Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 429 Basic subjects of mathematics, physics and chemistry
But Boym felt that he was being blasphemed. How can a fool be Jesus?Can a fool be a Madonna?Isn't that all messed up?These heretics should all be hanged, no, they should be burned!
But in spite of his anger, Boym still didn't forget the business after all.

Quickly introduce Blaise and other young scientists to His Majesty the Emperor.

Then he is free to preach and has the chance to be a cardinal.

Once he becomes a cardinal, he will send those heretics to the gallows.

But now, Boym can't do anything, he can only hold back his anger and bring Bryce and others to the Imperial College.

For the Imperial College, Blaise and other young people have no feelings, because the size of the Imperial College is not superior to that of European universities, and the size of the University of Paris is even larger than that of the Imperial College.

Since Cardinal Richelieu became president, the University of Paris has even become the academic center of the whole of Europe.

To tell the truth, these young people, as the elite students of various universities, can find a good job after graduation, whether they stay in school to teach or return to their home country, and they can also get a good salary, then marry a virtuous wife, and then find a good job. Several beautiful mistresses have lived a rich and extravagant life ever since.

But the pursuit of scholarship led to this trip to the East.

Although I don't know how the academic environment of the Eastern Empire of Ming Dynasty is?

But from Father Boym's mouth, we can know that there is an emperor in this Eastern Empire who pays more attention to academics than Principal Richelieu, which makes them look forward to this trip to the East.

Thanks to the support of Bishop Richelieu, the University of Paris became the academic center of the whole of Europe.

Then with the support of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, why couldn't the Royal Academy of Ming Dynasty become the academic center of the whole world?Compared with a rich and luxurious life, they are more eager to make achievements in academics.

Soon, they met the Emperor Ming who had "admired" for a long time.

His Majesty the Emperor was younger and more handsome than they imagined.

Boym brought 36 students to greet Chongzhen according to Western etiquette.

Chongzhen is also full of expectations for these 36 students. I wonder if there is Descartes among them?Is there Pascal, and are there any other daga?
Can the Ming Dynasty establish the discipline of modern mathematics, physics and chemistry?

It depends on whether we can keep these 36 Western visitors.

Otherwise, he would have to wait until the Year of the Monkey to perfect these subjects by himself?

After all, many of the basic knowledge he has learned have been forgotten, and it is difficult to form a complete system.

What's more, he himself doesn't have time to do these specific tasks, that is, to guide the general direction and guide the development of the technology tree, which he can barely do.

Leave the specific work to these Western scholars.

"Boymig, quickly introduce these scholars for me." Chongzhen said with a smile.

"As you wish, Your Majesty the Emperor." Boym waved his hands and said, "These are all the elites of various universities, including those from the Faculty of Mathematics, Faculty of Physics, Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, and of course the Faculty of God. From the academy, they are all leaders in their respective fields, but I brought you all the elites from the whole of Europe."

"Is Master Descartes here?" Chongzhen asked directly, "Master Descartes?"

"Oh no, I'm very sorry, Your Majesty the Emperor." Boym's face collapsed in an instant. This slap in the face really caught people off guard. He just said that he would move the entire European elite to Daming, but he asked about Descartes. .

Chongzhen was also a little disappointed. It seemed that his sincere invitation alone could not attract European academic masters.

Boym said helplessly: "Following your instructions, I sincerely invited Master Descartes to come to Daming to teach, but he refused to leave his family and travel across the ocean."

In fact, Descartes had no interest in coming to Daming at all.

After a pause, Boym took Blaise's hand again and said, "However, Your Majesty, I have brought you the most outstanding and youngest mathematicians and physicists in Europe in the past 50 years."

Chongzhen's eyes lit up, and he asked, "This is Blaise Pascal?"

"Yes, he is Blaise Pascal." Boym turned around and said to Blaise after finishing speaking, "Look, Blaise, I did not deceive you, His Majesty the Emperor has really heard of your name. "

Pascal bowed his knees again and expressed his gratitude to Chongzhen.

Pascal now really believed that Kamig had not deceived them.

The emperor in front of him hardly concealed his enthusiasm for them.

This was something they had never seen before, and European kings and grand dukes almost never looked at them directly.

