Gao Jie frowned and asked, "Senior brother, I have been in Beijing for a few months, and I have never seen missionaries from other regions on weekdays, why do I encounter so many today?"

Luo Yangxing smiled and said, "These foreign missionaries only entered the capital today, and they walked through the southern gate of the city where I was responsible for guarding. Previously, I had already received orders from Ye Xianggao and Sun Shenxing in advance, stating that the monks from outside this line were their distinguished guests, and ordered me to let them go. After they entered the city, I was a little uneasy, so I came to find a trace, and happened to encounter a fight with Fang Cai. ”

Ji Longfeng said: "In other words, there has never been a monster like them in Beijing before?"

Luo Yangxing shook his head and said, "Big head, these people are not monsters, they are just missionaries from foreign regions. Moreover, they were not the first missionaries to come to my Ming Dynasty. I heard my father say that during the time of the first emperor Wanli Emperor, there was a missionary named Matteo Ricci who came to Beijing, and was very favored by Emperor Wanli, and also received the courtesy of many ministers and ministers, and his influence at that time was very great. However, due to a fortuitous incident, all the missionaries were expelled from this dynasty, and after that, such missionaries from foreign lands were never seen again. ”

Gao Jie asked curiously: "Accidental incident, what kind of situation is that?"

Luo Yangxing thought for a while and said, "I don't know the details too well, I only know a little about the general situation." It is said that the incident took place six years after Matteo Ricci's death, and the impact was enormous... ”

It turned out that in order to smoothly spread Catholicism in the Ming Dynasty, Matteo Ricci adopted the strategy of "Confucianism and Confucianism", allowing Western monks to follow the customs, take off their monk's robes, change into Confucian clothes, live in Chinese-style houses, and devote themselves to the study of Chinese history and ethics, looking for the fusion point of Eastern and Western cultures. In the course of their dealings with celebrities and celebrities in the government and the opposition, these Western missionaries, who were well-versed in astronomy and geography, and were familiar with Chinese classics, naturally won the favor and trust of Chinese literati and doctors, thus achieving their goal of spreading faith. However, some fanatical missionaries believed that Matteo Ricci was too accommodating to the Chinese, affecting the "purity" of Catholicism and developing Catholics too slowly. After Matteo Ricci's death, he began to change Ritchie's missionary line, adopted radical missionary methods, resolutely rejected Confucianism, and strictly forbade Chinese parishioners to worship heaven, ancestors, and Confucius, which aroused the disgust and suspicion of people in society.

In the forty-third year of Wanli (1615), Shen Yu went to Nanjing to serve as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, he believed in Buddhism and had no good impression of Catholicism. At that time, the Catholic Church established a church in Nanjing, and the religious affairs developed greatly. In 1616, Shen Yu wrote several letters to the Wanli Emperor, in which he strongly criticized the Catholic doctrine and its followers, arguing that they were disrespectful to the emperor and Chinese culture. From the standpoint of Confucianism, he put forward various reasons, cited a series of evidence, completely denied Catholicism, and even said that the Catholic calendar also undermined the moral order of the Chinese. He also said that the Catholic missionaries in China had an affair with the White Lotus Sect and had plotted against it. Xu Guangqi, who had joined the Catholic Church at that time, failed to defend himself.

Shen Yu's first two attempts were unsuccessful, and the third time he united with one of the emperor's cronies and several other high-ranking officials to attack Catholicism. Some missionaries such as Wang Fengsu and Xie Wulu were arrested in Nanjing, the imperial court announced a series of crimes against Catholicism, and in July and December Pang Di I, Xiong Sanba and others were escorted from Beijing to Macao. The churches they had built were demolished and some cemeteries were damaged.

This was the first major setback for Western missionaries in China in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, and the missionaries were expelled and had almost no place in Chinese mainland, known in history as the "Nanjing Teaching Case". The lesson lasted three years, until 1621, when Shen was dismissed.

After listening to Luo Sigong's narration, Gao Jie said thoughtfully: "So, the current Ming Dynasty has changed its attitude towards these missionaries from the Holy Roman Church?"

Luo Yangxing pondered for a moment and replied: "I don't know about this, it seems that there is no official announcement! However, when Ye Xianggao, the head of the court, Sun Shenxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and other powerful ministers are all supporters of Catholicism, and there are also the three most famous people in the first generation of Christians that Matteo Ricci absorbed in the Ming Dynasty, Xu Guangqi and Li Zhizao, and Yang Tingyun's theorem help, I think that this sect from foreign lands will soon regroup in my Ming Dynasty. ”

For Xu Guangqi, Gao Jie has been famous for a long time, but he didn't expect him to be the first believer in the Ming Dynasty to join Catholicism. In fact, Xu Guangqi, Li Zhizao and Yang Tingyun were all scholars who devoted themselves to academic research, and because of their admiration for the advanced science and technology of Western astronomy and mathematics brought by Matteo Ricci, they became the representatives of Catholicism in the Ming Dynasty, and were known as the "Three Pillars of the Holy Religion".

Luo Yangxing drank all the warm rice wine in the cup, and then got up and said: "Xiaojie, Datou, Wukong, I still have important things to do, and I can't sit with you for a long time, so I'll go." In the past two days, you have found a chance to come to the house, Xiong Zhaoqi and Wang Rui and Wang Xi brothers think about you very much!"

Thinking of an unforgettable experience of life and death in the hinterland of Houjin, Gao Jie and the others suddenly smiled and immediately agreed.

Sending off Luo Yangxing, Gao Jie and the others did not sit for a long time, so they checked out and prepared to leave.

