Chapter 481 Patents Act
After the ceremony, Richard reshuffled his government departments. In the past, when Richard was a vassal of Roger's kingdom, he was almost unable to be independent diplomatically. Now that the crown was put on, the diplomatic department was immediately established.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Richard, appointed Jonathan, a landless nobleman from the United Kingdom on the East Coast, who had secretly defected to Haaland for seven or eight years.
Jonathan himself was eloquent, proficient in aristocratic etiquette, and had an extraordinary ability to deal with people, and his ability to act as an emissary, to reconcile conflicts, and to participate in negotiations.
After a long period of investigation, Hornason has gained the trust of Richard, and after the establishment of the Haaland Kingdom, he took advantage of the institutional adjustment to rise to a high position and became a heavyweight civil official in Haaland.
From the Divine Radiance Empire to the Eastern Kingdoms on the Dawn Plane, the bureaucratic system is relatively simple, after all, the social development is in a semi-feudal and semi-slave society, and the management system naturally does not need to be too troublesome.
There was no diplomatic department in the kingdoms, and even the Divine Radiance Empire had only one permanent diplomatic envoy, who was directly accountable to Edward VII.
Other countries relied mainly on the king's attendants in foreign affairs.
There is no foreign affairs department in the government system, and diplomatic activities are mainly handled by envoys sent by the monarch, which is very arbitrary and very irregular.
In view of this situation, after a long period of thought, Richard decided to create a diplomatic department. Compared with the traditional kingdom emissary, the management authority of the diplomatic department of the Haaland Territory is relatively complicated.
Hornason served as foreign minister, with full powers, and took on part of the task of receiving foreign guests in place of Richard, and had greater decision-making power in the direction of foreign affairs.
Stevens Hogan was transferred from the intelligence system and promoted to the position of deputy foreign minister, responsible for managing part of the foreign intelligence authority and commanding the military attaché of the intelligence system.
Thompson was transferred from the commercial system to the post of deputy foreign minister, where he was responsible for commercial affairs, mainly dealing with troubles such as commodity competition.
Jonstom was also transferred from the legal department to serve as the third deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for studying the surrounding situation, strategic security, analyzing major issues such as politics, economy, religion, and culture, and providing strategies for foreign policymaking.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a department that Richard attaches great importance to, the minister is a natural cabinet member, and Haaland leads the external affairs of the kingdom, and most of the big and small affairs are under the control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Immediately after the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the personal attention of Richard, a mission was sent to the Kingdom of Grant, the Grand Duchy of Starnik.
The mission is based in the capitals of the two countries and has more than 100 members, including ambassadors, counselors, and military attachés. Richard also ordered the intelligence service to put a part of its intelligence forces in the hands of diplomatic attachés.
In recent years, before the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Haaland led the establishment of a number of departments such as taxation, civil affairs, and finance, so that the management of the government was gradually standardized.
The establishment of a new department requires a large number of personnel to be transferred and recruited. It may be difficult for a traditional kingdom to recruit a thousand bureaucrats in a short period of time, but for Harland, it is relatively simple.
After all, Haaland has been running education for nearly 30 years and trains nearly 100,000 graduates every year.
Haaland leads primary school students, can read and write official documents, is proficient in the four arithmetic, has a certain knowledge of geography and history, and has also received simple military training. After five years of education, in addition to extraordinary knowledge, their cultural quality can almost be compared with that of the minor nobles. As long as you train for a while, you can serve as a basic bureaucrat.
The current kingdom of Haaland, the depreciation of academic qualifications is very serious, and it is difficult to be admitted to the civil service, especially the civil servants of the departments directly under the cabinet, and they must be carefully selected.
After the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Richard also allocated a special fund to require the diplomatic department to establish a diplomatic academy and gradually train diplomats.
Because of the internal preparations, after Richard became king, the Kingdom of Harland did not have the slightest chaos, the cabinet was renamed the Government Council, and Rogge still served as the Prime Minister of the Government Council and was the highest official in the government affairs system.
Under the Government Council, there are eight major ministries of finance, foreign affairs, civil affairs, railways, taxation, transportation, health, and education, and the ministers of these eight ministries are all political councilors.
