Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 336 Bishop Fa Hai vs Witch Bai Suzhen

Speaking of this, everyone has actually formed a consensus.

"We also need to seriously investigate." Father Mikhail judged: "The poverty in our hometown is largely caused by chaos. If we can form a slightly more effective management, it will be better than the current situation .”

Everyone agreed, even the old aristocrat Pronsky felt the same way.

"I also agree." He said: "Even the boyars are uncomfortable with the current situation. In fact, everyone has been in a state of self-insecurity, and many bottomless behaviors have resulted from this. If we can do a good job of investigation, After arranging the construction and sales of the plantation, I think I can help convince many people to join this organization."

"This is also an opportunity for cooperation." Father Andre suggested: "I think that the Church of Rome, the Church of Kiev, and the Church of Ryazan can all participate. Compared with arguing about doctrinal issues, I think that the most practical results are the most important." I can convince everyone."

"That's right." Da Lama Wang agreed.

These priests, although they insisted on orthodoxy in their slogans, were actually quite flexible—even to the point of combining with the traditional pagan beliefs in the Ross region.Their practice of Taoism also pays more attention to spiritual practice, emphasizing perception, rather than pursuing the details of teachings and rituals.

In fact, there is no way to do this, because the cultural level of the local priests is really not comparable to that in the south, so they can’t really pay attention to trivial matters and spend all day debating scriptures with the Greeks...

Therefore, in this environment, they are actually relatively realistic.

"Then let's make sure first." Wang Da Lama finally made a decision: "The details need to be studied by brothers. If there is a need to cooperate with the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Water, and the Legion, we must communicate in time. Especially The Ross area is not peaceful right now, everyone should pay attention to safety."

Everyone nodded, expressing their understanding.

"Hey, our side is not too peaceful." Pronsky complained: "Some princes and boyars have always been hostile to us, and I even think that if they are in a hurry, they will launch wars. "

"It doesn't matter." Father Marco said, "There are only a few troubles going on over there. Although there are dangers, they are all predictable. When we preached there, we also encountered various troubles. But so far, very few priests have been killed. Therefore, although everyone should be careful, they don’t have to be too afraid of the enemy.”

"Okay...then I'm worrying too much," Pronsky admitted resentfully.

"It's nothing." Da Lama Wang didn't care: "My master and patriarch are all from the Central Plains. If you have to talk about danger, I guess that is the most dangerous place. We have even seen there, so there is no need Care about something else."

"So, my wife's family is also a big family in the Central Plains. But do they reject our religion? Why can't I feel it?" Pronsky was really surprised: "I think they are quite talkative .”

"It's not that preaching is dangerous." Da Lama Wang corrected: "Over there, if you don't make troubles, no one will take care of you. During the Yuan Dynasty, Nestorianism spread widely, and nothing happened."

This matter may be relatively unpopular, but it is indeed true.Nestorianism was once quite popular during the Yuan Dynasty because of the large number of high-ranking tribesmen of the Mongolian and Uyghur tribes.The famous Jinshan Temple was once converted into a Nestorian temple.

However, when the literati of the Yuan Dynasty compiled relevant legends into literary works, they still used the ancient settings and did not keep pace with the times.Otherwise, the plot of "Legend of the White Snake" would be the story of bishop Fahai fighting the witch "White Snake" and forbidding her from approaching Xu Xian.Considering the rationality of the plot, Xu Xian probably has to be a little boy...

"Then why do you say it's not safe?" Pronsky wondered for a moment.

"Our doctrine is a very complete monotheism." Wang Da Lama told him: "In the Central Plains, because everyone pays more attention to reality, the construction of religious beliefs has always been very scientific. Simply put, there is no one who can A religious system that is widely spread and quickly understood by those above and below."

"According to the understanding of the Roman Church, the belief in heaven there is common to our teachings. But in the folk, there is a lack of relevant construction, which leads to the existence of many ancient and backward beliefs, leaving many hidden dangers."

"Patriarch Zhang Patriarch said that there are many and complicated folk beliefs, which need to be sorted out, screened, and controlled systematically. But in the Central Plains, Confucianism, the most mainstream, is not religious enough on the one hand, and too scattered on the other, so It is impossible to carry out this task.”

"That's right." Guo Kang nodded in agreement.

Although Confucianism is very similar to the church, in the final analysis they are just the same "ecological niche".The organizational capabilities of the two sides, and the way they form the organization, can be said to be very different.The Confucianists will certainly not be able to learn the teachings of the church, so unless "magical reforms" are carried out, they will have no hope.

"Taoism can indeed do these things, but Taoism's own ability to organize and incorporate folk beliefs is too strong, and it was abolished by the court." Wang Dalai continued: "So, in the folk , In many cases, there is still a lack of a unified orthodox belief that can overwhelm superstition. This has been formed over a long period of history, and it is an unavoidable problem.”

"Although generally speaking, it is harmless, but this demand still exists." He told the other party: "We believe that as the civilization of the Central Plains continues to develop, sooner or later there will be a monotheistic religion that can cover the upper and lower levels and has a rigorous and unified organization." , to improve the traditional civilization structure.”

"Isn't that a good thing?" Pronsky wondered: "They need a part of monotheism to help themselves, and we just teach them..."

"Only stupid barbarians would do this." The Great Lama Wang sarcastically said mercilessly: "I heard that some Latins really went to Seris, saying that they want their country to join the Roman Catholic system. Give me all of them." They were stunned—they didn't even think about it, what if they really believed it!"

"Ah? Isn't that a good thing?" Father Andre asked in surprise.

"Worshiping God is a universal religion." Lama Wang reminded, "Think about it, if the people of Seris regard our religion as the state religion, what will they do next?"

"..." Father Andre probably understood.

"It is a country where politics and religion have been united for thousands of years. It is impossible for them to give up the imperial court's control over religion. This is a rule engraved in the deepest part of civilization." The Great Lama Wang pointed out: "Now they find that the religion they believe in Very good, the teachings are correct, the organization is very practical, but there is a small flaw - the highest authority to manage this religion is not in your hands, and there are a lot of believers pointing fingers at your beliefs. What do you think they will do? "

"Establishing a separate church is trivial." Father Marco complained: "There is a high probability that we will all be declared heretics. From now on, everyone will probably suffer from the Eastern Crusaders all the time."

"As far as I know, the Ming Dynasty is much more introverted than the previous Han and Tang dynasties." Father Leo also agreed: "They finally settled down, so we have to give them another motivation to go on an expedition. It's all right now, I'm sorry if I don't hit you..."

"That's why we have always banned preaching to the East. If we caught Latin priests who were about to go there, we quickly persuaded them to return." Lama Wang couldn't help but shook his head and said, "Everyone is..."

(End of this chapter)