There was still a lot of work to be done, and this New Year's banquet completely changed. Everyone put down their drinks and food, took out their shorthand notebooks and pens, and began to record those very important provisions.
Xiao Letian's plan is very simple, which is to artificially create a hierarchy so that all people can have a clear path to advancement. They know how much military merit can be converted into a citizen, and how much military merit can be converted into a viscount, baron, or duke.
You can even equate this kind of military merit to the score of a student exam, with 60 points passing, 80 points outstanding, and 100 points even giving priority.
Not only military merit can be turned into a ladder for people to improve their status, but other scholars, farmers, industrial and commercial classes can also have room for advancement.
There are four small assemblies set up in the Citizens' Assembly. Among them, the Military Assembly mainly handles the specific affairs of military merit advancement. Those officers and soldiers who are eligible for the title will submit the application report to the Military Assembly, which will review and review it. After it is clear, it will be confirmed and approved and reported. The cabinet is unified by the Prime Minister for final confirmation.
After the prime minister stamps and confirms the list, the list is submitted to the king, who will perform the extremely glorious canonization ceremony on an auspicious day.
The second small council is the Consultative Council, which is mainly used to review the merits of merchants and how to be promoted to knighthood!
Don't think that merchants have no contribution to this society. Those heroes who single-handedly opened up the golden trade route, those good people who desperately allocate food for disaster relief during famine years, those who did not fear life and death to deliver materials and supplies to the army during war...all kinds of things Behaviors are all achievements created by the group of businessmen!
Merit must be rewarded! The world often sees the rich material enjoyment of businessmen, but as long as the businessman's property is obtained legally and ethically, then this wealth should not be discriminated against but should be respected.
After hearing this, Fan Qian, who had not spoken at the banquet, burst into tears. Standing next to him was his junior Hu Xueyan, who also had a sigh on his face. The red-top businessman held the old shopkeeper's hand and sighed, "For thousands of years, only the prime minister has You gave us a fair word!"
In addition to the Military Council and the Chamber of Commerce, there is also the Science Society, which is an institution formed by merging the word "work" from scholars, farmers, industry and commerce with the Western concept of scientist.
At first, the Four Heavenly Kings proposed to call it the Industrial Council, which is equivalent to the Chinese Ministry of Industry Council. However, Xiao Letian rejected this rustic term and directly changed its name to the Science Society.
Xiao Letian has a perverted love for the Science Society. First of all, the Science Society's funds are entirely allocated directly by the Prime Minister and are independently reviewed without the control of the Citizens' Assembly. This eliminates the need for a large group of mothers-in-law to control the Science Society.
In addition, the Science Society has set up a separate patent office, where scientists and a group of legal elites protect inventions and creations through patents. The power of this patent office is very powerful. Once some kind of patent damage case occurs that worries scientists, the patent office can skip the Ryukyu judicial system and directly report to the king and prime minister individually.
Xiao Letian has been questioned a lot about decentralizing this power. People who grew up in medieval thinking cannot understand what a patent is. If a craftsman comes up with a good idea, wouldn't it be enough to give him a reward? Why give a patent?
Even if the patent is granted, there is no need to cause such a big fuss. Do you still have the right to file a lawsuit alone? The judicial system can’t handle it anymore? Isn't this going to turn upside down!
Even the Four Heavenly Kings under Xiao Letian shook their heads to express their incomprehension. Xiao Letian discussed it carefully all night before they finally recognized the benefits of the patent law.
"Science and technology are the primary productive forces! You all love to use advanced foreign guns and cannons. You all see the efficiency of large factories. Don't you know how powerful the Zhiyuan ship is when it returns to China?"
"All of this needs to be driven by science and technology, and technology does not fall out of thin air. Don't expect other countries to sell it to you or give it to you. Others will not give you the best things!"
"Everything has to be created by ourselves, and where is the creativity of scientists? With this patent law, let their inventions and creations bring them wealth and honor, and even titles! Only in this way can we inspire the Chinese people Scientists are working hard to catch up and make up for the hundreds of years they have fallen behind!”
"So, we must give the patent office the greatest power, and we must protect the rights of innovators!"
After all the talk, the Four Heavenly Kings and others finally accepted this proposal. Xiao Letian knew that on the one hand, it was based on reason, and on the other hand, it was the pressure of his own authority.
In this era, patent law is a relatively new and not very eye-catching bill even in Europe and the United States, let alone backward Asia.
The Four Heavenly Kings agreed to the structure of the patent office, but strongly opposed some provisions of the patent law, especially the provision that scientists could freely authorize the use of patents, which made CIA Director Wang Huaiyuan extremely excited.
"Since the Prime Minister said that science is the primary productive force, the protection of science and technology must be included in the control of our CIA! Scientists' patents can be used to make money, but they must not be freely authorized!"
"That's not bad. What if he is obsessed with money and gives his technology to an enemy country? What if he is angry with the government and refuses to grant a national patent? Are we going to litigate with him every day if we have nothing to do?"
"Let me just say one thing: Chinese countries have priority in using patents issued by the Patent Office. The Intelligence Bureau terminates the power of dangerous authorizations. We protect the wealth and honor of scientists, but patent rights must be controlled!"
Even if Wang Huaiyuan was stubborn, Xiao Letian had no choice but to do so. Coupled with the unequivocal support from others, Xiao Letian could only nod and accept the proposal.
Xiao Letian let out a long sigh and thought to himself, "The state has the right to use it first, so in the future there will definitely be cases where the state infringes on scientific workers, and there will definitely be people who use this right to lower prices for scientists! But there is no way, many things cannot be done overnight, and the people The generation gap in concepts really cannot be bridged by one or two generations!”
No matter whether the patent law is perfect or not, there is no such thing as perfection in this world, only relative perfection.
Ryukyu's patent law is already the first in Asia. In some details, it even treats scientists more favorably than European and American patent laws. Not to mention, you can be knighted simply for "major scientific and technological inventions!" 'This one is enough to move scientists around the world.
The Science Society not only has the privileges of the Patent Act, but also benefits from funds directly allocated by the Prime Minister. Xiao Letian even established a foundation specifically for the Science Society.
Xiao Basic Science Foundation! This is a department that no one can understand, but no one can refute this proposal because this foundation belongs entirely to Xiao Letian himself. It is a private foundation invested by him out of his own pocket, but the management rights are affiliated with the Science Society. That’s all.
At that moment, no one could understand what Xiao Letian was going to do, and even Xiao Letian himself was too lazy to explain to them. However, the first investment of five million dragon-patterned silver coins shocked all the Four Heavenly Kings and Ryukyu officials.
