In mid-April, the weather in the capital seemed stuffy.

Unlike Jiajing's contempt for the Nanyang mission, King Yu seemed nervous and attached great importance to the Nanyang mission. Naturally, the meeting place could not be in the palace, nor did he choose to be in the Huitong Hall, but arranged it to the Prince Yu's mansion.

Although Jiajing did not like King Yu, this was already a consensus among court officials. However, the specifications of the Prince Yu's mansion were not vague at all, and everything was built according to the prince's standards, which seemed quite grand.

The Nanyang delegation had more than 200 people in total, but there were actually only more than ten real envoys. Today, they all arrived at this magnificent palace of King Yu.

Batu, the leader of the Beishan tribe, came to the scene with his granddaughter Nina. This trip was a great eye-opener, and he experienced the beautiful mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty, and also witnessed the prosperity of the Ming capital.

King Yu attended the meeting in a grand dress, showing off his style as a crown prince, and was sitting in front of the desk in the hall.

Although he was at home, King Yu's psychological quality was obviously not up to standard. He still felt weak in his heart, and sweat beads could not help but seep out of his forehead.

However, King Yu frequently wiped his sweat, fearing that something was wrong with him, which became a laughing stock in the whole world, and even lost his position as the crown prince.

"Foreign ministers pay homage to Your Highness!"

However, King Yu's concerns were obviously redundant. These envoys from the South China Sea did not have any intention of making things difficult for King Yu. They seemed to behave in a regular manner, and many people even performed kneeling and worshiping.

King Yu seemed to have no airs of a crown prince, and immediately acted to stand up from the front of the desk, and was preparing to raise his hand to the Nanyang envoy in the hall.

cough……

Lin Weiran stood on the left side of the hall, but coughed.

King Yu first looked at Lin Xuran with confusion. The eunuch next to him hurriedly signaled him to sit back. King Yu then realized, sat back the left butt again, then raised his hand and said, "Everyone, please get up!

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Although his standing up was a manner of respecting the wise and incompetent, it was also a common practice of "saints", but now he represents the emperor's attitude of entertaining envoys in Nanyang, so he naturally had to be as a sect leader.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

The envoys bowed one after another and then took their seats in sequence.

The envoys of the South China Sea and their entourages were on the right side of the Yu King's Hall, while the officials led by Lin Qingran were on the left side of the Yu King's Hall. The palace maids brought fruits, crispy cakes and fine wine.

King Yu looked at everyone sitting, then he let out a long breath of turbid air, and his eyes couldn't help but look at Lin Qingran.

Lin Xuran had already made arrangements for the matter, but only followed King Yu to ask for instructions, and then nodded gently to the Portuguese.

The Manchu Sectarian Mission who came to Beijing this time were old acquaintances Galenel, Simon and missionary Gaspar. They had a strong desire to be close to the Ming Dynasty and were willing to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the missionary Gaspar had strong ambitions and hoped to conduct a larger mission in the Ming Dynasty.

Today, it was not to enthrone the envoys of Nanyang. The order that King Yu received was only to serve on behalf of the emperor to entertain these envoys of Nanyang, so there was no serious matter to discuss. The main thing was to accompany these envoys of Nanyang to eat, drink and entertain.

Soon, a festival performance started in the hall.

But the one who performed the festival was not the musicians of Jiaofangsi, but a blond and blue-eyed Westerner, but he was wearing a black Confucian uniform and playing the violin there.

The melodious sound of the piano sounded in the hall, not only attracted the attention of the envoys of the South China Sea and the Ming officials at the meeting, but also attracted many eunuchs and palace maids to watch. Even Princess Li in the backyard sent someone to hear this.

The situation of the side.

Gaspar was a Western missionary. Being able to obtain this status meant that he could not be a civilian, and he was a child of Portugal's nobles. He was not only well educated since childhood, but also influenced by art, and his performance skills.

Very impressive, he can be said to be an amateur violinist.

Compared with the oriental xylophone, the violin has a more metallic texture and gives people another kind of auditory enjoyment. Especially for those who have never heard of this kind of instrument, it is a kind of spiritual impact.

In addition to Lin Weiran, officials like He Bin were already intoxicated and even ran and hummed.

