Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 408 No matter how stupid you are, you can’t learn calculus, right? (Please subscribe, please vote)

"General Li, General Yu, are all the children here young soldiers?"

"Yes, they are still so young, why do they start receiving military training?"

"They must be the same as the Turkish Sudanese Guards?"

"Maybe they are future military officers? They are still learning mathematics. They have already learned multiplication at such a young age, and they can do calculations very quickly. It is really amazing!"

Because they had to wait for Tangma in Nanjing, it was almost lunch time when Li Zhongzheng and Yu Qilin arrived at Baoshan County No. [-] Primary School from Gaoqiao Fortress.Just as Li Zhongzheng was about to take the four foreigners to a restaurant in Gaoqiao Town for a good meal, he was stopped by these four strange Europeans who asked questions.

In fact, these four people are not illiterate people who have not gone to school. In fact, they have all received a good education.But in their teenage years, they either studied in real aristocratic schools (most of the students were real aristocrats), or studied scripture recitation in church schools (of course there were other subjects as well).Anyway, they have never seen this kind of "modern education" that integrates military drills and military organizations into daily teaching.

Don't underestimate this kind of queue drill of "line up, start walking, look forward, look left and right, and turn back." These daily queue drills for primary and middle school students in later generations actually originated from the era of queuing to shoot. Military drills.After practicing the formation, and then learning to use flintlocks and bayonets, you can go to the battlefield to kill at any time when the country needs it!

In addition, students who have received basic education and have been disciplined by teachers in strict disciplined schools for several years (I think even in Europe there was no happy education in the past), after joining the army, they are better than illiterate soldiers who have never gone to school. Stronger obedience, better execution of orders, and shorter time to master complex tactics.

Without these benefits, how could Prussia, a militaristic country, be so interested in providing compulsory education?You must know that it was only in 1717 when the Prussian soldier King William I started compulsory education, and the Industrial Revolution had not even begun!To say that he introduced compulsory education for the sake of industrialization would be too forward-thinking.As for William's statement in the edict - that in order to improve the "happiness" of the poor, they should receive education, it is even more nonsense.

Would a soldier king care about the happiness of the poor?In fact, if the Prussians fought fewer vicious battles, people all over Europe would be happy.

However, Li Zhongshan was different from William I. He really promoted compulsory education in the country in order to make people live happier lives.
So when I heard the questions from a few foreign devils, I was not very good at fighting. However, Yu Qilin, who had learned a little French in the naval academy, spoke in French with a Tianjin accent: "No, no, no, they are not young soldiers, let alone children of the Ottoman Sultan." The army is not the future officer. Maybe some of them can enter the military academy and become officers in the future. But our generals did not implement compulsory education in the Ming Dynasty to train officers, but to educate more civilians. Have a bright future with more knowledge!”

French Navy Rear Admiral Anne-Hilarion de Cotentin was a little confused by Yu Qilin's "Tianjin French", so he interrupted: "General Yu, you said that the more knowledge you have, the more you will possess." glorious future?"

"Yes!" Yu Qilin nodded. His spoken French was not very good, but his hearing was pretty good. "Once you have mastered the knowledge, you can take the official selection exam. If you pass the exam, you can become an official. Wouldn't that be happiness? ?”

"What?" The French major general was surprised, "Can civilians pass the exam and become officials?"

Just look at how long the name of this French major general is, and you will know that he is a nobleman - in Europe, the names of nobles are generally longer than those of common people. Usually, the more prominent one is born, the longer the name!

At this time in France, the main way to become an official was through the job.Of course, if my father isn't strong enough, I won't be able to do it on my own.Because there is still a way to go through the Catholic Church - if you recite scriptures well, you can theoretically become an official, or work as an aide for "red prime ministers" like Mazarin and Richelieu, and you may also be promoted by them. Official.

