New Shun 1730

Kang Budai, who had learned to use his imagination after listening to Liu Yu's nonsense for too long, had a cultural gap with Liu Yu, and of course he could not know the original meaning of Sha Jiabang's monologue.

Seeing that Liu Yu was going to stay here permanently, he knew that Liu Yu was also prepared to drag it out until the war situation in Europe changed.

In terms of confidence in France, he and Liu Yu were basically the same.

They had been together for more than ten years and heard a lot about Europe. Today, I really came to Amsterdam and truly experienced the decentralization of the Netherlands and the Dutch Speaker who was like the Zhou Emperor who farted without making a sound. Thinking about France, which has been strengthening centralization since Louis XIV, it would be a pity if I didn't have confidence in France.

"Sir, you have to stay here permanently to observe the situation in Europe. But what if something unexpected happens and the Dutch regents take the initiative to declare war on France?"

Liu Yu smiled and said, "It's better to declare war. If you don't declare war, you are cowardly; if you declare war, you are trash. There is not much difference. France is not the Eastern Tartars, and the Netherlands is not the Ming Dynasty. Can you imagine that the Eastern Tartars have no field corps and rely on building fortresses in Shenyang and Hetuala to fight against the Ming Dynasty of Hongwu and Yongle? It would be a miracle if they can win."

"Cowardice, the people are dissatisfied. Trash, the people are satisfied? Trash is better than cowardice?"

"What I left for the Orangemen is destruction. The last bit of enthusiasm of the Dutch people. Declaring war on France is not the task of the Orangemen. It doesn't matter who declares it. "

"I stayed here, firstly to delay and wait for changes. Secondly, I also did another thing by the way. Didn't I say before I came? I want to find a few talents to lay a solid foundation for the mathematics of the Celestial Empire. It's just right to stay in the Netherlands for a while. This place is located in the central part of the country, with convenient transportation from the south to the north, and there is no war for the time being, just right to invite you into the trap. "

During this period of stay, in addition to continuing to talk nonsense with the Dutch, Liu Yu also has to seize this opportunity to do that thing.

Things like physics and chemistry can be started from scratch. Anyway, the whole world is the same at this time. The chemistry level of junior high school students is absolutely strong now.

But the gap in scientific tools such as mathematics is really a bit big. The highest level of Dashun mathematics should be those court missionaries with the title of corresponding academicians of the French Academy of Sciences, but their level is also about a hundred years behind the highest level in Europe at that time.

Moreover, Liu Yu knew how difficult it was to make a marine clock. One of the few shortcomings of Dashun was precision processing. Britain's export control was too strict, and marine clocks could not be obtained at all.

In the longitude war, Liu Yu had to stand on the side of the science school, not the engineering school.

Now is a perfect opportunity, especially for the talents of the Russian Academy of Sciences. If they can be snatched away, it will take off.

Moreover, it is quite easy to snatch them.

The later generations snatched Soviet talents because of the chaos after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

Now snatching talents from the Russian Academy of Sciences is almost a repeat of the story.

Queen Anna, the leader of the German Party, died. In order to prevent the German Party from being liquidated, she passed the throne to a little kid who was only one month and ten days old at the time. The dormant forces were ready to move.

The whole political situation was in a mess, especially chaotic.

At this time, the foreign academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences could no longer live there, and they all considered running away. It was not certain who would come to power in the future. What if there was a big purge of foreign forces?

Academicians are not all self-centered and ignorant of the outside world. For example, Goldbach, who is the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has political factions.

Liu Yu has been waiting for this situation for a long time. As early as when Duke Qi visited Europe, he had already started to communicate with Euler and others, and every time he created an illusion that "Dashun's science is very developed" to attract these people.

It took a long, long time to lay the groundwork.

I have some idea of ​​Liu Yu's mathematical level. However, if mathematics is not enough, physics and chemistry can make up for it. At this time, the scientific community is still in its infancy, and many academicians of the Academy of Sciences are all-rounders.

Just like Lomonosov, the first native academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, he was remembered as a scientist and discovered the law of conservation of mass. But in fact, his titles should be ranked in order of importance, poet, founder of Russian language standardization, founder of Moscow University, founder of the new cultural movement of Russian classical literature, educator, and finally chemist.

At this time, a large number of foreign academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences - of course, the Russian Academy of Sciences has no Russian academicians yet - are basically all-rounders.

In the correspondence Liu Yu sent to them, he established the image of the Dashun scientific community as "having a complete set of natural philosophy such as physics and chemistry, but lacking in the mathematical principles of natural philosophy".

Therefore, it is hoped that the two sides can complement each other to promote the development of science without borders and benefit all mankind, and working in the Beijing Academy of Sciences is the best answer to such a cause that is beneficial to all mankind.

This set of rhetoric basically continues Leibniz's academy of sciences thought, adding a big hat of benefiting all mankind.

