Wu Shigong has been bored in his house these days, and it always makes people feel anxious while waiting. But there are still some spices in this boring life.
One day, a guest came to visit Wu Shigong, but this guest turned out to be a foreigner, and a foreign missionary. When Wu Shigong met the foreign missionary with some confusion, he found out that he was Carelli's
Uncle - Father Carrera.
Father Carrera spent a lot of effort to learn from the gentry who was rescued by Wu Shigong in Dengzhou City that Wu Shigong had rescued some Portuguese people. Of course, Father Carrera was not sure whether Carrelli was also with Wu Shigong.
in hands.
Originally, he wanted to leave the capital and go to Runing to visit Wu Shigong in person. But when he learned that Wu Shigong had arrived in the capital, Father Carrera hurriedly brought some gold pocket watches, telescopes and other Western items that Ming people liked as gifts as gifts.
The Marquis of Yangwu Mansion has come to look for a relative.
Wu Shigong would definitely not do anything to force the separation of flesh and blood. He immediately called Carelli outside and asked her to meet her uncle.
There is no need to describe the tragedy and comedy after the meeting. Anyway, Wu Shigong, who was standing aside, could not understand the Portuguese they were speaking.
But after Carelli had finished crying and laughing, Father Carrera sent Carelli away and asked Wu Shigong a serious question alone.
That is Carelli's identity. According to Catholic monogamy, the marriage between Wu Shigong and Carelli is not recognized by the Catholic Church.
Wu Shigong thought to himself: Catholic monogamy is none of my business! Father Carrera must have lost his mind. Wu Shigong said that Carrelli was his concubine, so Carrelli is her concubine.
, why do you want the Catholic Church to recognize him? If Father Carrera hadn't been Carelli's biological uncle, Wu Shigong might have kicked Father Carrera out.
Since Father Carrera was able to travel across the ocean to preach in the Ming Dynasty in the Far East, his religious beliefs must be very firm and his knowledge must be very profound. And more importantly, he must also be very witty and flexible.
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So Father Carrera immediately saw Wu Shigong's impatience. So Father Carrera found a tactful way. He asked Wu Shigong to convert to Catholicism, and Father Carrera asked Wu Shigong and Carrelli to have a discussion.
It was a Catholic marriage. As for Wu Shigong’s other wives, Father Carrera just opened his eyes and closed his eyes.
Wu Shigong can also satisfy Carelli by having a Western-style marriage with Carelli. However, Wu Shigong told Father Carrera that he did not want to deceive Carelli and Father Carrera. Although his current religious beliefs are not yet,
But Wu Shigong also believes that religious belief is a very serious matter. If you want to believe in any religion, you must be pious.
If he really believed in it in the future, Wu Shigong would definitely convert. But now that Wu Shigong didn't believe in it, he was not willing to just go through the motions and deceive Carrelli and Father Carrera.
Wu Shigong's frank confession made it difficult for Father Carrera to refute, so his first visit ended in vain.
But as an indomitable missionary, Father Carrera soon appeared in front of Wu Shigong. When Father Carrera brought up the old conversation again, Wu Shigong became more courageous to refuse, because Carrelli and Manling
They are all pregnant. This is not just Wu Shigong’s family history. Will Wu Shigong tell others that he knows when the safe period is?
And Father Carrera returned home defeated again, because it was impossible for him to let the child in Carrelli's belly become an illegitimate child.
However, Wu Shigong looked at Father Carrera, an old foreign man, and felt quite pitiful. He agreed to Father Carrera, and after his three-year period of filial piety was over, he and Carrelli would have a Western-style wedding. And if the card was blocked,
If Reilly agrees (and Karelli will not disagree), Karelli's child can also be baptized.
Unexpectedly, Wu Shigong's soft-heartedness gave Father Carrera hope. Soon, he came to visit for the third time. This time Father Carrera did not mention Carrelli's matter. He proposed that now
In the eyes of outsiders, those people in Gonzalez are still missing.
Needless to say, the Ming Dynasty court has always been very generous to foreigners. Those Portuguese who died or were captured in Dengzhou City were all awarded generous rewards by the Ming court.
Although Father Carrera's request to meet with Gonzalez was very reasonable, Wu Shigong could not agree to him. It was not because he was afraid that Gonzalez and the others would betray their trust and leave. To be honest, after having tasted the generous treatment from the Runing Army, Wu Shigong
It would be difficult to catch Gonzalez and the others away.
The main reason is: Gonzalez and others already know the true strength of the Runing Army, and Wu Shigong cannot let these people who know the details go. Because if the secret is leaked, the Ming court may immediately become the Runing Army's
enemy.
Anyway, we went back and forth several times. In the end, Father Carrera proposed that he did not necessarily have to meet Gonzalez and those people. As long as Wu Shigong treated them well and Wu Shigong also converted to Catholicism, then Carrera would
Father Leila will not bring up this topic again.
When Wu Shigong heard this old topic, he became a little impatient. Wu Shigong has always been a believer in the "Brother Xin Gong" religion, and he only believed in himself. Although he respected all religions, he was forced to believe in it.
