Wanli Xinming

Chapter 243
Because of the trip to the bell tower, the hearts of the three missionaries were hit hard.Matteo Ricci fell ill after returning home. He had a high fever and talked nonsense. He was too busy with Xu Guangqi, the representative of the royal family who was in contact with him.

When Matteo Ricci recovers from his illness, the three missionaries are like eggplants beaten by frost.Honestly, according to the teaching tasks Xu Guangqi gave them, they prepared lesson plans.

The opening season of Beijing Normal University was scheduled for July [-]. Fan Li'an and others were busy building the new church and cooperating with the imperial court to set up a mission to Europe.As a member who is not fluent in Chinese, Matteo Ricci took over the task of compiling lesson plans and discussed with Xu Guangqi day and night. The two soon became good friends who could talk about everything.In order to facilitate communication, Xu Guangqi also asked Matteo Ricci a waist badge of the Wenhua Palace.

On the seventh day of the fifth month of the tenth year of Wanli, Princess Leping and Xu Guangqi got married. All the embassies of the Holy See attended the wedding. This was also the first time for the embassy to attend a social banquet in China.After the wedding banquet, many members of the embassy became the guests of dignitaries in the capital, and the missionary cause took a sudden step forward.

On the fifth day of the sixth lunar month, Xu Guangqi released Matteo Ricci for a day off because the Queen Mother summoned her son-in-law and Princess Leping.Matteo Ricci was writing a diary at home after taking a nap, but Xu Guangqi came to the door and said, "I heard that you can play the piano, right?"

Matteo Ricci nodded and said yes, Xu Guangqi let out a long breath and said, "Fortunately, I didn't say anything wrong. Come with me, the emperor is at the place of the Empress Dowager Rensheng, and the Empress Dowager summoned you to play that lute."

Matteo Ricci was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly cleaned his clothes.Xu Guangqi smiled and said, "You don't wear a priest's robe anymore?" Matteo Ricci adjusted his jade-colored tee shirt and said, "Help me to see if I'm wearing this turban right? I told Teacher Fan Li'an that I will always be in the future. Wearing Daming's clothes. They're doing those outfits."

Strange to say, after wearing the Daming robes and seeing the emperor and the queen mother again, the psychological barrier to kowtow is gone.After seeing the ceremony, Matteo Ricci did not dare to look up, because he was already in the Ciqing Palace, and the people in the palace were all women from the harem.

Empress Dowager Rensheng saw Matteo Ricci's yellow beard and blue eyes, and said with a smile: "It's really different from our race and looks weird. Can he speak our words?"

Matteo Ricci's forehead sweated: "I'm pretty good, but I say no." Ren Sheng smiled and said, "You're pretty good! Haha!"

Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "Zixian started learning Latin last year, and now he is fluent in answering, let him be an interpreter." After speaking, he gave Xu Guangqi a thumbs up and said, "You are really a genius, I have already learned two Years, not as good as you."

Xu Guangqi hurriedly bowed and said: "The emperor is in charge of all kinds of opportunities, unlike ministers who have so much free time."

So Matteo Ricci spoke Latin, and Xu Guangqi translated.At this time, in the Ciqing Palace, there are the queen, the king of Luojun, the princess of Leping, and some concubines, all surrounding the empress dowager Rensheng for fun.The Empress Dowager Rensheng instructed: "The qin you presented is ding ding dong dong, and the sound is nice. Can you play it?"

The mission came to Beijing this time, with more than 90 tributes.Among them, there are more than [-] pieces of Western musical instruments, and the rest include the most detailed world map of the Portuguese at this time, enamel-studded crosses, Bibles and other objects.

As for the cross of Nicholas V, it was a holy relic, not among the tributes. Fan Li'an wanted to give it to Zhu Yijun when he was in the audience that day, but later gave it to the King of Luo County.

Among the tribute Western musical instruments, there are the harpsichord and the harpsichord, the predecessors of the violin and the piano.The harpsichord and harpsichord were quite bulky. They were brought from Goa by Fan Lian when he formed the mission. They were refinished, painted, and in good condition.

In the previous life, Zhu Yijun learned piano for several years due to better family conditions. Later, because of the extreme pain of the examination, he lost his temper and did not practice, and only passed the sixth grade.After he had seen the harpsichord and the harpsichord, the shadows of that childhood came over again.

I tried to play, but I was very rusty long ago.Moreover, the harpsichord and harpsichord at this time looked similar to the piano, but played very differently. Zhu Yijun didn't have the time to figure out the reason. After a few tries, he stopped playing.

Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager Rensheng felt that the sound was very pleasant because of the emperor playing a few times.Just because I have to prepare for Leping's marriage, I haven't been able to spare any time.Matteo Ricci was only summoned today.

At this time in Europe, the harpsichord that strikes the steel strings is not the mainstream, and the harpsichord that plucks the strings through the key transmission is the popular musical instrument.Matteo Ricci worked hard when he was a child. After entering the seminary, he also tried to arrange the Gregorian chant into qin music, so he played it very smoothly.

He tried the sound test first, and as expected, after the long-distance transportation, some of the sounds were already inaccurate.Matteo Ricci opened the back cover of the qin, found the tuning tool in the qin, and quickly tuned the qin.

