Chapter 249: The Composition of the Mercenaries (Page 1/1)

Sun Chengzong nodded and said: "Mercenaries are far away from the Ming Dynasty, so they must be fair, military judges are very important, everyone's merits must not be missed, and everyone's mistakes must also be recorded." ”

Wei Junru said: "We have 50 full-time military judges, and everyone will talk about their merits after each war, and strive to ensure that everyone's merits are not buried." Violations of military discipline will naturally be strictly recorded, please rest assured that the elder will be reassured. ”

Sun Chuanting said: "There is no need to guard some military discipline outside. For example, women, as long as they are not forced and do not make mistakes, they don't care, which is also a form of education. ”

Sun Chengzong frowned, and he couldn't hold back what he wanted to say. He was accustomed to the hard work of soldiers outside, and he knew that this kind of thing could not be avoided.

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "No one can say anything about what you are willing to do, not to mention that it can also relieve pressure and comfort homesickness." However, the two things that Sun Shangshu said just now must be paid attention to, absolutely not forced, and absolutely not misplaced. If there are offspring, to take care of it, if the woman is willing to return to her hometown, she can also bring it back to Daming, the road expenses are out, and I am happy to see the matter of increasing the population of my Daming. ”

Bi Ziyan said: "Now that my Ming territory is getting bigger and bigger, the population is smaller, and the children brought back from outside are better than naturalized, at least my Han and Miao descendants." Naturally, they are the faithful people of my Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "But some disciplines must be strengthened, such as brawls within the army, which must be forbidden, and everyone must huddle together outside, so that unity can deal with the enemy." Whatever the cause, there can be no internal matter solved by force. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Documents have a very important role, which is to mediate disputes. The soldiers trusted the scholars and were willing to listen to their reasoning, and the clerks helped them write letters, which was also very prestigious. With paperwork in place, there should be no irreconcilable contradictions within the military. ”

Xu Guangqi hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, can you add a few missionaries to the mercenary army?" Last time, they approached the old minister and said that they were willing to send missionaries to help pacify the soldiers in the expeditionary force and become chaplains. The minister refused because the expeditionary force was going to the Americas, where there were already missionaries, and fearing that something else would happen. Catholic doctrine is indeed useful, especially for soldiers who have been away for a long time, and having a sustenance seems to be of great benefit. ”

Zhu Youxiao naturally understands that there are priests in Western armies, which can indeed keep soldiers in good spirits. However, the inclusion of missionaries in mercenaries is a very sensitive issue that must be carefully taken into account by all sides.

The state religion of the Ming Dynasty was Taoism, but it did not prohibit the spread of other religions, such as Buddhism. Catholicism, on the other hand, was unaccustomed to many Confucian disciples because its missionary content contradicted the traditions of the Chinese, which led to the Nanjing teaching case.

Later, because the emperor was interested in the books brought to China by the missionaries, Catholicism was given a respite, and Zhu Youxiao even demanded that as long as the Catholic Church did not object to the sacrifice of Chinese ancestors and Confucius, it could be allowed to preach in China.

Priest Kinnige thought of many ways, and finally persuaded the Longhua priest to give up his opposition to the Chinese ancestor worship Confucius, and then further lobbied the Pope and the cardinal archbishops, and finally obtained the approval of the church in the eighth year of the Apocalypse, which could translate the Bible into Chinese, could perform sacraments in Chinese, could allow Chinese Catholics to worship their ancestors, worship Confucius, and allow kneeling after the death of their parents. But he refused to list Confucius as a former saint, and only called Confucius a prophet of the East.

This was already very good, so the opposition of some Confucian disciples to Catholicism softened, and Catholicism began to spread around the capital. Their method of transmission was very different from that of later generations, mainly preaching among scholars. Because only scholars will have free time, you go to the peasants to preach, but then hinder the peasants' work, and later they use more means such as free medical care in the Ming Dynasty and there is no market in the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty is experimenting with free medical care, and the church is forbidden to join in this ranks.

The Ming Dynasty is the world of scholars, so the Catholic Church will try its best to preach among scholars. But most of the scholars of the Ming Dynasty preferred their books and strange theories, but were not very interested in such things as the death and resurrection of such people, and the claim that the Jews were the chosen ones contradicted the noblest ideas of the Chinese people of many scholars, so the effect was not very good.

At this time, they set their sights on the Guards, all of whom had literacy campaigns, and they would also be important figures in the family when they retired, and if they could be religious, they would be able to bring more people to their roots. The last time the emperor sent an expeditionary fleet to the Americas, Jinnige proposed to Xu Guangqi the idea of adding chaplains, but Xu Guangqi didn't want too many variables in the expeditionary force, so he refused. Now Xu Guangqi felt that this was a win-win good thing, so he proposed it to the emperor.

Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said, "You can also give this a try." But first of all, there are three chapters of the law: soldiers must not be forced to believe in religion, religious soldiers must not be allowed to despise non-religious soldiers, soldiers should be comforted when they are wounded, and soldiers who have died should be laid to rest. On weekdays, he actively understands the requirements of the soldiers and obeys the leadership of the mercenaries. In short, religious belief should be voluntary. If there is an irreconcilable conflict between the clergyman and the soldier, then I will expel the clergyman from the army. ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, a lot. The ministers will convey these requests to the Ming Catholic Church, and they will select suitable candidates to serve as military priests. ”

Sun Chengzong saw that it was proposed by Xu Guangqi, and the emperor had agreed, so he stopped talking. Catholicism seems to have some resting rituals after death, and it happens that mercenaries are outside, and if they encounter casualties, it will also have some effect, but as for Catholicism to become a great sect in the Ming Dynasty, this possibility is actually not very large.

When Wei Junru heard that he was going to join the Catholic military chaplaincy, he didn't understand what was going on, so he quietly asked Sun Chuanting. Sun Chuanting said: "Don't worry about them, you let them preach freely, the soldiers can believe if they want, in fact, if the soldiers are religious, you can take care of it." But you must not force you to believe in religion, you have to be careful about this, because if you show such signs, you will immediately drive the priests back, and we will also find trouble with the church. ”

Wei Junru was relieved at this time, and Sun Chuanting said: "You guys step up training, you should go to the north within this month." Let's make the situation clear to the soldiers. ”

Wei Junru nodded and said: "I have made it clear to the soldiers, everyone is a retired soldier of the Guards, and they don't want to go home to live that kind of farming, so there are officials to recruit and join the mercenaries, Lord Shangshu, who would not want to farm, will the Mongolians believe this statement?" ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile after hearing this: "There is no problem with this, there are indeed some soldiers in the Guards who only want to be soldiers and are unwilling to go home to farm, and the Mongols are robbers, they will understand this idea very well and will not doubt it." ”

Xu Guangqi said: "In the eyes of robbers, all people are robbers. The Mongols would rather fight and rob than graze their cattle at home, and they will believe this statement of ours. However, on weekdays, the soldiers still had less contact with the Mongols, especially those who were more honest on weekdays, let alone leak their mouths. ”

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