The sound of horse hooves made a crisp sound on the streets of Rome. The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty seemed quite orderly at this moment. They did not raise their guns to shoot these numb civilians, nor did they try to dismount to feel the medieval European style.

In the eyes of the Ming officers and soldiers at this moment, this is a poor and backward country.

The commoners of the Pope also looked at these people from the Ming Dynasty with curiosity, and were surprised at the luxury of their clothes and dignity of their appearance. In their opinion, these should be all nobles from the East.

The bishop of the Papal Kingdom, Toges, warmly entertained Xia Yan and asked about the purpose of Xia Yan's trip.

Xia Yan said that he wanted to go on a tour and learn about it himself, so he initially asked Bishop Toges to read the statute, the constitutional outline, the laws and criminal regulations implemented by the country.

In Xia Yan's view, the constitutional outline stipulates the issue of the relationship between the monarch and the subject and the ownership of state power, while the etiquette, such as the Ming Dynasty, stipulates the implementation of administrative regulations, while the law and the Regulations on Criminal Questioning are judicial aspects. These are indispensable basis for a country's rule. Reading the existing official copywriting of this country, you can naturally understand the cultural and ideological situation of this place, and at the same time, compare it with the Ming Dynasty.

But the Pope could not provide these for Xia Yan, because the Pope did not have a sound national system, the civilian class, the monk class, and the military class formed this country. The Pope, as the head of state, often had religious significance and was not standardized in administrative management.

Xia Yan was very disappointed and decided to go to Florence.

But Toges did not let Xia Yan go. He thought Xia Yan was on behalf of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty for a pilgrimage, but now he had to be sure that Xia Yan was not a believer, and that the emperor from the Ming Empire was not here to seek crowning.

But Together, Toges himself had sent someone to inform the pope, saying that an emperor from Eastern China would come to accept his crown.

In order not to disappoint the Pope, he had to find another way.

Toges thought of a way, which was to make Xia Yan a believer. Therefore, he needed to keep Xia Yan, instill doctrine in Xia Yan, make Xia Yan a believer, and at the same time, let Xia Yan agree that after returning, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty would become a believer, and then personally accept the crown.

Xia Yan did not reject religious propaganda. This was the tradition of many scholars and officials of the Ming Dynasty, and it was acceptable to both Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. He also knew from Emperor Zhu Houzhao that religion was particularly important to Western barbarians. Therefore, he felt that it was understandable, so he stayed for the time being and listened to Toges spread the doctrines to himself.

Xia Yan really discussed with Toges very seriously, and also believed that these doctrines believed in by the Western Barbarians also encouraged people to do good deeds, and were not considered evil religions, which were contrary to secular human relations.

But as a mature politician, Xia Yan accepted it did not mean that he surrendered. He knew from beginning to end what his purpose was. He did not want to bring new ideas to the religious culture of the Ming Dynasty, but to bring tangible political benefits to the Ming Dynasty, and to see which of these Western thoughts can be used by the Ming Dynasty.

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When Pope Leo X knew that there were missions from the East and representing people from the Emperor of the Ming Empire in the East came to discuss the coronation, he immediately rushed to Rome.

"I really don't know which missionary was responsible for the credit that the emperor of the East also accepted his crown."

Pope Leo X was very willing to see his doctrine spread in the East, and he was also very willing to see emperors from the East accepting the rule of his pope.

Because this is equivalent to the monarch of the empire recognizing his own status and his own religious status.

When Pope Leo X saw Xia Yan, he quickly asked Xia Yan about the acceptance of the crown of the Ming Emperor.

Toges is now unable to explain the misunderstandings here in time.

When Xia Yan learned that these people wanted the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to accept the crown and recognize that the Catholic status was above the country, he was very angry, which was something he could not accept.

As an official of the Ming Dynasty, Xia Yan could accept the spread and belief of any religion, but he could not accept that the religious pope attempted to override the power of the monarch.

Therefore, after returning to the fleet, Xia Yan immediately ordered the fleet to bombard the city of Rome, and at the same time, he ordered the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to attack the city of Rome.

The medieval Roman army was not the opponent of the Ming officers and soldiers. The medieval knights had only guns or bombed in front of the Ming soldiers holding fire guns and grenades.

Therefore, Xia Yan soon took the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to occupy the Papal Kingdom, namely the Roman city.

When Xia Yan appeared again, he had already brought a group of Ming soldiers.

At this time, Leo I didn't understand why this mission from the Eastern Empire suddenly adopted force. Of course, he had to admit that the Eastern mission was very powerful and he had never seen such powerful guns and cannons.

