"It seems that Commander Zheng is deeply touched."

On the seventh day of Zheng He's arrival in Rome, Zhu Zhanyan also returned to Rome.

"Zheng He has seen His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince, and His Royal Highness the Prince is blessed with Jin'an."

Hearing Zhu Zhanyan's voice, Zheng He hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"Why, this isn't your hometown, you haven't been here before, have you? Why does it seem like it's touching the scene? ”

Zhu Zhanyan sat on the railing of the pier and looked in the direction of Rome.

……

Zheng He was speechless.

Zheng He is considered the old man of the Ming Dynasty, but he has not experienced the process of the Ming Dynasty from resistance to establishment and then to rise.

But I don't know why, when he saw the ruined and ruined Rome, Zheng He suddenly thought of the Central Plains, which was ravaged by the Yuan people.

Although he hadn't seen it, he suddenly had a feeling that the Central Plains was like this back then.

Perhaps because he had suffered too much in his childhood, Zheng He always felt that Zhu Zhanyan's actions were far more cruel than those of the Yuan people back then.

It's just that he can only think about it, not say it.

However, not saying it does not mean that others will not know.

Zhu Zhanyan looked at Zheng He, who was stunned, and then followed his gaze to the messy Rome, and chuckled.

Although Zhu Zhanyan smiled softly, the shallow laughter still woke Zheng He.

He lowered his head in fear, and he didn't even know what to say if he was guilty, which Zheng He had never faced.

In fact, although Zheng He is not the pride of the sky, he is also one of the very few successful people.

You must know that in the past, whether it was Emperor Taizong, Emperor Hongxi or Emperor Xuande, they were all relatively good to him, firstly, because he went to the Western Ocean several times and made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, and secondly, because the current navigator talents of the Ming Dynasty are still too few.

But Zhu Zhanyan will not get used to him.

Zheng He is right, Zhu Zhanyan is not wrong, if you insist on saying it wrong, you can only say that their ideas are wrong and the camp is wrong.

"It seems that Commander Zheng is very sympathetic to this Rome, but I don't know if Commander Zheng will continue to sympathize with them when he learns about the scenes I found in the Holy See and even in the dark corners of the church when I captured this Rome that day."

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhan Yan seemed to return to the day when Rome was captured.

In fact, Zhu Zhanqi knew early on that after such a long period of Catholicism, coupled with the division of 60 years, the interior of the Holy See must be dirty and unsightly.

However, Zhu Zhanyan was still conservative, and on the day he invaded Rome, he saw a picture that even he felt cruel.

There are inhuman-shaped men who are tortured, women who are treated with all kinds of special treatment, and even the elderly and children.

Just like their mythology, with the earth as the dividing line, the earth is the church that is extremely solemn and sublime in the eyes of the believers, just like the paradise of their mythology.

Beneath the earth is hell, with filth and wailing.

Even the monastery was transformed by power.

One by one, men were brainwashed by the cardinals and became dead soldiers loyal to the Holy See, and the nuns were also brainwashed, but they were different from men, and their end up was to become a tool to encircle the powerful, in exchange for or even seek various benefits for the Holy See.

It's not that Zhu Zhan Yan discriminates and deliberately exaggerates, and there is nothing to exaggerate, because some Buddhism and Taoism in the Central Plains are the same.

To put it bluntly, everything is because of desire, which leads to power and religion becoming a tool for people to play with people's hearts in order to satisfy their desires.

"Okay, let's not talk about that." Zhu Zhanyan took back his thoughts and looked at Zheng He.

"What is Commander Zheng going to do next?"

Zheng He was silent when he heard this.

He knew that Zhu Zhanyan was asking about his plans, but he wasn't asking about his plans.

It's a bit of a mouthful, but that's exactly what it is.

What Zhu Zhanyan wanted to ask was Zheng He's plan for his future, whether he would continue to go to the West to serve the Ming Dynasty, or whether he was ready to go into hiding.

If it was before, Zhu Zhan Yan would not ask this question, but now it is different, because the current Zheng He is no longer the original Zheng He, and the current Zheng He is a person who has already gone to the holy city of Mecca in his mind to worship, and is a person who has fulfilled his lifelong wish.

This was the transaction between him and Zhu Zhanyan at the beginning.

Zhu Zhan Yan allowed him to visit the holy city of Mecca, but he had to lead the fleet again and play as a striker for Zhu Zhan Yan to go to the Americas.

In addition, there is another reason, that is, Zheng He's age is not young, this year's Zheng He has reached the end of knowing the destiny of heaven, and he is about to enter the year of the sixtieth year.

Years of turbulence at sea have made Zheng He look older than ordinary people, and his physical condition is even more unoptimistic.

……

It's night, once the Holy See.

The Holy See has been almost destroyed, but the buildings such as the monastery behind it are still relatively intact, and it later became Zhu Zhanqi's permanent residence in Rome.

The darkness of the night covered the earth, but even if the Holy See had experienced the baptism of blood and fire, it still did not hide its size and glory.

