Chapter 1067, a serious violation of Ming's values
More than a hundred people sent by the Holy See were killed, which greatly shocked foreigners in the Beijing-Tianjin area.
Everyone has seen the strength of the Ming Dynasty in this regard, and has clearly told every foreigner living in the Ming Dynasty that this is the Ming Empire. You must either be honest or go back to your own country. Once you commit any crime, the Ming Dynasty will be punished. Will be severely punished.
Inside the study room of the Qianqing Palace.
"Your Majesty, although it was the missionaries of the Holy See who offended me, the Ming Dynasty Prince, this time, we executed more than a hundred people at once, and the Holy See will not let it go so easily."
"I'm not afraid of anything else. After all, we are far apart. However, my Ming Dynasty's colonies in Europe may very well be retaliated by the Holy See, so I think we should prepare as early as possible just in case. "
Li Dongyang stood up and addressed Emperor Hongzhi.
"What Li Aiqing said makes sense."
"The only military force our Ming Dynasty has in Europe is that fleet. If we just rely on this fleet, I'm afraid we won't be able to protect the interests of our Ming Dynasty."
"Zhang Mao~"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he nodded slightly, thought for a while and said to Zhang Mao.
"I'm here~"
When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately replied respectfully.
"Deploy 10,000 army, 5,000 navy, and 20 warships to reinforce Europe to safeguard the interests of our Ming Dynasty!"
Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a while and also gave the order.
"Yes~"
Zhang Mao nodded quickly.
Today's Ming Dynasty is different from the previous Ming Dynasty. It has a strong national power and a strong military. It has the ability to dispatch troops and generals around the world. Even if it is thousands of miles away in Europe, Ming Dynasty can send large armies to protect Ming Dynasty's interests.
This was unimaginable before, and even seemed a bit fanciful.
But now the Ming Dynasty can do it easily. Whether by water or land, the Ming Dynasty now has the ability to dispatch large armies into Europe.
This is the current Ming Dynasty, with strong confidence and strength.
After hearing Emperor Hongzhi's arrangement, all the ministers nodded.
Now the Ming Dynasty's territory is too vast. Even though it now has millions of standing troops, it still feels that the troops are not enough.
Fortunately, although the country has a large area, there are not many areas that really need to be protected. Australia, for example, covers a large area, but in the entire vast Australia, there is only a standing army of 2,000 people to guard it.
The main task of these two thousand elder guardsmen is to deal with the local aborigines in Australia and protect the Ming Dynasty's immigrants in Australia. The task is very simple and easy. After all, the fighting power of the local aborigines in Australia is really poor, even with iron weapons. Neither can be built.
In the vast Golden Continent, there are only 20,000 troops stationed in the entire Golden Continent, and the task of these 20,000 people is only to deal with the local natives of Huangjin Continent who oppose the Ming Dynasty.
Thanks to Tian Erniu's propaganda, these local descendants of the Yin Shang Dynasty in Huangjinzhou agreed with Tian Erniu's words. They and the Ming people were all descendants of the Sun God and were one family.
Under such a banner, Ming Dynasty encountered almost no problems in Golden Continent, and got along very happily with the local indigenous people. Many people married wives and concubines here.
Therefore, Golden Continent does not need too many garrison troops. The 20,000 garrison troops are mainly used to deal with pirates coming from Europe.
The places that really need large-scale garrisoning are the Western Regions, Hezhong and Nanyun Province. These places have strong folk customs and numerous tribes. The Ming Dynasty's rule here is not stable, so a large number of garrisoning is needed to suppress everything.
In general, the Ming Dynasty has a vast territory and a large number of troops, which are currently enough to deal with all emergencies.
"Your Majesty, because of the fact that the Holy See sent envoys to our Ming Dynasty, there were reports from various places in our Ming Dynasty that many missionaries without permission from the imperial court were found to be preaching in our Ming Dynasty privately."
"Among them, on the Golden Continent, due to the close trade exchanges with Europe, many Europeans live and interact with the Golden Continent. Some people wantonly preach in the Ming Dynasty. Some of the colonial strongholds of the Golden Continent have even been established here.
A large number of believers developed and churches were built.”
"In addition, in the western regions of the Ming Dynasty, in places such as Henan, there are reports saying that missionaries from the Middle East are secretly preaching, deceiving people, and intending to split the Ming Dynasty."
"In Nanyang, because a large number of slaves from Tianzhu were sold to Nanyang, these slaves brought Hinduism to Tianzhu and spread it vigorously. Some local officials even believed in the religion and took the initiative to promote and help spread it."
Liu Jin stood up with a memorial in his hand to address Emperor Hongzhi.
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately frowned. He took the memorial from Xiao Jing and read it carefully. The more he read, the angrier he became.
"Hmph~"
"How unreasonable is this? You have no royal laws and regard our laws and decrees of the Ming Dynasty as nothing more than a piece of paper."
