I'm really not doing business

Chapter 895: Reading is like crossing a mountain, one step at a time
The Dinghai school system was a universal benefit of the Wanli New Deal for all people. It was also Zhu Yijun's fulfillment of his promise to make the Ming Dynasty great again. It included everyone in the Ming Dynasty, and he never forgot it.

The cost was also very obvious. Some people had to pay for Wanli's new policies, not only losing their entire fortunes, but also having their entire family executed.

After Zhang Juzheng, Wang Chonggu, Shen Li and Zhang Xueyan sorted out the accounts, they went to the Mochou Lake Palace to pay homage to His Majesty. In the West Flower Hall, the Emperor and four cabinet ministers formally determined the construction time for 18 universities and normal schools in the two capitals and 15 provinces.

For a total of five years, it was directly under the Ministry of Rites.

"The local normal schools built with donations from the public before were recognized by the imperial court, but were under the jurisdiction of the local education commissioners and teachers. The new normal schools being built this time will be directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites." Shen Li emphasized the difference in front of the emperor.

After the tribute selection case, the Ming court had great distrust of local government offices in education. This could not be blamed on Shen Li's narrow-mindedness. The tribute selection case that broke out from the Nanjing Imperial College did not spread to the Ministry of Rites. That was because Your Majesty was sensible.

During the Hongwu period, Shen Li was also killed by the sword.

Zhu Yijun nodded in approval and said, "I can understand. If one day, some places on the border use the money of the court to educate children to oppose the Ming Dynasty, oppose me, and oppose the new policy, I think it will be difficult for the court and I to accept it."

"Therefore, it is necessary to have a normal school directly under the Ministry of Rites to prevent some teachers from doing shady things."

"Your Majesty is wise." Seeing that His Majesty understood the profound meaning of his words, Shen Li hurriedly bowed his head and sang a song of praise.

Your Majesty truly understands why there should be a normal school directly under the imperial court.

Zhu Yijun continued, "Each university hall has a different focus because of its different location. The subjects offered by each school must be carefully planned and adapted to local conditions. For example, if Xi'an University Hall sets up a maritime school, then after learning it, students won't even know how to swim."

"The Master said that we should teach students in accordance with their aptitude. It is very difficult to teach students in accordance with their aptitude with universal education. Universal education is like flooding the students with knowledge. It is designed to make them read, learn and understand reason. Only in the university can we teach students in accordance with their aptitude."

“Studying is like crossing a mountain. Each step is a staircase and each step is a threshold. It is not easy to reach the university.”

The mountains are difficult to overcome, who feels sad for those who have lost their way;
When we meet by the water, we are all guests from other countries.

The mountains and rivers are difficult to cross, and no one will sympathize with those who fall behind.

Each step from elementary school to primary school, middle school to high school will screen out those who have no talent, no perseverance, and no long-term plans. Only when they reach university will it be possible to teach students in accordance with their aptitude.

The imperial court simply did not have the ability, energy, or financial resources to teach each person according to their aptitude, and flooding the school with students was the only solution.

"Your Highness, I will faithfully follow His Majesty's instructions." Zhang Juzheng pondered the term 'flooding' and felt that it was entirely possible to send out a court report.

Zhang Xueyan said with an embarrassed look, "Your Majesty, there is something. This year's treasure notes will probably be over-issued. The gold and silver of the large sailing ships arriving at the port from the West this time are worth 4 million silver less than in previous years, only 2.5 million silver."

"Even if there are additional silver mines from Japan and two sources of gold, Jinshan and Jinchi, it is still the same as in the past. One tael of gold is used to issue five taels of silver notes. I am afraid that this will affect Wanli's reform."

Zhang Xueyan is not exaggerating. The impact of reduced silver inflows will drain all the circulating silver in the market. When that happens, the harm of insufficient currency liquidity will be even greater than a money shortage. There is no money shortage, but insufficient liquidity due to lack of confidence.

The country has lost its credibility and people are suspicious. We must respond in a timely manner before the harm caused by the reduction in silver inflows reaches the end.

The liquidity crisis will seriously hinder the change of production relations, and the Ming Dynasty will return to its past state.

"Has the Ministry of Revenue finally figured it out? When I issued a national debt, Situ Wang scolded me for five whole years, five whole years!"

"After that, the Ming Dynasty never issued national debt again. I really don't want to listen to Wang Situ nagging in Tonghe Palace all day long. The Ministry of Revenue has always been very conservative. What I mean is that the court can have appropriate debts as long as it stays within a reasonable range. Excessive conservatism will only lose the flexibility of financial regulation."

