Be a group pet in the Qing Palace where the prince and the fourth master have been reborn

Chapter 184

The capital city in summer is very lively. In recent years, there has been no war in the Central Plains. River dredging and water conservancy construction have not stopped. Shipping has gradually developed. The official roads leading to various places in the capital have also spread to the frontier. All in one small city.

Take Guihua City as an example. Within two months after the construction of the Quchang, Guihua City has changed from a dilapidated city with few people to a bustling place with people coming and going.

The market is not in Guihua City, but the impact on Guihua City is visible to the naked eye. Since the first wave of merchants settled in, merchants have been leaving after hearing the news. The market is a place to do business, but Guihua City next to it is A real city for people to live in.

There are already several bustling streets in Guihua City today, and the shops along the main street in the city run from the street to the end of the street. In addition to ordinary shops such as restaurants and bookstores, there are more shops selling Khalkha specialties. .

There are many merchants in Guihua, and there are many officials and nobles in the capital. The things on the street are not as monotonous as other places.

The team of missionaries came to Daqing again after a few years. As soon as they entered the land of Daqing, they felt the difference between this place and the past. The feeling was not too strong in the remote small town, and the closer it was to the capital, the more obvious it was.

Because Emperor Kangxi had a good attitude towards missionaries, he had correspondence with His Majesty Louis XIV of France, and the prince of the Qing Dynasty visited Europe in person, the missionary team this time was unprecedented in scale, not only missionaries sent by various churches , There are also scholars invited by Yin Zuo to study in the Qing Dynasty.

Although Europa is small, there are many countries on that land. There are factional struggles within the country, factional struggles within the church, and struggles between countries.

This situation is not a bad thing for him. Only when there is enough chaos there can he take the opportunity to bring more people back to Qing Dynasty. After all, the prince asked him many times before going out. In the surrounding situation, he even suspected that their second brother would write a list for him to catch, cough, and invite people.

In fact, if it wasn't hard to explain why he knew so much by directly writing a list, the crown prince was really excited about the idea of ​​making a list to find someone specifically.

The huge team walked all the way to the capital by land. Those who came to the Qing Dynasty for the first time thought that what they saw along the way would make them calm, but they didn't expect to find what they saw before and here after arriving in the capital. Completely pales in comparison.

The mysterious east, the rich east, the golden east!

They actually arrived at the legendary kingdom.

Those who came to the Qing Dynasty for the first time were full of praise for what they had seen and heard along the way, and they were especially envious of those seniors who were lucky enough to come here several times. They only knew that the East was good, but no one said that the East was so good.

For the envy of the newcomers inside and outside the words, the seniors can only keep smiling with difficulty.

What can they say, it was not like this when they left, but it has completely changed after only two or three years, their explanations have to be believed.

It is not uncommon to see foreigners with high noses and deep eyes in Beijing today, and traders in the inner and outer cities will not avoid them when they see them. Foreigners made money from them a few years ago, but now the situation is reversed. The slaughtered fat sheep can make a lot of money as long as they can make a business.

Hong Ruohan was walking on the street, and whispered to the people beside him, "The capital city is more lively than when we came last time, and there are many new things that we have never seen before. I went back with the letter."

"Even if the changes here are not that big, it's better to stay here safely than to go back." The man next to him sighed, remembering the Pope's order when he set off this time, his face unconsciously showed a little sadness bitter.

It's just that the beard is too big, covering all the expressions, and you can't see it if you don't look carefully.

They all say that the church is good, but who knows the troubles of the people in their church. More and more people want to come to the east, and all factions want to hold the key to the gate of the eastern heaven, but things are far from as simple as they think.

This ancient oriental country has their own customs, which are completely different from their hometown. It is very difficult to spread a religion that is very different from their traditions in such a place. At first, some people wanted to violently propagate, advocating that "hold the Bible in your hand, Take the sword of God in your hand", which has been proven wrong, and force will not help them preach, it will only get them expelled.

Later, Matteo Ricci and the others finally figured out a set of effective methods, using their Western science and technology to attract the attention of officials. The common ground between the Confucianism, and the constant dealings with officials in the East, this is how to gain a firm foothold on this land bit by bit.

Their Jesuit missionaries have worked hard for a hundred years to achieve this point. The Pope wants them to hand over all their achievements to others, and bullying people cannot be bullied like this.

When Alexander VII was Pope, he ordered missionaries to respect the traditions of different countries several times, so that they should not despise the Chinese way of life just because the Chinese people live differently from them. If you want to preach, you must do your best. Things they are used to.

For countries that have never been in contact with their religion, they are outsiders and invaders. It is fine if the other party does not have their own culture, but China is different. Not only does it have its own traditional beliefs here, but traditional beliefs are even better than theirs. Religion was born even earlier.

Do not try to persuade others to change their conventional ways.

Pope Alexander VII has emphasized many times that everyone and every nation will think that their nation is better than other nations. What they have to do is to spread new beliefs, not to wipe out the other party's original customs.

