Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2158, play technology early
Golden Palace.

"Academician Xuan Daming has an audience!"

Accompanied by the shrill voice of a young eunuch, the first batch of academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Ming Dynasty, headed by Zhang Xingjian and Gao Lu, walked into the Golden Luan Hall in two rows, wearing uniform academician uniforms.

This is the first time that Xinxue has stepped into the core of the Ming Empire in a true sense in the decades since its development!
Looking at these academicians of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Jin was deeply moved.

If we really value technology and talents, it is actually Daming that pays more attention to it now.

Whether it is major factories, commercial firms or the government and the public, they all attach great importance to these scientific and technological talents.

Everyone in the society needs these new students very much. Because of the development of industry, if you want to stand out in the fierce competition, you must have unique skills.

For example, if you are also a clothing maker, if you master a unique printing and dyeing technology, others cannot make this color or pattern, and you will have a great advantage in the competition.

Like blue, which is very expensive now, blue clothes are much more expensive than ordinary clothes. If ordinary white cloth is dyed blue, the price will double immediately.

This is the competitive advantage in color.

Because blue is a very rare color in this period, and the price is expensive, as long as you master the formula of this dye, you can sit and collect money.

This is the technical advantage, and this can only be researched by professional researchers who need continuous research and experiments.

The people of Daming have already tasted the sweetness of technology. With technological advantages, the speed of the machine is faster, the quality is better, the price is cheaper, and the efficiency is higher.

The competitive advantage is greater.

This will naturally and slowly develop an emphasis on technology and talents.

It will be different in future generations, because we are rising stars, we plagiarize many things, the cost of plagiarism is low and it is very fast, after we get used to plagiarism, we don’t have much motivation for innovation.

Instead of spending a lot of money on it, it is faster and less labor-intensive to copy it directly after others have done it.

This naturally does not pay so much attention to scientific and technological talents, anyway, it is plagiarism, and you do not need to have much innovation and research ability.

Anyway, the punishment and cost of plagiarism are very small, and the benefits obtained are huge. However, the cost of investing in research and development is very high, and the possible benefits are very small. Everyone knows how to choose.

The ruling and opposition parties said that the Ming Empire also gained countless benefits from the development of science and technology, because the development of science and technology has the Ming Empire's strong national strength, advanced weapons, huge factories, convenient transportation and so on.

All of this is seen by everyone.

Even the most obstinate rotten Confucianism in Ming Dynasty has to admit the great role of technology. To the sky, he despises new learning, but it is not enough to say that this technology is useless.

This enjoys the benefits brought by the development of science and technology. Da Ming naturally attaches great importance to science and technology. The new learning can continue to develop.

Among the bigwigs above the court, who has not invested in a few factories, if this factory wants to develop well, it will naturally need to use new technology and new equipment.

Don't expect to rely on traditional manpower and methods to compete with those machines, it is not a bad competition at all.

No matter how much a person can weave cloth, it is impossible for you to say that it is better than a machine.

No matter how fast a person walks, it is impossible for you to outrun motorcycles and cars.

No matter how strong a person is, it will only look like a few hundred catties, but a machine can easily carry objects of several thousand or even tens of thousands of catties.

This is the power of technology, and it is also the most intuitive feeling for everyone.

Only by truly feeling the benefits and changes brought about by technology from the very beginning can we truly value technology!

In later generations, there are still many people who believe that reading is useless, many people still believe that technology is nothing more than that, and many people believe that college students are working for elementary school students.

At the same time, in the field of science and technology, there are always laymen who give blind orders to experts. Not only do they not pay much attention to and respect knowledge and talents, but they even despise those people, thinking that their studies are useless and can't make a lot of money. For money, it is better to come out to work early to make money, and it is hard to say that you may become the boss.

Such a phenomenon is absolutely impossible in Daming.

Learning is valuable than anything else!

Not to mention these scholars from the old school, all of them are very noble, and they are even more remarkable after being admitted to fame. Not only can they enjoy privileges, but they also have the opportunity to become officials.

Although this new school is despised by the old school, the students from the new school are also talents, and they are very popular. All major commercial firms and factories are vying for these talents.

Many people have been snatched away before graduation.

Even if they graduate, their salary is much better than that of ordinary people. After a few years, they can be managers or something casually, and their income will be higher. If they have any achievements in technology, this reward will be even more enviable. .

In the final analysis, all scholars in this period have status and status, whether they are new students or old students, they are all status and status people.

