"Your guest's wisdom is as bright as the stars in the sky, but this time, you're afraid you're going to lose." Sauron had no doubt about Antonio's choice.

If Antonio had been smart, he shouldn't have seen Sauron, and what good things could Sauron, as Felipe II's secretary and messenger, say?

Sauron decided that Antonio would hand over Xu Fan, and handed it over, and what he got was too much.

During Xu Fan's friendly visit and exchange, Antonio was recognized by France and England.

Now that it has been recognized by the Holy See and Spain, Antonio is the de facto king.

"I think I'm going to win this time." Xu Fan leaned on the Taishi's chair, looked at Sauron and said with great confidence: "Your Highness is very easy to get angry, and it is easy to make some embarrassing decisions under impulse, in times of war, he even likes to rush to the front, all his actions are destined to his upper limit, just a captain, and not a king." ”

"But Sauron, don't forget, Your Highness has the approval of the majority of the commoners."

"When His Royal Highness crossed the ocean and arrived in the Ming Dynasty, in order to seek His Majesty's favor and favor, the gift he gave to the emperor was a bunch of crops, which is called to his liking in the East, His Royal Highness Antonio, has never forgotten his position."

"My father's painful lesson taught me that in life, it seems that there are many choices, but in fact, there is only one way to go."

Every fork in the road of life comes with sunk costs, and these sunk costs constitute a huge inertia, rolling people forward.

Xu Jie seems to have countless ways to survive in Daming, but Xu Jie can only go one way to the end, and then die on this road, it seems that there are many ways to retreat, but behind him is a cliff.

Everyone is the same, including His Majesty the Supreme.

Of course, Xu Jie can choose to surrender to the emperor, he can become an auxiliary minister with green words back then, and today Xu Jie can still flatteringly please the monarch and linger, but after Xu Jie's dedication, those powerful and powerful people will definitely not let go of Xu Jie, and the former help will only become an enemy.

From the moment Antonio accepted His Majesty's investment, no matter how many doubts he had, the result was already doomed.

"Okay, let's wait and see, it's only seven days." Solon made this bet, even if he lost, he would not keep his promise, he would still unswervingly dig into the corner of the wall and continue to drive a wedge between Xu Fan and Antonio.

Instead of believing in promises, I should trust my wife to be faithful. This is an old Tessie proverb.

Seven days is not very long, Xu Fan is very busy, he met with the lords from all over the place, including the lords of the colonies, these lords expressed their sincere welcome to Antonio on the throne, and also hoped that Antonio could improve the relationship with the Ming Dynasty, the Ming and the Goa Governor's Palace in the Strait of Malacca, physically digging out the heart and lungs, the relationship between Portugal and the Ming Dynasty has entered the freezing point of history.

Seven days had passed, and Antonio had not given Sauron any reply.

Antonio chose to escape, he didn't know how to choose the right one, and this matter involved Xu Fan himself, Antonio was not good at consulting the advice of the consultant, after some trade-offs, Antonio chose to avoid talking about it, held a grand drinking party in the palace, and indulged in wine all day.

With such a complicated choice, I can't figure it out, so it's better to have fun and communicate life with those ladies.

With the beginning of the Renaissance movement two hundred years ago, the morality and customs of Taixi were released under the extremely repressive religious culture, and the mistress culture that was close to dissolute really made Xu Fan, a traditional scholar educated by the conservative culture of the East, at a loss.

It's normal for the concubines to change and play, Xu Fan is not old and stubborn, nor is he a defender, but his wife can also change and play, which is really beyond Xu Fan's acceptability.

"Although it is said that the sea is tolerant, I really can't accept it. At this drinking party, the mistresses of those nobles, their dresses, jewelry, and even pomp and circumstance had to overshadow all other women, including the main wives, and they were really chaotic... Dazzled. Xu Fan smelled of alcohol, and when he returned to the China Room, he complained to Sauron.

