Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 51

This Tang Ruowang is really a remarkable person, he can be called the No. 1 in spreading Catholicism in China after Matteo Ricci, and the later court painter Castiglione can be compared with him in fame.Yuan Chonghuan is great, right?The Hongyi cannon he guards Ningyuan was cast by the Lord in front of him!

Tang Ruowang was also the first to put forward the idea of ​​combining Confucianism and surpassing Confucianism. He advocated preaching in accordance with Chinese cultural customs, integrated Catholicism into Confucian culture, and respected the Chinese tradition of sacrificing ancestors. Under his ideas, Catholicism once prevailed in China , He himself also gained a very high official position in the Qing Dynasty. Unfortunately, the Western Holy See later denied his ideas and turned to hard preaching, forbidding Chinese believers to worship their ancestors, which eventually led to the Catholic Church being driven out of China again.

Even in Li Jie's era, the issue of sacrificing ancestors is still one of the historical issues left over from the tense relationship between China and the Holy See. It can be seen that this person has great insight and abyssal vision.

He didn't even care about greeting the guests, Song Qingshu circled around the foreign monk several times, sizing him up like a monster for a long time, staring at the foreign monk until he was hairy, and then shouted in amazement: "You, you are really Tang Ruowang?"

"That's right?" Full of bewilderment, the foreign monk pointed to his chest and explained: "When I was studying with Father Nan Huairen in Nanjing, I gave myself a Chinese name Tang Ruowang, what's wrong, this name Is it not good?"

Listening to the familiar strange accent, Song Qingshu couldn't help but shook his head heavily: "No, this name is too good!"

"Hehe, this silly chef's craft student saw it yesterday." At this time, the dark middle-aged official with a Fujian accent laughed again: "I didn't expect that Father Tang would still be like this after such a long time." Confused, the apprentice who has been teaching for so long doesn't even know the name of his own master."

"Where is there? Brother Silly and I counted as confidants, friends, and peers. I also learned a lot from him. We recently translated "The Gospel of Matthew" together. It doesn't matter if he is my teacher." Too much."

Monk Yang seemed really happy when he met his old friend from Nanjing, he waved his hands modestly, and turned around to introduce Song Qingshu: "This Master Hong is the teacher of the Imperial College I knew in Nanjing, Hong Chengchou Hong Yan Mr. Play!"

Introduce the name first, and then introduce the characters. Tang Ruowang's introduction is quite detailed, but hearing this name, Song Qingshu, who had finally struggled out of Tang Ruowang's halo, was simply confused again, and fell to the ground with a thud.

This more important, bloody executioner who will suppress the peasant army in the future is not only the pillar of the Ming Dynasty, but also the guide for the Qing army to enter the pass, and he is even reviled as a traitor and scum.Yesterday Song Qingshu just met Li Zicheng, a big scumbag, and the next day Li Zicheng's biggest nemesis Hong Chengchou appeared in front of him again, Song Qingshu really felt guilty in his dizziness.

"Let's talk slowly, priest, you can catch up on the old days here, and the boy will go to the back kitchen to cook some delicious dishes. Today, the priest's old friend has arrived, and the boy must do his best to be a landlord!"

Pushing Tang Ruowang to the table, and beckoning Scarface to entertain the guests, Song Qingshu turned around and hurried to the back kitchen. He was afraid that he might have a heart attack if he stayed for a while longer, but he didn't wait for Song Qingshu to go in , The next shock wave hit from behind again.

Seeing that he was one of his own people, and he didn't have the cold and cruel appearance in history, Hong Chengchou explained to Song Qingshu enthusiastically: "I think this silly chef is too old-fashioned, don't blame Brother Wenqiang!"

"Hehe, I, Mr. Yang, am I a narrow-minded person, not to mention, there are delicious food in front of me! Haha."

Hearing the hearty laughter of the handsome middle-aged man, Song Qingshu's legs simply went limp this time, and he really fell to the ground.

His surname is Yang, and his writing is weak. There can only be one person who can appear in Xi'an at this time and be treated and respected by Hong Chengchou. A few years later, the Dongge University scholar and the eldest son of Yang He, the governor of the three sides, almost Annihilated the peasant army, but almost dragged down the mediocre minister Yang Sichang of Ming Dynasty because of the suppression of wages and training wages!
Representatives of Western learning and eastward advancement, two butchers who suppressed peasant uprisings, their hands were dripping with blood, and one was a pavement man who ruled China under the Manchu Qing Dynasty. This small shop of his own is so lively!
Resisting the twitching of his heart, Song Qingshu got up from the ground under the horrified gaze of several people, raised his head and yelled again: "Caiwei, lead some distinguished guests to the private room on the second floor!"

Even though Song Qingshu's store is small, it hasn't been open for a long time. At this time, it is considered a symbol of fashion in the center of the city. The private room on the second floor has only been used twice in total. It has no status. Song Qingshu is not easy. In the elegant room, they looked at each other again, and suddenly felt great satisfaction in their identity. Hong Chengchou spoke Hokkien again and smiled at Yang Sichang and the foreign monk Tang Ruowang.

"Haha, this silly chef is really enthusiastic! Enthusiastic!"

