Text Chapter 468 Confession
Li Zicheng thought for a moment and felt that Wang Zheng was still not good at management, or that behind Wang Zheng, there was a lack of strength to transform scientific and technological achievements into productivity.
He produced wheel pots, which had to be sold to the people in order to recover the cost and even make a profit.
But ordinary people's homes, there is not much land, even if there is no wheel pot, can complete the farming affairs on time, if you buy a wheel pot, although saving farming time, but the people's leisure time, can not earn money, but increase the burden.
This is not something that Wang Zheng can solve, and it must be arranged by the superiors.
Li Zicheng pondered for a moment, and the word "short-term work" suddenly flashed in his heart, and said: "As long as Mr. Wang's wheel pot can indeed save a lot of time, the production, sales, and promotion will be handed over to the governor of Pontus!" ”
Wang Zheng hurriedly said: "Then please ask the Metropolitan Governor, and after I go back, I will improve this round of pots." ”
From just two contacts, Li Zicheng was convinced that Wang Zheng was keen on research, far better than him in officialdom, so he said: "Since Mr. Wang has decided to move his family to Xining, the governor of Pontus will provide Mr. with the best place for research, the vice president of Xining Science and Technology High School, how about it?" ”
"Vice Chancellor?" Wang Zheng didn't expect Li Zicheng to leave the vice principal of Xining High School to himself, and he was immediately surprised, and said busily: "That's the most talented person in Xining...... Next...... Hey, isn't Mr. Tang the vice principal of Xining High School......"
In Xining High School, Li Zicheng is the principal of the name, but he basically does not participate in teaching and management on weekdays, Tang Ruowang is the real head, Mr. Tang is from the West, and his knowledge is far better than himself, Wang Zheng couldn't believe it for a while, is this Li Zicheng's envelope? Since I am determined to come to Xining, it seems that there is no need to ......
"Mr. Tang has another appointment, Mr. Wang doesn't have to mind," Li Zicheng laughed and said: "Mr. Wang first revised the textbook, and after the new yuan, he officially went to Xining High School to take office, and he will have time to engage in research in the future, haha......"
His heart is full of expectations, Wang Zheng, the top enlightenment scientist of the Ming Dynasty, after coming to Xining, is engaged in scientific research full-time, can he bring an innovative atmosphere to Xining? Can it play a positive role in promoting the development of Xining science and technology?
In the blink of an eye, the Singapore dollar holiday has passed.
On the sixteenth day of the first month of the sixth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty (1633 AD), Wang Zheng settled in Xining High School and officially became the full-time vice principal of Xining Science and Technology College, while the original vice principal Tang Ruowang was reappointed as the prefect of Lanzhou.
This is Li Zicheng's ingenious arrangement, and it can be regarded as using the amount of talent.
Wang Zheng entered Xining High School, just to give full play to his full-time research strengths, in addition to the wheel pot, his research direction is bicycles, hydraulic machinery, after Li Zicheng dotted, these equipment appeared after a hundred years, even if Tang Ruowang stayed in Xining, it was difficult to help.
Wang Zheng develops independently, and when necessary, he can also recruit some students from Xining High School to participate, even if it is difficult for him to complete the design in his lifetime, his students can continue his research career.
And Tang Ruowang's appointment as the prefect of Lanzhou was planned by Li Zicheng earlier, so the prefect of Lanzhou at that time was concurrently served by Mei Zhihuan.
Influenced by the seminary, John Tang was loyal and upright, and had no inextricable connection with the local gentry and people in Lanzhou.
Li Zicheng hopes to build a team of honest officials, and John Tang basically has no desires except for preaching Buddhism, if there is an ideal candidate in this world, then this person is none other than John Tang.
Choosing Tang Ruowang to go to Lanzhou to serve as the prefect, Li Zicheng also had a purpose, he hoped to set up a higher education school in Lanzhou, Xining High School has already cultivated a group of talents, and Lanzhou, which has a larger population, has no reason to continue to be in a state of educational desert.
