Song Yingxing and others have long been accustomed to Zhu Jie's omnipotence in various things, according to Song Yingxing's original words, if Grandpa Guo concentrates on academics, he will definitely become a great master who will carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future, and his achievements will not be under the sages of Confucius and Mencius!

"Come on, pass on the decree, Thomson, Deng Xiande, and Lu Liuliang concentrate on academics, and the merit is in the community, and give 10,000 taels of silver to show their appreciation, and seal Thomson as a first-class baron, Deng Xiande and Lu Liuliang as second-class barons, and hope that students all over the world will follow suit!"

Zhu Jie said lightly.

Everyone on the side was stunned, the people here, the highest title is Zhao Zhenghang, and now he is only a third-class Zhao Zhouhou, which is also caused by Zhao Zhenghang's military exploits, following Zhu Jie's southern expedition to the north, and being in the important position of the marshal of the palace in the capital, such as Yuan Jixian and others, there is not even a title on his body, he is a civil official, no military merits, if you want to be knighted, it is too difficult, the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, those who do not have military merits are not knighted. It can be said that in all dynasties, the title of the Ming Dynasty is the most sought-after.

"Your Majesty, the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, those who are not military merits are not allowed to be knighted......"

Yuan Jixian, who was on the side, said urgently, "Mr. Thomson should be rewarded by the three of them, but the matter of awarding the knighthood cannot be judged lightly!" ”

"Ancestry?"

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "The ancestral system is used to break, if we don't break any of the rules we have, then we are still living in the era of Ru Mao drinking blood!" Duke Yuan, there is no need to discuss this matter, from now on, it is not that those who are not meritorious in the military shall not be awarded, but those who are not meritorious in the state shall not be awarded, as long as they have meritorious service to the country, they can be knighted, and one day in the future, Duke Yuan, you can also be knighted......"

Yuan Jixian's face was bitter, of course he wanted to have a knighthood, this is a symbol of status, but the Ming ancestral system can be easily broken?

"That's it!"

Zhu Jie saw that everyone had not recovered from the shock, and said with a smile: "You still don't know how much benefit this steam machine will bring to Daming, and it is normal to be puzzled now, tell you, because of this steam engine, in the next hundred years, he will bring tens of millions of taels of silver or even tens of thousands of taels of silver to Daming!" Mr. Thomson, Deng Xiande and Lu Liuliang have made great contributions! Although this steam engine is still very immature, in time, it will change the way we live! ”

"You three! Why don't you hurry up and thank you? ”

Song Yingxing saw that the three of them were still in a daze, and shouted angrily and funny.

Thomson and the three of them came to their senses, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, thanking the emperor, baron, although this title is only the lowest first-class title, but, as long as there is a knighthood, that is the identity of the noble, according to the title system promulgated by the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, the title is a total of seven levels and eighteen grades, the prince, the county king, the prince, the prince, the three are super products, ranking above the first grade, marquises, earls, viscounts, barons twelve, etc., corresponding to the official rank from the first grade to the sixth grade, even if it is the most inferior baron, it is also more noble than the county order!

The world's scholars have studied hard for ten years, even if it is the title of the gold list and wins the champion, it is just the official rank of the seventh grade, and the three of them have changed from grass chickens to phoenixes all of a sudden!

"That's it! Get up! ”

Zhu Jie said softly, "That's all for today, after I return to Beijing, the royal award system will be determined, but whoever is selected will be given gold and knights!" Song Lao, where are you to the public, pen and ink waiting, I want to leave a few drawings for you to use to perfect the steam engine, as long as these drawings are successfully manufactured by you, that is when the steam engine will be popular in the world! ”

In one afternoon, Zhu Jie drew all the components such as crankshaft, condenser, pressure meter, linkage gear, etc., even if the drawing was not very accurate, but with the text of the explanation, it is not difficult to make it, especially like the pressure meter, which has appeared in the West, and someone who is heavy in Yingtian Academy can make it.

When Descartes, Thomson, Lu Liuliang and others were summoned in again, several people were amazed, breathtaking, they didn't expect that the emperor still had this ability, it was simply ingenious! It's just unreasonable!

Thomson was very excited, and at the same time he couldn't help but feel a little lost in his heart, he just built a simple steam engine, look at what the emperor left him, once these structures are added to his own machinery, there is no doubt that the utility will be multiplied!

"By the way, Mr. Thomson, once this technology is developed, it will be patentable in the West, right?"

Thomson nodded again and again, and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, there is indeed this system, as long as there are advanced tools and theories, you can apply for a patent to the English royal family, and whoever wants to use this technology in the future needs to pay a fee to the patentee......"

"Hmm,"

Zhu Jie nodded and said: "You can also patent this technology to the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Ming Dynasty, and then, the Ming Imperial Court will purchase all the patents of your steam engine at the price you proposed!" ”

"Don't dare! Don't dare! ”

Thomson's face is not so thick-skinned, obviously, once the real steam engine is developed, the emperor's strength is much greater than his own, he occupies the magpie's nest, and he has to earn the silver of the court, but he is really going to live to the end, robbing the emperor, isn't it asking for hardship?

"What's not to dare?"

Zhu Jie said indifferently: "You can apply together in the name of the four of us, and when the time comes, the patent fee will be distributed according to the size of the contribution, this is the system, and it cannot be destroyed because of my participation!" Also, these drawings of mine may not be very accurate, don't be limited by the drawings of your thinking, learning is endless, I am far from reaching the point of omnipotence, such as Mr. Descartes's calculus theory, I don't know very well, Mr. Descartes, you need to pass on your knowledge to students without reservation, the real title is waiting for you! ”

Descartes on the side was even more shocked, this emperor still knew his calculus theory, how did he know? Your research isn't completely complete yet......

"Report!"

At this moment, suddenly a guard walked in briskly from outside!

"Start the emperor, there is an urgent movement of seven hundred miles from the capital!"

Zhu Jie's heart was shocked, and he shouted: "Hand it over!" ”

The guards hurriedly presented the recital, which was very simple, just one sentence, please stop the southern tour and return to Beijing immediately!

Zhu Jie knew that the matter of Li Dingguo's fourth town must be a big trouble, at this time, the four seas were peaceful, except for the matter of Tianwei Army's pension, nothing could make Sun Chuanting, Xu Yifan and others feel so tricky......

(End of chapter)