Yu Guozhen slowly paced back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back.

He is also thirty-five years old now, and his eldest son has just graduated from the Higher Education School and has entered the Huaxia Army, but he started as a small soldier at the grassroots level, and he has changed his name. When he made this decision, there was a sound of advice around him, and the only one who supported him was probably Fang Ziyi.

"If you don't join the army, you don't know the soldiers, you don't know the soldiers, how to make decisions about the world?"

Fang Ziyi's words were for those who objected, but they were also for Yu Guozhen.

As their eldest son, and the main wife and sister-in-law, Yu Xiang naturally wants to inherit Yu Guozhen's position and authority, and control the Huaxia Military Strategy Committee in the future - whether he is called the emperor or not, Fang Ziyi is not very favorable, but this power must be inherited by her son.

In this regard, Yu Guozhen adopted a tacit attitude, in fact, his cultivation of Yu Xiang over the years has also been carried out according to the pattern of heirs: when he was only five years old, he entered the primary school with four selected partners, one year earlier than ordinary children, and then demanded strictly, if he could not rank in the top five in the class, he would be reprimanded and even suffer corporal punishment.

Of course, Yu Xiang has no shortage of fatherly and maternal love, especially Xiaolian, who treats him even more than his own parents. Yu Guozhen also has a lot of patience with him, always taking time to spend with him and his siblings - in Yu Guozhen's view, a father, in addition to being strict, must also be patient.

As his son grows up, Yu Guozhen himself has become more and more mature and steady, and he has less time to joke with his subordinates. Right now. He was already a little unangry and arrogant.

"Mr. Chen Zilong has arrived."

His responsible secretary, Blue Tree, shook in the doorway and whispered.

"Let him in...... What, what's the matter? ”

"The Europa you said you wanted to see John Tang and his entourage have also arrived, and they came with Mr. Chen Zilong."

"Oh, then meet them together, invite them to the little conference room, and I'll go over."

Yu Guozhen interrupted his thoughts and began to ponder the reason why Chen Zilong, Tang Ruowang and others came to meet. It wasn't surprising that the two of them came together. Not only Chen Zilong, but also Yu Guozhen himself and Xu Guangqi have been friends for a long time. When Xu Guangqi died of illness, he was still very sorry, feeling that if he had come decades earlier, Xu Guangqi would definitely be able to become his right-hand man, just like Song Yingxing did.

After Chen Zilong and his entourage were introduced into the small conference room, Chen Zilong was a little uneasy, and he was entrusted by Sun Jin to come to Yu Guozhen to intercede. Originally, it was more appropriate to talk in a small area, but Yu Guozhen mistakenly thought that he was all the way with Tang Ruowang and Bu Mige.

He wanted to explain something else. But there is no chance. Because he had just sat down in the small conference room, Yu Guozhen had already arrived.

"Mr. Wozi, as well as Mr. Tang and Mr. Bu, a few people came here today, but what are your orders?"

Yu Guozhen didn't talk to them too much, and directly intervened in the topic. Chen Zilong was thinking about how to mention Sun Jin to Yu Guozhen, but he didn't react for a while. Over there, John Tang and Bu Mige stood up again and bowed to Yu Guozhen.

"Your Excellency. We're here to plead your case. ”

"Grievances?"

"Yes, we have studied the practical science you have proposed. Many of them have in common with our Europa scholarship, and we, the priests from Europa, have brought another civilization to the East, and we believe that you will not deny that your wisdom comparable to that of the angels was also inspired by our civilization. ”

In Bu Mige's view, Yu Guozhen, as a "king" or "emperor" of the East, should be the kind of conceited and rigid person, especially good face, which he has seen in Europe or the East.

Such a person must be respectful to him, otherwise he will be provoked, and in that case, no matter what is asked, he will not listen to him, and he will not agree.

But to Bu Mige's surprise, Yu Guozhen nodded, indicating that he agreed with Tang Ruowang's point of view.

"Mr. Tang, what you are saying is that the essence of our Chinese civilization is all in the two sentences in the Book of Changes. The terrain is good, and the gentleman carries things with virtue. We have never denied that other civilizations have their own strengths, and we are happy to learn from them. ”

"It is precisely because we know this that we have taken the liberty to come to you to plead our case with you, and under your rule, perhaps because of the selfishness of some officials, or perhaps because of some procedural misunderstanding, we are unable to spread the glory of the Lord......

When John Tang was a missionary in Shaanxi, he had always paid close attention to Yu Guozhen, and in order to understand Yu Guozhen's character, he even went to visit Li Yan, who was said to have had dealings with Yu Guozhen, and from Li Yan, he got some impressions of Yu Guozhen. Then, he had contacts with many literati and officials in the Ming Dynasty, and also learned their views on Yu Guozhen through letters and visits.

He decided early on that Yu Guozhen would inevitably win the final victory, and whether or not they could continue to preach in China depended largely on Yu Guozhen's will. With his understanding of Yu Guozhen, if he hides it, Yu Guozhen will not pay attention to him, and only by saying his wishes and reasons can he be recognized by Yu Guozhen.

