles arrived.

Hundreds of candles lit up in the main hall. A few decades ago, this would not have been possible, at least not every once in a while. Of course, candles do, but they are too inferior and full of odor and black smoke. Smokeless and odorless candles are also relatively expensive consumables for the French royal family.

Now it is different, France's national power continues to rise, the candle craft is more advanced, and more than ten large balls a month can be held.

Staying up late is a privilege of the nobility and a symbol of spending power!

The aristocracy was keen to light high-end candles and stay up late, and the Parisian aristocracy collectively reversed day and night. The Palace of Versailles did not hold balls, but other nobles did, and they stayed up all night almost every day, and the day became bedtime.

Louis XIV appeared with the queen in his arms, and Bunitz quickly stood up and saluted the king with the nobles.

Next to the king and queen, there was an Asian woman in a pleated skirt, which instantly attracted the attention of all the guests.

Louis XIV proudly introduced: "This is Madame Yang from China, and she and her husband are both Chinese nobles. Sadly, her husband died of illness and she fought an estate lawsuit with his family. Mrs. Yang received only a small inheritance, which she was very dissatisfied with and decided to leave China to settle in Europe. Now, Madame Yang is my advisor to the court arts. ”

The ball scene suddenly became lively, and if it weren't for the presence of the king, I don't know how many nobles would have gone to talk to them.

It's just that the expression of the Queen of France at this moment is inevitably a little forced and happy. What court art consultants? It's clearly the king's mistress!

Of course, Louis XIV was also tricked by diplomats.

He wanted to get a Chinese noblewoman as a lover, but the diplomat really had no choice but to spend a lot of money to find a high-class prostitute.

The so-called Mrs. Yang, whose mother was the illegitimate daughter of a Dutch colonizer and a Japanese woman. After the expulsion of the Dutch colonists, her mother married a landlord in Coconut City as a concubine, and after the landlord's death, the mother and daughter were sold to human traffickers by their main wives. Due to her young age, Mrs. Yang was bought to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and then sold to Guangzhou as a high-class prostitute.

Nearly thirty years old, Mrs. Yang, who was a famous prostitute, married a Guangzhou maritime merchant as a concubine.

In China, the people do not prosecute the officials, but it is illegal to investigate them. Mrs. Yang was pampered and arrogant, and was sued by his wife, and the maritime merchant was forced to pay a huge fine. This incident caused a lot of trouble, and the French diplomats passing through Guangzhou learned about it, and privately gave a lot of money to persuade Madame Yang, who did not know where to go, to take a boat to Louis XIV in Lake Paris.

As a result, Mrs. Yang became a Chinese aristocratic relic and went overseas because of the inheritance lawsuit, and became the king's mistress as a matter of course.

This Mrs. Yang is of mixed descent, Dutch, Japanese, and Chinese, and has learned piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child, and has learned how to serve men since she was a child. The physiognomy combines the advantages of China and the West, exudes a gentle and scholarly temperament, and he also learned French during the voyage, and in a few days he figured out Louis XIV's temper, and the French Sun King was coaxed into a daze.

Facing the eager eyes of many nobles, Mrs. Yang smiled, her smile was charming and vulgar, and she made a blessing to everyone.

Although it was not clear what kind of etiquette this was, the French nobles still stepped forward to salute. And those French ladies were carefully observing Madame Yang's behavior, thinking about how to wear a whalebone skirt to perform this oriental greeting ceremony.

Louis XIV said proudly: "Madame Yang was not only a Chinese noblewoman, but also an artist. Before the dance officially began, Mrs. Yang was invited to show off her superb painting skills. ”

The pigments had already been adjusted, and the full set of painting equipment was also shipped from China.

Mrs. Yang behaved in a down-to-earth manner, and said to everyone in French: "Time is in a hurry, I will draw a sketch tonight." ”

The drawing paper was spread out on the dining table, and Mrs. Yang picked up the pen and scribbled it casually.

