Chapter 162: The Revival of Entertainment (Second Update)
Su Minghe's small class continued, "Emperor Jiawei restarted the title system, making some people a privileged class in Great Xia, five titles, clear hierarchies, in order to serve the public, these people who have obtained titles are all people who have contributed to the country and the nation." ”
"Because the country was far behind the West in science and technology at that time, and the industrial revolution in the West had already begun more than 100 years ago, the government and the royal family intended to encourage scientific and technological innovation to catch up with and surpass the West, and many mathematicians, physicists, and chemists were rewarded with knighthoods and became the most respected people in the country. ”
Even now, five of the nine dukes were national treasures of science, and of the more than 1,400 knights, half were scientists and inventors, and the other half included merchants, literary and artistic figures, military politicians, and other social strata. ”
"After Emperor Jiawei reigned for 50 years, he survived the frail prince, and finally passed the throne to the eldest grandson Emperor Chengtian (Lan Jingling's grandfather), although Emperor Chengtian did not do much, but he did have a set of money after experiencing the world war, before him, businessmen generally could not get the title, except for a few imperial businessmen who served the royal family, the emperor would read his hard work, and reward the title to buy people's hearts, but at most it was a baron. ”
"But the Great Xia Kingdom, which has just experienced the world war, is in ruins, so Emperor Jiawei thought of a way to open a convenient door for those big businessmen who want to get the title, as long as they donate to the society and donate to his satisfaction, they can get the title, and the highest can even be directly promoted to the earl!"
"Of course, this money is not donated to the royal family, it is donated to universities, public facilities, the elderly and orphans, the rich people at that time rarely talk about morality, only talk about profits, are a group of selfish, eat people and do not spit out bones, Emperor Chengtian used this hand, in exchange for a lot of money to build schools and infrastructure, the most even donated all their net worth, now many new universities were created in those years, these businessmen also got the title of honor, the highest was even made an earl, and the emperor personally awarded the honor, courtesy, so that they have face。 ”
Since then, the atmosphere of the rich circle has been improved to a certain extent, many people have struggled all their lives, accumulated hundreds of millions of family properties, and when they are old, they have donated to the society and won an honorary title, you must know that although the title can be reduced or even exempted, it is aimed at individuals, not enterprises, and the money that can be saved is limited, so during that time, the people's perception of businessmen has improved greatly, a large amount of money flows from individuals to society, and the country has developed rapidly, quickly leaving most of the war countries behind. ”
Feng Han can imagine the scene at that time, since ancient times, the status of businessmen is not high, and the evaluation is even lower, even if the royal Lan clan started with commerce, usurped the country with commerce, and treated businessmen more favorably, but it still can't be compared with officials and scientists, and their social status is still relatively low, so they especially want to get a rise in status.
"But the morality of businessmen is unreliable," Lord Su turned around again, "At the beginning, people donated money very realistically, all of them were invested in the society with real money, one after another teaching buildings, orphanages, and nursing homes rose from the ground, there were too many people in Daxia, and the Wending Revolution did not completely complete the popularization of compulsory education for hundreds of years, but the post-war period was completed, and at that time, almost half of the titles were awarded to conscientious businessmen." ”
"Later, they all learned well, donated money to set up a foundation, and the money that was really used for the right thing was not much, and in the end it was all left to future generations, and the situation of economic crime became more and more rampant, slowly, the royal family is more cautious about the knighthood of businessmen, and some businessmen who can get knighthoods in recent years do not care about how much they donate, but whether they have changed society, and many Internet tycoons have not donated their fortunes to still have knighthoods. ”
Feng Han's mind had already turned several times, devoting himself to the scientific community and entering the Internet, and he felt that it was not his strong point, so he asked, "Sir, is it possible to be knighted in the literary and artistic world?"
