Time entered the second year of Chongzhen, and the Ming Dynasty seemed to be more and more stormy.

Following Zhang Xianzhong (Zhang Xianzhong changed his name to Zhao Junye), people who raised flags and revolted frequently appeared in many places in Henan, and even Huguang, southern Shaanxi, and southern Jinnan all emerged with righteous armies, with more than a dozen large or small branches, and even rebels also emerged in Xu, Su and other places at the foot of Nanzhili.

This situation is quite similar to the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

The court has no way, and the righteous army is everywhere, which is a sign that the world is going to die.

As the capital of the Ming Dynasty and the political center of the country, Beijing is even a common man, who likes to chat a few words about politics and criticize the country after tea and dinner.

What the Ming Dynasty is not going to do, and it is going to change the dynasty.

Now that it can be as stable as Mount Tai, there is probably only one Zhu Youzhen left.

He is not worried or afraid at all, but is proud every day.

After Sun Yuanhua's ideological work, Xu Guangqi, who had retired, finally left the church and re-entered the palace.

"Sir is willing to return, that is a blessing for me and the country."

In the Jianji Palace, Zhu Youzhen greeted him enthusiastically and personally, and as soon as he saw Xu Guangqi, he strode forward and firmly grasped the latter with both hands.

is so enthusiastic that Xu Guangqi once served as a cabinet deputy assistant, and he has been deeply involved in officialdom politics for many years, and he feels that he can't bear it.

"Your Majesty is dear to you, minister, how can there be any reason for disobedience and obedience."

"Sir, please take a seat." Zhu Youzhen pulled Xu Guangqi, and couldn't help but say that he invited the latter to the seat, sat on the side by himself, and talked about his daily life: "When I was still the king of letters, I heard that Mr. had retired from things, and I felt deeply regretful. ”

Xu Guangqi didn't dare.

Zhu Youzhen's enthusiasm was undiminished, and he added three points of compliments: "Over the years, Mr. has been obsessed with Western missionary learning, committed to the study of new technical things, and wants to come to receive a lot of goods. ”

At this moment, Xu Guangqi was also moved by Zhu Youzhen's continuous kind words, where would there be plans to cherish himself, naturally he talked eloquently.

From astronomy to geography, from mathematics to surveying and mapping, from water conservancy to military industry, it is all known and spoken.

Xu Guangqi chatted a lot, but in the end, Zhu Youzhen's attention was no longer on the content of the chat itself, but on thinking of a lot.

The first thing that comes to mind is the mentor in Xu Guangqi's mouth, that is, the Catholic missionary Matteo Ricci.

The official "Kanyu Wanguo Tu" used by the Ming Dynasty is made by Matteo Ricci.

Matteo Ricci had been a missionary in Beijing for more than 20 years, with as many as 200 princes and nobles, Xu Guangqi joined the church as the second assistant of the Ming cabinet and became a student of Matteo Ricci, and began to contact and spread Western scholarship, which became an important node for the exchange of Chinese and Western academics.

But this is obviously not a good time.

In the Ming Dynasty, which was plagued by internal and external troubles, there was no safe space for academic progress, and there was no soil for non-Confucian academic survival in China at this time.

Matteo Ricci had already made sacrifices for the sake of proselytizing, he removed all the ideas of 'all men are equal' in the doctrine, and came up with a set of Confucianism Catholic doctrine with Chinese characteristics, but even so, when the Ming and Qing dynasties followed, the bond of communication between China and the West was broken.

Since then, nearly 300 years later, when the whole world is developing rapidly, when high-rise buildings began to rise one after another, the land of China is decaying and deepening day by day.

Wrap your little feet?

It's almost cerebellum!

Is this a mistake on the part of the rulers, or a mistake on the part of scholarship?

Scholarship itself is not wrong, it is people who are wrong, so should this responsibility be attributed to the greed and cowardice of the ruling class, or should it be attributed to the deep-rooted class habits inherited by the Chinese for 4,000 years?

China, keen on the idea of the official-based system, from a small student to the country's first assistant, almost everyone has an innate yearning for being an official.

The more I want to be an official, the more I put my energy into communication, and when I become an official, I worry about losing power all day long.

Since then, flattery has been pressed down.

How to stabilize one's position and consolidate one's rule has become a daily lesson for self-examination.

Zhu Youzhen's thoughts began to fly farther and farther.

He can now reuse Xu Guangqi, or he can reuse the German John Tong, just like a horse bone in the golden city, absorbing a lot of outstanding talents from the West.

The current Ming Dynasty has such an attraction, even if it is already a decaying country, but in the eyes of people from Western countries, the mysterious ancient country of the East is still covered with a layer of glorious coats of the Heavenly Empire.

The Ming Dynasty is a big country, a very big country, with a wider territory and a larger population than their motherland.

Just like the United States three hundred years later, Daming has the prestige advantage of absorbing talents from all over the world, and by making good use of this advantage, Zhu Youzhen can quickly realize scientific and technological iteration.

If you don't dare to blow it big, you can do it in thirty or fifty years.

Flintlock pistols and smoothbore guns, which are sharp weapons of the times in the military industry, can be used for production without any technical barriers.

And then what, will beating Huang Taiji and leveling Houjin make Zhu Youzhen feel a sense of accomplishment?

Perhaps the history books will praise him as the lord of Zhu Youzhen Zhongxing and the savior of the Ming Dynasty.

But after his death, will the Ming Dynasty 200 years later replace the Manchu Qing Dynasty and become another decadent dynasty that has closed itself off from the country and has been reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal dynasty, and has since been nailed to the pillar of shame in the history of Chinese civilization?

At this time, Zhu Youzhen will think of that false proposition.

If the Manchu Qing Dynasty had not entered the customs or had not beaten Li Zicheng, and it was the Dashun Dynasty that replaced the Ming Dynasty as the ruling power in this land, would it have avoided many tragedies?

It will not allow Westerners to step on our heads and act as a blessing, and it will not seriously hurt the self-esteem of our nation.

There will no longer be ordinary people who subconsciously feel that they are of a higher race when they see foreign adults.

This false proposition is destined to have no answer, because all the faults have been borne by the late Qing government.

Zhu Youzhen thought about it a lot, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt a headache, and finally forcibly regained his mind and listened to Xu Guangqi's words quietly.

He knew how to use Xu Guangqi.

"Mr.'s erudition is really a national treasure, if you put Mr. in the temple case, I don't think it's beautiful."

Zhu Youzhen said sincerely: "I originally intended to ask Mr. to return to the post of the first assistant of the cabinet, but now I want to ask Mr. to bend down and work in education. ”

Xu Guangqi was slightly confused, and soon said with some concern.

"Since the minister joined Catholicism and preached Western teachings, it was incomprehensible to the world, and it was difficult to achieve education."

"The sea is tolerant of all rivers, and tolerance is great." Zhu Youzhen smiled and said with relief: "I believe that the world will understand Mr. and will definitely support him." ”

Although Xu Guangqi still felt difficult in his heart, Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth, and he could only reluctantly accept this errand at the moment, and said that he would do his best.

As for whether the world will support Xu Guangqi, Zhu Youzhen naturally has his own way.

If you can't solve the trouble, then solve the person who caused the trouble!

The natural and man-made disasters during the Xiaoice River period made China a country full of holes and devastation, but it also gave China the best opportunity for rebirth.

Many things that were once destined to be unfinished, that monstrous resistance, will no longer exist in this period!