Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 369 Vigorously Promoting Ming Imperialist Fighters
It is undeniable that generators, light bulbs, and telegraphs could not have been invented without Zhu Kezang's guidance and blueprints.

But without the ingenuity of Huang Luzhuang, Yan Yuan and others, even with blueprints, none of these things could be realized.

So Zhu Kezang is going to promote these two Ming imperialist fighters.

The first step is to make the light bulb public.

Of course, the telegraph and coal generators are high-level secrets of Ming Dynasty, and the technology is too advanced to be discovered by ordinary people and people from other countries for the time being.

At present, it is just doing without talking and developing quietly.

But hand generators and light bulbs are too backward to be shown.

Therefore, Zhu Kezang called all ministers of civil and military affairs, students of Guozijian, teachers and students of Gewuzhizhi College to watch the light bulb together!

At night, as Huang Lvzhuang stepped on the pedal, the light bulb gradually shone brighter and became more and more obvious until it clearly illuminated the surrounding ten meters.

Except for the people from the Gewu Zhizhi Academy, everyone around was stunned, and really couldn't figure out how the thing was not ignited, so how could it emit a flame.

Chen Yonghua, Huang Zongxi and other people with a little understanding of science who watched the ceremony were extremely shocked.

Earlier, they were popularized by Zhu Kezang over the power of science.

But when a young man leads a group of young students, he can develop such a shocking thing, which makes them feel the hope of the younger generation.

They most understand that what science needs is someone to study continuously, so that it is possible to perfect the whole theory and then apply it to the construction of Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, this electric light is a kind of application of knowledge, which is very rare.

In the newspaper the next day, the three words Huangluzhuang, Yan Yuan and Dian Deng were linked together, and their names were quickly known to the people of Daming because of Dian Deng.

On the same day, Zhu Kezang summoned Huang Luzhuang and Yan Yuan, who were awarded the title of earl because they successfully developed generators, electric lights, telegraphs and other equipment.

For the two of them, this is already a great honor.

And knowledge brings them something more.

On October [-]th of the fifth year of Shenwu, the Ministry of Industry promulgated a new law, the "Law of the Great Ming Empire on Individual and Individual Rights", referred to as "Daming Patent Law".

At the same time, there are countless patents including but not limited to steam engines, lathes, trains, steelmaking methods, etc., and their legally stipulated owners.

Among them is the electric lamp patent, the owner is Huang Luzhuang and Yan Yuan.

As for patents such as steam engines, trains, generators, and telegraphs, they were all signed by Zhu Kezang.

Light bulbs were given to them both, purely for publicity.

After all, almost all of Daming's high technology was brought by Zhu Kezang alone.

The patent law stipulates that individuals can enjoy 20 years of independent use rights of special inventions, and the use rights can be handed over to others for use. It is stipulated that non-patent owners must pay A certain patent royalty for the owner.

This "certain fee" is evaluated and negotiated by both parties. If no consensus can be reached, and unauthorized use is required, the newly established "Patent Division" will make a judgment penalty and compensate the inventor.

On the [-]th, Daming announced the establishment of the "Daming State-owned Electric Power Company", which governs the first power plant and the first electric lamp factory.

Moreover, the Ming government purchased the independent right to use the invention patent of the electric lamp from Yan Yuan and Huang Lvzhuang with a patent royalty of [-] silver coins.

A total of 400 Ming silver dollars, the purchasing power is equivalent to at least [-] million Ruanmei coins in modern times!

The sky-high patent fee made the two of them a hot new rich man.

Not only that, because the use of certain inventions such as steam engines was limited to the promulgation of new laws, the Ming government had to compensate the inventors for a patent fee, otherwise they would not be able to continue to use them.

However, these patents are signed by the emperor, which is equivalent to the Ming treasury having to pay Zhu Kezang.

So Zhu Kezang felt embarrassed, so with a swipe of a pen, he donated part of the money to Gewuzhizhi College and the General Administration of Manufacturing as funds.

Another part will reward the artisans who participated in these projects before!
The rest will go into your own money.

By doing this, Zhu Kezang wanted more and more people to see the benefits of learning from things and science, so as to induce more people to devote themselves to it.

No matter what their purpose is, as long as they can promote the development of science in Ming Dynasty, that's good.

Now what Zhu Kezang wants is to make Daming's scientific career develop rapidly.

Huang Luzhuang and Yan Yuan are two good role models. The learning atmosphere of Gewu Zhizhi College has become more intense. Everyone wants to be the next Huang Luzhuang and Yan Yuan.

However, Huang Luzhuang and Yan Yuan themselves were not lost by this huge wealth. They each took away [-] silver dollars to improve the lives of themselves and their families, and donated the rest to Gewuzhizhi College.

After some discussions, the school decided to set up the "Huang Luzhuang Yanyuan Scholarship", which will be given to five students who have outstanding performance during the research and development of generators and telegraphs.

[-] Daming silver dollars were deposited in the Royal Bank of Daming in the form of a "study fund". The bank would use the money to invest. As a reward, the bank would pay five points of interest every year.

These interests serve as scholarships.

Every year, there are 24 scholarships, and each student can get 100 Ming silver dollars every year. This is not a small amount, and it is higher than the annual salary of ordinary soldiers of the Guards.

Knowledge really changes destiny!

Such a good policy is naturally unavoidable with some publicity, so that more and more people know that as long as the knowledge of things is in place, they can enter the court and become an official, and they can also legally harvest a lot of money. new way.

Under various funds, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty has been quite rich recently. According to the habit of Yehenala 3, Zhu Kezang wanted to increase the treatment of officials.

Because the Qing Dynasty in the Victoria 3 game is too strong, it is nicknamed Yehenala 3 (Cixi).

Zhu Kezang's first consideration was the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has always been responsible for impeaching other people's crimes, especially those of corrupt officials.

Considering that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is a supervisory department and a department that fights corruption, it can give priority to it.

Because the censor has no power to govern the people and the army except for the power to impeach others, so there is nothing to gain except bribes.

Therefore, in order to avoid the corruption of the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zhu Kezang issued an edict to ask the Ministry of Officials to issue a new salary to the Metropolitan Procuratorate: Yanglianyin.

Zhu Kezang crossed the river again by feeling the Qing Dynasty.

Distributing money to support honesty will ensure that the censor can live in poverty without taking bribes.

According to the scale of Yanglianyin, the income of Ruan Minxi, the second-rank right capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, can be equal to that of the first-rank minister.

Ruan Minxi, a native of Tong'an, Xiamen, was once one of the aides of Lord Guoxing. He served under Zhu Kezang's account from the official to the imperial censor. He was good at cooking Gongfu tea and had tea-making skills.

And Huang Zongxi is the censor of Zuodu, and both of them are the chief officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but in ancient times, Zuo was respected, and Huang Zongxi's status was slightly higher than him.

Ruan Minxi was naturally happy when he heard that Zhu Kezang wanted to send money to them, which meant that the emperor fully affirmed their work.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Yushi has not been easy since ancient times, but fortunately, your Majesty is so enlightened!" Ruan Minxi was very emotional.

(End of this chapter)