Born Jin Taifu, dead and literate.

If the official doesn't even have this ambition, then there is no need to eat in the corpse.

Qingchang also wants to use the wind to take advantage of the wind and send me to the clouds, and have a good experience of being at the top of the mountain, and see the mountains at a glance.

However, he knew very well that this was a wall, and the higher he went, the more unbearable it became, and many people may not be able to become extremely powerful ministers in their lifetimes.

He is already a general in Guangzhou, and his age is not too old, so it is said that he can at least leave a mark in the history books in the future.

But only if you have sat in this position do you know how difficult it is.

What I didn't expect was that after meeting Chen Mu, he seemed to have been blessed with a general, and this journey turned evil into good fortune, and he actually made great achievements one after another!

He even gave birth to the emotion of "Mo Dao Sangyu is late, and the sky is still full of xia".

Don't talk about it, just talking about the encirclement and suppression of the Heavenly King Society, and the death of Liu Sleeve is enough for him to brag for a while!

This Liu Sleeve is the remnant of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, how many years have he been at large, and he has been at large, and he has always made the court unable to raise his head.

Now, this big thief is actually in the jurisdiction of Qingchang, and in his actions, it is completely over, I believe that it will not be long before he can break that wall, and it is not impossible to become a character like Zhang Zhidong in the future!

Therefore, when Deshou came to take office, he decisively brought Chen Mu with him to wash the dust for the new governor of Liangguang.

Deshou is also a person with a yellow flag, and Qingchang is also an old acquaintance, although he is a scholar and a martial artist, but his family roots are quite deep, and Qingchang has always regarded him as a teacher.

This was the third time Deshou had come to Guangzhou, the first time was to act as acting governor of Li Hongzhang, and he stayed for about five or six months, and after Li Hongzhang came to take office, he withdrew from the governor's palace.

Li Hongzhang only stayed in Guangdong for more than two months, and the Empress Dowager Lafayette escaped from Beijing and sent a telegram in Tianjin, urging Li Hongzhang to go north.

After Li Hongzhang left, it was he Deshou who came to take over the affairs of the governor's palace, but it was only two months, and the north had stabilized.

Because of escorting the Empress Dowager and the emperor to Xi'an safely, Lu Chuanlin was awarded the governor of Liangguang, promoted to the minister of military aircraft, and drove him away.

The black gauze hat of the Governor of Liangguang is big, but Deshou always feels that he is a stepping brick, and he throws it away wherever he needs it, without any sense of achievement and superiority.

This time, he hoped that he could stay a little longer and take off the word agent!

Unexpectedly, as soon as he took office, Qingchang gave such a big gift, and he actually ended the matter of Liu Sleeve!

He appreciated Qingchang and praised him, and even Qingchang's favor for Chen Mu was accepted naturally.

He is an old oilman, he knows that the official errand is not easy to do, if he doesn't rely on some people in his hometown, he can't do it at all, and he can even guess that in the matter of Liu Sleeve, maybe Qingchang just picked up Chen Mu's cheapness.

It's just that he couldn't imagine that Chen Mu, a young man, would get rid of an old fox like Liu Sleeve.

Chen Mu also felt a little emotional.

Deshou is already very old, the light on his forehead has not lost much oil, and the temples on both sides can see very obvious protrusions of blood vessels, like a pile of curly old earthworms hidden under the skin.

First Zhang Zhidong, then Tan Zhonglin, and now Deshou.

These officials, these ministers of the imperial court, are already dying, but the imperial court does not have young officials full of vigor to take the position, and the whole atmosphere is like this empire, lifeless.

Earlier, there was a group of young people like Liang Qichao in Guangdong, who were full of enthusiasm and wanted to make some changes, but they were beaten by the old people in the court first.

Chen Mu is not interested in the affairs of the imperial court, has no interest in officialdom, and does not have much hope and expectation for Deshou.

However, Zhang Zhidong's factory in Guangdong, after all, needs Deshou to take care of and preserve, and Chen Mu can only act on the spot and show enough enthusiasm.

It's just that I didn't expect that Deshou gave Chen Mu such a task, which really made Chen Mu a little speechless.

The Stone Room Sacred Heart Cathedral was originally the Governor's Mansion of Liangguang, and when Deshou acted as the Governor of Liangguang twice, he already had such an idea and wanted to take back this church.

After all, the dignified Governor's Mansion actually let foreigners rebuild it into a church, and this Governor is not comfortable to do, every time he sees this towering cathedral, he always feels hot on his face.

Although the French had withdrawn from Canton, the cathedral remained.

The missionaries showed a neutral stance and did not get involved in politics or the military, which led them to keep the cathedral in the end.

Deshou wanted to take back the cathedral, perhaps he knew that it was unlikely, so he wanted Chen Mu to go to the cathedral to negotiate and let him inspect it as the governor.

Chen Mu also knows that the purpose of Deshou is also very clear, since he can't take it back, he should also declare his sovereignty, it's not that the old man can't take it back, it's just that the old man doesn't want to take it, although you are still a church, but the old man can come if he wants, and he can leave if he wants, you still have to be under the control of the old man!

