Chapter 2154 The idea of ??the Ming Academy of Sciences
Inside the study room of the Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Houzhao yawned slightly and looked slightly tired. He had worked too hard recently at night, and his mental state was much worse during the day.
Liu Jin, Wang Shouren, Zhong Fan, Yang Yun, Li Kun, Tong Rui, Fang Yongliang and others saw all this, and the emperor's lewd things were known to the world.
There were three thousand beauties in the harem, who worked hard day and night. For this reason, many ministers repeatedly advised the emperor, but Zhu Houzhao ignored them.
Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Zhu Houzhao still can't change his urinary nature. In recent years, few new princes and princesses have been born in Zhu Houzhao's harem, which shows that his body is actually not as good as before.
When Zhu Houzhao was in his 20s and 30s, his harem blossomed a lot every year, but after he turned 30, his harem began to rarely bear fruit, which is enough to explain the problem.
But he still didn't know how to control himself, and he still played like crazy. He was about to turn forty now, and if he continued like this, Liu Jin was worried about him.
"Your Majesty, you should take more care of your dragon body. Sex is like a bone scraper, so you should pay attention to moderation."
Liu Jin thought for a while and advised Zhu Houzhao.
If Zhu Houzhao continues like this, he won't be able to leave earlier than Emperor Hongzhi.
Emperor Hongzhi has now abdicated. He is practicing meditation and his health is getting better and better. Even his invisible eyes are slowly recovering and he can see some things dimly and clearly. I believe In a few more years, Emperor Hongzhi will recover.
In addition, Emperor Hongzhi is living a very comfortable life now that he does not need to worry about important national affairs. He spends every day entertaining his grandchildren, listening to music, chatting with Empress Zhang and so on.
On the contrary, this Zhu Houzhao didn't know moderation and had many important national affairs to worry about. His expression was much worse than before.
"I know, I know, and I will take care of myself."
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately smiled and said, but Liu Jin knew from the look on his face that he couldn't change it, and he sighed helplessly in his heart.
It's enough to persuade him once. No matter how much you persuade him, it will make him troubled.
No matter what, he will soon be fifty years old, and he is thinking of resigning and going home to retire.
My life is almost over, and I have done enough things for the Ming Dynasty. As for what will happen in the future, I will leave it to future generations.
During the rest of the time, Liu Jin wanted to see the great mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty, taste the delicacies from various places, etc.
However, if he wanted to resign, it would probably not be an easy task. Zhu Houzhao would not let him resign easily. Thinking of this, Liu Jin also frowned.
"If anything happens, just tell me quickly. If nothing happens, everyone can go back."
Zhu Houzhao looked at the important ministers in front of him and said.
"Your Majesty, King Charles V of Spain called and hoped that our Ming Dynasty would not sell arms and weapons to the Knights Alliance."
Fang Yongliang, the Minister of Rites, stood up and started to speak.
"Don't sell arms and weapons to the Knight Alliance?"
"This is impossible."
"You reply to Charles V of Spain and tell him that friends are friends and transactions are transactions. We, the Ming Dynasty, can sell arms and weapons to whomever we want."
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately smiled and said.
Not selling arms and weapons?
How can this be.
I, Ming, am not a fool. If I don’t sell arms and weapons, what will I eat and drink?
The profits from the arms and weapons trade are so huge. Selling tens of thousands of muskets is a big deal for millions of taels of silver. The profits are frighteningly high. Plus the subsequent sales of bullets, this is a big deal.
"yes!"
Fang Yongliang replied respectfully.
"By the way, how is Europe doing now?"
When mentioning Spain, Zhu Houzhao also asked about the situation of the war in Europe.
"Return to Your Majesty!"
"Spain still has the upper hand in Europe. Not long ago, Spain attacked France from the north and the south. France is now in danger and has lost a large area of its territory. Only the Paris Basin area is still under France's control. It is estimated that
It will be destroyed soon.”
"The Holy Roman Empire is also retreating steadily, but the armies formed later will almost all use our Ming Dynasty's Type 26 rifles. I believe that certain disadvantages can be restored by then."
"At sea, many battles broke out between Spain and England, and the French navy broke out in the English Channel, all of which ended in the victory of the Spanish navy. England has also made a mortgage loan to our First Bank of the Ming Dynasty and purchased a large number of arms and weapons. I believe
If we can defend the British Isles, it shouldn’t be a big problem.”
"The biggest headache for Spain is the Holy See. The Pope called on all believers to jointly oppose the rule of Charles V and formed a large number of troops directly under the Holy See."
"The Holy See is wealthy and has purchased a large amount of our arms and weapons, and even established a navy. Spain is expected to suffer at the hands of the Holy See."
