The Tatar prince came to create a Tatar rebellion, although the prince was not a Tatar, but a Han Chinese, John Tang still thought that this prince was a shameless person. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As for the Han talent who rose in southern China, John Tang had a high evaluation, and he even thought that the Han talent might be the sword of God that ended the Tatar Dynasty. It's just that the more he thinks so, the more worried he becomes. Because a few years ago, in order to help his friends in Macau, he had asked his Tianzi student to send troops to attack that Han Xiucai. If one day, this Han Xiucai really entered the city of Beijing, then what he did in the past will definitely not be liked by this Han Xiucai, which will not only affect his life of John Tang, but also affect the spread of Catholicism in China, and it is also his life's work.

This made John Tang sleepless, he decided to make up for something, but found that he had no chance to make up for it at all, because that Han Xiucai was not interested in Catholicism, although he heard that there were many Westerners in his army, but so far, he had not heard of a single thing that this Han Xiucai showed the slightest interest in Catholicism, and he was only interested in arms and some tactics in the West. In desperation, John Tang had no choice but to set his sights on what he considered to be the shameless person - the Tatar king of Pingxi, who was now the man of the Liao king of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the Han man named Wu Sangui was not very trustworthy, he had now hit the heart of China, which had seriously endangered the existence of the Tatar Dynasty, and one day in the future, Wu Sangui was likely to become the new ruler of northern China. Of course, this is not what John Tang cares about and attaches the most importance to, what he cares about and attaches importance to is the Yongli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the hands of Wu Sangui and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince named Constantine. Both the emperor and his heirs were involved Catholics, which was clearly more in line with the interests of Catholicism in the East.

Perhaps, it is time to show Wu Sangui the greatest kindness of the Catholic Church to him, or perhaps he should send an envoy to meet our emperor and the crown prince, and of course, it would be even better if there was a letter from the Pope himself.

Tang Ruowang closed his eyes, but there was a slight sound of footsteps. He opened his eyes and glanced at the other party, and found that it was his new assistant Nan Huairen.

Nan Huairen, a Belgian Catholic Jesuit, came to China three years ago. In addition to the identity of a priest, Nan Huairen also has an identity, that is, an expert in weapons. He was very good at making cannons, he could measure, he could also do mathematics, in short, he was a very brilliant man of Catholicism.

John Tong is very grateful to the Vatican for sending him such an excellent talent. Originally, John Tang, who had won the trust of the emperor's students, was ready to recommend Nan Huairen to his student, and he believed that his students would attach great importance to Nan Huairen's cannon-making skills, so that Nan Huairen could gain the emperor's trust and thus be able to speak for the promotion of Catholicism by the emperor's side like himself. It's a pity that since the emperor became obsessed with Buddhism, it was difficult for John Tang to meet the emperor himself, let alone recommend Nan Huairen to the emperor. As a last resort, he had no choice but to send Nan Huairen to Shaanxi to work with Father Li Fangxi, a Catholic priest there, but Shaanxi was soon captured by the rebels, and Nan Huairen and Li Fangxi had no choice but to return.

"Father, you're tired, I shouldn't have let those Tatars in during the day." Nan Huairen couldn't help but blame himself when he saw Tang Ruowang's tired face.

"Those Tatars are all big people, they used to be invincible, but now they have become despicable and timid, which is unexpected..."Tang Ruowang looked at Nan Huairen and said with emotion.

Nan Huairen shrugged his shoulders and said disapprovingly: "What's strange about this, the Tatars have suffered a lot of defeats in the south, they control less and less land, and the population for them to enslave is also getting smaller and smaller, and many of their warriors who are good at fighting have also died in battle, and the situation is still not in their favor, how can they not be afraid?" ... Father, don't forget, in addition to barbarism, the Tatars are also human beings, and if they are human beings, they will be afraid in the face of stronger opponents..... It's just that I still can't figure out why the Tatars, who were already on the verge of occupying China, were defeated so quickly, it took them more than ten years to occupy most of China, but they lost more than half of their country in just three years, Father, that student of yours is really not a qualified emperor. ”

Hearing Nan Huairen's words, Tang Ruowang smiled bitterly, waved his hand at Nan Huairen, and sighed: "The emperor has no father since he was a child, and no one teaches him how to be an emperor, so it is inevitable that he sometimes does something unreasonable that leads to disastrous consequences. ”

Nan Huairen shook his head and disagreed: "Father, your student is alienating you and us Catholics, he would rather believe in the tricks of those Buddhist monks to deceive people than believe us, but you still want to say good things for him, it is really incomprehensible." ”

John Tang opened his mouth and didn't say anything. Maybe Nan Huairen was right, his student really didn't believe him anymore.

Nan Huairen saw that Tang Ruowang looked very lonely, so he turned away from the matter and said: "I just came back from outside, and the city of Beijing is about to turn the sky upside down, and it is rumored everywhere that the dynasty may be overthrown. The powerful are afraid, and the powerless are afraid. I heard that many Tatars began to prepare to flee back to their hometowns outside the gates. Father, in my opinion, the Tatar dynasty will not last long, and if the Emperor's Imperial Guards can defeat the rebels, the Tatar dynasty may still be saved, but if it is defeated, I am afraid they will really have to return to their homeland. So, I would like to ask the priest, whether the defeat of the Tatars is good or bad for our missionary work in China, and whether we should do something now instead of waiting here? ”

John Tong slowly sat up from his chair, then stood up and walked to the wall where the portrait of the Virgin was hung, and he stared closely at the portrait of the Virgin.

"Father, the Vatican has invested a lot of resources for us, and they are desperate for us to really open the doors of China and let the Chinese people bathe in the glory of God. Once upon a time, you thought that the Tatars would open their arms to us, but you can see that the Tatars did not do so, even if their emperor was your student! ... With all due respect, for the sake of the honor of the Society of Jesus and for the sake of the future of the missionary cause, we must act now! Speaking of this, Nan Huairen paused for a moment and said his purpose, "I want to go to Nanjing to meet the magical general who is called a thief Xiucai by the Tatars." ”

"To Nanjing?" Tang Ruowang was surprised, he shook his head: "That young man is hostile to us. ”

Nan Huairen laughed: "At the beginning, the Tatars were also hostile to us, but now, aren't we also here?" ”

"Maybe the rebels are better suited for us." John Tong was apparently more interested in the Yongli Emperor, who had been baptized by the Catholic Church, although he was probably just a puppet now.

Of course, Nan Huairen knew about the existence of the Ming Dynasty emperor in the hands of the rebels, but he insisted: "Then there is no harm in me going to Nanjing, at least, let the young general know about our existence." ”

John Tang thought about it for a long time and agreed to Nan Huairen's request: "Oh, okay, you can go and fight for it, may God be with you!" ”