Su Minghe ha, "The possibility was not high before, the royal interest was to make money, and did not pay attention to the virtual things of literature and art, when Wending was reformed, the importance of literature was reduced to the maximum, and it was once reduced to a sub-subject, mathematics, physics and chemistry were the main subjects, at that time, I wished that all the people in Daxia were scientists, could make guns and ammunition, and engaged in industry, this situation has been maintained for almost a hundred years, although there are also literary artists and artists awarded knights, but those are the top figures in the country to have this honor." ”
Feng Han also knew this, and in order to write "Triple Gate", he also did his homework in this regard.
"Until more than 20 years ago, in the later years of the first emperor Tongtai, the government realized that the national literary quality and artistic accomplishment had been in the global backward stage, although our country's GDP is the first in the world, and the per capita GDP has also ranked in the top ten, but it has not been born in the world's influential literary works, film and television works and works of art for many years. ”
"This is the subject reform more than 10 years ago, language has been promoted to the same status as mathematics, art and other subjects have become compulsory sub-subjects in middle school, and the film and television industry has received unprecedented support, and when Ding Kangdi ascended the throne today, the score of language has been raised to 200 points, which is a grade higher than mathematics, in fact, this is a bit overkill, but after a hundred years of backwardness, the government and the royal family saw the effect slowly, so they used heavy medicine. ”
"In our industry, we call the move with Taidi ' Entertainment Renaissance', and the European Renaissance is just one word, I and Lao Zeng were awarded knighthoods in those years, since then, the probability of winning knighthoods in the literary circle is much greater, two years ago I remember that there was a thirty-year-old writer who was knighted, just because he wrote in the United States into the best-selling list, but also won an award, won international recognition, has always been a foreign book best-selling in our country, he is a big win for the country, but his influence in the country is almost, I heard that a recent new book can not sell. ”
Hearing Lao Sutou's words, Feng Han's belief ignited again, damn, this is his hope!
Lord Su turned and said, "However, when it comes to awarding knighthoods, there are also athletes who have won glory for the country, after each Olympic Games, there are always a few athletes who have been set up as typical to obtain knighthoods, with an average age of almost only more than 20 years old, on the other hand, in the literary and artistic circles, science and technology circles, and business circles, those who have won knighthoods at the age of 30 are considered young, and they are generally 50 years old when they have a certain reputation in the industry, and they will be knighted, as for politicians, not to mention, they will generally not be less than 50 years old." ”
Lord Su said very clearly, Feng Han should still focus on sports, if he can revive the momentum of the Daxia swimming team like the water god Qi Renyu, it is very likely that he will be knighted in two years!
Or, when he is in his thirties, maybe he can be like the writer who became popular abroad, but can his beauty afford to wait? When Feng Han is 30 years old, Su Huan is 34 years old, Han Wu is also 32 years old, and under normal circumstances, it is time to get married!
"It seems that I have to grasp it with both hands!" Feng Han couldn't help but say, originally his positioning in swimming was a hobby to maintain a good figure, but now, for the sake of Han Wu and Su Huan, he can't say that he has to fight! Of course, writing can't be left behind, that's his foundation.
Su Minghe understood what Feng Han meant, and smiled, "Actually, if you want to get a knighthood, there is a shortcut?"
"What?!" Feng Han's eyes lit up.
"Befriend the emperor," Su Minghe put down the snow and dragged the gun, "To put it bluntly, whoever the title is given to, it is all the emperor's words, he just wants to make the gold content of the title appear high, so he strictly limits the candidates, as long as he wants to, even if it is a beggar on the street, as long as he says a word, that person can also be knighted, there is such an example, a palace maid, but a contract worker, because she saved the prince who fell into the water, she was named a baronet by Emperor Ding Kang, and everyone will not say anything." ”
"You're really a good idea," Feng Han sighed, "I'll find a few people to kidnap the prince and princess another day, and then act as heroes myself and save them all, so I should be able to give me a knighthood to play." ”
"Presumptuous!" Suddenly, a stern voice came from outside, "Huangkou Xiaoer, dare to be unreasonable to the royal family!"
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