At first, I couldn't see what was going on, but soon it took shape, and a bird stood on a branch. The birds are ink, but the branches are peachy, and the red makes the picture bright.

Such a rapid creation of beautiful pictures made the nobles amazed, and no longer questioned Madame Yang's identity as an artist.

Then, Mrs. Yang showed her piano skills again, first playing the pipa, and then playing the guzheng, and the French nobles were like hearing fairy music, and they were reluctant to walk away around Mrs. Yang.

Louis XIV was not angry, but felt a light on his face, and smiled from beginning to end.

He had already decided to build a palace in the Palace of Versailles specifically for Madame Yang, and all of them were based on Chinese garden specifications.

Only the queen of France, and another mistress who had just fallen out of favor, stood at the ball with a black face the whole time.

A famous prostitute from China is about to wreak havoc on the French court!

Immediately afterwards, Louis XIV himself performed in the ballet, which won the applause of the audience. Madame Yang was disdainful in her heart, but she also applauded enthusiastically and cast a look of adoration at the king.

Finally, when it was time to dance, Louis III, the current Duke of Orleans and Prince of Condé, received permission from the king to invite Madame Young to dance.

The two embraced each other, and Madame Yang, who was not very familiar with this dance, kept apologizing for stepping on her feet, and praised Louis III for his handsome and manly manner.

Before the song was finished, the prince was coaxed into a smile and asked, "What title did Madame have before?" ”

Mrs. Yang said nonsense according to the script: "My father was the marquis of the previous dynasty of China, and I am my father's only daughter. The Chinese emperor established a new dynasty, and my family also declined, and I was forced to marry a wealthy merchant. ”

The prince said with pity: "I'm really sorry to mention your sadness. Perhaps, we should call you the Marquise. ”

"I like that title." Mrs. Yang said with a smile.

As a result, a famous prostitute from China became a marquise. And those French aristocrats were proud to associate with the Chinese marquises. The ladies of Paris always invited the marquise to participate in the salon, and they also had to put some porcelain in the salon, otherwise it would look classless.

The prince asked again, "Have you seen Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of China?" ”

Madame Yang had obviously been trained on the ship and knew which one the eldest princess was referring to. She smiled and said, "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess and her husband have lived in Guangzhou for several years, and I also lived in Guangzhou at that time. I have had the pleasure of meeting Her Royal Highness a few times, and she is very beautiful and very intelligent. You may not believe it, but when I met Her Royal Highness, she was already 50 years old, but she did not look old at all, as if she was still 30 years old. ”

"Really?" The prince was surprised.

Madame Yang said, "Of course, Her Royal Highness also likes art, so I was invited. But she also invites a lot of scholars to talk about philosophical topics. I didn't understand mathematics and astronomy at all, but Her Royal Highness was so proficient that the invited scholars admired her greatly. ”

The prince sighed, "What a perfect princess, but it's a pity that I can't see her face to face." ”

With the spread of the portrait, Zhao Zhenfang's popularity in France is second only to Emperor Zhao Han.

Even, Zhao Zhenfang gradually appeared in literary works, and the content is almost the same.

It was a down-and-out aristocrat from France, who went to sea to experience various adventures, and when he arrived in Guangzhou, he accepted the help of a Chinese princess. Every time Zhao Zhenfang appears in it, she is always full of style and beauty, and she is also full of wit, and even has an extramarital affair with the male protagonist.

A few years later, Zhao Zhenfang's second son got a French translation, and he was immediately angry enough by those contents.

Zheng Sen also learned about the situation from his son, he couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't know who to ask for to send it, he couldn't kill France and ban this book, right?

At this moment, Louis XIV was full of ambition.

Wearing leggings and high heels, he looked around the entire dance arena with a sense of pride that looked at the world. Under his rule, France has dominated the continent, and now there is a Chinese marquise as a mistress, both in career and life.

That's why he uttered the famous saying: "I am the Sun King of the West, Zhao is the Philosopher King of the East, and the two greatest monarchs of the world are here." ”

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