For such a high-level reception of Galileo and his party, the government and the opposition also have a lot of criticism. Now, even if Western technology has surpassed the empire, the empire still maintains a psychological advantage, and the people of the empire look at the countries around them as barbarians.

"Your Majesty, why do you attach so much importance to these Western barbarians?" Zhang Yan took the initiative to ask.

This time, Zhu Youxiao was responsible for entertaining Galileo and his party, but their wives were all entertained by Zhang Yan. Moreover, Zhu Youxiao also asked Zhang Yan to be very polite to entertain these people, and even Zhu Youxiao asked Zhang Yan to prepare a gift for the wives of these scholars.

"Baozhu, which country do you think is the most powerful country in the world?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Of course it's me Daming." Zhang Yan said.

"I never thought that the Ming Dynasty was the most powerful country in the world, come, look at this map." Zhu Youxiao pointed to the map hanging on the wall and said, "Look, this is a Spanish colony, this is a Dutch colony, and there are ...... here."

"How do you feel after reading it?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"These countries have occupied a large number of colonies in the world by force and grab, and they have even more land than the Ming Dynasty. And I am different, just rule the world with benevolence and righteousness. Zhang Yan replied.

"Benevolence? What is Righteousness? If the people have no food to eat and no clothes to wear, no matter how benevolent and righteous you are, they will never tell you about benevolence and righteousness. Now Westerners are plundering wealth all over the world and constructing what they call 'benevolence'. You don't have to look at them doing unjust things all over the world today, when they rule the world, the standard of 'benevolence' is the standard they set. Zhu Youxiao explained.

"In fact, I believe that the most powerful country in the world now is not the Ming Empire, but the Netherlands, a country known as the 'sea coachman'." Zhu Youxiao continued.

"The Netherlands itself is nothing more than a small land, and if you count the colonies, it is at most about the Empire." Zhang Yan said in surprise.

"The strength of an empire is not determined by how rich the country is, how many people it has, how big the land is, but whether it can export its values to the rest of the world." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Values?" Zhang Yan said suspiciously.

"In simple terms, the ethical standards that he recognizes. Now the Dutch are exporting their values all over the world, and the Ming Empire is still resting on its laurels, watching as its former vassal country becomes a colony of Westerners. Zhu Youxiao explained.

"The emperor means that if the Ming Empire wants to become the strongest empire in the world, it must export the values of the Ming Dynasty?" Zhang Yan asked.

"Yes, if you want to export the values of the Ming Dynasty, you must have the power to match. And the empire will not forget the hands of Jianyu, but will only die at the hands of the empire's own people. Now there are many natural disasters in the empire, and the food and clothing of the people are big problems. In order not to die in the hands of the empire's own people, the empire must solve the problems of food and clothing for the people, and transfer these contradictions abroad to ensure the long-term prosperity of the empire. Zhu Youxiao said.

"How is this transferred?" Zhang Yan asked curiously.

"Quite simply, it is to plunder the wealth needed by the people of the empire from other countries." Zhu Youxiao said.

"This ......" Zhang Yan didn't know what to say.

"If the people of the empire can't survive, do they still have to talk to the people of other countries about benevolence, righteousness and morality? The reason why I have to entertain this group of people from the West is because of the scientific knowledge they have in their hands to make the empire strong. Only after the scientific knowledge they bring takes root in the empire can the empire become a real power in the future, so that the people can be fed and clothed, and only then can the moral standards of benevolence and righteousness be promoted. Zhu Youxiao said.

"The concubine seems to understand the emperor's meaning a little." Zhang Yan nodded and said.

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Imperial Gewu College is only a short walk from Imperial Western Medical College. As early as the construction of the Imperial Western Medical College, the Imperial Gewu Academy had already begun to be built, and by the time Galileo and the others arrived in the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial Gewu Academy had already been built. Imperial Gewu College is currently the largest institution in the empire, and Zhu You School is expected to enroll 5,000 to 10,000 students to build the largest institution of higher learning in time and space.

May 28 was the day that Zhu Youxiao chose to hold the opening ceremony for the Imperial Gewu Academy. Zhu Youxiao, as the dean of the Imperial Gewu Academy, is also ready to personally preside over the unveiling ceremony.

On May 27, Jinyiwei and Dongchang began martial law around Gewu College. Now in an extraordinary period, Jinyiwei and Dongchang have mobilized almost all the forces in Beijing to ensure the safety of Zhu Youxiao's trip.

On this day, the body armor made by Zhu Youxiao was also delivered. Zhu Youxiao was really afraid of death, and when he heard that someone was buying the Apocalypse Gun at a high price, his first reaction was that someone wanted to stab him with the Apocalypse Gun. With the full cooperation of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, the person who bought the Apocalypse Gun at a high price was indeed found, but this person didn't say anything, even if Jinyiwei and Dongchang used all means, they couldn't pry open this person's mouth. This made Zhu Youxiao decide to make body armor.

Although the Apocalypse Gun has an aiming device, it is very difficult to hit the head with a single shot according to the current means, unless it is very close. Generally, the upper body will be chosen for assassination, the target is large, easy to hit, and surgery is still extremely underdeveloped in this era, if you are hit by the apocalypse gun in the upper body, even if you don't hit the vital point, the probability of death is also very large.

"Get an Apocalypse Gun and try it on body armor." Zhu Youxiao commanded.

"No." Wang Liqian bowed and replied.

Among the three thousand female soldiers of the Praetorian Guard, they were also equipped with five Apocalypse Guns, and Wang Liqian soon brought two female soldiers equipped with Apocalypse Guns.

"Fifty meters, one hundred meters, two hundred meters, three hundred meters, four hundred meters, and five hundred meters each, I want to see the effect of the clothes." Zhu Youxiao said. Zhu Youxiao's body armor is made of several layers of silk. The use of silk bulletproof, which Zhu Youxiao learned from the history of making body armor in later generations.

The female soldiers equipped with the Apocalypse Gun are all female soldiers who are proficient in shooting, and they can solve the problem with seven shots at a distance of six meters, of which two shots are fired at a distance of 500 meters.

"Your Majesty, the body armor at a distance of fifty meters and a hundred meters has been penetrated, but a hundred meters has just penetrated the body armor, and above two hundred meters, the Apocalypse gun cannot penetrate the body armor." Wang Liqian reported the results of the experiment.

"Okay, tomorrow I will wear such body armor to the unveiling ceremony." Zhu Youxiao said happily.

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(End of chapter)