But the French officialdom is still reincarnated!After all, reincarnation is decided by the Heavenly Father. If you leave the reincarnation officer alone and use the imperial examination to select talents, you don’t love the Heavenly Father!
"Major General," Leibniz seemed not to love his Heavenly Father very much. He interjected with an envious look, "It is a Chinese tradition for the state to select officials from civilians through examinations. They did this 1000 years ago!"

This Leibniz was not only a versatile man, but also a genius!However, his background is a bit poor. He may have some aristocratic blood, but it should be relatively rare and not very recognized.Therefore, three generations of his family could be officials in the Saxon government, but it was difficult to get promoted.In his generation, he is obviously full of talents, but they are rarely put to great use. After three monarchs, he has not become a high official. But if Europe also has an imperial examination system, with his talent of Leibniz, he can take any test. Either way, he will definitely be the top pick!

They are proficient in Latin, Greek, theology, philosophy, physics, and calculus!Especially calculus. No one knows calculus better than him, not even Newton!If he can become an official in the examination, he can become a bachelor of the Holy Roman Empire, and others will call him "Lao Ge"!
It's a pity that Europe doesn't do this, so he can't be Lord Laigu, and Newton can't be Lord Cowherd of England.

"They were like this 1000 years ago? This is really true." Little Baptiste, the special envoy of the King of France, took a breath. He was originally a commoner and was also good at reading.But his father has become the Minister of Finance and the Minister of the Navy of the Kingdom of France, and of course he has also been granted a noble title.So now he can become a high official in France without taking any exams. Isn't this more exciting than taking the imperial examination?What if I fail the exam?

Silva, the representative of Fuquan, was not interested in discussing with Cotentin, Baptiste the Younger, and Leibniz about taking the exam to become an official. He was a devout Catholic priest and had no sons to arrange, and he himself followed Fuquan. Damn it, if Fuquan could really take away Kangxi's position, he would be able to be in the main hall without taking any exams!
Thinking of this, he coughed, interrupted a few guys who were still discussing whether the imperial examination system was good or not, and then said to Qilin: "General Yu, when can we leave for Nanjing to see General Li?"

He said this in Chinese, and Li Zhongzheng understood it clearly. He immediately took over and said with a smile: "Father, the boat is ready and can set off at any time. Let's eat first and then leave. Yu Zhenshou and I will Let’s escort you to Nanjing City together.”

Nanjing, General's Mansion.

The soldiers of the Shanzi camp lined up in four neat lines outside the gate of the general's mansion, holding suonas and holding festival flags for the general's record of affairs.All the soldiers stood quietly with the latest rifled flintlock muskets on their shoulders and bayonets attached.A general wearing a blue unicorn uniform was standing on the right side of the team holding a sword on his waist.

The Qinglong Gate, White Tiger Gate and the Middle Gate of the General's Mansion are all wide open. The general's officials are all waiting in large crowds in the Qinglong Gate and White Tiger Gate. Only Li Zhongshan stands in the middle like an iron tower. Inside the door, he watched expressionlessly as the French guests from afar got out of two four-horse carriages.

Today's visitors are not ordinary. Not only is there the envoy of the French Sun King, Little Baptiste, but also the man Li Zhongshan hated the most when he was a student - Leibniz!
It's a pity that he didn't understand this calculus!
Of course, it's not that he doesn't work hard, it's probably not that he's stupid, it must be that his math teacher didn't explain the principles of calculus clearly.Well this time, Leibniz himself will be caught soon, and he must be left to make up for himself!
Leibniz personally came to complete the calculus. You should have learned this, right?

Just as he was thinking about it, Li Zhongshan had already seen Leibniz - he didn't know Leibniz, but he knew a little about fortune telling. That Leibniz's heaven was particularly full, and he could tell at a glance that he was rich in intelligence.The other guys don't look stupid, but they are no better than Leibniz.

