Zhu Youzhen looked at Xu Guangqi's sincere advice, thought for a while and said: "What do the two gentlemen think the imperial court should do so that the new policy can win the support of the people all over the world?" ”

Although he was a little puzzled by the emperor's question, Xu Guangqi still replied sincerely: "Your Majesty is the son of the great tomorrow, as long as the new policy issued by Your Majesty is conducive to the national economy and people's livelihood, the people of the world should naturally support the new policy of the imperial court, isn't it a matter of course?" ”

Zhu Youzhen was silent, and turned his gaze to Wang Zheng, under the gaze of the emperor, he had to speak: "If you want to get the support of the people of the world for the new policy, the minister thinks that the people should be allowed to benefit, and the people should value profit over righteousness."

If they can benefit from the New Deal, and the New Deal can gain the support of the people, it is naturally a natural thing. ”

Although the scholars and doctors all said conclusively, the villain is said to be profitable, and the gentleman is to be righteous. However, thanks to the developed commodity economy of the Ming Dynasty, the pursuit of practical interests by scholars and doctors in modern times can be said to abound in their practical actions.

Like the Zhang and Wang families in Puzhou, they are simply businessmen dressed in a layer of scholars. The gentry and wealthy merchants in the Jiangnan region have long been inseparable through in-laws.

Even scholars, like Wang Zheng, who still abides by traditional values, are not resistant to using benefits to lure the people in order to gain their support for the new policy.

However, Zhu Youzhen obviously did not agree with the statement of the two, he shook his head and said: "Using interests to lure the people to support the new policy can certainly achieve temporary results, but with the current situation of the imperial court, it cannot afford to give benefits that are enough for the people of the world to support for a long time."

I believe that the best way to get the people of the world to support the New Deal is that if they do not support the New Deal, they will suffer a loss of profits.

The reason why I want to spread the situation in a short period of time is to make the new policy as impactful as possible on the lives of the majority of the people, so that they can become parties rather than bystanders.

In such a situation, which affects the whole body, those scholars who oppose the New Deal cannot but consider the backlash caused by the repeal of the New Deal from the people everywhere.

For example, in the three major banks that are now opened, those businessmen just wanted to make a small speculation at the beginning, to see if they could get some benefits from me here and the new deal.

But now, their greatest wish has become, to protect their investment in the bank from loss.

In order to save the 1 yuan they had already invested, they had to invest 2 new dollars; In order to save the 3 dollars that had already been invested, now they have to invest another 6 dollars.

I don't know much about businessmen in other industries, but businessmen who have shares in the bank must be the most supportive of the New Deal.

In the same way, the construction of water conservancy projects in various places cannot be completed without the investment of the imperial court. Before the project was completed, the local people and gentry had to support the imperial court to avoid the interruption of the project.

The people who bought the public bonds issued by the imperial court to raise construction funds were even more reluctant to abolish the New Deal, and without the financial changes of the New Deal, the repayment of the public debt would not be guaranteed.

Therefore, the concerns of the two gentlemen are not a problem in my opinion. The bigger the stall is now, and the more policies the New Deal enrolls, the more the forces that oppose the New Deal will cringe.

Let me ask today's Ming Dynasty, apart from me, who can maintain the current situation? Could it be that after those Donglin Party members came to power, they were able to write off the tens of millions of yuan owed by the imperial court to the bank and the people with the words benevolence and righteousness?

If they could do it, I'm afraid I would not be in this position long ago. In order for the imperial court to repay the loan on time and not make the public debt shares in their hands worthless, they also had to support me and continue to borrow from the imperial court.

Therefore, the two gentlemen did not have to worry about too many stalls and too many debts of the imperial court, which caused the new policy to encounter setbacks. On the contrary, the more debts the imperial court has, the higher the concern of the people of the world for state affairs, and the smaller the obstacles to the implementation of the new policy. ”

Regarding Chongzhen's crooked reasoning of governing the country with debt, Xu Guangqi and Wang Zheng couldn't help but look at each other. They did not know what to say about the emperor's words, which were obviously not in line with the benevolent and righteous governance that the sages admired.

Xu Guangqi immediately remembered that he had just read a translation of the book he had just read, "On the Monarch" written by Western strategists, and the remarks in it were quite similar to what the emperor was saying now.

The thought only turned slightly through his mind, and he silently buried the thought in his heart.

Although the truth expounded in this "Treatise on the Monarch" is not unimpressive, it greatly violates the governing policy advocated by the Confucian ancestors, and is close to the study of Legalism and Yang Zhu.

Now Da Ming Shilin already has a lot of opinions about the spread of Western learning in the capital, once it is rumored that the emperor was influenced by the "Treatise on the Monarch" written by Western scholars. I am afraid that Western learning will bewitch the king, and the name of the chaos of the government will not be able to escape.

