Li Zicheng temporarily stayed in Fuzhou, waiting for Zheng Cai to come to see him, and took advantage of this opportunity to summon some officials: Zhang Kentang, the former governor of Fujian, Li Changxiang, a Sichuan Juren who lived in Fujian, and Wu Rihua, who experienced Quanzhou.

In the afternoon, Zheng Cai rushed to Fuzhou, and after Li Zicheng summoned him, he felt good, so he officially appointed him as the commander of the third battalion of the South China Sea Fleet, however, he told Zheng Cai that from now on, he would be subordinate to the South China Sea Fleet, and he would be a real Chinese soldier and forget his past life.

After Zheng Cai said goodbye, Li Zicheng immediately left Fuzhou and went south to Quanzhou.

Xia Yujin, the former prefect of Quanzhou, Zhang Ruoxi, the official and others got the information and hurried out of the city to greet them.

Li Zicheng summoned Xia Yujin, Zhang Ruoxi, and other principal officials in Quanzhou, gave them some advice, and appointed Xia Yujin as the new prefect of Quanzhou and Zhang Ruoxi as the president of the court.

Quanzhou Mansion was the first city that Li Zicheng was preparing to open up for trade, and Li Zicheng decided to give a good explanation to the prefect Xia Yujin, and he must not mess up the good things because of conceptual problems.

Li Zicheng made a field trip in the city on the one hand, and told Xia Yujin about the precautions for entrepot trade.

The southwest urban area near Lanxi will be set up as a trade area, specializing in maritime trade, and Jinjiang County, which is the same city as Quanzhou Prefecture, will be abolished, and the county government will be rebuilt into Quanzhou Customs.

Whether this tax rate is accurate, Li Zicheng does not know, temporarily set the tax law, so that Quanzhou Customs has a law to follow, after returning to Beijing in the future, and then formulate a detailed law, as for the tax rate, can be appropriately amended, this era, the sea trade profits are huge, the tax rate must not be too low......

Li Zicheng also told Xia Yujin that if necessary, the Lanxi Wharf outside the city would be expanded in the future to make it easier to dock large ships and more ships.

Although it is impossible to predict the amount of customs tariffs, Li Zicheng has taken advantage of the strong position of the founding monarch to quietly open the sea ban!

When he returned to the government office along the avenue from the southwest city, Li Zicheng's mood was much more relaxed, once the sea ban was lifted, not only would the pirates be reduced, but the imperial court would get a lot of customs duties......

He suddenly found that on the right side of the avenue, directly opposite the avenue, there was a Catholic church, so he said: "Xia Aiqing, there is already a Catholic church in Quanzhou City?" ”

Xia Yujin didn't know Li Zicheng's thoughts, Catholicism is always a foreign religion, Chongzhen ten years (public relations 1637), Fujian once opposed and boycotted Catholicism "Fujian Case", he lowered his head slightly, and whispered: "Back to the emperor, in Quanzhou City, there are a total of thirteen Catholic churches, all of which were built by Western missionaries with silver......

"Thirteen?" Li Zicheng really didn't expect that there were thirteen Catholic churches in the small city of Quanzhou, could it be that a large number of missionaries had landed from Quanzhou? Or is Quanzhou a coastal city, and the people are more receptive to foreign religions?

"Your Majesty ......" Xia Yujin couldn't see Li Zicheng's joys, sorrows, and sorrows, and was very uneasy.

Li Zicheng pondered for a moment and said, "Xia Aiqing, how many Western missionaries are there in the city?" ”

"There used to be a lot, but now there are only two people left......

"You send people to preach, I will summon them," Li Zicheng thought for a while, and then said, "These missionaries, can they speak Chinese?" ”

"Go back to the emperor

, they have been here for a long time, that Julius, the Chinese language is very good......"

Li Zicheng nodded, many thoughts turned in his heart, and said, "Spread quickly!"

"Wechen obeys!"

A short time later, Julius arrived with another Western missionary, and Li Zicheng summoned them in a small hall of the palace.

The two missionaries entered the small hall and learned that Li Zicheng was the emperor, so they hurriedly knelt on the ground, "His subordinate Julius (Nie Boduo) knocks on the Pope!"

Pope? Li Zicheng was taken aback, how did they know that they were the Pope?

After thinking for a while, I thought that I had told John Tang that in the land of China, only Western missionaries were allowed to preach Catholicism, and it was estimated that John Tang revealed his status as the pope to them.

China will soon be unified, and the identity of the pope no longer needs to be hidden!

Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said, "They are all God's people, you two don't need to be polite, get up quickly!"

After the two of them got up, Julius followed the example of the Han people and arched his hand: "I wonder what the Pope summoned us for?" ”

What's the matter? Nature is not just for the sake of proselytizing!

Huaxia has overthrown the Ming Dynasty, and there are not many aliens in the Central Plains and Han land, Li Zicheng is bound by military affairs, and his desire to promote Catholicism is a little weaker.

He smiled at the two of them and said, "How many believers of God are there in Quanzhou now?" ”

"The Pope, a total of nine hundred and forty-three!"

"It's only more than nine hundred?" Li Zicheng really didn't understand, what is the use of more than 900 believers in 13 churches? "Are you preparing to develop believers on a large scale?"

