This is naturally the specific idea and statute of the patent office. There is also the joint name of the prince, which is the kind that is played publicly. All of a sudden, nature once again caused a huge sensation in Jingshi.

"Have you heard, Xingguo Gong is planning to build a new yamen again, the patent office under the Ministry of Households!"

"Word spread all at once, who hasn't heard of it? But this time, I think Guogong is a little taken for granted! ”

"Indeed, who would reveal their ancestral skills? As the saying goes, teach the apprentice well, starve the master to death! ”

"It's true, although you can make quick money for a while, but what about your children and grandchildren?"

“……”

Of course, there are also some people who have learned more about the news, so their views are different.

"If you can keep the good things of your ancestors all the time and not be learned, of course you can not disclose them, do not apply for patents from this patent office, and no one will force you anyway! However, if your good things are easily imitated by others, then it is best to go to the patent office and apply for a patent. In this way, you are protected by the laws of the imperial court, and you are not afraid of being learned by others! ”

"In that case, it's okay! It is great that after applying for a patent, it will be passed on to future generations, and there is a guarantee from the government! ”

"You think too beautifully, this patent depends on the importance of your patent, and there is a time limit for protection. After a while, everyone else will be able to use it. ”

Why is that? In that case, why bother setting up patents? ”

"You don't understand that, do you? It is said that the crown prince and the prince said in the recital that this is to encourage our Ming people to invent and discover new good things, which can improve the lives of our people and benefit our Ming Dynasty. However, if it continues to be protected, it will become a separate business, and it will prevent our people from living a good life, so it is necessary to establish the term of protection of this patent, not indefinitely. ”

"Ah, Guogong is really racking his brains, thinking about helping us live a good life!"

"Not really! I'm afraid you don't know, this time, along with the concert of the patent office, it was sent to Jingshi, as well as the other two cornula of Guogong, which were specially intended as a demonstration for the patent office. However, the state public statement makes it clear that as long as we are the people of the Ming Dynasty, we don't want money. ”

"What, there are two more treasure plates, what treasure plates?"

“……”

When the people of Beijing were discussing, in the court, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the news had almost spread, so he held a big court meeting in the Huangji Palace, which is commonly known as the Jinluan Palace.

In the middle of the Jinluan Palace, there are four rare objects that are rare. It stands to reason that it is absolutely impossible to appear in the Jinluan Palace.

Most of the civil and military officials in the hall had never seen these four things; However, some officials who come from poor backgrounds know what two of them are. But they can guess the other two.

If it is combined with the current rumors, then the civil and military officials in the Jinluan Palace will know that this should be the "treasure plate" offered by Xingguo Gong.

That's right, two of these four objects are the spinning machines and looms specially built by Emperor Chongzhen in the palace according to the chapter. The other two are ordinary spinning machines and looms recruited by the palace.

At this time, I saw that Emperor Chongzhen was very excited and said to the ministers below: "Let's take a look first, how powerful these two things that Mr. invented this time are!" ”

After finishing speaking, the four palace maids who were accompanying him immediately stepped forward to operate the machine.

The civil and military officials in the palace knew that this was a treasure plate for making money, and they heard that Guogong had also disclosed these two things, so they all widened their eyes one by one, thinking that they could see clearly, and they would be able to make more money when they turned around.

Needless to say, this most intuitive comparison suddenly surprised all the civil and military officials. They didn't expect that the efficiency of this new spinning machine and textile machine invented by Guogong would be so high!

Looking at their shocked faces, Emperor Chongzhen was proud in his heart, as if he had invented it, and said to his ministers: "Look, how? Sir invented these two things, right? ”

Needless to say!

Naturally, the civil and military officials praised one after another.

After they talked for a while, Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "Sir said, the most difficult thing about these two things is who came up with them first!" After that, as long as someone with craftsmanship sees it, it can be imitated. Therefore, the person who invented this thing is likely to hide it at home and use it alone. In this way, the invention only benefits one family. ”

After a pause, he continued: "However, no matter how much you guard against this thing, there is a possibility that it will be spread. In this way, the person who invented this thing will show that the benefits will not fall! ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at the military officials below, his face became serious, and he said seriously: "Therefore, Mr. proposes to set up a patent office. One is that the imperial court protects the first person who comes up with it, so as to encourage more people to use their brains and invent more good things; The second is to allow the inventors to take out the things that are not conducive to their secrecy as soon as possible, so as to benefit more people. ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen sighed again and said: "For this reason, Mr. has specially invented these two things to demonstrate. It's free for the people of my Ming Dynasty again! ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the group of people below: "Tell me, who can have the ability of a gentleman, and who has the demeanor of a gentleman?" ”

"Humph!" Emperor Chongzhen then snorted and said, "If I want to hear anyone who dares to criticize Mr. again, I will let the factory guard check who to see if he is qualified to criticize Mr.!" ”

As soon as they heard this, some people held their heads high, and some people bowed their heads and remained silent, obviously with different positions. The huge Jinluan Hall suddenly fell silent.

