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Chapter 1034 The Old Man Throwing Iron Balls
"Well, according to the information we got from the advisory office, the Russians did not expand eastwards on a large scale. They only sent out a few small expedition teams to establish a few settlements along the way. Don't rush and take your time.

I will ask the Ministry of Rites to write to the ambassador in Moscow, asking him to negotiate with the Russians on this issue. It would be best if the top leaders of the two countries could jointly determine the demarcation line to avoid similar conflicts in the future.

Some of the captives were left behind to do forced labor, and the rest were temporarily placed in Tumote City, Guihua City, and Kalaqin City. The General Staff and the Naval Staff jointly sent them to Manila and Da Nang in batches.

By the way, I am thinking of sending a few thousand people to Enniao Port. This time I made a field inspection, the navy is worthy of praise, and Enniao Port has developed very well. But relying on the garrison and the indigenous people is far from enough, they must be assimilated as soon as possible so that they can be incorporated into the overseas territories of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.

The Army should prepare a list of commendations for participating armies first, and don’t delay too long, especially regarding pensions…Jinsuo, what’s the urgent matter that you’re peeking around for?”

Hong Tao was a little disappointed that he had not caught the Russians. He had thought that he could catch them red-handed and then wait for the Russians to come and ask for the border demarcation, but he miscalculated.

But this is just a minor flaw. The war situation will soon be reported to Moscow, and it can also convey the attitude of the empire. As long as the Tsar is not stupid or crazy, he should be restrained.

After all, there was no benefit for them to fall out with the Ming Empire. The distant Siberia was insignificant compared to the muskets and artillery that passed through the Dutch every year and the warships being built in Arkhangelsk.

But before he could finish his words, he saw Jinsuo peeking half of his face in from the door for the Nth time. This guy was supposed to be on duty outside the palace, and he was not a newcomer, so he shouldn't make such a low-level mistake.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was forced to do this by that old man from the Western Regions named Jia. He is refusing to leave and will even shout if I don't let him know!"

Jinsuo was caught in the act and immediately knelt on one leg and begged for mercy. According to the palace rules, leaving the post without permission while on duty in the Yangxin Palace was a serious dereliction of duty, and the lightest punishment was solitary confinement.

"How dare he do that! This is not a place for him to run wild! Get someone to drag him out!"

Without waiting for the emperor to speak, Wang Chengen, the direct superior of Jinsuo, became anxious. Isn't this embarrassing the emperor in front of so many ministers? What old man is this? Even if Xiong Sanba came, he wouldn't dare to be so arrogant.

"He has a silver badge, I dare not..."

Jinsuo felt wronged. It was not her first day on duty. She knew what to do if someone trespassed into the Yangxin Palace. But the problem was that they were fearless and had a special pass granted by the emperor. If they stopped them, it would be a contempt for the emperor's power.

"Then..." Wang Chengen was at a loss now and could only look at the emperor who was rubbing his temple.

Apart from senior officials in the Advisory Office, there were only a few people in the court who could get the inner palace silver waist badge. This waist badge meant that they could enter the palace at any time without waiting for an audience. Except for the harem and a few important departments, they could go anywhere. In a sense, they were freer than many eunuchs.

"Tell him clearly first that I am in a cabinet meeting and cannot leave. If he still refuses to leave, please go to the side hall for tea!" Hong Tao had hoped that Wang Chengen would have some good ideas, but after waiting for so long, he only got a look of help. Well, he should do it himself. He will suffer if he does it himself. "Your Majesty, I have something to say but I don't know if I should say it..."

Seeing the emperor's helpless look, Grand Secretary Li Ruzhang felt the need to make another direct appeal. The imperial palace was the most important of the empire, and the rules were strict, so how could a Westerner be allowed to trample on it at will? If the emperor had something that was difficult to handle, as a minister, he had to do it for him.

"Ziliang, you don't know that I went through a lot of trouble to invite this man. I just visited him three times. He is very useful to the empire, so don't be too demanding. Let's stop here for today. If you have anything to say, go back and think about it carefully. We will discuss it again at the imperial meeting another day."

Hong Tao held out his hand to stop Li Ruzhang from talking. He knew what he was going to say, so he decided not to talk. It was useless to talk, and there was no way to explain it. It was getting close to noon, and he had asked most of the questions he needed to know, so he decided to leave.

"Your Majesty, do you want me to trick him away?"

After seeing off the ministers, Wang Cheng'en saw that the emperor had no intention of going to the back hall to rest, nor did he have any intention of summoning the old man from Xifan, and was still sitting there smoking. He knew that the emperor was in trouble, so he quickly stepped forward to share the worry.

"You can't escape the fifteenth day if you try to hide it. Don't say anything yet. I'm making up a story... It's getting harder and harder to fool you!" Hong Tao didn't even change his movements. At this moment, his mind was wandering, searching for fragments of his memory about bacteria.

The old man from Western Fan who was waiting for the emperor to summon him in the side hall was not named Jia, but Galilei, and his given name was Galileo, from Tuscany, Italy. Yes, he was the Galileo who threw the iron ball down from the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

As the founder of modern natural science in Europe, known as the father of observational astronomy, the father of modern physics, and the father of modern science, and worshipped by a bunch of great figures such as Newton and Einstein, how could this great figure come across the ocean to the capital of the Ming Dynasty?
This matter has to be asked to Hong Tao. No one except him can explain it, and some even don't understand it, including the eunuch chief Wang Chengen and important officials like Li Ruzhang.

Ever since Hong Tao traveled to this era, he has been making plans for his future life, such as how to save his life, how to make friends with powerful eunuchs in the inner palace, how to wait for an opportunity to ascend to the throne, how to govern the country after becoming emperor, what to invent first, and so on.

One of the important links is to recruit talents, from the Ming Dynasty to Mongolia, from Asia to Europe, as long as they are capable people who have been heard of and can be used in later generations, especially scientific and technological talents, we must get them around if we have the chance to test their value.

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In fact, he did so. As soon as he became the crown prince, he rushed to find Xu Guangqi, and then Li Zhizao, Zhao Shizhen, Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing, Xiong Sanba and others.

When he was firmly on the throne and had the ability to extend his reach to European countries, he began to collect all kinds of books, shipped them back in batches, and placed them in the royal library for citizens to read after translation. But this was only the first step in extending his claws to Europe, just like Xiang Zhuang dancing with a sword to target Pei Gong.

Because he couldn't remember the exact birth dates of scientists, let alone who was alive today. He didn't even have the exact names, and he couldn't just send people all over Europe to ask everyone. What should he do? He came up with a way to reverse search for the authors through books.

It turns out that this method is quite useful. Over the past decade, we have found quite a few scientists who are still alive and have published relevant works, and Galileo is one of them.

(End of this chapter)