Wanli 1592

Chapter 424 Pride
Matteo Ricci was excited.

It has been more than three years, and I have followed Xiao Ruxun for more than three years. Counting the seven or eight years he has lived in China, he has spent more than a dozen springs and autumns in China. From an ambitious young missionary to an old man now A highly Chinese "Western Confucianism" who is cautious in words and deeds, he has experienced too much.

Although his belief in God remained the same, he felt more than once that his physical fitness could no longer support him to continue wasting.

Before this mission, he even imagined that this would be his last mission. In any case, if he could not achieve his goal this time, it would be like Xiao Ruxun resigning and returning to his hometown to serve God. Spend your old age and move towards the key point of life in the embrace of God.

He asked himself that he had never done anything wrong in his life, and he lived and dedicated to God wholeheartedly. He believed that his every move was under the watchful eye of God. After his death, he would definitely be able to ascend to bliss world.

But now, he doesn't plan that way anymore. He has already cleared the hell-level dungeon of spreading Catholicism in China, an ancient and mysterious country. With his unremitting efforts and foresight, he is finally going to complete this very difficult task. Now, the long-cherished wish of the Holy See and the sad wish of countless missionaries will also be fulfilled in his hands. This kind of honor cannot be refused by any devout believer.

He doesn't care what the Spanish government gains or loses, and he doesn't care how much the Holy See will get from it. At this moment, he only thinks of God, the God who gave him the correct guidance and salvation in life, let God Come down in the east, let God save those Chinese civilians who are struggling in places he cannot see.

He has saved many people and guided many people. Before he arrived in China, he was an excellent missionary, guiding people to believe in God and gaining spiritual liberation. This is his duty and his duty Faith, the belief that he is willing to sacrifice his life for.

In China, although he has never seen it with his own eyes, he thinks that no matter how rich and powerful a country is, there must be a miserable world that is incompatible with the glorious world under the shadow of the country's glory, because he heard Xiao Ruxun say that , now in Myanmar, those happy residents are all refugees who choose to come to Myanmar to find a way out because they cannot survive in the inland of Ming Dynasty.

Although China is powerful and rich, Matteo Ricci also believes in the existence of the oppressed class, just like those begging people in Genoa, just like the hopeless struggling people in the slums of Rome, there are too many people in this world Too much misery, all he can do is bring them the light of the Lord, that's all he can do.

He felt that as long as he could do it, it would be fine, because some senior missionaries believed that those poor and lowly people were not worthy of believing in God, and their belief would stain God with dirt. Matteo Ricci was very angry about this, he thought Everyone is equal, they are all life, and everyone has the qualification to believe in God. Does it mean that believing in God depends on whether the other party has enough assets to support you? !

He believes that Catholicism has undergone dirty changes that he does not want to see in Europe, so he chooses to go to China, among people who are as pure as a piece of white paper, and spread the most orthodox and purest teachings of God to them Among them, the brilliance and mercy of God are recreated.

He hesitated for a while, lost for a while, and even despaired for a while, but he carried it through, and finally waited until today.

At this moment, he just wanted to sing a song - after waiting for a long time, he finally waited until today.

He worked tirelessly, sailed to the Philippines again, and told Bishop Alexander the great news.

Bishop Alexander's ambition is more ferocious than that of Matteo Ricci. What he wants is the highest authority in the Catholic world, the supreme glory and enjoyment, and the eternity left in history. That is what being a believer means His highest honor, and the success of missionary work in China will certainly promote the realization of his ambition.

After Bishop Alexander heard the great news, he almost didn't jump up happily. At this moment, he decided to become the head of missionary work in China himself. The interests of the believers were entangled, and he asked the Pope to come to China in order to cultivate his own power.

He is keenly aware that the Chinese are bound to set off a fanatical Chinese wave in Europe, which will sweep across Europe, and as the leader of Chinese Christians, the greater China's influence, the more influential he will be. Bigger, the stronger China is, the stronger his power will be, and when he can sit on an equal footing with the Chinese emperor, the pope's position will be assured.

He wants to personally create the brilliance of the Chinese missionary area, personally baptize the believers, personally promote the church's clergy, and watch his power grow little by little, becoming an indispensable figure in the Catholic world.

So he excitedly told Matteo Ricci that he wanted to learn Chinese.

"What? You want to learn the Chinese language?"

Ricci expressed doubts.

Bishop Alexander nodded excitedly, and said, "That's right, I decided to learn the Chinese language and stay here. I will not return to Europe for the time being. I will be responsible for the missionary work of the Chinese diocese here. I will be responsible for this matter personally." , the Chinese diocese will be created by me.”

Seeing the fanatical Bishop Alexander, Ricci became a little worried for no reason.

It is indeed good for him to stay here. The status of a cardinal is enough to make him the head of all the missionaries of this generation, but does he really understand the Chinese people and the real situation in China?
It’s okay for Xiao Ruxun to say here, after all, there is no Confucian power, but Confucian culture is the world in the mainland of China. If foreign ideas want to compete with Confucianism for the right to speak and believers, it is definitely not a simple matter. The other party can mobilize administrative power and the army Deal with us, but we don't have a way to deal with them, otherwise I wouldn't have to be careful for more than ten years.

If they really disagreed, they would be expelled, and it would take a lot of time to find a place to live. If it weren't for the help of friends, Matteo Ricci would not think he could survive in China, and Bishop Alexander didn't know anything about China and would be in charge of missionary work in China. Career, that's not a good sign.

So Matteo Ricci decided that he would be very responsible to analyze Bishop Alexander's China.

(End of this chapter)