Xiao Ruxun has always been cautious about religion, and in his view, all religions that have a very great influence on human society are all tools of rule supported by the ruling class that holds power for the purpose of controlling people's minds.

It's just that religion has a very strong ability to win people's hearts, and science can't always puncture the idea of religion, so when science is not enough to change people's fear of the gods, religion will be terrible.

When the ruler's power declined, the religious clerical power naturally expanded, when the regime could not suppress the clergy, the Inquisition appeared, Christianity shrouded Europe for nearly two thousand years, and China did not escape such a fate, Confucianism finally developed almost into Confucianism, the same can suppress the regime, or grandiose.

Historically, the Ming Dynasty, which was under the control of Confucianism, was very unhappy with the invasion of Christianity, and the first generation of missionaries led by Matteo Ricci was very cautious about this, carefully using various ways to make the missionary behavior more moderate so that the Confucian scholars could accept it, so as to barely survive.

After Matteo Ricci's group all died, Da Ming was gone.

In order to win the hearts of the people, Kangxi also accepted some missionaries to serve in the court, and reluctantly allowed small-scale missionary activities, but when the Pope of Rome had his brain pumped and decided not to allow believers to believe in two systems at the same time, the contradiction completely broke out.

Eventually, Confucianism expelled Christianity from China with great and profound power.

Legalism and Confucianism have a very strong exclusivity, and Dong Zhongshu's Confucian hegemony after the transformation has absorbed the hegemonic ideas of Legalism, and has engaged in a deposition of hundreds of schools, Confucianism can not even accommodate local ideas, and the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism that were parallel in the Tang Dynasty have been forced to become real religions, not to mention foreign Christianity, so Matteo Ricci and others are unable to move an inch.

It's okay for religion to demure people who don't know a single word, but it's really not tempting to be a proud Confucian scholar, and Christianity has no power in China, unlike in Europe, where you can still get certain benefits by becoming a Christian.

Chinese learn Confucianism to become officials, not for any faith, if you believe in Christ to become an official, see, within a month Christianity will become a prairie fire in China.

But now, personal preferences aside, what kind of benefits can the Holy See give Xiao Ruxun that can impress him to allow missionaries to preach in Burma? Is this any good for him? Will the spread of Christian preaching have an impact on his strategy?

He only wanted to use a group of scientific proficient people among the missionaries to help him develop science, but now that he could open up the shipping route from China to Europe, it meant that he did not have to rely on those missionaries, and he could also go to the continent to recruit some skilled workers to help build the industrial system he needed.

It would be fine to make up for China's disadvantages in some areas and form a state of repression against Europe, but as for Christianity, it is completely dross and the like.

To put it mildly, the highest echelons of those religions themselves never believe in religion, they only believe in their own power, and the reason why they preach religion is only to better control the most devout believers at the lowest level, so as to help them achieve their own personal goals, and to whitewash their personal goals as religious intentions and fool the public.

Let them intervene in the Chinese intellectual circles to help deal with Confucianism?

I'm sorry, then I might as well use a knife to hack all those bastards to death, some of the ideas of Confucianism can still be applied to China, Xiao Ruxun never thought of uprooting Confucianism in China.

If you really want to talk about interests face-to-face, Xiao Ruxun wants to expel all of Spain's forces in the South China Sea region and dominate the South China Sea and Southeast Asia, can the Holy See agree to help?

The relationship between the Spanish Habsburgs and the Holy See is good, and the relationship with the Holy See is bad for Britain, not Spain, and the relationship between France and Spain is also poor, even if it is cooperation, Xiao Ruxun will look for Britain and France to cooperate against Spain, not the Holy See.

What's more, Spain is now constantly at war with Britain, France and the Netherlands, tired of war, and has no extra strength to support the Philippine troops to start a war with China, if Xiao Ruxun insists on fighting with Spain at this time, with his 30,000 troops and more than 300 warships, as well as those pirates fighting at sea, he may not have the possibility of defeating the Philippine Governor's Office and seizing the Philippines.

It's just that now is indeed not the time, development is the mainstream, and now is not the time to officially start a war with Spain, his strength is not strong enough, and his wings are not full enough.

There will be no more comeback in the Holy See, they can stay in this era.

Xiao Ruxun didn't tell Chen Longzheng these heartfelt words, he told Chen Longzheng not to have in-depth conversations with those people, just invite them to come to Myanmar, and he would deal with those people personally.

Xiao Ruxun can't directly refuse these people from the Holy See, after all, they have a lot of influence in Europe, and if he wants to open up the market and prestige belonging to China in Europe, he can't stiffen the relationship with the Holy See.

Give them hope, let them desire, in this way, they will even take the initiative to cooperate with Xiao Ruxun to open the European market, open up the connection line, let Xiao Ruxun absorb the essence of science since the European Renaissance to the fullest, in order to make up for the shortcomings of Daming itself, wholeheartedly develop their own strength, and when the strength arrives, and then kick these sticks, the Europeans who are full of the benefits of doing business with China will definitely not support the expulsion of the Chinese by the Holy See.

If nothing else, the bankers of Genoa are going to play with the Holy See - do you think you are invincible? The Holy See has been robbed by the army once, and you dare to be high?

The Holy See's eagerness to preach in China also has the idea of saving face.

And when the people of the European Reformation League realized the role of the Chinese, they would also think of winning over the Chinese and the Catholic League.

Chen Longzheng politely invited the Holy See to go to Burma with him, and then, in private, he met with the French who came to visit him, avoiding Matteo Ricci and quietly asking the French to come to Burma with them.

Chen Longzheng has completed the commercial and political tasks assigned by Xiao Ruxun very well, not only recruiting enough craftsmen back, but also bringing people from the Holy See and the French, Xiao Ruxun has to prepare for some things in the future.