Knowing that Chongzhen had left the lobby, Bishop Antonio was still thinking about what Chongzhen meant by gifts and better trading partners.

After seeing Chongzhen leave, Father Kinny Pavilion finally breathed a sigh of relief, as a Jesuit monk with a Portuguese background, and Bishop Antonio, a Dominican monk with a Spanish background, it was really difficult to show a friendly relationship in front of Chongzhen.

If there is one thing that the Jesuits and the Dominicans have in common, it is their passion for missionary work in China.

However, in order to be able to develop the missionary cause in China, the Jesuits did not hesitate to put forward the idea of combining Confucianism and super-Confucianism. The Dominicans advocated that the living habits of Chinese believers should be completely changed to European customs, and that traditional Chinese rituals such as ancestor worship and Confucius should be abandoned.

Thus, when the Jesuits began to gain recognition among some scholars and doctors in China, the Dominican monks were still trapped in the small land of Macau.

In this situation, the relationship between Father Kinnige and Bishop Antonio is not very good.

But because Chongzhen thought that they were members of the same religion and close friends, Father Jinnige had to cooperate.

And Bishop Antonio, before the Dominican priesthood, was first and foremost a Portuguese. He believed that the interests of the Portuguese in Macao were higher than the missionary mission.

Moreover, the movement to change the customs of Chinese believers in Macau was eventually abandoned due to the opposition of local officials and the resentment of the local population, which also made Bishop Antonio realize that proselytizing according to the European way would only make the Chinese hostile to them.

In this situation, Bishop Antonio's opposition to the Jesuit missionary method was limited to rhetoric.

When the two of them were looking at the direction of Chongzhen's departure and fell into thought, everyone in the lobby finally woke up from the silence.

The members of the new mission from Macao asked Deng Yuhan and other personnel in Beijing who this young Ming nobleman was just now.

Deng Yuhan and others naturally avoided talking about it, and after Isabella's accident, the Jesuit priests had no intention of staying any longer. Father Jinnige was even more afraid that someone would say that he had leaked his mouth and indicated Chongzhen's identity.

So he quickly explained some precautions to Bishop Antonio, and left with the Jesuit priests.

After seeing that only his own people were left in the lobby, Bishop Antonio suddenly raised his hands and said, "Everyone, please be quiet, this is just a small accident, you don't need to panic." ”

The merchant Gondoza came to his senses from the chaos, and he said dissatisfiedly to the bishop, "Your Excellency, please tell me first what is the matter with this Isabella, right?" Why is this matter known only to three members of the Executive Committee? ”

Bishop Antonio glanced at everyone in the hall majestically before he opened his mouth to warn: "Miss Isabella has a stake in the future of the Kingdom of Portugal, how can I let this news spread until I have confirmed your loyalty?"

And I hope that everyone had better forget what has just happened, if the colonial government of Manila knew that Macau had shielded the heir to the Portuguese throne, would everyone think that they would do any good? ”

The seven or eight Portuguese delegates in the hall were silent, and then Bishop Antonio spoke again: "Mr. Pietro, Mr. Agostinius, I need to convene an emergency executive committee to discuss the special situation..."

After Zhu Youzhen walked out of the courtyard where the Macao mission lived, Wang Chengen was returning, and he walked up to Chongzhen and whispered: "Your Majesty, that Fanren woman has been sent back to the palace." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "It's okay, let the palace find a palace maid who can speak Cantonese to take care of her, don't make any trouble, I will be of great use to her in the future." ”

Wang Chengen suddenly lowered his head and said, "The minister will definitely find someone to take a good look at this girl." ”

Zhu Youzhen took two steps before he realized that it seemed that Wang Chengen had misunderstood what he meant, he thought about it and felt that it was easier not to explain.

When he came out of the courtyard, the sky had already begun to darken, and after he looked at the sky, he said, "Gao Qiqian has a banquet to entertain General Mangui?" ”

Wang Chengen hinted at Zhou Zhijian below with his eyes, and Zhou Zhijian immediately went to ask the officials in the Huitong Hall, and then came back and replied: "It's in the Xuanzi Courtyard of the Nanhui Hall." ”

"Find someone to lead the way for me, I want to take a look, and then go back to the palace." Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but say with some curiosity.

It was nearly dusk, there were few pedestrians on Dongjiang Rice Lane, and after crossing the Yuhe Bridge and walking westward, it was the Nanhui Hall.

Xuanzi Courtyard is also a boxy courtyard, the courtyard sits in the north and faces south, and the south is the passage in and out, which is divided into three gates, one large and two small.

The east and west wings and the north main room are also places for banquets. Each of them is divided into three rooms, and the space is not large, so it is only suitable for three or four people.

There are no flowers and trees in the middle of the courtyard, only two halls, one in front and one in the back. The former is wide enough to accommodate a few dozen people, while the latter is smaller enough to accommodate one or twenty people, and the two halls are connected by a room.

The banquet hall in the middle is connected to the surrounding wings, so even on a rainy day, not a drop of rain will be splashed on the servants.

