I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

After three years of Yongxing, Vientiane has been renewed, with a new atmosphere.

On the third day of the new year, Wu Changqing issued the first decree of the year.

[Nanjing will hold the first Science and Technology Expo on February 1. 】

In this science and technology expo, Wu Changqing will personally attend and comment on it.

Any major inventions and creations, major research findings, or theoretical ideas can participate and be displayed in front of the emperor.

In the end, the emperor will give awards according to the value of his achievements.

Winners can receive government bonuses, honorary certificates, and follow-up research and development funds.

The last one is the key. This kind of research and development funding starts at 10,000 yuan at every turn, and it is not capped.

If anyone has the idea and clue to study internal combustion engines now, no matter how much money the other party wants, Wu Changqing will drop it.

Money can be earned again, but technology points and resource points can be spent.

The reason why Wu Changqing came up with such an expo is mainly to tap private talents, save technology points, and at the same time release a signal that he values ​​technology.

Although the number of technology points is not limited (the population can be increased as the population continues to be born), there is also an approximate upper limit. It is impossible for him to force people all over the world to give birth to babies in order to obtain more technology points. That is unrealistic.

With limited technology points, it is impossible to light up all the technologies.

Therefore, if we want to develop the world to the level of the 21st century in our lifetime, we still have to rely on the wisdom of all people in the world and make concerted efforts.

This expo will allow Wu Changqing to discover talents and save technology points.

Some inventors are very smart, but they are often stuck at a certain point and get stuck in a bottleneck.

At this time, Wu Changqing could rely on the insights of later generations to give pointers.

To give the simplest example, if someone wants to invent the electric light bulb now, all the problems have been solved, but they are struggling to find a suitable material to make the filament.

Then Wu Changqing can tell him to use tungsten wire.

A simple sentence can make the other party break through the bottleneck and achieve success.

Without Wu Changqing's guidance, the other party may have to experience more than 3,000 failures and spend a lot of money and energy.

For another example, he now wants to light up the technology of radio, at least two million technology points.

However, as long as he tells someone who is gifted in electricity, how the radio works, then with the talent of the other party, he may be able to study the radio.

In this way, it is equivalent to saving millions of technology points by his mouth.

As a traverser, it would be too wasteful not to use one's own knowledge to the greatest extent.

Moreover, pointing others, it can also appear that he is knowledgeable.

Although, as an emperor, he no longer needs this kind of vanity, but a little more is not bad.

It's a good feeling to be admired and looked up by a group of geniuses.

In addition to organizing a science and technology expo, Wu Changqing also set up a new science and technology department, which is not affiliated with a certain department.

The Department of Science and Technology will be upgraded to the Ministry of Science and Technology sooner or later.

It's just temporary importance, not enough to make it a separate division.

To become a division, it is not easy to attach to which department.

It should have been hung in the Ministry of Rites, but now the Ministry of Rites manages a lot of things.

Simply, Wu Changqing set it up as a separate division, but not under any department.

This is not a big problem. The Department of General Affairs and the Department of Shipping are not affiliated with the Sixth Department. Anyway, these departments are not the core authority, and they are more inclined to technical matters, not administrative departments.

After the first decree was issued, the second came soon.

【Illegal currency circulation is prohibited. 】

The decree stipulates that all silver bars and old copper coins are illegal currencies, which are not recognized by the government and are prohibited from circulation.

All silver and copper coins must be handed over to the Royal Bank for exchange for standard currency.

Where the use of illegal currency transactions, its transaction behavior is not guaranteed.

That is to say, if you trade in standard currency, if you are deceived, the government will uphold justice. If you are deceived by using illegal currency transactions, you deserve it, and the government does not care.

Although the use of standard currency has been promoted in the past, it also allows the circulation of other currencies, and there is no mandatory requirement that people must exchange for standard currency.

But now, the court is a little more strict.

Non-standard currency can continue to be buried in cellars without breaking the law.

Bring it with you, that's fine.

But if you want to buy something on the market, sorry, it's illegal.

If you want to not break the law, first take the silver to the Royal Bank and exchange it for standard currency.

In this way, it is equivalent to defining the silver bullion and the copper coins of the previous dynasty, which were still recognized by the original court, as illegal currency.

Although, after being defined as illegal currencies, they still have the property of preserving value, but they do not have the property of circulating value.

For collection, no problem.

But when used, they have no value.

This move is still quite ruthless, which is equivalent to completely denying other illegal currencies and forcing everyone to exchange standard currencies.

The new monetary decree has little impact on ordinary people.

Anyway, these poor ghosts, how can they have money for collection, the money is used for circulation.

Standard currency must be used, then use

Standard currency, no difference.

However, for some big landlords with countless deposits, this move is quite fatal.

In the past, although the family's silver could not be used to pay taxes, it could at least be circulated and traded in the private sector, and the impact was not particularly large.

But now after the promulgation of the new currency decree, it will be difficult for them to buy things with silver bars in the future.

Others, with a high probability, will refuse to accept silver bars and insist on standard currency.

If you don't do this, and there is a dispute in the transaction, it's not a joke.

After most people began to reject illegal currency, the silver in their hands had no circulation value, and it was no longer a currency, but a precious metal, a commodity.

Just like a piece of cloth, it still has a commodity value, but it has no circulation value.

A piece of cloth can be sold for 1 yuan, but if you want to use a piece of cloth to buy ten catties of pork worth 1 yuan, Butcher Zhang will definitely not agree.

Even if this piece of cloth is really worth 1 yuan, Butcher Zhang can't take this piece of cloth to buy things, that is, it is not respectable, and it is not recognized by others.

It can be said that after this trick comes out, those who are still hiding their money will have to hurry up and exchange the standard currency.

After all, the price of a commodity fluctuates, and it will depreciate in the future.

Moreover, God knows if the imperial court will issue another decree to reduce the exchange rate between silver bullion and standard currency, which would be fatal.

Silver loses its circulation value, and when it is stored, it cannot be eaten.