Sauron shook his head and said: "It's actually nothing, just get used to it, it's only been a long time, there are also scandals between His Excellency the captain and the Duchess, but it's just scandals, Portugal and Spain belong to the Catholic States, and they will not openly admit the existence of mistresses, unlike romantic France and rich England." ”

"The king of France, François, with the big nose, had a mistress named Frances de Foix, who was made chief mistress, and the husband of this chief mistress, Jean, Count of Châteaubrien, did not feel any shame in his wife being the mistress of the king, but considered it an honor."

"This Count of Châteaubrien, because his wife was the king's mistress, obtained the position of governor of Brittany and obtained rich benefits, and later, many nobles in France tried every means to make their wives the king's mistress, and even, a kind of ostentatious capital."

"It's like what you see at a reception."

Sauron was a priest, he was very strong in his faith, and he was very dissatisfied with this ethos, and many of the children of noble women, who did not know who their father was, said that romantic France was a mockery.

Sauron and Felipe II discussed this issue, Sauron believed that it was caused by the incomplete moral construction after the influx of wealth, but the tyrant Felipe did not think so, he felt that this bad culture would continue forever, and the culture of money worship brought about by the influx of wealth only catalyzed the widespread phenomenon of this phenomenon.

"Guests don't fit into this culture, you can ignore them, in their eyes, there is not much difference between them and fanatics, they can understand your moral constraints on yourself." Sauron provided Xu Fan with a solution to create a fanatical persona, so it was logical to abide by etiquette.

As the Minister of State, Xu Fan will inevitably participate in this kind of drinking party, and there is no way to avoid it, but some things that are unacceptable to him can choose to create a character to solve.

Sauron has studied the requirements of the Great Ming Rite Sect for personal cultivation in the past seven days, and there are some similarities with the requirements of the doctrine, and the creature of fanatics, especially the fanatical believers in high positions, has long been extinct in Tessie.

"Looks like I won." Xu Fan talked about the previous bet.

"Antonio is a coward! He's running away! Sauron rubbed his brow in a little pain, this Antonio actually escaped.

"That's me winning too, though your promise is worthless." Xu Fan smiled.

"Your Excellency, my king has some doubts, Tessie's feudalism has come to an end, this is a reality in front of us, but why has it come to an end?" Sauron spoke of his doubts.

Tessie's feudalism is completely different from Daming, but what is the reason why Tessie's feudalism has come to a dead end, the root cause, Felipe didn't figure it out, and Felipe's think tank didn't figure it out either.

"This question is not complicated, if you know Daming, you only need six words to answer, waste well field, open a strange." Xu Fan had thought about this question for a long time.

"I don't know what it is." Sauron rubbed his hands, even though he had studied a lot of Ming classics, but those words like heavenly books, without translations from the Ming people, it was really difficult to understand what they meant.

It's not that Sauron is stupid, in fact, classical Chinese is the same for many Ming people, and it is difficult to understand, especially the articles without punctuation.

Xu Fan sat up straight and said: "I explain these six words more simply and clearly, the emergence and extensive application of iron tools have brought about the rapid growth of arable acres, and at the same time the production and output of agriculture have been greatly improved. ”

"The increase in the number of acres and the increase in production will inevitably bring about an increase in population, and the increase in population will inevitably bring about the gathering of population, just like now in Taixi, after a large influx of wealth, the population multiplies rapidly, and there are many cities where hundreds of thousands of people gather, but the corresponding management does not develop with the number of population, which eventually leads to the stinky smell of each city."

Sauron seemed to see the light of day through the clouds, and many doubts that had plagued him for a long time were found in these simple words, and he said helplessly: "You have not solved my doubts, of course, it may be that I am too stupid." ”

Xu Fan felt that what he said was very clear, but Sauron still didn't understand, so he had to continue: "With the increase in the degree of population gathering, the cost of communication between the gathering place and the gathering place will rise sharply. ”

"The whole great travel of Tessie, those aristocratic students traveled around to study, and almost everyone was extremely fluent in Latin."