Under the Cabinet, there are nine provinces, namely the Central Province, the Black River Province, the Vera Province, the Grotta Province, the Eagle Province, the East Coast Province, the Annis Province, the Prilland Province, and the Rex Province.
The province of Rex is the Duchy of Rex, which is the core of the former United Kingdom on the east coast, with 280,000 square kilometers of land, and even if Richard migrated some serfs, the total population was still nearly 12 million.
Although the province of Rex was not established for a long time, it was the core territory of Haaland's territory, and Richard was reluctant to give the land to his second son, Rex, despite naming the land after his second son.
Originally, Richard wanted to give the East Coast Province to Rex, but as the situation developed, the strength of the Haaland family increased greatly, and now Richard preferred to give the territory of the Red Moon Plane to his second son, and I don't know if he would agree to it.
The province of Priland is also a relatively young province, with a very large territory of nearly 200,000 square kilometers, and despite Richard's great efforts to immigrate and the hereditary nobility of northern Priland, the population barely exceeds one million. Although the province was connected to trains, large tracts of land were left undeveloped and could only be barely self-sufficient, and its economic development depended mainly on agriculture.
The province of Annis was also relatively young, this province was the former Duke of Jonathan, and because Richard drove the legendary dragon, the province of Annis expanded a large territory to the north, covering a total area of 160,000 square kilometers. Although the Jonathan family had migrated a large number of people before the exchange of territories, Richard also migrated to the province in large numbers, and the population had recovered to its peak of about 1.2 million.
The East Coast Province has been established for many years, and has successively established three coastal port cities, Xinghui, Xiaguang and Haikou, relying on the three coastal port cities to develop inland, and established dozens of strongholds before and after. With the defeat of the Orcs by the Harland Leader and the advance of the border to the north, the province increased in size by 30,000 square kilometers to 270,000 square kilometers, but the population was only about 700,000.
On the whole, the land is vast and sparsely populated, because the time of land reclamation is relatively short, this province cannot even be self-sufficient in food, and needs the support of Heihe and Annis provinces.
In the past ten years, the Eagle Province has received a lot of financial support and ushered in a very rapid development, this province covers an area of 120,000 square kilometers, divided into three counties and more than a dozen counties. Due to favorable factors such as the opening of the railway around the Eagle Mountains and the successful development of Snow Crystal Lake, the population of Eagle Province has exceeded 2 million.
Eagle Province has a strong foundation and can directly support the development of Prilland Province.
After defeating the orcs, the area of Grotta Province increased by nearly 60,000 square kilometers, and with the fiefdom returned by Sutton, the total area of this province has reached 180,000 square kilometers. Although Richard did not invest much in Grotta, the total population of the province also increased to 1.4 million.
Heihe Province is a densely populated area in Haraland's territory, although the area is relatively small, only 80,000 square kilometers of land, but the Grant royal family has been developed for many years, plus Richard has moved a lot of factories, it is very densely populated, divided into three counties and more than 20 counties, with a total population of more than 4 million.
The Central Province is the core of the Harland Territory, with more than 60 counties in seven counties, including Haaland, Lothar Basin, Salt Lake, Nanlu County, Forest County, and Martins County. Despite being the smallest at 80,000 square kilometres, it is the most densely populated area in Haaland's territory, with a population of 4.6 million.
The province of Vera is the original Edward, Fox two dukedoms merged, an area of 180,000 square kilometers, divided into four counties and more than a dozen counties, this province because of the development of Edward, Fox two families for many years, the total population has increased to 2.3 million.
The nine major provinces of the Kingdom of Haland combined, with a total area of 1.54 million square kilometers and a total population of about 29.2 million.
After nearly thirty years of development, the territory of the country established by Richard is equivalent to that of the Kingdom of Lane, but the population is 14 million less than that of the Kingdom of Lane.
Because it was a nascent country, the hereditary nobility in the kingdom of Haaland was not very strong, and the combined population under their control was less than 1.2 million. The population under the direct control of the central government exceeds 28 million.
After the founding of the state, Richard already had the authority to canonize the great nobles.
The first is Sutton, although Sutton doesn't like secular territories, but Richard still canonized Sutton as a duke for the first time, and regarded the elf lock as his fief.
