Xinshun 1730

Chapter 886 Intimidation
However, although Zhang Rulin understood what Liu Yu meant, he was still a little puzzled.

"Guo Gong, I believe that the root cause of this matter lies in Macau. If Macau is taken back, even if there are missionaries who want to come, it will be inconvenient, and there is no place to learn Chinese. It is easy to be caught if you go ashore privately elsewhere." Catch it. How can they go deep into Sichuan, Jiangsu, Fujian and other places without the guidance of those who have forgotten their ancestors in Macau?"

"However, the recovery of Macau cannot be decided by a small county magistrate."

"That's right, it's really just scratching the surface when the subordinate officials deal with it impartially. What's the use of reprimanding and admonishing to solve the problem?"

"All the lower officials can do is follow the law, kill those who should be killed, arrest those who should be arrested, and then reprimand the leaders of the Portuguese and British in Macau. In addition, to do more is to initiate border disputes , Ignore the court."

Liu Yu smiled and said: "So, if you are in your position, you will seek your own government; if you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government. Just do what you are supposed to do well. If you are not in your position, you don't have to worry about the rest. If you let me teach you what you should do in your position and what you should not do in your position, I don’t think you should be the county magistrate.”

Zhang Rulin seemed to understand the meaning of the court, but he still didn't seem to understand the court's attitude.According to his thinking, this kind of thing is completely enough for a jailer.The imperial court sent the Duke here, this matter is obviously not as simple as handling it, I am afraid that I may have misunderstood the intention of the imperial court.

But since the Duke said that he is in his position and seeks his own government, he means to put himself in the perspective of a county magistrate, and he can do whatever he wants. Although he doesn't know what the court is going to do, at least he knows what he wants to do.

With confidence in his heart, he also saw that Liu Yu did not reprimand him, knowing that his official position might be preserved, as long as he did well.

With joy, he bowed and thanked him and then retreated.

Once out of the door, go around to the distance, the small officials of the Xiangshan county government are waiting here.

This time, the imperial court did not use the people from the Xiangshan county government to investigate and arrest people. What they were afraid of was that there were ghosts inside. Instead, they directly mobilized the mobile troops in the hands of the defense envoys.

However, people have also been arrested now, and basically all the collaborators of the Xiangshan County Government have been purged. The remaining few people are not good birds, but it is basically certain that they have not had time, or have not had the opportunity to participate in it. .

Zhang Rulin looked at the battles on the street, Dashun's mobile field troops were standing guard and patrolling every dangerous place, he thought if he didn't take back Macau, why would there be such a battle?

If the imperial court directly asked him to investigate and deal with it, and entered Macau alone, it would be enough to make the Portuguese leaders here obedient.Although I don't have the courage to be a dragon, but I am an official of the court, and behind me is a court that has just recovered the Western Regions and subdued Nanyang. What can these Portuguese people do to themselves?
When these soldiers did not control Macau, he was confident. When the Portuguese and the Chinese disputed and killed people, he would directly arrest the Portuguese and bring them to the Xiangshan County Government.

Now that there are such soldiers, let alone lose the face of the court.

So he ordered several people from Macau's council, soldiers, Jesuits, and bishops to come, and he wanted to put on the air of a county magistrate.

A few people from the county government went to inform the Portuguese to come to see the county magistrate, and there were local people who knew Portuguese as interpreters, and they followed Zhang Rulin for interpretation.

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The Portuguese and British in Macau are now like ants on a hot pot, at a loss.

From the very beginning, when the envoys from Guangdong Jiedu came, the fleet blocked the entry and exit of Macao ships, and the army entered Macao, they knew that something serious was going on.

Fortunately, the council, the soldiers, and the bishop were all clear-headed. They didn't shout at all, such as this is Portuguese territory, and the soldiers should fight to the death. Instead, they obediently gave up strategic locations such as forts.

A Jiedu envoy can do this, but now that the Dashun court has directly sent a more important person, these people feel that the sky is about to collapse.

I'm afraid it's not true, Dashun is going to take back Macau, right?

Among the Portuguese in Macau, there are local factions and Portuguese factions, and the two sides are not of one mind.

However, both the local faction and the national faction have the same perception of the significance of Macau. At least they all believe that Macau is very important and cannot be taken back.

For the national faction, if Macau is taken back by Dashun, it means that Portugal can completely leave Southeast Asia and retreat back to Goa.

Portugal is a hundred-legged snake, dead but not stiff. It still has colonies in Southeast Asia, especially Timor, which produces ebony.

However, if Macau is taken back, Dashun replaces the rule of the Netherlands in Southeast Asia, occupies Malacca and Sunda, and lacks the transit of Macau, those places can be thrown away directly.

