Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

The meeting of Indian messengers is still handled by the Ministry of Ritual.

As Cui Xie, as the attendant of the Ministry of Rites, after these envoys arrived, he would accompany the banquet and teach etiquette after the banquet. The messengers who came were all local clever and handsome people who often interacted with Han officials, but they could understand some Chinese and would also salute-Master Nie had no little training on the way back to the voyage.

After eating a banquet with a standard banquet, Cui Xie arranged for someone to teach them the ritual for three days, jot down the long sentence in response, and waited for the tribute; he took someone to choose the tribute that was suitable for the emperor.

Tobacco, marijuana, poppies... Anyway, such addictive things are not allowed to appear in Daming! The anti-malarial miraculous medicine like the bark of cinchona tree and the bark of bellflower tree and witch hazel, two hemostatic and anti-inflammatory herbs can be promoted.

He picked up the objects and arranged to see the ceremonial notes. Three days later, he was accompanied by the interpreter of the Ministry of Rites, guided by the commendation officer and the preface officer of the Hongyu Temple, and brought these new continent envoys into the dynasty.

Because the emperor didn't want to see those special costumes that couldn't be covered, the palace gave the envoys a new bright red silk dressing and a few sets of casual clothes, allowing them to wear Chinese costumes to see them. Those natives returned from freezing in the North Sea for more than two months, and they were used to wearing big Ming clothes, and there was nothing to resist.

They will also tie their hair lashes in their hats, wear net towels, and gauze hats to dress up as if they were Chinese. It's just that the faces are not very similar, most of them have high noses, big eyes, cheekbones, and they are also muscular, with a fierce and wild temperament.

The emperor Hongzhi was also quite surprised when he saw this, and he blurted out and asked, "Could it be that these are my survivors of the former Chinese dynasty who have settled overseas and have to return home now?"

Cui Xie remembers that many experts researched the Indians as descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasty, and they also said they had noses and eyes. Regardless of whether he is true or not, since the emperor likes this statement, there is no need to pour cold water.

Let me recognize it first, and then fight with European colonists. The Americas have been our territory "since ancient times".

Because Cui Xueshi did not refute a certain evil purpose, the **** and Jin Yiwei who were on the mission would naturally not go against the emperor. Master Nie and Yushi Liu themselves also had some doubts... In addition, the Indians were very poor in Chinese and could not defend themselves. The words were written into the daily notes grandiosely.

It became a footnote for later generations to be "since ancient times".

The envoys of the various ministries answered the emperor’s words of greetings to their chieftain and the lord of the country in strong Chinese back. They performed three knocks and nine kneeling salutes, and presented the gifts from the ministries after the second.

It is nothing more than golden jade ornaments, bald eagle feathers, wild cowhide sheets, cotton and linen fabrics, alpaca blankets, local food products, medicinal materials and the like. Nothing else is novel. Only the bark offered by the Inca messenger from the great southern continent is a good medicine for malaria, which really caught the attention of the Emperors and Ministers of Ming Dynasty.

Malaria is almost like smallpox. It is a severe epidemic that can kill people if you touch it. If this medicine really works, then with this medicine, the trip to the New World will not be in vain!

Manchu monarchs were excited, and the treatment of these envoys was also improved a lot-directly surpassing the Annan countries and reaching the level of North Korea. And those Europa missionaries who have worked diligently in Daming for many years, because the Lord refused to be granted the title, the Pope does not respect the emperor, and they are still treated as monks.

Because Ming's next ship to the New World did not know when to set sail, these envoys had to stay and stay with the monks from the Old World in the Huitong Pavilion.

Cui Xie arranged for a few translators who had been to the New World and had a little knowledge of these Indian languages ​​to teach them Chinese. He also encased the Huangjia Garden and asked the delegation to watch "Jinyiwei's Fortress on the Wind and Clouds" and "The Fortress on the River" for two nights. "Hero Record" big picture, I was busy doing research.

Of course it is rubber.

The syphilis came from Indians. There were several Indian messengers waiting in Daming, and Cui Xie was not very relieved.

Although these people don't wear much clothes in their hometowns, the people in the mission did not see them sick when they took a bath at sea, but the disease is too serious, and if it spreads, it will spread. Just asking the Ministry of Rites to stare at people is not a problem. He really has no ability to make penicillin, so he can only rely on prevention.

