Just a short time after the guards in front of the palace passed the order, Gao Su entered the hall with a few missionaries, and several missionaries were also Chinese experts.

"No rudeness! Thank you for your hard work! Today, Gao Aiqing told me that you have returned from the West, and I am very pleased, but I wonder how you have accomplished what I discussed with you? Xiao Tianjian kindly asked them to stand up and answer, and he didn't talk nonsense, and directly cut to the point.

The missionaries were headed by the man named Robert, and when he heard Xiao Tianjian's question, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the Emperor of China, after returning to the West, I have informed the Supreme Holy See of His Majesty's permission for us to spread sacred doctrines in this great land. Each of them had been strictly selected by the Holy See, and according to His Majesty's requirements, each of them had a well-educated man.

In addition, according to His Majesty's request, they have all written books, and on the way to this visit, with the help of our others, they are translating books, which can fully meet Your Majesty's requirements.

In addition to scholars who are familiar with astronomy and geography, there are also people who are proficient in mechanics, smelting, chemistry, and mathematics, and will not disappoint His Majesty. ”

In fact, the missionaries who came to China are basically members of the Jesuits, since the West opened the route from Europe to Asia, Catholics began to try their best to preach in China, from the beginning of the sixteenth century, they began to infiltrate China, but decades later, the effect was very bad, although Matteo Ricci achieved certain results in the early stage, but due to cultural differences, officials and readers in Chinese mainland have always been wary of these missionaries from Europe, Nine times out of ten, missionaries from the West will be expelled, and some will simply disappear.

However, the wealth of the East and the huge population base have always had a great temptation for the Holy See, which has caused countless missionaries to come to China one after another, hoping to draw a large number of believers for their great Lord.

Before the missionary activities were very restricted, although people like John Tang were introduced to Beijing, but they never got official consent to let them legally preach in China, now Europeans also know that China is undergoing great changes, the previous Ming Dynasty has declined, a new Great Chinese Dynasty is rapidly rising, and control the vast majority of China's land, so that the missionaries see new hope, since they can not obtain legal missionary status in the Ming Dynasty, Then maybe the situation will improve for the better.

After Robert and his family returned to Europe, they first reported to the Jesuits the news that the Emperor Xiao Tianjian had agreed to preach in China, and the Jesuits immediately reported this important good news to the Holy See, and the Holy See was ecstatic.

China is too big for their Holy See, and China has a population of nearly 20,000,000, and if all these people can become Christians, it will be great news for the Holy See!

So the Holy See immediately agreed to the various conditions put forward by Xiao Tianjian, and let the Jesuits take the lead in handling the matter, and the Jesuits immediately began to handle it, with great efficiency, and quickly selected dozens of knowledgeable missionaries to accompany Robert to return to China.

So Robert and the others fulfilled the conditions put forward by Xiao Tianjian in a very short time, found a Dutch brig bound for China day and night, and embarked on the road back to China.

However, Xiao Tianjian proposed that they translate a large number of books on various European subjects, but they did not have time to do it, so they simply let these missionaries walk on the road and translate at the same time, which saved a lot of time, otherwise it would take them at least more than a year to return to China, and the Holy See was not willing to delay this precious time, they were afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, and there would be any recurrence on the Chinese emperor's side, so this prompted Robert and them to return to China again at such a fast speed.

"Oh? If that is the case, then it would be good, but there is no basis for your words, and you should submit the translated books to me as soon as possible, and I will have to review them myself to determine if they are as well educated as you say, and if they do not meet my requirements, then I will not allow them to spread their teachings in my kingdom!

Also, in addition to these missionaries, I remember that you and I had a private deal, but I don't know how you did this, and this time you were able to bring me the craftsmen I needed, as I requested? After hearing his reply, Xiao Tianjian was immediately in a good mood, so he immediately continued to ask.

Robert hurriedly nodded and said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty will soon dedicate all kinds of books brought this time to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will definitely be satisfied!"

As for the private deal that Your Majesty reached with us, we have already done it, and after we went back this time, we have recruited nearly 100 craftsmen of all kinds in various countries, including craftsmen who are proficient in shipbuilding, and many sailors who are proficient in seafaring, of course, these people have to travel across the ocean to work in your country, and they all have high requirements for salaries, but since the Great Majesty has promised to give them a high salary, so presumably this will not be a problem!

