Anthony's expression changed. He came to the Ming Dynasty a few years ago and witnessed the scale of the Ming Dynasty war with his own eyes. Indeed, as Yang Ding said, this is an invincible lion, but it is also a lion that has lost its glory.

Lion.

"What is the name of this friend from a foreign country?"

Yang Ding suppressed a smile in his heart and said: "I also have a name for Europa, called Serac Xingya. You can call me Serac!"

Serac? This name is indeed the name of their Europa. Anthony asked: "Mr. Serac, have you ever been to Portugal?"

"No!" Yang Ding said simply.

Anthony said: Since Mr. Serac has never been to Portugal, how does he know so many things about Europe?

Yang Ding laughed and said: "There is an old man in China who once said that you can know the world by not going out of the house; you can know the way of heaven by not following the rules of the house. The farther you go out, the less you know."

Yang Ding paused and secretly wondered why he was talking to a foreigner about this. Yang Ding turned around and smiled and said: "I won't tell you so much anymore. Our Chinese culture has a long history. Even if I talk to you, you won't understand. You

You should know that a Mr. Marco Polo from Italy in Europe visited China decades ago, so it’s not unusual for me to know about things in Europe! Of course, these are off-topic, Mr. Anthony, why don’t I talk to Mr. Anthony?

Let’s talk about these twelve constellations!”

"What kind of insight does Mr. Serac have? Doesn't Mr. Serac think that these twelve constellations originated from our Europa? Could it be that Mr. Serac's understanding of the twelve constellations also came from Mr. Marco Polo?"

Yang Ding said: "Of course not."

Anthony said: "Mr. Marco Polo has been dead for many years, and I have never seen Mr. Marco Polo, so if Mr. Serac says no, then there is no need. I don't need to have these meaningless arguments with Mr. Serac!"

Yang Ding sneered: "I said there is no evidence for nature, because it is impossible for Marco Polo to mention the twelve constellations!"

"Why?" Anthony asked.

Yang Ding said: "Mr. Anthony, don't you know what the situation in Europa is now?"

"What's the situation? I, I don't know what situation Mr. Serak is talking about! Although Anthony is trying his best to deny it, everyone can already see that Mr. Anthony is guilty!"

Yang Ding sneered and said: "Excuse me, Mr. Anthony, your high priest, the great Pope, how is your health? So how are your country and people living under the control of the Pope? Ancient astrology like the twelve constellations

Is art still considered a heresy in Europe at the moment? Does your pope really allow you to develop this kind of doctrine? So I ask Mr. Anthony, even you, do you dare to spread this kind of information everywhere? "

"Ah! You, you, Mr. Serac, how do you know this?" Anthony's eyes already revealed fear, and he seemed to see the invisible figure who had ruled their Europa for hundreds of years.

devil!

Yang Ding just wanted to scare him with the European pope. Yang Ding didn't expect Anthony's reaction to be so big. It seemed that medieval Europe was far darker than he imagined.

Yang Ding took a deep breath and then

Asked: "Mr. Anthony, is your sky in Europa the same as our sky in Ming Dynasty?"

Uh---? Anthony said with some uncertainty: "Maybe."

"Should?" Yang Ding snorted and said, "Mr. Anthony, it's not that it should be, but it is!"

"Even if it's the same sky, I still don't understand why Mr. Serac asks these questions?" Anthony asked.

Yang Ding smiled and said: "It's good since we are on the same sky, Mr. Anthony, our Ming Dynasty is a civilized empire with a history of four to five thousand years. History and culture have never been interrupted. Our cultural inheritance is not interrupted as much as yours."

times, so your astronomical calendar is a legend passed down orally, while our legislation is indeed the result of research from generation to generation."

"This ---, who said that our European culture has disappeared? We in Europe have many outstanding scholars, and they are all messengers sent by God to save us!" Although Anthony tried his best to deny it, everyone saw it.

It turns out that this Westerner from Europe already felt guilty!

Yang Ding smiled and said: "The civilization of ancient Greece perished two thousand years ago. It was wiped out with the death of Alexander the Great. Mr. Anthony, our Ming Dynasty is different. Our Ming Dynasty has a complete set of astronomical knowledge.

Our astronomy is different from yours, because we have studied it more thoroughly. I can tell you responsibly that your current knowledge of astronomy is probably like that of children, so the issue of the origin of the twelve constellations is not

It’s not us, Ming Dynasty, who plagiarized your Europa!”

Yang Ding said righteously, perfectly sublimating the conflict between the two people to the level of cultural conflict between the two countries. When the students present heard Yang Ding's sonorous and powerful rebuttal, they all clapped their hands and applauded. That is, with their Ming Dynasty

Culture, do you still need to plagiarize a civilization that has disappeared for thousands of years?

