People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 380 The Civil Officials’ Conspiracy!!
Chen Han is not interested at all in the current actions of the Japanese devils.

He can now say openly that annexing Japan is only a matter of time.

He had dreamed many times before about annexing Japan, but it was always just a dream.

Although this was also a dream, it was a real effort by the game developers to restore it so realistically in the dream.

It is probably because game workers understand very well the most ardent ideas in the hearts of every Chinese person, so they support the realization of these ideas at all costs.

Chen Han had to give a big thumbs up to this point.

After arranging a large amount of work, Chen Han immediately sent a message to the country, insisting that the country provide more weapons and equipment.

Although he also wanted to build a production line in Japan, Japan's technology at that time was so backward that it was difficult to produce a qualified component.

Instead of this, it would be better to send it directly from China.

It just so happens that there are still a lot of little Japanese slaves who need to be transported back.

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It was more than two months later that the letters and the Japanese slaves reached Princess Ning'an on the southeast coast.

In the past month or so, a lot of things have happened in the country.

What Sophia didn't expect was that as the Imperial University of Peking officially opened, the craftsmen felt the school respected them enough when the school started, so they enthusiastically contributed their unique skills as soon as the school started.

The Patent Office of Imperial University of Peking was composed of people recruited from the public and formed a review team together with the official court.

After carefully reviewing these technologies, they provided subsidies for patents A, B and C respectively.

Grade A naturally refers to technologies related to large-scale national infrastructure projects.

Grade B is the technology for large-scale civilian infrastructure projects.

Category C are patent items for daily life.

According to the regulations of Imperial University, in this case, the monthly subsidy for a Class A patent project is ten taels of silver.

The second grade is five taels of silver.

Class C is two taels of silver.

When the students heard the news, they were shocked.

"What? So the two taels of silver subsidy mentioned at the beginning was just the simplest patent?"

"Yes, I noticed that many of my classmates have received it."

"My God, even the lowest-level patent can get a subsidy of two taels of silver. The Imperial University is really not cheating me!"

"No, I also have to work hard to study technology. Although my technology has not been evaluated, some experts said that my ideas are correct and I need to keep improving and get the most suitable way from different directions."

"I'm going to work hard too."

"A subsidy of ten taels of silver a month would be one hundred and twenty taels of silver a year. I heard that the annual salary of the county magistrate in my hometown seems to be this figure."

"One patent can earn you 120 taels of silver, and that's for a full 20 years. That means you can get more than 2,000 taels of silver just from the college's subsidies. What kind of work is that? This is like giving away bribes for a lifetime."

When they thought of this, many students showed envious expressions.

Not to mention the students who used to be craftsmen were envious, even the officials outside were envious.

According to Sophia's explanation, the school's patent office simply requisitions your patent and gives you a subsidy every year. If this is used in large-scale infrastructure projects and also saves money for the court, you can get more money accordingly.

Isn't this a machine for making silver?
When the common people heard about this, they were everywhere in the streets and alleys.

"Have you heard that the Imperial University of Peking has set up an invention patent office? As long as you have special abilities and submit them to it, if they meet the standards after evaluation, you can get subsidies. It seems that the lowest level has a subsidy of two taels of silver per month."

"What? Two taels of silver?"

"Yes, this is two taels of silver for no work, this is the lowest level."

"How many are the highest grade ones?"

"Ten taels of silver a month!" the man made a gesture.

sizzle...

Many people around took a deep breath when they heard it.

You have to know that even if the Duke of Xi'an is working hard to create a good situation, he still needs to work hard to earn an income of one or two taels of silver a month.

However, these craftsmen with special abilities can earn ten taels of silver every month just by doing nothing, as long as they apply for a patent that meets the requirements of the Patent Office. What kind of treatment is that?
That is definitely the treatment of a superior person.

Many people were silent.

Silence is the loudest shock.

How much I looked down upon those craftsmen in the past, how much I envy them now.

In the past, the four systems of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans were the basis for scholars and common people to laugh at the other two types of household registration, but now it seems that they have been popularized.

