Like last year, on the day before the new year, Zhu Youxiao announced that he would be on vacation, and when he boarded, the entire Beijing division was full of jubilation, especially the officials, who cheered even more. 【Fengyun Reading Network. At this time, there are no statutory holidays, although under the regulations of Zhu Youxiao, there is a ten-month holiday, but it is very tiring to be busy all year round, and it is finally a long holiday at this time, and I am naturally happy.

Work is important, and rest is also important.

Zhu Youxiao has always thought so, he also did the same, after ascending the throne, he consciously formed a few stable holidays, and now the Chinese New Year is almost formed, a full nearly twenty-day holiday, which can be described as super luxurious.

Then make two big festivals, that's almost, he wants to change the Ming Dynasty, not only in the system and economy, but also in culture and spiritually, in order to make the Ming Dynasty rejuvenated.

The road construction project has been going on for more than two months, and a large amount of silver has been scattered, benefiting countless people, countless tenants who are idle in winter, craftsmen who burn kilns, farmers who dig soil, and incidentally, because of the need for stone and sand, the local rivers have been excavated and dredged.

Under this nationwide activity, almost every Ming people have benefited, and even with it, this year's New Year is also very comfortable, chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep, and other meat can be tasted. Cheap padded jackets, warm wool cloths, mirrors, perfumes, and so on can be bought.

On the streets of the entire Jingshi, there is an endless flow of people, juggling, pinching candy people, selling handicrafts, and even telling people to read newspapers and write couplets, there are a lot, and the prosperity is abnormal. Such a huge flow of people and prosperity made the eyes of those businessmen who came to Tianjin port to do business shine.

This year, the people have been prosperous, quite fat, and the incense of the Emperor of Heaven has been exuberant again, and the holidays are the days of worshipping the gods and Buddhas, and everyone who has received the benefits is indispensable to go to the Emperor Temple to pray for His Majesty's blessing.

In the Xuanwu Gate, a new church was built here, originally, here is a scripture hall erected by Matteo Ricci, and later after John Tong obtained the emperor's approval, he expanded this place and built the first church in Jingshi as a base for Jesuit activities.

Although it is not Christmas, the Jesuits who come to China also gather together to have a leisurely afternoon tea.

"What a lively sight!" Bo Fanji looked at the endless flow of people on the street outside the door, and couldn't help but praise in the weird-looking Da Ming official words.

"yes, it's a lot more prosperous than when I first came." Tang Ruowang also praised together, and he also said the official language of the Ming Dynasty.

Due to the teaching materials, teachers, and schools, Zhu Youxiao's Hanyu Pinyin has not yet been popularized throughout the world, but it has been the first to spread among these clergymen who came to China. The clergy who come to China are of different nationalities, they do not speak the same language, and they generally communicate with each other in French.

But when the Ming Emperor introduced Hanyu and Hanyu Pinyin as an assessment, they changed the language of communication between them and used the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty. It was not difficult for these priests to learn more than one language, and most of them had more than one subject of knowledge.

"The East is really a magical country, and of course, so is the Ming Emperor." Bo Fanji exclaimed again, and then asked instead, "John, I heard that many merchants have come to you recently, hoping to meet the emperor?" ”

"Yes." Tang Ruowang smiled bitterly, "They think that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is the same as the king of the West, as long as he gives gifts, he can meet each other, and they want to talk about business with the emperor." ”

"Oh, that's a really great idea." Bo Fanji whistled, and looking at his disdainful expression, it was obvious that he was very disdainful of these compatriots who were stained with money from head to toe.

"It's a pity that the Ming Emperor didn't pay attention to them at all."

"Yes, this request of mine was not even handed over to the emperor at all, and was directly blocked by the cabinet." Although Tang Ruowang is the supervisor of Qintian, it is also difficult to see the emperor.

"Oh, that's a shame." Bo Fanji looked regretful.

For a while, the atmosphere between the two was a little silent. Truth be told, the missionary activities of the Church of Jesus are now somewhat stagnant, and although they have been approved by the emperor to preach freely, the religious administration of the Zongren government has limited the number of churches they can build.

Moreover, because their teachings were different from the moral tradition of the Ming Dynasty, they were ordered to change, for a while, because of this problem, their activities almost came to a standstill, and for the convenience of Tang Ruowang, Wang Changyue, who was the order of the sect, did not pay attention to it at all, Qin Tianjian was only a small department, and there was no trace of power, how could Wang Changyue be in his eyes.

More importantly, now the momentum is good, and they have penetrated into the grassroots people and the army in the view of the Emperor of Heaven, showing a strong force, especially those who are good at traditional Chinese medicine, with their sacrifices to the ancestors and free medical activities from time to time, they have won a good reputation, which has greatly squeezed the living space of Catholicism.

