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In principle, the winners of Daqin's Royal Science Award are not limited by nationality. As long as you have made great contributions to science, you have the opportunity to become a winner.
This award, like the imperial examination of the Ministry of Rites, was also awarded every three years. Because this was the first time, everything was new, there was no strict selection process, and there was no time to classify the various sciences. The emperor simply selected the list of winners and announced it in the Daqin Times.
This time, the emperor awarded the two major awards to Huang Sheng and Li Yi. Although it was decided by him alone, it did not affect the authority of the awards at all.
Because in the eyes of the people of the world, the emperor is not only wise and powerful, but also a well-deserved academic master with the highest authority.
All the teachers and students of the Polytechnic Institute gathered there, and there were also tens of thousands of people and craftsmen, surrounding the award stand in a dark crowd.
Qin Mu personally awarded the gold medals to Huang Sheng and Li Yi, and the guards also brought up four baskets of white dragon coins. Ten thousand dragon coins were enough to fill two large baskets, and the dazzling silver light dazzled countless pairs of eyes under the awarding stage.
Huang Sheng and Li Yi were so excited that they burst into tears several times while giving their acceptance speeches to the audience, wearing gold medals on their chests.
Finally, Huang Sheng said: "I am unworthy of this award today. I believe everyone present knows that your Majesty is the most qualified person to receive the highest honor in science. It is your Majesty, whom we respect very much, who laid the theoretical foundation for physics, chemistry, and many other disciplines in our Qin Dynasty.
Without your Majesty's guidance, who would know what dynamite is? Who would know what a steam engine is? Who would know what dynamics is? Without your Majesty's guidance, who would know the existence of electromagnetism? Who would be able to create a generator, a battery, a light bulb, or a telegraph? Your Majesty's knowledge is unprecedented.
I want to tell everyone present here that only our respected Majesty is qualified to receive the highest honor, and I believe that you agree with me. "
Hearing this, the audience burst into loud shouts of "Long live, long live, long live!" Objectively speaking, Huang Sheng's words were not flattery. His words were generally recognized throughout Daqin.
It’s just that Qin Mu is the emperor, the emperor above all others. He will not compete with anyone in the world for this scientific award.
Then, the one who was lucky enough to stand on the podium would naturally be the focus of everyone in the audience and the world. Not to mention the two large baskets of silver dragon coins, this honor alone was really no less than the top scorer in the imperial examination.
To obtain this honor, you don’t have to be familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, you don’t have to be well-versed in history books, you can even be a humble farmer or a slave, but it will not affect your eligibility for the award, as long as you have made great contributions to science.
Just like Li Yi. He was actually just the son of a humble craftsman and was only fifteen years old, but the electromagnet he invented and the telegraph machine born from it changed the mode of human communication, and this fast communication method will bring immeasurable promotion to the development of the entire human race.
The establishment of this award has given countless people in Daqin another dream.
You can even go crazy about it.
At least, the teachers and students of the Polytechnic Institute in the audience went crazy, with waves of cheers and long live shouts rising up, making the entire Polytechnic Institute in a state of boiling excitement for a long time.
Finally, Qin Mu took the stage again and delivered his closing remarks: "Teachers and students present here, as well as people all over the world, I would like to emphasize once again a fact: science is the primary productive force, and technology is the force that drives human progress.
My original intention in establishing the Daqin Royal Science Award is not only to reward those who have made great contributions to science, but also to encourage all people in the world to learn science, study science, use science, and create more brilliant scientific achievements.
The Daqin Royal Science Award is open to everyone and gives everyone equal opportunities. Regardless of identity, nationality, gender, as long as you have made contributions in the field of science, you have the opportunity to win the award.
The two winners this time were selected by me alone. Three years later, I will organize academic authority to form a selection committee to select the people who have made the greatest contributions in various disciplines in a more scientific and objective way. I am waiting for you three years later. I am eagerly looking forward to seeing who will be able to step onto the podium three years later. "
Qin Mu's words once again caused the audience to boil over, and thousands of people cheered enthusiastically:
"Long live our emperor, long live our emperor, long, long live our emperor!"
"Long live our emperor, long live our emperor, long, long live our emperor!"
Yes, in theory, everyone has a chance, just like Li Yi, who is just the son of a craftsman.
Perhaps three years later, they will be the ones standing on the stage to receive the award. Teachers and students in the polytechnics and craftsmen who specialize in technology all think so. Such an opportunity is not too far away for them and is totally worth looking forward to.
After the award ceremony, there was no parade of the top scorer in the imperial examination. Qin Mu had to consider the feelings of the scholars in the world.
After all, the ninth day of March is the Spring Examination. Those who win the Royal Science Award will already have a huge bonus of 10,000 dragon coins. If they were to parade through the streets wearing red flowers, the top scholar would look too shabby in comparison.
Everything should be done step by step, this is the way to stability.
However, after the incident was reported in detail by the Daqin Times, it immediately caused a sensation around the world. The identities and experiences of Huang Sheng and Li Yi were also reported in detail in the newspaper as stories by the Daqin Times, making the two quickly famous and becoming hotly discussed figures among the people.
Li Yi was only fifteen years old. When he returned home after receiving the award, there were already as many as twenty-six matchmakers waiting for him at his home, almost squeezing the door open.
Li Yi thought it was his mother who was at home arranging a meal or something for the neighbors who had come to celebrate. But when he went in, he saw a yard full of matchmakers holding red umbrellas and waving handkerchiefs, surrounding his mother and talking at once.
"Oh, Madam Li, don't listen to him. My family is Mr. Zhang's family in the south of the city. Mr. Zhang's daughter is just coming of age. She is so beautiful that she can shame the moon and the flowers. She is a famous beauty in the capital. What's more, Miss Zhang is well-educated, polite, gentle and virtuous..."
"Go away, can your Mr. Zhang compare with my Lord Lu? Madam Li, listen to me, Lord Lu is the chief clerk of Shangyuan County, an official under the emperor. Chief Lu is smart and capable, and his future is limitless. His daughter is so beautiful that she looks like a fairy from heaven. Usually, officials, wealthy businessmen, and matchmakers come to the door of the Lu family and break down the door..."
"Madam Li, Madam Li, listen to me. My family is one of the most powerful silk merchants in Suzhou. We are extremely wealthy. Mr. Zou said that as long as your family agrees to the marriage, a dowry of 100,000 dragon coins will be a great reward..."
"Yes, yes, you stink of money. Although my family is not a wealthy one, our daughter is famous for being filial. Madam Li, as the saying goes, you should marry a virtuous woman. Money alone is useless. If you marry her into the family and she relies on her family's money to look down on you, you will have a hard time, and your son will be caught in the middle. His life will not be easy either..."
"Your daughter is the only one who is filial. My family has been a scholarly family for three generations. My ancestor was a Hanlin scholar during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. His upbringing is impeccable. What's more valuable is that Miss Liu also likes electromagnetic knowledge. After you marry her, she will be a perfect match for your son..."
Li Yi and his father Li Shizhong were watching this scene outside the gate with their eyes almost popping out of their heads. Neighbors who came to congratulate were crowded at the edge of the yard. Li Yi's mother was surrounded by matchmakers in the middle of the yard, and the matchmakers were talking non-stop with saliva all over the place.
I don't know who it was, but someone suddenly shouted, "Oh, Master Li is back, he's back..."
After this shout, the yard suddenly became quiet, and then there was a buzzing sound, like a flock of birds suddenly startled in the woods, and twenty-six matchmakers immediately pounced on Li Yi and his son, instantly submerging the two of them in a sea of red umbrellas... (To be continued...)
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