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Chapter 123 The Advent of Christ ([-])
Yang Reform decided to end this Taobao trip.

My time is limited, so I can't always delay here.Thinking about it again, I recruited Tang Ruowang to Beijing, but I still hoped that he would do things for me. After thinking about it, I said: "Tang Ruowang, I called you to Beijing because I want you to make some telescopes for me and translate some Western works. Are you willing? If you are willing, I can hire you as a guest minister. Ke means that you come from a distant place, and you will be a guest when you come to my Ming Dynasty. Qing, it means that you are doing things for me. How about it? Are you willing?"

For foreigners, Yang Gai's attitude towards reform has always been to be cautious.After all, it is not my race, so its heart must be different.There should be some precautions and distinctions. If you perform well in the future, it will not be too late to take on heavy responsibilities.

Keqing, but never within the official system of the Ming Dynasty, this thing, if you say it is an official, it is not, if you say it is not, it is also, it has a word of Qing, and it is for the emperor. This thing can only be regarded as the emperor's private offering.It can be regarded as "invented" by Yang Reform to satisfy these missionaries.

Tang Ruowang was not disappointed. This time, the gift was somewhat effective, and it was not a complete failure. Although he only got the title of Keqing, Tang Ruowang, who was proficient in the Ming Dynasty, naturally knew what Keqing was, but it was better than nothing. .At least, it was a good start to step into the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty and get the emperor's attention. As for using the emperor's power to promote religion, this matter has to be done slowly.

"Thank you, Tang Ruowang, for the reward from His Majesty the Emperor." Tang Ruowang happily accepted the emperor's "invitation" and soon became a minister.This China hand is very good at hitting snakes with sticks.In Tang Ruowang's view, it is a very honorable thing to accept the emperor's invitation to do things. This kind of thing is very common in the West. They are all proud of being invited by the kings and doing things for the kings. The title, the invitation of the eastern emperor, is much stronger than the invitation of those kings in the west.

Tang Ruowang quickly calculated the gains and losses.

"Hehe, then, should I call you Tang Qing?" Yang Reform happily gave Tang Ruowang a new title "Tang Qing", while I was still "Tang Nong", and laughed inwardly.

"...Thank you, Your Majesty." Tang Ruowang didn't understand why.Although he is a China hand, he also underestimated the emperor's spoof psychology.

"Since Tang Qing has accepted this position, she is my subject. Now I need to build a batch of astronomical telescopes, ordinary telescopes. Tang Qing can first train me a group of craftsmen who know how to make this glass. I will think about it." There is a way." Since you have become my guest secretary, I will not be polite, and Yang Reform directly gave orders to Tang Ruowang.The glass is almost out, and the craftsmen also need early training. The telescope is close at hand.

"The minister obeys the order." Tang Ruowang, who is familiar with China and the executor of "combining Confucianism and surpassing Confucianism", accepted the emperor's order very honestly. In Tang Ruowang's view, this principle and technology are not difficult at all. In his book, It has been written very clearly, training craftsmen is nothing, the key is that there is no glass in the Ming Dynasty, and Tang Ruowang is not worried that the Ming Dynasty will be able to make a telescope.Unexpectedly, His Majesty the Emperor is a time traveler, and he started making glass as soon as he came here.If I knew, I'm afraid it would not be so refreshing.

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Tang Ruowang left, and came with a good wish to open the door of the coming of Christ. However, the door of the coming of Christ is obviously not that easy to open. Tang Ruowang and his church tried their best to open the door to the east. Open a small crack in the door.Christ is coming, obviously, and cannot be squeezed through the door.

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After sending Tang Ruowang away, Yang Reform heaved a sigh of relief. He summoned Tang Ruowang today and learned a lot. He also understood some things about the East and the West. For example, it takes one year and three months to go from the West to the East, and two and a half years to go back and forth. above.

The Western glass manufacturing industry is very mature and widely used. It has already begun to manufacture various telescopes and astronomical telescopes. With astronomical telescopes, human vision is greatly expanded, and it is not limited to itself. This is very important for technology. The progress of civilization and the development of civilization are of great significance. The gap between the East and the West will continue to widen.Knowing this situation now, it is not too late to catch up.

The mechanical manufacturing industry in the West is also very developed. Commodities, such as clocks and watches, have begun to be sold to the world. They should be copied by themselves and then anti-dumped.

The Western cannon Frangji was very famous in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty had already begun to purchase Frangji cannons, imitated them, and used them in actual combat.The East's understanding of the West is all in the "Francis machine".For this, Yang Reform was very helpless and despised.

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Wang Chengen looked at the emperor sometimes frowning, sometimes looking into the distance, sometimes with a hint of anxiety.I am also very worried, I don't know why the emperor has such an expression?
After waiting for a long time, Wang Cheng'en said: "Your Majesty, the Jin Yiwei that His Majesty was looking for has been found and has been waiting outside the palace for a long time. Do you want to summon him?" Although the emperor was thinking, it is inconvenient to interrupt, but this matter is also the emperor's account Yes, I have to do it, I have to tell the emperor.

