For the arrival of Ernst and others, Ning Yu was still very much looking forward to it, and gave a very great courtesy, and held a banquet in the Fengtian Hall to entertain everyone, but it made these Europeans exclaim God again, the prosperity they had never felt was realized at this moment.

This also strengthened their determination to stay in the Celestial Empire, such a good errand is not available all the time, so they are also quite excited in their hearts, and they can't wait to immediately roll up their sleeves and work for Emperor Ning.

After the banquet was over, Ning Yu quickly called his university scholar Ernst to take stock of this trip to Western Europe.

Ning Yu looked at Ernst, who had lost a little weight, and felt a little reluctant in his heart, these things could have been communicated tomorrow, but for Ning Yu, he really didn't want to wait a minute or a second.

"Ernst, you have done a good job this time, I will give you a knighthood, an earl, for your credit."

Ernst is now considered to be half of China's knowledge, and he also knows Ning Yu's praise in his heart, so he quickly knelt on the ground and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, you have rewarded me a lot, and Ernst will work harder!" ”

Speaking of which, this foreigner is now very familiar with the Chinese, and he does not feel resistant to kneeling and bowing, in fact, as long as any emperor gives him so many rewards, he will kneel down and lick the other party's toes, of course, this does not prevent him from being grateful to Ning Yu.

Ning Yu laughed and pulled up Ernst, "Ernst, since you have this heart, I will not treat you badly, and if you do things well in the future, it is not impossible to be crowned a prince and a marquis...... The premise is that you need to show that you are worthy of it. ”

Ernst's heart moved, and he hurriedly said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, I have already packed the essence of the entire Western civilization back for you. Every single person I pick is the best in their field! ”

Ning Yu nodded slightly, in fact, he had already received these materials, about everyone in this European regiment, a complete file had been established, there were a total of three hundred and ninety-seven people, all of whom were truly elite talents, so this was also the reason why he was satisfied with Ernst.

"Ernst, I hope that these people will not only become supporters of the Empire, but also contribute to the Empire's education!"

Ning Yu revealed his thoughts very vaguely, in his opinion, just using the talents of these people is actually a waste, and they should be allowed to pass on what they have learned to the Chinese, so as to truly realize the full use of talents.

In any case, these people are foreigners, and they may become his courtiers for money and status, but this does not mean that they will not betray, so these people cannot really enter the core level of the imperial court, and more importantly, pass on knowledge, so that the Chinese become the owners of this knowledge.

Ernst's attitude was still extremely correct, "Your Majesty, your will is the way they are going!" ”

Ning Yu nodded with satisfaction, but remembered another thing, and said in a low voice: "Ernst, as my envoy, how are you planning for diplomatic relations with various countries?" ”

Ernst hurriedly said softly: "Back to Your Majesty, the countries of Western Europe are willing to send each other with my Great Chu, but they still need to wait until the envoys of various countries come to the Celestial Empire before they can sign a formal contract, and the ministers have set up a consulate general in Paris, Europe, which will become the main institution for exchanges with Western European countries at present." ”

In fact, Ning Yu also knew in his heart that the current necessity of establishing embassies in European countries is not high, but the distance between them is too far, and in the era before the invention of radio, the speed at which the two sides transmit information is almost half a year, so the actual significance is not great.

It was precisely because of this consideration that Ning Yu did not send missions to Western European countries, but only set up a consulate general in Paris as Ning Chu's liaison office in Europe.

However, after the envoys from Western European countries came, the scale of foreign trade could be expanded again, which was something that Ning Yu paid more attention to.

"Ernst, you have to continue to follow up on the follow-up, there are still many shortcomings in Da Chu, such as basic education, engineering science and technology, military training, and some philosophical ideas, all of which urgently need to be improved, when the time comes, I will set up a higher education department under the Ministry of Education, and establish a number of universities in Beijing and all over the country, and your task is to become a teacher and provide students with relevant knowledge and theories of the West."

