Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2153, the idea of ​​the Ming Academy of Sciences

Inside the Study Room of the Emperor Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Houzhao yawned slightly and was a little tired. He had been overworked 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 in their eyes, and the world knows that the emperor is lustful.

There are three thousand beauties in the harem, who work day and night. For this reason, many ministers have repeatedly advised the emperor, but Zhu Houzhao ignored them.

Looking at Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jin couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

This Zhu Houzhao still can't change his urination. In the past few years, Zhu Houzhao's harem has rarely had new princes and princesses born, which shows that his body is actually not as good as before.

When Zhu Houzhao was in his 20s to 30 years old, his harem bloomed a lot every year, but after he was 30 years old, his harem began to rarely bear fruit, which is enough to explain the problem.

But he still doesn't know how to control himself, and he still plays like crazy. He is going to be forty soon, and if he continues like this, Liu Jin is worried for him.

"Your Majesty, take good care of the dragon's body. If you are a bone scraper, you should pay attention to restraint."

After thinking about it, Liu Jin also advised Zhu Houzhao.

If Zhu Houzhao continues like this, he will not be faster than Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi has abdicated now, and he is cultivating quietly. His health is getting better and better. Even his invisible eyes are slowly recovering, and he can already see some things clearly. After a few years, Emperor Hongzhi can recover.

Coupled with the fact that he doesn't need to worry about major national affairs, Emperor Hongzhi is living a very comfortable life now. Every day he spends his days entertaining his grandchildren, listening to songs, chatting with Queen Zhang and so on.

On the contrary, it was Zhu Houzhao who didn't know how to be restrained, and had many important national affairs to worry about, so his complexion was much worse than before.

"I know, I know, I will pay attention to restraint."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately smiled and said, but Liu Jin knew from his appearance that he could not change, and he sighed helplessly in his heart.

It's enough to persuade him once, but if you persuade him more, he will be troubled.

Who cares, he will be fifty years old soon, and he is thinking of resigning from office and going home to retire.

My life is about the same, and I have done enough things for Daming. As for what will happen in the future, I will leave it to future generations to do.

For the rest of the time, Liu Jin thought about going to see the great mountains and rivers of Daming, to taste the delicacies from various places, and so on.

However, if he wanted to resign, it might not be an easy task. Zhu Houzhao would not let him resign easily. Thinking of this, Liu Jin also became frowning.

"If you have anything to say, hurry up and talk about it. If it's okay, everyone go back."

Zhu Houzhao looked at the important minister in front of him and said.

"Your Majesty, King Charles V of Spain has called and hopes that our Ming Dynasty will not sell arms to the Cavaliers Alliance."

Fang Yongliang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and gave a lecture.

"Don't sell arms and weapons to the Knights Alliance?"

"This is impossible."

"Reply to Charles V of Spain and tell him that a friend is a friend, and business is business. We Ming can sell arms and weapons to whoever we want."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately smiled and said.

Do not sell arms and weapons?

how can that be.

I, Ming, am not a fool, what can I eat and drink if I don’t sell arms and weapons?
How lucrative is the profit of arms and weapons trading. Selling tens of thousands of muskets casually is a big deal of millions of taels of silver.

"Yes!"

Fang Yongliang replied respectfully.

"By the way, how is Europe doing now?"

Speaking of Spain, Zhu Houzhao also asked about the war in Europe.

"Go back to Your Majesty!"

"Spain is still in the dominant position in Europe. Not long ago, Spain attacked France from north to south. France is now in jeopardy and has lost a large area of ​​land. Only the area of ​​​​the Paris basin is still under the control of France. It is estimated that it will soon be over. It's going to die."

"The Holy Roman Empire is also retreating steadily now, but the subsequent formation of the army is almost all using our Ming [-]-style rifles. I believe that some disadvantages can be recovered by then."

"At sea, many battles broke out between Spain and the navies of England and France in the English Channel, all of which ended in the victory of the Spanish navy. England has already made a mortgage loan from our Daming First Bank and purchased a large amount of arms and weapons. I believe that If we defend the British Isles, it shouldn’t be a big problem.”

"The biggest headache in Spain is the Holy See. The Pope called on all believers to oppose the rule of Charles V, and formed a large number of troops directly under the Holy See."

