Love, the people absolutely love us!

Father-in-law Wei's expression is pleasant, looking at Westerners talking, it just makes people feel comfortable.

What does the old saying say?

Yes, foreign monks can chant scriptures!

The name of this missionary in praise of Grandpa Wei was Stallon, a typical Chinese name, who was a Portuguese who had traveled from Lisbon, Portugal, to the East with Kinney Court. Unfortunately, due to a delay in Macau, Father Matteo Ricci had already died when Stallone arrived in Beijing.

The successor to the president of the Jesuit Society in China was the Italian Long Huamin, a Sicilian nobleman who looked down on Chinese missionaries in his bones.

For example, Matteo Ricci believed that it was a good custom for Chinese to worship their ancestors, so the church should allow believers to participate, while Long Huamin regarded the worship of Confucius as superstitious and did not allow believers to participate, which caused a heated discussion among missionaries and believers, resulting in the division of missionaries in China into two factions.

One faction advocates pro-Ming, following local customs, and combining Catholic doctrine with Chinese traditional customs, so as to facilitate the acceptance of Catholicism by the Chinese.

The other faction, in Chinese parlance, may be the "royalists", or conservatives, who are unwilling to change Catholicism and want to maintain the "original" Catholicism.

Matteo Ricci's faction obviously belongs to the former, and Long Huamin's faction is the latter.

With Long Huamin becoming the president of the Jesuit Society in China, some of Matteo Ricci's policies during his lifetime were naturally changed, which made Guo Jujing, Jinnige, Syllon, and others very dissatisfied.

This time, Sylloon went south with the Kinney Pavilion to return to Rome from Macau, ask the Pope to allow Chinese priests to conduct religious ceremonies in the Chinese language, allow local people to hold priesthoods, and implore the Pope to agree to translate the Bible into Chinese.

If the Pope can agree, it will undoubtedly greatly promote the spread of Catholicism in China and better be recognized by the Chinese.

Of course, the most important thing is that these measures will be a great blow to Long Huamin's faction.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

Even missionaries are powerful and struggling.

Even the pope competed among many bishops.

Originally, Jinnige was going to return to Rome by himself, but after receiving an invitation from Sun Long, the weaving eunuch of Suzhou and Hangzhou, he changed his mind and hoped that Stallone would go to Rome instead of him.

Although he had only been in China for a short time, Jinnige clearly knew that eunuchs were an important part of the power of the Chinese government and had a special influence.

And this influence can directly touch the supreme ruler of the Ming Empire!

For a long time, the spread of Catholicism in China has been the upper class, and the followers of the development are mainly local gentry.

For example, Li Zhizao, a high-ranking official of the Ming Empire who went south together, was baptized and became a devout Catholic.

It was with the help of many Li Zhizao that Catholicism was not banned in China and was received by His Majesty the Emperor.

Now, a eunuch with a high status took the initiative to invite Jinnige to Hangzhou to preach, and the significance and temptation were so great that Jinnige could not resist.

If he can carry forward the cause of Catholicism in Hangzhou, he may not be able to become the president of the Society of Jesus in China in the future.

Stallone's mind is much simpler, this is actually a kind man.

He was willing to return to Rome unconditionally, asking the Pope to give the Gospel and save the lost Lambs of the East.

Personal fame and fortune, he never thought about it.

He sincerely wanted hundreds of millions of Chinese in the East to become Catholics, and he always cared about the poor and sick Chinese.

And those officials who really care about the well-being of the people under his rule are also what Stallone respects the most.

It's a pity that he has never seen that kind of person, or rather, he has seen too many hypocritical officials.

Therefore, after being rescued, he couldn't hold back the gratitude and excitement in his heart, and sincerely praised the young Ming Dynasty official in front of him.

The command "save the people first, then save the foreigners" is not a gospel to the missionaries who are also in danger, and it can even be said to be a nightmare, but in the ears of the Chinese, is it not the gospel of God?

Stallon did not have any hatred at all, but firmly believed that an official who could value the lives of his country's people more than outsiders must be the best and best official in this country.

If such officials were able to accept Catholicism, it would undoubtedly be the greatest luck of Catholicism.

Even if he is likely to die at the bottom of the river because of the other party's order.

However, he will forgive this young official, and God will certainly forgive him!

Although Stallon could not represent all the priests, his own life was saved by this official, so Guo Jujing, Jinnige, and those foreign merchants also came over one after another to express their gratitude to Grandpa Wei for saving his life.

Grandpa Wei knew God very well, and he knew even more about the group of missionaries in front of him, and after a general understanding of the identities of these people, he had some ideas.

So, he asked Oda to prepare props for him.

The Westerners also soon learned that it was the eunuchs of the Ming Empire who rescued them, not the local officials here.

In addition to being surprised, they looked at the young Ming Imperial eunuch with more curiosity in their eyes.

Li Zhizao also remembered the scene when he met with Father Matteo Ricci to meet His Majesty the Emperor and present the map of all countries, and his eyes were a little complicated.

Gonggong Wei didn't have time to pay attention to what Li Zhizao thought of him, he slowly raised his hand and said to the group of Western priests: "Actually, you don't have to be grateful to me, because I didn't order to save you first. ”

"Because of this, you are deeply loved by the people and worthy of our respect!"

Sylvester bent down again, then ran his finger across his forehead.

Seeing this, Guo Jujing and others did the same thing.

Anyway, they all survived.

Surviving, it's enough.

"Everyone is a son of God, and everyone is equal before God, whether it is my Chinese people or you foreign people, we will be saved in times of crisis. It's just that we can't convince ourselves to save you first, because we are the people's officials, and we can't let go of our people to save you first..."

Grandpa Wei's expression was a little sad and a little dignified, "If something happens to any of you, let's think, God may not forgive me." ”

Guo Jujing and they were stunned, this young eunuch of the Ming Empire actually believed in God?!

Jinnige didn't think about it, stepped forward and said loudly: "God will definitely forgive you!" ”

"I hope God will forgive me."

Gonggong Wei put his hand on his chest, slowly glanced at the priests, and said in a sonorous voice: "In the mortal world, there are all countries in other words, and in general, there is really one family. There are many men in the world, all of whom are brothers, and many women in the world are all sisters. How can we save the selfishness of this frontier and the other world, we only hope that the brothers and sisters in the world will be the mainstay of each other, and work hard to achieve a world where the strong do not commit weakness, the crowd is not tyrannical, the wise is not deceitful, and the courage is not bitter and cowardly, and the world is truly one family, sharing peace, and forever bathing in the gospel of God! … Amen! ”

The fire burned brightly, reflecting the red of his father-in-law's face, and the extremely tall cross behind him that Xiao Tian had put together with a makeshift bamboo pole.

O holy fire, it burns in my heart!

Heavenly Father, Heavenly Brother, please bless me!

Let me save for you the lost lambs of this world!

We know you're too busy to descend into the world, but it doesn't matter, we can do whatever you can, as long as you crown us as emperor...

His Majesty the Pope of the East.

Amitabha, immeasurable celestial, good, good.

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