If this comes out of someone else's mouth, it is estimated that few people will believe it. But Emperor Chongzhen is not only the son of heaven with golden mouths, but what he said before, although it sounded incredible at that time, it was finally realized one by one. It can be said that the authority of Emperor Chongzhen, even if it is a deer in front of him, he says that it will turn into a horse, it is estimated that many people will believe it.

Therefore, as soon as he said this, he immediately attracted a chorus of echoes.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't have much emotional fluctuation about this, stretched out his hand to signal quiet, and then continued to say loudly: "Technology changes the world, I believe that Qing and others should be more and more aware of this. However, I am still not satisfied with the current level of science and technology of Daming, and I still need to work hard. Anyone who has made a major breakthrough in science and technology will never be disadvantaged. I have considered the creation of a knighthood for those who have made outstanding contributions to science and technology, just as they have been given in medicine. ”

As soon as he said this, many people in the civil and official group showed excitement on their faces.

For a long time, there have been basically no civil officials who have been knighted. Wang Yangming is one, but what is Wang Yangming's achievement? Wen Neng opened a sect, and Wu Neng quelled the rebellion of the vassal king with a snap of his fingers. Other civil officials, how many people can have Wang Yangming's height!

And the title of the Ming Dynasty, in the past, the military generals could be awarded for their monstrous military exploits, and the emperor's relatives could be awarded, but other than that, there was basically no more. However, before that, Emperor Chongzhen was awarded two titles because of someone's achievements in medicine. Now, he promised in public that if he has made outstanding contributions to science and technology, he can also be knighted.

As soon as the way to knighthood was so opened, the civil officials were naturally happy.

You must know that civil officials are actually all capable people, except for those who die to study. Generally, those who are born in books will be involved in many aspects, such as medical skills, and many civil officials know some of them. Famous doctors, or other celebrities, at least have talents or fame.

Now that the emperor has promised in public, many people who feel that they have little prospects in their careers are likely to turn to research science and technology, so as to fight for the future of knighthood!

And this is also the purpose of Emperor Chongzhen's public promise, which is to guide the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty, not to pursue extravagance, but to pursue outstanding contributions, and to have a chance to be knighted with glory to the ancestors. For this reason, he has already thought about the matter of the golden bone, and he will promulgate it when he turns back.

Of course, none of these titles are hereditary.

After the airship test was completed, Emperor Chongzhen paid a private visit to the Xu Mansion given to Xu Guangqi in Nanjing.

At this time, Xu Guangqi's condition worsened and he couldn't get out of bed. But at this time, he was leaning on the bed, listening to his son's grandchildren in front of the bed, talking excitedly about the airship.

"Grandpa, that airship really has to fly very high, let it be east and west, let it be west and west, it's so amazing!"

"Grandpa, grandpa, I'm going to fly an airship in the future, I want to go to the sky to see, it must be beautiful!"

“……”

Xu Guangqi looked at these little guys lovingly, with a look of relief. It was a few grandsons standing outside, looking at Xu Guangqi, with a hint of crystal in their eyes.

Suddenly, the door opened, and Xu Guangqi's son Xu Ji hurriedly entered, and immediately began to drive people away, and at the same time said to Xu Guangqi: "Father, the emperor has come to see you." ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he hurriedly wanted to get out of bed, but before he could make a move, two people came in outside the door.

Now the main people in the Xu Mansion have already known Emperor Chongzhen, and when they saw it, they hurriedly wanted to kneel down to greet them.

"I'm a micro-service visit, no need to give a courtesy!" Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly said a word, walked quickly to Xu Guangqi's bed, pressed him on the bed, asked him not to move, and then asked about the situation.

Xu Guangqi had to continue to lean on the bed, and said with gratitude and satisfaction on his face: "It is God's grace that Lao Chen can live until now. Fortunately, the old minister can see His Majesty's Zhongxing Daming, far beyond the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the old minister is also blind to death, and when he goes underground, he sees the previous emperors, and he can also talk about the strength of our Ming Dynasty! ”

"That's not going to work!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he shook his head with a smile and said, "I haven't occupied the entire earth yet, Aiqing can hold on!" Also, I still have a lot of ideas for the technology that Aiqing wants to see, and I haven't implemented them yet, and I still want to surprise Aiqing and open my eyes again! ”

Daming's technology can be said to be promoted by Xu Guang for half a lifetime. After the Western Renaissance, surpassing the Ming Dynasty in science and technology, only Xu Guangqi realized that learning and promoting it was the first person who truly deservedly opened his eyes to the world.

