Chapter Ninety-Six: Fighting Poison with Poison

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In the morning light, the huge fleet went north, along the canal, to Xuzhou, with artillery and ordnance on board, and a large number of craftsmen, as the capital of An** to operate the Central Plains. Fuma Shiying was even more green all the way, supporting Gu Zhenhua with all his might, giving whatever he wanted.

"Grandpa Guo, Ma Fu sent a few ghosts, do you want to see them?"

When Gu Zhenhua heard this, he said with a smile: "Don't be so polite, people are foreign friends who admire Chinese culture, of course I want to meet them." ”

"Friends?" Hu Shan rolled his eyelids: "Guogong, they are covered in hair, just like monkeys, are they worthy of being called people?" ”

"That's not bad for you, they're really monkeys."

"The monkey has changed, is the monkey grandson?" Hu Shan's eyes widened: "Will they change seventy-two?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, I can tell you, let the brothers be polite in the future, these guys may play an unexpected role, don't forget, Lu Mi Gong, Franc cannon, they are all imitations of them, people have good things, we have to learn."

Gu Zhenhua and the others were talking, and they arrived at the open space at the end of the dock. I saw four or five Westerners standing here, all of them wearing long robes and Confucian shirts, wearing square scarves, and standing in the middle, wearing blue official uniforms, like Ming officials.

Seeing this, Gu Zhenhua also had a feeling of trance, thinking about how rampant missionaries were at the end of the Qing Dynasty, who of them would cater to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, shave a yin and yang head, and put on horseshoe sleeves! In the final analysis, the truth of this world is that whoever has the richest and the strongest will become the benchmark of the world. Gu Zhenhua bets that these guys in front of him will never think that eating dog meat is uncivilized!

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's introduce Benjue, what are your names and what fields are you proficient in?"

The Westerner in the middle wearing an official uniform hurriedly walked a few steps, plopped down at Gu Zhenhua's feet, and his mouth was standard official language.

"Xiaguan Tang Ruowang has seen the Duke of Ji Guo!"

"John Tang?" When Gu Zhenhua heard this name, he was also startled, how did he come here.

"Mr. Tang, didn't Benjue hear that you didn't do things for the Manchus?"

"Guogong, wronged!" Tang Ruowang's face was so frightened that his face turned like earth, and he kowtowed again and again: "Down, the lower officials definitely did not surrender to the Manchus, and the lower officials will not do anything for the Tartars." When the army of those barbarians captured Beijing, Xia Guan went south with a few friends, and asked the Guogong to learn from it! ”

In fact, in the original history, Lao Tang did take refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but due to the appearance of Gu Zhenhua and the propaganda of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in advance, Lao Tang also had a premonition, so he ran away early and went to Nanjing.

Gu Zhenhua asked Ma Shiying for a Western missionary, and Lao Tang was sent over.

Of course, Gu Zhenhua didn't care about these internal affairs, he hoped to use the talent of John Tang to help them build guns and cannons, bring advanced astronomy and mathematics from the West, and push the changes in Chinese society.

"Mr. Tang, please get up."

Gu Zhenhua picked up John Tang with a smile and said with a smile: "Mr. Tang, I know that you came to Daming in the hope of spreading the gospel. In this regard, Benjue will be of great help, and my army, my station, and your mission will be protected. ”

"Thank you Guogong Hongen, I can't thank you enough."

"Hahaha, Mr. Tang, to be honest, I suggest that you study more of the history of Buddhism and figure out how a foreign religion can survive in Chinese society. I have heard that many of the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty and the court have converted to Christ, but do you think they are truly devout believers? ”

Tang Ruowang and others traveled across the ocean and came to China thousands of miles away, the biggest spiritual driving force is preaching, Gu Zhenhua talked about this as soon as they met, Tang Ruowang was naturally very happy, but Gu Zhenhua's question poked at Tang Ruowang's weakness.

"Guogong, to be honest, they don't mean it, I, I think, they are just worshipping one more immortal?"

"That's right!" Gu Zhenhua laughed and said: "The Chinese pay attention to whether they can believe it or not, and in a temple, you can put the King Kong of the Buddhist Gate, the heavenly king of Taoism, but when you look up, the god is Master Guan." This is the tolerance of Chinese society, if you want to preach in China, what you should pursue is to fill in the same temple and fill in a few angels. Instead of breaking all three gods to pieces, leaving only one Lord, you know? ”

John Tang pondered for a moment and nodded bitterly: "That's true, it's just that those diehards will think that we are apostasy." ”

"It is a great merit for you to spread the gospel to countries that are bigger and more powerful than the West.

"That's right, thank you Grandpa Guo for showing the way, but it's not easy to do this."

"Easy, as long as I'm willing to help." Gu Zhenhua said with a smile: "I know that you are familiar with astronomy and mathematics and know how to make guns and cannons, you just need to teach this knowledge to my troops, and then help them make guns and guns." As long as the soldiers win the war, they will be grateful to you, and then I can set up a church and a prayer room in the army, and you can pray together for the blessing of a soldier who has died. As long as the army accepts you, this troop of mine will fight in all directions, and everywhere you go, your cross will appear with the victorious procession, and it will naturally be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. ”

"Thank you, Guogong!" When Tang Ruowang heard Gu Zhenhua's words, he was suddenly so excited that his whole body trembled.