The palace sent rubber for him to study. Without a word, he cut out a small piece and soaked it in water and oil, and tried the same thing to melt the rubber block. After that, I took a chopstick into the kettle and dipped it in a layer, dried it and peeled it off. It was really a soft rubber cover.

Not bad!

It turns out he is so capable!

Don't despise yourself just because you are a liberal arts student, and relax your requirements for innovation!

Cui Inventor Bachelor admired himself for a while, so he asked someone to get some clean plaster. He wanted to make a sculpture—well, a small 18 cm sculpture. This thing doesn't have much technical content, in short, it's his own size... Is it longer? Don't be too thick, or it will fall off easily, right? Anyway, rubber is elastic...

He held the plaster for a few days, and he was absent-mindedly eating dinner. Several people in the family saw that he was making glue first, and then fiddled with art. They thought that he was in a demon, so they went to the old house and asked his brother to persuade him.

His third brother Cui and Shangshang got a top 30 and 20, and he was released as a magistrate. At this time, he and his wife are in Dong'an County, Anhui. Only the second brother and his wife are left at home. But where does Cui Heng dare to persuade him? I heard that my eldest brother was playing with plaster to play with the devil, thinking that his small body couldn't stand his lesson, and there was no younger brother or uncle in the family to support him, and he really didn't dare to ask for a loss, so he told his family: "You go to Xiezhen. Caress! He is older and has been in friendship with my elder brother for many years, so elder brother must give him a bit of face.

The whole family went to Xie's house in panic to find someone. Gu Yan Cui Xie fascinated foreign rubber, and didn't know what to do with plaster sticks every day.

Master Xie naturally took this matter to heart and comforted Cui Heng: "It doesn't matter, just leave it to me. He is working on state affairs now, so he doesn't care about it? You should not make speculations as a family member, or make some rumours. Wouldn’t it ruin the reputation of my parents!"

Where did Cui Heng dare to speculate, he repeatedly agreed, and went back and urged his son to go to school.

Xie Ying also taught the unstable servants a few words, changed his clothes to meet the guests, passed through the door of his house, and made a formal visit.

They go to the back garden every day, but they haven't come to visit seriously for a long time.

When Xie Ying came to the door, Cui Xie had already made a table of plaster models and plastic molded rubber products. He heard people hurriedly throwing them onto the bed, pulling down the curtains, and couldn't take care of cleaning them.

The Cui family listened to the errand outside. Master Xie closed the door and said sternly and gently, "Why don’t you care about your body? Your brothers, nephews and nephews rely on you. The teachers and family members are looking forward to it. When you take on the great responsibilities of the court, you should also cherish the kindness yourself, and don't break your body for what these craftsmen can do."

He said so reasonable and persuaded so seriously that people had to listen, and the family members under the gallery were relieved.

Master Cui bowed his head ashamed to listen to the training, and ordered the cook to boil water and make tea to serve the guests. After all those people were taken away, he hesitated to lead him to the bedside and showed him his masterpiece.

High-tech with modern materials and design ideas...aircraft cups.

Both condoms and airplane cups are available, but the imperial court is only required to issue an order to restrain the envoys and not allow them to hire prostitutes.

Xie Ying said with a complex expression: "You got these things at home? How scared of their Indian diseases, that scared you like this?"

The disease that can ulcerate the whole body and rot all the nose is equivalent to AIDS in the 21st century. Cui Xie took this terrible disease very seriously, spread his hands and said, "There may be a cure in two to three hundred years, but now there is really no cure. It can only be prevented."

There are risks when interacting with Indians, but in the history without him, these diseases were spread by Europeans in China early, and it was not until the emergence of antibiotics that they had to be controlled. Instead of letting Daming usher in the disease ignorantly, it's not like he gets a vaccination first to slow down the development of syphilis and kill fewer people.

Xie Ying looked at the piece of experiment on his bed and thought about the thoughts he used. She couldn't help feeling distressed, and sighed, "It will be a long time after all... I heard the children say that they also wondered what happened to foreigners. Long, I've secretly watched the ambassador take a bath, and he doesn't look sick."

I hope not, let's observe for a long time.

