The first snow of the second year of Zhenguan lasted intermittently for four days, and then it finally cleared up. However, although the weather was clear, the temperature did not go up, and the wind blew on the face like a knife, and the cold people were not even in the mood to have a snowball fight. Xia Hongsheng plucked up his courage several times, and then he came out of the room full of warmth, and rushed straight into the carriage with his neck locked. There was a small red clay stove in the carriage, and Xia Hongsheng had the heart to hold it. It's cold, it's too cold, what century cold wave is rare in a hundred years, and the like are weak, in the Tang Dynasty, which has no cotton clothes and no down, can only rely on the fur to wrap layer by layer, Xia Hongsheng is about to wrap himself in the polar bear in the city, but there is no use for eggs. Went straight to the palace, Li Lao Er was accompanying his wife in the Li Zheng Palace, it didn't take long for Empress Changsun to give birth to Li Zhi, and it was so cold this year, Li Lao Er and Empress Changsun had real feelings.

The inside of the Li main hall was warmer than Xia Hongsheng's house, and there were several of the largest coal stoves, Xia Hongsheng secretly said that Li Lao Er was corrupt, and he slandered for a while before Li Shimin came out from behind.

"Wechen greets Your Majesty!" Xia Hongsheng bowed and saluted.

"If it's not a court meeting today, you don't have to be polite." Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "You came here today, but the patent law has already been drafted?" ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded: "Yes, Weichen has drafted the Datang Patent Bill and is hereby presented to His Majesty." ”

"Good! Xia Qing has worked hard! Show me! Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately said. Wang De hurriedly came over and took the manuscript from Xia Hongsheng's hand and presented it to Li Shimin. Li Shimin took the manuscript and said, "Wang De, give Xia Qing a seat." ”

Xia Hongsheng sat down on the side of the coal stove next to him. Li Shimin took the manuscript and read it carefully. A thick manuscript. Li Shimin watched quietly. Xia Hongsheng also waited quietly...... Had to climb on top of the coal stove and fall asleep.

"Master Hou? Hou Ye? ”

Xia Hongsheng opened his eyes in a daze, and saw Wang De's old face looking at him beside him, so he woke up and remembered that he was in the palace. Hurriedly sat up, and heard Li Shimin say: "Xia Qing is really tired from compiling this method during this time. ”

"Lost in honor." Xia Hongsheng hurriedly got up and bowed down and said.

Li Shimin waved his hand: "It's okay, Xia Qing compiled this law alone, and he was tired." I can brake even if I think about it. I've read the patent law in its entirety, and it's good! If this method is practiced, I Datang should produce countless talents in the public class. Previously, I and the courtiers had neglected this aspect too much. Ever since you appeared, I've been reflecting. I can always see in you the benefits of having something that others don't know. The method of making salt, only you know, if you don't take it out, there will be no situation where the people of Datang are not short of salt to eat. Mingxiangju's new tea, only you will. If no one else can do it, you can reap the benefits. Liquor, glass, honeycomb coal...... All of them. Look big. Hundred steel, Datang will do it, but the Turks will not, so the Turks' soldiers are not as good as Datang. Raising horses and taming horses, the Turks will, the Tang Dynasty is not as good as the Turks, so the war horses of the Tang Dynasty are not as good as the war horses of the Turks. After making gasoline, I realized the importance of craftsmanship even more deeply. My Datang has the skill of making gasoline, but other countries don't, so only I, Datang, can make it, and naturally only I, Datang, will use this thing to burn their share. The leading skill, Wei Jing Ruosi, was something that neither I nor the courtiers had ever expected. I hope this patent bill can give me more skills in Datang! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xia Hongsheng nodded: "Our Datang has never lacked smart craftsmen, as long as the imperial court comes up with the attitude of protecting them, protecting their achievements, and supporting them, then these people will be like entering a carnival, triggering the explosive emergence of various skills in Datang." In the future, Datang will have a large number of unique and advanced technologies. ”

Li Shimin's eyes were burning, he pinched the manuscript in his hand, turned his head and said to Wang De: "Wang De, it is rumored that the ministers of the three provinces will enter the palace immediately, and I have important matters to discuss!" ”

"Everyone, ...... now," Wang De reminded.

Li Shimin laughed and said, "But I was excited in my heart and ignored it." Let's go to Chuandian first, on such a cold day, it's good to eat hot pot at noon. Go and tell them that I will invite them to eat hot pot today. ”

Wang De bowed, and then hurried out to deliver the message.

After a while, the hot pot was opened, and the bigwigs of the three provinces also arrived one after another, Li Shimin asked everyone to sit down, the hot pot was tumbling, and after going down to a pot of meat, Li Shimin smiled and said to everyone: "I summoned Zhongqing here today to show Zhongqing something." ”

As he spoke, Li Shimin took out the manuscript and handed it to Du Ruhui. Du Ruhui took the manuscript, glanced at everyone, and then looked down.

