In Sun Yuanhua's apartment in Taipei, Sun Yuanhua is receiving a bearded foreigner wearing a Ming Dynasty Confucian robe and a cross on his chest!

"Father Tang, I'm so glad you came to see me!" Sun Yuanhua was genuinely happy.

The foreigner has a high nose and deep eyes, wearing Ming Dynasty clothes, his temperament matches the clothes, and there is no sense of disobedience.

His name was John Tong, a devout Catholic Jesuit monk, priest, scholar, and Jesuit missionary of the Holy Roman Empire.

He is a figure that cannot be ignored in the history of cultural exchanges between China and the West, the history of Chinese Christianity and the history of Chinese science and technology. He was one of the most important Jesuits after Matteo Ricci's visit to China.

He joined the Society of Jesus and swore a lifelong life of poverty, chastity and obedience, and as a young man he became a friar in the monastery of San Andreo in Rome, where he underwent rigorous monastic training.

The Convent of Andreo has a library with many printed and bound volumes of annual reports, reports, and letters from overseas Jesuits to the General Society.

John Tong often went to the library to look through these materials. He was thrilled by the accomplishments of the early missionaries in the East in China. He admired Matteo Ricci's missionary strategy in China, which was adapted to Chinese culture and customs, and the so-called "Confucianism" that he tried to integrate Catholic teachings with Chinese Confucian culture. (Father Xiang Tang wearing Chinese clothes is one of them)

When he heard that Father Matteo Ricci, with his mathematical astronomical wisdom, had astonished the Chinese and received the emperor's favor and respect, opening up a new and very large field of faith for the Church of God, he was overjoyed that Western mathematical astronomy had gained such value in China.

This became the source of his thoughts to go to China and spread the gospel of the Lord, and then he went through all the hardships and dangers to reach China, and actively preached by imparting Western science and technology.

If history is not reversed by Yan Dashao, this Father Tang will be Sun Yuanhua's send-off, Sun Yuanhua ended tragically because of Kong Youde's "Wuqiao Mutiny", the court beheaded him, Xu Guangqi could not be rescued, Tang Ruowang disguised himself as a charcoal worker to send Sun Yuanhua to the edict to see him off, and made a religious ceremony to send him into the arms of the Lord!

Now the two of them can sit peacefully drinking tea and watching the water scenery under the mountain!

Sun Yuanhua's apartment is an "expert building", and the Southeast Mansion has specially built an apartment by the river, so that they can be surrounded by mountains and rivers and have a comfortable environment!

"I came to visit you at the request of Lord Xu, and Lord Xu said that maybe I can create a new situation in the Southeast Mansion......" John Tang said in a pure Chinese.

Sun Yuanhua said: "Lord Xu is right, our overseers have great respect for science and technology, and respect for talents!" ”

He introduced the practice of the southeast province, and scientific and technological personnel are treated the same as the army!

The real name of the Southeast Prefecture is "Southeast Military Government", and a military character indicates that their nature is the politics of the first army, and the military is preferred, and the treatment of scientific and technological talents in the Southeast Province is as good as that of the soldiers, which shows that the Southeast Prefecture Overseers attach great importance to scientific and technological talents.

"Looks like we have a lot to do!" Tang Ruowang nodded.

So after Sun Yuanhua explained the work of the gun factory, he transferred a clipper boat and personally accompanied Tang Ruowang to Tainan!

The scenery along the way made John Tang deeply understand: "This is a vigorous regime, and they are more vigorous and hopeful than the mainland!" ”

"He is a powerful figure, he is true in the southeast province, if we parishioners can get his support, we will get a new development!" Sun Yuanhua said with a worried face: "He believes in Mazu, so I don't know if he can have a place for the lord in the Southeast Mansion!" ”

Tang Ruowang said optimistically: "Things are man-made, everything depends on hard work!" ”

With devotion to the Lord and perseverance, he worked hard to spread the gospel of the Lord in the East, where he was unfamiliar with his life, and was strong-willed.

The clipper arrived at the Kaohsiung Military Port, subject to many strict inspections, and was unimpeded by virtue of the identity of Sun Yuanhua, the vice minister of construction, and the many plywood ships in the military port, which made John Tang feel again, perhaps, with the breakthrough of science and technology, he could move the young ruler to open his face.

He was right.

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Yan Changwu had returned from a break from training at sea, and there was news that Sun Yuanhua and a priest named John Tang had been waiting for him in the Overseer's Mansion for three days, so Yan Changwu rushed back to meet them.

He was very interested in Father Tong.

At that time, the unscientific priests who believed in the Lord were the disseminators of science and technology, and the ordinary red-haired fan was not familiar with science and technology, and the degree of ignorance was as good as that of the Ming people.

In the spacious office of the Overseer's Mansion, Yan Changwu met Father Tang and Sun Yuanhua, and everyone had a great conversation!

He cleverly gave Yan Changwu books on mathematics, chemistry, physics, astronomical calculations, philosophy, classical literature, theology and other books brought from Europe, Yan Changwu was deeply interested, this was the high-tech of that era!

With the development of Chinese and Western civilizations, the decline of the East gradually appeared, but Western science had a tendency to catch up.

To Tang's surprise, Yan Changwu had quite a lot of understanding of the science and technology he mentioned, such as Copernicus's "heliocentric theory" (that is, the world is centered on the sun), and Yan Changwu immediately made a move that surprised him very much.

"This is the Sun, this is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune!!"

He drew the solar system with a pencil on a piece of paper, with a total of eight planets, but there were still several planets that had not yet been discovered at that time, and he actually wrote them and named them!

Then he drew the Milky Way with a pencil and a little bit, and then with more dots, he drew an extragalactic galaxy!

His unquestionable attitude shocked both John Tang and Sun Yuanhua.

Sample, labor and management don't stop you, you can be an overseer!

Then, this drawing was naturally taken away by Sun Yuanhua! (Many years later, the astronomical drawing was auctioned for an astronomical price!) ）

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"If you are able to work in the Southeast Province, I will hire you as a professor at the Southeast University and will not interfere with your missionary work in the Southeast Province!" Yan Changwu confessed to John Tang.

Tang Ruowang was overjoyed, while Sun Yuanhua was glaring: "But we haven't established Southeast University yet!" ”

"Father Tang is here, and we will build this university, it's time!" Yan Changwu said with a smile.

He asked John Tang, "Do you want to stay in the Southeast Mansion?" ”

"Of course, it's my pleasure!" John Tang said without hesitation.

"Please invite Chief Chen and Chen Caiye to come, and we will immediately finalize the affairs of the university!" Yan Changwu was resolute and immediately called in CEO Chen Xinji and Chief Financial Officer Chen Hebin, and said to them: "I want to build a Southeast University!" ”

There was a briefing in advance, and the two Chen knew the importance of "science and technology", and immediately agreed to come down, allocate funds and land, and extend the manpower, and the teachers were Sun Yuanhua and Tang Ruowang, who were ready-made, as well as talents from the School of Architecture and the Ministry of Metallurgical Technology in Southeast Province, and then there were teachers from the University of Santo Tomas (the oldest and earliest university in the Philippines was founded in 1611, which is not only the oldest university in the Philippines and even in Asia, but also one of the oldest Catholic schools in the world. The school-running strategy of "middle school as the body, Western learning as the use" was set, that is, Chinese culture and the practical science developed by the southeast government and the Western-style science went hand in hand.

He also gave John Tong land, allowed him to build a church, spread the teachings, and asked him to teach mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, and so on in the university.

After the group left, Chen Xinji frowned and said, "How can you let him preach here?" ”