Chapter 613: The Troubled Scientist

The Midyear Festival, the first three and the last four, are all said to be the day when the ghost gate is opened, and the first three and the last four are a total of seven days, all of which are considered the Midyear Festival.

Since July 13th, the capital began to hold the water and land puja, the big temples and Taoist temples are in front of the mountain gate to set up a formation, set up a dojo, or preach the scriptures, or pray for blessings, plus many small merchants and hawkers come to join in the fun, it is quite lively, although some small temples and Taoist temples can not have an open mountain gate like the big temple, can hold a lively temple fair, but there is no way, many smaller temples, but the dojo is moved to the street, find an open space on the street, and then set up a platform, It also made a land and water festival lively.

In addition to the two Taoist families, there are also lamas with cockscomb hats who also came to join in the fun, it can be said that this water and land conference, but the world's great monks and great virtues are gathered here.

The teahouses everywhere in the capital have become a place for them to gather, or to visit relatives and friends, or to debate right and wrong, here, are all good places, if you walk on the street, you can hear the sound of debate in the teahouse.

To say that all the eyes are gathered, it is not the square in front of Liulizhai, the venue here is open, the transportation is convenient, and there is a dojo built by the royal family, but it has become the focus of attention, countless monks and great virtues, take turns to come to the stage, or pray for blessings, or preach the scriptures, every day has attracted countless good men and women to go, before Liuli Zhai, it is even more lively and crowded.

In the capital, because the flow of people from all over the world has gathered here, resulting in huge consumption power, therefore, the shops of various sè, all kinds of business are also better than in the past, the addition of goods, the extension of the opening time of the extension of the opening time, the business is extraordinarily better than in the past, and the ordinary people who just run for a livelihood every day are smiling, looking forward to such a good business every day.

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Imperial.

Yang Reform has just met a group of guests, came out to breathe, stayed in the palace, it was too stuffy, it was hot this July, and he had to come out to escape the heat.

After taking a nap in the cool breeze, Wang Chengen came over.

"Your Majesty, Yiren Keqing Tang Ruowang asks to see you." Wang Chengen whispered a report.

"Oh, what's the matter with him?" Yang Reform, who had just woken up, squinted his eyes and asked.

"Your Majesty, it seems that I am begging Your Majesty to let them also participate in this land and water conference." Wang Chengen said.

"Oh, hehe, that's it! ......" Yang Reform wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he stopped again.

"Your Majesty, but are you going to resign?" Wang Chengen asked in a habitual way.

"No, you let him come to me." Yang Reform thought about it and said, in fact, Tang Ruowang's group has been begging themselves to let them participate in the water and land conference, but Yang Reform has not allowed it, the reason is actually simple, when choosing Taoism and who to teach as his future chosen religion, Yang Reform chose Taoism, and now, Taoism is about to fight with Confucianism, Yang Reform naturally does not want this former Taoist competitor to make trouble, so he has never promised to let Tang Ruowang and them participate in this water and land ** meeting, Tang Ruowang has also been begging hard, trying all kinds of methods, but Yang Reform did not agree, Yang Reform knew what the purpose of the missionaries to come to China was, take them out, and force Taoism to compete, but as a state religion or to use it to confront Confucianism, some too much, very unwise, so, after using it to compete with Taoism, Yang Reform suppressed the missionaries again, in addition to letting them continue to shine in science, but did not open the door for them to preach.

"Slave obeys!" Wang Chengen agreed, but it was a little surprising, didn't the emperor always forbid them to participate in the water and land conference?

John Tang entered the palace with a rather complicated feeling, they have always wanted to impress the Lord of the East with advanced science and technology, and then obtain the support of the Lord of the East for the mission, which is a key to open the door to the East, but things have a good beginning, but there is no good ending.

The clever Lord of the East, who took all his science and technology and funded him to do all kinds of scientific experiments, was very enthusiastic in this regard, but he was not very interested in mission, and the Lord of the East was obviously not so enthusiastic about supporting them, they wanted to use science and technology to open the door to the land of the East, but the Lord of the East gladly took away their keys, but did not open the door to missionary work for them, and John Tang did not know whether to be depressed or happy. ,

Frustration is naturally a failure of the mission, slow progress; Happiness is also simple, with the support of the Lord of the East's strong financial and human resources, his scientific and technological achievements will surely reach an incredible height in the future. That's the trouble of a devout missionary scientist. If we include Jiang Yuhan and other missionaries, it can be said that this is the trouble of a group of scientists who are devout missionaries, and the rapid progress in scientific achievements and the difficulty in missionary progress are really annoying and difficult to choose.

"See my majesty!" When Tang Ruowang saw that the Lord of the East was resting on a chair, he immediately walked up to him and saluted.

