In a few days, 8 or 9 countries accepted the resolutions of the East China Government. At this time, Britain and France could no longer sit still and could only decide to accept the resolutions of the East China Government. In the end, only Japan and Russia decided to withdraw all diplomatic personnel and army and abandon the Beijing Embassy.

The privileges of the embassy have been abolished, not to mention the privileges of citizens of various countries in Beijing. The East China Government of course will not dismantle foreigners. In fact, in Qingdao, Tianjin, Shanghai and other places, there are a large number of foreigners engaged in various affairs. However, within the rule of the East China Government, foreigners do not have any privileges, let alone extraterritorial legal power. They must respect the rules and regulations formulated by the East China Government and obey management.

Of course, foreigners in Beijing have heard of some rumors about the East China Government and knew that they were not the Qing court. Therefore, many people chose to leave, but more chose to stay. After all, foreigners in Beijing have their own business operations here. Once they leave, their careers will be wasted. Moreover, although they do not have privileges, they attach great importance to the law. As long as they respect discipline and abide by the law and operate in a stable manner, there will be no problem. Moreover, the East China Government attaches great importance to business development, social order, and business environment that are much better than the Qing court. I also believe that under the rule of the East China Government, there will be more development opportunities. However, we must first learn to restrain ourselves and not be as high-profile as before.

As for the handling of churches, the East China Government also has its own method. Although some people have always advocated taking the Western church in full and forbidding the church within the rule of the East China Government, most people still believe that the church can be allowed to exist under the rule of the East China Government. In the old time and space, the New China did not prohibit the existence of the church. In addition, the social impact of rashly prohibiting the church is too great. Although in China, there are not many believers in the church, which are only a few million, far less than the two Buddhists and Taoists, they are basically concentrated in big cities. Moreover, most believers have received Western education and have a high cultural level. Therefore, forcibly taking the Western church will obviously only make these people disconnect from the East China Government, which is not conducive to the rule of the East China Government.

However, the East China government cannot allow the church to develop uncontrollably within its own ruling scope. Although it will not take the church, the method adopted is to localize the church and include it within the jurisdiction of the East China government. The Chinese church was originally a two-line management model. On the one hand, the church and priests were naturally managed by the Chinese local government in China; on the other hand, it was managed by the Roman Holy See. The bishops of the Chinese diocese were appointed by the Roman Holy See, and the bishops appointed by the Roman Holy See appointed by the Roman Holy See appointed by the Roman Holy See appointed by the Roman Holy See appointed by the Roman Holy See appointed by the Roman Holy See appointed by the church priests. This is also the existence model of the church in most countries, but because the Qing court was too incompetent, it could not control the church and priests at all.

Within the scope of the East China Government's rule, there can only be a management model. The church must be managed by religious management institutions within the East China Government, including the appointment of priests from churches at all levels. Foreign priests must apply for qualifications from religious management institutions, and only certificates must be considered religious personnel and have the qualifications to preach. The East China Government does not recognize the qualifications of priests taught by the Roman Holy See and the personnel appointments of the church.

In fact, it is not just the church, but the East China government also manages the same way of Buddhism and Taoism. Of course, China has never been a religious country, so religions will be managed and controlled by the state. However, dynasties of all dynasties are generally relatively tolerant of religion, and of course ordinary religions will not interfere in national politics, so everyone adheres to the bottom line and is in peace.

The two religions of Buddhism and Taoism naturally have no objection to the management method of the East China government, but the church cannot stand it. After all, the East China government does not recognize the qualifications of priests taught by the Roman Catholic Church and the right to appoint the church personnel, which is unacceptable to foreign priests. Therefore, they united together to protest to the East China government.

However, the East China Government was not the Qing court. It took this opportunity to expel a group of foreign priests and appoint a group of priests from the country, so that the church would be firmly controlled by themselves. For ordinary believers, they did not know that the power struggles at the top. As long as the church was not closed, all religious activities could be carried out as usual, so there was nothing to say. As for the expulsion of a group of foreign priests, although it caused some discussion, it did not cause much trouble. Of course, this has a great relationship with the strict social control ability of the East China Government. In fact, some religious fanatics adopted violent confrontation methods. However, on the one hand, there were not many people and could not form a huge social influence. On the other hand, they were suppressed by the East China Government as soon as they showed signs, and they did not have time to grow.

