Chapter 428 Basic Subjects of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
But Bumiga felt blasphemed. Can a foolish man be Jesus? Can a foolish woman be the Holy Mother? Isn't that all messed up? These heretics should all be sent to the gallows, no, they should be burned at the stake!
After all, Bu Mige did not forget the business.
Hurry and introduce young scientists such as Blaise to His Majesty the Emperor.
Then he can preach freely and have the opportunity to become a cardinal.
Once he becomes a cardinal, he will send those heretics to the gallows.
But now, Bu Mig could do nothing. He could only endure his anger and bring Bryce and others to the Imperial College.
Young people such as the Imperial College and Blythe have little impression of the Imperial College, because the scale of the Imperial College is not outstanding compared to European universities, and the scale of the University of Paris is even larger than the Imperial College.
Since Cardinal Richelieu became president, the University of Paris has become the academic center of Europe.
To be honest, these young people, as elite students from various universities, can find good jobs after graduation, whether they stay in school to teach or return to their home countries. They can also get a generous salary, then marry a virtuous wife, and then find a job.
Several beautiful mistresses lived a luxurious and luxurious life from then on.
But the pursuit of scholarship led to this journey to the East.
Although I don’t know what the academic environment was like in the Eastern Empire of Ming Dynasty?
However, from the words of Father Beaumiguet, it was known that this Eastern Empire had an emperor who paid more attention to academics than President Richelieu, which made them full of expectations for this journey to the East.
Because of the support of Bishop Richelieu, the University of Paris became the academic center of Europe.
So with the support of the Ming Emperor, why can't the Ming Royal Academy become the academic center of the entire world? Compared with a luxurious and luxurious life, they are more eager to make academic achievements.
Soon, they met the Ming Emperor, whom they had "admired" for a long time.
His Majesty the Emperor is younger and more handsome than they imagined.
Bu Mige took thirty-six students to pay homage to Chongzhen according to Western etiquette.
Chongzhen was also full of expectations for these thirty-six students. I wonder if there is Descartes among them? Is there Pascal? Are there any other great students?
Could the Ming Dynasty establish the disciplines of modern mathematics, physics and chemistry?
Let's see if we can keep these thirty-six Western visitors.
Otherwise, he would have to wait until the end of the year to perfect these disciplines on his own?
After all, he has forgotten many of the basic knowledge he has learned, making it difficult to form a complete system.
What's more, he himself doesn't have time to do these specific tasks, that is, to guide the general direction and guide the development of the technology tree, he is barely competent.
Let the specific work be left to these scholars from the West.
"Bu Mige, please introduce these scholars to me." Chongzhen said with a smile.
"As you wish, Your Majesty the Emperor." Bomig waved his hand and said, "These are all elites from various universities. Some are from the School of Numeracy, some are from the School of Physics, some are from the School of Chemistry, some are from the School of Medicine, and of course there are also some from the School of Divinity.
The people in the academy are all leaders in their respective fields, and I have brought the elites from all over Europe to you."
"Oh no, I'm very sorry, Your Majesty the Emperor." Boymage's face fell instantly. This slap in the face really caught people off guard. He just said that the elites from all Europe had moved to the Ming Dynasty, and then he asked about Descartes.
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Chongzhen was also a little disappointed. It seemed that his sincere invitation alone could not attract the European academic elite.
Bu Mige said helplessly: "Following your instructions, I sincerely invited Master Descartes to come to the Ming Dynasty to teach, but he refused to leave his family and travel across the ocean."
In fact, Descartes had no interest in coming to Ming Dynasty at all.
After a pause, Bomig took Blyth's hand again and said, "However, His Majesty the Emperor, I have brought for you the most outstanding and youngest mathematicians and physicists in Europe in the past fifty years."
Chongzhen's eyes lit up and he asked: "Is this Blaise Pascal?"
"Yes, he is Blaise Pascal." After finishing speaking, Bomig turned back to Blaise and said, "Look, Blaise, I didn't lie to you, His Majesty the Emperor has really heard of your name.
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Pascal once again knelt and tilted his head to express his gratitude to Chongzhen.
Pascal now truly believed that Camig had not deceived them.
The emperor in front of him barely concealed his enthusiasm for them.
This was something they had never seen before, and the kings and princes of Europe almost never looked at them seriously.
