The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

God inspired?

The archbishop was silent.

"That's right." The archbishop's eyes lit up, and with a smile, he took out a book from a hidden compartment behind the church and handed it to Elizabeth: "Your Majesty, I, a servant of God, do not have enough instructions for you. Appropriate enlightenment and guidance. But the missionaries we sent to Daming brought me a very interesting book."

"Book?" Elizabeth glanced at the book handed over by the archbishop.

This book is a bit outdated, and the decoration is completely different from Western European books, and the text is also in oriental square characters.

"Oriental printing? Chinese characters?" Elizabeth asked in surprise, "Is this a book from Ming Dynasty?"

"This is a book written by the Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty, Yan Song, called [Sea Power Theory]." The Archbishop of Westminster picked up a glass of red wine and said calmly, "This book became popular in Ming Dynasty."

"Yan Song?" Elizabeth frowned, trying to recall the name: "I remember some impressions, did he implement a [religious criminals for gold] policy?"

"Your Majesty has a good memory!" The archbishop smiled slightly, raised his red wine glass and said, "It was Yan Song, the Prime Minister who exchanged a lot of money for the religious prisoners arrested by the Holy See's Inquisition. As far as I know, the first batch of religious prisoners, including French The mathematician Descartes, as well as the Italian Michelangelo, have been sent to Daming, bringing tens of thousands of gold louis to the Holy See."

"Michelangelo is my favorite architect. [David Kofi Bell] is a monumental sculpture." Elizabeth sighed: "After hearing that the Inquisition arrested him, I even wanted to redeem him It's a pity that the Holy See doesn't allow it, I didn't expect him to be sent to Daming. It's a pity, it's a pity."

She glanced at the [On Sea Power] casually, but she didn't take it seriously.

In Elizabeth's impression, although Ming was powerful and wealthy, it had always been immersed in land hegemony and fought endlessly with the Mongols. It seemed that it had made no achievements in sea power. On the contrary, it was heard that there was a sea ban.

But even with this casual glance, Elizabeth's eyes could no longer struggle out of this book [Theory of Sea Power].

As a queen of noble blood, Elizabeth has systematically accepted all kinds of knowledge and learned the languages ​​of various countries under the arrangement of her father Henry VIII since she was a child.Daming's Chinese characters are also among them, and she can read and write more than 3000 Chinese characters.

Elizabeth was surprised to find that she was firmly attracted by this "Theory of Sea Power", and she went deep into it, unable to extricate herself.

"The security of a country, especially an island country, depends entirely on the country's navy."

"The power of a country's navy is not just the navy itself, but also the sum of the country's sea power. Civilian ships, as long as they can play a role in war, must also be included in the country's naval power!"

"To defeat the strong with the weak and defeat the powerful enemy's navy, it is necessary to make comprehensive use of various factors and forces, including the navy, the navy of civilian ships, the navy of neutral countries, pirates, and even the unique sea terrain."

"So that's how it is!" Elizabeth was overjoyed, holding the archbishop's hand, jumping up and down.

At this time, where does she still have the slightest aloofness of the Queen of England?

It was clearly a little girl who had just been enlightened and who was so enlightened, who was cheering happily.

The archbishop was so shaken that he was about to fall apart, and he laughed awkwardly: "Queen, queen, please pay attention to your demeanor. Cough cough!"

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Elizabeth's eyes were shining, and she hugged Yan Song's "Theory of Sea Power" tightly, and shouted excitedly: "Archbishop, can I take this book? This book is so well written. No one in our country's admirals can In terms of knowledge, compared with Yan Song, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, he is simply a prophet and a wise man. His theory of defeating the strong with the weak is almost tailor-made for our England! I want to ask him for advice! I You must get his advice!"

"Your Majesty, of course you can take this book." The archbishop hesitated: "In addition, I know that he has written two other books on sea power, further discussing the importance of sea power and the methods of controlling sea power. Of course , I think the best way is to be able to communicate with him face to face and ask for advice on how to defeat the Spanish Armada."

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Elizabeth nodded suddenly: "Yeah!"

At this time, the high-minded Queen of England was full of curiosity and thirst for knowledge about Yan Song, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

She never dreamed that since she met her cousin Philip II, she had never had the slightest affection for men, and she believed that men were parasites and garbage, and she would actually be attracted to a Ming Dynasty who was thousands of miles away. Man, that happens with such interest.

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More than ten years later, Shakespeare, a great contemporary writer, described this story as the beginning of a romance in his immortal opera masterpiece "The Queen and the Chief Assistant".

"When Queen Elizabeth, who was shrouded in the shadow of Philip II's Armada, read the "On Sea Power" written by Yan Song, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, the heart of the girl queen was like a volcanic eruption, igniting endless The fire of passionate pursuit of knowledge. This is also the first unilateral encounter between the Queen of England and the chief assistant of Ming Dynasty, a man and woman who have been in love and killed for half a century. After a drunken Queen, she told me very firmly that this is Her first love. Her first love for Yan Song, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty. She told me that even when the war between Britain and Ming Dynasty reached a fever pitch in the future, every time Yan Song was mentioned, the queen's heart would still fluctuate violently."

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Chapter 574 Shakespeare lying on the gun [3]

In the next two days, Elizabeth stayed at home, locked herself in the Tower of London, and finished Yan Song's theory of sea power in one breath.

She didn't know some words, so she hired a court translator, and she read while translating.

The more she understood the true meaning of [Sea Power Theory], the more Elizabeth fell in admiration for Yan Song.

"This is a book that crosses the ages!"

Elizabeth sat on the height of the Tower of London, resting her beautiful little feet on the tower window.Fortunately, no one saw Buckingham Palace. If the British subjects knew that their queen was so image-like, all kinds of reverence for the queen would collapse in their hearts.

Elizabeth didn't care about her image at this time, she became more and more obsessed with Yan Song's book, and even didn't think about food or drink.

"Seventy-two seven" does not mean that Elizabeth is a little woman.

She is not.

Since her sister Mary I of the previous generation imprisoned her in the Tower of London for several years to prevent her from usurping the throne, Elizabeth has understood her own path in life.

She is destined to be the queen who controls everything, or a poor little mermaid.

She has long since lost the naive fantasies of a girl towards the opposite sex, only the endless desire for power.

But this is not to say that Elizabeth does not know how to appreciate.

What she admires most is a wise man who stands at the same height as her and thinks about the whole world.

A wise man with a broad strategic vision and unique strategic thinking who can penetrate the complicated and confusing world situation and gain insight into the next 500 years!

For example, the author of this [On Sea Power].

Although she has never met Yan Song, it does not prevent Elizabeth from reading Yan Song's heart through this book and these words.

Elizabeth is not Jiajing. As the king of an island country, as a monarch who has seen Spain colonize the New World, as a queen who is determined to push the glory of Britain to the seven seas, she found the resonance of her soul in [Sea Power Theory], and found the way forward for the UK.