The first wind and rain drifted away

"No need!"

Emperor Chongzhen's face was cold, and he had already issued a verdict against him.

Not to mention that this grandson is not authentic, just because he is a royal slave and actually believes in Fanbang paganism, it is already politically incorrect.

Why does the Rabbit Nation not allow incumbent officials to have religious beliefs?

Regardless of the broad dimension, if officials are allowed to believe in religion, it is equivalent to allowing some officials to accept both the party's leadership and the leadership of various religious organizations.

What are the consequences of this?

The consequences are very serious, and they will die here and that.

Religion has a need for interests, and if officials believe in religion, they are bound to become the spokesmen of a certain religious force.

In some localities, there will be a phenomenon of religious officials managing officials and using government resources to fuel religious fervor, which will fundamentally shake the national system in the long run.

Although Emperor Chongzhen had no experience in politics, he understood these truths.

So, where can he still tolerate Pang Tianshou, a dog minion?

Now, while Catholicism has not yet formed a climate, it is time to clean up.

Otherwise, when they grow stronger, they won't be able to do anything.

In the end, I have to say, freedom of belief!

And this is what Emperor Chongzhen does not want to see.

"Emperor, the slave knows that she is wrong, please forgive the emperor!"

In just three words, Pang Tianshou was so frightened that he kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Now up and down the palace, who doesn't know that the emperor's temperament has become more and more violent, and if it is not the original scolding, he can be blinded.

"Your Majesty, please forgive your faithful servant, God will bless you!"

Although Father Long Huamin didn't understand what the problem was, which made Emperor Ming angry, he still pleaded for mercy.

Pang Tianshou is a eunuch who has only developed with great difficulty in the church, and it is the role that they use as a protective umbrella when they go to the upper echelons, so they naturally have to fight for it.

Even if he had already said that he was going to leave Catholicism?

But he believed that Pang Tianshou only chose to compromise under the wrath of the Ming Emperor, and his determination to believe in religion would not change.

Because they all swore an oath.

Speaking of which, these missionaries are really miserable.

Since Long Huamin's challenge to Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism in Shaozhou led to a series of incidents of rejecting religion, he can now only participate in the elegant gatherings and lectures of Confucian scholars through official eunuchs, starting from the discussion of knowledge, and contact with faith in a roundabout way.

Otherwise, they will not be able to move an inch in Daming.

"Drag this dog slave down, cane to death!"

Emperor Chongzhen didn't look at Long Huamin, so naturally he wouldn't listen to what he said, but just waved his hand and commanded Li Ruolian.

"No!"

Li Ruolian clasped his hands into fists, and two Han generals picked up Pang Tianshou, who had collapsed to the ground, and dragged him to the front yard for execution.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, be merciful!"

Long Huamin still didn't give up, looking at Pang Tianshou who was dragged away, still begging bitterly.

"Long Huamin, go back, Daming is not suitable for you!"

Looking at this fanatical religious element, Emperor Chongzhen sighed, waved his dragon sleeves, and said in a deep voice.

At this time, Catholicism was at its peak, and with the help of advanced navigation technology, Catholics began to spread their faith to the world.

Among them, the Ming Dynasty and Japan, which are far away in East Asia, are their focus.

It's just that the current Christianity is very different from the one that comes after it.

The Christian church of this period established a strict hierarchy that regarded God as the absolute authority.

Literature, art, and philosophy must follow the teachings of the Bible, the Christian scriptures, and no one should violate them, otherwise the Inquisition will punish him or even punish him with death.

Moreover, they wanted the kings of the missionary countries to be baptized by their pope and canonized as kings.

Just asked, can Emperor Chongzhen allow such a church to spread throughout the Ming Dynasty?

The huge Ming Empire, accepting their baptism and canonization, isn't this a pit in the head?

"Your Majesty, the people who have traveled to hundreds of countries and seen the people of the land of Middle-earth, their fame and music, are indeed the crown of the sea.

