In the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of the Ming Dynasty, Leonardo da Vinci was strolling leisurely on the campus.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and many teachers and students on campus have already gone home to celebrate the New Year, while a few who live far away choose to celebrate the New Year at school.
Therefore, the whole school became quiet.
"It will be Hongzhi's twenty-fifth year soon. One year goes by so fast."
Da Vinci looked at the campus in front of him. This campus covers a large area and has an extremely beautiful campus environment. It has more than 200 teachers and more than 3,000 students, all of whom are studying art.
Through Liu Jin's recommendation, Da Vinci also successfully became a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts. He could receive more than forty silver dollars every month. The income was very high, which also allowed Da Vinci to live a comfortable life in the Ming Dynasty.
A worry-free life.
He opened three new subjects here: drawing, oil painting, and sculpture, and admitted dozens of students.
"People in the Ming Dynasty really attach great importance to education."
"There are more than a dozen such beautiful academies in the capital city of the Ming Dynasty alone, covering physics, chemistry, mechanics, astronomy, construction engineering, shipbuilding, art and music, smelting and many other subjects and fields."
"Every year, tens of millions of taels of silver are invested in education, and primary schools and middle schools are built everywhere to ensure that every child receives an education."
“It’s incredible, it’s unbelievable!”
"The powerful and wealthy empire in the East is so luxurious."
It has been several months since I came to Daming, and I have a certain understanding of Daming.
What impressed him most was the importance Ming people attached to education.
There are schools everywhere, various professional colleges and universities, and huge investments in education, all of which had a huge impact on Leonardo da Vinci.
You must know that during this period, whether in Europe, the Middle East or the East, knowledge was something monopolized by the aristocracy and the rich.
In Europe, although the characters carried by the Latin alphabet are relatively easier to learn, the people who can truly receive education are still limited to a very small number of people, nobles, monks, businessmen, and the absolute majority of the people are still illiterate.
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But in the Ming Dynasty, they were so crazy that they wanted every child to receive an education. A large number of schools were everywhere, all offering free education, and they also provided a free lunch to these children.
Liu Yuan, a big nobleman, spends tens of millions of taels of silver every year on education. The Ming Dynasty and other big nobles, big families, big businessmen, etc. are also keen on education and invest a lot of money in it every year.
They are all astronomical figures.
Such huge wealth is still invested in education. If the European monarchs knew about it, their eyes would be red and they would call the Ming people fools.
People in the Ming Dynasty really took education seriously. The schools were built extremely beautifully, and the salaries of the teachers in the schools were also very high.
He is a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts, and his annual income is several hundred taels of silver. This is definitely a very high salary. You must know that ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty only earn a few dozen taels of silver a year, and his salary is equivalent to that of ordinary people.
Ten times the number of people, which shows that the people of Ming Dynasty attached great importance to education.
There was also the serious attitude of the students in learning, which Leonardo da Vinci admired quite a lot.
He has carefully inspected some schools and found that teaching in all schools is extremely strict. The teachers hold a ruler in their hands and are ruthless to students who are disobedient and do not study seriously.
In addition, the people of Ming Dynasty attach great importance to education. Even if they are beaten, these children have no place to cry. If they tell their parents about this when they go back, they will be beaten again.
This also developed the consistent strict style of education in Ming Dynasty.
This is the style of traditional Confucian education. The word "stern" is no joke. Even if the emperor's son doesn't study well, the teacher can still slap him with a ruler.
In such a country that attaches great importance to education, is strict in education, and studies seriously, Leonardo da Vinci finally understood why the Ming Empire could sweep across all directions and become a powerful force in the world.
Knowledge is power, and the entire Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to it.
Not only does it focus on education, but there are also various types of newspapers in Ming Dynasty, which can also disseminate some knowledge when reporting news.
Daming Daily, for example, advocates healthy living, advocating drinking more hot water and less raw water, etc. This can greatly reduce the occurrence of diseases and improve the physical quality of Daming people.
In addition, there are professional newspapers such as the Ming Medical Journal, which specialize in disseminating medical knowledge. This time there was a major epidemic in the Jiangnan area that affected hundreds of thousands of people. The people of the Ming Dynasty quickly calmed down and published the relevant prescriptions in the newspapers. The whole world
Everyone can see that if they encounter similar diseases in the future, they can take medicine and treat them themselves.
