.In fact, Xavier is also suffering. Although he is one of the founders of the Jesuits, he has been away from Europe for too long and twenty years. His two best friends... The first leader of the society, Loyola, has passed away for ten years, and the second leader of the society, Lynes, also returned to the arms of God last year. The third leader of the society, Bovadilla, who is now in power, is also ambitious about the development of Eastern territory, but hopes that his own people will accomplish this and realize his dream of papal. So as soon as he came to power last year, he sent a missionary group he organized to replace Xavier's work. It was because these people found that they knew nothing about this huge world and were temporarily unable to do without Xavier's guidance, so they did not immediately The order of the leader of the meeting was announced, but to obtain relevant information from Zabuluo. Then, through several letters of Zabuluo and some understanding of southern China, they thought they had learned about the political sentiments of the Ming Dynasty. They believed that the time for replacement was ripe. After they entered Beijing with Zabuluo's efforts and as a tribute mission, they took over the ruling power and ordered Zabuluo to follow the emperor's route and not be led by silence and become the most self-disciplined Puritan. Zabuluo could not resist the order of the leader and could only do what they said. As a result, they stabbed the hornet's nest and almost put the years of hard work into slump. Under the pressure of failure, the priests who came did not dare to act arrogantly anymore, so they had to ask Zabuluo to do so.

After re-mastering Shaburo regained power, he only did one thing, that is, no matter how much the price he paid, he had to obtain the understanding of Lord Shen... Silence is not actually blamed Shaburo. The missionaries are not Bethune, they cannot do anything for themselves and specialize in benefiting others. Behind all their actions in the Ming Dynasty, the fundamental purpose is to preach. However, silence opens the door of convenience for them, not to let the glory of God shine on China, but to use these foreigners who are proficient in science and philosophy to open a window for the scholars and officials of the Ming Dynasty to understand the world. Therefore, he must dispel their idea of ​​taking shortcuts and fix them firmly on the trajectory he has set. On this eastern land, the strength of the two sides is too disparate, and silence does not even need to take action personally to achieve his own goal. For this person The young adult thoughts, Shabbat, who has experienced the worldly feelings, naturally would not know. At first, he was not willing to be used, but through his peers' temptation, he had been mercilessly hit. After learning about the other party's attitude, Shabbatat understood that if he wanted to preach here, he could only be used by the other party, and he had to do his job well. Only under this premise can he gain the freedom of preaching. But it was useless to understand by himself, and he had to let his companions understand it. Fortunately, it was not long before, his companions discovered that it was useless to gain the trust of the emperor. This young emperor was not as strong as Philip II, or Queen Elizabeth, who was the same age as him. He only cared about whether he was doing well, and gave all government affairs to his ministers, so he obtained the recognition of these ministers.

The most important thing to frustrate them is that although the officials in the capital were polite and invited them to visit, they were just curious about strange things. They mostly asked about the customs and customs overseas, inquired about the origin of the bells, the Western piano, and whether they could buy on behalf of others. They found that the senior officials in the capital had a far less understanding of the world than those young and vibrant officials in Shanghai. Their understanding of the entire Western world was full of arrogance, and it seemed fragmented and irrelevant... This was the root of the preaching mission, because the "Ming Dynasty Collection" only recorded the Western Zuoli Kingdom, and there was no Atlantic Kingdom, so the capital officials generally believed that they were "the person was suspicious, and the country was also unknown." The intellectuals of the Ming Dynasty were also knowledgeable. In this way, it is not necessary to mention ordinary people. In the hearts of ordinary people, these Westerners described them as ugly, thick body hair, and strong smell, only willing to watch from afar, never approach too close, and would not accept their gifts. They were completely displaced in the concept. This dislocation of concepts made them finally understand that their missionary career would be extremely difficult, so they wanted to take out their trump card, and by providing free breakfast and distributing food and clothing to the poor, they attracted lower-class people to join the society, but were severely prohibited by Xavier, because this was the usual method of local cults, which could only cast Catholicism as a cult, and everyone was arrested and beheaded. Finally, they realized that Xavier felt that the priests had completely lost their arrogance when they first came, and sincerely asked him to teach him how to do it.

Although he was angry with them, Xavier puts the overall situation first and still expresses his experience and preaches to others: "First of all, in order to reduce the resistance to mission, in the early stage of mission, it is naturally easy to adhere to the upper-level route to convert to ordinary people, but we cannot start thinking about them as in India. Because the officials of this country, like surveillance of private property, keep a close eye on their people, we will get too many people's beliefs, and will be regarded as cults that cause social instability and are severely attacked." Seeing everyone's disappointment, he changed the tone and said: "But this does not mean that religion cannot be spread. In fact, people in this country freely believe in Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Islam and other beliefs. The key is to get the upper-level society.

