Wanli Xinming

Chapter 260 Special Envoy
Xu Guangqi asked someone to translate the letters, and the text was half white. He tried hard to show that although "Xiyi" has words, it is rare to feel that it is strong and elegant, and it can't be seen in the hall of elegance.After all, for the interpreters of the Siyi Pavilion, it is even more uncomfortable to write this kind of half-text and half-white text.

After reading the letter, Zhu Yijun felt a touch of excitement over the connection - after all, Isa I was the true founder of the empire on which the sun never sets, and one of the kings who had the greatest influence on the world in Western history.

So the emperor asked the Ministry of Rites the next day, where is John Newberley mentioned in the letter?The Ministry of Rites knows that this question is inevitable, and is busy in the future.

It turned out that after Luo Mingjian was allowed to preach in China from Luo Wanhua in the ninth year of Wanli, the news spread quickly to Rome as if it had grown wings.When Fan Lian returned to Goa from Japan to set up a mission, all European countries knew that Seris, the country that European navigators had been looking for after Marco Polo, finally established contact with the Holy See, and the two sides were about to start official business. contacts.

Following this news to Europe, there was also the Ming government's different attitudes towards Spain and Portugal as described by the governor of Burma. The Ming emperor was extremely dissatisfied with the Spanish who occupied the Philippines, but expressed a certain degree of dissatisfaction with the Portuguese authorities who occupied the Philippines. "understanding".

This attitude will of course attract the attention of the European monarchs who are dissatisfied with the Spanish rule in Europe. The kings take it for granted that although the dissatisfaction of the monarch Sirius with Spain is of no use in Europe, if they take this opportunity to have a relationship with the emperor Sirius, On the one hand, you can earn more gold coins. On the other hand, if Daming does something in the Philippines, it will also be a hindrance to Spain, right? - This is the motive for writing the letter. [Note 1]
Out of consideration for the dangers and dangers of the sea journey, three copies of the letter stamped with the seal were made.In addition to John Newberley, a trusted seaman, the Tudor court also commissioned two other people to travel to the East on different merchant ships.

In Europe in the ten years of Wanli, Felipe II of the Spanish Habsburg Dynasty has basically dominated, and the strength of the navy is even more tyrannical.In order to prevent the letters from falling into the hands of the Spaniards, the British let the latter two conceal their identities, and took the Portuguese merchant ships to Manlaga.

However, things backfired - after the two left on the Portuguese merchant ship, the spy next to Felipe II wrote to inform that Felipe II had learned that a special envoy was sent to the East to contact Seris, and ordered the colonies along the way to carry out block.

He had no choice but to resign, and the letter only asked for trade, and did not write redundant words.I can only comfort myself like this.Of course, if the real envoy John Newberley falls into the hands of the Spaniards, and then explains his attempt to instigate Daming to take the Philippines, then it is really difficult to explain to Felipe II - at this time Spain has been annexed In Portugal, the Habsburg dynasty was too powerful.

In Europe at that time, because of the centuries-long marriage of royal families and nobles, and special emphasis on status and blood, large-scale inbreeding resulted.The kings are basically related, the wife of Felipe II of Spain is Isabel, the eldest daughter of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife Maria - so Felipe II is Manuel grandson, qualified to take over as King of Portugal.

In the seventh year of Wanli, King Sebastian, the "Wu Zong" of Portugal, personally led troops to invade Morocco, but was killed and drowned in the Mahazan River - known as the Battle of the Mahazan River in history.After Sebastian's death, only the 64-year-old and childless Cardinal Henrique I remained among the direct descendants of King Manuel of Portugal, and the Portuguese nobles put him on the throne.

Felipe II of Spain saw this opportunity once in a lifetime.So in the ninth year of Wanli, he started an army, and on the grounds that he had no children, he expelled Enrique I, occupied Lisbon, and proclaimed himself King Felipe I of Portugal.

This trick made the major European royal families eat flies, but they all dared not speak out.Portugal was hijacked by Felipe, so that Portugal and its colonial empire were also ruled by the Spanish Habsburg dynasty, forming the Spanish-Portuguese Confederation.As a result, the Habsburg Dynasty became the largest and most territorial country in the world, and its strength was unrivaled in the world. Henry III of France, the Holy Roman Emperor and other bigwigs were very angry, but there was nothing they could do.

After Felipe II stole Portugal, he immediately set his sights on England.Felipe II's ex-wife is his half-sister Mary I. The couple are Catholic fanatics, and their greatest ideal is to kill all heretics and heretics.

Felipe II wanted to unify Europe with Catholicism. His ex-wife Marie got a nickname "Bloody Mary" because of the indiscriminate killing of heretics, which later became synonymous with witches and gradually evolved into the name of a cocktail.

After the death of Bloody Mary, Felipe II once proposed marriage, but Isa refused - she was a Catholic on the surface, but she was actually a Protestant, and the two couldn't pee in a pot at all.

How could Felipe II let it go? If he married the Queen of England, he might be able to unify Europe later. This temptation is absolutely irresistible.

Therefore, Felipe II has already spent a lot of money to penetrate the Tudor Palace like a sieve.When the two backup envoys were dispatched, they were not particularly cautious, which led to the disclosure of the plan to send ambassadors to Daming.

Felipe II, who had already won Portugal, of course did not want any changes in the Asian colonies, so he immediately dispatched a clipper to notify all the way from Africa to Mangla, asking the colonies to stop the British envoy.Those two unlucky bastards were caught by the Spanish colonial authorities before they left Africa. They were either tied with iron balls and thrown into the sea, or dug a pit and buried them.

John Newberley, because he had a boat and many friends from all over the country, finally arrived in Manlaga safely - but his luck ran out, and before he could contact a Chinese businessman, he was arrested and sent to Goa.

In the original time and space, John Newberley died in Goa, and this letter was never sent.

The failed ending of John Newberley in this time and space was changed by the butterfly effect.By the time he was sent to Goa, Fan Lian and Luo Mingjian had already achieved brilliant results in Daming.They not only built the first church in Daming, but also cooperated with the Daming court to form a mission to the Holy See - the Goa Jesuits who were shocked by the results achieved by the Varian mission.

As mentioned earlier, the Jesuits are very powerful in Goa, and the Governor of Goa, Alfonso, must give the Archbishop Vincennes face, otherwise he will not be able to gain a foothold in Goa at all.

At this time, the Archbishop of Vincennes would never allow the Goa authorities to make any move that might lead to a misunderstanding by Da Ming, so John Newberley got his protection.The letter he brought also passed through the church channel to the embassy—and eventually to Xu Guangqi.

Although John Newbery was protected by Vincennes, it was impossible for the Governor of Goa to disobey Lisbon's order and let him go to Daming to complete his mission.Therefore, Mr. Newberley is still in Goa at this time, and all Vincennes can do is to save his life and help him send letters.

All this information was explained in the letter sent by the Catholic Church in Goa to the Beijing Mission, so that the Ministry of Rites could grasp the specific situation in Europe.The arrival of these information greatly enriched the understanding of Europe among the Ming court, and also greatly accelerated the establishment of the mission of the Holy See.

　Note 1: The name of the Philippines is the homonym of "Felipe", which was given by the Spanish colonist Lopez according to the name of Felipe, the then crown prince.Also: Although there is not much text in this article, Lao Mo has changed it three times//////
　　
　
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