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And to increase the number of human beings, they cannot be made to suffer too much.If human beings have nothing to eat and starve to death, then after the devil has harvested a wave, there will be no more in the future... Wouldn't the devil be at a loss?

This principle is the same as human raising pigs and sheep. The pigs and sheep have to be fed, and they have to have a place to sleep, and they have to be protected from being taken away by the big bad wolf.If pigs, sheep, etc. get infectious diseases, they have to find ways to prevent the epidemic... and everything that Zhu and Qi did in New Daming is conducive to the growth of the population of New Daming. When the population increases, the number of souls will also increase.

"But I heard that if you don't believe in God, you don't have a soul." The Marquis of Mendoza still couldn't believe that Zhu and Qi were devils, so he asked another question.

Urban IX explained: "Marquis, if you don't believe in God, you can't wash away original sin, and your soul can't be saved, so you will go to hell after death. That is to say, these unbelieving souls must belong to the devil, which is equivalent to No more. This is clearly stated in the teachings of Taoism, a traditional Chinese religion... In the teachings of Taoism, only becoming an immortal, that is, an existence similar to an angel, can allow the soul to ascend to heaven. But becoming an immortal It's very difficult, almost impossible. If you can't become a fairy, you will go to hell after death!"

So this is ah!The Marquis of Mendoza quickly made a cross on his chest—fortunately, he believed in God, and his soul would definitely go to heaven.

Urban IX then said to Emperor Louis and the Marquis of Mendoza: "Your Majesty, Marquis, I have a lot of evidence to prove that Zhu Heqi is a devil or he has been possessed by a devil! The real devil . . . is just a depraved religion that worships the devil."

"Interceptor?" The Marquis of Mendoza sounded familiar with the name of the sect, but he just couldn't remember where he had heard it?

"It's an ancient sect," said Urban, "that existed one or two thousand years before the birth of Jesus. According to records, it was founded by a devil named Pope Tongtian, and Zhu and Qi were very famous. It may be the pope of this generation."

He made clear arrangements for Zhu Heqi. Zhu Heyi is not only a devil, but also one of the three Qings, the Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun. This is getting bigger and bigger. Will not become the Jade Emperor?

"This..." The Marquis of Mendoza didn't know what to say.

Because the Pope is infallible!If the Pope said what Zhu and Qi were, then Mendoza had to take it as true, unless Emperor Louis, who was older than the Pope, raised objections.

Now Louis has not spoken, so what Urban IX said cannot be wrong.

And this means that he will represent the Spanish Empire to negotiate with the devil... It's okay if the negotiation fails, but if the negotiation is successful, does it count as a deal with the devil?

He seems to be facing a soul crisis!

"Marquis," said Urban IX as if he could see through Mendoza's mind, "Actually, you are not going to make a deal with the devil Zhu Heqi...you are an envoy of the Spanish Emperor and God's Believers go to fight against the devil!"

Emperor Louis added: "Yes, Marquis, in fact, you are not qualified to deal with the devil, you are only negotiating on behalf of Spain."

Yeah!The emperor was right!The Marquis of Mendoza is relieved now, he is not qualified to make a deal with Zhu Heqi...Only Emperor Leopold can make a deal with the big devil Zhu.Whoever makes a deal with the devil, whose soul will go to hell, and he is just negotiating terms, don't implicate him!

"Papa," the Marquis of Mendoza showed a determined expression, "please rest assured, I will definitely try my best to fight against the devil! But if there are no devils in America, then the war between humans will soon begin .Just in case, can the Catholic Church send a powerful exorcist?"

"Of course!" said Urban IX. "The Roman Grand Judge, Cardinal Philip will personally lead the best exorcist of the Holy See to the New World. He will fight on behalf of the Catholic Church against the evil Interdiction!"

This Pope Urban IX is indeed much smarter than the previous Pope Alexander VIII. He will not go out to fight the devil himself...he will let a professional exorcist fight.If he wins, he, the pope, has a good leader. If he can't win, he will be replaced by the exorcist.

Of course, the Marquis of Mendoza knew the reputation of Cardinal Philip, and he was relieved now, so he saluted the Pope: "Papa, the Spanish Empire will not forget the help you provided in our most difficult time."

