Ma De hadn't reported the matter of the pirates yet, and he didn't even send a letter to both Yu Zhong and Old Man Fei. Not for anything else, just because neither of them could do anything substantial to help him, it was better not to tell them about it than to make the three people on both sides worry.

But will the pirates come?

After the official investigation made it clear that the floating corpse did not belong to any family within three hundred miles of Ningguta, Ma De and Luo Xin believed the words of Naoki and the three of them, but they were not sure about this question.

Originally, according to common sense, since the matter had been leaked, those pirates should not come again. But what if those people don't play their cards according to common sense? In particular, if you are afraid that time will pass too long, the Qing court will send troops and sailors, and those pirates will simply go ashore now to do their ......

"Trouble...... "Ma De sighed as he looked up.

Since the former Jilin general Sunu was transferred to Nanjing to become the general of Jiangning, the new Jilin general was transferred from Guannei, and he felt that the errand was not fat enough, and he also opened up the relationship at the beginning of this year and went to Fujian to become the capital, and since then, the post of Jilin general has been vacant. Moreover, because he did not expect anyone to attack from the sea, coupled with the fact that there were many Eastern Mongolian tribes in the west, and the strength was strong, the Qing court only had heavy troops in Mukden and Heilongjiang, a place to guard the mausoleum and Shengjing of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji; the other is to guard the frontier; But no one ever thought that Jilin should also arrange more soldiers and horses! ……

"Are you going to transfer troops or not?" Luo Xin followed Ma De's side, and when he saw him sighing, he also felt a little helpless, but no matter what, what should be done still has to be done.

"Troop transfers? Don't ask such a difficult question, okay? Wife......" Ma De begged with a wry smile, and said, "If the pirates come, it's better to say; But if I don't come, I won't be me

Cry wolf? …… It's not like you don't know what kind of mood the big brother was in when he left! ”

"Then you have an idea, ......" Luo Xin leaned on Ma De and said, "If it really doesn't work, send someone to borrow some soldiers, right?" Let's just say that Ningguta is short of people, not to mention that there are pirates? ”

"The point is not to know the strength of these pirates! How many soldiers do you want me to borrow? …… Although you look down on people on the surface, you have to admit that those little devils are really ruthless enough to fight, and they may not be able to beat them if they almost do! At that time, the defeat of the army was even more uncomfortable than the experience of lying about the army! Mader said.

"Who is in charge of Jilin's military power now?" Luo Xin asked.

"A first-class man, the deputy commander Shaer Huda!" Mader replied.

"Shar Huda? How is this person? "Although Luo Xin also participated in the Western Expedition, after all, he spent most of his time with Baori Longmei, and he didn't know the situation of the soldiers and generals of the various departments.

"Sunu fights very fiercely, and the elites under Geldan have suffered a lot under him, since this Sha'er Huda can be the deputy commander in his hands, it must not be too bad!" Ma De said with a sigh of relief.

"It's better than this! You write to him and ask him to bring his troops, and he says that he wants to exercise......" Luo Xin came up with an idea.

"How large a drill? There are only a few thousand soldiers and horses under Sha'erhuda, and there must be those left behind, how many people do you ask him to bring over? Moreover, in the previous exercises, General Jilin was not invited to send troops, but only generals were sent to ......," Ma De shook his head.

"It's not going to work, that's not going to work, do you want to watch Ningguta become a pirate paradise? Especially hateful, these people are still widows! Luo Xin was a little angry.

"Don't worry, let me think about it......" Ma De had a bitter face, he really had a headache.

"Forget it, you think about it first......" When a person is meditating, he is most afraid of being disturbed by others, Luo Xin also knows this truth, so she let go of Ma De, "I'll go and see if there is any situation between them and send them back...... When I sent them out to check on the situation, I said that I would send someone back one day to report ......"

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Forbidden city.

After Kangxi finished his snacks with Xiaozhuang in the imperial garden, he asked Kong Sizhen to wait for the old lady to go back to Cining Palace to rest, and he himself went directly to the south study.

There, there was the envoy of the Papal State, Cardinal Archbishop Doro, whom he had sent to summon.

"Bai Jin? Why are you there? When he arrived at the south study, Kangxi saw Doro, who had brown hair, a resolute face, a little red hat with melon skin, and a red priest's robe. In addition to Doro, there were two other foreigners in the south study, one was an old man priest with brown hair and beard and wearing a black clergyman's robe; The other is his old acquaintance Bai Jin.

