Rhodes was really shocked by Liu Zheng.
In the Longyan Dynasty, there are only a few people who know the world.
Liu Zhizhou must be the first person to be so familiar with European civilization!
He even knows about the Glorious Revolution!
Britain in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was undoubtedly exciting. This was also the period when Great Britain really began to rise. In fact, these European civilizations can be summed up in one sentence... From ancient times to the present, it has been the struggle between Catholics and pagans. All countries are basically like this. Great Britain is no exception. The so-called Glorious Revolution was after Queen Elizabeth of England established the state religion, domestic Catholics and Puritans began to fight, and finally overthrew the state religion, resulting in an armed conflict between the king and parliament, and finally triggered a civil war.
After Cromwell, the leader of the Puritans, cleaned up the mess, he killed Charles I and established a republic. However, the newly established republic was naturally not favored by the royal party and the Catholic Church. Especially at this time, the Netherlands, which had already risen, also began to fight against the British. After Cromwell quelled the civil war, he changed from a dragon-slaying warrior to an evil dragon... He began to dissolve Congress and establish a dictatorship.
Parliament was not restored until finally James succeeded to the throne. But it has been divided into two factions, one is the royal party, and the other is the democratic party. After James II came to the throne, he tried his best to protect the Catholic Church and enforce autocratic politics. The two parties worked together to depose James II and welcome his daughter Mary and son-in-law William. To be the master of Britain is the so-called "Glorious Revolution".
The social revolution represented by the new aristocratic class overthrew the autocratic rule and established the British democratic system. Overthrown the feudal rule, and promulgated the document "Bill of Rights" in 1689 to clearly restrict the royal power in the form of law and established a parliamentary constitutional monarchy.
This is how constitutional monarchy came about!
This is not only a very important historical node for the UK, but also a historical node that affects the world!
Therefore, Liu Zheng has a very profound memory of this point.
After seeing Rhodes' reaction, Liu Zheng took a deep breath.
Good guy...
Europe is at its most lively right now.
Seventeenth century!
It's been an exciting century! This is a century of colonialism, and it is also the most wonderful century, a century that connects the past and the future! This is a century of primitive and rapid accumulation of capital!
How could you not join in the fun?
Talent!
At this time, Liu Zheng's demand for talents is no longer limited to the Longyan Dynasty. He needs to recruit more European talents!
He waved his hand and asked Rhodes to leave temporarily.
Liu Zheng started to get confused.
Logically speaking, he summoned Rhodes to Liangshan because he wanted him to replace him, study opium here, and set up a chemical laboratory or even a chemical factory.
but now……
He felt that Rhodes alone might not be enough.
What he needs is the great openness of thought brought about by the Renaissance after the end of the long Middle Ages in the seventeenth century, and the capitalist thought, liberation of productive forces, and the liberation of human spiritual thought after the destruction of theological dogmatism. , and then followed by the liberation and rapid development of various fields such as technology, science, mathematics, physics and chemistry, etc...
For example, in navigation, more precise astronomical observations are required to determine the position of a ship.
In the military context, ballistics became a central subject of research. The manufacture of accurate timepieces, the digging of canals, the construction of dams, the theory of elliptical orbits of planets, etc. also require many complex calculations. Elementary mathematics since ancient Greece has gradually been unable to meet the needs of the time.
Liu Zheng fell into his own thoughts again.
He was thinking.
How should he go next?
Sudden.
At this time, his eyes lit up.
Maybe, I should go to Wangbei Academy as soon as possible.
Just do it.
The next day, Liu Zheng called Rhodes into his room after he had rested for the day. To his surprise, Rhodes actually knew Poppy! This was easy to handle. Liu Zheng taught Rhodes the method of purifying the poppy step by step, and announced on the spot that from now on, Rhodes would be the general of the Liangshan garrison!
Letting a foreigner serve as a general shocked many people.
Rhodes, who had lost his faith after sailing around the earth for more than ten years, was grateful to Liu Zheng. As the saying goes, a scholar dies for a confidant, and he has sworn allegiance to Liu Zheng.
Liu Zheng told Rhodes to strictly control and manage the opium poppy, which is the top priority.
The construction of military bases, garrison management, and the prototype of scientific research institutions will also slowly begin in the future.
in addition.
Liu Zheng also allocated some separate funds to Rhodes, asking him to find ways to find some talents from Europe in various fields - although he knew that given the current world structure, this would not be easy to achieve, but just in case, he would Did you find a treasure?
As for the rest…
Let's wait until he comes back from Wangbei Academy.
Before Liu Zheng set off, he wrote three letters.
A letter was sent to Liangzhou Prefecture, so that Dad not only recognized the legal status of the union, but also gave them support while being under the control of Liangzhou Prefecture. In addition, regarding the pension system, the various levels of parliament in Liangzhou can be elevated to a position where they can supervise each other and the cabinet, complement each other, or even be in opposition.
The other one is headed to Silver Beach City. Liu Zheng told Qingyang Shuo to ask the Arab merchant Mire to purchase another hundred thousand slaves and send them to Liangshan. Among these slaves, Westerners and missionaries who lost their freedom during the voyage were preferred. In addition, he has already solved the problem of blocking the ship, so he will not deal with it urgently for the time being. He believes that after reading this sentence, the husband will know what to do.
The last letter is addressed to Xie Chan.
only.
He didn't expect that this letter would almost kill Xie Chan.
…
Liangshan is divided into Daliangshan and Xiaoliangshan.
In later generations, the scope of Xiaoliang Mountain already belonged to Yunnan.
This is also a Yi ethnic area. In the 15th century, due to serious internal strife among the Yi ethnic groups in Daliang Mountain, a Yi ethnic group moved to Xiaoliangshan and developed into the Yi tribe in Xiaoliangshan.
And Wangbei Academy is on Xiaoliang Mountain.
"Look, look, there is Yangping!"
Knowing that Liu Zheng was finally going to college, Jie Yu was really happy these days. Along the way, Liu Zhizhou acted as a tour guide.
The style of Xiaoliangshan is indeed much less strife and more peaceful than that of Daliangshan. There is a lot less chaos and more elegance. The air here seems fresher and the sky bluer. The later Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Shangri-La are located within the boundaries of Xiaoliang Mountain. You can imagine how outstanding the natural scenery here is.
Liu Zheng rode on his horse and said with a smile: "Your academy is quite good at choosing a place."
Jieyu snorted: "That's nature, this is the real resort that is unrivaled in the world!"
Liu Zheng sneered: "Aloof from the world? As far as I know, Xiaoliang Mountain is located only a few hundred miles away from Nanzhao Kingdom, so the academy must let me go up the mountain this time. Could it be that the envoy from Nanzhao Kingdom came to the academy? Do you want to ask me, Liu Zheng, for an explanation?"
"you……"
Jieyu was speechless: "You, you, you, how do you know?"
"Oh, is there really one?"
Liu Zheng laughed.
Jieyu guessed the pain point and pursed his lips slightly: "But don't worry, I, I, I, I won't let you suffer..."
This time, Liu Zheng smiled even more happily.
