"Certainly not just missionary!"

Nodding, Zhu Mingzhong's tone had a hint of mockery.

"These missionaries are the pioneers of the colonizers, and whenever they go to a place, they will use the missionaries to understand the region, and for the strong, of course, they are only missionaries, messengers of peace, and disseminators of culture, and for the weak, they will become the vanguard of the colonists."

In the process of China's contact with Christian missionaries, the missionaries of the late Ming Dynasty were undoubtedly "messengers of peace" and "disseminators of culture", and as for the late Qing Dynasty, those European missionaries played the role of the vanguard of the invasion of the foreign powers. And this difference in fate is precisely determined by the difference in national strength.

In the records of Western missionaries at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was developed and rich, and the people were polite, positive, and good at learning, but in the late Qing Dynasty, the China in the mouth of the missionaries became poor, ignorant, ignorant and insensitive.

"Those missionaries went to all parts of the world to preach under the fanaticism of sectarianism, precisely so that the so-called uncivilized and barbaric non-Christians could be bathed in the glory of Christ, knowing that this so-called civilization had burned scientists and countless scientific works......"

Zhu Mingzhong was very curious about why those who shouted "Down with Confucius" blamed Confucianism for the cause of modern backwardness, and no one said how Christianity led to the backwardness of Europe. No one talks about the "positive role" that Christianity played in Europe's expansion of the world.

Vasco da Gama, the pioneer of the Age of Discovery, spent two years in Asia, underpinning his ignorance and religious fanaticism, while in Goa, the Portuguese colony in India, built houses, churches, monasteries, etc., and used secular power to suppress Hindus and Muslims, leading the majority of the population to convert to Catholicism. The conversion of Hindus and Muslims to Catholicism was achieved precisely because of the help of secular power to religion.

Again, this is what Zhu Mingzhong wants to see, and he hopes to use the power of religion to change the attitude of the whole of China towards expansion.

"Nevertheless, as it is now seen, the brilliance of Christ not only did not hinder the development of European civilization, but on the contrary, it was necessary to promote the development of its civilization, and in order to prove the development of Christian civilization, they had to resort to technology, and not to carry out religious expansion through ignorant destruction and barbaric conquest, as some religions do......"

What Zhu Mingzhong said about nature means something, and what he refers to is naturally the "divine religion" that has not changed for thousands of years, and even in the 21 st century, it also rejects progress and civilization.

"And the drive for expansion is nothing more than two factors, one is interests, this interest is nothing more than the thirst for land and wealth, but this expansion is unsustainable, because they will stop at interests, just like the ancient Chinese attitude towards Southeast Asia and the north, every expansion will always be limited by the harsh natural environment, and make the Central Plains Dynasty feel unprofitable, so they just accept their submission, because in the eyes of many people in the Central Plains Dynasty, this kind of conquest is not worth the loss, it is unprofitable, Not to mention any honor. But what is a direct and persistent expansion? It's ideological, it's religious fanaticism......"

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Mingzhong expressed his thoughts in another sentence.

"Beneath the mask of expansion is a thought, and the mind is unstoppable!"

Religion is also thought, and when the mind is fanatical enough, there is no difficulty in this world that can stop this fanaticism, and the missionaries under the religious fanaticism will take "spreading civilization to the barbarians" as their duty, and go deep into the world, even the wild places will not stop their footsteps, and they will take the transmission of civilization to the barbarians as the highest glory. Of course, this kind of honor needs official recognition, such as enshrinement in the east and west temples of Confucius and canonization of it...... No, Feng Xian.

It's Feng Xian!

It is to enjoy the Confucian Temple's east and west enshrinement of the sages, and this kind of sage and the Vatican canonization of the so-called "saints" need to recognize miracles, the sages do not need miracles, only need them in the process of spreading Confucianism, to achieve the conditions of the saint's "edification of the Quartet".

This matter seems to be a bit of a head-scratcher.

Zhu Mingzhong's eyes narrowed into slits, and he seemed to have found a balance between Confucianism and national interests.

As for the Kong family...... Well, it's a big deal, it's just playing the role of the Pope, a puppet with a rope.

That's right!

