The envoys arrived in Nanjing with envoys, Lu Tianxiang returned to the palace with the imperial city guards, and Zhang Ruifeng took people to Honglu Temple to report.

The Department of Agriculture has also become extremely busy, and they have to quickly receive and place the seeds, saplings, and livestock brought back from various countries.

Pascal was stuck for several days and was finally allowed to wander around the city.

But instead of going shopping, he visited the Jesuits in Nanjing.

The headquarters of the Society of Jesus in China is in Macau, but it is in decline. One is the lack of a stable source of funding, the second is the lack of new missionary replenishment, and the third is that two missionaries were executed the year before.

At that time, I was checking the officialdom and the acres of fields, and after checking and checking, I found that there were missionaries in Hangzhou, and they actually collected tithes from believers. The two missionaries were destitute and mad, abandoning the Jesuit mission of free and forcing believers to give money through spiritual intimidation.

As early as the Wanli period, there were more than 300 believers in Hangzhou, and the number of believers grew to thousands in the last years of Chongzhen.

Now that everything is finished, the missionaries in Hangzhou have been beheaded, and the Chinese believers who participated in the accumulation of wealth have all been sent to Heilongjiang with their families.

After this, the Jesuit missionaries were all frightened and did not dare to toss anymore.

Today, many of the older generation of missionaries have died. The new generation of missionaries is still a few years old since Zhao Han ascended the throne, and the youngest is almost forty years old.

Pascal visited John Tong, and the two communicated in French.

"These are the posthumous works of Mr. Rich (Matteo Ricci) and Mr. Alleni (Julio), you can take your time here, I'm going to the Qintian Academy." Tang Ruowang actually ran away after speaking, and hurried to work in Qintian Courtyard.

Pascal was left there alone, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

I picked up one of them, and the title of the book was "The True Meaning of God." These four characters were written in Chinese, and were crossed with a pen and rerevised as "Tianxue Shiyi".

The book was widely circulated, not only printed many times in China, but also translated into Korean and Japanese as early as the end of Wanli.

The version in Pascal's hand was written in Chinese by Matteo Ricci, with a preface by Chinese believers, then translated into Latin by missionaries, and then deleted again in the Datong New Dynasty. It was impossible for the book to be published in Europe, and the reason why it was translated into Latin was for missionaries who had just arrived in China.

After reading a few pages, Pascal's mind was full of question marks.

What the hell am I looking at?

It begins with the Chinese Six Classics and Four Sons, and then pulls on Jehovah. He then said that Buddhism was plagiarizing from the West, copying Chinese Confucianism, and appropriating the teachings of Christianity—these are the prefaces of Chinese believers.

Skipping the preface written by Chinese believers, Pascal looks directly at Matteo Ricci's article.

Matteo Ricci's article has been ordered to be revised by Emperor Zhao due to criticism of the saint and the canon, but the general content is still retained.

After reading a few pages, Pascal was completely confused.

What is Tai Chi? Why do you have to understand Tai Chi if you believe in religion?

What is empty? Why do religionists refute empty theories?

What are the three souls? Doesn't man have only one soul?

The three fathers are gods, kings and kings? I have only heard of the Trinity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, but why have I never heard of the "Three Fathers"?

Pascal, who was already confused, almost became a nervous disorder on the spot after reading this book.

This is what Matteo Ricci and other Jesuit missionaries did, in order to gain the support of the emperor and Confucian scholars, they even put forward theories such as "three fathers", and respected Jesus, the monarch and the elders together.

From the end of the Ming Dynasty to the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the doctrine on the Chinese side has long been changed beyond recognition.

Historically, the liturgical dispute between the Holy See and the Jesuits in China has lasted for more than 200 years. The contention is not only about worshipping Confucius and worshipping ancestors, but also about the core problem, which is that the doctrine has been tampered with. It is no wonder that the Pope of Rome at this time not only denied the Society of Jesus, but even severed diplomatic relations with Portugal, which supported the Society of Jesus.

Coming to his senses from the brink of a cerebral hemorrhage, Pascal hurriedly changed his book and drew the "Zhuzi Language" translated by Julius in his later years. Compared with the Chinese content, the Latin version has been changed a lot, and the name has been changed to "Chinese Philosophy and Ethics".

"The Chinese believe that the universe was originally in a state of chaos, which the Chinese call 'Taiji'. Tai Chi derives yin and yang ......"

The yin and yang here, which is elaborated as the Latin word for yin and yang, is a bit off track, but Pascal from France is easy to understand.

Pascal muttered, "Chaos Tai Chi derives yin and yang, and yin and yang coexist with rules. Through the different combinations of the rules of yin and yang, the sky and the earth are born, and men and women and all things are born...... Although it is not a creation of gods, it seems to make some sense. God, what am I looking at? Is this a book of demons? Take it back for European publication, and the author will definitely be burned to death. ”

The book of demons from the East gradually kept Pascal's eyes on him, as if a devil tempted him to continue reading.

"What the Chinese call qi, I understand it as the matter that makes up the universe. Chinese I understand the truth as the soul, the rules, the moral ...... hidden in the universe."

"However, the Chinese tend to make 'qi' virtual, and 'li' to be concrete. For example, virtues such as steadfastness and integrity are called qi by the Chinese, and at this time, qi is no longer material. The original meaning of the word is the texture of matter. The meaning of reason, as well as messengers, matchmakers, judges, courts, ......"

