The Emperor Leopold of America and Baron Churchill, the commander of the expeditionary force sent by the Kingdom of England, were of course very concerned about the results of the papal election.
The previous pope had fought to death with the "devil" on the Shang side. Naturally, they did not dare to launch a counterattack easily. They could only watch the Aztecs and Incas supported by the Shang side continue to expand their power. If Europe cannot quickly elect a powerful pope, the Aztecs and Incas, with the support of the Shang devil, will become more and more powerful and occupy more and more territory.
So when Emperor Louis saw that Urban IX could communicate with God, he helped Leopold ask. If God can catch the Shang devil, then the Catholic coalition forces in the Americas will start to fight back!
If God and the old man can't catch the devil in Shang Fang, then we will be in trouble...
"My lord," Urban IX replied, "there is actually no devil in America."
"What? There's no devil in America?"
Mendoza, who was next to Emperor Louis, was stunned when he heard this. He had traveled all the way from Mexico to Xi'an in the Ming Dynasty, and then went all the way south from Xi'an to Guangzhou and then took a boat to Europe... He had to take a boat again when he turned around. Mexico has completely circled the earth! Isn't it because of all this hard work that there are devils in America?
Now that the Pope has spoken out like this to the devil, wouldn't his hard work have been in vain?
"Your Majesty the Pope," Marquis Mendoza certainly did not dare to question the Pope's words - the Pope was never wrong, but he still wanted to confirm, "Did you just say that there are no devils in America?"
"Yes," Urban IX replied with certainty, "because the devil is not in America, but in Ming Dynasty!"
"The devil is in the Ming Dynasty?" Marquis Mendoza was stunned again and again, "Your Majesty the Pope, I just came back from the Ming Dynasty, and it doesn't look like there is a devil there..."
Halfway through his words, he realized that he was questioning the infallible Pope, and he was going to hell! So stop it quickly and say no more.
But he still couldn't believe there were devils in China... things looked pretty good there. People's lives are very prosperous. It is rare to see beggars on the streets. Schools are everywhere. It is said that every Chinese child, regardless of gender, can receive four years of elementary education. What is this called four years of compulsory education?
Just from the fact that there are no beggars and four years of compulsory education, we can see that this country is rich and well-governed, at least much better than most countries in Europe!
If there is a devil there, then the chaotic India, the miserable Europe, and the Americas where the Indians are oppressed to the point of extinction would be hell under the rule of the devil...
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
"The real devil is actually the Ming Emperor!" Urban IX pointed out, "Although he established a country that looks very good...but what the devil wants is human souls rather than destroying human beings or destroying human beings. Let humans live and suffer.”
The Marquis of Mendoza was stunned again and again. The devil didn't want people to live and suffer? Then who wants humans to live and suffer? It's not the one above, right?
Louis the Great also stared at Urban IX with suspicion.
Urban IX explained: "Because the greater the number of human beings, the more souls there are... and allowing human beings to live a more comfortable life is conducive to the increase in the number of human beings. Therefore, the so-called "human beings" currently appearing in China The purpose of great governance is to increase the number of souls so that the devil can harvest them.”
Emperor Louis the Great and the Marquis of Mendoza finally understood a little bit - the devil wants human souls, and the more people there are, the more souls there will be!
If people become extinct, their souls will naturally be gone. Where will the devil go to harvest then? So the devil must want more people.
And if we want the number of humans to increase, we cannot make them suffer too much. If humans have no food to eat and all starve to death, then after the devil has harvested a wave, there will be no more... Will this devil suffer a loss?
This principle is the same as humans raising pigs and sheep. The pigs and sheep must be fed, they must have a place to sleep, and they must be protected from being picked up by the big bad wolf. If pigs or sheep get an infectious disease, they have to find ways to prevent it... and everything Zhu Heji did in the new Ming Dynasty was conducive to the growth of the population in the new Ming Dynasty. As the population increased, the number of souls also increased. It grew.
"But I heard that if you don't believe in God, you have no soul." Marquis Mendoza still couldn't believe that Zhu Heji was the devil, so he asked another question.
