"Welcome, Monsieur Kirbert, Miss Mancini. The journey from France to China is quite long...... Especially for a young and beautiful lady, what is the reason for her to come from far and wide? ”

It was the Prince of Condé who spoke, and he was also the victorious prince of the Ming Dynasty, so he was now wearing a silk python robe with a red background, and looked at Jean-Baptiste, the envoy of the French king, who came from afar, with a puzzled look on his face in the Western-style palace of Yingtian Lao Mountain. Colbert and Mary. Mancini.

Jean Baptiste. Colbert was originally Cardinal Mazarin's personal financial assistant, and was given the position of a special envoy, and it was normal for him to travel across the ocean to China. What is Mancini doing in China when he doesn't stay in France?

Hearing the prince's question, Kirbel, who was depressed because of the fatigue of the journey and seasickness, only smiled slightly: "Because His Royal Highness the Cardinal believes that the Ming Emperor is an Eastern monarch with mysterious powers and profound knowledge...... For the benefit of France, someone needed to be close enough to him for a deep and detailed observation. ”

After Colbert finished speaking, he glanced at Mary. Mancini at a glance. The little Yanma was very well adapted to the seafaring life, and even during storms in the Atlantic, she did not get seasick. But when she left France, she cried like a tearful person, and it was heartbreaking to watch!

The prince frowned and looked at Mary carefully. Mancini finally nodded after a while: "I think the cardinal's idea has some truth...... His Majesty the Emperor does possess some knowledge beyond imagination! This has already been mentioned more than once in my report to Paris. ”

Although Zhu Cihong did not have the ability to open a golden finger, his mathematics in his previous life was still quite good, and some of the knowledge he mastered was still relatively advanced in the seventeenth century. And he also remembered some of the easier ways to implement the improvement of weapons and equipment. For example, sleeve bayonets, Miner, wooden butts, woodpipe fuses, pointed bullets, howitzers, wooden-handled grenades, fixed ammunition...... Oh, and sandbags!

Although the golden finger is not big, it is enough to shock and ecstasy the Prince of Contony, who is close to Zhu Cihong!

It is surprising that this Chinese emperor has such a genius mind, and in such a short period of time, he has invented so many weapons and equipment that do not seem to be profound, but are enough to change the shape of war.

Glad is France, no, but he himself will be the second largest beneficiary of these creations and inventions! Although he was not the inventor of these weapons, the people who invented them knew better how to use them in order to get the most out of them.

As long as he could return to France after King Louis XIV came to power, there would be no general on the continent who could resist the French army under his command!

The rise of France will be realized in the hands of him and King Louis XIV!

"In addition to the report submitted by His Highness, His Highness the Cardinal also received reports from his good friend, the new Pope Alexander VII, last year from Father John Tong and other Jesuit priests who taught in the Daming Taixue and Beijing Studies. All the reports indicate that the current Ming Emperor possessed some extraordinary knowledge...... And this knowledge should not and cannot come from the traditional Chinese imperial education he received!

Therefore, His Majesty the Pope hopes to know more about the Ming Emperor in order to answer some of the doubts in his heart! ”

The mystery in the Pope's mind is related to the "birdman"!

During his stay in Rome, John Tong wrote a report on the possibility that Zhu Cihong had seen angels and had received some kind of revelation and some knowledge from them, and submitted them to Pope Innocent X at that time. Innocent X ignored John Tong's report.

What else can you do if you don't ignore it? If it is admitted that the Ming Emperor has seen angels, then the "Heavenly Principles" of the Chinese and the "God" of Christianity can be equated!

This will create a crisis of faith in Christianity!

Of course, the Pope can't treat the Ming Emperor as a heretic, because people are not Christians in the first place, and the most important thing is that Zhu Cihong is still the most powerful monarch in the world today, there is no one!

But Pope Alexander VII, who took office just last year, is a fairly enlightened pope, and in his view, "discovering God" is also the love of the Lord - if the Lord is not willing to be discovered by the Chinese, how can they discover the Almighty Lord?

Therefore, Christianity should not be hostile to those who discover the Lord...... Therefore, Alexander VII hoped to establish a good relationship between Catholicism and the Ming Dynasty during his tenure.

At the same time, as the representative of the Lord in the world, Alexander VII very much wanted to find out the truth of the "Birdman Incident" - he served the Lord so devoutly, he became the Pope, and he had never seen an angel with wings, why did Zhu Cihong see it?

"In other words, Mademoiselle Mancini is still on the sacred mission given by the Pope?" The Prince of Condé looked at this little stunner from Italy and thought: to be a royal mistress should be sacred...... This kind of absurdity can only be done by Italians!

Mary. Mancini smiled slightly, "I don't know what the sacred mission is, but I do want to get close to the most powerful and wealthy monarch in the world...... Just like those beautiful women who surround the kings of European countries!

Your Royal Highness, do you think this goal of mine can be achieved? ”

"Hahaha! You're pretty straightforward, not like an Italian. Prince Condé laughed, "Okay, I will arrange a European-style villa for you to live in near the old mountain palace until the Ming Emperor summons you."

The prefect of Shanghai, who escorted you to Laoshan, must have already recommended you to the emperor...... I think your goal must be achievable!

Mr. Kirbel, tell me about your goal, what do you want from the Ming Emperor? ”

"Your Royal Highness," said Monsieur Kirbert's expression, solemnly, "I want to win a chance for France to rise!" ”

Prince Condé smiled: "I suppose our English friend Cromwell must have the same idea, right?" He also sent a fairly large mission, what was his purpose? ”

When Corbel heard Prince Condé's question, he just smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said, "Your Royal Highness, I don't know how to answer your question...... Because Cromwell has become more and more crazy in the past two years, he may well have gone crazy! ”

"Crazy?" Prince Condé was stunned, "You say Cromwell is crazy?" What did he do? Do you want to be the king of England? ”

"He should want to be, but that's not crazy." "Cromwell issued an order last year to establish local military regimes throughout England, dividing the country into eleven military districts, each of which was administered by his henchmen. He also ordered the introduction of Puritan rules, including the execution of adulterers, the abolition of theatrical performances and games, the closure of taverns and brothels, the prohibition of swearing, and the prohibition of religious ceremonies...... Now all of Europe knew that the most powerful man in England had gone completely insane, and that he had an equally crazy group of Puritan officers around him! ”

"O God! What does he want to do? The Prince of Condé was taken aback, "Could it be that the English rebelled for such a life?" ”

"I can't answer that question," said Colbert, "but one thing is for sure, these English Puritans must have been ambitious, and perhaps wanted to tear apart the entire Spanish world empire......"

"Tearing apart the entire Spanish world empire...... It's crazy, but it's not impossible! Because the Eastern Fleet of the Spaniards had just attacked the anchorage of the Ming Navy," Condé pondered, "and it had triggered a naval revolution!"

Now the question is, just what does Britain want? What do we get? What does Da Ming want to get? ”