When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he turned to look at him and then looked in the direction of his finger. He saw a man with two servants coming here in the distance.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew this person, Pang Tianshou, the eunuch in charge of the imperial horses. The original eunuch in charge of the imperial horses, Wang Dehua, was reported to others, but there was still corrupt money. He was demoted to Fengyang to guard the imperial tomb.

Emperor Chongzhen went on a private visit in a private manner, so he naturally didn't want more people who knew him to see it, so he walked towards the crowd and hid in the crowd, so he planned to wait for Pang Tianshou to walk past before going shopping.

However, what Emperor Chongzhen did not expect was that Pang Tianshou did not see him. After passing by, he greeted the person who wanted to fool him just now. Obviously, they were familiar with each other.

Seeing this situation, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but frown, and with a thought, he threw a Class C eavesdropping seed over.

Suddenly, the conversation between Pang Tianshou and the man immediately appeared in front of him.

"Master Yajilou, there was a wealthy businessman who wanted to persuade him to join the church, but he didn't expect him to escape!"

"Oh, where is Father Johnson Chan?"

"Just in the house in front, waiting for you!"

After saying a few words, Emperor Chongzhen saw Pang Tianshou leaving directly and heading to a house.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but frown and asked Fang Zhenghua, "Why is Pang Tianshou called Yajilou again?"

Hearing him ask this, Fang Zhenghua did not hesitate and immediately replied: "Master, this is his name."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised and confirmed: "Has he entered the Western religion?"

"Yes, lord!" Fang Zhenghua continued to lower his head and replied immediately.

Since Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, he has been troubled by big and big things, so he has never known such miscellaneous things. Even after the souls of later generations traveled through time, he was busy with national affairs, so this is the first time he heard about it.

When he heard this, he couldn't help but frown. At least he was displeased with the Western Sect at this time, and immediately asked, "How many people in the mansion have entered the Western Sect?"

"When I go back to the master, there are about twenty or thirty people!" Fang Zhenghua thought for a moment and immediately replied, but immediately added, "The others are all traitors!"

Emperor Chongzhen frowned when he heard this.

Thanks to the Qing palace opera, he remembered something that during the Jiajing period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a rebellion in the Tianli Sect. At that time, eunuchs who entered the palace as internal responses attacked the Forbidden City.

The local Taoism and Buddha are both Buddha nature, and there is no such possibility. This Western religion was originally disliked by Emperor Chongzhen in this colonial era. At this time, he heard that there were even high-ranking and powerful people like the eunuch in the palace, and all of them entered the church, which was a threat to him.

What Emperor Chongzhen didn't know was that Pang Tianshou did something that endangered the royal family, but not the Chongzhen dynasty, but the Yongli dynasty. In the original history, the Ming Dynasty's royal family declined, and with the support of Western religions, especially Portugal, he was so brave that he had scolded the empress dowager and the queen, and even wanted to abolish the queen. Moreover, he even threatened Emperor Yongli to abdicate the throne to Sun Kewang.

In the Forbidden City, things that are not outside their control cannot happen! Emperor Chongzhen thought to himself and sneered. Now that he knows, he must never let it go!

Thinking of this, he stared at the house where Pang Tianshou walked into and was silent for a moment. Of course, this is an appearance. In fact, he was looking at the news feedback from the Class C eavesdropping seeds on Pang Tianshou. He wanted to know what he wanted to say when Pang Tianshou left the palace and wanted to meet Tang Ruowang?

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In the house, when he saw Pang Tianshou entering, Chau Wang immediately stood up, took the initiative to meet him, and asked with concern: "Dear Yajilou, I don't know how things are going. Can the prince, the queen and others be willing to join the church?"

"The queen is very busy and has never found any opportunity. The prince is also busy, and his studies are heavy, and he has no chance for the time being." Pang Tianshou frowned and said, "This matter is really unhurried. I have tried it several times, but it is useless. You must spend a lot of effort to make it work!"

When Chau Wang heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed and said, "It's been a long time since the Ming Dynasty royal family has not made any progress. This is very unfavorable to the spread of our religion in the Ming Dynasty! You must pay attention to this!"

