"I have arrived in a great city, no, I should say, in another great city—like the city I have visited before called 'Xinxiang', which is still ruled by the great lord King of China, the lord of the sea, the uncrowned ruler of the East, the conqueror of the Tatars, the protector of the Chinese, and the protector of all Orientals. On my first night here, I fell asleep with flowing water and the scent of flowers. Thank God that the world has that great lord, and that I have forgotten the filthy dung of Venice, the dung of the streets of Paris, which we European barbarians really live in dung compared to the people of this city. ”

"I eat four meals a day here, in addition to breakfast, lunch and dinner, and a snack in the evening, which the Chinese call 'supper'. They all tasted so beautiful, and the Chinese were artists in their food, and their lord, the great King Yu Guozhen, was the most outstanding of all artists, for it is said that many of the delicacies we have tasted were his inventions, just like the magical machines of the vast land he ruled. ”

"Here I met my predecessor, Father John Tang, who had just come from far away Shaanxi and was therefore very tired. But he is the most dedicated brother I have ever met, and I wish I could be like him in spreading the glory of the Lord in this mysterious kingdom. This must be supported by the Great Lord – so we must find a way to have a historic meeting with the Great Lord. However, from what I have learned, the lord does not seem to be very friendly to the glory of the Lord. May the Lord bless him and touch his soul......"

When the Polish Jesuit priest from Europa wrote this, the noise from outside interrupted his train of thought, he put down his pen and pushed open the door of the hostel, just in time to see the Chinese in the opposite room also walking out.

"Hello, Mr. Chen." Bu Mig nodded to the Chinese. He drew a cross on his chest: "May the Lord bless you." ”

He met the Chinese on a ship, and both arrived in Shanghai on a steamship from Xinxianglai, during the journey to relieve time. They had a long conversation, and then, Bumig was surprised to find out. This Mr. Chen turned out to be a student of the late Ming Cabinet scholar Xu Guangqi, who was introduced by Matteo Ricci, a predecessor of Bu Mige, to be baptized by the Holy Door.

"Do you hear voices outside, too?" Chen Zilong was not surprised by Bu Mige's somewhat strange tone, he frowned: "Let's go, let's go out and have a look." ”

He rushed back to Shanghai all the way to prevent those relatives and friends from making trouble - in his opinion, it was obvious that Yu Guozhen was luring the snake out of the hole, just waiting for them to come out and make trouble.

The commotion outside now seems to be this.

They left the hostel together, and by this time the streets were already crowded with people. Bu Mige saw a group of uniformed teenagers maintaining order, he had been in Xinxiang for a period of time before, so he naturally knew the identity of these teenagers, the Huaxia Youth Army, an organization formed by Yu Guozhen among the teenagers in the academy. They received a certain amount of military training. The most important thing is to receive honor and discipline training, but they also have to shoulder some special tasks, such as regular public service, or some large-scale event service.

In a way, the Boys' Army is an addition to the armed militia, of course. There are really dangerous things, Yu Guozhen will not send these seeds of the future.

It was with these young soldiers that the traffic order on the streets that were originally crowded with people was not interrupted. The two came to the front of a store, stood on the high steps at the entrance of the store, and tiptoed to look into the crowd, only to find that there were many people wearing flail and being escorted over one by one.

"Parade through the streets?" Chen Zilong suddenly understood.

There are many kinds of punishment methods of the Huaxia Military Strategy Committee, among which the street parade is the more commonly used one, and almost all offenders will be punished on the street. Yu Guozhen will not save any * face for those lawbreakers, he has chosen not to lose face when he does illegal things, even the lawbreakers themselves do not cherish their honor and reputation, why should those victims cover up for them?

"Are these people prisoners?" In Europe, Bumig had also seen criminals being taken to the execution ground, and the Europeans at this time did not have the humanity and mercy of later generations - it was just the posturing of the criminals after washing their hands, and maybe even the crocodile tears that flowed while munching.

"I guess so, listen." Chen Zilong said.

Then he saw Sun Jin in the crowd.

Sun Jin is not as embarrassed as when he was first arrested, but his blue nose and swollen face have not changed for the time being, seeing him, Chen Zilong was taken aback, hurriedly lined up the crowd, and rushed in.

"Mr. Lu Shan, why is Mr. Lu Shan like this?"

When Sun Jin saw Chen Zilong, he only hated that there were no cracks in the ground, otherwise he would rather get into it than be embarrassed by him to see him.

In terms of Confucianism and Qingliu, Chen Zilong is his junior, and in terms of the position of the two, he insists on standing on the side of Yu Guozhen's opposition, while Chen Zilong is out of the front line of the struggle. For a long time, Sun Jin and others regarded Chen Zilong as a coward, and now he, a "straight man", has fallen into the current situation, but Chen Zilong is watching the excitement!

However, Sun Jin still had some joy in his heart.

With Chen Zilong here, the fact that he was arrested and humiliated by Yu Guozhen can be known to Confucianism, so wouldn't he become the first person in Yu Guozhen's hands to eat the court staff for Confucianism?