"But Situ Wang and Situ Zhang, your scolding was very unpleasant!"

"What did Wang Situ say? In the past, Jie and Zhou built palaces and jade pools, but they drained the blood of the people. Now if debts are rampant, it will tear the hearts of the people!"

"I issued a national debt to build a road to Suiyuan for emergency response, but was compared to Jie and Zhou by Situ Wang. Huh!" Zhu Yijun immediately became excited when he heard Zhang Xueyan say this.

The Ming Emperor threw a boomerang.

In the ninth year of Wanli, Wang Guoguang's words firmly opposing the special national debt for Suiyuan Chidao hit Zhang Xueyan right between the eyebrows. Zhang Xueyan had also signed the memorial at that time!

Zhang Juzheng glanced at Zhang Xueyan with a bit of gloating. He had eaten too many boomerangs, so he didn't care. However, Zhang Xueyan's face was full of embarrassment.

Over-issuance of treasure notes was a debt of the imperial court. After all, for every string of treasure notes, the imperial court had to write an IOU and the emperor would buy out the debt before the notes would be issued.

This is a two-way control between the emperor and his subjects. It prevents the treasure notes from escaping the control of the imperial power, so the gold is placed in the treasury of Tonghe Palace; it also prevents the Ming emperor from issuing treasure notes indiscriminately like Felipe II did, so there must be a debt of the court before the treasure notes can be issued.

Zhu Yijun has always emphasized that it is okay to over-issue, but not to issue indiscriminately; it is okay to incur debt, but not to exceed the limit; but the Ministry of Revenue did not listen, and today, Zhang Xueyan finally got hit hard by a boomerang.

"I am ashamed." Zhang Xueyan looked embarrassed. This disciple taught by Zhang Juzheng was just like Zhang Juzheng, vindictive. His Majesty remembered everything clearly about this incident which happened so long ago.

Zhu Yijun immediately said, "Is shame enough? I am Jie and Zhou when I issue national debts, so what is the Grand Tutor who wants to over-issue treasure notes? Is it Qin Hui?"

What Wang Guoguang said at the beginning were very unpleasant. He also said that even if he was struck by an axe, he would still be alive. If he insisted on going his own way, he was afraid that the ancestral temple would be shaken and the sacred artifacts would be in danger.

Even if the emperor was angry, Wang Guoguang would still speak. Even if he was killed, his words were still on earth. If the emperor insisted on issuing treasury bonds again, it would be an evil policy that would shake the ancestral temple and endanger the country.

At that time, Wang Guoguang was right.

Because in the ninth year of the Wanli reign, the Wanli Reform had reached its most dangerous period. The new forces had not yet been formed, and the old forces were in cahoots with each other. It was not until the fifteenth year of the Wanli reign that the new policies bore fruit and the most dangerous period was finally passed.

At that time, issuing national debt was indeed very dangerous, and it was a last resort as Suiyuan was newly opened.

"I am terrified." Zhang Xueyan actually knew very well that His Majesty had no intention of pursuing the matter. Wang Guoguang was just old, not dead. If His Majesty really wanted to pursue the matter, he could just kill Wang Guoguang. His political life was over anyway.

Your Majesty is just taking revenge for the embarrassment of being questioned that year.

"Hahaha!" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Xueyan's frustrated expression, and finally smiled and said, "It was just a joke. At that time, the Wanli Reform was very powerful, but it did not bear fruit. The Grand Tutor was doing this for my own good. I am not someone who cannot tell good from bad."

"In fact, there is no need to over-issue, just issue banknotes according to the old system."

"This year, the gold entering the treasury is 1.8 million taels, which is enough to issue 9 million strings of notes. Last year, 6 million strings were issued, and this year 9 million strings will be issued, an increase of 3 million strings, which is enough."

The inflow from the West decreased by 4 million kan of silver, and an additional 3 million kan was issued to supplement liquidity. Silver from Japan and copper from Luzon also supplemented the flow, so a liquidity crisis would not break out.

Zhang Xueyan frowned and asked in confusion, "Why are there 600,000 taels of gold?"

Zhu Yijun explained: "The Jinchi Governor's Office sent back 1.2 million taels of gold to the court this year. With the addition of the gold stored in Yanxing Tower and replenished by Jinshan City, there will even be some extra. The extra will be considered redundant."

