Next, it was the turn of the final approach to agriculture, but agriculture was more special. Because in the world, there is no one who can study agriculture and make achievements. There is no one in the world who is qualified to receive a prize in agriculture. Because in this era, the world's major powers have abundant colonies, and a large amount of their land has been developed, while the world generally presents a situation of less people and more land. Especially the Western colonizers, who owned large amounts of land in Africa and the South Seas. To provide them with all kinds of food, industrial raw materials, and so on, they do not lack agricultural resources at all.

In such a situation where there is no shortage of agricultural resources, it is not surprising that there is no incentive to study agriculture. It was only in later generations, after the Second World War, that the colonies began to become independent, and then the Western countries lost a large number of colonies and industrial raw materials, so that they also began to pay attention to agriculture. Emphasis is placed on increasing production on limited land in order to maintain their industrial system. Agriculture is unstable, agriculture is the foundation of industry, once agriculture cannot be guaranteed, then industry is impossible.

In terms of agricultural development in later generations, in fact, China was at the forefront of the world, and in later generations, China's agricultural development was actually world-class. Why is this so, it is not how hard China works, but what it is forced, and it will not work if it is not forced. China's arable land resources are dwindling day by day, forcing it to work hard to study agriculture and ensure the security of the country's grain and industrial raw materials. But there is no such pressure, no such resource pressure, and no one in the world will be able to study agriculture.

"With regard to agricultural awards, I am currently posthumously honoring those who contributed to agriculture with our ancestors, and the money they receive will be used to establish an agricultural museum dedicated to the history of agricultural development in our country for several years. And these people who can be posthumously awarded are Jia Sixian, Chen Yang, Wang Zhen, Xu Guangqi, Ma Yilong, and Yang Tui. This posthumous award is based only on their agricultural achievements, not on their political stance and moral character. ”

Wang Guorui posthumously taught these ancient Chinese agriculturists. It is an affirmation for those who studied agriculture in ancient times. Ancient China attached great importance to the development of agriculture, so some people studied agriculture, but walked in the forefront of the world. Jia Siqian wrote "Qi Min Yaoshu", and other people have also written books. However, according to Wang Guorui's standards, there must be some people who have some "moral" problems. For example, Jia Siqian used to be the Gaoyang Taishou of the Northern Wei Dynasty. According to Wang Guorui's new court, the Northern Wei Dynasty belonged to the category of invaders. Therefore, if Jia Siqian is in the history books, he can be written as a traitor. The same is true for Wang Zhen, he used to be an official for the Yuan Dynasty, so he is also a traitor.

However, since Wang Guorui stated that this take-off award does not discriminate between nationality, skin color, race, and gender, of course, it also includes political positions. This Tengfei Award can be won by anyone, as long as he is a person, so Wang Guorui stated in advance that this is posthumously awarded to them for their contribution to agricultural development. It is not a political stance that is posthumously awarded to them.

As for the last award for special contribution to the development of science and technology, it was also awarded posthumously to the ancients. Wang Guorui doesn't plan to receive this award himself, otherwise it will be too ugly. The Special Contribution Award for Scientific Development was awarded to Shen Kuo of the Song Dynasty and Song Yingxing of the Ming Dynasty. Shen Kuo is the author of China's first encyclopedia, which is called Mengxi Bi Tan, from which the oil commonly used by mankind gets its name. Shen Kuo can be said to be the first person recorded to discover oil and write it into a book. Mengxi Pen Tan is an out-and-out encyclopedia, and it is the earliest encyclopedia. Of course. Shen Kuo is not the inventor of these technologies, he is just a collector. The same is true for Song Yingxing in the back. They are just collectors of these technologies, not researchers, and they don't have much innovation. However, they have made great contributions to the preservation and transmission of these things, so that they will not be annihilated because of history, and the inheritance will not be broken. This can be regarded as a great special contribution to the development of science. So this special contribution award was posthumously awarded to them.

However, some of them will certainly pay the price for their political positions, because the next thing is the main thing.

"Since ancient times, scientific research has been called a miracle and has not been taken seriously by the imperial court. And a lot of people do their own research. but was discriminated against by everyone. And too many people are studying to become officials, and they think that there is only one way to become an official. However, I think that these people who study science have definitely contributed more than those officials. Some people think that they have spent time and energy researching these things, and they have been working hard for decades, and in the end they have not gained any monetary benefits. However, I think that there are people in this world who work hard, those who ask for their lives for the people, those who work hard, and those who sacrifice their lives to seek the law. Those ancient scientific researchers, they worked hard for decades, not seeking fame and fortune, not seeking any gold and silver wealth, not seeking wives and concubines, but just hoping to make all our people live a better life. Aren't they really heroes? They are the real heroes, and they have given up fame and fortune for scientific research, and they have wasted their youth, so I think they should be rewarded. So, I'm going to knight them posthumously. ”

