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Because the education and welfare of the Ming Empire are not so much borne by their government and the emperor's private treasury, but rather by the whole world.

Leaving other things aside, how much tax would the drug trade alone bring to Daming?Is it difficult to afford education expenses?

If drugs are not enough, what about the arms trade?What about the silk trade?What about the tea trade?

Just like what Caxton said just now, the people of the Ming Empire do have enough reasons to think that they are the chosen ones, because God really favors the Ming Empire too much.

Therefore, their government can arbitrarily provide such good benefits to their people, because these benefits are borne by the entire civil society for the Ming Empire.

I can do it for me!

Ferdinand III couldn't help roaring like Innocent X in his heart.

Drugs, munitions, silk, tea, these trades with no other branches can indeed bring them enough income.

With such a high income, let alone the emperor of the Ming Empire, even if it was him, or even a pig, it wouldn't make any difference!

If the common people in Europe can enjoy such good benefits like the common people of the Ming Empire, do I still need to have a headache with Innocent X here?Already ruled Europe!

After another period of silence, Ferdinand III said, "Then, as a wise scholar, what have you learned from your visit to the Ming Empire this time?"

"educate!"

Caxton said resolutely: "There is no doubt that it must be education, and only education can make Europe prosperous. Just like the emperor of the Ming Dynasty said, no matter how poor you are, you can't have poor education!"

Ferdinand III said with great interest: "Go on, for example, where should we start? You should know that the finances of the Holy Roman Empire are not as optimistic as you imagined. How to solve these problems ?”

After taking a long breath, Caxton said, "The financial problem is actually not difficult."

Ferdinand III was really interested now.

If you want to revitalize Europe, education is indeed a big problem. At least you can't expect students who study religious classics in universities to revitalize Europe. Even if you are stupid, you can see it clearly.

Daming's physics and chemistry are good things!

Now Europe has lost at the starting line, and it is likely to continue to lose in the future. The most critical problem is that the financial problem cannot be solved.

Caxton said: "We also have quite a few mines in the Holy Roman Empire, which can be mortgaged. Excluding the cost of railway construction, they can be invested in education!"

This answer did not exceed Ferdinand's expectations: "So, apart from financial issues, where should we start?"

Chapter 841 Not Afraid of God-like Opponents

"Undoubtedly, Your Majesty the Emperor, if you want to reform education, the first step is to start with the text."

After deliberating for a while, Caxton continued: "His Majesty the Emperor, I think you also know that although those crooked letters are easy to learn, they can express too little meaning.

Although Daming's square characters are more difficult to learn, they can express countless times more meanings than those crooked letters.

The most important thing is that Ming's square characters are very difficult to learn, and those who are not smart enough can be eliminated directly, so as not to waste the educational resources of the empire.

I believe that by learning the square characters of Ming Dynasty, we can select truly smart people and weed out those scum who are not smart enough to learn.

After careful deliberation, the European delegation including me agreed that only by abolishing those crooked letters can we truly move closer to Ming Dynasty and become a part of the civilized world. "

Ferdinand III said: "Caxton, I think you should know what such a reform means, and what difficulties such a reform will face?"

Caxton said resolutely: "What predicament is greater than facing the risk of destroying the country?"

Seeing the displeasure on Ferdinand III's face, Caxton quickly explained: "Twenty years ago, the Ming Empire was also on the brink of extinction, but their emperor still carried out drastic reforms.

Facts have proved that the reforms carried out by His Majesty the Ming Emperor are correct. Not only did Ming not destroy the country, but it became stronger and stronger.

In addition, as you know about the current situation in Europe, the vassal states are constantly fighting and do not obey the orders of the empire, and even those people have begun to ignore the Holy See. This is definitely a very dangerous signal, but it is also an opportunity. "

Seeing that Caxton mentioned the Holy See, Innocent X first denied the Holy See's statement, and after mentioning the word Church again, he asked curiously: "What chance?"

