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Extra chapter 2, "The Great Chaos at the End of the Ming Dynasty" dungeon "The Great Demon Kingdom" Chapter [The Marriage of the Great Sage] (Part 2)

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    Extra chapter 2, "The Great Battle of the Late Ming Dynasty" Dungeon Chapter of the Great Demon Country (Part 2) That afternoon, although the Queen's wedding had not yet begun, in order to create an atmosphere of "nationwide celebration", the streets and small streets of Haizhou City  Firecrackers were also set off in the alley.  The citizens, who were dirty and in tattered clothes, looked blankly at the wealthy servants of the "Great Holy Kingdom" setting off firecrackers and holding banners everywhere with their numb eyes. They couldn't help but be a little more interested in the running tables where they could eat and drink for free in the evening.  Expectation: Amidst the sound of firecrackers, a group of guys with shaved heads, wearing pullovers and uniforms, with yellow faces and skinny muscles, who seemed to be knocked down by the wind, walked out of the big iron gate of Haizhou Labor Camp tremblingly, and then looked at  In the streets and countryside outside the labor camp, I couldn't help but shed tears.  "This damn Haizhou Demonic Kingdom! The poor monk finally made it out alive! I really shouldn't have listened to the deception of those scholars back then. What kind of demons are there to succumb to or eliminate? Pity my three senior brothers.  "They all died miserably in this hellish place!" A bald man with a Jiangnan accent looked at the scars and tanned skin all over his body and couldn't help but lament with tears.  "Little friend Zhizhang, everyone is going to die, so don't be too sad. No matter what, we got out of the fire pit alive." A middle-aged Taoist priest next to him who was so thin that he lost his shape comforted Monk Zhizhang.  , "After you return to Yangzhou Chanzhi Temple, you should take good care of yourself, cultivate your health, and never come out to pretend to be a knight again. These days in the Haizhou Demon Kingdom, just think of it as a nightmare!"  "Hmph, you two southerners are so unambitious! After the Sa family returned to the mountain, they called all their brothers, brought along the handymen, and contacted the righteous people from all over the world to bulldoze this man-eating demon cave! Also let these demon sects  Demons and overseas thieves, it¡¯s time to learn the power of Shaolin martial arts!¡± Another middle-aged monk who claimed to be from the Shaolin Temple in Songshan and was proficient in the Golden Bell and the Eighteen Bronze Formation said this with arrogance.  The slightly trembling legs and feet revealed that this Shaolin monk was also fierce in appearance and soft in heart The above-mentioned released prisoners through labor camps were all confused by the various lewd and evil legends of Haizhou's "Great Demon Kingdom" and were excited.  The eminent monks, Taoist priests and knights who came to slay demons.  These guys who have read too many "Australian martial arts novels" yearn for the heroic demeanor of "holding a sword while riding on horseback and wielding ghost rain, bones as white as mountains and birds flying in fear. The world is like the tide and people are like water, only a few people in the rivers and lakes return", regardless of themselves  Jin Liang, with a few superficial kung fu and juggling skills, actually dared to imitate others and went to Haizhou to "slay demons and demons".  I thought that the Great Demon Kingdom of Haizhou really hid some martial arts secrets, miraculous medicines, gold and silver treasures, and so on. Perhaps there were also passionate witches and witches who would wake up and be willing to come over to the body to help these righteous knights As a result,  As soon as he arrived on the ground in Haizhou, he was severely beaten with a stick because he uttered arrogant words to the Wenxiang Cult members, and was immediately taken to a labor camp.  It is conceivable that the former Wenxiang cult members who ruled Haizhou naturally did not have any spirit of legal system and human rights in modern society. They directly used them as free coolies. They wore iron shackles all day long and were driven by leather whips to sift sand and smash stones.  Weaving stones, weaving baskets It was really three hundred and sixty-five days a year, eating less than chickens, working more than cows, sleeping later than dogs, and being beaten and starved by guards from time to time.  After suffering like this for more than ten years, even the toughest men couldn't bear the torture, and one after another they died and were fed to the dogs in mass graves.  Fortunately, the "Monkey King" Queen Xu Xiner has remarried and the whole country is amnesty. The last few trembling dead remnants in front of them don't have to continue sifting through the sand until they die, but can walk out of the prison door without hesitation.  "Shaolin Temple? Hehe, how many years have you been in prison like a bald donkey? You don't even know about Li Zicheng burning down the Shaolin Temple?" After hearing the shameless words of the Shaolin monk, there was a dark-skinned man next to him who had also just been released from prison.  The young man couldn't help but sneered, as if he had seen some joke. This guy was imprisoned for fighting just the day before yesterday. As a result, he had only been sifting sand for two days. Today he was released in time for the amnesty. To the outside world  The news is naturally much better informed than these Taoist priests and monks who have been in prison for many years.  "Burn the Shaolin Temple?!" A group of monks and lay warriors had been sifting sand in the Haizhou labor camp for so many years. Naturally, they were very ignorant of the news in the world, so they immediately asked: "When did this happen?  Why was the Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng so crazy? " "That was ten years ago! As for the reason, when Li Zicheng sent his troops to attack Luoyang, the Shaolin monks had a bad idea and had to help defend the city?  This is great. After the fall of Luoyang, Shaolin Temple immediately suffered retribution. Li Zicheng sent troops to burn everything down. The monks were either killed or tied up with ropes and sold to our Haizhou in exchange for military pay. I saw it with my own eyes at that time.  Following them, their bald heads were used one by one on the pier.He had a slave mark burned on his face with iron and was then taken aboard a slave ship of the Dutch Red Barbarians" The Haizhou boy said with a mocking look on his face, "So, Master, your brothers,  I'm afraid it has been sold to Java!  " Suddenly hearing the bad news, the Shaolin monk who had just been released from prison immediately looked up to the sky and cried, then collapsed to the ground with tears streaming down his face. The Yangzhou monk next to him quickly helped him up and comforted him, saying, "Brother  Please forgive me. If you have nowhere to go, you might as well follow me to Zenzhi Temple!  " Unexpectedly, the Haizhou boy sneered again, "Yangzhou Chanzhi Temple?  Hehe, you two bald heads are really inseparable brothers!  "Amitabha, why did this little benefactor say this?"  Could it be that something happened to the Chanzhi Temple where the poor monk lived?  " When the monk from Yangzhou Zenzhi Temple heard this, he couldn't help being shocked, " please don't hesitate to inform me!  " "What else could happen?  Of course there was a military disaster!  "The Haizhou boy scratched his head and replied, "Eight years ago, Li Zicheng led his army to conquer the Qing Dynasty and fought against the Qing Emperor Dorgon in Xuzhou. As a result, the Qing army was defeated and fled south to Yangzhou. After that, there was internal strife and mutiny.  The fire burned the city of Yangzhou for seven days and seven nights!  Although Li Zicheng was later assassinated and the Dashun Dynasty collapsed.  But the Qing army also had no courage to return to the north of the Yangtze River. Instead, it destroyed the city of Yangzhou and moved all its people to the south of the Yangtze River.  Even if Yangzhou Chanzhi Temple was not burned down by luck before, it will definitely be reduced to ruins by the Qing army now!  " "Amitabha!  My Buddha!  !  !  "The monk who was born in Chanzhi Temple in Yangzhou suddenly had his eyes darkened and fell to the ground, tears streaming down his face. "Ahem!  If you two have nowhere to go, how about you go back to Mount Tai with Pindao?  " The middle-aged Taoist priest who was too thin to lose his shape suddenly couldn't bear it when he saw this, and said to the two inmates, "Although the Jade Emperor Temple, which is a poor Taoist, may not agree to take in the two of them, there are also many Buddhist temples in Mount Tai.  , available for you two to place orders" But before the Taoist priest finished speaking, he was interrupted by the Haizhou boy, "back to Mount Tai?  This Taoist Priest, are you kidding me?  "The Taoist priest's heart suddenly tightened when he heard it, "thiscould it be that something happened to the Jade Emperor Temple in Mount Tai in these years?  "Oh, it's not just your Jade Emperor Temple that has changed!"  Basically, the entire Mount Tai is completely destroyed!  "The Haizhou boy sighed and explained to the Taoist priest, "About five or six years ago, a group of returning bandits came from Shaanxi and Gansu in the northwest, bringing tens of thousands of people with them. I don't know why.  After breaking into Shandong, they first swept through all the counties in western Shandong, killing heads and bleeding like rivers. They were really invincible.  After that, this gang of Hui bandits attacked Mount Tai the year before last Hey, if they just wanted to grab money, food, territory, or play some kind of Taishan enshrinement, then it wouldn't matter. Who can let people have big fists?  ?  Unexpectedly, these Huihui gangs were bent on spreading their teachings. To this end, they wanted to cut down mountains and destroy temples to purge the gods. So they killed thousands of monks and Taoists on Mount Tai, and all Buddhist temples and Taoist temples were changed into hanging crescent moons.  The true temple of the flag" "Then, what happened next?  Are these returning demons still entrenched on Mount Tai?  "The Taoist priest asked in a trembling voice. "That's not true. The Hui Hui gang only struggled in Mount Tai for more than half a year. Then they were defeated by the Australian soldiers last spring. They had to escape from Shandong and fled to the north again.  I heard that they broke into the city of Beijing, committed a lot of killings there, and built a skeleton tower in Tongzhou.  However, the Taishan area that was recaptured by the Australian soldiers was also completely ruined. The farmland was completely deserted and the houses were destroyed.  "The Haizhou boy curled his lips and replied, "So although the Australian soldiers captured Mount Tai, they did not stay long. They just moved the local people to Laizhou, Jiaozhou and our Haizhou for resettlement, and then withdrew the troops.  It is said that there are not even a few living people on Mount Tai nowadays. Did you want to be savages in the past?  " After hearing this, the Taoist priest from the Jade Emperor Temple in Mount Tai and another monk from the other side of Mount Tai were stunned like five thunderbolts. The remaining few eminent monks, Taoist priests and knights hurriedly rushed forward.  They gathered around the well-informed Haizhou boy and asked about the current situation in their respective hometowns. However, the results were terrible: either they were cut down and temples were destroyed, or the city was massacred and the clan was exterminated, or at least they were forced to relocate  For more than ten years, the land of China has staged almost all the tragedies and tragedies that humans can imagine soldiers and horses fought and looted, kingdoms and dynasties rose and fell, famous mountains and ancient temples turned into wilderness, famous cities and cities fell into ruins, droughts  Floods and disasters occurred one after another, and the fertile land of the Central Plains was covered with thorns. As for Huguang, Jiangnan, Sichuan, Shu, Guanzhong, etc., there were also wars and starvation everywhere. Coupled with the successive plagues, floods and droughts, there was simply no trace left for the people.  Ways to survive, many places??Even the news was cut off.  God knows if all the people died and turned into a ghost country.  " In comparison, Haizhou, a great demonic country that takes shelter from the "Australian thieves", can actually be called a peaceful place.  "Oh my God! I thought this Haizhou was a devil's cave, but I didn't expect that my hometown has already been reduced to purgatory. Where does this leave me?" A Taoist priest fell to the ground, lamenting bitterly, "That's all.  , Now I just want to go back to my hometown, and I don¡¯t have any money, so I¡¯d better find a place to settle down and earn some money! I didn¡¯t even have breakfast today!¡± He groaned while rubbing his hands.  Belly, looking at the Haizhou boy with expectant eyes, "this little brother, can you ask if there are any places recruiting people around here?" "here in Haizhou there are a few places recruiting workers.  But you definitely can¡¯t find a guarantor. I¡¯m afraid no shop or workshop would dare to accept it! You don¡¯t need a guarantor to carry a big bag at the dock, but look at you, you are so down on the street in the wind, on the ground in Haizhou!  Is there any foreman willing to take it?" The young man scratched his scalp in embarrassment, but then he turned his eyes and came up with a seemingly feasible idea, "but after all, we all suffer together, and we can't look at you.  Starved to death outside. Did you see that Western temple with a cross on the roof? You can just go there and have a few simple meals. What?  Look more impressive? Come on, our Monkey King is getting married there today! With your dirty looks, you actually want to eat on the water table?  A beating with a stick! You must be content! Don¡¯t be desperate anymore!¡± A few hours later, a group of former Buddhist and Taoist practitioners sat down.  I went to a Catholic monastery on the hilltop by the sea outside the city, received a suit of gray monk robes that had been washed white, and hastily washed my dirty head and face, then wolfed down the dark-colored hard buns and drank them.  The rancid bean soup or gruel was the free food they received from the monastery steward after they voluntarily converted to God. At the same time, they listened carefully to a trainee priest from the "Australian Catholic Church" who was slightly  Sermon with a Cantonese accent: ¡°¡­God ??so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life, whether the world believes it or not¡­it is important to know that only devout believers can be saved.  , not everything ends when the body dies. At the time of the final judgment, those without names in the book of life will be thrown into the eternal fire Believe in Jesus and wait for His coming Don't miss the kingdom of heaven  " In this way, the career change path of this group of monks and Taoists seems to have had a fairly smooth start After all, are all the magicians in the world the same family?  ¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù At the same time, at Haeju Cathedral  In the lounge, the scheduled host of the Queen's wedding has just sailed halfway around the world. The Jesuit priest who came from Europe to take office in the East, the newly appointed Archbishop of Japan, Findageros, is meeting with a highly respected guest.  For the Roman Catholic Church, the first half of the seventeenth century was a period of frustration with repeated setbacks.  From the time Martin Luther officially proclaimed the birth of Protestantism to the present time, the civil and military battles and bloody battles between European Catholics and Protestants have lasted for more than a hundred years. During this period, there have been countless repeated battles and mutual disputes.  The tug of war almost bled the poor Europeans.  Relying on the emerging industrial and commercial bourgeoisie in the Age of Discovery, and taking advantage of the general trend of the religious reform era, Protestantism took advantage of the decay and divisions of the Catholic camp to advance rapidly and continuously capture the faith positions of each country.  The Holy See, which refused to go to the grave, united with traditional European feudal forces, especially the economic and military power of Spain, to launch the Counter-Reformation Movement to stabilize the remaining core territory, recruit fanatical believers to serve as direct troops, and use the Inquisition to step up suppression.  