On this day, Zhu Youxiao brought the ministers to the Research Institute of the Capital University.
Under the leadership of Bi Maokang, the director of the institute, they attended one class each in the mechanics, geography, and medicine departments.
After returning to the cloud platform, Zhu Youxiao looked at the silent ministers and said: "My dear friends, what do you think?"
How's that?"
Sun Chengzong stepped forward and said: "What your Majesty said about Chinese learning as the body and Western learning as the application is really the words of the sage.
It's just that I didn't understand it thoroughly before.
What I see today is that most of the veterans can't understand it, but they know that these Western learnings are very important to our country."
The role of our people is great.
Now I understand that although the Westerners are barbarians, they do have merits and it is indeed necessary to communicate with the West. " Zhu Youxiao shook his head helplessly, knowing that most Ming people regard people of other ethnic groups as barbarians, and this cannot be changed in a short time.
But this is actually a good thing.
As long as our system is always ahead of the West, then it is better for the Chinese to maintain this kind of pride and this kind of self-confidence than to be beaten into obedience in another world.
Wang Chengen had already opened the world map, and Zhu Youxiao stepped forward and said: "Let's take a look at Europe.
This place is actually not as big as the Ming Dynasty, and it is divided into many small countries.
In our opinion, they can indeed be called Yan barbarians in many places. , But even the barbarians have their own merits.
For example, they all have their own opinions and methods in terms of mechanics, geographical exploration, and medicine.”
"During the Jin Dynasty, Yuan Hong wrote in his preface to the famous ministers of the Three Kingdoms: If the shape does not exist, a square inch of the sea can accommodate it.
Li Zhouhan commented: A square inch of heart is like the sea that accepts hundreds of rivers, saying that it contains a wide range.
Our Han culture, then We must have the spirit to embrace all rivers and use whatever is useful.
Only in this way can we make progress and our Chinese nation will always be at the top of the world. " "The Book of Songs says that stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade.
Our Chinese Confucian culture is indeed the best and most advanced culture of this era, but during the development of Confucian culture, didn't it also absorb the essence of some other cultures?
Saints Didn’t you also go to see Lao Tzu to ask for rites?
If you want to keep Confucian culture alive, it is essential to absorb useful knowledge from other schools.”
Sun Chengzong and others actually had some opinions in their hearts.
When Confucius asked about etiquette, he was seeking to learn, and he did absorb part of Laozi's etiquette.
But that was Laozi, the ancestor of Taoism.
But now the emperor wants to learn from the barbarians.
The barbarians are just ingenious tools.
Of course there is no problem in learning this, but he is afraid that the emperor will learn other things that may shake the status of Confucianism.
Sun Chengzong said: "Your Majesty, the difference between Chinese body and Western body is very important.
The only thing you need to learn is use.
For that body, let's use my Confucian learning."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "That's natural.
The body is of course my Confucian body.
Master Sun can rest assured about this.
The ancestral laws can be changed, but how can we change this fundamental thing?"
Xu Guangqi glanced at the emperor in disbelief.
In his opinion, the emperor wanted to change many things.
If he thought about it carefully, the emperor actually wanted to make the emperor less like the emperor.
Well, this is a mouthful, but there is indeed this trend.
Just like the previous reduction of self-authority and increasing the authority of the cabinet and ministers, they all have this meaning.
However, the ministers welcomed this approach.
I think Sun Chengzong and the others should have seen something of it, but they just couldn't say it.
What the ministers hope most is for the emperor to rule from the top, and for the ministers to worry about state affairs.
Yang Tinghe was an example in the past.
When there was no master in the world, he took charge of the government for thirty-seven days.
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When he abandoned Wuzong, he messed up the government and was praised by the world.
The emperor's delegation of power is the best thing for ministers.
Zhu Yanxi said: "It's natural to learn the methods of barbarian artifacts, but our great country, China, is willing to accept them as vassals.
How can they still be unwilling?"
Sun Chengzong was indeed someone who had dealt with foreigners.
Hearing this, he said: "Zhu Shangshu doesn't know that those barbarians are indeed barbarians and have no intention of converting.
When they were in the South China Sea, they dared to use weapons against me, the Ming Dynasty.
After being taught a lesson by us, he They are much more honest, but if we want to make them vassals, we will not be able to conquer them unless our army moves over.
At this time, the north has not yet been pacified, so it would be unwise to make enemies on all sides."
When the ministers heard that there was going to be another war, and that they were going to fight in such a far place, they were reluctant at first and did not want to spend more time on this matter.
Anyway, it was a barbarian land, and it was far away.
It was of little use.
The Ming Dynasty had just conquered Burma and Nanzhang, and there was still a large amount of land in the north that had not been recovered.
What would it do with so much land.
Seeing that everyone no longer objected to this matter, Zhu Youxiao said: "Now that everyone understands, I will send Wang Zheng to Europe as an envoy to contact various countries, establish friendly relations, and make arrangements for overseas students."
The ministers all said together: "Your Majesty is the only one who can dominate and bring blessings."
After the imperial edict was issued, Wang Zheng embarked on a journey to Europe.
He brought several language students, several Jinyiwei spies and several agents from the Military Investigation and Statistics Bureau along with him, firstly for protection, and secondly to take a look at the basic situation in Europe.
When Xu Guangqi and Li Zhizao said goodbye to Wang Zheng, they said: "Although we believe in Catholicism, we must remember that you are going to Europe as a special envoy of the Ming Dynasty.
You are an official of the Ming Dynasty first.
You must have the spirit of an official of the Ming Dynasty, and you must not lose the face of the Ming Dynasty.
As for you As a Christian, the most I can do is visit the church over there and share my thoughts on believing in God.”
Wang Zheng smiled and said: "Don't worry, I can still distinguish between public affairs and private matters.
Besides, I believe in God, God is God, and the Holy See is the Holy See.
The two are not the same."
Xu Guangqi smiled and said: "Since you said that, we can rest assured.
Pastor Jin will go back to report on his work.
If the Holy See makes any inappropriate demands to my Daming Diocese, I have clearly told him that he must refuse.
If Pastor Jin encounters difficulties, you can Appropriately provide assistance as a special envoy of the Ming Dynasty.”
Li Zhizao said: "Improper request, does the Holy See still want to override the imperial power?"
Xu Guangqi said: "As far as I know, what is practiced in Europe is the matter of the Pope conferring kings, and the Pope also has great power in the secular world.
But this kind of thing is impossible to imagine in our Ming Dynasty, and we absolutely cannot It may be possible to agree to this kind of thing, so if the Holy See has such a slight intention, then it must be categorically rejected.
The emperor once discussed this issue with Guangqi.
Catholicism can be spread, but what belongs to God belongs to God and what belongs to the world belongs to the emperor.
This is in my opinion.
The Ming Dynasty is unshakable.”
Li Zhizao smiled and said: "This is how it should be.
Belief in religion is a person's choice, not a country's choice.
If the church is placed above the secular world, chaos will arise
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