Matteo Ricci's mood was excited.

For more than three years, he has followed Xiao Ruxun for more than three years, counting the seven or eight years he has lived in China, he has been in China for more than a dozen years.

Although his faith in God remained the same, he felt more than once that his physical strength could no longer support him to continue stumbling.

Before this mission, he even imagined that this was his last mission, in any case, if he could not achieve his goal this time, then it would be like Xiao Ruxun resigned, returned to his hometown to serve God, spend his old age in peace, and walk towards the focus of life in the arms of God.

He asked himself if he had done anything bad in his life, that he had lived for God wholeheartedly, that he had dedicated himself to God, and that he believed that his every move was under God's watchful eye, and that after his death, he would be able to ascend to the world of bliss.

But now, he doesn't plan to do so, the hellish copy of spreading Catholicism in this ancient and mysterious country of China has been cleared by him, and he has finally completed this very difficult task with his unremitting efforts and foresight, and the long-cherished wish of the Holy See, the sad wish of countless missionaries, will also be completed in his hands, this kind of glory is impossible for any devout believer to refuse.

He didn't care what the Spanish government had gained and lost, and he didn't care how much the Holy See would benefit from it, but at this moment, he only thought of God, who had given him the right guidance and salvation in life, and let God come down to the East and let God save the Chinese civilians who were struggling in places he could not see.

He saved many people, guided many people, and before he arrived in China, he was a good missionary, guiding people to faith in God and gaining spiritual liberation, which was his duty and his faith, and his faith for which he was willing to give his life.

In China, although he had never seen it with his own eyes, he thought that no matter how rich and powerful a country was, there must be a miserable world that was incompatible with the glorious world on the shadow side of the country's brilliance, because he had heard Xiao Ruxun say that the current Myanmar, those happy residents, are all refugees who chose to come to Myanmar to seek a way to survive because they could not survive in the interior of the Ming Dynasty.

Although China was strong and rich, Matteo Ricci believed in the existence of an oppressed class, just like the begging people in Genoa, like the hopeless struggling people in the slums of Rome, there was so much misery in this world, all he could do was to bring them the glory of the Lord, which was all he could do.

He felt that as long as he could do it, it would be good, because some high-ranking missionaries thought that those poor people were not worthy of believing in God at all, and their faith would stain God, and Matteo Ricci was very angry about this, he thought that everyone was equal, they were all lives, and everyone had the right to believe in God.

He believed that Catholicism had undergone a sordid change in Europe that he did not want to see, so he chose to go to China, to the people who were as pure as a blank sheet of paper, to spread among them the most orthodox and pure doctrine of God, to restore the splendor and benevolence of God.

He was hesitant, lost, and even desperate for a while, but he carried it all over, and finally waited until today.

At this moment, he just wanted to sing a song - he had waited a long time to finally wait for today.

He took the trouble to sail again to the Philippines and told Bishop Alexander the good news.

Bishop Alexander's ambition is more fierce than that of Matteo Ricci, what he wants is the highest authority in the Catholic world, the supreme glory and enjoyment, and the eternity of the name in history, which is the highest glory of a believer, and the success of the Chinese missionary cause will surely promote the realization of his ambition.

Bishop Alexander almost jumped up for joy when he heard the good news, and it was at this time that he decided to become the head of the mission in China, and he did not want to return to the now smoky Holy See to listen to the interests of the so-called believers, so he asked the Pope to come to China in order to cultivate his own power.

He is keenly aware that the Chinese will set off a fanatical Chinese wave in Europe, and this wave will sweep the whole of Europe, and as the general leader of the Chinese Christians, the greater China's influence, the greater his influence, the stronger China, the stronger his power, and when he can be equal to the Chinese emperor, the pope's position will be stable.

He wanted to personally create the glory of the Chinese mission, personally baptize the faithful, personally promote the clergy of the church, and watch his power grow little by little, becoming an indispensable figure in the Catholic world.

So he excitedly told Matteo Ricci that he wanted to learn Chinese.

"What? Do you want to learn the Chinese language? ”

Matteo Ricci wondered.

Bishop Alexander nodded excitedly and said, "Yes, I have decided to learn the Chinese language, and stay, not to return to Europe for the time being, I will personally take charge of the missionary work of the Chinese diocese here, I will personally take charge of this matter, and the Chinese diocese will be created by me." ”

Seeing the fanatical Bishop Alexander, Matteo Ricci became a little worried for no reason.

It is indeed good for him to stay here, the cardinal's status is enough for him to become the general leader of all missionaries of this generation, but does he really understand the Chinese and the real environment in China?

Xiao Ruxun is good to say here, after all, there is no Confucian power, but Chinese mainland is the world of Confucian culture, foreign ideas want to compete with Confucianism for the right to speak and believers, it is definitely not a simple matter, the other party can mobilize administrative forces and troops to deal with us, and we have no way to deal with them, otherwise I don't have to be careful in the past ten years.

They really disagreed with each other, and it would have been a lot of trouble to find a place to live, and Matteo Ricci didn't think he could survive in China without the help of his friends, and it was not a good sign that Bishop Alexander would be in charge of the mission in China without knowing anything about China.

So Matteo Ricci decided that he wanted to conduct a Chinese analysis of Bishop Alexander very responsibly.