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Su Ze looked at the letter and felt that what happened in Europe was natural.

The sixteenth century was an era when the whole world was looking for a way out.

The Renaissance was in the ascendant and Enlightenment was already in its infancy.

This is an era of connecting the past and the future.

On the one hand, humans are exploring the world, and the emergence of new technologies has led to a huge leap in productivity.

On the one hand, mankind is confused again. The ancient old system is tinkering with, but it can no longer bridge various social conflicts, and war is everywhere.

Although Su Ze's ideas came from the East, they also met the needs of the West. In addition to religious resistance, the Dutch also needed a reason to resist politically.

The system of "sovereignty lies with the people" spread to the European continent through Eastern books brought back by Dutch businessmen.

Prince William of Orange, who came into contact with the doctrine of sovereignty in the people for the first time, only heard a few words from Dutch businessmen.

Later, Prince William of Orange could not understand the Oriental books brought back by Dutch merchants. At this time, the literacy rate in Europe was also pitifully low. Not many people even knew the native language, let alone Chinese characters. Not to mention organizing manpower to translate theoretical books like this.

Later, Daguan came to the Netherlands.

Daguan, like Shen Guanyi, is extremely talented in language.

As a monk, Daguan himself has to travel frequently. The complexity of the dialects in various parts of the Central Plains is no less than the differences between many language families in Europe.

In the Netherlands, Daguan quickly learned multiple languages.

Next, Prince William of Orange hosted Daguan for many banquets and asked him for advice on Su Ze's knowledge.

Philosophy naturally means telling everything you know, and this set of Eastern theories fascinated the Prince of Orange.

Although he was born into a noble family, William of Orange was more inclined to civilian politics and opposed Spain's bloody rule in the Netherlands.

But the religious problem is only one of many problems in the Netherlands.

The reason why religious conflicts across the continent are so intense is not because other issues are not acute, but because religion is the only issue that can be discussed.

Religious wars have been fought for many years, and Protestantism has its roots in many parts of Europe. Even in island countries like England, there are already monarchs who believe in Protestantism, and some lords have established the status of Protestantism as the state religion.

The old Catholic system has become increasingly degenerate in the long Middle Ages. Books like "The Decameron" are almost full of stories about priests' depravity and lewdness.

In contrast, the monarchy itself seems to be destiny, and there is no reason to rebel against the monarch.

Your family has a king, and my family also has nobles. Looking at all the countries in Europe, which country does not have its own monarch.

For the Dutch, anti-Catholicism was just an outlet, simply because the King of Spain was a devout Catholic and his religious policy in the Netherlands was the most bloody and tense.

In fact, on the historical timeline before Suze's time travel, after the King of Spain made concessions on religious policies, the Netherlands' uprising quickly lost its legal basis, and some urban classes gave up their resistance, which eventually led to the entire The uprising was suppressed.

But now Su Ze offers a brand new possibility.

In the far east, there is an ancient country with a history older than ancient Greece, a civilized country recorded in Roman documents, a powerful and prosperous country, and a country with a population larger than that of the entire European continent. It can live without an emperor. !

While this gave all the Netherlands a mental shock, they were also thinking about the same possibility.

A country that is more advanced than Europe can have no emperor, so can the Netherlands also have no emperor?

Can the Netherlands also become a country with sovereignty vested in the people?

Even the conditions in the Netherlands itself are even better than those in the East.

The King of Spain has never been to the Netherlands since he succeeded to the throne, and the governor of the Netherlands is also concerned about tax collection and religion. The Netherlands' own affairs are basically settled by the nobles themselves.

So it seems that the system of that country in the east can be adopted and used in the Netherlands?

Prince William of Orange also saw this, and immediately took out a large amount of gold and asked Daguan to translate the works of Grand Governor Su Ze.

Daguan immediately translated Su Ze's article into European languages.

When Daguan was in the temple, the printing press improved by Su Ze had become very popular. Movable type printing machines were used in temples to print scriptures, and even documents praying for believers were printed directly.

Da Guan soon discovered that these Western letters could be printed more quickly using movable type.

So Daguan also smoothly guided the Dutch to improve their printing press.

Prince William of Orange was even more delighted. He immediately built dozens of printing presses according to the optimistic method, and then printed Su Ze's theory on the printing press.

Scholars in the Netherlands dug up materials from the ancient Greek era and demonstrated from the East and the West that in a country without an absolute monarch, people can freely decide their own path and let the country prosper.

These scholars collectively believe that the East, the beacon of today's world, is in the war of the Ming Dynasty, an absolute monarchy, and is about to win and become the ruler of the East.

This shows what?

It shows that the absolute monarchy is coming to an end.

Su Ze's theory also provides the basis. The needs of economic development determine the bankruptcy of the absolute monarchy system, and the new era also requires a new system.

In this way, Suze's works spread rapidly in the Netherlands and began to spread to other regions.

Even not just in the Netherlands, Suze's works were brought to France, Britain, Italy, Germany, and even translated to the Ottoman Empire by European merchants.

Su Ze did not expect that he just sent Daguan to Europe to understand the situation of religious wars in Europe, but it would lead to such a result.

However, William of Orange and Daguan did not expect that Su Ze's theory was too advanced in Europe.

When Suze's works reached France, France, which was undergoing monarchical centralization, immediately realized the dangers of these doctrines.

France, which originally supported the Dutch revolution, suddenly turned around and began to ban the accommodation of Dutch rebels and declared the Netherlands to be heretics.

Immediately afterwards, Britain on the other side of the ocean also began to have a huge controversy over Su Ze's theory.

Britain's attitude is much more ambiguous than France's.

The rule of the Bloody Queen made the British aristocracy disgusted with the monarchy.

But the current Queen Elizabeth I is very cautious in using royal power and is deeply supported by the British people.

How to deal with this Eastern doctrine?