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"Born with original sin? Your doctrine is the same as the ancient sage Xunzi in our country, he also agrees with the theory that human nature is inherently evil, and believes that human beings are inherently evil, not good, but he does not think that people have any sins to atone for, he means that they should be educated to teach people to do good, so as to offset the natural sins in the character, I agree with his point of view.

As for what you said about God, the atonement, Mr. Matteo Ricci, I don't think most of the people of the Ming Dynasty will agree that our bodies are exposed to our parents, not God, and it is our parents who give us the grace of nurturing, not God, even if we are guilty, we have to atone for our parents, not God, God is high and regards all things as dogs, how can he care about a person's life and death?

All I saw was death, war, starvation, sickness, and slaying, and if God really wanted to redeem them, why would God let them die? Is it bad to be alive? As for heaven and earth after death, what is the meaning of the living? The living can't see it! So I think that there are no gods and Buddhas in the world, there are no demons, some are just people, no matter how devout believers are, they can't get God's protection, and ordinary people who don't believe in God don't necessarily have a miserable life. ”

Xiao Ruxun put down the globe and stood up.

Matteo Ricci didn't know what to say to express his point of view for a while, he felt that his faith was not wrong, and his belief was not wrong, but in the general's case, it seemed that all the means of proselytizing were useless.

"The God in your heart is the Son of God, your original sin is born, and you must atone for your sins, but we have been fighting against the gods from the very beginning, there are ten suns in the sky, we have archers to shoot them down, there are demons and monsters on the ground, we have powerful warriors to kill them, the sky is flooding, we have Dayu to control the water, no god has ever come to help us, our ancestors knew from the beginning, everything can only be done on their own, we have no original sin to atonement, everything today, We did it ourselves. ”

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Matteo Ricci didn't know enough about China to know how to refute him.

"If my fame and fortune are rewarded by God, instead of me leading soldiers to fight with a knife and a shot, I may believe in gods and demons, if I lead troops to fight, lying motionless on the ground and praying to the gods, and then my enemies are all dead, then I also believe in gods and demons, if I don't do anything, just pray to the gods, I can have today's status, then I also believe in gods and demons, but no, everything I get is my own hard work, is the soldiers under my command in exchange for their lives, if I believe in gods and demons, Then I'm so sorry for them. ”

After speaking, Xiao Ruxun walked out of the cabin and went to the deck, leaving Matteo Ricci alone to stand on the cabin silently.

In Macau, Xiao Ruxun saw the Portuguese who have now lost their homeland, their situation is very bad, the Spaniards are not friendly to them, if they want to survive, if they want to maintain their dignity, they need to join forces with more powerful forces, so they proposed, hope to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty as always, they sent people to help the Ming Dynasty conquer the Dongwu Kingdom, hoping to get the Ming Dynasty's political protection and help.

Xiao Ruxun just needed a person who was well versed in firearms tactics to help him train his soldiers, these Portuguese Mao recommended themselves and gave Xiao Ruxun excellent help, without saying a word, Xiao Ruxun agreed to their request, so a Portuguese musket team of 200 people boarded Xiao Ruxun's warship and went with him to conquer the Dongwu Kingdom, as for Matteo Ricci, he seemed to have some doubts, and asked Xiao Ruxun to promise to let him accompany him to the expedition, he wanted to think clearly about the doubts in his heart in the war.

Xiao Ruxun naturally agreed, Matteo Ricci is at least a scholar with rich knowledge, and with him by his side, Xiao Ruxun can squeeze out a lot of the latest achievements in the Western scientific community.

In this case, Xiao Ruxun's army has an extra Portuguese musket team of 200 people, most of them use arquebuses, a few people use flintlock pistols, Xiao Ruxun uses their arquebuses and flintlock pistols to compare with the Ming Bird Gun, and indeed found a big gap, the medicine room of the Ming Bird Gun is too small, the production is not good enough, the dosage is not scientific, and the gunpowder is rough, so that it is a little worse than the Portuguese musket in terms of range and power.

Xiao Ruxun immediately arranged for his blacksmith battalion to deeply analyze the musket powder room of the Portuguese, and then improve this technology, and also study the gunpowder used by the Portuguese to see how it was different from the gunpowder of the Ming Dynasty, and it also needed to be improved.

Openly and secretly, Xiao Ruxun is trying his best to squeeze the military knowledge and scientific knowledge of these grape people, such as arranging for these Portuguese to teach their gunners lessons, teach them how to use artillery scientifically, and master the knowledge of artillery firing.

On the day of arriving in Dongwu Kingdom, the weather was hot, the sun was blazing, and Xiao Ruxun was also a little unbearable, after arriving at the coast of Siam, Xiao Ruxun ordered a salute, raising the Ming military flag, and after a 12 salute, the soldiers on the ship began to blow the horn of the Ming army, and beat the big drum on the ship, announcing the return of the Ming naval force since Zheng He left more than 100 years ago.

Narui Xuan, the king of Siam, also fired a cannon salute on the shore, and followed the sound of the Ming trumpet, and remembered the sound of his own horn, and also beat the war drums, expressing the most sincere welcome to the arrival of the Ming army.

As Xiao Ruxun's flagship slowly approached, the whole picture of the Ming fleet was gradually observed by the world, in addition to the army and ministers of King Narui Xuan on the shore, there were many local people who rushed to see the excitement, and they were still smiling when there were two ships, but when the Ming warships came overwhelmingly, the black pressure made them speechless, and there was silence.

They finally understood why their ancestors admired China so much, and how majestic Zheng He's fleet was when it was more powerful than the current fleet.

Not to mention these Siamesees, even the Portuguese and Matteo Ricci, who are accustomed to seeing big scenes, were so frightened that they couldn't speak when they saw the whole picture of the Ming fleet, they finally knew to what extent the national strength of the Ming Empire, in addition to the Spanish armada, there is also a country in this world that also has an invincible armada.

Da Ming!