The matter was still fermenting, and in May, ships sailing from Amsterdam, Netherlands, bound for the Empire, had arrived in Tianjin. Zhu Youxiao originally planned to personally greet Galileo and his party, but considering that the undercurrent of the Beijing division is now surging, Zhu Youxiao decided to set up a banquet in the palace to entertain Galileo and his party.

The Chi Road in Beijing and Tianjin has been completed, and this Chi Road is the first Chi Road built by Zhu Youxiao, and it is also a Chi Road that Zhu Youxiao has built first. The construction of this gallop road is related to Zhu Youxiao's plan to abolish Caoyun, but now this plan is still in Zhu Youxiao's mind.

Caoyun is related to the interests of hundreds of thousands of people, and the relationships inside are even more intertwined. There are many problems in Caoyun, not only is the cost of transportation staggering, but it costs even more than this amount of freight for millions of stone of grain every year, and there are 120,000 Caoyun officers and soldiers who have been fixed on Caoyun for many years, which is a project that is extremely easy to breed corruption.

This is a project that Zhu Youxiao must abolish, but now there are still many problems in the empire that have not been solved, and the matter of Cao Yun has been put on the back by Zhu Youxiao for the time being.

The venue of Zhu You's school banquet is still at the noon gate, and the regulations for the noon gate banquet are very high, and it is generally used for the "big banquet". Zhu Youxiao deliberately set up a banquet here this time to show the importance he attached to Galileo and his party.

Before the official banquet, Zhu Youxiao first summoned Galileo and his party in the Fengtian Temple.

"Deputy Envoy Li, introduce me." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile. Zhu Youxiao originally wanted to arrange for Long Huamin to receive Galileo and his party, but considering that some of them, including Kepler, were Protestants, Zhu Youxiao simply did not arrange for Long Huamin and others to receive them.

"No. This is Galileo? Mr. Galileh. Li Hailong introduced the white-bearded old man who stood in the first place.

"I thank Galileo again on behalf of the Empire? The arrival of Mr. Galilei and his achievements in the field of science have always been very admired by me, and I also recognize Mr. Galilei's 'heliocentrism', and I would like to ask him to serve as an academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences and the vice president of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. I wonder if Mr. would like to? Zhu Youxiao said sincerely.

For a big coffee like Galileo, Zhu Youxiao's principle is not to think about going back when he comes. In this time and space, China's science and technology have fallen behind, and if you want to overtake in corners, you don't need a group of people, especially a group of top scientists.

Although Zhu Youxiao graduated from liberal arts, he knows more than the top scientists in this time and space in some aspects, but knowing does not mean that he can express it clearly, such as Newton's three laws, he knows, but how to argue and how to make the world accept, Zhu Youxiao really can't write this paper, which requires the help of these big names. For example, Kepler's three laws, Zhu Youxiao only knew that Kepler had three laws, but he couldn't memorize any of them.

This is also the reason why Zhu Youxiao is trying his best to poach these scientists from the West.

Deng Yuhan and Galileo were very good friends, and he took the initiative to translate Zhu Youxiao's words to Galileo. After Galileo listened, he also recognized Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao was definitely the only monarch in this time and space who supported the heliocentric theory, and it was because of the heliocentric theory that Galileo was persecuted by the church. But Zhu Youxiao's enthusiasm made Galileo hesitate.

"Mr. Galileo, I can allocate a special fund from the royal family for my research, and if Mr. agrees to my request, I will allocate a place in Beijing to be used for the construction of a church." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

Zhu Youxiao's proposal moved the hearts of all the Catholics present, and this proposal was too tempting. The Ming royal family funded the construction of the church, which is of great symbolic significance, which is also an important achievement of the Catholic mission in the East; The second is the royal contribution, which means that its scale and grade will definitely be ranked in the world.

Zhu Youxiao's proposal made Long Huamin and the others very excited, and everyone's eyes were focused on Galileo.

"Thanks to Your Majesty's kindness, the minister is willing to serve as an academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences and the deputy courtyard of the Imperial Academy of Sciences." Galileo said respectfully. Of course, this passage became like this under Deng Yuhan's translation.

"Good. Long Huamin. Zhu Youxiao said happily.

"The minister is here." Long Huamin said excitedly.

"You are responsible for building a new church, and I will allocate funds to you with internal funds." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No." Long Huamin said respectfully.

"Go on." Zhu Youxiao signaled.

"Your Majesty, is this Johannes? Mr. Kepler. Li Hailong introduced the second person and said.

"On behalf of the Empire, I once again thank Mr. Kepler for coming, although the world cannot understand the achievements of Mr. Kepler in astronomy for the time being, but I am very recognized, genius is always lonely, I believe that one day the world will recognize Mr. Kepler's achievements, I also ask him to be an academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences and the vice president of the Imperial Academy of Things. I will also fund your research from within, and I will also fund the construction of a Protestant church. Zhu Youxiao said sincerely.

Hearing that Zhu Youxiao was going to build a church for the Protestants, Long Huamin and the others were a little unhappy, but this is the Ming Dynasty, everything is Zhu Youxiao's final say, even if Long Huamin is not happy, they dare not publicly refute it.

"Thanks to Your Majesty's kindness, the minister is willing to serve as an academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences and the deputy courtyard of the Imperial Academy of Sciences." Kepler said respectfully.

"What questions do you have, sir?" Zhu Youxiao felt that Kepler seemed to have something to say.

"Your Majesty, who is the dean of the Imperial Gewu Academy?" Kepler asked curiously.

"The dean of the Imperial Academy is me." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile. Zhu Youxiao knew that if he didn't become the dean of the Imperial Gewu Academy, it would be difficult for the Imperial Gewu Academy to recruit students, and his appointment as the dean of the Imperial Gewu Academy meant that the students who came in could be called "protégés of the Son of Heaven", and this title was very attractive to the students of the Gewu Academy.

"Your Majesty, this is Cavalieri, a student of Mr. Galileo, who is quite good at mathematics, and hopes to get the position of chair in mathematics." Li Hailong introduced.

"The chair of the Gewu Academy will be arranged by Mr. Galileo." Zhu Youxiao said.

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Eleven scholars were brought from the West, and the rest came to preach. For such a situation, Zhu Youxiao can only accept it for the time being, he needs these talents too much. This is also the price he has to pay for bringing in talent from the West.

(End of chapter)