I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 631

Yang Lian listened to Sun Shenxing talking about Xu Guangqi, and couldn't help but wonder how much he resented Xu Guangqi.

However, he was not surprised by this kind of resentment. After all, from the Nanjing Teaching Project in the Wanli Period to the present, the debate on Western learning has never subsided.

But now, as the emperor pays more and more attention to Western learning, and since the maritime ban was abolished, Westerners and Western theories have come in one after another, making this debate intensified, and it has reached the point of incompatibility.

But the more this happened, the less Yang Lian cared about it, because he had already guessed the emperor's true attitude towards Western learning, which was to both use and suppress it.

From the time he landed in Tianjin to the present, he found that the debates about Westerners, Western learning and even Western religions had not stopped along the way.

Although the emperor placed great emphasis on Western learning, he employed many Westerners.But it seemed that they did not suppress Sun Shenxing and others, but allowed them to talk.Before joining forces, I learned about Daming Daily's bad description of Westerners, which strengthened Yang Lian's current thoughts.

That is, the emperor's mentality towards Western learning was also very contradictory. It can be said that he was both taking advantage of and guarding against it. Otherwise, according to the emperor's disdainful character, he would have dismissed Sun Shenxing and others who were opposed to Western learning.

Thinking of this, he put down the book in his hand, looked at Sun Shenxing and said with a smile:
"Don't worry after hearing this. In my opinion, it's not that serious. Not to mention that Your Majesty has not issued an edict to allow the spread of Western religion. Let's just say that His Majesty agreed to Xu Guangqi's request to let some red-haired barbarians come out to do things. That's dozens of people. It was no big deal that they were released for my use and kept under strict guard lest they escape.

As for the remaining hundreds of soldiers, they are also detained in the Ministry of Punishment and will not be released.It can be seen that His Majesty is only using these people and wants them to learn some Western knowledge, so there is nothing to be afraid of. "

"Haha, I just understand Western knowledge. Who knows if they will add some content into it. If you don't take precautions, you may regret it too late."

After hearing Yang Lian's persuasion, Sun Shenxing was not only ungrateful, but also stubborn.

Yang Lian and Sun Shenxing were old acquaintances, and they knew that he had this kind of personality, that he liked to speak directly and not deal with people, so he didn't care and continued:
"With the arrival of Westerners from the west, is it possible that our Ming Dynasty will still be closed to the outside world? When I was in Tianjin, I heard that the Folangji people have already settled in the New World. Their territory is the same as that of our Ming Dynasty, and their military strength is strong. As the saying goes, the Ming Dynasty is getting better and better every day. If our Ming Dynasty is new again, If we remain entrenched and do not learn useful Western knowledge, we can defeat the Red-haired barbarians today, but I am afraid that the Red-haired barbarians will defeat us later.

As for your worry that Western learning will secretly harm our Ming students, it is actually easy to solve. It just needs to be studied. After learning all these contents, we can distinguish the good from the bad. Isn't this inconvenient?

Besides, I remember that during the Shenzong Dynasty, Matteo Ricci also wore Confucian clothes and was allowed to worship Confucius and ancestors.In my opinion, we can definitely learn from what Buddhism did back then and integrate Western religion with China instead of respecting the Western Holy See. "

When Yang Lian said this, Sun Shenxing was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment. But at this moment, a hearty laughter suddenly came from behind them.

"Hahaha, well said. Yang Shangshu's words are so profound that they remind me of what His Majesty said to me."

After hearing the words, everyone looked back and found that Ye Xianggao, Wang Yingjiao and others had already walked behind them. They all bowed and saluted when they saw this, but Yang Lian was very interested in what Ye Xianggao said and immediately asked:
"I wonder what your Majesty said to Mr. Ye Ge?"

Ye Xianggao did not show off, and immediately replied upon seeing this: "Your Majesty once told me that compared to my Chinese studies, Western learning is only slightly better in mathematics and physics. As long as I, the Ming Dynasty, can take the essence of it. Removing the dross will naturally allow the content of Western learning to be used by our Ming Dynasty and even further developed. Therefore, the Holy One summed it up in one sentence, which is called learning from the barbarians and developing skills to control the barbarians."

Learn from the barbarians to control barbarians.

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, silently pondering this word in their hearts, and the more they thought about it, the more it made sense.

"That's a very good thing to say. I am Chinese and Chinese, and it is natural for me to learn Western skills."

Sun Chengzong and Yang Lian were the first to agree, but Sun Shenxing remained silent, seemingly thinking about something.

However, Ye Xianggao ignored them. He called Yang Lian and others here today not just to talk about Western learning, so he immediately let everyone enter the main hall to discuss matters.

"Since Wen Ru returned to Beijing the other day, the Holy Father has praised me many times in the past two days, saying that not only are you very effective in handling affairs in Liaodong, but now you have sent more than 600 million taels of stolen silver, which has made many things for the imperial court easier to handle. A lot."

As soon as everyone entered the main hall and sat down, Ye Xianggao couldn't help but praise Yang Lian.

He had been with the emperor for a long time, and he knew Yang Lian's position in the emperor's heart very well.In addition, Yang Lian has a good relationship with Xiong Tingbi. If he can win over Yang Lian, he can not only win over Xiong Tingbi indirectly, but with Yang Lian's support, his position as the chief minister of the cabinet will be more stable.

"This is true. Wen Ru gave Bi Ziyan a big gift this time. With this money, the Ministry of Household Affairs' life will definitely be better."

Wang Yingjiao on the side also agreed upon seeing this. After all, he was a minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, so he naturally understood the importance of these 600 taels to the imperial court.

However, he felt something in his heart as he spoke. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, and then said with emotion:

"The promotion of new crops has just begun. Without the encouragement of the court, the people will not take the initiative to do it. Immigration is only very expensive. The southwest is better. Liaodong is bitterly cold and Taiwan is hot. Just going there is an expense, let alone going there. In addition, we have to overcome obstacles, cultivate fields, repair houses, roads, etc., all of which cost money.

In addition, Mongolia needs to use troops and the cost of the nine borders is increasing year by year, and it has reached the point where it has to be changed.The year before last, I thought that if millions of taels of silver appeared out of thin air, it would definitely solve the court's urgent needs.Now it seems that a few million taels of silver is simply not enough, or even tens of millions of taels of silver. "

As soon as these words came out, even Sun Chengzong, Sun Shenxing and others who had been arguing just now nodded in agreement. Now the court's expenses are really too high.I saw Ye Xianggao Ye nodded and said:
"It is precisely because of this that His Majesty attaches great importance to finance and taxation. After all, the court will only spend more money in the future. In addition to immigration and military affairs, His Majesty is also prepared to encourage the Chief Secretaries to build water conservancy projects, and even wants to A physician’s hall was set up to eradicate smallpox.”

"Doctor Hall?"

Everyone looked at Ye Xianggao with puzzled faces, wondering what the emperor meant by this?
(End of this chapter)