Wanli 1592

Chapter 403 Matteo Ricci suddenly worried about his future and destiny

Thinking of this, the cardinal suddenly couldn't get angry, and instead fell into confusion and anxiety.

"The Chinese are very civilized, and what's more terrifying is that their army and physics are also very strong. I personally participated in the war where this general destroyed Myanmar. He wiped out Myanmar with 10,000+ troops with only [-] troops , conquered and occupied this place, and before that, Myanmar was the overlord of this area.

General Xiao is indeed very humble, but he is also very proud. He is still a marquis, a nobleman, and a bishop. When you see this noble general, please be humble and never face him with an inappropriate attitude. Otherwise, once he gets angry, I don't know what he will do. "

Ricci kept admonishing the cardinal.

"Didn't you say that he is very humble and likes mathematics and science? How can such a person be?"

Bishop asked in surprise.

"That's right, General Xiao really likes mathematics and science, and will discuss mathematics and science and technology issues with me, but this does not mean that he is not proud. He is a Marquis, a hereditary The Marquis of Myanmar territory, the lord of more than 100 million people in this area, here he is the emperor, no matter how much he loves mathematics and science, it cannot change the fact that he is a nobleman!"

Only then did the bishop realize that he had taken this matter too simply.

Yes, he is indeed a Chinese who loves mathematics and science, but he is also an aristocrat, the same as those very proud and fat-headed guys in the European continent. They are a group of people who respect God on the surface, but actually treat God as a joke The same people, they only care about their own power and status, this will not change because of personal preferences, the nobles all over the world are like this.

I just don’t know what kind of view this noble general has towards God. If even he has a dismissive view, then the missionary career in China is really dangerous.

And such people must be more concerned about interests, rather than so-called beliefs. For people like them, beliefs are bullshit, and there are no benefits. What kind of benefits can Christianity and the Holy See give this general?

Can impress him?
The bishop didn't have any certainty, he could only choose to take one step at a time.

Soon, he came to Bago City. Compared with Yangon, the walls of Bago City are taller and thicker, and the moat is wider. On the top of the city, you can see black muzzles and patrolling soldiers everywhere. I saw soldiers checking the merchants and the people, some with muskets, some with swords and halberds, with bright armor, very serious, and patrolling cavalry from time to time.

The Chinese are really strong in force.

The bishop felt that a country with a strong force would not easily accept religion. On the contrary, it would be very easy to eradicate religion. Christianity was only a tool of the Roman emperor's rule at the earliest, and it developed with the help of wars. To develop in a certain area, the best thing is to reach an agreement with the local government to obtain the right to preach, and the exchange of benefits is to unify the mind.

However, Matteo Ricci said that China has its own unifying ideology, and the government has its own tools for ruling ideology, so there is not much demand for Christianity. On the contrary, if Christianity is to be preached in China, the biggest threat is China's own ruling ideology— -Confucianism.

According to Matteo Ricci's own superficial understanding, Confucianism is not only a tool of governance, but also a kind of culture, inheritance, and philosophy. The Chinese say that the ancestors of Confucianism were sages who lived thousands of years ago. The sages who were almost in the same era as the philosophers in the ancient Greek period were originally born to educate the people and spread the culture to the whole of China.

This kind of culture has sprouted and taken root in China, and now it has a very deep foundation in China. It is definitely not something that can be easily replaced by Christian thought that crashed. On the contrary, if Christianity wants to enter China, it will inevitably be counterattacked by Confucianism. Confucian scholars will definitely resist this kind of religious thought, and there will be very few supporters, and they will be very isolated.

The success of Christianity cannot do without the help of the government, and the success of Confucianism in China also cannot do without the help of the government, but the Chinese government supports Confucianism, not Christianity. Without the support of the Chinese government, Christianity will never develop into the state of Europe.

Of course, there is another method, which is to defeat China with the army, insult China with its own civilization, let China fall into ideological confusion, despise its own culture, and then accept Western culture in its entirety and abandon its own traditions, so that Christianity can take advantage of it. Become the new "Confucianism" in the Chinese ideological circle.

But is it possible?Will China be defeated by Europe?
At least in Matteo Ricci’s view, it would be the best outcome for China not to fight Europe. Anyway, everyone is so far away, which is the best. Spain, on the other hand, established a colony in the Philippines, which is very close to China, and China’s The relationship is very delicate.

Xiao Ruxun also seems to be very dissatisfied with the way the Spaniards in the Philippines deliberately concealed the Chinese immigrants. It is hard to say whether Xiao Ruxun will send troops to attack the Philippines.

As for the one or two thousand Spanish soldiers and other native soldiers in the Philippines, Matteo Ricci really didn’t like them. The navy of the Ming army fought dozens of battles on the sea, and there were three major battles. Almost all the pirates have been wiped out, and the combat effectiveness is quite terrifying, not to mention the mighty [-] army. How could the Spaniards resist it?

Don't look at them showing off their might in Europe. This is China's home court. You came all the way here, and the supplies are not fully prepared. You will run out of ammunition after a battle. The Chinese have a steady stream of weapons and ammunition, and soldiers. They fight, if they really want to fight, the Philippines will fall into Xiao Ruxun's hands sooner or later.

And the relationship between the Spanish government and the Holy See is very good. If a fight is really going to happen, will Xiao Ruxun, who has a certain understanding of Europe, turn his anger on the Holy See, or even himself?
Matteo Ricci suddenly worried about his future and destiny.

After a while, their carriage arrived at Zhennanhou Mansion in the main city of Bago. This is the political center of the whole of Myanmar, and it is also Xiao Ruxun's residence and office. The bishop got off the carriage and looked at this rather grand and classical Beautiful building, take a deep breath.

"go in!"

Matteo Ricci addressed the bishop.

"it is good."

The bishop took his own steps.

(End of this chapter)