Of course, what Yang Ding said is also true and false. The reason why Yang Ding said this was not because Yang Ding did it intentionally. It was because the ancient Greek culture had long since perished, and the Europeans' falsification of history was well-known throughout the universe.

In addition, the history of Europe is a mess, so Yang Ding can only use the European history he knows and European myths to try to confront Anthony.

Of course, these are enough for now, because in medieval Europe there was only the church, and they did not allow anything other than the church to exist. Ancient culture could not survive in medieval Europe. It can be said that Europeans today are both ignorant and superstitious.

They have no idea who their ancestors are. Europe is now in the darkest era before the Renaissance, so Yang Ding dares to say this.

"Master Xiao, right? I am also a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, but I have never heard of any connection between the astronomy of the Ming Dynasty and these twelve constellations!"

Mr. Tang? Yang Ding glanced at Tang Mobai in surprise. He didn't expect that the first person to attack him would be Tang Mobai, the scholar of Tang Dynasty.

Yang Ding frowned slightly. Young Master Zhu, a European, and now Tang Mobai, it turns out that these three people are in the same group.

Yang Dingdao: "Mr. Tang, we have a yamen in the Ming Dynasty called Qintianjian. Qintianjian is divided into four subjects: astronomy, luqi, Tatong calendar, and Hijri calendar. I would like to ask, Mr. Tang, which subject can Mr. Tang enter with his current knowledge?"

Woolen cloth?"

"This, this---, exactly

It is said that there is a specialization in the arts, but Tang is not good at Qin Tian's studies!" Tang Mobai said with some lack of confidence.

Yang Ding's meaning was very obvious. You, Tang Mobai, are not good at astronomy, so why are you still asking questions here? However, Tang Mobai is also smart. He immediately understood the implication of Yang Ding's words, so he said: "Skills are good."

After specializing, I stopped talking.

Yang Ding looked around and smiled and said: "Our Ming Dynasty's astronomical calendar is divided into seven political and five latitudes, twenty-eight constellations and four elephants, three walls, twelve times and divisions and other small subjects. The twelve constellations only correspond to our small subjects.

Twelve times.”

"Oh? Brother Xiao, please give me some advice!" Gongsun Yi saw that Yang Ding could indeed tell some secrets, and he immediately became interested in Yang Ding. Therefore, after Yang Ding finished speaking, Gongsun Yi took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the situation to ask.

Yang Dingdao: "Everyone here knows that the so-called twelve times are based on the signs of the twenty-eight constellations. The week near the ecliptic is divided into twelve equal parts in the direction from west to east, so it becomes twelve times. In addition, it also

There is a name for it, called the twelve constellations of the zodiac."

"Twelve signs of the zodiac? Appropriate! If Brother Xiao said that, I'll understand better!" Gongsun Yi nodded and said, looking at his expression, he seemed to really understand.

Yang Ding secretly praised in his heart, this Gongsun Gongzi is really a great talent. It seems that this person is good in astronomy and geography. It is a pity that he failed in the last imperial examination, otherwise he would be an important minister in the current imperial court.

Yang Ding nodded and said: "Young Master Gongsun is right. The Shepherd Palace is Jianglou, and its representative is Kuilou's stomach in the twenty-eight constellations. Daliang, represented by the Cow Palace, is the stomach in the twenty-eight constellations.

Pleiades, the Yin and Yang Palace is really sinking, and its representative is the Bishu Shenjing among the twenty-eight constellations---"

Yang Ding finished speaking incessantly, without any pause in the middle, and everyone nodded repeatedly. During this period, Yang Ding was also worried that as the newspaper was published for a long time, it would attract criticism from some bachelors who were proficient in astronomy and calendar.

, so Yang Ding went to check out some related books on astronomy and calendar, and silently remembered the connections in his heart.

The sky is the same sky. No matter how different the Chinese and Western astronomical calendars are, they will eventually arrive at the same destination by different paths. That’s why Yang Ding first asked Anthony whether the sky of Europa and the sky of the Ming Dynasty were the same sky!

The crowd cheered again, but a strange smile appeared on Mr. Zhu's face.

After Anthony's expression changed several times, he finally said with conviction: "Mr. Serac is well versed in Chinese and Western knowledge and his understanding of our Europa far exceeds my understanding of your Ming Dynasty. I am as evil as a German shepherd!"

As evil as a German Shepherd? Does this Anthony mean that he is as vicious as a dog? No, there is no German Shepherd in this era.

Seeing that Yang Ding couldn't understand, Anthony quickly explained: "Evil as a German Shepherd means that I am convinced and admire Mr. Serac very much. This sentence can also be interpreted as 'Oxel friends'!"

Anthony saw Yang Ding still shaking his head in confusion, and smiled: "It seems that Mr. Serac doesn't know that much about our Europa culture!"
Chapter completed!