Seeing "Teacher Bu" coming, Li Zhongshan smiled and greeted him. He didn't care about the French envoy, the French rear admiral, or the priest. He treated Leibniz as a distinguished guest. He clasped his fists and handed over his hands: "Mr. It must be Mr. Leibniz, the great German scholar, right? I’ve admired him for a long time, I’ve admired him for a long time!”

Li Zhongshan spoke Chinese, and Leibniz already knew it. Well, he learned it from Silva on the way to China. It was quite easy - he taught himself Latin and Latin in the library left by his father when he was 12 years old. Greek, he entered the University of Leipzig at the age of 14. He completed his doctoral studies at the age of 20 and published his first book "On Combination". In the same year, he refused the teaching position as a university teacher and joined the officialdom. For a person like him , there is really nothing difficult to learn, except being an official!
In fact, his main energy was actually in the officialdom. He engaged in learning just to increase his reputation and make it easier to become a high official.But throughout his life, he never mastered the skills of becoming a high official. In the original history, in his later years, he wanted to join the Duke of Hanover (George I), who was elected King of England, to become a British official, but no one would take him to London.

But this time his official fortune came. When he saw a Chinese general who seemed to be very interested in his knowledge, he immediately became motivated. Regardless of his identity (he was just a naval architect, not a special envoy), he directly Chatted with Li Zhongshan in Chinese.

"You are General Li, right? Do you know my knowledge? What kind of knowledge is it? Philosophy? Theology? Physics? Or mathematics?" "Mathematics. Calculus!" Li Zhongshan already felt that this great scholar wanted to get close to him ——This is a dream come true!So he continued to ignore little Baptiste, Cotentin, and Silva, and just talked to "Teacher Lai", "But I didn't understand it, it was quite difficult."

"Calculus?" Leibniz was extremely happy. It was not easy to meet a big man who knew calculus. "That's not difficult, it's easy. I can teach you!"

That is, can calculus be considered difficult for Leibniz?When Li Zhongshan heard that Leibniz was willing to teach him, he was very happy and said with a smile: "Then there is Mr. Lawley. But I said the ugly things first, I am so stupid!"

Leibniz waved his hand and said with a smile: "Are you kidding me? No matter how stupid you are, General, you can't learn calculus, right? It's not that difficult!"

"Really?" Li Zhongshan's heart skipped a beat, wouldn't I be able to learn?
Thinking of this, Li Zhongshan quickly changed the subject: "Mr. Lai, my third brother's letter said that you are a shipbuilding expert?"

He did not remember that Leibniz could build ships.

"I can't speak of experts," Leibniz said with a smile. "I have never built a ship, but I know how to build it. Before coming to China, I consulted French shipbuilding experts and read several books on shipbuilding. This is not the case at all." It's difficult, but it can be said to be very easy, as long as you understand a little bit about mechanics, you don't need to study too deeply, and you don't need to reach Newton's level."

Another easy one!But why did I think mechanics was so difficult when I was studying?Li Zhongshan said in his heart: It was quite a shock to work with him!You’ve learned it until you’ve become bald and haven’t understood it yet, and it’s so easy to get into his mouth!And maybe it’s not just bragging.
"That would be great!" Li Zhongshan laughed dryly, and then looked at little Baptiste, Cotentin and Silvall who had been left hanging for a while.

Li Zhongzheng and Yu Qilin saw the look in Li Zhongshan's eyes and hurriedly stepped forward to introduce these three people to General Li one by one.

In Li Zhongshan's General Office, several cups of tea emitted a pleasant aroma.General Li was sitting in the upper seat, waving a paper fan and chatting with Leibniz - still talking about knowledge. Li Zhongshan was still very interested in the extent of the development of European natural philosophy in this era.

I have to admit that Ming Dynasty is lagging behind others in this regard and needs to catch up!

