Long Huamin's reprimand seemed to everyone to be ordinary.
He is the leader of the church, and it is his responsibility to manage the missionaries.
But Zuo Mengeng keenly felt something was different.
But before he could think about it carefully, Long Huamin launched an offensive against him again.
"Zuo, the Lord is omnipotent. Only by falling into the arms of the Lord can you understand how vast the world you want to explore will be."
Long Hua Min used Western knowledge to seduce him, and he felt that Zuo Mengeng would definitely fall in love with him.
But Zuo Mengeng asked, "Mr. Jingjing, are you from Sicily?"
In the past few days, Xu Ruolin had been giving him lots of extra lessons, so that he had a certain understanding of the missionaries he knew and didn't know.
Zuo Menggeng secretly complained about Long Huamin's comments.
Essence...
No matter how you listen to it, it feels like driving.
Speaking of his hometown, Long Huamin looked nostalgic.
"I come from Sicily, which is a very beautiful island. It is located in the middle of the quiet and blue sea. It is warm as spring all year round, like a paradise."
Zuo Mengeng turned to Tang Ruowang again.
"Mr. Tang, you are from Germany, right?"
Tang Ruowang is also very proud of his hometown.
"It was a place with rigorous thought, and many great learnings were born there. It was also where I received the influence and became a qualified missionary."
Zuo Mengeng shouted.
"In that case, can you two tell me why you Sicilians and Germans believe in the God of the Hebrews?"
Long Huamin, Tang Ruowang...
￣□￣｜｜
Can you chat?
Long Huamin and Tang Ruowang were so shocked that they resigned one after another and never mentioned inviting Zuo Mengeng to join the religion again.
Sure enough, Deng Yuhan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the others leaving.
"Zuo, do you want to see my research results? I have been to many places and seen many interesting things. Unfortunately, there are too few people here who can share them with me."
Without Long Huamin and Tang Ruowang by his side, Deng Yuhan never mentioned any religious issues, and every word he spoke was centered on academic issues.
He led Zuo Mengeng and Xu Ruolin to his residence.
It is obvious that the living conditions of these missionaries in China are very difficult.
Deng Yuhan's residence is very simple. The most conspicuous thing is that all kinds of books are piled up on the entire wall.
There are so many books, and each one is well preserved, which shows how much Deng Yuhan attaches importance to them.
"When I learned that I was going to come here and communicate with this great country, I made a lot of preparations. You see, these things were all brought from Europe."
What are the contents of the books? Zuo Mengeng cannot see for the time being. But something successfully attracted his attention.
"Mr. Deng, this is... is this an astronomical telescope?"
Zuo Menggeng did not know that Deng Yuhan was the first person to bring astronomical telescopes to China.
Deng Yuhan was extremely happy when he saw that Zuo Mengeng could see the purpose of the astronomical telescope at a glance.
"This is a gift from my friend Galileo. When I was about to travel far away, he gave this to me. He hoped that I could get different astronomical data on the other side of the earth and learn from him. .”
Zuo Mengeng was calm on the outside, but he was so excited inside that he almost went crazy.
Dude, you are actually a friend of Galileo...
Although Zuo Menggeng is a complete novice in astronomy, how could he not know Galileo's name?
At least in the history course, I got to know this famous person well.
Wait, what is Galileo doing now?
While he was reminiscing, Deng Yuhan rambled on about his connections.
"Just last year, I wrote a letter to Galileo, hoping that he could teach me how to calculate solar and lunar eclipses. Unfortunately, I don't know what happened to him, but he never replied to my letter."
Xu Ruolin consoled her: "It's a long journey from here to Europa. Maybe your friend didn't receive your letter."
This is a very reasonable explanation. After all, the danger of traveling far in this era is too high.
It was no accident that a letter was lost along the way.
But Zuo Mengeng knew that the real situation was not like this.
He recalled information about Galileo.
There is only one reason why this powerful man did not reply to Deng Yuhan.
He was in trouble, big trouble.
The trouble Galileo encountered was that the church believed that his "heliocentric theory" violated the doctrine and began to suppress him.
Galileo was a scientist and did not intend to back down from scientific issues.
Eventually, he will face the Inquisition.
