At this time, in the arrow tower inside the city wall, Xu Guangqi, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, went up to the roof with a suspicion under the leadership of the eunuch. Sure enough, the young man standing by the window was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

"How could Your Majesty be here? This place is really dangerous. I beg your Majesty to move!" Xu Guangqi did not care about the ceremony and hurried forward to persuade him.

You should know that this time is not as good as last time. This time, the attack was launched by the entire Jianlu army, and the intensity was far less than that of last time.

Hu Guang looked back at him, not caring about it, but pointed his finger outside and said, "Did you beg them to come up and fire?"

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he was immediately distracted. He didn't have to go over and see, so he naturally knew what was going on. He immediately replied: "The gunners in the Beijing camp do not understand artillery. Every time they use artillery, they have many explosions, and the fire effect is unsightly. They are planning for the safety of the capital. I went to persuade them to serve my Ming Dynasty!"

This made Li Fengxiang, who was standing next to him, turn pale again, but he couldn't refute it, because after the Jianlu invaded the capital, what was going on in the Jingjin area was already tested. Fortunately, it was not long after he took over the Jingjin, and Emperor Chongzhen did not punish him.

After hearing this, Hu Guang didn't say anything, but just watched the Westerners commanding the artillery guards' operations and said slowly: "What did you agree to them?"

When he heard this, Xu Guangqi hesitated for a while, and finally replied truthfully: "I promised them to advise His Majesty to withdraw the ban on missionary preaching."

At this time, the ban on teachings brought about by the Nanjing lesson plan has been in name only, but it still exists after all, which makes these Westerners still afraid.

After hearing his words, Hu Guang took his eyes back from outside the city, looked at Xu Guangqi, and asked with a serious face: "You have defended them many times, can you tell me what is their purpose in my Ming Dynasty?"

Xu Guangqi is not a fool, so he naturally knows: "Transfer Catholic doctrine!"

He had already seen that the emperor's attitude seemed a little cold, so after he finished speaking, he quickly replied: "Your Majesty, the Western Barbarians are knowledgeable, and every word they have in their conversation will make them deafening. I think I want to make our Ming Dynasty stronger and I will not be able to do without them!"

Perhaps it touched the pain point in Xu Guangqi's heart. He became a little excited and pointed outside and continued to speak: "Your Majesty, Jianlu is invincible in the field, and the border troops in the Beijing camp are rotten. I think that we must follow the Western laws and train new troops so that we can have hope of defeating Jianlu and restoring Liaodong."

"If you don't want to say that far away, just with the artillery, the Western barbarians are ahead of our Ming Dynasty. The artillery technique is reasonable and well-founded, and the actual combat effect is more effective. Your Majesty, learning from the barbarians' skills to control the barbarians is the top priority. Don't let go of food because of choking!" Xu Guangqi said this, bowed deeply, and spoke sincerely, wishing to take out his heart for the emperor to see.

Hu Guang looked at him and understood that Xu Guangqi's intention was to let the Ming Dynasty learn Western methods to subdue and capture these barbarians.

He did not speak immediately, but turned to look at the Western missionaries on the top of the city, as well as the Jianlu siege troops who were getting closer and closer outside the city. Then he turned around and ordered: "Play the drums and cheer!"

The sound of "dongdongdongdongdong" war drums suddenly sounded, and they heard from afar, resounding over the capital with the shouts of killing. The Ming soldiers under the city top looked at the sound, and everyone seemed to be a little more energetic.

Xu Guangqi leaned down and stood there. He didn't see the emperor responding to him. He felt a little anxious and worried that his advice would be useless.

At this moment, Hu Guang's voice was heard: "Xu Qing, it is not impossible for me to issue a ban, but they must cut off direct relations with the West and change their doctrines, just like the flow of Taoism, to suit the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty, and to carry out the merits of educating the people, otherwise the ban on teaching and expulsion will be light."

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he was shocked and quickly advised him again: "Your Majesty, the reason why the Western Barbarians are willing to spread the knowledge that they have never heard of is that they want to preach. If there is any change, it will be difficult to learn again!"

"Haha!" Hu Guang couldn't help but smile. If the original Emperor Chongzhen might have been like this, he would have come from later generations and would have been afraid that they would not teach him.

The drum sounded very loudly, and Hu Guang had to raise his voice and said, "I also know Xu Qing's intentions. I only told you that these Western missionaries have great intentions, and I do not care about their support. When Jianlu retreats, I will personally give you a course to let you know that Western knowledge and tricks are the tricks of carving insects!"

Well, it was actually me who cheated. When he said this, he silently admitted in his heart.

Looking at Xu Guangqi looking up at him with disbelief, Hu Guang continued with a smile: "And I intend to let everyone in the Ming Dynasty learn this. In this way, what do you think the national strength of the Ming Dynasty will be?"

Xu Guangqi heard it and his mouth became "o" shape, and he might be able to stuff an egg. After a while, he ignored Jun Qian's rudeness and murmured: "This is impossible, this is impossible..."

In his opinion, even if he was a Jinshi, he found it difficult to learn the knowledge of Westerners and Yi, and it was difficult to learn. However, the emperor said that he would let everyone in the Ming Dynasty learn it. This... either he heard it wrongly or the emperor was crazy!

"Will Xu Qing bear this merit of education?"

Hearing this, Xu Guangqi's eyes refocused, landed on the face of the young emperor in front of him, and subconsciously said: "I am willing!"

Since he saw Western knowledge, as a Jinshi and a Jinshi who has been influenced by Confucianism, he has also converted to Catholicism, just to learn Western knowledge, and to write books and spread Western learning. This shows how passionate he is in spreading Western learning. In Chinese history, he was therefore named the first person to open his eyes to the world.

At this time, he heard the emperor ask him if he was willing to spread this Western learning to everyone in the Ming Dynasty, so how could he not be willing!

However, he immediately came to his senses and immediately felt that this was impossible. Even in his consciousness, everyone the emperor mentioned was actually referring to those scholars, and he felt that it was impossible.

When Xu Guangqi was about to say something, Hu Guang spoke first, and he heard him say solemnly: "Xu Qing goes back and prepare, sort out all the knowledge you have mastered or not. In addition, after I return to the palace, I will issue an order to take Xu Qing as the Minister of Rites and concentrate on this education!"

The former Minister of Rites was Wen Tiren, but he was the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty. Although he was appointed as Minister of Rites, this was no longer his job. Therefore, the promotion of Xu Guangqi as Minister of Rites was not in conflict with Wen Tiren. Just like Sun Chengzong's title at this time, one of the titles was Minister of War, but in fact, the actual Minister of War was Shen Yongmao.

Xu Guangqi left in a daze, and even forgot to advise Hu Guang to leave the Arrow Tower.
Chapter completed!