This kind of religious oppression is the most feared by the priests, and the ancient Taoism and Buddhism are different, the Heavenly Emperor Temple has a strong political support, and there are good teachings, it spreads very quickly, and now it is in all provinces and counties, taking root and sprouting, and gradually affecting the living habits of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

"Why don't we learn from the Emperor of Heaven and see a doctor for the people for free?" Bo Fanji suggested.

"What do you look at?" John Tang asked rhetorically, "Is it a mysterious Chinese medicine?" Or are they wizards who only give people bloodletting? ”

"Then what to do, we have to find a way." Bo Fanji was also a little frustrated, although he was a teacher in the hundred engineering colleges established by the Inner Government, he didn't understand what attracted these Ming people. Their lives are too rich, porcelain, tea, silk, this high-end goods, there is nothing they can't buy.

Even the pursuit of personal ascension channels such as reading and literacy is far more developed here than in the West, where measures such as examination and selection of officials have not yet appeared.

"Wait." Thinking of reading and literacy, Bo Fanji suddenly had an inspiration. "I have a great idea."

"Oh, what a good idea." Tang Ruowang's blue eyes looked over.

"Literacy!" Bo Fanji said excitedly, "Didn't Zongrenfu let us learn Hanyu Pinyin, I heard that this is what the emperor intends to promote in the entire Ming Dynasty, but there is no action for a while, why don't we use this to attract the people of the Ming Dynasty and compile a textbook that expounds the teachings of Catholicism, so as to expand its influence?" ”

Literacy textbook?! This is completely feasible, John Tang thought excitedly. In this ancient country, the pursuit of literacy is simply terrifying, he has seen more than once that the whole family supports a young man to study, and such stories are not uncommon in their history, and even the emperors are very much advocating such deeds.

If it is under the banner of teaching people to read and write for free, it must attract many people, and they are young people and even motivated young people. Moreover, this can be regarded as getting out the Chinese pinyin that the Ming Dynasty wants to promote, and the emperor will not be embarrassed.

Since the Nanjing case, the missionaries who came to China were very concerned about the meaning of the authorities, and it was because of this that John Tang made meritorious contributions and got the emperor's approval before he dared to build a church, and now this kind of missionary method has to consider the reaction of the Ming Dynasty.

"That's it." John Tong smiled and said that because of his success, he had become the head of the northern diocese, in charge of local affairs.

Soon, after the year, John Tang asked Yang Lian to print a batch of literacy enlightenment textbooks for him, using the newly established Chinese pinyin, and most of the content was short sentences from the Bible, under the banner of literacy, which attracted a large number of young people at once.

They excitedly signed up and came here in the evening to read and write, and to listen to the stories in the Bible.

The participation of a large number of young people made these missionaries excited, they thought that the vast majority of them would be children, but they did not expect that most of them were seventeen or eighteen years old, such a group of people is the best target of mission, they have begun to understand the world at this age, but have not formed a fixed concept, the easiest to develop believers.

No way, now in Daming, there are not too many opportunities to work, Daming Royal Bank, Tiangong firm, road construction team, just these three national organizations and actions require a lot of people, but there is a premise, you must be literate. If you can read and write, you can get a job that is very expensive.

Under the temptation of money, these teenagers who had never used private schools all looked for people to be literate, and at this time, the Catholic Church launched such an activity, which was exactly what they wanted.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Catholic Church in Beijing suddenly opened up the situation and spread rapidly, following the literate teenagers to the group of middle-aged and elderly women. This trend is somewhat similar to that of later generations, and most of the people who believed in Catholicism in later generations were also in their group.

Of course, there are a lot of young people who believe in it, and this kind of change quickly attracted Wang Changyue's attention, and he looked at it, oh yo, he was embarrassed by the other party's attention, and it turned into an opportunity for the other party's development, which is really incredible.

However, Wang Changyue is not a person with a small belly, the other party can turn danger into a disaster, but he can develop through this, and he is also capable, and he can't fall behind.

So, the Emperor of Heaven also launched such an activity, free literacy, by the way to spread the teachings, these, and a large number of people passed, the Ming people, for the literacy fanaticism, that is unimaginable for later generations, from the literacy class in the army, there is no need for people to supervise, every night when the time comes, the classroom is full.

In this way, without Zhu Youxiao's knowledge, the novelty of Hanyu Pinyin spread rapidly after the promotion of the two major religions.

Although the Heavenly Emperor Concept intervened in time, however, with the promotion of Chinese Pinyin, the Catholic Church has gained a firm foothold and has a stable number of believers, although it cannot be compared with the traditional Taoism, Buddhism, and the rookie Heavenly Emperor Concept in terms of scale, but it has entered a stable stage of development.

: I'm tired, but I still have to write slowly.