"I have decided to establish a Royal Science Prize!" , Chen Jialuo rarely used the word I, since he ascended the throne, he has only used the name of me on various formal occasions, and he still uses me to refer to himself on weekdays, and those Westerners don't feel anything when they hear this, but the government officials immediately straightened their backs and listened attentively to Chen Jialuo's words.

"I have decided to set up the Royal Science Fund every year with a sum of money from the royal treasury to reward scientists who have made significant progress in the five fields of physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology and medicine!" Now the government expenditure and the royal expenditure are independently calculated, the government will allocate a large amount of silver for the royal family every year, and now the royal family members are not many and can not use the silver, Chen Jialuo has made a reasonable investment in this part, so that the royal financial strength has grown rapidly, "The amount is tentatively set at 10,000 taels of silver for each bonus, and it will be adjusted according to the operation of the fund in the later stage!" ”

According to Chen Jialuo's estimates, the purchasing power of one tael of silver is about equal to 750 yuan in later generations, that is to say, each prize is about 7.5 million yuan in later generations, which is higher than the prize money of the most famous award in later generations.

Oh! When the interpreter translated these words to the foreign scholars present, they exclaimed in unison, and two of them were so excited that they didn't even realize that they had broken the tea bowl.

"Your Majesty, can an expatriate receive this award?" Lavoisier, worthy of being a lawyer, quickly asked the most crucial point, and wondered whether it was cost-effective to naturalize for the money.

"The issue of nationality will not be an obstacle to the Royal Science Prize, I will recently set up a Royal Science Prize Judging Committee, which will send recommendation letters to universities around the world in June every year, and professors from various departments of these schools will recommend candidates, and then in October these recommended candidates will be reviewed, and finally the jury will select the winners!" "However, all winners must come to Nanjing in person to receive the prize, if they do not arrive in Nanjing before the deadline they will be deemed to have given up the prize, if there is a tie winner, the prize money will be divided equally among others, if there is no tie winner, the prize money will be accumulated to the next period!" At the same time, the awardees will also receive the title of Honorary Academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences and the title of Honorary National of China! ”

The award must be received in person and these two honorary titles are also the foreshadowing laid by Chen Jialuo for the development of China's science and technology. With the transportation capacity of the current era, even if there are foreigners who win awards, they will not leave immediately when they arrive in Nanjing, and when they stay in Nanjing, there will be a series of exchange activities to bring out their research results, of course, it would be better if they could stay!

About three taels of silver for one pound, then ten thousand taels of silver is probably equal to more than three thousand pounds, a group of Englishmen quickly calculated. The Earl of Cambridge's annuity for a year is almost that number; If you can win this award, you will become a monopoly person! The eyes of the crowd became more and more enthusiastic.

Where the French are also doing calculations, relying on this money enough to make themselves rich in Paris, "Your Majesty! Is it such a high prize money that is awarded every year? Another scientist asked, now impressed by the richness of the Chinese royal family.

"No, that's just the numbers at the beginning!" , Chen Jialuo smiled and shook his head. "The Foundation is also doing a variety of investment operations, and the prospects for these investments are very good. In the future, there may be a prize of 20,000 taels, 30,000 taels, or even 50,000 taels. ”

"Ten thousand pounds! 20,000 pounds! That's enough for the Duke of Buckingham for a year's expenses! Another British scientist swallowed his spit, ecstatic in his heart, he definitely came to the right place this time, even if he couldn't get this award, it would be good if he could get an investment for his experiment! This majesty is so generous, I guess I won't refuse!

"Your Majesty. What is the position of this member of the Royal Academy of Sciences? Dai Zhen scoffed at the greed for money exposed by these barbarians, and asked for another reward.

"Academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences is the highest honor for my Chinese scientists! You must be a scientist who has achieved great results in your specialty! Chen Jialuo was afraid that Dai Zhen would not understand, so he made an analogy, "It's like Hanlin for readers." Of course, in this dynasty, the status of the academician of this academy of sciences is probably higher than that of Hanlin! ”

As soon as he mentioned the three words of Hanlin Academy, Dai Zhen's eyes warmed up, failing to pass the imperial examination was an eternal pain in his heart, although now after seeing the great power of science, he felt ridiculous when he remembered his past thoughts, but this was the regret of his life after all, and now seeing Chen Jialuo launch the Royal Academy of Sciences, he couldn't help but regain his heart, and if he couldn't be an academician of the Academy of Sciences, he might be more noble, so he hurriedly asked, "That minister may enter the Academy of Sciences?" ”

"Of course!" , Chen Jialuo nodded, "Mr. Dai and Mr. Gao Yang must be the first batch of academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences, the three of you might as well help me sort out a list in the past few months, let's put up the framework of the Academy of Sciences for the time being!" ”

"Obey the order!" , The three of them bowed together to receive the order, Gao Zhisi and Yang Dewang had also seen the scene of the French Academy of Sciences when they were in Europe, but judging from what Chen Jialuo said, being an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is probably much better than that of the French Academy of Sciences!

"At the same time, the Royal Academy of Sciences will also issue a comprehensive academic journal for scientists to communicate, and the name of the journal is tentatively named Science!" Chen Jialuo waited for them to calm down and continued, "You can write your research results into papers and submit them to this journal; At the same time, in order to avoid the adverse effects of monopoly caused by only one magazine, I will also privately sponsor the establishment of another journal magazine, tentatively named "Nature"! ”

Chen Jialuo shamelessly plagiarized the names of the two famous journals that would follow, and decades later became the most influential scientific journals in the world, with almost every Royal Science Prize winner choosing to publish his paper in these two journals.

The Royal Science Prize, exclusive laboratories, generous remuneration packages, smooth communication platforms, etc., these series of means make these foreign scientists feel the importance of Chen Jialuo to themselves, and at the same time, those young people who conduct research and study in various universities are also stimulated to yearn for science, and all kinds of scientific talents have achieved blowout development, and promote the progress of industry, transportation, military and other aspects. (To be continued......)