"Can anyone tell me what Gremend means? Hmph, you dare to speak so loudly and unashamedly, and I am not allowed to worship Confucius and ancestors...... He dared to order the removal of my inscription without authorization, did he think that his status was higher than mine? ”

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace Study!

Kangxi, who was discussing things with the courtiers, was furious when he learned the news brought by the Vatican bishop.

In fact, Kangxi has always been very tolerant of Catholicism, and can even be said to be friendly. And the fact that Catholicism was treated in this way by Kangxi was also due to the efforts of its Jesuit missionaries themselves.

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Matteo Ricci, a missionary of the Jesus Society, arrived in China, took a Chinese name, learned Chinese, wore Confucian clothes, practiced Confucian etiquette, read Chinese characters, studied Chinese classics, and tried his best to adapt to China's inherent etiquette customs and Confucian culture. He traveled with many famous scholars and doctors at that time, and became famous for a while. At the same time, he introduced China's national conditions to Europe, made important contributions to the cultural exchanges between China and the West in the Ming Dynasty, and also made Catholicism gain a certain degree of recognition in the Ming Dynasty.

After Matteo Ricci, there were a number of Jesuit priests with profound academic attainments, such as John Tang, Nan Huairen, Su Andang, Xu Risheng, An Duo, Min Mingme, Bai Jin, Zhang Cheng, Hong Ruohan, etc., who came to China and were recognized by Kangxi for their knowledge, and many Manchu and Han officials also had a good impression of Catholicism because of these people, and even Kangxi himself praised it, believing that "Westerners have not been greedy and evil for more than 200 years since Matteo Ricci came to China, but they have not been monastic, safe and sound, and have not violated Chinese law." He also handwritten the word "Respect for God" to the Beijing Catholic Church, and said that the meaning of these two words is "respect for God", which attracted many Catholic churches to rush to rub and hang. Moreover, not long ago, under the persuasion of Bai Jin, Zhang Cheng and others, Kangxi even canceled the regulations he had set at the beginning of Kangxi's eight years of pro-government: only "Westerners are allowed to teach in Beijing on their own", "preachers are not allowed to preach in China and provinces, and those who open churches are forbidden", and the people are allowed to believe in religion freely. (Historical facts)

However, no one thought that at this time, such a ban would come from the Vatican Holy See, which is tantamount to slapping Kangxi fiercely, and it was still a slap in the face! was able to endure until now without blasting that Archbishop of Doro out of Middle-earth, Kangxi himself felt that he was really magnanimous enough.

"Your Majesty," all the close ministers of Kangxi in the study, the four ministers in the study, Li Guangdi, Chen Tingjing and others were all there, everyone knew that under Kangxi's face was a monstrous anger, and they were afraid that a bad wording would touch Kangxi's moldy head, so most of them were silent, and in the end, Gao Shiqi had to come forward to answer under Kangxi's gaze.

"Although Catholicism is called a religion, in fact, it is also influenced by the world, the emperor has just ordered the people to believe in religion freely, which is really a great gift to the Vatican, but this Catholic court dares to do this, there must be a certain reason......" Gao Shiqi said while peeking at Kangxi's face, seeing that Kangxi's face was still dark after hearing his words, he hurriedly changed his tone, and said: "But, no matter what the reason, Nagremende dares to ignore my Chinese tradition so much, that is a provocation, therefore, the minister thinks that the emperor should ban his religion." , to show that the heavens are not to be offended! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, what God? Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven! Those foreigners say that they are believers in God, and that their pope is God's agent on earth, doesn't this mean that their Holy See is a higher level than my Qing court? This is blasphemy against the monarch's authority, and the emperor is also considered knowledgeable and talented in those priests, and he doesn't care, but now this Gremende actually dares to bully him, and the emperor must not show weakness to him......" Tong Guowei also shouted.

"Your Majesty, the most important thing at the moment is to prohibit Westerners from preaching, so as not to use those religious people!" Ma Qi also said stiffly.

"Lee Kwang-di, you've seen that Bishop Doro, but what do you have to say?" Kangxi grimaced, noncommittal to the words of several prime ministers, and asked Li Guangdi again.

"Back to the emperor's words, the minister thought that the Catholic Church was: self-righteous, I don't know what to say! You don't have to answer at all! Moreover, the minister heard that everyone in Bai Jin was blamed by him, why didn't the emperor take this opportunity to let Bai Jin and others leave the Catholic court and join the Qing Dynasty as the people? Li Guangdi said slowly. Kangxi's attention to Western missionaries is known to everyone present, and Bai Jin and others have a good relationship with some people of insight in the DPRK and China, but they are still subordinates of the Vatican after all, and it is not easy for everyone to speak for them on major issues of right and wrong. However, Lee Guangdi's move is a desperate one, and his purpose is somewhat like trying to foster a Catholic Church in the East.

"Zhang Tingyu, what about you?" Kangxi's gaze swept over Chen Tingjing, and saw that the other party was bowing his head and thinking hard, knowing that this old courtier was not a person who had extensive contacts, and he had not yet grasped this matter, so he turned to Zhang Tingyu, who had not spoken out.

