After Condinius said this, Jiang Yueguang, the deputy envoy of the Imperial Court who had been standing by his side, immediately said:

"Priest of Condenius! According to the documents reported to the imperial court by the Trilateral Governor's Office on this matter, as well as the letters written by Priest John Tang to the Lifan Yuan, Long Huamin and other nine Jesuit priests died in Guyuan, Pingliang, Taozhou, Ganzhou and other places, they were burned at the stake by Mu Suman, and the bones must be gone, how do you bury them? ”

When Condenius heard this, he suddenly showed a sad expression, and after a while, he looked at the silent emperor and said:

"I heard that in the East, especially in the Ming Dynasty, there has always been a saying that if the bones of the priests of Longhua and others are really not found, then the Jesuits will bury them with a clothed tomb.

As Jesuit saints, their bodies will perish, but their spirits will live on!

"His Majesty the Emperor has given them a cemetery, and the Jesuits will erect a monument for them to record their dedication to God, so that their spirits will live on forever! Please ask for your Majesty's permission! ”

After Condenius finished saying this, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen, and Jiang Yueguang, the deputy envoy of the Imperial Court, had nothing to say.

At this time, I saw Emperor Chongzhen divert the topic, pointed to the rifled muskets held by Yang Zhen and Deng Tianhe, and said:

"Condenius, how many of these muskets did you bring from Batavia this time?"

The missionary Condenius was in the sad atmosphere of Fang Cai, when he suddenly heard Emperor Chongzhen's question, and immediately replied:

"Nine! There are only nine of them! Your Majesty the Great Emperor! Such an expensive musket was very precious even to the Dutch Governor's Palace in Batavia! ”

After hearing Condenius say this, Emperor Chongzhen took over and said, "Condenius, I have agreed to your request!" But one musket for one saint, nine muskets for nine saints! ”

After Emperor Chongzhen said this, everyone in the palace was stunned, and Candinius was even more dumbfounded, thinking that he had heard it wrong.

Before Condenius could react, he heard Emperor Chongzhen continue: "The land of the Ming Dynasty is expensive, and it is never sold to the Taixiyi people. But I still agreed to your plea, because I am very sympathetic to the plight of the Jesuit priest Long Huamin and others! ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen saw what Condenius wanted to say, and seemed to have understood what he meant, and he didn't give him a chance at the moment, and then said:

"You said that the cost of this musket is expensive, but in my opinion, no matter how expensive the cost of the musket is, it is not as expensive as the square inch of land in my Ming Dynasty!

"There is a cemetery behind the Catholic Church in the southern city of Jingshi, and I have allowed the Jesuits to bury Long Huamin and other priests there! Permission to erect a monument to commemorate his life deeds! How is it? ”

Condenius came this time, and there was still a lot to say.

He originally thought that this matter was the easiest one, so he said it first.

But he didn't expect that the current Chongzhen Emperor would become so difficult to deal with, and he was not at all like the Ming Emperor who strongly supported the Jesuits to go west to preach more than a year ago.

After thinking about it, the Dutch missionary Condenius finally said against his will: "Your Majesty, the Emperor! You are as generous as ever to the Society of Jesus! On behalf of Jesus, Jesus will accept your arrangement! ”

After saying this, Condenius paused, lowered his head and took a deep breath, coughed softly, and then looked up at Emperor Chongzhen and said:

"Your Majesty, we have heard that the Musuman who is in turmoil in the northwest border of the Ming Dynasty is very vicious, and there is no advanced firearms, so it is difficult to ensure the safety of the Catholic church and priests there.

"You have previously given permission for the Jesuits to form a security corps in the Trilateral Governor's Territory, not only to protect the safety and property of the clergy, but also to assist your Viceroy in the fight against the brutal Muslims.

"Now I have returned from Batavia not only with these gifts, but also with more brave priests and men who are willing to sacrifice themselves to God.

"We hope to procure muskets from your musket factory, from your powder factory and, with your permission, to recruit dedicated people from among the believers of God!

