I am the king of the dead

Ma Huan, the third, fourth, and seventh trips of Zheng He's fleet, was also the translator.

Fei Xin, the General Instructor of the Ming Dynasty Ocean Fleet, is mainly responsible for translating and recording humanities.

Gong Zhen is the head of the general system and Zheng He's own secretary.

"Are these five people still there?" Zhu Qiyu looked at the five books in his hands, all of which were manuscripts. Obviously, they were all orphan books that had not been widely published.

It took Hu a lot of effort to make these books.

Moreover, some of the words and sentences above have been modified, obviously after Hu Wei's research.

Hu Min said regretfully: "Only Ma Huan is still alive, and the rest are old and have passed away."

"I have an old relationship with Chen Liangshao and Kuang Yu, two doctors, so after they passed away, I got their books."

"Ma Huan's book was written in the second year of Jingtai. He came to the capital to look for it to be printed, but he couldn't find it, so I temporarily accepted it."

Obviously, these five books were not included in the Ancient and Modern Tongji Library, because most of these books were written between the Xuande period and the Zhengtong period.

Under the general trend of promoting literature and military affairs and suppressing maritime trade, this kind of book is obviously a prohibited book and cannot be published.

In the ninth year of Zhengtong, Zhu Qizhen once asked Fuzhou Tong Zhi Guo Yan to lead the Eight Houses and build 120 sea-going ships. Zhu Qizhen himself wanted to go south to the West, after all, domestic funds were increasingly scarce.

It goes without saying who didn't want these books to come out, and they all gathered in Hu's hands in the end.

"Is Ma Huan still in the capital?" Zhu Qiyu nodded and asked.

Hu Wei hurriedly said: "Here, I will cooperate with the head of the Imperial Academy and the Governor of the Great Qin State Nicolaus to translate the Great Qin State's documents."

"They are all good books." Zhu Qiyu patted the five books, and said to Xing'an: "Xing'an, take these five books to make plates, print them all, and send them to the bureaus of various cities for study."

"The minister leads the decree." Xing'an took the five books and flipped through them.

After discussing a few words with Hu Wei, the kerning of the engraving and the examination of the school, he learned that Hu Ying had already passed all of them for the school examination, so Xing'an was solemnly handed over to Xiao Huangmen who was waiting in the imperial study room, and he gave many instructions. .

It must be sent to the Imperial Study Room of Tai'an Palace, one copy to the Ancient and Modern Tongji Library, dozens of copies to the six official offices, and a hundred copies each to Mizhou, Ningbo, Yuegang, and Guangzhou.

Then print another [-] copies and sell them in major bookstores.

Hu Wei said very solemnly: "Your Majesty, let's build a ship, Fu Chuan, the three-masted ship is too small."

"Even if it's for Daming's family to have a bright light."

This is not within the scope of Hu Wei's authority. He is only a minister of the Ministry of Rites, but every household has a bright light. Isn't it the law of etiquette?

Hu Wei didn't know, he saw the expectant eyes at Dengshikou, even in the most benevolent place in the capital, when he walked through the streets and alleys with that bright lamp, the surprise, envy and longing in the eyes of the people, It was the motive of Hu Yan to say these words.

In the dark night where you can't see your fingers, except for the stars and the bright moon, only lamps can cut through the darkness of the eternal night.

What the people want is the end of the state.

Isn't the pursuit of the people the direction that the country should move forward?

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Hu Shangshu, once your words get out, I'm afraid you will be impeached."

Hu Wei said indifferently: "A subject has no virtue."

After admitting that he has no virtue, Hu Wei discovered that no virtue equals invincibility!

It is useless to impeach him with virtue, as one in the court counts as one, and he cannot be criticized against him.

The Feng Xianyan officer can only be wronged.

The Royal Study Room of Tai'an Palace is full of joyful atmosphere.

"Li Binyan is supervising the shipbuilding. Now it's mainly warships. We'll wait for the Fuchuan. At least we'll have to wait until there are more warships, so that the sailors can start training."

"At least our filial son of the Ming Dynasty, the Ryukyu Kingdom, will no longer be bullied by pirates and pirates, so the matter of the lucky boat can be done."

"Not urgent."

The stride is too big, and it is easy to pull the crotch.

How many people were in the shadows, gnashing their teeth, waiting for Zhu Qiyu to take bigger steps, so as to show his flaws.

The government-run shipyard of the Ming Dynasty is being restored. The warships must be built first. After the military victory, there will be a political victory. After the political victory, there will be an economic victory.

Xing'an sent Hu Mei away, and whispered to Hu Mei a few more times.

Xing'an said in a low voice: "Our Majesty doesn't have any favorite things. In the past, we were good at arty, reciting poems and composing poems. Now that the state affairs are heavy, we don't have that leisure time."

