I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 565: The New French Scientific Community
"You have made so many sacrifices for France!"

Dean Leroy was deeply moved, and he thought that if he had won the award, he would definitely not give it up easily. But His Royal Highness the Dauphin gave it to someone else just because of the reputation of the Supreme Louis Prize.

He said with emotion: "In fact, several judges and I think that even the literature award should be given to you. I have read your book, Madam, Please Stop, and the wonderful plot made me feel like I couldn't even taste the food I was eating."

Although these novels were all signed with the name of the "gunman", people knew over time that they were actually the works of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Joseph suddenly felt even more embarrassed. This was a blatant plagiarism of the work of Tian Haishan. He was really ashamed...

He quickly changed the subject and said, "Well, President Leroy, how is the reorganization of the French Academy of Sciences going?"

"Oh, it's going well, Your Highness." Leroy said hurriedly, "Currently, the new Departments of Mathematics, Geometry, Mechanics, Astronomy, Optics, Agriculture, and Chemistry have begun operations.

“Newer departments, such as the Department of Thermodynamics and the Department of Surgery, are still under construction.

"As for the departments you requested, such as the Department of Geology and the Department of Electrical Engineering, they may take some time due to the lack of sufficient scholars..."

What he said may seem unremarkable to people in the future, but at the moment, it is a huge step forward in the field of scientific research management.

You should know that before this, both the French Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of London only had two departments - the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Physics.

Many sub-fields were not divided at all, which led to many obstacles to scientific research. For example, in the allocation of funds, how could you, a physics department that has not even developed a theoretical system, compete with the mechanics for funds? Not to mention geology, the traditional physics experts would not even look at you.

The same goes for management. For example, Lavoisier was the second director of the Physics Department, but he knew nothing about physics. All he did was research in the field of chemistry. How could he lead the Physics Department?

There are also many new physics talents who submit papers to him. It is no big deal if he can't understand them, but sometimes it is a big loss to delay the development of a very promising new star.

So Joseph asked Leroy, Lagrange, Condorcet, and Laplace to reorganize the Academy of Sciences according to the common subject division method in later generations.

In this way, scientific research will be more efficient and funding allocation will be more reasonable in the future.

At the same time, segmented academic departments can also attract more talents to come to France.

For example, a great scholar who devotes himself to geology can only work under a bunch of theoretical physics masters in other places and can hardly see any chance of getting ahead.

And if he comes to the French Academy of Sciences, perhaps he can directly become the director of the Department of Geology with his solid academic foundation!
The crow turns into a phoenix directly.

At least the people in your department are doing related research and won't look down on you all day long.

Dean Leroy continued, "As for the national laboratories supporting each department, most of them have been completed. If nothing unexpected happens, they will be fully completed before August this year."

The national laboratories that Joseph had the Academy of Sciences set up were a pioneering effort of this era.

At present, scientific research is still a very "luxury" thing, and only wealthy people with a lot of money can do it.

Take the laboratory for example. The university can only provide the most basic equipment. If you want to do advanced research, you have to pay for it yourself, hire people to buy equipment and build a private laboratory. It costs tens of thousands of francs.

For example, Lavoisier's private laboratory invested hundreds of thousands of francs, and there were tens of thousands of beakers alone.

In this case, if you can produce research results, you may not be able to recover the cost, and if you can't produce results, you will definitely lose a lot of money. Therefore, scholars of this era are all fighting for their ideals and the pursuit of truth, and they are all worthy of admiration.

But this also makes many poor scholars with extremely high talents feel helpless and helpless, unable to bring out their own abilities.

This time, Joseph allocated 120 million francs to the French Academy of Sciences to build several large national laboratories according to the highest standards. Any scholar can apply for their use without any charge.

This will not only make it easier for French scholars to conduct research, but will also attract a large number of foreign talents with little money to apply for laboratories.

You have to live in France until the experiment is completed, and the research materials must be piled up here. It is very troublesome to move them back and forth. Basically, the entire scientific research process is done in France. After living in France for a few years, they may not want to leave.

Even if everyone uses experimental equipment with unified standards, it can promote the rapid progress of experimental science.

As Joseph and Leroy were talking, the carriage slowly stopped and noisy conversations could be heard outside the carriage. It was obvious that many people had gathered here.

Emman opened the car door and stood by with his head bowed.

Joseph saw in front of him a large group of villas surrounded by red brick walls. On the huge rocks outside the wall were carved the words "Palace of the Great Scholars".

In fact, the so-called "Palace of the Great Scholars" is a high-end residential area prepared for attracting talents. At first, Joseph planned to name it "House of Talents", but Brian thought that the name was not loud enough and suggested changing it to "Palace of the Great Scholars".

So there is actually no palace here, but the building quality and style are absolutely top-notch, and it is not for sale to the public. Only talents recognized by the talent introduction program can rent here at a very low price.

Make sure your neighbors are all top scholars.

Once you have accumulated academic contributions and reached a certain academic rating, this luxurious villa will be given to you directly. Of course, you cannot sell it privately.

As the main person in charge of the talent introduction program, Mirabeau had already been waiting at the Fountain Square in front of the Grand Palace. When he saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrive, he immediately signaled the band to play music.

The people around then bowed towards Joseph.

This kind of academic affairs usually don't attract too many people, but with the vigorous promotion of the talent introduction plan, thousands of people came today.

Among them were many children who, after seeing the magnificent villa of the Palace of Great Scholars, secretly made up their minds to become scholars and live here one day.

Joseph gave a speech as usual, and then told the reporters present about the importance France places on talent. Then he watched the first batch of scholars who moved into the University Palace get their new homes.

At around 6 pm, the ceremony was over and Joseph got in the car to return to the Tuileries Palace.

Mirabeau trotted over from behind and bowed respectfully, looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Joseph motioned him to get in the car and asked, "What do you want?"

Mirabeau hesitated and said, "Your Highness, I would like to ask you to postpone the follow-up construction of the Grand Palace. Oh, and it would be best if you could postpone the dividends from the Industrial Development Fund."

(End of this chapter)