Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 395 Starting from the Book Office of the Royal Academy of Sciences

Galileo just stood in the corner of Xinuang Pavilion. He didn't understand Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, and his ministers talking about military and state affairs, but he enjoyed the current atmosphere very much.

Especially when he saw two gentleman-like ministers (actually Qian Qianyi and Li Mingrui, old enemies) confronting each other and the Ming emperor didn't mean to blame him, he was shocked and secretly Sigh, this is the kind of democracy that an advanced country should have!

Anyway, Galileo, who still hated the European Middle Ages, now sees Daming as if he saw his lover.

However, in fact, the current Zhu Youxiao, the master of science, deliberately behaved particularly indifferent.

Because he let Galileo come to Ming, he didn’t expect that Galileo would let Da Ming have planes, tanks and cannons at once. He let Galileo come to Da Ming, he just wanted to inject a new thinking of Western scientific research into Da Ming, that is, to pay attention to basic research instead of Pure pursuit of applied research.

In order for Daming to get rid of the predicament of internal and external troubles as soon as possible, Zhu Youxiao had to blindly engage in scientific and technological development, that is, when the theoretical knowledge in a certain aspect is not yet fully mature, a real product related to the scientific aspect here is made first. come out.

As a result, although there are many scientific and technological workers in Ming Dynasty, most of them are technical talents, that is, they can only manufacture but not create.

Relying on a few talented technical officials from the Royal Academy of Engineering, on the basis of not yet fully mature theories, with the golden fingers provided by Zhu Youxiao and his own understanding that is different from ordinary people, Daming has produced many technological products.

However, the Royal Academy of Sciences, which creates theoretical knowledge and basic experimental research, has achieved little. They are now limited to two aspects. On the one hand, they search for the ancient books of the predecessors to sort out and excavate the technical heritage that was not fully developed in the Tang and Song Dynasties. On the one hand, they digested the theoretical materials Zhu Youxiao gave them, and tried to use the existing natural science foundation of Ming Dynasty to explain and establish a theoretical framework.

However, whether it was given by the predecessors or Zhu Youxiao, it is all random and purposeful, and it is difficult for these half-born genius Ming theoretical scientists to establish a complete theoretical system, not to mention that they do not pay much attention to it now. Experimental science, which has something to do with the education they have received since childhood, is used to metaphysical things, and is better at using the brain to reason, but not so accustomed to using experiments to prove. In the eyes of most people, the ancients seem to be more reliable than phenomena.

But Galileo is different. As the leader of the Western scientific community, although this kind of basic research in natural science is not liked by the church, in fact it is indeed the mainstream in his world, with a complete set of theoretical foundations and systems.

Therefore, allowing Galileo to come to Ming Dynasty may be able to make up for the lack of technology development in Ming Dynasty, and at least allow Galileo to lay his modern scientific foundation in Ming Dynasty.

Most of the Western fans who served in Daming before, such as Tang Ruowang, Matteo Ricci, etc., were scientific and technological workers who became monks halfway. They were originally missionaries, or they were lovers of theology. They were only amateurs in natural science, or in terms of thinking. There are still deficiencies, so the scientific development of the West does not reflect much value on them.

If you want to say that Matteo Ricci and Tang Ruowang want to hide something from Daming, it is not very possible. After all, even a few missionaries can’t hide much, not to mention Zhu Youxiao is pressing them now. He only said half of everything, and Zhu Youxiao would send them to jail without hesitation.

Zhu Youxiao and several important cabinet ministers and the six important ministers who have entered the Xinuang Pavilion have confirmed that this year's military operations in the north and the next reform pilot areas have been determined, and the state affairs of how to provide relief for some sudden natural disasters have been determined. Turn your attention to Galileo.

Zhu Youxiao changed his serious and unsmiling expression at first, and still showed a smile in front of Galileo, and casually leaned back in the chair, seeing that Galileo probably was a little older and stood too long Trembling, he ordered Wang Cheng'en to carry a stick for Galileo.

After sitting down, Galileo still bowed politely to Zhu Youxiao, and said in poor Ming official dialect: "I have met His Majesty the respected Emperor Ming!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said with a smile: "I invite you to come to Daming not to ask you to make any outstanding contributions to our Daming, I just hope that my Daming can become the cradle of scientists in the whole world, and I let you come here just to Give you a stable and comfortable research environment, where you can put forward your scientific ideas without reservation, whether you support Copernicus' heliocentric theory, or whether things fall at a constant speed, no one will accept your opinion Threatening your life because of differences, including me, I will never disrespect you because of your academic disputes, you can get your astronomical telescope out as soon as possible, and I can provide you with financial support."

When Zhu Youxiao said these words, except for Xu Guangqi who could understand, the other ministers were all stupefied. This is also a point of their helplessness. Today's emperor makes them feel so mysterious that they sometimes I just can't figure out why this emperor can know so many strange things.

Tang Ruowang temporarily acted as an interpreter, but he did not appear directly in Xinuang Pavilion, but was blocked by a screen, so Galileo could only hear Tang Ruowang's voice but not others.

But this still surprised Galileo. He didn't expect that in a central institution like the Empire, there would be people who could speak the language of his own country. This shows how huge the country's political advisory group is and how rich its talents are.

Perhaps this is the reason why an empire has always been so strong, because he has been paying close attention to the changes in every other country in this world.

Galileo is now obsessed, and his affection for Da Ming is getting deeper and deeper, like beauty in the eyes of a sympathizer, he can see good things in any subtle place.

Galileo, who had completely lost his mind, understood Zhu Youxiao's meaning through his superficial knowledge of Chinese and Tang Ruowang's translation. Give him all the freedom, knowing that it was difficult for the Medici family in Florence to fully do this.

However, Zhu Youxiao didn't talk with this Galileo for long. In his opinion, talking to this kind of scientific master would be a great waste of his life.

In the end, it was Xu Guangqi who brought Galileo to the Royal Academy of Sciences. Zhu Youxiao did not immediately grant him the official position of reviewer of the Imperial Academy and academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences, but only let Galileo temporarily work as Xu Guangqi's secretary at the Royal Academy of Sciences, which is equivalent to a scientific research assistant.

There is no way to do this. Although Zhu Youxiao knows that Galileo is awesome, the scientific workers in Daming do not agree. Now that there is a system for scientific research promotion in Daming, it cannot be broken at will, so it can only be let Galileo started with the book office, and he had to have an article that could be published in the core scientific journals of the Ming Dynasty before he could be awarded an official position.

(End of this chapter)