I am the king of the dead

Chapter 465 Gifts from Roman and Ottoman Messengers
"Respected His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, I was ordered by my king from Constantinople to travel to Daming. I can do such a difficult thing because I fully believe in Your Majesty's generosity and kindness."

"My lord and I both believe that after going through certain dangers, we will surely receive His Majesty's lenient reception."

The Roman envoy Nicolaus wore a black checkered, pure white robe, and a half-foot-wide silk was draped over his shoulders, embroidered with a red "" symbol. The half-foot-wide silk was wrapped around the back To the front chest, there is also a red "" on it, and it is finally worn on the left forearm.

He holds a stack of books in his right hand.

Nikolaoz's salute is their etiquette, a very standard Roman Rite (Byzantine Rite) in the first mode, Sunday morning prayer, with hands flat on the chest, knees bent and kneeling on the ground, leaning forward and bowing the head Show respect.

Afterwards, Nikolaoz let go of the silk brooch in his hand, put the book on the silk, and bowed three times and kowtowed five times.

"Meet Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live." Nikolaoz read out this text in very non-standard Chinese.

Hu Wei, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and Yang Shan, Minister of Honglu Temple, glanced at each other, and looked at His Majesty on the throne, which was the result of repeated communication.

Zhu Qiyu was sitting on the throne. Obviously, the first etiquette of Nikolaoz was his persistence, and the second ritual was a compromise with reality.

He looked at the twelve chapter emperor's suit on his body and the twelve-point crown on his head, thinking about a question.

The civilizations of Rome and the Central Plains Dynasty have a long history. Why are they so strict in their pursuit of clothing and etiquette?

The answer to this question may be the etiquette that Hu Wei has always insisted on.

"Pingshen." Zhu Qiyu didn't intend to embarrass Nikolaoz, and said with a smile: "Your envoy has traveled a long distance, and the journey has been hard."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Nikolaoz also heaved a sigh of relief. According to Elena's first impression, Daming was domineering. They built a city outside the territory without any discussion with King Hami at all.

Nikolaoz insisted on his courtesy, suspected of offense.

The demise of the Roman Empire has entered the final countdown. Although with the impact of the Ming Expeditionary Force on the Ottoman Kingdom, the Roman Empire is still lingering, but it will not last long.

Although sailing on dry land has not happened yet, it is only on hold.

"The great, powerful and invincible Emperor Ming, I have a gift from Rome. Although it looks extremely shabby, it is the only thing we can get." Nicholas handed the book in his hand to Tong As for Ma Huan, his Chinese is not good, and most of the translations are done by Ma Huan.

Nikolaoz didn't have much wealth, and he and Ma Huan translated a lot of books.

Several books passed from Ma Huan to Xing'an, and Xing'an handed it to His Majesty.

Zhu Qiyu opened it, and the first volume was "Elements of Geometry", which was written by Euclid in sixteen volumes. Due to limited time for translation, only the first six volumes were available.

It talks about the basics of geometry, geometry and algebra, circles and angles, circles and regular polygons, proportions, and similarities.

The first sentence on the cover reads: "In geometry there is no highway for kings."

Zhu Qiyu closed the book, handed it to Xing'an, and took a look at Xing'an.

Xing'an immediately understood that the meaning of this look was the seal, opening the seal!

The author of the second book is Archimedes, the great mathematician who was killed by Roman soldiers.

Archimedes was the most famous scholar in the ancient city-state of Syrah. The Roman army attacked Marcellas, the commander of the ancient city-state of Syrah, and killed the Roman soldier to avenge Archimedes, and held a ceremony for Archimedes. Great funeral.

Archimedes' writings were preserved and disseminated by Rome.

In Roman culture, citizens of Rome are extremely noble, and soldiers are even more so. Being able to kill Roman soldiers for revenge shows that Rome attaches great importance to Archimedes.

Rome killed Archimedes' life, but left all of Archimedes' achievements.

The first sentence of this "Archimedes Principle Examination Notes" is: "This is an endless road."

The main contents are spheres and cylinders, the measurement of circles, quadrature of parabolas, on spirals, on floating bodies, on levers, etc.

Some of the Ming Dynasty also had similar expositions, while others did not.

Zhu Qiyu picked up the book on the spiral, and was stunned for a long time. Isn't this the spiral with the hairspring he was looking for? !

