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Emperor Wanli, who had been diving until Li Tingji died of poverty and illness, finally bubbled up in the official group of the Ming Dynasty, and gave Li Tingji a posthumous title of "Wenjie" and "Shaobao".

Zhao Han has read most of the "History of the Christian Expedition to China", and many of the bad habits described in it have changed.Matteo Ricci criticized the phenomenon of drowning infants, and drowning infants is rare nowadays, at least the people at the bottom will not do it because they cannot afford to support them.

Only in a few prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, some gentry drowned their baby girls because they were afraid that no boys would come to them because they were the first to give birth to girls.

For this bad custom, once discovered, the whole family will be exiled.Planning and participation in infanticide, beheading.Only those who voluntarily report can be exempted from the penalty of exile. If they cannot live in their original place (report their family members), the government will help them emigrate to the north.

There are also Chinese who despise medicine. This phenomenon has also changed, and doctors are no longer regarded as lowly slaves.

In the middle of the afternoon, Zhao Han called Ai Julian over: "The pope, hasn't he sent any order yet?"

Aurelius replied: "It's a long way from China to Rome, and I won't be able to return until the end of this year at least. If there is a storm, it will be next year."

"What is the idea of ​​the Chinese Jesuits?" Zhao Han asked again.

Ai Julius sighed: "I have no idea, the Chinese Jesuits have already existed in name only."

In this book, Matteo Ricci has been complaining about the lack of funds for missionary work.I also considered collecting money from believers, but finally gave up because I was afraid that collecting money would scare believers away.

After Zhao Han expelled a large number of missionaries, the remaining missionaries have completely lost their source of funding.In this case, it is a problem for them to eat, and there are no officials, so they have to find part-time jobs.There are quite a few missionaries who specialize in translating European works and barely make ends meet.

A bunch of poor guys!

Unlike the missionaries in the Qing Dynasty, due to the rise of European colonization, the funds for missionary work were frighteningly abundant.But with money clearing the way, the majority of Han Chinese Christians in the Manchu Qing Dynasty turned out to be hooligans, because decent people would not choose to believe in Jesus.

Ai Julius said: "Your Majesty, the missionary work of the Society of Jesus has stopped, and churches in various places have also closed down voluntarily, because they can't afford the rent. Some churches that bought land to build were also sold for cents. According to Buddhism In the future, preaching will follow fate, and only preach to those who have the roots of wisdom."

"Hahahaha!" Zhao Han was amused by this statement.

These missionaries have already begun to lie flat and rotten.

Ai Julius also said: "I and a few friends are determined to revise the doctrine, combine Christianity with Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and combine with Your Majesty's Great Harmony Theory. However, even the remaining missionaries, most of them do not agree with this behavior. .”

Zhao Han is quite satisfied with the split of thoughts and disunity.

"How did you combine Chinese and Western?" Zhao Han couldn't help asking.

Ai Julius explained: "The Holy Father, the Holy Son, and the Holy Spirit are all three in one, all of which are the evolution of the way of heaven. God's redemption is to awaken the world and make the world understand the theory of the original king, the original minister, and the original people. Kings and subjects, As long as you believe in Jesus, you must fulfill the duties of the king, minister, and people. Only by fulfilling the duties of the king, minister, and people can you obtain the favor of the gods. , is the great harmony of the world! Before the realization of the great harmony, everyone is guilty. The way of atonement is to strive to realize the great harmony of the world.”

Zhao Han suppressed his smile, nodded and said, "Very good, after you complete the teachings, you can send them to me."

This kind of Christianity, is it reasonable?

Very reasonable!

In another time and space, there was even liberation theology, using Marxism to interpret the Bible, and it spread rapidly throughout Latin America.

They feel that God’s redemption of the world is to liberate the world.

How to liberate?

Then you need to study Marxist theory, understand the principles of Marxist economics, and realize equality from all aspects of society, economy, and politics.We must understand the scientific view of history and shoulder the responsibility of liberating ourselves.To transform oneself, to transform society. The original sin in the "Bible" is the old society and the old human beings. Only when the new society and the new human beings emerge can they be redeemed.

