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After Dachun withdrew, Yinzhen sighed lightly, it's not okay to be cautious these days, Kangxi's secret agent, Yinzhen's sticky rod must be guarded against, and the 10,000-year-old ship is sailed carefully. Bayi Chinese ~ Fortunately, the benefits after the prince's division were good, not only did there have a large number of various estates and a large number of servants and assistants, and at the end of last year, Kangxi also gave himself half of the assistants and hunto and half of the population to which the boss Yinyu belonged, which made him not worry about people.

In the afternoon, Yinzhen was practicing calligraphy in the study while sorting out and transcribing, and heard Bao Fuquan's voice sounding outside the door, "Master, Uncle Wanyan Haifeng is asking to see you outside." ”

"Got it, bring him to the study."

After a while, he heard Yan Haifeng's slightly excited voice, "Slave Haifeng knocks on the fourteenth master." ”

"Come in the Reading Pavilion." Yinzhen said and stood up.

After Yan Haifeng came in, he saw Yinzhen, and he was neatly pierced, "I've seen the fourteenth master." ”

This Yan Haifeng is tall and extremely handsome, the two have been going to school and studying together since childhood, they are very familiar, Yinzhen smiled and said: "Get up and read the pavilion, there are no outsiders here, no need to be polite." ”

Hai Feng got up and said with a smile: "Fourteenth Master, I will follow you in the future, this gift is not to be abolished." ”

"Sit in the Reading Pavilion." Yinzhen smiled: "I have wanted to call you over for a long time, but I have never had any serious errands, besides, it is also good for you to experience a few years in the Ministry of Rites." Bayi Chinese ~ "Seeing that Haifeng was standing in order, listening attentively, Yin Zhen said secretly, it seems that he has not been in vain in the ceremonial department in the past few years, and he is much more mature and stable.

Satisfied, Yinzhen didn't have the heart to be polite, and said straight to the point: "You go to the ministry tomorrow to hand over the errand, and then you will work with me in the Reading Pavilion." ”

"Xie Fourteenth Master carry." Hai Feng said and pierced a thousand children beautifully. Head. hair

There is a Catholic church in Xuanwumen, and the people in the capital are used to calling it the South Hall.

However, at this time, the South Hall in front of Yinzhen and Haifeng was only a building whose main body was about to be completed.

Although it has not yet been completed, it is already an authentic Western European Baroque style judging from its Latin cross plan, arch structure, nave side corridors, tower in the nave, double bell tower at the entrance, etc.

Yinzhen looked at the exotic building in front of him with great interest, but Hai Feng couldn't figure out how the Fourteenth Master could be interested in such a strange house.

Although he couldn't figure it out, Hai Feng still said playfully: "Fourteenth master, I heard that this Nantang was specially given by the emperor to 100,000 taels of treasury silver and ordered the Ministry of Engineering to build it. ”

Yinzhen nodded and said to Hai Feng: "Go, show the identity of the master, and find the priest of this church." ”

Hearing that the Fourteenth Prince was coming, the missionaries who were there to supervise the work knew that their status was too low, so they hurriedly ran to tell the priest who presided over the construction, Min Ming.

Min Ming, I am an Italian Jesuit, I am sixty-eight years old, I once served as the supervisor of the Qintian Prison, and I was an official of the fifth grade, and when I heard that the fourteenth elder brother visited the South Hall, he hurriedly greeted him.

"Meet His Royal Highness the Fourteenth Prince." Min Ming: I'm going to kneel down as I speak.

Yinzhen didn't expect that the priest was Min Mingme, so he hurriedly helped him up with one hand, and said with a smile: "I'll take a look casually, I'll disturb you." ”

Min Ming's face was full of wrinkles with my smile, "His Royal Highness the Fourteenth Prince came to inspect, it is the gospel for all our Catholics. As he spoke, he turned sideways and said, "If Your Highness doesn't dislike it, please go and sit indoors." ”

In the missionary's temporary office room, Min Ming waited for the missionaries below to serve tea, and then retreated from everyone, then looked at Yinzhen and said with a smile: "I don't think, Your Highness won't happen to pass by the reading pavilion here?" ”

This person is interesting, he doesn't speak with a twist at all, and I don't know if this was the case when he was an official? Yinzhen smiled secretly in his heart, since this is the case, let's go straight, and said with a smile: "I wanted to find the priest here, but I didn't expect to alarm you, it's okay, you have been in Beijing for a long time, and you have a wide range of contacts, which is more suitable for me." ”

"Oh." Min Ming's eyes narrowed, and then he smiled: "Why did Your Highness come here?" ”

Yinzhen didn't hide it, and directly said his intention, "I want to hire you missionaries as a gentleman." ”

"Your Highness is also interested in our Western studies?" Min Ming, I was a little surprised, he has been in Beijing for many years, but I haven't heard that this fourteenth master is interested in Western studies, among the adult princes of Kangxi, the crown prince and the third prince have studied Western studies.

"You misunderstood, not to teach me, but to teach children." Yinzhen explained: "I plan to build a private school in the capital and hire you missionaries as a gentleman to teach them Western studies, of course, I will pay a salary, three taels of silver per month." ”

"Oh, no, dear Your Highness, this is too low, five taels is about the same." Although Min Ming and I studied Chinese and lived in the capital for many years, the greed and philistine in the bones of Westerners were exposed as soon as we talked about things, "Moreover, you must allow us to preach among the students, this is our job." ”

"Hehe, one tael of silver can buy one stone of rice in the capital, and three taels is an out-and-out high salary. Yinzhen said lightly: Of course, it is your freedom to preach, but you can't preach in a private school, that is a place to study. ”

"Your Royal Highness, in this case, please forgive me for not being able to do anything." Min Ming said with a regretful expression, "We are full-time missionaries. ”

"Good Reading Pavilion, I will take a step back and allow you to preach during the break, but you cannot force students to become religious." Yinzhen pretended to be helpless and said, but he smiled secretly in his heart, in this country where the imperial power is supreme, an edict can make your Catholicism disappear, and I am still afraid that you will preach?

"Freedom of religion, this is our principle." Min Ming stood up as he spoke, smiling like a walnut on his face, "Your Highness, rest assured, I will definitely pick the best teachers to teach those children, as for the salary, you see ......." ”

Yinzhen's face immediately turned cloudy, and he walked out.

Min Ming, I have been in the capital for so many years, and I have never seen an official refuse so simply, so I hurriedly chased after him after a while, "Fourteenth master, fourteenth master......." Seeing that Yinzhen was about to go out of the door without pause, he couldn't help shouting, "OK, deal!" ”

Yinzhen made a sudden stop, then turned around, and smiled brightly, "I want mathematics, geometry, astronomy, geography, English, French, and medicine, but I don't want the Bible." ”

"I will do my best to meet your request, Your Highness the Fourteenth Prince." Min Ming knew that he was on the fourteenth, and replied sullenly.

Yinzhen smiled disappreciatively: "I hope we have a happy cooperation." ”

"Uh, nice to work with." Min Ming's face was entangled, how could the tone of this fourteenth prince be more like a Westerner than me, why didn't he find it before?

After sending Yinzhen away, Min Ming and I excitedly walked around the room for a long time, to be able to let the missionary go to the private school as a gentleman, for his missionary career, has a huge role in promoting, thinking that in the future, batches of Qing scholars are believers, he can't help shouting loudly: "Come here, call all the missionaries in the capital for a meeting." ”