Then there was Viscount Rohman, whose exploits were enough to be promoted. After more than 100 years of struggle, he finally achieved a class jump and was promoted to the great aristocratic class.
Because the Romans family's fiefdoms were very scattered, Richard specially ordered them to adjust and plan the territories together as much as possible to facilitate their operations.
The third great nobleman is his uncle Soros, who has made a great deal of war in the Red Moon Plane this year, and it is just right to merge the family territory into a single county.
Although the eldest cousin Kent and the second cousin Morgan have been separated for many years and are not very happy to merge the territories together, under the strong demand of Soros, they can only give in to their father, hand over the territories they have operated for many years, and merge them into one county.
After all, the big nobles are far better than the small nobles.
The rest of Jennings, Wilde and others did not have enough merit to be promoted to the great aristocracy.
After the meritorious service was issued and the meritorious heroes were canonized, the kingdom of Haaland gradually got on the right track, and Richard began to adjust the decrees in the territory. 、
In the past, for the sake of technical secrecy, Harland led to many harsh decrees, even if there is no evidence, as long as they are close to the secret department, the security and intelligence departments have the right to kill.
Although the decree delayed the technical leaks, it caused many innocent deaths. As the situation developed, Richard revoked the decree at its source.
Although this kind of dictatorial decree is very effective, it will cause endless harm in the long run. This decree does not respect human rights, and it does not even have human rights, so naturally it cannot bring the people to their hearts.
If Richard wants to build an industrial society, he must create a social environment conducive to industrial development, and to build this social environment, laws and ideas need to be adjusted. It is not only necessary to plan well at the top, but also to give full play to the subjective initiative of the lower levels.
After the repeal of the bad law, Richard decided to introduce a patent law.
In the past, Harland's technical research was mainly promoted by the official sector, and the economic model of the territory was similar to that of a planned economy, and scientific research institutes and state-owned enterprises were the centers of technological research.
Technology research and development also relies on financial allocation, and after successful research and development, it is basically handed over to enterprises free of charge. These state-owned enterprises are also monopolies, where technology is largely difficult to circulate and does not actually require a patent statute.
On the other hand, the Department of Magical Research, although it does not have a patent law, has similar rules.
If you want to read the paper, you must pay contribution points, and this contribution point is divided between the Harland Mage Association and the magician.
The contribution points of the Harland Collar Mage Guild are very useful, not only to exchange magic crystals, but also to read papers.
Magic potions, super magic metals, and magic plants all require contribution points, and even to participate in the mage seminar, they need to pay contribution points, and within the framework of the Harland Mage Association, contribution points are more precious than magic crystals.
With the development of the economy, the contribution of the private sector has become heavier and heavier, and big capitalists such as Odaye and Immorton already have large-scale research departments under their hands. With the gradual advent of the market economy, the introduction of a patent bill has become imperative.
The introduction of the patent bill is conducive to the creation of an environment for industrial development. This bill will allow smart people to make a lot of profits through patents and achieve a leap in personal class.
The formulation of laws such as the Patent Protection Law and the Private Property Protection Law to give capitalists a platform to rise and maintain a roughly fair social environment will stimulate the desire of capitalists and skilled workers to upgrade their classes, and only then will there be a large number of inventions and innovations.
Richard has been operating the territory for 30 years, and one of the most important tasks is to create and protect this environment conducive to industrial development, so he will continue to inspect the territory, punish corrupt officials, and make the rule of officials as clear as possible.
Over the past 30 years, Richard has created a territory suitable for industrial development and successfully cultivated a special class of capitalists, by establishing education, vigorously propagating new laws, promoting class mobility, granting large-scale amnesty to freemen, formulating laws conducive to industrial development, and severely punishing unqualified bureaucrats.
Although capitalists such as Odaye and Immorton do not have a high status in Haaland and have not yet entered the core layer, Richard will still secretly support them.
It's a pity that there is extraordinary power in the Dawn plane, and the gods are the foundation that determines everything, even if the industry develops to the level of Richard's previous life, it can't compete with the gods.
In the end, only industrial development, extraordinary strength and two-legged walking, can win in the cruel competition. And the researcher of magic is the core of the intersection of the two paths.
(End of chapter)