Chapter 1135: Catch a giant turtle as auspicious
The day that Marin left was very good-January 1, 1510, which is the New Year of the Western calendar. After the fleet left Panama, it sailed westward along the north equatorial current north of the Pacific equator.
This latitude happens to be the prevailing east wind zone, with wind and water flowing down. It was naturally the American sailors who were in charge of piloting the Keelung route. Amerigo has returned home, but these sailors and pilots have not returned home, they are responsible for leading Marin.
After the fleet sailed westward for a while, a navigator said while bragging with the sailors on board:
"Do you know? In this dimension, in the south, there is an archipelago, and there is a huge turtle on the island. Before you came, our captain happened to arrive in this archipelago when he took us out for fishing. Then , I saw a giant turtle with a big table on the island! "After that, the pilot also made a stroke, which caused the sailors to marvel.
After hearing this, Marin, who was leaning on the railing and watching the sea, frowned, and seemed to think of something ...
"Huge turtle? Did he say the Galapagos tortoise in the Galapagos Islands?"
Malin suddenly thought of it. It seems that the Galapagos tortoise is the largest turtle in the world ...
Its length can reach about 1.2 meters, and its weight can reach two or three hundred kilograms, which is five or six hundred pounds, which is very rare. The tortoises in China are generally at most ten centimeters in length. In front of the giant Galapagos tortoise, it is like a grandson tortoise ...
Marin smiled and continued to think about his own affairs. At this time, Marin suddenly jumped in frequency and thought of crossing a historical novel I had seen before. What was it called I should be the first assistant. The story is that the protagonist traveled to the Jiajing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty as a prodigy, as the champion, and finally became the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty. One thing mentioned in this book is that the Ming Dynasty people regarded the Galapagos tortoise brought by the Spaniards as a mysterious turtle. Then, local officials presented the giant turtle as auspicious ...
Speaking of this auspicious, there was a market in ancient feudal dynasties in China. The so-called auspiciousness refers to the sign of auspiciousness, which is regarded by Confucianism as a natural phenomenon expressing God's will and beneficial to people. For example, the appearance of colorful clouds, the tune of rain and rain, the double spikes of grass, the outflow of Ganquan, the appearance of exotic birds and beasts and so on.
The Galapagos tortoise is precisely the last of these-the appearance of strange birds and monsters ...
After all, there has never been such a big turtle on the earth of China. The most important thing is that in the ancient Chinese mythology and legend, among the four great beasts, the blue dragon, the white tiger, the suzaku, and the basalt, the basalt is the image of a turtle and snake.
Moreover, Xuanwu is the **** of water and lives in the North Sea. It is a symbol of good weather. At the same time, turtles live long and Xuanwu is also a symbol of immortality ...
Graceful weather and immortality are precisely the two supreme goals pursued by the rulers of ancient feudal dynasties. Therefore, in ancient times, turtles were considered auspicious animals. The strange tortoise is regarded as auspicious and also known as mysterious turtle.
Moreover, the last sentence in "The Book of Songs. Lu Song. Pan Shui" is "Longing for Huaiyi, to present Qichen, Xuangui ivory, and big bribe Nanjin" The turtle ivory here is the giant turtle ivory, which is a rare treasure in ancient times.
But anyway, in China, there is absolutely no giant tortoise longer than 1 meter. Ordinary turtles are only ten centimeters long, and big tortoises that are twenty to thirty centimeters long can be considered auspicious.
Moreover, for the ancient Chinese feudal dynasty, offering wealth was far less than pleasing Xiangxian. For the ancient Chinese feudal dynasty who regarded themselves as the center of the world, they couldn't look down on barbaric goods at all. Even if it is not in the Central Plains, it is just a surprise.
However, Xiangrui is different. For the feudal dynasty, the will of the people is very important. The presence of auspiciousness in the world is definitely a major event worth celebrating. Because, this shows that the emperor's holy Ming is the real man. The hundred officials are also "Zhongzhengyingchao", all virtuous ...... Everyone feels a sense of face. And the court has a face, it is definitely not stingy ...
In fact, the ancient emperor ministers were very keen on the pursuit of Xiangrui. Some emperors' pursuit of Xiangrui even reached the point of abnormality.
Among them, the most perverted pursuit of auspiciousness is Song Zhenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, which is Song Renzong's father ...
Song Zhenzong is the son of Song Taizong and has no outstanding achievements in his life. However, he has a record, that is-he is the sixth emperor of the Chinese feudal dynasty in Taishan, and the last one. Of course, he is also the most shameless ...
Why do you say that? Because, in front of him, the five emperors of Feng Chan were-Qin Shihuang, Han Wudi, Eastern Han Guangwu Emperor, Tang Gaozong and Tang Xuanzong ...
Look, the first five emperors, all of them have merits, they have faces to meditate. Qin Huang Hanwu will not talk about it, recognized as the hero. Emperor Guangwu was also a famous monarch who restored the Han dynasty. Tang Gaozong laid the largest territory of the Tang Dynasty. Tang Xuanzong also had a prosperous age in Kaiyuan anyway ...
What does Song Zhenzong have? He was forced to sign a disgrace agreement such as the "Tan Yuan Alliance" by Liao Kingdom, and he was also embarrassed to go to Mount Tai to revive Zen?
It was also said that people are embarrassed and have a thick skin ...
Moreover, Song Zhenzong's closure of Zen is very technical. Others have forged or let their men forge the "Book of Heaven"-you see, the sky is auspicious, I am the monarch of destiny, go to Mount Tai to revive Zen ...
During the reign of Song Zhenzong, the entire Song dynasty fell into a fanatical atmosphere of discovery and contribution of "Xiang Rui". Most of the people who gave Jinxiang ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ had great rewards. Even Wang Qinruo, who contributed the "Book of Heaven", also served as prime minister ... Another prime minister of the Song Zhenzong period, Ding Wei, was also good at making and offering "Xiangrui" ... These two goods are typical of Jinxiang Xianrui as prime minister representative……
The Emperor Jiajing during the Ming Dynasty was also interested in Xiangrui because he loved to cultivate immortals. For example, Yan Song, the adulterer, has offered the "Five-Colored Turtle". As auspicious, he has won Jiajing's favor. But I didn't expect that this "tortoise" was accidentally raised by the court lady. In addition to the previous rumors that Jiajing wanted to take the palace ladies' blood to refine the immortals and Jiajing's harshness on the palace ladies, it eventually led to the "Yunyin Palace Change", and the palace ladies almost strangled Jiajing Emperor ...
Of course, Yan Song's "five-color turtle" is a fake, it is the ordinary turtle that Yan Song used to paint someone to paint. The tortoises on the Galapagos Islands are true, and they are more viable and can live in arid areas. After all, the Galapagos Islands are arid regions.
However, the Galapagos Islands are located in tropical regions, and the tortoise may not be adapted to the cold climate in the north. Therefore, pay attention to cold. Otherwise, the turtle will die, and Marin will be implicated ...
However, it is neither Song Zhenzong nor Jiajing Emperor, but Zhengde Emperor. Emperor Zhengde is not interested in superstitions, but this thing is fun and likes rare treasures. And giant tortoises like Galapagos tortoises are just beasts, and they can win the favor of Zhengde. As for the ministers of North Korea and China, they can also be regarded as auspicious. This is because the presence of auspiciousness can prove Cathay Pacific ’s people ’s security and prove that they are all “good” ...
Thinking of this, Marin resolutely recruited the pilot and ordered:
"You, lead the way! Let's catch the big turtle!"
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