June 29 of the first year of Hanxing.

In front of the Wenhua Hall of the Forbidden City of Tianfu, a grand ceremony is being held to announce the results of the first Gezhi Hall examination in the Ming Dynasty.

said that the results were announced, but in fact, the ranking of the palace examination had already come out. Unlike the examination of the history subject, which is particularly difficult to rank, as long as the paper is changed here, the score will be judged.

Therefore, five days after the end of the examination, the list of tributes in the examination came out, a total of fifty-one. The results of the palace examination were released on the same day, because the Son of Heaven specially ordered a few talents with low scores due to "partial subjects" to give Jinshi background, which led to another day of delay before holding the ceremony.

The civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty gathered in the Wenhua Palace, and when the new Kegong Shi entered the hall and stood still, the great tomorrow came with a smile, and everyone immediately knelt down and bowed three times and bowed nine times.

Subsequently, Honglu Siqing came to the top and chanted loudly: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the system says."

"On June 29 of the first year of Hanxing, I tried the world's tributes. Shi Yongwang, Nanfeng County, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, hand-picked the first place in the first class, and gave the champion and the first.

"Jiang Yuanzhi, Wu County, Suzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili, hand-picked the second place in the first class, and gave the eye and the first.

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"Lin Yaocen, Chongde County, Hangzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang, hand-picked the eleventh place in the second class, and gave the Jinshi and the ......"

Lin Yaocen was happy in his heart, there were three first-class winners, champions, lists, and flowers, so the eleventh place in the second-class was not low.

After all the rankings of the top three were read out, the Son of Heaven said something to encourage the new Jinshi, Lin Yaocen thought that he would follow the usual practice to post a list outside the noon gate, and Zhuangyuanlang led all the Jinshi to praise the street, but unexpectedly heard that the Son of Heaven said: "Since it is the first to open the Gezhi Branch, it must be a little different from the past. ”

can't help but be a new science and technology scholar, and even the Manchu Dynasty civil and military are extremely moved. This Mingge Courtyard is still in the north of the city, a long distance from the Forbidden City, the Son of Heaven personally took Gezhi Kejin Shi through the city of Nanjing, what a great honor!

Obviously, the emperor had made preparations for a long time, and immediately opened the way for the imperial camp, and the imperial chariot walked in the front, followed by all the jinshi and courtiers, and the procession was stretched out for several miles.

Two hours later, everyone arrived in front of the newly built Daming Royal Gezhi Hospital. Although the buildings are not very luxurious, they occupy a very large area, and more than 70% of them are laboratories of various kinds.

Although Lin Yaocen's ranking is not very high, but because he is the only one in the dynasty who has a double science of history and Gezhi, he was specially arranged by the Son of Heaven, followed Tanhua and followed the Son of Heaven, and he heard what the Son of Heaven said very clearly.

"Although the Mingge Academy has been completed and all kinds of facilities are available, there are only 22 academicians." The Son of Heaven turned around and glanced at the new science and technology jinshi, "More than ninety percent of the laboratories of this huge Mingge Academy have not yet been presided over, I hope that there will be a few more talents among you to become the pillars of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

More than 50 Gezhi Kejin scholars immediately knelt down and said in a loud voice: "I will do my best to live up to the high expectations of the saints!" ”

"Get up," the emperor raised his hand and led everyone through the various laboratories again, "Soon the cabinet will formulate and announce the first 'peak' scientific research plan of the Ming Dynasty with the assistance of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Commerce." ”

Lin Yaocen's heart jumped, and his intuition told him that this "plan" that he had never heard of before would not be simple. Sure enough, when he looked sideways, almost all the courtiers pricked up their ears, apparently taking it very seriously.

"This plan is based on a five-year period. In the first phase, the imperial court would allocate at least one million taels of silver every year, mainly for the study of 12 key areas such as fertilizer, steelmaking, prospecting, alloys, finishing machinery, water conservancy construction, navigation technology, and crop hybridization.

"Ah, and pre-research on batteries, steam engines, rails, etc. Mingge Institute will set up a specific project team to carry out under the leadership of the three ministries of industry, household and commerce.

"The directors of the project team under the jurisdiction of the Mingge Academy are all the five products of the imperial court, and they can be transferred to other official positions at the same level in the future. The imperial court will also reward the project teams that have achieved achievements, ranging from 2,000 taels to 50,000 taels, as long as they make a great contribution to the country, I will not be stingy. ”

The courtiers immediately exchanged heads, investing millions of taels every year, and the meritorious ministers were rewarded with 50,000 taels! Why did the Son of Heaven make such a big battle?

However, Lin Yaocen and other Gezhi Kejin scholars had heard of the concepts of chemical fertilizers, alloys, and finishing from various sources, and knew that if these things were really developed, they would greatly promote the improvement of the country's strength.

Many of them are already eager to take the plunge and get ready to work in areas of interest. Although he can't be an official for the time being, he said that the rank is retained, and he can be transferred at any time, maybe it will come faster than the real shortage of empty waiting.

I only heard the Son of Heaven say again: "In addition, in the future, the imperial cabinet, the household department, the Ministry of Commerce, the Propaganda Department, and the Ministry of Officials will all add a Gezhi ambassador, from the five products, and each state capital will set up a Gezhi consultation, from the seven products, to assist the chief official to understand the common sense of Gezhi......"

The courtiers were in a commotion again, and it seemed that the Son of Heaven really attached great importance to the study of Gezhi!

Before everyone could start talking, they heard a burst of cheers and gongs and drums from the north, and judging from the movement, at least four or five thousand people were shouting in unison.

In a moment, a royal camp guard galloped over and whispered a few words to Shi Lin.

The latter immediately bowed to the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, it is said that the new 350-ton clipper ship made by the Longjiang Shipyard has been successfully tested, and the shipyard craftsmen are celebrating, but they do not disturb the holy pilot. ”

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Linmiao said with interest, "The completion of the clipper ship is a big event. It's not far away, let's check it out. ”

Mingge Courtyard is only a few miles away from the Longjiang Shipyard, and after a short time, the Son of Heaven brought a large number of courtiers to the shipyard in person, but the shipyard ambassador Shao Zhizhang hurriedly came out to greet him.

Lin Yaocen saw the long and narrow clipper boat galloping away on the river, and couldn't help but sigh, this boat broke the waves like flying, which he had never seen before, only a few points faster than the barracuda in the water.

A shipyard director next to him was pointing to the clipper and introduced to the Son of Heaven, "Your Majesty, the shipyard has recently launched five clippers of more than 100 tons and two of 200 tons. Although the 350-ton ship was the first trial production, due to the recent abundance of copper mines, the construction of the copper bow was quite smooth, and it could be handed over to the ocean-going caravan in the near future. ”

The man pointed to a large boat on the slipway not far away, "Your Majesty, Master Pan...... Ah, Master Pan has led the craftsmen to start the trial construction of a flying clipper ship of more than 400 tons. ”

He gestured to the two narrow slanted pieces of wood at the bottom of the boat, "The 'stabilizer fins' that Your Majesty mentioned last time have been used, and they have indeed stabilized the hull a lot. With this, the three-hundred-ton clipper ship could use a nine-pounder cannon without capsizing. ”