"Now Your Majesty also likes books, and there are some obscene gadgets. If Hu Shangshu still has such books, he must not hide them."

Hu Wei thought that Xing'an was going to say something, but it turned out to be this matter. He nodded and said, "I still have some lonely copies. When the exam is over, I will send them to His Majesty. I will wait for the court meeting. I still have a few books. Several books have been translated.”

"They're all math books."

Xing'an's eyes brightened: "You are good at arithmetic, Your Majesty likes it very much."

Hu Wei bid farewell to Xing'an, carried his own lamp, hummed a little song, and headed for the mansion.

Even if the subterranean oil fields in Java were controlled by Daming, it would be enough for every household in Daming to afford lamp oil.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the Kanyu map, which is very deformed, especially when it involves overseas, it is even more distorted.

For example, North Korea, Japan, and Luzon are too big.

The territory of the Java State, in the south of Borneo, lies a very narrow Java Sea.

It is the Majapahit who swallowed the Xuanweisi of the old port of the Ming Dynasty, controlled the Strait of Malacca, and controlled the important routes of Ming Dynasty's access to the West.

Ran Siniang entered Tai'an Palace on the seventh day of the first lunar month. Empress Wang, the third wife, Tang Guifei, Hangxian Concubine, and Li Guiren all expressed their welcome, which made Chen Wanniang look even more lonely.

Because Chen Wanniang was not welcomed by Tai'an Palace, the main reason was that she was born in the world of fireworks, and she hadn't seen her pregnancy for a long time.

His Majesty still dotes on her very much, but she has not been pregnant for a long time, and Li Guiren has already complained a little.

Ran Siniang is from a decent family. Although she is from the Ran family of Bozhou Tusi, the Ran family is Han Chinese, and has been since Tang Dynasty.

Ran Siniang and Chen Wanniang had a good relationship, which finally made the peaceful harem a little turbulent.

On Yihai day of the first lunar month, Tianming Festival will come again.

Outside Desheng Gate, Zhu Qiyu started the Tianming Festival parade and martial arts performance of the Ming Dynasty.

The martial arts performance this time is different from the previous ones. The theme this time is still to show the strong army of the Ming Dynasty, but the focus is not on confrontation and display, but mainly on martial arts performance.

Propagating the training results of the Ming army, one square formation per thousand people, displaying the Ming's long and short soldiers, bows, firecrackers, chariots, and cavalry skills, mainly to demonstrate the training results.

After Zhu Qiyu finished reading the big reading, he went to Fengtian Hall.

Today I will receive envoys from various countries.

The first envoy Zhu Qiyu wanted to meet was naturally the Governor Nicolaus from Rome.

Accompanying Nikolaoz to the hall were Wu Jing, head of the Imperial Academy, and Ma Huan, general translator.

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"Ya Guan Ji" by Chen Liangshao and "Hua Yi Sheng Lan" by Kuang Yu have been scattered, and the other three books are still available.

Chapter 464 Gifts from Roman and Ottoman Messengers

"Respected His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, I was ordered by my king from Constantinople to travel to Daming. I can do such a difficult thing because I fully believe in Your Majesty's generosity and kindness."

"My lord and I both believe that after going through certain dangers, we will surely receive His Majesty's lenient reception."

The Roman envoy Nicolaus wore a black checkered, pure white robe, and a half-foot-wide silk was draped over his shoulders, with a red "+" symbol embroidered on it. The half-foot-wide silk, from behind Around the front chest, there is also a red "+" on it, and it is finally worn on the left forearm.

He holds a stack of books in his right hand.

Nikolaoz's salute is their etiquette, a very standard Roman Rite (Byzantine Rite) in the first mode, Sunday morning prayer, with hands flat on the chest, knees bent and kneeling on the ground, leaning forward and bowing the head Show respect.

Afterwards, Nikolaoz let go of the silk brooch in his hand, put the book on the silk, and bowed three times and kowtowed five times.

"Meet Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live." Nikolaoz read out this text in very non-standard Chinese.

Hu Wei, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and Yang Shan, Minister of Honglu Temple, glanced at each other, and looked at His Majesty on the throne, which was the result of repeated communication.

Zhu Qiyu was sitting on the throne. Obviously, the first etiquette of Nikolaoz was his persistence, and the second ritual was a compromise with reality.

He looked at the twelve chapter emperor's suit on his body and the twelve-point crown on his head, thinking about a question.

The civilizations of Rome and the Central Plains Dynasty have a long history. Why are they so strict in their pursuit of clothing and etiquette?

The answer to this question may be the etiquette that Hu Wei has always insisted on.

