"Who can tell me what this Glemend means? Humph, I dared to be so arrogant that I, the Middle Earth scholars, were not allowed to worship Confucius or ancestors... I dared to order my plaque to be removed without authorization. Does he think his status is higher than that of me?"

Forbidden City, Ganqing Palace Study Room!

Kangxi, who was discussing matters with his ministers, was furious when he learned about the news brought by Bishop Vatican.

In fact, Kangxi has always been very tolerant and even friendly to Catholicism. The reason why the Catholic Church was treated like this was due to the efforts of its missionaries of Jesus.

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Matteo Ricci, a missionary of Jesus, arrived in China, took the name of Chinese, practiced Chinese, wore Confucian robes, practiced Confucian etiquette, read Chinese characters, studied Chinese classics, and tried to adapt to China's inherent etiquette customs and Confucian culture. In addition to spreading religious doctrines, he also communicated with Chinese officials and celebrities to spread Western scientific and technological knowledge such as astronomy, mathematics, and geography. He was very famous with many famous scholars and officials at that time. At the same time, he introduced China's national conditions to Europe, made important contributions to the cultural exchange between China and the West in the Ming Dynasty, and also made Catholicism gained certain recognition in the Ming Dynasty.

After Matteo Ricci, a group of Jesus-Cheng, Joshuai-ren, Su An-Dang, Xu Risheng, Ando, ​​Min Mingwo, Bai Jin, Zhang Cheng, Hong Ruohan and other group of Jesus-Cheng and other profound academic qualities came to China, and they were recognized by Kangxi with their own knowledge. Many Manchu and Han officials also developed a good impression of Catholicism because of these people. Even Kangxi himself praised it very much, believing that "Western people have not been greedy and tyrannical since Matteo Ricci came to China for more than 200 years, they are nothing but practicing Taoism, and they are safe and sound. The matter has not violated Chinese laws, and he also wrote the word "respect for heaven" and gave it to the Catholic Church in Beijing. It said that the meaning of these two words is "respect for God", which has caused many Catholic churches to hang. Moreover, not long ago, Kangxi even canceled his decision at the beginning of the eighth year of Kangxi, at the beginning of the rule of power in the eighth year of Kangxi: only "Western people are allowed to teach themselves in the capital", "No missionary preaching in China and the provinces, and those who open churches are prohibited" and allow the people to believe in religion freely. (Historical facts)

However, no one expected to arrive. At this moment, the Vatican Holy See would actually send such a ban, which was tantamount to slapping Kangxi hard, and it was still slapping him in the face! Kangxi himself felt that he was really generous enough to be able to endure until now without bombing Archbishop Doro out of Middle-earth.

"Emperor," the people in the study were Kangxi's close ministers, the four ministers in the study, Li Guangdi, Chen Tingjing and others were all there. Everyone knew that Kangxi's face was filled with anger, and they were afraid that a bad wording would touch Kangxi's bad intentions, so most of them kept silent. In the end, Gao Shiqi had to come forward to answer under Kangxi's gaze.

"Although Catholicism is called religion, it is actually mostly influenced by secular influence. The emperor just ordered the people to believe in religion freely, which is a great gift to Vatican. But there must be some reason why the Catholic Church dares to do this..." Gao Shiqi said while secretly looking at Kangxi's face. After hearing what he said, Kangxi's face was still dark. He hurriedly changed his tone and said, "But no matter what the reason, Naglermend dares to ignore our Chinese traditions so much, which is a provocation. Therefore, I think that the emperor should prohibit his religion to show that he cannot be offended!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, what God? Your Majesty, you are the Emperor! Those foreigners say that they are believers of God and that their Pope is the agent of God on earth. Isn't this saying that their Holy See is one level higher than my Qing court? This is a despicable ruling. The emperor is also considered knowledgeable and talented when he thinks of those priests, but now Glemend dares to come to the door, so the emperor must not show weakness to him..." Tong Guowei shouted immediately.

"The most important thing at the moment is to prohibit Westerners from preaching, so as not to use those religious people for their use!" Ma Qi also said hard.

"Li Guangdi, you have seen that bishop Doro, but what do you have to say?" Kangxi looked sinister, ignored the words of the prime ministers, and asked Li Guangdi again.

"Reply to the emperor's words, I think the Catholic Church is: self-righteous, and I don't know what's wrong! There is no need to answer it at all! Moreover, I heard that Bai Jin and others were criticized by him. Why don't the emperor let Bai Jin and others leave the Catholic Church and join our Qing Dynasty for the people?" Li Guangdi said slowly. Kangxi's attention to Western missionaries was known to everyone present, and Bai Jin and others had a good relationship with some knowledgeable people in the court, but they were still subordinates of the Vatican Holy See, and they were not easy to speak for them on issues of right and wrong. However, Li Guangdi's move was a bit of a family, and his purpose was a bit like trying to build an Eastern Catholic Church.