Protestants and other heretics strengthened their ideological and cultural control, and launched rounds of military and political counterattacks against the Protestant forces in an attempt to restore everything in the European Christian world to the old outlook.  However, as the dust of the Thirty Years' War and the English Civil War settled, the Catholic Church's last effort to completely eradicate Protestant heresy failed. The Pope also had to bow his head and face the reality, admitting that the world of Christian faith in Central and Western Europe was completely divided and unable to do so.  Restore the unity and grandeur of the past.  At the same time, the Ottoman Turkish Empire in the Near East had ended decades of internal chaos and resumed its strategic offensive. It launched an overwhelming offensive against the Catholic camp on the battlefields of Central Europe and the Mediterranean.  Austria and Wei, who are on the front line,Nice was already outnumbered and losing ground.  Once this thin buffer zone is torn apart, Italy and the Papal States will be exposed to the scimitar of the pagans.  Such a situation of being surrounded by enemies from both sides, besieged internally and externally, and with its sphere of influence shrinking and losing year after year, filled the Holy See, which was attacked by Protestants and Greens during this period, with a sense of worry, as if they had seen the collapse of the Roman Empire in the past.  , once again happened before our eyes.  In this increasingly unfavorable predicament, the style of the Holy See has become increasingly conservative and violent. The tolerant and rational humanistic style of the Renaissance has long since disappeared, replaced by the brutal Inquisition.  And a crazy witch hunt.  In order to implement the above-mentioned cruel strategy, the Jesuits came into being and became an important magic weapon and weapon for the Catholic Church to fight against the Reformation.  Unlike the Benedictines and Franciscans, which were old religious orders born in the Middle Ages, the Jesuits were founded in 1534 after the birth of Protestantism. They have a tight internal organization and strict relationships between superiors and subordinates. They lack the traditional spirit of benevolence and use all means to fight against heresy. They often participate in  Various conspiracies and bloody purges are actually intelligence agencies directly under the Pope, equivalent to the KGB, Mossad, CIA or Assassin in the Papal State.  It is said that many assassinations, massacres and terrorist incidents in modern European history are inseparable from the Jesuits. In France, they planned to assassinate Henry IV, the founder of the Bourbon dynasty, but they were accused and failed.  In England, they planned the Gunpowder Plot, which nearly killed King James I.  Within the Catholic camp, they also competed for interests with the Spanish and Portuguese royal families. This was because the princes of Spain and Austria tried to use secular force to control the Holy See, while the Holy See tried to get rid of control and counter-control the princes.  In addition, the reason why the Thirty Years' War was so brutal and brutal, almost destroying all of Germany, was because the Jesuits were trying to take the opportunity to cleanse Germany, the stronghold of Lutheran Protestants, and constantly sabotage peace talks.  Therefore, the Jesuits were notorious in various European countries at the time, similar to the Ku Klux Klan or the Nazis. They were even banned by kings of various countries as terrorists. Even the Kingdom of Spain, the most pious within the Catholic camp, could not tolerate the Jesuits in the end.  The rampant behavior of the Jesuit missionaries at that time actually openly incited secession in Spain's American colonies, and once established a South American Jesuit country similar to the Teutonic Knights!  Finally, under the backlash of European kings, the Holy See had to disband the Society of Jesus in the 18th century. Although the Society of Jesus was resurrected again in the 19th century, it was already the era of the Industrial Revolution. Both the Society of Jesus and Rome  The Holy See no longer has the crazy energy it once had.  However, outside the European Christian world, the Jesuits of the Age of Discovery had a rather positive image and were widely praised by the world.  In the sixteenth century, given that the power of Protestantism had become increasingly powerful in northern Europe, it was difficult to contain it.  In order to make up for the lost faith position, the Roman Church made a strategic decision, which was to take advantage of the opportunity of the Great Geographical Development to send people to Asia, Africa and the Americas to vigorously spread the Catholic faith, increase the number of Catholic believers around the world, and finally rely on  The huge advantage in size once again overwhelmed the Protestant heresy in Europe.  There has been a successful precedent for a strategy like this in the history of Christianity. In the late Roman Empire, although Christianity had become the state religion of the empire, the Roman Church was only one of the five patriarchates of the empire, along with Constantinople and Anglia.  The Patriarchs of Tycoon, Jerusalem and Alexandria are on equal footing.  However, during the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, the Roman Church relied on tireless missionary work to various Germanic barbarians, prompting them to convert to Catholicism one by one, thus greatly expanding the number of Catholic believers and the sphere of influence.  In the end, the Roman Church stood out from the five former patriarchal seats and became the master of faith in the entire Western world, superior to all secular kings.  