"Driven by the primitive desire to reduce communication costs and transaction costs, it will inevitably appear, with the same track, the same book, a large increase and gathering of the population, and everyone's consensus is gradually converging, and the biggest problem of the sub-sealing system is that the institutional framework is approaching the same in blocking this consensus."

"Do you understand?"

Sauron closed his eyes in pain, shook his head, and said, "I'm sorry, wise man, I didn't understand, your guest's words are very simple and easy to understand, but I still don't understand them thoroughly. ”

Xu Fan scratched his head, Sauron became more and more embarrassed, the Chinese hall of the Portuguese royal palace was too quiet.

"I think if you want to understand this problem, you need to start from scratch, so let's understand one thing, and that is the question of people being people." Xu Fan made a very pertinent suggestion, which made Sauron even more confused.

Xu Fan asked with great certainty: "That's right, that's the question, let me ask you, in terms of the relationship between man and God, should you advocate man or God first?" ”

"That's God, of course." As a priest of strong faith, Sauron answered this question without hesitation, and then it dawned on him where the problem was.

In doctrine, everything is God's grace, and social development is God's mercy.

But in Xu Fan's answer, it is obvious that the development of the world is defined as the credit of the people themselves, and this kind of bold speech, Xu Fan, who is in Lisbon, will be burned at the stake.

"The Analects of the Analects": Zi Bu is silent, strange and confused.

"The Analects of Advanced": Ji Lu asks about ghosts and gods. Zi said: 'If you can't help people, you can do ghosts.' ’

"The Analects of Yongye": The righteousness of serving the people, respecting gods and ghosts and staying away, can be said to know.

This is the Confucian attitude about God, do not say, do not discuss, on the question of ancestors or ghosts and gods, the master said: the ancestors of people, first satisfy people, and then satisfy ghosts and gods, the essence of serving the people, is to worship gods and ghosts, but stay away from gods and ghosts, this is wisdom.

This is not the view of Confucianism, but the view shared by all schools.

For example, "Zhuangzi Qi Wu Theory" says: Outside the Liuhe, the sage exists and does not care; It is something outside heaven and earth, and the saints of the world know about it but do not say it; For example, "Mozi Tianzhi" says: I have a heavenly will, for example, if the wheel man has rules, the craftsman has a rule, and the wheel craftsman adheres to his rules to measure the square circle of the world, the Mohists define the gods and ghosts as the heavenly will, and the heavenly will is like the compass in the hand of the person who makes the wheel, and the ruler in the hand of the carpenter is a tool.

Ancestors before ghosts and gods, worship ghosts and gods and stay away.

The common understanding of the hundreds of schools of thought in the pre-Qin period is that there is no theoretical in-depth study of the problem of God, and that human affairs are in charge of human affairs, and people's choices and development are in the hands of people, not in the so-called mercy of God.

"People are people." Xu Fan stated a natural fact, and he asked with a smile, "What will Felipe II do if the decisions of the human kings conflict with the doctrines?" Do you follow the teachings, or do you follow your heart? ”

"Nature is to follow the doctrine." Sauron froze and whispered.

Xu Fan stretched his waist and said: "It's not like this on our side, it's on our side: use it to make the destiny of heaven." ”

"If you want to know more about it, you can take a look at the translation of the four books by Li Yashi, even if it is very difficult to understand."

Xu Fan played a trick here, the direct solution of the four books is for enlightenment, it is for children, just like Zhang Juzheng talking about the direct explanation of the four books, everyone can see it, but the real emperor's art is actually "Xunzi", Xunzi, the emperor's learning, morality. Zhang Juzheng talked about Xunzi, and he also spoke secretly.

Xunzi was expelled from Confucianism because of a cheap Confucianism, so he can't talk about Xunzi publicly.

