"Working at night every day, the gas bill is huge." Although Dean Wu is quite satisfied with the work of the Jesuit priests, he is quite critical of them having to work at night - the devout priests are unwilling to give up the daytime.
The work of preaching and missionary work has to be done at night. This makes Dean Wu feel a little distressed - the fuel department is unwilling to reduce or reduce gas bills for religious places under the religious office system, and is also unwilling to calculate the price according to the "internal allocation price".
Fees must be charged according to "general commercial use".
The Lingao Church system receives almost no financial support: more than 90% of the funds must be raised by the Lingao Church itself. Of course, Dean Wu has the support of the Jesuits, a major benefactor, from human resources to financial resources. Otherwise, Wu
The dean really doesn’t know how to maintain the operation of the church. The church’s property is limited, and most of the believers it has developed are poor people and ordinary people. Although they can be called “fanatic” in their piety, they can’t make much money.
Come and donate.
"No matter what, we have to get the publicity and construction departments to spend some money." He said to himself, "And Hu Qingbai, let Father Jin take sculpture classes and art classes, and collect some fees..."
He was refreshed by the intrusion of Gonzalez and Trini. Of course he knew about the recent arrival of representatives from the Dutch East India Company. Not only did he know about it, but he had also seen photos and brief introductions of the three main representatives. So.
He recognized these two people as soon as they came in.
Both Spaniards and Italians are Catholics, so from the moment the "Magdeburg" submitted its crew list and underwent quarantine, the General Administration of Political Security and the Ministry of Colonial Trade issued notices reminding all Catholic churches in Lingao that Gonza
Reis and Trini may enter the church, and all departments must do a good job in reception and publicity.
Wu Shimang has presided over the church work for several years. He had the most contact with Europeans at that time and knew their religious sentiments very well. The Spanish are characterized by strong religious sentiments, so he came in and did not say a few words before he got this Spanish veteran ruffian into trouble.
He was so emotional that he almost had tears in his eyes. As an Italian, Mr. Trini was not very enthusiastic about religion, but during his years in Batavia there was no religious freedom at all, and he was forced to attend Protestant ceremonies every day.
He was very disgusted and became enthusiastic about the Catholic faith, which he originally didn't care much about.
Wu Shimang worked in marketing and as a human resources trainer in the old time and space. He was originally a good talker. In this time and space, he has been among religious people for a long time. The ones he met most were missionaries, and his ability to deceive people has become more and more sophisticated.
, three times and five times made these two Europeans feel extremely warm in their hearts.
As for the masters and disciples of Jinlige who were working, they were naturally very happy to see two Catholics from Europe who were thousands of miles away from home. The two sides soon started chatting. The three of them talked happily in Italian that they could understand each other.
While they were talking, Wu Shimang stood aside with a charming smile - even though he didn't understand a word, he didn't care at all. Because he carried a recorder with him, and the contents of the conversation between the three people would be handed over in a while.
Go to the Political Security Bureau, where they will ask seniors who understand Italian to translate.
The two visited the church and admired the size and structure of the church. Trini paid special attention to the details. As an Italian draftsman, he was proficient in a variety of crafts - this is a common feature of Italian artists since the Renaissance.
Characteristics. A painter is often also a sculptor, metal craftsman, architect or even engineer. Leonardo da Vinci is just the best among them.
Trini looked at the murals and sculptures under construction on the wall, with a disapproving smile on his face. In his opinion, as a professional artist, the standards of Jinlige's masters and apprentices were still a little behind. The Jesuits will go to China and ***
For missionary purposes, the missionaries studied astronomy, mathematics, physics, art, etc. before going to East Asia, but their professional standards were generally not very high.
Although he did not comment on this out of politeness. He shifted his gaze from the wall to other places, and soon noticed the colored mosaic glass on both sides of the chapel under construction, but the patterns were not religious.
Rather, it is a large-scale landscape - somewhat similar to the simple line style paintings on the medieval tapestries that Trini had seen: endless fields with rolling waves of golden wheat; many red houses standing with huge
Chimneys; dense orchards on the green hillside, white sheep at the foot of the mountain; fully loaded fishing boats returning on the blue sea...
These patterns are simple and bright, which are very different from the traditional church decorative glass windows. Trini watched carefully, trying to figure out the meaning expressed in them. Obviously, these glass mosaics are expressing a beautiful and abundant life.