"Your Majesty, I am here to act as an interpreter on the orders of Archbishop Doro!" Hearing Kangxi ask himself, Bai Jin replied with some embarrassment. Having been ruled "unlawful" and having to be ordered to act as an interpreter by others, Doro was still uncomfortable despite his high status in the Catholic Church.

"Translation? …… So who is this? Kangxi pointed to the black-clothed priest with brown hair and beard, and asked Bai Jin again.

"Your Majesty, this is the Holy See's Bishop in Fujian, Your Excellency Yan Dang!" Bai Jin leaned sideways and protruded the black-clothed priest forward, and then introduced to Kangxi. And although Yan Dang, the bishop of Fujian, saw Kangxi Chao's attention to him, although he knew that he should respond according to etiquette, but Doro did not move, he came with Doro, and he had to keep it unmoved.

"The Bishop of Fujian? It was Doro who I wanted to summon, why did even the Bishop of Fujian come? Kangxi asked.

"His Excellency Yan Dang is proficient in Sinology, and Archbishop Doro asks him to come together to persuade His Majesty to accept the Holy See's "Seven Prohibitions"!" Bai Jin smiled bitterly and replied. The time he came to China is not short, and he has been with Kangxi for a while, and Nan Huairen, a senior, mentioned it, of course he knows what the "Seven Prohibitions" means to China and Kangxi. Accept? Unless Kangxi doesn't want to be the emperor anymore! didn't send the people who sent this forbidden appointment out of China, which was already a big face for Kangxi to the Holy See.

"Proficient in Sinology? Then why do you need this translator? Kangxi sneered. As for his question, Bai Jin could only smile bitterly with embarrassment.

……

"Archbishop Doro?" After talking to Bai Jin, Kangxi finally turned his gaze to the cardinal archbishop who had been standing, and of course, Bai Jin immediately translated his words.

"Hello, Your Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Kingdom!" Doro had actually been holding his breath for a long time. As a cardinal archbishop, where did he receive such a cold reception! After Kangxi came in, he actually only cared about chatting with Bai Jin, making him a transparent person for a while! It's really unbearable! However, after constantly reminding himself that he was an envoy of the Holy See and that he had to maintain his demeanor in front of the powerful proprietor of the Empire, he held back.

"Not long ago, I received a petition from Bai Jin, Zhang Cheng and others. They ask me to give you a chance to speak, and they are willing to provide evidence to your Holy See that our Chinese rites are not religious worship, but secular activities, and that there is no need to prohibit them at all...... I don't know what you think about this? Kangxi asked.

"I don't know much about Chinese etiquette, but Your Majesty the Emperor, you can talk to Bishop Yan Dang...... Bishop Yan Dang is a devout clergyman, and he has been in China for a long time, so he knows China very well and can be the spokesman of our Holy See! Doro bowed slightly, and let the Fujian Bishop Yan Dang out.

"Your name is Yan Dang?" After retreating to the side, Kangxi looked directly at Yan Dang and asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty, that's my Chinese name! Some people also call me Yan Jiale! Yan Dang replied. However, his answer began in Hokkien, not Beijing. Therefore, Kangxi didn't understand, and Bai Jin didn't understand it as a translator, and in the end, he had to say it again in French, and Bai Jin translated it to Kangxi.

"Bishop Doro says that you are proficient in Sinology, and I ask you, how many Chinese books have you read?" Kangxi asked again.

"There are so many books in China, I've only read a little bit." Yan Dang replied solemnly, but his answer made Kangxi very satisfied. "Quite modest" is Kangxi's first impression of Yan Dang. However, Kangxi, as the "victim" of this ban incident, would not let Yan Dang pass easily because he had a good start, so he asked again:

"Have you read the Four Books of Confucianism?

"Read."

"How much of it can be remembered?"

"I don't remember much!"

"Don't remember much? It seems that you only read and don't memorize! …… Since you don't know the Four Books, how can you dare to say that you are proficient in Sinology? Kangxi snorted coldly.

"It is not necessary to memorize all Chinese books, and memorizing them does not necessarily help to understand the books!" Yan Dang lowered his head and raised his eyebrows, and said lightly. At this time, he did not look like a priest, but rather like an old monk who had achieved cultivation.

"What a crazy tone! Can you understand if you don't remember? …… Well, even if you're proficient in Sinology. However, after reading it, it can always lead to two sentences and four books, right? Can you? Kangxi asked again.