With John Tong's knowledge and professionalism, it would be a waste not to fully tap his potential.
Another point is that John Tang's appointment as the prefect of Lanzhou will create a precedent for technical officials, and once John Tang goes to Lanzhou, he will definitely inspect the entire Lanzhou Prefecture, including the cultural and transportation environment.
Li Zicheng has long regarded Lanzhou, which has a larger population and a better geographical location, as the center of the territory of the Mandate of Heaven, and how can John Tang have leisure and make plans for the transportation development of Lanzhou.
The territory of the Heavenly Mandate Army will become larger and larger, if everything is waiting for Li Zicheng to do, he will not have the energy and time, and he must exchange local affairs with local officials, that is to say, local officials, since they have taken the Heavenly Mandate Army, they must take the corresponding responsibility.
The last point is the common wish of Li Zicheng and John Tong, that is, to promote Catholicism.
The next key area to promote Catholicism will be Longyou, and Lanzhou is not only the capital of Gansu Province, but also the Sanchuan Mansion close to Xining, which just allows Catholicism to guide Longyou.
Although Li Zicheng and John Tang had different purposes in promoting Catholicism, their opinions were completely identical on the promotion itself, and the two had always cooperated tacitly so that Catholicism could land and take root in the Xining area, and irreversibly be fully popularized, except that they did not participate in political life, which was basically equivalent to the state religion.
On the 22nd day of the first lunar month, Wang Zheng's family arrived in Xining.
Wang Zheng is determined to follow Li Zicheng, and almost all of his family members came to Xining this time, including his wife Shang, concubine Shen, and two sons Wang Yongchun and Wang Yongshun.
When Wang Zheng sent out the letter to his family, it was accepted by Wang Anping through the carrier pigeons of the Mandate of Heaven, and this time Wang Zheng's family came to Xining, and was also escorted to Guguan by Wang Anping, and then escorted all the way to Xining by Liu Yunshui's cavalry.
Li Zicheng got the information and knew that Wang Zheng was going to take root in Xining, and he was overjoyed, this was the first Ming Jinshi who took the initiative to join the Heavenly Mandate Army.
On the one hand, he instructed the Metropolitan Governor's Office to place Wang Zheng's family in Xining High School, and on the other hand, he allocated silver taels to assist Wang Zheng in settling down.
But the next morning, Li Zicheng was making plans for the New Year in the study, but He Xiaomi came in, "Governor, Wang Zheng asks to see you!" ”
"What is Wang Zheng here for? Is it not enough to settle in, or is it work? Li Zicheng put down the things in his hand and said, "Let him come in!" ”
"Yes, Grand Duke!" After He Xiaomi turned around and went out, after a while, he led Wang Zheng in.
"Subordinates knock to the Pope!" The king entered the study and first paid homage.
"Liangfu doesn't have to be formal, get up quickly," Li Zicheng gave Wang Zheng a seat, and let He Mi serve tea, "Liangfu's family members came to Xining, are you still used to it?" ”
"Pope," Wang Zheng said with a long bow from his seat, "His subordinates have come for the sake of their families, and they ask the Pope to punish ......."
"Reprimand? Sin-giving? "Li Zicheng feels that Wang Zheng is weird today, he is a metropolitan governor on weekdays, why is he the pope today?" Liangfu has something to say, but please say it clearly! ”
"Pope, the disciple is guilty, and the sin is great," the king suddenly bowed to the ground, burst into tears, and said: "The disciple is stupid, in order to give birth to a son, as a child of God, but he took a concubine Shen's ......"
Only then did Li Zicheng understand that Wang Zheng was a Catholic, and according to the doctrine, he could only monogamy, but he accepted a concubine......
He didn't care about this originally, he was also a group of wives and concubines, and if he was guilty, he was much more guilty than Wang Zheng.
Wang Zheng is a devout Catholic, so what now?
