Chapter 38 Armed Preaching
Schonbrunn Palace, children's room.
"Mother, I am already five years old and can sleep alone." Franz looked at Mrs. Sophie helplessly.
"No, I think you need me. And you can't deny a mother her duty," Madame Sophie insisted.
"It was snowing heavily that day. Captain Lin walked less than half a mile when he saw a dilapidated church." Franz sighed a little, lamenting that women in all eras like to follow TV dramas.
Phnom Penh, Chenla Palace.
At this time, King Anzan was no longer in the palace, but his four daughters were still in the palace.
They are the princesses of Zhenla, and the palace is their home, but now they can only live in the cold palace.
Because the other palaces have been occupied by Vietnamese general Zhang Minggiao, he has absolute power as the Vietnamese military governor in Chenla.
Zhang Ming said that the first thing he did when he entered the Phnom Penh Palace was to occupy King Anzan's concubines, then increase taxes in the name of King Anzan, and recruit young and beautiful women into the palace.
The Guanjin family was not spared either. More than a dozen of their daughters were summoned to the palace, and many of them were forced to commit suicide because of the humiliation. Guanjin Pan hated Zhang Mingdao to the core.
Zhang Mingdao did not dare to mess around with the four princesses of Zhenla, but he was not afraid of the Zhenla people.
But he was afraid of the supervisory army sent by Emperor Mingming, a eunuch named Li.
The eunuch surnamed Li was nominally here to supervise military affairs. In fact, on the one hand, he came to limit Zhang Mingjiao's power. On the other hand, he was afraid that Zhang Mingjiao would come into contact with Anzan's descendants, and that he would also want to imitate Cao Mengde and threaten the emperor. To order the princes.
Sinology and Confucianism have an unshakable status in Southeast Asian countries. It is not surprising that Emperor Ming Ming knew this allusion.
It's just that Emperor Mingming's approach gave Guan Jinpan room to operate.
As a group that has lost the right to be normal people, eunuchs are either greedy, bad, or have some special hobbies.
This eunuch surnamed Li liked to compose poems, and official Jin Pan naturally liked him. He often brought famous figures from the Zhenla literary world into the palace to recite poems to compete with the eunuch surnamed Li.
How could one recite poems without wine? Official Jin Pan sent people to collect fine wines and presented them to the eunuch surnamed Li.
Over time, Guan Jinpan became a "confidant" in the eyes of the eunuch surnamed Li.
On this day, Guan Jinpan approached the eunuch surnamed Li with a set of Tang Dynasty's original manuscripts and an exquisite jade jue.
The eunuch surnamed Li was happy, but said calmly.
"Brother Guan Jin, you gave such a heavy gift to our family. If you have any questions, just tell me."
"Brother Li, the princesses have reached the age of enlightenment, and I would like to hire a husband for them."
The eunuch surnamed Li breathed a sigh of relief. He thought it would be something important, but it turned out that he was just asking for a master.
The eunuch surnamed Li replied.
"Of course it's possible, but I wonder if anyone can be the master of the princesses and if we can meet him."
Guan Jinpan naturally understood that it was impossible not to let the eunuch surnamed Li see him, not to mention that sooner or later the eunuch surnamed Li would know about this matter, and he couldn't hide it.
"Master An, Master Pa, come and let Brother Li meet you."
An and Pa are both common surnames in Zhenla, so the eunuch named Li didn't pay much attention to them.
But when I saw Ambrosius and Pacini, I was really shocked.
"Yellow-haired ghost!?"
Official Jinpan said: "It's Xiyi."
"Oh, yes, they are Yi people. But do they have real talents and knowledge?" Eunuch surnamed Li boasted that he was rich in knowledge and planned to meet two Western Yi people.
Of course, Guan Jinpan would not let eunuch Li and Ambrosius express themselves freely, so he simply said directly.
"It is virtue for a woman to have no talent. These two Westerners teach mainly dance and music."
These words instantly made the eunuch surnamed Li lose interest.
"I'm just telling you, the Yi people don't know much about writing, they only know how to sing and dance." Then he said to the little eunuch next to him, "Give them a badge and lead them there."
The little eunuch bowed his head and said yes. Just as he turned to leave, he was stopped by the eunuch surnamed Li.
"Wait!"
The eunuch surnamed Li's voice immediately made the atmosphere tense, and Ambrosius had already reached for the gun at his waist.
"It stinks so bad. Let them bathe and change clothes. Don't bring the stench into the palace."
Ambrosius and Guan Jinpan both breathed a sigh of relief.
"yes."
Ambrosius finally met the "Her Royal Highness" he had longed for, but these princesses were completely different from what he imagined.
The clothes are very rustic, and even the fabrics used are similar to those of palace maids.
Especially at this age, they look like they are in their teens, and the youngest is only seven or eight years old.
Ambrosius complained endlessly in his heart, "You shouldn't listen to the little brat."
While Ambrosius was looking at the princesses up and down, several lolita were also looking at him curiously.
After all, the princesses have lived in the palace since they were born and have never seen a man, let alone a Westerner.
The two sides were just there, looking at each other awkwardly.
In the end, Father Pacini came to the rescue. After all, as a professional missionary trained by the church, his communication skills must be very excellent.
The princesses had a very good first impression of Ambrosius. After all, Ambrosius was very different from the eunuchs they usually saw. In addition, the Grand Duke Ambrosius also looked good, so he was naturally easily attracted by him. People get close.
Chenla, Kampong Som Bay.
The establishment of the port went very smoothly. The people here were surprisingly insensitive and had no intention of resisting these uninvited guests. The officials also became very cooperative after accepting bribes.
The Catholic priests also started their strategy. These people first penetrated into the nearby villages, donated doctors and medicines, and distributed rice. This routine operation could only attract the attention of the local people.
To preach in the colonies they required special methods.
A village was often harassed by bandits. The combat priests were divided into two teams. One team ambushed the bandits with guns, while the other team went to the village to help the villagers defend the village and prevent the bandits from reporting inside.
When the bandits were repelled by the combat priests guarding the village, another team of combat priests who had already been ambushing them rushed out and killed the bandits in one fell swoop.
The priests tied the bandits to the village square and asked everyone to tell them about their crimes.
At this time, the villagers naturally had complaints and revenge. When the bandits were beaten to death by the villagers, the priests stopped the villagers' atrocities.
The priests asked the bandits to confess their sins, a scene all too familiar to Buddhists in Southeast Asia.
"It's almost certain that these foreign monks are going to let these damn bandits go." The villagers thought in their hearts.
The bandits also thought that they should be able to escape, and sooner or later they would kill all these damn unruly people. After all, these foreign monks could not guard these villagers every day.
However, what the villagers and bandits did not expect was that after the bandits repented, the priests sent them to the cross and had them baptized in fire.
"May the Lord forgive your sins, Amen!"
After seeing the priests' fighting power and methods, the villagers changed their beliefs one after another.
The priests looked at the villagers who became more and more pious and praised in their hearts, "Archbishop Rauscher's method is so effective."
What they didn’t know was that these missionary strategies were all the work of a child.