Chapter 180 Dazhong Tiangong Complete Book

Of course, Xiao Tianjian's dream of mechanization is not realized smoothly. Even if he masters the essence of later mechanics, under the constraints of productivity in this era, he is still unlikely to make all kinds of machinery at once.

However, as long as there is a good start to this matter, Xiao Tianjian is no longer as anxious as before. After the world sees the superiority of machines, they will naturally accept and gradually rely on them. In addition, through his efforts, he has built a closer After the modern education system, after a long time, China and North Korea have continuously cultivated designers belonging to the Chinese people, making the Chinese people invincible in the future.

However, in addition to machine tools, Xiao Tianjian also needs technical workers. Although many craftsmen worked in the Royal Machinery Factory in the early stage, they helped Xiao Tianjian make boring machines, and in the next step, Xiao Tianjian will gradually design lathes, milling machines, drilling machines, punching machines and other machine tools, but these machines alone are also It's far from enough.

With machines, we still need technical workers who can operate these machines in the future. Therefore, on the basis of the machine factory, Xiao Tianjian decided to recruit the children of some craftsmen for training, and set up a technical school specializing in training technical workers, so that it can become a place where technical workers can be continuously trained for the Dazhong Dynasty.

In addition, after forming the cabinet, Xiao Tianjian took advantage of his spare time. In addition to being busy preparing for the construction of the royal machine manufacturing factory and designing various machinery, he also took the lead of the Ministry of Industry to collect and sort out the technologies of many non-governmental industries and compile a set of detailed and comprehensive encyclopedias of various processes. It is designated as the Complete Book of Dazhong Tiangong.

For thousands of years in China, countless generations of craftsmen in various industries in various dynasties have given full play to their ingenuity and inventing and creating many crafts and products. However, the habits of Chinese craftsmen are very bad. Craftsmen are stingy about their own craftsmanship. Often after groping out some superb craftsmanship, they refuse to cherish them. The leakage has also created old habits such as passing on men and not women, and sealed the created craftsmanship in the craftsman family as much as possible. However, this practice has led to the inability to effectively inherit many excellent crafts. Once there is a major change in a craftsman family, many very good craft means will be done. It has been destroyed in the long river of history.

This has also had a great negative impact on China's future development. Such examples can be said to be everywhere. Even many crafts created by the original Chinese people have been uploaded to foreign countries, but in the China that created them, it has gradually disappeared.

A very direct example, in the sword technology, the famous horizontal knives and strange knives were created before the Tang Dynasty in China. These sword casting processes have gradually declined after hundreds of years of dynasties have been changed to this era. In this era, in the casting process of swords, It has even lagged behind Japan, a small country in Dongying.

However, the casting process of swords in the Tang Dynasty has spread to Japan. After continuous learning, absorption and development, Japanese craftsmen have developed Japanese knives with superior performance on the basis of horizontal knives. Nowadays, the quality of swords in Japan has exceeded the quality of swords cast by Chinese craftsmen, making swords become Japanese. An important commodity in China also made it impossible for the Ming Dynasty to imitate the style and craftsmanship of Japanese knives to meet the needs of military equipment.

Therefore, Xiao Tianjian is quite sad about such a thing. In the past, he had no opportunity and no strength. Now as the emperor of the Dazhong Dynasty, he not only has power, but also has such strength. Naturally, he does not want such a thing to happen again.

So he ordered the Ministry of Industry to take the lead and sent people to all parts of the country to visit the smart craftsmen in various industries. In addition to protecting them, he also collected and sorted out the craft techniques inherited from these craftsmen' families by means of decrees, summarized them into books, and preserved these rare crafts, and in the future Pass it on.

Although "Tiangong Kaiwu" written by Song Yingxing is very rare, after reading the book Tiangong Kaiwu, Xiao Tianjian still believes that although it records many industry technologies, this book is far from detailed. Many technological means are just a general record of some processes, let alone nothing. The law reflects the many technologies that have been passed down in China for thousands of years, which must be improved.

Such an approach will certainly attract the opposition of some craftsmen, because in their opinion, once the skills they have inherited are known by outsiders, it is likely to affect their own and even the future livelihoods of future generations, and they will certainly not honestly dedicate the skills they have mastered.

