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Chapter 611 The Distressed Scientist
The first three and the last four of the Ghost Festival are all said to be the days when the gate of hell is opened. The first three, the last and the fourth are a total of seven days, which are all considered as the Ghost Festival.

Starting from July [-]th, grand water and land pujas have been held in the capital. Large temples and Taoist temples have set up formations in front of the mountain gates, setting up dojos, or preaching scriptures, or praying for blessings. Merchants and peddlers came to join in the fun, which was quite lively. Although some small temples and Taoist temples cannot have open mountain gates like large temples and can hold lively temple fairs, it is not impossible. Many smaller temples are Moved the ashram to the street, found an open space on the street, and then set up a platform, and also held a lively water and land puja.

In addition to Taoism and Buddhism, lamas wearing cockscomb hats also came to join in the fun. It can be said that this water and land conference gathered here all the eminent monks and great virtues from all over the world.

As for literati and inkmen, unlike Taoism and Buddhism, they do not need to set up dojos and set up tables. The teahouses everywhere in the capital have become places for them to gather, or to visit relatives and friends, or to argue about right and wrong. Here, They are all good places. If you walk on the street, you can hear the debate in the teahouse in the market.

To say that it is the square in front of Liulizhai that gathers all eyes. It is a spacious place with convenient transportation, and there is also an ashram set up by the royal family. , or praying, or preaching scriptures, attracts countless good men and women to go there every day, and the front of Liulizhai is even more lively and crowded.

In the capital city, because the flow of people from all over the world gathers here, resulting in huge consumption power, the business of all kinds of shops and all kinds of buying and selling is also several times better than before. With the extension of opening hours, business is much easier to do than in the past. The ordinary people who are just running around for their livelihoods are smiling, looking forward to such a good business every day.

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Imperial City.

Yang Reform had just seen a group of guests, and he came out to take a breath, staying in the palace was really too stuffy, and it was hot in July, so he had to come out to avoid the heat.

After taking a nap in the cool breeze, Wang Chengen came over.

"Report to Your Majesty, Tang Ruowang, a barbarian guest, is asking to see you." Wang Chengen reported in a low voice.

"Oh, what's the matter with him?" Yang Reform, who just woke up, squinted his eyes and asked.

"Your Majesty, I seem to beg Your Majesty to allow them to participate in this water and land meeting." Wang Chengen said.

"Oh, hehe, this matter!..." Yang Reform wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he stopped again.

"Your Majesty, are you resigning?" Wang Chengen asked habitually.

"No, let him come to see me." Yang Reform thought for a while, and said, in fact, Tang Ruowang and his group have been begging himself to allow them to participate in the Water and Land Conference, but Yang Reform has never allowed it. In fact, it is also simple. When he chose Taoism or Christianity as his future religion, Yang Reform chose Taoism. Now, Taoism is about to compete with Confucianism. Naturally, Yang Reform does not want this former Taoist competitor to cause trouble, so, However, Tang Ruowang has never agreed to let Tang Ruowang and the others participate in the Water and Land Dharma Conference. Tang Ruowang has been begging hard and tried all kinds of methods, but Yang Reform did not agree. Yang Reform knows what the purpose of the missionaries coming to China is. It’s okay to take them out and force Taoism to compete, but as a state religion or to use it against Confucianism, it’s too much, and it’s very unwise. Therefore, after using it to compete with Taoism, Yang Reform suppressed the missionaries again In addition to allowing them to continue to shine in science, it did not open the door for them to preach.

"Slaves obey the order!" Wang Chengen agreed, but he was a little surprised. Didn't the emperor always forbid them to participate in the water and land meeting?

Tang Ruowang entered the palace with quite mixed feelings. They always wanted to use advanced science and technology to impress the Lord of the East, and then get the support of the Lord of the East for missionary work. A good beginning, but not a good ending.

The intelligent Lord of the East took all his technology and technology, and funded him to do various scientific experiments. He was very enthusiastic in this regard, but he was not very interested in preaching. The Lord of the East was obviously not They support them so enthusiastically, they want to use science and technology to open the door of the eastern land, but the Lord of the East readily took away their keys, but did not open the door of missionary work for them, Tang Ruowang didn't know whether to be depressed or happy .

Frustration is naturally the failure of missionary work and slow progress; happiness is also simple, with the strong financial and human support of the Lord of the East, his scientific and technological achievements will surely reach an incredible height in the future.This is the annoyance of a devout missionary scientist.If Jiang Yuhan and other missionaries are counted, it can be said that this is the annoyance of a group of pious missionary scientists. The rapid progress in scientific achievements and the difficulties in missionary work are really annoying and difficult to choose.

"See my Majesty!" Tang Ruo saw that the Lord of the East was resting on a chair, and immediately came to him and saluted.