In the original period, people were living in the Ming Dynasty, and under the preaching of Joshua Tsang and others, some people believed in this foreign religion. However, in the past few years, Emperor Chongzhen rose up to solve major events in the Ming Dynasty one by one, and devoted himself to the health of the people, making things difficult for Joshua Tsang and others.

More importantly, Emperor Chongzhen respected the Agriculture Department and opened the Folk Department, which made the foundation on which Tang Ruowang and others rely on for missionary preaching were shaken. It turned out that the emperor knew about the Western barbarians! In this way, there was less mystery and less shock. It was difficult to influence the scholars and officials of the Ming Dynasty through the Western knowledge they learned.

Speaking of which, it is still the difference between Western religion and China's beliefs since ancient times, which is the fundamental reason. For this reason, Johnson Chan and others were worried. They always thought that if the missionary cause could be supported by the royal family, they would achieve twice the result with half the effort.

The same is true. While he was explaining the knowledge of astronomical calendar in the palace, he preached in the palace. He really developed some believers, and the highest position was Pang Tianshou. However, the emperor seemed to be a little interested, but later, he completely forgot about him, which made him very anxious. Therefore, he settled for the second best, allowing Pang Tianshou to develop the prince and the queen to join the church, which was also very good.

However, Joshua Chan didn't know that his actions exceeded Emperor Chongzhen's bottom line!

Therefore, as they were talking about this in the house, Emperor Chongzhen outside knew their plans immediately, and was furious and immediately issued an order.

However, the two people in the house didn't know that they were still talking about things and discussing how to affect the prince and the queen.

Suddenly, I heard a "clang" sound outside, the sound of someone kicking open the door, and then the sound of rapid footsteps sounded.

When Pang Tianshou heard this, he frowned. After a while, he heard a shout from outside, as if the government had broken in.

Suddenly, Chau Wang immediately looked at Pang Tianshou. This person would definitely be able to settle the matters of the government.

Pang Tianshou also had this confidence in this, so he accused Tang Ruowang of guilt, walked out, and shouted sternly: "Who is here to be arrogant?"

While talking, he opened the door in the room, stepped out of the threshold, and looked out to the outside of the courtyard.

But when he saw this, he was stunned. There were indeed people from the government outside, but the level was very high, and he was a Dongchang man.

"So majestic!" A young voice came from the screen wall, with a sneer, and the figure had appeared in Pang Tianshou's vision. "It turned out to be the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse supervisor, no wonder he is so majestic!"

Pang Tianshou had heard the voice a little familiar and a little sharp. He should have been a fellow traveler. After looking at it, he immediately recognized that the person was Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory.

After seeing clearly, his heart suddenly stumbled, he quickly squeezed out a smile, and said, "Who did we think it is? It turns out that the factory is here, there is no need to welcome you, there is no need to welcome you!"

Generally speaking, the eunuch who is the chief eunuch in the palace is also a well-known figure and will not be less powerful than the admiral of the East Factory.

However, during the Chongzhen Dynasty, especially in recent years, the Imperial Horse Prison was actually directly controlled by Emperor Chongzhen. The army and the eunuch under his command could not command anyone, and it was all determined by Emperor Chongzhen. It can be said that the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Horse Prison was a idle person with a name.

On the Dongchang side, it was the real power of the Ming Dynasty. Especially over the years, the power of the factory guards has returned. Before that, from the auxiliary ministers of the cabinet to ordinary officials and money shop merchants, they were all copied by the factory guards. Everyone knows that Wang Chengen, the factory guard, is very trusted by Emperor Chongzhen.

Therefore, when Pang Tianshou saw Wang Chengen, his posture immediately lowered a little, and he dared to argue with him head-on.

However, he did not dare to argue, but Wang Chengen did not let him go and immediately sneered: "Yajilou, you are offending, please follow our family to the East Factory!"

Speaking of this, he ordered the Dongchang Fans beside him and said, "Go, invite the Western barbarians inside, and go to our Dongchang for tea!"

What else can there be good things when going to Dongchang? Pang Tianshou was immediately anxious when he heard this. From Wang Chengen's name to him, he inferred that the matter might be related to the fact that he entered the sect. After thinking about it this way, he probably understood.

But, as this happened, he became even more afraid. Before he could actually do it, Dongchang came to him?

He was teasing his brain and thought of a solution. However, the Dongchang military service was not polite to him, so he immediately stepped forward, tortured him and left.