Urban IX made a sign of the cross in front of the Marquis of Mendoza, and said in a low voice, "May God bless Emperor Leopold and Spain, and may your trip to China be a success...Amen."

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The leader of the exorcists, the justice of the Holy See, Cardinal Philip, and Archbishop De Zumagala of Mexico City, are living in the Holy See embassy in the town of Versailles these days.It was Emperor Louis who called them from Madrid to Versailles. The purpose was to let the "devil heir" Zhang Hongtian Zhang Zhenren give them "remedial lessons" about Chinese devils, Chinese hells and Chinese cut-offs.

If you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles!

To defeat the devils in China, one must first understand the origins of these devils and their mana.If you don't go to fight the devil with a black eye, isn't that just giving away your soul for nothing?

So during this period of time, the Great Mongolian Embassy in Versailles opened a bookstore every day, saying that it was a god.Dazheng Zhang Hongtian was in charge of speaking, and the military attache of the embassy, ​​Longkodo, was in charge of translation... After finishing speaking, Philip and Delamagala could ask questions, and Dazheng Zhang would answer them.

Of course, Zhang Dazhen can't explain it completely based on "Fengshen Yanyi". After all, he is a learned Taoist, not a storyteller.Over the years, he has been studying mathematics and natural magic with Kangxi, and he has also read "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Magic" co-authored by Zhu Hechi and Leibniz, as well as the "Guide to Introduction to Magic" written by Zhu Hechi himself. Textbooks such as "Preliminary Explanation of Natural Magic", "Middle School Magic", "Middle School Physics", "Principles and Experiments of Natural Magic".That's a real boost in knowledge!

And he is a good talker, so he mixed the things in "Feng Shen Yan Yi", their own things, and Zhu Heqi's set, and then let Long Ke who was also good at talking Many translated into Latin.Now Philip and Delamagara finally figured out what the North American "devil" and the devil's spells were all about, and they also had a better understanding of the situation in the Jiejiao Hell.It turns out that the hell of Jiejiao is a well-ordered society, where there are ten halls of hell that implement collective rule, have a perfect bureaucratic system, there is no war, no plague, no death... Although there is pain, there is also reincarnation!

So people under the rule of Jiejiao don't yearn for heaven very much, and don't fear hell too much...

Because they already know themselves and the enemy, these two believers also have full confidence in defeating the American Merchant Fang Kingdom!After receiving the pope's order, the two immediately packed their bags, took another group of exorcists, boarded a sailing ship to the New World, and finally arrived at the port of Havana on the island of Cuba in the summer of 1692.

Spanish Emperor Leopold I has been living in Havana away from the "devil" since the beginning of last summer.Of course, he hid in Havana not because he was afraid that Mexico City would be captured by the devil, but to better direct the struggle against the devil in the Americas, and at the same time to build Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico and other "grand duchies" (belonging to Crown Prince Joseph) It became the most solid stronghold of the Habsburg family in the New World.

During this time, a large number of followers of the Habsburg family and German civilians who escaped the war in Central Europe came to the Americas. Leopold I arranged these people in Cuba, Haiti, and Puerto Rico to give them Allocate land, help them build their homes, and try to turn them into "Caribbean Junkers."

In addition, the anti-demon struggle in America is no longer fought by the Spanish Empire alone, but a team battle of the entire Catholic camp-against the devil, everyone is responsible!

So during this period, not only a large number of immigrants from Germany arrived in Cuba, but also many knights and mercenaries from Poland, Portugal, Italy, France, Ireland, and Scotland came to Cuba, and even England, Sweden, Switzerland sent reinforcements to the New World.

And these reinforcements from all walks of life from Europe were all concentrated in Havana, Cuba.According to the plan of the emperor's commander-in-chief, the Grand Duke of Lorraine, these European reinforcements will be trained and reorganized in Cuba, and then mixed with the New Spanish Army in Mexico (the main force is Indo-European mixed blood), forming thirty to fifty troops. trip.

At the same time, Emperor Leopold also sent people to build fortresses in Texas, New Mexico, and the northwest, northeast, and north of Mexico, hoarding supplies, and preparing for the war.