Antonio got drunk and slept in the garden with the duchess, after Xu Fan learned the news, he asked people to block the garden to prevent scandals unfavorable to the king, Antonio is indeed not suitable to be a king, he doesn't even have the courage to choose, he is not willing to give up Xu Fan, and he is not willing to completely offend the tyrant and the Holy See, Antonio chose to escape.

Sword Saint Marcus and Xu Fan handed over the affairs of the galleon to Daming.

There were seven galleons to the Ming Dynasty, all of them five-masted ships, and the tyrant Felipe II once again squeezed the colony, intending to return the emperor's arrears.

The ships departing from Tessy carried salt, cloth, rum, firearms, gunpowder, and the tyrant Felipe II owned the world's largest saltpeter mine in Chile, more than the Mughal kingdom.

These goods would be exchanged in the New World for brass and silver, sugar cubes, saltpeter, amalgam, and, most importantly, slaves.

Slaves would be sold in Mindanao and Luzon in exchange for grain and other goods from Wanli Haitang, which would be sent to the Ming Dynasty, where they could obtain the silk, tea, porcelain, and other goods they needed.

A part of the firearms and gunpowder will be traded in the Free City, in addition to exchanging for cheap black fan, that is, in exchange for more valuable women from Taixi, red hair fan, golden hair fan, the destination of these women is not the new world, but the Ming Songjiang Mansion.

Every transaction will increase the value of the goods several times, a large amount of gold, silver, copper, saltpeter grain poured into the Ming Dynasty, and silk, porcelain and tea poured into the New World and Taixi, the prosperity of the great maritime trade, behind the slaves who died at the bottom of the cabin.

The galleon trade has been going on for eight years, and neither Antonio nor Felipe can give up the lucrative benefits of this route, even though it is already in a state of hostility at this time, but for the galleon trade, the two sides have reached a consensus on cooperation.

Cooperation in struggle, struggle in cooperation, conforms to the first theorem of contradiction, contradictions are universal, and everything is never completely opposed.

The Governor's Mansion of the Ming Dynasty Luzon ushered in a great happy event, the Governor, the Marquis of Surabaya, surnamed Zhengmao, I don't know what method was used, persuaded those old stubborn people with outdated ideas, and married the princess back to Luzon, instead of leaving the second son in the Ming Dynasty as a concubine.

This made Luzon rejoice, the carnival lasted for three days, and it was still not over, and the liquor shops that sold wine had to play the sign of closing their doors, and they were really out of stock, and in three days, the sales of half a year were sold out.

This kind of euphoria is based on the basic fact that in the coming decades, Luzon's political landscape will be very stable, and this stability is a norm for the Ming Dynasty, but it is a long-lost luck for Luzon.

This means that for decades to come, Luzon will be blessed by the Ming sailors, without worrying about pirates, red hairs, and outlaws; Luzon can trade with the Ming Dynasty, and the stable business environment means that the trade is smooth, and there is no need to worry about local development; Luzon can get the continuous export of talents from the Ming Dynasty, compared with the local bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods in Luzon, people from the mainland are like high-end talents;

In some places, peace and stability are so common that they have access to rice, flour, oil, and grain.

In some places, peace and stability are very rare, as rare as their access to rice, flour, oil, and grain.

Peace and stability have never been a gift from God, let alone a gift from God.

In addition to this major event, the biggest thing in Luzon is the country of a thousand islands, the exploration of the Yuanxu Islands, is in full swing, the first to go is not the sailor, not the stargazing ship, but the fleet of the luxury households from the Nanya, their family conquered one by one, demarcated a piece of land, countless intelligence gathered in Luzon Manila and then sent to the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Emperor promised to develop a sufficient number of acres of land overseas to give the pioneer reward, and the Yuanxu Islands were the promised land given by His Majesty to the luxury households, and under the stimulation of this pioneering reward, the development speed of the Yuanxu Islands completely exceeded everyone's expectations.

