"It's a good idea," Wen Desi said, "I'm afraid what if Lu Ruohua has ulterior motives and uses this hatred to build his own line of priests?"
"Then Bai Duolu and the others need to pay close attention to it, and they can also mix it with sand." He Ying suggested, "I think we can select a few people from the school who are particularly loyal to us, take the initiative to enter the monastery, and serve as the first
A group of grassroots clergy."
"Of course the ideal way is this. It is possible to select indigenous students to enter the academy, but they are too young and can easily be changed. Just a few months of brainwashing may not be enough."
"Then send someone in to take control of the monastery."
"As the abbot, wouldn't Bai Duolu be suitable?"
"He wants to keep an eye on Lu Ruohua and can't get away." Wen Desi shook his head, "And he is a believer. Although his faith does not seem to be firm enough, he has faith..."
Before he finished speaking, the implication was very clear. The church that Wen Desi planned to establish was a typical sect of its own. It would not be an exaggeration to call it a "heresy".
He Ying pondered: "How about we recruit someone and send them in?"
"Okay. Let's go back and select people - then we agree to set up a seminary. However, the location must be in Bairen, not Daolu Village. In addition, each person who enters the seminary must apply for it, write a clear resume, and submit it to you for approval." Wen Wen
Tokuji instructions.
A religious person was advertised for recruitment on BBS, and as expected, someone came to apply. The person's surname was Wu and Shi Mang. He was in his thirties, slightly fat, looked smiling, and didn't mean to speak.
Wen Desi picked up his file and looked through it:
The Personal Appraisal of Time Traveler Wu Shimang by the Time Travel Political Security Bureau (Top Secret):
"Born on x, month x, xxxx. Participated in the time-traveling project in x, xxxx. Han nationality. Political tendency: no obvious tendency, politically following the crowd. Personality - more introverted, able to take things as they come, not picky about the environment, but will try his best to take action
Improvement. Show no mercy to the enemy. Have high moral character, no bad habits, and clear social relations. Specialties: Personnel training (expert), fighting (general), first aid (expert). Performance - Positive and motivated, eager to serve the organization
desire--"
Wen Desi researched: Personnel Recruitment and Training Supervisor - so to speak, he can talk well and deceive people; he has some fighting skills - it is no problem to go on business trips to the countryside, he can protect himself; he knows first aid bandaging - a useful skill, with some training, he can still
Cooperate with sending doctors to the countryside.
"It's quite suitable." Wen Desi said, "But to be the abbot of this monastery, you have to learn a lot of basic doctrines, and you have to preach and so on. Do you think it's okay?"
"I have a strong learning ability. As for preaching, I often do training. Even if the organization wants me to engage in pyramid schemes, it's not a problem."
"Well, but this position belongs to the clergy and may involve baptism and vows..."
Wu Shimang smiled: "Mr. Wen, you can't really be so pious, right?"
Wen Desi smiled slightly, it seemed that this person's ability to comprehend was still very strong.
He said: "Formalism is still needed." After all, most Chinese people still want to see religious professionals adhering to the image of being austere and ascetic.
"what is the benefit?"
Wen Desi said: "There is only one person in the church, Bai Shilu..."
"Hey, hey, OK, OK." Wu Shimang smiled happily and said immediately:
"Mr. Wen, are we a men's convent or a women's convent?"
"There are both men and women in the monastery. There is also the task of raising children. There will be no shortage of things." Wen Desi said, "You are busy."
"Sister, mm." This guy's expression started to look wrong.
"It's the nun." Wen Desi corrected and told him the relevant work content.
"...The point is brainwashing, do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand." Wu Shimang nodded repeatedly and expressed his opinion: "Mr. Wen, I don't think the Chinese version of the Bible should be given to Father Lu. In my opinion, it is best for believers not to see the original version of the Bible."
"Well," Wen Desi was quite interested in his opinion, "Why."
"With the Chinese version of the Bible, wouldn't it allow ordinary believers to master the doctrine?" Wu Shimang expressed an idea that he had been considering for a long time. "If the official doctrine we develop is different from what is stated in the Bible, it will not
Just give some people ready ammunition?"
"Go on." Wen Desi became interested.
"Well, I don't know much about the history of religion, but I remember that one of the important things Martin Luther did during the Reformation was to translate the Latin version into the German version - he certainly didn't do it for fun.
