Chapter 36 (2) International rescue

In the thirty-second year of Kangxi (1693), Yan Dang, a French foreign missionary who served as vicar of Fujian, ordered that Chinese believers in the jurisdiction should not worship their ancestors and Confucius, and that they should not be called by the two names "Heaven" and "God". God.God is God, no mischief is allowed. And sent envoys to the Holy See in a hurry to discuss this matter with the Pope and the Cardinals. The envoy said: Look at that Matteo Ricci, he is not firm at all in his fight against idolatry, he engages in appeasement, and makes many Chinese kowtow to our God, you said he made us What has God become?This is so infuriating.

The Pope at that time was Clement X, and he couldn't understand what the envoy said, so he asked, "What do you mean?" The messenger said: What I mean is to ban Chinese idol worship. The Pope asked: What about the prohibition law? The envoy said: This is too simple, as long as you give an order from the Pope, won't it be over? Will the Chinese obey my orders?The pope expressed serious doubts. no problem!The messenger assured: Let me tell you this, Pope, now the Chinese court is full of our people, inside and outside the palace. Our missionary Nan Huairen is now in charge of China's astronomical research work and has a decisive influence on Emperor Kangxi. , don't miss this opportunity.

it is good!The pope made up his mind: immediately send someone to inform the emperor of China, tell them not to engage in idol worship in the future, and say that this is my own order. So the Pope's envoy, Doro, traveled across the ocean and came to China to find Kangxi and convey the Pope's order to him. Emperor Kangxi expressed 120,000 surprises at this, and said: Is there any mistake, why are you small barbarian countries so disobedient to the king? Propaganda: All foreign priests should go to Macau first, and then get a canoe to go home. As soon as the imperial decree was issued, the missionaries in the territory were immediately dumbfounded, so all the missionaries crossed the sea, each showing their magical powers, and tried to get close to Kangxi through the back door to resolve this diplomatic crisis.

Since Kangxi was the emperor personally "appointed" by the German missionary Tang Ruowang, the German missionaries were granted immunity in this crisis.And because the French missionaries sent Kinney cream to the old emperor Kangxi by express delivery within 800 miles, which cured Kangxi's malaria, so the Frenchman also narrowly escaped danger. More unlucky were the Portuguese missionaries.Poor Portuguese Mu Jingyuan, it took a lot of effort to finally establish friendship with the emperor's fourteenth son Yinti.And by the time he got in touch with the fourteenth elder brother, it was already the last years of Kangxi.

And we know that the train of the fourteenth elder brother who was taken by the silly old Mu collapsed on the way to the throne.After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he blocked the news and kept the funeral secret. He sent his elder brother Nian Gengyao to lure the fourteenth elder brother back to Beijing, then resigned from his position, expelled from Beijing, and stopped the distribution of Lumi. The unfortunate foreign devil Lao Mu was also imprisoned as the 14th elder brother's confidant. At this time, the foreign devil Lao Mu complained that every day should not be done, and that the land and the earth were not working. The only way was to ask his own country for help.

So Mu Jingyuan appealed to the distant country of Portugal: Grape Grape, I am China (China), for God's sake, please give me a hand... The Chinese are going to kill me... The believers in Portugal gathered at the Cathedral of Santa Maria after receiving Mu Jingyuan's plea for help, crossed themselves, and begged in unison: Lord, save that hapless Mu Jingyuan, Amen! Then nine missionaries, including Medeller and Zhang Anduo, volunteered to join the rescue team, kissed their family members goodbye, carried credentials and sixteen boxes of gifts, boarded the ship Our Lady of Oliveira, and set off from Portugal , detoured to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, went to China, and started a thrilling international rescue.

The coastal area quickly reported this news to the city of Beijing by 800-mile express mail. Yongzheng was overjoyed when he received the report. Pass the decree: Send someone with quick hands and feet to kill that foreign devil Lao Mu for me. Lao Mu died in prison.