Xiao Tianjian also expected this in advance. While he proposed to let the Ministry of Industry take the lead in sorting out the technical skills of various industries, he proposed the concept of patent in China for the first time after discussing with officials of the Ministry of Industry.

This involves the issue of patent law. Xiao Tianjian proposed in the Ministry of Industry to establish a set of laws relative to relatively complete patent protection, that is, to compile China's first patent law.

Through the patent law, craftsmen from all over the world can apply for patents. All craftsmen who have applied for patents can be protected. Whether the court uses their patents in the future or individuals use their patents, they must provide certain compensation for the possession of these patents, so that they can benefit from them. .

In addition, Xiao Tianjian also proposed that local governments should provide protection and support for these craftsmen with superb craftsmanship as much as possible, help them expand their production capacity, and better protect and pass on these rare crafts.

However, the premise is that the master of these process methods must record the process methods they know in detail and keep them in the Patent Office of the Ministry of Industry. In the future, once they lose these crafts for various reasons, the Ministry of Industry can also restore this lost process method through the preserved record. , continue to pass on.

After Xiao Tianjian raised this kind of matter, the Ministry of Industry began to deal with it, but for many officials, they think that Xiao Tianjian is a bit of a big deal to do so. This is Wang Tu, and the craftsman is also his minister of Xiao Tianjian. Now the court is going to compile a new set of "Dazhong Tiangong Complete Book", so these Craftsmen have the obligation to contribute their skills.

As for patent protection, officials and ordinary people in this era have no awareness in this regard at all, let alone active protection. From their point of view, Xiao Tianjian's proposal for patent protection is simply an overdo.

Many people think that as long as the emperor wants something, just go to the craftsmen for it. Why do they need to give them money and protect their interests? If anyone refuses to hand it over, they just need to arrest them and go down. I don't dare to say anything.

However, Xiao Tianjian made it clear in the Ministry of Industry that this matter can only be handled by soft means. Local governments are not allowed to collect these technological means, they can easily use them to the craftsmen who master these technologies. Although this can collect and sort out many craft techniques in a short time, but For the long run, it is not conducive to continuing to let craftsmen give full play to their initiative.

And this set of Dazhong Tiangong Quanshu will be used as an open library. Every few years, it will reorganize and supplement various industries, supplement various newly created processes, and constantly improve them.

Of course, this set of "Dazhong Tiangong Quanshu" will not be listed and sold as a book for public publication, but as a technical material in the Ministry of Industry as a technical reserve, which can be checked at any time. Otherwise, it is equivalent to making many technologies public. If they are all adopted by Chinese people, it will not be a big deal. The problem is that at least the rotten meat is in the pot, but with the development of cultural exchanges between East and the West, once it is made public, many skills will be spread. Isn't this equivalent to cutting off the Chinese people's financial path?

Xiao Tianjian knew that for a long time, Chinese people did not know about technical barriers at all. Even in modern times, many departments in China did not know the problem of patent technology protection. Among other things, the cunning little devils alone got a lot of ancient technology from China.

For example, the technology of rice paper. After World War II, the Japanese had long coveted China's rice paper manufacturing technology. Since the Qing Dynasty, they have tried their best to steal the rice paper manufacturing technology back, but it has never been successful. In the 1970s, the Japanese sent a business group to China to talk about cooperation with China. As a result, some Chinese officials foolishly took the little devils to visit the rice paper factory. The whole production process of rice paper was thoroughly seen by the little devils. As a result, the little devils returned to Japan happily. Naturally, the matter of cooperative production was not mentioned. Not long after. Japan's industrial production of rice paper was put on the market, and it shamelessly claimed that China's rice paper was the first and Japan's rice paper was the second, but Japan's rice paper production far exceeded that of China.

There is also the artemisinin developed by Chinese scientist Tu Youyou. The Chinese do not know how to protect themselves. According to the requirements of cunning foreigners, they hold academic seminars. With the requirements of political tasks, Tu Youyou made the development of the whole artemisinin public. As a result, the Chinese themselves did not apply for it. The patent of artemisinin made foreigners apply for a patent for artemisinin to make a fortune in large quantities. However, Tu Youyou, the inventor, did not have a patent right for it, which made foreigners make a fortune in vain.

