Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 630 Unkind Invitation
After hearing this, Descartes understood Li Jing's purpose of changing the subject just now.

With a slight smile, Descartes said: "Respected Prime Minister, you are the most thirsty for knowledge among the leaders I know, and the most enlightened among the leaders I know. Of course, you are still one of the most powerful The leader of yours. You are so kind, I think I have no reason not to agree to your request."

Li Jing was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Mr. Descartes, here I solemnly promise you that no matter what requests you have, as long as I can do it, I will promise you all."

Descartes said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister. We heard people say on the way here that the Academy of Sciences in Daming is a very elegant and quiet place. I wonder if we can live there? We must know that when conducting scientific research, it is No one should be disturbed."

Li Jing smiled: "It's not as good as you imagined, but one thing is for sure, no one in the Academy of Sciences would dare to go there to harass you. However, I don't plan to let you live in the Academy of Sciences, I know you all have religious beliefs , I am going to set aside a separate area for you near the church, build a research institute for you, and build a residential area for you. This will make it much more convenient for you to go to the church."

Descartes was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Then thank you, Prime Minister."

Li Jing waved his hand: "I know that when you do scientific research, you need to do experiments, and this laboratory is a must, but our Ming Dynasty may not be able to prepare all the equipment for you.

In this way, you can give me a list, and if Daming doesn’t have it, I will ask people to purchase it in your country.In short, I want to create the best conditions and the best atmosphere for you.

Also, we have the Publishing Department in Ming Dynasty. If you want to publish any works, I will let them fully cooperate with you. I can even send people to send your published works to Europe. You don’t have to worry about people from the Holy See looking for you or looking for you. The troubles of your family, as long as I am here, no one dares to touch a finger of you. "

Descartes and the others couldn't help being shocked when they heard the words. Li Jing's words were extremely heroic, and it can be said that he didn't take the Holy See seriously at all.But everyone can see that Li Jing is definitely not talking big, this person is definitely capable of doing what he said.

After pondering for a while, Descartes said: "I believe what your lord said. I have an unfeeling request. I wonder if your lord can put pressure on the Holy See to let them release Galileo. Mr. Galilei (Galileo's last name is Galilei) Mr. Galilei is old and blind, and his health is also very bad. If this continues, Mr. Galilei may not be able to last long."

Li Jingjing nodded: "No problem. If Mr. Galilei's health permits and he is willing to come to Daming, I will send a fleet to bring Mr. Galilei to Daming."

After thinking for a while, Li Jing turned to Ai Julian and said, "You write to your pope now, tell him what I mean, and I will send someone to deliver the letter to you."

After a pause, Li Jing said again: "Write another letter to the kings of Spain, Portugal, England, and France, saying that Ming is willing to conduct trade with them and ask them to send envoys to Ming to negotiate."

"Yes!" Ai Julius hurriedly said.

Li Jing turned around and said to Xiaojiu: "Pass on my military order, promote Zheng Sen to the rank of Admiral of the Ming Navy, let Zheng Sen lead the First Division of the Second Fleet of the Ming Navy and [-] troops to Europe, and go to Italy to take Jia Mr. Li Lei picked it up and told Zheng Sen that if the Holy See does not let him go, he can use force to solve it."

Descartes was shocked when he heard this: "No, don't use force. If it is because of me that the Holy See goes to war with Ming Dynasty, then I will be guilty of a great crime."

Li Jing smiled and said: "Mr. Descartes, don't worry, I just scare them. I'm not that stupid. I just sent a fleet across the ocean to fight the Holy See. If I really want to fight the Holy See, I have to send the first The entire fleet of the Second Fleet must be dispatched."

Smiling, Li Jing continued: "By the way, Mr. Descartes, I have to trouble you to write a letter to Mr. Galilei."

Descartes heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Okay."

It's a pity that Descartes didn't know that Li Jing would not hesitate to fight the Holy See and even the entire European countries in order to rescue Galileo and bring Galileo to Daming.

How famous Galileo is, I am afraid that few people in later generations do not know. Galileo is known as the father of modern observational astronomy, the father of modern physics, the father of science, and the father of modern science.Throughout the history of science, no scientist has so many and such lofty titles as Galileo.

This is a scientific giant. If Galileo can be obtained, even the loss of 100 million or more troops is worth it. The value of Galileo cannot be described as invaluable.

In fact, the reason why Li Jing didn't think of Galileo was because he didn't know that Galileo was still alive. Not to mention that Li Jing couldn't remember the year of Galileo's birth and death, even if he could remember the year of Galileo's birth and death, Li Jing wouldn't know what year it is in AD year.

You must know that after Li Jing arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he used the emperor's year name plus the celestial stems and earthly branches to record the year.For example, this year is the 11th year of Chongzhen, but the official year record should be the year of Ding Chou, or the year name of Chongzhen in front, or the year name of Chongzhen in the back, so as not to repeat the previous year of Ding Chou, and rarely directly Said Chongzhen 11 years.