"...Oh? Really? That Jinyiwei was found? What's its name?" Yang Reform came to his senses from his deep thoughts. Seeing Wang Chengen talking about Jinyiwei, he remembered his own affairs and hurriedly asked the Jinyiwei's name.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, that Jinyiwei's name is Li Ruolian, and he is a Jinshi of the Jin Dynasty. He is a disciple of His Majesty with a hundred households of Jinyiwei now! His family is a Jinshi of both civil and military! His elder brother is also a Jinshi... "With a bit of exaggeration, Wang Chengen was very happy to report to the emperor, introducing the hundreds of Jinyiwei households that the emperor valued. Why is he so happy?The emperor has a keen eye to recognize talents, and at a glance he fell in love with his Enke's Wu Jinshi, his own disciple. Isn't this a happy thing?This shows that the emperor has vision.

Li Ruolian?Enke's Wu Jinshi?Yang Reform didn't have the slightest impression of this person. Doesn't that mean that he is a nobody?Do you want to reuse it?Think about it again, no, this person is Wu Jinshi of Enke, and he is a teacher and student, and he must be able to pass the Wu Jinshi exam. Can be reused!As for whether he is famous or not, it doesn't matter, with the guidance of his own traveler, it is not difficult to leave some reputation in this history.Uh, I used Baidu to check the details of this person when I went back at night, and Yang Reform finally decided.

"This, it's really a good thing, it's fate! Call me immediately." Yang Reform immediately decided to call him.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

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"My minister Li Ruolian bows to His Majesty, long live my emperor." Li Ruolian was quite young, in his twenties and thirties, wearing a flying fish suit, and was quite energetic.

Sure enough, it was the person who ordered for him that day, and said, "You are Li Ruolian? That's right."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this humble minister is Li Ruolian." Li Ruolian was very excited. This year is really a lucky year for him. Not only did he become Emperor Enke's Wu Jinshi, but he also became an official with a hundred households of royal guards. Most importantly, he won The emperor's appreciation, he even specially summoned himself, this year's luck is so good that there is no way to stop it!Looking back at my family's ancestral grave, is there smoke coming out?

"I heard that you are a Wu Jinshi of Zhen Enke?" Yang Reform really didn't have any impression of this Wu Jinshi.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this minister is exactly His Majesty Enke's Wu Jinshi, and he is His Majesty's disciple." Li Ruolian was very happy. He was a Jinshi, an official, a student of the Son of Heaven, and was valued by His Majesty. This...

Yang Reform felt that this person, and himself, seemed to be related to each other, otherwise, why would he value him?Who would have thought that the person I thought was a bit pleasing to the eye was actually my "protégé", my Enkewu Jinshi this year?

"You and I are destined..." Yang Reform said this.

"I see that you are very energetic, and I am going to entrust you with one thing. I don't know if you can do it." Yang Reform didn't intend to talk nonsense, and planned to directly entrust him with the "job" of collecting loan sharks.

Li Ruolian was extremely grateful, what a great honor and trust it was to be able to get the emperor's personal confession! "Imperial envoy"?My heart was beating wildly, I just wanted to show my heart to the emperor, and let the emperor see my loyalty: "I want to report to your majesty, this humble minister will definitely do a good job for the emperor with all his heart."

"Well, it's good if you have such an awareness. My matter is related to loan sharks. Have you heard of loan sharks?" Of course, Yang Reform didn't talk nonsense about a small role like Jinyiwei Baihu. If it is handed over to the order, it can be reused if it can be completed. If it cannot be completed, is Jin Yiwei still short of hundreds of households?
loan sharks?Li Ruolian is stupid, of course he knows what usury is.I was extremely uneasy, did someone owe the emperor usury?The emperor is going to send himself to ask for debts?Li Ruolian felt that the sky was about to collapse.The emperor also lends money at usurious rates. When people say this, others will call him a lunatic.What's even crazier is that some people dare not repay the usury owed to the emperor, do they think their heads are too good?Li Ruolian was completely petrified.

Seeing that Li Ruolian didn't respond for a long time, Yang Reform said, "Why, don't you want to?"

Li Ruolian suddenly came to his senses, dripping with cold sweat, and said fearfully: "Report to Your Majesty, I understand, I am willing, willing." Li Ruolian suddenly came to his senses, and quickly agreed.Although it is disgraceful to collect loan sharks and the person who owes usury to the emperor is very awesome, but it has nothing to do with me now, so I will agree to it first and then talk about it. As for the future, I will talk about it later. It's a big crime, knowing that the emperor gave loan sharks, but not doing things for him, I'm afraid, I have no good fruit to eat, besides accepting it, is there any other way?

"Well, it's good if you understand. In this matter, you are not asked to release the loan sharks yourself. There are special people who release the loan sharks. One of them is called Li Weiren. You may recognize the eunuch of the key bank. They are responsible for releasing the loan sharks. You You are responsible for collecting the bills. Of course, if someone refuses to pay back the bills, you are also responsible for the safety of the money, not letting people take the money away, and taking care of the people who let the money go. Don’t let them run away. Now, I will send someone to take care of the account management after a while, and now, you will be in charge of it for a while, understand?"