"The extra money from Yanxing Tower? In other words, Your Majesty exchanged the silver in the treasury for gold?" Zhang Xueyan immediately grasped the key point. The only account book that the Ministry of Revenue cannot check is the treasury, which is the gold and silver storage in Yanxing Tower.

Obviously, the extra 600,000 taels of gold are your Majesty's private money, and all of them are silver from the imperial treasury.

The treasury put the silver into the gold and silver market, which increased liquidity. The collected gold was used to issue banknotes, which further supplemented the liquidity.

The cost was very clear: the emperor had a loss of three million silver coins at his disposal.

Feng Bao looked at several ministers, straightened his back, and said loudly: "Since your majesty heard that Philip II had launched an attack on England, he has asked Yanxinglou to store enough gold to deal with possible disturbances."

"Your Majesty, always be lenient when anticipating your enemy!"

Your Majesty has grown up and no longer needs Feng Bao as a sharp minion, who would end up fighting with the ministers.

At this moment, Feng Bao only needed to state the facts to humiliate the outer court ministers.

Your Majesty has anticipated the enemy's weakness and has made preparations long ago to prevent the risk of a Western war from affecting the progress of the Ming Dynasty.

What is a holy monarch? This is a holy monarch!

"I haven't heard Wang Qian mention this either." Wang Chonggu was a little surprised because Wang Qian had never seen this before.

Zhang Juzheng heard this and said with a smile on his face, "Since Wang Cifu has kicked Prefect Wang out of the house, Prefect Wang will naturally not mention anything to you as his father."

"And the most important thing when doing work for His Majesty is to keep your mouth shut. Otherwise, the powerful will get wind of this and will definitely push up the price of gold, causing His Majesty to lose money on the gold reserves."

"That's no problem." Zhang Xueyan heaved a long sigh of relief when he heard that there was no need to over-issue money. His attitude was the same as before. No matter how embarrassing the situation was, he still believed that the court should not be maintained by debt, and debts owed had to be repaid eventually.

"Well, due to the impact of the Anglo-Spanish War, the amount of gold and silver flowing into the Ming Dynasty decreased. There is another problem: who should we sell the extra goods to?" Zhu Yijun talked about another problem that gave him a headache.

A market is not cultivated in a day. Building domestic demand in the Ming Dynasty is a slow and arduous task that requires a gradual change in social consensus to complete.

It cannot be fully constructed in the short term, but the short-term crisis is imminent.

Because of the war, the inflow of silver decreased, the outflow of goods also decreased, and no one would do business that would lose money. The Ming Dynasty's vigorous new policy of opening up the sea would become depressed, and the Wanli Reform would suffer a major setback because of the depression.

The reduction of silver inflow can be dealt with by issuing treasure notes;
As the outflow of goods decreases, how to deal with it becomes the top problem.

Once an industry is lost, it is lost forever and can never be recovered, just like the shipbuilding craftsmen during the Yongle period, who disappeared forever in the long river of history.

"Your Majesty, exporting war." Zhang Juzheng said these four words succinctly. As soon as he finished speaking, the emperor and the other three cabinet ministers all looked at Zhang Juzheng in unison. He was absolutely right that Zhang Juzheng was cruel and ruthless.

Zhang Juzheng was watched by everyone. He drank a sip of tea calmly and said calmly: "Let Taixi fight. There is one thing they cannot refuse, and that is safety."

"The prices of firearms, gunpowder, powerful ships and cannons, bows and crossbows, and armor will rise to an astonishing level. Since Felipe won't let the Ming Dynasty do business properly, he will cause unrest in the West."

"And it's very simple. The religious conflicts over there, especially the conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and Protestantism, have become somewhat irreconcilable. Now that the Great Light Church has intervened, it only takes a little provocation to plunge Taixi into a full-scale war."

"At that time, what to sell, how to sell, and how much to sell, wasn't it the Ming Dynasty that had the final say?"

"The decrease in the inflow of silver and the decrease in the outflow of goods can solve the depression in foreign trade."

The West Flower Hall was filled with the wind from Mochou Lake, as if it was saying, "Don't worry, don't worry. Don't worry about anything." Apart from the sound of the wind, the West Flower Hall fell into silence.

The silence is deafening.

"The Ming Dynasty does not have a strong enough ocean-going deployment capability to punish Felipe's wrongdoings. Hasn't he always wanted to establish a Western business alliance to compete with the Ming Dynasty? Then fight! Fight until he is beaten to a bloody pulp. I want to see how he establishes a business alliance." Zhang Juzheng added his reasons.

