Simulates history, but Chongzhen is the Divine Emperor at the beginning

Chapter 127 The loyal West welcomes the great god!
【This is a real "Journey to the West."】

You are like Tang Monk, and the bandits are your disciples. You are heading west, to the "Western Paradise", to "worship Buddha and seek scriptures"...

[However, unlike the 81 trials and tribulations in Journey to the West, your group on this journey to the West not only didn't encounter any disasters worth mentioning, but instead enjoyed great blessings along the way!]

As long as you raise the banner of "The Prime Minister of the Great Ming Dynasty is on tour," all the states along the way will surrender. The fleet will be fully stocked with wine, vegetables, meat, rare treasures, and seasonal fruits and vegetables. Beauties of all kinds will line up to serve you. As long as you nod, the story of the journey to the west will directly become the story of the Kingdom of Women...

[However, just as the Kingdom of Women failed to stop Elder Tang's white horse from traveling west, these states naturally couldn't stop your fleet from traveling west. Faced with their offers of "loyalty," you decisively chose to reject them.]

[Although you rejected them, you didn't block their path to submission. You ultimately gave them the title of "vassal state," allowing them to trade with the Ming.]

[Such an operation would not only provide the Ming Dynasty with considerable tax revenue, but also provide future generations with the right to claim the land. Just consider it for the benefit of future generations...]

Although the many foreigners who received the response were not entirely satisfied, they still exclaimed "loyalty" and "gratitude"!

Wherever your fleet sailed, loyalty overflowed... The people on the shore cried, danced, and clapped their hands, both welcoming and bidding farewell. This scene moved the fleet to tears: Loyalty! The Prime Minister's kindness is not over yet...

[In short, this trip was very rewarding, and you were very satisfied. However, a certain doubt lingered in your heart, and this doubt grew stronger the further west you traveled: "Nanyang is adjacent to the Ming Dynasty, and the people there speak Chinese, which is understandable...but why do Indians also speak Chinese?"]

This is your biggest doubt: your westward-bound fleet has clearly long since crossed the direct influence of the Central Plains dynasty. Logically, the people of the local states shouldn't speak Chinese.

[But the reality is that along the way, whether it's the royal family or the common people, they can all communicate with you in fluent Chinese...]

[Could it be that because the Divine Emperor's reputation is so great, these foreign nations have all spontaneously started learning Chinese?]

[But this doesn't make sense. The Divine Emperor has only been a god for about eighty years, not even a hundred. It's already remarkable that these barbarians thousands of miles away have heard of the Divine Emperor's name. How could it be possible that Chinese has become widely used?]

[This is illogical and does not conform to your historical knowledge...]

[And thinking about this, you think of Korea and Japan, which you had earlier included in your territory: these two neighboring countries, which are very close to the Ming Dynasty, although they also use Chinese as the official language, the common people still use their local dialect, which is completely different from the Ming Dynasty Chinese!]

What's going on? The people of the Ming Dynasty's vassal states are still using their native languages, but these barbaric nations thousands of miles away have all adopted Chinese?

[What a strange logic, what a strange reality, quite like a lunatic style that insults one's intelligence...]

"As expected of the Ming Dynasty Lostbelt historical line..."

You rub your forehead helplessly: "Never mind, just consider it an eye-opener... Although this logic is bizarre, since it objectively exists, it must have its reasons. What you need to do is not to use your past life's experiences to find fault, but to continuously expand your knowledge and establish a true Lostbelt worldview."

Although this life is almost destined to end in vain, you still want to improve your knowledge in preparation for the next life: although this knowledge may not seem important, who can guarantee that it will not be useful in the future?

Even if I don't really need it, it's still worth it, because as the god Lu Meng said: knowing a little about everything makes life more colorful...

【At least it has some emotional value! 】

For example, you've temporarily escaped the pessimism and despair you felt when you first set sail, and have temporarily forgotten the threats posed by the Divine Emperor. Your mind is now filled with curiosity and anticipation for the world beyond.

[People in Southeast Asia speak Chinese, and so do people in India. So what do people in the Middle East and America speak? Africans? Westerners? Antarctic penguins? ...]