After the new owner moved in, the Holy See still had the lights on nearly half of the place.

In this room, which once belonged to Pope Martin V but now belongs to Zhu Zhanyan, the candle flame reflects the shadows of the three people on the wall.

Zhu Zhanyan sat behind the desk, leaned back in his chair, and looked at the person in front of him.

These two people are not Zheng He, but they also have a lot to do with Zheng He.

These two people, one is Ma Huan and the other is Guo Chongli.

Zheng He's success is a glorious moment in the history of the Ming Dynasty and the history of the flower planter, but in the same way, Zheng He's success has also covered the light of many people, just because he is Zheng He and the commander of the treasure fleet.

Like Wang Jinghong, who was covered by Zheng He's light, Ma Huan was also a person who was covered by Zheng He's light.

Historically, Ma Huan was also an excellent navigator, in addition to being the translator of Zheng He's seven voyages to the West, and his book "Yingya Shenglan", written in the second year of Jingtai, is still an important basis for later generations to study the culture of the Ming Dynasty.

Like Ma Huan, the same is true for Guo Chongli.

Guo Chongli is also one of the navigators who went to the West with Zheng He, and Ma Huan's "Yingya Triumph" also has his share of credit, but Zheng He's light is too dazzling, which makes them gloomy.

"Commander Zheng chose to go back to Yunnan to retire, what about the two of you?" Zhu Zhanyan opened his mouth and asked about the plans of the two.

Zheng He is already old, although he will not be unable to go to the sea, but the change of power of the Ming Dynasty and the open and secret struggle make him feel tired, and in the end he chose an ending that both he and Zhu Zhanyan can accept.

Yunnan is a special place for Zheng He, he was captured in the Battle of Yunnan in the Ming Dynasty, and then began his brilliant life.

Similarly, Yunnan is also a special place for Zhu Zhanqi.

Although King Wu and the Mu family have moved out of Yunnan, Yunnan is still the place where King Wu is a vassal and is still nominally a line of King Wu.

Moreover, because King Wu actually controlled Xiangzhou Mansion and Nanzhou Mansion, and the Wusi Zangdu Division also strongly supported King Wu Dynasty, this made most of Yunnan still under the jurisdiction of King Wu after King Wu left.

Zheng He went to Yunnan to retire, for Zheng He, it was to go to his hometown, and it was also to go to a place of great significance to him to retire.

And for Zhu Zhanyan, Zheng He will spend the rest of his life under the surveillance of King Wu, which can also reassure him.

However, in the same way, with Zheng He's "retirement", Zhu Zhanyan had to select a new navigator.

Wang Jinghong is the most obedient so far, and he is already training new navigators for the Ming Dynasty, but in the case of the Anglo-French War, Zhu Zhanyan still wants Wang Jinghong to stay in the English Channel, and he is not at ease with other people's words.

As for those new navigators trained by Wang Jinghong...... It can only be said that it is still too tender.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanyan set his sights on the two generals under Zheng He, Ma Huan and Guo Chongli.

"Everything is at the disposal of His Royal Highness the Prince!" Ma Huan and Guo Chongli glanced at each other and gave an affirmative answer.

The answers of these two people made Zhu Zhanyan very satisfied, but even so, Zhu Zhanyan still regretted it.

It's not because of those messes, but because these two people, like Zheng He, are Mu Silin, and it is unlikely that this kind of person will spare no effort to understand, or even occupy the Americas, as Zhu Zhanyan expected.

The only reason why Zhu Zhanyan chose them is actually "Yingya Shenglan".

As far as he knew, Ma Huan still had academic pursuits, and recorded the seven voyages of the treasure fleet, the routes, sea tides, geography, kings, politics, climate, culture, language, writing, climate, products, crafts, transactions, currency, and wildlife of more than 20 countries.

If the two of them are placed in the next generation, they are typical scientists who are dedicated to research, and their minds are full of their own research topics.

It was because of this insistence and this attitude that Zhu Zhanyan chose them.

"Now that you've made a decision, I'll tell you what you're going to do next."

Zhu Zhanyan beckoned and asked Zhu Ling to take the chart that Ma Huan and the others had seen many times.

"You've all seen this chart, so I won't go into too much detail."

"Next, I will give you half a year to recuperate, so that you can go home to visit your relatives and prepare for your next voyage."

"As for the treasure ship, you don't have to worry, now in addition to Liujiagang, Xiangzhou Mansion has also opened up a new city shipping department, and the treasure ship side doesn't dare to say how many or how much, but it is enough for you."

"And your next goal ......"

As he spoke, Zhu Zhanyan clicked heavily on the chart.

"Here!"

Ma Huan and the two glanced at each other, and then bowed down to receive the order.

"Wait, take the order!"

With Ma Huan and the others leaving, Zhu Zhanyan was left alone in the room, and the chart on the table had formed a trace because of Zhu Zhanyan's hard pressing just now.

In later maps, the place where the traces are located has a name.

Mississippi Plains.

(End of chapter)