Chongzhen continued to say enthusiastically: "Mr. Pascal, I keep my word. As long as you are willing to stay in the Ming Dynasty and serve as the dean of the School of Mathematics and the Dean of the School of Physics of the Imperial College, I can allocate two million silver dollars to you every year. In addition, I will also
We can allocate 2,000 students to you and recruit another 2,000 students for you every year from now on."
Bomige immediately translated the meaning of Chongzhen's words to Pascal.
After listening to Bu Mige's translation, the thirty-six young people all exclaimed in surprise.
Pascal was so excited that his face turned red and he spoke incoherently: "I respect your generous, wise and wise Emperor. My gratitude to you cannot be described in words. You are the greatest emperor I have ever seen. I believe that the Ming Empire will be with you."
Under his rule, it will definitely become the most academically powerful and enlightened empire in the world."
"Finally, I have to admit that I am happy to stay and coach in Ming Dynasty."
"The two million livres are not important. The important thing is that I like the academic atmosphere of Ming Dynasty."
After receiving Pascal's affirmative answer, Chongzhen was overjoyed. Now the subjects of mathematics and physics were completed.
Bomig pulled a second young man and said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, this is also the greatest chemical genius that has emerged in Europe in the past fifty years, Robert Boyle from England!"
"Robert Boyle?!" Chongzhen almost crossed himself at this time.
This is a buy-one-get-one-free rhythm. Not only is Pascal here, but Boyle is also here?
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Moreover, compared to Pascal, Boyle's arrival could directly trigger a revolution in military technology.
Because of his guidance, Boyle was able to develop mercury fulminate more than a hundred years earlier. With mercury fulminate, there was a primer. Coupled with forging technology, paper-cased fixed-loading ammunition could evolve into
With fixed-loading metal cartridges, front-loading rifles can evolve into breech-loading rifles. This will be a revolutionary advancement.
Then, smokeless gunpowder can be produced.
When smokeless gunpowder comes out, truly modern firearms will come out. By then, even heavy machine guns will no longer be a luxury.
Thinking of this, Chongzhen's eyes became eager.
Boyle's unexpected arrival made all of this suddenly possible.
Otherwise, only those craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty who knew it but didn't know why, could they have produced mercury fulminate and smokeless gunpowder in a year and a month? Even with his guidance, it would be useless.
It's not possible to let Chongzhen do it himself. He doesn't even know how to make nitric acid.
At that moment, Chongzhen said with enthusiasm: "Boyle, right? As long as you are willing to stay in Ming Dynasty and serve as the dean of the Imperial Academy of Chemical Engineering, I will also grant you a special grant of one million yuan and allocate you a thousand students."
Boyle was overjoyed after hearing the translation and immediately expressed his willingness to stay.
To be honest, Boyle felt quite guilty, because Pascal already enjoyed a certain reputation in the mathematics and physics circles, but he was still unknown in the chemistry world.
Had it not been for the fact that his father died in the war and his family was in ruins, he would never have been able to travel across the ocean to make a living in Daming. However, judging from the results, it was obviously the right time to come to Daming this time.
Boyle really didn't expect that he would be treated with such courtesy by the Ming Emperor.
However, Boyle secretly made up his mind that he must not let down His Majesty the Emperor's trust.
Bu Mige went on to introduce other young people.
These names were relatively unfamiliar. Chongzhen had never heard of even one of them, but he was not disappointed because these people basically graduated from various universities in Europe and had received systematic education in modern mathematics, physics and chemistry.
enough.
But it’s not enough to just have people, there must be ready-made subject textbooks.
At that moment, Chongzhen asked Pascal and others: "Have you brought any European university textbooks?"
"Of course, of course." After listening to the translation, Pascal nodded repeatedly and said, "We not only brought textbooks from more than a dozen universities including the University of Paris, but also academic works and journals from the past fifty years.
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"Great! Great!" Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard this. He couldn't have asked for a better result than this.
However, what is the old saying? Misfortunes lie on blessings, and fortunes lie on misfortunes. Within ten seconds of Chongzhen being happy, bad luck came to his door.
Gao Qiqian walked in in a hurry.
"Long live my Lord, urgent delivery to Xuzhou!"
"Xuzhou?" Chongzhen's heart suddenly trembled.
However, his face was calm and he said: "Wang Daban."
Wang Chengen quickly stepped forward and responded respectfully: "I'm here, old slave."