Recognition If a group of intellectuals, such as Jinshi, Juren, scholar, and officials, convert to God, they can naturally eliminate misunderstandings and get recognized, and others will easily convert." "So I think that the conversion of an intellectual is more valuable than ordinary church members and has a greater influence. So for at least a long time, our efforts are not a large number of people, but intellectuals of the Ming Dynasty." Shaburo sighed in his heart, and finally got on Lord Shen's pirate ship. In order to facilitate interactions with Chinese officials and scholars and officials and win their trust, Shaburo let others be like himself, start by dressing up and first learn to comb their hair and beards. Wearing a Confucian scarf no longer has its hair loose, and we must wear a hat, because in the eyes of the Chinese, this is a typical barbarian

Characteristics and began to change to wearing Confucian uniforms, abandon some Western lifestyles, and instead learn Chinese etiquette and Chinese lifestyles in order to integrate into the Ming society. In addition, we should make more use of Western scientific and technological knowledge and humanistic ideas to arouse the respect of the Ming intellectuals for Catholicism. Zappello told them: 'You will soon find that the Chinese are more interested in 'real learning' than Catholicism'. In order to attract more Chinese people's attention to my teachings, we should appear as 'Western Confucians', that is, Western intellectuals. This is why I asked you to bring prisms, ringing bells, globes, world maps, and various scientific books to Beijing. I want to take every opportunity to introduce knowledge of astronomy, geography, mathematics, physics, etc. to the Chinese... In this regard, the Chinese are

Very weak, but they are keen on discussion and research. As long as we can cause debate and win arguments, we can naturally become famous and win their respect." He paused and said: "The Chinese are not blindly arrogant. As long as they can prove that they are wrong and we are right, they will naturally admire Western science and learn from us humbly, and then have the opportunity to convert them to my teachings." Seeing that he finally pointed out a clear path, the priests couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but listened to Xavier's emphasis on the tone: "But I want to remind you that although there are various religions in this country, the real dominance is Confucianism, even Buddhism, and Taoism, which must remove the doctrines that conflict with Confucianism in order to be at peace. We can't even conflict with Confucian culture,

Instead, we should appear in a cooperative attitude of "supplementing Confucianism" and "combining Confucianism", so that the other party can accept us..." "The future is bright, and the road is tortuous..." Zabulu stole a famous saying from Shen Mo and said: "For this, you need to work hard and study Confucianism hard. You will realize that there are many similarities between our religion and Confucianism. For example, both believe in monotheism and advocate 'benevolence' and both attach importance to the issue of spiritual and moral cultivation. This is the basis for the exchange and understanding between the two parties. However, there are great differences in the view of belief, human nature, and lifestyle. When the two parties inevitably have conflicts, do not confront each other, adhere to the rules, but temporarily put our religion

Make some adjustments and modifications to the righteousness, and combine our religion with Confucian culture to the greatest extent, making it a religion suitable for survival in China. Don’t think that this is an indecisive belief in one’s own beliefs. Believe me. When the glory of God shines on this land in the future, it is the day when our religion realizes the Confucianism. These statements of “Xiao Liluo were not only unanimously supported by other priests, but were even summarized as the “Four Oriental Codes”. All missionaries and believers who entered the Ming Dynasty followed it, laying a solid foundation for the Catholic Church to quickly gain a foothold and prosper in China. Of course, this is a later story... Shen Mo really had high hopes for these Western missionaries, in Nanjing, Shanghai, and in the Soviet Union.

In Hangzhou, there are actually churches that have appeared. Thanks to his opening and silentness, the reason why he is willing to help them is because he needs such communication and dialogue. He believes that the change of thought is the prelude to any change. The thought remains unchanged. Any reform is futile. China's traditional culture. Although the history is brilliant, it is also because the history is too long and the stagnant water has slight ripples and no longer flows. The result is that the essence is deposited at the bottom and it is difficult to see the sunshine. The dregs float on the top. The smell is not heard. Only by letting the stagnant water flow in this lake can we wash away the dregs and let the essence see the sunshine again. Realizing the ideological rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, China cannot and cannot repeat the old path of the Western Renaissance. However, stones from other mountains can polish jade. He hopes to use that ray of west wind to wrinkle this pool of muddy water to use different things. The exchanges and dialogues between cultures and even between different civilizations have broadened the horizons of the intellectuals of the Ming Dynasty, realized their shortcomings in science, philosophy, etc., and then made up for our shortcomings and reflected on traditional Confucianism, hoping that the beauty of the spring and autumn of flowers would eventually be reproduced. The Western missionary was the catfish he put into the fish pond. As for the effect, it can only be left to time to test some things that can be left to the future, but some things must be handled now. The Luzon envoy had arrived in Beijing and the letter of nationality that the emperor asked for help was placed on the desk of the Shen Mo's Ministry of Rites. However, his silent eyes fell on another thing. It was the most information from Nanyang sent by Wang Zhi. Since he received the silent promise, the old ship owner has closely followed the movements there and passed

