The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

Newton, Copernicus, Galileo, Bruno, Kepler, Magellan...

In this long list of names, each of them is a well-known heavyweight in the scientific world!The founder of one or several disciplines!

Among them, Copernicus and Bruno were caught by the Inquisition of the Holy See and sent to the stake. They were burned to ashes in the squares of Rome, Vatican and other places, and sent to heaven!

Okay, I buy one from the Holy See for 1 taels of silver, is it worth it?

For the Holy See, there is simply no reason to object!

These are all troublesome elements who have caused headaches for the Holy See in Western Europe, troublesome people!

They are all well-known figures in their respective fields.

Burning them to death, the Holy See will also take risks, and bear the pressure.

But what if you don't burn them?

They will work tirelessly and use various methods to prove that God, his old man, Nima does not exist!

Isn't this smashing the job of the Holy See?

But these people are hard-headed, the Inquisitor of the Holy See has everything to say, as long as you are willing to admit that you have done something wrong, the imperial army, no, the Holy See will release you and give you glory and wealth.

But helplessly, these lunatics don't listen to their good words, and they will be bullied if they say anything, and they are determined to fight against the Holy See!

Now, the chief assistant of Daming is willing to buy them for 1 taels!

As long as the Holy See sends these lunatics to Hangzhou, they can get 1 taels of silver and the friendship of the chief minister of Ming Dynasty!

Why not?How can you refuse?

Besides, in the eyes of the Holy See, these lunatics exiled Daming and went to harm Daming. What does it have to do with the Holy See?

Selling scientific research lunatics, it's simply not too cool!

Immediately, Nima De didn't even hesitate, and immediately agreed on behalf of the Holy See!

"Okay! Your Excellency, we don't think there will be any problem with this. On the contrary, the Pope of the Holy See and the cardinals will definitely be grateful to Daming and will take in these lunatics." , After thinking for a while, he kindly reminded: "But my lord, these are complete lunatics. The devil Satan lives in their minds, and they are very good at using strict logic to confuse people and believe in their so-called science."

Yan Song said in his heart, what I want is Satan in their brains to confuse the people of my Ming Dynasty and believe in science.

Therefore, in the city of Hangzhou in the 16th century, Yan Song, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, signed a simple agreement with the representatives of the Holy See, Li Madou and Nima De.

The content of the agreement is very simple, there are two.

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1. Daming bought natural science and philosophy books in Western Europe at a price of 1000 taels of silver each. (But no religious books!)

2. Daming bought scientists arrested by the Inquisition at a price of 1 taels of silver each. They wanted scientists of all kinds. (Just scientists, not witches... um... pretty ones are fine too... (squinting smile)

The signing of this agreement was lamented by countless Western European historians in the future, beating their chests and feet, tearing their feet, and scolding it as a major historical event of "short-sightedness", "the rise of the Ming Dynasty", and "the beginning of the loss of the West for 500 years".

In the next few decades, driven by Yan Song's huge profit of 1 taels of silver, the Holy See's Inquisition happily launched campaigns of "hunting scientific lunatics" throughout Europe, killing the entire Western Europe. Countless scientists, medical scientists, astronomers, philosophers, and aestheticians of all fields were arrested, and every ship bound for Daming was filled to the brim, and sent to Daming like black slaves.

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Daming fulfilled the agreement very readily, paying on the spot, and handing over silver to these elated Western Holy See, or the silk, tea and porcelain they demanded.

Therefore, although scientists such as Copernicus, Bruno, Kepler, Galileo, and Magellan were arrested by the Inquisition, they were all sent to Ming Dynasty, even Shakespeare, Michelangelo, Raphael, Francois Raab Artists and writers such as Ray, Da Vinci, and Cervantes were also ruthlessly arrested one by one by the inquisitors whose eyes were reddened by the white silver, and put under the name of various heresies. , sent to Daming for silver.Even Newton, a nobleman with a title and a good net worth, failed to escape the cap of the Inquisition and was caught in Daming for silver.

And Yan Song, who never refused to come, smiled and established the Academy of Sciences of the Ming Empire in the beautiful and picturesque Hangzhou. The earth opened its arms to the exiled scientific lunatics of Europe who came by ship by ship.