Chongzhen continued to say enthusiastically: "Mr. Pascal, I keep my word. As long as you are willing to stay in Daming to serve as the dean of the School of Mathematics and the Dean of the School of Physics of the Imperial College, I can allocate 200 million silver dollars to you every year. Two thousand students will be assigned to you, and another two thousand students will be recruited for you every year in the future."

Boym immediately translated the meaning of Chongzhen's words to Pascal.

After listening to Boym's translation, all 36 young people cried out in surprise.

Pascal was so excited that his face was flushed and he spoke incoherently: "Respect Your Majesty the generous, wise and wise emperor, my gratitude to you is beyond words. You are the greatest emperor I have ever seen. Under his rule, it will surely become the most academically powerful and enlightened empire in the world."

"Finally, I have to admit that I am happy to stay in Daming to coach."

"The livre of 200 million is not important, the key is that I like the academic atmosphere of Ming Dynasty."

Chongzhen was overjoyed to get Pascal's affirmative answer, and now he has completed mathematics and physics.

Boym pulled a second young man and said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, this is also the greatest chemical genius that has emerged in Europe in the past 50 years, Robert Boyle from England!"

"Robert Boyle?!" Chongzhen almost made the sign of the cross on his chest.

This is the rhythm of buy one get one free, not to mention Pascal, but also Boyle?
This is the founder of modern chemistry, well, now Daming's chemistry is in order.

And compared to Pascal, Boyle's arrival can directly give birth to a revolution in military technology.

Because of his guidance, Boyle may have developed mercury fulminate more than 100 years earlier. With mercury fulminate, there will be a primer. Coupled with forging technology, paper shell fixed-loading bullets can evolve into metal shells. Fixed loading, front-loading rifles can evolve into breech-loading rifles, which will be a revolutionary advancement.

Then, smokeless gunpowder can be manufactured.

When smokeless gunpowder comes out, modern firearms in the true sense will come out. By then, even heavy machine guns will no longer be a luxury.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen's eyes became eager.

Boyle's unexpected arrival made all this suddenly possible.

Otherwise, only those craftsmen in Ming Dynasty who knew it but didn't know why could make mercury fulminate and smokeless gunpowder in the year of the monkey?Even with his guidance, it is useless.

Let Chongzhen do it himself, he doesn't even know how to make nitric acid.

Immediately Chongzhen said with great emotion: "Boy, right? As long as you are willing to stay in Daming to serve as the dean of the Academy of Imperial Academy of Sciences, I will also grant you a special grant of 100 million yuan, and then allocate [-] students to you."

Boyle was also overjoyed after listening to the translation, and immediately expressed his willingness to stay.

To be honest, Boyle was quite guilty, because Pascal had already enjoyed a certain reputation in the world of mathematics and physics, but he was still unknown in the world of chemistry.

This time, if it wasn't for his father's death in the war that caused his family to fall into ruin, it would be absolutely impossible for him to come to Daming to make a living, but judging from the results, it was obviously the right time to come to Daming this time.

Boyle really didn't expect that he could be treated so courteously by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

However, Boyle secretly made up his mind that he must not let down the trust of His Majesty the Emperor.

Boym then introduced other young people, but these names were relatively unfamiliar. Chongzhen had never heard of any of them, but he was not disappointed, because these people basically graduated from various universities in Europe, and all of them had systematic Those who have received education in modern mathematics, physics and chemistry are enough.

However, it is not enough to have people alone, and there must be ready-made subject materials.

At that moment, Chongzhen asked Pascal and the others again, "Have you brought any university textbooks from Europe?"

"Of course, of course." After listening to the translation, Pascal nodded and said, "We not only brought textbooks from more than a dozen universities including the University of Paris, but also academic works and periodicals from nearly 50 years."

"Great! Great!" Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard the words, there could be no better result than this.

But what is the old saying?Misfortunes depend on blessings, and blessings lie on misfortunes. Chongzhen was happy for less than ten seconds, and bad luck came to him.

Gao Qiqian hurried in.

"Long live, Xuzhou urgent delivery!"

"Xuzhou?" Chongzhen's heart shuddered suddenly.

But his face was not happy, he said: "Wang Daban."

