At the thought of this, the cardinal suddenly could not be angry, but fell into confusion and uneasiness.

"The Chinese are very civilized, and what is more terrifying, their military and physical strength are also very strong, and I personally participated in the general's war to destroy the country of Burma, which with only 30,000 troops, conquered and occupied the country of Burma, which had previously been the hegemon of the region.

General Xiao is indeed very modest, but he is also very arrogant, he is also a marquis, a nobleman, a bishop, when you see this noble general, please be humble, you must not face him with an inappropriate attitude, otherwise once he gets angry, I don't know what he will do. ”

Matteo Ricci kept admonishing the cardinal.

"Didn't you say that he was very humble and loved math and science? How could such a person be? ”

The bishop asked, surprised.

"That's right, General Xiao does like mathematics and science very much, and will discuss mathematical problems and scientific and technological problems with me, but this does not mean that he is not proud, he is a marquis, a marquis of a hereditary Burmese territory, the lord of more than a million people in this region, here he is the emperor, no matter how much he loves mathematics and science, it cannot change the fact that he is a nobleman!"

Only then did the bishop realize that he had made it simple.

Yes, he is indeed a Chinese who loves mathematics and science, but he is also an aristocrat, the same as those very arrogant brain-filled guys on the European continent, a group of people who respect God on the surface, but actually treat God as a joke, they only care about their power and status, which does not change because of personal preferences, and this is the case with nobles all over the world.

I just don't know what this noble general thinks of God, and if even he dismisses it, then the missionary cause in China is really dangerous.

And such people must care more about profit than about the so-called faith, faith is bullshit for these people, and there is nothing to gain - what kind of benefits can Christianity and the Holy See give this general?

Can you impress him?

The bishop was not sure, he could only choose to take one step at a time.

Soon, he came to the city of Bago, the walls of Bago city are taller and thicker than Yangon, the moat is wider, the head of the city can be seen everywhere in the black hole of the cannon and patrolling soldiers, the city gate will also see the soldiers who check the merchants and people, some with muskets, some with swords, guns and halberds, the armor is clear, very serious, and you can see patrolling cavalry from time to time.

The Chinese are really strong in force.

The bishop has this feeling that a country with strong force will not accept religion very easily, on the contrary, it is very easy to eradicate religion, Christianity was only a tool of Roman emperor's rule at the earliest, and it developed with the help of war, and if you want to develop in a certain area, the best thing is to reach an agreement with the local government and obtain the right to preach, and the benefit of exchange is unity of thought.

However, Matteo Ricci said that China has its own unified ideology, the government has its own tools for ruling ideology, and there is no great demand for Christianity, on the contrary, if Christianity wants to preach in China, the biggest threat is China's own ruling ideology, Confucianism.

As far as Matteo Ricci's own superficial understanding is concerned, Confucianism is not only a tool of rule, but also a culture, a kind of inheritance, a philosophy, the Chinese say that the ancestors of Confucianism are sages who lived thousands of years ago, almost the same era as the philosophers of the ancient Greek period, and the original purpose of birth was to educate the people and spread culture throughout China.

On the contrary, if Christianity wants to enter China, it will inevitably be counterattacked by Confucianism, and Confucian scholars will resolutely resist this religious thought, and there will be few supporters, and it will be very isolated.

The success of Christianity is indispensable to the help of the government, and the success of Confucianism in China is indispensable to the help of the government, but the Chinese government supports Confucianism, not Christianity, and without the support of the Chinese government, Christianity will never develop into the state of Europe.

Of course, there is another way, that is, to defeat China with the army, to humiliate China with its own civilization, to plunge China into ideological confusion, to dislike its own culture, and then to fully accept Western culture and abandon its own traditions, so that Christianity can take advantage of the void and become the new "Confucianism" in China's ideological circles.

But is this possible? Will China be defeated by Europe?

At least in Ricci's view, it is the best outcome for China not to fight Europe, anyway, everyone is so far away, this is the best, but Spain, which has established a colony in the Philippines, which is very close to China, has a very delicate relationship with China.

Xiao Ruxun also seems to be very dissatisfied with the Spanish practice of deliberately hiding Chinese immigrants in the Philippines, and it is difficult to say whether Xiao Ruxun will use troops to attack the Philippines.

As for the one or two thousand Spanish soldiers and other indigenous soldiers in the Philippines, Matteo Ricci really didn't think about them, the Ming navy fought dozens of battles on the sea, and there were three major battles, and almost all the pirates in the South China Sea were swept away, and the combat effectiveness was quite terrifying, not to mention the powerful 30,000 army, how could the Spaniards resist?

Don't look at their bravado in Europe, this is China's home field, you come all the way, the materials are not fully prepared, there will be no ammunition in a battle, the weapons and ammunition of the Chinese are endless, and the soldiers are also endless, how do you fight with them, if you really want to fight, the Philippines will sooner or later fall into the hands of Xiao Ruxun.

And the relationship between the Spanish government and the Holy See is very good, if this really wants to fight, will Xiao Ruxun, who has a certain understanding of Europe, be angry with the Holy See, or even himself?

Matteo Ricci suddenly became worried about his future and fate.

After a while, their carriage arrived at the Zhennan Hou Mansion in the main city of Bago, which is the political center of the whole of Myanmar and the residence and office of Xiao Ruxun.

"Let's go inside!"

Matteo Ricci said to the bishop.

"Okay."

The bishop took his own steps.