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Chapter 324 Daming, the Paradise Yearned by Western Scientists 【1】

Because of Yan Song’s policy, Copernicus, Bruno, Kepler, Galileo, Magellan, Shakespeare, Michelangelo, Raphael, Francois Raab Lei, Da Vinci, Cervantes and others escaped the threat of death at the stake one after another. They felt uneasy and were exiled to Daming, tens of thousands of miles away. They came to the paradise where they lived happily in the future!

What greeted them was not the wild land they imagined, but Daming, which was a hundred times richer and more civilized than Western Europe!

Every scientist selected into the Imperial Academy of Sciences of the Ming Dynasty will be given the corresponding imperial imperial professor, full professor, associate professor, teaching assistant and other titles according to the evaluation of ability and value by the academic degree and teaching evaluation committee of the Academy of Sciences, and enjoy the extremely "seven zero seven" Luxurious material treatment, everyone has a unique courtyard and servants.

Those scientists enjoyed generous subsidies from Ming Dynasty for life, an annual salary of 1 taels of silver, and various generous R&D rewards.

What makes them even more ecstatic is that in the Daming Academy of Sciences and universities, they can freely research and develop the scientific fields they want to devote themselves to. Daming will do everything possible to provide them with all the materials, equipment, manpower and material resources they need to build them the highest in this era. Configure the laboratory without them having to worry about funding.Of course, the condition is that the results of their research and development and the experimental notes will all belong to the Academy of Sciences and the University of the Ming Dynasty free of charge, and then be transformed into scientific research results of the Ming Dynasty.

Here, these scientists who were persecuted in Western Europe with almost nowhere to go and whose families were ruined seemed to be in heaven and found their favorite scientific sanctuary.

Shakespeare, a great writer who lived in Daming for life in the future, described it in this way.

"When we thought we were abandoned by the civilized world, and after several months of wandering under the escort of the executioners of the Holy See, we came to the land of exile that they called, what greeted us was not the devil, but the most civilized people in the world. Only then did I know that we were not sent to hell, but heaven, and we were not abandoned by civilization, but ushered in the real civilization."

"This is a paradise of science, rationality and culture. The Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty, Yan Song, created the best conditions for scientists and writers from Europe. We will be grateful to the Holy See for the rest of our lives, praise the Inquisition, and bring me out of the darkness like The dark night and the suffocating Middle Ages were sent to Daming, which is as bright as the summer sun and has free air. I was born in England, but I am from Daming.”

Spain's world-class writer Cervantes wrote affectionately: "I like walking by the West Lake, especially the spring dawn on the Su Causeway and the remnant snow on the broken bridge. Whenever the sun sets, I will stroll on the Su Causeway and listen to the South Ping Wanzhong, discussing art and poetry with my lifelong friend Xu Wei and Xu Wenchang. Undoubtedly, he is a poetic genius comparable to any great poet. We can always meet Li Zhi and He Xinyin, who were not tolerated by the mainstream of Ming Dynasty because of their cynical advocacy of reforming Confucianism. Calvin (the founder of Calvinism, one of the Protestants) who was exiled by the Holy See for both advocating the reformation of the church, was also strolling along the West Lake hand in hand, arguing fiercely about philosophy and ideas.”

"The most ironic thing is that by Lake Lixi, I can always see Sir Newton sitting helplessly under his exclusive apple grove to sleep, waiting for the apple to hit him on the head. The always generous Prime Minister Yan Song, but An unbelievable order was issued to the dean of the School of Physics, forbidding him to live elsewhere, and specially building an apple grove ten miles long for him, allowing him to sleep under the tree. The apple smashed Newton's three laws, and he couldn't go back to his villa for a day. Poor Sir Newton would be knocked unconscious by the apple almost twice a month, but he still hasn't comprehended the three laws. No, I have to laugh for a while. "

At this time, the Daming Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Liberal Arts had the most brilliant all-star lineup in the entire world.

Take a look at the following list of foreign experts.

Copernicus, the dean of the School of Astronomy, and Bruno, the second dean.

Dean of the School of Physics Newton.

Galileo and Magellan, deans of the Nautical Academy.

Dean of the Faculty of Letters Shakespeare.