Chapter 445: Visionary
That's why Fabiokigi sent people to buy microscopes.
Although the microscope is still very expensive in Europe, it is almost a fashion vane in a sense, but Xu Hao slowly straightened his face and made an embarrassed expression, I don't know how many were sold at the ball, of course, everyone felt that they had bought the last microscope on the ship.
Xu Hao himself can't guess that as a simple and easy-to-use scientific research product, the microscope can indeed become a weather vane, some are heroes, and those who don't are not worthy of being popular figures, and those who buy them ask their girls to go home, and there is always a legend that asks them to see the microscope.
As a person who could make peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, and could make the behavior of allowing Chinese believers to worship their parents and ancestors, Fabio was not conservative, and even opened up very much, he found the problem in front of him very sharply, all this is not just because of the microscope, and the so-called Black Death three hundred years ago, the real bitter master has almost made death, who can really remember?
You know, the situation at that time, I don't know how many close relatives of the family died, and in the end, I don't know how many relatives got those properties.
The real problem is that the diplomatic envoys from the East have shown them a different way of governing the country.
Republic!
Under this system, everything is so good, the people who preside over the government are the real human elite, they make policies, preside over affairs, they are strict with themselves, and they have a far-sighted vision, and the lower house of the people, which is elected by the people, has the power to supervise the officials, and the taxes collected by the society are used to support the disadvantaged, raise a strong army to defend the country, invest in universities, and conduct all kinds of scientific research.
Regardless of what others think, this set of things has become a perfect system in the eyes of intellectuals in Northern Europe and even in many countries!
What is the perfect system?
The system that is best for you.
That's the real thing in the world.
Just as a certain president in Africa directly amended the constitution to stipulate that the amount of his property is a certain percentage of the amount of national property, the person who formulates the policy is naturally the best person for himself in the first place.
The people who can be interested in contacting Xu Hao are basically the real elites of Europe, and there are even smart people who come directly from Italy and Athens in the distance.
These elites will not fail to see such benefits, and of course, such things have happened in Europe.
Ousting the emperor from power and ruling the Senate was the glory of ancient Rome!
Although the main inhabitants of Europe at this time were basically enemies of the ancient Roman era, it did not prevent them from considering Rome as their ancestors.
And some of Xu Hao's foreshadowing also made Europeans begin to fantasize about the Oriental Eden that does not actually exist.
Later, the first great revolution of Europeans, the origin is very interesting.
First of all, the Americans, under the demagoguery of a handful of decadent bourgeois careerists, betrayed the king and rebelled, and in the process received the enthusiastic help of foreign powers, namely the king of France.
Would a Frenchman, unmotivated by interests, help a group of people under the British colonies to become independent?
The most important factor was interests, and many Europeans were happy to see it happen at that time, and everyone hated the British.
However, after British independence, Franklin was sent to France as commissioner on behalf of the United States, a position he held until 1785. In fact, almost every moment of Franklin's time in France was planting a poisonous weed in the hearts of the French, yes, there was no king, but the Americans were doing well.
As we all know, the French Revolution took place in 1789, exactly four years after Franklin's absence, and it is unimaginable without deep influence.
Louis XVI, who sold his blood and kidneys and livers to aid American independence, should he cry or laugh if he knew that the guy he helped gave his subjects the courage to resist him?
Xu Hao unknowingly played the role of Franklin, and the most important thing is that the Presbyterian Church is honest about spreading its knowledge, which also causes them to admire China even more mentally.
The use of microscopes is still very simple, and many atlases also show the role of various bacteria, and everyone will look at their own hair and skin for the first time.
In this era, there are no liberal arts and sciences, and Fabiokigi has been fiddling with it for a long time, and he has to admit that this experiment is completely real, and there is no flaw to be found.
He pondered for a long time, as a very sober person, Fabiokigi knew exactly what was going to happen, but for now, it seemed that there was nothing he could do?
Maybe it was time to meet the man, but he was now in the Low Countries, which, as we all know, have been pursuing independence and become a Protestant state since they embarked on the path of a sea coachman.
At this time, Xu Hao is the apex of his life.
Armstrong's land is really not expensive, after the successful construction of the embassy, a Chinatown belonging to his name was also built, of course, because there are not many Chinese at this time, so most of the Chinatown is blonde foreigners, which is similar to the situation in later generations, because the Chinese from the local area are not interested in the work of Chinatown, resulting in Chinatown gradually occupied by Vietnamese.
However, the factory in which he invested in technology and capital was well developed, and the fact that the absorption of toxic gases would reduce the life span of the company was also known after the environmental protection standard was formally proposed.
Whether it is wealth, he is very rich in his hands, and he spends his money very smoothly, and a hairy child who graduated from high school can be brainless enough to care about things that people with a little IQ like street couples should not touch, but after experiencing countless women and palace fighting activities around him, how will he grow up.
At this time, he didn't have to worry about the teaching work at all, the Europeans themselves had a tradition of learning multiple languages, a little Chinese dialect basically did not have to work too hard, and the various books he brought with him were also very easy to understand, in fact, these things were at the level of junior high school students in later generations.
The daily banquets, balls, and the constant flow of merchants, especially the representatives of the East India Company who surrounded him, basically made him flutter.
It did float.
If it weren't for the orders of the imperial capital from time to time, he would have to keep an eye on the situation in the UK, the movements of students studying in China, and the reactions of European countries, he would really start to get drunk.
