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Chapter 8: The Whole World Pays for the Ming Empire

This anger, with the return of the inspection team, finally disappeared.

"When we arrived at a huge city, we thought we had arrived at the capital of Daming, but Li, who was traveling with us, told us that this was only Quanzhou, which might only be considered a second-tier city in Daming.

When we arrived at a city several times larger than Quanzhou, Li told us that it was just the former capital of the Ming Empire called Nanjing.

Along the way, we saw, in addition to people working non-stop, there were also cities that could never be seen in Europe.

Please forgive my lack of vocabulary, I really can't think of any suitable words to describe the cities we saw, and there are people, even the records in "Marco Polo's Travels" are not enough to describe the prosperity of their lives. There is spiritual abundance.

Their cities don't seem to be keen on defense now, but they are demolishing a large number of city walls, but all the construction sites they can see show only order and cleanliness, not the filth and chaos that can be seen everywhere in Europe.

Their commoners seem to be very satisfied with their emperor's rule. They wear beautiful clothes, speak a language infinitely more elegant than French, and behave politely in everything they do.

The only thing is that their civilians don't really seem to worship any gods, but worship their emperor even more.

In fact, in their myths and legends, there are legends of a great flood just like ours, but they did not wait for Noah's Ark to save them, but managed the flood.

In their myths and legends, it was because of the battle between the two gods that the Tianzhu was interrupted, and the Tianhe collapsed to cause a great flood, but they wanted to mend the sky in a whimsical way!By God!

I really can't imagine what a crazy nation this is.

As for their emperor, His Majesty the emperor has been infinitely deified among their commoners, known as a god walking in the world, the son born of heaven, possessing supreme authority.

As recorded in "Marco Polo's Travels", fast horses will convey the will of their emperor to any place, and the people in that place will obey their emperor's will very much, even if their generals commit suicide. "

After a slight pause, after waiting for Ferdinand and Innocent to digest what he just said, Caxton continued: "After a long time, we finally arrived at the capital of Daming.

It is no exaggeration to say that that city should not have appeared in the world, but it was more like a microcosm of heaven!

God can testify that when I stood under the walls of that city, I felt only endless humility, as if I was the only one left in the world, and I was a little ant standing in front of the mountain!

In addition to their country, what is even more frightening is their civilians - they seem to treat everyone equally and are always polite.

But apart from the true equality between their civilians, I still feel more like looking down, as if a nobleman is looking at a poor man who can't even eat black bread.

Damn, this kind of looking down not only appears on their officials, but also on their civilians. "

After taking a long breath of relief, Caxton continued: "Actually, I am very fortunate now, fortunately we are in-laws and allies with such a powerful empire, rather than enemies, that is simply terrible !"

Ferdinand III suddenly said, "Where are the beggars? In such a huge country, it is impossible for there to be no beggars, right?"

Shrugging his shoulders, Caxton said, "I'm sorry, but there really isn't a single beggar showing up. Is it unimaginable, His Majesty the Emperor and His Holiness the Pope?"

Seeing that both Ferdinand III and Innocent X nodded, Caxburn said with a chuckle: "If there is a disaster that causes their civilians to have no food harvest, their government will provide food for free, or lend food instead of charge interest."

If their old people have no children to support them, their country will have an institution called a nursing home to support these old people until they die.

If a child is orphaned, there is an agency called the Salesian Bureau in their country to raise the child until the child reaches and graduates from the schools of their empire.

If a person is sick and has no money for medical treatment, there will be an institution in their country with a charity bureau to allow them to see a doctor first and then pay. If they really have no money, they can work to pay back.

As a European, my imagination is obviously still very poor. I can't imagine why their country can provide so many social benefits.

What is even more incomprehensible is that their civilians are more inclined to borrow food from their government than to receive free food even when they are faced with disasters and no crops.

As far as I know, the food that their government distributes for free is exactly the same as the food that they can borrow, and they are all good food that can be eaten.