Besides, with Dashun's attitude towards Catholicism, how could Portugal be allowed to remain in Southeast Asia?Take a look at Luzon. In Spain, which is also Catholic, Dashun’s foreign minister hates Britain so much. Didn’t he still provide supplies and ports for Britain in the Jenkins Ear War?

As for the local pie, let alone.Macau produces nothing but a few fish, not even enough food to eat.

The reason why it can develop is not relying on the goods of Dashun to develop trade?

Losing Macau means that all the trade lines in their hands have been taken over by Dashun.

When people buy goods, they recognize silk porcelain cotton cloth, not Portuguese silk porcelain cotton cloth. Whoever brings the goods can trade with whoever they bring, at least in Southeast Asia, because they don't have a navy that can defend customs duties.

Now that Dashun is fighting, it is clear that they want to take back Macau.He was even worried that the Guangdong Jiedu envoy would not be able to hold back, so he directly sent a famous general who had experienced many battles. This is a strongman who fought from Russia to the Netherlands. Eat up all the Portuguese Southeast Asian colonies in other places?
This person has just finished commanding the operation to swallow the Dutch colony, so he has rich experience.

The more I think about it, the more I feel like this, and everyone panicked.

After Liu Yu came to Macau, he met when he was greeted. After being reprimanded for a few words, he never saw him again.Added to my anxiety.

They waited and waited, but what they waited for was not the news that Liu Yu announced that their suburbs would be taken back to Macau and deported from the country.

Instead, they waited for the convening of the magistrate of Xiangshan County.

The members of the council, soldiers, bishops, and Jesuits dared not be negligent, and they came to the place where the county magistrate summoned them nervously, hiding their heads and shrinking their heads, not daring to raise their voices.According to the rules that have always been like this before, I came to see the county magistrate on my knees.

Looking at this group of people in charge in Macau, Zhang Rulin felt helpless.

The defense envoy helped to catch people.

As for the matter of interrogation, the Jiedu envoy ordered the emperor to investigate.

The death sentence is managed by the Duke who is out of the town.

What can he do?
I thought to myself that since the Duke let me stay in his position and manage his government, even if the imperial court wanted to take back Macau, I did not issue this order, so wouldn't I just have to teach them?

First, he scolded you head and face, to the effect that the previous court saw you fell into the water, and gave you permission to dry your goods here; this court was magnanimous, and never drove you away.However, you repay your kindness and revenge. Not only do you not want to repay the holy pilgrimage, but you smuggle opium and people.

It doesn't matter what he swears, it frightens all these people.They didn't know that it was Liu Yu who asked him to seek political power in his position, and it was not his turn to arrest people for trial, so that was all he could do.

To these Portuguese and Jesuits, this is clearly a prelude to taking back Macau.

According to this logic, people like myself are clearly the frozen snake in the arms of the farmer in Aesop's fables.

ungrateful.

At this time, officials, especially those who came from the imperial examinations, were all educated.If you really talk, even if you have nothing to say, you can talk for several hours without repeating the same thing, and what's more, it is this kind of situation where the righteousness is in the body, the guns are on the side, and the words are reasonable?

Since these people came, they began to be scolded and attended classes.I kept scolding until it was getting late, but it was not enough.

"It's getting dark today, you go back for now. Wait until tomorrow, come on, I will enlighten you and so on!"

"Before I leave, I will compose another poem and give it to you!"

"Jesus didn't blame the man who was born and declined. Why did Matthew instigate the old man? The Holy Dynasty is now in the Yin Dynasty, and the century-old lewd vines have been washed away."

These people were restless. They were already worried about the fate of Macau, but they were taught condescendingly for a whole day, and they even had to come back tomorrow.

The quality of this poem is extremely poor. If you don't understand Sinology, you can only listen to the interpretation of the literal translation.

Missionaries who understand Sinology think this thing deserves to be called poetry?Besides, what is the relationship between the decline of the Han dynasty and Wang Mang's misfortune, and the coming of Jesus?It's just a little bit of coincidence...

But even so, everyone could only thank each other, say yes, and slowly withdraw.

When they returned to their own place, they all had bitter faces.

They really have nothing to do now.In the previous days of the Apocalypse, against the Dutch, they could still rely on coastal defense to fight.They wouldn't be so stupid as to really fight against Dashun, which had a vast area and had just completely driven the Netherlands from Southeast Asia with a thunderbolt.

Especially the native Portuguese, who have seen many scenes of executions by magistrates in Dashun Xiangshan County, it is not that they have never killed Portuguese businessmen, sailors, black slaves and the like.

They still have a little understanding of China: raising troops to fight against in Macau is called rebellion, and the leader will be killed.

