Fu Yingxing also knew the importance of this matter, and personally took a group of fans to Shanhaiguan that night to deal with Gao Di's fear of war in the Taizi River.

As soon as the fans left Beijing, the first trial of Yuan Chonghuan in the court had just ended.

On this day, Wei Zhongxian came to Xinuan Pavilion mysteriously and said, "Master, the old slave has heard that Academician Tang of Qin Tianjian has been busy with his feet lately. ”

The so-called Academician Tang in Wei Zhongxian's words is naturally John Tang, a missionary of the Holy Roman Empire of the Ming Dynasty in the past two years.

In his early years, John entered the Academy of Rome, where he studied theology and mathematics.

Founded in the 16th century by Loyola, the College of Rome is a "seminary of the spirit of Christ," but its curriculum is extensive.

In addition to the missionary content prescribed by the Holy See, many subjects such as mathematics, astronomy, geography, mechanical mechanics, and chemistry are taught, and many talents are trained.

Galileo Galilei was a former teacher at the Academy of Rome, and he was warmly welcomed and admired for his improved telescope in the lecture hall of the Academy.

Later, this improved telescope was widely used in European voyages, and it was basically one for explorers and fleet commanders who traveled all over the world.

The so-called "clairvoyant", which is relatively rare in the Ming Dynasty, is actually an imitation of a monocular, which is only qualified to be equipped with military generals at the level of generals or civilian officials at the level of governors.

In fact, since the elimination of the plague of the Japanese invaders, since the Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty has been actively absorbing all kinds of advanced Western scientific and technological knowledge that it can access.

When John Tong was a student at the Academy of Rome, he listened to Galileo's lectures and became interested in the rich Orient, so he began to learn Chinese on his own in various ways to absorb Oriental knowledge.

In the forty-fifth year of Wanli, John Tong completed his studies at the Academy of Rome with the highest grades and was ordained a priest by the Holy See, who was qualified to preach.

Five years ago, under the leadership of Cardinal Ginney Court, 22 missionaries, including John Tong, Deng Yuhan, and Luo Yagu, were received by the emperor in the court of the Portuguese Empire, and then set sail from Lisbon to the east.

This is the origin of John Tang and Daming.

Zhu Youxiao was looking at the officials and the military department, and when he heard the results of Yuan Chonghuan's first interrogation, he said, "Oh? After a while, he didn't think much about it, and asked with a smile:

"What is he up to?"

Wei Zhongxian said: "The old slave went to Qintianjian today to look for Academician Tang, but was stopped outside by the Western apprentice he brought, and his tone was very arrogant, saying that he was preaching and preaching inside, and no one saw him!" ”

"Your Majesty, the old slave is not angry with himself. Listen, a Western apprentice dares to make such nonsense in the palace, and no one sees it, wouldn't he even graduate..."

Having said this, Zhu Youxiao glanced sideways, Wei Zhongxian trembled, although he didn't continue to speak, his face still wanted to speak and stopped.

Zhu Youxiao laughed, put down the chapter, tapped Wei Zhongxian a few times with his finger, and said, "Look at you, you are all an old person, what are you angry with a missionary in his thirties?" ”

"Do you think I don't know that this is your unreasonable trouble, John Tang has already said that preaching and preaching is a sacred moment, you have to pick up this time to go in, who can you complain about."

Wei Zhongxian is indeed angry for a while, if it were others, he might still consider some of the things that he didn't have, so forget it.

But how dare a missionary from the West stop the Governor from entering?

Who does he think he is, in this palace, except for the harem, where he goes, he can't be honored as the factory father of his life!

After listening to Zhu Youxiao's words, Wei Zhongxian's anger disappeared at this time, but there was still something in his heart that he didn't understand, so he said:

"Master, the old slave's business is that he is confused."

"But John Tang is really busy from morning to night every day, either preaching and baptizing, leading the congregants to worship, or going to the church to preach, and he doesn't even have the time to go to Qintianjian on an errand."

"A missionary, at most doing the work of a Qin Tianjian, how can he be busier than the master?"

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he muttered slightly: "You mean, this John Tang preached in my court and developed a group of Catholic believers? ”

Wei Zhongxian didn't understand what the emperor meant by Catholicism, but he understood the general meaning, and nodded hurriedly: "Master, it's not that the old slave is small-minded, the old slave is worried, this Tang John is planning something else." ”

"I don't know if it's the bureaus and departments of the internal supervision, even the old slave's Dongchang, there are many people who have been baptized into Catholicism, and the old slave has to worry about His Majesty!"

Zhu Youxiao pondered, and it seemed that he paid some attention.

In fact, it is not because Wei Zhongxian's words said that Tang Ruowang has a conspiracy, Zhu Youxiao knew in later generations that Tang Ruowang was a serious person preaching.

However, it has been recorded in later generations that the purpose of these missionaries was not as simple as that of John Tong.

It is true that they did not come to preach alone, but these missionaries came to the Ming Dynasty with the vision of reviving the Holy See and conquering the East by their own kings.

At first, the Portuguese thought was simple: they thought that the East was relatively backward and could be conquered by force, and even if it was weak, it could be forced to open up to trade.

European countries that trade with the East will receive a very strong bonus buff.

When these missionaries came, they quickly sent news back to Portugal and the Holy See, much to everyone's surprise.

Bishop Jinnige claimed that the Ming Dynasty was far from the ignorant and backward ancient civilization they had in their impression, and that it was really impossible to conquer the Ming Dynasty by force.

Accordingly, the Holy See and Portugal had no choice but to abandon the idea of conquest by force.

In addition, the news of the victory of the Ming Dynasty in the naval battle with the Netherlands spread rapidly throughout Europe with the great voyage, and Portugal sweated even more, and did not dare to despise the ancient empire from the East.

But they did not give up their dream of conquering the East, and the King of Portugal and the Pope united and decided to use the policy of tenderness and slow simmer the Ming Dynasty.

On the one hand, proselytizing in Daming can increase the prestige of the Holy See and the Society of Jesus, which is good for both the Pope and Portugal.

On the other hand, we can also use the mission to further understand what the real situation of the Ming Dynasty is like.

In any case, whether it is commerce, mission, or something else, the ultimate goal of these missionaries is to serve the interests of their own country and the Holy See.

Some things are not visible at the moment, but if you look back from the perspective of later generations, they appear clear and easy to understand.

Zhu Youxiao was not at all worried that the Catholic Church would spread to the point of the West in the Ming Dynasty, because historical facts have proved that even if the imperial court did not interfere with the Jesuit mission, they would eventually fail.

You pass it on, you pass it on, and the people believe it and lose it.

What Zhu Youxiao wanted was to use this to give Daming some benefits, after all, I asked you to preach, and if you don't pay something, it doesn't make sense.

What's more, few of these missionaries really like the East, and Portugal and the Holy See want to go back to develop themselves in the Ming Dynasty, which is okay.

What Zhu Youxiao wants is also very simple, if you want to develop, I want to develop, and my development needs are not small than yours, so I will give you two choices.

Either go out of the house and get out of the Ming Dynasty, or the two will cooperate and make progress together.