Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2154, take out 1000 million taels of silver
Xinxue has always been the main force to promote the prosperity of Ming Dynasty. Science and technology have enabled the people of Ming Dynasty to have stronger military power, more efficient production efficiency, and more convenient transportation and communication. Its role has already penetrated into all fields of Ming Dynasty .

Now Liu Jin proposes to establish the Daming Academy of Sciences, giving some outstanding scientists, engineers, and researchers the status and honor of academicians. This is an affirmation of technology and can also promote the development of technology.

"Da Ming Academy of Sciences?"

Zhu Houzhao quickly read Liu Jin's memorabilia, thought carefully and said: "The name Daming Academy of Sciences is not enough, we should add the word Royal, Daming Royal Academy of Sciences sounds better, and it can better express my love for science and technology. support and recognition."

"In addition, I will take out 1000 million taels of silver from my internal funds and deposit it in the First Bank of Ming Dynasty. The annual interest will be about 40 taels of silver."

"The more than 40 taels of silver are used for the annual selection of academicians. Thirty places are selected each year, and each spot is rewarded with 1 taels of silver. The remaining more than [-] taels will be set up as a scientific and technological progress award to reward three scientists who have made outstanding contributions. , engineers, researchers."

"My Ming Dynasty was able to have today's prosperity. These researchers, scientists, and engineers have contributed a lot. Without the powerful weapons and weapons developed by them, my Ming Dynasty would not be able to sweep all directions, and it would be impossible for my Ming Dynasty to have today's vast territory."

"Without the advanced cultivating machines, harvesters, rice mills, flour mills, etc. developed by them, it would be impossible to have the hundreds of millions of arable land in Daming today, the inexhaustible food, and the people's hunger."

"Without the various medicines and treatments developed by them, it would be impossible for the population of our Ming Dynasty to grow rapidly, and it would be impossible for us to have the prosperous and prosperous age of 4 million compatriots in our Ming Dynasty today."

"Liu Jin, your proposal is very good. Both the imperial court and the people of Ming Dynasty should be more faithful to the development and progress of science and technology, and improve their status and status."

Zhu Houzhao is very supportive and agrees with Liu Jin's proposal.

He himself likes to do research very much. In the field of electromagnetism and mechanics, Zhu Houzhao is still an authoritative person, so he can know the great role of technology.

Zhu Houzhao also participated in Daming's first steam harvester.

The first harvester was developed, and the efficiency is very high. The control machine can complete the harvest very easily, and the efficiency is much higher than the traditional harvesting method.

A man who can drive a machine can easily harvest hundreds of acres of land in one day, but if he harvests with a sickle, even if he is exhausted, he can only harvest a few acres in a day.

There is also the textile factory in Daming. The efficiency of the factory using new textile machinery is very high. An ordinary worker can weave hundreds of times more cloth in one day than a traditional textile car.

This is still the situation when the science and technology just came out, and now, Daming has made great progress in all aspects of science and technology.

Like in the field of medicine, with the emergence of penicillin, the mortality rate of Ming Dynasty has been greatly reduced, especially for children, and the mortality rate of infants has been greatly reduced. In the past, ten people who could feed half of them had to burn incense. May cause premature death.

But now, with the development of medical technology in Ming Dynasty, especially the appearance of penicillin, these diseases are no longer terrible, the death rate has been greatly reduced, and the average life expectancy of Ming Dynasty has increased by 20 years.

These Zhu Houzhao are seen in the eyes, and they also clearly recognize the importance of science and technology.

Now that Liu Jin proposed to set up the Daming Academy of Sciences, Zhu Houzhao was very supportive, and he generously took out 1000 million taels of silver from his internal funds as a reward to set up a scientific and technological progress award.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Liu Jin couldn't help saluting Zhu Houzhao respectfully.

This Zhu Houzhao, lustful is really lustful, playful is also really playful.

But people are very smart, and at the same time, they are very clear about right and wrong.

He knew what was important and beneficial to Daming, so he supported Liu Jin's proposal very much, and even set up the Progress Award out of his own pocket.

"Haha, Liu Jin, you also think my proposal is good."

Seeing Liu Jin respectfully say that he is a saint, Zhu Houzhao immediately grinned happily.

"My dear friends, what do you think?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Wang Shouren, Zhong Fan, Yang Yun, Tong Rui and others.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"I thought that the academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Ming Dynasty should be treated according to the treatment of a fifth-rank official. Juren was given the identity and status, and he could also receive the salary and treatment of a regular fifth-rank official from the imperial court."

