Faced with the French envoy's humiliating remarks, Zhu Zhanzhen did not leave any face to France and said lightly that you are not worthy.
The French envoy looked embarrassed. In his opinion, the prince of the Ming Dynasty did not pay attention to France at all, and it could even be said that he had no etiquette at all.
But are your French etiquette useful to the prince of Ming Dynasty? Are they useful to the strongest fleet on this sea?
"Your Highness the Sea King, I come here with the friendship of our King of France..."
"When your king cuts off the flag of our Ming Dynasty, there will be no friendship between us. When your king insults my best friend Zheng He, we will be in a fight to the death. Go back and tell your king to get ready.
All troops, all weapons and equipment, prepare to meet our Ming Dynasty’s artillery fire.”
Zhu Zhanzhen's decisive words shocked the other party. Normally, they would never threaten such a ferocious person when traveling to other countries, even the most rude lord.
"His Royal Highness Neptune, do you want to destroy all lives? Do you want to cause countless civilians to die miserably?"
Zhu Zhanzhen looked at him coldly, with a look of contempt in his eyes: "Do you want to threaten me with civilians? Hypocritical Westerners, in our culture, if there is a war, civilians will be evacuated immediately, but you are
You want to use civilians as your shield and try to kidnap me morally. Your little tricks are useless in my opinion."
The French envoy, who was directly exposed, looked very unhappy.
There is always a lot of hypocrisy and subterfuge in the high-level meetings of the Europeans. Everyone talks about caring for the people, but if you put it into practice, if you don't suck a little blood, it will be God's mercy.
The people of Ming Dynasty are not going to do this with them.
I won't come to you for help. If you want to come for help, just tell my gun barrel.
The envoy suppressed the anger in his heart and said humbly: "His Royal Highness the King of the Sea, we in France have great sincerity to form a friendly alliance with you to avoid the loss of life and the flow of blood. His Royal Highness the Prince promises to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty after he ascends the throne."
Zhu Zhanzhen said rather playfully: "So are you here under the orders of your prince or your king?"
"this……"
The envoy was a little embarrassed. It was obvious that he belonged to the prince, but he couldn't be so straightforward. After all, the king was still there, even though the king was a madman.
Zhu Zhanzhen stretched out a finger and knocked on the table in front of him: "If your prince is really sincere, hand over your king and the Duke of Burgundy to me to show Ming that you are sincere enough, maybe we
We can communicate in another way.”
The envoys naturally understood that they could not meet Zhu Zhanzhen's conditions. It was not a question of whether he wanted to do it or not, but that the Prince of France did not have the ability.
Although he continued to accumulate strength and regained lost ground during this period, his reputation in France was gradually growing. However, due to the unfavorable incident of rescuing Joan of Arc, he was also criticized in the army. He is now unable to capture the king and Bo.
The Duke of Gendy came to present it to Zhu Zhanzhen.
"Go back and tell your king, prince, Duke of Burgundy, or the Duke of Bordeaux, or the Duke of Vaseline, that the dragon flag of our Ming Dynasty, that is, the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty that was rudely cut off by you, will be filled with you.
The land of France."
After Zhu Zhanzhen said this, he took the people and left.
"It's not good, it's not good, there's a riot."
Not long after leaving, a riot suddenly broke out in the city of London. The city of London had only been conquered by the Ming Dynasty for a few days, and riots were normal. However, this time people all reached the gate of the Flower Garden and were repulsed by the Ming army.
It can be expected that riots will occur, not everyone will be willing to accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and there will be more in the future. In order to avoid continuous riots, Zhu Zhanzhen summoned Duke Humphrey.
As soon as Duke Humphrey arrived in front of Zhu Zhanzhen, he knelt down on one knee and saluted respectfully: "My respected His Highness the King of the Sea, I have been summoned by you, so I came as soon as possible."
"You're welcome, Duke Humphrey. Now that you are the leader of Ingeland and a member of the Western Federation, you don't need to be so polite."
Duke Humphrey said with a smile: "I respect Your Highness from the bottom of my heart, and it has nothing to do with anything else."
Humphrey knew very well what position he held as Duke Regent.
Zhu Zhanzhen nodded with satisfaction: "Recently, there have been several small-scale rebellions in London. Today, protesters blocked the Flower Garden. What do you think about this matter?"
Duke Humphrey hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Your Highness, you can rest assured that my subordinates will quell these unscrupulous rebels as soon as possible."
