Chapter 466: Gravitation
"Your Majesty, this old white ghost dares to be so rampant and openly slander my Da Ming Sect, it's better to just let him not go back!"
Yang Zhong said viciously. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
As for why don't go back, this goes without saying.
"Hmph, Huang Huo!"
Yang Feng looked at the transcript of Niu Dashen's remarks on the table, and said with a sneer: "I like this word!" ”
As for the ox god, this is completely unnecessary, in fact, even if he doesn't shout this word, those European monarchs also have this kind of awareness, seeing that they are so happy with the Ottoman Empire truce, you know that they are wary of the Ming Dynasty, including Ahmet III also has this awareness. Now both Louis and the two Charles had stopped their expansion, and Louis had taken possession of northern Algeria in North Africa on the condition that Muslin retain their faith in exchange for the latter's cooperation. Charles XII was appeasing the Polish nobility with the goal of getting them to wear the Polish crown on his head, while Charles VI continued to stabilize his occupied territories, and even after the end of the war, even Muslin in the Austrian occupation zone was allowed to retain their faith.
It's clear they're fighting for muslin.
The Ming army pursued a purge policy, and the occupied areas fully implemented the holy religion, and only Bengal still had Muslin in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but the Bengali king and upper class had all converted to the Holy Religion, and the Muslin in Bangladesh was not recognized as a second-class citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and his property was not protected in any way, which also led to those who were not firm in their beliefs to convert to the Holy Religion, and those who were firm in their beliefs fled to the nearby states of the Mughal Empire.
In fact, Bangladesh is also gradually being purged.
And the tolerance shown by the European countries will form a sharp contrast with the Ming Dynasty, after all, they themselves are also scriptures, and they are completely different from the theoretically polytheistic holy religion.
Those desperate muslins will definitely fall in love with them in the end, and in the end, even if the Ming annexes the Middle East, then these muslins who are allied with the Christians will also become the first line of defense in Europe, to put it bluntly, these European monarchs are already working on the establishment of a buffer zone, and the reason why they dare not openly shout the slogan of Huang Huo is just because they need to import arms from the Ming Dynasty.
Well, it's helpless!
But they also don't have a choice.
In this case, even if the cow god goes back, there will inevitably be no good results.
The European countries would not allow him to destroy the apparent Ming-European relations, because it would affect their ongoing preparations for war, once the spread of Niu Dashen's Huang Huo theory caused Emperor Yang to be angry, and it would be troublesome to stop exporting steel rifled weapons to them, although there was still a huge gap between these weapons and the Ming army, it was much better than them using smoothbore weapons to meet the Ming army in the future.
The god of the cow is destined to be a sacrifice.
His only purpose is to wake up the people of Europe, after all, the current European people because of the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to hand over Jerusalem to the Crusaders, and there is a large number of high-quality and low-cost industrial products produced by the Ming Dynasty, and the good impression of the Ming Dynasty is increasing day by day, and someone is indeed needed to tear open Yang Feng's painting skin, and of course such a person must have enough influence, Niu Dashen is the best choice.
But that's what he does.
"I am a Chinese person, I can still tolerate some ignorant people, he is also a scientist, I respect scientists, since he is here, then don't lack courtesy, let the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Arts also come forward to receive it."
Yang Feng said.
He decided to pit the cow god to death.
Although he didn't know why, Yang Zhong didn't dare to say anything more, and immediately notified the Academy of Sciences and the College of Liberal Arts.
Then when Niu Dashen arrived at Yingtian Railway Station by train, the welcome ceremony was already prepared outside, headed by the Marquis Yan Hongkui, the former secretary of the Ming Imperial Academy of Literature, and the former secretary of the Ministry of Education, dozens of doctors from the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Arts warmly welcomed the famous European scientist Newton to visit the Ming Dynasty, and even the children holding flowers were ready.
The Ming degree is divided into two levels, the college students are very good, they can get the title of bachelor in the school and the Ministry of Education, and the bachelor is extremely good, you can get the title of doctor signed by Emperor Yang, this can join the Ming Royal Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Letters, this is not just a title, the doctor has a fixed salary every year, and the two academies also have ten places of the House of Nobles and the House of Inspectors.