In the end, the Spanish emperor sent envoys to the Great Plains of North America to find Indian nomadic tribes willing to cooperate with the Spanish Empire, and wanted to form a coalition with them to jointly oppose the expansion of the devil.

In short, a Catholic anti-magic alliance that unites all forces has basically taken shape by the early summer of 1692 in the Western calendar.Now we are waiting for the exorcists of the Holy See who can resist the devil's spells from Europe...

Chapter 853 The devil is not here, rest assured to print!

Havana Palace, meeting room.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, under the wise leadership of His Majesty the Frankish Emperor Louis V (that is, Louis XIV) and His Majesty Pope Urban IX of the Catholic Church, the heresy of our Catholic Church has thoroughly ascertained the truth about the American devil incident. !"

The speaker was Philip, the justice of the Holy See who had just arrived in Cuba three days ago.Under the guidance of Dazhen Zhang and Longkodo, he is now an expert on oriental devils!

"Really? So when will His Highness the Archbishop capture the devils in America and send them back to hell? As long as the devils are captured, I am sure to destroy the Aztec and Inca countries!"

The Duke of Lorraine, the commander-in-chief of the New Spanish Imperial Army, immediately became energetic-he and Emperor Leopold arrived in America more than two years ago, and have been in charge of training the New Spanish Imperial Army since then, almost from scratch. The point of training is [-]. On the New World side, it can be regarded as an elite army.

Most of the officers and non-commissioned officers of this army came from Europe, mainly German nobles who followed Leopold, while the soldiers were mainly Indian-European mixed blood in the New World.

As for the serious white skins on the New World side, most of them have rich industries, and they also monopolize the middle and lower-level official positions in the two governorships of New Spain and Peru.Such a person naturally has no interest in serving as a soldier.However, because they were threatened by a devil engaged in an agrarian revolution, they all donated generously this time and raised a lot of military expenses for Leopold—if it was only a devil, they might consider taking refuge in the devil.But this devil actually wants to deprive them of their land and give it to the poor Indians!

As white-skinned aristocrats who have never experienced the cycle of dynasties, they really can't believe that there are devils in the world who distribute the fields of the rich to the poor... What's more hateful is that those poor people who get the land are not white, but It's a red-skinned Indian!

This devil has violated both the principle of the sanctity of private property and the principle of white supremacy. It is really worse than what is said in the Bible!

So the white-skinned nobles in New Spain and Peru made up their minds to fight the devil to the end...all of them increased the rent for the Indian serfs underneath, and helped the emperor and the church collect Crusade taxes from the Indian villages (used to Recruitment, raising soldiers), city building tax (used to build fortresses) and gun tax (used to purchase equipment) and other three taxes.Thanks to their efforts, the tax potential of New Spain and Peru has been fully tapped.

In addition, Leopold I also replaced the ports of New Spain and Peru with more careful German tax officials. At the same time, he also canceled the "closed country" of New Spain and Peru and opened them to merchant ships from all over Europe.Therefore, the smuggling trade in New Spain and Peru has been greatly curbed in the past two years. Originally, the smuggling trade in these two lands could reach 90.00% of the total import and export volume, but now it is only 60.00% at most... The tariffs have increased several times!

It can be said that this nervous Spain has never been so rich as it is now!

Since the Spanish Empire now has money and soldiers, the Duke of Lorraine, as the commander-in-chief, of course has to gear up and is eager to try.It's just because the merchants, Aztecs, and Incas are covered by devils, so the Duke of Lorraine, Lieutenant General Eugen, and the foreign aid Lieutenant General Churchill from England are afraid to send troops...the job of killing people They are good at it, but they are not good at subduing demons. This must be sent by the Holy See.

Now finally look forward to a famous exorcist Philip!

Archbishop Philip replied very positively: "Actually, there are no devils here in America."

The nobles and senior officials of the Spanish Empire in the conference room immediately shouted.

"What? No devil? How is that possible?"

"It's impossible, there are many people who saw that damn Montezuma drinking blood from a big cup!"

"That's right, that evil Montezuma is still allocating land to Indian serfs in Hermosillo, Kachem, Aome and other places... and also declared that whites, Indians, mixed-races, blacks and merchants are equal equality!"

"How could a devil do such a thing?"

