Everyone who comes to the Ming Dynasty for the first time, whether they are poor or rich, will make various discoveries, and they will be surprised by everything here.
People from China are more surprised by the people's life without worries about food and clothing. After all, hundreds of millions of ordinary people in China are still struggling in a life of poverty, hunger and cold.
People who come from Europe and the United States are more surprised by the civilization here.
In the 19th century, civilization was equated with science. To evaluate whether a country was civilized or not, there was only one criterion - science and industry. As long as science was prosperous and industry was developed, even if they killed millions of indigenous people in the colonies,
Enslaving millions of slaves will not be considered a barbarian. On the contrary, no matter how polite you are, as long as science is not prosperous and industry is not developed, you are a barbarian.
This world has always been so naked.
Precisely because he understood this criterion, Emperor Zhu Da devoted a lot of time every day to paying attention to the development of science and technology in the Ming Dynasty.
The day's plan begins in the morning.
As in the past, Emperor Zhu Da looked through the report in his hand, which was the semi-annual monthly report of the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce. Looking at the scientific and technological achievements of the Ming Dynasty in the past six months, he was still very satisfied with the current scientific and technological progress of the Ming Dynasty.
After closing the report, Zhu Xianhai looked at Fang Zhanbo, the newly promoted Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, and said.
"The current technological progress is quite good, but we must focus on promoting private technology. Although the Imperial Central Laboratory is the leader in technology, it is not enough to be the leader. Private research is also very important."
Where is the source of Ming’s technology?
Of course it is the Imperial Central Laboratory. Every year, Emperor Zhu Da takes out a large amount of materials from the "Royal Library" and sends them to the Imperial Central Laboratory. There are technicians there to study those technologies, relying on the information provided in the mall.
Books and some physical objects, Ming Dynasty's technology will develop by leaps and bounds. Of course, Emperor Zhu Da also paid great attention to rhythm. After all, it is impossible to eat a fat man in one bite in science.
He would provide targeted technical information or physical objects based on Daming's technical level to promote Daming's technological development. Fortunately for him, as Daming's technology progressed in reality, the technology in the mall was also being updated.
The technological level in shopping malls is now basically equal to that of the 1900s, and the level of industries such as automobiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, metallurgy, etc., because the accelerator was stepped on a bit hard at the beginning. After many years of development, it has reached 20
level in the 1920s and even the 1930s.
It's possible that the steps are too big to be trivial, but some industries in the Ming Dynasty are indeed far ahead of this era, such as the automobile industry, which has now almost reached the level of World War I. The only problem is the output issue - the production assembly line is still being tested.
Once successful, it will inevitably bring about earth-shaking changes.
Emperor Zhu Da was not anxious about this. Even if there were similar technical books in the mall, he did not take them out. What was the purpose? It was to enable Ming's scientific researchers to "make something out of nothing" and carry out technological innovation.
After all, the crutch will be thrown away sooner or later. We cannot let them always feel that they have a crutch to rely on. Inventions and innovations "made out of nothing" are what Ming Dynasty needs.
"What His Majesty said is true. Private technology research and development is very important, and private technology research and development is more dynamic and more practical. Moreover, private researchers are better at conducting secondary research and development on official technology, although it is inevitable to follow the law.
Loopholes, however, have promoted the technical strength of the private sector. Now many companies have corresponding researchers who specialize in technical research. The stronger the technical strength of the private sector, the stronger the technical strength of Ming Dynasty will naturally be."
Fang Zhanbo's answer impressed Emperor Zhu Da deeply.
"We can now train 27,500 university and college students every year, plus about 80,000 technical secondary school students every year. The training of talents can be considered to be effective. However, in terms of technological innovation, we are still just a student.
Digestion, then innovation. As a backward industrial country, even if we are ahead of the world in some aspects, we should not be proud. After all, what determines the capacity of a bucket is the shortest piece of wood. The reason why the great powers are great powers is because
They must have their expertise, and in many aspects, we are still just students."
student!
This is Emperor Zhu Da’s positioning for the Ming Dynasty. After all, even including the company period, it only took 15 years to reach the full limit. These may seem like extraordinary progress, but in fact, this kind of progress is a golden finger - relying on the mall
The materials, physical objects and Emperor Zhu Da's knowledge reserves ahead of the times gave Ming Dynasty a first-mover advantage in the second industrial revolution.
But how long can this first-mover advantage last?
This requires a question mark.
After all, while Ming Dynasty was progressing, other countries were also progressing. When Ming Dynasty sent overseas students to Britain, the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands and other countries to make up for their own shortcomings, European and American countries also realized the technological fields pioneered by Ming Dynasty.
their breakthrough.
Of course, their breakthroughs were largely imitations of Ming Dynasty's industrial products.
Moreover, some industrial products are limited by metal heat treatment and differences in metal materials. They can only imitate one look, and their lifespan is short and their quality is poor.
But at least it has made great progress compared to history.
At least in history, the automobile industry and electromechanical industry in Europe and the United States were still a big "0" in 1875, but what about now?
They are also producing internal combustion engines and automobiles. They are also producing alternators and transformer facilities. Electric motors are also replacing steam engines. The second industrial revolution is proceeding at a faster speed than in history. Industries in various countries around the world
Progress can simply be described as rapid.
According to Emperor Zhu Da's understanding of industrial history, the current technological level of various countries is actually 10 to 20 years ahead of the world's level. Of course, this is only the technical level and is not equal to the actual industrial level. The overall industrial level of various countries is uneven.
, but the development is extremely rapid.
This is another impact brought by the advanced technology brought by Ming Dynasty - the acceleration of global technological iteration, which is the so-called "border effect".
"Your Majesty, I believe that we and the West are in a process of mutual learning. Although we lag behind the West in many aspects, the most fundamental reason is that our foundation is weak. Even until this year, the first generation of college students in Ming Dynasty just graduated, so
This weakness is also inevitable."
The "first generation" he refers to specifically refers to those who attended primary school, middle school and university in Ming Dynasty.
15 years!
These students who have received a complete new education in the education system of Ming Dynasty are the real "first generation students of Ming Dynasty".
"But on the other hand, our practical technology fields far exceed those of European and American countries. Therefore, while learning from each other, I believe that we should do a better job of keeping secrets, especially the confidentiality of certain special technologies."
Fang Zhanbo, the Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, specifically mentioned the biggest problems facing the Ming Dynasty's industrial sector - copycats and technology leaks.
"Your Majesty, in the past few years, European and American manufacturers have copied a large number of our products. Although their products are of poor quality, what is undeniable? It is that their crappy products have affected our market.
"
Who would have thought that in just a dozen years, Daming's products would be copied by various countries. The reason why they copied Daming's products was because Daming's products were more novel and unique. Of course, they also had higher technical content.
Although many products are difficult for foreigners to imitate due to their high technical content, in Fang Zhanbo’s view, it is only a matter of time before they are imitated.
"Your Majesty, what does "made in daming" rely on to gain market share? It's technological leadership and reliable quality. If we don't do a good job of confidentiality, one day we will definitely lose what we are most proud of...
That’s our technology leadership!”
This chapter has been completed!