"It is expected that there will be about 300 meters of people from all walks of life attending the departure ceremony for international students in China, and many countries have also sent envoys, but there are still some problems."
Christina currently acts as Xu Hao's secretary, and by the standards of later generations, she has reached the level of having nothing to do as a secretary and a secretary to do.
As a royalist British, she did quite well, and compared to her peers, she had more experience as a spy in London, and she handled many affairs simply and clearly.
Xu Hao took a bite of bread and dipped it in milk to eat, compared to the improved version of bread he had eaten in later generations, in this era, whether it was a baguette or a short spell, it could be directly used as a cold weapon to greet the enemy, and it must be dipped in milk to eat.
That's it.
"What's wrong?"
"Oh, before, we only accepted students from the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands and other countries, but now, there are still a group of people from landlocked countries who also want to join, I don't know if it's too late."
Xu Hao smiled: "Let's wait for next year, there are only so many degrees that the imperial capital can vacate, and hundreds of people are okay, but there are too many to intercede, right." ”
He glanced at Christina, who was ruddy, and said, "By the way, who did the British send here, but they also sent a lot of people." ”
Although there are many lists of scientists, this exam was not very fair from the beginning, most of the names did not leave anything in posterity, of course, they are not very rigid people, however, most of them are people with noble status, it is not difficult to imagine.
Of course, aristocracy is not a minus, compared to many ordinary people who still need to pursue food and clothing, the aristocracy is more likely to engage in some long-term investment that does not require benefits in the short term, although the civil war in England ended, but the aristocracy still exists.
Cromwell can be said to be the first time in Europe that he has become a king who is not a king as an aristocracy, and of course, he himself said, I wish I could live in England without a nobleman.
And his companion said with concern: even if we win the king 99 times, he will still be the king, and his descendants will also be kings, and if we lose once, we will all be hanged, and the children will be reduced to slavery.
Under such a tragic battle, Cromwell now sat in the position of the British Protector three years early, and in the final analysis, the position played will always be higher than the election.
Charles II is currently in the Netherlands, and has not been really abandoned by everyone, at least there are still some people who support the king, but compared to the changes in history, Cromwell, who has received at least two thousand castrated Mauser gun bonuses, is more powerful than in history.
Cromwell was a figure of the greatest force and political power in this era, and compared to other mediocre people, he really laid the foundation of Britain's national strategy, the navy was really developed, and the organization of the East India Company was more supported.
The British do not have an army tradition, in fact, there are objective reasons, Britain is an island country, this is a very unique condition, it is difficult for European countries to invade Britain, Britain can hardly worry about being involved in the war on the European continent, which leads to the fact that Britain does not need to maintain a large army, especially the army.
And the army could be used by the king against himself.
Therefore, the English aristocracy did not want the king to have a large army to threaten the interests of the feudal lords internally.
Therefore, in the history of England, not all the armies were directly owned by the king, and a considerable number of army legions were owned by feudal lords, and only in wartime did they serve the king according to the king's call.
The lord of my lord is not my lord, that's what it means.
As a result, Britain generally lacks commanders for large-scale corps operations, and everyone is a large and small nobleman, and the king will gather some junior brothers to help deal with the platform when he has something, and it is impossible to do all kinds of tactical drills in advance.
This is actually similar to my late Qing Dynasty, my late Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners were already unbearable to fight, and the regimental training was essentially just going back to my hometown to gather the township party to make a fortune together.
The standard number of such a team is battalion.
For the purpose of control, no matter how big a battalion is, it is only a few hundred people, and no matter how many there are, it must be divided into battalions, and only when it achieves a certain status will it have the title of the army, but it is often a political title, and the battalion heads are not subordinate to each other.
As a result, when the time comes for a foreign war, the enemy scatters as soon as the enemy shoots down, which is very normal.
It was also normal for Cromwell to bully people, and the command ability of others could not catch up with the king, and as the war accelerated, the use of new arms made it almost impossible for the royalists to resist.
Cromwell, who has a firm foothold, does not have much ill feeling towards Xu Hao at both ends of the first rat, after all, Xu Hao still abides by the rules of the game, and he still gives the future economic expectations that the British need most, and what Cromwell needs most at present is an external source of interests to appease the intriguing parliament.
The Sinology fever has been supported, and Xu Hao, who has reciprocated the favor, has also given enough technical support, and the fifty international students are also excellent enough.
As a monarch thief, compared to the bad things that everyone did together in history, the Round Skull Party voted to kill the king, and the spies accidentally killed the king, which brought about a worse political situation and was also very embarrassing.
Of course, on the bright side, this has united the groups within the party, and the drive of interests has also made everyone begin to pursue overseas interests more, and the boom of trade with China has also set off again, and the establishment of overseas trade channels that the Council of Elders has been frowning about has begun to establish, which is also a good thing.
In fact, there are more people than students who send fleets to visit China itself, and different forces are intermingling, and of course, there are no brilliant people among them.
The grade and timing of the output of industrial products are still critical.
The export of industrial goods, initially for profit, the export of textiles, that was the initial stage of industrialization, and then began to gradually hope to export simple industrial products, munitions, and later the export of primary industrial products.
This is also the reason why our Qing Dynasty had the most corrupt feudal system, but it still survived, because at that time it was the moment when Britain and other countries needed to export high-end industrial products and warships, which were also the country's sharp weapons, and even hydraulic presses were sold if they wanted to.
So after this stage, the door is closed, and it is impossible to buy it again.
(End of chapter)