"Your Highness, the Honglu Temple came to report that a foreign envoy wanted to meet Your Highness."

A small inner official suddenly came in and said.

Zhu Changluo asked, "Where is the messenger?"

The little official said: "According to the Honglu Temple, it was from Taisifulangji."

Zhu Changluo said: "I understand, let him meet him early tomorrow morning."

"yes."

The little private official immediately went to reply to the people from Honglu Temple.

For this interview, Matteo Ricci really invested a lot. He brought letters of introduction from several officials in Nanjing and invited officials from Honglu Temple to have a banquet several times, which was the only way to get a notice from Honglu Temple.

Thinking about how long it took to meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty over the years, Matteo Ricci had prepared.

Ever since he embarked on the merchant ship of the Polangji to the Ming Dynasty, he had an extremely noble belief. He was determined to spread the glory of God to the distant East, so that the people there would also be bathed in the holy grace of God.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to wander on the sea for two years, and went through thousands of difficulties before he arrived in the Ming Dynasty.

Unfortunately, the people of the Ming Dynasty were not interested in God at all. He preached in Guangdong for so long, but in the end the church was smashed and had to flee. Until he came to Nanchang, he suddenly became blessed and began to spread.

Han Yi wrote Han rituals and learned Han literature classics, and he was considered to have entered the Ming Dynasty.

As a rare foreign monk in Nanchang, he could speak Chinese and understood the poems and songs of scholars and officials, he soon became famous in Nanchang City.

Then he returned to Nanjing and gained a foothold in Nanjing.

Although Matteo Ricci had already become a deep Chinese at this time, he still did not forget his original aspiration and was still thinking about the great cause of mission. Therefore, he made good friends with him in Nanjing and came to Beijing with Xu Guangqi.

After arriving in Beijing, what he most wanted was to meet with Emperor Wanli, and then present the treasures of Taixi to Emperor Wanli, so as to get the permission of His Majesty and let him preach in the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Zhanguang, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, looked at Matteo Ricci, and said, "Mr. Xitai, the palace has already sent a reply. You can enter the palace to meet His Royal Highness tomorrow morning."

Matteo Ricci was overjoyed, but then he was stunned, "Mr. Liu, why not His Majesty the Emperor?"

Liu Zhanguang said, "Your Majesty, you can't see him, but it's the same when you see His Highness. Now you are the prince's governor. Your Highness will decide what he has to do with the court."

Matteo Ricci then felt relieved. Then he bowed to Liu Zhanguang, "I thanked Lord Liu."

Liu Zhanguang smiled and said, "Mr. Xitai is polite. After several poetry meetings, my official and Mr. Xitai are also friends who are intimate. As the envoy of Folangji, Mr. Xitai came to the court as the envoy of the Minister of the Honglu Temple.

It is also a matter of informing the court.”

Matteo Ricci immediately understood and then took out a scroll of paintings.

"I heard that Lord Liu likes calligraphy. I bought a pair of Wen Zhengming's characters in Nanjing. If Lord Liu doesn't dislike him, I will give this character to Lord Liu."

When Liu Zhanguang heard that it was Wen Zhengming's word, his eyes shone at that time, which was worth a lot of money.

Liu Zhanguang said: "A gentleman does not win over what others love. Brother Xitai likes my Ming culture so much. I believe he cherishes this post very much. Why is Liu so embarrassed to take the word "Brother Xitai?"

In a blink of an eye, Liu Zhanguang even changed his name. Matteo Ricci became Brother Xitai, while he called himself Liu.

Matteo Ricci immediately said, "This character is in the beginning, and that is the pearl covered with dust. How can the next Westerner appreciate such a good product? And Mr. Liu has excellent skills in calligraphy and painting, so he gave this character to Mr. Liu, which is also true.

It is a sword for the hero."

After saying that, Matteo Ricci presented the scroll with both hands.

After Liu Zhanguang took the scroll, he touched the silk wrapped around the scroll with care. He said, "How can you be so embarrassed?"

Matteo Ricci compliments: "Mr. Liu can afford it."

It can be seen from this that after more than ten years after Matteo Ricci came to the Ming Dynasty, he really became a master of China and was well versed in the way of giving gifts by the Chinese.

After a few greetings with Liu Zhanguang, Matteo Ricci said goodbye with knowledge and left Liu Zhanguang alone, and opened the scroll alone and admired the precious copybook.

Matteo Ricci returned to his residence and saw Xu Guangqi, who happened to visit him.

Xu Guangqi watched Matteo Ricci come back.

Xu Guangqi said from afar: "Brother Xitai, I'm looking for you."

Matteo Ricci waited for Xu Guangqi to approach, and he asked, "What are you looking for me?"

Xu Guangqi said: "Do you still remember the Zhu Zhengshou we met in Chuchun Garden before? I just finished my father's instructions these two days, and I have finished asking all the uncles and uncles in the capital. Today is just free, so let's go to Xishan together.

Imperial Village is looking for Zhu Zhengshou."

Matteo Ricci said: "Xu, I'm afraid it's inconvenient for me today. I just came back from Honglu Temple. Lord Liu from Honglu Temple told me that I will go to the palace to meet His Royal Highness tomorrow morning. I'm going to prepare to meet now.

A gift for driving.”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he said, "This matter is important. Brother Xitai has been looking forward to it for many years, so it's okay for us to wait for a day."

Then Xu Guangqi asked again: "What do you need my help?"

Matteo Ricci thanked: "Thank you Xu, I need it so much. I want to choose a decent piece of clothing to come to the palace to see you. You can help me with a reference."

Xu Guangqi said, "What is this? According to your words, we are already considered brothers after being baptized. It is natural to help brothers do their jobs."

At this time, Xu Guangqi had completely become friends with Matteo Ricci. Xu Guangqi was influenced by Matteo Ricci's thoughts. When he came to Beijing in Nanjing, he had already been baptized with Matteo Ricci and became a Catholic.

member.

However, Xu Guangqi, a Catholic, was far less interested in God than his interest in the various Sitai knowledge brought by Matteo Ricci. The reason why he was so baptized was not only because he was really interested in Catholicism.

His biggest purpose is to gain more knowledge from Matteo Ricci to enrich his knowledge.

After the two of them finished talking at the door, Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi entered the yard.

After arriving at Matteo Ricci's courtyard, Xu Guangqi entered Matteo Ricci's study relatively skillfully, where many books brought by Matteo Ricci from Tessie were displayed.

What Xu Guangqi is most interested in is the astronomy and mathematics books introduced, but Xu Guangqi did not take a look at the Bible that was placed in the most conspicuous place.

From this we can see that Xu Guangqi entered the religion with a strong purpose, just like a pagan!

Matteo Ricci looked at Xu Guangqi who was fascinated by reading books, and he sighed helplessly.

"Happy Xu, you want to help me pick out the clothes. Why are you reading a book again?"

"Wait, I'll come after I finished watching this. I didn't continue reading this last time. The food and food I've been thinking about these days is not delicious."

"Okay, then wait for you to finish reading this."

ps: This situation is ahead, Shuai Guo not only needs to use the subscription summoning technique, monthly ticket summoning technique and kneeling support technique!

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