At this time, in the arrow tower on the inner side of the city wall, Xu Guangqi, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, went to the roof of the building with a suspicious face under the leadership of the eunuch who passed the decree. Sure enough, the young man standing by the window was the Ming Emperor.

"Why is Your Majesty here? This place is really dangerous, and I beg your majesty to move! Xu Guangqi couldn't see the courtesy, and hurriedly stepped forward to admonish.

You must know that this time is not as good as last time, this time it is an attack by the whole army, and the intensity is far from comparable to last time.

Hu Guang glanced back at him, didn't care, just pointed to the outside and said, "Those Xiyi, did Qing beg them to come up and fire?" ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he was immediately diverted, he didn't need to go over to look, he naturally knew what was going on, and immediately replied: "The gunners of the Beijing camp don't understand artillery, every time they operate the artillery, there are many explosions, and the effect of the cannon is unbearable. ”

Li Fengxiang, who was standing on the side, turned pale again, but he couldn't refute it, because after Jianyu invaded Gyeonggi, what happened to Jingying had already been tested by facts. However, fortunately, it was not long before he took over the Beijing camp, and Emperor Yuan Chongzhen did not punish him.

Hu Guang listened, didn't say anything, just looked at those Westerners directing the artillery to operate, and said slowly: "What did Qing promise them?" ”

Upon hearing this, Xu Guangqi hesitated for a while, and finally replied truthfully: "The minister promised that they would ask His Majesty to withdraw the ban on preaching. ”

At this time, the ban on teaching brought about by the Nanjing Teaching Case had already existed in name only, but it still existed after all, so that these Westerners were still afraid.

After Hu Guang heard his words, his eyes withdrew from outside the city, looked at Xu Guangqi, and asked with a serious face: "Qing has defended them many times, but do you know what is the purpose of their coming to my Daming?" ”

Xu Guangqi is not a fool, he naturally knows: "Preach the Catholic doctrine!" ”

He had already seen that the emperor's attitude seemed to be a little cold, so after finishing speaking, he hurriedly played again: "Your Majesty, Xiyi is very knowledgeable, and every time he talks, every word is deafening. The ministers thought that if they wanted to make my Ming more powerful, they couldn't leave them! ”

Or it touched the pain point in Xu Guangqi's heart, he became a little excited, pointed to the outside and continued: "Your Majesty, the Jianyu field is invincible, and the Jingying border army is rotten and useless. The minister thought that it was necessary to train the new army according to the Western law, so that there would be hope of winning the Jianyu and recovering Liaodong. ”

"Far away, as far as today's artillery, Xiyi has been ahead of my Ming Dynasty, and its artillery skills are reasonable and well-founded, and the actual combat effect is more effective. Your Majesty, the master's long skills are the most important thing, and you must not waste food because of choking! When Xu Guangqi said this, he bowed deeply, his words were sincere, and he couldn't wait to take out a heart and show it to the emperor.

Hu Guang looked at him and understood Xu Guangqi's intentions, which was to let the Ming learn Western methods to subdue these barbarians.

He didn't speak immediately, and turned his head to look at the Western missionaries at the head of the city, as well as the siege troops outside the city that were getting closer and closer. Then he turned back and ordered: "Drum cheers!" ”

The sound of war drums suddenly sounded, spread far away, and resounded in the sky above the Beijing Division in the shouts of killing. The Ming soldiers under the city all heard the sound and looked at the place where the sound came from, and everyone seemed to be a little more energetic.

Xu Guangqi stood with his head bowed, not seeing the emperor respond to him, a little anxious in his heart, a little worried that his advice was useless.

At this moment, I heard Hu Guang's voice: "Xu Qing, it's not impossible for me to open the ban, but they must cut off the direct relationship with the West and change their doctrine, just like the flow of the Tao, suitable for the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty, and do the work of educating the people, otherwise the ban on religion and expulsion is only light." ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he was shocked, and hurriedly admonished again: "Your Majesty, the reason why Xiyi is willing to pass on those unheard of knowledge is that he just wants to preach. If there is a change, it will be difficult to learn again! ”

"Huh!" Hu Guang couldn't help but smile when he heard this, if the original Emperor Chongzhen was really like this, but he came from later generations, he was really not afraid that they would not teach.

The drum beat was very loud, and Hu Guang had to raise his voice and said: "Xu Qing's intentions, I also know it." I only told Qing that these Xiyi missionaries harbored a lot of trouble, and their little dependence, I am not uncommon, and when the Jianyu retreats, I will personally open a course, so that Qing knows that Western knowledge and insect carving skills are also small! ”

Well, actually, I was on the hook, and as he said this, he silently admitted in his heart.

Seeing Xu Guangqi look up at himself with a face full of disbelief, Hu Guang smiled and continued: "And I intend to let everyone in Daming learn these knowledge, in this way, what do you think of Daming's national strength?" ”

Xu Guangqi's mouth became "O" shaped when he heard it, and he was afraid that he would be able to stuff an egg. After a long while, regardless of the rudeness in front of the king, he muttered: "This is impossible, this is impossible......"

In his opinion, Xiyi's knowledge, even if he was born as a jinshi, found it difficult and difficult to learn. The emperor said that he wanted everyone in the Ming Dynasty to learn, which ...... Either he heard it wrong, or the emperor went crazy!

"Is Xu Qing willing to take on this education?"

Hearing this, Xu Guangqi's eyes refocused, fixed his spot on the face of the young emperor in front of him, and subconsciously said: "The minister is willing!" ”

Since he saw Western knowledge, as a jinshi, Confucianism has been cultivated in his bones, but he also converted to Catholicism, just to learn this Western knowledge, and to write books and teachings to spread this Western knowledge. This shows how enthusiastic he is about spreading Western studies. In the history of China, he was named the first person to open his eyes to the world.

At this time, when he heard the emperor ask him if he was willing to spread this Western learning to everyone in the Ming Dynasty, how could he not be willing!

It's just that he immediately came back to his senses and immediately felt that this was impossible. Even if in his consciousness at this time, everyone the emperor said was actually only referring to those who were reading, and he felt that it was impossible.

When Xu Guangqi was about to say something, Hu Guang spoke first, only to hear him say solemnly: "Xu Qing go back and prepare to prepare, and sort out all the knowledge you have mastered or not for me." In addition, after I return to the palace, I will issue an order that Xu Qing will be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and concentrate on this education! ”

The original secretary of the Ministry of Rites was Wen Tiren, but he was already the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, although he hung the book of the Ministry of Rites, but this was no longer his own job, so he promoted Xu Guangqi to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, which did not conflict with Wen Tiren. Just like one of Sun Chengzong's titles at this time is the secretary of the military department, but in fact, the actual secretary of the military department is a truth of Shen Yongmao.

Xu Guangqi left in a daze, and even forgot to persuade Hu Guang to leave the Arrow Tower.

Hu Guang's mind turned back to the front of him, this battle was commanded by Man Gui, and he was just a spectator. It's like a five-D ancient war movie, staged in front of his eyes.