But no matter how much they object, Pope Clement XI is still going his own way. If things really develop in a bad direction, their efforts of several generations may all be in vain.

Hong Ruohan and others spoke in a low voice, speaking their mother tongue, even if someone passed by and heard them, they would not understand what they were talking about. Of course, the sixth elder brother who had been training outside for several years was not included.

Yin Zuo followed the missionaries all the way so far, of course, it was not purely for distraction. The West persevered in sending missionaries to them. Naturally, they could also go to the field to inspect each other's situation.

I don't know if I don't go, I'm shocked when I go.

Maybe it was a coincidence that he went there when there was a lot of trouble. In short, the situation inside the Holy See made him very happy to watch the theater. The missionaries in it had the same nationality but belonged to different religious orders, but they had different nationalities but were of the same order. For those of the religious order, the explanation of a single term can make them quarrel, which is not much different from the intrigue in the court.

It is indeed a headache to be in the game, but he is just an outsider, an outsider who only needs to watch the show, watch the show, of course I hope they fight as hard as possible.

Yin Zuo smiled and sat on the carriage, opened the curtain and looked at the familiar black hair and black eyes outside, feeling better than when he just returned to the capital.

Although he had often seen missionaries in the palace since he was a child, and the Qin Tianjian had always had missionaries, in his opinion, the purpose of these missionaries coming to the Qing Dynasty was not pure. They brought novel technologies, When advanced learning came to the Qing Dynasty, the ultimate goal was to elevate the status of their religion, and there was even a faint sense of preaching that only their followers could develop such advanced science.

All the missionaries are trying to make people believe that the god they believe in is the only god in the world, but they don’t seem to understand that in the ancient East, people only believed in gods that were useful to them, no matter what god, as long as it didn’t work, It doesn't matter how nicely you say it.

And for a practical person like his Khan Ama, he would indeed allow these missionaries to preach for the sake of their contributions to the imperial court, but once things exceeded his bottom line, it would only take a few words to turn his face effort.

Emperor, this is normal.

The smile on Yinzuo's face became lighter, he looked away from the outside, and then introduced the outside things to the other people in the carriage with his usual expression. If it wasn't for these two days of cramming, he wouldn't know what these things were.

It's a novel feeling to come back from a long trip and find that the house has changed a lot.

Looking at it from another perspective, instead of letting missionaries act as middlemen to spread Western knowledge, it is more convenient to directly invite Western scholars to the Qing Dynasty. In the past, no one except missionaries was willing to travel across the ocean to come to the Qing Dynasty. He will leave soon, but now it is different. He can guarantee that these Western scholars invited by him will definitely be willing to stay.

"The trucks that pull the goods are newly built by the research institute under the Ministry of Industry. They don't need manpower, but the movement is a bit loud. The research institute is still improving the new trucks. You can go there directly to visit."

"These roads are the materials left over from refining kerosene. I don't know exactly how. Those who are interested can also go to the research institute to have a look."

"There are many differences between the East and the West. I can't explain it clearly in a few words. When I have free time in two days, I will take you to walk around the city carefully."

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Everyone in the carriage was full of talents, and he couldn't resist the questions he asked. If he didn't change the topic, he would reveal his secrets. He died, didn't he really leave for decades?

The family will not change so much when they leave home when they are young. I have to say that their second brother is the best.

The other two people in the carriage kept writing and drawing with their notebooks. They finally got the chance to travel with His Excellency the Prince. They had to write down the novelty things they saw on the road. Otherwise, there are too many things and the brain is not enough.

They used to yearn for the ancient East very much, and every time there was news about the East, they would eagerly inquire about it, but according to the missionaries, the mysterious East is indeed full of treasures, but many places are not as good as their hometown, so they need to take them to Knowledge, bring civilization.

So far, they agree, they have been fooled.

Sure enough, if you want to know what you have to see with your own eyes, otherwise they will always receive wrong information. For scholars like them, this is simply unbearable torture.

Fortunately they are here.

They had just come out of the palace, there were not many pedestrians in the imperial city, the oncoming motorcade was very conspicuous, Yin Zuo squinted his eyes and was about to identify whose car it was, when he saw three boys jumping out of the carriage over there.

"Sixth Brother, Sixth Brother, we are back." Yin Qi saw the familiar missionaries, greeted them and happily opened the curtain of the car. He thought that only their Sixth Brother was in the carriage, and the expression on his face There was no restraint in his expression. After opening the curtain, he was instantly dumbfounded by the three faces. He quickly changed from a silly little brother to a mature and stable prince, "Sixth Brother, your Excellencies, good day."

Yin Zuo: ...

It's like what their Xiaojiu can do.

The really mature and stable sixth brother held back a smile and watched the silly brother pretending to be stable there, and staggered to introduce the other two people to him, "This is Guillaume François Antoine L'Hopida Marquis, this is Lord Christian Huygens."

Yinqi's eyes lit up: wow.

As expected of Sixth Brother, he is a quick batch!