As Zhang Ximeng said, at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even know how much impact his existence had on the world, especially the poor people who were struggling on the verge of death. They were even more inspired and excited.
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Something called hope began to spread.
Charles V hoped to imitate the Ming Dynasty and form a powerful army, but he did not intend to be exactly like the Ming Dynasty. After all, he obtained the throne through inheritance, which was completely different from Zhu Yuanzhang who started from scratch.
Doesn't his admiration for Zhu Yuanzhang mean that he encourages the people below to rebel?
Moreover, Charles V also experienced several citizen uprisings and was very afraid of this.
But unfortunately, there are some things that the king cannot decide.
With the administrative capabilities of the Ming Dynasty, there are many things that cannot be controlled, let alone in a country with weak governance like France.
Charlie just relaxed, but couldn't control himself anymore.
It's completely messed up.
If you want to understand the reason for this, you should take a look at the history of Europe. The Black Death is still raging, plagues are prevalent in various places, and countless people have died.
However, the old enemies of Britain and France actually started fighting, and the fight lasted for decades. If there were no accidents, they could still fight for decades, and then provide the world with a term - the Hundred Years' War!
I have to sigh, the matching mechanism in Europe is really powerful.
No one can give birth to such a pair of sleeping dragon and phoenix chicks at the same time.
The plague was raging, wars were frequent, coupled with the greed and extravagance of the nobles... the people of France were completely struggling to die.
They were poor, hungry, and walked like corpses.
Cities like Paris are full of excrement and urine, and are full of hungry poor people. They are naked and sitting helplessly on the side of the road, looking forward to alms.
If circumstances permit, they will also steal and rob... beggars, thieves, robbers... It is difficult to find a good person in Paris.
This is Europe right now, a world that is almost desperate.
At this juncture, news about the East gradually spread to the West.
That kind of impact force is unimaginable.
And a very interesting thing is that many people think that the traditional and conservative Holy See must be very resistant to doctrines from the East. This is true.
But the Holy See does not represent all clergy.
After all, at this moment, the vast majority of scholars are still clergy.
In their hands, there are oriental popular works, such as Romance of the West Chamber, Water Margin, The Match of Immortals, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, etc., as well as Zhang Ximeng's expositions on equalizing land, and naturally including Zhu Yuanzhang's trilogy.
These books were spread to the West one after another, and through various channels, they were gathered into the hands of some clergy.
For example, a priest in the Diocese of Lyon spent a lot of money to get more than a dozen volumes of oriental books from Venetian merchants... He spent more than half a year studying them over and over again, not letting go of anything useful.
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Then this person began to realize.
For example, when Zhang Ximeng elaborated on the issue of land equalization, he proposed that everyone in heaven and earth has a fair right to survive, and land property is the prerequisite to ensure a person's survival.
This person does not distinguish between men and women, no distinction between noble and poor... everyone must get their share fairly.
This proposition formed the foundation of Ming Dynasty.
In Lao Zhu's biography, Zhu Yuanzhang criticized the monks of Huangjue Temple, accusing the monks of occupying land, charging high rents, and treating the people as fish and meat. He was merciless and even more hateful than the powerful landlords.
After reading this, the priest almost cried. The behavior of the Ming monks could be regarded as saints in France. After all, they never disappoint people when it comes to being immoral.
After a period of thinking, this person suddenly changed his mind and figured it out.
In the East, it's not that they don't believe in gods, it's just that they believe that personal efforts can rival the gods.
Through their own efforts, they created a heaven on earth in the living real world...
In this country, His Majesty the Emperor is a god, and the officials, headed by Taishi, are angels. They uphold the Emperor's will, shepherd the world, and bring the Emperor's blessings to ordinary people.
Let everyone live in paradise, enjoy fairness, prosperity, health... be protected, respected, enjoy education, have rich knowledge, and be able to improve themselves.
This is the life that only people in heaven can have!
Looking back at the West, there are wars, plagues, extortionate expropriations, hunger and killing... this is hell!
A literal hell.
According to their teachings, one must wait for the end of the world to come and accept God's judgment. Only those who are selected can be saved and ascend to heaven.
But according to the knowledge from the East, they are already living in hell. In this hell, everyone can rise up and do justice for heaven!
Those who exploit people and suck out their marrow are the devils.
Use your own power to unite everyone, destroy the devil, and establish the kingdom of heaven on earth. Isn’t this salvation?