He always felt a little unhappy about any religion. Otherwise, Zhi Zhi would have brainwashed Wu Shigong long ago.
Seeing that Wu Shigong really refused, Father Carrera finally showed his trump card. He wanted to build a church in Wu Shigong's Runing and preach freely. Moreover, Father Carrera would raise the cost of the church construction himself.
Wu Shigong found it difficult to understand. Father Carrera spent his own money to build the church, so go ahead and build it. If you want to develop believers, then develop it. As long as he doesn't start any crusade, he will not interfere at all? Then you have to do it yourself
What did you agree to do?
Wu Shigong didn't know that it was very difficult for Catholicism to spread in China at that time. Without the protection of local officials, church construction and preaching were just a waste of time.
So Father Carrera said goodbye to Wu Shigong happily. He was going to return to Runing Mansion with Wu Shigong to preach. However, Wu Shigong also reminded Father Carrera: Since he was going to Runing to preach, it was possible.
After meeting Gonzalez and the others, Wu Shigong would also restrict Father Carrera's freedom and would not let him leave for the time being. Father Carrera also agreed to this.
This matter has come to an end. Of course, there is another person who is also very happy, and that is Karelli!
In a blink of an eye, it was November of the sixth year of Chongzhen. Gao Yingxiang sent Zhang Miaoshou, Chuangtaitian, Mantianfei, Xing Honglang, Chuangjiang (Li Zicheng), etc., and pretended to Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, that he was willing to accept the recruitment.
At this time, the besieged Ming army generals and supervisors also received explicit and secret orders from Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, they all believed that Emperor Chongzhen was already anxious and wanted the Ming army to completely wipe out the besieged peasant rebel army as soon as possible.
In fact, this view cannot be said to be wrong. But this time Gao Yingxiang and others chose too vicious a negotiating partner. Commander-in-Chief Wang Pu was a military attache who became a military attache through his father's job. And although Wang Pu was quite brave in combat, his promotion
It was promoted by Shanxi merchants.
Therefore, Wang Pu had no experience in negotiating with enemy troops at all, and he was not wary of the peasant rebel army's plan to surrender. To be honest, this is why Gao Yingxiang and others chose Wang Pu. Why didn't they choose Cao Wenzhao and others?
What about the old youtiao? And those eunuchs who are supervisors are even worse, they have no experience at all.
The correct approach is to surrender, but you must make all preparations to prevent false surrender. But Wang Pu and the others did nothing.
Therefore, Wang Pu and the eunuchs in charge of the army, Yang Jinchao and Lu Jiude, did not know the plan and thought that the serious trouble could be eliminated immediately without any effort, so they agreed to accept the surrender.
When facing the Ming army, there was no shortage of Hollywood actors who staged fake surrenders. On the 19th, the rebel leaders He Shuangquan, Zhang Miaoshou and other twelve people came to Wu'an County, Zhangde Prefecture, Henan Province (now part of Hebei Province) to face the Ming army.
Seeing Wang Pu, Yang Jinchao, Lu Jiude and Bingbei Daochang Daoli, they expressed their "sincerity" in accepting the recruitment. However, Yang Jinchao and others believed it to be true, immediately reported to the court, and at the same time stopped the suppression of the rebel army.
And the peasant rebel army put on a whole show. The list of leaders who pretended to surrender was reported in Wu'an at that time:
King Chuang (Gao Yingxiang), General Chuang (Li Zicheng), Eight Great Kings (Zhang Xianzhong), Cao Cao (Luo Rucai), and the fifth battalion of Ge Zuo (namely, Lao Huihui Ma Shouying, Ge Liyan He Yilong, King Zuo Jin He Jin, and the reformed king Liu Xiyao,
In troubled times, Wang Lin developed five battalions) and other main leaders of the rebel army.
Including the above people, a total of sixty-one leaders, big and small, were falsely surrendered. Anyway, the names of these leaders are not mentioned one by one. But some of the names are rather strange: there is one Liu Bei, two Zhang Fei, but no Guan Yu.
There is one person named Yi Zhangqing. It’s true that "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" are flying together, it's really "the greatest chaos in history"! (Zhang Xiaohua wrote this very interestingly)
After receiving the surrender, Wang Pu and others thought that everything was done, and they completely relaxed their vigilance. The peasant rebel army used the fake surrender as a cover to paralyze the civil and military officials involved in the Ming Dynasty, and threatened the officers, soldiers and local governments.
The people bought furs, boots and other clothing and actively prepared to cross the river to the south.
On November 24, the weather suddenly turned cold, and a section of the Yellow River between Yuanqu in Shanxi and Jiyuan in Henan was frozen to form a bridge. Taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the official army, the peasant rebel army spread door panels on the ice and added a layer of soil, dividing it into three parts.
The road gallops past, breaks through the Yellow River, and reaches Horseshoe Nest and Wild Boar Nose in Mianchi County, Henan.
As soon as the news came out, the world was shocked. The Ming Empire began to decay. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!