In the history of Catholicism, Bishop Purple called on the believers of his diocese to launch a war on the first day of his tenure. His Excellency Archbishop Pang Maichen, who never took the ordinary path, broke this example.

"If you are persecuted and killed, you will definitely look forward to the reinforcements of the church and God's salvation as if you were looking forward to the stars and the moon!"

Archbishop Pang Maichen was always excited, but he was exhausted. The saying that he hoped for the stars and the moon was really hard to translate.

"But, Your Excellency"

Kinnika reminded the Archbishop that even if he really wanted to punish the Japanese shogunate, he would have to be approved by the Holy See and the Pope. Although the Purple Bishop has supreme authority in the diocese he is responsible for, he does not have the power to declare war on a country. Declaring war is the church's power over heresy and the Pope's power over evil regimes.

"The general is in the army, and the king will not accept the order. When the pope approved it, the daylily will be cold."

Archbishop Pang Maichen answered Kinnikka with a Chinese proverb. Stallone didn't know how to translate this sentence, so he translated it as the Pope was not here. The Archbishop had the right to declare war first and engage in actual war acts on behalf of the Pope, otherwise the people of God in Japan would be slaughtered.

Kinnik did not question this, because the Pope's handwritten letter granted the power of the Eastern Diocese to Archbishop Pang Maichen, and what the Archbishop said was right. Now I'm sending people to Europe to report this matter to the Holy See. It will take at least a year to wait for the Holy See's reply. I'm afraid that there will be no Catholic churches or believers in Japan at that time.

"Where is our army? Do you want the priests of the dioceses in the East to start mobilizing now? If that happens, we must buy warships and weapons and hire combatants, otherwise we will not be able to punish the devilish behavior of the shogunate."

As a firm pro-war faction, Stallone did not lose his mind. He knew very well that the amount of funds needed for this punishment war was amazing. But the war funding was one aspect, and the shortage of weapons and combatants was even more fatal. The Holy See could not send mercenary troops from Europe. At most, it could only allow all teams in the East to assist and cooperate. However, all countries have selfish intentions and are not very obedient to the Holy See. It is difficult to expect those pirates to stand up for the persecuted God's people.

"For God and for the sake of God's people, the church should not care about the loss of money. And if we win, our losses should naturally be compensated by the shogunate in Japan." Archbishop Pang Maichen said, but only answered half of Stallone's question.

"Your Excellency, as your assistant bishop, I need to remind you that the shogunate army is an army fully equipped with firearms. Their iron gun team is not weaker than the Ming army, nor is it weaker than the European army. If we want to defeat the shogunate army, what we need is a well-trained army, not a temporary army composed of believers and mercenaries." The archbishop's optimistic spirit made Guo Jujing a little worried, and he couldn't help but remind him.

"If the Eastern Diocese can provide sufficient money and food, I will ask His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in my personal capacity to allow his son's personal army to contribute to the church by hiring."

Archbishop Pang Maichen threw out what he wanted to throw out in the end. Yes, that is the existence of the Ming Imperial Army. If the Catholic Church could bear the military expenses of this war, he believed that the Ming Imperial Army would have no worries and would bravely move forward to build a brand new Japan with the spirit of reform and establish an imperial paradise for the Han people.

As long as he has money, His Excellency Pang Maichen does not need the church to hire warships and combatants. He can set everything up.

"But"

"Nothing but."

Archbishop Pang Maichen interrupted Bishop Guo Jujing, and then said to him and all the priests present in an imperative tone: "All the church's funds in the East must be transferred out, and if there is any problem, I, the archbishop, will bear the responsibility."

"Your Excellency, even if we draw funds from each diocese as you wish, that is obviously not enough." Stallone was the right hand of the former president of Jesus Matteo Ricci, so he naturally knew the accounts of the Catholic Church in the dioceses of the East. He was very sure that the power of the church alone could not support this war.

Archbishop Pang Maichen waved his hand and said impatiently: "If it is not enough, I will send someone to the Vatican to let the Holy See support us, urgently support, and immediately support! We must clearly tell the Holy See that if the war of punishment against the shogunate is not carried out, the Catholic Church will lose Japan!"

"All right."

Stallone shut up. He could still weigh who is less and more serious about the losses of a country with a large population.

"As I said just now, all dioceses should mobilize all resources. If everyone gives a little love, the world will be full of love, Amen!"

His Excellency Pang Maichen drew a cross on his chest. According to his old man, Catholic missionary in the East has been a hundred years old. Although the development in the Ming Dynasty was not smooth in these hundreds of years, it was still good in other countries, and there were at least millions of believers. So, if a believer donated a penny to the church, the number of the gatherings was also considerable. Not to mention that the Catholic Church has a large number of talent advantages and scientific and technological reserves.

Anyway, he was determined to do this war.

But my father-in-law would never pay for it himself, and he had no surplus food either.

"Your Excellency, will His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty lend his personal army to the church?" A new Western priest asked in confusion, and the other priests also cast doubtful eyes on the Archbishop after hearing this.