"We want to rush to Lanzhou as soon as possible and join your Governor in the fight! Because the blood of the martyrs cannot be shed in vain, we have to avenge the martyrs!

"And we believe that good will be able to triumph over evil, and the haze that has shrouded you for hundreds of years in the northwest of your empire will definitely be dispelled!"

Emperor Chongzhen listened expressionlessly as Candinius said these big words impassionedly, and at the same time looked at the report presented to him by the Jinyi Guard again:

"There were three Jesuit priests who accompanied the Beijing and 27 Hongmaofan guards, and 19 of the guards came from the Hongmaofan ...... of Dagukou Shipyard."

Condenius, these red-haired fans, since they got off the ship at Dengzhou Port, registered ashore in Dengzhou City and issued a road guide, their every move has entered the surveillance of Jinyiwei.

Whether they arrived in Tianjin, or from Tianjin to Hexiwu, and then from Hexi to Jingshi, every canal or city gate along the way was registered.

Although now that the Ming Dynasty has opened the sea to trade, those port cities that are open to trade, such as Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai and Dengzhou, there are more and more Taixi Yi people who come to trade, and it is no longer uncommon, but if these Yi people want to get off the ship and enter the port, and even enter the mainland, it is still a matter that requires approval and permission.

If it weren't for the certificate issued to him by the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy, these red-haired fans with very different physical characteristics could not be said to be able to move an inch in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Because of this, after Condenius returned to the capital of the Ming Dynasty and asked for an audience again, the basic information of his line was sent to the palace by Jinyiwei.

The Imperial Court reported his request for an audience to the Military Aircraft Department, and of course it had to make his situation clear.

Therefore, before Emperor Chongzhen saw him, he already knew how many people there were in his line, and at this time, listening to him use a strange accent and say some nonsensical words, he wanted to laugh.

In this era, there were not many Westerners in East Asia, and even the Dutch East India Company had been entrenched in the southern part of Dongfan Island for several years, and there were only seven or eight hundred red hairs in the city of Rebasha.

In addition, Batavia may have a little more, maybe two or three thousand, and Nagasaki in Japan can have some, but not more than Rebarja.

As for the other colonial trade points or settlements of the Dutch East India Company in Southeast Asia, there were hundreds at most and dozens at least.

Nowadays, it is located in the Dagukou shipyard in Tianjin, and the Dutch red hairs from Batavia and Rebashi are the most.

With such a population size, Condenius wanted to recruit a group of mercenaries, and he also had to pay a higher price than the Dutch East India Company.

And even if he had raised enough money to be able to do so, the Dutch East India Company's Viceroy in Batavia would not have agreed.

Because the population of the Netherlands is so large, the number of people who came to Southeast Asia in this era is not large, and their main direction of colonization is still North America.

It was not until after the rise of the British, when the Dutch had no chance in North America, that they really shifted the focus of their colonization to Southeast Asia.

The most important thing is that at this stage, there are still radical missionaries like Condenius, but they are not many compared to the West in the Middle Ages.

There must have been a conspiracy of profit behind the mission, and if the Dutch East India Company had the ambition to conquer China, then they would have strongly supported missionaries like Condenius.

However, since the defeat of the Dutch East India Company in the Battle of Penghu, the Dutch East India Company has dismissed the idea of conquering China.

At that time, their biggest plan off the coast of China was to occupy Dongfan Island, that is, Taiwan.

If the Western colonial powers such as the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal could unite in Southeast Asia in this era, Emperor Chongzhen might have a huge risk in doing so.

But now the Dutch are joining forces with Zheng Zhilong to wipe out the Spaniards in the northern part of Dongfan, while the Portuguese are also facing the Dutch offensive at every turn, and these people are simply not united.

As for the Italians and Germans, who made up a certain proportion of the missionaries in China, their own homeland was scattered at this time, and they were not able to penetrate deep into the Far East.

Therefore, after Matteo Ricci and Long Huamin, only the Dutch or Spaniards could dominate the Jesuits.

Emperor Chongzhen calculated this correctly, so he agreed to set up a security regiment in the northwest of the Jesuits in China to assist the officers and troops in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty in the war.