There is no need to make any preparations for an audience with Prince Heshuo of the Qing Dynasty, and the "Soup Priest" is still dressed in a "black cover and white" Jesuit "non-standard" costume, just standing leisurely under the icon, waiting.

After a while, under the guidance of Tang Ruowang's "righteous son" Pan Qianxiao, Prince Daqing and Prince Shuoxiang and his entourage of two, a man and a woman, really entered the chapel. The two groups of people did not speak, not even say hello, and there was silence.

In this silence, Bomu Bogol and the people who came to the church acted on their own according to the full set of religious etiquette, as if they had been members of the church for a long time: first Prince Xiang removed the melon skin hat on his head, which is called "removing the crown", and then walked to the holy water plate, dipped his right hand in the holy water, made a cross, and chanted the words: "My lord, use this holy water to cleanse me from my sins, and to exorcise evil spirits, and to pluck out evil thoughts, amen." ”

After reciting the "Sutra of the Holy Water", Bomu Bogol ignored the woman behind him, and then faced the sanctuary and the icon, straightened his body, bent his right knee to the ground, and then stood up straight to show his salute to the Holy Sacrament. Then he turned around and saluted the plaque written by Emperor Fulin himself, which is the Chinese etiquette of "God first and then king". After doing so, the two of them finally walked respectfully to the altar, chose a place under the icon, knelt down gently, and began to "pray silently".

After a long time, Bomu Bogol got up first, and said to John Tang on the side with a smile:

"Marfa, did you disturb your Mass?" This "mass" instead of the so-called "prayer" shows Prince Xiang's belief in God.

Meanwhile. The woman next to her, dressed in women's clothes, also hurriedly got up and gave a half-salute to Tang Ruowang, and also called "Tom Mafa" in her mouth.

"Hehe, the prince and the Fujin guests are coming, and the old minister is nothing. If you don't come, don't I still have to pray every day that you and Fujin are healthy and all is well? ”

Tang Ruowang said while giving the woman, that is, Prince Xiang Fujin Dong E's return gift, but he always looked at the faces of the young couple with great interest, and couldn't help but think about it-

Needless to say, Dong E's is natural. Otherwise, how can we make our emperor Fulin so confused? But today he is still sad and sad...... Could it be that I have been missing for a long time? Or do you feel guilty? Alas! Whatever the reason, it seems that although you have entered our holy religion, you are far from understanding the true meaning of the Gospel of God.

But every time the young Prince Xiang came, John Tang couldn't help but look at it twice. And you have to make a secret comment in your heart......

"Lord Wang, Fu Jin. Please sit here. ”

Talking. It is the official status - the servant of the Nantang, the private relationship - the priest Yizi Pan Duxiao. At this time, he was bending over and stretched out his hand to the bench beside him. But the head and face are very low!

"Filial piety, you and I are so polite? Who doesn't know that the two of us look like twins? You just just look up, don't I look in the mirror? haha！ Bomu Bogol joked with a laugh.

John Tang smiled knowingly - even if he didn't say it, anyone who saw Prince Xiang and Pan Quanxiao at the same time would immediately think: Prince Bomu Bogol of Daqing and Shuoxiang and Nantang Yifu Pan Quanxiao are twins! The two are not only similar in appearance, but even a little similar in their gestures! This is also what Tang Ruowang realized later-Emperor Fulin's filial piety to Pan is because of this link!

For this Prince Xiang, John Tang is even more concerned! Because, he is the only person in the Qing Imperial Family who has entered the Holy Sect so far! Perhaps because he lost his father at a young age and fought all year round, the young Bomu Bogol once returned to Beijing three years ago, and he admired the name of his emperor's brother Fulin, and took the initiative to find the door. After a few long talks, Bomu Bogol, who was the king of the county at the time, agreed with the main purpose of the Holy Religion and became a believer...... It's a pity that his Fujin Dong E clan seems to have been forced to follow his husband to worship the Holy Sect.

"Marfa, tomorrow is Sunday Mass ["Sunday" is celebrated every seven days, and it has evolved into what the world calls "Sunday", but I was ordered to leave Beijing and go to the front of the battle, so I came early. Prince Xiang explained.

"Oh. The old minister will pray a lot before God, wishing you to achieve great achievements as soon as possible, and to return to Beijing to reunite with Fujin. Tang Ruowang deliberately glanced at Dong E, who was silent on the side.

"Thank you Marfa! However, Bomu Bogol prayed day and night for the current emperor to be healthy and show his ambitions! Prince Xiang clasped his fists and saluted, but he also glanced at Fujin beside him!

"Concubine...... The concubines also prayed to God to bless the prince and bless the ...... Bless me ...... Qing Dynasty" Finally, Dong Eshi on the side seemed to realize the embarrassment at this time, and took a sentence.

Alas, when will there be peace between your brothers? John Tang secretly felt melancholy......

However, seeing that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing in his own acre, the priest John Tang, who knew the details, hurriedly found a topic and said:

"Lord Wang, what Fu Jin said is right. Needless to say, since the gospel was preached to the East, it is all thanks to royal grace that my South Church can have such a scale! ”

"Hehe, every time I come over, I always look up outside the door, the south altar of Marfa is indeed magnificent and solemn, there are more than six zhang!"

The young prince understood and followed on, and the topic was the cathedral that was completed after the seventh year of Shunzhi and the Fulin family, which was called "baroque" by later generations.

"The prince is wise, it is indeed six zhang, that is, twenty meters. But he didn't dare to say anything grand and solemn, within this capital division, the Imperial City of Da Nei was magnificent. John Tang echoed.

