The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 753 Development Trajectory

June 29, the first year of Hanxing.

In front of the Wenhua Hall in the Forbidden City of Yingtianfu, a grand Ceremony of Biography is being held, announcing the results of the first Imperial Examination of the Ming Dynasty.

It is said that the results are announced, but in fact the ranking of the palace examination has already come out.Unlike the exams in Jingshike, where ranking is extremely difficult, as long as the papers are corrected in Gezhike, the score will be judged.

Therefore, five days after the end of the examination, the list of Gongshi who passed the examination came out, a total of 51.The results of the palace examination were released on the same day. Because the emperor specially selected a few talents with low scores due to "partial subjects" to give them the same background as Jinshi, this led to another day's delay in holding the ceremony.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty gathered in the Wenhua Hall, and when the Xinke Gongshi entered the hall and stood still, the Emperor of Heaven came with a smile, and everyone immediately knelt down and bowed three times and kowtowed nine times.

Afterwards, the Minister of Honglu Temple came to the top and recited loudly: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, Zhiyue.

"On June 29, the first year of Han Xing, try the world's tributes. Shi Yongwang, Nanfeng County, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, hand-picked No.1, and awarded the number one scholar.

"Jiang Yuanzhi, Wu County, Suzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili Province, hand-picked No. 2 in the first class, and awarded the second place in the list.

"...

"Lin Yaocen, Chongde County, Hangzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, hand-picked the No. 11 of the second class, awarded Jinshi and No. [-]..."

Lin Yaocen was overjoyed, there were three winners in the first class——the champion, the second place, and Tanhua.Therefore, the ranking of No.11 in the second class is not too low.

All the rankings of the top three have been read out, and the emperor said something to encourage new scholars. Lin Yaocen thought that he would follow the usual practice and post a list outside the Meridian Gate, and the number one scholar would lead all the scholars to praise the street. Unexpectedly, he heard the emperor say: "It is the first opening Gezhike, it has to be a little different from the past, and today the list is published, and I personally lead the new department Jinshi to visit the Royal Gezhi Academy."

It can't help but be a new scholar, and even the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are extremely moved.This Mingge Courtyard is still in the north of the city, a long distance away from the Forbidden City, and the emperor personally led the Gezhi Ke Jinshi through the city of Nanjing. What a great honor this is!
Apparently the emperor had made preparations a long time ago. Immediately, the imperial camp cleared the way, and the imperial chariot walked in the front, followed by all Jinshi and courtiers. The team lined up for several miles.

Two hours later, everyone arrived in front of the newly built Daming Royal Gezhi Courtyard.Although the buildings here are not very luxurious, they occupy a very large area, and more than [-]% of them are all kinds of laboratories.

Although Lin Yaocen's ranking was not very high, but because he was the only Jinshi in the dynasty who had both classics and history and Gezhi, he was specially arranged by the emperor to follow Tanhua closely behind the emperor, and he could hear what the emperor said very clearly.

"Although the Minger Academy has been completed and all kinds of facilities are available, there are only 22 academicians." The emperor turned and glanced at the Jinshi of the new department, "More than [-]% of the laboratories in this huge Minger Academy have not been presided over yet. , I hope that there will be a few more talents among you to become the pillars of Ming Dynasty!"

More than 50 Gezhike Jinshi immediately knelt down and said loudly: "I will do my best to live up to the high expectations of the Holy One!"

"Get up," the emperor raised his hand, and led everyone to walk through the various laboratories, "Soon the cabinet will formulate and announce the first 'Peak' of Ming Dynasty with the assistance of the Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Households, and Ministry of Commerce. research planning."

Lin Yaocen's heart skipped a beat, and his intuition told him that this unheard-of "plan" must not be simple.Sure enough, when he looked sideways, almost all the courtiers pricked up their ears, obviously attaching great importance to it.

"This plan takes five years as a period. In the first period, the imperial court will allocate at least one million taels of silver each year, mainly for research on chemical fertilizers, steelmaking, prospecting, alloys, finishing machinery, water conservancy construction, navigation technology, hybridization of crops, etc. Twelve focus areas.

"Ah, there is also pre-research on batteries, steam engines, rails, etc. The Mingge Institute will set up a specific project team to carry out under the leadership of the Ministry of Industry, Households, and Commerce.

"The principals of the project teams under the jurisdiction of the Mingge Institute are all the top five ranks 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. The rewards range from 2000 taels to 5 taels. As long as they contribute to the country Big, I'm not stingy."

The courtiers immediately whispered to each other, investing one million taels every year, and the meritorious officials will reward 5 taels!Why did the emperor make such a big battle?
Lin Yaocen and other Gezhi Kejinshi have heard of concepts such as chemical fertilizers, alloys, and finishing from various sources, and they know how much these things will greatly promote the improvement of national strength if they are really developed.

Many people are already eager to try and are ready to devote themselves to the fields they are interested in.Although he can't be an official for the time being, but just now the Son of Heaven said that all grades are reserved and can be transferred at any time, maybe it will come sooner than waiting for a real vacancy.

Just listen to the emperor and said: "In addition, in the future, the imperial cabinet, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Propaganda, and the Ministry of Officials will all add a Gezhi ambassador. From the fifth rank, each state government will set up a Gezhi consultant. From the seventh rank, to Assist the chief officer to understand Gezhi's common sense..."

There was another commotion among the courtiers. It seems that the emperor really attaches great importance to the study of Gezhi!

Before everyone started discussing, they suddenly heard a burst of cheers and the sound of gongs and drums from the north. Judging from the movement, there were at least 5000 people shouting in unison.

After a while, a guard from the imperial camp galloped over and whispered a few words to Shi Lin.

The latter immediately reported to the emperor: "Your Majesty, it is said that the new 350-ton flying shear ship built by Longjiang Shipyard has successfully sailed. The craftsmen of the shipyard are celebrating, but they do not disturb Shengjia."

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Linmi said with great interest, "The completion of the flying shear ship is a big event. It happens to be not far away, so let's go and have a look."

Minge Courtyard was only a few miles away from the Longjiang Shipyard. Not long after, the emperor brought a large number of courtiers there, but Shao Zhizhang, the ambassador of the shipyard, hurried out to welcome him.

Lin Yaocen saw with his own eyes the long and narrow clipper boat galloping away on the river, and he couldn't help but sigh. This boat cut through the waves like flying, which he had never seen before, and it was only a few points faster than the barracuda in the water.

The director of a shipyard next to him pointed to the flying shear boat and introduced to the emperor, "Your Majesty, the shipyard has recently launched five flying shear boats of more than 100 tons and two of 350 tons. Although this [-]-ton boat is the first trial production, However, due to the abundance of copper mines recently, the copper bow was used, so the construction went smoothly, and it will be handed over to the ocean caravan in a few days."

The man pointed to a large ship on the berth not far away, "Your Majesty, Master Pan...ah, Lord Pan has led the craftsmen to try to build a flying shear ship of more than [-] tons."

He gestured to the two long and narrow sloping pieces of wood at the bottom of the boat, "The 'stabilizer fins' that His Majesty mentioned last time have been used, and it has indeed made the hull much more stable. With this thing, the [-]-ton clipper ship Nine-pounders can be used without capsizing the ship."

(End of this chapter)