In order to preach, they went through the upper route and the lower route, but they were not successful. The upper class regards Western learning as a plaything, while the lower class is difficult to accept because of traditional concepts, and once it goes out of line, it will be resisted by the common people.

How to choose, they are particularly troubled. And Gu Zhenhua has opened up a new field, starting from the army, so that the gospel can be spread with the victorious team!

The majestic procession, the envious and admiring eyes of the people, if there is a cross at this time...... Thinking of this, Tang Ruowang simply felt that Gu Zhenhua was an angel descending to earth and pointed out the best path for him.

"Guogong, I have compiled the "Chongzhen Almanac" and "Yuanjing Theory", and I have also sealed the orders of Emperor Chongzhen, and supervised the construction of twenty cannons, I am fully capable of helping your army build more firearms."

Saying that, John Tang pointed to the other missionaries excitedly, and said with a smile: "They have all just come from the West, and they have brought a large number of books on the latest astronomical calendars from the West, which I think will be helpful to the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Okay, Mr. Tang, you are now the senator of the General's Mansion, and I will set up a Western Bureau, which is specifically responsible for absorbing Western studies and guiding you to preach."

"Thank you, Guogong!"

Tang Ruowang nodded to them, and Gu Zhenhua was also very proud, so he immediately asked Xia Shouli to help arrange and send them to Xuzhou.

At this time, Ma Shiying also sent someone to invite Gu Zhenhua, and seeing that he was about to leave, Gu Zhenhua also had something to explain to Ma Shiying, so he hurried over.

"Lord Motofu, I don't know what to teach?"

"My brother is too polite, I don't have any advice, I just hope that my brother can live in the capital for a while longer, so that I can feel at ease."

"No, there are a lot of new troops in An**, and they haven't been trained yet, if I don't go back, I'm afraid that these boys will be wasted." And the war is tight, don't worry, Yuansuke, as long as I go north, within half a year, I will definitely make a move! ”

"Then I'll wait for my brother's good news!" Ma Shiying said with a smile: "Speaking of which, brother, you have done me a great favor, and the case hit Donglin's arrogance, and then arrested Qian Qianyi, showing the face of the Donglin Party to the world, which is really happy!" ”

Gu Zhenhua also said: "Yuanfu, the national crisis, the most important thing is to work together, usually they shout a few words, they are regarded as crows, but now it is not possible." Their insults to the government and their accusations of being in power will only shake the people's morale and weaken their morale. Yuanfu, if you use these two facts to wipe out the Donglin Party, especially those few big flags and a few young scholars who have emerged. Arrest them all, and as long as they go to prison, they will find a way to kill them and never suffer again. ”

When Ma Shiying heard this, his face suddenly turned embarrassed: "Brother, it's not that I haven't thought about this method, it's just that it's too difficult, not to mention Donglin's influence among the people, let's just say that Hou Fangyu, he has fled to Huguang, and I can't catch it." His father Hou Sui is Zuo Liangyu's benefactor, and now Zuo Liangyu has hundreds of thousands of troops and a huge force. ”

"Hmph, don't listen to him brag, it's just hundreds of thousands of pigs, has Zuo Liangyu won a decent battle? That is, bullying Zhang Xianzhong. ”

Although Gu Zhenhua said this, he was still relatively jealous, after all, An's new military camp had not been trained, and those veterans had not been rectified, if there was half a year to exhibit, he would naturally not be afraid of Zuo Liangyu's rabble, but it was not in front of him.

"Motosuke, are you going to pick it up high and put it down gently?"

Ma Shiying sighed: "In addition, what else can be done, the court can't be chaotic." ”

Gu Zhenhua frowned, obviously he was unwilling to let go of this good opportunity, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly smiled: "Yuanfu, I have two ideas, how about you listen to them?" ”

"I wish I could hear a clever plan!"

"First, we don't kill people or arrest people, but we have to raid homes and take out all their property, which can be used as military supplies on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also for the people of the world to see how they, righteous men and gentlemen, who are not engaged in business, accumulate this money. As long as the people have doubts, the foundation of the Donglin Party will be shaken! ”

"As for the second one, it is to fight poison with poison, why the Donglin Party can rise again and again, the reason is very simple, they have formed a team, as long as young students take refuge in them, they can be green all the way in the imperial examination in the future. What's going on with cheating in the imperial examination, Yuan Fu knows better than me that students are all their lives to become officials in the examination, so they will continue to join the Donglin Party Restoration Society. If we want to curb this momentum, why can't we run our own academy, arrange for the gentleman to give lectures, and when admitted, as long as the scholars see that they can only become officials if they follow us, it is equivalent to digging up Donglin's ancestral grave. ”

Ma Shiying listened to Gu Zhenhua's words, her breathing became short, and she stretched out two thumbs: "High, it's really high!" ”