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Chapter 418 A Letter to Pope Clement X (External Chapter)

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    (ps: The long-awaited chapter, the continuous war, the pure wolf is also a little tired, friends, let's change the taste of the day with the pure wolf.)

    Great Monarch of the Vatican, Successor of the Apostle Peter, Representative of Christ on earth, Most Holy Father, His Majesty Pope Clement X, your loyal servant, missionary of Christianity, envoy of the Holy See, joachimbouvet of the Society of Jesus  (Bai Jin), write this letter with excitement, to report to you what I have seen and heard in the mysterious East, and to convey my respect to you for His Royal Highness Prince Lu, to pay homage to God, and to express my respect and love  He truly loves all people and keeps them healthy.

    Your Majesty the Great Pope, in accordance with the will of the Lord and your order, in order to investigate the truth about the murder of a member of the church, Ferdinand Verbiest (Nan Huairen) in the capital of the Qing Empire, and to spread the Gospel of the Lord to the people in the East, and to convey Your Majesty the Pope¡¯s respect for the Great  Greetings from Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, I set off from Brest in France in 1673, passed through Siam (Thailand) and arrived in Macau in December 1675, and set foot on the mysterious China  land.

    Unfortunately, after I arrived in Macau, the local church members told me that several princes in southern China had set off an unprecedented rebellion in the year 1670 of Jesus Era, and the Emperor Kangxi who once paid tribute to you had also been killed by a  The prince named Yifeng Lu was captured on the battlefield and sentenced to death. Now China has fallen into great chaos. Various princes are constantly fighting for the control of Chinese land. Prince Yifeng Lu has also captured the Qing Dynasty.  The capital, drove the grandmother and successor of Emperor Kangxi back to the desolate land in Northeast China. There are two emperors in the current Chinese emperor, one is the Great Zhou Emperor recognized by Prince Lu, and the other is the successor of Emperor Kang  Emperor Qianlong, but neither of these two emperors gained the power to rule China. The most powerful in China now is Prince Yifeng Lu.

    I was at a loss for a while and didn¡¯t know what to do next. Later, the Chinese priest Wen Zao Luo told me to go to Beijing to meet Prince Lu. He is willing to go with me, because as far as Father Luo knows, the control of Chinese land  Most of the power of the Great Zhou court is actually in the hands of Prince Lu. When we negotiate with Prince Lu, it is equivalent to negotiating with the Great Zhou court. As long as Prince Lu agrees, we can allow the spread of the Lord¡¯s gospel on Chinese land  , Let the people of the East return to the embrace of the Lord.

    The Dutch in Macau objected to the proposal of Father Luo, and they told me that Prince Lu was a pagan pagan, a greedy oriental usurer, and a cruel executioner, because Prince Lu defeated the Dutch fleet at the mouth of the Yangtze River.  , brutally killed the Dutch navy commander Porter, snatched the Dutch warships, cut off all trade with the Netherlands, and refused to fulfill the promise of Emperor Kangxi to give Taiwan to the Dutch, and even issued a privateer to the Chinese pirates.  A license to allow Chinese ships to rob and attack all Dutch ships they encountered at sea in retaliation for the Dutch support of Emperor Kangxi.  Therefore, the Dutch believe that Prince Lu is a follower of Satan, the messenger of hell, who will send all Christians to the guillotine.

    I decided to go to Beijing to try my luck, because the businessman of Great Britain told me that Prince Lu is a kind and kind prince, he appreciates and likes the culture of Europa very much, and is also willing to start a comprehensive trade with Europa, exporting opium which is scarce in Europe to Europa  , to help Europe reduce the price of opium, so that more Europeans can obtain the gift of God to mankind.  All the opium produced on the land was sold to Europe, lowering the price of opium in Europe.

    The British businessman also excitedly told me that Prince Lu can still converse and write in British. Although the grammar of Prince Lu¡¯s British is very strange, it is indeed Great British!  my God!  I was so excited, because although I am French, I happen to know some British and can converse in British, so despite the strong opposition of the Dutch, I finally boarded the boat bound for Ningbo with Father Luo.  Sailing, and arrived in Ningbo on May 12, 1676 in the era of Jesus, and delivered a letter to Prince Lu's army stationed there, requesting to go to Beijing to meet Prince Lu.

    Prince Lu¡¯s army was very friendly. After confirming that I was not Dutch, they quickly sent my letter to Nanjing. A month later, Prince Lu¡¯s army in Ningbo told me that Prince Lu had agreed to meet me and arranged  Give me the boat and entourage, let me go north along the great canal dug in China a thousand years ago, and go to Beijing to meet Prince Lu.

    Your Majesty the Pope, I believe you will not believe what I saw on the way to Beijing. In my imagination, the northern part of China that has just experienced war must be full of dead bodies, plagues and dilapidated houses everywhere.  but I can't believe itHe died of illness, but after reading this letter, the successor Pope Innocent XI was still so excited that he ran to the Roman church in the Vatican to hold a mass, praying for our respected Prince Lu to unify China as soon as possible and let the Lord  The Gospel spread freely in the mysterious land of China.  At the same time, according to the request of Prince Lu, His Majesty the Pope organized a large number of missionaries who were proficient in Western science to go to China to spread the Gospel of the Lord, and the plan to take back the right of patronage in East Asia from the Portuguese and bestow it on Prince Lu also appeared in  into the mind of His Majesty the Pope.

    At the same time, after receiving the letter sent by Father Bai, the Sun King Louis XIV was also very excited, thinking that a great opportunity for himself to enter East Asia had appeared, and he couldn't wait to form a team composed of French officials, generals, court scientists and court priests.  A large group of envoys rushed to China by boat to meet Prince Lu, to discuss the plan to form an alliance with Prince Lu against the sea coachmen, and to discuss matters such as expanding maritime trade and trying to monopolize China's foreign opium trade.

    Father Bai is a great priest who kept his promise. Prince Lu asked him to invite Mr. Newton to travel to China. Of course, Father Bai did not break his promise. When Father Bai¡¯s letter was successfully delivered to the Royal Academy of Sciences, he has received similar letters twice  Sir Newton was finally tempted and began to seriously consider China's plan to spread theology and science, and tried to put it into action.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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