Urban IX explained: "Marquis, if you don't believe in God, you cannot wash away original sin. Naturally, your soul cannot be saved, so you will go to hell after death. In other words, these souls who do not believe in the Lord must belong to the devil, which is equivalent to There is no more. This is very clear in the teachings of Taoism, the traditional religion of the Chinese people... In the teachings of Taoism, only by becoming an immortal, that is, an existence similar to an angel, can the soul ascend to heaven. . But it is very difficult to become an immortal, almost impossible. If you cannot become an immortal, you will go to hell after death!"
So this is ah! Marquis Mendoza quickly crossed himself on his chest—fortunately, he believed in God and his soul would definitely go to heaven.
Urban IX then said to Emperor Louis and the Marquis of Mendoza: "Your Majesty, Marquis, I have a lot of evidence to prove that Zhu Heji is the devil or that he has been possessed by the devil! And in the Shangfang Kingdom in America, there is no The real devil...is just a degenerate religious cult that worships the devil."
"Jie Jie?" Marquis Mendoza heard the name of this sect somewhat familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had heard it.
"This is an ancient sect," Urban said. "It existed one or two thousand years before the birth of Jesus. According to records, it was founded by a devil named Pope Tongtian, and Zhu Heji was very famous. Maybe he is this generation’s Pope Tongtian.”
He made clear arrangements for Zhu Heji. Zhu Heji was not only a devil, but also one of the Three Pure Ones, the Supreme Purity Lingbao Tianzun. This was getting bigger and bigger, and he didn’t know if it would develop further. Won't he become the Jade Emperor?
"This..." Marquis Mendoza didn't know what to say.
Because the Pope is infallible! If the Pope said what Zhu Heji was, then Mendoza would have to take it as true, unless Emperor Louis, who was older than the Pope, raised an objection.
Now Louis has not spoken, so what Urban IX said cannot be wrong.
And this means that he will then go to negotiate with the devil on behalf of the Spanish Empire... It would be okay if the negotiation fails, but if the negotiation is successful, does it count as making a deal with the devil?
He seems to be facing a soul crisis!
"Marquis," Urban IX said, as if he had read through Mendoza's mind, "Actually, you are not going to make a deal with the devil Zhu Heji... You are serving as an envoy of the Spanish Emperor and God. Believers go and fight the devil!"
Emperor Louis added: "Yes, Marquis, in fact you are not qualified to make a deal with the devil. You are only negotiating on behalf of Spain."
Yeah! The emperor is right! The Marquis of Mendoza was relieved now that he was not qualified to make a deal with Zhu Heji... Only Emperor Leopold could make a deal with the Devil Zhu. Whoever makes a deal with the devil will have his soul go to hell, and he is just a negotiator, so we can't implicate him!
"Papa," Marquis Mendoza showed a firm expression, "please rest assured that I will definitely try my best to fight against the devil! But if there are no devils in America, then the war between humans will soon begin. . Just in case, can the Ecumenical Church send out a powerful exorcist?"
"Of course!" Urban IX said, "The Roman chief justice, Cardinal Philip, will personally lead the Holy See's best exorcists to the New World. He will fight on behalf of Catholicism and the evil cult!"
This Urban IX is indeed much smarter than the previous Pope Alexander VIII. He will not go out to fight the devil himself... he will let professional exorcists go out to fight. If he wins, it’s because he, the pope, is a good leader. If he doesn’t win, he will be replaced by an exorcist.
Of course, the Marquis of Mendoza knew the reputation of Cardinal Philip, and he was relieved now, so he saluted the Pope: "Papa, the Spanish Empire will never forget the help you provided in our most difficult moment."
Urban IX made the sign of the cross in front of Marquis Mendoza and whispered: "May God bless Emperor Leopold and Spain, and also bless your trip to China to be successful... Amen."
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The leader of the exorcists, the Vatican Chancellor, Cardinal Philip, and the Archbishop of Mexico City, Desuma Gala, were living in the Vatican Legation in the town of Versailles these days. It was Emperor Louis who called them to Versailles from Madrid in order to have the "descendant of the devil" Zhang Hongtian and Zhenren Zhang give them "make-up lessons" on Chinese devils, Chinese hells and Chinese interception.
