The temple of the body.

Zhao Han likes to come here to rest at noon, or take a nap, or read some idle books for recreation.

Today I am reading the "History of the Christian Expedition to China", the original is in Latin, translated into Chinese by missionaries such as Julius. This was a task for the European officials of the Hanlin Academy and the Qintian Academy, and asked the East India Company to bring Western books and give them to the missionary officials for translation.

The book was actually Matteo Ricci's work report, which was brought back to Rome and dedicated to the Pope for reading, and Matteo Ricci did not give any title.

Another missionary, Kinney Court, updated and annotated the report, and inscribed on the cover: History of the Christian Expedition of Father Matteo Ricci of the Jesuit Ricci to China, Records of the Conference, Volume 5, To Pope Paul V......

Zhao Han read this book to see China's advantages and disadvantages from a European perspective.

The wolf-like ambitions of the Europeans can be seen from the title of the book, and Kinney Court begins by saying that large-scale expeditions and vigorous feats are insignificant at the beginning after all the conditions are ripe, but they will develop into important things after many years.

What does it mean?

It was to see the Jesuit mission in China as a small but necessary beginning of the conquest of China.

At the same time, Jinnige was very in awe of China and evaluated China as a "noble nation".

Matteo Ricci's text is very systematic, opening with a description of the history and geography of China, combined with ancient European texts, about the evolution of Chinese titles. Some of the content contains elements of boasting, such as the fact that Chinese, rich and poor, wear silk clothes.

Some of the content is very funny, making Zhao Han laugh out loud.

For example, Matteo Ricci has been an official in Beijing for many years, and he has only bowed to the emperor's throne. He had never met Emperor Wanli, because Wanli did not go to court at all, and he basically did not meet with ministers in private.

I have to say that Wanli is really enough to pit, and the rule of the Ming Dynasty is completely corrupted in the hands of this person.

Don't talk about the three major expeditions of Wanli, since he neglected his administration, many state departments began to shut down, and the Ming court was systematically damaged.

In fact, if Wanli was just slacking off on government, the Ming Dynasty would not decline rapidly.

This is because he is angry with the civil officials, deliberately does not cooperate with the work of the civil officials, and even after the officials die of illness or retire, he does not sign the appointment of new officials. As a result, there is a large shortage of ministerial-level officials at the central level, and there are not a few department-level officials who can do things, and some departments have not had a single official at all, and even the official seal of this department has been lost.

Emperor Wanli was rotten, and civil officials followed suit.

He has been neglecting government for so many years, and he can still control the court, and there are no ministers, not because Wanli's political methods are clever, but because the Ming court is so bad that the environment for the appearance of ministers is gone. What the ministers want to do, they want to collude with the eunuchs, and without the eunuch's signature and the emperor's seal, the ministers can't do anything.

Moreover, who can the powerful minister command?

The first assistant of the cabinet looked at it, Nima, why is there only one in the cabinet, and half of the six books are missing? Hey, why are there so many people missing from the left and right waiters and the various departments who really do things?

The central minister in the last years of Wanli did not even follow the etiquette. Even the Great Sacrifice Heaven and Earth, the highest level of sacrificial activities, officials not only fasted and bathed, but also drank alcohol on the day of the sacrifice, and even disappeared directly. Sacrificing to heaven and earth often becomes an outing activity, and you can also bring domestic slaves and cakes.

Sacrifice heaven and earth dare to play like this, what else dare not do?

Anyway, the emperor doesn't care, anyway, the Imperial Procuratorate is in a semi-suspended state, and no one reads the recital of the Taoist official anyway. Then just embezzle, and the money you get is your own. Even if he made political achievements, the emperor would not give him a promotion.

Even the cabinet ministers and monks, because they had nothing to do all the year round, resigned and returned to their hometowns.

What's even more nonsense is that even the minister's resignation, Emperor Wanli didn't bother to watch it. As a result, some people resigned for several years, but they never received approval.

Take Li Tingji as an example, after joining the cabinet, he found that the vacant positions of officials in the central departments reached 43%, not including the last petty officials and clerks. Li Tingji couldn't do the right thing, and he had to be impeached by the Donglin Party, although the impeachment of Emperor Zhangzhang didn't look at it, but Li Tingji still couldn't bear it.

Li Tingji wrote a recital and resigned, but Emperor Wanli did not approve it at all. He simply gave the house to the poor and ran to live in the temple himself to show his determination.

This old man lived in a broken temple for five years, wrote 123 letters of resignation, and only got the nickname of "Temple Zhu Ge Lao".

Li Tingji really couldn't bear it, so he hung up the seal and left, which was a big crime of killing his head. What made Li Tingji collapse was that he was a cabinet minister who disappeared, and Emperor Wanli didn't bother to care.

Until Li Tingji died of poverty and illness, Emperor Wanli, who had been diving, finally bubbled up in the official group of the Ming Dynasty, and posthumously presented Li Tingji with Shaobao and posthumously "Wenjie".

Zhao Han read most of the History of the Christian Expedition to China, and many of the bad habits described in it have changed. Matteo Ricci attacked the phenomenon of infant drowning, which is now rare, at least the people at the bottom will not do it because they can't afford it.

