On this day, Xu Guangqi came to report that the missionary group from Macao had approached Beijing and had come to ask the emperor for instructions. Zhu Youxiao ordered that Xu Guangqi be fully responsible, and he would choose an appropriate time to meet them. Xu Guangqi is the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and he is already religious, so it is best for him to come forward.

On the ninth day of November, the missionary group came to Beijing, and Xu Guangqi let them live in the Huitong Pavilion first, which was simply incredible for the missionaries, who had many difficulties in fighting for the right to preach, and finally came to the Nanjing Church case, which caused a large number of missionaries to be expelled. Now it turned out to be in the same hall, which is equivalent to tributary treatment, they were very frightened, Jinnige asked Xu Guangqi if it was appropriate to do this, Xu Guangqi comforted him, this is ordered by the emperor, there is no problem, just live here first, just wait for the emperor to summon you.

The missionaries were so immersed in boundless happiness that they catalogued the more than 7,000 books they had brought with them, asked Xu Guangqi to pass them on to the emperor, and asked them to be translated by manpower.

Zhu Youxiao briefly looked through the catalogue, which contained philosophical works such as "The Complete Works of Angelo", as well as scientific classics, such as Copernicus's "Theory of the Movement of Celestial Bodies" and Kepler's "Outline of Copernican Astronomy", as well as mechanical introductions such as "Illustration of Far Western Strange Instruments...... Mathematics, astronomy, physics, geology, biology, medicine, military affairs are all included.

"Sir, how do you translate the books of Tessie now?"

"Your Majesty, take the translation of the Geometric Originals as an example, which was passed down orally by Matteo Ricci, and the ministers were punished with a pen; Repeated tossing and turning, seeking to conform to the meaning of this book, with the text of Zhongxia, repeated revisions, and three translations. ”

"This method is not good, it is too slow and troublesome, so let's do it, there is a bureau under the Ministry of Rites, the Translation Bureau, where is Yang Tingyun recommended by Mr. last time?"

"Yang Tingyun is now at home."

"What did he do before? How many products? ”

"He used to oversee the imperial history. Positive seven products. ”

"That's good, pass on the decree, Yang Tingyun is the head of the Ministry of Rites, in charge of the Translation Bureau. Summoned people from all over the country who were interested in the Thaixi script, entered the translation bureau to learn the Thaixi script, and first used the original method to translate the books about machinery and weapons for me, and the other books were to be written by the missionaries for the students of the translation bureau first, and then translated after the students of the translation bureau had completed their studies. ”

"The people who are proficient in the casting of telescopes and cannons mentioned last time will be handed over to Sun Langzhong in the War Bureau, and they will be asked to make real objects first, and then I will meet them again."

Xu Guangqi conveyed the emperor's intentions, and the missionaries were very excited. Although the emperor did not mention anything about missionary work, as long as the emperor was interested in Western science, he would have a positive attitude towards the spread of Western religion. Jinnige felt that it was simply ushered in the golden years of mission, and compared to the last time he encountered in Daming, he was not too happy now.

He immediately organized the clergy who had already mastered the Chinese language to begin translating the books designated by the emperor, and urged the clergy who had not yet mastered the Chinese language to step up their studies. I started to write the Western language textbooks that the translation bureau wanted, what should I call them? He consulted with Xu Guangqi and other missionaries, and finally decided to call it "Western Confucian Ears and Eyes", so that the Ming people also knew that there were people like the Ming Confucian scholars in the West, and that the West was not a barbaric country, so that the Ming people could better understand the West and accept the West, including Western religions.

The two missionaries he brought with him also went to the War Bureau and began to build telescopes and cast cannons. Ten days later, the telescope was built, the artillery was cast, and after Xu Guangqi reported to the emperor, Zhu Youxiao decided to meet them.

Jinnige took Tang Ruowang and Deng Yuhan into the palace with Xu Guangqi, looking at the tall and gorgeous palaces, the three of them were very happy, a country with such a great building may soon become a blessed place for God, how many people abandoned their families in order to achieve this purpose, far away from their own country, and came to this distant foreign land, just to spread the glory of God, today, the great emperor agreed to receive them, so that they are one step closer to this goal.

The missionaries understood the principle of following the local customs, and from Ricci onwards, they had become accustomed to bowing three times and bowing nine times to the Emperor of China. When the salute was completed, Zhu Youxiao ordered the seat.

First of all, I asked the names of the three missionaries, and after thinking about it, it seemed as if I had never heard of any of the three names. But just because he doesn't know it doesn't mean they're not famous, because he really doesn't know about it.

"You have come to my Ming Dynasty from the far west to preach, I want to know what is the difference between your West and our Ming Dynasty, the focus is on what is inferior to the West in our Ming Dynasty, please don't have scruples, what to say." Finally, he can talk without pretending to be a crepe, Zhu Youxiao feels that this is very cool.

"Your Majesty, your country is much richer than our European countries, the people of the Ming Dynasty live in neat and clean wooden houses, we live in dirty houses made of stone and bricks, the Ming Dynasty has wide and strong avenues, everyone walks in an orderly manner, our general roads are narrow or muddy roads, the people of the Ming Dynasty have beautiful clothes and complete variety, while our clothes are monotonous, most people do not have enough clothes at all. Most of the people we met in Daming were gentle and polite, there were never beggars on the streets, and there were many thieves and beggars in our city, and there would be thieves outside the city, and we felt that living in Daming was really a happy thing. ”

"Hehe, it seems that you have also learned to say flattering words, I want to know what we are inferior to you, not for you to praise Daming."

"Your Majesty, what we said is all true, except that the glory of the Lord is not shrouded in this land, we think that Da Ming is already very good." Jinnige hurriedly declared. But he was telling the truth, that Europe at the beginning of the seventeenth century was not very good, the streets of Paris were full of excrement, and the lives of ordinary people were generally poor.

"Actually, I know that there is one aspect of us that is inferior to you. You like the art of KitKat, pay attention to the replacement of manpower with mechanical power, and attach importance to the exploration of the principles of heaven and earth, and our officials think that as long as we cultivate virtue and government, we will make people's hearts calm and the country will become better, but they do not want the people to learn how to save effort and how to improve efficiency. You use mechanical methods, and they dismiss them as tricks. ”

"As for the question of the glory of God that you are talking about, it is not because of us that it is difficult for you to preach, but because of you, and you should understand that."