Archbishop Philip saw the noise in the conference room and was unable to speak, so he glanced at Leopold I.The Spanish emperor coughed, and the meeting room fell silent.

Archbishop Philip could finally continue his explanation. He said: "Although there are no devils in America, there is a religion called Jiejiao that originated in ancient China three to four thousand years ago and worshiped devils. The founder of this religion is called Pope Tongtian. , also known as Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, he is also one of the three founders of another traditional Chinese religion, Chanjiao. Later, because he and the other two founders had differences on whether animals can be absorbed into religion , so I created another sect with some of my followers."

"What? Absorbing animals into the religion? What kind of animal? Pet cat or pet dog?"

"It's so ridiculous that even the cutest cats and dogs have no souls."

"I've heard people say that in the East there is a principle that all living beings are equal! That is, people and people, people and animals, animals and animals are all equal!"

"God, how can equality be like this?"

"Don't ask about the skin color? At least look at the skin color. White cats and white dogs are fine, but black ones are not acceptable!"

A group of rare and strange Spanish imperial nobles were shocked again.Although they are all devout Christians, and Christianity also talks about equality...but this is a new world!The white colonists created a caste system here. Except for the blue-blood nobles, the people below are first-class European whites, second-class native-born whites, third-class European-Indian mixed-races, fourth-class European-black mixed-races, and five converted Indians. et al, unconverted Indians and niggers are not people.

As for the Shangfang devil...it's hard to say at this level, the devil is super fierce!

Archbishop Philip shrugged, "That's why the Pope Tongtian is the devil! Even in ancient China, many people opposed his proposition, but he was supported by the Shang Dynasty...so 600 years ago, it broke out. He waged a war against Jiejiao and the Shang Dynasty, and the Chinese called him King Wu to defeat Zhou.

Although this war ended with the defeat of the Shang Dynasty and the Jiejiao, the victorious party did not eliminate the demon Pope Tongtian, nor did it completely eliminate the Jiejiao and the Shang Dynasty.Moreover, the Chanjiao who won this war did not exclude Pope Tongtian from their god system, but retained his god status.Taoism and Confucianism, which were developed on the basis of elucidating teachings, even absorbed many of the views of Pope Tongtian and developed them.So the real devil is not in America, but in Daming itself!The real devil... is Emperor Ming! "

"Emperor Ming is a devil?" Emperor Leopold was startled by Philip's words.

He sent people to negotiate with Zhu Heqi, and promised to cede the land and pay compensation... Isn't this a deal with the devil?Go to hell!

"Yes!" Archbishop Philip said, "not only the current emperor of Ming Dynasty is a devil, but also some Chinese emperors who have made great achievements in history are actually devils!"

"Why do you say that?" Leopold I asked.

"First of all," said Philip, "these Chinese emperors, who had built such great achievements, admitted themselves that they were not human...they usually said they were true dragon emperors! Although they usually appear as human beings, they can also become A fire-breathing dragon!"

dragon!

A huge, winged, and fire-breathing image immediately appeared in the minds of everyone in the meeting room.

Moreover, these people in the meeting room have all heard of the saying of "True Dragon Son of Heaven"-there are quite close exchanges between the East and the West these days. Daming and Mongolia have set up embassies in Europe, and many European countries have also set up embassies in Ming and Mongolia. The embassy was opened.And there is also Ji Dabao, a master of orientalism, who helps spread oriental culture, so many European bigwigs know that some Chinese emperors like to say that they are fire-breathing dragons!

They thought it was just a nonsense used to scare ignorant people, but now it seems that it may be true.Maybe not every Chinese emperor is a "true dragon emperor", but it is not ruled out that some of them really have supernatural powers.

Archbishop Philip said again: "In addition, haven't you discovered that since the appearance of the real dragon emperor of Ming Dynasty, many magical things have appeared in China? Although the technology of making those things is called natural magic, not supernatural Magic...but natural magic is magic too!

And where did he learn this knowledge of natural magic?That knowledge is very deep, and some of it is still undeciphered by European scholars.Moreover, according to the records of the church and the research of Great Mongolia, this kind of knowledge probably never appeared in the human world before the appearance of Zhu Hechi! "

yes!The people present were reminded by Archbishop Philip, and they also remembered this!

