China in the Ming Dynasty also implemented a policy of banning the sea, and it was even more strict against foreign ideas, let alone allowing the Jesuits to preach.It was only after the chaos of the country at the end of the Ming Dynasty that Chongzhen asked these priests to make cannons, and gradually relaxed their control, and these Western priests dared to preach openly and actually developed the believers into the palace.Emperor Yongli even went to the Holy See for help when the Qing army invaded the south.When Matteo Ricci came to China to preach, the Ming Dynasty was not in chaos.At first, he was afraid that he would not be accepted by the Ming court, so he didn't dare to directly say his true intentions, and he didn't even dare to wear a religious robe.At first, he wore monk's clothes in order to confuse himself, but later Matteo Ricci found that monks did not have a high status in China, so he began to wear gentry clothes again.Even the statue of the Virgin Mary in the church, Matteo Ricci did not dare to worship it publicly for fear of being seen by the Chinese, and only enshrined the statue of Jesus in the church, and said that it was the Buddha they believed in.Matteo Ricci's later invention of the "Confucian mission" is also a mixed concept, luring people who do not know the truth to join the church first, and then explain the doctrine and develop followers, but never dare to preach openly.Wu Langxi couldn't help but be shocked when he heard Wang Shuo say that the Ming court knew everything about them.He thought, if it is really as Wang Shuo said, then, the Ming court clearly knows their purpose, but allows them to enter the interior, why is it, no wonder the emperor is not interested in mission, but interested in their astronomical calendar, refining refined iron to make weapons, it turns out that they are using them, learning advanced Western technology to analyze it like this, Father Matteo Ricci was completely deceived by the Chinese Then, the reports he wrote are also untrue, this is really a big conspiracy, I must report this to the Jesuit Wu Langxi thought.Wang Shuo's nonsense caused him not ordinary shock and fear.Wang Shuo didn't expect Wu Langxi to think like this, afraid of being like this.He just wanted to keep him down for his own use.Seeing that Wu Langxi was completely out of control, and knew that his words had worked, he asked again: "How many of you are here" Wu Langxi felt that Wang Shuo knew everything at the moment, and if he didn't answer truthfully, he would probably be disposed of by this general.He replied honestly: "There are 22 of us in total, and we are going to different parts of China to preach.However, most of us have only exchanged Confucianism with the Chinese, discussed the Four Books and Five Classics, and explained astronomical knowledge, and have not yet officially launched missionary work. ”Wang Shuo didn't care whether he preached or not, what he cared about was what these people would do and whether they could make advanced weapons for him.Maybe there are cows he knows among these people.So he asked again: "Who are they, where have they been" Wu Langxi said a bunch of names, all in foreign languages, Wang Shuo didn't understand any of them, so he asked: "Don't they have Chinese names" Wu Langxi said: "Yes, we all gave ourselves Chinese names."
Bishop Nicholas Striggott called Jinnige, as well as Deng Yuhan, Luo Yagu, and Tang Ruowang," "Wait" Wang Shuo interrupted him.Tang Ruowang, Niu Ren is not what Jin Yong said in his novel, he didn't build a cannon for Kangxi until the Qing Dynasty, and he made a cannon for the emperor in the Ming Dynasty, and the famous Franc cannon is his masterpiece.It's just that these cannon kings can't look down on it and kill the iron bullets.He wanted a cannon in the true sense of the word that could explode with a cannonball.If you can gather these foreign priests here, there will be enough people who understand modern knowledge, then, with the guidance of your own foresight, mining, steelmaking, research explosives, primer fire, chemical experiments, modern machine building, and even steam power and electricity, can be carried out.To do these jobs, it is far from enough to have only one Wu Langxi.Wang Shuo asked: "Where is John Tang now" Asked Wang Shuo about John Tang alone, Wu Langxi was no longer surprised.In his eyes, the general in front of him is an omniscient and omnipotent weirdo.He replied: "The year before last, John Tang was still in Xi'an, and it was not long before his emperor called him to Beijing to build cannons. ”When John Tang went to Beijing, it seemed that he couldn't count on it.Wang Shuo sighed secretly, and then asked, "Where have the other priests gone?"
Wu Langxi said: "It is too difficult to preach in your China.After the death of Bishop Kinnige the year before last, many people could not hold on and followed Kinnige's hearse back to Macao.The rest of us are scattered in the north and south of China, far apart, and can only exchange letters.Now in the midst of war, I haven't heard from other companions for more than a year. ”Then it occurred to him that in such a remote place, where there were wars going on everywhere, he just wanted to write a letter to the Pope in Rome to correct Matteo Ricci's mistakes, and the letter could not be transmitted.I couldn't help but feel anxious.But Wang Shuo was disappointed at the moment.It seems that the method of gathering these priests together and using them for him will not work.He asked Wu Langxi again: "What have you learned, such as steelmaking, chemistry, and gunpowder making, I am talking about natural science." ”Wu Langxi said: "There are people in the Roman seminary who specialize in studying these, and I have also studied them.My main courses, however, were theology and astronomy. ”Wang Shuo was unwilling, and wanted to ask, Lu Yinchang said: "I said, let's all go to the front hall to talk, this broken place, it's difficult to even settle down, don't you feel tired":