Zhu Zhanchen played with the small Yinglan toy in his hand. He threw it aside when he thought it was not fun, and said seriously: "Duke Humphrey, if the people are ignorant, they must be educated, and if the nobles are ignorant, they must be warned. Your imperial council is formed
That's about it. Let these people do their jobs well. If anything happens like today, I will blame you all."
Duke Humphrey hurriedly expressed: "Your Highness, I will do my best to never let something like this happen again."
"By the way, Duke John and the little king have been sent to your house. You can take good care of them yourself."
"I understand, I understand."
After explaining these things, Zhu Zhanzhen went to see Lady Catherine and Owen Tudor. At this time, Owen Tudor had confessed after being punished by Hou Xian, and did not torture Lady Catherine, so she still spoke harshly.
With.
A woman who talks harshly is not a good woman.
Hou Xian handed Owen Tudor's recognized crimes to Zhu Zhanzhen, and Owen Tudor himself was also mentioned in front of Zhu Zhanzhen. At this time, Owen Tudor looked very weak, but there were no visible injuries.
, the means used by Hou Xian and others are remarkable.
Zhu Zhanzhen looked at the recognized crimes, and Hou Xian explained them beside him.
"Owen Tudor confessed that when Duke John redeemed Zheng He and sent it to Yinglan by ship, Lady Catherine ordered someone to detain him first, because it was Duke Humphrey who had been negotiating the deal with the Ming Dynasty before.
, Lady Catherine just wants to get involved."
"After detaining Zheng He, they locked him in the underground secret room of the flower garden. Lady Catherine wanted to talk to the Ming Dynasty herself, but she found that she did not have the ability at the time. The government was mostly controlled by Duke Humphrey.
As a result, the two of them had some conflicts at that time."
"She tortured Mr. Zheng He and wanted to extract the secrets of steam warship construction from Mr. Zheng He. She wanted to obtain this advanced technology, build her own steam warship, and then occupy France."
Zhu Zhanzhen asked with anger in his eyes: "Why did they cut out Zheng He's tongue?"
Hou Xian also had a look of resentment in his eyes.
"Lord Zheng He didn't tell them anything, but they still wanted to exchange Zheng He for the steam warship. Lady Catherine was a vicious woman. She said that since Lord Zheng He was so unwilling to talk, she should never say it again, because she was worried about being tortured by them.
Master Zheng He's story was told by Master Zheng He, so he had Master Zheng He's tongue cut off. At that time, Master Zheng He had no arms or legs. As long as he could not speak, others would not know anything."
Zhu Zhanzhen walked up to Owen Tudor: "Just because you were afraid that he would tell us the truth about your imprisonment and punishment, you cut off his tongue?"
Owen Tudor's face was full of fear, and he raised his head and looked at Zhu Zhanzhen.
What greeted him was a pair of seemingly lifeless eyes, staring straight at him, like a demon coming out of the underworld, seemingly hiding the power of the demon to tear people apart and devour them.
Owen Tudor was sweating profusely and trembling all over.
"Our prince is asking you a question!" Hou Xian yelled from the side. Owen Tudor was so frightened that he peed his pants. It was obvious that the punishment Hou Xian used before was still fresh in his memory.
The smell of urine hit his nose, and Owen Tudor said tremblingly: "Kay...Kay...When Mrs. Serling asked the envoy why he came to Ingeland, the envoy said that it was because their prince told him
He said that the world was round and he wanted to go around the world. Lady Catherine thought he was a liar and that people in the Ming Dynasty were all fools. But the messenger refuted Lady Catherine, he said... he said."
"What did he say?"
"If the world has an end, I would like to see it. Even if I am buried in it, I will be happy. If the world has no end, I will prove to the world that there is no road in this world. I have walked through it and there is a road. I want to
Traveling thousands of miles, hundreds of thousands of miles and millions of miles, will allow future generations of the Ming Dynasty to have a road to follow."
This was what Zhu Zhanzhen said when he originally inspired Zheng He to go to sea.
"Just because he said this, you cut out his tongue."
Owen Tudor swallowed: "Lady Catherine said that people in the Ming Dynasty were lying, so she cut out her tongue."
As long as we can't speak, then everything is right and they have the final say.
She wants to deprive us of the right to speak, just as it has been for a long time, just as it will be for a long, long time. As long as we lose the right to speak, it will always be them who have the final say and what they say is right.
Speak eloquently with the mute, paint with the blind.
They are afraid that the mute can speak, and that the blind can see the truth.
