"Have you noticed that the silk they are all wearing means that these theatergoers are high-ranking officials?"
At this time, Galileo pointed at the Ming Dynasty people watching the theater and started talking.
Chen Jingxing laughed from the side and said, "Of course not. The high-ranking officials and nobles have their own special theater troupes and stages, and they will not listen to and watch plays in public. Generally, those who watch plays on such public stages are ordinary people, even They don’t even have any fame, but anyone with some financial resources will build their own stage and support their own troupe.”
"Are they all civilians?"
Galileo asked.
Matteo Ricci testified from the side: "What Uncle Guo said is true, because I have met many high-ranking officials and nobles in the Ming Dynasty."
After hearing this, Galileo didn't know what to say. He only said after a long time: "Even the common people are wearing rich clothes. When can I, Europa, catch up with such wealth?"
As he spoke, Galileo raised his head and glanced at the towering towers of Guangzhou City.
Reinforced concrete white jade buildings towering into the sky and traditional wooden buildings with double eaves on the top of the mountain hidden among the lush trees are scattered in Guangzhou.
Although this was not the first time that he looked up at the buildings of Guangzhou City, every time he looked at it, the buildings of Guangzhou City still gave Galileo a great shock and made him never want to leave.
Beep!
Suddenly, the whistle coming from outside the port attracted his attention, but when he saw the large ship entering the port, his expression became darker and he said: "I really don't know what their capital will look like."
After Galileo boarded the train to the capital, he felt even more shocked. When Matteo Ricci brought him to see Yang Tingyun, the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, who was interested in their teachings, he took the initiative to ask Yang Tingyun:
"Has everyone always been so prosperous in your Ming Dynasty?"
“Even the common people are well-clothed and well-fed, and there are a dazzling array of products on the streets. There is an endless stream of shoppers on the streets of big towns until late at night. Even the countryside can see prosperous commerce, and buyers all buy with large carts and small carts. Bring the goods home."
"Not really."
"Actually, when I was a child, life was still difficult in many parts of the country. There were many refugees who had no food to eat, and there were many thieves. Even Gyeonggi Province was the place with the most thieves, and it was also one of the places with the most prostitutes."
Yang Tingyun answered truthfully.
This made Galileo even more surprised after hearing this, and he quickly asked: "Then why are you so rich now?"
Yang Tingyun replied: "Because His Majesty implemented new etiquette after he came to the throne."
"New etiquette?"
Galileo asked.
Yang Tingyun nodded: "Yes, it is the new ritual, which requires all people in the country, no matter rich or poor, to treat their compatriots as human beings! Because according to the new ritual, every citizen of the country is given the most basic rights by the emperor. Rights are sacred and inviolable, and whoever violates them is violating etiquette."
"As a human being?"
"Can you make your country so wealthy today?"
Matteo Ricci couldn't help but ask at this time.
Yang Tingyun nodded and said with a smile: "That's right! Because in this way, the country's powerful, bureaucratic, scholar-bureaucrats, and even merchants, soldiers, and warriors cannot severely squeeze the people in their country. They can only try their best to benefit from the outside, and they have to pull in. Be sharp and promote martial virtue!"
"Although the old etiquette in the past also originated from the people-oriented concept advocated by the saints, it gradually changed to only respect the order of respect and inferiority, and only respect the dignity of the people in the upper class, but not the dignity of the people in the lower class. On the contrary, Being flattering on the outside but ruthless on the inside, the common people have no money left and even the number of refugees increases.”
"Fortunately, my emperor chose to believe in some far-sighted scholar-bureaucrats. He used external profits to cultivate the wisdom of the common people and win over military scholars, which made the restoration of this dynasty gradually successful."
Yang Tingyun added.
Galileo and Matteo Ricci thought deeply after hearing this.
Galileo couldn't help but ask: "Why is His Majesty the Ming Emperor willing to do this? Logically speaking, an emperor who only wants to dominate himself should not be willing to treat others as human beings."
"Of course it's because of the circumstances."
"Although there are sages in China who have tried their best to hope that everyone in the world will be respectful and observant, no matter how moral education is, there will still be people who dare to rebel, dare to fight, and dare to be thieves."
"By the time your Majesty came to the throne, due to the influence of the large number of scholars and businessmen in the world, the folk customs had already changed greatly, and the old rituals had already been on the verge of collapse. It was beyond human power, even if you were the emperor. , if you want to forcefully abide by the old rituals, you will only become a human being inside and out, and become a victim of the old rituals."
"But your Majesty is already talented and intelligent. He has the wisdom of the Shimiao, but not the selfishness of the Shimiao. He has the benevolence of the Mu Miao, but does not have the customs of the Mu Miao. In addition, the former Grand Master Zhang Taiyue has been teaching you for ten years. It can be said that The wise and benevolent sages pursued Yao and Shun far away, and were recently ashamed of the Chinese Tang Dynasty. Therefore, they naturally knew that the old rites had flowed away like water and could not be turned back. The establishment of new rites could not be delayed, so they took the initiative to follow the trend and make themselves more supported by the people of the world. "
Yang Tingyun replied with a smile.
After hearing this, Galileo asked again: "So, the success of Ming Dynasty was caused by the emperor, and the failure was also caused by the emperor?"
"You can say that!"