Cui Xie's energy of worrying about the country and the people was too much. Looking at the bed full of harmony supplies, he felt embarrassed and wanted to put it away. Xie Ying held onto his masterpiece, hooked his hand with her fingertips, and said with great interest: "This thing must be commonly used by people 500 years from now. I saw this thing for the first time in my life. I don’t know how to use him, will Brother Xie teach me?"

Teach...These things are all made according to the small **** in the hard disk. The practicality has not been tested yet, if Xie Ying is willing to cooperate...

Cui Xie was a little dry mouth suddenly, set his ears to listen to the movement outside, remembering that he had arranged for someone to cook tea and dinner, and sighed regretfully: "I'm afraid that someone will come later, I will teach you tonight."

Well, with so many new things, if you don’t have to teach each other, when will you have to find out how to use it?

Xie commanded the West Garden to wait for the month, and Cui Xueshi overcame the wall in the middle of the night. The two undressed and dressed, working day and night to make arduous attempts to further develop rubber applications.

After the research and development results were verified, he proposed this set of epidemic prevention methods at the court meeting, and asked you to strengthen supervision of foreign missionaries and entourages to prevent the spread of the epidemic into China. This is because there is too little rubber. If a kit can be made that can be used in weathering sites nationwide, it should be promoted nationwide.

The gentlemen of the Manchu dynasty called this issue too embarrassing to open their mouths, and finally only hurriedly discussed one sentence: "Strictly take care of messengers and entourages. They are not allowed to walk in the country, and they will be restrained by officials and prostitutes... …"

Actresses are also forbidden! It is forbidden to marry a wife and concubine in China, and forbid Longyang to break his sleeves!

After he left the court, Teacher Li called him home, looked at him seriously for a long time, and suffocated a criticism: "In the future, you should do more things that can be published in the Agricultural Economics. This kind of thing should not be said in the face. "

The person called Jiaofang in private will deal with it, why bother to speak in front of the cabinet!

Cui Xie acknowledged his mistake sincerely, and immediately bowed his head and replied: "If it is not a serious epidemic, the disciples would not want to mention such things... There are too many strange diseases overseas, and we can prevent it. People who are ignorant and unconscious will cause harm to others."

The imperial court issued a decree to control the entry and exit of foreigners and prevent the epidemic, so Cui Xie could transfer the technology at hand and concentrate on researching things that can be used for agricultural economics.

He thought he could invent high-tech products such as steam engines, drive wheels, lathes, and so on. As a result, the glass cans were the first to produce results.

Since the Thais offered glass recipes, several small glass workshops have been built in Beijing to make thick, green or brown glass bottles that are similar to stele wine bottles. Cui Xie ordered a lot of bottles with threaded tops, which were steamed thoroughly inside and outside for sterilization. The oranges, peaches, and plums in the house were stained with thick sugar water and honey, and they were poured into the bottles. Seal it with a rubber pad, fasten it firmly with a glass lid, and wrap a layer of tin shell around the mouth of the bottle to form a can.

Not only the seasonal fruits, but the fresh fruits that their family brought to Beijing last summer, the meat and fish stewed by the chef at home, and the fresh lotus roots and seafood given to the emperor in lectures, all made him misfortune.

Teacher Li, Wang Zhuangyuan, Zhang Guojiu, and his younger siblings are almost hurting his canned food; the author who wrote for him-especially Fei Zhuangyuan-even frowned when he saw the can. The maternal grandfather of Jiubian, Yang Yiqing, Wang Shengren, Jiao Sister who married to Sichuan, and Cui He, who went to other places as the magistrate after the mid-term test in the first two years, also received this gift after two or three months. , The same canned food was given away for a long time.

Living in a foreign area is not as picky as the people in Beijing.

Although Cui Xie’s canned food is not very delicious, and the Cui’s chef’s craftsmanship is only Zhongping, where in the military can afford so many fresh fruits and hot stir-fry? Where can Sichuan and Northwest China taste the taste of hometown?

The fish meat is generally cooked, it is also meat; the fruits marinated in sugar are unique to the hometown, and you can eat it!

They wrote back one after another, boasting the cans like flowers, hoping that he could send some gifts next year. Those at the border want more canned meat. Sister Jiao and brother live in the southern rich county town. They prefer the canned hawthorn and white peach with the strong flavor of their hometown.