Although Gaspar knew Chinese very well, he just asked him to translate Portuguese songs, which was already a difficult task for him, so he also sang in Portuguese in this temple.

Even so, it fascinated everyone present. Music has no borders, and this is true, so the officialdom who likes music has cooperated with the case.

While playing, Gaspar did not devote himself to everything and saw the reactions of everyone in the hall.

He had been in the Ming Dynasty for six or seven years, but he had never forgotten his mission. Although he reached a cooperation with Lin Qingran, he was able to preach in Guangzhou and Leizhou Prefectures, but he was not satisfied with this.

After all the attempts, he knew what could impress these Ming people in high positions, and the violin had the dual barriers of technology and operation, which became his weapon for attacking difficulties.

It is precisely because he played a violin and became a guest of honor for many Guangdong officials, deepening his relationship with Guangdong officials and reducing his missionary resistance.

Now, he also volunteered to play the violin for the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, so as to bring closer relationship with the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty and even win his friendship.

But what made him slightly frustrated was that the crown prince seemed absent-minded. Not only did he sweat frequently, but he also looked at Lin Qingran next to him. As for Lin Qingran, he was already like that, and seemed not interested in his violin.

After the song was finished, the people around them applauded.

Gaspar looked at King Yu and Lin Shiran unwillingly, but these two men didn't even look at him, let alone applauding.

Although King Yu was a woman, he didn't like music. When he heard Gaspar stopped playing, he stretched his neck and asked Lin Qingran: "Mr. Lin, will this envoy have such a child...?"

I don’t know if it was King Yu who gave Gaspar face or could not find a suitable image, but I stopped.

"Report to Your Highness, this is the difference between Westerners! They are like Kunlun slaves, with different skin colors and appearance characteristics from our Ming Dynasty, but they are actually flesh and blood!" Lin Qingran looked at Gaspar and immediately

Respond.

King Yu nodded as though he understood it. However, he was not as difficult as other emperors. Even though he was still a little sensible about this matter, he had no intention of continuing to make things difficult for Lin Qingran.

Gaspar did not leave, but continued to show his presence in front of King Yu, bowing to King Yu in the hall, saying, "This song is "Prince and Princess". I wish your highness and princess happiness!"

In order to meet his preferences, he also racked his brains to express his blessings to King Yu with this beautiful meaning.

"Prince and Princess, isn't this..." Prince Yu's mind was stuck on the name of the song, and he immediately frowned.

"Your Highness, you are afraid you have misunderstood! My country was unified in the Ming Dynasty and did not advocate being incompatible with the Gentiles, but the West was a county and a country that could be divided into several countries. It became a common practice for the princes here and the princesses there to join.

This song of Gaspar originated from the West, but I don’t know that I, Prince Yiyu, of the Eastern Princess, are Princess Ning'an and Princess Jiashan, the Princess of the Ming Dynasty. "Lin Shiran realized something was wrong and immediately explained.

Prince Yu really thought of him and Princess Ning'an or Princess Jiashan, and then he let out a "uh" sound.

Simon coughed quickly, and Gasper realized that something was wrong and immediately explained: "What Lord Lin said is very true. This song from the foreign minister originated from the West, mainly a kind of wish for lovers!"

He Bin and others were worried secretly and found that this Westerner was really not worry-free.

King Yu nodded in a vague way, without any intention of digging into the bottom line, and said considerately: "So that's it!"

After saying that, there was a sudden dismal situation in the hall.

Lin Weiran knew that this King Yu was not very smart. Not only did he not have the ability to lead the banquet, but he even did not have the ability to stand alone, so he coughed lightly again.

King Yu looked at Lin Weiran in confusion. At the reminder of the inner supervisor next to him, he remembered that there was a note on the case. Resolutely, it was time for him to speak, and he said according to the note: "Come on."

, How old are you?"

"When you go back to your highness, the foreign minister has been in the Ming Dynasty for more than seven years. He admires the Ming Dynasty very much, especially when he saw the magnificent capital of the Ming Dynasty, the foreign minister really has a kind of thing: 'Don't return home before you grow old,

Returning home requires heartbreaking emotion!” Gaspar replied respectfully.

