Why are Chinese people like this? It’s very difficult to deal with.

The bishop secretly complained.

"According to what Mr. Li said, all the people in your hometown are used to going straight and going straight and seeing the mountains, so the marquis will not beat around the bush. The distinguished guests come from afar. What's the matter?"

Matteo Ricci immediately translated - General Xiao was asking you why you came here.

The bishop nodded and replied cautiously: "Dear General Xiao, I came here according to the will of His Highness the Pope. I want to establish a peaceful and friendly relationship with General Xiao so that both of us can get along and communicate peacefully and in a friendly manner. We very much welcome General Xiao to visit Rome."

Matteo Ricci translated immediately.

"Welcome to Rome City? Haha, okay, okay, I am also very yearning for the customs and customs of your hometown. But now I am plagued by civil affairs, I am afraid there is no time, so it's okay. When I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely go and see your Rome City, but you have come all the way, just for this?"

The bishop said, "Of course it's not just for this. His Highness the Pope also hopes that General Xiao can allow our missionaries to spread the teachings of God on this land. You have had a period of interaction with our missionaries. You should be very clear that the teachings of God are to guide people to be good, to obey order, and to worship God."

Matteo Ricci explained one by one.

He also had some expectations. To be honest, after following Xiao Ruxun for three years, Xiao Ruxun never said anything to support his missionary. Instead, he was very interested in the mathematics science he mastered, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin. He not only brought him to translate "The Original Geometry", but also translated many works of other Greek sages, especially mathematics.

Matteo Ricci gradually felt like a teacher who spreads Western culture and science, not a missionary. He came here to spread Catholic doctrine, not math and scientific knowledge. If you want to learn mathematics and science, you can find talents in this field specifically. Why is it for me to learn these things?

What a great opportunity to go to Europe this time. As long as the craftsmen don’t want scholars, you will definitely come with you even if you speak! Why do you have to hold me, a missionary, and not let me go?

Over the past three years, he helped Xiao Ruxun translate works from the Western Renaissance and Greek periods, and translated five or six books. However, he had not had the opportunity to spread the doctrine several times, and he had not even told a few people in a hurry, let alone let the other party accept his doctrine. When living in Guangdong, he could at least make a few good friends who were willing to accept Catholic doctrine, but now he has no chance.

But Matteo Ricci was unwilling to leave here because he knew that Xiao Ruxun had absolute power in this land. As long as he promised to allow the Catholic Church to preach here, then the more than one million people would not be able to escape. Matteo Ricci also knew that there were not many scholars of Confucianism here, and the resistance to spreading doctrine would be very small. As long as he agreed, this matter would be done and the Catholicism had a base in China.

But he didn't think about it. Will Xiao Ruxun not know what he knew?

Xiao Ruxun had known it for a long time, so he found things for Matteo Ricci everywhere, so that he had no time to go out and fool people, so that he could only stay in the office to translate collections of essays and write down the Western classics he remembered.

This guy has a very strong memory and has his own special memory method. The legendary "Memory Palace" memory method was introduced to China by Matteo Ricci. To this day, many people are still studying or holding cram schools to teach the memory palace.

It is precisely because of his super memory that Matteo Ricci can almost write down the Western classics he has recited in an accurate manner, and then use his Chinese level to translate these Western classics together with Xiao Ruxun. This is Matteo Ricci's main work in the past three years.

Don’t think it’s simple. This is a very time-consuming thing. Sometimes you can translate less than one or two pages of paper at a day, and Xiao Ruxun doesn’t have time every day.

When Xiao Ruxun had no time, he asked Chen Longzheng to replace him. Matteo Ricci once tried to develop Chen Longzheng into his first believer in Myanmar. However, Chen Longzheng, who was full of romantic idealism, was completely immune to Christianity and was not bewitched by Matteo Ricci at all. Instead, he told Matteo Ricci the legend of ancient Chinese sages.

Yes, Chen Longzheng divided the stories of sages such as Confucius and Mencius into nine chapters and eighty-one sections to Matteo Ricci, allowing Matteo Ricci to further understand China's history, especially cultural history, local customs, customs, legends, etc. This made Matteo Ricci forget what he wanted to develop a downline in the end, and was almost attacked by Chen Longzheng in reverse.

Matteo Ricci finally realized that Chen Long was a stick, a stick that could never develop into a Catholic. If it were in medieval Europe, such a person would not be able to escape the fire of the Inquisition. However, in China in the 16th century, Matteo Ricci had no choice but to try his best to maintain his faith and not bewitched by Chen Long.

However, in this process, Matteo Ricci gradually realized that to preach in China, one must understand Confucianism and contact Confucian scholars.

However, the bishop was not clear. He only knew that by asking Xiao Ruxun for permission, he would be favored by the pope, and he would have the opportunity to be elected as the next pope and reach the peak of his life.

But Xiao Ruxun doesn't seem to care much about this.

"You guys are really interesting, Mr. Li, if I don't say anything else, I will ask you, how are the lives of the people under my rule? Are you eating a meal? Is your life guaranteed? Are there anyone bullying them? Are they not simple and kind? Do they not abide by the laws and regulations of my Zhennan Hou Mansion?"

Matteo Ricci thought to himself that you would be so talked to death...

But indeed, the greatest function that Catholics can do is to control thoughts, control people's hearts, keep people's hearts undisturbed, abide by order, achieve the effect of fooling the people and weak the people, and cultivate excellent taxpayers.

Note that it is a taxpayer, not a citizen. Citizens know their own rights, know their own taxes, and the rights they can obtain after abide by the law, and dare to protect their rights when their rights are violated. Taxpayers only know how to pay taxes, pay taxes honestly, know nothing, and do nothing.

Governments around the world hope that civilians under their rule will be taxpayers, and taxpayers will be ideal civilians in the eyes of rulers.

The purpose of Catholicism being used by the Roman government is to cultivate taxpayers.

But this is almost the case with the more than one million people under Xiao Ruxun’s rule. He lives a stable life, does not cause trouble or quarrel, and gets up early and goes to bed late to do business. The hard work and willingness of the Chinese are unprecedented.

Xiao Ruxun also paid great attention to protecting the lives and lives of the people under his rule and safeguarding their interests. Therefore, these people also paid great attention to maintaining Zhennan Hou Mansion, abide by laws and regulations, and to organize an ideal society - the ideal country society in Plato's ideal.
Chapter completed!