With the announcement of the list of township tests, the dust settled on Liu Xi's fate, and he waited for the long-awaited thing as scheduled.

The space changed again.

It's still the same recipe, the same taste, and as the red light gathered from the outside world poured into the statue of Emperor Ziwei again, the space has changed dramatically again.

This time it was mainly a change in the space area, from the original 800 acres of land to 1,600 acres, which made Liu Ximing quite happy.

The rest of the things planted in the space are okay, and the eucommia trees planted by Liu Ximing before took advantage of the opportunity of spatial mutation to carry out a second development, saving a lot of time for Liu Ximing's selection and breeding work.

The naval fleet of the Fubo Brigade could only rely on him for transportation, and he was still a little worried about how to fit all the ships into space, but now this matter was perfectly solved.

Another big change is the feedback of the space to Liu Ximing himself, in the dark, he seems to feel that something is different, but if he tastes it carefully, he can't say why.

It seems that he can only wait for the future to find out slowly, Liu Ximing can't care about studying this carefully, there are more tricky things waiting for him.

"Liu, you are also an official now, you said before that you can start the matter of helping us apply to the government to build a church?"

Li Sisi has been pestering Liu Xi since he was killed, and he has been building a church when he opens and closes his mouth.

Liu Xi's life was big for a while, not to mention anything else, the spirit of these missionaries was really tenacious, with this energy, no wonder they had achieved a little success in the southeast.

It's just that this proposition is a big problem for Liu Ximing, seeing that his career has been opened, he doesn't want to be involved in such a big trouble as the Jesuits.

You must know that in Zhejiang and Fujian alone, the Jesuits have caused several lesson plans because of the problems of worshipping Confucius and ancestors.

But it's useless just to think about escaping, firstly, Lixisi is staying in the same courtyard, and he can't run away, and secondly, Liu Ximing thinks that there are many things that Jesuits can help, so he can't refuse at once.

Finally, on August 29, he could no longer shirk it, so he could only make a special trip to Liliusi to negotiate and come up with a plan.

"Mr. Li", in the study, Liu Ximing went straight to the point: "You have asked for a lot these days, but I have rejected them, do you know why?" ”

Lycis made a cross gesture, "I think God's instructions have not yet arrived." ”

"Poof"

Liu Ximing squirted out a sip of tea, this can be involved, you are really a talent.

Wiping the water stains at the corners of his mouth, Liu Ximing couldn't cry or laugh.

"Mr. Li, you and Mr. Ai have been so helpful to me, it is said that I should repay the peach, but now you also know that I have just won the township exam, and I am just a lifter, and I don't even have an official body."

"Although His Majesty personally named me an earl, there is always a little bit of meaning in the officialdom. More importantly, you Jesuits themselves. ”

Lyce's brown eyes rolled around, and he asked with some confusion, "What does this have to do with us?" ”

"Of course, it is related, I also know a little about the teachings of the Jesuits, you wait for God Jehovah as the only Allah, and you pay attention to serving God wholeheartedly, but this is very different from my Chinese feelings."

Liu Ximing confirmed with him with a serious face: "I heard that in the southeastern provinces, there are many disturbances caused by the Jesuits not allowing the people to worship Confucius and their ancestors, and this is what I am really worried about. ”

Lis's lips opened slightly, and he immediately wanted to defend himself.

Liu Ximing pressed his hand and stopped: "You need to know the customs of the officialdom of this dynasty, everyone is an official, and what they want is to be safe, but looking at the Jesuit style, it often causes a lot of trouble, which is why you have been running in Chengdu Mansion for many years, but no one dares to agree to the willingness." ”

Finally finding an opportunity to interject, "If that were all there was to it, I could have my baptized brothers and sisters respect your customs, and only that I might build a church so that more people could bathe in the gift of the Lord." ”

Liu Ximing nodded slightly, the main purpose of his conversation today was to go to the promise of Lixi, and now that he is willing to take the initiative, it is naturally better.

In fact, this is Liu Ximing's little unheard, he doesn't know that the Jesuits are in a weak position at this time, and many things can be changed in order to preach them.