According to Zuo Mengeng's memory, in five years, he will be under house arrest and lose his freedom. He later became blind, lost the ability to move, and eventually died of fever and heart disease.
Zuo Mengeng felt that this was an opportunity.
The breakthrough lies in Deng Yuhan in front of him.
From Deng Yuhan, Zuo Mengeng discovered that later generations' understanding of missionaries in this period seemed somewhat inaccurate.
It is true that there are many missionaries who, adhering to the will of the church, come to the far East to spread teachings and at the same time feed back the situation in the East to the West.
However, a considerable number of missionaries actively and enthusiastically came to the East, perhaps to escape religious persecution.
Many people in later generations regarded missionaries' dissemination of scientific knowledge in China as an auxiliary means of spreading doctrines, hoping to draw closer relations with the Chinese.
But if this is the case, then when science is questioned, these missionaries have no reason to argue and even die for it.
After all, their purpose is to preach, so why should they be so realistic on scientific issues?
Take for example the calendar dispute that is happening right now.
Zuo Mengeng, the old man named Wei who made a lot of nonsense at Xu Guangqi's house a few days ago, has now figured out his identity.
The old man's name is Wei Wenkui.
When he was conducting calendar research, he was very opposed to the Western learning proposed by Xu Guangqi.
Wei Wenkui's research results are not outstanding. But his discussion of scientific attitudes in the East and the West continued to influence hundreds of years later.
[In the East, the wise are known by the world, while in the West, the wise are known by the world]
To put it simply, it is Eastern science and technology. Over time, everyone will know that it is open.
The West, on the other hand, pays great attention to secrecy.
If you want to know, bring the money.
This leads to modern intellectual property issues!
Originally, Wei Wenkui was an unknown person, while Xu Guangqi was the minister. To deal with such a person, it was just a matter of words.
But Xu Guangqi was very personable and believed that academic disputes should be resolved academically.
Regarding this controversy, Chongzhen supported Xu Guangqi.
All it takes is one word from Xu Guangqi, and Wei Wenkui may be thrown into a place of eternal destruction.
But Xu Guangqi said so.
"I haven't read it thoroughly yet, so I dare not say whether it is right or wrong."
It means that I haven’t finished reading Wei Wenkui’s theory, so I dare not draw conclusions easily, and I don’t know whether it is right or wrong.
This is a truth-seeking and pragmatic attitude.
When Chongzhen saw what Xu Guangqi said, he couldn't take action directly. So he ordered Wei Wenkui to set up the Eastern Calendar Bureau to openly compete with the Western Calendar Bureau in charge of Xu Guangqi to verify who was right and who was wrong.
If the dispute between East and West at this time was considered mild, the calendar dispute during the Kangxi period almost killed Tang Ruowang, and many officials who believed in the church were killed.
If it is so dangerous, why do missionaries who are supposed to preach as their own mission insist on arguing with their arguments?
No matter how science develops in China, it will not affect their missionary work.
Even if they cater to the local people's thoughts, maybe their missionary work will go more smoothly.
In fact, when any religion comes to an unfamiliar territory, it will inevitably undergo a certain degree of localization.
This is also the reason why there are many sects within religions.
Religion is, after all, a matter of thought.
If you can't even communicate with the local people, how can you get them to accept your teachings?
It is impossible for these missionaries who came to China not to understand this truth.
But when it came to science, they chose to persist.
Based on this speculation, coupled with Zuo Mengeng's personal experience, he realized that perhaps the true purpose of many of these missionaries who used the guise of preaching was to avoid religious persecution.
Better conduct scientific research where religion has no influence.
In this case, he might be able to gain a lot from this aspect.
Based on this speculation, Zuo Mengeng decided to test it out.
He looked around and found that there were no prying eyes nearby, so he lowered his voice.
"Mr. Deng, did such a sophisticated astronomical telescope help you find the pure land you longed for?"
Deng Yuhan's excited movements suddenly stopped, and when he looked at him again, he felt as if he had seen a ghost.
"Zuo, don't hurt me."
Zuo Mengeng's heart was beating wildly, his voice was even lower, and he revealed his feelings at the same time.
"Mr. Deng, not only will I not harm you, I can also provide you with a pure land."
