Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 325 Abbot

"It's a good idea," Wen Desi said, "I'm afraid that if Lu Ruohua has ulterior motives, what if he uses this hatred to build his own lineage of priests?"

"Then Bai Duolu and the others should keep a close eye on it, and there is also a way to mix sand in." He Ying suggested, "I think we can select a few people who are particularly loyal to us from the school, take the initiative to enter the seminary, and serve as the No. A group of grassroots clergy."

"The ideal way is of course this. It is certainly possible to select aboriginal students for advanced training, but they are too young to be easily changed by others. Just a few months of brainwashing may not be enough."

"Then send someone in to take control of the monastery."

"Isn't Bai Duolu suitable for the head of the monastery?"

"He wants to keep an eye on Lu Ruohua, and he can't get away." Wen Desi shook his head, "And he is a believer. Although he doesn't seem to have a firm belief, but he has faith..."

The words were not finished, but the implication was very clear.The church that Wen Desi plans to build is a typical self-contained faction.It is not too much to count as "heresy".

He Ying pondered: "How about we recruit someone and send them in?"

"Okay. When you come back to select people - then agree to set up a seminary. But the location must be set in Bairen, not in Daolu Village. In addition, the seminary must apply for one person, with a clear resume, and report to you for approval." Wen Wen Desi instructions.

Here, a religious person who was recruited was posted on the BBS, and sure enough, someone came to apply.The visitor's surname was Wu and his name was Shi Mang. He was in his thirties and was slightly fat.

Wen Desi picked up his file and looked through it:

Personal appraisal of Wu Shimang from the Traveling Political Security Bureau (top secret):

"Born on X, X, XXXX. Participated in the time-traveling business in X, XXXX. Han nationality. Political orientation: no obvious inclination, politically follow the trend. Personality - relatively introverted, able to settle down with the situation, not picky about the environment, but will do as much as possible Improvement. Show no mercy to the enemy. Noble moral character, no bad habits, clear social relations. Expertise: personnel training (expert), fighting (general), first aid (rough knowledge). Performance - positive and motivated, with an urgent desire to serve the organization desire--"

Wen Desi researched: Personnel Recruitment and Training Supervisor - can speak well, but can fool people; know some fighting skills - it is no problem to go to the countryside for business trips, and can protect himself; know first aid bandaging - useful skills, training, you can still Cooperate with sending the doctor to the countryside.

"It's quite suitable." Wen Desi said, "But as the abbot, you have to learn a lot of basic teachings, and you have to preach and so on. Do you think it's okay?"

"My learning ability is very strong. As for the small things of evangelism. I often do training. Even if the organization asks me to engage in pyramid schemes, it is no problem."

"Well, but this position belongs to the clergy, and may involve baptism and vows..."

Wu Shimang smiled: "Mr. Wen, you can't be so devout, can you?"

Wen Desi smiled slightly, it seems that this person's comprehension ability is still very strong.

He said: "Formalism is still needed." After all, most Chinese still want to see religious professionals uphold the image of austerity and abstinence.

"what is the benefit?"

Wen Desi said: "There is only Bai Shilu in the church now..."

"Hey, good, good." Wu Shimang smiled happily.Immediately said:

"Mr. Wen, is this a men's or women's seminary—"

"There are both men's and women's seminaries. There is also the task of raising children. There will be many things." Wen Desi said, "You are busy."

"Sister MM." This guy's expression has begun to be wrong.

"It's the nun." Wen Desi corrected, and told him about the relevant work content.

"...The point is brainwashing, do you understand?"

"Understand, understand." Wu Shimang nodded again and again, and he put forward his own 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, shouldn't ordinary believers also master the teachings?" Wu Shimang said out the idea that he had considered for a long time, "If the official teachings we make are different from what the Bible says, don't Just give some people ready ammunition?"

"Go on." Wen Desi became interested.