"After all, although China has a vast territory and has great rivers that connect it from east to west, from north to south, the rich and poor are different from east to west, and from north to south, and disasters occur frequently. Therefore, in order to make China peaceful and free from the danger of war and famine, if we want peace and tranquility, we must first unite it. Only the central government can coordinate and coordinate the rule, while division will lead to endless conquests and no time to feed the people, and the burden on the people will be doubled."
"And precisely because of the need for great unification, since the Qin Dynasty, China has been dominated by prefectures and counties, supplemented by enfeoffments, with the emperor as the backbone, and the princes, aristocratic families, noble families, and ordinary people as weak branches!"
"Whether it rises or falls, it really depends on the emperor. Fortunately, our country is lucky enough to finally meet a hero who plans everything in the world, instead of just being the ruler of China, and not falling into the trap! "
After Yang Tingyun said this, he smiled and said: "For example, you are a scholar of Western studies. After Zhang Wenda impeached me, the emperor knew that I loved studying, but the emperor did not deal with me. Instead, he said that foreign studies were not worthwhile. At the same time, it is said that the prosperity of China has always been based on the unrestricted and inclusive learning, which can lead to the progress of civilization. Often, it is easy to make the whole country stupid when one kind of learning is exclusive and rejected. Therefore, instead of punishing me, I was encouraged to write more about my experience. It is really The Lord of Enlightenment!”
After Yang Tingyun said that, neither Galileo nor Matteo Ricci said anything. They both left Shuntian Mansion in silence and only came to the street, watching while walking, without returning to the post office.
When the moon was above the willow trees and the bells were ringing frequently, Galileo suddenly said: "We, Europe, should also be unified so that our Western people can live with more dignity!"
Matteo Ricci nodded: "We, Europe, were originally unified, and everyone believed in one religion, but now the religion has become so divided that the countries cannot be unified."
"But our previous unification was only the unification of the church, not the unification of secular powers like the Ming Dynasty. They were unified but free, while we were divided but not yet free!"
Galileo replied: "Although Yang Tingyun said that it was the greatness of the Ming Emperor that led to the current prosperity and prosperity, I can find that the more important reason why they are so wealthy and powerful is because of the great unity here."
"You seem to be right. We should unify the entire Europe first. Even if we cannot unify the doctrine, secular power should be unified first."
Matteo Ricci said.
Galileo smiled bitterly: "It's just that if we unify, a large-scale war will break out and many people will die. Moreover, those monarchs should not be willing. They should be more willing to go out and rob now, and rob those who are weaker than the European countries." Even if nations fight against each other, they will only fight because of conflicts arising from plunder.”
"However, we can tell them what we have seen and learned in the East and persuade them to commit to the unification of our Europa!"
"At least we should tell our pope to unify Italy first and then all of Europe."
Matteo Ricci said at this time.
Galileo shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's very difficult! Moreover, even if there is some hope of success, I'm afraid a large number of people will still die!"
After hearing this, Matteo Ricci asked in a deep voice: "What do you mean?"
Galileo glanced at him: "It's better to let Ming rule Europe, or even the whole world!"
"What?!"
Ricci was shocked by Galileo's ideas.
Galileo said firmly: "That's right! If the Ming Dynasty were to unify, with its strength and civilization, it would be possible to kill many fewer people, and then achieve the unification of Europe and even a situation where everyone is rich. Today's India is an example."
"You are actually willing to accept Westerners being ruled by Easterners?"
"Are you worthy of the sacred mission God has given you?!"
Matteo Ricci asked in astonishment.
Galileo asked: "Is the East and the West so important? Shouldn't we follow the most objective facts? The fact now is that if the Ming Dynasty is allowed to unify the entire universe, only then can the civilization of the entire world be improved and all people can be educated. Live with dignity! Although there will still be discrimination and hierarchy, at least the bottom line of mankind is improving!"
"You weirdo!"
"You are absolutely crazy!"
Matteo Ricci scolded Galileo in disbelief.
He couldn't believe that Galileo would say such a thing, and then said: "I shouldn't sit back and watch the Ming Emperor order you, a person who is not liked by the church, to come here, because you will only become a traitor to God. You should He should be hanged or even burned at the stake!"
After Matteo Ricci said this, he angrily left Galileo.
Galileo followed and said: "But what I said is the most objective fact! Although I am not willing to accept and admit the fact that the world can only be saved by the people of his Ming Dynasty, this is the fact! We have to accept it , and you can’t deceive yourself!”
"Get away!"
"Now I really wish I could have a big blunderbuss from the Folan Machine and blow your head off so that you would never have the chance to continue to say such hateful words!"
Ricci snapped at Galileo again.
At this time, Zhang Yunxiu, a royal guard, met these two people while patrolling. Seeing that what Ricci said was very threatening, he stopped them: "What are you arguing about? You want to kill each other with a firecracker? Are you trying to kill me?" Did Ming Realm kill the other party?"
Because the two of them had been getting along with the Han people for a long time and had been in the Ming Dynasty for a long time. In addition, no one in the Ming Dynasty in this generation would accommodate them to speak their own Western language, so they were very accustomed to speaking Chinese, and now they also use it for quarreling. It was in Chinese, so Jin Yiwei understood the content.
Here, after Zhang Yunxiu said it, he ordered: "Come with us to the imperial prison and explain it clearly!" (End of Chapter)