After more than a year of large-scale translation of Western books, Xu Guangqi went from a simple admirer of the development of Western natural science and philosophy to a simple admirer who believed that he could use the stones of the mountains to attack jade, and that Western studies could be used to transform a part of Confucianism that was not suitable for contemporary times.

Soon he turned into a scholar who advocated the critical absorption of Western studies, after reading these translated Western books. Xu Guangqi and others finally realized that Europe was not as beautiful as they imagined.

Although the history of the Roman Republic is fascinating, and the Renaissance movement is fascinating, the period of thousands of years of cultural darkness between the two is really difficult to accept.

And the most surprising thing is that the seemingly simple, gentle, and caring Catholic Church does not seem to have a good reputation in Europe. Although Catholicism once dominated the spiritual world of Europe, Catholicism in Europe today is divided into two religions, Protestantism and Catholicism, which originate from the same origin.

What puzzled Xu Guangqi and the others was that it was only a difference in religious ceremonies, and they still believed in the same god. But it is precisely because of this insignificant reason that the countries of Europe have been fighting wars for more than 10 years.

If these Westerners had done things in a proper way, then the Ming Dynasty would have been in trouble long ago, and the smoke would have been everywhere. After all, the number of religious sects circulating in the Ming Dynasty is too large to count, and the nature of the people of the Ming Dynasty to worship God when they see them has also bred the growth of religion.

For some religious rituals to start a war, it is estimated that there are not many people left in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the religious tribunal set up by the Catholic Church to burn the identified witches at the stake was too barbaric, which made Xu Guangqi and others a little difficult to accept.

The more than 7,000 books carried by the Kinni Pavilion were gifts from the Pope. But at this time, the Holy See has long been degenerate, the incompetent are flooding the Holy See, and it is not new for the ignorant to be in charge of the Holy See's texts.

Although Italy was the birthplace of the Renaissance, under the suppression of the Inquisition, even famous scholars such as Copernicus were burned at the stake. Therefore, Italy's cultural development is not as developed as it was during the Renaissance.

When he returned to Europe, in order to draw European attention to the missionary cause in the East, he wore Chinese clothes in public places, often gave heartfelt speeches to promote the exploits of Matteo Ricci and other missionaries in China, and devoted great enthusiasm to writing books. As a result of his active activities, a "China fever" was set off in Europe.

Therefore, in the eyes of Europeans who have never been to the East, China, a country that produces silk and porcelain, is a civilized and elegant oriental power.

In order to attract such a long-established civilized country to the Lord's arms, the books donated by the Pope are mostly some of the best contemporary European works, except for some religious books.

However, Italy's suppression of cultural undertakings was too strict, so most of the books came from European countries. More than 7,000 books, even if you write a set of catalogs, you can complete it in a short time.

What's more, many books are not written in Latin, and it takes a lot of money and time to find scholars who are familiar with European languages and review the contents of these books.

However, the voyage to the East was so tight that there was not much time left for these monks of the Holy See to prepare these books.

In order to fulfill the Pope's order, make the Chinese emperor and people realize that European culture is not weaker than Chinese culture, and make Chinese people interested in Catholicism, the monks of the Holy See not only did not censor the books, but also selected some natural science books from the books confiscated by the Inquisition, hoping to use the devil's writings to lure these Eastern pagans into believing in the Lord.

In addition, the Holy See purchased large quantities of books from rival Dutch booksellers to decorate the scale of the papal gift.

After all, in the middle of the 15th century, after the invention of metal trap printing by Gutenberg, a craftsman from Mainz, Germany, Germany became the most developed printing industry in Europe. Augsburg was the printing center of Germany, where almost a third of the books published in Europe were published each year.

Unfortunately, this area happens to belong to the Protestant Union. Therefore, when the monks of the Holy See secretly purchased books from Dutch booksellers, the Augsburg printers who provided the books mixed in a large number of books attacking the Catholic Church, including the famous "Ninety-Five Theses" written by German priests.

The luck of the papal friars who were in charge of organizing the books made the books brought by the Kinny Pavilion not only include books that praise the Catholic Church, promote European culture and natural science, but also include books that criticize the dark history of the Catholic Church.

The number of Jesuit monks in the East was insufficient, and the distraction from the missionary work did not make a comprehensive compilation of these books.

It was only when these books were shipped to the capital, and the Tongwen Hall was enlarged by the order of the Emperor of China to organize and translate these books, that they discovered that among the books they had brought with them were anti-Catholic books written by Protestants.

The Jesuit friars, who had already paid the books, could only play dumb about the situation, because they could not get them back now, and if they broke out, it would bring harm to the Catholic missionary cause in the East.

For the scholars of Tongwenguan and the academicians of the Academy of Sciences, who translated these books, they received a baptism of thought, and thus gained a deeper understanding of Catholicism.

Although they still believed that Western learning could be used to learn from the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty, they no longer accepted the Catholic faith as they had before, without any defense.