"Well, I don't know much about the history of religion, but one of the important things I remember Martin Luther doing the Reformation doing was translating the Latin into German - he certainly didn't do it for fun Yes. He obviously used it as a weapon to make ordinary people also grasp the content of the scriptures.

"Going a step further, with the scriptures, will it cause ambiguous disputes over doctrine? This is not uncommon. How should a word, a sentence, be explained? What if believers fight over certain details? Don't let us The brainwashing is too good, and a group of fanatics come out to cut themselves first, which is a bit of putting the cart before the horse.

Wen Desi was secretly surprised. He originally thought that Brother Wu was just an opportunist. He intended to become a religious professional in order to get involved with high-level officials. Unexpectedly, he had quite an idea!

"Finally, the matter of Hong Xiuquan cannot be ignored. Back then, Hong Xiuquan took a Christian pamphlet and started worshiping God. Now that he has the whole Bible, any ambitious person can use it to start worshiping God. Trouble."

"What's your plan?"

"Recall the Chinese Bible." Wu Shimang said, "It is stipulated that only priests above a certain level can have it. Take up the right to interpret the doctrine." Seeing that Wen Desi listened attentively, he took another sip of water and continued to play:

"Ordinary believers don't need a Bible. We can compile a few booklets such as "Book of Scriptures" and "Catechism", which contain some basic teachings and scriptures for prayer on various occasions. As for the Bible For the stories, you can choose a part that is suitable, and publish a "Story Collection"." He paused, "Only "Quotations" will be published, and "Selected Works of Mao" will not be published."

"We have the final right of interpretation." Wen Desi concluded.

Wu Shimang nodded again and again: "That's what it means. Without the original Bible, there is no basis for any meaning. The church can declare unstable seedlings as 'heresy' anytime and anywhere." He thought for a while, "We'd better be able to set An arbitral tribunal has the final right to interpret the doctrine. No one can question it. In the end, the right to appoint bishops is all in their own hands."

"Hmm." Wen Desi was noncommittal. "That's right. Go 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 interest.However, they haven't reached the time for a real showdown with the church. Right now, they should continue to maintain a low-key cooperation.Let these missionaries lay a solid foundation for brainwashing.

Wu Shimang took office immediately.His external position is the dean of Bairen Seminary, and his internal position is the same as that of Bai Duolu, the deputy director of the Office of Religious Affairs.Wu Shimang, who became the deputy director, asked Wen Desi to send a telegram to Bai Duolu, asking him to take care of the Chinese version of the "Bible" and strictly prohibit it from leaking out.So Bai Duolu quietly sent the full box of books back to Bairen for Wu Shimang to store, of course on the surface saying that he was afraid that the books would get wet.

Wu Shimang was very energetic. He first went to Lingao Construction Company and showed his new appointment certificate. Under his perseverance, Meilin had no choice but to agree to start the construction of the church.However, he explained in advance that he can only provide construction materials and some professional workers, and small workers are in short supply now.Wu Shimang fully agreed, saying that the small workers would be handled by the church itself.

While Wu Shimang was busy with infrastructure construction work, he got a lot of religious books from the large library and began to study—otherwise, when Lu Ruohua came back, it would be a lie that he, the "principal of the monastery", didn't understand anything.And in the future, we must come up with a plan for the revision and establishment of the teachings.

"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 better to have localized ones."

"Localization—" Luo Duo thought for a while, "Is it possible that the characters are all in Chinese style?"

"Yes, that's the kind. Western-style ones are fine too, but it's best not to have too obvious features. The ones painted with blond hair are not. The little Jesus doesn't need to be localized, and the white and fat dolls are definitely flattering."

After Luo Duo searched, he found quite a few. Wu Shimang chose some good-looking ones, and then went to find some painters among the traversers, and re-drawn them.I drew a lot of pictures.

Two young natives were also sent from the Political Security Service.They are two of orphans taken in from Guangdong.She has a relatively introverted personality. After undergoing sufficient brainwashing, she accepted the task and planned to attend catechumens studies as soon as Lu Ruohua came back, and then be baptized and enter the seminary.

