Of course, what Li Guoyi, the first assistant of the cabinet, said, is very reasonable, but for the current Emperor Chongzhen, he has other ideas.

The reason why the northwest land is full of wood and barbarism is that its essence is due to its geographical factors.

In other words, that place is geographically close to the Great Food Sect region of Central Asia and West Asia.

Only by introducing another force into this region can we fundamentally change the situation in which one religion dominates.

China's own traditional religions, such as Buddhism or Taoism, are no match for the Great Food Sect.

Even Tibetan Buddhism is no match for the Great Food Sect.

Therefore, to bring in a force sufficient to confront it, it must be the Society of Jesus, the most radical organization of the Catholic Church.

At the same time, with the resistance of the Chinese to the Catholic doctrine spread by the Jesuits in this era, the Jesuits will never be able to grow in the northwest.

And if the Jesuits want to confront the Great Food Sect in the northwest region, they can only rely on the support of the Ming court.

And in the end, the Jesuits and the Great Food Cult must be a lose-lose outcome.

At that time, for the Jesuits, which had lost their usefulness and had no foundation, Emperor Chongzhen only needed one will to make them fall into a situation from which they could never recover.

And the only thing that needs to be done well is control.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen said to the two ministers: "Since I have allowed the Jesuits to go to the northwest to preach, of course, there is no reason to withdraw the order at this time.

"Now that the people of the Northwest Musu Barbarians are killing Jesuit personnel and obstructing the Jesuit mission, the imperial court naturally cannot sit idly by.

"So be it! Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of the trilateral government, was instructed to allow John Tong and other Jesuits to recruit their own followers to form a security group in the territory of the trilateral governor. ”

When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he saw that Li Guodi was excited and was about to speak out, so he immediately waved his hand at him, signaling him to be calm and not to be impatient, and then continued:

"The Corps may be self-recruited, but the maximum number of personnel is set at 1,500. Anytime one person is exceeded, one of the three governors will be killed!

"And the scope of the activities of its security regiment is limited to the trilateral governorates, and all actions are under the control and command of the imperial court and the trilateral governorates.

"The establishment of the security regiment shall be filed with the trilateral governor's office, and the official assistant commander may be recommended by John Tong and others, but it must be reported to the trilateral governor's office for approval.

"At the same time, in its security regiment, an official from each of the Jinyi Guard and the Trilateral Governor's Office must be sent to the camp to supervise its affairs."

Hearing the emperor's words, Li Guoyi, the first assistant of the cabinet, originally wanted to say something, but at this time, he opened his mouth and finally didn't say anything more.

And Xu Guangqi was also dumbfounded when he heard the emperor's words.

John Tang wrote to him for help and made several requests, among which he felt that the most unlikely thing was this one, but he did not expect the emperor to agree, and it far exceeded John Tang's request.

Although there are such and such conditions attached, but today's Xu Guangqi has long known this characteristic of Emperor Chongzhen, and anything that comes to the emperor in front of him will be attached to many additional things.

However, these conditions are taken for granted even in the eyes of Xu Guangqi, a Jesuit-leaning Catholic.

Xu Guangqi sighed in his heart, and was just about to speak, but he heard Emperor Chongzhen say: "The Ministry of Rites under the control of Xu Aiqing, the original Monk Record Division, the Taoist Record Division, since I talked about the Jesuit Society with Qing and others today, then I will talk about some ideas with Qing and others, and the two cabinets are here, and they can also be implemented as soon as possible." ”

When Xu Guangqi heard the emperor's words, he knew that this matter was not over, so he listened carefully.

I only heard Emperor Chongzhen say: "My Chinese Celestial Dynasty has a complete system since ancient times, monks and nuns Buddhist temples have monks and nuns to manage, and Taoist affairs are managed by the Taoist Division.

"From now on, the Ministry of Rites will set up a separate teaching department in addition to the Sangha Lu Division and the Daolu Division to oversee all religious affairs outside the Sangha and Taoism.