The historian Han Yue has been released as the county magistrate, but Ding Shijing is still staying.

At this moment, Ding Shijing wrote in his notes on daily life: "At noon, I read the book of Xiru Matteo Ricci, and if I felt something, I called Xiruai Julian and asked about the teachings of Christianity. Ai, a great European Confucianist, and his He has studied both Chinese and Western cultures, and he is especially good at the way of astronomy. Ai Shi said that there are omissions in the scriptures of the Christian scriptures, and they should be rectified with Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Thousands of roads lead to the same goal, and the Christian scriptures should also follow the principles of heaven. I am very happy and encouraged , Aishi is out."

"What did you write?" Zhao Han asked.

Ding Shijing quickly held it over: "Please take a look, Your Majesty."

Zhao Han glanced at it, and couldn't help but laugh: "Do you think what he said makes sense?"

Ding Shijing replied: "Truth comes from the law of heaven, and it also comes from the way of heaven. If the Yejiao does not follow the way of heaven, it has no reason. And the evolution of the way of heaven will lead to the harmony of the world. If the Yejiao takes the harmony of the world as its own mission, it will be understood. Heavenly reason, then he must have a reason."

Zhao Han smiled and praised: "You are not bad, Datong theory is solid, you are worthy of being Wang Tiaoding's student."

Ding Shijing continued to flatter: "I often follow His Majesty around, listen to His Majesty's teachings, and improve my knowledge every day. My qualifications are blunt. If I can continue to serve Your Majesty, I may become a great Confucianist in the future."

"That's right, the way of flattery, you have indeed improved a lot." Zhao Han smiled even more happily.

Chapter 529 [Emperor's Plowing]

In the old calendar, in February, officials of the third grade and above start fasting (do not eat irritating foods such as ginger and garlic).

On the second day of fasting, Zhao Han read sacrificial texts in Yingmin Hall and went to inspect the rice seeds and farm tools in person.

The Minister of Taichang Temple and the Governor of Jinling Prefecture sent the seeds and agricultural tools to Xiannongtan together.

On the third day of fasting, Zhao Han set off on a royal chariot.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The bell rings at the Meridian Gate, and the imperial driver leaves.

After repeated weighing, Zhao Han resumed most of the sacrificial ceremonies, and at the same time restored the Taichang Temple that presided over the sacrificial offerings.

However, the sacrificial ritual reform was more simplified.

Restoring various sacrificial ceremonies is not to engage in feudal superstition, nor is it to show the majesty of the emperor.Rather, Zhao Han understands a truth, the core values ​​of the ancient Chinese can be summed up in four words: respect heaven and ancestors!

These four characters cannot be discarded, otherwise social thought will fall into chaos.

Before the Lantern Festival, he had already gone to offer sacrifices to the heaven and the earth, and today he was going to hold the Qitian Ceremony.That is to say, the emperor persuaded farming and cultivated the fields himself to express the imperial court's emphasis on farming.

When Yu drove out of the Forbidden City, officials above the third rank had already been waiting in line outside the Forbidden City for a long time.

This is also simplified. In the Kuitian Ceremony of the Ming Dynasty, all civil officials above the fourth rank and military officials above the third rank had to go.Now, regardless of civil or martial arts, all must be above the third grade (Taichang Temple is an exception), Zhao Han does not want so many officials to follow.

Raising the standard for participating in sacrifices by one rank will immediately reduce the number of officials by more than half.

When the procession of emperors and ministers passed by, many people from Nanjing gathered around, obviously wanting to follow behind to watch the excitement.

The two Frenchmen, Henry and Charles, were also quite curious about this, wondering why the emperor was leaving the city.

Is it to go hunting?

Or organize a knightly contest?

The team went all the way to the southeast outside the city of Nanjing, where the Nanjing Temple of Heaven and Earth is located.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang followed the ancient rituals and sacrificed to heaven and earth on the summer solstice and winter solstice in the south and north of Zijin Mountain.

Etiquette is extremely cumbersome and goes a long way.

So Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Heaven and earth are like parents, how can they be separated if they are sacrificed to parents?"