The scholars were killed by the Duke and the blood flowed like a river.

Even the Kong family, the sacred family in the minds of scholars, was overthrown.

From then on, scholars no longer dared to claim that they were the only choice.

Today, craftsmen, who were once looked down upon even by ordinary people, have been elevated to this level.

A capable craftsman who applied for a patent could earn ten taels of silver a month and live a carefree life.

But even if I work myself to death, I can't afford so much.

Now ordinary people have no idea how to live.

I originally dreamed of getting everything by becoming a scholar, but now it seems that is not entirely possible. At least now I still have the option of becoming a craftsman.

"Eh! The world is changing so fast. Who would have thought that these lousy craftsmen could be so popular?"

"Who says it's not?"

"What a misrepresentation of right and wrong!"

"Hush! You're asking for your life. Don't forget that the Royal Guards have infiltrated the entire world. The Tax Inspection Department is everywhere. If you say anything unpleasant, they'll arrest you right away."

"Have the Jinyiwei become so lawless now?"

"No!"

"They are not lawless. According to the Duke, the Ming Dynasty is now in the stage of climbing up. He does not ask everyone to work hard, but for those who are watching the show from the sidelines, if they dare to make sarcastic remarks, they will be punished immediately."

Eh!
This is true.

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street.

A matchmaker who is well-known in Wanping County received an order with very special requirements today.

The eldest daughter of an official family actually wanted to find a young craftsman.

Logically speaking, the daughters of officials do not need matchmakers like them, because matchmakers like them only deal with the lowest class of people.

But precisely because it can reach the grassroots people, it has become popular now.

It cannot be said that they have become popular.

But it is because craftsmen are now in high demand.

After the Imperial University of Peking opened, it directly selected one thousand craftsmen to enroll, and each craftsman was treated very well.

It is said that if you learn well after three years, you can become an official directly.

Many people were shocked and their jaws dropped. At first, no one could believe it was true.

But since the emperor personally appeared at the opening ceremony of Imperial University of Peking, many people believed this statement.

So the customs among the people began to change.

Especially the marriage market.

That is the most realistic.

The artisans, who were originally unpopular and unloved, have now become popular.

Because most people believe that studying at the Imperial University of Peking has a much greater chance of becoming an official than studying hard for ten years.

And now the Duke obviously hates scholars and kills them all.

The scholars did not want to take the imperial examination, so the Duke simply made it happen for them.

In turn, that special examination became the imperial examination for selecting craftsmen.

This kind of ridiculous thing could only happen in the Ming Dynasty. If it happened in other dynasties, it would be a joke.

But what is even more strange is that such a ridiculous thing actually happened in the Ming Dynasty.

Even though there were so many scholars and officials opposing it, it still succeeded.

This is the method used by the Duke and also the will of His Majesty the Emperor, so now no one dares to say that the craftsman is a bad craftsman.

Because you never know, one day he might enter the Imperial University of Peking, become an official after graduation, and then kill you.

Back to the matchmaker.

It was strange when the matchmaker received such business.

He said to the housekeeper of the wealthy family, "Oh, this is really rare. A daughter of an official family actually married a man of lower status, and she married a craftsman. Craftsmen are really popular nowadays."

The housekeeper could hear some sarcasm in the matchmaker's words.
Because this matchmaker had come to the mansion before, hoping to be a matchmaker for the young lady in the mansion, but they were a family of officials, so how could they allow a common matchmaker to be their matchmaker?

He even humiliated the matchmaker, saying that although she was well-known in Wanping County and had successfully brought together many couples, so what?
We, the officials, still don't take you seriously.

So today the housekeeper went to the matchmaker again, but the matchmaker's mouth was not clean at all, and she directly made sarcastic remarks.

The housekeeper was also a person who was used to seeing all kinds of people. He did not take her words seriously but smiled and said, "Nowadays, you can't mock these craftsmen.

You know, as long as a craftsman studies in the Imperial University of Peking for three years, he can become an official.

