Shen Shixing was a student of Zhang Juzheng. After the Wanli Seventh Year Reform, he was promoted from the position of Right Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to Minister of Rites. At this time, what he was thinking about was not why Prince Luo County was declared as the successor by the emperor, because this was self-evident. He
What I was thinking more about was why the emperor made his first statement on this relatively informal occasion.
After Zhu Yijun had his eldest son, all the people in the world breathed a sigh of relief. Empress Dowager Li also had no grudge against the emperor for choosing Zhuang Jingjia as his eldest son that day - the emperor's move indeed avoided the dispute between his legitimate concubine and his concubine.
After Prince Luo was born, no minister urged Zhu Yijun to establish a prince as early as possible to consolidate the country's foundation. Because the inheritance rights of Prince Luo were undisputed. As long as he could grow up safely, sooner or later the empire would be his.
Although Zhu Yijun did not express his position, among the many children, the one who paid the most attention was King Luo. King Luo was now two and a half years old. Zhu Yijun had already judged that the child did not have any physical defects, so the only thing left was education. Today’s hug
When he came out, it gave him the first step of perceptual understanding of all nations in the world.
While the emperor was speaking, Luo Mingjian translated in a low voice and translated the emperor's words to Ines and Matteo Ricci. He was very familiar with specific Chinese vocabulary and naturally translated "all nations under heaven" as "empire", but he did not know that Zhu Yijun
The word "all nations under heaven" is the original meaning of this word.
Seeing the emperor's warm attitude, Fan Li'an said boldly: "Your Majesty, today we have the honor to meet the heir to the empire. Please allow me to present a gift to Prince Luo."
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "Okay." Prince Luo was very polite and said in a sweet voice: "Thank you!"
Fan Li'an trembled with his hands and took out a beautiful box inlaid with jewelry from his pocket - this gift was originally prepared for Zhu Yijun, but since Prince Luo is here, Fan Li'an still has the emotional intelligence for this idea.
The box was opened by Fan Li'an, and inside it contained a vertical cross the size of an adult's palm. Although it was made of silver, it was somewhat blackened and worn. Fan Li'an explained: "Your Majesty, this is a cross that His Majesty, Pope Nicholas V, has worn for half his life.
The cross has been around for more than two hundred years. People in our mission believe that this gift represents His Majesty’s virtue and broad mind. At the same time, it is also an item that can protect His Majesty the King. Please don’t dislike it.
"
The internal officer next to Zhu Yijun walked down from Danbi, placed the box on the tray, checked it carefully again, and then handed it to Zhu Yijun.
Zhu Yijun conveyed it to the king of Luo County: "You have to thank me."
The Prince of Luo County still said to Fan Li'an in a sweet voice: "Thank you." After saying that, he grabbed it and played with it. Because it was the first time he saw the cross, he asked: "Is this a small sword?"
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "No. This is a cross. The son of the God they believe in was crucified on the cross, so these people use the cross as their holy object."
After Zhu Yijun said this, Fan Li'an and others were overjoyed. None of the Ming people they came into contact with along the way knew the origin of the cross. And the emperor's casual remarks at least showed that he had a certain understanding of Christianity.
Prince Luo Jun shook his hand, threw the cross on the tray, and said, "I don't want it anymore."
Zhu Yijun picked up the cross with a smile and said to the king of Luo County: "Can you tell me why you don't want it?"
Prince Luojun couldn't explain why, he just said: "I don't like it."
Shen Shixing bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the king of Luo County cannot bear to hear the tragedy. Why is it not benevolent? I congratulate your Majesty." All the officials in the palace, including Han Shan and others, bowed and said: "I congratulate your Majesty.
Congratulations."
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "That's all. The child is very young and cannot understand the truth. Fan Li'an, please tell me about Pope Nicholas V."
Fan Li'an bowed and said: "Yes. Your Majesty, my Chinese is not as good as Luo Mingjian's. Can he tell the story?" Zhu Yijun glanced at him and nodded with a smile.