He wanted to get in touch with Yu Guozhen for a long time, but there was no suitable way, and as Yu Guozhen's forces entered the Central Plains, Tang Ruowang was horrified to find that Yu Guozhen had adopted a relatively tolerant attitude towards Taoism and Buddhism, among which several leaders of Taoism often became Yu Guozhen's guests, and even held positions in the Huaxia Military Strategy Committee!

What made him really terrible was that in the land under Yu Guozhen, there were restrictions on them, the Jewishers, who were not allowed to build churches, to print Bibles, and even to baptize had to be approved. What's more, the Chinese Military Strategy Committee also levied one-tenth of the indoctrination tax on all believers - this is clearly discrimination!

After listening to Tang Ruowang's story, Yu Guozhen laughed.

"Mr. Tang. I respect you very much, a foreigner, who traveled thousands of miles across the ocean and came to our China for his own ideas. No matter what your wishes are, but your arrival will allow us Chinese people to learn more about European civilization to some extent. Let the Chinese people realize that there is not only China in the world. ”

When he said this, Tang Ruowang suddenly had tears in his eyes, and he only felt warm in his heart.

It's not that Yu Guozhen has any domineering spirit that can make Tang Ruowang so moved, but because of Yu Guozhen's status now, every word and deed. Naturally, people feel valued.

"But, I'm also very blunt with you. Restraint on your church. It was I who brought it up because I learned some of your teachings, and a few of the questions that I felt were with us...... The Tao is contradictory. ”

Yu Guozhen also mentioned the word "Taoism", which made Chen Zilong feel like laughing, but immediately, he sat upright.

Why can't Yu Guozhen mention Taoism? He asked Gui Quanzi and others to compile the Three Emperors Ceremony. Let Fang Yizhi and others mix hundreds of schools of thought with practical learning, in order not to remove the chaff. Purify the source and continue the Taoism of China?

Chen Zilong is not Shi Kefa and others. He also saw the disadvantages brought about by the imperial examination, and he had been an official in Qinzhou for many years, which made him realize the various wrongs of the original Confucian scholars as officials. Therefore, he did not have so much resistance to Yu Guozhen's Huaxia Military Strategy Committee, and was even willing to accept it to a certain extent.

"This ...... That's impossible! ”

John Tang thought that Yu Guozhen was only unwilling to accept their church because of prejudice, but now it sounds as if Yu Guozhen still has studied their teachings.

"The things of gods and Buddhas are too mysterious, and I can't tell if they exist or not." Yu Guozhen smiled and said: "I only mention a few things that are inconsistent with our Huaxia Taoism, and Mr. Tang will analyze them for me." First, my Chinese Taoist system thinks that those who contribute to the people are holy, and your pope, how can you owe it to the people of the world, and even sell exoneration charms, and even interfere with the royal power of the world, and do things that are abolished? ”

"Second, as I said just now, the essence of our Chinese civilization is that tolerance is greatness, but your religion thinks that it is the only religion in the world, and that your religion is the only true god in the world, and that it is a matter of religious inquisition to reject other religions and impose punishments indiscriminately. If you don't have a tolerant heart, how can you coexist with my Huaxia Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism? ”

"Third, your religion forbids idolatry, and even ancestors are not allowed to worship, and my Chinese folk customs, worshipping ancestors on festivals for thousands of years, how does your religion view this matter?"

Yu Guozhen's first two reasons came out, and they were still aimed at the Yahweh Church, but the last one was a little inexplicable, at least Chen Zilong couldn't see what was in it. But when Tang Ruowang heard this, his color changed greatly, and there was a great terror in his expression!

He has been in China for many years, so he naturally understands the feelings of the Chinese people towards their ancestors, and there is also some debate in the Yahist Church about whether to allow religious Chinese people to worship their ancestors. Matteo Ricci, John Tang and other priests knew that it was not easy to preach in China, so they pretended to be deaf and dumb about this matter and deliberately avoided it, but Yu Guozhen took this out, so he couldn't avoid it.

"I personally worship the ancestors of your country...... It's ......."

"Mr. Tang, your opinion is not decisive, and I know that you have good intentions towards us in Huaxia, so your freedom of movement in Huaxia has not been restricted, and even some missionary activities, we have not prevented it. But what about your church, your pope? ”

The embarrassed look on Tang Ruowang's face could no longer be hidden.

Yu Guozhen lightly tapped the table a few times: "If your church wants to spread in China, it is okay, but it must be modified, roughly in the following places......"

"First, the heavens and the earth were opened by Pangu, not by false gods; Second, the status of the Chinese gods in your religion shall not be lower than that of the true gods of your rank; Third, the Chinese national customs must be respected; Fourth, the replacement of the Pope of your religion must be approved by the Huaxia Military Strategy Committee; Fifth ......"

Yu Guozhen said it one by one, and his words were so sharp that Tang Ruowang's face turned like earth, because none of these many terms could he agree to, and it could even be said that in his eyes, this was the crazy idea of hell at the moment!

"Naturally, you will not agree, and even if you do not agree with my request, then I can disagree with your request. Mr. Tang, you are here to tell your companions that from this day forward, all Europa people are welcome to engage in civilized exchanges, but all religious missions without the approval of the Huaxia Military Strategy Committee are prohibited. ”

"Your Excellency, you can't do this!" John Tang almost cried out in grief. (To be continued)