Even if someone's unique skills are granted the lowest level patent at the Patent Office, they can receive a subsidy of two taels of silver every month.

Even though my master's salary is not high, just considering the salary, it doesn't seem to be too shameful for us to find a son-in-law like this.

After all, everyone has come this way, don’t you think? "

After hearing these frank words, the matchmaker didn't say anything else. She accepted the deposit and laughed, "That's right. Nowadays, young craftsmen in our market with good skills are all from one family and sought after by hundreds of girls.

So if you want to pick the best ones, you have to do it early."

The housekeeper had no objection to the matchmaker's plan.

Now, because the Imperial University of Peking has selected one thousand craftsmen in the formal imperial examination, it has made a huge splash and there are patent subsidies.

These extra benefits have made the craftsman industry instantly a hot commodity in the market.

If you act too late, all the good things will be picked up by others.

This was the case even among the common people, and the upper class was even more so. At the same time, everyone was gritting their teeth, but at the same time, they were trying to find some capable craftsmen to surround themselves and cultivate new forces.

That's how trends change.

At the beginning, the imperial court must have listed various policies and conditions that would attract the people, so that everyone would pay attention to one of the industries.

After this industry received attention from the court and the government, its value naturally increased a hundredfold.

This is an eternal truth.

Although many officials hate it, they also know that they cannot change this kind of atmosphere. If they want to be invincible, they can only strike first.

In this instant, the craftsmen in the capital became the superior ones and the objects of everyone's competition.

No matter whether you have the ability now or not, as long as you have been in this industry for a few years and have a certain reputation, you will immediately become the object of everyone's flattery.

Under this atmosphere, civil servants are now increasingly disgusted with Sofia and Chen Han's policies.

Because now all their advantages have disappeared because of the Imperial University founded by Chen Han, and they are even facing many crises.

At this time, in order to resist the influence of Imperial University, the civil servants carefully planned to build a bridge across the Yongding River.

The project of building this bridge was originally planned as early as the Jiajing period.

However, since Emperor Jiajing passed away in a hurry, after Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, he focused a lot of energy on resisting Japanese pirates on the southeast coast.

So the project has been shelved and is now being brought up again by civil servants.

The civil officials hoped that since the Imperial University had been established, the craftsmen inside would be the most capable people in the world.

Then we should let the craftsmen from the Imperial University of Peking show their skills.

After receiving such a task, Sophia did not hesitate and agreed immediately.

Of course she knew that this must have been a premeditated plan by the civil servants.

But she has confidence in the students of Imperial University and the craftsmen behind it.

So while Chen Han was still fighting in Japan, the emperor personally ordered Sophia and the students of Imperial University to jointly study and design a plan to build this cross-river bridge.

This bridge may be the first bridge in the history of Ming Dynasty to use steel.

When Chen Han left Ming Dynasty to fight in Korea, he had already handed over the steel smelting technology to Sophia.

Let her find talents in this area in school to conduct experiments.

The results of the experiment have shown initial results in the past few months.

Although it cannot be fully used in bridge construction.

But at least it can be regarded as a supplement to some important materials.

This is also the first time it has been used on a bridge.

This is not only the first engineering construction project that tests Imperial University of Peking since its establishment.

What is more tested is their ability to unite.

And the war against the mouths of civil servants.

So even though we knew this was a trap set by the civil servants.

Even though she knew that civilian officials might sabotage the plan, Sophia had to take on the task.

This is an open conspiracy. If the Imperial University of Peking represented by Sophia does not dare to undertake the task of building the bridge, then the civil servants will have reason to say that the Imperial University of Peking is nothing but a facade and is just trying to attract attention.

The school that was built with so much manpower and material resources of the imperial court is just a facade.

Although each of those people is said to have unique skills, they are only theoretical and cannot be put into practice.

If the civil servants really succeeded, the prestige of the newly established Imperial University of Peking would be greatly reduced.

The common people would also think that spending so much money and giving so much subsidy to each craftsman, but they cannot do any work, isn’t that a waste of the common people’s taxes?

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(End of this chapter)