. He obviously uses it as a weapon to let ordinary people grasp the content of the scriptures.
"Going a step further, with the scriptures, will it cause doctrinal ambiguities and disputes? This is not uncommon. How should we explain a word or a sentence? What if believers get into a fight over certain details? Don't forget us.
The brainwashing is so good that it creates a group of fanatical believers who want to kill themselves first. This is a bit putting the cart before the horse.
Wen Desi was secretly surprised. He originally thought that Mr. Wu was just a speculator who wanted to be a religious professional in order to get into the top ranks. Unexpectedly, he had quite some ideas!
"Finally, Hong Xiuquan's matter must not be ignored. Back then, Hong Xiuquan took a Christian propaganda pamphlet and started a God-worshipping cult. Now that we have the complete Bible, any ambitious person can use it to start a God-worshipping cult. Things will be complicated.
It’s troublesome.”
"What's your plan?"
"Reclaim the Chinese Bible." Wu Shimang said, "It is stipulated that only clergymen above a certain level can possess it. Take back the right to interpret the doctrine." Seeing that Wen Desi was listening very attentively, he took another drink of water and continued:
"Ordinary believers don't need a Bible. We can compile a few booklets such as "Scripture Collection" and "Catechism", which contain some basic doctrines and scriptures for praying on various occasions. As for the scriptures in the Bible,
You can select a suitable part of the stories and publish a special "Story Collection"." He paused and said, "Only "Quotations" will be published, not "Selected Stories of Mao Zedong".
"We have the final right of interpretation." Wen Desi concluded.
Wu Shimang nodded repeatedly: "That's what it means. Without the original Bible, any meaning has no basis. The church can declare unstable seedlings as 'heresies' anytime and anywhere." He thought for a moment, "We'd better set up
An arbitral tribunal has the final power to interpret doctrine. No one can question it. In the end, the power of appointing bishops is all in its own hands."
"Yes." Wen Desi was noncommittal. "That's right. You can go and get the transfer order first. Then we can discuss it after Bai Duolu comes back."
After he left, Wen Desi knew very well that what Wu Shimang said was in their ultimate interests. However, they had not yet reached the time of real showdown with the church. For now, they should continue to maintain a low-key cooperation. Let these missionaries
Scholars must first lay a solid foundation for brainwashing.
Wu Shimang took office. His external position was the dean of Bairen Seminary, and his internal position was the same as Bai Duolu's, deputy director of the Office of Religious Affairs. Wu Shimang, who became the deputy director, asked Wen Desi to send Bai Duolu a letter.
Bai Duolu sent a telegram asking him to take good care of the Chinese version of the Bible and strictly prohibit its leakage. So Bai Duolu quietly sent the box full of books back to Bairen for Wu Shimang to keep. Of course, he said he was afraid of books.
Get damp.
Wu Shimang was very enthusiastic. He first went to Lingao Construction Company and showed his newly obtained appointment certificate. Under his perseverance and entanglement, Meilin had no choice but to agree to start the construction of the church. However, he explained in advance that he would
It can only provide construction materials and some professional workers, and there is a shortage of small-time workers. Wu Shimang fully agreed, saying that the church will handle the small-time workers themselves.
While Wu Shimang was busy with infrastructure work, he got a lot of religious books from the big library and started to study them - otherwise when Lu Ruohua came back, it would be revealed that he, the "abbot", didn't understand anything. And in the future, the revision of doctrines and
Once established, a plan must be drawn up.
"Help me find some pictures." Wu Shimang found the human flesh search machine Luo Duo.
"what picture?"
"Christian pictures, posters and the like," Wu Shimang thought for a while, "it's best to have localized ones."
"Localization -" Luo Duo thought for a moment, "are all the characters shaped in Chinese style?"
"Yes, that's it. Western-style ones are also acceptable, but it's best if the features aren't too obvious. I don't want the one with golden hair. The little Jesus doesn't need to be localized. The white and plump doll will definitely be lovable."
Luo Duo made some inquiries and found quite a few. Wu Shimang chose some of the more beautiful ones, and then went to find a traveler who could draw, and painted them again. He drew a lot of pictures.
Two young indigenous personnel were also sent from the Political Security Administration. They were two of the orphans taken in from Guangdong. They were relatively introverted. After undergoing sufficient brainwashing, they accepted the task and were ready to join Lu Ruohua as soon as he came back.
Learn Taoism, then be baptized and enter the seminary.