Ernst saluted solemnly, "Your Majesty, it is my duty and my honor. ”

...............

The news of the arrival of the Westerners in Nanjing soon spread throughout the government and the opposition, and for the ordinary ministers, although they did not understand the emperor's approach, they also understood in their hearts that this was a big plan planned by His Majesty the emperor, so they only ignored the attitude, but the attitude of the people towards these foreigners was quite disgusting, and there were even many rumors.

In the teahouses and some idle places in the city, there are often people who swear to spread rumors to the people around them who they don't know where they heard, for example, these Westerners are monsters who drink blood, and some people say that they are all three-headed and six-armed, and they were invited by the emperor as a secret weapon, although no one said the point, but the rumors against these Westerners are getting stronger and stronger.

After hearing these rumors, Wang Zengqi couldn't help but move in his heart, since the last time he participated in the report on the introduction of cowpox, he was appreciated by the editor-in-chief Lu Yizhong, and promoted him to the editor-in-chief of "Qingliu Daily", so it can be regarded as a spring breeze.

However, it didn't take long for the good days to happen, and more than a dozen newspapers sprung up in Nanjing at once, and the names were varied, such as "Industrial and Commercial Daily", "Shizi Daily", and "Imperial Capital Daily", "Nanjing Daily" and the like.

Therefore, at this critical time, Wang Zengqi hopes to detonate some big news and bring people's attention back to the "Qingliu Daily", so the matter of Westerners coming to China is enough to become a sensational hot spot.

I have to say that in this era, Wang Zengqi's thinking can be described as avant-garde and bold enough, of course, it was also appreciated by Peng Qifeng, director of the Department of Press and Publication, he originally wanted to support Wang Zengqi's idea, but since he learned some relevant information, he was a little hesitant, mainly because he didn't know enough about the emperor's thoughts.

It's just that this idea can't be understood directly through the emperor, and Peng Qifeng has no choice but to seek the help of his boss, Shang Shuning Zhongquan of the Propaganda Department.

"Ministry of Pavilion, now that the Westerners have come to China, there has been a lot of vigour, what do several adults in the court think of this matter?"

Peng Qifeng poured tea for Ning Zhongquan, and asked cautiously, in fact, this question is somewhat taboo, but he is now considered Ning Zhongquan's confidant, so it doesn't hurt to ask.

Ning Zhongquan had a little smile on his face, he smelled the faint fragrance of Yunmengxiang, and couldn't help but inhale a little intoxicated, "Westerners come to China, Your Majesty strongly advocates, and now things have just begun, no matter what the adults think, they will only hold back now." ”

Peng Qifeng seemed to understand a little, and said tentatively: "Qingliu Daily wants to interview these Westerners, what do you think of this?" ”

After Ning Zhongquan heard this, he fell into deep thought, and after a while, he said in a low voice: "This matter can't be reported for the time being, although Your Majesty attaches great importance to them, but after all, nothing has been done, if it is reported now, I am afraid it is not in line with Your Majesty's intentions...... Let's put it first! ”

Hearing Ning Zhongquan's words, Peng Qifeng couldn't help but be a little disappointed, although he knew that this matter was not so simple, but when even a Shangshu said that he should be cautious, he couldn't overstep his bounds. In that case, it can only be put away.

After meeting Ning Zhongquan, Peng Qifeng also had some bottom in his heart, and he sent someone to send a letter to Wang Zengqi, which only wrote eight words, "The time has not come, prepare first." ”

After receiving Peng Qifeng's letter, Wang Zengqi was also a little helpless, but he understood the reason for looking at the limelight, although it is not suitable at the moment, but it may not be possible in the future.

Thinking of this, Wang Zengqi didn't want to wait any longer, and began to look for connections in the Jingshi to find out the movements of the group of Zixi people brought by Ernst, but before he could wait for the news, Ning Yu had already announced the results in the court.

In the Fengtian Palace, the cabinet gathered together, and Ernst also stood aside, which was the first time to participate in the imperial meeting, and many ministers looked at this Westerner with curiosity.

