Nanjing City, in the Liang Palace.

After inspecting Chongming, Gao Huan returned to Nanjing and began to wait for news from Huguang.

The Liang army launched the battle to recover Changsha, which has been fighting for more than two months, which made Gao Huan feel a little anxious.

Whether it was to attack the Zheng family or to restrain Zhang Xianzhong, the Liang army had to attack Changsha as soon as possible.

Otherwise, after Zhang Xianzhong took Guangxi, he would seize Guangdong in one go, and Gao Huan's plan to attack the Zheng family through Guangdong would be ruined.

On that day, Gao Huan was standing in the study, staring at the map, planning a plan to destroy the country in his mind. Suddenly someone outside reported, "King, Zhou Yizheng asked for a meeting."

Gao Huan came back to his senses when he heard the words, walked back to the desk and sat down, "Let him come in."

Soon, Zhou Yanru entered the study and bowed and said, "King, Long Huamin, the president of the Jesuit Society, has arrived."

Gao Huan raised his eyebrows and turned around, "Where are the people?"

Long Huamin was an Italian and aristocratic. He arrived in Macau during the Wanli period. He first preached in Shaozhou, and later arrived in Beijing, and took over as Matteo Ricci as the president of the Jesuits in China.

During the period of Matteo Ricci's mission, missionaries approached the Chinese scholars and officials in order to preach in China. They wore Confucian uniforms and spoke Chinese language, allowing believers to participate in worshiping Confucius and ancestors. The missionary method was relatively mild, attracting more than 100,000 believers.

Long Huamin was more radical, changing the missionary strategy during the Matteo Ricci period, criticizing worshipping Confucius and ancestors, and not allowing believers to participate in traditional Chinese sacrifices, which eventually triggered fierce conflicts and caused several major teaching plans, causing the Jesuits in China to suffer a major blow.

Over the years, Long Huamin has been in Beijing and Shandong, and has continued to preside over the missionary affairs of the Jesuits.

In recent years, Gao Huan has been trying to contact the Jesus Society and sent people to Macau, hoping to establish connections with the Jesus Society. However, Gao Huan's letter was actually sent in the wrong direction. The main members of the Jesus Society were not in Macau, but in Beijing.

After all, Macau is just a trading base in Portugal, and there is a sparse population. The Jesuit missionaries only regard Macau as a foothold. To preach, it still requires going deep into the mainland and gaining the recognition of the rulers.

Therefore, most of the missionaries such as Long Huamin and Johnson Chan were in Beijing.

After the fall of the Chongzhen Dynasty, these missionaries surrendered to the Qing court, but with the strength of the Liang Kingdom, they turned their targets to Gao Huan.

For these missionaries, they had no loyal ministers to the Chinese regime, and only followed the instructions of the Holy See and preached only.

Gao Huan immediately became interested when he heard that Long Huamin had arrived.

If Gao Huan wants to lead Liang into modernization, he needs to absorb new knowledge for China's development.

Zhou Yanru and Taoism: "I just entered Nanjing and was arranged by Li Cao to stay in the inn."

Gao Huan thought for a while and ordered: "I'm here to meet him!"

Soon, Long Huamin was taken to the study by the guards. Gao Huan looked at him twice. He was a not tall white old man with a beard.

"His Royal Highness Liang, Long Huamin was summoned!" Long Huamin bowed to Gao Huan, and then took out a bag of things, "This is a gift from the Jesus will bring to His Highness."

The Longhuamin arrived in China during the Wanli period. It has been preaching for decades. It speaks Chinese very well and has a Beijing accent.

Gao Huan asked someone to take over the burden and opened it to see several books in it. It was written in it. "Daily Class of the Holy Teaching", "Earthquake Explanation", "Personal Picture Description", "Geometric Origin", "Synonyms of the Same Text", "Measurement Methods", "Circular Consequences", "Chongzhen Calendar", "Fire Attack and Carrying", and "Complete Book of Mining and Metallurgical".

Gao Huan read it and found that some of these books were translated by missionaries, while others were translated by Xu Guangqi, Li Zhizao and others.

In order to find textbooks for Liang Guo Government Affairs School and Nanjing Engineering Science Hall, most of these books have been collected by Gao Huan.

Most of the things that Long Huamin brought were from more than ten years ago and did not have much value.