Cui Xie himself has eaten canned food at home for a long time, constantly trying their shelf life and adjusting the disinfection and sterilization methods.

At the end of the transfer, he still wrote a long essay and entered into the emperor.

The emperor Hongzhi ate the canned white peaches that he tried many times with his relatives and friends and changed the taste for an unknown number of times. It is sweet and smooth, and it is no longer the same thing that harmed his family. I have tasted it in the palace and found it good. After a few days of eating, it is still the same sweetness. It is more moist and sweeter than pickled dried peaches and dried peaches. Naturally, I have an infinite favor for canned food.

The emperor Longyan Dayue, looking at his melodies, also felt very reasonable.

In the future, the fruits and fresh fish from the south don’t have to be made into dry goods, and there is no need to spend thousands of miles to rush to transport them. As long as they are pickled or cooked on the spot, wouldn’t it be convenient to transport them into the palace?

And there are more people who burn this glass, it's not the scary thing that was originally, it's cheaper than fine porcelain. The people have collected a lot of fruits and vegetables and can't finish eating them. If they can be canned, they don't have to worry that they won't be sold and will only rot in the ground. In the days when the young and the yellow are dead, the people have food saved in the autumn and winter at home, or mixed with rice, or exchanged for money and food, which can also support the spring.

Tianzi finally saw the use of rubber in addition to family planning supplies and toys. He approved his memorabilia with satisfaction, and ordered the Ministry of Households to select a place that is warm and humid, similar to the dense forests of the New World, to try out rubber.

In fact, the growth conditions of rubber and cinchona trees are similar, and Hushang went to Yunnan to point out that the Yunnan Chief Secretary should be responsible for this matter.

Yunnan has been a place of exile for many years. In the past two years, Yumai has been born, and he has planted the cinchona and rubber trees ordered by the emperor. It seems to be turning into a treasure place for political achievements!

I have seen Yunnan chief executives get promoted for years, how can the chief executives in other places endure it?

Hu Shao, the governor of Fujian Zuo, rushed to take care of the matter. Chen said that there is a big island very close to Fujian overseas. The native name is Taiwan. The land on it is humid and hot, and there are also large jungles. It is just right to plant the new land transplanted. Rare materials and good medicine.

After Guangdong and Guangxi's two feudal vassals were unwilling to resign themselves, they also went to Shuzou to show that there are big islands overseas, and natives live in the feudal clan and can plant exotic trees. It's just that both Guangxi and Guangxi are adjacent to the outer island. According to the island's request to plant trees, the emperor agreed, but the two sides have to compete for the credit.

The emperor Hongzhi ate the canned food made by Cui Xie, and the pressure cooker with rubber ring was used in the imperial dining room in the palace. Everyone in the palace was accustomed to bouncing ball for fitness, and Luanjia was also wrapped in rubber tires...

Not only for the royal family, but more importantly, the people of Ming Dynasty need more cinchona bark to treat serious diseases such as malaria!

The emperor summoned the court to discuss several times, and finally decided: "People will be planted on the island, and the coastal guards will send ships to **** them. Foreign ships are not allowed to approach the islands at will!"

But after the rubber trees were planted, they could not produce rubber in the past few years. As the government and the people needed it, they could only ask people to pay tribute there.

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This was the first time that Ming had sailed with the Indian continent. Since then, the two continents have never interrupted the past.

Indian gold, rubber, wild beef, skins, alpaca hair, and giant sea boats made of local oak made by Chinese shipmen were shipped to China endlessly; and what Daming gave back was words, clothing, etiquette, and taught them to build Ming styles. The cities, houses, and time after time protected these tribes under the guns of European colonists.

In the five years of Emperor Wuzong Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty, the steam engine was born. It was first used on the ships of the Daming Navy and made a generation of steam engine ships driven by paddle wheels and propellers. The exchanges between China and the world have become more frequent. Daming navy escorted the missions attached to the Daming tributary system for all continents and countries, expelling pirates, and became the strongest voice in the great maritime era.

Ten years later, the first idea of ​​the steam engine was proposed, and the first assistant Cui Xie and Jin Yiwei, who instructed the invention of the steam engine, led Xie Ying to go to sea on a steam engine ship, but went missing. This is still a big puzzle in the archaeological history of the Ming Dynasty.