Now Dashun didn't give a clear attitude, but it sounded like he wanted to take back Macau at all. At this time, it was useless to say anything, and everyone could only sigh.

The county magistrate's impromptu poem, as if he had said it clearly, twisted Jesus into a beast like a vermilion snake that turned into a fierce beast.He also said that the century-old vines would be wiped out. Doesn't that mean they have to be uprooted?

where is the root?
Isn't it Macau at all?

Unlike those who are out of profit and trade considerations, the Jesuits think more about it.

It can be said that they are most worried about Dashun's plan to take back Macau among all the Europeans in Macau.

Macau is the root of the Chinese diocese. If Macau is also lost, their missionary work in China will be completely over.

Japan does not have Macau, so there are no Catholics in Japan except for the descendants of the rogue Chechitan believers who can be found on deserted islands in recent years.

The money needed for missions, the best place for missionaries to learn Chinese, the relationship with the court of Dashun, and the training of Chinese missionaries all required Macau as a transit.

Otherwise, if you go to any place, you will be arrested by the government directly.

Among the people who went to listen to Zhang Rulin, magistrate of Xiangshan County, to reprimand and enlighten him today, also included Jiang Youren, who had a close relationship with Liu Yu a few days ago.

Although he is a newcomer, Catholicism has internal organization and rank.He is a graduate of Saint-Sulpice Theological Seminary in Paris. He graduated as a cadre and started as a sixth-rank deacon. After studying in Nancy for a few years, he was promoted to a seventh-rank priest.

Looking at Macau, in the Catholic cadre system, even if he is a newcomer, he can directly participate in this kind of meeting.

After Dashun banned religion, he was still sent to China with a special mission.

It is a new method attempted by the Society of Jesus after Dashun banned religion.

This kind of attempt can be regarded as a continuation of Matteo Ricci's set: using science and technology as bait, feeding on mathematics and astronomy, luring literati and bureaucrats to get close, so as to slowly preach.

However, at that time, half a book of geometry was enough to seduce.Now, it doesn't work.

Jesuits do have a certain scientific education.However, those Jesuits who were sent to China before, cannot be said to have low scientific literacy, but they belonged to second- and third-rate figures in the scientific circle.In the past, second- and third-rate figures were able to lure the imperial court, but now second- and third-rate figures are no longer enough.

Originally, the Jesuits tried to argue with Dashun after the ban on religion in Dashun, and clarified the benefits of missionary work, but Dashun directly gave the reason for their refusal: the Catholic Church will not let go for a day, and the people in the Chinese diocese appointed Dashun The Shunli government is in charge, and it is impossible to allow preaching in one day.Dashun doesn't care about other places.But in Dashun, the Pope's words must not be as effective as the Li government's words, otherwise nothing will be discussed.

After the formal method was met with frustration, the Jesuits thought that now that Dashun has established the Academy of Sciences and has begun to pay attention to science, can this be used as a breakthrough?
Jiang Youren is French, and his astronomy instructor is also the head of the Department of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Can he take advantage of this opportunity, and Jesus will return to China in this way?

The Jesuits are different from the Dominicans. The Jesuits believe that if they want to preach in China, they must take the upper-level route.The upper-level consent, sympathy, and permission are easy to talk about below.Otherwise, they can only preach in secret, which is too inefficient.

Now look, who is the upper class?Who on earth gave Catholicism such a blow in the back that even using science as bait is not so easy to use?This is obvious.

However, when Liu Yu saw Jiang Youren and Jiang Youren took out the letter of recommendation, Liu Yu directly told the people next to him to be wary of the Jesuits playing the science card, which suddenly made the Jesuits extremely passive.

Now the missionaries of the Society of Jesus in China are divided into layers.

The group that came earlier, that is, the group that came before the ban on religion.At that time, he was a second- and third-rate figure in the scientific world, but now he is actually far worse, because mathematics, astronomy, etc. have made great progress in decades.

The scientific knowledge mastered by the Jesuits who came to China 60 years ago was not at the forefront of the world at that time. After 60 years, it was completely left behind.

After the ban on religion, the court of Dashun and the Holy See had been arguing for several years without doing anything serious.

Until Jiang Youren came here, it was a new attempt of the Jesuits after confirming that it was impossible to solve the problem of banning religion by words. Through various relationships, they selected people from various universities and found first- and second-rate astronomers and mathematicians at that time to train and guide them. Then come to China.

That is to say, half of the geometry original 2000 years ago could have been amazed by the scholar-bureaucrats at that time as a wonderful book in the world.

But now, missionaries who don't know calculus, gravitation, star tables and moon phases, and Saturn's ring of Callisto and Rhea are no longer qualified to try the upper route in Dashun.

(End of this chapter)