Xiao Ruxun's attitude towards religion is very clear.

It is absolutely impossible for him to allow the emergence of a religion similar to that of Christian Catholicism in China that can compete with the state power. No organization or individual can use religion to compete with the imperial power.

From ancient times to the present, this attitude has been throughout the world, and dynasties have attached great importance to this matter, so China's local religion has never been able to rise to the level of competing with the state machine, ensuring that China can develop freely without being stymied by religion.

In Xiao Ruxun's view, religious organizations are competing with the country for tax and taxpayers, and using a fabricated God that does not exist at all as an excuse to obtain the support of believers. Some religions are much more, and some religions are less, but they are all used to satisfy the selfish desires of a large group of upper-class religious personnel.

The God they preach is so perfect and omnipotent, but when they encounter suffering believers, why don’t they help?

According to the stories they made up, the demon is more reliable. The demon abides by the contract and helps you, just ask for a little sacrifice. The sacrifice may be a little more, but the demon really does it. But God takes the offer and doesn't do it. He just knows that he will say that God bless you, and then disappears throughout the whole process. It's really funny.

Bless you with a look!

There are also some religions that directly promote reincarnation and promote suffering in this life and enjoying happiness in the next life. It is really a matter of no reason.

Xiao Ruxun has nothing to say about such an organization that competes with the country for tax and taxpayers. It is a bit inconvenient to take it in one go, so it will be eliminated naturally, and various means will be used together to completely eliminate them in a subtle way.

Xiao Ruxun has more methods for those missionaries who have been trying to preach in China.

Not to mention Matteo Ricci, who is already busy with textbook compilation work, others are either assigned to relevant departments because they have a skill or know a lot of knowledge, or they are denied entry.

The missionaries who were allowed to enter the country were working at all, working with a group of officials, and had no chance to contact the common people to preach, which made them unaware whether they were here to work for the Chinese emperor or preach.

None of these matters. Xiao Ruxun does not need their theological knowledge. What Xiao Ruxun needs is their other technical skills and knowledge in mathematics, geography and astronomy.

These missionaries have received a complete education. After understanding some of the astronomy, geography and mathematical knowledge they have mastered, Xiao Ruxun basically knows how far the current Western theories have reached.

Missionary preaching is to be a nourishment for the development of the Qin Dynasty. Then you can still live in the Qin Dynasty for a while. Although the time is coming, you will still get out, but at least you can live in the Qin Dynasty and then return to your hometown and brag about it.

Anyway, the Holy See is now very careful about the Chinese emperor, not daring to stimulate him or demanding anything tough. I can only say that I can send some missionaries to contact him, hoping that the missionaries led by Matteo Ricci can impress him.

The Holy See also made a lot of money because many people engaged in trade with China. If you say that if your relationship with China is broken and follow the Spanish and hate it by the Chinese emperor, the Holy See is really unwilling to do so, although Spain is their biggest supporter.

The Chinese emperor has too much power, basically covering up the sky. If he cannot get his permission, the consequences will be even more daring to think about.

According to Matteo Ricci's letter, there is no strong religion in China, and there is no one who can compete with the emperor. The emperor is the heaven and the biggest person. All Chinese think that it is enough for them to have an emperor. Other religions are causing trouble, and they are very disgusted.

This surprised the Holy See.

There is actually such a country.

It also made them even more coveted.

There is no big religion that so many people believe in. If it can become their state religion, the Holy See can simply ignore the Reformation in Europe.

But there is no hope for how to open up the situation at the moment.

Xiao Ruxun will never let them see the so-called hope.

Xiao Ruxun’s greatest job is to do a good job in the Northern Expedition next year, and to personally command the war, laying his supreme martial arts.

Many ministers raised objections to Xiao Ruxun's decision to lead the army to the north in person, thinking that the emperor should not lead the army to the north in person. The northern grasslands were very dangerous. The Qin Dynasty needed the emperor Xiao Ruxun, so the emperor would not lead the army to the north in person.

Xiao Ruxun shook his head directly.

He said that before he became an emperor, he always led the army to conquer the enemy in person, and earlier he had personally fought to kill the enemy in blood. If he was afraid of these, he would not deserve to be the emperor of the Qin Dynasty. It is inevitable that the emperor will not change. Therefore, on the one hand, it is military preparations and on the other hand, it is also political preparations.

At the beginning of the fifth year of Longwu, Xiao Ruxun transferred Xu Guangqi back to the capital, allowing him to successfully enter the cabinet with the contribution of governing the locust plagues in Guanzhong, Shanxi, Shandong, Tianjin and other places, becoming the fourth cabinet minister in the Great Qin cabinet.

In recent years, Xu Guangqi has moved to various parts of the north of Daqin, vigorously promoted the strategies of raising ducks and controlling locusts and developing water conservancy in various locust plague flooding areas, and eliminated the pain of locust plagues in various places. So far, a very effective interlocking locust control strategy has been built.

That is, farmers raise ducks to control locusts. After the ducks are raised, the army will buy these ducks to supplement meat for the soldiers. At the same time, the local government will also purchase them as appropriate. If there is still a surplus, we will mobilize everyone to sell the ducks to all parts of the country.

The government provides routes.

However, basically these ducks have delicious meat. The ducks they grow are very popular with the local army and can basically be digested by the army. Especially the ducks in Guanzhong are not enough for the soldiers of the Guanzhong Corps and the Northwest Corps, and they have to be purchased from Shanxi.

Some of the benefits generated by this make the people rich, the government can stabilize people's lives, the situation gradually stabilizes, and taxes are collected more smoothly.

There is a situation where governments and people are harmonious in the localities, and when the government has money, it will build water conservancy and solve the water conservancy problem, and locust plagues will gradually become rare.

This formed a virtuous cycle, gradually nipping the locust plague in its bud.

During the fifth year of Longwu, there was no locust plague in the northern land that had sufficient warnings. Some sparsely populated areas still experienced small-scale locust plagues, but they were not in a climate.
Chapter completed!