After learning about these situations, the Holy See naturally would not accept it, because China is the main diocese of the Holy See in East Asia, and it is a key area for the diocese to expand its cultivators and its influence. Although it has been effective after decades of development, the Holy See also has spent a lot of effort. There are more than 50 missionaries who died in Chinese diocese alone. It can be said that it is an absolute dangerous area. Now that the East China government wants to take away this diocese, the Holy See will of course not be willing.

The Holy See first protested to the East China Government through diplomatic channels, and expressed its disagreement to the priests appointed by the East China Government, and sought help from other European countries, hoping that they would put pressure on the East China Government to take back their lives. However, everything they did was very effective. The East China Government ignored the protests of the Holy See, and also retorted that the Holy See should not interfere with the internal affairs of the East China Government. The countries that the Holy See sought were also ambiguous and unknown. At most, they would accuse the East China Government of the East China Government of a few words without any pain and there would be no other actions. After all, other countries knew that the East China Government would not be afraid of these pressures.

In desperation, the Roman Holy See had to declare that the diocese in the area of ​​the East China Government was illegal, which had nothing to do with the Roman Holy See, and it did not recognize that the believers in the area of ​​the East China Government were real believers. I thought that in this way, the believers in the area of ​​the East China Government would put pressure on the East China Government, and then I knew that all this was useless. The churches in the East China Government did not care about the recognition of the Roman Holy See, and could do their own things. Anyway, the activities of the churches such as baptism, mass, prayer, communion, and singing can be carried out as usual and can be made decent, and the believers are not dissatisfied with this. In fact, this is the Chinese's concept of religion is different from those of Europeans. The Chinese actually do not care about the orthodoxy of religion, but only care about their own feelings. It is as if Buddhists will not yearn for the West, as long as they can recite scriptures and chant Buddha.

After learning about the situation of the East China Government, although the Holy See was so angry that it was smoked, there was no way, because now the believers of the East China Government are satisfied with such entertainment. What can the Holy See do? As for conquering by force, the Holy See has long since no power.

So this time in Beijing, the East China Government also complied with the law. First of all, some foreign missionaries who usually do more evil and have a greater anger in Beijing are punished. In fact, overall, the moral level of foreign missionaries is quite good. After all, they are religious personnel, and their moral standards are a little higher than that of ordinary foreigners. They have also done some good deeds such as giving porridge, medicine, and adopting orphans. Although the main purpose of foreign missionaries adopting orphans is to cultivate believers in the church since childhood, they save lives after all. Of course, due to the incompetence of the Qing court, foreign missionaries will also use their identities to fight for some benefits for themselves, or use some privileges to facilitate missionary preaching, but overall, it is not too much.

Of course, there are black sheep there, not to mention that foreign missionaries enjoy privileges that are difficult to reach in other places in China, so it is inevitable that someone will use them to do evil and harm the countryside. However, in these cases, the Beijing Office has done a lot of work, and has collected a large amount of evidence from some misconduct foreign missionaries. At this time, it is natural that the new and old accounts are calculated together. In the end, the East China Government arrested a total of 12 foreign missionaries with great anger and expelled 21 foreign missionaries.

It was then announced that all foreign missionaries in Beijing must go through relevant procedures with relevant institutions of the Beijing government and apply for qualification certificates and priest qualification certificates so that the church can organize religious activities and priests can engage in missionary activities. At the same time, the East China Government has transferred a group of locally trained priests from Shandong and other places and appointed them to take charge of various churches in Beijing. Although there are only 2 or 3 people in each church, they are supported by the East China Government, and of course no one dares to object. Moreover, the affairs of the church are not that complicated and can be controlled soon.

Moreover, there are actually not many foreign missionaries. The average church is 2 or 3, and some even have only one person. Most of the believers are Chinese. They are not opposed to the new church managers, after all, they are all compatriots. Although many foreign missionaries desperately instill in Chinese believers that the new church managers are not believers of the true Lord because they have not obtained the authorization of the Roman Catholic Church, for most Chinese believers, the authorization of the government is much more useful than the authorization of the Roman Catholic Church. After all, the Roman Catholic Church does not know that it is there, but the government is by their side.
Chapter completed!