Leonardo da Vinci conducted many detailed investigations and statistics.
He found that the neonatal mortality rate in the Ming Dynasty was much lower than that of Europeans. Europe at this time could not even compare with the previous Ming Dynasty.
Although the medical conditions and health awareness in the Ming Dynasty were not good in the past, they were much better than those in Europe.
At least people in the Ming Dynasty will not go without bathing for a lifetime. At least the cities in the Ming Dynasty are generally very clean and hygienic. Unlike European cities, which are dirty and messy, with all kinds of filth everywhere, even the castles of the nobles are dirty.
Very dirty.
In terms of medical conditions, the people of Ming Dynasty still have a relatively mature system of traditional Chinese medicine, doctors and the like can be seen everywhere, and there are also a large number of medical classics and books handed down from generation to generation.
But here in Europe, they still rely on barbers to provide medical care. The main treatment method is bloodletting, commonly known as bloodletting. In history, countless celebrities have died due to this bloodletting.
In this kind of Europe, you can imagine how high the mortality rate of Europeans is. Compared with today's Ming Dynasty, part-time jobs are a world of difference.
The Ming Dynasty has established a complete medical system and system, trained midwives, and invented the method of caesarean section. In terms of newborn care, it is also constantly summarizing experience and lessons, greatly reducing the mortality rate, and every household is giving birth.
The seven or eight children are all healthy and strong.
Even in terms of epidemic prevention, the people of Ming Dynasty are far more advanced than those in Europe. The people of Ming Dynasty have actually begun to popularize smallpox vaccination. Through smallpox vaccination, there has been no news of the spread of smallpox virus in the people of Ming Dynasty for a long time.
This is the Ming Dynasty.
Only when you actually come to the Ming Dynasty and live here for a period of time can you truly understand this powerful empire.
It is definitely not just as simple as the gold everywhere described in Marco Polo's travels.
It is definitely not just smooth silk, white porcelain, and sweet snow candy.
It is definitely not as simple as the Ming Dynasty's power and wealth that Europeans see now.
When you truly understand the Ming Dynasty in depth, you will find that this huge empire has surpassed all parts of the world in all aspects.
Especially in the areas of education, medical care, and technology, Ming Dynasty is already far ahead.
The Ming Empire attached great importance to its thinking, was willing to invest in it, and vigorously popularized it. Its strength was destined and inevitable.
Leonardo da Vinci looked at the Ming Empire from the perspective of a scholar. He saw the powerful and invincible side of this empire.
Some things can be seen now.
Ming Dynasty developed extremely rapidly in all aspects.
In the field of science and technology, the people of Ming Dynasty have even developed wireless communication technology. This is something that even Leonardo da Vinci was very interested in and wanted to study carefully.
In terms of the economy of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming court has now received more than one billion taels of silver in taxes. This is such a huge number. The whole of Europe combined is less than a fraction of the Ming Dynasty people.
Perhaps in ten or twenty years, when these children who have received the new education grow up and begin to become the central force of the Ming Dynasty, the power of the Ming Dynasty will truly be revealed. By that time, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will be in every aspect.
There will be explosive leaps and bounds in development.
In comparison, Europe at this time was like a dark night.
The dark and corrupt rule of the Holy See still greatly restricts the thoughts and everything of Europeans, making people ignorant and ignorant.
In the past, everyone always believed that bathing would make people sick, but after arriving in the Ming Dynasty, Leonardo da Vinci now also likes bathing, and even started to cut off his beard and hair, liking the refreshing and comfortable feeling.
He found that not only was he not sick, but he was healthier than before, and his life was more convenient and comfortable.
The ignorance in Europe makes it seem as if there is no hope.
"Hey~"
Da Vinci sighed softly. To be honest, he also fell in love with life in Daming.
I teach here, take care of students, and study my favorite physics, astronomy, and medicine. Not to mention how comfortable my life is.
He originally came to study in Daming, but now he really fell in love with everything here in Daming. The humanistic environment, the inheritance and development of knowledge, and everything here made him fall deeply in love with Daming.