He looked through it for a long time, and said with a smile: "The Ming Dynasty is rich and powerful, with boundless land, hardworking people, and countless rare treasures, but in the East, these are the last things, only knowledge, which is the most precious wealth."

"Thank you for your envoy who traveled thousands of miles to Daming to present such a wonderful book."

Adding geometry to arithmetic is what Zhu Qiyu most hopes to see, and there is even a part of physics.

"Look at the reward." Zhu Qiyu nodded to Xing'an, with a very clear meaning, opened the seal, and Zhu Qiyu planned to give [-] silver coins as a reward.

Ten thousand silver coins is really too cheap.

The "Original Geometry" was translated by Xu Guangqi at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The first six volumes were completed in the 34th year of Wanli and published on a large scale.

But with the death of Matteo Ricci, the missionary Long Huamin (Italian nobleman) was in charge of all affairs of the missionary church.

This missionary named Long Huamin forbids any missionaries of the Missionary Society from imparting any Western technology to China.

Xu Guangqi was unable to complete the translation of the last nine volumes alone under the rule of only preaching and not disseminating any knowledge.

Xu Guangqi judged that the original geometry must be learned by everyone after a hundred years of stealing.

The content in "Elements of Geometry" is almost the content about geometry in textbooks for elementary and middle school students in the future.

It was not until the sixth year of Xianfeng, that is, in 1856, 16 years after the first Opium War, that Li Shanlan completed the translation of the last nine volumes of the original geometry.

Ten thousand silver coins?
Really cheap.

"I cannot accept His Majesty's reward." Nicholas shook his head and said, "A student of Euclid once asked, what will you get from learning geometry?"

"Euclideus said: Give him three coins, because he wants to benefit from his studies."

"Like the ancient oriental civilizations, we in Rome also believe that knowledge has no price and is precious."

Nikolaoz's complexion finally became painful, and he continued to speak: "The reason why barbarians are barbarians is because they don't know the value of knowledge. After the fall of the Roman Empire, these books will be drowned in the long river of history." There is no possibility of leaving the darkness and seeing the sky and the sun again."

"I brought them to Daming in the hope that they can be passed down forever."

The Middle Ages were dark, painful, disorderly, and the Western people struggling in the abyss began a protracted Renaissance. The current Western Renaissance is just a little bit of spark, as Nikolaoz asserts.

In fact, it was not until more than 100 years after the fall of Eastern Rome that the Renaissance completed its own gorgeous transformation along with the Age of Discovery.

Among them, the two manuscripts of Archimedes were all scattered, and it was not translated until the third manuscript of Archimedes was rediscovered in 1998, completing some of Archimedes' works.

"I ask Your Majesty to give me two silver coins. I owe Xu Youzhen, Governor of Jing'an Province two silver coins. This is a debt." Nikolaoz continued.

"Yes, knowledge is priceless, but my reward is not so easy to refuse." Zhu Qiyu said without doubt.

It's not that Zhu Qiyu has a lot of money, so he doesn't want to force it.

The governor of Nikolaoz is both an official position and a priesthood. He needs to preach. Zhu Qiyu gave silver coins as a reward, which is to tell Nikolaoz not to preach or spread theology.

The experience and lessons that the Central Plains dynasty has summed up over thousands of years cannot be changed with a few books.

Zhu Qiyu can give Nikolaoz an official position, such as coordinating with the embassy, ​​mainly responsible for translation, but it is impossible for Zhu Qiyu to give Nikolaoz the opportunity to preach.

Nikolaoz looked embarrassed, and finally bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Qiyu gave him a material reward, which was to spread Nestorianism in the name of spreading knowledge after cutting off Nikolaoz.

All religions that entered Ming Dynasty had to be transformed before they could spread. This is a lesson learned from history.

It is not advisable to make it into the country of Wa. Fanzhong is an important political force.

Nikolaoz accepted the material reward, which represented the beginning of the transformation.

God said that there should be light, and it needs to be researched and drafted by the public of the Ming Dynasty, and approved by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty in person, so that there can be light.

This is part of the etiquette. Before the Roman envoys met, Hu Wei and Zhu Qiyu had an extremely in-depth exchange on many issues in Rome.

Elena's first impression was not wrong, domineering.

"I have already learned about the princess of your country from Hu Shangshu. You should learn the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty before you can enter the palace. I have already approved this matter." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile when he saw Nikolaoz accepted the reward.

