The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

To put it simply, if Shakespeare was escorted by the British Navy, the chances of Shakespeare reaching Daming alive and seeing Yan Song were even lower than the chances of throwing him into the English Channel and swimming to France alive.

The two were worried.

But the Archbishop of Westminster pushed the door open and came in at this time, he still had that cynical smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, I just heard your conversation from behind." The Archbishop smiled and said, "I have to say, your worries are really unnecessary."

"Ah?" Elizabeth and Shakespeare dissatisfied at the same time: "Does the archbishop have any better solutions?"

The archbishop took a sip of the red wine in his hand, and said with a chuckle: "I would like to ask Your Majesty the Queen, and Shakespeare, who is extremely smart, how did the books you read now come to Europe from Daming? Our European missionaries are How did you get to Daming and meet Yan Song?"

"They were all trafficked to Daming by the Holy See's Inquisition as religious criminals!" Elizabeth said impatiently, "What do you want to say, Archbishop? You want me to ask Paul IV to convince him of my perverted expression." Philip II, will you send Shakespeare there?"

"There is no doubt that the Pope and the King of Spain will definitely refuse." The archbishop said slowly.

"Then your idea won't work at all!" Elizabeth said angrily.

"Don't be impatient, Queen." The Archbishop smiled and said, "I mean, since religious prisoners can be transported to Daming and see Yan Song, why can't we let our messengers do the same?"

"What do you mean?" Elizabeth opened her beautiful eyes and pointed at Shakespeare: "Shakespeare?"

Shakespeare also understood: "Archbishop, don't you?"

"Yes!" the archbishop said slowly: "We just need to let 657 Shakespeare write a poem that is cynical and attacks the Holy See. It is best to scold Paul IV a few more words, and we will succeed in getting the Inquisitors to notice Shakespeare. Then Well, as long as I order a certain fanatical Catholic below to kidnap Shakespeare from England and send him to the Holy See, Shakespeare will definitely be sold to Daming by the Holy See within half a year. In this way, won’t he be able to reach Daming safely? , and will definitely see Yan Song?"

Shakespeare was dumbfounded.

I go!

And this kind of operation?

Elizabeth's beautiful eyes lit up, and her sea blue eyes stared at Shakespeare with a smile on her face.

Shakespeare looked dazed with a black face.

Elegant ~ cockroach ~ butterfly ~ ~

At this point, historians of later generations have differences.

One party insisted that Shakespeare was sold to Daming out of loyalty to the country and fanaticism for the queen, and actively cooperated with the archbishop.

The other party retorted that Shakespeare didn't want to be sold to Ming Dynasty at all, and he was tricked into selling Daming by the Queen and the Archbishop.

Shakespeare: Don't be naughty, are you? I didn't know until later that I was cheated.

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Chapter 576 The darkest day in the history of Western literature [5]

Time, half a month passed in a flash.

Shakespeare published a poem [Song of Satan], which showed a strong Protestant tendency, strongly attacked the Holy See and the Pope, saying that Paul IV was not the spokesperson of God, but the servant of Satan in hell, collecting money, destroying science, Suppressing human nature and calling for the Renaissance movement.

This [Satan Song] blew the horn of the Western Renaissance, but it also succeeded in making Pope Paul IV furious and ordered the Inquisition to get this Shakespeare by any means!

"This bastard! He must be sent to the stake! No! I want him to die, and send him to Daming!"

The angry roar of Pope Paul IV echoed in the Pope's Palace.

I don’t know if the Pope’s resentment came true. In short, Shakespeare, who had blasphemed the Holy See and the Pope, was quickly hijacked by a fanatical Catholic on his way to work at the King’s Theatre, and sent on a road bound for Spain. vessel.

Shakespeare didn't seem to dare to resist this religious fanatic, so he could only let him hijack him.

His kidnapping caused a great shock in Britain. Elizabeth wrote a letter to King Philip II of Spain in a rage, strongly protesting that Philip II connived at the hijacking of a great British writer by a Catholic madman.Elizabeth threatened that if Spain did not send Shakespeare back to England quickly, it would cause an inevitable rift in the relationship between the two parties.

This letter, on the contrary, made Philip II have a strong interest in Shakespeare.

After the ship arrived in Spain, the Spanish Inquisition quickly appeared and took away Shakespeare and the fanatic.

Afterwards, the fanatic was rewarded with a thousand gold louis by Philip II and generously gave him a small piece of land.

Subsequently, in accordance with the strong request of Pope Paul IV, Shakespeare was sent to Rome by Philip II.

The Pope himself presided over Shakespeare's trial.All 12 cardinals of the Holy See participated.

Shakespeare was still trembling at the beginning, for fear that he would be sent to the stake instead of the ship bound for Daming.But he soon found himself thinking too much.

In the eyes of the Holy See, sending him to Daming seems to be a punishment ten thousand times crueler than being burned on the stake.After all, it only takes a moment to get the liberation of the soul on the stake, but the exile of Daming will be painful for life.

This greatly suits Shakespeare's mind.

During the trial, the pope asked him many times: "Do you realize your crime? If you plead guilty, I can sentence you to be burned at the stake instead of being exiled to Daming, a land of heresy."

Shakespeare resolutely said: "No! I will never plead guilty! I don't think what I said is wrong. I would rather be exiled to Daming!"

He secretly sweated in his heart.

Thanks to the pope for giving me a choice, I can still go to Daming, the fool let you burn to death.

The Pope was unwilling to reconcile: "You should go to the stake. After being burned, the soul will be purified, and there is still a chance to go to heaven. If you are exiled to Daming, which is not a land of God, even if you die, you can only go to hell. This seat is for Hello."

Shakespeare said thank you not for my own good, and still stubbornly insisted on being exiled to Daming.

The pope saw that the rotten wood could not be carved, so he had to sigh: "As your pope, I have to choose to give up your soul. A soul that belongs to God fell into the hands of pagans. Alas."

He made a verdict that Shakespeare would be sentenced to exile from Daming.

In private, the Pope said to the Inquisitor who was responsible for escorting Shakespeare: "This Shakespeare is very famous in England. After it is sold to Ming Dynasty, the purchase price cannot be low. At least this amount!"

He stretched out a slap.