Julius hurriedly shook his head, "No, no, in Daming, no, in Huaxia, it is too difficult to develop believers in God!" He looked at Li Zicheng like a wronged child, hoping that Li Zicheng would conjure thousands of believers in an instant.

"Please sit down, develop the affairs of believers, and talk slowly," Li Zicheng looked at Xia Yujin and said, "How many people are there in Quanzhou City?" ”

"Back to the emperor, there are more than 82,000 in Quanzhou City!"

Li Zicheng bowed slightly, if you add women, the population of the city is more than 150,000, and the number of Catholic believers is less than 1,000, and the potential for development is very great, he looked at Julius and said, "What position are you, and that Nie Boduo?" ”

"Back to the emperor, his subordinate is the bishop of Quanzhou, and Nie Boduo is the pastor of Quanzhou!"

Li Zicheng then remembered that the original Catholicism in Rome was based on the city, and each city had a bishop, and I don't know if there was a subordinate relationship between the bishops.

He changed his words and said, "What else do you know besides theology?" ”

Julius hurriedly said: "In addition to theology, his subordinates have also studied science in the seminary, and when they come to the Ming Dynasty, no, after they come to Huaxia, their subordinates will compile the manuscripts they originally mastered into the book "The Outer Records of the Staff", which has been published in the land of China......"

"The Outer Discipline of the Staff?" Li Zicheng thought for a moment, he didn't know this book, Tunnel: "What kind of book is this?" ”

"Back to the emperor, this is a book that introduces the customs of countries on five continents, such as Asia and Europa......"

"Asia? Europa? Five continents? Li Zicheng was secretly overjoyed, could it be that the Europeans had mastered the geography of the whole world?

Asia, Europa......

There is also the "five continents", the five-ring flag in the Olympic Games in later generations, which has explained everything, two

The Americas are one, and there is no permanent population in Antarctica!

It seems that the textbooks of various high schools are going to be revised again.

Li Zicheng has not seen the book "The Outer Chronicle of the Staff", but asked Julius to introduce more of the book, Levia (Africa), North and South Asia Melica (North and South America), and Melica (Oceania...... Every noun surprised Li Zicheng very much.

Although the names of Levia, North and South Asia, and Movawax Niga were not widely accepted by later generations, the name is not important, the key is that Europeans already knew about the five continents, and even Movawax Niga (Oceania) was not missing.

And the two terms Asia and Europa, later generations directly borrowed the names of these two continents!

The Outer Chronicles of the Profession consists of five volumes, the first four of which deal with Europa, Asia, Leviia, North and South Asia, and Mericha, and the fifth volume, "The General Theory of the Four Seas," which marks the approximate locations of the four oceans and a brief "General Map of the Five Continents."

Is such a book a treasure of China?

Li Zicheng immediately asked Julius to go back and get a copy of "The Outer Records of the Staff", and read it casually, although the illustrations were not very accurate, but the general orientation was good, although he was shocked in his heart, his face was unchanged, and he threw the "Outer Records of the Staff" on the square table, and said: "Julius, have you been to Leviia?" Are they all black? ”

"Negroes? How does the Pope know? The surprise in Julius's heart was definitely no smaller than Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng smiled indifferently: "I am the Pope!"

Julius was relieved and said, "My subordinates have forgotten that the Pope can talk to God, no wonder he knows everything......"

Omniscient? Li Zicheng smiled secretly, this kind of knowledge, if it is a later generation, even primary school students will know it, and it has nothing to do with omniscience!

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he said, "Julius, Nie Boduo, do you want to increase the number of Divine believers in Quanzhou City to 10,000?" ”

"Ten thousand?" Julius and Nebrado were wide-eyed, and it took them a long time, and there were less than a thousand believers in the city...... Julius, in particular, has been in China for twenty years, and the Pope, he seems to understand: the Pope is omnipotent!

Li Zicheng made a look of guilt and said: "When China was founded, I forgot to sleep and eat, worked day and night, and took care of all kinds of opportunities every day, so I really didn't have time...... I plan to open a higher education in Quanzhou, Quanzhou University, not only to proclaim God to the people, but also to let the people propagate science, so that they can bid farewell to ignorance and consciously resist paganism. ”

"Headmaster?"

"Julius, you will be the principal, and Nie Boduo will also be the teacher," Li Zicheng nodded, he had already made a decision for the two of them, "As for the matter of preaching God, leave it to me, I promise that the believers in Quanzhou will exceed 10,000 people!" However, he will not be resident in Quanzhou, and no specific time was given.

"Subordinates obey!" Both Julius and Niebertus were overjoyed, and the Pope came forward and God was just around the corner to spread the Gospel in the East......

Li Zicheng naturally did not personally preach to the people, and he planned to hand over such a matter to the Quanzhou government.

Although Quanzhou University, which is about to be organized, was headed by Guo Conglong, a former professor of Quanzhou Prefecture, as the vice president, although it used the common textbooks of various colleges and universities in China, because of the relationship between the faculty members, Li Zicheng was ready to make it have its own characteristics: Quanzhou University will focus on geography, trade and Western languages, and strive to cultivate the most needed talents.

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