Chapter 154 Whose new swallow pecks the spring mud

"Grandfather, we should go to Mingguo!"

When his thoughts were mature, Descartes told his grandfather what he thought.

"The Ming Kingdom is too far away."

Descartes sighed, eventually rejecting his grandson's unrealistic idea.

From Europe to the Ming Kingdom, the test that will be faced on this way is no more safe than staying in Europe, not to mention that on the way to the Ming Kingdom, you must pass through the sea areas ruled by the Ottomans.

"One of my teachers will arrange for us to go to Mingguo, and with his arrangement, we won't have any problems along the way."

"Oh? You mean that Ming Guo teacher you found in Paris? ”

Descartes knew that his grandson was interested in everything that country in the East, and he knew that he had a great deal of trouble finding a teacher from the Ming Kingdom, Liang Zhang.

For his grandson's foreign teacher, Mr. Descartes still agrees.

After visiting this gentleman himself, and after only a few conversations, Mr. Descartes had come to regard Mr. Leung Chang as his fellow traveler, and the gentleman's attitude towards religion was even more unequivocally opposed.

Although Mr. Descartes still had some opinions about atheists, this did not prevent him from admiring the learned Oriental.

"Are you saying that this teacher of yours has the ability to take us to the Ming Kingdom?"

"Yes, grandfather, my teacher was an official of the Ming Kingdom, and he came to Europe as an envoy plenipotentiary of the Emperor's Mandate, and they had a large armed merchant ship in Marseille, and I heard that the firepower was extremely strong.

They passed through the Ottomans when they came, and no one dared to attack them, and I think that when we go back, no one will attack them either, and we can reach the Ming Kingdom after six months of sea travel.

His Majesty Alexander, today sawed off another piece of rotten legs, I heard that this time it has been sawn to the root of the thigh, this may be the last time, but, even so, His Majesty the Pope is still in a deep sleep, there is no sign of awakening, I also heard that His Majesty's crown is feverish.

Now there's just one breath left.

Those who oppose His Majesty Alexander's Crown are already spreading, and it is because His Majesty the Pope has released you and a group of scholars that Christ is dissatisfied and has brought this catastrophe to life.

I've also heard that those people refer to you and your friends as "blasphemers." ”

I hope that you will make up your mind as soon as possible to take us out of Europe and go to the distant Ming Kingdom to study and visit, my teacher is a courtier of the Ming Emperor on the one hand, and a professor at Yushan University of the Ming Kingdom on the other.

He has sent you and the rest of the professors an invitation to go on an exchange visit to the largest university in the Ming Kingdom, and as for the funding, the teacher said you don't have to worry.

In Mingguo, you will be the most honored guest of Mingguo. ”

Monsieur de Descartes looked at his gushing grandson and sighed: "Don't you have any affection for France?" ”

Descartes Jr. said: "I love France, but he has disappointed me again and again, and I would like to be a great man like you, but after seeing what happened to you, I suddenly feel that I cannot devote my precious life to something that has nothing to do with the new discipline."

My teacher told me that there is a kind of insect called mayflies in the Ming Kingdom, which hatches at dawn, flutters their wings when the sun rises, and when the sun sets, they die.

The teacher called this process the twilight of life.

Even with such a short life, they do not allow themselves to spend it in vain, in this short day, they are trying to find a mate to mate, then mate, lay eggs, and finally die.

This is the life of a mayfly, and my life is longer than that of a mayfly, but I don't have an hour of my life to waste.

Since I returned to you, I only slept four hours a day, and the rest of the time I spent studying hard, I wandered in the sea of knowledge, forgetting the hard work, forgetting the tiredness.

The flower of my life is destined to bloom in its most splendid flowers.

I am destined to be remembered by all who will come to life, so that I can be worthy of my precious life.

Grandfather, my teacher said that science has no borders, and that all knowledge will benefit all mankind if it is studied, whether I am in Ming or France, I will benefit all mankind, not just France.

Europe is about to go to war, there is no room for our desks, there is no room for us to do our quiet studies, here we are always regarded as heretics, always persecuted, always not respected as we deserve.

Grandfather, come with me to Mingguo, where we will stay in that university that occupies a mountain, where we no longer care about politics, no longer care about the trivial things of life, where there is countless money to realize our dreams, and there is also the best living environment where we can wander in the ocean of learning for the rest of our lives, until the moment of death. ”

Descartes looked at little Descartes sadly and said, "If you want to be a great soul, then you should not leave your people, you should not leave your people."

