The war between the Ming and Mongolia has now escalated into a world war. One side of the war was the Allies led by the Great Mongolia, the Mamuturuk Sultanate, the Delhi Sultanate, the Marin Sultanate and the Roman Empire (Eastern Rome). The Rome-Jiangdu Axis was hostile to this Allies.

Why is it the axis? The word "axis" that seems a bit reactionary was not proposed by Chen Dexing, but by Pope Cialis.

"Axis!" In the Rutland Palace and in the large restaurant, Pope Cialis II of Rome explained in increasingly fluent Chinese, "Isn't there an axis in the middle of the wheel? The wheels are about the axis. Today's Christian and Tiandao worlds also have two such axes, one is the Roman Catholic Church and the other is the Beijing Tiandao Palace. Rome and Beijing are two axes, each surrounding one world. Therefore, the alliance between Rome and Beijing is an alliance between the two worlds, which will be enough to defeat the evil alliance formed by Mongolia, Mamutuk Sultanate, Delhi Sultanate, Marin Sultanate and the Eastern Roman Empire!"

Cialis II said it well, but Liang Chongru was very clear that the other party's true intention was to consolidate the dominance of the Grand Duke Church in the Christian world through the formation of the Rome-Beijing axis. The Grand Duke Church in Rome will be able to represent all Christian countries! This is equivalent to putting the Grand Duke Church above all countries.

However, this was not harmful to the Ming Dynasty. Liang Chongru gently turned the wine glass in his hand and thought to himself: "There are too many indigenous countries in Europa, and there are probably hundreds... so many that they can't even remember. How could the Ming Empire interact with them one by one? Let the Dagong Church represent them. However, the Tiandao Palace in Beijing is not qualified to represent the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty is not the Tiandaoism that is in charge of the family."

"Your Majesty, I think you have read the Latin translation of "Chen Li"?"

Liang Chongru took a sip of the wine and said lightly: "The article "The King, King and Minister" of the King, Minister and Minister is very clear that all Taoists of the Heavenly Daoism should be loyal to the king and patriotism, and the envoys of the Heavenly Dao and the major sects shall preside over the appointments of the emperor and the sects."

Although Chen Dexing was a "prophet" and "christ" of Tiandaoism, he never planned to establish a theocracy. Moreover, in China, where secular civilization is highly developed, it is impossible to establish a theocracy. Therefore, he stipulated in "Chen Li" that Tiandaoism belongs to the state and the monarch, rather than the monarch's power obtained from the divine teachings of Tiandaoism.

Of course, the possibility of the Ming Dynasty becoming a theocracy state is not without. Because "Chen Li" can be revised - "Chen Li" is not actually a scripture, but a constitution. The constitution can of course be revised, but it cannot be revised at will, and it requires a rigorous procedure. This is clearly stipulated in the general chapter of "Chen Li". Two-thirds of the members of the Consultative Council, more than half of the Heavenly Way Envoys who participated in the Heavenly Way Envoys and the Emperor himself, were required to pass the "Chen Li Amendment". It is very difficult to modify the "Chen Li", but it is not impossible.

Pope Cialis II was slightly embarrassed. Of course, it was to suppress Alphons I, the Holy Roman Emperor who had just established the court in Swabian. If the Emperor of Ming Dynasty represented the East, then it seemed that the Holy Roman Emperor would be more suitable to form an alliance with him? If the Holy Roman Emperor represented Europa and the Great Emperor of the East, then the emperor's authority would inevitably be higher than that of the Pope. Although Cialis II has always said that he would strengthen the Holy Roman Empire, it would be impossible and impossible to ask him to return secular power to the emperor and the monarchs of various countries.

The Pope glanced at the cardinals in red robes in the big restaurant. Even if the Pope himself was willing to hand over secular power, these cardinals would not agree, nor would the entire Grand Duke Church agree. Today's church has long been a giant with its own thinking. Even Christ himself is difficult to confront the will of the church, right?

Drive this somewhat blasphemous thought away from his mind, Cialis II smiled slightly and nodded, "Mr. Ambassador. You are right to remind you, not the bishop axis, but the Rome-Beijing axis." He pointed to the young Cardinal Doria, "Bike Doria's mission is ready and can set off at any time. The ambassadors of Venice, Genoa, and the Holy Roman Empire will also set off with you."

"His Highness Doria," Liang Chongru nodded at the young Genoese, "We will set out tomorrow, go to Macau first, and then take the Nanmingzhou to the east."

Bishop Doria nodded politely, "His Ambassador, will we pass by Mingzhou continent on this tour?"

"No," Liang Chongru shook his head and showed a worried expression. "There has been a plague on the Mingzhou continent recently. It is not suitable for foreign missions to pass. Therefore, you will go south directly and bypass the African continent and enter the small Atlantic Ocean."

"By Around Africa?" Bishop Doria showed an interesting expression, "Is this a newly opened route?"

"Well, it has been opened, but merchant ships cannot be passed through at present." Liang Chongru nodded with a smile. Opening up a route is not as simple as sending a ship to take a casual trip. Taking a trip can only be considered an adventure. To establish a route, you must have a series of ports that can be replenished along the way.