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Hong Chengchou held a high position in the Ming and Qing dynasties and had a prominent reputation, but at this time he was just in charge of the Qing army. He had no real power and was only considered as a potential stock. The real Liu Shiyang is not worth mentioning, but the one who is really worthy of flattery is Yang Sichang, who seems to have a relatively small official position. This group will become prime ministers later, and there is a father who is the governor of the three sides in front of him. Hehe, let me say a few words that Song Qingshu is a good comrade, and he will be much more secure in Xi'an City.

Just like investing in Li Zicheng, Song Qingshu also spent a lot of money. The filet mignon, top brain beef, and beef tenderloin that were specially hidden yesterday were brought up, as well as the treasured red wine, red wine paired with steak, and then ordered Candles, desserts, fruits and delicacies don’t cost money, and only one person will be sent a miss.

At this time, a few of them were not considered to be important figures in the Ming Dynasty, but they were still hot-blooded young people. With such hospitality, and when they met Tang Ruowang, an old foreign friend, they all happily opened up the chatterbox, especially Yang Sichang, a middle-aged handsome guy, has not experienced any shocking changes in his family at the moment, and it is the time when he is full of enthusiasm.

After drinking a glass of red wine, two red flowers appeared on Jun Lang's face, Yang Sichang couldn't help but said excitedly, holding up his wine glass.

"Now is such a good time!"

"Although this is a weak year, but it is rare to be courageous and wise. In just one year, he eliminated the eunuchs who caused harm to the world, and swept away the dark and corrupt governance during the Tianqi years. You are absolutely a member of the wise king!"

He impassionedly patted the table and stood up, and made a gesture of worrying about the country in front of the dry pot duck head, which was euphemistically called worrying about the country. , must be like Hai Ruigong, who will die and remonstrate with the king, and sweep away all chaos and evil in the universe!"

Song Qingshu, who was bringing up the roast chicken, almost spewed out without hearing it. Later generations looked at the forum of hundreds of schools and talked about the important point that Yang Sichang won the favor of Emperor Chongzhen because he had no position. He would do whatever the emperor said, even if Going against his plan, even if he knew it would be detrimental to the country, for example, in the 11th year of Chongzhen, Yang Sichang's plan to spread the net on four, six corners and ten sides that exhausted the financial resources of the Ming Empire finally came into effect. Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang was defeated and killed, and Li Zicheng left in defeat. In Shangluo Mountain, there were only eighteen riders left. Zhang Xianzhong was trapped in Gucheng and feigned surrender to the court. As a result, Emperor Chongzhen's benevolence and righteousness relapsed again, and he agreed to accept Zhang Xianzhong's surrender.

Knowing that Zhang Xianzhong would repeat it in the future, but the emperor showed his attitude, Yang Sichang agreed without even refuting it. Sure enough, when Li Zicheng entered Henan in the future, Zhang Xianzhong disturbed Huguang, and the two sounded the death knell of the Ming Empire.

This man is far worse than Hai Rui who scolded the emperor!
Speaking of the joy, Yang Sichang was really courteous and virtuous, and after bragging, he forced Song Qingshu's hand to sit down and eat with him. It happened that Song Qingshu was also planning to get close to the son of the governor of the three sides, and he said something politely. He picked up his glass and sat down.

"In this way, Song will overstep."

"Silly chef, you are lucky!"

Hong Chengchou's wine quality is really not good, after drinking a glass of wine, he seems to have changed himself, and Song Qingshu had a drink with Song Qingshu, and suddenly this sentence popped up, Song Qingshu was confused when he heard it, and immediately, he was also Dance with hands and feet.

"It's really the reign of the Holy Son of Heaven! The eunuch party has been wiped out, and the political clarity of the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner, and there is Liaodong! The emperor is wise, and he accepts Yuan Chonghuan and Yuan Gong to guard the Liao Dynasty. It will be peaceful in five years, and it will be five years before the peace and prosperity of Wanli is restored. Once Liaodong was pacified and the Liao pay stopped, the people who had suffered for seven or eight years would be able to catch their breath!"

This is considered a court secret, but Hong Chengchou said it casually for some reason, but Hong Chengchou said it casually, and he was still tapping his chopsticks, complacent.

"In the battle of Ningyuan, the old slave who fought ran away and died! Now Marshal Yuan is guarding Guan Ningjin, and there are few battle reports of Jurchen's invasion on the Eastern Front. Now Liaodong is even more catastrophic. Let's see how many days he still has in the East." So jumpy, haha!"

Tumet, Tatar, and Wala all defeated Daming successively, especially at the Tumubao station. Wala also defeated the Ming army of 50 and reached the capital, but in the end it was dragged down by Daming. The disastrous defeat in the Great War, but in the early years of Chongzhen, the Ming people were still confident in defeating Jurchen.

But Song Qingshu's face suddenly changed drastically after hearing this sentence, and suddenly he remembered a major event, which used to be just a chronology of major events in textbooks, but after listening to Hong Chengchou say this, he suddenly put himself into this era, Song Qingshu woke up suddenly, a catastrophe was imminent!

With Tie Qing's face, he grabbed Hong Chengchou's sleeve suddenly, and Song Qingshu asked urgently with a trembling voice.

"Really, there have been no new wars in Liaodong for several months?"

(End of this chapter)