In order to prevent the appearance of pirate dens, the Daming sailors began regular cruises.

On the second day of the fifth month of the eighth year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, came to the Wuying Building of Beidaying again and began the daily parade of military horses, and Xiong Tingbi also officially worshiped Qi Jiguang as a martial arts teacher to learn the long and short soldiers, the use of firearms and the art of war.

"When I opened my tendons, I couldn't bear the pain, if it weren't for my hard mouth, Ti Shuai Zhu Xixiao wouldn't dare to open my tendons, how could I talk about Xiong Da and be so easy?" Zhu Yijun watched Xiong Tingbi's training, what he had suffered, Xiong Da, a latecomer with a big waist and a round waist, didn't have to suffer this crime! It just doesn't make sense.

"Brother, talent is such a thing, I can't envy it, his arm is more than four inches wider than mine." Zhu Yibi stared, indignant, Xiong Tingbi opened his muscles, it was as simple as eating and drinking, but he could only envy it.

Zhu Yibi couldn't beat Xiong Tingbi, since he became Qi Jiguang's personal inheritance, Xiong Tingbi's force value soared at a speed that ordinary people couldn't understand.

Zhu Yijun and Zhu Yiyi, two brothers, when they first squatted on the horse, they began to cry for a quarter of an hour at most, and their faces were white, and they needed to persist and persist, Zhu Yijun has today's martial arts achievements, and he really relied on perseverance to persevere, when Qi Shuai saw His Majesty practicing martial arts for the first time, he was shocked by the audacity of Ti Shuai Zhu Xixiao!

Xiong Tingbi only had to adapt to the pile for a few days, and he was able to complete the training for half an hour every day, because the emperor gave special training funds, and received a large amount of meat, eggs and milk supplements, and the speed of physical growth was also jaw-dropping.

Thirteen-year-old Xiong Tingbi, with nearly 30 catties of long and short soldiers, firearms and other things, can run ten miles in two quarters of an hour.

Thirteen years old, thirty catties, two quarters of an hour, ten miles, these numbers, Zhu Yijun really can't do it at this age, and Zhu Yijun can't do it even more.

Xiong Tingbi knew that His Majesty, Taifu, Qi Shuai, and King Lu were all looking at him, and after the warm-up, he played a set of Qi family knife techniques, which was Zhu Yijun's name, and his real name was Xin You knife technique.

Xiong Tingbi held the knife with his left hand, the tip of the knife was facing upward, and after taking a breath, he held the knife in his right hand, stepped on the lunge with his right foot, and raised the knife above his head with both hands.

Click!

The two wooden stakes representing the horse's legs and the horse's head were broken in response, Xiong Tingbi did not stop, immediately a right-hand bayonet, the cold light flashed, the knife stabbed into a straw-pierced human-shaped target, the blade came out from the back, and the human-shaped target was a three-finger-thick wooden plank, which was directly penetrated, and then a burst of knife light, Xiong Tingbi pulled four knives, and immediately advanced to pick the knife.

Xiong Tingbi completely fulfilled the requirements of the knife technique, urging the knife with his body, the knife turned with his body, he must follow every advance, advance and retreat in a chain, and his movements were fierce and strong, and he was like a bamboo.

After a knife fight, Xiong Tingbi was already sweating, it seemed that he was playing a routine, and he would be able to do it with his hands, but it was very rare to be able to do Xiong Tingbi's point.

"When I first heard "Jing Zhongjing", saying that Yue Fei's son Yue Yun went to the battlefield at the age of twelve, I didn't believe it at first, but now watching Xiong Tingbi practice, he already has the appearance of a tiger and a tiger, and he is already the strength of a sharp pawn." Zhu Yijun spoke highly of Xiong Tingbi's knife technique.

"Your Majesty is also a sharp pawn at this age." Qi Jiguang immediately said, this is not sycophancy, it is indeed a fact.