Therefore, in the face of the constant attacks of Protestant heretics, it became a natural choice for the Holy See to launch the above strategy again.  Therefore, as loyal followers of the Pope, the Jesuits resolutely sent missionaries all over the world. With their religious fanaticism, they did not hesitate to risk shipwrecks, plagues and wars, traveling across mountains and rivers to spread their faith in foreign lands thousands of miles away. They spread their faith in Africa.  It preached to black people, to the Iroquois in North America, and its missionary history in East Asia is even more famous. For example, Matteo Ricci and Tang Ruowang in China, and Xavier in Japan were all members of the Jesuits.  However, although these Jesuit missionaries relied on their religious fanaticism to support their missionary missions in distant places, if their missionary activities wanted to be successful in other civilized countries, it was obviously not enough to rely on their own fanaticism and piety, and they also needed local rule.  support, or at least tacit approval.  Therefore, the Jesuit missionaries who came to East Asia in that era generally relied on the advanced natural sciences and military sciences of the West.?As a stepping stone, technology and the art of painting and sculpture managed to attract the attention and preferences of the upper class in the East, thus spreading beliefs subtly, thus invisibly playing an important role as a bridge for cultural exchange between the East and the West.  Among them, some of the most successful Jesuit missionaries even became guests of Eastern kings.  However, in this dimension of the late Ming Dynasty, which was greatly changed by hundreds of thousands of modern Chinese travelers, faced with the crazy expansion, prosperous civilization, advanced technology, and powerful "Australians", the Jesuit missionaries who came to the Far East  They are trapped in a dilemma and a state of confusion.  On the bright side, "Australians" do not have much resistance to Catholic doctrine itself. They even had their own Catholic churches and churches very early on, as well as a large number of Catholics. Around the middle of the fourteenth century, a  A French member of the Knights Hospitaller named Levi accidentally came to the land of Australia due to some wonderful encounters, and successfully spread the glory of God to this land, converting some Australians to Christianity.  , this is the origin of the Australian Catholic Church.  (It comes from the "History of the Rise and Fall of the Australian and Song Empire" compiled by time travellers. This book has been spread all over the world along with all kinds of "Australian goods" and has now become a bestseller in Europe.) After the above news reached Rome,  The whole Catholic Church rejoiced.  The Pope officially issued a decree canonizing "Saint Levi" as the patron saint of Australians.  A stone statue of Levi was also erected on the streets of Marseille Port, which is said to be the birthplace of "Saint Levi".  There are also some scholars and priests who believe that the legendary and wealthy Eastern Christian country "The Kingdom of Elder John" may be the former "Australian Song Empire" As the Australians continued to conquer cities and territories in the East, they once seriously hindered the Jesuit missionary work.  Confucianism was dealt a devastating blow by the ruthless Australians, while the spread of Catholicism also achieved explosive results in the East.  At present, hundreds of churches have appeared one after another in the coastal provinces of China occupied by the Australians, with more than three million believers.  In Australia itself, there are also gorgeous cathedrals and magnificent monasteries.  In a considerable part of the Australian army, there are also military chaplains and nuns.  In addition, due to the influence of the Australians, Japan, the "Samurai Island" that once strictly banned Christianity and even killed Christians, turned into a country that respected Catholicism as the state religion after a bloody and tragic civil war.  As a result, the number of God¡¯s ¡°lambs¡± in the east increased hundreds of times in a short period of time.  In just a few decades, Catholicism has won nearly half of the total population of Catholic countries in Europe among its followers in the East!  But on the bad side, because the Australian Catholic Church is too independent, has its own seminary, trains clergy and confer saints on its own, it inevitably creates many conflicts with the distant Holy See.  Not to mention that "Australia" is, after all, a secular country that does not have a state religion but instead has a religious administration. Although it has no discriminatory policy against Christians, it is even less likely to suppress other religions for the sake of missionaries.  Therefore, questions surrounding whether Eastern Catholics should observe fast, whether to recognize polygamy, who has the right to appoint bishops in the East, and whether the church is allowed to levy tithes on parishioners (believers need to pay one-tenth to the church)  income), whether church property has tax-free privileges, whether priests and nuns have the right to marry and have children, whether clergy can officiate weddings for "non-Christians" (travelers) in churches, and whether the Inquisition can be established on Australian territory  and the execution of "witch hunts" and a series of messy and trivial issues, the Jesuits and the Australian Catholic Church had many unpleasant quarrels and conflicts.  Since the Jesuits were relatively less down-to-earth and lacked the support of official and private believers, the above disputes basically ended in the failure of the Jesuits. Even if they brought out the papal bull from Rome, it would be of little use.  