Only in a few states and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, there are gentry who are afraid that they will not come to the male because they have a firstborn daughter, so they will drown the baby girl.

For this bad custom, once discovered, the whole family went into exile. Planning and participation in infanticed persons, beheading. Only those who voluntarily report can be exempted from the punishment of exile, and if they cannot live in their hometown (report their family), the government will help to emigrate the person to the north.

There are also Chinese who despise medicine, and this phenomenon has also changed, and doctors are no longer regarded as cheap servitude.

In the middle of the afternoon, Zhao Han called Julius over: "That pope, you haven't sent any orders yet?" ”

Julius replied: "It is a long way from China to Rome, and we will not be able to return until at least the end of this year." If it's going to be stormy, it's going to have to be next year. ”

"What is the idea of the Jesuits in China?" Zhao Han asked again.

Julius sighed: "Without ideas, the Chinese Jesuits have already existed in name only." ”

In this book, Matteo Ricci complained about the lack of funding for his mission. I also considered collecting money from believers, but eventually gave up because I was afraid that collecting money would scare believers away.

After Zhao Han expelled a large number of missionaries, the remaining missionaries had completely lost their source of funds. In this case, it became a problem for them to eat, and those who did not become officials had to look for part-time jobs. There were a number of missionaries who specialized in translating European texts and were barely able to make ends meet.

What a bunch of poor people!

Like the missionaries of the Qing Dynasty, due to the rise of European colonization, the missionary funds were frighteningly abundant. Under the opening of money, the main composition of Han Christians in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was actually ruffians and hooligans, because serious people would not choose to believe in Jesus.

"Your Majesty, the missionary work of the Jesuits has ceased, and churches everywhere have closed down on their own initiative, because they can't afford to pay the rent. Some churches that were built on land were also sold for a penny. According to Buddhism, in the future, we will only preach to people who are destined to have a wise root. ”

"Hahahaha!" This statement amused Zhao Han.

These missionaries have begun to lie flat and rot.

Julius added: "The minister and a few friends are determined to revise the doctrine and combine Christianity with Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and with His Majesty's theory of Datong. But even the missionaries who stayed behind mostly disapproved of it. ”

The thoughts were divided and scattered, and Zhao Han was quite satisfied with this.

"How do you combine East and West?" Zhao Han couldn't help but ask.

Julius elaborated: "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, are all the evolution of the Heavenly Dao. God's redemption is to awaken the world to an epiphany, so that the world can understand the theory of the original king, the original minister, and the original people. Kings and subjects must fulfill their duties as kings, subjects, and people as long as they believe in Jesus. Only by fulfilling the duties of king, subject, and people can we obtain the favor of the gods, which is also the sense of heaven and man, and this is also the return of heaven's destiny. God's salvation is the unity of the world! Before the attainment of great harmony, everyone is guilty. The way to atone for sins is to strive for the unity of the world. ”

Zhao Hanqiang held back a smile, nodded and said, "Very good, after you have perfected the doctrine, you can send it to me." ”

This kind of Christianity, is it reasonable?

Very reasonable!

In another time, there was even liberation theology, which interpreted the Bible in Marxism, and it quickly spread throughout Latin America.

They feel that God's redemption of the world is the liberation of the world.

How to liberate it?

Then it is necessary to study Marx's theory, understand the principles of Marxist economics, and realize equality from all aspects of society, economy, and politics. It is necessary to understand the scientific view of history and shoulder the responsibility of emancipating ourselves. We must transform ourselves and society. The original sin in the Bible is the old society and the old man, and only the emergence of the new society and the new man can be redeemed.

The historian Han Yue has been released as a county official, and Ding Shijing still remains.

At this moment, Ding Shijing wrote in the living notes: "At noon, I read the book of Ricci of Western Julius, and I felt something. Summoned the Western Ru Julius and asked about the teachings of the Yahweh. Ai, a great Confucianism in Europe, has studied both Chinese and Western, and is especially good at astronomy. Ai Shi said that there are omissions in the scriptures and teachings of Yahism, and they should be corrected with Confucianism. Thousands of avenues, different paths to the same end, Yahweh should also follow the principles of heaven. It is very pleasing to the top, reluctantly, and Ai's is out. ”

"What did you write?" Zhao Han asked.

Ding Shijing hurriedly held it over: "Your Majesty, please take a look." ”

Zhao Han glanced at it, and immediately couldn't help laughing: "Do you think he has a point?" ”

Ding Shijing replied: "The truth comes from the principles of heaven and from the way of heaven. If Naya does not follow the way of heaven, it is unreasonable. And the evolution of the way of heaven will lead to the great harmony of the world. If Yahism takes the great harmony of the world as its own responsibility, it is to comprehend the way of heaven and the principles of heaven, then he must have a reason. ”

Zhao Han smiled and approved: "You are good, Datong theory is solid, and you are worthy of being a student of Wang Tiaoding." ”

Ding Shijing continued to pat himself on the back: "The ministers often follow His Majesty's side, listen to His Majesty's teachings, and improve their knowledge every day. If you can always serve Your Majesty, you may be able to become a great Confucian in the future. ”

"Yes, flattery, you have indeed improved a lot." Zhao Han smiled even more happily.

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