Ning Yu glanced at everyone and laughed softly: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the scholars of Ernst University have gone through more than half a year, they have brought back many elite talents from the West for my Dachu, as well as some related basic theoretical books and academic works, which are really gratifying and congratulatory.

"Long live His Majesty the Great Emperor!"

Ernst's face was red, this chemist from Prussia knelt in front of Ning Yu, he saluted Emperor Ning with an extremely pious attitude, and praised Ning Yu's exploits in his mouth, but it made the other ministers feel awkward and even disgusted.

This foreign monk is a foreign monk after all, and it is too shameful to pat himself on the back, how can we be so subtle?

Ning Yu was a little unaccustomed to this kind of praise after all, and raised his hand to stop Ernst, "These rewards are all deserved by the Ernst family, as long as you work diligently, I will definitely not spare the reward of meritorious service!" ”

"But the people who came and went to Ernst, and the books, needed to be put to good use. Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any suggestions? ”

Ning Yu didn't rush to say his decision, and was going to let the ministers talk about it first and see if there were any other ideas, after all, if everything was thought about by him, the emperor, what was the use of asking these ministers? We have to open up the minds of these ministers, at least not too far behind, otherwise it will be really tiring.

The first to speak was naturally Ning Zhongjing, the head of the cabinet, he looked at Ernst, a scholar of Rausch, and really didn't like it in his heart, what is there to use a bunch of stinky barbarians? What do I have in the Celestial Empire? Still need to go to the West to get the scriptures? It's a big joke.

Of course, these thoughts are destined not to be spoken, after all, the emperor has great expectations for this, so Ning Zhongjing also had to consider the emperor's thoughts, and after careful consideration, he slowly spoke: "Ernst University Scholar has really worked hard this time, and these people he brought to my Great Chu, among them, there are also people of insight, who can be settled in the Siyi Pavilion...... As for those books, they can fill the royal treasury for His Majesty's enjoyment. ”

Ernst listened carefully to the Prime Minister's words, but the more he listened, the more he felt that it was wrong, after all, his Chinese was fluent in conversation, and he naturally could not mishear the so-called Siyi Pavilion, although he did not know what it was doing there, but for the word 'Yi', he was more or less sensitive, and his brows wrinkled at the moment.

And Ning Yu, who has been quietly listening to Ning Zhongjing's words, his face is completely dark, the so-called Siyi Pavilion was originally a place specializing in translating neighboring Chinese languages, to put it bluntly, it is a translation agency, and after the restructuring of the new dynasty, the Siyi Pavilion was changed to a translation office under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but now Ning Zhongjing still uses the old name of Siyi Pavilion, which shows how his attitude is.

At this time, Ning Yu had already risen in his heart with the idea of changing the first assistant, but at present, he had to stabilize the government and the opposition after all, so he didn't express too much attitude, but looked directly at Cui Wancai.

After Cui Wancai felt Ning Yu's gaze, he was suddenly shocked, he was extremely sensitive to the emperor's dissatisfaction, but that dissatisfaction was directed at Shoufu.......

"Your Majesty, judging from the shallow view of the micro-ministers, this time the Westerners came to China, it is a move to communicate with each other and learn from each other's strengths.

Ning Zhongjing listened to the faint opposition in Cui Wancai's words, and was not to be outdone, and said softly: "The so-called communication between each other and learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses is very reasonable, but I am a big Chu and rich people, and I need to provide everything from the Westerners?" What needs to be remedied? ”

In this era, the vast majority of people think that the center of the world is only China, and the rest of the places are barbarians, from the first assistant to the common people, and almost no one really looks at the Westerners with a straight eye, and has a contemptuous attitude towards everything about the Westerners.

"Arrogance!"

Ning Yu snorted coldly, "Now that the great cause of the Northern Expedition is still unfinished, why are you complacent?" Not to mention that this world is so big, is it a corner of the land you imagine? Come on, lift the globe up! ”