When it comes to the war in Europe, Australian Duke Yang Yun naturally knows the best, and he also stood up and reported in detail.
Liu Jin looked at Yang Yun. This Yang Yun was already over sixty years old, and he was much older. He remembered that back then, he singled out princes of all sizes and made them marquises. Later, he went on to conquer all directions and finally got a duke.
iron rice bowl.
It's just that time is not forgiving, and he has grown old. Now his body is a little bit uneven, he is no longer tall and strong, and his hair is gray. Only his eyes are bright and lively, still telling the glorious past of a legendary military commander.
"Okay, fight, keep fighting."
"The longer they fight, the better, and we, Ming Dynasty, can earn a steady stream of profits from it."
After Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately laughed happily.
During the war in Europe, business became much easier for the people of Ming Dynasty.
Not to mention the arms and weapons trade, food, clothing, shoes, and military supplies have also become much easier to produce. Then there are many more slaves in Europe than before, and the slave trade is also much easier to do.
In short, business in all aspects was easy to do, and money continued to flow into Ming Dynasty.
After hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, everyone couldn't help but wipe the sweat from their foreheads.
You are an emperor after all, so pay attention to your image.
Although everyone knows that there is money to be made in buying and selling, sometimes you still have to keep a low profile and cannot speak out directly.
"Is there anything else?"
Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhu Houzhao asked again. If nothing happened, Zhu Houzhao was ready to go back to sleep.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
Liu Jin stood up, took out a memorial he had already written, and said: "Your Majesty, with the rapid changes in science and technology in our Ming Dynasty, the role played by technology and inventions is becoming more and more important."
"Whether it is in traditional agricultural production, industrial production, transportation, services, etc., it is playing an increasingly important role."
"The Ming Dynasty is able to have today's prosperous age, and this is indispensable because of the contribution of science and technology."
"I believe that our Ming Dynasty should pay more attention to the development of science and technology, plan the development of our Ming Dynasty's science and technology from the court level, and use science and technology to further infer the prosperity of our Ming Dynasty!"
"So I think it is possible to establish a 'Da Ming Academy of Sciences'. The Academy of Sciences will have academicians. All those elected as academicians must be scientists, professors, researchers, etc. who have made outstanding contributions in various fields of science and technology."
"Being an academician of the Academy of Sciences is an honor in itself. You can enjoy the treatment of a scholar and be given a salary according to a certain level. At the same time, if the court has any particularly important scientific research projects, it can also be issued through the Academy of Sciences."
"The imperial court expressed its emphasis on science and technology and scientific and technological talents by establishing the Academy of Sciences and selecting academicians, thereby promoting the development of science and technology and the birth of scientific and technological talents, in order to promote the development of Ming Dynasty's science and technology and promote the progress of Ming Dynasty's productivity.
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Liu Jin handed over the memorial and at the same time gave a rough outline of some of the Academy's ideas.
When everyone heard this, they immediately nodded slightly.
Everything that the Ming Dynasty can achieve today is obviously inseparable from the development of science and technology. It is precisely because of the progress and development of science and technology that the talents of the Ming Dynasty can create faster and more efficient machines and powerful arms and weapons.
Sweeping in all directions.
Without powerful arms and weapons, it would have been impossible for the Ming Empire to occupy such a vast territory. It would have been impossible to expand its territory by relying on cold weapons.
Even if this can be won, it will be a matter of injuring the enemy by one thousand and damaging itself by eight hundred. It is difficult to say that it can form a huge crushing force and win the war with extremely low casualties.
Sometimes when encountering a strong and tall city, the loss will be even greater. If fighting in a remote place, it is difficult to capture the enemy's city.
Only by relying on powerful arms and weapons to form a huge advantage, the Ming Dynasty could be invincible and sweep across all directions.
In addition, the current prosperity and progress of the Ming Dynasty, and the rapid development of capitalism and industry, all rely on technological progress and development. Without these, the development of capitalism and industry in the Ming Dynasty will be very slow, and it will be difficult for traditional conservative forces to
Being suppressed.
In addition, the advancement of medical science and technology in the Ming Dynasty has greatly reduced the mortality rate of the population and greatly increased the average life expectancy of the people in the Ming Dynasty. This is also an important reason for the rapid growth of the population in the Ming Dynasty.
If there is no progress and development in technology as before, it would be considered good to be able to raise half of ten children, but the mortality rate is very high and very scary.
Everyone knows clearly that the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty today depends not only on the reforms of Emperor Hongzhi, but also on the progress and development of the Ming Dynasty in the field of science and technology.
However, the status of people engaged in scientific and technological research is always inferior to that of traditional scholars. It may not be a problem for a while, but as time goes by, something will definitely happen in the future.