Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 147 I want to send you a fortune
Since the late Ming Dynasty, the academic circles of the entire Ming Dynasty have set off a frenzy of exchanges with the West. Otherwise, Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi jointly translated "Elements of Geometry".

Many scholar-officials who were more open-minded also began to learn to accommodate other ideas, and advocated the use of natural science to make up for the shortcomings of Confucianism.

And now, under the enthusiasm and promotion of Emperor Zhu Youxiao's "uncanny skills and obscenities", this point has been further amplified. The dignitaries and dignitaries at the court also like to discuss interesting scientific experiments based on newspapers. The principle inside.

After reading Zhu Youxiao's traditional Chinese version of classical physics materials translated by Zhu Youxiao, the old editor of a certain Imperial Academy also became interested in Galileo's free fall experiment, and was somewhat convinced, and even went to the newspaper to publish his own. View.

As a result, this also aroused the opposition of a large group of students who disagreed with this point of view, and the two people simply agreed to conduct this experiment in the highest restaurant and pavilion in the capital.

According to reports from Dongchang, the capital city at that time was empty for thousands of people, and countless good-natured people went there to watch. After Zhu Youxiao learned about it, he didn't order anyone to stop him, and he also asked the people from Shuntianfu and Bingmasi not to stop them, and did not stop them. Maintain order on site.

But later, Zhu Youxiao heard that the loser was the old Hanlin who insisted on Galileo's theory, while the winner was a young supervisor.

And that restaurant is said to be more prosperous because of this, because miscellaneous students always like to go there to debate.

Nowadays, the political affairs of the court are extremely controlled, but these miscellaneous matters are completely ignored, so naturally more and more people discuss such topics.

Natural science, which has always been at the bottom, began to rise, and in the court, the science and technology directly controlled by Zhu Youxiao also began to make various new achievements.

Chen Lingtou bowed tremblingly to Zhu Youxiao: "Cao Min, no, my minister Chen Shi has seen His Majesty."

Zhu Youxiao yelled and asked with a smile: "Chen Shi, isn't it, your name is really hard to pronounce. I'll call you the way your Song court called you."

After speaking, Zhu Youxiao got up and came behind Chen Laitou, and lifted the silver mirror covered with red silk cloth: "Is this the silver mirror you made?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have fully mastered this technique, from sodium hydroxide to silver nitrate, and then to silver ammonia, I have been groping for half a month, and I have summed up a complete set of procedures. Please have a look at it."

With that said, Chen Laitou handed Zhu Youxiao a large booklet about one foot long and half a foot wide.

Don't be surprised by Chen Leitou uttering these chemical words. After six months of hard work, the reason why Chen Leitou was able to become one of the few academicians of the Academy of Engineering, and from an ordinary old craftsman to a reviewer of the Imperial Academy, is indeed true. It has its own merits.

And not only that, the brush calligraphy written by himself on the booklet is also beautiful, and his calligraphy attainment is no less than that of some Jinshi, and even the flow chart he drew is quite neat and easy to understand.

"Very well, it's finally worth your hard work for so long, I've decided to give you a greater fortune," Zhu Youxiao said and ordered someone to call his son-in-law Gong Yonggu.

This Gong Yonggu is the son-in-law who serves Princess Yong'an. The reason why Zhu Youxiao noticed this person was because he saw this person's remarks in the newspaper and became interested in his in-law.

The reason is that this Gong Yonggu likes to make friends with literati and scholars, and he likes to make a few shocking remarks, and one day he put forward the view that the decline of a country is not the crime of businessmen, because big businessmen are not imperial courts.

It means that all the crimes cannot be imposed on these businessmen just because they make a lot of money. People are selfish. Some big landlords and big businessmen will naturally strive for greater benefits for themselves after they have money and power, and they will naturally threaten the interests of the country. But if the court is allowed to be the biggest businessman, there is no such thing as a contradiction. After all, the interests of the biggest businessman are the interests of the country, and in this way, the country will enter a state of external expansion.

As soon as this kind of trust point of view was brought up, Zhu Youxiao really felt that a confidant was hard to come by, and immediately summoned Gong Yonggu, and intended to let Gong Yonggu be his business agent.

After all, this Gong Yonggu is not only a relative, but also one of his own, and he is a big grain merchant in the capital, so it is not difficult to take over his own business plan.

Although Zhu Youxiao has been suppressing the gentry class in the south of the Yangtze River who represent the interests of businessmen, he has never thought about saving Daming by relying on the small peasant economy.

The small-scale peasant economy is too dependent on the land, resulting in an inherent pattern of periodic phenomena. The development of the small-scale peasant economy in the Ming Dynasty has entered a dead end for hundreds of years. The development of the small-scale peasant economy can only seek a breakthrough in this era of capital recovery.

As the emperor of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao could only choose the latter in order to maintain his rule. He was not willing to die for Huaxia with this ancient empire.

"My minister Gong Yonggu has seen His Majesty!"

Gong Yonggu has been living in the palace for the past few days to exchange ideas with Zhu Youxiao, which also allowed Gong Yonggu and his wife, Princess Yong'an, to spend a rare few days together.

In the Ming Dynasty, the role of the son-in-law was very aggrieved, and he could not spend time with his wife like a normal couple. Generally, the son-in-law could only meet the princess regularly, and he had to get the permission of the female official.

But now, Zhu Youxiao directly ordered Gong Yonggu to live in Princess Yong'an Palace, which was a small favor to Gong Yonggu.

"Get up," Zhu Youxiao said, and introduced to Chen Manitou: "Chen Manitou, this is Gong Yonggu, the captain-in-law. From now on, I want to establish a royal industrial company, and this royal industrial company The first factory that the company will set up is the Royal Glass Factory. I have already told you what is a company and what is a factory. It is similar to the workshop you often say, but it is bigger and more complicated. I know what I mean is this new transparent colored glaze. You, Chen Mantou, are in charge of making this glass and silver mirror, and you are also looking for apprentices, and you, Gong Yonggu, are in charge of selling it to rich dignitaries. How do you make more money? The extra money is your responsibility, do you understand?"

"Your Majesty understands!" Gong Yonggu hurriedly responded, and he couldn't help showing a smile. Based on his many years of experience, selling this glass of His Majesty will only make a lot of money and not a small loss.

When Chen Lingtou saw that His Majesty said that he would give him a great fortune, he thought it was to add an official title to him or reward him with a thousand taels of gold, but he didn't expect that he was asked to set up a factory with a son-in-law. But the generations of his Chen family have all made glass, but they have never done business, which made him feel very difficult. Fortunately, His Majesty only asked him to be in charge of making glass, so he was busy imitating the son-in-law next to him. Looking at the appearance of the master, he bowed and said, "I also understand."

(End of this chapter)