This task is not easy, after all, the relationship between Chen Mu and Prussian is no longer as harmonious as before.

Qingchang praised Chen Mu in front of Deshou, and his intention was very simple, hoping that Chen Mu would be able to walk out of the darkness in the future and truly walk in the sun.

With the support of Deshou, it will be more secure.

It's just that I didn't expect that Deshou would give Chen Mu such a tricky task!

Although the cathedral is for proselytizing, they welcome the common people, they want to absorb more believers, but they do not welcome the official people, because they have already stated their neutrality.

Chen Mu was also helpless, so he could only come to the cathedral again.

When he saw Prussiantown, the latter didn't have much rejection, which also surprised Chen Mu.

After all, the last time I called for help late at night, it was a stubborn pull that dragged Prussiatown to Bao Zhilin.

Chen Mu and this old man didn't have too much verbosity, and they went straight to the point and explained their intentions.

As the Apostolic Vicar, Prussian has the final say, but of course, he also needs to take into account political influences, not arbitrariness.

"This is impossible, a church is a church, and it will never accept official interference."

Prussian and Chen Mu did not beat around the bush.

"There really can't be helped?" Chen Mu is not a person who gives up easily.

However, Prussian still shook his head: "You should know the history of this church, it is not easy to come by, and now the church is very pure, just a spiritual shrine, not contaminated with politics, and not subject to jurisdiction." ”

Chen Mu knew that this old man was not easy to convince, so after thinking about it, he still said the way he had thought of dealing with it in advance.

"What if he came as a private person?"

Chen Mu's idea is actually very simple, and it can be regarded as not offending at both ends.

If Deshou had visited in a private capacity, rather than inspected, this should have been within Prussiantown's acceptance.

As for how Deshou advertised that he was going to inspect after he came, how the church clarified that it was a visit rather than an inspection, and how the two sides argued, Chen Mu couldn't care about it.

In Chinese history, when missionaries entered China, they first came into contact with the literati, and then with the open-minded scholar class.

Because they must have a certain culture in order to understand and accept the ideals and purposes of Catholicism.

Later, like other local denominations, they preached by grasping the psychological needs of the people, and used some small favors or empty spiritual ideals to win over believers.

Even so, they were very welcoming to the literati, especially some open-minded students and officials.

At this level, if Deochou came to visit in a private capacity, it would also be an excellent publicity opportunity for the church, and even the governor of Liangguang came to visit, all of whom were interested in the sect, and it was bound to bring a large number of people.

In Chen Mu's opinion, this concession should be enough for Prussia Town to accept.

What I didn't expect was that Prussian still put forward his own conditions to Chen Mu!

"It's not unacceptable, but it's ...... In fact, I would rather welcome another person to visit than you, the Governor, or even to stay for a while......"

Chen Mu also couldn't cry or laugh, Deshou wanted to come to inspect, it was because of his political needs, this thing had to be done in person, and if he changed people, it would lose its original meaning.

However, Chen Mu was still very interested in this person, and immediately asked Prussiantown, "Who do you want to live in?" ”

Prussian hesitated for a moment, but said with a red face: "If you can persuade Ms. Wei to come and stay in the church for a few days, I will let your governor come and visit......"

"Ms. Wei? Wei Guzhi?!!! Chen Mu was also dumbfounded, no wonder Prussiantown's old face was red!

"The priest really has a good eye and good taste...... Wei Xiangu was born beautiful and spotless...... It's just that she is a fairy girl, and she used to kill foreigners for righteousness, if you want to make things happen, it is estimated that you can only be drugged......"

In the face of Chen Mu's ridicule, Prussian couldn't cry or laugh: "What nonsense are you talking about!" My soul and body are dedicated to God, how can I have such thoughts......"

Chen Mu is a student of Prussiantown, so he naturally knows this rule.

Catholic believers cannot communicate directly with God, they must go through the clergy, so the clergy are called priests, they must be pure, in order to communicate with God, so they cannot get married, and the biological father of the Latin rite is to remain celibate for life, and if you want to be promoted to bishop, you must also be celibate.

As for Protestantism, which is Christianity, they can get married.

Chen Mu knew that this kind of thing couldn't be joked about, and it was just a joke, because he knew that Prussian wanted Wei Guzhi to live, and he was afraid that he would become interested in Gu art, after all, this was something that science could not explain.

The Holy See is always looking for miracles, and if science can't prove Wei Guzhi's tricks, it will be of even greater significance to Prussia if it is explained by theology!

Of course, it is more likely that a pure priest like Prussian would regard Gu magic as a devil's art.

In any case, although he closed the door, he finally left a window for Chen Mu.

Then, all that's left is to convince Wei Guzhi.

But it was also a great difficulty, even more difficult than convincing Prussian to open the church for Deshou to inspect.

Because of Honglian's broken fingers, Wei Guzhi hasn't settled accounts with him Chen Mu yet!