Wanli 1592

Chapter 1343 Preparations for the Northern Expedition
For religion, Xiao Ruxun's attitude is very clear.

It is absolutely impossible for him to allow the emergence of a religion similar to Christianity and Catholicism that can compete with the state power in China. No organization or individual can use religion to compete with imperial power.

From ancient times to the present, this attitude has been throughout, and the dynasties of all dynasties have attached great importance to this kind of thing, so China's local religion has never been able to rise to the level of competing with the state apparatus, ensuring that China can develop freely without being restrained by religion.

In Xiao Ruxun's view, religious organizations are competing with the state for tax revenue and taxpayers, using a fabricated god as an excuse to obtain support from believers. Some religions have more, some religions have less, but both It is used to satisfy the selfish desires of a large group of upper-class religious personnel.

The gods they proclaim are so perfect and so almighty, but when they encounter believers who are suffering, why don't they help them?
According to the stories they made up, the devil is more reliable. The devil abides by the contract and helps you do things. It just asks for some sacrifices. There may be more sacrifices, but the devil really does things, but God takes the offerings. It's ridiculous to say "God bless you" without doing anything, and then disappear the whole time.

Bless your face!
There are also some religions that directly promote reincarnation and reincarnation, and preach suffering in this life and enjoying happiness in the next life, which is really unspeakable.

Xiao Ruxun has nothing else to say about this kind of organization that competes with the state for tax revenue and taxpayers. It is a bit inconvenient to do it all in one pot, so it will be eliminated naturally, and various means will be used to completely eliminate them subtly.

For those missionaries who have been trying to preach in China, Xiao Ruxun has more methods.

Not to mention Matteo Ricci, who has been busy with the work of textbook compilation and has no time to double up. Others are either assigned to relevant departments because they have skills or know a lot of knowledge, or they are refused entry.

The missionaries who were allowed to enter the country were simply working, working with a group of officials, and had no chance to contact ordinary people to preach, so that they themselves did not know whether they were here to work for the Chinese emperor or to preach.

These are not important, Xiao Ruxun does not need their theological knowledge, what Xiao Ruxun needs is their other technical skills and knowledge of mathematics, geography and astronomy.

These missionaries have all received a complete education. If you understand some of the astronomy, geography, and mathematics knowledge they have mastered, Xiao Ruxun basically knows the extent of the current Western theories.

Don’t even think about preaching, and obediently become the nourishment for the development of Daqin, then you can still live in Daqin for a while, although when the time comes, you will have to leave, but at least you have lived in Daqin, and then you can brag about it when you return to your hometown.

Anyway, the Holy See is quite cautious about the Chinese emperor now, not daring to provoke him, not daring to ask for anything forcefully, it can only say that it sent some missionaries to contact him, hoping that the missionaries headed by Matteo Ricci could impress him.

The Holy See has also made a lot of money because many people are engaged in trade with China. You said that if the relationship with China is frozen, and you follow in the footsteps of the Spaniards and be hated by the Chinese emperor, the Holy See will really Reluctant, although Spain is their biggest supporter.

The power of the Chinese emperor is too great, basically covering the sky with one hand, if he can't get his permission, the consequences are really unthinkable.

According to Matteo Ricci’s letter, China does not have a strong religion, and there is no one who can compete with the emperor. Come on, they're disgusted.

This surprised the Holy See.

There is still such a country.

It also made them more coveted.

So many people do not have a major religion, so if it can become their state religion, the Holy See can simply ignore the European religious reform movement.

But how to open the situation, right now, there is no hope.

Xiao Ruxun will never let them see the so-called hope.

Xiao Ruxun's biggest job is to do a good job in the work related to the Northern Expedition next year, and personally command the battle, and establish his own supreme martial arts.

Many ministers raised objections to Xiao Ruxun's decision to personally lead the Northern Expedition. They felt that the emperor should not personally lead the Northern Expedition. The northern grasslands were very dangerous. The Great Qin needed Xiao Ruxun as the emperor, so the emperor did not want to lead the Northern Expedition.

Xiao Ruxun shook his head directly.

He said that before he became emperor, he always personally led the army to conquer, and earlier he personally went to battle to kill the enemy. If he was afraid of this, he would not be worthy of being the emperor of Daqin. On the one hand, we are making military preparations, and on the other hand, we are also making political preparations.

At the beginning of the fifth year of Longwu, Xiao Ruxun transferred Xu Guangqi back to the capital, allowing him to successfully enter the cabinet with his contribution to the control of locust plagues in Guanzhong, Shanxi, Shandong, Tianjin and other places, and became the No. 4 cabinet minister of the Great Qin Cabinet.

In the past few years, Xu Guangqi has moved to various places in the northern part of the Great Qin Dynasty, and vigorously promoted the strategies of raising ducks to control locusts and building water conservancy in various locust-infested areas, so as to eliminate the pain of locust plagues in various places. locust control strategy.

That is to say, farmers raise ducks to control locusts. After the ducks are grown, the army will buy these ducks to supplement meat for soldiers. At the same time, the local government will also purchase them as appropriate.

The government provides directions.

But basically these ducks are delicious, and the mature ducks are very popular with the local army, and can basically be digested by the army, especially the ducks in Guanzhong, which are not enough for the soldiers of the Guanzhong Corps and the Northwest Corps. Purchased in Shanxi.

Some of the benefits generated in this way have made the people rich, and the government has been able to stabilize the lives of the people, the situation has gradually stabilized, and taxes have been collected more smoothly.

There is a situation where the government is well-organized and the people are harmonious. When the government has money, it will build water conservancy projects. After solving the water conservancy problem, locust plagues will gradually become rare.

In this way, a virtuous circle is formed, gradually killing the locust plague in the bud.

Throughout the five years of Longwu, there were no locust plagues in the northern land that were sufficient for early warning. Some small-scale locust plagues still appeared in some sparsely populated areas, but they were not serious.

With such successful experience and contributions, Xu Guangqi was promoted by Xiao Ruxun to be a cabinet minister and successfully entered the cabinet. His local locust control work was taken over by Chen Longzheng. He became the overall manager. Chen Longzheng took over and continued to work in the He ran around all over the place, and even went to investigate the locust-stricken areas in the south of the Yangtze River.

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