Although this natural magic is "performed" without reciting incantations, and part (perhaps all) of it can be explained by mathematical principles and natural philosophy, but where did Zhu Heqi get such a wealth of knowledge?

Seeing that the people present were almost convinced, Archbishop Delamagala immediately produced stronger evidence, he said: "After communicating with God, His Majesty the Pope has confirmed that Zhu and Qi are the devil or are possessed by the devil. This is why he can master so much natural magic knowledge! At the same time, it is also confirmed that there are no devils in America, and there are only damned devil believers who have sold their souls on this continent!"

His Majesty the Pope has said it all, so it can’t be wrong!

Seeing everyone's convinced expressions, Archbishop Delamagara pointed to Archbishop Philip, and said to everyone in the conference room: "Your Majesty the Emperor, my dear gentlemen, since the devil is not in America, then those who will bring their souls Merchants, Aztecs, and Incas betrayed to the devil, even if they have some low-level supernatural powers, are no match for our chief exorcist and Inquisitor of the Catholic Church!"

After listening to Archbishop Delamagara's words, Archbishop Philip nodded confidently.He can't defeat the devil, but he is still sure of the supernatural power that the devil's believers can possess!

However, Emperor Leopold I still looked at Philip suspiciously.

Archbishop Philip said: "His Majesty the Pope has given me the Longinus gun to bring the New World!"

Won!

Everyone in the conference room made the sign of the cross.

The "gun" Philip was talking about was very powerful. It was a hollow iron spearhead less than a foot long—a flat spear with a hollow in the middle and a long iron nail inserted into it. The iron nail comes from the holy cross on which Jesus was crucified. Because it was nailed into the body of Jesus, it was stained with the blood of Jesus!So this "gun" is also called "Holy Spear".Not to mention the disciples and grandchildren of the devil, even if the big devil Zhu tried it himself, he would be killed by a single spear!

Well, as long as Emperor Zhu doesn't wear armor, stands still, and lets Archbishop Philip stab his chest with this spear, he will surely die!

With the holy spear that could put Zhu and Qi to death, Leopold I was immediately full of confidence. He said to the Duke of Lorraine, the commander-in-chief of the empire: "Charlie, you can send troops! Who should we fight first?"

Now there are three enemies in front of Emperor Leopold, the Shangfang Kingdom, the Aztec Kingdom, and the Inca Kingdom.

Among them, Shang Fangguo must be the leader. According to the information obtained by the Spanish Empire, Shang Fangguo has a population of about 100 million, and they are of the same language and race as Daming. Although the Jiejiao they believe in is Taoist heresy, the Chinese don’t seem to care heresy.So Shang Fangguo has received strong support from Daming for the past two years—there is no limit to the cooperation between the two parties!

Moreover, the core territory of this merchant country is on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, shrunk behind the Aztec and Inca countries. If the Spanish Empire wants to fight from land, it must first destroy the Aztec and Inca countries. one.

As for taking the sea route... I'm afraid that Daming's armed forces will interfere!

Therefore, Leopold can only choose one of the Aztecs and the Incas as his main target.

"Inca!" The Duke of Lorraine had already thought of the answer, "The Inca has now entered the grasslands of Texas, and has also clashed with the fierce local Indian nomadic tribes, which is very beneficial to us.

In addition, the control of the Gulf of Mexico is completely in our hands, so we can land at any suitable place along the coast of the Texas prairie, and even enter the relatively spacious inland waterways.

The Aztecs had a good relationship with the Indian farmers they ruled, and many Indians who had been allocated land joined the Aztec army.In addition, the territories of the Aztecs were close to the Pacific Ocean, and they were all by the sea, so it would be relatively easy for Ming to interfere. "

Leopold nodded: "Okay, let's focus on the Inca...but let's not let the Aztecs go, we can first launch a feint attack on the Aztecs to attract the main force of the Shang Fang Kingdom Go to reinforce the Aztec country!"

Chapter 854 Worship Confucius, Join the Demon Sect, Go to Hell!

In the early autumn of 1692 in the Western calendar, Fuguiwan, Xinchaoge.