It's scary.
In particular, the doctors of the two academies are not limited to their affiliation, that is to say, whether they are native to the Ming Dynasty or the subjects of the country, they are qualified to become doctors of the two academies, in Yang Feng's words, everyone is equal in front of knowledge, and anyone is eligible to become a doctor, even if it is a slave as long as he has enough knowledge, he can also become a doctor, let alone the subjects of the Ming Dynasty. You must know that the subject country does not have any seats in the House of Lords or the House of Inspectors, and even the kings of those subject countries have no possibility of really participating in the decision-making of the Ming Dynasty unless they obtain the inner lord and then have to be elected in the noble election.
However, there is no restriction on the status of doctors.
In other words, the subject country can obtain a seat in the House of Nobles or the Inspectorate through the doctors of the two chambers.
For example, the current king of Goryeo does not have a knight, that is to say, no matter what decision the Ming Empire government makes, he has no right to participate, at most he has the right to send a representative to observe, and he can only passively accept the rest, no matter what the decision is, he can only obey, and he does not even have the right to put forward opinions, which is the duty of the Inspectorate. However, the vice president of the Daming Academy of Literature is a Confucian master of Goryeo, and he is one of the representatives of the Academy of Literature in the House of Nobles, which means that he has the right to elect the prime minister of the Ming Empire, and he also has one vote among the 360 votes, and the king of Goryeo does not have this qualification and he has.
Well, this also made Confucianism a top priority in Goryeo.
In fact, not only Goryeo, but all the subject countries attach great importance to Confucian education, after all, compared to the doctor of science, the difficulty and investment of this thing are not at the same level.
Similarly, the grand event of the doctors of the two academies welcoming European university scholars also hyped up in newspapers around the Ming Dynasty, especially the newspapers controlled by the Ming capital in Europe, in short, so that everyone in the two places knew how the Ming Dynasty warmly entertained the Niu God, and even the informants who were bought by the people of Jinyiwei in European countries joined the propaganda ranks, and for a time Newton's welcome in the Ming Dynasty caused a sensation in the world, and even the distant Americas, they knew how much the people of the Ming Dynasty respected the Niu God, and then ......
"And then he'll be notorious."
Yang Feng said sinisterly.
Indeed, the higher he holds it, the higher it falls, at this time, Niu Dashen has two choices, shut up and stop promoting Huang Huo, but the British government does not agree, the British government is here to let him do this, this is his task, if he shuts up, the British government will clean him up. The second is to fulfill his mission, and then he will become an ungrateful villain, and the monarchs of the continent will not mind stepping on him to show friendship to Yang Feng in exchange for more arms they need to buy them more time to prepare for war.
What Britain needs is for the countries of the European continent and the Ming Dynasty to go against each other.
Because they are at the back, Yang Feng's anger is the last to burn on them no matter how they are arranged, and when the European countries and the Ming Dynasty are facing each other, they can continue to be the wall grass to maximize the benefits and save the increasingly sluggish economy, for example, they can be logistics providers, so that the European countries are in the front, and they provide arms and materials in the back.
But the monarchs of the continent did not need it.
What they need is to delay time, the longer the better, even if they let them flatter Yang Feng in exchange for time, they will not hesitate to do it.
The cow god became a victim.
In order not to surprise his friends, he could only be aggrieved.
Also in the Ming Dynasty, it will also create the impression that those scholars in Europe are scum, the Ming Dynasty is so good to him, but he repays the Ming Dynasty so much, what is not scum?
He would have gained notoriety in Europe.
He will also be notorious in Daming.
And then pick up his black history, and hype it up in European newspapers, his reputation will be like his gravitational force from the sky to the mud, in the end, Niu Dashen is still a little tender to play politics, he didn't know that he came to Daming this time, to a large extent, he was pushed as a victim, the British government needs an ignition, but the British government has not considered whether this ignition will also be burned to death.
These top gods in Europe are also the targets of Yang Feng's attack.
