"Your Majesty, this is a new type of loom made by Wechen according to your order. In a heavily guarded house, Song Yingxing showed Li You a machine that was completely different from the loom used in the Ming Dynasty today, and Song Yingxing ordered someone to show Li You the operation, and then introduced, "After His Majesty's suggestion, Weichen sounded many methods, and finally made this loom, compared with the looms used in Jiangnan today, the efficiency of this loom has been doubled."www.biquge.info ”

"Mr. Song has made a great contribution this time." Li You is also happy, he did not expect this textile machine to be manufactured so quickly, previously Song Yingxing successfully solved the problem of sweet potato and potato promotion, greatly alleviating the adverse effects of the Xiaoice River period on Daming, and now he has made this long-awaited machine, really worthy of the first class scientist in Daming, "Shu decided to open the Gezhi Academy in Daming, and in the future, Mr. Song will definitely be the president of the Gezhi Academy, and the grade treatment will be according to the Shangshu example." "Gezhiyuan is the Academy of Sciences, because of the Ming Dynasty's wording habits, it was changed to Gezhiyuan.

The idea of opening the Daming Academy of Sciences has long been there, but the time is not yet suitable, and the current scientific talents of the Ming Dynasty are too few to support the shelf of the Academy of Sciences, but as long as it is a few years earlier, these are not problems; The deliberate choice of Song Yingxing instead of Sun Yuanhua or Wang Zheng as the first president of the Academy of Sciences is also the result of Li You's careful consideration, Sun Yuanhua and Wang Zheng certainly have deep attainments in science and technology, but they are Jinshi after all, and letting them hold this important position may make many people think that the dean of the Academy of Sciences also needs to be selected from Jinshi, and it will bury hidden dangers for lay leaders in the future.

And Song Yingxing is different, he does not have the fame of Jinshi, just a person, which is undoubtedly a great disadvantage in the Ming officialdom, but now it has become an advantage, it can be used Song Yingxing's example to explain to the world, the Academy of Sciences and Jinshi have nothing to do with each other, no matter how you do in the imperial examination, as long as you make achievements in the study of Gezhi, you are eligible to enter the Gezhi Academy, enjoy the imperial court's lulu, and apply for the research and development funds allocated by the imperial court.

"Wechen thank Your Majesty!" Song Yingxing was excited and didn't know what to say, although he was obsessed with science, but after all, he was born as a scholar, and his fame had not yet been put down, he originally thought that he had completed many tasks arranged by the imperial court, and he might be rewarded with an official position such as the director of the Ministry of Works, but he didn't expect to have the opportunity to become a high-ranking official comparable to Shangshu.

"Gezhiyuan should be such an institution...... Li You said his thoughts, and then said, "It will take some time from preparation to formal establishment, and during this time, Mr. Song should think carefully about how to build and carry out the work of Gezhiyuan in addition to his daily work." Although Li You has some understanding of the Academy of Sciences in later generations, the environment in which he is now and later generations is different after all, so he still listens to the views of Song Yingxing, Tang Ruowang, Sun Yuanhua, Xu Guangqi, Wang Zheng and others before making a decision.

"Wechen obeys the order, and Wechen will do his best." Song Yingxing hurriedly agreed, and the topic came to an end, and Song Yingxing continued to introduce the benefits of this loom to Li You.

"It's far better than the loom used in Jiangnan." Song Yingxing also arranged a comparative demonstration without a teacher, and ordered someone to find a few popular old looms in Jiangnan to use the same raw materials for weaving, and it is easy to see that this new loom has far surpassed these old looms in terms of efficiency.

"Mr. Song will copy a few copies of the drawings of this new loom and give it to me, in addition, the research on the new loom can continue, but it must not be leaked to the outside without my order." Li You did not plan to use this loom immediately, but planned to dig a big hole for the Jiangnan gentry, take this opportunity to weaken their strength, and create a good opportunity for the imperial court to intervene in Jiangnan affairs.

The defeat of Jiannu made the imperial court finally breathe a sigh of relief, and when the soldiers of the nine sides were trained, Li You would have a force in his hands that was enough to crush all the enemies, coupled with the existence of the Jinmen Sailor, which could provide protection for the maritime trade in the north and provide a large amount of taxes for the imperial court, both militarily and economically, the imperial court had the capital to clean up the Jiangnan gentry, and it was time to make some preparations for solving the problem of the Jiangnan gentry.

This loom is one of the means used to deal with the Jiangnan gentry, now the Jiangnan textile industry is extremely prosperous, especially in the Songjiang area, there is a reputation for clothing in the world, those gentry have set up workshops, recruited hired workers to work in the workshop, for them to earn a lot of money, which is almost close to the capitalist factory.

However, they still maintained the habits of landlords, and did not invest most of their profits in expanding production like capitalists, but used them to annex land and personal enjoyment, and also used their status and power to evade taxes, which did not do much good to the imperial court or the people of Jiangnan, so Li You would never allow them to continue to do so.

In addition, those gentry and wealthy merchants who monopolized the tea, salt and other industries were also the targets of Li You's attack, and he had now sent people to survey the terrain in Changlu and other places, intending to expand the scale of the northern salt fields and beat down the arrogance of the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River; As for tea, he also has a similar arrangement, if the Jiangnan gentry are willing to bow their heads at that time, it is best, if they do not bow their heads, they will face Li You's multiple blows from politics to business, and even military, I don't believe they can withstand it.

"Cao Banban, Luo Yangxing, I have an important matter to hand over to you this time." Coming back from Song Yingxing, Li You called Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing over.

"Your Majesty, please instruct, the ministers/slaves will do their best to handle this matter well." The longer they followed Li You's side, the more cautious they became, only after a long time of contact did the two of them know how powerful His Majesty the Emperor was, and now the two of them have followed Li You with all their hearts, and they will never dare to have any selfish intentions.

"Do you have competent people who are familiar with Jiangnan affairs? Go find a few capable ones, I have important things to do for them. Li You nodded at the loom drawings on the table, "I want them to send these things to Jiangnan privately and sell them to the gentry who control the Jiangnan textile workshop, but they must not let people know that these things are coming from the north, can you be clear?" ”