"Get up, Tang Ruowang." Yang Reform straightened up and said with a smile.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Tang Ruowang stood up formally.

"Tang Keqing, what are you looking for?" Yang Reform asked with a smile. Yang Reform was very grateful to these missionaries. After all, they injected fresh vitality into the Ming Dynasty and brought fresh air. , and the outside world they brought, apart from preaching, they are a group of outstanding scientists who are quite dedicated. Yang Reform has always admired people who are engaged in science and technology.

"My lord, your servant begs you to allow us to participate in this grand festival." Tang Ruowang pleaded without saying anything else.

"Hehehe, Tang Keqing, I'm not talking about you, this water and land conference is a Dharma meeting for praying and preaching. Do you Catholics know how to pray? Do you know how to preach?" Yang Reform asked with a smile.

"My lord, yes, yes... we Catholics can pray for blessings..." Tang Ruowang said hastily.

"Hehe, I don't know what Tang Qing's family thinks of your religion?" Yang Reform asked suddenly.

"Our religion?" Tang Ruowang didn't understand why the emperor would ask this.

"That's right, it's your religion. If I remember correctly, your religion is quite powerful. It's so powerful that the king of a country wants to kiss the boots of your leader. Is there such a thing? I heard that your religion You have to be a king, and you have to be recognized by the head of your religion before you can be a king, right?" Yang Reform asked with a smile.

"..." Tang Ruowang was sweating. This is indeed true. If the king offends the pope, it is a serious matter, and the king may not even be allowed to sit. Is it the reason why the Lord of the East doesn't want to see them? This is it?Of course, it was really hard for him to imagine asking the Lord of the East to kiss that old fellow Zhang Xianyong. That old guy knelt down to kowtow to the Lord of the East.

"...My Majesty, this, Majesty, maybe you have misunderstood... Our Western kings cannot be compared with you. At most, they can be compared with your vassal states, but they cannot be compared with the great kings of the East. Compared with you..." Tang Ruowang thought for a long time, and kept explaining.

"Hehe, is that right? Then tell me, is it my university or the Pope's university? If two people meet, who will kowtow to whom, or who will kiss whose feet?" Yang Reform was bored and deliberately teased Tang Ruowang with this, It's all Tang Ruowang's fault, he has nothing to do to bother Yang Reform, and Yang Reform also makes trouble for Tang Ruowang.

The emperor's words made the guards present and the eunuchs who were serving them all change their faces. They disagreed with each other, and immediately took down this rebellious posture. Since ancient times, the emperor has been the biggest. When will Taoism climb up to the emperor's neck? Shit?It is courting death.

"Your Majesty, my Majesty, you can't compare like this. In the East, you are the master of the earth, the supreme, the Son of God. In the West, you are the Pope, the Pope..." Tang Ruowang quickly argued.

"Hehe, I am also worried about how to deal with the pope if I meet the Pope in the future. In the East, the leader of any religion must crawl under my feet, and it will never be possible to go beyond. I am thinking, if my people all If you believe in your religion, do you listen to your pope, or mine?" Yang Reform said with a smile, not intending to make fun of Tang Ruowang.

"..." Tang Ruowang broke out in a cold sweat, why did the emperor suddenly say this?Could it be that the lord of the East meant that he was afraid that they would spread too much preaching, and that if they taught too much, they would pose a threat to the emperor?This is indeed a bit scary. Is this why the emperor does not support their preaching?
"...Your Majesty, this, this will never happen. On the eastern land, you are the only one. It is impossible for anyone to go against your wishes..." Tang Ruowang said with cold sweat on his forehead.

"I am quite satisfied with your work. If you don't mind, I will even allow you to be naturalized. How about being a Ming?" Yang Reform asked with a smile.Tang Ruowang interrupted.

"Ah!...Uh, my lord, this..." Tang Ruowang looked at the emperor who was smiling brightly, feeling very nervous. He didn't know what the Lord of the East was going to say. Not a bad thing.

"Don't doubt, not everyone can be naturalized by my Daming. I saw that you have worked hard and achieved a lot, so I specifically allowed you to be naturalized. Otherwise, it would be difficult for ordinary people to become naturalized even if they want to. Once you are naturalized , I will give you greater support, and I can use more and greater resources for your scientific experiments, including manpower, material resources, and financial resources, to help you achieve greater achievements in science. In fact, isn’t this more interesting than preaching? Is it?" Yang Reform said with a smile, missionaries have always been brainwashing others, and Yang Reform plans to brainwash missionaries.

"My Majesty, your servant, in fact,...although,...this..." Tang Ruowang was confused and tangled in his heart. The Lord of the East did support their scientific experiments quite a bit, and gave them considerable manpower and resources. Financial resources and this level of support are not comparable to those of their western kings and sponsors. Of course, before their status as scientists, they have a prefix, that is, pious missionaries.

(End of this chapter)