"Li Qing, please sit down first." Emperor Chongzhen smiled, stretched out his hand and said to Li Zhizao: "In fact, I have thought about the things you mentioned before."

Hearing what the emperor said, Xu Guangqi, Li Zhizao cheered up, while Deng Yuhan, Tang Ruowang and other Jesuit missionaries clenched their fists nervously.

If you want to preach in the Ming Dynasty, just contact some officials and gentry among the people and develop independently, you will eventually be subject to various restrictions. If you can get the support of the Ming Emperor, the situation will be different.

"Li Qing, your situation is too small."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Emperor Chongzhen picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and called Li Zhizao and the others with a puzzled look on his face.

"Buddhism and Taoism prospered under our Ming Dynasty, right?"

Emperor Chongzhen said calmly: "Speaking of Deng Yuhan, Tang Ruowang and others, it took a long time for the Catholic Jesuits they believed in to be introduced to our country in the Ming Dynasty, right?

Even in several places in the south, as well as here in the capital, some believers have developed.

But have you ever thought about why under the Ming Dynasty, Catholicism, including Christianity, has never been widely accepted?"

Emperor Chongzhen was not interested in the sects derived from the West, but for the development of the scientific field of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen felt that it was necessary to give some hope.

After all, the Ming Dynasty needed ideas introduced from outside to gradually guide the Enlightenment Movement and create corresponding conditions for the subsequent reform of the imperial examination system.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen knew better than anyone else that it was too backward to rely solely on solidified stereotypes to select talents for the dynasty.

If we want to solve the problem at its root and change the dilapidated situation, we must find ways to seize the lifeblood of the gentry and intellectuals who came from landlords. Only by doing this can we achieve corresponding results.

Whether you are an official at a local level or an official at court, if you can secure your official position just by relying on a few eight-part essays, that would be a bit too thin.

"As for what Li Qing mentioned, I have previously thought of some solutions."

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, looked at Xu Guangqi and the others, and said: "First, allow missionaries from the Ming Dynasty to enter Beijing in large numbers. Of course, they must be good at firearms, astronomy, geography and other fields. These missionaries can be granted military equipment."

Court official status.

Secondly, several members of the Qing family can invite all officials, including students, who are proficient in each of the above-mentioned fields or who are involved in these fields under the Ming Dynasty, including students, to the Armed Forces Academy.

Thirdly, I will issue a decree to add branches of various countries in Europe in the Siyi Pavilion to translate languages, hire missionaries from various countries to teach their languages, and translate Western classics.

Fourth, I am planning to choose a location in the capital to open the Capital University Hall, and another imperial village to open a small school and offer various subjects such as astronomy and geography. The Capital University Hall can independently recruit our Ming students for further study.

Here at the primary school, I will arrange for a group of orphans to study.

If you want to engage in missionary work in the Ming Dynasty, you have no base of people who have been exposed to the West. No matter how well you, Western missionaries, preach the doctrines you believe in, no one will believe it.

Deng Yuhan, Tang Ruowang, Luo Yagu, Long Huamin, based on your experiences over the years, do you think what I said is right or wrong?"

If something like foreign belief is to be spread in the Ming Dynasty, it must undergo corresponding transformation to remove the bad things and leave the good things. Isn't Buddhism just foreign?

But after thousands of years of development and evolution, didn’t they eventually turn into localists?

"Wise and mighty Emperor Ming, what you said is so right." Deng Yuhan was a little excited and saluted Emperor Chongzhen: "If what you said can really be realized one by one, we are willing to spend our whole lives

Everything I learn is dedicated to the Ming Dynasty."

Tang Ruowang followed closely and said: "Wise and mighty Emperor Ming, if what you said can really be realized, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money. If..."

"You don't need to think too much about money."

After hearing what Tang Ruowang said, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "I will allocate money from my internal funds to help you translate the classics of various European countries, open a large school in the capital, and a small school, including missionaries from all over the country who want to enter the capital.

implementation of these matters.

However, I want to emphasize that the prerequisite for doing these things is that corresponding progress must be made in the fields in which the Armed Forces Academy is engaged.

At the same time, you must recruit a group of talents who are proficient in firearms to come to Beijing to conduct research at the Armed Forces Academy. Regarding firearms, artillery and other fields, you must ask me to see corresponding results in the shortest possible time.

Even if necessary, we can use the Western fleet in Oyster Mirror (Macau) to return to European countries and recruit more corresponding talents to clarify.

I will support the Armed Forces Academy without any reservation for five years. I will give you as much money as you need. But if I don’t see what I want to see within five years, then not only will the funding be gone, I will also give you all the money.

I will expel you, and from now on, preaching will be extinct in the Ming Dynasty."

Listening to what Emperor Chongzhen said, people who were close to Western science, including Xu Guangqi, Li Zhizao, and Song Yingxing, including Deng Yuhan, were very excited in their hearts.

They will provide as much money as they need. No matter how many difficulties they encounter, they can overcome them one by one in the field of firearms and artillery.

"Wise and mighty Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, we will do our best to complete the errands assigned by you." Deng Yuhan saluted respectfully.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't pay much attention to Deng Yuhan's guarantee. After all, his goodwill was enough to make them try their best.

The purpose of emphasizing five years is to make them feel the pressure. They cannot spend their money but not get the corresponding reward, then they will not be taken advantage of.

"Xu Qing, you will be solely responsible for the affairs of the Armed Forces Academy." Emperor Chongzhen picked up a stack of documents, handed them to Xu Guangqi and said, "These are some of my ideas about the Armed Forces Academy, as well as some ideas about firearms and artillery.

, take it down and look through it carefully, then start the corresponding matters."

"I obey the decree!"

It took five years to build a scientific framework belonging to the Ming Dynasty. If some of the problems of the Ming Dynasty at that time could be solved, there would definitely be a lot of changes.

By that time, Ming Dynasty will surely have a team of professionals with professional qualities, setting off a new wave in various fields of Ming Dynasty. While continuously improving productivity, Ming Dynasty will take advantage of the last train of the great voyage era to actively expand externally.
Chapter completed!