God, I really don't know what is going on in the minds of those civilians in the Ming Empire?Would you rather borrow than ask for free?

As for the last possibility of producing beggars, that is, the idlers,"

When the term lazy man was mentioned, Caxton's face became subtle: "They were all caught by their government and thrown on the construction site, forcing them to work."

After Innocent X and Ferdinand III looked at each other, they said, "Is there no one who disagrees?"

Shrugging again, Caxton said: "I'm sorry, the protest is invalid, their emperor has supreme authority, including the right to dispose of their lives, and they take it for granted.

That is to say, whether those lazy people are willing to work or not, their emperor can force them to work, and the common people of the Ming Empire will think that their emperor is right!

To put it simply, their civilians have a rich life, both materially and spiritually, and their emperor is obviously beyond the bounds of secular laws. "

Innocent couldn't help roaring in his heart - he is the spokesperson of the gods, okay?Why is the treatment so much worse!It's not fair!

"Where are those missionaries? How are they doing in Daming?" Innocent still raised the missionary issue that he was most concerned about.

Caxton said: "They are very good, they are very conscientious and hardworking in preaching, and there is no one in the Ming Empire to stop them from preaching.

It's just a pity that even the commoners of the Ming Empire are spiritually rich, and they are more used to pinning their hopes on His Majesty the Emperor rather than on the gods.

Therefore, although those missionaries have worked very hard, it has no effect. "

Compared to Innocent X, who was more concerned about missionary issues, Ferdinand III was obviously more concerned about another issue: "Just now you said that they are equal to everyone with a look down, so what about the people of our Holy Roman Empire? ?”

Caxton said: "If it is said that they look down upon others, then congratulations, they are truly close to equal to the people of our Holy Roman Empire, although they are not completely equal.

I think this has something to do with your wise and wise decision. After the Holy Roman Empire and the Ming Empire became related by marriage, the way they look at us is indeed different from the way they look at other people.

To describe it in an exaggerated way, they look at other people as looking at wild animals, while looking at us is more similar to looking at savages-at least it is already in the category of humans. "

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Ferdinand didn't know whether he should be sad or happy. After a long silence, he said, "The reason? Where does their sense of superiority come from? Is it because of their invincible empire?"

After nodding his head, then shaking his head, Caxton said, "Not all of them.

Their empire was indeed invincible, and they were indeed proud of it.But more lies in their cultural heritage and their understanding of the world.

In Europe, even if we dig out the oldest parchments, we can't imagine how a civilization has been passed down for 5000 years. Are there any ancient civilizations similar to theirs?The answer is no.

And in their cognition of the world, they live in the center of the world, they are the chosen ones favored by the gods, and others are inferior to them.

So they are proud, but their cultural education can ensure that they will not turn this pride into arrogance, so that they can treat anyone politely.

However, there is no way to hide this kind of pride hidden in the bones and blood, and they don't even bother to hide it. "

After another period of silence, Caxton continued: "When our civilians are still having a headache for a piece of black bread, their civilians can eat wonderful food, wear gorgeous clothes, and discuss together. knowledge.

When our children are torn between being a shepherd or a barber, their children must wear clothes that symbolize civilization, sit in a spacious and bright school, and learn those elegant square characters and various kind of knowledge.

The only thing that is not good is that this kind of education is compulsory, even if their children don't need that knowledge at all, they will force their children to learn, and those common people obviously agree with their emperor's educational philosophy and methods .

But please note, Your Majesty the Emperor, this compulsory education for children is completely free.

From what I have learned, this kind of compulsory education is completely borne by their government and the emperor's private treasury, and their commoners don't need to spend a single silver coin, maybe this is one that their commoners can accept reason. "

There is no way to talk today—both Ferdinand III and Innocent X knew that this kind of situation could happen in the Ming Empire, but it was impossible to happen in Europe.