Ren Sheng smiled and said, "This surnamed Li must be playing with this qin a lot, and he is very familiar with it." Zhu Yijun and the others said yes with a smile.

After Ricci adjusted the violin, he calmly played a Mass composed of the fixed tune of the Gregorian chant.

The Mass was solemn and solemn, and everyone in the house felt a sense of it.The Empress Dowager Rensheng sighed: "It's a little bit like our "Zhonghe Shaole"." Xu Guangqi smiled and said: "Empress Dowager, the music played in our palace is all symphony; Matthew's hometown is not there yet."

The Empress Dowager Rensheng sighed: "What you said is, but it is not easy to have these musical instruments in the land of Xiyi." Pointing to the violin, he said to Matteo Ricci: "That violin is very beautiful, do you know it?"

Matteo Ricci echoed back: "Report to Her Majesty the Queen Mother, I will know some, but it is not as good as Mr. Capasa of our mission. I can show my ugliness."

So he played the violin again. Empress Dowager Rensheng was immediately moved by the sound of the violin and sighed: "It's really nice! It's a pity that I can't hear it often." After speaking, she stared at Matteo Ricci, as if to let the missionary Enter the palace in general.

Matteo Ricci listened to Xu Guangqi's translation: "The queen mother seems to regret not being able to hear this wonderful piece of music often." After speaking, Matteo Ricci glanced at Matteo Ricci's lower body.

Matteo Ricci had long known that there were no men in the Chinese palace except the emperor and his younger brother and son, and when he heard this, his crotch was cold.Although the European courts at this time also used eunuchs, they were completely slaves and had no political status.The Holy See kept a bunch of eunuchs, the so-called eunuch choir - Matteo Ricci knew nothing about these things.

In order to dispel the Queen Mother's thoughts, Matteo Ricci said a lot of words eagerly.Xu Guangqi smiled and translated: "Empress Dowager, Mr. Li said that he can train violinists on his behalf. They have skilled hands in the mission and can teach people in the court these instruments."

Zhu Yijun heard a move in his heart, took the words and said: "Okay! I allocated a sum of money to set up a court orchestra. You can try to play Western musical instruments with our musical instruments, and create some elegant music and great music, and save the palace elders. It's those old tunes. Besides, the Jiaofang Division should also be abolished, and the musicians are getting old if they haven't joined for many years."

Empress Dowager Chen liked music, the emperor allocated funds to build an orchestra, and all the concubines and concubines in the hall praised the emperor for pure filial piety.While the whole room was enjoying themselves, Wei Chao, the most trusted eunuch by the emperor's side, suddenly saw Chen Ju beckoning to him from outside the palace, and hunched out of the palace door.

After a while, he came in and whispered beside the emperor, "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang passed out in the political affairs hall."

When Zhu Yijun heard it, he was taken aback and said, "Does it matter?" Wei Chao shook his head to show he didn't know, and then said, "It was said by Chen Ju, the minister of inner court walking, who asked to see him outside the hall."

Zhu Yijun remembered Zhang Juzheng, and said to Empress Rensheng: "Mother, there is something in the previous dynasty, son will deal with it first." Empress Dowager Rensheng hurriedly said: "The emperor is just busy." Zhu Yijun took Wei Chao out of the house quickly.

When I went out, I met Chen Ju and said, "Why don't you meet me directly?" Chen Ju said, "I am afraid that there will be a large audience, and rumors will inevitably spread, so as not to prevent the emperor from instructing them. The prime minister has already woken up, but the leader is so dense that it is difficult to manage, and he has just returned home. rest."

Zhu Yijun let out a long breath, relaxed, and said, "Let's talk about it at the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

After arriving at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhu Yijun asked, "What happened to Liu Tai? I remember the day Dali Temple sentenced him to exile in Guangxi, did he die of illness?"

Chen Ju said in a low voice: "The news that came back is like this. Liu Tai attacked him in five thousand words because the emperor wanted to use Zhang Juzheng as the prime minister. Later, the emperor ordered the prisoners to set up a flag and reform the law, and the court did not follow suit. Let’s talk about it again. Later, Liaodong Governor Zhang Xueyan attacked Liutai during his inspection of Liaodong, embezzled and bent the law for personal gain. Does the emperor remember these things?”

Zhu Yijun patted his leg and said with a wry smile, "I remember this. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to forget what happened at that time."

Chen Ju then played: "The imperial court sent the imperial censor Yu Yingchang to re-examine and confirmed Liu Tai's crime. Because of the beginning of the reform, the emperor ordered Liu Tai to be exiled to Guangxi in order to appease the prime minister and ministers."

Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Go on."

Chen Ju said: "On the first day of April this year, Liu Tai died suddenly. Today, the so-called "Liu Tai's posthumous form" suddenly appeared in the capital. At that time, Zhang Juzheng instructed Yu Yingchang to frame him, and reported Zhang Xueyan and other A Fu Zhang Juzheng, and formed a party with them and had no intention of being a minister."

"The news reached the Political Office that Zhang Juzheng was dizzy and collapsed."

(End of this chapter)