Ji Kaisheng finally got his wish and left the palace in a hurry.

In two of the five institutes in Qiandong, only the Great Qing Dynasty Dorobelle Xiao Xuanye and the Qintian Supervisor Zheng Tang Ruowang of Zheng Erpin remained.

For a while, Hongyi suddenly felt a little fluttery, thinking about the time when he was working as a secretary to the leader, which day was not the leading comrade's office going in and out of various departments like a "marquee" from morning to night? At that time, I was just running before and after, and sometimes I was worried that the leader's body would not be able to bear it - the reporting person came and went, and he changed, but the leader was the only one, hard!

Today, it was Zhang Suihan first, then Ji Kaisheng, and now Tang Ruowang, as Xuan Ye, a two-year-old child, dealing with it alone...... I really didn't feel tired! It turns out that power does mean responsibility: when people come to you to "report work", you must use your wisdom and try to give people a feasible instruction and a way to do it! It's called "tired and happy", or - it's good to be a leader!

Thinking of this, Hongyi actually smiled a little smugly, but forgot that he was looking at Tang Ruowang opposite just now!

"Oh! Master, you are a messenger sent by God, and I am your faithful servant. What do you command? John Tang also smiled and said, his attitude was extremely pious and deferential.

"Oh...... Old Marfa, you are serious. Hongyi knew that he had lost his temper, so he hurriedly gathered his thoughts and dealt with it carefully. But I was thinking: Am I really sent by God, the so-called "God" of your Jesuits? Otherwise, why would I have crossed into Xuan Ye's body...... Stop! Stop!! Don't be complacent!! If you get carried away with this small achievement, what will you do in the next few decades? After the fall of those "tigers". Haven't many media reports dug deep -- when they first started politics, they also worked hard and diligently, but in the face of their rising status and under the increasing number of sycophants, did they still get carried away and forget their original intentions? A lesson from the past...... Or is it a lesson from the "rear" car......

"Xuan Ye didn't think about it just now, so please ask Old Marfa to mention a little more." Hongyi, who calmed down, also said sincerely.

"Master, you are thoughtful, how can the old minister see what is wrong? And I want to thank you for your preservation! John Tang expressed his gratitude from the bottom of his heart.

"Hehe, after all, you are still the priest of the Holy Sect, how can I let you cut yourself off for the sake of trivial matters? But. I don't know if you've ever thought about it. China's thousands of years of civilization have been inherited in one line, although the royal family has been constantly changing, but the humanities are a line of eternity, on what basis? Hongyi thought of John Tong's oath of "allegiance to the Holy See" just now. That's when I got my feelings.

"This ...... China has a vast land and abundant talents. Matteo Ricci also said. The philosophers of the East, such as Lao Tzu and Confucius, can be counted as the earliest saints to receive the Gospel of God......" John Tong said. It is also the consistent position of the Jesuits in China.

"Well, the way of heaven is natural. Your holy religion can be said to be the gospel to the world, and the son of the Central Plains can be said to be to educate all the people, in fact, it is the same truth, that is, in China, there are trillions of people and many ethnic groups, and any viewpoint and doctrine will find its own place. However, there is a fundamental point, that is, it depends on how he follows the trend, otherwise it can only be a flash in the pan and come and go without a trace. The so-called 'historical trend, Haohao soup, those who go along with it prosper, and those who go against it die.' That's what I'm saying. Naturally, Hongyi once again blurted out a famous sentence of the "later" great man Mr. Sun Yat-sen.

"The tide of history, the mighty soup, those who go with it prosper, and those who go against it perish......" John Tang repeated, falling into deep thought.

"Yes. If you can't take root in the land of China, no matter what you say, you will eventually be able to escape the fate of extinction...... The Yuan Dynasty of the Mongols was only a hundred years, and that's all, and the same is true......"

Hongyi's original intention was to point out that if Catholicism was to spread widely in Qing China, it had to avoid the remote command and arrogance of the Holy See in Europe. But when the words came to his lips, he still changed his words to talk about Meng Yuan, after all, it is still far from the famous "ceremonial dispute", I am afraid that John Tang will not be able to understand and comprehend it now, but it will cause him to worry, and then cause the premature vigilance of the Pope of Rome.