The line of 'Mao Haifeng - Shen Jing' is always conveying messages to silence to help him achieve his goals... Through various intelligence analysis, silence can already have a deeper understanding of what happened in the South China Sea... Ten years ago, Philip II became the king of Spain, the emperor who was very fond of merit, wanted to expand the colony from America to Asia and turn the 'South China Sea' into the 'Neil Lake of Spain' Eight years ago, he wrote to the Governor of Mexico, repeatedly emphasizing the importance of expanding the Philippine Islands, and he ordered the Governor to be responsible for organizing an expedition to the Philippines. Four years ago, after careful preparation, the Expeditionary Force set out in Mexico, with the adventurous naval general Legaspi as the commander-in-chief; another important figure was Father Udaneta, who had rich sailing and colonization. In addition, there were also a group of officers who had accumulated rich combat experience in conquering South America, leading the advance troops to settle on Sama Island outside the Luzon Island, and then took ten months to seize Cebu Island in the central Luzon Island. They went north to Luzon and south to Mindanao. There were good harbors on the island, sufficient food and resources. It was a good place to advance, attack and retreat and defend. At the same time, the Spaniards also found a route to return to Mexico and could not wait to start trade with China. This of course caused strong dissatisfaction among the Portuguese. They believed that this was a blatant provocation to the Zaragozayo, and on this grounds, they put the

Although the Spanish blockade on Cebu Island was difficult to compete with the forces of Portugal, after receiving continuous support from Mexico, Legaspi broke the Portuguese blockade on Cebu Island and promised not to go south to the Spice Islands. In exchange for the easing of relations between the two sides, the Spaniards burst out huge energy and continuously expanded their territory in the Luzon Islands, and finally approached Manila, the capital of the Luzon Kingdom. At this time, the King of Luzon Raja Suleiman sent people to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty, the Luzon envoys, probably even the Luzon envoys did not know, but they silently felt that they did not know, otherwise they could only increase panic and fear... It turned out that under the pressure of the strong enemy, the internal chaos was in chaos before the war, which led to the enemy taking advantage of the situation. Before the war, the rulers of Manila were two factions. Raja Suleiman, the pro-war faction, advocated avoiding the enemy's edge, retreating to the north, gathering strength to prepare for another battle, and Rajamatanda, the pro-harmony, believed that resistance would only increase casualties, and it would be better to surrender. The two sides argued. Hu did not expect that, and finally went their own way. Suleiman led his troops to leave Manila. Matanda really removed the fortifications, allowing the Spaniards to enter Manila without any damage. On May 19 this year, Legaspi announced the occupation of Manila and began Spanish colonial rule. On June 3, Suleiman joined forces with more than a dozen other tribes to launch a counterattack against the Spaniards. Unfortunately, Suleiman continued to fight for several months, but was driven out of the land. In the end, in another naval battle, the ship was destroyed and the people were killed.

Of course, the people of Luzon will not accept this cruel reality. They still continue to fight against the colonists in the name of Suleiman. What makes the silence worry is that the main body of resistance has gradually shifted from the local tribe to the Chinese in Luzon compared with the short-sighted local natives. The Chinese can see their own destiny clearly. Once the Spaniards have gained a foothold and are waiting for themselves, either massacre or enslavement. So they have repeatedly shouldered the heavy responsibility of fighting against the invaders and asked for help from the close maritime merchants, hoping to get their help. To be honest, the merchants are very willing to help. They have understood the importance of controlling the route in many years of maritime trade... They have been transported to Mexico through Luzon every year. The merchant fleet would be sacked by the Spanish for more than ten million taels of taxes and high supply costs, which was simply robbed by the road. If the Spaniards could be driven out of Luzon, or at least dare not collect taxes randomly, it would be a great news for the maritime merchants. However, Nanyang is the sphere of influence of the owner of the Five Peaks. Without him, no one dared to help them rashly, so they could only sell some martial arts to them secretly... Of course, this is also related to the Spanish's excellent weapons and strong combat power. Everyone is counting on the old ship owner to take the lead and decide the level with the foreigners together, but Wang Zhi has not made any statement because he was waiting for his silent attitude. He often recalled the brief meeting. The young adult at that time actually predicted what happened a few years later.
Chapter completed!