Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 761 International Marriage
The 46-year-old Descartes never married and never enjoyed the kind of happiness that family life brings.

When he was young, he fell in love with a Parisian woman and had a daughter. However, within a few years, his lover and his young daughter fell ill and passed away one after another. This series of heavy blows nearly broke his mind After dealing with the affairs of his girlfriend and daughter, Descartes left Paris alone, a sad place, and lived in various parts of the Netherlands.

During these more than ten years, Descartes missed the two women he did not give a title to all the time. When he dreamed back at midnight, he often wet his clothes with tears. The heart-piercing pain also made his body go from bad to worse. This is also one of the reasons why he finally came to Daming.

When Fang Yizhi and Zheng Zhifeng found Descartes, he was sick and his whole body was burning hot.

Western medicine in this era has not yet formed its own theoretical system, and the backward medical skills in Europe are powerless to deal with this minor disease. Hu Fangwen, the imperial doctor accompanying the regiment, just gave Descartes two pairs of semi-finished decoctions, consciously in a daze. Descartes' body temperature quickly returned to normal after his body was sweating profusely.

After seeing such a miraculous doctor in Daming, Descartes immediately made up his mind to go to Daming.

He still has a lot of books that have not been compiled. He wants to leave more knowledge to the world. He doesn't want to die prematurely, but a healthy body needs someone to protect him. Daming's medical skills are the most reliable guarantee.

On the body of the woman surnamed Fan, Fan Xiuer, Descartes vaguely saw the figure of his dead girlfriend, not the appearance, but the gentle appearance.

Descartes took every opportunity to study Daming Mandarin hard, firstly to be able to communicate smoothly with more people, and secondly to be able to better communicate with Fan Xiuerduo.

He felt a special warmth from Fanxiuer. Every time he got up or came back to the mansion, he would see Fanxiuer's gentle smile and kind greetings. He felt very warm.

Descartes knew that Fan Xiuer was a widow. Her husband died unexpectedly two years ago, leaving her and a pair of children struggling to survive. It was the Ming Dynasty's series of policies to help the weak that Fan Xiuer was able to be released a year ago. Hired, and finally became a hired worker in his mansion.

Through this incident, Descartes felt the deep love of the Ming court for humanity, which also doubled his favor for the Ming court.

For this reason, he deliberately learned from Fang Yizhi and Zheng Zhifeng, and learned that many laws and regulations promulgated by His Majesty the Ming Emperor in recent years are consciously inclined to poor and weak families, which made him admire Zhu Youjian Naturally, he wished to have the opportunity to meet this benevolent monarch, to take off his hat to him in person, and to thank him for his help to many impoverished families like the Fanxiuer family.

In Europe, where interests are advocating, although he occasionally encountered rich people giving alms to beggars, he was keenly aware of the aloof expression of the rich with deep disgust for the poor hidden in their eyes. He feels that nobility and lowliness are just differences in status, and the rich should not discriminate and humiliate the poor in personality.

Many countries in Europe, whether they are monarchy or republican governments, are busy all day long to grab benefits from where to seek more territories and higher political status. They are completely indifferent to the misery of countless poor people.

On the other hand, when he lived in Daming, it was common for him to hear and see all kinds of charitable acts, especially after Fang Yizhi took him and other Europeans to visit several nursing homes, most of them came to Daming to pan for gold. All kinds of talents in the country were shocked and moved by the Ming court's feelings of benefiting the world.

The eight months since he came to Daming was the most fulfilling and happiest time in Descartes' life.

His "Analytic Geometry", an epoch-making masterpiece, was finally translated into Chinese characters after countless efforts and explorations, and 2000 copies were printed at one time, and it was used as a textbook for some students of the Institute of Technology. As a result, he received [-] taels of silver coins as a manuscript fee, and as the number of subsequent printings increases, he will also receive a corresponding manuscript fee.

Now, his other two works --- "Methodology" and "Principles of Philosophy" are also being translated, and it is expected that these two works will be published in another year.

To his surprise, after the successful publication of "Analytic Geometry", His Majesty the Great Emperor specially ordered that he and several other alumni of the University of Poitiers who had made outstanding contributions be hired as tenured professors of the Polytechnic Institute, and then The Ministry of Rites specially issued golden appointment certificates to several people. This appointment letter, which was similar to gold leaf, was carefully collected by Descartes and others.

This is a treasure that can make future generations proud and proud, and a treasure that can be passed down from generation to generation.

What moved Descartes even more was that His Majesty the Emperor had decreed that the talents hired by the Royal Institute of Technology, whether they are themselves or their family members, should be diagnosed and treated by the imperial doctor of the Taiyuan Hospital in person, so as to make everyone more at ease. Work, so that it does not affect the normal scientific research and teaching work due to trivial matters.

Europeans have formed a habit over the years that no matter what they do, they are all on their own to solve the habit. Although everyone, including Descartes, has outstanding talents in some aspects, many times, they I have to worry about the trivial things in life.

Diesel, rice, oil and salt are not only the daily life of Daming, but also the daily life of most people on the entire planet. This is life, and it should even be called living.

The Descartes never imagined that they and their families would receive such high-level courtesy in this life, and such a high-quality living standard should only be available in heaven, right?
In Daming, in addition to overcoming some short-term unaccustomed habits in terms of diet and customs and etiquette, in terms of material supplies, everything they could think of and never thought of could be realized in this paradise.

Of course, they also know that what they get requires brains and knowledge in exchange for it, but what Daming gave obviously exceeded what they paid. Expressed gratitude, and these words of gratitude were spread through Fang Yizhi, Zheng Zhifeng and other relevant officials.

On this day, Descartes’ life was as usual, but after finishing his teaching and scientific research work for a day, Descartes specially invited Fang Yizhi, Zheng Zhifeng, and several alumni of Puvaki University to a restaurant for a drink. In the middle of the banquet, Descartes solemnly made a request to Fang Yizhi and Zheng Zhifeng, hoping to follow Daming's traditional etiquette and invite them to be matchmakers. new home for a child.

Fang Yizhi and others were a little surprised at first, but then they warmly welcomed Descartes' request. Everyone sincerely wished Descartes a happy ending in the second half of his life. Fang Yizhi and Zheng Zhifeng immediately agreed to Descartes' request. Carl's request.

Zhu Youjian who heard the news was also very surprised. He also expressed that he couldn't understand the Europeans' view on mate selection, because according to Descartes' current conditions, as long as he is willing, the stunning beauty can still marry three or five. Falling in love with a widow with two oil bottles, the difficulty is to save effort?

Buy one get two free?

But this is a beautiful thing, and it should come true. If this thing can completely return the heart of the founder of modern science, wouldn't it be a big profit?
On August 15th, [-]th year of Chongzhen, Descartes officially married Fan Xiuer. Zhu Youjian specially congratulated him with a pair of jade Ruyi and ten bolts of various silks inside and outside. Fang Yizhi and Zheng Zhifeng became witnesses.

Not long after, Descartes obtained the Daming citizen ID card, officially became a citizen of Ming Dynasty, and changed his Chinese name to Dika.

(End of this chapter)