I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 285 Hundred Workers Award

Now that they understand, it's time to implement their next big plan.

So Li Tian raised his hand to signal them not to do so.

"Let's get back together, you all have good intentions, how can I have the heart to really blame you?"

After speaking, he took out a stack of papers from his side and handed them to them.

"I came up with this when I was bored some time ago! You all have a look, and then share your opinions!"

Yang Shiqi and others looked at the list on the cover, "Hundred Workers Award", and they were all dumbfounded again.

"What is this thing, why have I never heard of it before."

After opening it, I read a few articles carefully.

Yang Shiqi couldn't help being overwhelmed.

"Your Majesty, this is really a good idea, a wonderful idea!"

Regarding Yang Shiqi's admiration, Li Tian just nodded slightly, but did not speak.

After several people read it all, Li Tian began to ask questions.

"How about it? Is it possible to carry out the idea of ​​this Hundred Workers Award?"

As the dean of Tiangong Academy, Yang Rong actually has the most say.

But because the Baigong Award and the Tiangong Academy somewhat overlapped, it was not easy for him to express his attitude to Li Tian face to face, and instead chose to remain silent.

Huang Zhun, as the director of the Household Reform Bureau, can be regarded as a person who has seen a lot of troubles, and said,

"Your Majesty, setting up the Baigong Award to reward all the innovative people in the world is indeed a good thing that has more advantages than disadvantages.

Kechen still has another question, that is, since it involves all kinds of crafts, it naturally includes all the skills in the world.

In this way, the statistics alone will be a huge project for a while. I don’t know how His Majesty wants to deal with it. Is it possible to build a new government office to deal with this matter! "

Gently flipping through the books next to him, he seemed a little bored, but Li Tian seemed to have been prepared,

"It's not a problem at all. At that time, all you need to do is send the applicant's declaration materials and directory to the Tiangong Institute for approval and verification.

In the first few years, it is estimated that there will not be many people willing to declare, so they should be able to come over quickly. "

At this time, Ren Jin, who was the last to watch, said,

"Your Majesty, what is the significance of setting up the Hundred Workers Award? Could it be that it is just to reward those who are outstanding in certain aspects!"

Li Tian's Hundred Craftsmanship Award not only involves the world's hundred craftsmen, but also includes the first good generals and soldiers born in a year who have made great contributions to the Ming army.

It is said that it is Baigong, but the industries involved actually cover all aspects.

Roughly speaking, the Baigong Award can actually be regarded as a combination of the Nobel Prize and the National People's Congress Outstanding Contribution Award.

He made this thing actually has two purposes.

The main purpose of Baigong is actually to collect the outstanding technologies hidden in the folk, find out the most useful ones, and then promote them on a large scale.

Rewarding and honoring inventors can further stimulate their enthusiasm for innovation.

This aspect is easy to understand, even if Li Tian doesn't say it, they can actually understand it.

In fact, in history, there are many examples in which certain dynasties attached great importance to rewarding inventors and innovators.

For example, Wang Mang, who usurped the Han Dynasty, never did it several times.

It's just that the world's cultural accumulation was not deep enough at that time, and no really useful inventions were discovered.

But it was different at this time. The [-]th to [-]th centuries were the critical period for the rise of capitalism and the Western Renaissance.

Daming's thinking is actually quite loose, and all kinds of inventions and creations are actually no worse than those in the West.

Just say that Song Yingxing, who wrote the book "Heavenly Creation of Things", can be regarded as a genius.

From Li Tian's point of view, if Song Yingxing were to change to a suitable environment, his achievements might be better than that of Da Vinci at the same time.

But such an awesome character, apart from writing a book that is not taken seriously by others, has no greater achievements.

The main reason is that the society at that time did not pay much attention to the development and innovation of science and technology.

The reason why Li Tian wanted to set up the Hundred Workers Award was actually to give people like Song Yingxing a platform to display their talents and stimulate their creative talents.

No matter how much knowledge of future generations is installed in his brain, no matter how he directs and guides, a person's energy is limited after all, and he cannot participate in all aspects of society in every aspect.

Only with the continuous development of the mind of the whole country can more and better things be created.

These are just Li Tian's expectations for Baigong.

And the first good and outstanding soldiers are also included.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand.

The ancients, whether they were civil servants, military generals or ordinary people, who didn't want to leave a name in history.

And Li Tian gave everyone such a chance.

Civil officials govern the place, military generals and soldiers fight on the battlefield, if the common people don't invent, they can also do good deeds in exchange for a chance to be recorded in the history books.

Anyway, it takes care of almost every aspect of people.

And what Li Tian needs to do is to send a few people, write a few imperial edicts to inform the world, and finally record them in the documents for later generations to consult.

With just a few words from him, people all over the world can make a name for themselves.

It is such a cost-effective thing to do everything for the court of Ming Dynasty and serve him as the emperor, why not do it.

Facing Ren Jin's inquiry, Li Tian simply explained to him, but did not express all the meaning he really wanted to express.

But Ren Jin still understood.

"Your Majesty has been taught, but His Majesty is more considerate!"

"I'm tired of hearing compliments, if you have any comments or suggestions, please tell me!"

Huang Zhun, as Daming's money bag, is still very influential in his speech. He said directly,
"Your Majesty, the other ministers can still understand, but how should this chief good be defined?"

"Doing good deeds is a good thing to accumulate yin virtue, but if someone does good deeds in order to gain this false name.

Doesn't it deviate from the original intention of doing good deeds and accumulating virtue? In this way, the name of the first benevolent is not worthy of the name! "

Li Tian smiled slightly and said bluntly,
"It is said that doing good deeds brings peace of mind. If you have never done anything wrong, why bother to pray to gods and Buddhas for peace of mind.

Those who are truly kind will not care about the false name of the first kindness, only those who are greedy for profit will fight for it, so why don't I satisfy them for a while! "

"Since it can benefit the common people, I have nothing to lose, so why not do it."

After listening to Li Tian's words, Huang Zhun was slightly taken aback, but finally said with a wry smile,
"But if things go on like this, isn't Your Majesty afraid of the people talking gossip?"

"What am I afraid of, even if it is a fake first benefactor, if he spends 8 to [-] taels, he is not eligible to be selected at all.

Since all the money has been spent, no matter how much it falls on the common people, the common people can always get some benefits, right? "

(End of this chapter)