After eating and drinking, Zhu Youxiao asked someone to send Guo Jingju and the other person out.
Then, the smile on Zhu Youxiao's face disappeared in an instant.
Glancing at Wei Chao who had walked in, Zhu Youxiao asked, "What's the matter?
"Your Majesty, Lord Xu Guangqi requests an audience." Wei Chao said hurriedly.
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao frowned.
He understood what Xu Guangqi came for. To put it bluntly, he wanted him to stop making things difficult for these foreign missionaries.
It seems that they have a deep friendship.
Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly and said, "No, let him go."
Zhu Youxiao really didn't want to see Xu Guangqi and was feeling unhappy.
It is not a good thing for these civil servants to be on good terms with foreign missionaries.
When officials in a country stop believing in what they should believe in and start believing in something else, that's a problem. Just like in later generations, when officials stopped believing in Marxism-Leninism and started to embrace Western ideas, that was a disaster for the country.
Moreover, in the Ming Dynasty, officials also had another function, that of academic authority. Their words could be believed by many people, which was much more powerful than the public intellectuals of later generations. If these officials wanted to make people outside believe these foreign things, it would be a big trouble.
So Zhu Youxiao decided to suppress it, and this was just the beginning.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I will give the order right away." Wei Chao agreed quickly.
Zhu Youxiao sat on the dragon throne and thought quietly, and Wei Chao came back from outside. It was obvious that the word had already spread.
Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Chao and said directly: "I have an errand for you to do. I don't know if you can do it well."
After hearing this, Wei Chao was so excited that he almost jumped up.
You know, since the emperor ascended the throne, Wei Chao's status has not improved much. Look at the eunuchs who served the emperor and their status have been promoted rapidly, Wei Chao's eyes are red with jealousy.
Needless to say, Wei Zhongxian's status was very high, and Chen Hong's status was also very high. Only Wei Chao had to flee to Liaodong for several years. What kind of thing was that?
Although she has returned to the emperor's side, she is still always excluded by Chen Hong and has no power or influence.
In such a situation, how could Wei Chao be satisfied? He also wanted to be favored by the emperor and rise to prominence.
Now that he heard that the emperor had a mission for him, how could he not be excited?
For Wei Chao, this is an opportunity, an opportunity that will allow him to rise to prominence!
This was the opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time, so it was impossible for him to say that he was not capable of it at this time.
Wei Chao knelt on the ground and said firmly, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely get it done!"
Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "It's good that you have such confidence. This mission is very important. In addition to completing the mission well, we must also keep it confidential. We must not leak any information. Once the news leaks out, you know what will happen."
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I will never leak the news." Wei Chao quickly agreed.
Wei Chao had no intention of reducing the intensity of execution of the emperor's orders in the slightest. He would work hard to get this done.
As for the news leak, that is even more impossible.
Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "They will soon build a library and a church. I want you to take charge of it."
After hearing this, Wei Chao was stunned.
What kind of job is this?
Logically speaking, this shouldn't be his job. No matter what's being built there, it's none of his business. This isn't a big deal; a minor official could handle it.
Wei Chao hesitated, not knowing what to say.
"That's just the surface." Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Chao and continued, "On the surface, they want you to cooperate with them, coordinate the relationship between the government office and various parties, and help them get things done. But in reality, there are other things going on."
After hearing this, Wei Chao breathed a sigh of relief.
It turned out to be a secret mission.
That's good.
Secret missions are very important to these people, because if you can help the emperor carry out secret missions, it means you are the emperor's confidant. If you have never done any dirty work for the emperor, how can you say you are a confidant?
"I have already promised them to build a church, but it's just a promise." Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Chao and said directly.
Zhu Youxiao only said this to Wei Chao here. He would never tell anyone else and would not admit it if someone asked him.
After all, the emperor's words must be counted. As the supreme ruler, his words are as good as gold. Such a thing as saying something in the beginning but not keeping it in the end must not be spread.
If this news leaked out, the Wei Dynasty would be in trouble.
After hearing this, Wei Chao lowered his head and didn't care.
For the Wei Dynasty, whatever the emperor said was right. They were just a bunch of foreigners, so what did it matter whether they agreed or not? What else could they do?
Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Chao and was very satisfied with his performance. Zhu Youxiao continued, "We must first build a library. Tell them that they have to pay for it themselves. I will not pay for it. This library must be large enough."
As Wei Chao listened, he silently wondered how big the library should be. Would it be okay to make it as big as an official's residence?
Zhu Youxiao didn't care whether Wei Chao listened or not, and continued, "In addition to the books they brought with them, we will also collect the books from the Ming Dynasty and classify them. I will give you a blueprint when the time comes, and the library will be built according to it. They will pay for it. As for the scale of the library, you can build it like an imperial mausoleum."
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