Chapter 619 Emperor Zhu is also a great scientist (third update, please subscribe)
The Emperor left the Palace of Fontainebleau.
No, the emperor did not leave.
When Eugene and his party left the Palace of Fontainebleau and the wheel that influenced the fate of the world began to turn, Emperor Zhu stayed in the Palace of Fontainebleau.
It seemed that the troubles in the world no longer mattered to him.
It’s not that it’s no longer important, but... the world has started to turn the way he wants it to.
Now is the time when the king will no longer hold court early in the morning.
In the next few days, Emperor Zhu and Eugenie were naturally very affectionate, and now no one would disturb them.
Even if someone knew, what difference would it make? Eugenie was a widow now.
She was already a widow, so he couldn't be left alone. Naturally, everyone turned a blind eye to what happened in the palace.
After all, the Queen Mother is also a human being!
In addition to doing his best to comfort Eugenie, Emperor Zhu naturally had several affairs and secret meetings with Empress Sissi. Although it cannot be said that he treated everyone equally, at least he did not neglect others.
This feeling of stealing within stealing is naturally indescribable in words.
And one night, when he was slightly drunk, listening to the music played by Emperor Zhu, he finally got what he wanted, enjoying the madness of one emperor and two empresses, one empress dowager and one queen, and both belonged to other people. Only three people can describe the taste of it.
From then on, they basically slept together as three people. And every night they went crazy until dawn. Of course, sometimes during the day, they would go crazy occasionally.
However, during this period, Emperor Zhu did do some serious work, such as inviting physicist Ludwig Boltzmann to teach at the University of South China. He also invited dozens of scholars. Compared with other things, Emperor Zhu was more willing to improve the scientific and technological level of the Ming Dynasty by introducing scholars.
After all, after more than a decade of overtaking by using physical objects and technical books in the mall, the Ming Dynasty has already surpassed others in many aspects!
However, this kind of catch-up is only a first-mover advantage. If we want to continue to lead European countries in the years to come, or even leave them far behind, we must accumulate basic science by introducing high-end intellectual talents.
Fortunately, this is the era of foundation-building for basic science. Fortunately, although the Ming Dynasty is not a member of the European and American circles, Emperor Zhu has money and can offer scholars very favorable conditions. Emperor Zhu does not know what kind of fruit the introduction of those well-known scholars will bear, but what is certain is that... this is definitely the investment with the highest return.
What else?
Of course, we still have to enjoy the wonderful time as the emperor and two empresses. After all, if an emperor does not enjoy life, it would be very boring.
However, happy times are always limited. After all, if they are too long, even the emperor himself cannot stand it.
February 28, 1873, the fifth day of the second month of the lunar calendar, Cold Food Festival.
In the Versailles floating field, five giant airships were suspended on the mooring tower. Facing Eugenie and Sissi, two of the most famous beauties in Europe who came to see him off, Emperor Zhu smiled and said.
"Welcome to Daming!"
In fact, before this, Emperor Zhu did invite them to travel with him, but they refused. Although Sissi was eager to take the airship to Ming Dynasty, her reason made her choose to refuse.
Although a month of revelry was unforgettable, they still had to say goodbye. When Emperor Zhu said goodbye to everyone, the Europeans sitting in the seats in the airship cabin all looked around curiously.
They were all scholars and experts hired by Emperor Zhu from Europe, and of course there were also many engineers. Ludwig Boltzmann felt like he was in a dream when he was among them.
This is all so incredible!
"Mr. Maxwell, can you believe this? We are flying across the Atlantic in an airship!"
Ludwig Boltzmann turned to James Clerk Maxwell and said that Maxwell was also the gain of Emperor Zhu's trip. He was not only a physicist and mathematician, but also the founder of classical electrodynamics and one of the founders of statistical physics.
Well, like Boltzmann, he is a big name in the physics world and the shoulder that Einstein stepped on.
Now, they all belong to the Ming Dynasty!
"Yes, it's hard to imagine. Mr. Boltzmann, I've read your paper, and I think we can use this trip to discuss electromagnetism..."
Even Emperor Zhu himself could not predict what kind of results would come from a group of academic giants gathering together. But when he boarded the airship and heard those giants discussing or researching academic issues with pen and paper, he smiled and felt proud, and even took the initiative to participate.
As an engineering student in the 21st century, perhaps Emperor Zhu was not an expert in physics or chemistry, but even with his high school knowledge, in this era, he was standing on the shoulders of Boltzmann, Maxwell, and Einstein!
After the airship took off, the royal airship turned into an "academic palace", a temple full of knowledge. Soon, in the eyes of scholars, Emperor Zhu was no longer just an emperor, but a knowledgeable scholar. When discussing physical academic issues such as electromagnetism, Emperor Zhu even gave some groundbreaking "suggestions". Even before the airship reached the Mediterranean Sea, these scholars were impressed by Emperor Zhu.
When the airship was flying over the Mediterranean Sea, although it was late at night, in the cabin of the airship, under the light of a small electric lamp, Maxwell was writing a letter to his wife.
"…It is hard to believe that, as a monarch, his knowledge is so profound. The questions he raises are even far beyond our understanding. I am very sure that if His Majesty the Emperor engages in scientific research, he will definitely become the greatest scientist in the field of physics after Newton…"
When writing these words, Maxwell's heart was still full of regret. In his opinion, Emperor Zhu was a scientist who was delayed by politics. He felt sorry when he thought that mankind missed such a great scientist. But besides feeling sorry, he was also somewhat fortunate that he could discuss many topics in physics with the emperor. Although it was just a simple discussion, it opened a new door for him.
How could he not be excited?
He was not the only one who was excited. Of course, so was Boltzmann, the tragic physics master who had spent most of his life defending his theories. At this moment, he was busy deriving formulas. In a previous discussion with the Emperor, Emperor Zhu had proposed that the entropy of a system and the number of all possible microscopic states satisfy the following simple relationship. Although it was only mentioned briefly, it inspired Boltzmann.
Well, although Emperor Zhu was used to following other people's paths and leaving them with no way to go, he was still full of respect for real scientists. Especially when these scientists and scholars would eventually use their talents in the Ming Dynasty, he should provide them with some help instead of killing them.
In this way, the five airships flew slowly from north to south. After flying over the Mediterranean Sea, the airship team arrived in North Africa. Although the vast desert outside the window was spectacular, it could not distract the scholars in the boat. They were still immersed in the temple of science. Well, Emperor Zhu quietly opened a crack in the door in advance. Whether the rest could walk into the door depended on themselves.
Of course, for these academic giants, they will definitely be able to enter that temple and achieve certain results.
And in the end, those achievements will lay a very solid foundation for the rise of Ming Dynasty...
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(End of this chapter)
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