Wang Shouren thought about it and added.

"Is it the salary and treatment of the fifth rank?"

"It's relatively ordinary, but it's about the same. It's just that the status and status of this Juren is a bit low. In fact, from my point of view, the status and status of Jinshi can be directly granted."

Zhu Houzhao heard it, and said after a little thought.

"Your Majesty, if you grant the status and status of Jinshi, I am afraid that scholars in the world will not accept it."

Wang Shouren said quickly.

"If you don't accept it, you won't accept it. Do you need them to accept it?"

Zhu Houzhao said indifferently.

Now there are very few conservative officials above the imperial court, almost insignificant, and basically all of them belong to the new reform school.

In any case, all officials were born through the imperial examinations, and they are still traditional scholars. Traditional scholars in this world attach great importance to and care about this.

Jinshi is the lifelong pursuit and dream of countless scholars.

For the imperial examination held every three years, tens of thousands of candidates traveled thousands of miles to the capital to take the exam, not for the sake of being named on the gold list and becoming a Jinshi.

However, there are only more than 500 places in each imperial examination, and crossing the single-plank bridge is not enough to describe it.

If the status and status of Jinshi were directly granted, the traditional scholars in the world would indeed be dissatisfied.

It is nothing to grant the identity and status of Juren, but there are many Juren. It is not uncommon for each province to have many provincial examinations held every three years.

"Your Majesty, I think that the selection system for academicians needs to be more standardized, and only those who have truly made outstanding contributions can be selected."

Zhong Fan thought about it and added.

In the human society of Daming, many things will inevitably become human accidents in the end. If this is used in the technical field, it is not a good thing.

Therefore, it is necessary to improve the system, avoid such things as much as possible, and make the selection more objective and fair.

"It can be carried out in the form of recommendation and selection. First of all, for recommendation, people with status, influence and status are required to make recommendations."

"For example, the recommendation of existing academicians, or the recommendation of the principals of major new schools, the recommendation of well-known professors, or the recommendation of officials above the third rank in the court."

"The selection should be handed over to many academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences, or some professors, experts and scholars in related fields should be called together for discussion and selection."

"If the number of people is redundant, it will be judged by the Son of Heaven!"

When Liu Jin heard it, Zhong Fan's idea was very good.

The selection of this academician is a big event. After all, it involves status, honor and rewards of real gold and silver. If there is no perfect system and it is decided by these civil servants of Ming Dynasty, the layman will be transferred to the insider in the end, and fall into favor. ACCIDENT.

So Liu Jin also talked about some more mature methods of later generations.

"This method is good. Those who engage in technology should let the people who engage in technology evaluate each other. Laymen don't understand what's inside."

When Zhu Houzhao heard it, he applauded immediately.

He is a technical person himself, and he knows things in the technical field very well, and laymen don't understand the situation at all.

For penicillin, laymen only know that this thing can cure diseases, and it seems that it is not much different from other medicines, but insiders are very clear about its value and what penicillin means.

There are many other fields, such as the field of electromagnetism, who may be the first to discover that magnetism generates electricity and electricity generates magnetism. It is very difficult for the phenomenon to come out.

It takes years of research and careful observation to discover new phenomena, and then use them to form new breakthroughs and developments.

"Your Majesty, the Science and Technology Progress Award can also be selected according to this method. First, a selection committee is formed, and the members of the committee make recommendations, or other people with status and status make recommendations. In the end, everyone selects three people."

"If there is any dispute, the final selection will be made by the emperor."

Liu Jin thought about it and added again.

Science and Technology Progress Award This is a very good award.

According to Zhu Houzhao's plan, 10 taels of silver can be used to reward three outstanding contributors every year. Even if the 10 taels of silver are divided equally among the three, one person can get more than [-] taels of silver.

These more than 3000 taels of silver are almost equivalent to more than [-] million in later generations, which is enough for people to live comfortably.

In comparison, this award in later generations seems a bit petty. With millions of rewards, you can't even buy a house in places like the imperial capital and the magical capital.

To be honest, people who want to do scientific and technological research can do it with peace of mind, at least so that people don’t have to worry about it, and they should be more generous.

Zhu Houzhao is relatively very generous. The selected academicians will be rewarded with 1 taels of silver, which is enough to buy 2 houses in the imperial capital. In addition to enjoying the treatment and salary of the fifth grade, this is at least in terms of life. It must be guaranteed, and you can do research without any worries.

(End of this chapter)