Li Zicheng was helpless for a while, so he had to let Wang Zheng get up first, "Where has Liangfu always done Mass?" What do the bishops and elders say there? ”
"The disciple has asked Jinnige several times to help him solve his sin, but Mr. Jinnige always said, 'If you don't go to the end of the crime, the sin will not be solved...... It's ......"
It turned out to be to let Wang Zheng take a break from the concubine Shen family!
Li Zicheng smiled secretly in his heart, it seems that Wang Zheng is reluctant, otherwise, it shouldn't be difficult to take a concubine, "How did Liangfu deal with it?" ”
"The disciple has retired from the Shen family, but there is no one in the Shen family, refuses to leave, and then has to be forced to die, crying a few times every time, declaring that he is willing to enter the religion and keep his chastity, and he will not remarry ...... to death" Wang Zheng's eyes were distracted, his face sank like water, and said: "What's even worse is that his wife Shang's often tries to keep her ...... on the grounds of her old age."
Li Zicheng then understood the ins and outs of the matter, Wang Zheng's wife Shang, because he did not have children, Wang Zheng was persuaded by relatives and friends to accept the concubine Shen, but he is a Catholic, and taking a concubine is definitely a serious crime, and even Jinnige can't exonerate him, and now he can only ask himself, the pope of the East.
Regardless of whether what Wang Zheng said is true or not, in the Ming Dynasty, it is not an unsightly thing for officials to only accept one concubine, the key is his Catholic status!
The Shen family has no one in her family, and she refuses to remarry...... The best thing to do is to let her stay.
After pondering for a moment, he suddenly said, "Doesn't Liangfu have two sons?" Who are they born of? "It is unethical to leave a son and divorce their mother.
"These two sons of the disciple were not born to the Shen family," Wang Zheng said: "Yongchun is the successor of the eldest brother Hui, and Yongshun is the successor of the third brother Che!" ”
I see!
It seems that the method of "mother-son brother-in-law" will not work, but it is necessary to forcibly divorce the Shen family, so how will the Shen family live in the future? Is it a monk?
Li Zicheng suddenly thought of his own initiation that day, and said with a smile: "Tang Ruowang, Jinnige and others, although they are all from the West, but in the process of preaching, they adopted different methods, Jinnige and others stubbornly adhere to Western teachings, and as a result, it is difficult to move an inch in Daming, as far as this Pope knows, they came to Daming in a group of 22 people, except for Tang Ruowang, the remaining 21 people should not be more than 10 disciples. ”
"......" Wang Zheng naturally also knew that in addition to Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua and himself, there were few people in Daming......
"John Tang is different," Li Zicheng said indifferently: "After he came to Xining, he was first very unhappy, and then he asked the Pope for advice, and the Pope told him that if he wanted to preach extensively, he had to revise the doctrine. ”
"Pope, can the doctrine also be revised?" Wang Zheng's eyes widened, as if he had seen the flying immortals outside the sky with his own eyes.
"There is nothing immutable in the world, just like the Tang Dynasty, although it was excellent back then, but in the Ming Dynasty, it was the implementation of different laws," Li Zicheng said: "Catholicism originated in the West, but it is different from the customs of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and it must be ...... to follow the customs."
"This ......"
"As a pope, I have access to God and have the right to revise the doctrine, as long as God approves it," Li Zicheng is not only seeking relief for the king, but also for himself. ”
"But the word of God ......"
"God is right, of course, and it is expedient to revise the doctrine," Li Zicheng said with indignation: "When the gospel of God is widely spread in the Han land, this pope will revise these doctrines in accordance with the Lord!" ”
"......"
"Liangfu doesn't have to mind, Shen can take a break, she really doesn't want to leave, she doesn't have to force it, and God doesn't want to watch his people suffer," Li Zicheng dipped a drop of water with his own hand and sprinkled it on the top of Wang Zheng's head, "This Pope has already forgiven you in the name of God!" ”