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    The Catholic foreign group, consisting of nearly a hundred people, also entered the capital under this situation.  Jinni Pavilion just left the capital last year. Now that we have arrived, it is indeed changing with each passing day. The roads, traffic, air, etc. are all different. I can't help but sigh. The development of Ming Dynasty is indeed rapid.  However, according to Tang Ruowang, compared with the capital city a year ago, this kind of comparison is really down to the sky.  Li Guopu presided over the reception ceremony, which was carried out in accordance with the standards for envoys from the kingdom. It was no different from last year.  Nijinge is a member of the Society of Jesus. In fact, all priests are members of the Society of Jesus.  "Spiritual Exercises" (also translated as "Spiritual Exercises") is the Jesuit code of conduct.  The Jesuits are also the special force of the Holy See's Counter-Reformation. They engage in religious activities as well as political struggles. Jesuits do not need to wear monastic robes, but live in seclusion. They penetrate into all walks of life and participate in various activities: opening schools, hospitals, and investing in industry and commerce.  , participated in colonial expeditions, conducted scientific research, visited the court, served as a confessor, and used any means necessary to counter the Reformation (their slogan was "The ends justify the means").  Actively promote overseas missionary work, the earliest ones include Francis Xavier, missionaries to China such as Matteo Ricci, Tang Ruowang, Nan Huairen and so on.  The competition for the Jesuit faith world and the competition for economic interests are the goals that the Jesuit missionary activities have always pursued.  For this reason, missionary education and trade are mutually exclusive, trade supports missionary education, and missionary education protects trade.  The Jesuits have considerable ties with many countries.  In China and Japan, they can also be regarded as intermediaries and organizations for the maritime trade between Macao (raw silk) and Nagasaki, Japan (silver) in the Ming Dynasty.  Nijinge was quite confident about the Ming Dynasty trip. He first translated the "History of the Christian Expedition to China" written by Matteo Ricci and published it in Augsburg, Germany from September to October 1615. Nijinge  The introduction to this book on the cover is appropriate: "For the first time, the book accurately and faithfully describes China's court, customs, legal system and new educational issues." This shows how well he understood the Ming Dynasty.  This also gave him the reputation of "the first historian to reveal to Europe who the Chinese were and how they lived."  He once made great ambitions in Europe: "If God bless me, I can be allowed to return to my original post after so many exiles, and if I have a few years to spare, I will write a book about China."  An account of the customs and customs of the people, and a compendium of Chinese chronicles. It will begin four thousand years ago and be written without interruption in chronological order. It will also include a Latin model of Chinese ethics."  He also returned to China and began his high school education to the west. However, all these sacrifices and efforts were completely shattered by an inexplicable imperial edict issued by the Ming Emperor prohibiting Catholic missionary work in the Ming Dynasty.  This is something that he absolutely cannot accept, and it is also something that all missionaries who come to China cannot agree with.  They have paid too much in China.  He has brought so much knowledge, medical skills, mathematics, astronomy, physics, technology, etc. to China. Is this the reward of Ming Dynasty?  The spread of Catholicism in the Ming Dynasty was not smooth sailing. Of course, Jinnige knew all about the difficulties and twists and turns.  During the Tang Dynasty, the Nestorian sect, a heretical tributary of Christianity, known as Nestorianism of the Qin Dynasty, flowed into China, but at that time, the government allowed preaching.  They just regard it as a religious school similar to the beliefs and culture spread by other ethnic minorities and countries in the Western Regions, and have not seriously considered its sinicization issue in China.  Many Catholic ideas at that time were implicitly attached to Taoism and Buddhism. Due to translation problems, many terms were borrowed from existing Buddhist and Taoist words. This was also the reason why Nestorianism in the Qin Dynasty was limited in its spread in China.  (See: "Stele on the Popularity of Nestorianism in China during the Great Qin Dynasty") Therefore, Christianity disappeared in China soon after the An-Shi Rebellion.  But Nestorianism already has many believers in the ancient Mongolian tribes Kelie, Wanggu and Naiman tribes.  After Genghis Khan unified Mongolia, Nestorianism spread throughout Mongolia.  For a time, there were many cross temples and groups of monks, especially the Wanggu tribe, forming several Christian families.  Later, as the Mongols gained power in the Central Plains, Nestorian Christianity entered the mainland of my country again.  In the Central Plains, the power of Nestorianism continued to expand, and missionary institutions spread across the north and south.  Four major dioceses were formed.  The Mongolian army's westward expedition caused panic in the Roman Catholic Church. In order to resist the Mongolian invasion, starting from Pope Innocent IV, special envoys, mainly Franciscan monks, were sent to Mongolia to the East.  Later, the Franciscan monk Lubruck came to Xanadu and was received by Yuan Xianzong Meng Ge, and was ordered to pray for the royal family.  But his request to stay in China to preach was rejected.  In 1294, the missionary John Montegovino arrived in Dadu (today's Beijing) and officially started the Roman Catholic missionary activities in China. In the same year, he persuaded the Tang Wang Kuolijis of the Wanggu tribe who originally believed in Nestorian Christianity to convert to Catholicism.  The government also recognized his missionary activities.  