"Pingshen." Zhu Qiyu didn't intend to embarrass Nikolaoz, and said with a smile: "Your envoy has traveled a long distance, and the journey has been hard."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Nikolaoz also heaved a sigh of relief. According to Elena's first impression, Daming was domineering. They built a city outside the territory without any discussion with King Hami at all.

Nikolaoz insisted on his courtesy, suspected of offense.

The demise of the Roman Empire has entered the final countdown. Although with the impact of the Ming Expeditionary Force on the Ottoman Kingdom, the Roman Empire is still lingering, but it will not last long.

Although sailing on dry land has not happened yet, it is only on hold.

"The great, powerful and invincible Emperor Ming, I have a gift from Rome. Although it looks extremely shabby, it is the only thing we can get." Nicholas handed the book in his hand to Tong As for Ma Huan, his Chinese is not good, and most of the translations are done by Ma Huan.

Nikolaoz didn't have much wealth, and he and Ma Huan translated a lot of books.

Several books passed from Ma Huan to Xing'an, and Xing'an handed it to His Majesty.

Zhu Qiyu opened it, and the first volume was "Elements of Geometry", which was written by Euclid in sixteen volumes. Due to limited time for translation, only the first six volumes were available.

It talks about the basics of geometry, geometry and algebra, circles and angles, circles and regular polygons, proportions, and similarities.

The first sentence on the cover reads: "In geometry there is no highway for kings."

Zhu Qiyu closed the book, handed it to Xing'an, and took a look at Xing'an.

Xing'an immediately understood that the meaning of this look was the seal, opening the seal!

The author of the second book is Archimedes, the great mathematician who was killed by Roman soldiers.

Archimedes was the most famous scholar in the ancient city-state of Syrah. The Roman army attacked Marcellas, the commander of the ancient city-state of Syrah, and killed the Roman soldier to avenge Archimedes, and held a ceremony for Archimedes. Great funeral.

Archimedes' writings were preserved and disseminated by Rome.

In Roman culture, citizens of Rome are extremely noble, and soldiers are even more so. Being able to kill Roman soldiers for revenge shows that Rome attaches great importance to Archimedes.

Rome killed Archimedes' life, but left all of Archimedes' achievements.

The first sentence of this "Archimedes Principle Examination Notes" is: "This is an endless road."

The main contents are spheres and cylinders, the measurement of circles, quadrature of parabolas, on spirals, on floating bodies, on levers, etc.

Some of the Ming Dynasty also had similar expositions, while others did not.

Zhu Qiyu picked up the book on the spiral, and was stunned for a long time. Isn't this the spiral with the hairspring he was looking for? !

He looked through it for a long time, and said with a smile: "The Ming Dynasty is rich and powerful, with boundless land, hardworking people, and countless rare treasures, but in the East, these are the last things, only knowledge, which is the most precious wealth."

"Thank you for your envoy who traveled thousands of miles to Daming to present such a wonderful book."

Adding geometry to arithmetic is what Zhu Qiyu most hopes to see, and there is even a part of physics.

"Look at the reward." Zhu Qiyu nodded to Xing'an, with a very clear meaning, opened the seal, and Zhu Qiyu planned to give [-] silver coins as a reward.

Ten thousand silver coins is really too cheap.

The "Original Geometry" was translated by Xu Guangqi at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The first six volumes were completed in the 34th year of Wanli and published on a large scale.

But with the death of Matteo Ricci, the missionary Long Huamin (Italian nobleman) was in charge of all affairs of the missionary church.

This missionary named Long Huamin forbids any missionaries of the Missionary Society from imparting any Western technology to China.

Xu Guangqi was unable to complete the translation of the last nine volumes alone under the rule of only preaching and not disseminating any knowledge.

Xu Guangqi judged that the original geometry must be learned by everyone after a hundred years of stealing.

The content in "Elements of Geometry" is almost the content about geometry in textbooks for elementary and middle school students in the future.

It was not until the sixth year of Xianfeng, that is, in 1856, 16 years after the first Opium War, that Li Shanlan completed the translation of the last nine volumes of the original geometry.

Ten thousand silver coins?

Really cheap.

"I cannot accept His Majesty's reward." Nicholas shook his head and said, "A student of Euclid once asked, what will you get from learning geometry?"

"Euclideus said: Give him three coins, because he wants to benefit from his studies."

"Like the ancient oriental civilizations, we in Rome also believe that knowledge has no price and is precious."

Nikolaoz's complexion finally became painful, and he continued to speak: "The reason why barbarians are barbarians is because they don't know the value of knowledge. After the fall of the Roman Empire, these books will be drowned in the long river of history." There is no possibility of leaving the darkness and seeing the sky and the sun again."