Li Yashi was a barbarian, he was bad enough. He thought of three ways, the most extreme idea was to attack the rich silver mines. Li Yashi's badness and Zhang Juzheng's viciousness were completely on a different dimension.

"Any questions?" Zhang Juzheng asked doubtfully when he saw that no one was talking. "No questions!" Shen Li waved his hand and said, "I agree!"

"My loss is not unfair." Wang Chonggu was convinced again. He didn't know if he was too arrogant at the beginning to fight with such a person!
When Zhang Juzheng became ruthless, he could really think about issues outside the framework of the relationship between ruler and subject and traditional Confucianism, which Wang Chonggu could not do.

Stereotypes are an extremely terrible constraint. Everything a person does is based on stereotypes.

Human cognition guides all human behaviors, but Zhang Juzheng seemed to have no fixed thinking pattern.

The four barbarians submit without being conquered, and the nine borders are at peace without fighting. This is an extremely important cultural connotation of Confucian culture in which people from afar are pacified. It advocates kingly rule and the kingly way, not hegemony, but Zhang Juzheng has never been a person who only cares about the kingly way.

Zhu Yijun looked around and saw that the ministers had no objection, so he smiled and said, "When the Ming Dynasty spoke nicely, Felipe didn't listen, so let's use a method that the barbarians can understand. I will do this. Tomorrow I will summon the envoy of France, who is also one of the bishops of the Great Light Church."

"I will push this matter forward."

Zhang Xueyan glanced at Zhang Juzheng and the emperor without any trace, and was sure that before Zhang Juzheng mentioned it, His Majesty had actually thought of this method, exporting war, and His Majesty even had a plan in his mind on how to provoke a war.

But no one tells you, your majesty will do it quietly;

Some say that Your Majesty will do it blatantly.

As a secretary of the Secretariat, Ye Xianggao left a blank in his daily notes, and only recorded that the Ming Dynasty did not need to over-issue treasure notes, and then stopped recording completely. However, he did not go to the toilet, but sat aside and listened. These words were not convenient to remember, but convenient to learn.

Cruel? Ye Xianggao thought not at all. In his eyes, the barbarians were all insects. To deal with insects, one must strike hard.

Whoever stops the Ming Dynasty from doing business and whoever blocks free trade is the enemy of the Ming Dynasty!

"You don't have to worry. It won't lead to the moral decline of the Ming Dynasty. At most, I am personally more concerned about the crisis of the Great Light Sect." Zhu Yijun could see what the court officials were worried about: moral decline.

Ming believed that high morals were an advantage.

It is indeed an advantage, otherwise the Sima family would not have been scolded for thousands of years.

Everyone knew Sima Zhao's intentions. Cao Mao knew Sima Zhao's ambition to usurp the throne, so he decided to die with honor. He led his personal guards out of the palace, but was killed by Cheng Ji, the prince's attendant. Cheng Ji drew his spear and attacked the emperor's back, and Cao Mao died on the spot.

Twelve days after Cao Mao was killed, the whole country was talking about it. Sima Zhao had no choice but to kill Cheng Ji and exterminate Cheng Ji's three clans.

After hearing the news, Chengji brothers climbed onto the roof with bare chests and told all the ugly deeds of Sima family to the onlookers!

The people of Chang'an then realized that it was Jia Chong who gave the order and Cheng Ji was just executing it, and that Jia Chong had received instructions from Sima Zhao.

The soldiers who wanted to capture Cheng Ji had no choice but to shoot Cheng Ji and his brother to death on the roof.

Cheng Ji's three clans were exterminated, but Jia Chong, who gave the order, was spared. However, as a prime minister, Jia Chong was not respected by anyone.

There was a doctor named Yu Chun, who got angry with Jia Chong while drinking. He said to Jia Chong in front of him: Jia Chong! The world is in chaos because of you.

Jia Chong broke down on the spot and wanted to fight with Yu Chun, but he failed because he was stopped on both sides.

As the commander-in-chief, Jia Chong conquered the State of Wu and destroyed it. The emperor of Wu, Sun Hao, was captured and became the Marquis of Guiming.

Once, Jia Chong said that Sun Hao had committed many atrocities in the State of Wu, and that he became the king who lost his country because he dug out people's eyes and peeled off their faces, and that he deserved the loss of his country.