Don't believe the false deceptions of those noble clergy.
If you use your own strength, even if you are just a beggar, you can become the greatest emperor.
As the book says, roar when you see injustice on the road!
France needs to wake up!
Although this priest was not imprisoned, he still achieved enlightenment in the Dragon Field... He began to preach his theory to the poor, and used his property to help the poor.
Soon, he became famous and gathered a large number of poor people around him.
Then they began to make demands to the noble lords, forcing them to hand over the land, and distribute the land to everyone equitably.
There is no doubt that this kind of thing is against the law in Europe, and it is impossible to succeed. The nobles from all over the country will definitely unite and suppress it forcefully, and there is no possibility of it being realized.
But don’t forget that this is a Hundred Years War!
Due to plague and fighting, nobles in many places suffered serious losses, and their knight legions also suffered heavy casualties.
The plague took away many clergymen, leaving a huge power vacuum in the local area.
At this time, the poor people gathered together put forward the demand for equalization of land, and some small nobles really couldn't bear it!
Just in the south of France, some farmers began to get their land.
Although it was only such a small piece, the shock it brought was earth-shattering and the effect was astonishing.
Even the priest who proposed it did not expect such a result.
He was already riding on the tiger's back and couldn't get off at all.
What should I do?
Continue to hold up the cross and preach His knowledge?
Sorry, it doesn't work anymore. Those who got the land are no longer satisfied with God. They think that the Hongwu Emperor in the East is much more powerful than God.
Books from the East are also more valuable than the Bible.
Don't tell those old stories. We don't care how two loaves and seven fishes can feed a group of people. We just want to know how they treat their people in the East. Without nobles, how can they govern the country?
Then the priest could only tell them that in the East, there is extensive education, allowing everyone to read and write, and then take part in fair examinations, pass their own skills, become officials, and manage the people.
After reaching the age of seventy, the official will retire and return to civilian life.
Someone asked, what about the officials’ children?
Will he continue to be an official?
The priest told them, no, if you want to be an official, you must pass the exam, without any exceptions!
After learning this, the people were excited.
Even some scholars have begun to fall into deep reflection.
No wonder the East is more advanced and civilized than the West... They respect everyone and give everyone a fair chance to develop. They are pragmatic and free, rational and objective, and they treat everyone with equality and fraternity.
On the other hand, in France, greed, cunning, murder, deep-rooted distrust, and clear-cut barriers between rich and poor, inherited from generation to generation, are unbreakable.
Compared to the East, this is a pool of hopeless stagnant water. If you don't completely smash everything, there will be no chance!
At a rally, someone held up a flag. According to the Ming Dynasty's custom, they adopted a red color. In addition, there were no iris flowers or crosses on the flag. Instead, there was a sun and moon.
Because according to the description in the book, the bright characters of the Ming Dynasty include the sun and the moon, and have the ambition to encompass the world, proving that everything under the sun and the moon is the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
In France, everything else is different, but they can also see the sun and the moon, and they hope this flag can protect them.
Charles V never dreamed that he would get away with it.
Following the example of the Ming Dynasty, he did get a very effective army, but behind the Ming army was the equalization of land. Charles V did not have that much land, so he had to switch to a recruitment system. He relied on spending money to hire soldiers.
But the problem is that he doesn't have that much money on hand, so he can only resort to piecing the cake, saying that he will drive away the British and grant them farmland on the recovered land.
Finally, he managed to win over people's hearts, achieved some victories on the battlefield, and recovered the port city of Bordeaux.
But the next problem arose. These soldiers strongly demanded that Bordeaux be handed over to them, and that they should be given land and properties to allow them to do business in the port.
When this request was made, Paris went crazy.
You shameless despicable people dare to ask for land. Are you worthy?
Going back on one's word seriously disappointed the soldiers, and the anger after being deceived filled everyone's chest... At this time, the new doctrine from the south began to quickly win the support of the soldiers.
Take our weapons and build a heaven on earth!
They also fashionably carried the banner of "doing justice for heaven".
They even made a stone tablet with the name of the leader of the rebel army engraved on it. Now it was fun. They even learned the trick of sending an oracle from the sky. It was really impressive.
Right here in France, more and more people are coming forward.
They killed nobles, captured castles, freed slaves and criminals, and granted land... Like a snowball, they grew rapidly and violently impacted the Western order.