The new discipline is mysterious, it is unknown, and although the exploration of the future will give us great pleasure in our bodies, you should not abandon your homeland, for we are imprinted by God at the moment of our birth with the eternal spiritual imprint of France, which we cannot and cannot abandon. ”

Little Descartes frowned and said, "When you say motherland, do you mean the wandering king of France, or the Prince of Condus in Paris?" Grandfather, they themselves can't tell who is a patriot and who is a rebel, how do you ask me to love this country? ”

A slight smile appeared on Mr. Descartes' face, and he stroked little Descartes' head and said, "Do you remember what I told you about the Jeanne d'Arc?" ”

Little Descartes said sadly: "She was a saint, a hero, but she died of a despicable murder. ”

Monsieur Descartes said: "He was betrayed by the Burgundians, and Joan of Arc was given to the English by their Duke Philip, a hero who had merit to France and prevented France from becoming the rule of the English, and was tried and burned at the stake by the French bishop Pierre Cochon, how do you think she felt before she died?" ”

Little Descartes said, "He shouldn't have saved these ungrateful fellows!" ”

"My child," said Monsieur Descartes, "I have seen the handwritten notes of Bishop Pierre Cochon, in which Bishop Pierre Cochon sees only in the eyes of Joan of Arc - the word no regrets. ”

Little Descartes fell silent, and finally he knelt down on one knee in front of his grandfather, put his head on Monsieur Descartes' knee, and said with tears in his eyes: "I still want to go to the Ming Kingdom, I once heard a very beautiful story, and this story is my paradise."

Grandfather, I want to take you to see the paradise of my dreams. ”

Mr. Descartes sighed and said: "I didn't say that I wouldn't go to Mingguo, I'm just worried that your eyes will be blinded, if you want to go, my grandfather will accompany you, and see if the nation that has lasted for thousands of years is really more civilized and more intelligent than the Europeans." ”

"Let's leave Rome and go to Marseille at once!"

Little Descartes cheered, and jumped out like a child to arrange the carriage.

Leaving Mr. Descartes alone in the dimly lit study, let out a heavy sigh once more.

This time, Descartes found a total of sixty-one companions, including their families, which made the tour group extremely large.

Just as the convoy was leaving Rome, the reinstalled bronze bell on St. Peter's Basilica rang out, and thick black smoke rose from the church chimney......

His Majesty the Pope was finally killed by the twenty beak doctors.

I heard that His Majesty the Pope died with bruises all over his body and not a single hair on his body, if it weren't for the fact that people were very sure that these doctors were saving people, then ......

Mr. Descartes sat in the carriage with little Emily in his arms, and wept as he burst into tears, and another of his old friends, who was no longer alive.

He didn't know if he would be able to reach Ming alive, let alone if he would be able to return to France alive.

The accompanying professors, everyone was serious, and in less than a month, they had fallen from heaven to hell, and the Inquisition was ready to try him again.

This made them feel that they had nowhere else to go, but fortunately, Mr. Descartes had taken them to refuge in the distant kingdom of Ming, otherwise they would not know where they would have got.

When the convoy arrived at Marseille, Monsieur Descartes did see a huge armed merchant ship, a second-class battleship if only sixty-eight gun windows.

The orientalist who was meticulous in etiquette stood at the dock waiting for them, and beside him stood a soldier in the pure white uniform of the navy, and before Mr. Descartes could say something polite, Zhang Liang immediately said, "I have been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Mr. Descartes smiled and said, "May God bless me and let me arrive in the kingdom of Ming and see that beautiful country." ”

Zhang Liang smiled: "You must be worth the trip." ”

Captain Lai Dingcheng also saluted Mr. Descartes: "Your Excellency's ability to take this Huashan battleship is the honor of all the officers and men of our ship, and from the moment you board the ship, this meritorious warship will take the protection of your safety as the first priority." ”

After thanking Zhang Liang and the captain, Mr. Descartes coughed and said, "Can you wait another ten days, I still have some friends on the way." ”

Lai Dingcheng smiled: "As you wish, Your Excellency." ”

They sent all the people along the long trestle to the warship, and only Zhang Liang and Descartes remained on the shore.

Little Descartes didn't seem happy.

Zhang Liang smiled: "Are you still missing that Miss Kara?" ”

Little Descartes shook his head and said, "I'm just feeling guilty for deceiving my grandfather, teacher, is the Ming Kingdom really a bright place without hunger, no harm, and no oppression?" ”

Zhang Liang said with a smile: "When I set off to Europe, His Majesty the Emperor was suffering from too much money in the treasury and too low food prices, Xiao Dizi, Europe is not suitable for you, it is too backward here, too ignorant, too barbaric, only in Daming, your wisdom will be thoroughly exerted, in Daming, your future achievements will far surpass me, and in the end it will definitely become an existence that we look up to." ”