Sun Hao sneered and retorted to Jia Chong: This kind of punishment should be used on those who are ministers but kill their monarch, as well as those who are treacherous, cunning and disloyal.

Jia Chong was speechless because he had no way to answer. If he said one more word, Sun Hao would say: Sima Zhao murdered the king, and as the prime minister of the Sima family and the commander-in-chief of the expedition against the State of Wu, it would be the same if you killed Cao Mao or Sima Yan.

After Jia Chong's death, with his achievements in civil and military affairs, and his glorious military exploits in destroying the Eastern Wu and bringing the three families back to the Jin Dynasty, he should have been given a beautiful posthumous title, but he was not. Instead, the ritual officials decided to give him the posthumous title of "Huang".

The Sima family naturally disagreed and argued for a long time, and finally gave Jia Chong the posthumous title of Wu.

High morality is a disadvantage to the outside world, but an advantage to the inside. Even a king like Sun Hao, who lost his country, could stand on the moral high ground and point fingers at Jia Chong when facing him.

Jia Chong could not take revenge because he had already killed the emperor of Cao Wei. If he killed the emperor of Eastern Wu, Sima Yan would probably worry that he would be killed by Jia Chong.

Jia Chong did not do so, but his daughter Jia Nanfeng became the queen and eliminated the troubles in the Western Jin Dynasty.

Zhu Yijun promised the cabinet ministers that this matter he took would not cause a moral crisis for the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty did not export wars, as evidenced by the "Wanli Diary"!
In the meeting held in the West Flower Hall in the 17th year of Wanli, the only thing mentioned was that the Ming Dynasty would issue treasure notes in response.

The next morning, accompanied by the Ming cabinet ministers, Zhu Yijun met with the Archbishop from France, João de Lorraine, at the Mochou Lake Palace.

"Your Majesty, the noble Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty, the wise prophet, the messenger from the distant West, I sincerely pay my respects to Your Majesty. May wisdom always be with Your Majesty. I, the humble servant, bring greetings from the Patriarch. Thank you for the prophet's blessing, and may everything go well for the Great Light Church." After paying respectful greetings, Joao stated the purpose of his visit, which was to make a pilgrimage.

No matter how intense the Anglo-Spanish War was, pilgrimage was the most important thing for religion.

Because Your Majesty is a secular king, João was already very disrespectful by not walking on his knees from Songjiang Prefecture to Yingtian Prefecture.

Joao really asked, and Songjiang Governor Li Le told Joao very clearly that if he knelt, the emperor might expel Joao.

"As a humble servant, I beg the prophet to enlighten us. We plan to choose the phoenix as our religious emblem, but the Holy Fire Envoys and bishops of the Great Light Church have held many discussions and are unable to determine its pattern. I beg the prophet to clear up our confusion." Joao begged the emperor to grant him the religious emblem.

There was no common badge culture in the Ming Dynasty, but it was very widespread in the West. An exquisite badge could attract more believers.

"No problem." Zhu Yijun signaled Feng Bao to hand the plan submitted by the Ministry of Rites to João.

This was designed by the Ministry of Rites in two days after hearing the request of the French envoy. In addition to the badge, there is also a matching Western jewelry design.

An artistic fire phoenix spreads its wings and flies high. Behind the fire phoenix is ​​Fuxi Bagua, representing that Fuxi is the first incarnation of wisdom of the Great Light Sect.

"When you leave, you can take some phoenix flags, brooches, mirror boxes, pendants, etc." Zhu Yijun said with a smile. The dignified Emperor of the Ming Dynasty always talked about business naturally when meeting foreign envoys, and the court officials of the Ming Dynasty were also accustomed to His Majesty's style.

Make money, not shabby.

These ornaments were all carefully designed by the imperial estate and were extremely expensive. Zhu Yijun liked one of them very much, a jade brooch. This brooch was designed by Queen Wang, who also made one by herself.

Zhu Yijun admired Queen Wang's artistic talent very much. She was good at both music and jewelry.

Zhu Yijun knew nothing about this.

The Vatican was selling holy water everywhere, while Zhu Yijun was selling holy vessels. No one could blame anyone in this regard, as they were both using religion to make money.

"Thanks for the prophet's blessing!" João was ecstatic. The aesthetic taste of the Celestial Empire is truly advanced!
For the Great Light Sect, as long as the holy land of Daming still exists, the Great Light Sect can always be reborn from the ashes and the flame will never be extinguished. The Great Light Sect calls the act of missionary work "passing on the flame."