When he heard Emperor Chongzhen say this at this time, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he seemed to be very excited. But soon, he was a little gloomy, and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "The old minister only hates being born so many years early!" Lao Chen really wants to watch His Majesty turn unbelievable ideas into reality one by one! ”

After finishing speaking, he was a little out of shape and sighed in front of the emperor.

For birth, old age, sickness and death, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to comfort him. Before leaving, Xu Guangqi said to him: "Your Majesty's heart, the old minister is very grateful!" But Your Majesty has every opportunity, and the old minister is about to die, so don't spend time on the old minister, otherwise, the old minister will be uneasy! ”

"Hehe, Aiqing doesn't have to worry about this!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he smiled and said, "You have worked hard for Daming all your life and made great contributions to Daming, and now that you are old, I came to visit and visit, this is also what I want to do, I know it in my heart!" ”

After finishing speaking, he was ready to leave, and when he arrived at the door, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly turned around again, and said to Xu Guangqi with a smile: "Aiqing's contribution to the Ming Dynasty, I will announce it to the world later!" ”

After finishing speaking, he really left, leaving Xu Guangqi confused and announcing the world? How to announce the world?

In the past, it was generally when the old man returned to his hometown, he was commended, and after he died, he was posthumously gifted, and that's it. This kind of announcement is not the world, is it?

Although he couldn't figure it out, Xu Guangqi still had a faint hope in his heart. After all, who doesn't want to live forever? The emperor said that he would announce it to the world, and that was also the most glorious thing for Wenchen!

He only guessed for one day, and the next day, the mystery was revealed.

Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to list Xu Guangqi's official achievements, focusing on agriculture and science and technology, and specially named Xu Guangqi as an agricultural science and technology to show his work!

Combined with what Emperor Chongzhen said on the city gate tower before, Wen Tiren and others immediately understood that the emperor was fulfilling his promise, or throwing out an example, and bought horse bones. They couldn't help but feel that Xu Guangqi was really lucky to meet such a generous emperor.

As soon as this decree was announced to the world, Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect that there were many people and talents who were stuck in the Four Books and Five Classics, and they no longer worked hard to get into the Jinshi and the people, and they changed their careers to study science and technology.

When Xu Guangqi received this will, according to the people of the Xu Mansion, the lord shed tears and told the Xu Mansion to work hard to learn scientific and technological knowledge, immerse themselves in learning, and repay the emperor Longen.

After Sun Chengzong, who was far away in Gaoyang, Hebei, found out, he couldn't help but be really envious. Then he locked himself in the study, saying that he wanted to sort out what he had learned all his life.

A month later, on October 11, the 11th year of Chongzhen, Xu Guangqi passed away, living five years longer than the original history, at the age of seventy-six!

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he ordered the whole country to lower the flag at half-mast to mourn. At this time, the national flag had spread all over the official institutions such as yamen and schools at all levels in the Ming Dynasty, so the orders issued through the chat group system were implemented overnight. As a result, the whole country also knows that there is such a courtier in the Ming Dynasty, who worked agriculture and science and technology during his lifetime, and was not only awarded the title of Agricultural Uncle, but also had the honor of lowering the flag at half-mast after his death.

It was also from Xu Guangqi that the Ming Dynasty had the practice of lowering the flag at half-mast for the death of courtiers who had made significant contributions. I have to say that this longen for the courtiers has made countless people envious, and it has also made them more aware of the status of contributions such as science and technology in the emperor's heart.

After finishing Xu Guangqi's funeral, Emperor Chongzhen received the news from Mingwei Fort through the chat group.

Man Gui said that now that he learned that the Ming Dynasty was in Mingwei Fort, those Xiyi who had benefited from it had rushed over, hoping to become a part of the people of the Ming Dynasty. In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen naturally agreed.

No matter how many Han people there are, it is impossible to migrate there all at once. Because of this, the previous basic policy in Europe was to attack the vested interests of Europe and show favor to those oppressed serfs, so as to gain a foothold in Europe for the Ming Dynasty.

However, Emperor Chongzhen also reminded Man Gui to pay attention to the fact that among those Xiyi who came to take refuge, there were inevitably spies from Western countries, asking them to rely on the people, form a armor protection system, and supervise each other.