Yang Reform said a lot, and arranged for the release of usury properly. Li Weiren and his group were responsible for releasing the loan, and Li Ruolian was responsible for keeping the money safe. In the future, he would find a few eunuchs to manage the accounts. The functions of the lending department are complete.

Li Ruolian listened to the emperor's eloquence as if he was listening to a scripture from heaven.I couldn't help pinching my thigh with my hand, it hurt so much, I was sure it wasn't a dream.Is this emperor crazy?Who is this Li Weiren? Li Ruolian, who was a guard in the palace, naturally knows. Li Ruolian still knows the names of the eunuchs in the palace. Sending eunuchs to release loan sharks, such a crazy thing, has already surpassed Li Ruolian. I imagined that I would send myself, Jin Yiwei, to collect the bills. Thinking of this, I felt even more crazy. Who in the world would dare not pay back the emperor's money?My own "job" of collecting bills can be said to be unprecedented, and there will be no one in the future.

Although Li Ruolian stayed alone, Yang Reform continued alone: ​​"After you go back, pick a few reliable people to do these things with you. Remember, this matter must be kept secret. It doesn't matter, it's just that those slaves went out to lend loan sharks privately, and you are only responsible for collecting their bills, understand? Don't get me involved, I won't admit such a thing, of course, if someone Dare not to pay back the money, but you have no choice, or use power to suppress you, you can tell me, and I will make the decision for you, and also, be sure not to let those who let the money go away, and manage my affairs well. Yinzi, after a while, if you do well, someone will replace you, and you won’t be asked to collect bills for the rest of your life.” Yang Reform made a big deal, making a wish, a hint, and an arrangement .If this matter is well arranged, only Li Ruolian can go to work with peace of mind.

After listening to the scriptures for a long time, Li Ruolian finally understood her duty.It was the emperor who lent usury and sent himself to collect the debt.If there is an imperial decree on this matter, I will be a veritable "imperial envoy". Unfortunately, the emperor will never issue such an imperial edict.After thinking about it secretly, I found that there is actually no problem at all for me to take on this job, thinking that the official in the court doesn't do business or collect rent?Are you really living on that little salary?

When others lend usury, they will send bastards to ask for accounts and collect money. Some people with backgrounds will also use the power of the government to collect accounts. For example, there are many people in their Jinyiwei who wear official clothes to scare people. people's business.

The emperor sent his own pro-army Jin Yiwei to collect the bills, which is considered to be the best use of everything. As long as it is done in a secret and does not admit it in name, who dares to say anything?Everyone is doing it. This is an unspoken rule. Of course, you can do it yourself, as long as you don't say that the business was opened by the emperor.In this way, with the emperor as the backstage, who would dare not pay back the money?Who dares to take power over himself?This is much more powerful than any ordinary "imperial envoy".You can also get close to the emperor often. If you do well, you will definitely be promoted in the future. In Li Ruolian's heart, she already likes this matter quite a lot.Looking forward to seeing the embarrassment of those guys who use their power to pressure themselves not to pay back the money will be punished by the emperor.

"My minister obeys the order." Li Ruolian can be said to accept this appointment with joy, confidant, absolute confidant!If this matter is settled for the emperor, is there any future?
"Now that you understand, let's do it, big companion, and take a bank note of 60 taels to Li Ruolian... Li Ruolian, after you go back, divide the 60 taels into six shares, and give 10 taels to each of the six moneylenders." Wan Liang, let them go out to lend money, and the money they send and receive is no more than their hands, remember to go back and find some reliable people to do this with you, and be careful."

60 taels... Li Ruolian was stunned. Although he grew up so big, although he had no worries about food and clothing, he had never seen such a large sum of money.It's just a bank note, I'm afraid it has to be a big burden to pack it.Li Ruolian was completely petrified.

As for the safety issue, in fact, don't worry at all, as long as you don't reveal yourself, who would dare to snatch the flying fish suit, which belongs to hundreds of Jinyiwei households, at the feet of the emperor?Tired of living?
Li Ruolian left with a big burden of 60 taels of silver.Looking at the way he walked, it was a bit weird, a little too mechanical, obviously he hadn't recovered from the huge shock.

Watching Li Ruolian disappear outside the door, Yang Reform thought to himself, the 60 taels of silver, at the earliest, should be able to calculate the interest from tomorrow, hahaha!Good deal, the big fish eat the small fish, and the small fish eat dried shrimps. I, the biggest giant of the Ming Dynasty, participated in this market and took all!

Well, follow the path of others, so that others have no way to go.

[By the way, in the history of Tang Ruowang and his missionaries in Beijing at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that they were quite successful. There were not a few high-ranking officials and dignitaries who joined the teaching, and even many eunuchs in the palace joined the teaching. It was even rumored that the Queen of Chongzhen even wrote a letter to the West for help at the last moment. From this, it can be seen that these missionaries headed by Tang Ruowang started from the top and gradually gained trust and progress. The strategy of expanding to the lower levels was very successful, but the Ming Dynasty suddenly perished like that.If the Ming Dynasty hadn't been destroyed, I'm afraid that the door to the advent of Christ would really open in a short time. 】

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