In addition, according to the observations of Jesuit missionaries, the piety of Catholics under Australian rule was generally problematic.  There are very few Christians who can go to church every Sunday. Most so-called Christians just hang a cross around their necks, go to church three or four times a year, and donate some change depending on their mood.  Even the clergy are unprofessional and always ignore some of the requirements and prohibitions of the Holy See.  ¡°If the Australian Catholic Church¡¯s behavior were placed in Europe, I¡¯m afraid it would have been accused of heresy by the Holy See.  But the problem is that this place is in East Asia, thousands of miles away from Europe. The other party is a superpower whose territory is vaster than the entire Europe. The believers have no respect for the Holy See, whether it is the Holy See or Jesus.  Yes, in this case, you can't be stubborn. It should be noted that Australian Catholics do not have no other options. The British Puritans and the Dutch Lutheran Protestants are also present in Australian territory now, although they are not as good at missionary work as the Jesuits.  Passionate.  However, in case the Catholic Church is too demandingFestival, the Australian Catholic Church is in a hurry. The other party may also imitate the Anglican Church and turn to the Protestant camp. This will inevitably completely subvert the balance of power between the two camps Then the Jesuits really can't even cry.  .  In general, facing the current situation in East Asia, Jesuit missionaries feel like a very hungry traveler who was suddenly invited to a banquet by someone and fed a sumptuous meal. However, although the meal on the table was edible,  He was full, but the cooking was very unpalatable to him. However, he was too embarrassed to ask the host to redo the table. Moreover, even if he did, the host might not be willing to listen. On the contrary, he might be kicked out and he would not be able to eat at all.   Regarding this extremely tangled and complicated situation, the Vatican discussed it several times. Finally, in order to prevent the loss of vested interests, it was decided to find a way to start a new one in the Far East and erect a model of true pure faith while avoiding offending the Australians as much as possible.  It happened that the Catholic Maori family won the Japanese Civil War, turning Japan, the legendary Treasure Island, into the kingdom of God. The Holy See took advantage of this situation and appointed senior Jesuit priest Finda Gerlos to serve as Archbishop of Japan in the Far East, trying to  Establishing the Holy See¡¯s leadership over Japan¡¯s Christian faith.  Of course, although this approach is tantamount to trying to get away from the Australian Catholic Church, it does not mean that Findageros needs to alienate Australians.  On the contrary, on the way to Japan from Europe, Archbishop Findageros has been learning Chinese, and looking for opportunities to deal with and build friendships with powerful figures in the Australian Catholic Church and Australians, hoping to be able to contribute to missionary matters in Japan.  Get the understanding and recognition of this Eastern overlord.  When Archbishop Findajeros arrived in Macau, he learned that the Queen of the "Great Holy Kingdom" of Haizhou was about to get married. The supreme ruler of Australia would also come to watch the ceremony, and the groom who married the Queen was an "Australian" Christian.  At that time, Fundajeros even took the initiative to postpone his trip to Japan to take office, and instead came to Haizhou to host the wedding in order to have the opportunity to interview the Australian supreme leader and try to gain favor with him.  At present, although the wedding of Queen Xu Xin'er has not yet been held, Archbishop Fundajeros has successfully met with Mr. Qi Jianjun, the supreme leader of the Australians, to exchange views on some educational issues that may arise in Japan in the future, and obtained a relatively satisfactory result.  Kind recognition.  But the problem is, according to the Japanese religious intelligence he collected in Macau, Taiwan, Hangzhou and Haizhou, even if it can get the recognition and acquiescence of the Australians, the resistance of the Japanese indigenous people alone is terrifying enough. As a sudden transformation  As a Christian country, the current Catholic church organization in Japan has largely just incorporated the previous monks, nuns and shrine maidens, and slightly changed the appearance of shrines and Buddhist temples.  As for the Japanese characteristics such as monks marrying wives and having children, witches marrying and selling meat, etc., they are naturally inherited. There are no changes because the monks grew their heads and became priests, and the witches changed their clothes and became nuns, except for their necks.  Hang a cross outside.  In fact, they regard monks and witches as a job to a large extent, but they believe in Christ Jesus while working.  If Archbishop Findageros insists on implementing European-style etiquette among Japanese churches and congregations in order to follow the instructions of the Holy See, it means that he must force at least thousands of Japanese priests and nuns to divorce.  Let tens of thousands of Japanese children who could have become heirs of the church become dishonorable illegitimate children.  In addition, a large number of high-ranking Japanese Christian samurai and concubines of wealthy men must be demoted to mistresses No matter which one of these, it is bound to cause public outrage and cause great trouble.  