However, in this way, the topic naturally turned to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, who was also a "foreign race". Tang Ruowang was really thinking about Hongyi's original intention, and his mood even began to fall into a trough: Originally, what is "following the trend"? Do you want Catholicism to merge with Confucianism and Taoism? Absolutely impossible! Just when he was more and more surprised, fortunately, when he heard the word "Yuan Dynasty", his heart was greatly relieved - it turned out that the young master was worried about the old Manchurian people who were making waves on the court situation, and he was not unrestrained!

"Master, the Qing Dynasty is different from the Yuan Dynasty. This is the practice of the Manchu and Han families and advocating holy religions, but the Mongols cannot do it. ”

Obviously, John Tong played a stealing concept, omitting "Confucianism" and talking about "holy religion" in order to include his own teachings. However, it can only be "encompassing", and the word "holy religion" has not yet reached the point of referring exclusively to his Catholic family, which John Tong is still very self-aware.

"Well, that's right." Hongyi had no desire to continue on this topic, and instead said:

"Old Marfa has confidence in the use of troops in the Rakshasa of the Northland?"

"This matter was held yesterday at the imperial meeting, and the old minister had already played the emperor - the Qing Dynasty will win!" John Tong swore by it.

"Really? Win? "Hongyi wants to hear clearly and ask clearly.

"The Rakshasas do not worship the Son, they do not recognize the 'Trinity' of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and God will not bless them! The Catholic Church of Rome[1] The Holy See is the only authentic agent of God on earth, and what is "Orthodox" [Orthodox Christianity] is really a sideshow. Only the 'Catholic Church' of Rome [Catholicism] is the authentic origin! Therefore, they have long been outcasts of God and will surely lose. "John Tang is a little willful, which makes Hongyi very funny.

"Hehe, Tang Lao Marfa, you two factions were still one family hundreds of years ago. If you want me to say, it's just because the land of Europa is too vast, and the Mediterranean Sea in the middle is too big and too deep. The five major ecclesiastical centers of the Church of Rome, the Church of Jerusalem, the Church of Antioch, the Church of Alexandria, and the Church of Constantinople can only operate independently, and the five bishops are isolated from each other. ”

In the history of Christianity, there have been two great schisms, known as the Great Schism. What Hongyi is talking about is precisely the first "Great Schism between the Eastern and Western Churches" in the 11th century, which formed two major sects: Greek Orthodoxy (Eastern Orthodox Church) and Roman Catholicism (Roman Ecumenical Church). The second "Great Schism of the Catholic Church" in the 15th century, also known as the "Great Schism of the Old and New Churches", or the "Reformation", split from Roman Catholicism into Lutheranism, Anglican Christianity, and Reformed Christianity (Calvinism). Smaller sects were then splintered from the various tribes, but these two great divisions had the greatest impact on the whole of Europe and on Christendom.

However, Hongyi's deliberate attribution of the cause of the first Great Christian Schism to geographical differences and long distances is quite meaningful. In the eleventh century, from Constantinople to the holy city of Rome, it was only a matter of few months, and you were at odds with each other, and finally broke up. Until the present seventeenth century, maritime transportation has made a lot of progress, but from Rome to the imperial capital of Beijing, even if the sea and land are parallel, the horses are fast, and there are no diseases and disasters, it will take two or three years to say the least, right? Why can your Holy See's hand stretch so far......

(Chapter to be continued)

"A limerick poem. Hidden Head

Looking at recent history, I am disappointed

I was saying that there was an opportunity back then

Outside the map, there is a lot of strength

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

The Wenwu Dynasty saw through the dream

[1] "Catholicism" is the original translation of the name, and its customary name in China is "Catholicism" - in the Ming Dynasty, when Catholicism was introduced to China, it borrowed the foreign noun "God" to refer to the god it believed in, hence the name. It is worth mentioning that the fixed words we often use today as "Holy See" and "Roman Catholicism" to refer to "Catholicism" are actually borrowed from the later term "Protestantism" - the Catholic Church considers itself to be a universal Church, while Protestants often add the word "Rome" to deny its universality, so as to show that it is only a Church led by the Pope of Rome. Therefore, as a Catholic priest and a member of the Society of Jesus, John Tong would not call his Holy See "Holy See" himself. (To be continued......)