"Get up, John Tong." Yang Genghe straightened up and said with a smile.

"Yes, my majesty!" John Tang got up in a formal manner.

"Tang Keqing, is there anything you are looking for?" Yang Gai asked with a smile, Yang Gai is still very grateful for these missionaries, after all, they injected fresh vitality into the Ming Dynasty, brought fresh air, and brought the outside world, if you don't talk about missionaries, they are a group of scientists, quite dedicated, Yang Gai has always admired people who are engaged in science and technology.

"Your servant, my majesty, begs you to allow us to take part in this festival." John Tang didn't say anything else, and pleaded directly.

"Hehehe, Tang Keqing, didn't I say you, this water and land conference is a festival for blessings and preaching, can you Catholics pray for blessings? Can you preach the scriptures? Yang Gengai asked with a smile.

"My Majesty, yes, yes, ......we Catholics can pray for blessings...... John Tong hurriedly said.

"Hehe, I don't know what the Tang Qing family thinks of your religion?" Yang Gengai suddenly asked.

"Our religion?" John Tang couldn't understand why the emperor would ask this.

"Yes, it's your religion, if I'm not mistaken, your religion over there is quite powerful, so strong that the king of a country has to kiss the boots of your sect leader, can there be such a thing? I heard that you have to be a king over there, and you have to be recognized by the head of your religion before you can be a king, right? Yang Gengai asked with a smile.

"......" John Tang is sweating out, this is indeed true, if the king offends the pope, it is a serious matter, and maybe even the king has not to sit, is this the reason why the lord of the east does not want to see them? Of course, it was really hard for him to imagine that the Lord of the East would go to the teachings of that old fellow, and that old guy would kneel down and kowtow to the Lord of the East.

“…… My Majesty, this, Your Majesty, maybe you have caused a misunderstanding...... our kings in the West are not comparable to you, at most they can compare with your vassal state, but they really can't compare with the great you in the East......" John Tang thought for a long time and kept explaining.

"Huh, huh? Then you say, is it the Great Me or the Pope? If two people meet, who will kowtow to whom, or rather, who will wěn whose feet? "Yang Reform is idle and bored, and deliberately teases John Tang with this, this is all to blame for John Tang, there is nothing to bother Yang Reform, and Yang Reform also makes some trouble for John Tang.

The emperor's words made the shì guards present and the eunuchs who were serving change their faces one after another, and they disagreed, and immediately took down this rebellious posture, which has been the emperor's biggest since ancient times, when will Taoism be able to climb to the emperor's neck and? It's just looking for death.

"Your Majesty, my Majesty, you can't compare like this, in the East, you are the master of the earth, the supreme, the son of God, in the West, the Pope, the Pope......" John Tang hurriedly defended.

"Hehe, I'm also worried about how to deal with the pope if I run into the pope in the future, in the east, the head of any religion must prostrate at my feet, and it is never possible to overcome, I am thinking, if my people all believe in your religion, will they listen to your pope, or listen to me?" Yang Gai said with a smile, it's okay to deliberately take Tang Ruowang.

"......" John Tang was already in a cold sweat, why did the emperor suddenly say this? Could it be that the lord of the East meant that he was afraid that they would preach too much and threaten the emperor after teaching too much? This one is indeed a bit scary, which is why the emperor did not support their mission?

“…… Your Majesty, this, this will never be, in the land of the East, you are the only one, and it is impossible for anyone to go against your will......" Tang Ruowang said with a cold sweat on his forehead.

"I'm quite satisfied with your work, if you don't mind, I even allow you to become a naturalized citizen, okay?" Yang Gengai asked with a smile. interrupted John Tong's words.

"Ahh …… Eh, my majesty, this ......" John Tang looked at the smiling emperor with a sunny smile, and his heart was very nervous, he didn't know what the lord of the East was going to say, in fact, it was not a bad thing to be a citizen of the Ming Dynasty.

"Don't doubt it, not everyone can enter my Ming nationality, I saw that you work hard and are very successful, so I specially allowed you to naturalize, otherwise, it will be difficult for ordinary people to naturalize, once you are naturalized, I will give you greater support, and you can use more and greater resources for your scientific experiments, including manpower, material resources, and financial resources, to help you achieve greater achievements in science, in fact, isn't it more interesting than missionary?" Yang Reform said with a smile that it has always been missionaries to others, and Yang Reform also plans to baptize missionaries.

"My Majesty, your servant, actually,...... Though...... This ......" John Tang was confused, and his heart was entangled, this lord of the East did support their scientific experiments quite a lot, and gave them considerable manpower and financial resources, this level of funding is not comparable to those kings and patrons in their West, of course, before their scientist status, there is a prefix, that is, pious missionaries. RO@。