"Mighty Sailor!" Zheng Ruozeng said with a firm gaze: "Da Ming will build the strongest sailor in the world, open up the ocean, and exchange the benefits of the ocean with those people." ”

"It's easier said than done!" Luo Xin sighed: "Even if it is the Jiaolai River Seaway, I didn't think about starting immediately, everything takes time. ”

Zheng Ruozeng was silent for a moment and said, "My lord, you can take your time, but you can't help it." ”

Luo Xin nodded and said: "Our Daming is now lagging behind the West in many technical aspects, which is also the reason for the low status of our Daming craftsmen. If you want to dominate the seas, there are many problems to solve.

First of all, we must learn the knowledge of the West, and we must gradually improve the status of craftsmen. But it takes time. ”

"Your Excellency, do you already have a plan?" Zheng Ruozeng's eyes lit up.

"It can't be called a plan!" Luo Xin shook his head and said, "I just have an idea." ”

"What thoughts?"

"I recruited a Spanish missionary who was very knowledgeable and had a deep knowledge of the West. A year ago, I had asked him to recruit some people with Western knowledge and set out to translate the advanced technology and ideas of the West into the language of our Ming Dynasty. ”

"Great!" Zheng Ruozeng said excitedly: "Your Excellency is wise! ”

"However, the influence is still too small. You must know that it is not difficult to translate knowledge, and I hope that those people who come to our Daming also have their interests, and some of them are for their ideals and want to spread their ideas to the world. Some are for the sake of interests, hoping to obtain greater benefits in Daming. Some are fugitives, who are forced to flee in their countries for various reasons, hoping to have a stable life in Daming, for different reasons, so it is not difficult to translate the materials. But knowledge is dead, and only mastered is alive. The difficulty lies in how to make the Ming people accept this knowledge and be willing to learn it. ”

Zheng Ruozeng also fell into silence, as a Ming person, he knew very well in his heart that the thinking of the Ming people, especially the Ming scholars, was the first in the world, so it was really difficult for them to learn Western knowledge. You must know that in the hearts of Ming scholars, those countries in the West are barbarians.

"What do you think?" In the end, Zheng Ruozeng still looked at Luo Xin expectantly.

"That's what I thought!" Luo Xin pondered for a while and said: "First establish a translation bureau, recruit Western scholars in the translation bureau, and let them translate Western knowledge into Chinese, and then I will build a library, which is open to all Daming people, free for people to read, and then select interested and advanced people from these people to form a club, and everyone will study and study together." and so on to have a certain degree of influence, in the establishment of an academy, beckoning disciples. ”

Zheng Ruozeng couldn't help but sigh and said, "The adult's method is very safe, but I'm afraid it will take a long time. ”

"yes!" Luo Xin sighed and said, "But it's better to do it than not to do it well." Today's environment is not a radical time, and if we are radical, I am afraid that our ideals will be stillborn. We have to do it first, in the process, to speed up us. ”

"Your Excellency is going to build the Translation Bureau in the capital?"

"No way!" Luo Xin shook his head and said: "The capital is the cultural center of the Ming Dynasty, the thinking has been solidified, it is difficult to accept new things, if the translation bureau is placed in the capital, although it is not spread, but it can also attract gossip, not to mention the future development, it is difficult to persist."

So, it's still going to be in the south!

The atmosphere of openness in the south is much stronger, and it is easier to accept new things, after all, there is more contact with Westerners and Western culture here, not to mention the scholars, even the common people are not surprised by foreigners. ”

"Is the Lord going to put the Interpretation Bureau in Suzhou?"

"It's not Suzhou, it's Hangzhou, where do you think it's appropriate?"

Zheng Ruozeng thought for a moment and said, "I think it's better to be in Hangzhou." ”

"Why?"

Zheng Ruozeng said with a smile: "Why should you take the lowly position, the city is in Hangzhou, which is the starting point for the people of the feudal country to step into the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the place where the people of the feudal country gather." Naturally, the people there are the most receptive to new things, and as the adults say, even the common people there are not surprised by the people of the vassal country and the culture of the vassal country, because they have seen a lot of it. Even the common people there were able to speak two words of the feudal language, which I think would be unthinkable in the capital.

Secondly, adults have been operating in the south for many years, but the center is in Hangzhou, that is to say, Hangzhou is the foundation of adults in the south. If you want to integrate East and West, Hangzhou is the best place to start. ”

Luo Xin nodded and said, "Okay, just put it in Hangzhou, and first appear in the form of a non-governmental organization." ”

"Adults don't translate behind closed doors, don't promote at all, right? He felt that it was not necessary to wait until a large number of books had been translated and a library was established to promote it, which would take too long. Moreover, the situation changes, no one can say in the future, and being able to take the lead may in turn promote the change of the current situation. ”

Luo Xin looked at Zheng Ruozeng with burning eyes and said, "Kaiyang means that from the beginning of the translation, it will be promoted?" ”

"Yes!" Zheng Ruozeng nodded firmly.

Luo Xin frowned slightly and thought about it: "In this way, the first book translated is very important, if the first book is boycotted or looked down upon by the Ming people, it will be difficult to promote it in the future." ”

"yes!" Zheng Ruozeng also frowned and said: "This is indeed a problem, if the head is opened, everything will go smoothly, if the head is not opened well, it will be a hundred times the effort in the future, and I am afraid it will be in vain." ”

Luo Xin looked at Zheng Ruozeng, and secretly said in his heart that it was impossible for him to stay in the south, and he was afraid that he would return to the capital soon. This Zheng Ruozeng was a talent at that time, the most rare thing is that he is open-minded, and he is a wise person, if he can let him help himself, he can leave the southeast with confidence.

"Kaiyang, would you like to come and help me?"

"Huh?" Zheng Ruozeng looked at Luo Xin in surprise.

"That's it!" Luo Xin thought about it and said: "I have two ideas, one is that you resign and come to Hangzhou to help me." I'll first set up an interpreting bureau, and you'll be the director of the bureau. When the library is established, you are the director, and when the academy is established, you are the dean, and you are responsible for the whole process anyway.

The second thought, if you are not willing to resign, I will transfer you to Hangzhou, and whatever official position you like, I will arrange one for you. Then you worked part-time as the director of the Interpretation Bureau, and when I returned to Beijing, you were in the southeast. ”

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