Leo I didn't know how he should describe this group of people from the Eastern Empire.

Xia Yan only ordered: "Take this rebel who is trying to surpass the power of the monarch and chop it down!"

The Ming soldiers came over from Xia Yan's order and pulled Leo I out of the Holy See.

Leo I struggled and kept shouting, but because they could not speak with each other, the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers could not understand what Leo I was saying, and Leo I didn't know what he was about to be dealt with. He didn't even understand why he suddenly offended this group of people from the East.

Click!

Leo I was cut off by soldiers from the Ming Dynasty, and blood splattered directly on the stone steps.

The entire Pope's Vatican was shocked.

Among them, Bishop Toges couldn't help but shout: "You devils from the East! Why do you attack our city and kill our pope!"

Xia Yan had learned the language from Pires, and naturally understood what these people meant. He hurriedly shouted: "I killed him because your pope tried to override my Ming Emperor. I can recognize your rule in Rome, and you can also recognize your right to religious freedom. But if I want my Ming Emperor to even try to obey the pope, that is to transgress!"

"My king of Ming Dynasty was chosen by the people of the Ming Dynasty. He has the power of monarchy stipulated in the constitutional outline. No one can surpass the power of monarchy! Even with this idea, he must die in his lifetime, and you, Toges, you are the planner. This official decided to sentence you to life imprisonment, take him down, and serve in shackles!"

After Xia Yan finished speaking, the Ming soldiers walked in again and took Toges down.

The other Holy See staff didn't know what to do, and they were all afraid.

Seeing this, Xia Yan said again: "But don't worry, I am not here to kill at will. As long as you do not attempt to rule my Ming Dynasty and be above my Ming Emperor, I am allowing you to believe in any religion, and will not tear down your church or burn your books! You will even recognize your status here!"

"But from now on, you Pope must be appointed by my Emperor Ming to be considered as a legal representative of God. Do you understand? You cardinals have the power to elect the Pope. I admit that you can still have this power, but the Pope you elect must be granted by my Emperor Ming again! The power of the Pope must be under the power of my Emperor Ming!"

"You can refuse! But the price of rejection is that you will be buried with your pope!"

As Xia Yan said this, he ordered the Ming officers and soldiers to raise all the muskets and point them at all the Holy See staff.

At this time, several cardinals saw that the Eastern official in front of him had no intention of destroying his religion, and even allowed him to establish a pope again, which was equivalent to still admitting his status as a pope. In addition, considering that his life was in the hands of this Eastern official, they finally agreed to Xia Yan's request.

Therefore, Xia Yan and these cardinals drafted a bill of succession to the Pope, indicating that the Pope's state obeyed the rule of the Ming emperor, and that the Pope's succession to the throne must be approved by the Ming emperor and the signature of the deputy signature of the Ming emperor in the West.

As a civil servant, he was first educated in Confucian Neo-Confucianism, and then accepted the idea that the so-called monarchy was chosen by the people and should not be offended to go against the will of the people. He believed that the monarch of the Ming Dynasty could not be betrayed by anyone, and even no one could attempt to overtake the monarch.

In Xia Yan's view, once the inheritance of the Ming monarch is illegal, or even coveted by others, or even if some people want to override the power of the monarch, it is a betrayal of the people of the Ming Dynasty and an act of chaos in the world.

Therefore, Xia Yan was extremely unable to tolerate any force who wanted to manipulate the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. If he wanted to overtake the monarch's power, he had to use the most severe means to tell these Westerners that they should not be the masters of the monarch of the Ming Dynasty, because that would mean that you wanted to be the masters of all the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Xia Yan suddenly attacked Rome and killed Leo I.

Xia Yan's behavior shocked the Pope. They never thought that people from the East would be so disgusted that the emperor would be under the pope, although they were only nominally under the pope.

But they knew that this was a powerful Eastern empire, an empire that was above religion and even allowed the spread of various religions, an empire they could not understand and they could not afford to offend.

But these Vaticans were glad that the officials of the Ming Empire did not oppose their religious beliefs, and did not even intend to demolish his pope. Therefore, these Vaticans were afraid of letting other Western countries know that the Pope could be surrendered to the monarch, so they chose to conceal the fact that Leo I was killed by the Ming Dynasty, and only said that the Pope died suddenly, and at the same time, they chose a pope as quickly as possible.

Xia Yan did not make things difficult for these Holy See personnel, saying that the pope could perform the Pope's office, and that the legitimacy of the pope was officially announced before the emperor's decree was officially issued. He also said that any force in the future attempt to eliminate the pope appointed by the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty would help the pope fight against this force.
Chapter completed!