Just like the Enke opened this year, its official name is Ding Chou Ke in the 11th year of Chongzhen.If the government issued a notice, the date would be the year of Ding Chou, instead of the 11th year of Chongzhen.

After Li Jing arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he used this dating method for more than ten years, and had long ignored the AD dating method. As a result, celebrities who had some memories could not remember the dates of their birth and death, even if it was Galileo. celebrity.Otherwise, Li Jing sent people to Europe to get Galileo to Daming a few years ago.

But now that he heard the news that Galileo was still alive, Li Jing naturally wanted to do everything possible to get Galileo to Daming.The only regret is that Galileo is old and blind.

But as long as Galileo is brought to Daming, Li Jing is confident that Galileo will live for a few more years.

Just like Yuan Keli and Xu Guangqi, Li Jing believes that under his careful care, Yuan Keli and Xu Guangqi must live several years longer than before.

As long as Galileo can live a few more years and let him bring Chinese students, the value is immeasurable.

After explaining the matter, seeing that Descartes and the others had no doubts, Li Jing said with a smile: "Since everyone is interested in our Academy of Sciences, I will take you to visit it."

Descartes and the others laughed and said, "That would be great."

Li Jingjing nodded and smiled, "You can live in the Academy of Sciences before the Academy is completed."

After finishing speaking, Li Jing turned around and told Xiao Jiu: "Order the guards to carry the suitcases of the gentlemen into the car, and be careful not to mess them up. Especially the suitcases they bring must be handled with care."

"Yes!" Xiao Jiu replied.

Immediately, he went out and called a group of soldiers, and carefully moved everyone's luggage and other things out.

Seeing that Li Jing was so careful, everyone was amazed. Although many of these people had been received by the king, there had never been a king who respected and valued them so much like Li Jing.Although Li Jing was not an emperor or a king, Li Jing's power, and even the energy Li Jing possessed was far greater than the kings they had ever seen.

Coming out of the post house, Li Jing didn't ask everyone to make a carriage, but personally accompanied everyone on foot to the Academy of Sciences.Along the way, Li Jing personally explained the characters, customs and historical allusions of Beijing to everyone, and everyone was amazed.

It’s no wonder that compared to Beijing, whether it’s Rome in Italy, Paris in France, Madrid in Spain, or Lisbon in Portugal, the capitals of these countries are comparable in terms of city size, population, and even quality of life. Beijing is very different.As for the cleanliness of the roads and the quality of the people, the difference is even worse.

When they arrived at the Guozijian and saw Chinese garden architecture, these people were even more dumbfounded.

Although most of these people are from the aristocratic class, the architectural art of Western countries is mainly reflected in sculptures. Where have these people seen such artistic conception of garden art as in China?Walking into such a garden, no matter how vulgar people are, they will unconsciously be arty.

After watching for a while, Descartes suddenly said: "Respected Prime Minister, I wonder if the research institute you built for us can be like the environment here? If there is no such environment, we would rather live here. I think this is heaven, God That's where I should live. If I could live here, I wouldn't have to go to church."

Li Jing laughed when he heard this: "Mr. Descartes, don't worry, the environment of the research institute I built for you will never be inferior to this one. As for your residence, it will be more elegant than this one."

"Really?" Descartes and others were overjoyed upon hearing this.

Li Jingjing nodded and smiled, "I will invite you to visit our Daming Royal Garden some other day."

"Is the Royal Garden where you live?" Descartes asked.

Li Jing smiled and shook his head.

At this time, Yuan Shu continued: "The place where our commander lives is very simple, not as luxurious as some rich merchants."

Descartes was stunned when he heard the words, and after a while, he gave Li Jing a thumbs up: "Dear Duke, you are a nobleman, a real nobleman, and even a qualified politician. If our king With half of your self-discipline, France is much stronger than it is now."

Li Jing smiled and said: "Mr. Descartes is serious, I am not as good as you imagined."

Then Li Jing pointed to the front and said: "Hehe, our Guozijian Jijiu Master Kong Zhenyun is here to welcome you. Well, Guozijian Jijiu is equivalent to the president of your university, but our Guozijian Jijiu is the president of the National University , the level must be higher than that of your university president."

Descartes nodded with a smile, then shook his head and said: "My lord, with all due respect, I don't think schools should be associated with politics, as this will affect academic research. Although many of our universities are state and Holy See It does, but principals and professors are not state officials, and most of the time, schools don’t get involved in politics.”

Li Jing was startled when he heard the words, and after a moment of silence, he finally nodded slightly: "Mr. Descartes is right, the school really shouldn't have anything to do with politics."

(End of this chapter)