"Yes, but," Mr. Pang Maichen looked at Stallone with a little meaning, "I need some money to handle the people around His Majesty the Emperor. I'm very anxious. Can you get it together?"

"Aren't you a person around the emperor?" Steller was a little surprised. As far as he knew, wasn't the Archbishop in front of him a favorite slave of the Chinese emperor? As long as the Archbishop tells the emperor himself, is it necessary to spend money to invite others on this matter?

"You don't understand. In the East, you may not be able to do anything if you spend money, but if you don't spend money, you will definitely not be able to do anything." His Excellency Pang Maichen showed a mysterious look on his face, and he stopped Stallone's curiosity with a firm look.

Stallone nodded: "Well, sir, how much do you need?"

The Archbishop did not give the real number, but asked his assistant bishop how much he could take out.

"this"

Stallone discussed with two priests from Macau for a while and told their Archbishop that the Jesus could take out 5,000 taels of silver for the Archbishop to make some connections.

When the Archbishop heard this number, his face turned ugly on the spot.

Five thousand taels?

Your grandma is a claw, so the money is not enough to pay begging. You guys are also from the Jesuits in China, so I don’t believe that the Jesuits’ activities are just that small.

The Archbishop shook his head in dissatisfaction and solemnly asked Steller how many possessions would be in Macau. This is also the reason. Now the leader of the Eastern Catholic Church is Eunuch Wei, not someone else.

“The property of the church is not private”

After saying a lot of nonsense, Stallone gave the Archbishop a certain amount that the "mobile" funds of the Macao Jesuits were about 200,000 taels, but if the fixed property was estimated to be silver, it would probably be about 200,000 taels. This fixed property refers to the church's business, churches and land occupied in various parts of the East, not only refers to China, but also Southeast Asia, Japan, and North Korea.

Eunuch Wei believed that the number was similar. Catholicism was originally the richest institution in the world, not one, but the only one. As the leader of the Catholic Church, the Pope was also the boss of this institution. Later Catholicism's expenses in countries around the world could catch up with the annual operating income of the world's largest multinational corporations, and its assets were beyond the reach of any size. But no one knew how much money the Catholicism had, because it had the right to exempt religious property.

The overall nature is like China's three destruction of Buddha. The reason is that this "Buddha" is too rich, and the same is true for Catholicism. The Pope is richer than the Buddha.

The Catholic Church has been developing in the East for hundreds of years, and it is not too much to have fixed property of two or three million taels. But this working capital is still too little. Stellen explained that every year the Jesuits would allocate a large amount of silver for the sub-churches of the dioceses in various places, and the church clergy were living, maintaining, recruiting, books, alms, transportation funds, officials' management, transporting them back to the Holy See, etc., so the expenses were also very high, and only the 200,000 taels would not be much left by the end of the year.

However, no matter how expensive it is, it must be used closely with the Archbishop. Punishment of the Japanese shogunate is the first fire that the new Archbishop took office, and it must not be missed.

Therefore, His Excellency the Archbishop clearly asked Stallone to send someone back to Macau by sea boat and ordered the Macao Jesuit President Long Huamin to withdraw 100,000 taels of silver and escort the north to deliver it. At the same time, in the name of the Eastern Diocese, he recruited "charitable men" in Macau and Luzon to launch a crusade against the evil Japanese shogunate.

After making a series of church affairs arrangements, Eunuch Wei cordially met with military personnel and technicians from Macau, and then ordered people to send them to the Imperial Army and the Maritime Office for resettlement. In this regard, the Staff Office has already had a constitution.

In the lounge of Oriental Church, Eunuch Wei saw the real thing of Jinjina frost, a large pocket such as powder and dozens of "bonsai" carefully cultivated to the East, and a small pocket of seeds.

"Your Excellency, this is Jinchona, which the Spanish got from the Indians, and is specially used for the treatment of malaria, and is very effective."

Stellen told the Archbishop the story he heard about Cinchona. It is said that more than 20 years ago, a Spanish count brought his beloved wife, Ena, to Lima, the capital of Peru. Unfortunately, Ena was infected with malaria and was taken care of by an Indian girl. Seeing that Ena's condition was getting worse, the Indian girl decided to use Cinchona to treat her quietly.

But the Earl quietly saw what she did and thought that the Indian girl wanted to murder his wife, so she wanted to punish her. The Indian girl had to tell the secret of the "Cinchona Tree". After Ena recovered, the Earl returned to Europe with the bark and seeds of Cinchona.

Eunuch Wei looked at it like a treasure and gently pinched a little cinchona with his fingers. He put it between his nose and smelled it. It smelled very special, but it couldn't be said. I was even more happy to see the cinchona saplings transplanted into flower pots growing full of vitality. These cinchona trees can survive to China in the vast ocean, so they will definitely be able to survive and grow in Taiwan. Because the climate of Taiwan is not much different from that of South America.

"This thing is like our courage!"
Chapter completed!