If you know yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger!
To defeat the devils in China, you must first understand the origins of these devils and their level of magic power. If you don't fight the devil with a blind eye, wouldn't that be giving away your soul for nothing?
Therefore, during these days, the Mongol Embassy in Versailles opened a bookstore every day to talk about canonizing gods. The Great Immortal Zhang Hongtian was in charge of speaking, and the Embassy Attaché Longkodo was in charge of translating... After speaking, Philip and Drama Gala could also ask questions, and the Immortal Zhang would answer their questions.
Of course, Zhang Dazhen cannot be explained entirely based on "The Romance of the Gods". After all, he is a learned Taoist, not a storyteller. Over the years, he has been studying mathematics and natural magic with Kangxi, and he has also read "Mathematical Principles of Natural Magic" co-authored by Zhu Heji and Liebnitz, as well as "Introduction to Magic" written by Zhu Heji himself. Textbooks such as "Preliminary Understanding of Natural Magic", "Middle School Magic", "Middle School Physics", and "Principles and Experiments of Natural Magic". That’s a real boost in knowledge!
Moreover, he is also a eloquent person, so he mixed the things in "The Romance of the Gods" with their own things from Tianshi Dao and Zhu Heji's stuff, and then the equally eloquent Long Ke Mostly translated into Latin. Now Philip and Drama Gala finally figured out what the "devils" and devil's spells were in North America, and they also had a better understanding of the situation in the Jiejiao Hell. It turns out that the hell of Jiejiao is an orderly society, where the ten temples of Yama implement collective rule, have a complete bureaucracy, no war, no plague, no death... Although there is pain, there is also reincarnation. !
Therefore, people under the rule of Jiejiao do not yearn for heaven very much, and they are not too afraid of hell...
Because they already knew themselves and the enemy, these two men also had full confidence in defeating the Jie cultists from the Shangfang Kingdom in America! After receiving the Pope's order, the two men immediately packed their bags, took a group of exorcists, and boarded a sailboat bound for the New World. Finally, in the summer of 1692, they arrived at the port of Havana, Cuba.
Spanish Emperor Leopeter I has been living in Havana, far away from the "devil", since early last summer. Of course, he was hiding in Havana not because he was afraid that Mexico City would be captured by the devil, but to better direct the fight against the devil in America, and also to build the "grand ducal territories" (belonging to Crown Prince Joseph) such as Cuba, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. It became the Habsburg family's strongest stronghold in the New World.
During this period, a large number of followers of the Habsburg family and German civilians who fled the war in Central Europe came across the ocean to the Americas. King Leopold I arranged for these people to stay in Cuba, Haiti, and Puerto Rico, giving them Allocate land, help them build homes, and try to turn them into "Caribbean Junkers."
In addition, the fight against the devil in the Americas is no longer fought by the Spanish Empire alone, but a team battle of the entire Catholic camp - everyone is responsible for opposing the devil!
Therefore, during this period, not only did a large number of immigrants from Germany arrive in Cuba, but also many knights and mercenaries from Poland, Portugal, Italy, France, Ireland, and Scotland came to Cuba. Even England, Sweden, and other members of the Protestant camp came to Cuba. Switzerland sent reinforcements to the New World.
All these reinforcements coming from Europe were concentrated in Havana, Cuba. According to the plan of the Emperor's commander-in-chief, the Grand Duke of Lorraine, these reinforcements from Europe will be trained and reorganized in Cuba, and then mixed with the New Spanish Army in Mexico (the main force is Indo-European mixed blood) to form thirty to fifty troops. trip.
At the same time, Emperor Leopold also sent people to build forts in Texas, New Mexico, and the northwest, northeast, and north of Mexico, hoarding supplies, and preparing for the war.
Finally, the Spanish emperor also sent envoys to the Great Plains of North America to find Indian nomadic tribes willing to cooperate with the Spanish Empire, hoping to form a coalition with them to jointly oppose the devil's expansion.
In short, by the early summer of 1692 AD, a Catholic anti-devil alliance that united various forces had basically taken shape. Now we are waiting for Europe to send the Vatican exorcists who can resist the devil's spells...