In addition, for another request made by His Majesty, the Holy See has found some believers who are trying to disturb the audio-visual, these people have not been found for the time being because we are in a hurry on this trip, but we have already arranged for people to look for them in the country, and told them Your Majesty's good intentions, presumably they will be very happy to come to live in your country after learning the news, and then they will definitely find a way to come on their own! ”

When Xiao Tianjian heard this, he was in a very good mood, and now the Great China and North Korea are not much behind the West in the casting of artillery, and the number of artillery equipped by the army division is now steadily improving, and the quality and type are not inferior to the West, and Xiao Tianjian has ordered the Ministry of Military Industry under the Ministry of Industry to arrange for the artillery of the Nanjing Military Factory to start trial production of large-caliber shipborne artillery, you must know that the cannons on the sail warships of the West in this era have reached an unprecedented 42 pounds, weighing 10,000 catties, and the firing range can also reach 4 kilometers. But these cannons are too heavy, and it is not that they cannot be cast now, but even after they are cast, they can only be used for fortress defense, and such a heavy cannon cannot be used on a Chinese-style sailing ship at all.

Even the twelve-pounder guns equipped by the land division of the Great Chinese Army cannot be loaded on the existing Chinese sailing ships, so the artillery produced by the Great China and North Korea at present is mainly for the use of the land division, and the heaviest is the twelve-pounder gun, which is very unfavorable for the Chinese to dominate the sea in the future.

The Ministry of Military Industry is also suspicious of Xiao Tianjian's proposal to cast a larger artillery, and now it is in the trial production of a 24-pound gun, but it is only in the experimental stage, and there is no ship to load and use.

But now, under the temptation of being allowed to preach in China, these missionaries did not hesitate to recruit shipbuilders for Xiao Tianjian in the West to work for the Great Middle and Korean Dynasty, so that before long, the Great Chinese and Korean Dynasty could also master the manufacturing technology of Western-style sail warships, and in the future they could also load the cannons and cross the sea.

So after Xiao Tianjian listened to Robert's answer, he could be described as happy, and nodded again and again to praise Robert for a good job.

As for the so-called scholars of Western heresy that Xiao Tianjian wants, it is not something that can be collected overnight, as long as the rumors of this kind of thing spread, it is sure that in the future, some Western scholars with pioneering spirit will be attracted to the Middle Kingdom, and now this matter is not the most critical thing, the most important thing is to establish a relatively systematic education system in China through these missionaries, and gradually abandon the old educational traditions in China, so that the Chinese can be scientific. We will not be left behind by Western countries in the future.

Therefore, this time Robert and his return from Europe have basically met Xiao Tianjian's requirements, and in the next few years, more and more missionaries will bring all kinds of knowledge to China, coupled with his subsequent guidance, China will no longer be reduced to a history of seclusion and self-isolation like the Qing Dynasty.

So Xiao Tianjian was overjoyed, and immediately made an order, ordering the Ministry of Rites to allocate a place in Nanjing City for these missionaries to settle first, and then issued an order to reward these missionaries with a batch of silver, and settled the expenses for these missionaries according to their previous agreement.

In addition, the missionaries could use the reward to build a church in the city of Nanking for their missionary purposes, of course, these missionaries' ordinary missionary activities must be carried out under the supervision of the Great and Middle Dynasties, and they were never allowed to take the opportunity to occupy the fields or collect money.

As a gesture of goodwill to the Holy See to the Great and Middle Korea, when the missionaries returned from Europe this time, they also brought Xiao Tianjian a few exquisite chiming bells and a few pocket watches, as well as a few astronomical telescopes, as well as a few well-made music boxes, and even they sent Xiao Tianjian a few small glass mirrors as the most valuable gifts.

After Xiao Tianjian saw these gifts, the astronomical telescope is not very rare, and now the Dazhong Army has been equipped with a lot of telescopes, but at present, the telescope of the Dazhong Dynasty has not yet been developed because of the glass manufacturing industry, and the cost is very high, but this is only a matter of time, after Xiao Tianjian frees his hand, he will start to prepare for the royal enterprise to develop and produce glass, and in the future, he can use glass instead of crystal to manufacture various lenses, In this way, the cost of various telescopes can be greatly reduced, so Xiao Tianjian has no curiosity about the telescopes that the missionaries donated to him.

Xiao Tianjian didn't look at the other glass mirrors that were regarded as precious gifts by the missionaries, this thing is still a rare commodity in the West, the price is very expensive, and the production technology is only in the hands of a few people, so they treat it as a treasure to him.