So the sacrifice to heaven and earth was changed from separate sacrifice to joint sacrifice, and the place of sacrifice was also changed.In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's intention was to reduce the number of sacrifices and reduce the distance traveled, so as to avoid wasting people and money.

Zhu Di moved his capital to Beijing, and the etiquette followed the old rules of Nanjing.

It wasn't until Emperor Jiajing held a grand discussion on etiquette and made a series of etiquette reforms.One of them is to change the Temple of Heaven and Earth into the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Earth, and follow the ancient rituals for separate sacrifices.

Now, Zhao Han has changed again.

His idea is the same as Zhu Yuanzhang's, he can do whatever he can to save trouble.

There is a large sacrificial hall in the Temple of Heaven and Earth, where the yin and yang of heaven and earth, the sun, moon and stars, mountains and rivers, and all natural gods are enshrined here.

The Xiannong Altar is near the Great Sacrifice Hall, dedicated to one of the ancestors of China: Shennong!

The sacrificial officer of Taichang Temple acts as the master of ceremonies to arrange the process.

Chen Maosheng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, stood in front and recited the sacrificial oration, and then Zhao Han led the officials to bow down to Shennong.

According to the ancient rituals, the sacrificial offering to Shennong should be done with a prison, that is, a complete set of pigs, cattle and sheep.

Zhao Han felt that it was too wasteful to kill a pig.

After the prayer, Zhao Han put the hem of the dragon robe on his belt, took off his boots, and rolled up his trousers.

The minister of Taichang Temple waved the red flag three times, the minister of the Ministry of Rites invited the emperor to come out of the altar, the minister of the household department presented the lei, and the governor of Jinling government presented the whip.Lei is the most primitive plow, and the portraits of Shennong often carry it.

Zhao Han walked out of Xiannong's altar, holding a lei in his right hand and a whip in his left.

There were also two local old farmers who followed with their oxen, and the officials of Honglu Temple announced that the emperor would personally farm.

Today, the concubine did not come.

Men farm and women weave, and farming is a man's business, although there must be women farming among the people.

The field of the Son of Heaven is divided into three parts per mu.

The one-acre-three-point land is derived from here.

Unlike other emperors, Zhao Han's Tianzitian was not framed within the altar, but was next to the people's paddy fields.

On the ridge in the distance, there are many people standing.

There are even gentry, holding civilian binoculars, standing far away and happily peeping.After Zhao Han came to Nanjing, this was the first time he had plowed by himself. The people inside and outside the city of Nanjing had not seen the emperor plowing the fields for more than 200 years.

"Your Majesty, please turn over the ground!" the old Farmer Cowboy said with a smile.

Old farmers are not invited randomly, they must be elderly.You must be over 60 years old, you must be of high moral standing, and you must be able to farm.

Zhao Han only needs to take the lei, go to the field and turn it over a few times, and leave the rest to the old farmer to use the oxen to plow.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zhao Han planted the lei on the edge of the field and snatched the rope of the cow from the old farmer.In the surprised eyes of everyone, the emperor led the ox down to the field, inserted the plowshare into the soil, and drove the buffalo to plow the field with a whip.

That movement was quite skillful.

Only veterans like Chen Maosheng stood beside him with a smile on his face.When they only had half the land in the county, during the busy farming season, they all helped the common people plant the land.

"The emperor really knows how to farm!"

"Hands and feet are still a bit raw, it doesn't look like an old hand."

"It's been a long time since I plowed the field, and it will be very easy to plow a few more times."

"It's good that the emperor knows how to plow the fields. Knowing that farmers are not easy, the land tax will not be heavy."

"Long live Your Majesty!"

"..."

The farmers watching the emperor's plowing from afar started whispering there, and then burst into shouts of long live.

The two French nobles were stunned at this moment.

Henry said in disbelief: "Plowing land is something that only lowly farmers can do. Why did the emperor of China plow the land himself? This will make the emperor's majesty go away! And those officials, no one stopped them, and they all stood there laughing .God, what did I see?"