The "big project" of the Ming Dynasty to open up a new continent was officially launched in 1684 in the Western calendar, and it has been in progress for eight years.During these eight years, the number of immigrants from Daming successively exceeded 20.Coupled with the birth of children in the New World, the total population of the Shang nation is almost [-]!

It is a considerable amount!

However, the streets of Xinchaoge, the de facto capital of Shangfang Kingdom, are still as deserted as ever.After all, these 20 nationalities plus the savages who are really under the control of Shang Fangguo, whose number is at most [-], scattered in such a vast land, the population that Xinchaoge can share is naturally not that large up.

In addition, although this ancient city is brand new, its layout focuses on the defense of an old-fashioned castle city, rather than a commercial metropolis.Of course, the layout of Xinchaoge is not the style of the Shang Dynasty, but the layout of the outside and inside the square before the Song Dynasty. The whole city is separated by high walls, which makes it look even more deserted.

The so-called outline is the city wall surrounding it.As for Neifang, it can be understood from the literal explanation. A square circle of barriers is piled up with rammed earth. Generally, there are four gates in the barriers, and there are two cross streets inside.The appearance of the gate is similar to that of a city gate. It is a rammed earth-covered brick pier with a door opening, and musketeers can be placed on the pier during wartime.There are usually four high platforms covered with rammed earth and bricks around the inner square, and gunmen can also be arranged.

There is more than one such inner square in Xinchaoge City, but there are seven small and five large ones, with a total of 12 squares.Seven of the small squares are the residences of the people of the Yin and Shang Kingdom, or more precisely, they are the residences reserved for the people of the Yin and Shang Kingdom.At present, all Yin and Shang people can get a small piece of house land in these seven workshops. Even if they don't often live in Xinchaoge, the house land will still be reserved for them in case of emergency.There are five big squares, namely Gongfang, Fufang, Kefang and East and West Two Markets.

Among them, the East and West Second Markets are two markets, one is located in the east gate and the other is located in the west gate.Because there is a commercial market next to the pier outside Chaoge City, which is more convenient to enter and exit, so the east and west markets in New Chaoge City are very depressed.

The palace square is for the future Shang Wang Zhu Yimei, and now Zhu Yimei has not yet entered the country, so it is naturally vacant.However, the buildings in the palace have been repaired almost, but the decoration has not yet started, and they are all rough.

Fufang is where the yamen of the Shangfang Kingdom is located. Now the main yamen of the Shangfang Kingdom’s court includes the left and right Yin’s Fu, Li, Li, Bing, Hu, Gong, Xing Liuzai, and the army, discussing politics, guards, guards, Ducha, Shaofu, Dianke, Tongzheng, Taixue and other nine ministers.These are Er Yin, Liu Zai and Jiu Qing.These yamen affiliated to the central government, together with the [-] yamen of Xinchaogefu Yamen, as well as the small, medium and large schools under the jurisdiction of Tai Xueqing, and a barracks occupying a large area, are all concentrated in the government office. inside the workshop.So this Fufang has become the largest of the twelve Xinchaoge workshops.And these yamen, schools and barracks have already started to operate.Therefore, Xinchaoge's Fufang has become the center of Shang Fangguo, and it is also the busiest square in Xinchaoge City.

The Kefang in Xinchaoge City is an embassy area. There are actually several embassies in it, namely the imperial embassy of the Ming Dynasty in Xinchaoge, and Japan, Annan, Burma, Hindustan, Yanping, Luzon, Ryukyu, etc. The business hall of the firmly controlled vassal state in Xinchaoge (the vassal state has no diplomacy, so it cannot be called an embassy or legation), and there is also a tribute embassy of the Aztec Kingdom in Xinchaoge—Aztec The Kingdom is the only vassal state of the Shangfang Kingdom, so a tribute embassy was set up in Xinchaoge.

And this Aztec tribute embassy is also the most popular in the entire Xinchaoge Guest House during this period, because the Aztec king Montezuma who betrayed God and the Spanish Empire came to Xinchaoge, and is currently Live in the tribute embassy.

It wasn't because he heard that Emperor Leopold had sent Eugene Savoy to "subdue" him, that he ran to Xinchaoge for refuge.In fact, he came to Xinchaoge to "learn demons" and "become a teacher"!