The Rise of the European Emperor

This excuse, in the eyes of modern people, is very silly. But unfortunately, now that Ming is in power, it is a group of pure literary youths.

Therefore, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty automatically made up Marin's ideas - Marin admired the beautiful mountains and rivers of Daming, so he wanted to look around...

Then, Marin's wonderful reason was affirmed by the ministers of the Chinese youth in the DPRK and allowed him to travel around Daming. Of course, there are still restrictions in some border areas. Because the Ming officials were also afraid that the secrets of border defenses would be known to outsiders. However, Marin didn't want to go to the border, but planned to go to the mainland to purchase various supplies and herbs, and he didn't want to go to the border at all.

Therefore, after getting the approval of the imperial court, Marin directly used the Daming post station system and went all the way south...

As for the 10 warships, Marin ordered them to go south by sea and go to the Yangtze River Estuary to stand by. As for letting those warships sail in the Grand Canal? It's not that the court forbids it, but that the Grand Canal can't accommodate it.

The current Grand Canal is not the Grand Canal that was widened after the liberation of later generations, but a very narrow ancient canal. Therefore, a 500-ton warship is easy to run aground in it, and it is difficult to turn, which is not safe. Therefore, Marin had to let the fleet go to the mouth of the Yangtze River by sea.

But before leaving Beijing, Marin suddenly remembered a very important thing - he had to ask the Ming court for some people...

who? Mostly physicians and artisans...

First of all, doctors. In this era, the medical skills of the Ming Dynasty were the top in the world, much better than European bloodletting. With the world's top doctors, it can also ensure that Marin and his family can live longer.

Although Marin introduced two Mongolian doctors, Mozhigen and Battelle, their medical skills can also dominate in Europe. However, Mongolian medical skills are still strong in bone setting, bruises, and veterinary medicine. As for other subjects, they are far inferior to the doctors of the Ming Dynasty.

Among them, Marin values ​​gynecology and pediatrics the most. Needless to say about pediatrics, the mortality rate of children in ancient times was very high, especially in Europe. Many extinct European nobles did not give birth to children, but all their children died. For example, Juan III of Spain, if Marin hadn't saved his life, he would have died a long time ago, and he would have no chance to become the king of Spain. The later Queen Anne of England was even more exaggerated. She gave birth to 17 children, but none of them survived. Therefore, the British throne fell to the elector of Hanover.

Marin now has only one son, Caesar, and if something happens one day, it will be over. Therefore, it is necessary to equip doctors of the Ming Dynasty with excellent medical skills.

There is also gynecology, which is also very important. In Europe, due to the extreme backwardness of medicine, many noble ladies fell ill during childbirth and died very early. Even, every birth,

It's all a game of life. Many noble ladies died in their 20s or 30s because of dystocia or childbirth. Dystocia may be more difficult to deal with, but Chinese medicine is best at solving the root cause of postpartum problems. Even western medicine of later generations is not as good at postpartum care as Chinese medicine. Because traditional Chinese medicine focuses on self-cultivation.

Moreover, the status of doctors in Daming is very low. Except for those medical officials or famous scholars, the status of other doctors is very low. It is a matter of one sentence for the court to say who to reward.

The most wonderful thing is that Marin remembers that this time Liu Jin fell from power. It seems that some imperial doctors in the imperial hospital were classified as eunuchs because they flattered Liu Jin before, and then they were unlucky and sent to prison. These people are the key targets of Marin's strategy. Because it is impossible for the other imperial physicians to be given to him by the Ming court, after all, the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty also count on those imperial physicians to save their lives. As for folk doctors, although there are some with excellent medical skills, it is more difficult to find, and they may not be willing to go with you. However, those who are easy to find and recruit are often very mediocre. Only those few unlucky imperial physicians with high medical skills, but unable to control themselves, were imprisoned and could be taken away by Marin.