Lu Ruohua never came back. Although he had made great achievements, he also knew that the newborn flock didn't have any faith yet.So every day I am busy preaching in various villages to strengthen my faith.He just came back from another village that day, and saw another strange Australian coming to the team headquarters, sitting and resting, and 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 general local aborigines-there are great differences between the three in terms of mental state and physical appearance.

This person came, although he was wearing a local blue shirt, a bamboo hat, straw sandals, and a rattan basket on his back.But tall, strong, and fair-skinned.He is full of energy and high-spirited in every gesture.It's a typical Australian image.

"May the Lord bless you." Lu Ruohua made a sign of the cross, "Are you here to see Ms. Du?"

"Yes, Father." The visitor was very polite, "I'm here to deliver medicine."

It was Liu San who came.After Liu San received Du Wen's letter, because he was busy serving his medicine garden, he concocted some commonly used medicinal powder according to the needs mentioned in Dong Weiwei's call, so he set off after a few days, and when he arrived, the entire Shisancun area It was already a peaceful scene.He was dressed in the clothes of the Ming Dynasty, dressed as a herb picker, without guards, but he was at ease.Liu San came to the team headquarters, but was in vain. Du Wen and Dong Weiwei were not there.There was only Liu Si, and when I heard that he was called Liu San, I rushed to call him Big Brother.In fact, Liu San is only 26 years old, younger than Liu Si.

When Lu Ruohua heard that he was a doctor, he became very interested.At that time, all the missionaries who came to Asia and Africa to preach had mastered one or two skills: some were astronomy; some were science and technology; some were medicine, and some were arts.Use these specialized skills to infiltrate local society.

Medicine is one of the most effective techniques, but only in China, the medical skills of the missionaries seem to be unappealing.Lu Ruohua knows that the Chinese have their own medical theories and herbalism, which are completely different from those in Europe.I just wanted to take this opportunity to get to know him—he was most interested in 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 used to cure diseases?

When Liu San heard him ask about acupuncture, he thought that this foreigner was also a good person.In another time and space, acupuncture is the most commonly prescribed Chinese medicine in the West.He started with the theory of yin and yang of the human body, meridians and five elements. In fact, Liu San, as a master of modern Chinese medicine, is quite skeptical of this traditional near-shamanistic theory, but acupuncture and moxibustion are purely empirical medicine. So far, there is no scientific theoretical basis.

Unexpectedly, although Lu Ruohua half-understood this set of theories, there was a look of intoxication on his face.Liu San thought to himself that I don't quite understand this stuff, so does this foreign monk understand?

"Acupuncture, does it use needles to pierce a certain place in the human body to guide 'spiritual energy' directly into these places to generate more 'life spirits'?"

Liu San was dumbfounded, not knowing what he was talking about.In fact, what Lu Ruohua was talking about was the standard European traditional medical theory, that is, Galen's "reiki" theory.He had no choice but to ask Lu Ruohua what "spiritual energy" is.

"The great physician Galen said: the human body has three spirits, which are the elements of life. The 'natural spirit' that lives in the liver is the center of nutrition and metabolism; the 'animal spirit' that lives in the brain is the center of sensation and activity, and the The heart is the 'life spirit', which is the center to regulate body heat." Lu Ruohua is 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 turns out that Western medicine also has such witchcraft-like sayings.He used to only know the theory of the four body fluids, and he already thought it was amazing. He didn't expect that there would be this more mysterious "spiritual energy theory", which was comparable to the Yin-Yang and Five Elements of Chinese medicine.

Originally, he also wanted to suggest to the health department that Macao could recruit some European doctors through churches or businessmen to absorb local experience.Now it looks like it was superfluous.Lu Ruohua was obviously an intellectual in Europe. If intellectuals believed in this kind of medical practice, it would be better for Western medicine in 1629 to be insensitive.

(End of this chapter)