"If you don't tell me, I won't tell you." Wen Di replied with a nonchalant smile, but then added: "But did you tell Leonore about getting married twice?"
"How can you say such a thing when we meet for the first time? We have to wait until we get to know her before talking. Besides, dad hasn't met her yet, so to say such things to her now seems like he is dissatisfied with her. You can't say that." Min'er said.
said.
"It's better to say it as soon as possible." Wen Di said.
"Seventh brother, you are about to get married, so you should talk to Leonore about it. Why does it seem like you have become our errand? Your method of shirk-passing is quite good," Min'er said.
"Sister, I was wrong. I should be the one to say it, but how can I say it out loud? I can only ask my sister for help." Wen Di said hurriedly, grabbing Min'er's arm and begging deliberately.
"Okay, it seems like my sister is mistreating you." Min'er smiled again and said, "Don't worry, Wen'er and I will definitely persuade her to agree to get married in the capital in a few years."
"Thank you, eldest sister!" Wen Di said hurriedly.
In the next few days, Min'er visited Leonor with Wen'er and Wen Luo every day, chatted for a while, and talked about the customs of the Ming and Fu nobles respectively. Min'er also taught her etiquette. This made Leonor very happy, and she
Her Chinese was not good and she could barely communicate. The translator was Clavijo's wife. She also had no idea what some words meant. As a result, Leonore often didn't know what the palace 'housekeeper' who taught her etiquette was saying.
What is it? It will be much better with Min'er's guidance.
There are still people in both the government and the public talking about the usefulness of the three laws of motion discovered by Cao Zheng and whether it is worthy of being promoted to a noble title. There are still memorials coming to Yun's royal desk every day. Of course, their ending has not changed. Except for a piece of information that is saved as a file.
The final outcome of the share that I was allowed to see was still turned into shreds.
However, starting from the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, someone suddenly started talking about the Kunlun slaves, and whether they could be considered human beings. The person who started this topic said that His Highness the Seventh Prince passed by the Kunlun slaves' hometown on the way to Egypt and saw a 'wild'
The Kunlun slaves saw that they were still living a life of grinding their teeth and accepting blood. In addition to being able to use tools for hunting, they were no different from wild beasts. They also remembered the topic of "what is a human being" discussed in the court before, and began to think about whether the Kunlun slaves could be considered human beings.
Once this topic was raised, it quickly replaced whether Cao Zheng should be promoted to a noble title and became the most discussed topic. In the past, talking about what it means to be a human being was just a metaphysical question with no practical significance. Although many people discussed it, no one cared about it.
However, after the discovery of the 'wild' Kunlun slaves, this topic became of practical significance. Countless civil servants either discussed it with their friends or read the writings of the sages to study whether such things could be considered human in the eyes of the sages. Even military generals began to
Talk about it with others.
There are many people who support that Kunlun slaves are human, but there are also many who oppose it. Those who support point out that Kunlun slaves can learn human words and obey human orders, and although they are very dark, their body shape is generally the same as that of humans. But those who oppose
It is said that parrots can also learn human words and can talk to people; many animals can also obey people's orders and work hard, such as circus monkeys. As for the body shape that is the same as that of humans, there is an animal in Southeast Asia named orangutan
, the body shape is almost the same as that of humans. Are orangutans also humans?
This topic quickly spread to other places, and it also aroused many people's discussions in other places, especially in Shanghai. Shanghai was the first shipping company in the Ming Dynasty and gathered many foreign businessmen. Naturally, there were big food merchants among them. In recent years, there have also been merchants.
Merchants. Merchants who clearly support Kunlun Nu cannot be considered human beings, but different Dashi merchants have different ideas. Some support and some oppose.
After discussing like this for more than ten days, before the holiday was over, everyone's ideas were still completely different, and they couldn't even seek common ground while reserving differences. Although more and more people are gradually opposing the Kunlun slave as a human being, there are still many who think that the Kunlun slave is a human being.
.In this case, the thoughts of the court, or His Majesty, are very important. Countless people have submitted memorials, asking Your Majesty to tell whether the Kunlun slaves can be regarded as human beings. But Yun's attitude towards these memorials was the same as before: stay in China
If it doesn't grow, it turns into scraps of paper.
However, the officials are not in a hurry, because there are still a few days until the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the day when the emperor will officially go to court after the new year. Your Majesty cannot stop going to court. When the time comes, you will ask your Majesty in the court, and your Majesty will definitely answer. Many people are gearing up and waiting.
The court meeting on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month. Of course, they didn't know that Yun was also waiting for that day.
Everyone outside the palace was discussing whether the Kunlun slave could be considered a human being, but inside the palace everything was calm and the festival was going on as usual. Yun rested leisurely for a few days, and then it was New Year's Eve. On this day, as usual, Yun held a banquet to entertain all those who came to the capital.
As the vassal king, Wen Di also participated in the banquet as a vassal king for the first time. At the banquet, many vassal kings also curiously asked Yun if he thought Kunlun slaves could be considered human beings, but Yun just smiled enigmatically and said
He didn't answer. However, when Zhou Wang Zhu asked this question, Yun whispered a few words to him. Zhu's face turned ugly for a moment and he started arguing. But Yun said a few more words firmly,
Zhu could only agree to Yun's request, but his expression became a little depressed.
On the second day, the first day of the first lunar month of the 19th year of Jianye's reign, Yun received envoys from other countries. Envoys from Japan, Siam and other countries came to see him in turn. After the envoys from various countries had been received, Yun called Li Shaer over and talked with her.
They summoned Leonore together. Yun fully expressed his satisfaction with Leonore and rewarded her with a very valuable thing on the spot. Although Li Shaer was still not satisfied with a young woman becoming her daughter-in-law, she also
With a very satisfied look on his face, he gave Leonor a pair of his bracelets.
Leonore was very nervous before being received by them, for fear that they would not like her, but she felt relieved after seeing that they were all satisfied with her. In this way, her speech and behavior could not help but relax a little, revealing her true temperament.
Yun frowned, but Li Shaer became really satisfied with her.
In the next few days, Yun was not as leisurely as he had been before. Every day, he would either summon several ministers to the palace to discuss matters, or he would study something alone in Qianqing Palace. Sometimes he would call Wen Di to ask a few questions.
In this way, the time came to the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the first day of the court. However, Yun did not expect that the first thing he dealt with on this day was something unexpected, but something that was bound to happen.
