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Chapter 995 God is with you

The princes named by the Tatars came to rebel against the Tatars. Although the prince was not a Tatar, but a Han Chinese, Joshua Chan still thought that this prince was a shameless person.

As for the Han scholar who rose in southern China, Chau Wang had a high evaluation. He even believed that the Han scholar might be the sword of God that ended the Tatar dynasty. However, the more he thought so, the more he was worried. Because a few years ago, in order to help his friends in Macau, he asked his emperor student to send troops to attack the Han scholar. If one day this Han scholar really entered Beijing, then what he did in the past would definitely not be loved by the Han scholar. This would not only affect the life of Chau Wang, but also affect the spread of Catholicism in China, but also his lifelong career.

This made Tang Ruowang unable to sleep or eat. He decided to make up for it, but found that he had no chance to make up for it at all, because the Han scholar was not interested in Catholicism. Although he heard that there were many Westerners in his army, he had not heard of any Han scholar who showed any interest in Catholicism so far. He was interested in the West only in arms and some tactics. In desperation, Tang Ruowang had to turn his attention to the shameless person he thought - the Tatar King Pingxi, who is now the man of the Liao King of the Ming Dynasty.

John Tang made the worst plan. Although the Han man named Wu Sangui was not very trustworthy, he has now reached the heart of China and has seriously endangered the existence of the Tatar dynasty. One day in the future, Wu Sangui is likely to become the new ruler of northern China. Of course, this is not what John Tang cares about and attaches most. What he cares about and attaches most are Emperor Yongli of the Ming Dynasty and His Royal Highness, the sect named Constantine. The emperor and his heirs are both Catholics involved, which is obviously more in line with the interests of the Catholic Church in the East.

Perhaps, we should show Wu Sangui the greatest kindness of Catholicism towards him, or we should send an envoy to meet our emperor and prince. Of course, if the Pope's handwritten letters came over, the effect would be even better.

Tang Ruowang closed his eyes, but there was a slight sound of footsteps. He opened his eyes and looked at the other party, and found that it was his new assistant, Nan Huairen.

Nan Huairen is a Catholic Jesuit priest from Belgium. He came to China three years ago. In addition to the identity of a priest, Nan Huairen also has another identity, which is a weapon expert. He is very good at making cannons, can also measure and math. In short, he is a very outstanding Catholic talent.

Johnson Chan was very grateful to the Vatican for sending him such outstanding talents. Originally, Johnson Chan, who was deeply trusted by the emperor's students, was preparing to recommend Nan Huairen to his student. He believed that his emperor's student union attached great importance to Nan Huairen's art of making artillery, so that Nan Huairen could gain the emperor's trust and speak to the promotion of Catholicism like himself. Unfortunately, since the emperor became obsessed with Buddhism, it was difficult for him to see the emperor himself, let alone recommend Nan Huairen to the emperor. As a last resort, he had to send Nan Huairen to Shaanxi to work with the Catholic Priest Li Fangxi, the Catholic Priest there, but Shaanxi was soon captured by the rebels, and Nan Huairen and Li Fangxi had to return without success.

"Father, you are so tired that I shouldn't let those Tatars come in during the day." Nan Huairen couldn't help but feel a little guilty when he saw Tang Ruowang's tired look.

"Those Tatars are big shots. They used to be arrogant, but now they have become despicable and timid, which is unexpected..." Chau Wangwang looked at Nan Huairen and said with emotion.

Nan Huairen shrugged and said disapprovingly: "What's so strange about this? The Tatars suffered a lot of defeats in the south. The land they controlled was less and less, and the population for them to enslave was also less and less. Among them, many of the warriors who were good at fighting were also killed in battle, but the situation was still unfavorable to them. How could they not be afraid?...Father, don't forget that in addition to barbarism, the Tatars were also humans. If they were humans, they would be afraid of stronger opponents... But I still can't figure out why the Tatars who were about to occupy China were defeated so quickly. It took them more than ten years to occupy most of China, but they lost more than half of the country in just three years. Father, your student is probably not a qualified emperor."

After hearing Nan Huairen's words, Tang Ruowang smiled bitterly, waved his hand to Nan Huairen, and sighed: "The emperor has lost his father since he was a child, and no one taught him how to be the emperor, so sometimes he can't avoid doing something unreasonable and causing disastrous consequences."

Nan Huairen shook his head and said disagreeingly: "Father, your student is alienating you and also alienating us Catholicism. He would rather believe those tricks of Buddhist monks than believe us, but you still have to say good things for him. It is really hard to understand."

Chau Wang opened his mouth and said nothing. Perhaps Nan Huairen was right, and his student really no longer believed him.

Seeing that Tang Ruowang looked very lonely, Nan Huairen distracted the matter and said, "I just came back from outside. Beijing was in chaos. It was rumored everywhere that the dynasty might be destroyed. The powerful people were afraid, and the powerless people were also afraid. I heard that many Tatars were preparing to flee back to their hometowns outside the pass. Father, in my opinion, the Tatars dynasty would not last long. If the emperor's imperial guards could defeat the rebels, the Tatars dynasty might be saved. If they were defeated, they would probably really go back to their hometowns. Then, I would like to ask the priest, is the real defeat of the Tatars, is it a pro or a disadvantage to our missionary in China? Should we do something now, instead of waiting here?"

Joshua Chau slowly sat up from the chair, then stood up, and walked to the wall where the portrait of the Virgin was hung, and he stared at the portrait of the Virgin.

"Father, the Vatican has invested a lot of resources for us. They are eager to truly open the door to China and let the Chinese people bathe in the glory of God. In the past, you thought the Tatars would open their arms to us, but you also saw that the Tatars did not do this, even if their emperor was your student! ... I am bluntly speaking, for the honor of the Jesuits and the future of the missionary cause, we must act immediately!" Speaking of this, Nan Huairen paused and expressed his purpose, "I want to go to Nanjing to meet the magical general who was called the thief scholar by the Tatars."

"Go to Nanjing?" Joshua Chan was surprised and shook his head: "The young man is hostile to us."

Nan Huairen laughed: "The Tatars were also hostile to us at the beginning, but now, are we not here?"

"Maybe the rebels are more suitable for us." Johnson Chan was obviously more interested in Emperor Yongli, who was baptized by Catholicism, although he is likely to be just a puppet now.

Of course, Nan Huairen knew that the Ming emperor existed in the hands of the rebels, but he insisted: "Then it would be no harm for me to go to Nanjing. At least, it would allow the young general to know our existence."
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