And in the east so far away from Rome, the authority of the Vatican is really minimal. He is very worried that he will "die of a violent illness" in the afternoon just after issuing the order in the morning However, if Archbishop Findageros wants to avoid  The Japanese people are disgusted and suspicious, but they choose to continue to blindly accommodate the customs of Japan's indigenous islanders, completely ignoring the "purity" of Catholicism. So what is the purpose of his being ordered to travel thousands of miles to the East this time?  ¡°Oh, it¡¯s really a dilemma, I don¡¯t know what to do!  However, just when Archbishop Findajeros was full of confusion about how to carry out his work in Japan, he met a famous senior Jesuit missionary in Haizhou who had just brought him from Beijing.  Tang Ruowang, who was following the disciples who escaped.  Then, Archbishop Findajeros realized that his own troubles were nothing compared to the hardships the other party had experienced!  ¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù Tang Ruowang, a famous Jesuit missionary in the late Ming Dynasty,  Born in Cologne, Germany, his original name was Johann Adam Schaer von Baer. Thomas was the one who came to China for the convenience of missionary work in China.The Chinese name of ?.  Since arriving in China in 1619, he has been concentrating on studying Chinese language and culture, studying Chinese classics, history and ethics, and looking for the fusion point between Eastern and Western cultures.  At the same time, he worked hard to interact with celebrities from both the government and the public, and tried to achieve his goal of spreading his faith.  During the Tianqi years, Tang Ruowang arrived in Beijing and managed to win the interest of the Ming dynasty scholar-bureaucrats by displaying Europe's latest astronomical research results and mathematical knowledge.  After that, Tang Ruowang first toured the northern provinces, built a small church in Xi'an, Shaanxi, and at the same time collected geographical and ethnic intelligence in northwest China.  Next, he returned to Beijing and was recommended by Xu Guangqi, the Minister of Rites, and worked in the Qin Tianjian, translating almanacs, deducing astronomy, and making instruments.  At the same time, Tang Ruowang took advantage of the opportunity to explain astronomical knowledge to the eunuchs to spread Catholicism in the palace and successfully baptized several eunuchs into Christianity.  According to the history of the original plane, relying on his long-sleeved communication skills and the connections accumulated over the years, as well as his always low-key and cautious style, Tang Ruowang and his fellow believers in Beijing were able to survive unscathed even when faced with the changes of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.  He successfully survived the calamity and continued to serve as an official in the Qing court because of his knowledge and skills in astronomy and calendar.  He was even appreciated and trusted by the regent Dorgon, Emperor Shunzhi and Emperor Kangxi. He was once appointed as the Qintian Supervisor, and was able to visit the palace frequently. He made many suggestions on the success and failure of the government and wrote more than 300 memorials.  Even when Emperor Shunzhi was on his deathbed, he consulted Tang Ruowang for his opinion when discussing the establishment of an heir, which shows that his official career was prosperous and his favor was profound.  However, in this late Ming Dynasty plane that had been transformed by a large number of time travellers, Tang Ruowang did not have such good luck.  Although the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty still entered the pass, they only stayed in Beijing for a year before they fell apart. Not only did the Han soldiers and generals under his command rebelled one after another, but even his hometown in Liaodong was occupied by the time travellers. Huang Taiji had no choice but to defeat the future with his remaining troops.  He went to the south of the Yangtze River and seized the territory of the Donglin Party to reestablish the country.  Beijing was occupied by Zu Dashou, the general leader of Guan Ning's army, who claimed to be the "Emperor of the Jin Dynasty" and established a "Da Jin Empire" with Beijing as its capital and its territory spanning northern Zhili and northern Shanxi.  However, Zu Dashou's "Great Jin Empire" did not last long. Just seven years after the founding of the country, Zu Dashou was killed in a mutiny, and his "Great Jin Empire" was also destroyed by the Guan Ning army killing each other.  Destroyed during the civil war.  In the next few years, Beijing, the imperial capital, changed its city flags one after another, and the country names of Dayan, Dayou, and Liao appeared one after another. The Mahayana Kingdom established by the Wenxiang Sect in the south also invaded Beijing for a time, but  Soon they withdrew due to civil unrest.  Even the Mongolian Tatars outside the Great Wall once found a bargain and stayed in Beijing for a few days In such a troubled and chaotic world, Tang Ruowang's astronomical, calendar and mathematical knowledge naturally became  No one cared about him, and even maintaining his own existence became difficult.  But even then, Tang Ruowang did not follow the advice of the Australian Catholic Church and leave the increasingly deserted Beijing and retreat to Australian territories such as Jiaodong or Liaodong. Instead, he continued to stick to the small church left by Matteo Ricci and struggled to maintain it.  