The Second Crusade, on which Alexander VII had high hopes, came to an end. Just after the Lantern Festival in the 29th year of Chongzhen, the head of Christianity, Bu Mige, held a public trial in the square outside St. Peter's Basilica in Rome to hold a public trial of Pope Alexander VII.

As a result of the trial, Alexander VII was sentenced to be burned at the stake. Kings such as Ferdinand III and Felipe IV, as well as prime ministers such as Mazarin, saw Alexander VII burned alive at the stake.

With the burning of Alexander VII, it also meant the official end of an era. Chongzhen fulfilled his promise, and the day after the peace treaty came into effect, he summoned Zhu Cijiong's army back to the territory of the Papal States, oh yes, there were no Papal States anymore.

The Papal States have now become the overseas provinces of the Ming Dynasty. The 4th Division of the Army led by Wang Fuzhi was transferred to the Roman province of Zhentai.

Wang Fuzhi himself will also become the first governor of the Roman province of the Ming Empire. …… Half a month later, Zhu Cijiong led a division back to Rome.

Zhu Cijiong was accompanied by a large number of scientists and their families, including the families of Pascal, Boyle, and Viviani.

As Chongzhen expected, Europe in this era had indeed not yet formed the concept of nation-state. Therefore, people such as the mathematician Fermat who were found by Zhu Cijiong did not have the concept of loyalty to the country, and they were happy to accept the generous treatment and special courtesy offered by the Ming Dynasty.

For the upcoming life in Daming, Fermat and others are extremely looking forward to it. Especially when they heard that Pascal, Boyle and others had become the deans of mathematics, physics and chemistry at the Ming Imperial University, and that there were tens of thousands of students following them to do experiments, their eyes lit up, and they were extremely looking forward to them arriving in Daming as soon as possible and devoting themselves to vigorous scientific research.

Chongzhen was about to return, but Wang Fuzhi, the first governor of Rome, came to the door.

"Holy Lord, the minister has something to inquire about." Wang Fuzhi asked in a low voice,

"Do these indigenous males in Rome need to be castrated like the natives of Wajima, Korea, and the South Seas?" In overseas provinces such as Wajima, Korea, and Nanyang, not to mention areas that are not included in the jurisdiction, as long as they are indigenous people within the effective jurisdiction, all males are castrated.

The indigenous peoples of South Asia and Black Africa are even stricter. Not only men need to be castrated, but women are also sterilized.

But Wang Fuzhi felt that there was no need for the natives of Europe to do this. Because the existence of scientific beings such as Pascal, Boyle, and Fermat is enough to prove that the IQ of the indigenous people of Europe is no worse than that of the Orientals, it seems that there is no need to be so desperate.

Hearing this, Chongzhen couldn't help but hesitate a little in his heart. Truth be told, the Romans and even most Europeans were pretty good.

In addition to having more hair, larger pores, and heavier body odor, there are no other defects, Chongzhen can also accept them to mix with the Han Chinese, but definitely does not include the red-skinned Anglo-Saxons, the descendants of these pirates are not only ugly, but also have a bad nature, and it is better to exterminate a race like this.

At that moment, Chongzhen said: "Indigenous people such as Romans, Gauls, Gypsies and even Slavs do not need to be castrated, but the Anglo-Saxons with red skin and red necks must be castrated. ”

"Yes." Wang Fuzhi received the will, turned around and hurried away. Seeing Wang Fuzhi leaving, Jiang Tianyi suddenly said, "Holy Lord, have we forgotten one thing?" Catching up with Chongzhen's inquiring gaze, Jiang Tianyi said again: "Even the colonies of Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands in Latin America, we should actually ask for it." ”

"What's going on?" Chongzhen smiled,

"There is no need to put this kind of thing on the table of peace talks." After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "Because even if Spain and other countries sign the peace treaty, the governors of their overseas colonies will not recognize it, and Europeans have always lacked the spirit of contract. "As a traverser, Chongzhen knows the truth.

Western countries are all about this charter and that constitution, which is lofty. But in fact, all of these charters or constitutions must have a premise, which is reciprocal strength.

Without reciprocal strength, these charters or constitutions are just decorations, and Western countries will not blink an eye when they plunder or enslave other countries.

So Chongzhen doesn't believe that Western countries will really abide by the contract. The Treaty of Rome was also signed only to fragment the European world.

Moreover, it was also more advantageous for the Ming navy not to include overseas colonies in the peace treaty, so that there would be no constraints on the plundering of the merchant ships of these European countries.

…… In the first month of 1655, Chongzhen set off from Rome to return to the Ming Dynasty. On the same day, Zhu Cijiong also led the 1st Cavalry Division on the journey back to Daming.

Because the Ming army participating in this expedition had five cavalry divisions, 100,000 cavalry officers and 300,000 war horses, such a large number of people and horses, even if the Ming Navy gathered 48 heavy cruisers of the three major fleets, there was no way to transport them, so the cavalry corps could only return to Central Asia by land, and then return to Yinli.