There are too many similar things that happen in later generations in China, and in this era, Xiao Tianjian will never let them happen easily. Therefore, when sorting out and collecting such technologies, Xiao Tianjian's first consideration is the issue of technical protection, not just to protect the technology owners. It is also necessary to protect these technologies from being easily taken away by foreigners.

Not only that, Xiao Tianjian also ordered the Ministry of Industry to find a way to integrate the technology of Western inventions into the Dazhong Tiangong Complete Book as much as possible through communication with Western missionaries, and summarize it into categories.

The contents of this book are not limited to various production technologies, but are summarized into several major subjects, including mining and metallurgy, agriculture, animal husbandry, medicine, construction, textile, ceramics, shipbuilding, machinery, weapons and other major subjects.

And each major subject is divided into small subjects, such as metallurgy, including prospecting, beneficiation, mining, smelting, casting and other technologies of various metal minerals or non-metallic minerals.

Agriculture includes varieties, planting, seed selection, breeding, harvesting, production, etc. of various crops, including forestry.

Animal husbandry is divided into fishery and animal husbandry, including varieties of various livestock products, seed selection, breeding, breeding, hybridization, etc.

The building includes water conservancy, roads, various building construction, bridges, etc.

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In this way, Mr. Lin Lin basically includes all aspects of things and compiles them in different categories. In short, as long as there are industries, they will be collected as much as possible. This will be a very huge project. Once completed, it will undoubtedly be a good thing for Xiao Tianjian. The great achievements of the world will play a role that cannot be ignored for China's scientific and technological development.

In order to do this matter well, Xiao Tianjian simply transferred Song Yingxing into the Ministry of Industry and was specially responsible for the compilation of this set of "Dazhong Tiangong Quanshu". After all, he has compiled the book "Tiangong Kaiwu" before and has accumulated considerable experience, and this set of "Dazhong Tiangong Quanshu" can be called "Tiangong". No one can do this more appropriately than him on the basis of the extension and expansion of the book Kaiwu.

In addition to compiling this set of books, Xiao Tianjian also told Song Yingxing and the appointed officials that while compiling this set of books, they should also find ways to study and quantify various processes as much as possible. Don't replace them with a few words, and find a way to figure out why. The root cause of some technologies.

The development of many technologies in China has been produced through continuous exploration and attempts, but this method has only achieved its purpose, but it has not developed into a discipline. Many people who invented these technologies only know it but do not know why it is. As a result, technology cannot drive the development of disciplines.

Regarding this matter, there has been another debate in the court. Cabinet ministers and many officials believe that it is the time when the new establishment of the Dazhong Dynasty is needed to use people and money everywhere. Xiao Tianjian proposed that such a grand project is suspected of wasting human and financial resources, and proposed to compile the "Dazhong Tiangong Complete Book". Let's postpone it for another ten or eight years. At that time, the Great China and North Korea will be completely stabilized. It's not too late to ask for money, money, and people.

However, Xiao Tianjian believes that this is not the reason for procrastination. Even if the conditions are limited at present, the sooner this matter is carried out, the better. Even if there are not enough manpower and insufficient financial resources, this matter should be done first. Let Song Yingxing preside over the matter first and gradually improve it. The time can even be lengthened. Some, but this matter must be carried out first.

So Song Yingxing was very excited after receiving the order. He immediately selected dozens of people and began the preliminary preparation. He framed this set of books first. Some people were responsible for sorting out various relevant ancient books, and some people immediately went to various places to collect and sort out various industries. The technology.

The Ministry of Household also allocated the first batch of funds according to Xiao Tianjian's requirements as their start-up funds. Although more than half of the funds were cut off by the cabinet, Xiao Tianjian also knew the difficulties of the Household Department. There are too many places to spend money now, so more than half of them were cut off after discussion by the cabinet. He did not insist too much on the expenses, but made concessions and adopted the opinion of the cabinet.

This matter also made the cabinet realize that Xiao Tianjian, the emperor, attaches great importance to their opinions. To some extent, Xiao Tianjian, a strong emperor, has begun to compromise on the power of the cabinet to a certain extent, which makes the cabinet ministers very happy, so this matter is gradually under such circumstances. It has been carried out.

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