At that time, there were constant wars in the world, among which the Taoists were headed by Quan Zhen.

At that time, Chang Chunzi, the head of Quanzhen, traveled between the two countries, never stated his position, and successively refused the rewards of the two countries' protectors.

And he went away from the desert and devoted himself to the Hu tribe, which was just grazing on the grassland at that time, and met with their leader, showing the image of submission, and in return, Changchunzi was named the great master and led the monks of the world.

Facts have proved that his vision is extremely keen, and in just a few decades, the Hu people, who were originally neglected, were united, first using the means of distant friendship and close combat, and then tearing up the covenant and truly entering the Central Plains.

When the Mengyuan Dynasty was truly founded, the Quanzhen Religion naturally replaced the ignorant and cruel shamanism that had lasted for thousands of years in the immortal belief of even the steppe tribes, and became the state religion of the Mengyuan Dynasty, ruling the world.

He even had great power to convert hundreds of temples across the country into Taoist temples.

Later, Möngke Khan also had the intention of curbing the increasingly prosperous Taoist power in the country.

In this case, the Snow Mountain Plateau sect in Buddhism, which was originally only a corner of the country, came into his sight.

These people advocated asceticism and forbearance, which was extremely convenient for rule, and at the same time, the people who were friends with the upper echelons of the Meng Yuan Sect died one after another due to old age and illness.

Finally, with his acquiescence, under the auspices of the future Meng Yuan Shizu, the two sides of Buddhism and Taoism began a high-scale debate in Da'an Pavilion.

The two sides fought fiercely around the authenticity of "Lao Tzu Hua Hu Jing" as the core.

Eventually, the young head of the Sakya sect at that time, the future holy monk Phags-pa, came out of nowhere and criticized the Daomen to perfection.

In the end, the seventeen Taoist priests who participated in the debate shaved their hair and became monks, and for a while, there was no power for revival.

This Matteo Ricci obviously intended to step on the stepping stone of Master Xuelang to open the door of his Catholic mission.

"But isn't Nestorianism Buddhism, and how come it is the same god as that Catholic faith?" asked Intoxicated.

Obviously, Zhang Taiyue put a lot of effort into the comparison, and explained to everyone: "There are also many schools of thought in that religion that believes in God, among which there is a difference between the names of God and Christ. They say that God created creation, and then saw that the world had fallen, so he sent the Son Christ down to save the world, and the mother of the Son became pregnant as a virgin, and was called the Virgin Mary, and then the status of the Virgin Mary in the religion continued to increase, even to the point of equality with the Son, and later there was a Patriarch of Constantinople called Nestori in their religion, Constantinople had a very high position in their religious power, and the Patriarch was almost the supreme leader of the church affairs in a place, and he believed that the Son Christ had God and man"Two natures and two persons", and Mary was only bringing the Son to the earth, and there was no divinity enough to occupy such an important position, and as a result, she was regarded as a heresy by the Church and excommunicated from the Church. His followers followed him and split off from Jingjiao, and later moved to our Daqi, where they retranslated the scriptures in the style of Buddhist scriptures to facilitate understanding and avoid persecution, and were regarded as a branch of Buddhism.

In fact, isn't the word Jing in Nestorianism the meaning of light, this Christian belief is light, so in some places and classics, it is referred to as the Church of Light. ”

Just when everyone nodded their heads to show that they understood, Matteo Ricci and others finally appeared.

"Look, that person is Qu Taisu, a student of Lida, his father used to be a secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and most of the ministers who attended the meeting this time came because of this relationship. Zhang Taiyue pointed to a person next to Matteo Ricci and introduced it to Chen Fusheng and the others.

Matteo Ricci was obviously well versed in the customs of Daqi, and did not wear official uniforms, let alone exotic clothes, but dressed as a Confucian like Yuan Tianxiang of the Vientiane Pavilion.

When Matteo Ricci sat down, Monk Sanhuai also came.

He did not wear a robe, but wore a yellow sea blue sewn with cuffs, and came in style.

Although he was followed by dozens or hundreds of people, his appearance was handsome and his demeanor was out of the world, which immediately attracted everyone's eyes.

Matteo Ricci saluted several ministers and famous scholars sitting in the referee's seat, looked at Xuelang, and took the lead in attacking:

"I have the privilege of being able to have this debate with Master Xuelang today, but before I begin, I want to know what you think about the fundamental principles of heaven and earth and the creator of all things that we call God?"

Xue Lang frowned slightly, got up and replied: "I heard that in your scriptures, the existence of that faith is called the lord, he is the master of heaven and earth, the master of all things. In our Buddhism, we call them Buddhas, and I don't deny that there are rulers in heaven and earth, but in my heart, whether it's the Lord, God, or our Buddhas, I don't think they're gods, and of course they don't have any special dignity, but in fact, all living beings have Buddha nature, and everyone can become a Buddha. I, Mr. Leigh, and the rest of us here are all exactly like them, no different. ”

Matteo Ricci interrupted: "Do you seem to you to be more brilliant than the Lord and even your mouths proclaim to be Buddhas? According to what you say, you have the power to be as good as theirs, so can you also create things created by the Creator of heaven and earth? ”

Xue Lang raised his voice and said categorically: "Of course!"

Matteo Ricci smiled smugly and looked at the venue, where there was a red clay stove with tea water next to it, and the fine silver filigree charcoal was burning in it.

Matteo Ricci pointed to the stove and said, "In that case, please create a furnace that is exactly the same as this one, and even if there is no more charcoal in it, no less than one piece of charcoal." ”

Xue Lang obviously didn't expect the other party to ask such a question, so he raised his voice and said: "Mr. Li's request is simply difficult for a strong man and out of place. ”

Matteo Ricci also raised his voice: "Obviously you can't do it, but you say that you can do it, isn't this just a lie in the five precepts of your religion, is it a matter of conformity?"

This sentence obviously caused public anger, and the crowd that followed Xuelang immediately made a noise, and Matteo Ricci's side was not to be outdone, seeing that this debate in Lingji Palace was about to turn into a vegetable market.

At this time, in the hall where he was sitting, a waiter from the Criminal Department finally reacted, snorted coldly, and the whole venue suddenly fell silent.

At this time, Qu Taisu saw the stitches, walked out of the crowd, looked at Xue Lang, and questioned: "You were the one who first said that you can create all things, and since this is the case, then Father Matteo Ricci's question is obviously not out of place." ”