After a cursory look at a few pages, Du Ruhui raised his head, looked at Li Shimin in surprise, saluted and said, "Your Majesty, this is ......"

Li Shimin smiled, raised his hand and picked up his chopsticks and put a piece of meat in the bowl in front of Du Ruhui with his own hands, and said: "I want to make a new law, aiming to encourage the world to show their own unique skills, so that the world dares and is willing to make more things that are beneficial to my Tang Dynasty, such as sabers, horseshoes, steel, and even gasoline." What Du Qing has in his hand is the draft of the Datang Patent Law, and he summoned Zhongqing today to discuss with you and improve this law so that it can be implemented. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Du Ruhui clasped his hands and saluted, slightly surprised. Not only him, but after listening to Li Shimin's words, everyone was a little surprised. Listening to Li Shimin's tone, he has already decided to use this law. So just let them all look at it, analyze and scrutinize it together, and make this law more perfect. and not to counsel with them about the use of this law.

"I have an idea, tell you, let's see if it can be done", and "I have a decision, tell you, ready to implement, by the way, put forward some opinions, add to it", these are two completely different things.

So everyone looked at Xia Hongsheng again, he was also sitting here, and he had obviously been here for a long time, so everyone knew that this must be Xia Hongsheng's sake.

Xia Hongsheng smiled and explained: "Your lords must also know, and you are not afraid of a few people looking down on you, there is a coal yard on Xia Zhuangzi, and the honeycomb coal for the coal stove in this winter is from the hands of the subordinates. Previously, there was a down-and-out child in Yunzhong, who had seen it in Chang'an, and after returning to Yunzhong, he had learned to do it in a good way. Not only did he do it, but he also sold it, but he didn't have it, so the honeycomb coal he sold was difficult to burn and extremely fragile, which not only ruined my reputation for honeycomb coal, but also took away my business. Although he didn't care, he sent someone to teach him all the techniques of coal burning, and charged him a penny as a price for teaching honeycomb coal technology. But something else came to mind. That is, since ancient times, the imperial court has lacked the protection of personal unique skills, so people are accustomed to hiding their unique things, only passing on blood relatives, and not widely used. Take the prescription as an example, I heard Doctor Sun and Taiyi He say that since ancient times, I don't know how many good prescriptions have been lost, resulting in how many diseases are now unknown and cannot be treated. These unique remedies were kept secret to protect the interests of those who ruled them, but they were lost because they were unknown and there was no successor. ”

Li Shimin nodded with a smile and motioned for Xia Hongsheng to continue.

So Xia Hongsheng continued: "You uncles also know that those who are contemptuous and open their mouths are good at saying a good word. Therefore, if you can ensure that these people who hold unique memories or other useful things, after they make these unique things public, their interests can still be guaranteed, and the profits are more than if they hide them and keep them to the bottom of their own profits, then they are not willing to hide them, but are willing to take them out? Therefore, I came up with such a way to establish a law through the imperial court and protect its unique achievements with the law, so that with the protection of the imperial court, these people dared to take out their own things. In this way, these people have benefited, the people of the Tang Dynasty have benefited, and the imperial court can also learn about the new technologies that have emerged in the people in a timely manner, determine whether to promote them according to their uses, and control these folk technologies and unique knowledge. ”

After listening to Xia Hongsheng's explanation, everyone nodded, and then took the manuscript from Du Ruhui's hand, and read it roughly first.

"Xiahou, the old man has a problem." After Fang Xuanling took a cursory look at it, he said: "Since it is said in this law, the unique skills or other things of an individual need to be declared to the imperial court in advance, and the imperial court organizes personnel to review and analyze and judge them to determine whether they are useful or not, and determine whether they belong to the first or exclusive owner of the declarant, and only after passing can they be granted the right to patent." , The old man has no objection to the others, but I don't know where to review this? ”

"In the following opinion, it is possible to set up a separate interconnected department, and the personnel will be drawn from the six departments to form a special body for the evaluation of patents. The agency is the patent review and issuance agency, if someone applies for a patent, must first report the declared items, the agency in accordance with the principle and use of its patent, and then temporarily call the relevant aspects of the court personnel together for evaluation, if it can not pass, it will be rejected, if it can be passed, then reported to His Majesty, and then issue a special patent document made by the imperial court, grant it the patent right to apply for the project, then the patent application is successful, the patent right receives the protection of the court and the law. ”

Fang Xuanling thought for a while, and then nodded: "In this way, it is also feasible." If this law is implemented, there will be a variety of patents in the future, and the authority to allow this department to temporarily transfer from other departments should be able to deal with it. (To be continued.) )