He doesn't care about the scientific threat of these people to the Ming Dynasty, these people can no longer be a threat, the scientific and technological gap between the Ming Dynasty and Europe has widened to the point where there is no hope for at least a hundred years, but these people are the flag of Europe, they are the source of European self-esteem, they are a symbolic existence, with these scientific giants and literary masters, Europeans will never bow their heads, the cannons of the Ming Dynasty can shatter their bodies, but can not destroy their spirits.
Then let them fall.
Let them fall with dirt all over them.
"Your Majesty, the 3rd Marine Brigade has landed in South Africa."
Just when Yang Fengyan instructed Jinyiwei on how to use the weapon of public opinion and trained with Newton as an experiment, an attendant reported to him.
"Tell the Dutch the news."
Yang Feng said.
"Tell them that I like people who are sensible, who know the importance of friendship, and who don't embarrass their friends, and I guess they'll understand."
Then he added.
Understood, the Dutch understood very well.
Just when a director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Dynasty personally visited the Dutch minister and casually told him at the banquet that the Ming had decided to open up a colony in South Africa to meet the growing population needs of the Ming Dynasty, the Dutch minister knew very well what to do.
"Doesn't he have to ask for instructions from home?"
Yang Feng asked suspiciously.
The Dutch minister officially proposed to Daming to sell Cape Town, the price is not high, five million dragon dollars on the line, it should be said that this is a very reasonable price, after all, there is a castle there, a port, in addition to the Dutch immigrants also established a large farm there, once sold to Daming, these people will definitely not stay, these packages are still very sincere to sell to Daming for five million.
What makes Yang Feng strange is that this kind of thing doesn't need to be asked for instructions in the Netherlands?
"I guess they had a plan."
Liang Cheng said with a smile.
"Our fleet is from the Longyamen military port, and it is also publicized with great fanfare, the Dutch must know that we have to Cape Town, they have neither the ability nor the courage to compete with us, the only thing to do is to try to minimize the losses, so the best choice is to be able to satisfy Your Majesty, now we have made it clear, in case it is delayed for a long time, Your Majesty is angry and so on? So simply authorize the Minister to them early on, and once we show that we want Cape Town, then the Minister can decide for himself to agree to the sale. ”
Then he added.
To put it bluntly, since the Dutch are sycophants, they simply shoot them thoroughly.
"Ha, ha, they are interested, since this is the case, then don't embarrass them anymore, go and tell the Dutch minister, and say that I agree, five million is five million, and in order to reward their friendship, I will add another million to them to comfort the Dutch who have left Cape Town, but there is one thing, this money gives them money, and this money is all for special use, and they are not allowed to exchange it for gold and silver, if they want to be able to exchange, then not even five million, at most three million for them."
Yang Feng said with a smile.
To put it bluntly, he was ready to print a bunch of banknotes for Cape Town, not pay for gold and silver.
But what about the Dutch?
Change, why not?
These banknotes are nothing more than that they cannot be exchanged for gold and silver, but it can buy all the things that the Dutch need to buy in the Ming Dynasty, whether it is arms or other civilian goods, it can be used, and its value is no different from gold and silver in this regard, because without these banknotes, the Dutch will also use gold and silver to buy what they need from the Ming Dynasty.
The Dutch minister did not hesitate to agree.
Then the Ming and the Netherlands quickly signed an agreement in Yingtian, and the Ming bought Cape Town from the latter for six million dragon dollars, and on the same day, the Universal Company sold their commercial stronghold of Oriental Port to the government for five million dragon dollars.
"Then you go and ask, are the Portuguese willing to sell Mozambique?"
Yang Feng, who is addicted to procurement, said to Liang Cheng.
"Your Majesty, this is not the same as Cape Town."
Liang Cheng reminded him.
It is true that Mozambique is not Cape Town, Cape Town is just a trading port, and after the rise of the Oriental Port, the volume of trade there has plummeted, and the Suez Canal in Yangfeng has been started, this port is doomed to decline, and it is like chicken ribs for the Dutch, but Mozambique is a real colony, a major slave exporter, a major ivory trading center, and a gold producer, which can create a lot of wealth for Portugal every year, and the Portuguese will be very painful in such a place.
"Different?"
Yang Feng sneered and said, "It's all the same in front of me, nothing is different. (To be continued.) )