The philosophical ideas of the Song and Ming dynasties gradually made Pascal forget his confusion and corroborate his previous scientific research with these Chinese cosmology.

Although Song Ming's exposition of the universe is outrageous, it is far stronger than theological cosmology.

At some point, Pascal closed his book and looked out the window: "Perhaps, I can forget about the gods for a while and try to learn some Eastern philosophy." ”

……

Prince Charles, on his side, took John and Thomas, two country boys, to the most prosperous tavern in Nanjing-Fan Lou.

The shopkeeper saw their looks clearly, and the reflection in his pupils instantly turned into three fat sheep, nodded and said, "Three guest officers, please come inside!" ”

The Englishman sat down in the lobby and looked around and saw that the tavern was really big, bigger than the tavern in Canton City.

After more than a year at sea, Charles has learned everyday language, imitating Pan Wei's tone and shouting: "Serve good wine and good food!" ”

"Okay!"

The shopkeeper ran to the counter and said in a low voice: "The fat sheep can speak Chinese, don't knock too the bamboo bar, so as not to make trouble again." ”

Not long after, the shopkeeper came back with a wine jar: "The top grade Magu wine is produced in Jiangxi." When the long live lord of the dynasty has not yet started the army, he loves to drink, and the prince and noble of our Datong new dynasty also love to drink! ”

The shopkeeper's speech speed was too fast, and Charles only heard "Long live the lord" clearly.

Long live the Lord He knows that this is the Chinese people's honorific title for the emperor, and he is really in the right place, as soon as he enters the tavern, he can drink the wine that the emperor likes.

Charles quickly slapped the mud, poured the wine, picked up the chopsticks, picked up the peanuts and threw them in his mouth. This extremely skillful action was seen by the shopkeeper, and he immediately ran to the counter and said: "These three fat sheep, I'm afraid they have been in the Heavenly Empire for a long time, and the price will be lower." ”

The third shopkeeper immediately crossed out the original price, rewrote a relatively high price of wine, and then changed the price of snacks.

"It's delicious, it's delicious," John said, chewing on salt and fried peanuts, "and when I arrived in Guangzhou, I realized that peanuts can still be eaten like this, and Chinese really know how to make food." ”

Charles picked up a slice of duck leg and knew how to wrap it in a dipping saucer.

Put it in your mouth, the deliciousness of Jinling roast duck suddenly made the eyes of this product straight. He secretly made up his mind that when he became king in the future, he must send people to China to learn how to make roast duck.

No, no, no, I can learn it myself and bring it back to the UK!

Thomas drank a glass of Magu wine and smacked his lips and exclaimed: "It's delicious!" ”

Charles also hurriedly drank wine, this sweet glutinous rice wine, sure enough to his taste, sighed: "It is worthy of the wine that the Chinese emperor likes to drink!" If you can drink this wine every day and eat this duck, you can not be a king. ”

The three of them came very early and drank for half an hour before normal diners entered the restaurant one after another.

However, the number of diners increased, and in the blink of an eye, the lobby was full.

The guy even brought a bench, and the diners sat on the bench and ordered some food and drink.

Charles was dumbfounded, he felt that the lobby of Fan Lou was too wide, and he must not be satisfied. But I didn't think about it, there weren't enough tables, and Chinese civilians were so rich?

Suddenly, I heard a diner on the second floor, leaning on the railing and shouting, "Why hasn't Mr. Liu come yet?" If we don't come again, we'll go! ”

"Yes, please come out of Mr. Liu!"

"If you can't see Mr. Liu today, I'll smash your bird shop!"

"Haha, Zheng San, if you dare to smash Fan Lou, I will drink three bowls of urine to respect you as a man."

“……”

The diners upstairs and downstairs were so noisy and ridiculous.

Finally, an old man stepped in and went straight to the small stage in the lobby.

"Mr. Liu is here, don't make any noise!"

"What did Mr. Liu say today? I want to listen to "Sui and Tang". ”

"I'm tired of listening to "Sui and Tang", Mr. Liu should talk about "Water Margin"."

“……”

In normal times, although there are many guests in Fan Lou, it is impossible to fill the lobby and add stools.

Today is a special case, all because Liu Jingting is here!

This old gentleman is the originator of Yangzhou commentary.

"Poof!"

A lap of the wood, the audience was silent.

Liu Jingting shook his fan and said, "Today, thanks to the shopkeeper's love, please come to Fanlou to talk about it." In the past, it was said that "Sui and Tang Dynasties", "Western Han Dynasty", "Water Margin", and "Three Kingdoms", let's change them today. In front of the imperial court, many friends must know that the old man was also arrested and imprisoned for a while. The taste of eating prison food is really uncomfortable. ”

"Hahahaha!"

The room laughed.

Liu Jingting continued: "At that time, I couldn't figure it out, but later my friends interceded, and the government also found out the truth, and the old man finally escaped. My old friend recommended me to go to the barracks and tell the soldiers on the front line. The missionary officer of the military camp told me a lot about the peasants, and he deeply felt how difficult the people's livelihood was, and the current saint Tian Zheng was right. Today, I will talk about my new "The Legend of the White-Haired Girl"! ”

"Good!"

Liu Jingting belongs to the heartthrob, no matter what he says, as long as he takes the stage to tell a story, even if he is nonsense, he can attract applause.

Liu Jingting had already started speaking, and Prince Charles said in a daze: "Is this a Chinese bard?" ”

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