Luo Mingjian took a deep breath, knowing that this was a very rare opportunity created by Fan Li'an. He quickly made a draft, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness. His Majesty Nicholas V is commonly known as Tommaso Barentuche.
Li loved reading when he was young. When he was nine years old, his father died of illness, and the family fell into poverty and was unable to complete college."
"Later, when he became a young missionary, he used all his income to buy books, and even borrowed a lot of debt for this. There were almost no works by Greek and Latin authors that he had not studied, and he
Combining profound biblical scholarship and extreme religiosity with versatile humanism."
"Later, after the death of His Majesty Eugene IV, Barentucelli was elected pope, with the title Nicholas V. 'Who would have thought,' he once said, 'that a penniless and poor priest would become Pope
A pope in all his glory?'"
King Luo Jun was at the age where he liked to listen to stories. When Fan Li'an told it, he listened quietly. When he told this, his lips moved slightly. Luo Mingjian had been secretly observing Zhu Yijun and his expression, and saw that he had something to say.
asked and stopped.
King Luo Jun asked: "Isn't his father the emperor?" Shen Shixing took a breath and thought that he was indeed a dragon. Fang was able to pay attention to the issue of the throne from the story at the age of four!
Luo Mingjian also felt a thump in his heart, fearing that Zhu Yijun would be displeased by this. When he took a peek, he saw that the emperor still had a smile on his face, and he felt relieved. He smiled and replied to the king of Luo County: "Your Highness, priests cannot marry and have children."
Children are like monks in Buddhism. Therefore, every pope is selected from among learned people."
King Luo Jun asked this question only because he had known since he was a child that he would take over as emperor in the future, so he asked this question. He only half understood what Luo Mingjian explained, so he said "oh"
.
Zhu Yijun took the conversation and said warmly: "My child, today my father will teach you a lesson. When you are listening to others, do not interrupt them. If you have any questions, wait until they have finished speaking before asking." Prince Luo said again, "Oh.
"After a sound, he whispered: "Your Majesty, I remember."
Zhu Yijun finished educating the children and signaled Luo Mingjian to continue. Luo Mingjian once again sorted out the life of Nicholas V in his mind, and guessed the emperor's mind, so he continued: "After His Majesty Nicholas V became the pope, he determined to become a good man.
Pope, to rebuild the city of Rome; to restore classical literature, art and knowledge."
"He sent many envoys to Athens, Constantinople, Germany and England to seek, purchase or copy Greek and Latin manuscripts, whether they were pagan or Christian. He established a large copying and copying center in the Vatican
The editing center invites all well-known Italian scholars to come to Rome to translate Greek and Roman classical masterpieces."
"By the time he was favored by the Lord, the Vatican Library already contained 1,500 volumes and 3,500 catalogs, making Rome the center of knowledge in Europe. It is also out of respect for knowledge that the Roman Church
The entire continent of Europe has achieved its current dominant position. Your Majesty, Your Highness, this is the His Majesty Nicholas V that I know."
Zhu Yijun raised his head and glanced at Luo Mingjian, secretly praising his ability to understand and express language. Shen Shixing heard from the side that the entire knowledge center of Europa only has 1,500 volumes of books, and couldn't help but let out a snort from his nose. He thought in his heart
: "A landlord's house in the Ming Dynasty may have more than 1,500 volumes of books."
Zhu Yijun saw that King Luo Jun had finished listening quietly, so he asked him: "Tell me about Nicholas V, what Priest Luo said about him, why did he become such a great pope?"
Prince Luo did not answer. Although he did not show any impatience, when Luo Mingjian told the last paragraph, he was just studying the weird robes of the priests and did not listen at all. When his father asked about it, he pretended to be deaf.
Dumb, he pinched Zhu Yijun's mustache with his hands and played with it.
Zhu Yijun signaled to Wei Chaodao: "He is a little tired. Let him go to the queen's place to rest." King Luo Jun heard this, and he immediately jumped off Zhu Yijun's knees, bowed slightly and said, "The prince has resigned." He stepped away.