"The Holy See is rich and powerful. It purchased a large amount of our arms and weapons, and even formed a navy. Spain is expected to suffer in the hands of the Holy See."

When it comes to the war in Europe, Yang Yun, the Duke of Australia, is naturally the clearest, 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. Back then, he single-handedly picked princes and princes, and later fought in all directions, and finally got a duke. iron rice bowl.

It's just that the years are not forgiving, and he is already old, and now his body is a little emaciated, he is no longer tall and strong, his hair is gray, only a pair of eyes are piercing, and he is still telling the glorious past of a legendary general.

"Okay, fight, keep fighting."

"The longer they play, the better, and we Da Ming can make a steady stream of profits from it."

Zhu Houzhao laughed happily after hearing this.

In the war in Europe, the business of Daming people is much easier.

Not to mention arms and weapons trading, food, clothing, shoes, and military supplies are also much easier to do, and there are more slaves in Europe than before, and the slave trading business is also much easier to do.

In short, all aspects of business are easy to do, and money flows into Daming continuously.

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, everyone couldn't help but wiped the sweat from their foreheads slightly.

You are an emperor after all, so pay attention to your image.

Although everyone knows that the business here makes money, sometimes it is necessary to keep a low profile and not speak out directly.

"Anything else?"

Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhu Houzhao asked again. If nothing happened, Zhu Houzhao was going to go back to sleep.

"Your Majesty, I have something to announce!"

Liu Jin stood up, took out a written memorial and said: "Your Majesty, with the rapid development of our Ming's technology and technology, the role played by technology and invention 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."

"My Ming Dynasty was able to have today's prosperous age, which is also due to the contribution of technology."

"I think that our Ming Dynasty should pay more attention to the development of science and technology, plan the development of our Ming's science and technology from the court level, and use technology to further infer the prosperity of our Ming Dynasty!"

"That's why I think, whether it is possible to establish a 'Daming Academy of Sciences', there are academicians in the Academy of Sciences, and all the people selected for academicians must be scientists, professors, researchers, etc. who have made outstanding contributions in various fields of science and technology."

"Academician of the Academy of Sciences is an honor in itself. You can enjoy the treatment of Juren and be given a salary according to a certain level. At the same time, if the imperial court has any particularly important scientific research projects, it can also be issued through the Academy of Sciences."

"The imperial court expressed the imperial court's emphasis on science and technology and scientific and technological talents through the establishment of the Academy of Sciences and the selection of academicians, so as to promote the development of science and technology and the birth of scientific and technological talents, so as to promote the development of our Ming's science and technology and promote the progress of Ming's productivity. .”

Liu Jin handed over the memorial, and at the same time roughly described some ideas of the Academy of Sciences.

When everyone heard this, they immediately nodded slightly.

Daming is able to have everything it is today, which is obviously inseparable from the development of science and technology. It is precisely because of the progress and development of science and technology that Daming talents can manufacture faster and more efficient machines and powerful weapons. Sweeping around.

Without powerful weapons and weapons, it would be impossible for the Ming Empire to occupy such a vast territory. If it relied on cold weapons to expand its territory.

Even if it is possible to win, it is still a matter of injuring the enemy one thousand and self-defeating eight hundred. It is hard to say that it will form a huge crush and win the war with extremely low casualties.

Sometimes when you encounter a strong and tall city, the loss will be even greater. If you fight in a different place, it is difficult to say that you can win the enemy's city.

Only by relying on powerful arms and weapons to form a huge advantage can the Ming Dynasty be invincible and sweep all directions.

In addition, the current prosperity and progress of Ming Dynasty, the rapid development of capitalism and industry all rely on the progress and development of technology. Without these, the development of capitalism and industry in Ming Dynasty will be very slow, and it will be difficult for traditional conservative forces to be defeated. Suppress it.

In addition, the advancement of Ming's medical science and technology greatly reduced the death rate of the population and greatly increased the average life expectancy of the Ming Dynasty. This is also an important reason for the rapid growth of the population of the Ming Dynasty.

If there is no progress and development in technology as before, it would be considered pretty good to raise half of the ten children born, and the premature death rate is very high and very terrible.

Everyone clearly knows that the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty today is not only dependent on Emperor Hongzhi's reforms, but also 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. There will be nothing for a while, but over time, accidents will definitely happen in the future.

PS: Ask for tickets~~
(End of this chapter)