Lu Ruohua has never come back. Although he has achieved outstanding results, he also knows that this new flock of sheep does not have any faith. So he is busy touring the villages every day to preach and strengthen their faith. He just came back from another village this day.
Another unfamiliar Australian came to the team headquarters. He was sitting and resting while the new village chief Liu Si was entertaining him attentively.
Lu Ruohua can clearly distinguish which people are Australians, which are their Aboriginal subordinates, and which are the general indigenous people in the local area - there is a big difference between the three in terms of mental state and physical appearance.
Although this man is wearing a local green cloth shirt, a bamboo hat, straw sandals, and carrying a rattan basket, he is tall, strong, and fair-skinned. He is full of energy and high-spirited in his movements. He is a typical Australian.
image of.
"May the Lord bless you." Lu Ruohua made the sign of the cross, "Are you here to see Ms. Du?"
"Yes, Father." The visitor was very polite, "I'm here to deliver medicine."
The person who came was none other than Liu San. After receiving Du Wen's letter, Liu San, because he was busy taking care of his own medicine garden, prepared some commonly used medicine powder according to the needs mentioned in Dong Weiwei's call, so he set off and arrived after a few days.
By that time, the entire Thirteen Villages area had already been peaceful. He was dressed in Ming Dynasty clothes and pretended to be a herb gatherer. He did not need guards, but he was at ease. When Liu San came to the team headquarters, he was in vain. Du
Wen and Dong Weiwei are not here. There is only Liu Si. I heard that his name is Liu San, so I rush to call him big brother. In fact, Liu San is only 26 years old, younger than Liu Si.
Lu Ruohua heard that he was a doctor and became very interested. At that time, all missionaries who came to Asia and Africa to preach had mastered one or two skills: some were in astronomy, some were in science and technology, some were in medicine, and some were in art.
These specialized skills have penetrated into local society.
Medicine is one of the most effective technologies, but when it comes to China, the medical skills of missionaries seem to be hard to get enough of. Lu Ruohua knows that the Chinese have their own medical theories and herbal medicine, which are completely different from those in Europe. He wants to take advantage of this opportunity.
Understand and understand - what he is most interested in is acupuncture. When Dong Weiwei gave acupuncture to the locals, Lu Ruohua watched it for a long time and always wanted to know what theory acupuncture relied on to cure diseases.
When Liu San heard him ask about acupuncture, he thought that this foreigner could be considered knowledgeable. In another time and space, the most popular thing prescribed by Chinese medicine in the West was acupuncture. He started with the theory of yin and yang of the human body, meridians and the five elements. In fact, Liu San
As a master of modern Chinese medicine, San is quite skeptical of this traditional shamanistic theory. However, acupuncture is purely empirical medicine and there is no scientific theoretical basis for it yet.
Unexpectedly, although Lu Ruohua seemed to understand this theory, there was a look of intoxication on his face. Liu San thought to himself that I don't even understand this thing, so does this foreign monk understand it?
"Acupuncture, does it involve using needles to puncture certain parts of the human body to guide 'spiritual energy' directly into these places to generate more 'life spirit'?"
Liu San was stunned and didn't know what he was talking about. In fact, what Lu Ruohua was talking about was the standard European traditional medical theory, namely Galen's theory of "reiki". He had to ask Lu Ruohua what "reiki" was.
"The great physician Galen said: There are three spirits in the human body, which are the elements of life. The one living in the liver is the 'natural spirit', which is the center of nutrition and metabolism; the one living in the brain is the 'animal spirit', which is the center of feeling and activity.
The heart is the 'life spirit', which is the center that regulates body heat." Lu Ruohua was obviously familiar with these theories and talked eloquently, "Aura comes from the 'world aura' in the air through breathing..."
Liu San didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It turned out that Western medicine also had such witchcraft-like views. He had only known the theory of the four body fluids before, and he already thought it was a magic weapon. He did not expect that there was this more mysterious "spiritual energy theory", which was similar to the yin-yang and five elements of traditional Chinese medicine.
A fight.
Originally, he wanted to suggest that the health department could recruit some European doctors to Macau through churches or businessmen to absorb local experience. Now it seems that this is unnecessary. Lu Ruohua is obviously an intellectual in Europe. If intellectuals are all trustworthy
With this kind of medical adjustment, it was better for Western medicine in 1629 to be respectful but not sensitive.