Regarding the restoration of the country, Zhu Qiyu has no idea. No one can predict what will happen in five years, let alone ten or twenty years.

Zhu Qiyu is not sure whether he can help Rome restore the country, after all, Rome is too far away.

But claiming rights are necessary.

Nikolaoz finally breathed a sigh of relief and bowed his head and said, "Thank you Your Majesty for your generosity."

Rome brought nearly [-] volumes of books, how many of them can be used?Honglu Temple is hosting the translation.

The documents brought by Rome will become a piece of the jigsaw puzzle in the great speculation during the Jingtai period, making up for the shortcomings of the great speculation in the Ming Dynasty.

Nikolaoz stepped aside.

Another envoy walked into Fengtian Hall, raised his head arrogantly, and was an envoy from the Ottoman Kingdom.

Seeing the person coming, Nikolaoz finally changed his face drastically. He took half a step forward, but this was in Daming's palace, so he could only take back his steps.

The Ottoman envoy, Litsteadman, bowed three times and kowtowed five times, and said loudly: "The Ottoman Sultan Fatih would like to offer his sincere respect and greetings to His Majesty."

"The spider weaves its web in the palace of the empire, but the owl has finished its night song on the tower of Afrahiab."

"Unfortunate Emperor of Rome! The Sultan will have both his crown and his city!"

"Whether it is wisdom or technology, our Ottoman Empire can provide Daming. Your majesty is respected and wise. It is not difficult to choose."

Afrahiab, west of Samarkand, very close to Samarkand, was once breached by Alexander. Generally speaking, two cities can be regarded as one.

The meaning of this passage is that the Eastern Roman Empire in Constantinople has been ruined, even the spider webs have not been cleaned, the owls from Samarkand are singing, and the fall of Constantinople is imminent.

The crown, the city, wisdom and technology, there is no doubt that Ming and the Ottoman Kingdom can get all of them if they are friendly.

Little Steadman continued to speak loudly: "Your Majesty, my ancestor Kang Jinde used to be Captain Guo Yi of the Great Tang Anxi Protectorate. This is the fish talisman passed down to me by my ancestor. Please check it with Your Majesty."

"Also, Your Majesty, you can call me Kang Chengzhi, this is what my name means."

The Fish Talisman is an extension of the Soldier Talisman and the Tiger Talisman, which is called the Fire Card in Daming.In order to avoid the taboo of the name of Li Hu, the ancestor of Li Tang, the Tang Dynasty changed the tiger amulet to the fish amulet.

Hu Wei looked at it for a long time, and left with the fish talisman. He had never seen this messenger, and it was Honglu Temple Minister Yang Shan who was in charge of this matter.

Not long after, Hu Wei returned to Fengtian Hall, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, it is indeed the fire card of Captain Guoyi Kang Jinde of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate."

Kang Chengzhi's words and deeds are decent, and what he said is also true.

The Ottoman Kingdom that Ming wants can also be given, there is no need to support the Roman Empire.

When Nikolaoz left Constantinople, the capital of Eastern Rome, with a mission of more than [-] people, the young Ottoman king Fatih also sent his mission, followed closely behind.

Nikolaoz had no idea.

The mission of the Ottoman Kingdom took a serious diplomatic route. It was Kazuya who first wrote the letter of credence, passed through Kang Guofu, and arrived at Jiayuguan. Yi Guan.

"We have brought countless gifts, such as ivory, horses, cloth, tapestries, alabaster and other treasures. My king believes that the Ottoman Kingdom and Ming Dynasty can benefit from mutual trade. Your majesty and all the people who belong to your majesty can Got it." Kang Chengzhi bowed his head again and said.

Kang Chengzhi is a lobbyist, and what he said was hype.

In the process of communicating with Daming, Osman claimed to be Lumu, and the translation was Rome.

Zhu Qiyu also said with a smile: "Your envoy has worked hard from afar, and I will be rewarded generously."

"Thank you Your Majesty for your generosity." Kang Chengzhi received [-] silver coins, which were the discounted value of the Ottoman Kingdom's tribute goods, plus rewards.

Nikolaoz's expression was even more gloomy. He never expected that Osman would respond so quickly. Fatih is a very accomplished monarch. He sat on the throne at the age of 12, was kicked off the throne, and sat On the throne, is a hero.

He also pretended to be the Ming Expeditionary Army first, which put a lot of pressure on Osman.

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