King Yu's eyes lit up slightly and said, "It's really strange that you can understand Wei Wenqing's poems!"

This is not his praise, but there are many foreign vassals in the capital, but there are indeed very few who can speak so smoothly as Gaspar's Chinese and understand poetry. The identity of Gaspar's Westerners is already

A lot of points were added.

"Your Highness's words are ridiculous. The foreign minister only knows some fur and shows off his skills in front of the hall!" Gaspar was secretly happy, but he chose to be modest in his hometown and customs.

King Yu laughed and had a greater likes for this Westerner.

Just laughter passed, and the venue fell into silence again.

Lin Qingran coughed helplessly. This time, King Yu did not need eunuch to remind him. His eyes fell on the note on the table, and he said according to his script: "Come on, where are you coming from?"

"Report to your highness, the foreign ministers are actually Portuguese countries from the West. This time, they came to the East to preach on the order of the Pope!" Gaspar bowed slightly and replied seriously.

King Yu glanced at the table and asked again: "What is the Pope?"

"In the Western nations, we respect the Pope! For example, the king of Portugal must first be recognized by the church, that is, to be recognized by God, so that we can be crowned as king!" Gaspar explained seriously.

The officials with records next to them will be passed on to the palace, but at this time they will record them meticulously.

King Yu was no longer nervous, gradually gaining more confidence in himself, and asked Gaspar again: "The West is quite far away. How did you come to my Ming Dynasty from the West?"

"Report to your Highness, the foreign minister sailed eastward according to the chart, and it took six months to reach Mantaya, and then took another half a month to arrive in Xiangshan, Guangdong. During this period, it was also extremely thrilling, and a ship was sailing.

I sank in the wind and waves on the way!" Gaspar thought about the journey, and felt heavy and genuine in his heart.

When King Yu heard that someone was killed on the way, he felt quite sympathetic to Gaspar, and said with a slight emotion: "It is indeed very difficult for you to arrive in my Ming Dynasty this time!"

"I can see Your Highness's appearance with my own eyes on this trip. Even if the foreign minister dies, he will never refuse!" Gaspar gradually understood the interests of the Ming people and immediately expressed his loyalty.

Although King Yu heard many compliments from his subordinates, the Westerners who came here who were so desperately complimenting him. While feeling fresh, he almost couldn't find him.

Gaspar seemed to be prepared and bowed to King Yu again: "When the foreign minister came to the Ming Dynasty, he also carried something on the boat. I want to give it to His Highness today!"

"I don't know what?" King Yu asked with interest when he heard that it was something from the West.

Gaspar looked at Lin Weiran in a complicated way first, then turned his head and nodded slightly to Simon.

Simon also looked at Lin Weiran and took out the thing. However, he saw it as a pavilion-shaped object as high as 30 cm. The top was the top of the pavilion, the base was below, and a pillar in the middle, and three white horses were hanging next to it.

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Simon used a butterfly-shaped object to wind up, and the servant came to him to hold the object in his palm, and a wonderful note immediately spread in the hall.

"What's going on?"

"The sound came from the horse. Could it be that the horse was alive?"

"This horse doesn't look like a living creature. I think this is a trick they have done in the West!"

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When officials such as He Bin and others heard this wonderful note, they looked at the object in shock and made speculations.

Gaspar saw everyone's reaction and pointed to the object and introduced to King Yu solemnly: "This is a music box. Just use this little thing to twist it a few times, and you can have this wonderful song!"

Gaspar came to the Ming Dynasty with a purpose. He wanted to spread the glory of God on this vast land, and wanted all those including the Emperor of Ming to become believers of God.

However, this prosperous East has his civilization and beliefs. Although he has acquired many believers in Guangdong, his influence is still very limited and their behavior is greatly restricted.

Gradually, he found that taking the civilian route in the Ming Dynasty was impossible. As long as they had improper behavior and simply refused to send troops to help them quell the rebellion, they were almost driven out of Xiangshan County by local officials.

This dynasty has a high right to rule. Although it does not stop the people's beliefs, as long as they do improper behavior, they will easily be uprooted by upper-level officials.
Chapter completed!