Since then, Montegovino has??Built 3 churches and successfully baptized 6,000 people.  In 1307, he was appointed archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Khanbali by Pope Clement V and oversaw religious affairs in the Far East until his death in 1308.  With the support of the Yuan Dynasty government, Catholic missionary activities expanded to Hangzhou, Quanzhou and other places, and churches and monasteries were established there.  During the uprising of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, Bao Yuan was finally overthrown. With the decline of Yuan Dynasty rule in the Central Plains, Christianity also withdrew from the stage of history.  In 1362, the Han army invaded Quanzhou, and the last Catholic bishop, James of Florence, was killed. In 1369, Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty fled north to Mobei. Christians were expelled from Dadu, and Christianity disappeared in the Central Plains for a time.  Zhu Yuanzhang relied on Mingjiao itself, and Mingjiao, also known as Manichaeism, was founded by the Persian Mani.  Manichaeism is a very complex religion that combines Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Buddhism.  After Zhu Yuanzhang came to power, he carried out a purge against Mingjiao.  It even completely banned Christianity from preaching in the Ming Empire and prohibited the Sanyi religion from preaching in the Ming Dynasty.  After that, Christianity completely lost its foothold throughout the early and middle periods of the Ming Empire, and missionaries basically disappeared.  Until September 1583, missionary Matteo Ricci and missionary Luo Mingjian entered the Ming Empire and established the first missionary station in Zhaoqing, Guangdong. Matteo Ricci published the first Chinese world map and drafted it in Chinese with missionary Luo Mingjian.  The first part is "The Ten Commandments of the Ancestral God".  After several attempts, Ricci and Luo Mingjian failed to establish a new settlement.  Luo Mingjian was recalled to Rome by the Pope to arrange for the papal envoy to meet the Chinese emperor, while Father Matteo Ricci and Father McAnton continued to stay in Zhaoqing.  On May 18, 1600 AD (the twenty-eighth year of Wanli), Matteo Ricci went to Beijing again with Father Pontius and the gifts prepared for the emperor, and arrived in Beijing on January 24, 1601.  .  He presented the self-ringing bell, the Bible, the "Illustration of All Nations", the Atlantic Qin and other artifacts, which won the trust of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty.  In 1601 AD, Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict allowing Matteo Ricci and others to live in Beijing permanently.  Matteo Ricci continued to bribe the officials of the Ming Dynasty by bribing the Emperor Wanli, bribing officials, and building relationships with court officials. Later, he was allowed by Emperor Wanli of the Ming Empire to preach and build a church for him.  With the establishment of the three pillars of Catholicism in the Ming Dynasty such as Xu Guangqi, the Catholic missionary work in the Ming Dynasty also became smooth. ?????????????????????? But just a few years after the Catholic dissemination business started smoothly, the situation reversed in vain and there were such big twists and turns. How could Jinni Pavilion be able to bear this?  (What Jinni Pavilion himself could not have imagined is that if the development continues according to the historical trajectory, they will develop an emperor who is the first Catholic in Chinese history, that is Chongzhen. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen believed in Catholicism and ordered his ministers to  Anyone with the word "Ìì" in their name must be changed to respect God, which shows his piety to the church.) After Jinnige and the others returned to the Roman Catholic Church, the Pope was of course furious, thinking that this was a violation of his will.  God's greatest betrayal.  This is a slap in the face of Chi Guoguo!  Decades of hard work, expectations, manpower, and material resources were all abandoned by the Ming Dynasty. Of course, the powerful Catholic Church could not tolerate it.  And the intolerant Catholics are not the Taoists who are quiet and inactive, they are powerful!  ??Immediately launched their first wave of offensive, using the influence of Catholicism and gathering the power of the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and Britain near China to put pressure on the Ming Kingdom first, and then not hesitate to fight!  Especially after hearing that the Ming Dynasty was still in danger of creating slaves, the Pope was even more confident in coercing the Ming Emperor into submission.  That¡¯s why Jinni Pavilion and his party came into existence.  Jinnige was even more confident about this trip and vowed to regain the honor that belonged to the Catholic Church.  Once the Ming Emperor surrendered, it would inevitably usher in the smooth spread of Catholicism in the Ming Dynasty.  Yang Tingyun, who went to the Roman Catholic Church with him, heard the news. Yang Tingyun was surprised and happy. What surprised him was that the Roman Catholic Church was so strong that he did not hesitate to start a war. How many people from the Ming Dynasty would be affected by such a war with the Ming Dynasty?  Are soldiers going to die in war?  Fortunately, the Catholic Church did not withdraw from the Ming Dynasty, but overcame all difficulties to return to the Ming Dynasty so that they could practice religion normally.  Jinnige comforted him and said that war was just a bargaining chip in negotiations. He used this as a threat to let Emperor Ming know that God's spokesperson has powerful power in the world and cannot be slandered at will!  For the glory of the Lord, all believers should risk their lives. This is a test of the believer's sincerity towards the Lord.  To bring God to human beings and to try to alleviate their suffering and eliminate social injustice.  Yang Tingyun was attracted by God and was very sincere to God. Between God and Ming Dynasty, he finally chose God.  He is willing to preach the Holy Word to the people of the Ming Dynasty and even to the people of the world, so he came.
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