I beg your Majesty the great Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to allow me and my parishioners to learn the culture of the Ming Dynasty and discuss knowledge with monks, Taoists, and Confucians.

Moreover, the church is willing to send the most elite cannon casting experts to cast cannons for the Ming Empire to fight the Tartars in the north.

I hope Your Majesty will grant permission! ”

Emperor Chongzhen actually wanted to expel these missionaries, Long Huamin was horrified, and hurriedly said the statement that they had entered the Ming Dynasty again.

To be honest, Long Huamin's praise of Chinese civilization is by no means sycophancy, nor is it a fart of Emperor Chongzhen.

He said this to the scholars of the Ming Dynasty in Chinese, and also wrote and wrote in Western languages, and disseminated them among Western readers, apparently out of sincerity.

The notion that Luo Mingjian, Matteo Ricci, Long Huamin and others despised other Eastern peoples except for the Ming Dynasty may seem to later generations as a form of cultural superiority and racial discrimination.

But this kind of "mistake" is very natural nowadays.

Priests from countries that have just experienced the "Renaissance" have a deep sensitivity and unique understanding of "civilization" and "barbarism".

The Europeans, who had entered East and Southeast Asia from the Indian Ocean, had a high estimate of the civilization of the peoples of the Far East.

They thought that east of the Ganges was a civilized world, where the race was "white," that had been the territory of "John the Elder," and that there had been a large number of Christians.

In particular, they have a long civilization, complicated etiquette, and a large number of book classics.

Long Huamin believes that some aspects of the Ming religion can be compared with European classical religions, and even superior to European classical religions.

Because the stories told by the monks about their Buddha were not as lascivious as Jupiter, Venus, and Cupid, nor as shameless as the other godless gods worshipped by the Romans.

In the atmosphere of the "Renaissance movement" in Europe, what kind of praise is it to say that the civilization of the Ming Dynasty surpassed that of ancient Greece and Rome?

At the same time, Long Huamin also advocated that Europeans and Ming people should mix to create better races.

In his letter to the Church, he said: "The women of the Ming Dynasty have the same or even more refined temperament and beauty as the Spanish noblewomen.

They are chaste, down-to-earth, gentle, modest, and obedient, and given that the Chinese-Western people of Macau are very intelligent and beautiful, they are far superior to the Spanish-American mixed-race. ”

He suggested that the Spaniards and the Ming people would be mixed, so that the best races in the world could be produced, and the best artists, craftsmen, and even archbishops, noble soldiers, and honest officials would be produced.

These are Long Huamin's heartfelt words, and they are also the actual situation at that time.

"If it is a simple academic exchange, I welcome you on behalf of the Ming Dynasty.

But can you not preach? ”

After listening to Long Huamin's words, the corners of Emperor Chongzhen's mouth swept over the mockery, and the dragon's eyes stared at him and asked indifferently.

Small, what about deceiving me?

I still don't understand your purpose, it's been in vain.

Not proselytizing?

This is naturally impossible.

Because, this is the missionary mission.

Under the gaze of Emperor Chongzhen, Long Huamin swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and said with great difficulty: "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty already has Buddhism, Taoism, *** religion, etc., why can't you tolerate Catholicism?"

It is contemptible to think that you should have the ambition of a great emperor and be able to accommodate different civilizations and faiths!

At the same time, the contemptible people also think that the people of the Ming Dynasty have the right to freedom of belief. ”

Freedom of belief?

Emperor Chongzhen seemed to hear a big joke, and couldn't help laughing, half paid, he smiled and asked Long Huamin, "Then I may ask Father Long, can the state religion of the Ming Dynasty be preached in Rome?" ”

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Say a couple of words.,The previous chapter was sprayed.,Say freedom of faith.,I don't know how to write it today.,It's a bit of a card.,Sorry.,There's only one more today!

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