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Chapter 618 Meeting
In the winter of the fourth year of Wanli, the first general council of monks in the Viceroyalty of Peru was held in the Santo Domingo Church in the center of the Plaza de Armas in Lima on the banks of the Rimac River.

In order to convene this meeting, Father Acosta started preparations three months ago, centering on Peru, and summoning missionaries from all over the Americas to the city of Lima.

Not every missionary buys Acosta's tent, but when Acosta, wearing a monk's robe, stood under the corridor at the entrance of the church in Plaza de Armas to welcome monks from all over the world, his weather-beaten face still showed relief .

"Things were easier than I thought. People weren't necessarily interested in Indians, but they came anyway."

Not only missionary monks from all over the world, but also nobles, captains and even Catholic mercenary monks who were in Lima at this time. People crowded from the port to the low end of the house, narrow streets, and gathered in the twin towers cathedral At the gate, pay homage to the relics of Santa Rosa, the first saint in America, in front of the exquisite altar.

It was the arrival of the envoys of the Ming Dynasty that made the city attract more people from all over the world. Most of them wanted to discuss what Father Acosta wanted to talk about, that is, whether Indians could have human rights, property rights, and the right to life. Indifference, they are more directed at Acosta this person.

Everyone knows the Spanish pioneers in America. Acosta, who has been preaching in Peru for three years, has an extraordinary thirst for knowledge. However, Ming knew more about the affairs of Ming than others, and people came here to attend his council more for this purpose—to discuss matters about Ming.

In fact, there is no word 'Indians', because 'Indians' and 'Indians' are the same word, so the word used in the United States in the 21st century is 'Native American' to refer to 'Indians', the so-called 'Indians' It's just a Chinese transliteration of 'Indian'.

Because of Columbus's misconceptions, since he sailed westward with the King of Spain to China's Great Khan, he named the Latin American islands the West Indies, and called the locals "Indians", and then spread.

When believers wearing various costumes entered the church from seven vertical and thirteen horizontal stone roads and took their seats one by one, Father Acosta walked up to the altar, recited a few scriptures devoutly as an opening remark, and scanned the faces of believers under the stage, setting off He opened his hood and said, "Thank you all for coming to worship together. I believe you all know that the strongholds established on the western coast of Mexico have been wiped out by the northern Indians a while ago."

"They looted the church, burned the port, and killed all the soldiers in the stronghold."

"The French who landed in the east were also defeated by the brown natives called the Iroquois."

The French landed in America only a little later than the Spaniards. Their first explorer, Verrazano, failed to fight the natives in the Caribbean and was eaten 50 years ago.

Their luck was more than a little worse than that of the Spaniards. After 50 years, they still failed to establish any permanent strongholds on the eastern coast of North America, and they were often wiped out by the aborigines within a few years.

This is not because the French colonial team is too weak. The same is true for the Spaniards in North America. For decades, the strongholds established by the Spaniards in Mexico will often be wiped out. The fighting power of the natives in North America is much higher than that in South America. Brothers.

"It is clear to everyone that in the past few decades we have discovered that there are many different races of human beings, with huge differences in population size, development, technology, language, customs, organization and beliefs. "

"Therefore we must admit—that the savage has long since transcended barbarism."

The Spaniards sitting in the church booed proudly. Even in the solemn church, these plantation owners and mercenary leaders were not so pious, and the people who grew up under the deep-rooted racial superiority policy laughed loudly : "Then they are also barbarians!"

"Yes, they are savages, and the savages will win for a while, but not always."

Even Acosta is not exempt from this point. He laughed twice, and then said: "Facing such a variety of people who are completely different in terms of cultural level and nature, we can neither classify them, nor It is not possible to understand and communicate and negotiate with them in the same way; therefore, in order to approach them, deal with them, reason with them, and convert them to Catholicism, one should elaborate and choose the spiritual guidance of Christians. Different ways."

Mission is a magical method that can turn enemies into us in peace, and can even assist their rule. Economics, military affairs, and culture can never be separated. Europeans in this era are well versed in this.

"After a long and careful study, I found that no matter how many different types of parishes and races there are, these barbarians can be divided into three classes like the following, with great differences between them, but in fact This division applies to all Indians."

"The first class is composed of those who have not yet departed from the true reason and practice of man. They have first of all stable kingdoms governed by governments, with laws enacted by the state, fortified cities, prestigious magistrates, prosperity and organization Well-established trade, and, more than anything else, the frequent use of writing. For it is impossible to find written heritage or books among these people unless they are literate, educated, or first of all politically organized. .”

"The Ming people seem to belong first to this class, because I have seen their writing, which is very similar to that of the Syrians; because of the large number of books, the excellent schools, the prestige of the laws and officials, and the magnificent state Historic buildings, they are credited with creating a high level of culture. Next comes the Japanese..."

"These peoples, barbarous as they are in fact, and in many respects at odds with their reason and natural law, must be saved by the Gospel in the same way that the early Greco-Romans were called by the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Since They have remarkable ability and human intelligence, and we must win them over to Catholicism through their God-helped self-reflection."

"If we insist on using force and power to convert them to Christ, we will only drive them away from the Christian code of conduct."

"While people's views on going to war with the Ming Dynasty are extremely absurd, I don't think a war on China is legal or just." And later said: "There is so much government and talent there, and there is industry. and riches, and the power of countless peoples, and fortifications, etc., a war must bring about the worst destruction and terrible slander and slander against Christians."

When there was a lot of discussion in the audience, he said loudly: "Looking at the incident itself, I cannot accept the legitimacy of this war, nor can I be responsible for anything caused by the countless losses caused by this war! , Japan's war issues are different, and are highly different from American wars!"

　Sorry for the late update today, thank you for your understanding.

　　
　
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