But Xiao Tianjian knew that this thing was just made by using silver foil and mercury to produce a chemical reaction and attach it to the surface of the glass through the silver mirror reaction, if he wanted to, he only needed to make glass, and he could easily produce it, and then there was no need to import this thing from the West at all, but it could be dumped back to Europe and make a lot of money.

What Xiao Tianjian attaches the most importance to is these chiming clocks and a few pocket watches, this kind of thing now represents the highest achievement of European machinery, Xiao Tianjian has long been troubled by the inability to effectively control the time when marching and fighting, after having this thing, there is no need to worry about this matter in the future.

So he gladly accepted the gifts, and in return he had them given them a batch of silk and fine porcelain, and some fine tea, which made the missionaries happy.

In the next few days, Xiao Tianjian spent almost every day with these missionaries, and he personally met with the new missionaries who had come to China with Robert, and personally talked with them to understand their strengths.

Originally, Xiao Tianjian wanted to set up a modern college in Nanjing a few years ago, so as to train talents in various disciplines for China's future and guide young people to engage in various scientific research, but everything else was very easy to do, but Xiao Tianjian could not solve the problem of teachers.

In order to find these teachers, he aimed to find all kinds of talents in China, and invited them to work in Nanjing through high salaries, for which he invited Sun Yuanhua's three sons to teach mathematics and geometry, and invited several students of Xu Guangqi, in addition, Song Yingxing was also invited by Xiao Tianjian to Nanjing, as the first supervisor of the University and Chinese Academy of Sciences, but with these people, if you want to establish a modern university, the manpower is still very insufficient.

However, these missionaries from Europe this time solved the problem he was facing, so Xiao Tianjian immediately decided to start preparations for the establishment of the Dazhong Chaotai Academy under the supervision of the Guozi of Nanjing Dazhong, nominally using Taixue as a cultivator, so as to reduce the resistance of scholars to this new learning.

However, in essence, in addition to studying Confucianism, this Tai College also offered several subjects such as mathematics, foreign language, physics, mechanical mechanics, agriculture, water conservancy, and chemistry in the Tai Academy.

In addition to learning Confucianism, mathematics is also a compulsory subject for each of them, and all students must also take more than one subject in physics, chemistry, smelting, agriculture, water conservancy, mechanical mechanics or the language, with a duration of five years.

In the future, the officials will be assigned to various departments according to their specialty, in short, through this means, to reform the previous practice of selecting officials in the previous Chinese dynasties.

And those missionaries who specialize in learning need to learn Chinese while teaching in the Tai College, and the missionaries also put forward a request to open a theology in the Tai College to spread their Catholicism, Xiao Tianjian considered it, in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of these missionaries, agreed to their request, but he also asked the missionaries to set up theology in the Tai College, but theology can only be used as an amateur elective, so that students can choose freely, and theology is not used as the content of the examination, to influence the future career of students.

In this way, Xiao Tianjian can finally establish China's first modern university in China, which makes Xiao Tianjian several times happier than the extermination of Li Zicheng.

For Xiao Tianjian's will, the officials and scholars in the DPRK and China have a lot of complaints about this, many people think that this is too advocating Western learning, affecting the scholars' reading, but Xiao Tianjian can not care about their opposing opinions, now he is in power, everything is up to him, these people can oppose it, but it can not affect his will to promote new learning, the new Tai Academy must be prepared in accordance with his requirements, and the future election of officials must also be gradually selected from the students of the Tai Academy.

In this way, in the future, if the officials of the Great China and the DPRK want to obtain official status, they can only take the path of Taixue, as long as this rule is carried out over time, and gradually they can change the minds of scholars.

Of course, it is far from enough to have such a Tai College, and in the future, Xiao Tianjian decided to set up a Tai College not only in Nanjing, but also in Beijing, and gradually set up such a university in every province in the future to promote this new kind of learning.

In addition to universities, Xiao Tianjian also plans to set up primary schools in various counties and middle schools in various prefectures and cities in the future, so as to cultivate them from an early age and gradually select them, so as to eventually form a perfect education system, so that in the future, China will still lack talents in all aspects.

(Today, I would like to thank the three brothers Hong360, Fengmu Chunjiang, and General Mao Mao for their generous rewards!) Let's present a big chapter of nearly 5,000 words! ）