Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 258 Starting to reach out to the system

"Protect knowledge?" Zhu Biao had a puzzled look on his face.

The concept of intellectual property did not officially appear until the 17th century.

The birthplace is Britain, the birthplace of the industrial revolution in modern Europe.

The United Kingdom was the earliest promoter of the intellectual property system and the biggest beneficiary. The Monopoly Act promulgated in 1623 was the world's first patent law. The implementation of this law greatly promoted the British mining and smelting industry at that time. , transportation, handicraft manufacturing and other industries. The material wealth created during the 100 years after the implementation of the patent law was the total of the British founding in the ten centuries since its founding.

This also shows the importance of patent law.

For Zhu Biao today, whether it is a patent or intellectual property, it is an extremely novel thing, and it is normal for him to be confused.

Yang Xian thought for a while, then explained: "Intellectual property rights, simply put, are the various results produced by a person using his wisdom. The final result is intellectual property rights."

"For example, for a doctor, his prescriptions are his intellectual property; for a craftsman, the new tools he designs are his intellectual property; for a literati, the books and works he writes are his intellectual property."

Zhu Biao nodded slightly.

When Yang Xian said this, the whole matter was revealed.

"Your Highness, the implementation of patents will definitely increase the enthusiasm for technological research in the entire world. It will not only increase the industry, but also the fields of arithmetic, medicine, literature, and astronomy will immediately see a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending."

"Take medical skills as an example. According to records, during the Three Kingdoms period, the miracle doctor Hua Tuo was already able to scrape bones and open skulls. But now, why have these medical skills not only not been carried forward, but have been lost with the passage of time? This Although there are various reasons such as wars, the main reason is that doctors cherish their brooms for themselves, which greatly hinders the spread and development of medical skills."

"There is an old saying in the trade of learning a craft, which is that if the apprentice starves to death, the master will often keep something alive. With the patent law in place, the masters no longer have to worry about starving to death."

"Once the patent law is implemented, in order to protect their own interests, doctors across the country will actively apply for patents and contribute their own unique prescriptions. One person has short manpower, even if it is a treasured unique prescription, how many people can be saved? And how many people can be saved? How much profit?"

"Through patents, you authorize others to collude to make patent medicines. Every time a copy of the medicine is sold, the profit will be shared with the person who came up with the prescription. It is not an exaggeration to say that the profit gap between the two is huge. Even a fool can settle accounts."

Zhu Biao's eyes were shining, and he continued: "In this way, famous doctors from all over the country will contribute what they have learned throughout their lives to the court. The providers will enjoy the benefits brought by the patents, and others will have the opportunity to learn. , and will continue to introduce new ones, and the medical skills of doctors all over the world will only get higher and higher."

"Yes, this is the role of patents." Yang Xian smiled and nodded, then said. "Similarly, if we put it in the field of literature, if one person writes a book and distributes it all over the world, every time a book is sold, the author of the book will be paid a patent fee."

Novel authors in this era don't have copyright fees to speak of. They only have retouching fees, which is to sell the manuscripts in their hands at once.

Whether it sells more or less in the future has nothing to do with the author of the novel.

It is similar to the buyout system of later online novels.

Except for Mingji, the retouching fees given by other publishers are so small that they obviously cannot be linked to the buyout fee and can only be regarded as hard-earned fees at best.

Therefore, many novelists in this era actually did not live a good life.

What can support the literati in ancient times is that writing books and biographies can honor the ancestors, and writing poems and lyrics can leave a name in history.

Of course, there are also some written for myself out of frustration.

But these are not rewarded with money or material, and they come more simply and crudely.

The spurt of online writing in later generations also happened during the era of the rise of mobile reading and payment.

Yang Xian was very patient and broke down all aspects of the patent law and explained them to Zhu Biao one by one. Hearing this, Zhu Biao's eyes sparkled.

Regarding patent fees, Yang Qing is really a scholar of the country and a scholar. How come no one could think of these things before him?

Yang Xian did not expect that the patent bill would be triggered because of Song Lian's incident.

But establishing these systems early is not a bad thing.

In later generations, because our country is a latecomer, many places have been subject to various constraints from developed countries. But it is different now. Today's Ming Dynasty is the most scientifically developed place in the world. Once the patent system is established, Ming Dynasty will become the biggest vested interest. By.

The surrounding neighboring countries will immediately face technological barriers and protection, and Ming Dynasty will be able to openly carry out economic plunder.

It would be even better if the other party refused to hand over the sky-high patent fees, which would give Ming a perfect reason to send troops.

After all, it is something that must be done in every era to be famous. No matter what, you must at least have a name.

As the founding king of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's rule over the Ming Dynasty can be said to be extremely solid. The implementation of patent laws will not encounter much resistance.

There are still many detailed issues, and Zhu Biao needs to go back and report to Zhu Yuanzhang and then summon the six ministers of Zhongshu Province to discuss it before making a decision.

Yang Xian believed that Zhu Biao could do the rest of the things well, but he just explained some principled issues before parting.

Right now Yang Xian has other things to do.

That is to make the Jiangnan consortium behind Song Lian pay the due price.

He doesn't have a good temper. Others have been beaten at the door of Mingji's house. It's time to teach them a lesson.

Business matters should be settled in the mall.

Yang Xian will let these guys know what capital is.

The emergence of capital marks that the social production process has entered a new era.

In the following period, Mingji Textile Factory began to accelerate the pace of encroaching on the national cotton market, and various business methods emerged in an endless stream.

In the beginning, those Jiangnan textile merchants could still rely on so-called old customers to support themselves.

But there are never permanent allies in the market, and all relationships are based on the interests of others.

These old customers themselves, or the market, will teach them to make the right choice.

Jiangnan textile merchants, in the end, the cotton cloth produced by their textile factories could not be sold even if they reduced the price at a loss.

Because of the same price, the quality of cotton fabrics produced by Mingji Textile Factory is much higher than theirs.

The cotton produced could not be sold and was piled up like a mountain. The textile mills could not start their operations. The textile workers had no choice but to find another way to make a living.

The lack of workers also prevented textile factories from starting operations.

It didn't take long for the textile factories of these Jiangnan merchants to fall into such a vicious cycle.

(End of this chapter)