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As for craftsmen, let alone. Doctors can save people's lives anyway. Although their status is low, officials don't dare to treat them too harshly. After all, they have places to ask for doctors. But craftsmen, any small officials in Ming Dynasty, can drive those craftsmen of craftsmanship like slaves (farmers who know some crafts are not craftsmen), and they don't treat them as normal people at all. And the status of craftsmen in Daming is not as good as that of farmers who cultivate the land. Except for craftsmen who master secrets such as firearms and some top craftsmen who make tributes, the rest of the craftsmen are probably not in the eyes of Ming officials at all.

The limited development of science and technology in ancient China had a lot to do with the political environment that treated craftsmen harshly. If it weren't for the ancient feudal dynasties that treated craftsmen harshly, how could it be the turn of Europe to develop science and technology?

And the reason why the ancient Chinese feudal dynasties treated craftsmen harshly is also very strange-it turned out to be due to the ideological differences between Confucianism and Mohism during the Warring States period. At that time, the Mohists lashed out at Confucianism, thinking that Confucianism was flashy and useless.

Then the children of Confucianism held grudges. When Dong Zhongshu "dismissed all schools of thought and only respected Confucianism", the Confucianists who rose to power began to liquidate Mohism. The Mohism is the representative of craftsman skills, so all craftsmen, no matter whether they are descendants of the Mohist school or not, are out of luck. They are regarded as "sluts" by the Confucian dynasty, and all craftsman skills are also regarded as "extraordinary skills" by the Confucianism...

However, the grievances between Confucianism and Mohist families eventually caused the development of Huaxia's technology to be greatly hindered. After all, no smart person wants to be a "slut" and fiddle with "extraordinary skills". When European countries were still in the barbaric Middle Ages, Huaxia's technology was still guaranteed to lead, after all, it had been accumulated there for thousands of years. But when the Holy See, which imprisoned the mind, declined and science rose, Europe quickly surpassed China in technology and formed a crush.

In fact, technological development has little to do with the political system. The biggest obstacle to the development of China's science and technology is actually the grievances between Confucianism and Mohism. If there is no such grievance, there will be no Confucian dynasty's suppression of craftsman skills, and perhaps the ancient Chinese technology will explode.

Therefore, it was not the feudal dynasty that hindered the development of science and technology in ancient China, but the Confucianism who hated Mohism. But in ancient China, Confucianism and the feudal dynasty were one, so the feudal system helped Confucianism take the blame. Then, the history books of later generations just bluffed, as if if the political system was changed, everyone would be able to go to heaven... But the chaos during the Republic of China showed that this was pure nonsense. Isn't capitalism in the Republic of China more advanced than feudalism? However, the industry in the period of the Republic of China was not as good as that in the period of the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty, and there was a certain regression.

Therefore, the actual situation is——for the development of science, it first needs a stable social environment, and then it needs to abolish the Confucianism that suppresses craftsmanship, which has nothing to do with political parties...

But in fact, Confucianism is not bad, and many things in it are very good. But the mistake is, why Confucianism and Mohism became enemies, which led to the death of the two families. This actually confirms the old saying - "Listen to both, you will be bright, and partial faith will be dark." When Dong Zhongshu proposed to "dismiss all schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone", Huaxia itself entered a dark period of thought. Moreover, one black is nearly two thousand years. In short, it is not that Confucianism is bad, but that it should not be allowed to dominate.

No matter how good the idea is, it will be corrupted if one family dominates. No matter how good a minister is, if one person monopolizes power for a long time, he will easily become rebellious (such as Wang Mang). Only compatibility and balance is the real kingly way. Of course, in this compatibility, those psychotic sensationalist perverted ideas must not be included.

Anyway, as long as China is still in power of the Confucian family, science and technology will not develop, and it will not become Marin's opponent in colonizing the world in the future. And the craftsmen have no bright future.

For example, our later generations talk about "artisan spirit". In Daming these days, if you talk about the "craftsmanship spirit", people will definitely think - if you are not a good person, why pursue the spirit of "bitch"?

But this is beneficial to Marin, because Daming does not value craftsmen, so it is easy to ask the Ming court for some craftsmen. And the facts have proved that Marin is not bad...