Emperor Hongzhi was very angry.
According to what is said in the memorial, the situation seems to be a bit serious, because the Ming Dynasty's territory was too wide and it conquered too many countries and regions.
The power of the Ming Dynasty and the wealth of the Ming Dynasty are also what countless people yearn for. However, Buddhism and Taoism in the Ming Dynasty are very mild religions and have little desire to expand. Therefore, in the newly expanded areas of the Ming Dynasty, there are a large number of religious blank areas.
, so much so that it attracted missionaries from all over the world, working hard to preach throughout the Ming Dynasty.
After hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, the ministers couldn't help but change their expressions slightly.
In fact, at the beginning, everyone did not pay much attention to the spread of religion, because this kind of thing has always been a trivial matter. However, after this incident, everyone realized the horror of these foreign religions.
Like Christianity in Europe, once it really spread in the Ming Dynasty, it would wait until it reached a certain scale and order of magnitude.
They will inevitably learn from what they did here in Europe, levying tithes on religious people, selling indulgences, etc., and may even begin to interfere in government affairs, or even split the Ming Dynasty and form a kingdom with religious beliefs as the main body.
This is not alarmist, this is what actually happened.
Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Zhang Mao and others took turns reading Liu Jin's memorials and frowned.
Because according to the situation reported above, in some places it has become quite serious. People in the entire place have converted to some foreign religion, and even local officials and officials are devout believers.
In some places, because people believe in foreign religions, they not only believe in the religion themselves, but also constantly win over those around them to believe in it, and have even begun to adopt traditional Chinese thoughts, culture and traditions.
For example, they no longer recognize their ancestors, do not visit their parents’ graves during the Qingming Festival, and stop worshiping their ancestors, etc. Instead, they start living and doing things according to the customs of foreign religions.
Such behavior without a king or a father is naturally in serious conflict with the traditional values of the Ming Dynasty. This is also the reason why Emperor Hongzhi was really angry.
The foundation of Ming Dynasty's rule is based on traditional values. These foreign religions are shaking traditional values, and naturally they are shaking Ming Dynasty's rule.
Emperor Hongzhi and others could even imagine what would happen if it was allowed to develop and grow.
The originally prosperous and powerful Ming Dynasty was very likely to be torn apart because of these foreign religions. Without common values, it is naturally impossible to coexist harmoniously.
What's more, these foreign religions are very exclusive, whether they are European Christianity, Yislj from the Middle East, or Hinduism from Tianzhu, etc.
For those who do not share the same beliefs with themselves, they call them heretics, heretics, etc. Not only do they propagandize that they should be cursed, they even continue to encourage believers to eliminate heretics, heretics, and the like.
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If things go on like this, huge problems will inevitably arise.
"Your Majesty, I think we should take advantage of this opportunity to severely attack these foreign missionaries. Before they develop and grow in our Ming Dynasty, we should get rid of them in time to avoid becoming a disaster in the future."
Liu Jian stood up and expressed his stance.
Those who seriously violate the traditional values of the Ming Dynasty should undoubtedly be driven out and eliminated.
"What Mr. Liu said is true. It should be cleared up as soon as possible."
Other ministers also stood up and expressed their opinions one after another. On this matter, everyone's attitude was surprisingly consistent.
If in the past, it was limited to Taoism and Buddhism, in fact, this would not be the case, because Taoism and Buddhism are very mild religions that encourage people to do good, and do not compete for imperial power or secular power, let alone interfere with secular affairs.
The values promoted are the same as those of Ming Dynasty itself.
Therefore, if the emperor wants to destroy Buddhism, Taoism, etc., he will inevitably encounter opposition from a large number of courtiers, but these outsiders are different. The values they promote are seriously contrary to the existing values of the Ming Dynasty, and everyone can see it.
Naturally, we have the same opinion on the hidden dangers of existence and the harm of Ming Dynasty.
This is no longer just a matter of foreign missionaries, but a matter of defending Ming’s original values.
"Liu Jian, Liu Jin, Fu Han, Zhang Mao listen to the order~"
After hearing the words of the ministers, Emperor Hongzhi nodded solemnly, thought for a while and said.
"I'm here~"
When Liu Jin, Liu Jian and others heard this, they quickly replied respectfully.
"I strictly order the four of you to take charge of this matter. The local government and the local garrison will cooperate with each other to clean up all foreign missionaries and all foreign religions in our Ming Dynasty."
"For those foreign missionaries and those officials who believe in foreign religions, they will be killed without mercy!"
"For those people who have been bewitched, try to persuade them to return. If there are any who refuse to repent, they will be killed without mercy!"
Emperor Hongzhi repeatedly said that he would kill two people without mercy, and his murderous spirit showed that Emperor Hongzhi had no good impressions of these things. On the one hand, it may be because of Zhu Houzhao's incident, and on the other hand, these foreign religions may shake the Ming Dynasty, so it must be