"Hmmm! With the emperor's grace, Marfa will be able to spread the gospel widely. I don't know when Bomu Bogol, who originally opened his mouth and kept his mouth shut from the word "imperial brother", is now always like an ordinary official, he must be called "emperor", and he arches his hands high.

Dong Eshi on the side couldn't help but twist his body, very uncomfortable.

"In a few days, Marfa will not forget to write down your great achievements in building the South Hall and collecting the congregation in the letter to the Sect Master Taixi!" The prince kindly "mentioned" it.

This church is indeed worthy of admiration: its sanctuary is eight feet long. It is four feet wide and four feet wide, and is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception as the patron. At the same time, on the west side were the priest's residence, an observatory, a library and an instrument hall, and a four-meter-high iron cross stood at the top of the church. After the completion of the church, the plaque of "Admiration for the Way of Heaven" written by Fu Lin Yubi was hung in the main hall of the church.

"The prince laughed, it's a trivial matter, why bother? However, there is a message from Tessie's side that maybe within a year or two, I will have my own bishop in the Qing Dynasty. Tang Ruowang finally couldn't hold back, and told his disciples, the prince of the Qing Dynasty, the great expectations in his heart.

"Really? That's great! If I can still do my best. It must be the court of Marfa. Bao Ma Fa, the first head of the Qing Dynasty! Bomu Bogol was also happy and swore an oath.

When Tang Ruowang heard this, he could only clasp his fists and bow his hands, "Thank you, thank you" politely. However, it is inconvenient to elaborate on the fact that the power to appoint and dismiss bishops does not belong to your Qing Emperor. Rather, in the hands of the Pope in the Vatican. Not only that. Although the current John Tong is a member of the second rank of the Great Qing Dynasty, if he is positioned as a teacher, he must still be subservient to the bishop of Macao!

Originally. In the 15th century, when Spanish and Portuguese navigators discovered the routes to the East, missionary activities quickly became popular. At the end of the 15th century, Pope Alexander VI defined the scope of missionary and shili in Spain and Portugal in the form of "patronage".

The "patronage" of the King of Portugal was obtained from Pope Alexander VI in 1493. At that time, Portugal and Spain ventured overseas and opened routes to the Americas, Asia and Asia. Many missionaries traveled to the area through these routes. The route from Lisbon to the Cape of Good Hope and then to the Indian Ocean is the Portuguese reach? Gamma was "discovered" in 1498. Thus, in 1514, Pope Alexander's successor, Leo X, granted Portugal the "right to protect the papacies" in Asia.

In 1533, Portugal established a "bishopric" in Goa, Portuguese India, which stretched from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa to Japan. In 1576, Pope Gregory XIII officially established the "diocese" of Macao, with jurisdiction over Japan, China, Annam, and Nanyang (with the exception of Luzon, which was administered by Spain). Since then, throughout China, the Portuguese Viceroy of Macao has been responsible for overseeing missionary affairs in China, and the Catholic Church established in Chinese mainland has been subordinate to the Bishop of Macao, who in turn is under the jurisdiction and leadership of the Archbishop of Goa, India.

With the revival of Portuguese seafaring expeditions overseas, the "right to protect the church" can be said to be synonymous with the division of the European countries and has long been a sign of the equal division between Portugal and Spain. In other words, the establishment of the "right to protect the religion" abroad should first be attributed to the "unity" of the European nations based on the spirit of religion: when Europe expanded, the nations tacitly adopted among themselves the principle of convenience, that is, the Christian countries had the right to take the barbarian and pagan lands for themselves, without regard to the reactions and attitudes of the indigenous peoples concerned. In this way, the "right to protect the church" will inevitably develop into a kind of "domination" over the missionary area!

It is a pity that the people of the 12th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, whether it is John Tang or Fulin, could not have known that just 100 years later, in the 18th century, with the decline of the maritime hegemony of the Portuguese Empire, the right to protect the religion of Chinese Catholicism gradually shifted to the French Empire. Especially after the Second Opium War, in a series of unequal treaties, France openly wrote "freedom of mission" and "freedom to establish churches" into a series of "treaties", which means that it has the "right to protect the church" for Catholicism in China! If it is said that the "right to protect the church" of the Portuguese Catholic Church in China in the early days contained the color of "colonialism", then the "right to protect the religion" of France in the late Qing Dynasty already contained the color of "aggression"!

"Your Excellency, there is a message from the palace, please enter the palace......"

When I was embarrassed, someone finally came out to play a round! It turned out that at some point, Pan Duxiao, who looked like Bomu Bogol, walked in from outside the door and whispered to John Tang.

"Oh, even so, Xiao Wang won't bother Marfa on an errand!" Prince Xiang got up and said goodbye with interest.

But Dong E, who was on the side, heard the long-lost word "in the palace", but he clearly and unconsciously trembled again, and finally did not escape the eyes of Tang Ruowang and his husband......

John Tong sent the young couple to the door of the altar, and it was inconvenient to go out. Watching the two of them walk out of the courtyard one after the other, the old priest suddenly flashed four big words in his mind: "Looks like a god"!

Alas, I don't know if such a "god" has been away for a long time, and one day will be able to continue to "look good"? John Tong thought with infinite melancholy, more worried about the future of his first powerful and powerful believer, or more pertinent about his own missionary cause......

"A limerick poem? Look at the first word of each sentence》

Looking at recent history, I am disappointed

I was saying that there was an opportunity back then

Outside the map, it has been sharpened

It's hard to know what you're going to do

I got up and wore Rokkazi

Point out the world's pain and joy

China's brilliant ten thousand idiots

Wenwu Dynasty only Qing Dynasty (to be continued......)