The reason why the phoenix was chosen as the religious emblem, and the terms "rebirth from the fire" and "passing on the fire" were used was entirely because the Ming Dynasty was the virtue of fire.

Marion was very rigorous when formulating the church rules. It was by no means a makeshift team like the Paradise Church. After all, the West has been involved in religion for so many years and is very professional in this area, and there are also many professional talents.

Ye Xianggao wrote quickly. The Ming Dynasty got the silver, and the followers of the Great Light Church got the emotional value of blessing. What a good deal!
Zhu Yijun said with some concern: "I heard that the ten five-masted ships I gave to the Patriarch have caused him a lot of trouble?"

Joao bowed again and said, "The prophet's eyes passed through the vast ocean and saw the plight of the Great Light Church. It's like wisdom comes from heaven and earth, and the wise prophet saw the disaster we are suffering."

"The prophet once said that good fortune is hidden in misfortune, and misfortune always accompanies good fortune. All the suffering we endure is the path we must take to gain wisdom."

João spoke the standard Latin of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty added a few letters to the Latin, making the pronunciation more accurate and the meaning clearer.

The Ming Dynasty's Ministry of Rites helped correct many logical errors in the use of Latin, making Latin more accurate.

Zhu Yijun thought for a long time, and the original sentence should be: Blessings and misfortunes are closely related, and misfortunes are closely related. Blessings and misfortunes are interdependent, and they are in a relationship of both opposition and unity.

The last time Marion came to Ming, Zhu Yijun warned her not to become complacent after her success, and he did say this.

"Philippe II did not allow these ten five-masted ocean-going ships to pass through the Strait of Magellan. It is said that they stayed in the Strait of Magellan for nearly three months. How did you solve this problem?" Zhu Yijun asked about the details of the dilemma.

The ten five-masted ocean-going ships delivered to France belonged to the Knights of Freedom. Philip did not allow these ships to pass through the Strait of Magellan. He did not allow other countries to obtain five-masted ocean-going ships, which were weapons that could change the situation of the war.

"The Spanish navy stationed in the Strait of Magellan also has its own selfish desires. As long as we are given some rewards, they will be happy to let us go. Afterwards, they told Felipe that we bypassed the Death Storm Strait further south." João said it all.

There's nothing mysterious about it, it's just bribery.

Felipe’s orders are certainly important, but the gold and silver in front of us are equally attractive.

As long as a reasonable reason is given when reporting, it is impossible for Felipe II to personally drive a five-masted ocean-going ship to try and verify whether it is really possible.

"I see." Zhu Yijun smiled. Marcus was still worried that Felipe would retaliate and close the Strait of Magellan, but his navy seemed to have its own ideas.

The farthest the Ming Dynasty could deploy its navy was at the Governor's Office in Jiugang. Zhu Yijun would not station the navy at a place farther away. Wan Shihe talked about this issue. The colonists were inevitably localized.

"But I think you should still be careful of Philip II. As the defender of the Roman Catholic Church, he is likely to be detrimental to the Great Light Church, just like he did to Protestantism." Zhu Yijun seemed to be giving a careful warning, but in fact he had evil intentions.

Catholicism and Protestantism were already at loggerheads, and most of the evils committed by the Inquisition in the Netherlands were committed in the name of burning heretics to death.

"Before, the Great Light Church did not suffer the treatment of the Protestant Church because it was too weak. Now that the Great Light Church has grown stronger, how could the Church sit idly by and do nothing?"

"Just like blessing and disaster, safety and danger are both opposite and unified. We must always be prepared for danger in times of peace." Zhu Yijun's words were full of misleading.

"Prophet! One month before the servants set out, two priests of the Church of the Great Light and a Protestant priest were burned to death in the Campo de' Fiori in Rome! The damn liars tricked our priests into going to Italy to preach and took the opportunity to arrest them!" Joao angrily accused the Vatican of its atrocities.

Heretics are more hateful than pagans! Pagans are poor people who believe in false gods, while heretics are betrayers.

This time, the burning stake in the Campo de' Fiori in Rome was mainly to deal with Protestantism, and the priests of the Church of Light were only used as a by-product.

"Is the situation so bad?" Zhu Yijun said worriedly, "Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty is too far away from the West. I can't help you much. I have a book on the struggle translated into Latin. Take it back and I hope it can provide you with a little help."

Zhu Yijun signaled Feng Bao to bring the translated struggle volume.

(End of this chapter)