Without giving him some face, Pang Tianshou immediately realized that he was afraid that he would be in danger! Otherwise, Wang Chengen would definitely have some kindness, at least he would not torture him. Suddenly, his face turned pale.

At this moment, I heard a cry of help from behind me: "Master Pang, why did they arrest me? Please help me plead..."

The person who said this was naturally Tang Ruowang. As he was saying this, he saw that Pang Tianshou, who had turned around, was actually roasting chains like him, and he suddenly became dumbfounded.

He didn't know that not only the two of them, including the believers in the palace, were all arrested in just one hour and all the missionary places outside were also sealed off.

Ordinary people do not care about this matter, but some of the officials of the Ming Dynasty who were related to the Western Barbarians were anxious.

For example, Chen Zilong from the Agricultural Department, Li Tianjing from the Imperial Heaven Supervision, etc., immediately submitted a memorial, wanting to know why the East Factory blocked the missionary site and arrested Joshua Chan and others.

In response, Wang Chengen answered them, saying that these Western barbarians had ulterior motives, coveted the royal family, and had the idea of ​​attacking the palace!

This matter can actually be big or small. If you say something in small things, you just say something casually, not very serious; but if you say something in serious things, it is equivalent to accomplice and a serious crime to kill the nine clans!

Therefore, Chen Zilong, Li Tianjing and others wrote to a letter to guarantee that Joshua Tsang and others had no intention of plotting against each other. They just wanted to preach but did not understand the rules of the East, so they were like this. And based on the contribution of Joshua Tsang and others to scientific and technological knowledge, they wrote to plead for Joshua Tsang and others, and even brought out the late Xu Guangqi's family, etc.

Just two days before the Chinese New Year, Emperor Chongzhen finally responded to this matter.

First, he mentioned the Western Yi and others, and told them clearly that it was because of the pleading of Chen Zilong and others, and they were ignorant of their ignorance. In addition, they had made contributions to spreading Western learning, which could reduce their guilt. However, death penalty could be avoided, and living crime could not be escaped.

Emperor Chongzhen announced all the methods used by the East Factory to investigate these Western missionary missions. Of course, the most important thing is to peek at the royal family. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen made a sage ruling and prohibited the missionary in the Ming Dynasty. Unless they could use all Western books, except theology, to translate them into Chinese characters, so that they could continue to preach in the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, there is another point, no matter what kind of religion, the foundation of missionary preaching in the Ming Dynasty was to be under the jurisdiction of the court and give identity certificates such as certificates to preach. The content of missionary must also be reviewed by the court and guided people to be good.

After the penalty decision was said, Emperor Chongzhen stared at Western missionaries such as Joshua Wong and shouted coldly: "Don't let me find out that there is any deception. You have been in the Ming Dynasty for so many years, and you should know what the crime of deceiving the king is. If you dare to use some books to deceive me at will, don't say that it is impossible to preach in the Ming Dynasty in the future. I will even bring troops to kill me, and I will go and take it myself!"

When Chau Wang was in the East Factory, he already understood how stupid he had done before and how much crime he committed in the Ming Dynasty, so he dared to bargain at all. As for whether to do it, he had to go back and report it before he could know. Of course, he would also remind that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was almost omnipotent, so don’t fool the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Chen Zilong and others were relieved when they heard the emperor's decision. It can be said that they were satisfied with this result. In particular, the emperor asked them to send all the books they learned from Western learning to the Ming Dynasty, and they were even more happy. Combining Chinese and Western, comparing them with each other, maybe the Ming Dynasty's knowledge can be further improved.

After Tang Ruowang and others agreed, Emperor Chongzhen calmed down a little and said, "My Ming Dynasty is hospitality. My friends come from afar, and they are very happy to entertain you naturally. However, if you come with ill-hearted people, you will naturally be entertained with fists. After you go back, you can tell you about the countries you have. I welcome them to come to the Ming Dynasty to do business and communicate with each other."

For the time being, he did not think about conquering Europe. In this era, there were still many borderless lands waiting to be occupied. As for Europe, he was just preparing to use Ming Dynasty goods to earn wealth.

Of course, if the Western barbarians dare to go against the Ming Dynasty, they should deal with them, but they should deal with them.
Chapter completed!