"Can't!" Yan Dang still replied lightly.

"Can't? Hum! …… Okay, can't lead to a book, can you recognize the words? Kangxi pointed at the plaque on his imperial case, and then asked Yan Dang, "Do you know what these four words are?" What does that mean? ”

"Your Majesty the Emperor, I only know the word 'heaven'!" Yan Dang was very honest and honest, but although he was still very calm at this time, beads of sweat had already appeared on his head.

"Do you recognize the word 'heaven'? Then you must also know the meaning of 'heaven', right? Kangxi asked again.

"Know some! Some Chinese characters have too many semantics to remember! Yan Dang said again.

"Hmph, since you know what 'heaven' means, why do you still ban the word 'respect for heaven'?" Kangxi asked again.

"It's simple. Because the word "heaven" does not mean God, it should not be hung in the church! Yan Dang said.

"What about 'God'? Why should it be disabled as well? ”

"I have heard people say that the word 'God' comes from the Confucian classics of your country, and it also has the folk religion of your country. Therefore, in order to maintain the purity of our Catholic Church, we should only use 'God' and 'God' or 'Heaven' should be forbidden! ”

"You people are so strange!" Heaven is much better than God and Lord of all things, and Heaven itself means God and Lord of all things. It's like the people call me 'long live', wishing me to live forever, not saying that I lived 10,000 years. The true meaning of Chinese characters cannot always be read literally. You say you are proficient in Sinology, how can you not even know this? Kangxi's tone was already very displeased.

"......" Yan Dang was silent.

……

The reception was unpleasant, and after that, Kangxi's first and last meeting with the Catholic court envoys ended. The cardinal never played a role in the talks.

The next day, Kangxi issued a Zhu criticism, saying that Yan Dang was "ignorant and daring to talk about the way of China" and that "he was neither literate nor good at Chinese, and his dialogue had to be translated." Such people dare to talk about the way of the Chinese scriptures, like people who stand outside the door and have never entered the house, discussing the things in the house, and speak without any basis. However, Kangxi still saved face for Doro and did not add his name to Zhu Pi.

However, in the face of Kangxi's instructions, Doro and Yan Dang still insisted on their own views, and did things that angered Kangxi even more. Doro released the "Seven Prohibitions" in the Catholic Church in Beijing, which had not yet been publicly announced! This soon caused an earthquake among the Catholic community in China. As a result, the two of them were finally expelled from China by order of Kangxi, but Kangxi still asked Doro and the two to go back to the Catholic Church and tell their Gremende XI Pope that Chinese cannot change ancestral etiquette; Chinese liturgy is not contrary to Catholic catechesis.

In this case, not long ago, Kangxi's will to allow the people to believe in religion freely was automatically abolished, and the missionaries could only return to the previous scope to preach, and this was the result of Nan Huairen and a group of missionaries who had a very good relationship with Kangxi pleading with Kangxi.

……

And about this "liturgical controversy", many people still wonder: why would the Catholic Church prefer to abandon a mission area so huge that it can be compared to the whole of Europe, but also to fight against Kangxi and those Chinese? Why should we discard the work of more than 200 years of Jesus? Is it just to breathe a sigh of relief? Are the people of the Catholic Church so immature? ……

This question persisted for a long time, until Yan Dang died at the seminary in Paris, and his students discovered one of his diaries when they examined his suspicious objects.

Yan Dang wrote in his diary: "Christianity transcends race, class, gender, family, and skin color. In the process of its propagation, it is bound to clash with ethno-religious and superstitious worship. However, folk religion can never go out into the world and become the faith of all nations. China's folk religion is too powerful, and it is very difficult for us as followers of the Lord to be in the midst of it. In the face of such a situation, either we condemn the folk religion, then our faith can only remain a foreign religion; Either we let our faith accommodate Chinese folk religion, but that will cause our faith to lose its own identity, and will only be tolerated by Chinese religion in the end. …… If you can't compromise, it will become opportunism and conciliationism. If the purity of Christian doctrine is not emphasized, the result of reconciliation will degenerate our faith, our doctrine. …… Such a compromise will lead to the death of faith...... No compromise! ”

……

Yan Dang's diary was quickly circulated, but by that time, the Seven Forbidden Covenants had long since become a waste of paper, and his diary was not paid attention to at all, except by some devout Christian theologians. Even the new pope in the Vatican only sighed at his diary. …… Just a sigh!