Wang Chengen quickly stepped forward and respectfully replied: "The old slave is here."

Chongzhen pointed at Pascal and the others and said: "First settle Pascal, Boyle and other 36 scholars, and then live in the newly built academy. If they have any requirements, they must try their best to meet them."

"Oh, by the way, we need to find an interpreter for them in their native language as soon as possible."

"The old slave leads the order." Wang Chengen respectfully responded, and asked a young eunuch behind him who could speak Portuguese to say to Pascal and the others, "Bachelors, come with us."

Pascal and the others happily followed and left.

"Father Boym, it's been a hard journey." Chongzhen smiled and said to Boym, "The other half of the money I promised you, you can go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take it now."

Yet Boym was not most concerned with money.

"Your majesty the wise and great emperor, you know that what I value is not silver."

Boym said humbly, "Before you left, you promised me that you would allow me to preach freely in Daming."

"Of course, of course." Chongzhen said with a smile, "From now on, you can freely preach in the Ming Dynasty. If anyone dares to obstruct you, you can come back and tell me, and I will advocate for you."

However, he secretly said in his heart that there must be no problem in preaching freely.

But religion can only be religion, don't think about secular power.

Don't think about things like replacing the law and changing customs.

"God, Your Majesty the Emperor, you are so wise, great and generous."

Boym praised more and more humbly: "Da Ming is really blessed to have an emperor like you."

"Father Boym, you have too much reputation." Chongzhen smiled, and continued, "Tonight, I will hold a banquet at the Meixiang Tower at the head of Wuding Bridge to welcome Pascal and the others, and you must come too."

"Meixiang Tower?" Boym said with a sad face, "His Majesty the Emperor, can you change the place?"

"Ah, I forgot that you are a Catholic." Chongzhen patted his forehead with a smile. Although Catholicism is extremely filthy, not only nuns, but also children, but Boym seems to be an exception, and immediately said with a smile, "Forget it, then As far as Liubiju is concerned, you should find an inn to settle down first, and go directly there when the time comes."

Boym was dreaming of a cardinal and turned to leave.

Only then did Chongzhen ask Gao Qiqian: "Gao Banban, what about the urgent delivery?"

Gao Qiqian hurriedly handed over the letter, and at the same time handed over the dagger.

Chongzhen cut the wax with a dagger and took out the letter from inside.

With just a glance, Chongzhen's face darkened.

……

At this time, in Yutai County, Gunzhou, Shandong, a group of slave cavalry was eating in the ice and snow.

This Jiannu cavalry consisted of about a hundred cavalry, and from the style of their armors, it could be seen that they were inlaid with yellow flags, and the leader was impressively inlaid with yellow flags.

Jiannu ate barley rice and meatloaf.

This food is pretty good.

But there was a look of worry on Aobai's face.

Because the rations carried by the army were almost exhausted.

He sent someone to Dongchang Mansion to urge the rations, but Duoduo said that the follow-up rations had not yet arrived.

Aobai knew very well in his heart that Duoduo was actually making things difficult for Xianghuang Banner on purpose. Unless he, Aobai, could bow his knees to the Nine Kings and Ten Kings like Zhang Jing or Erzhen of other banners, he would not be able to get supplies.

Xianghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen Baiyintu advised him to recognize the situation, otherwise there will be no good fruit to eat.

But Aobai is the head iron, even if he starves to death in battle, he will not bow his knees to Dorgon.

So now, Obai can only hope to snatch rations from the people of Xuzhou.

However, after a few days of testing, the situation is not very optimistic. The "people" in Xuzhou are far more difficult to deal with than they expected. The people here don't know if it was because of the war the year before last that they actually built a large number of forts. The fort not only has solid rammed earth walls, but also has very complete defense facilities.

The fort is surrounded by a circle of moats, and only the main entrance is accessible.

There are still antlers under the trench, which must be pierced if they fall.

There are battlements and archery towers on the fort wall, and there are even strong men patrolling and guarding.

A heavily guarded fortress like this cannot be defeated unless a large army is mobilized.

But this time the troops were sent out to fight with small groups of cavalry from each banner, so they could only look at the Zhaibao Xinghan, watching the smoke rising from the Zhaibao, but there was nothing they could do.

(End of this chapter)