In order to support the activities of small churches in Beijing, they even provide some shelter and assistance within their capabilities to Catholic believers in Beijing.  However, by last autumn, even such a bleak business could no longer persist in Beijing: a group of northwest anti-Japanese bandits calling themselves the "Jihadi Army" had wreaked havoc on the North China Plain in recent years.  With a religious fanaticism, he defeated the various feuding princes in confusion.  Although this bandit of the "Jihad Army" was eventually driven out of Shandong by the time-travelers who sent troops to beat them up because they were cutting down mountains and destroying temples. However, its main force was still intact. After a short rest, they turned around and ran away.  Coming from Beijing.  So, after only a short battle, the crescent flag was quickly raised on the dilapidated city of Beijing.  Naturally, Tang Ruowang's Catholic Church became a thorn in their side, and within a few days it was massacred by the returning bandits.  Relying on the cover of the parishioners who risked their lives, Tang Ruowang finally escaped from the machete of the "Jihadi Army" and successfully rushed out of Beijing.  However, one eye was blinded by a bow and arrow during the escape, and his left hand was chopped off by the pursuers.  Therefore, today¡¯s priest Tang Ruowang wears a black eyepatch on his face and an iron hook on his left hand. At first glance, he might have thought he was a Pirates of the Caribbean But as long as he thinks about his efforts and sacrifices for the missionary cause,  Archbishop Findageros could no longer laugh.  "It's really unbelievable that we have already arrived in the east on the other side of the earth, and we still have to continue to fight with the Arabs for our faith! Just like the Crusaders in Palestine You have really suffered over the years. This is simply  The character of a saint!" After listening to Tang Ruowang describe the hardships of holding on to Beijing over the years, as well as the various dangers on the way to escape, Archbishop Findajeros couldn't help but exclaimed sincerely.  "All this is for the cause of God!" Tang Ruowang replied lightly, and at the same time made a sign of the cross on his chest with his only intact right hand, "and"These Eastern pagans should not be Arabs. As for the specific nationality, I can't tell" "These are all insignificant details. It is enough to understand that they are the enemies of the Lord Christ!"  Archbishop Findajeros waved his hand and said, "Now that the Catholic Church in Beijing no longer exists, I wonder what your plans are next?"  Do you want to go to Japan with me?  Now there is a shortage of talents like you who are familiar with Eastern society around me!  " "Thank you for your kindness, but it's really not necessary!  I have talked to Marshal Huangshi before. He will attack Beijing next year at the latest and wipe out that group of thugs.  At that time, I will naturally return to Beijing with his army and continue the missionary work of Matteo Ricci in China.  As for the missionary work in Japan, haha, the experience that applies to China may not necessarily apply to Japan. People like me can only add chaos in the past" "You are so humble" Archbishop Findajeros  He smiled, but seeing that Tang Ruowang's attitude was very determined, he did not continue to force the request, "Sigh Compared to the diocese you lead, although the situation in Japan is much better, it also has a lot of troubles" On his side  Sighing, he listed all the things that were not in compliance with the rules of the Japanese Catholic Church, and wanted to hear Tang Ruowang's opinion. After hearing this, Tang Ruowang pondered for a moment, shook his head and said to Archbishop Findajeros, "With all due respect.  , you are really too impatient. It has only been a few years since Japan converted to our Lord, and the foundation of the church is not yet solid, so we really cannot ask for too much.  What's more, even the pope and cardinals in Rome have many well-known and powerful illegitimate children. How can they ask members of the Japanese church to emulate the saints?  "But, the Vatican's instructions are" Archbishop Findageros looked a little embarrassed. "Your Excellency, please don't forget that our mission in the East is to expand the Lord's flock in the East, not  Create strife within the existing flock.  This will only cause the sheep to run away!  Such reckless mistakes have been made several times in the past, but we cannot make them again now!  " Tang Ruowang said in a deep voice, "Our missionary work in the East has never been on a strong rope, but on a thin thread. Any impetuous and impulsive approach will ruin decades in an instant.  Everything hard earned!  In the last century, the Holy See lost England forever because of a wrong decision (not allowing King Henry VIII to divorce).  Will it happen again now?  " "I understand what you mean. Even if the progress is slow and nothing is achieved, it is better than destroying the hard work of the predecessors.  Archbishop Findajeros was silent for a moment, and finally nodded slowly and said, "After I arrive in Japan, I will respect the opinions of local believers and try to act with caution."  As for further matters, we can only wait until the foundation of the church in Japan is laid Well, it seems that it is almost time to hold the wedding, and I should get ready. I wonder if you would like to come with me?  " "Ah, of course it is a great honor" (End of this chapter) "The perfect chapter of breaking the burglary, please use the search engine to search for the keyword (), you can read various novels
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