"Zhang Tingyu, where are you?" Kangxi's eyes swept over Chen Tingjing. Seeing that the other party was bowing his head and thinking hard, he knew that this old minister was not a person with extensive contacts and had not grasped this matter well, so he turned to Zhang Tingyu, who had not spoken out.

"As long as there is a result, there must be a cause! Emperor, I think it is better to make countermeasures before we can first find out the causes and consequences. As for the so-called ban from the Catholic Church, it is just a joke in my opinion. The people in Middle-earth are not allowed to worship Confucius, ancestors, or enter the ancestral hall, or leave the spiritual throne of ancestors and the lord tablet of the gods. In other words, the intention is to cut off the inheritance of Chinese etiquette. If this is done, the consequence can only be to let the people who believe in their religion withdraw from the people and cut off themselves from Middle-earth..." Zhang Tingyu bowed and replied.

"What Zhang Xiang said is very true. I also think that the most important thing at the moment is to figure out the matter first!" Chen Tingjing said.

"How can the foreign religion be clear about it outside the vast ocean?" Ma Qi asked with a frown.

"What's the difficulty? In fact, there is no need for the court to come forward. I believe that Nan Huairen, Bai Jin, Zhang Cheng and others are already in a hurry to inquire. You will know when you ask..." Li Guangdi said.

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*******

Not knowing that there is a "ritual dispute" between tradition and religion in the south, Made and Luo Xin are interrogating the three suspects who have just been caught.

...

All are acquaintances!

It was Lang Tan who broke Yu Zhong's leg and compensated Yu Zhong's three Japanese slaves!

These three guys are called Kurata, Yuichiro, and Naoki!

No last name!

The three of them were all covered in rags, with pale faces and thin skin, and were all covered with some injuries... They were dug out from the mountain valley more than 100 miles away by Xu Rigan and Luo Xin.

"It's really a pity that you can climb over a hundred miles of mountains and forests in three days... Let's talk about it, what's going on? Why are you not in Jaques?" Made asked sternly. Due to some "acquired days", although Yu Zhong and Mo Jing like to have a few Japanese slaves, the couple didn't want to watch these three people all day long, so they threw them into the manor near Jaques. However, they didn't expect that these three people were bold and dared to escape!

"I, we..." The three Japanese knelt there in sweat, stammering and refused to speak.

"I won't say it, right? You have been in Manchuria for several years, and you should know something... This is Ningguta!... You'd better not make me angry, otherwise no one can save you!" Ma De asked again.

"You'd better understand. With the relationship between Ma De, Brother Yu and Sister Jing, it's just a matter of one sentence to cure you for them. If you don't say it, the only one who will be unlucky in the end..." Luo Xin sat in the middle of the seat and intimidated faintly.

"I, I said..." The guy named Yu Yilang looked up at Luo Xin and Made, and then said tremblingly: "The sea... the pirate is here!"

"Pirates? What pirates?"

"You call them Japanese pirates!" After Yu Yiro, the Kurata whispered.

"Hong Ao, pull it out and feed the dog!" Ma De ordered coldly.

"Zhe!" As soon as he heard the order, Hong Ao, who was standing beside him, immediately walked towards Kurata.

"Don't... why? I didn't lie!" Kurata screamed. Before Hong Ao could come over, he climbed back.

"Didn't lie? Humph!" Ma De asked Hong Ao to stop temporarily and said coldly: "Do you think I don't know who the Japanese pirates are? They have always been on the southern coast, and they have not appeared for many years. Why did they suddenly appear in the bitter and cold place of Manchuria? Men must have a level, and you dare to lie in front of me, just feeding you to the dog, it's already cheap you..."

"No, no, no, I really didn't lie!... The pirates are really here. They are going to trade for customs this winter..." Kurata said hurriedly.

"Customs? Are you talking about Heilongjiang Customs?" Luo Xin asked afterwards.

"Yes!"

"This is even better... Now you can't feed dogs." Luo Xin sighed and said to Kurata: "Heilongjiang has tens of thousands of Manchurian elites, and this year it has added 10,000 and more than 20,000 elites. Are those pirates stupid? They dare to go there to find bad luck. Moreover, Heilongjiang Customs is far away from the coast in Yaksar and Nebchu, so how can pirates go there to rob? And they have to face the attacks of 20,000 elites in Manchurian elites?... Deception comes at a price!"

"Girl, of course those pirates dare not attack Heilongjiang, but there are not many people in this place where you are. Manchuria is divided into three sections. Heilongjiang in the north and Fengtian in the south have heavy troops, but Jilin in the middle does not have many soldiers to guard... Moreover, Lord Ma De's subordinates are probably more old and weak, right?" Naoki, who had been silent, suddenly said, but his opening shocked Ma De and Luo Xin at the same time.

"What did you say……"

"Every spring, Lord Yuzhong and his team would send last year's customs Lijin to Beijing, passing through Aihui, Ningguta and Fengtian on the way. However, only Ningguta has the weakest defense, and Ningguta is also very rich... The pirates also 'like' here!" Naoki said again.

"...How could you know this?" Luo Xin asked anxiously.
Chapter completed!