The Ming Atlantic Fleet and the Nanyang Fleet each spent nearly a year establishing supply stations on both sides of Africa. On the west coast of Africa, the Atlantic Fleet successively occupied the Haixi Islands (Canadian Islands), the Middle Islands (Cape Verde), the Meijing Islands (Bioco Island) and the Antarctic Islands (Sao Tome Island), and established Peninsula Port (Freetown), Blackstone Port (Black Point), Antarctic Bay (Cape Town) and other supply ports on the west coast of Africa. They also transported thousands of Moors.

Li and Aztec soldiers went to these islands and supply ports to build infrastructure, reclaim land, plant corn and sweet potatoes, raise livestock, and prepare to provide supplies to future sea ships passing by. The South China Fleet established five supply ports on the east coast of the African continent and Madagascar, and also transported some slaves captured on Java to those supply ports as laborers. A total of twelve supply ports were barely built, and the route to bypass Africa was established.

However, the establishment of a route does not mean that trade can be carried out immediately, because at this time the small Western Atlantic (Indian Ocean) was not peaceful, and the Nanyang fleet of the Ming Empire was fighting against the maritime forces of the Tianfang Cult. The Maldives Islands were still in the hands of the Sultan of the Tianfang Cult, and there was no Ming Concession on Ceylon Island, let alone how many trade strongholds were established on the Tianzhu subcontinent. Therefore, it was still a bit dangerous for merchant ships to take routes of large and small Western Atlantic.

Now, the trade between India and Europa is still in the hands of the trade republics such as Tianfang Cult and the Italian trade republics such as Genoa and Venice.

But Archbishop Doria also knew that with the invasion of the Ming Empire on India, the day when the Ming merchants completely control the East-West trade lines will surely come!

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"Master Yongxin, Master Jiudeng, let's check it again to see if there are any missing."

At this moment, on the Macau Peninsula, in a small building with mountains and seas, the great navigator and the great explorer Wen Tianxiang were buried in a pile of pampered scrolls with two monks. These pampered scrolls are all handwritten in Latin and Greek, and were collected through the Republic of Venice and the Republic of Genoa.

"Are all the secrets of the Xiaoyao Sect here?" Wen Tianxiang asked.

The Xiaoyao School was a very awesome sect in ancient Europa. It produced several masters, such as Aristotle, Theophrasdo, Stratu, Andronico, etc. However, six hundred years ago, due to the intention of the Eastern Roman emperor Eust in the year, the theory of the Xiaoyao School was forbidden to spread. However, in the libraries of Constantinople and in many noble families, there were also the classics of the Xiaoyao School. After the Fourth Crusade more than 60 years ago, Constantinople was destroyed, and a large number of the Xiaoyao School's classics were spread to Venice and Genoa.

In addition, the classics of the Xiaoyao Sect were absorbed and translated into Arabic by the scholars of the Tianfang Sect. The Tianfang Sect itself was founded on the basis of Christianity. Before the rise of the Tianfang Sect, the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt and Asia Minor were all the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire. It is not surprising that the classics of the Xiaoyao Sect were all conservative and backward. Before the Mongols leveled Baghdad, the world of the Tianfang Sect was much more than the Christian Europa free civilization.

Under the advocacy and sponsorship of the Abbasid Caliphs, Halen Rashid and Mamon, the capital Baghdad was centered on the capital, and a movement to collect and organize, translate and study ancient Greek philosophy and scientific works. These ancient Greek philosophy and scientific works translated into Arabic were collected in the library of the University of Granada. After Granada was breached, no one wanted these books, so they were transported to Macau for Wen Tianxiang, the monk Yongxin and the monk Jiudeng.

These three are scholars who are enthusiastic about protecting indigenous civilizations. They not only collected books from the Europa natives, but also collected many Mayan books, and loaded them on sailboats to transport them back to China for research.

"Everything is there," said the great monk Yongxin boxed a roll of sheepskin and answered repeatedly, "Latin, Greek, and Arabic are there, "Instrumental Theory", Physics, Metaphysics, Ethics, Political Science, On the Soul, On Justice, On Philosophy, On Financial Management. There are also Plato's "The Ideal", "Adjustment", "Feddo", "Politics", "The Politician", "The Intelligent Man", "The Law", and some unknown things. There are Euclide's "The Geometric Origin". There are also several books by Socrates, who don't know what to say..."

Master Yongxin and Master Jiudeng have been learning Latin and Arabic from Matteo during this period. The two monks already knew that the "Ten Thousand-character Flag" would soon fly in India, so they were not very considering going to India to preach the Dharma. Instead, they wanted to spread Buddhism in Europa and Egypt. They were preparing to learn Latin and Arabic well, and then translate Buddhism into Latin and Arabic so that the monks of Europa and Egypt could understand it. In this process, they could also take a look at the Latin and Arabic versions of ancient Greek works. Therefore, they could help Wen Tianxiang sort out these priceless pamper scrolls. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!