Chapter 2118, Grandma Liu enters the Grand View Garden 2
In a room at the Daming Royal Hotel, Ferdinand, who came from the Austrian Habsburg family, was standing by the window looking at the cars passing by on the spacious road outside.
As a member of the Habsburg family and one of the grandsons of Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand can be said to have the noble blood of Eagle Castle and has been the heir to many territories since his birth.
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This time the Habsburg family was also invited by the Ming Empire. This was also an extremely important thing for the Habsburg family, because it was enough to show the identity and status of the Habsburg family.
Being invited by the Ming Empire is enough to explain everything.
Therefore, the Habsburg family also attached great importance to this matter. After careful selection, Ferdinand was selected to represent the Habsburg family to the Ming Empire.
While congratulating the Emperor of the Ming Empire, I hope to marry back a noble Princess of the Ming Empire to the Emperor of the Ming Empire, so as to continue to strengthen the prestige of the Habsburg family.
The Habsburg family has always been interested in marrying with the royal family of the Ming Empire, and has expressed this intention to the emperor of the Ming Empire many times.
But they were all ruthlessly rejected by the Ming Emperor. The main reason was that Emperor Hongzhi only had one son and one daughter. Needless to say, Zhu Houzhao had a lot of women. How could he look down on the ugly and big chin of the Habsburg family.
As for Emperor Hongzhi's daughter, she was the apple of his eye, a treasure beyond compare. It was impossible for her to marry a foreigner, let alone a member of the ugly Habsburg family.
But now the situation is a little different. The current Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Empire, the people of the Habsburg family know that Emperor Zhengde has more than 200 sons and more than 200 daughters. If this is mentioned to the Emperor of the Ming Empire again,
If this is the case, it is still possible to marry a Ming princess.
For this reason, the better-looking Ferdinand was selected, and this time he came with a large amount of treasure. Once the Emperor of Ming Dynasty agreed, he could propose marriage according to the etiquette and customs of the Ming Empire, and the princess of the Ming Empire would be
Marry him back.
Although the Habsburg family also knew that the situation in the Ming Dynasty was different from that in Europe, don't expect to marry a Ming princess just to have a child and inherit the throne of the Ming Empire.
That's impossible. In the Ming Dynasty, it was passed down from male to female, and it's even less likely that it was passed on to foreigners.
But the Habsburg family still hopes to marry into the royal family of the Ming Empire and marry a princess of the Ming Empire with noble blood, in order to strengthen the prestige of the Habsburg family.
The influence of the Habsburg family is only limited to Europe. It has no influence outside of Europe, but the Ming Empire is different.
The influence of the Ming Empire spread all over the world, and it was powerful all over the world. If the Habsburg family could have a blood connection with the Ming royal family, it would be of great significance to the Habsburg family.
For this reason, the Habsburg family has made many efforts, and even thought about marrying some vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. The vassal kings of the vassal states are also considered to be members of the Ming Dynasty clan, and their status is naturally noble, especially for someone like Prince Ning.
The kings of Chu are still very powerful.
It's just that neither the Ming royal family nor the Ming vassals have the slightest interest in marrying European barbarians, especially the Habsburg family, who are notoriously ugly, and it would be uncomfortable to marry them back home to warm the bed.
It is even more impossible to marry your own precious princess.
"As expected of the capital of the Ming Empire!"
"It's really very prosperous, with spacious cement roads, cars passing by, and countless high-rise buildings around here!"
"Compared with the Ming Empire, we in Europe are really too backward!"
Ferdinand looked at the prosperous scene in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.
Originally, he thought that no matter how prosperous and prosperous the Ming Dynasty was, it might still be more prosperous than the largest cities in Europe.
But after he actually set foot on the land of Ming Dynasty and saw the prosperity of Ming Dynasty city, he completely changed his mind.
There is simply no comparison between European cities and Ming cities.
Apart from anything else, there is no comparison just in terms of the cleanliness of this city.
European cities are often dirty and smelly, with all kinds of filth everywhere, and the unpleasant smell is enough to make people sick.
However, if we look at the cities of the Ming Empire, the scale of each city is many times that of European cities. The roads are neatly planned, very spacious and extend in all directions.
The city is clean and tidy. There is no mess at all, and there is no possibility of all kinds of filth. There are many trees planted everywhere, and it looks very comfortable.