"Whether it is the Jesuits, the Catholic Church, the prayer halls of the Great Food Sect, or the temples, those who have come, those who will come, those who have existed, and those who will have them, must be registered one by one, and the Ministry of Rites will issue permission.

"Anyone who claims to be a priest or a monk without permission will be killed! Those who build Musuman Sutra Hall and Jesuit Church without permission will be killed! This edict can be issued by the Secretary of General Affairs! ”

When the two killed without forgiveness were spoken, Emperor Chongzhen's face suddenly became murderous.

When Li Guoyi, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Xu Guangqi, the cabinet minister, heard this, they immediately bowed down and said, "Your Majesty Shengming! Obey the order! ”

For the foreign devils in the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen previously set up the Xiyi Pavilion in the Lifan Courtyard, which was specifically responsible for managing the Taixiyi people in Beijing.

The household registration system of the Ming Dynasty was so strict, and when they went to other places, they had to issue road guidance documents from the government, how could they allow foreign devils to run around in the country?

Even if they are allowed to roam around, at least they must get a household registration or identification like a road guide!

For the European foreign devils of this era to come to China, now the Chongzhen Emperor is generally supportive, because the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages.

In the seventeenth century, Europe experienced a long Renaissance period, science and technology were surpassing China, and it was at a critical stage of the Age of Discovery, which was dominated by Europeans.

At this time, to engage in seclusion and seclusion is definitely to harm oneself.

The greatest harm to the Chinese after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs was that its closure made the Chinese miss the key stage of industrial prosperity in modern times, and since then they have made a wrong step and a wrong step.

For this historical lesson, of course, the current Emperor Chongzhen must seriously learn from it, so he would rather take unpredictable risks, but also learn from the practices of later generations and gradually open up to the outside world.

However, it is one thing to open up trade and science and technology, but it is another thing to open up religion.

Possessing the Chinese civilization of the Xia and Shang dynasties is the foundation of China.

Once this is lost, the Ming Dynasty may continue, but is China still China?

Therefore, it is necessary to control, manage, and try to eliminate the disadvantages and increase the benefits.

Everything that Emperor Chongzhen has done now is a choice made after repeatedly weighing the pros and cons.

The same is true of the Jesuits, including allowing the Trilateral Governors to set up security corps.

In this world, who can't dissolve the hatred with Mu Suman?

Second to none, Catholics.

The Jesuits, the most radical Catholic in the Northwest, were the staunchest allies in the Northwest.

Although the Jesuits' strength in the Ming Dynasty at this time was very weak, it had a very strong backing in the world.

This world-class backing is not only in the forefront of the world in science and technology, but also in the forefront of the world in terms of weaponry.

Opening an opening for it to enter China, although there is a risk that it may be counterattacked, but it also introduces a competitor to Ming's technology and armaments.

When the Jesuits' security corps in the northwest were not able to protect their churches, their limited numbers necessarily required them to constantly seek more advanced weaponry.

And the most advanced gunpowder, muskets, artillery and other weapons and equipment of the Taixi countries will continue to enter the Ming Dynasty through this channel of the security regiment.

In this way, whether it is imitation or self-upgrading, Daming's firearms technology will not fall behind Europe.

As for the introduction of European Catholic power into the northwest region of the Ming Dynasty, what kind of impact and impact it will have on the Ming Dynasty itself and even the surrounding areas in the future, we can only wait and see.

Fortunately, the northwest is far away from the ocean, far away from Southeast Asia, where Europeans have been entrenched in this era, and its surroundings are either the territory of Musuman, or the world of Tibetan Buddhism in the Mongolian and Tibetan regions, and the Jesuit security group in the northwest has no other choice but to stand with the Ming Dynasty.

The day after the end of the court meeting in Layue Wangri, the detailed report from the Jinyi Weixi Town Fusi and the military intelligence report from the Trilateral Governor's Office were finally sent to the military aircraft office one after the other and to the imperial study of the Qianqing Palace.

In contrast, Emperor Chongzhen can be regarded as having a detailed understanding of the Taomin mutiny and the subsequent civil unrest in Tao, Min, Long, Gu and other places.