Zhu Zhanzhen closed his eyes and meditated. Zheng He traveled thousands of miles and millions of miles. In the future, the descendants of the Ming Dynasty will have a way to go. The price was so painful. Until the last moment, the only thing he cared about was his own faith.
"Zheng He, Zheng He." Zhu Zhanzhen murmured to himself.
"Your Highness, the death of Owen Tudor and Lady Catherine is not a pity. Let's avenge Lord Zheng He." Hou Xian wanted to avenge Zheng He now, but without Zhu Zhanzhen's permission, he did not dare to take action.
Zhu Zhanzhen took a deep breath: "The Demon Queen Yinggelan and her male favorite Owen Tudor have fornicated Yinggelan in the court, are extravagant, and persecuted the people of Yinggelan. The Demon Queen is now imprisoned pending trial."
"Your Highness!!" Hou Xian looked at Zhu Zhanyi in disbelief, why didn't Zhu Zhanyi take action against Lady Catherine at this time?
Zhu Zhanzhen understood his eager mood, but continued: "Put the Demon Queen in prison pending trial, and lock her in the secret room where they previously kept Zheng He. She will be punished with female torture every day, without stopping or resting every day.
After I conquer France, I will deal with it together with the King of France and the Duke of Burgundy."
"The Demon Queen's male pet, Owen Tudor, seduced the Demon Queen with male lust, ordered her to be castrated, and was locked up with the Demon Queen every day, watching the Demon Queen being tortured."
Hou Xian immediately accepted the order and said: "Your Highness, please leave it to me at this time."
"Well, go ahead and remember to save your life."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Hou Xian led the people down, and Zhu Zhanzhen said to Yang Feng again: "Send an order to go back to New Shanghai City, and ask Xiaosheng to send someone back to Daming. Your Majesty will also report to the Censor of Taidu, the Minister of Dali Temple, and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice."
Come to Yinglan."
Yang Feng looked at Zhu Zhanzhen in confusion. He didn't know why he asked these people to come, but he didn't ask. He took the order and went down to make arrangements.
Zhu Zhanzhen sat alone and looked at the flowers in the yard. He wanted to be alone, facing the sea of flowers and turning his back to the world.
Hu Shanwei, Aliya and Zara were all looking at him not far away. The two young girls said worriedly: "Sister Hu, is it really okay for a person like Your Highness?"
"His Highness is sad because of what happened to Zheng He. We can't help him. We can only comfort and comfort His Highness so that He can feel comfortable."
"Sister Hu, please go and comfort His Highness. I have rarely seen His Highness look so sad."
Hu Shanwei thought for a while and walked over.
She walked through the path full of flowers and walked to Zhu Zhanzhen.
"House..." Just as he was about to speak, he noticed that Zhu Zhanzhen had his head lowered, with tears falling down.
He cried, yes, Zhu Zhanzhen cried. Zhu Zhanzhen, who had seen so many strong winds and waves and never shed a tear, shed tears while looking at the gorgeous sea of flowers alone.
All the words he thought about to comfort Zhu Zhanzhen were gone in an instant. Hu Shanwei stretched out his hands and held Zhu Zhanzhen's head tightly in his arms, using his own warm body temperature to comfort him.
"It's all my fault. It was my rhetoric that made Zheng He go to sea. Zheng He suffered so many hardships along the way. If he still remembers my words, if it weren't for me, Zheng He would not have ended up in such a miserable end.
."
Zhu Zhanzhen blamed himself extremely. At that time, everyone thought that Zheng He was confused and actually went to sea to find the end of the world after listening to a child's words.
All the ridicule towards him turned into praise on the day he came back.
The slander that has been withstood will eventually turn into praise, and the pain that has been endured will be laughed at. But who will comfort me when thousands of arrows pierce my heart, and who will warm my ragged body.
In the warm and soft embrace, Zhu Zhanyi cried wantonly, and Hu Shanwei gently touched Zhu Zhanyi's head. The two of them remained silent, surrounded by the warm fragrant jade and the warm sun among the thousands of flowers.
When Zhu Zhanzhen wiped away his tears, his eyes that had just shed tears were now filled with determination. He held Hu Shanwei's waist tightly and said softly: "Shanwei, thank you."
"Your Highness is the Prince of the Ming Dynasty. Your Highness cannot cry in ordinary places, but in Shanwei's arms." Hu Shanwei smiled lightly.
Zhu Zhanzhen said firmly: "Since they don't want us to speak and have the right to speak, then we should speak more and speak more so that the whole world can hear what we say."