It is also common for later emperors to posthumously bestow titles and honors on the ancients of the previous dynasty or some celebrities of the previous dynasty. For example, the Tang Dynasty once posthumously awarded Jiang Taigong the status of a martial saint, while the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty both posthumously awarded the status of a martial saint. And many other later dynasties also posthumously awarded some status titles to some famous officials of the previous dynasties, which is also a common thing. Anyway, these posthumously awarded titles, anyway, those people have been hiccups for many years, and these titles will not really give those benefits, and they will not be a fiefdom, that is, an honorary title. Therefore, many future emperors are also willing to give up their titles, after all, these people will not benefit from you, but play a role in winning people's hearts and erecting moral concepts.

However, it is the first time that an ancient scientific and technological personnel have been posthumously knighted. In ancient times, no attention was paid to the development of science and technology, so no one would obtain official positions and titles for the study of science, so that the status of scientific researchers in ancient times was very low, and their youth was wasted. Therefore, many ancient people were reluctant to study science, neither fame nor profit, so their enthusiasm was not great. This world is still very realistic, and without fame and fortune as an attraction, it is really difficult to stimulate people's development. If it's just dedication, it's too hard. Didn't the gringos also rely on patents to greatly increase the speed of local development of science and technology? Therefore, in addition to the lack of efforts of the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, there is also an important reason why Westerners can develop rapidly and catch up with China very quickly, that is, the patent problem.

Those foreign devils give patents to scientists, so that they can obtain financial benefits, and can even give scientists various honorary titles, and many people can even get knighthoods, so that everyone is enthusiastic about scientific research? Everyone thinks that it is profitable to engage in science, and they are not all vying to do research? This patent and honor is definitely an important reason to stimulate the development of science.

Now that Wang Guorui is posthumously knighted those ancient scientific researchers, he also attaches importance to them.

"Posthumously awarded the pre-Qin Mozi as the Duke of the State...... Zhang Heng of the Eastern Han Dynasty was posthumously awarded the county prince, and Cai Lun of the Eastern Han Dynasty was appointed as the county magistrate...... Posthumously awarded Liu Song Zuchong of the Southern Dynasty as the county prince...... Posthumously awarded Bi Sheng of the Song Dynasty as the prince of the county, and Shen Kuo as the prince of the country...... Xu Guangqi of the Ming Dynasty was the Duke of the Kingdom, and Song Yingxing was the Duke of the Kingdom......"

Wang Guorui's edict is really crazy enough, and he directly posthumously awarded more than 60 people knighthoods at once, and almost all those who have some achievements in science have been rewarded with knighthoods. Even the title is not low, even Cai Lun, the eunuch, is a county prince, and the others are above the county marquis. Anyone who has some achievements can also receive posthumous knighthoods. Of course, some political positions are not good, such as Jia Siqian once served as an official in the Northern Wei Dynasty, or Wang Zhen once served as an official in the Yuan Dynasty, and they suffered in this regard. Although it can be obtained posthumously when an agricultural award is awarded, it cannot be awarded a knighthood. Therefore, those who have the wrong political position in history will not be able to get the title reward.

And Wang Guorui is called a generous, with more than sixty titles in one day, and even each one is not low. At every turn, there are county dukes and above, and there are many national dukes. You must know that many people are not mixed with the lowest titles in which dynasty they live, but when it comes to Wang Guorui, they are all county dukes or above. Even Cai Lun, a eunuch, can get the national duke, just because he invented papermaking.

"In the future, everyone's enthusiasm for science will definitely increase greatly. Because they should have a comparison, Hu Wei, the general, is the commander of our army, but he has only obtained the county duke. And those scientific researchers in ancient times, all of them were able to take the title of county duke or above, so there should be many people willing to devote themselves to scientific research in the future. Wang Guorui thought.

Wang Guorui wanted to posthumously award honors and titles to those ancient scientific researchers, which was actually completely symbolic. Wang Guorui hopes to justify scientific research and change the public's image of scientific researchers. Let them know that engaging in scientific research is a double gain of fame and fortune. And if you engage in scientific research, you can get a knighthood! Especially the knighthood, it is enough to make a large group of people drop their sons. Of course, it's not easy for a living scientific researcher to get a knighthood. However, Wang Guorui's titles are for the dead, so how generous and generous you have to be, the county dukes are all wholesale. Anyway, it's for the dead, and it won't compete with you for benefits, so I'm not afraid of anything too high.

Of course, giving a higher level can also improve the people's image of scientific researchers. After all, research science can get the title of duke, so who is not tempted! As long as the people are made to think that scientific research is profitable, science can also gain a correct name. (To be continued.) )