After arriving at Yin Li, you can take the train back to Daming. It should be noted that at this time, the domestic railway network of Daming has been perfected a lot.

The railways from Chengdu to Kunming, Xi'an to Chengdu, Wuchang to Guangzhou, Hangzhou to Changsha, Guiyang and then to Kunming were completed within a few years, and then there were the Far East Railway and the Grassland Railway.

The Far Eastern Railway has been built far away

"The End of the World". The so-called

"Tianya City" is built on the west side of the Bering Strait in another world. This Tianya City and the railway from Shenyang to Tianya City are prepared for the future colonization of North America, with this railway line, the immigrants of the Ming Dynasty can enter the North American continent from the land route continuously, as for South America and Australia, there is no way to build a railway, only from the sea to carry out large-scale colonization.

The railway from Guangzhou to Manlaga has also been completed and opened to traffic. Moreover, from Datong through Baotou directly

The railway of "Suwu City" has also been opened to traffic.

"Suvu City" is located on the northern shore of Lake Baikal, and by the way, Baikal is no longer called Baikal, but is named Shepherd Lake, in honor of Suvu, who used to shepherd sheep here.

Of course, the construction of so many railways and cities is inseparable from a large number of Soviet workers. It is no exaggeration to say that the bones of laborers from Wadi, Korea, South Seas, and South Asia were piled up under these railway lines and cities, and it can almost be said that the bones were paved.

In this regard, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has made simple statistics. In the six years from the 24th year of Chongzhen to the 29th year of Chongzhen, more than 30 million laborers died.

On average, more than 5 million workers die unnaturally each year, which is truly terrifying. A lot of laborers died, but the results are also remarkable, the three vertical and two horizontal traffic arteries running through the Ming Dynasty have been basically formed, and the four major traffic arteries connecting the far west, the extreme north, the extreme east and the extreme south in the hinterland of the Central Plains have also been completed and opened to traffic.

The actual control territory of the Ming Empire has reached a height far beyond that of its predecessors. Although there is no accurate statistical accounting, according to Chongzhen's estimates, 13 million in Siberia, 6 million in the Far East, 5 million in Southeast Asia, 10 million in China itself, 4 million in Central Asia, and what North Korea and Wadao will be skipped, so now the territory of the Ming Empire is 38 million square kilometers.

This territory can be compared with the Yuan Dynasty in history. Moreover, even in the Yuan Dynasty, the actual control territory is less than half, and more than half of the area belongs to the four khanates, which are not under the jurisdiction of the central government of the Yuan Dynasty.

However, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is the territory of actual control. This 38 million square kilometers of territory has been fully under the effective control of the Ming Dynasty, rather than a vassal state or a feudal rule in history, which is really unprecedented.

…… At the end of June 1655, Chongzhen led the navy to Nanjing. The crown prince Zhu Cihong, the first assistant of the cabinet Wang Jiayan, and the second assistant Jin Xuan led the Manchu civil and military forces to Yanziji Wharf to greet them, and then held a grand ceremony outside the Shence Gate.

Chongzhen hates all forms of formalism. But there is still recognition of the ritual that should be. For example, a ceremony like the one that is now necessary is necessary.

Immediately afterwards, Chongzhen led the crown prince Zhu Cihong and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military to worship in the martyrs' cemetery under the Purple Mountain, and at the same time buried the ashes of the deceased soldiers in the cemetery, and put the tablet into the Hall of the Heroic Soul.

Li Huixu in the Ministry of Rites even put on a book and asked to change the yuan. That's right, it's the backbone of Donglin who founded Hanlin Daily and Huangming Times to sing against each other.

It's just that the current Li Huicao has already been

"Repentance", and it is also a real repentance, from the previous backbone of Donglin to the vanguard of criticizing Cheng Zhu Lixue.

By the way, Cheng Zhu Lixue has been abandoned. Now all the people in the world are enthusiastic about learning new things.

Li Huixu, who had just been transferred back to Shuntianfu to serve as the Ministry of Rites, put on a notebook and proposed to change the Yuan Datong, on the grounds that the Ming Dynasty had achieved the unprecedented Datong of the world, and it should be changed to Datong.

Although the Chinese martial arts of the DPRK did not despise Li Huixu's personality, they were still very supportive of this proposal.

As a result, the civil officials and military ministers led by Wang Jiayan, Jin Xuan and Ma Mingluo also submitted the recital to second, and even the crown prince Zhu Cihong also followed the recital.

Chongzhen's reaction was beyond everyone's expectations. Chongzhen's reaction was to directly abolish the era name. Chongzhen directly abolished the era name that had been used for nearly 2,000 years, and replaced it with the imperial calendar, and then took the first year after Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries and became the emperor as the first year of the imperial calendar.

According to this new imperial calendar year, the 29th year of Chongzhen is the year 1876 of the imperial calendar. Although Wang Jiayan, Kim Hyun and other civil and military officials felt very sudden, they could only support it.

The reason is also very simple, Chongzhen's prestige is so high that people dare not beak it.