After saluting to Innocent, Caxton continued: "They ignore the church and the empire, which means that we, including His Majesty the Emperor, and me, including everyone in the imperial court, have been sent The risk of going to the gallows.

As for the opportunity, it is because we are now allies with Daming, and it is also a relatively advanced kind of in-law relationship among allies.

From another point of view, no matter whether Da Ming cares about the interests of Europe or considers his own face, it is impossible to sit back and watch us be wiped out by those princes and principalities, even if they sell arms at both ends, they do not fully support us.

It's bad enough now, and it can't get any worse, so why not give it a try? "

Ferdinand and Innocent looked at each other and found that there was some emotion in each other's eyes.

Caxton was right, anyway, the current situation is already bad enough, and it is impossible to get worse than it is now—no matter what kind of considerations Da Ming has, it is impossible to sit back and watch the Holy Roman Empire and the Church be destroyed. destroy.

If so, what is there to worry about?It's better to try a drastic reform. If the reform is successful, Ferdinand will be the greatest emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, and Innocent will also be the most successful pope!

After pondering for a long while, Ferdinand said, "Perhaps, we should invite some cultured people from Ming Dynasty to Europe, let them be teachers, and teach children to learn the language and characters of Ming Dynasty from an early age?"

Innocent laughed and said, "Where is the need for such trouble? As far as I know, Cohen of the East India Company has successfully hired a family teacher from Daming, and his name is Mr. Lei Gou."

Ferdinand said: "I probably know a little about that Mr. Lei Gou. It seems that his reputation is not very good. Moreover, he only has one person, but we need many, many teachers to be enough?"

Innocent said nonchalantly: "Isn't it just a matter of sleeping with a certain noble lady? Just like what the Servant Lawyer said, sleeping with boys and girls is like rubbing your hands." Simple.

Since he was willing, and he didn't force those noble ladies, why should we ask?I guarantee that the church pickets will choose to be blind when necessary.

As for the number of people, it would be easier to handle.

Daming once said that people and things are the same and similar things that gather automatically. That Mr. Gou’s friend must be the same as him, needing money, and has some more or less problems-this is actually very good.

It’s not scary to have flaws in people. Whether it’s money or women, people with weaknesses are human after all. What’s scary are those without weaknesses.

People like that are either the incarnation of immortals walking in the world, or they have bigger and darker plans in their hearts.In other words, if there are too many people like that, would you dare to use them?Anyway, I dare not. "

Ferdinand III said: "It is true."

After another long silence, Ferdinand III opened his mouth and said, "However, instead of seeking help from a Mr. Gou whom he doesn't know at all, why not seek help from the Third Prince of the Ming Empire?"

With a sharp slap on the forehead, Innocent X said: "Yes, that's indeed the case, I just forgot about the third prince.

If the third prince is willing to help us bring some learned people from the Ming Empire to Europe, it will be of great help to us in promoting the reform of language and writing. "

Ferdinand said: "That's right. And according to the information, the third prince has already started to promote the reform of language and characters in Bavaria, but the reform is much milder than what we envisioned."

Innocent X said in a daze, "Gentle?"

"Yes, gentle. The bilingual system implemented by the Third Prince means that both our language and script are recognized, as well as the language and script of the Ming Empire.

In order to promote his reform, using the language and characters of Ming Dynasty will be given extra points—whether it is the examination system he is implementing now, or when he is handling official affairs, there will be additional preferential treatment for using the language and characters of Ming Dynasty. "

Innocent X asked with a confused face: "Public affairs? You have to know that it doesn't matter if the so-called imperial examination system has extra points, but how do you get extra points for official affairs? Isn't this a joke?"

Ferdinand III said solemnly: "However, the third prince didn't mean to be joking. You must know the meaning of preferential treatment, that is, there will be extra rewards for those officials. If you use Latin, there will be no rewards.