should be AD not BC ?
It is BC. The BC part though is nebulous…gets a little clearer from around 500 BC.
Kangxi wanted the allegiance of everybody within his kingdom to the Qing dynasty and to himself. His point was: if the Christian priests stay in my country, why should his subjects be listening to whatever the Pope says and not Kangxi? Kangxi provided them with everything (food, water, shelter) so why should they listen to the Pope when the Pope (who was far away) was in disagreement with Kangxi.
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