When he walked out of the door of the tavern, a middle-aged man in a cloth coat with a thin yellow face drunkenly passed by the three of them, swaying and staggering, colliding with Gao Jie and others a few times, and sitting on the ground crookedly along the counter, laughing drunkenly, muttering something in his mouth.

Ji Longfeng scolded a few words, followed Gao Jie out of the tavern, and was about to walk in the snow, but was grabbed by Gao Jie, and the three of them flashed to the tavern together.

Ji Longfeng shrunk his neck and said puzzledly: "Xiaojie, such a big snow, it's cold, you don't go home, what are you doing with us hiding here?"

Gao Jie smiled mysteriously and said in a low voice: "Big head, just now, we met the master again!"

Ji Longfeng immediately came to his senses, his eyes widened and he said excitedly: "Master?! There is another fight?!"

Gao Jie slapped Ji Longfeng on the head, and said angrily: "Fighting, fighting, what do you know besides fighting?

Ji Longfeng suddenly said vigilantly: "What are you doing? Compared with you, a rich man, I am a poor man, and I only have a few taels of broken silver, so you don't want to borrow money from me!"

Gao Jie was so angry that he couldn't cry or laugh, and scolded: "I didn't expect you to be not only a martial idiot, but also a miser!"

Ji Longfeng glanced at Gao Jie and said, "A full man doesn't know that a hungry man is hungry!"

Gao Jie smiled bitterly: "Don't worry, I'm not looking for you to borrow money, just to let you see if your family is still there!"

Ji Longfeng was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly took it out in his arms, and then shouted in shock: "Damn, where is my silver?!" After a moment of panic, his eyes lit up, and he grabbed Gao Jie's arm and asked, "Xiaojie, is my silver there?"

Gao Jie shook his head and said, "What are you talking about? Why is your silver here with me? Besides, you just said that I am a rich man, how can I look down on your little silver?"

Ji Longfeng stared at Gao Jie for a long time, and when he saw that he didn't seem to be lying, he suddenly looked like he was going to die, and wailed: "God, how can you treat me like this to such a poor person?!"

Gao Jie glared at him and said, "It seems that you have eaten and drunk in my mansion and have never spent half a penny, so why can't you live?"

Ji Longfeng blinked his eyes, pretending to be pitiful and said, "You once said that yours is mine, we are brothers, and we are not separated from each other." You have so much money, shouldn't we eat and drink what you deserve?"

When Gao Jie heard this, he was speechless for a while, and only after a while did he extend his thumb to Ji Longfeng and said, "You are ruthless, thick-skinned, I will accept it!"

Ji Longfeng said with a smile: "The one who is close to Zhu is red, and the one who is close to ink is black, didn't I learn this from you?!By the way, how do you know that my silver is gone?"

Gao Jie pouted and said, "Because, my silver is gone!"

"Ah!" Ji Longfeng jumped up when he heard this, and shouted: "Who is so bold that he dares to steal our silver?!"

Gao Jie said lightly: "If you lose this silver, you will lose it, and it will not be a big deal." However, think about it, big head, what a clever means it is to steal the money that we carry without noticing, silently and without a trace?!"

Only then did Ji Longfeng understand what Gao Jie meant, and immediately calmed down, nodding silently: "Thinking about it like this, this person's methods are really a bit clever!"

Gao Jie also bowed his head and said: "Yes, this person is definitely not an ordinary thief, he should have a great background!"

Ji Longfeng continued: "So, you just pull us here... Oh, I see, that thief is supposed to be a drunk!"

As soon as his words fell, he heard someone say: "The three little brothers are really not ordinary people, and they are offended by the next few people!"

Gao Jie waited for the prestige to follow, and saw that the thin drunk man had bright eyes, strode up to them and stood still, with a sly smile on his face, where was he still half drunk.

Ji Longfeng saw that this guy dared to appear in front of him in a dignified and justifiable manner after stealing his own silver, and he was immediately angry and annoyed, and was about to have a seizure, when he saw that the drunk man raised his hand, and two small objects shot towards him and Gao Jie.

Ji Longfeng caught the incoming thing, and at a glance, it was his lost money bag, and he was stunned for a moment, not knowing why.

Gao Jie also caught the object that flew towards him, lowered his head and stared affectionately at the green purse that meant a lot to him, and then solemnly put it into his arms, looked up and smiled: "This big brother, he took the thing in my arms, but he didn't run away, but came to return it, I don't know what this move means?"

The drunk stared at Gao Jie, nodded and said, "I have long felt that the three little brothers are not ordinary people, so I gave it a try." When I came out and saw the three of them waiting here, I knew what I expected!"

Ji Longfeng said proudly: "Your little tricks, for a master like us, how can it be effective, if it weren't for your face, I would have taken you down on the spot and beaten you up!"

Gao Jie glanced at Ji Longfeng, who was not ashamed of his words, and interrupted him: "This big brother, don't listen to my brother's nonsense, your methods are really clever, if I don't suddenly need to take the silver, it's really hard to detect that I have fallen into the way of the eldest brother!"

Gao Jie's words are not all true. He practiced the "White Lotus Nine Lives" divine skill, and his senses were sharp, even more than ordinary people, and when this person skillfully touched the purse in his arms, he noticed it. It's just that when he saw that this person was clever, he suddenly moved his mind and didn't debunk it on the spot.

When the drunk man heard this, he looked at Gao Jie with interest, and laughed loudly after a while: "Little brother is really an extraordinary person, I admire him!"