Royal Gold Magistrate

Seeing that Father Soljay was speechless, Fang Zheng smiled faintly: "Father, do you know why my Dajing's fleet explored Fika?"

"why?"

"To be honest, it was you Fika people who accidentally wandered into my Dajing. Before I came here, I asked them some information about the Taifu Sect." Fang Zhengyi said, "As far as I know, your Sect The influence is huge, and the number of believers is rare in the world, but on the other hand, the noble religion is using its own advantages to extort money from the people and make the people miserable."

"I heard that you have a kind of activity called the holy year. During the holy year, countless believers gather and offer countless gold and silver in order to wash away their sins, as well as inheritance donations, etc... dare I ask if one of the things I said is false Is it?"

Father Soljay was silent for a moment, and said, "You are asking a malicious question, right?"

"Malicious? No, no, no, let's just chat and exchange information with each other."

"The believers are all voluntary, and I have never heard of anyone expressing dissatisfaction. Mr. Fang, I understand now that you are looking at the church with prejudice. You will not believe what I say, right? ?” Father Soljay said displeased, “How can we let us preach, you can just make a condition.”

Fang Zhengyi suddenly patted the table: "Have fun! I just like your temper."

"Then let me just say that if you want to preach here, you must first make money to buy land to build a church. Second, you must complete the indicators given by the official before you can accept believers in Dajing. Third, local believers The number of places and candidates must be selected by the imperial court before they can enter the church, can you accept these three conditions?"

After hearing this, Father Soljay's expression changed, and he said angrily, "You don't want us to preach at all! How do we make money? Not to mention the language barrier, Mr. Fang, is this an attitude of helping us solve the problem? I think You are no longer prejudice, you are playing with us, this is hatred!"

It seems that the reaction is similar to what I imagined. I have to talk slowly and wash my mind slowly.

Facing Father Solger's incompetent fury, Fang Zhengyi said indifferently: "Father, do you know? I used to be a devout Buddhist. Buddhism often talks about saving the world from suffering, and transcending the dead to ascend to heaven. I was inspired by these great ambitions when I was young." Inspiration, I have personally put it into practice, such as helping the old lady go home, picking up money and handing it over to the police, but as I get older and more knowledgeable, the seeds of doubt gradually began to be planted in my heart."

"Buddhism talks about the equality of people in the world, but everywhere I look, there is a strict hierarchy. In a temple, the treatment varies from novice to abbot. And the temple that was supposed to be a place of asceticism has also become a place to collect money. Countless believers Offering incense one after another, exhausting countless people's fat and people's anointing to shape the golden body of the Buddha who saved the world from the sea of ​​suffering. It even started to cause chaos at the end."

"As far as I know, the same is true for your church. Your pope wears a golden crown, and the churches you built are all extremely gorgeous, and your teachings are similar to saving the world. Am I right?"

Soljay looked a little embarrassed, and explained: "The gods have no form, but the world's ignorance can't see the true meaning, so they can only use statues and gorgeous decorations to attract believers and spread teachings. This is for the sake of the overall situation. And I want Just to remind you, Taifujiao is not the same as the Buddhism you mentioned!"

"Of course it's not the same thing. Buddhism has no right to levy taxes." Fang Zheng said lightly, and the priest clenched his fists.

"If you say that increasing wealth is for the sake of the overall situation, I can understand it, let's say it is reasonable. But God loves the world and all beings are equal. Why does the Pope wear gold and silver when he enjoys exclusive privileges? Of course you can say that this is also to attract Christians, but I can tell you that the appeal of a poor pope in a high position will be far better than that of a extravagant person, you should understand this."

"Besides, why can the pope communicate with the nobles in a luxurious palace, while you, the lower class, live a poor life down-to-earth, and even travel thousands of miles to Dajing to save the world in the closest way to God? ? This is not fair at all, and there is only one reason for it, that is, the upper echelons of the church are greedy for profit and only care about their own enjoyment, and you are just one of the tools for the church to make money."

Father Soljay suppressed his unhappiness, and squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "You are speculating maliciously."

Fangzheng shook his head, and said calmly: "No, this is not a simple speculation, but a talk from experience. Your status is too low to see the discord at the top, but I am at the pinnacle of power, standing Gao naturally looks far."

"Father, let me ask you a question. Do you know where heaven is?"

"Of course it's in heaven." Father Soljay said.

"Then where is hell?"

"Hell is underground."

"No, no, what you're talking about is just a well-known situation, but the truth is always unexpected." Fang Zheng raised a finger and pointed to the roof, "Actually, hell is below heaven, and the human world is the lowest level."

"Nonsense, why do you think what you said is true?" Father Soljay sneered.

Fangzheng said calmly: "Believers go to heaven, and heretics go to hell. The human world is caught in the middle. It is reasonable to say that the opportunities of heaven and earth should be equal, so why are there always more people who go to hell than people who go to heaven? There is only one truth, that is, when we leave Hell is closer."

"The church promises you lofty goals, pure ideals, and an unattainable end point, and finally leads you to heaven. But no one knows that there is a hell between the world and heaven, and you have to go through mountains of swords and seas of fire to reach the other side in the end. .”

"The process in the middle is that corpses pile up into mountains, blood flows like seas, and bones form forests. Only a small number of people climbed to the top of the material heaven by stepping on the bones of all the people. In the end, these people have long forgotten their original promises and are still waving gold high above. The scepter, accuse the believers in the hell of the sea of ​​​​blood, that their beliefs are not pure enough, their dedication is not hard enough, and their love for God is not sincere enough, am I right, Father?"

Father Soljay stood up abruptly, and angrily reprimanded with his face flushed, "You are slandering me at all! Master Fang, you have no faith at all, and you don't understand anything!"

Fangzheng shook his head slowly, and stared at the priest with compassion in his eyes: "If what I said is false, you shouldn't be angry. It can be seen that your belief is not pure, and you start to doubt in your heart, otherwise why would you think in a bad way? ?”

"I am... You are slandering my teaching, of course I will be angry! Since you have this attitude, then let's stop talking, I want to go home! Go home!" Father Soljay trembled all over.

heresy!This oriental man is definitely the most evil heretic he has ever seen!

Fang Zheng almost laughed out loud.

go home?Thank you for saying it.

"Father, I think you have misunderstood me. I am on your side. Sit down and talk slowly and don't get angry at every turn."

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