He quickly ran towards the back of the throne, and Wei Chao quickly trotted to keep up.
Zhu Yijun watched him running very fast with his short legs, and a smile appeared on his lips.
Shen Shixing bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the Prince of Luo County has not yet enlightened, so there is no need to be impatient." Zhu Yijun said: "That's what you said. I just learned to be a father, and I wish I could make him sensible all of a sudden." Shen Shixing
Waiting for the driver to smile.
Fan Li'an joked: "Your Majesty, I think His Highness is polite and has shown a noble demeanor, which is very rare at such a young age." After hearing this, Zhu Yijun laughed and was very happy.
After chatting and telling a short story, about a quarter of an hour passed. Zhu Yijun carried King Luo out, just to let him meet foreigners and to encourage himself at the same time. He had many things to do, and didn't have much time to do it, so he just went straight
The truth is:
"As an individual, I don't have much ill feelings toward Catholicism. I have learned about your teachings before and read your Bible. Except for some descriptions of killing heretics, in general, your teachings
It leads people to do good."
After hearing this, Fan Li'an and others all breathed a sigh of relief. Then they heard the emperor say: "But please explain, when the Israelites came out of Egypt, because the Amalekites were not good to them, the Lord said that they would be killed.
, and slaughtered all men, women, children, sucklings, cattle, sheep, camels, etc. There are many passages similar to this passage in the Bible, how to explain them?”
If a bolt of lightning rose from the ground and hit the sky, Fan Li'an and others would not be more shocked. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not just flip through the Bible, he must have read it completely. The sources of the Bible are easy to explain, and some are related to
The merchants in the Chinese trade had it in their hands - but it was impossible to explain how such a busy emperor could read such reading materials as the Bible in such detail.
Although shocked, Zhu Yijun's question is one that missionaries often encounter. Luo Mingjian explained magnanimously: "Your Majesty, this passage is actually a metaphor. It must be consistent with the sentence in Exodus: 'The Lord takes the Scriptures
I have sworn an oath that I will fight against the Amalekites from generation to generation.’ Put it together and understand it.”
Seeing Zhu Yijun's questioning look, Luo Mingjian said: "When God swore an oath, according to the records in the Old Testament, Amalek had already been wiped out by Him and ceased to exist. So why do we still have to swear? This is exactly the interpretation of the scriptures
The key point - the Amalekites he spoke of actually refer to jealousy and strife, arrogance, ungodliness, no love for others, willful behavior, selfishness, etc. As long as people do not let God make the decision in their hearts, they will immediately be
Occupied by the spiritual "Amalekites", we will fight against them from generation to generation."
After hearing this, Hanshan smiled and said: "This explanation is somewhat similar to Buddhism. The evil demons in the Buddhist scriptures are also required by Buddhist disciples to save them. However, these so-called evil demons are just greed, anger and ignorance in people's hearts.
"After saying that, he put his hands together to signal to Fan Li'an.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun also smiled and said: "Hanshan is talking nonsense. How did the Buddhist scriptures teach you to kill people? The evil demons and heretics you mentioned are not human beings. They are just what you see in your personal practice. How have you ever seen them in your daily life?"
When Han Shan saw that he had said the wrong thing, his heart pounded, and he nodded in agreement.
Zhu Yijun said to Fan Li'an: "In my country, any words in the scriptures that contain words about fighting, killing or threatening pagans are not allowed to be spread. If you want to preach, you must delete these scriptures that encourage vendetta."
If Fan Li'an and others could accept it with gritted teeth, Zhu Yijun's request to delete the scripture was far beyond Fan Li'an's authority. He seemed to have been struck by lightning and tried to struggle: "Your Majesty, we have been keeping this passage
That’s the explanation – there is no intention to encourage killing.”
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun sneered and said, "Oh? What heinous crimes did those heretics who were handed over to the King of Europe by the Inquisition and had them beheaded, burned, and hanged commit?"