As early as after the Zhejiang and Fujian cases, the clergy headed by Eliotus and others had already put forward the idea of integrating into China, so there was no pressure on Lyricus to agree.

Liu Ximing said with a smile: "Mr. Li, do you know where the other problem in building your church is, the key is that you have asked the government for too many instructions." ”

"Hahaha", even he couldn't help but laugh a little as he spoke, and burst out laughing directly.

Seeing that Li Yisi's face was even more confused, Liu Ximing couldn't hold back a smile and explained:

"As I said, my officials in the Ming Dynasty have always been the people who do not hold officials accountable, in order to cause less trouble and less trouble, but as soon as you come to Chengdu, you go everywhere to find the government to apply for the establishment of a church, and they are not familiar with this thing, who will do these things for you behind your back."

The teacup that Li Sisi picked up suddenly stopped in mid-air and did not move, and he suddenly realized that this was really the case.

It's just that the Jesuits have become frightened because of many teaching plans, so when they arrive in the local area, they want to obtain the approval of the government first, in order to seek the protection of the government in the event of riots, who would have thought that this would be self-defeating.

Liu Ximing laughed in his heart when he saw Li Yisi's bewildered look, he was clear about bureaucracy.

In the past, in modern times, he heard a joke that if you can't do something in officialdom, the best way is to ask for more instructions.

In this way, in order to avoid responsibility, in the end, these bureaucrats will only report layer by layer, and eventually make the matter yellow.

Liu Ximing took advantage of the fact that Li Yisi was still stunned, and continued to laugh and said: "But your ideas are still right, there is a world of difference between having official help and not having that." ”

"In this way, since Mr. Li is willing to promise not to restrict the worship of ancestors by the parishioners, what about Liu taking on some of the responsibilities for you, tomorrow we will send someone to find a suitable place to buy it and use it to build a church."

Lysis stood up with a look of ecstasy, and kept drawing a cross on his right hand, "God is above, Liu, you are simply an angel reborn, and God will bless you." ”

"Uh, stop, stop", Liu Ximing thought to himself and Li Yisi was familiar enough, and stopped him in a half-joking tone.

"But again, if you are a missionary, you must keep a low profile, at least can you get me into a little trouble in the past few years."

"That's nature, that's nature, and I swear by my honor that I won't cause you any trouble."

Liu Ximing smiled and nodded, if this matter can be done, it will be easy to say what he wants to ask for Li's thoughts next.

The next day, Liu Ximing really sent a group of guards to find a suitable place in the city.

In his impression, the first church in Chengdu seems to be near Huaxi Dam, which is now the south gate of Chengdu Mansion.

Thinking that building a church directly in the city might cause a big backlash, Liu Ximing discussed it with Li Zhisi, so he first bought a piece of land in the south of the city to build a church.

As for the buyer, of course, it is in the name of Liu Ximing, he has a knighthood in his body, and with this, at least he can bluff some people in the early stage.

Although Chengdu Mansion is twice as large as Shunqing, it has a population of 300,000, and the circle outside the city near the city wall has long been occupied by outsiders to build dense buildings, and it is not abrupt to build a church here.

Liu Ximing consciously did his best to be benevolent to Li Zhisi, and after he put down a house, he immediately summoned a group of scholars from the Zijinke Township Examination through the Datong Society, and held a debate meeting in this position.

On the one hand, the discussion was the theory of great harmony put forward by Liu Ximing, and on the other hand, it was Li Zhisi who came forward to tell the overseas stories of many scholars and the customs and experiences of these missionaries along the way.

Because of the presence of this brand, on the second day, Liu Ximing even invited Ye Xianzu and other officials, who had always been interested in novelties, to come and listen.

In this way, although Liu Ximing did not directly report the construction of the church to the government, he had already mentioned this matter intentionally or unintentionally in his explanation, and if something happened in the future, Liu Ximing could at least use this to block the government's mouth.

Why, you magistrates have all attended the rally, and now you say that you have not received any news, then I am afraid that you can't say anything.