Moreover, in the concept of "rational republic of scientists without borders" conceived by Leibniz, the Beijing Academy of Sciences, one of the five major academies of science, is also considered to be one of the few "Leibniz Academy of Sciences" at this time.

In addition to bloodline, Dashun also follows the Russian example in terms of the concept of the academy system: a three-tier system, with foreign academicians at the top level researching problems, local graduate students at the middle level serving as assistants to foreign academicians, and students at the lower level serving as university preparatory teachers after graduation.

The similarity in the system can also allow these foreign academicians from Russia to seamlessly integrate into the work of the Dashun Academy of Sciences. The official foreign language of Dashun is not Russian, but those who are the best in practical science basically learn Latin, so there is no problem in communication. We strive to cultivate a local academician of mathematics within 20 years, which will lay the foundation.

Those who can make steam engines may not be good at mathematics, including those who made marine clocks, who have never even attended university. But if you want to move forward, you must make up for this shortcoming in mathematics.

From the preparations for the conclusion of the Sino-Russian boundary treaty that year, Liu Yu was very confident about the abduction of academicians. The next step is to take advantage of the Dutch delaying here and the chaos in Europe, and hold a scientific seminar here when Amsterdam is not yet affected by the war.

Do a few chemical or physical experiments to see if you can abduct mathematicians from the Russian Academy of Sciences and others.

If you want to abduct, in addition to the discussion of exploring the truth of the world that everyone likes, you must also have a realistic attitude. Scientists are first people, and then scientists. They are not machines. They also need food, clothing, shelter and transportation. They also want their wives and children to live a good life and feel the respect of power for their careers.

Although it is not a simple "money" issue, it is absolutely impossible to live without money. Money needs to be spent, but how to spend it beautifully and trigger a wave of China fever by the way, this requires Kang Budai's help.

After telling Kang Budai about the abduction of scientists, Liu Yu said: "Brother Zhongxian, if we talk about science, these people are all princes. The ancients said: The princes send doctors to ask the princes for engagement."

"This kind of high-level invitation and mutual visit has a set of special etiquette. Etiquette is for outsiders to see. Brother Zhongxian, please help arrange it."

"I dare not say that I will arrange a hundred cars, at least a formal sense of ceremony should be made."

"The sense of ceremony, form should be greater than the substance. I don't know if you understand what I said?"

Kang Budai smiled lightly, thinking that we have known each other for more than ten years, what is there to understand about this?

The first sentence of the book of Rites on marriage is very clear and points out the main purpose.

[The marriage gift is seven for the duke, five for the marquis, and three for the son and the man, so as to distinguish the noble and the humble. ]

Ritual is to distinguish the noble and the humble. This is the essence.

Without the essence, it becomes a formality, and then ritual becomes a kind of etiquette with cultural characteristics.

It is probably like clothing, the shape, style, and color are to "distinguish the noble and the humble". Only by removing the essence of "distinguishing the noble and the humble" can we return to the essence of whether it looks good or not.

The court also prepared some people who understand etiquette to accompany Liu Yu. Obviously, they are more professional, but Liu Yu did not use them and insisted on asking Kang Budai to do this. Kang Budai knew the reason very well.

It is necessary to show the etiquette form different from that of Europe, and to remove the main purpose of "distinguishing the noble and the humble" in etiquette. Those who are engaged in etiquette cannot grasp the key points.

Fortunately, Liu Yu has the title of Marquis. As long as he doesn't do anything beyond the rules, it won't be a big problem. He is also a "feudal prince" and has the right to hire others.

Kang Budai also knows Liu Yu's work style. Since he is asked to do it, he will let it go and come here to collect the money.

There are many carriages in the Netherlands. After counting, they are handled according to the level of "Marquis, Earl and Five Income". They are all treated equally and done beautifully.

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements. It will take at least half a year to go back and forth. There are a lot of academies of science and universities everywhere, so it's easy to find. If you go to St. Petersburg by sea, it's not too far. It's also easy to rent or buy carriages in the Netherlands."

"Etiquette is a thing. If you don't distinguish between noble and humble, as long as you have money, there are many big merchants in Jiangnan who can build seven main halls. Since you only want the form and not the quality, as long as you have money, this is too simple."

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Before the formal and ceremonial carriage arrived, several letters had already arrived in St. Petersburg. Euler was the person Liu Yu wanted to abduct the most. After he confirmed this, he sent someone to deliver the letter by boat.

However, on the ship that arrived in St. Petersburg, the recipients of the letter were not only foreign academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences like Euler, but also some sent to the French Embassy.

Euler, who received the letter, didn't know that the letter sent to the French Embassy would bring a coup to Russia, and the situation in Russia would become more chaotic.

But now, it's already chaotic enough. Euler was ready to resign from the Russian Academy of Sciences and leave the politically chaotic Russia to find a pure land that could accommodate mathematical research.

In his hands, there were two letters with olive branches.

One was just received from an envoy from the distant Eastern Empire.

The other was received not long ago from Frederick II of Prussia, not far away.