Gao Huan smiled slightly, "I have these books, but I still have to thank President Long!"

Before Long Huamin came, he learned about Macau. He heard that Gao Huan recruited Portuguese at high prices in Macau and also paid a lot of money to buy books, so he brought these books, hoping to gain the favor of King Liang.

Long Huamin felt a little confused after hearing Gao Huan's words, but for the sake of the Lord's cause, he still explained his purpose, "Your Highness King Liang, I came here this time to preach. I wonder if Your Highness can allow us to preach in Liang State?"

Gao Huan said in a deep voice: "I admire you very much for traveling thousands of miles and want to preach. However, although the Nanjing lesson plan has been more than ten years, the memories of the people in Nanjing are still there. If you want your missionary, I am afraid that the people will oppose it and cause conflicts!"

Long Huamin felt a little anxious when he heard this. Since he accepted the president of the Jesuits in China, his missionary career has plummeted and has not returned to the grand occasion of Matteo Ricci.

This was also the good thing that Matteo Ricci hid back then. He did not reveal the true proposition of the Jesuits. Instead, he changed his doctrine in order to cater to the scholars and officials of the Ming Dynasty, so many people were deceived to join.

Long Huamin's radical missionary made the Chinese see the essence of the Jesuits, expose their thoughts, and make the rulers realize the harm of the Jesuits, so the literati and officials of the Ming Dynasty basically stayed away from each other.

After all, no ruler can tolerate it. His people and ministers first obey the pope, not the court.

For the people, their doctrines are too extreme. They believe in their family, worshiping ancestors and Confucius, worshiping Buddhas and the Jade Emperor, and do not agree with the people's habit of worshiping everything.

The exclusion of the ruling class and the people has made the cause of Long Huamin without much progress over the years.

This time he came to Liang State was an opportunity for him, and he could not let him go, so he quickly said, "His Royal Highness, the Jesus will be willing to send priests to serve His Highness, and ask His Highness to allow us to spread the gospel of the Lord. We will definitely impress the people of Liang State!"

Gao Huan was unable to act when he heard the words, and pondered for a while and said, "Let's do this! You sent priests to serve as professors in various schools in Liang State, teaching knowledge of navigation, astronomy, arithmetic, and surveying. I allow you to set up a church on Taiping Street, Nanjing and preach on Taiping Street, to see the reaction of the people first. How?"

Gao Huan demarcated a missionary area for the Jesus Church, which was a relatively wealthy street, and it happened to be a temple there.

This condition is much worse than what Long Huamin wanted, but this is his opportunity to re-engage with the rule of the Han people.

Long Huamin didn't think much, so he agreed: "Thank you, Your Highness Liang for your permission, the Lord will bless Liang's strength."

Gao Huan immediately told Long Huamin a rule that missionaries were not allowed to go to other places to preach, so as not to cause conflict and form new lesson plans.

When Long Huamin was happy, Zhou Yanru realized that Gao Huan did not like the Jesuits, so he reminded: "King, these Western barbarians are not loyal to the king, and the people who join their church are easily suffocated by them. The king must be careful!"

Gao Huan nodded slightly, "These people only obey their Holy See. Our people must be vigilant and not be fooled by them. In addition, all schools, especially the Engineering Science Hall, must pay attention to the advanced technology of our Liang Kingdom, and we must never let them steal it!"

Zhou Yanru nodded quickly when he heard the words, "I understand!"

Gao Huan then spoke, "You are asking someone to summon Kong Xingxie, Master Lingfeng Ouyi and Master Zhang Tian. I want to talk to them about the three religions going overseas and preaching."

The influence of Western culture in later generations on the world was so great that it was inseparable from these missionaries.

Seeing Western missionaries traveling thousands of miles to China to preach, Gao Huan felt that the three local religions in China must go out.

Moreover, after Gao Huan thought about it, he found that if the three religions were spread overseas, it could greatly reduce the ruling cost of Liang State.

The spread of Buddhism among ordinary and lower-class people is conducive to reducing the resistance of ordinary people overseas. Confucianism is spreading in the upper class of natives, allowing upper-class indigenous people to form spiritual thoughts and be the people of Liang. As for the spread of Taoism, it can make some people with a spirit of resistance look down on everything outside and focus on their own practice.
Chapter completed!