That's it, the next step is to study how to change Confucianism into teaching, so that Confucianism can truly become one of the "three religions".

It seems that the Confucian Temple in this place should be overhauled!

When Zhu Mingzhong was thinking about it, Gu Yanwu's heart couldn't calm down for a while, Confucianism had a very high status in his heart, he may oppose science, but it doesn't mean that he is anti-Confucianism, although he agrees with the term "Confucianism", and also supports the spread of Confucianism to the outside world, and even thinks that this is the responsibility of Confucianism, but on the other hand, he always feels that something is wrong, but he can't say what is wrong, although what the king said is very reasonable, even the most stubborn people can't find fault, but, it always seems that something is wrong, what is it exactly?

Gu Yanwu couldn't say it, but his intuition told him that everything was not so simple, and the king wanted to "turn Confucianism into teaching", was it really just for expansion? As for the next words that the king said there that the scholars who had been exiled abroad could also serve as a precursor to education, he did not listen to them either, because at this time his heart was full of doubts.

What's wrong?

When thinking about it like this, Gu Yanwu thought of the preparations for the Northern Expedition that had been going on by the loyal and righteous army in the past few months, and thought that the Northern Expedition was about to recover Shandong, Gu Yanwu's heart suddenly realized that perhaps, turning Confucianism into religion, just after this Northern Expedition, it was very likely to be implemented.

Is this good or bad?

Just when Gu Yanwu was thinking about all kinds of possibilities in his heart, there was a piece of information from the military department over there. After receiving the secret telegram, the moment it was unfolded, Zhu Mingzhong's face changed, and then he said urgently.

"How is this possible!"

The king's surprise brought back Gu Yanwu's wandering soul, he looked at the surprised king, although he was curious, but he didn't ask, as a member of the army, he knew very well that the military department was not something he should interfere with, especially when it came to intelligence affairs, unless the king took the initiative to tell him, otherwise, he couldn't even take the initiative to show his curiosity about this matter.

What the hell is going on?

Noticing that the king's face changed from time to time, and the frowning brows became tighter and tighter, this made Gu Yanwu more and more curious.

What's the matter, King?

Similarly, Gu Yanwu was more curious about the content of the secret telegram, now the telegram is a secret in Jiangbei, there are only a few telegraph lines, only for military use, as for the issuance of government orders, it is still transmitted through the most traditional way, although the military government has repeatedly proposed to share the telegram, but it has not been agreed by the king.

Why didn't the king agree?

Secrecy, apart from this reason, does not seem to need any other reason, and sometimes, just this excuse is enough. However, the expenditure of tens of thousands of taels of telegrams every month, and this expenditure is only used for the shooting and distribution of military telegrams, which is too wasteful.

Of course, for Zhu Mingzhong, he didn't think about these issues at all, and he didn't care about Gu Yanwu's thoughts, or how wasteful the secrecy of the telegram was now, for him, the news brought by the telegram he had just received shocked him to the point that it was difficult to accept for a while.

After being stunned for a while, Zhu Mingzhong looked at Gu Yanwu and said.

"Relan covers the city, let the Zheng family take it away!"

History has not changed much, and now the city of Geranza has finally been recovered by the Chinese, and originally Zhu Mingzhong wanted to wait until the war on the mainland was over, and then send troops to seize the city of Geranza, and then take charge of the whole of Taiwan and set up counties in Taiwan.

But now, there is no need for it, because the city of Geranza has been taken by the Zheng family.

"The city of Geranza? The Zheng family? ”

First surprised for a moment, and then Gu Yanwu asked tentatively.

"The city of Geranza in southern Taiwan? When did Zheng Chenggong make his hand? ”

Gu Yanwu is not familiar with the city of Gelanza, but because he has seen the map of Taiwan once, and in the previous conversation with the king, he talked about the existence of Dutch forces in Taiwan and the resistance to Taiwan's colonization to the south, so he does not know where the city of Gelanza is.

"That's right!"

Nodding, Zhu Mingzhong smiled bitterly.

"However, it is not Zheng Chenggong who captured the city of Relanza, but his son, Zheng Zhilong!"

"What!"