But Li Zhongshan himself understood natural science well back then and was able to mess around in college.Now without counseling, he doesn’t know how to pursue it?Now I have to follow Lai University to inquire about it.By the way, try again to see if he is interested in becoming the dean of the Daming Academy of Sciences and the president of Yingtian University?
Little Baptiste, Cotentin and Silva looked at the annoying academic scholar with gloomy eyes - you can't stop talking!But others have more serious things to say!
Li Zhongshan still knew not to let Louis XIV's envoy hang out for too long - he couldn't show too much enthusiasm, otherwise it would be detrimental to the subsequent bargaining, but he also couldn't keep discussing knowledge with Leibniz.

National events and international affairs still need to be discussed.

I saw General Li finishing his discussion with Leibniz on the issue of "gravity" and "gravity" - Leibniz didn't know about gravity yet, but he seemed to understand, and said a lot that Li Zhongshan was not big A clear scientific term, and then he also said that he should do some calculations.

Since Leibniz wanted to make a calculation, Li Zhongshan said to Baptiste, Cotentin and Silva with a serious face: "Special envoy, general, priest. I have roughly summarized the purpose of your visit." Got it. Are France and Rakshasa wanting to sign a cooperation agreement with Ming Dynasty?"

Compared with those countries that formed the "Eleven-Nation Alliance", the Ming Dynasty and France are relatively conservative in terms of alliance.The Ming Dynasty has never taken the initiative to make friends with France and Rakshasa, and Louis XIV now only hopes to conclude a "cooperation agreement" rather than forming an alliance in one step.As for Rakshasa, he is more interested in forming an alliance, but it is not very urgent.

This is probably the calmness of a big country, right?
Li Zhongshan's question was immediately translated into Latin by Luo Wenzao, the chief registrar of the General's Palace. This Luo Wenzao was originally the acting bishop of Macau. After the collapse of Macau, he was used by Li Zhongshan. He first served as the director of the Macau Tongwen Museum, and later gradually became a member of Li Zhongshan. Zhongshan's inner circle of staff has now become the chief registrant of the General's Office in charge of international issues.

Little Baptiste replied: "General, the King of France believes that it is difficult for our two countries to act together because they are too far apart, so it is of little significance to form an alliance. Cooperation is a more appropriate choice."

His words were translated into Chinese by Silva.

"Then how do you want to cooperate?"

"General," little Baptiste replied, "the Ming Dynasty, France and Rakshasa should become all-round partners. There are no restrictions on cooperation and can be involved in any aspect, including of course military cooperation!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Rear Admiral Cotentin, who immediately said: "General, in order to show France's sincerity, His Majesty the King asked me to bring the world's most powerful sailing battleship Royal Sun to the Ming Dynasty! What if? You also hope to have such great battleships, and French shipyards can build several for you. Each one only costs 50 taels of silver!"

"50 taels?" Li Zhongshan almost shocked the French general who opened his mouth.

You really dare to ask for 50 taels!Louis, who co-authored France, is not the Sun King at all, but the Lion King!
"50 taels is not expensive," Major General Cotentin saw Li Zhongshan's expression and knew that Li Zhongshan thought it was expensive, so he continued, "In peacetime, this ship would be worth at most 25 taels. But now it is It’s a quasi-war state! The Spanish Armada also left Europe just before and after we left France. It is believed that there are also more than a dozen third-class and fourth-class ships of the Dutch Navy involved!

Sooner or later, England will also join the action of sending warships to the coast of Ming Dynasty to seek fighter planes!

Considering the maritime power of these three countries, the southeastern coast of Ming Dynasty will soon face danger, and the only person who can really help Ming Dynasty is King Louis of France! "

"So Louis XIV showed mercy and was willing to sell his Royal Sun to me?" Li Zhongshan seemed to feel that the situation was serious and directly proposed to buy the Royal Sun.

"Do you want to buy the Royal Sun?" Major General Cotentin was stunned for a moment. This request seems a bit difficult to handle!
Li Zhongshan seemed to see what he meant, and continued: "Rear Admiral, I also hope to hire you as my general adviser to the navy. The annual salary is 10000 taels! What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)