Of course, this is also because although Xinxue is popularizing, there are very few colleges and universities for Xinxue, and only truly top-notch talents can enter them.

Ordinary people who can't read still come out to work early, can know some words, can count, and know some common sense. They don't need to know too much.

Professional things are left to professional people, and if you can't read, don't force it.

It was in such an environment that everyone in the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to and supported technology.

Of course, from another perspective, now is the period when technology begins to develop, and many times casual investment can get huge returns, which also stimulates everyone to continue to invest in it.

It will be different in later generations. The initial golden period of science and technology has already passed, and a large number of patents are in the hands of Westerners. They rely on patents to form a patent fortress. You have to invest a lot in it, and the income is small, and the initial golden period has passed. , it is difficult to have any major breakthroughs and achievements.

The return will be greatly reduced, and naturally there will be less emphasis on technology, and less emphasis on talents.

Liu Jin watched them thinking continuously.

The advantage of being the first to develop is cool, and all kinds of benefits have been eaten up. If a rising star wants to catch up, the price will be very high, and it can even be said that there will never be a chance to catch up.

For example, Daming can already produce cars on a large scale, but many countries in Europe are still in a backward state, and technology and industry are still in their infancy. If they are destroyed by Daming now, They don't even remember it.

After summing up, Liu Jin came to the conclusion that no matter what he did, he had to do it as early as possible, and only by tasting the benefits and sweetness early could he become stronger.

"Well, good, good!"

Zhu Houzhao on the dragon chair looked at the academician of Daming in front of him, and nodded in satisfaction. This academician uniform looks very handsome.

"The winner of the Science and Technology Progress Award in the first year of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty stepped forward to accept the award!"

"Zhang Xingjian!"

Along with Xiao Huangmen, he shouted out.

Zhang Xingjian quickly stepped forward respectfully, Zhu Houzhao walked down the stairs and came in front of Zhang Xingjian.

"Work hard, I hope you can research more medicines to treat more diseases!"

Zhu Houzhao said a few words of encouragement.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Xingjian replied respectfully.

Then Zhu Houzhao took out a gold Daming Science and Technology Progress Award medal from the plate held by the little eunuch next to him. This medal was made of pure gold and weighed 10 taels. It was engraved with the head of Emperor Zhengde, the year and Winner's name.

Then he took out three stacks of one hundred taels of silver bills, one stack of 100 bills was worth 1 taels of silver, and three stacks of bills was worth 3 taels of silver, all of which were handed over to Zhang Xingjian.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Xingjian saluted respectfully and expressed his thanks.

"Gaolu!"

Soon it was Gao Lu's turn again, and he was rewarded with a gold medal and thirty taels of silver.

"Zhu Shou!"

At this time, Zhu Shou's name was called out along with Xiao Huangmen.

Zhu Houzhao became excited immediately, and hurried to the side, then hurriedly took off the dragon robe, put on the academician uniform he had prepared earlier, and returned to the front of the hall with a smile on his face.

The ministers were dumbfounded when they saw Zhu Houzhao's operation.

Those who know the truth are better off, those who don't know the truth are at a loss, and they don't know what the Emperor Zhengde is playing.

"Liu Jin, Liu Jin!"

"Come here, come here."

Zhu Houzhao, who returned to the main hall, said to Liu Jin with a smile.

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When Liu Jin saw it, he was speechless immediately. He couldn't present the award to himself, so he asked himself to act temporarily.

This Zhu Houzhao really knows how to play. He is not willing to give up a scientific and technological progress award.

But this is also in line with Zhu Houzhao's personality characteristics.

It is not surprising to be able to play such tricks. After all, in the history of King Ning's rebellion, he was able to let go and catch it again himself.

Now it seems that it is possible to present awards to myself.

There was no way, Liu Jin could only hurry up and present the certificate and bonus to Zhu Houzhao.

"Ha ha!"

Zhu Houzhao got the certificate and bonus, and suddenly he laughed happily.

This feeling is still very good. I can get this scientific and technological progress award for my own research, which shows that I am really good.

As for the other ministers, they finally understood now that the Son of Heaven is Zhu Shou. No wonder they didn't see the man named Zhu Shou coming this time. Who would have known that Zhu Shou was actually the Son of Heaven.

The medals and bonuses were handed out continuously. After the handouts, Zhu Houzhao took them out of the Golden Luan Hall to take pictures in Taihe Square.

(End of this chapter)