Long Huamin's reprimand seemed to everyone to be very ordinary.
He is the person in charge 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 gave 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 thinking, where many great learnings were born. It was also where I received the influence and became a qualified missionary."
Zuo Mengeng shouted something.
"In that case, can you two tell me why you Sicilians and Germans believe in the God of the Hebrews?"
Long Huamin, Tang Ruowang...
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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."
Long Huamin was gone, Tang Ruowang and others were by the side, and Deng Yuhan never mentioned any religious issues, and every sentence he said 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, and 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."
Zuo Mengeng couldn't see what the contents of the books were for the time being. But one thing successfully attracted his attention.
"Mr. Deng, this is... this is 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 Menggeng 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.
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Zuo Mengeng looked calm on the outside, but was so excited inside that he almost went crazy.
Dude, you are actually a friend of Galileo...
Although Zuo Menggeng is a pure 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, and he never wrote me a reply."
Xu Ruolin consoled her: "It's a long journey from here to Europe. Maybe your friend didn't receive your letter."
This is a very reasonable explanation. After all, the risk of traveling far in this era is too high.
It's not an accident at all if a letter is lost halfway.
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 doctrine and began to suppress him.
Galileo was a scientist and had no intention of shrinking from scientific issues.
Eventually, he will encounter religious judgment.
According to Zuo Menggeng's memory, five years later, he would be under house arrest and lose his freedom. He would later become blind, lose his ability to move, and eventually die 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 many missionaries adhere to the will of the church and come to the distant East to spread the doctrine 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 to spread 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 Menggeng, the old man surnamed 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 were not outstanding. However, 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 it, and it is open.
The West, on the other hand, pays great attention to confidentiality.
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 this is what Xu Guangqi said.
"I haven't read through the text of Wen Kui, 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 later 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 should be missionary as their own mission have to argue 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.
After all, religion is 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 comes to scientific issues, 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 in places 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 showed his feelings at the same time.
"Mr. Deng, not only will I not harm you, I can also provide you with a pure land."