Of course, modern economics has just begun to start in Europe, so today's Chinese people do not understand the concepts of surplus, deficit, and inflation. Although some people can understand it literally, they are half-believing and half-doubting about the truth. After all, there has never been a real inflation in Chinese history. This is because in ancient China, physical rent rather than monetary rent. Although prices often soared in Chinese history, this is not because the issuance of currency exceeded the supply of goods, but because social production was destroyed by various factors, which caused a situation of supply in short supply, which caused a price increase.
But since Shang Yi said this, let's do it. Anyway, countless facts before have proved that what Shang Yi said is basically nothing wrong. In this case, Shang Yi was powerless and could only hope that after the economy was developed, he would gradually produce relevant theoretical knowledge.
But one thing is real. Even at this time, the cost of this visit to Europe has been basically recovered. If all the remaining goods are sold out, there will be a certain surplus. Although the profit is not much, it will be at least not a loss. Moreover, considering that this visit to Europe is not a purely business journey, and there are still a large part of the political goals, it is very rare.
One of the big reasons why Zheng He's voyage to the West was stopped when he was because the cost of going to the sea was too high and the country could not bear it. Although the scale of this visit to Europe was far smaller than any Zheng He's voyage to the West, he could be self-sufficient and not spend a penny on the treasury. Some people believed that this visit to Europe was a useless trip to waste the treasury and was useless.
European countries who visited China also brought some products. Therefore, at the request of various countries, Shang Yi also set up a place for each country to display and sell their own products at the exhibition, and also further examined the sales of European products in China. At the same time, Shang Yi also set up a stage for countries to take turns to display their own culture and art.
This exhibition also brought the world market, which attracted more people to watch, just like a big temple fair.
Many people have made a special trip to watch performances in various countries. Although most people don’t know what the performance is, they still make Chinese people laugh. Because there are too few cultural and entertainment programs in this era, and finally there is a chance to watch the show for free, of course, it is not wrong. What they perform does not matter, as long as they are just for a lively trip. However, there are also many people who know foreign languages in Nanjing at this time, and missionaries and foreign mercenaries are now almost able to speak Chinese, so they act as a translator off the stage and introduce the plot content for free to the audience. They are also popular among many people.
The exhibition has been going on for more than two months. During this period, China has arranged many activities for scholars in missions from various countries and held several exchange meetings. The overall quality of European scholars who came to China this time is very high. Many of them are very well-known scholars in Europe. They all feel that it is not enough and do not fully understand Chinese culture. After all, Chinese scholars who visited Europe are relatively low, so they travel thousands of miles to come to China to ask for advice from high-level Chinese scholars.
This time, the people who communicated with them were all relatively well-known Chinese scholars, such as Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Wang Fuzhi, Fang Yizhi, Zhu Shunshui, Yan Yuan and others, all participated in this exchange. Both sides were basically elites and elites. And under the auspices of Shang Yi, China had translated many European books. Relatively speaking, Chinese scholars had a certain understanding of European ideology and culture, so this exchange was more practical than in European dynasty.
Although the communication was quite limited due to the issue of translation level, both sides felt that the benefits were not reduced. European scholars realized the profoundness of Eastern culture, and Chinese scholars also broadened their horizons, because at this time, Chinese thoughts also developed to a highest point. The thoughts of Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Wang Fuzhi and others had reached the highest peak in ancient China, but due to the limitations of the times, they had never been able to break through the last step. After being inspired by Shang Yi, they have learned about the concepts of humanism and talent from European scholars, which has also opened a new door to thought and seen a broader world.
However, for both sides, they still feel that they are still unsatisfied. After all, cultural and ideological exchanges between the East and the West cannot be completed in just a few meetings, and the translation level is too backward, which makes them feel itchy. Therefore, some European scholars applied to the imperial government, hoping to stay in the empire for a long time, while learning Chinese and comprehensively studying Chinese culture, while further strengthening cultural exchanges between China and Europe.
Of course, Shang Yi raised his hands to agree with such a request. Not only did he immediately issue an order to approve it, but he also arranged a special person to teach Chinese to European scholars who remained in China and gave them certain living benefits, which at least ensured that they had no worries about food and clothing. After they learned Chinese, they could arrange jobs such as foreign language teachers and translation for them.
Although most people cannot truly fully understand how important the comprehensive exchange between the East and the West is and how far-reaching the impact on the East and the West is, overall, all levels of Chinese society, academic and social public opinion agree and affirm the cultural exchange, and praise Shang Yi for the promotion of this exchange.
But there are some oppositions. There are still some Chinese scholars with stubborn thoughts who strongly oppose this kind of exchange. They still believe that China is the center of the world and the country of the Celestial Empire. Except for China, other overseas countries are barbaric places. They do not know education, do not follow etiquette, and do not even know how to speak human language. Of course, in their eyes, except for Chinese, the rest of the language is not human language. Therefore, talking about the great way of benevolence and righteousness with them is simply playing the piano against the cow. China should be the communication between the top and the bottom, rather than equality.
Some people opposed it purely because Shang Yi's actions after he became emperor were not in line with the traditional Chinese sages, so they also caused dissatisfaction among some people and did not follow the various policies of the empire. In addition, Shang Yi advocated self-spokenness, so he also took this opportunity to jump out and criticize this exchange between the East and the West, and he was straight and straight. Even Europeans had concave eyes and noses and noses, and even had a sin to have a concave hair.
Of course, these opposition voices are only a very small part, and Shang Yi did not take them seriously. This is also the negative impact of advocated freedom of speech. However, if there are multiple voices in any matter, it is not necessarily a bad thing. It is much better than a one-man show.