In addition, for the serfs in Xiyi to defect to the Ming Dynasty, the Xiyi countries naturally obstructed it, and sent troops to intercept it, and even killed them on the spot. When Li Dingguo heard this, although the weather was already very cold, he still led the cavalry to attack everywhere to fight the Xiyi army that dared to leave the protection of the city wall.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen did not have any opinions. After all, most of the cavalry troops in Mingweibao are from the Oirats department, and they are originally hardy, and they are used to attacking at this time, but there is nothing. Moreover, what Li Dingguo did would be conducive to the prestige of the Ming Dynasty to spread among the low-level people in Europe, gain more goodwill, and have more basic plates.

If it only relied on the army, it would be impossible for the Ming Dynasty to gain a foothold in Europe, and only by obtaining the support of enough serfs and having them to work could the logistics of the Ming army in Mingweibao be reduced as much as possible, so that Mingweibao could be permanently occupied and Western Siberia could be included in the Ming rule.

Originally, most of the territory of Tsarist Russia fell into the hands of Sweden, which benefited from the quick reaction of the Swedish prime minister, and it was also the reason why the Polish king was killed by the Ming army, which led to Poland first snatching the throne, and then sending troops to fight, which was a step too late.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen did not care. Da Ming retracted his fist, and he could only strike hard in the coming year. On the land of Europe, there is no need to see what you want from the beginning. Whether it is Sweden **** Lan or not, the more their territory expands, the more their forces will be diluted in the short term, as long as they are not permanently occupied, for the Ming Dynasty, the benefits will outweigh the disadvantages.

After listening to Man Gui's proclamation, Emperor Chongzhen was very relieved. But a few days later, he received another message.

"Your Majesty, the leader of the Cossack tribe, Khmelnitsky, came to Mingweibao and said that he wanted to raise his clan to attach himself to my Daming!" When Man Gui announced the news, he was still quite excited, this was the first tribe that wanted to join the Ming Dynasty on a large scale after the Ming army arrived in this extreme west. It can be seen that Daming has made a name for himself in this extreme west, and this is naturally indispensable to his credit, after all, he is the boss.

This news really surprised Emperor Chongzhen. The fame of the Cossack clan, which he also heard in later generations. Brave and good at fighting is its label, if it is really to defect to the Ming Dynasty, it will not lose the Ming Dynasty is an important force in the European battlefield.

However, he was still a little worried, so he carefully inquired about the cause and effect of the incident.

It turned out that during this period, most of the Cossack tribes were actually counted on the Polish side, and only a very small number of tribes attached themselves to Tsarist Russia and went to Siberia to do evil. In the original history, it was Khmelnitsky who could not stand the oppression of the Polish aristocracy, so he turned against Poland and finally defected to Tsarist Russia.

But at this time, the oppression of the Cossacks by the Polish nobility was still there, but Tsarist Russia was gone. Khmelnitsky's fiefdom was coveted by the Polish nobleman Alexander Koniecpolski, who persecuted Khmelnitsky several times, eventually forcing Khmelnitsky to flee his fiefdom.

Originally, he had hoped that the King of Poland would administer justice to him. But apparently, Władysław IV did not have this idea, much to his disappointment. When Władysław IV was killed by the Ming army and his younger brother became king of Poland, he hoped that he would be treated fairly from the new king. As a result, John II did not bird him at all. This made him realize that although he had been fighting for Poland, in fact, he was nothing in the eyes of the Polish aristocracy.

Subsequently, Khmelnitsky found that the Cossack tribes were oppressed by the Polish nobility, and he also heard that the Ming army was attacking the Polish and Swedish nobles everywhere and rescuing the serfs who were oppressed by those nobles. What's more important is that Li Dingguo's reputation has spread, and his invincible image makes Khmelnitsky feel that Daming is a very good candidate to defect. Therefore, after they discussed, Khmelnitsky, as a representative, came to Mingweiburg.

At this time, he stood very restrainedly in the Chinese-style conference hall of Mingwei Fort, looking at the Ming troops on both sides with straight waists and heroic postures, and he was a little envious of such an army. However, he was more concerned about coach Man Gui, and he was a little apprehensive in his heart, staring at Man Gui in thought. Of course, he didn't know that Man Gui at this time was actually telling Emperor Chongzhen about him through the chat group.