…
Under the light of the gas lamp, climbing on the scaffolding and carefully inlaying glass on the iron glass frame, were a group of women and half-grown children. They were wearing uniform undyed natural-color cloth jackets, and they were all silent.
Carefully secure the glass piece to the frame.
"Who are they?" Trini asked, feeling a little surprised. Obviously these people were not monks or nuns, but they exuded a certain ascetic atmosphere.
"They are some poor sinners." Jin Lige made the sign of the cross, "May God save their souls."
These people are the "bandits" - "sinners" under the control of the monastery. Starting from the bandit suppression in the Thirteen Villages, bandits with less serious crimes were generally captured, educated for a period of forced labor, and then released back home. Those who met the conditions
They were accepted for recruitment and enlistment in the army. The family members of those heinous bandits who were killed during the bandit suppression would enjoy "special treatment". Young and middle-aged men were sent to labor camps and organized into special labor teams, and women and underage children were sent to labor camps.
Moved to Lingao Seminary for "re-education" and "reformation", while doing some simple labor. The purpose is to eliminate hatred and weaken the concept of hatred so that he can become a useful person in society in the future, rather than "unnecessary".
Stabilizing factors”.
Although the "reform" work is placed in the monastery, it is actually managed jointly by several departments. The guiding department is the General Administration of Political Security. After a period of time, the General Administration of Security will evaluate and score the "sinners" and they will be considered to have been "reformed"
"Good enough to qualify for level 4b: Those in the "unreliable, available" level will be released and relocated to new locations, and those who are deemed to have "unremarkable educational effects" will be transferred to labor camps.
"deal with".
The clergy are not opposed to this work - in Europe, it is not uncommon for monasteries to house and care for "sinners". Moreover, the clergy believe that the secular government of Australia is willing to hand over this work to the church, which is a sign of the church.
Because of his reliance and trust, he was very enthusiastic about the "probation work".
As for Dean Wu, of course he has no objection. To him, this is free labor. The "sinners" work in special shoemaking and clothing factories set up by the Ministry of Light Industry, and pay a fee to the church on a per capita basis as their
Of course, the rest is to support the construction of the church. So Dean Wu is very satisfied with this system.
During the security war in Qiongbei, a steady stream of "sinners" were being sent. Initially, the people accepted were limited to "bandit members", but later the crowd expanded to include the family members of all the "hostile elements" who were eliminated. So Dean Wu here
There is always a considerable number of "sinners".
Mr. Trini was very moved. He also made the sign of the cross and murmured scriptures silently. At this time, Gonzalez said: "Father, I want to repent."
The pair left with a donation of ten Spanish reals to the church.
"Only ten Spanish silver coins!" Wu Shimang watched them go away with a smile on his face, but he was very contemptuous in his heart - he originally thought that Gonzalez would come up with at least fifty silver coins. Just now Jin Li
The minister also made a confession for them - these two had been under the hands of the Dutch for a long time and were forced to perform Protestant religious rituals and did not observe fasting according to Catholic regulations. They felt very uneasy, so they made a solid confession.
As for the content of the confession, he won't know until noon tomorrow - the senators who understand Italian will not listen to the recording until tomorrow morning. If any secrets can be leaked, he, the general of the religious affairs office, will be the first to take credit...
Wu Shimang is very dissatisfied with his current religious work - he even feels that he chose the wrong promotion route. His original plan was to transform the Catholic Church into a "national church" that would cross the empire in the future, for which he had already drawn up many plans
Specific plans and plans, including how to divide the future parishes, how to manage church property, etc. Dean Wu also selected the address of the future "Holy City". Even the Skitarii had a blueprint. In his vision
, the future national church will be an important force that ensures that the empire will travel through the ages. The church's monk knights and skitarii will be the "shield and sword" of the Senate. Of course, he can't help but think of armed nuns... In short
, ambitious.
However, the Senate was very tight on the religious system and had no intention of engaging in national religion. It also did not allow him to let it go - it even came up with a "New Taoism" to muddy the water. This made Wu Shimang very disappointed.
. When it comes to religious level, he is obviously not an opponent of Dao Quanzi who is proficient in Taoist classics and has ideas for reforming systematic classics. In terms of organizational management and operation, which he considers to be the most advanced, the Senate has many restrictions. Wu Shi
Mang thought about it a lot, and if he didn't plan to change jobs from the religious system, the best way would be to expand believers on a large scale - especially in Li District and the "New District". The Senate believed that missionary work would help stabilize unstable areas.
At the same time, the better the missionary effect, the more resources he can obtain from the Jesuits.