Chongzhen stretched out his hand and pointed at Pascal and others and said: "First settle Pascal, Boyle and the thirty-six scholars in the newly built bachelor's college. If they have any requirements, we must try our best to satisfy them."
"Oh, by the way, we need to find an interpreter for them in their respective native languages as soon as possible."
"Old slave, I have received the order." Wang Cheng'en responded respectfully, and asked a young eunuch behind him who could speak Portuguese to say to Pascal and others, "You bachelors, come with us."
Pascal and others happily left.
"Father Bu Mige, you have worked hard on this journey." Chongzhen smiled and said to Bu Mige, "You can go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to collect the other half of the silver I promised you now."
However, what Bomig cared about most was not money.
"Your Majesty, the wise and great Emperor, you know that what I value is not money."
Bu Mige said humbly: "Before leaving, you promised me that you would allow me to preach freely in the Ming Dynasty."
"Of course, of course." Chongzhen said with a smile, "From now on, you can preach freely in the Ming Dynasty. If anyone dares to stop you, just come back and tell me, and I will advocate for you."
However, I secretly thought that there would definitely be no problem in preaching freely.
But religion can only be religion, don't think about secular power.
Don't think about replacing laws and changing customs.
"God, Your Majesty the Emperor, you are so wise, great and generous."
Bu Mige praised more and more humbly: "The Ming Dynasty is really lucky to have an emperor like you."
"Father Bomige, you are overestimating me." Chongzhen smiled and continued, "Tonight I will hold a banquet at Meixiang Tower at Wuding Bridge to welcome Pascal and the others. You must come too."
"Meixiang Pavilion?" Bu Mige said with a sad face, "Dear Your Majesty the Emperor, can you change the place?"
"Ah, I forgot that you are a Catholic." Chongzhen smiled and patted his forehead. Although Catholicism was very filthy and engaged not only in nuns but also underprivileged children, Bu Mig seemed to be an exception. He immediately said with a smile, "Well, then
As for Liubiju, you can find an inn to settle down first and then go directly there."
Bomig turned around and left while dreaming of the cardinal.
Chongzhen then asked Gao Qiqian: "Gao Banban, where is the urgent delivery?"
Gao Qiqian quickly handed over the letter and the dagger at the same time.
Chongzhen used a dagger to cut open the fire paint and took out the letter from inside.
After just a glance, Chongzhen's face darkened.
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At this time, in Yutai County, Gunzhou, Shandong Province, a group of Jiannu cavalry were eating in the ice and snow.
There are about a hundred cavalry in this Jiannu cavalry. From the style of their armor, it can be seen that they are inlaid with yellow flags. The leader is Baya Lahuzhang Jingaobai from Xianghuang Banners.
Jian Nu ate wheat rice and meat pie.
this
The food is pretty good.
But there was a hint of worry on Obai's face.
Because the rations carried with the army have been almost eaten.
Someone was sent to Dongchang Mansion to urge for food, but Duduo said that the subsequent rations had not arrived yet.
Obai knew very well in his heart that Duduo was actually deliberately making things difficult for Xianghuang Banner. Unless he, Obai, could bow down to the nine kings and ten kings like Zhang Jing or Ezhen of other banners, he would not be able to get supplies.
The real worship sound picture on the forehead of Gushan with a yellow flag advised him to understand the situation clearly, otherwise there would be no good fruits to eat.
But Ao Baitou is iron-willed. Even if he starves to death in battle, he will not surrender to Dorgon.
So now, Obai can only hope to snatch food rations from the people of Xuzhou.
However, after a few days of testing, the situation turned out to be very pessimistic. The "people" in Xuzhou were far more difficult to deal with than they expected. The people here actually built a large number of forts because of the war the year before. These forts were
The fort not only has strong rammed earth walls, but also has complete defense facilities.
There is a trench surrounding the fort, and only the main entrance is accessible.
There are antlers at the bottom of the trench, and if they fall, they will definitely be punctured.
There are battlements and archery towers on the fort walls, and there are even strong men patrolling and guarding them.
A heavily defended fortress like this cannot be taken down unless a large army is mobilized.
However, this time the troops were dispatched to fight with small groups of cavalry under each banner, so they could only watch the strongholds prospering the Han Dynasty and watch the smoke rising from the forts, but there was nothing they could do.