"If there is an effect, there must be a cause! The emperor and the ministers thought that they should first find out the cause and effect before they could formulate countermeasures. As for the so-called ban of the Catholic Church, it seemed to the minister that it was nothing more than a joke. I am not allowed to worship Confucius and ancestors, I am not allowed to enter the ancestral hall, and I am not allowed to leave the spiritual seat of my ancestors and the tablet of the god, that is, I am trying to cut off the inheritance of my Chinese etiquette, and the consequence of doing so can only be to let the people of our dynasty who originally believed in its religion withdraw again and cut themselves off from my Middle Earth......" Zhang Tingyu bowed and replied.

What Zhang Xiang said is extremely true. The minister also thinks that the most important thing at the moment is to figure things out first! Chen Tingjing said.

"That foreign sect is thousands of miles away, how can it figure things out?" Marzi asked with a frown.

"What's so hard about that? In fact, there is no need for the imperial court to come forward, presumably Nan Huairen, Bai Jin, Zhang Cheng and others are already in a hurry to inquire, and they will know when they ask......" Li Guangdi said.

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Unaware that there is a "ritual battle" between tradition and religion in the south, Ma De and Luo Xin are interrogating the three suspects they have just caught.

……

It's all acquaintances!

It was Lang Tan who broke Yu Zhong's leg that time and compensated Yu Zhong's three Japanese minions!

These three guys are called Kurata, Yuichiro, and Naoki!

No surname!

All three of them were in tatters, and their faces were yellow and thin, and they all had some injuries on their bodies...... They were dug out of a ravine more than a hundred miles away from Ningguta by the Tibetan mastiff that Rising Sun had taken Luo Xin with.

"It's a great thing that you were able to cover more than 100 miles of mountains and forests in three days...... Tell me, what the hell is going on? Why aren't you in Yaksa? Ma De asked sharply. Due to some "acquired" reasons, although Yu Zhong and Mo Jing liked to have a few minions from Japan, the couple didn't want to look at these three people all day, so they threw them into the manor near Yaxa, but they didn't expect these three people to be so bold and dare to escape!

"I, we ......" The three Japanese knelt there sweating profusely, refusing to speak.

"Don't say yes, do you? You've been in Manchuria for several years, so you should know something...... This is Ningguta! …… You'd better not provoke me to be angry, or no one will be able to save you!" Mader asked again.

"You'd better figure it out. With the relationship between me and Ma De, Brother Yu and Sister Jing, it is just a matter of one sentence to treat you for them, not to mention, it will only be you who will be unlucky in the end......" Luo Xin sat in the middle seat and said lightly.

"I, I said ......" The guy named Yu Yilang looked up at Luo Xin and Ma De in a trembling voice, and said tremblingly: "Hai...... The pirates are coming! ”

"Pirates? What pirates? ”

"You call them Woko!" After Yu Yilang, the Kurata whispered.

"Hongao, pull it out and feed the dog!" Ma De coldly ordered.

"Wow!" As soon as he heard the order, Hongao, who was standing on the side, immediately walked towards Kurata.

"Don't ...... Why? I'm not lying! ......" Cang Tai shouted, and before Hong Ao came over, he crawled backwards with both feet.

"Not lying? Hum! Ma De asked Hongao to stop for a while, and said coldly: "Don't you know who the widows are? They have always been on the southern coast, and they have not appeared for many years, how could they suddenly appear in the bitter cold land of Manchuria? Mongolian people also have to have a level, you dare to lie in front of me, just take you to feed the dogs is already cheap for you......"

"No, no, no, I'm really not lying! …… The pirates are really here, and they're going for this winter's customs deals......" Kurita said anxiously.

"Customs? Are you talking about Heilongjiang Customs? Luo Xin asked.

"Yes!"

"That's even better...... Now you can't go and feed the dogs. Luo Xin pretended to sigh and said to Cangtai: "Heilongjiang already has tens of thousands of Manchurian elites, and this year it has added 10,000, more than 20,000 elites, are those pirates stupid?" Dare to go there to find bad luck. Moreover, the Heilongjiang Customs is in places such as Yaksa and Nebuchu, far from the coast, how can pirates go through the mountains and forests to rob there? And to put yourself in front of the attack of 20,000 Manchurian elites? …… There is a price to be paid for deception! ”

"Gege, of course those pirates don't dare to attack Heilongjiang, but there are not many people in this place where you are, Manchuria is divided into three sections, Heilongjiang in the north and Mukden in the south have heavy troops, only Jilin in the center does not have many soldiers and horses to garrison...... Moreover, under Lord Mader, I'm afraid there are still more old and weak, right? Naoki, who had been silent, said suddenly, but when he opened his mouth, Ma De and Luo Xin were startled at the same time.

"What do you say......"

"Every year at the beginning of spring, the people of Yu Zhong will send last year's customs money to Beijing, passing through Aihui, Ningguta and Fengtian on the way, but among them, only Ningguta's defense is the weakest, and Ningguta is also very rich...... The pirates 'love' it too! Naoki said again.

“…… How do you know this? Luo Xin asked urgently.

"Because, we were once one of these pirates!" Naoki said frankly.