As a native of Jiangnan, Min Hongxue stared at those two looks, his eyes lit up for a long time, and after feeling the silence in the hall, he suddenly came back to his senses, and asked Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, just now I said that these two good things are free for the people of the Ming Dynasty, which means that they are not free for outsiders?" ”

When the others heard this, they didn't notice this detail, so they hurriedly looked up at Emperor Chongzhen.

"Of course!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he smiled and said, "Not only these two things, but also the cement formula that has been made public before, are only free for the people of the Ming Dynasty." If outsiders want to use it, they have to pay ...... Royalties. However, the patent fee for these few things of Mr. has been donated to the imperial court. ”

Hearing this, Min Hongxue immediately frowned and said, "If outsiders really want to use it, they won't give it...... What about patent fees? ”

"Huh!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he smiled and said, "Sir said that as long as the fists of the Ming Dynasty are hard enough, I am not afraid that they will not pay the patent fee; And if Da Ming's fist is not hard enough, they can come to my Da Ming to rob it! Whether the fist is hard enough or not is the key! ”

Upon hearing this, everyone was a little dumbfounded.

But when you think about it, it seems a bit vulgar, but it makes a lot of sense.

Seeing them like this, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "With this patent office, I believe that the good things produced by the Ming Dynasty will definitely increase." When the time comes, there will be more in the Ming Dynasty, and it can be sold outside. However, at this time, it is necessary for the court to protect them from being robbed by others when they go outside to do business. Therefore, the imperial court naturally had to collect royalties, and after the trade flourished, the commercial tax would also increase. Under this cycle, the tax revenue of the imperial court will definitely increase greatly. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly sighed a little emotionally, he was really poor and scared before, so he said with emotion: "If the imperial court has more taxes, it can do more things, and correspondingly, the burden of our Ming people can also be reduced." If it were possible, I would very much like to shout out that the people of the Ming Dynasty would be exempt from taxes for three years, five years, or even ten years, and so on. You say, don't you? ”

Emperor Chongzhen's question immediately made the civil and military officials have no second answer. Therefore, in the Jinluan Palace, all should claim "yes".

Zhang Mingwei designed this kind of statement for Emperor Chongzhen, which echoes the three views of the people of this era. After all, you're coming to steal from me, and I'm not going to ask for it back?

On the contrary, if Zhang Mingwei said that there are a lot of good things overseas, we have to rob them, because Xiyi is already robbing them, and we can't rob others if we go late.

If you really want to say that, there will definitely be people who will object. If someone else is a robber, will you also be a robber?

And now, the angle given by Zhang Mingwei has even reached the point of serving the country and the people, the court is rich, and the people of the Ming Dynasty are benefited, who dares to have any objections to this?

At this time, seeing that the people below were all in agreement, Emperor Chongzhen said to them: "Before I forcibly promulgated the "Regulations on the Preferential Treatment of Pensions for Ming Military Personnel", it was also to make our Ming fists hard enough. ”

When most of the people in the palace heard this, they were shocked, it turned out that the emperor and the prince of Xingguo had been planning these for a long time?

They were thinking about it, but they heard Emperor Chongzhen continue: "Regarding the matter of this patent office, the cabinet and the household department will take the lead, and on this chapter of Mr., a charter will be discussed." Before the end of the year, I will proclaim the world! ”

The patent office will be under the control of the Ministry of Households, and of course the Ministry of Households is the most active.

………………

At the same time, Zhang Mingwei, the initiator of this incident, had also left Wuchang Mansion with his troops, led the 100,000 troops who had completed the redressing, marched in unison in three ways, marched westward, and pursued the thieves.

As long as Zhang Xianzhong fled westward, he would not be in a hurry to chase after him, but would hurry slowly.

But things don't always go their way, just go your way.

When Zhang Mingwei led the main force of the middle road with a total of 50,000 horses just after passing Hanyang, he had already set off and sent an urgent envoy back to report the news.