Standing up in surprise, Gu Yanwu, who was shocked, immediately said urgently.

"Zheng Zhilong, how is this possible? He, isn't he in Ningguta? ”

Zheng Zhilong!

Gu Yanwu is no stranger to this name, Zheng Zhilong is one of the culprits that led to the fall of the Longwu Dynasty, it can be said that if it were not for Zheng Zhilong's surrender, the Ming Dynasty would not have been defeated so quickly. However, fortunately, Zheng Chenggong saved everything, if it weren't for Zheng Chenggong, I am afraid that even the king would marry the princess...... Princess!

Suddenly, Gu Yanwu realized the problem - Zheng Zhilong is not only Zheng Chenggong's father, but also the father of the princess and the father-in-law of the king!

At this time, Gu Yanwu finally knew, knew why the king's face was so uncertain, and why his brows were getting tighter and tighter.

Zheng Zhilong is a traitor!

There is no doubt about it!

It's a sinner of the Ming Dynasty!

There is no objection to this either!

No matter how he defends it, it can't change the fact that Zheng Zhilong betrayed the Ming Dynasty, according to the standards of traitors, don't say that Zheng Zhilong is still alive, even if he is dead, he must also pursue it, of course, it is impossible to hold his family accountable no matter what, after all, Zheng Chenggong is his son, Zheng Ling is his daughter, Zheng Chenggong is the king of Min of the Ming Dynasty, and Zheng Ling is the princess of Huai.

Their father was punished for traitor...... Are you kidding.

In the past, Gu Yanwu also thought about how to settle Zheng Zhilong in the future, if Zheng Zhilong was still alive after the victory of the Northern Expedition, then the best choice was to let Zheng Zhilong live a lifetime in the Zheng family, just like Emperor Longwu was imprisoned in Fengyang back then, and spent his life peacefully in the deep mansion of Zheng Yuan.

But who would have thought that now Zheng Zhilong has actually recovered the city of Relanza!

What's a joke about this!

In this case, the whole world knows that Zheng Zhilong is back, so what should I do? Is it punishment? Or do you sit back and watch him stay in the city of Geranza? Even......

"It's a hot yam!"

Looking at the king, Gu Yanwu said truthfully.

"This is true for the King of Min, and the same is true for the Great King!"

Zheng Zhilong is Zheng Chenggong's father and also the king's father-in-law, if more than ten years ago, Zheng Zhilong knew that one day his son and son-in-law would be in such a high position, would he still surrender to the Manchus?

The answer is yes!

Zheng Zhilong's first consideration is his own interests! Just like now when he captured the city of Geranza, when he captured the city, how could he have considered it for Zheng Chenggong?

"Hmmm......"

Nodding, Zhu Mingzhong said in a deep voice.

"In terms of national law, not killing Zheng Zhilong is not enough to make the people angry, but in terms of human ethics, he is the father of the King of Fujian, the lonely father-in-law, father and son cannibalize, and the human race is completely ......lost."

After such a long sigh, Zhu Mingzhong even regretted a little, why didn't he send someone to solve this problem directly, if this problem was solved, he would not face such a problem like now.

However, even if the problem is solved, how to explain it to Zheng Ling.

"King, I'm afraid the most difficult thing now is King Min!"

Gu Yanwu reminded that after all, King Min was Zheng Zhilong's son.

Shaking his head, Zhu Mingzhong sighed.

"It's lonely!"

After letting out a long sigh, Zhu Mingzhong continued,

"For a long time, it has been advocated that there is no need to show any mercy to the traitors, and it is Lone who is directly punished by the law, and Lone also exiles millions of traitors and their families in a foreign land...... Now ......"

With a long sigh, Zhu Mingzhong found himself in a dilemma for the first time. It is impossible for Zheng Chenggong to kill his father, no matter how difficult he is, it is impossible for the people of the world to ask him to kill his father because his father is a traitor to thank the world, after all, he is the son of man, this kind of thing that violates the people, someone will force him desperately.

But what do I do?

Zhu Mingzhong's brows were tightly locked, he has always had zero tolerance for traitors, but now it's okay, lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot, maybe the world will not force him, but the world is watching him! Awaiting his decision......