His Majesty has never been the kind of martial arts genius that God feeds, and as a natural nobleman, he actually doesn't have to embarrass himself, but His Majesty has done it, and it has been tested in the actual combat of the Xishan attack.

"It's all taught by Qi Shuai well." Zhu Yijun was not arrogant, but rolled his eyes, looked at Zhu Yiyi and said: "King Lu, you go to practice with Xiong Da, King Lu was beaten here before, and you have to practice with Xiong Da, and Mei Mingqi said to consolidate the practice." ”

"Me? Fight with him?! Zhu Yiyi swallowed his throat and said, "Brother, my stomach hurts!" ”

After Zhu Yibi finished speaking, he ran away as soon as he slipped through the smoke, Xiong Tingbi had no professional training before, he was completely relying on a natural divine power, Zhu Yibi could still fight, and now, he can still fight, but Xiong Tingbi has to put a water from the Tonghui River, which affects Xiong Tingbi's progress too much.

"Mr. Li, what do you think of Xiong Tingbi?" Zhu Yijun looked at Li Rusong, Ma Fang was old and went to the martial arts academy to retire, and now Li Rusong has changed from a general to one of the deputy commanders, mainly responsible for the cavalry battalion.

Li Rusong immediately said: "Your Majesty, if you don't go directly to the barracks, you will definitely be a fierce general in the future, what books to read, what fame to test, wouldn't it be nice to be a marquis immediately?" ”

Li Rusong has always looked down on civilian officials, and he has always been like this, he is indeed tired of the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty to promote literature and martial arts, and to use literature to control martial arts.

Zhu Yijun thought at first that this was a manifestation of Li Rusong's maturity, but through his disgust with civil officials, he expressed a basic political position, as a military attaché, he had too good a relationship with civilian officials, and it was easy for the emperor to be jealous.

But soon, Zhu Yijun discovered that Li Rusong really looked down on Confucianism.

For example, when Tan Lun, Zeng Xingwu, Yin Zhengmao, and Ling Yunyi went to the barracks, Li Rusong was really polite.

"Fame still has to be tested." Zhang Juzheng replied quite calmly, Zhang Juzheng has accepted so many disciples in his life, none of them made him worry-free, Xiong Tingbi is his closed disciple, obedient and loves to learn.

Your Majesty has great perseverance, but people will always be tired, Your Majesty's difficulty in overcoming the end, Zhang Juzheng is also very worried, if His Majesty begins to slack off at the age of forty, Xiong Tingbi will also be able to use it, this is a guarantee that Zhang Juzheng left to the emperor.

Qi Jiguang said with some worries: "Xiong Tingbi's temperament is still too upright, and it is easy to offend people. ”

Xiong Tingbi's style of play, not sparing his life, in order to win, he will even exchange injuries for injuries, this kind of upright temperament, the road in the future will not be smooth.

"Big bear! Let's go and see the riding camp! Zhu Yijun saw that Xiong Tingbi's sparring was over, and called Xiong Tingbi to go to the riding camp.

The war horses sent by the Mughal Kingdom are all high-grade war horses, and now more than 10,000 war horses can be provided for the use of the Ming Dynasty every year, and the three cavalry battalions have been formed, and the initial combat effectiveness has been formed.

Zhang Juzheng took every opportunity to come to Beijing this time to see the results of the cavalry camp.

The formation of the cavalry battalion is the most important link in the Ming Zhenwu, the historical problem of the Beiyu must be solved when he is alive, and then I want to find a window period for Zhenwu to solve the Beiyu, and I don't know how many years it will take, I don't know if the Ming can wait until that day.

Today's joke: King Lu asked the emperor: Brother, can you beat Li Rusong? The emperor replied: "I can't beat it." King Lu asked again: Why does my brother win every time? The emperor thought for a moment and asked: What is east of Shandong? King Lu replied: East China Sea. The emperor smiled and said, "No, that's the water that Li Rusong put out." Asking for a monthly pass, woo!!!!!!!

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