Charlie said with a smile: "Perhaps, the Chinese emperor and ministers all regard this as a game. Listen, there is a band playing music by the side of the field. The emperor must be playing the role of a farmer. This is probably his interest and hobby. I heard People say that Chinese emperors all have hobbies, and there is also a carpenter emperor. European monarchs also have weird hobbies."

"No, why are all the peasants near us kneeling before the emperor?" Henry looked around, feeling more and more puzzled, "The peasants bowed very piously, as if the Chinese emperor plowed the fields himself, and immediately won their support .”

Charlie said: "The emperor is engaged in humble farming. Of course these humble people will be very happy. You see those officials are laughing. They must be mocking the emperor in their hearts. The Chinese emperor has lost his majesty in front of the ministers."

Ai Julius did not know when he came, and said in French: "You two are wrong. Cultivating food is a very sacred thing in China. The emperor himself goes to the field to cultivate, which means that he is kind, and it also means that he knows how to govern the country. Officials do not will laugh at them, but will even more support their monarch."

Henry couldn't understand: "Aren't people who farm the land very humble?"

Ai Julius shook his head and said: "There is a saying in China that scholars, farmers, and businessmen rank first, which can be understood as scholars and officials. Peasants are ranked second, and craftsmen and businessmen are ranked behind farmers. Chinese officials and scholars, A lot of them farm their own land. Or grow vegetables in the garden, or grow food in the field, and they think it’s a very elegant thing to do.”

Henry spread his hands: "Strange Chinese customs, strange Chinese ideas. If the European nobles know that the Chinese emperor actually farms his own land, his image will definitely plummet in Europe. There are also farmers whose status is actually ranked behind craftsmen and businessmen Ahead. Peasants are the most humble, and the meaning of their existence is to provide food for the nobles."

Aurelius sarcastically said: "So in the previous 20 years, France contributed the most peasant riots in Europe. Because the French prime minister had exactly the same idea as you."

Henry laughed and said, "Father Richelieu is a great prime minister. Although most nobles and peasants hate him, he made France stronger, and he allowed the king to truly control the land of the country."

This is how the ass decides the head. Henry is a nobleman who has lost his fiefdom. The harder Richelieu messed up the nobles, the more he would gloat.

Charlie didn't speak any more, but he kept in mind what he saw and heard in China, and planned to return to Paris as a topic of conversation, and maybe he could seduce a few rich ladies.

Word of the emperor of China plowing the fields himself would surely spread in Paris.

While the nobles despise and ridicule, some open-minded scholars will definitely reflect on the systems of European countries.This phenomenon has been very popular since the beginning of the Renaissance. According to a few words of Chinese thought and customs, various reflections on the current Europe: What is this country, and the specific question!

Even a famous scholar, after reading a travelogue in China, put forward a very serious thought: Since China existed before the birth of Jesus, was the world really created by God?Or, are the Chinese people created by God?If the Chinese were not created by gods, then is god still the supreme and only existence?

The news of Zhao Han's plowing spread to Europe, and it is estimated that some scholars are rushing to shout: The Chinese emperor attaches great importance to agriculture and treats farmers well.European monarchs only know how to oppress peasants, this is why China is stronger than European countries!Monarchs of Europe, stop and wait for your people!

Zhao Han didn't plow all the one-acre three-point field of the emperor, but only plowed three back and forth for show.

This is also etiquette, three pushes and three reverses.

Then another piece was flattened out. The governor of Jinling Prefecture held the green box in his hand, and the servant of the household department held the seeds and sowed them.This is breeding, concentrated sowing of rice seeds, and after they grow into seedlings, they are pulled out and transplanted to the field.

According to the ancient ritual, five grains should be sown.

Zhao Han said to the Minister of Taichang Temple last month: "How to plant, how to plant, how can the five grains be sown together? Wait for the other seeds to rot?"

After the Son of Heaven's personal cultivation was over, the Minister of the Household Department and the Governor of Jinling Prefecture returned home with the lei and the whip.

Zhao Han climbed up to the viewing platform, and the three princes and nine ministers went to get the whip and the plow in turn.Sangong pushes five times and returns five times, Jiu Qing nine times pushes nine times, and finally just plows one mu and three parts of the land.

"The plowing ceremony is complete!" Chen Maosheng shouted.