[(Penguin: Are you charging Q coins? If not, don’t mention me!)]

【…】

[In short, you had a very smooth journey westward, warmly welcomed by the nations along the way. Aside from the occasional encounter with bad weather and unscrupulous pirates, everything was generally harmonious and you were welcomed everywhere you went.]

[This is especially true of the foreign leaders who beg for vassalage... At first, you'll receive them with respect. After all, they're all loyal, and you can't let them down.] [But as more and more people beg for vassalage, you gradually lose your patience and stop meeting them in person. Instead, you simply ask them to sign their country name and king's title on the "Vassal List" you've prepared, and affix their seal.]

As the fleet sailed along, a book filled with seals was filled. This scene was quite similar to the "Passport Certificate" from Tang Monk's pilgrimage. However, unlike Tang Monk begging foreign kings to stamp his certificate, these kings were begging to stamp their seals on your little book, one after another, like a pile of moss...

[From Southeast Asia to India, then to the Middle East, and then to Africa, they finally landed near the Red Sea and, under the loyal escort of the local kings, headed straight to many vast areas north of the Mediterranean.]

【This is the West you've been dreaming of! 】

【…】

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han envoy Gan Ying was ordered to travel to the Western Qin Kingdom. He traveled all the way to the western border of the Parthian Kingdom, which was only separated from the Qin Kingdom by a sea... However, the Parthians lied to him about monsters in the sea, so Gan Ying didn't dare to cross the sea to the west and returned to the Han Dynasty instead...

After setting foot on this unfamiliar land tens of thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, you enthusiastically used your knowledge to explain the relationship between this land and the Central Plains to the curious bandits.

"It's a shame that Gan Ying's mission failed, but what's even more regrettable is that after Gan Ying, no envoys from the dynasties of the Central Plains have ever arrived here..."

White-haired Li Laiheng scratched his head upon hearing this: "Even Eunuch Sanbao hasn't been here before?"

It's no wonder he thought of Zheng He. After all, in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He was the person who traveled the farthest. To the people of the Ming Dynasty, the places he visited during his seven voyages to the West were almost like another world...

[Although Zheng He had accomplished a great feat in maritime history, he still couldn't reach as far as Gan Ying on the road where Eastern and Western civilizations met. Zheng He only reached the east coast of Africa, while Gan Ying reached the Mediterranean coast. If the Parthians hadn't threatened him, he might have actually reached Rome, also known as the "Great Qin"!]

[Of course, this wasn't because Zheng He wasn't capable, but rather because there was no Suez Canal at the time. So if Zheng He wanted to sail to Europe, he would have had to go around Africa... Naturally, Gan Ying reached the farthest.]

So you shook your head: "No, even Eunuch Sanbao has never been this far..."

"But now we're here. If all goes well, we'll surpass Gan Ying and become the first delegation to reach the Great Qin Empire!"

You smiled, but also felt a little sad, because the Han envoys were finally about to reach Rome, but Rome had already disappeared...

[However, these Western countries that have replaced Rome are actually more valuable than Rome.]

For example, historically renowned Western scholars like Lord Niu were active during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. If you could bring them back to the Ming Dynasty, you might be able to help it quickly climb the technology tree and develop super weapons like the atomic bomb to defeat the Divine Emperor!

[Of course, these are all just beautiful fantasies. You don't believe you'll ever be able to successfully slay a god in your lifetime, so your thoughts are actually quite complicated...]

But since you're already here, you might as well give it a try. So you muster up some confidence and start preparing to find someone.

[However, unexpectedly, just when you were looking forward to having friendly exchanges with Western scientists, a group of people you had never expected came to you first...]

As soon as you arrived in the Mediterranean, a large group of blond, blue-eyed foreigners excitedly rushed forward, singing, dancing, and crying to you and the delegation... They held up crosses and old scriptures, and shouted words like "loyalty" and "gratitude" in their long-practice, broken Chinese...

[They even put up a banner with Chinese characters that was quite characteristic of the Ming Dynasty.]

"Warmly welcome the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty, the Son of God, and the Holy Savior to the Vatican to guide our work!"

[Holy See! Loyalty!]

【you:……】

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(End of this chapter)