Look at the Ming Dynasty people in the city, all of them are cleanly and fashionably dressed. Compared with them, I seem to be a bumpkin from the countryside, unsophisticated and rustic.
Everything here is so novel that it dazzles Ferdinand, especially at night, when the whole city becomes even more beautiful.
The lights on the buildings, the lights of various colors, are colorful and beautiful. Even at night, the city still does not stop. You can also see people everywhere, extremely lively, even more lively than during the day.
It will be even more lively.
What about Europe?
In the entire Europe, it seems that only Hong Kong, the overseas colony of the Ming Dynasty, has electricity. Other places are pitch black at night, with no light visible, even in the emperor's palace.
The huge contrast made Ferdinand, who originally seemed confident, feel a little inferior.
Would the Ming Emperor be willing to marry his daughter to him?
Even if he has more than 200 daughters, he probably will not send his daughters to places like Europe.
Compared to the Ming Empire, Europe is a dark world.
"The Ming Empire is so rich that there are so many cars on the road, it's really unbelievable."
Ferdinand looked at the cars driving fast on the road. He was surprised by the number of cars in the Ming Empire.
Cars that only the real aristocrats and wealthy people in Europe could afford were very common in the Ming Empire.
There is even a special taxi in the capital of Ming Dynasty. As long as you wave, it will stop and take you where you want to go. It can be seen that here in Ming Dynasty, cars are already a very common type of taxi.
Transportation.
Fayuan Temple in Beijing.
Cardinal Paul, from the Holy See, is carefully visiting the temple in front of him. At the same time, he is accompanied by Master Kongxiang, the host of Fayuan Temple.
The Holy See was also invited by the Ming Empire, so it also sent people to attend the ceremony. As religious figures, the Ming Empire also arranged for Paul and his party to live in Fayuan Temple and directly designated them as foreign monks.
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Paul looked at the temple in front of him carefully. As a famous temple in the capital, Fayuan Temple has always been very popular. This temple is also built with great style.
There are many palaces, temples, attics, etc., and all the buildings have red walls and green tiles. Various Buddhist paintings, sculptures, art, etc. can also be seen everywhere, showing the majesty of the great temple in the capital.
That is to say, they have received strict orders from the imperial court to restrict the wanton expansion and development of various religions. Otherwise, Fayuan Temple could be doubled in size, number of people, etc.
In addition to its huge scale, Fayuan Temple also has a steady stream of pilgrims. Every day, a large number of pilgrims come to burn incense, worship Buddha, and pray for gods and divination.
In the merit box outside, you can see these Ming people stuffing a lot of silver coins and banknotes into it. The water flow throughout the day was scary.
Looking at all this, Paul also frowned slightly.
This time when he came to the Ming Empire, in addition to congratulating the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, he also shouldered an important mission, which was to persuade the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to allow them to preach in the Ming Dynasty.
Shining the light of Christ to the east has always been one of the goals of the Holy See. However, the Ming Empire has been strictly prohibiting the spread of foreign religions, and even its own local religions have been strictly prohibited.
restrictions and suppression.
It is really difficult to get permission for this.
"Master Kongxiang, if we want to spread Christianity in the Ming Dynasty, how can we make the people of the Ming Dynasty more willing to accept it?"
After thinking for a while, Paul started chatting with the Kongxiang master around him about this matter.
"We have a saying in the Ming Dynasty that when you go to the countryside, do as the Romans do. If your religion wants to enter the Ming Dynasty, first of all, you must respect the traditions and customs of the Ming people. When you go to the countryside, do as the Romans do. You can't ask us Ming people for everything you do, because in our Ming Dynasty people
In their eyes, your Europe is a backward, barbaric, and ignorant place."
"It's impossible for us Ming people to say that we should do things according to everything you say."
Master Kongxiang thought for a while and replied.
“As the Romans do?”
When Paul heard this, he immediately began to think.
It would be very difficult for the Holy See to change something. The long Middle Ages had already made everything extremely stubborn.
In order to spread the light to the Ming Dynasty, is it worth making some changes?
If we want to change, how should we change it so that the people of Ming Dynasty can better accept it?
Thinking of this, Paul had a headache. The harsh policies of the Ming Empire for many years have made them unclear about many things about the Ming Dynasty. Even if the Ming Empire allowed them to preach, would any Ming people be willing to believe it?
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What's more, it is probably very difficult to get the Ming Empire to agree.