This reputation is out, and in the future, the position of the leader of the Qingliu at the head of Confucianism will not be able to escape, if they Donglin can be used in the hands of Yu Guozhen, then he will become an indispensable representative......

Immediately, his little bit of caution was thrown away, because he remembered that Yu Guozhen did not promote the Eight Imperial Examinations, and if they couldn't force Yu Guozhen to submit, there would be no day of pride!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but point his finger at Chen Zilong and shouted: "Chen Wozi, you have been in Huating for 20 years, and now you are watching the avenue sweep the floor?" You don't fight for our Confucian Taoism, but you watch the excitement here with the people in the market? ”

At the beginning, Zuo Guangdou, the leader of Donglin, scolded Shi Kefa who came to visit him in prison. Shi Kefa said that his heart was like iron and stone, and this matter became a beautiful talk of Confucianism. Sun Jin felt that he was scolding Chen Zilong now, and after it was passed out, he would inevitably become a role model for Qingliu.

Chen Zilong was really provoked by his words, and his face showed anger, but just when Chen Zilong was about to have a seizure. An armed militiaman in charge of the escort sneered: "Are you just relying on the tricks of a god and a witch who pretends to be a god and a ghost to fight for Confucianism and Taoism?" ”

Sun Jin and Chen Zilong were stunned.

The armed militiaman jumped into a cart and pointed to its contents. He took out a tin horn and said loudly: "Let's see, who are these people, they are the separatists who have recently created riots in various places and obstructed the reunification of China. Among the gang. There are ruffians, scoundrels, thieves, strongmen, witches, and magic sticks, and that is Yao Wenyu Yao Shenxian, the leader of the Longhua Society. What do they use to fight us, these things, black dog blood, black donkey hooves, ghost drawings, and cloth used by women for menstruation...... Gee. This is what they use to maintain Confucianism! ”

As soon as these words came out, there was a bang around.

Even at this time, Sun Jin also had a miserable look on his face, and Chen Zilong's anger suddenly disappeared.

The Taoist system of Confucianism, when will it be maintained with women's menstrual cloths!

He looked at Sun Jin. Thinking of Sun Jin's statement that "the Dharma is vast", they did do this kind of thing.

"This Yao Immortal of the Longhua Society, who still had nothing at the beginning, relied on the pit to be abducted, and saved up if everyone was a fool, there were still some fools and fools every year. Offering his family property to him in vain, didn't he call himself an immortal, why did he end up like this? The armed militia was sharp-toothed, he pointed at Yao Wenyu and smiled: "It's just a liar, this reading gentleman doesn't know where he has read the sage books for so many years, and he actually colludes with these liars......

Hearing him talk endlessly, there was a mockery all around, Chen Zilong shook his head silently and took a step back.

Yu Guozhen stirred up this storm, it turned out that the fundamental purpose was here!

Whether it is those inferior gentry in the countryside, or clear streams such as Donglin, if they want to oppose Yu Guozhen, they have no power in their hands, they must rely on the power of foolish and stubborn gods and rogue ruffians in the countryside such as Longhuahui. In other words, Donglin must find a group of pig-like teammates!

Yu Guozhen not only wants to lure the snake out of the hole and control these old Confucian students from the top, but also wants to take a salary from the bottom of the kettle, ruin their reputation, and make them lose their prestige among the people!

If someone else has this kind of plan, it may be wishful thinking, but Yu Guozhen can really do it. At present, Yu Guozhen has stationed village offices in almost every natural village, and one of the important responsibilities of the village bureau is to publicize the decisions of the Huaxia Military Strategy Committee to the people. Before Chen Zilong came, he knew that the village bureaus of Liangguang had received an urgent order to prepare for propaganda - which meant that Yu Guozhen would mobilize the people in every village to plant charges against Donglin Qingliu.

No, it's not a crime, just stating the facts is enough to make the people angry.

Thinking of Donglin's actions this time, Chen Zilong has realized that their foundation in the countryside is about to end. At the beginning, they opposed the tax inspectors and eunuchs, and they shouted in the market and the countryside, and immediately the people supported the crowd, and after this incident, no matter how much they appealed, the people would be suspicious: who let them collude with the most notorious gangsters, ruffians, and bad gentry in the country!

Chen Zilong suddenly thought of what Yu Guozhen once said: If you are not afraid of god-like opponents, you are afraid of pig-like teammates.

"Wozi, Wozi, you go to find Yu Jimin, ask him to release me, let me go quickly, you have to leave some dignity for Kexian!"

At this time, Sun Jin also realized that his attempt to invite fame may have backfired.

Compared with the Ming court in the old agricultural era, the Huaxia Military Strategy Committee established by Yu Guozhen was a semi-industrialized ruling body, and when it acted step by step, there was no difference, but when it was mobilized, its influence was far from being comparable to that of the Ming court. No matter how intertwined the inferior gentry and Confucian forces in the countryside are, they will still be just paper rats in front of the fully mobilized Military Strategy Committee.

It's a paper mouse and not a paper tiger.

"I ...... I tried my best! Chen Zilong muttered, took a step back, glanced back at Sun Jin, and took another step back.

Can he really change all of this if he tries his best? (To be continued)