The open space in the courtyard is covered with bluestone, and there are no weeds on the stone except for some green moss marks.

There are also 4 large tanks placed in each corner of the courtyard for water storage and fire prevention on weekdays, and open ditches are also set up under each corridor for drainage.

Looking at the elegant and friendly design of the Huitong Pavilion in front of him, Zhu Youzhen felt that this place was more livable than the Forbidden City.

To be honest, the red walls of the Forbidden City are no different from the feeling of a prison, and the solemn palace buildings seem more suitable for museums than for people to live in.

"Your Majesty, General Man Gui and several subordinates are having a banquet in the front hall." After Zhou Zhijian sent away the officials of the Huitong Hall, he said to Chongzhen.

After taking a slight look at the layout of this courtyard, Zhu Youzhen knew that it was basically impossible to see the appearance of Man Gui without disturbing the people at the banquet.

He stopped under the corridor for a while, listened to the music of silk and bamboo and the singing of women in the banquet hall for a while, and rejected Wang Chengen's proposal.

"Forget it, let's let General Man Gui and them relax for a night. If I had gone in now, they would have eaten uncomfortably. ”

"With His Majesty here, they shouldn't even have time to be happy, how can they still be unhappy?" Wang Chengen suddenly said indignantly.

Zhu Youzhen looked back at Wang Chengen, and said with a smile: "That's right, from tomorrow onwards, you will dine with me, okay?" ”

Wang Chengen suddenly felt a little numb in his scalp, and said hesitantly: "The old minister has some bad habits when eating, I am afraid it will affect His Majesty's appetite." ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head at the duplicitous Wang Chengen and prepared to leave the hall. At this moment, the music and singing in the banquet hall stopped, and the men's scolding and women's begging for mercy suddenly rang out.

In the banquet hall, there were 6 or 7 joking officers, all of whom were served by a female attendant, and below them were several singers from the teaching department playing music. Man Gui, who was sitting at the top, was full of thoughts, and poured wine into his throat cup after cup.

Although Liaoxi is 900 miles away from the capital, if there is any news in the capital court, it will be 15 days or 12 days, and the generals of Liaoxi will already have some news.

The current Jiliao Governor Wang Zhichen is a Jinshi in the 23rd year of Wanli, which can be described as a senior minister, and he is still fair in his work and can convince the public.

Liaoxi generals and guest generals, under the command of this old minister, maintained a rare harmonious situation and stabilized the Ningjin defense line.

The ministers of the superintendent king have always relied on him militarily, but any of his proposals can be approved by the top ten, so the two generals are also more like-minded.

And His Majesty the Apocalypse has always trusted him, and within a few years he was promoted to the position of chief military officer. As a martial artist, Man Gui felt that he had nothing to repay except for encouraging him to guard the frontier for the emperor.

However, His Majesty the Apocalypse, who was in his youth, actually fell ill and died, which suddenly made Man Gui sad and a little pessimistic about his future.

He is a native of Xuanfu, not a hereditary general, but from a small soldier to his current position. Without any background, at the age of 34, he can become the chief soldier of the town guarding the side, in addition to luck, it is because of the emperor's trust.

With His Majesty the Apocalypse here, Man Gui never had to worry about his exploits being impersonated, but in front of the new His Majesty Chongzhen, he really didn't know if he could still get the same trust as His Majesty the Apocalypse.

I think that at the beginning, after the defeat of Guangning, the land outside Shanhaiguan was no longer the land of the Ming Dynasty. In the third year of the Apocalypse, the superintendent Sun Chengzong planned to go out to repair the Ningyuan defense line, and he accepted this order with great emotion.

When he and Yuan Chonghuan arrived in Ningyuan, the city and outside the city were full of barren hills and ruins. Through the efforts of the two, not only Ningyuan City was restored, but also more than 50,000 soldiers and civilians were recruited to work in this place and cultivate outside the city until fifty miles away.

However, when Tuntian had a harvest, and then the Jin army stopped attacking, Ningyuan's Tuntian became fat in the eyes of the generals of Liaoxi.

In the name of the Liao people guarding the Liao land, the Liaoxi generals wanted to divide up these developed tuntians, and Yuan Chonghuan did not hesitate to cater to these Liaoxi generals for his own plan.

Of course, Man Gui was unwilling to hand over the tuntian he had worked so hard to open up to the so-called Liao people who had abandoned the land and left, these people were just the domestic slaves of the generals of Liaoxi. When the land is in their hands, it is equivalent to giving it to Liaoxi Jiangmen.

And as a guest general with no background in Jiangmen, if he wants to support the family around him, he must also have a field, otherwise he can resist a few Jiannu by himself?

Because of his resolute opposition to the Tuntian matter, Liaoxi Jiangmen naturally regarded him as a thorn in his side, and they deliberately provoked the contradiction between him and Zhao Shujiao, and then Yuan Chonghuan took advantage of the contradiction between the two to publicly impeach him.

After Man Gui was transferred away from Ning Yuan, he figured out the front and back of the matter, but he couldn't regret it. But since then, he has formed a grudge with Yuan Chonghuan.