Daming 1805

The broadcast system first broadcast the content of the new calendar and the new vacation plan,
Then officials from the Ministry of Rites began to come out and explain the new regulations in the calendar in detail one by one.

Include direct answers to various questions that are likely to arise.

Wei Yuan, Gong Zizhen and other young people were very quiet when listening to the content broadcast, mainly because they wanted to hear what was said.

When it was time for the officials to come forward to explain, the young people at the scene quickly started talking.

After all, they are all literati and inkmen. While listening to other people's explanations, they also like to express their own understanding and ideas.

"Solar calendar, four seasons every year, March every season, thirty days per month, ten days per ten days, 360 five days in a whole year, the remainder of the last five days are all made up in the last ten days, every four years a leap, and leap days are also made up in In the last ten days, this new calendar is extremely neat and concise, it is indeed the trend of the day..."

"It is indeed neat and concise, but the date of each month from now on will not correspond to the phase of the moon..."

"The solar calendar doesn't match the phases of the moon. It is based on the year. The year of the new calendar is directly divided into 36 days. Didn't you say it when you introduced it? The division of the month is reserved for convenience. The lunar calendar follows The phases of the moon go."

"Yes, the key point of Your Majesty's new calendar is to separate the lunar and solar calendars. In the future, the solar calendar will be used for official affairs to facilitate the calculation of calendar solar terms. The lunar calendar completely follows the phases of the moon and is used to follow traditions."

"The previous New Year's Day is still there, but it will be called the first day of the lunar calendar in the future. Now there will be another first day of the solar calendar. From now on, there will be two first days every year. Is this a good sign... "

"There is only one day difference between the beginning of the year and the beginning of spring this year, so there will be no confusion, but there will be no such coincidences in the future.

"The two first days are easy to mess up. Since the beginning of the new solar calendar is chosen to be in the beginning of spring, let's just call it the Spring Festival."

"It is said that His Majesty Emperor Guangwu often called the first day of the old calendar the Spring Festival."

"His Majesty Shizu just lived as usual, and did not request to officially change the first day to the Spring Festival, and it is appropriate to use the title of Emperor Shizu in the new calendar.

"His Majesty will formally hold the enthronement ceremony on the first Chinese New Year.

"The first year of the new solar calendar is the first year when the First Emperor unified the world.
"Your Majesty's reign name hasn't been announced yet... I really want to know what the reign name will be in the next 30 years..."

Hearing the discussions around, Wei Yuan said to Gong Zizhen beside him:

"In my opinion, the key points of Your Majesty's new calendar are, firstly, the simplification of the calendar that everyone can see, and secondly, the vacation system..."

Gong Zizhen nodded slightly after hearing this judgment, but she didn't seem to take this matter too seriously:
"The imperial court, the official business, and the royal family's industry are just equal to the big food department during the holidays. This is a reasonable thing...

"This summer used to be the king of Dashi, and now he has become the majesty of all the people in the world, of course we must promote the system of Dashi.

"The more important question is whether the old stubborn people of the previous generation can split the matter of the lunar and solar calendar..."

Wei Yuan wanted to say that what he wanted to discuss was not this, but the impact of more holidays on the common people and industries.

However, after previous exchanges, Wei Yuan basically knew that Gong Zizhen came from a family of professional bureaucrats.

For him, the matter of private manufacturers is almost a matter of another field.

It's understandable that he doesn't know enough.

Thinking of this, Wei Yuan also looked back at the lively young people who were discussing on the spot.

These idle literati who do not participate in industrial management, as well as young people from professional bureaucratic families, basically focus on the calendar itself.

The point is that most of them don't seem to be against this practice calendar at all, they are more curious and discussing.

However, as Gong Zizhen mentioned just now, it depends on whether the old stubbornness of the previous generation can accept it.

Even people with similar identities and different ages may show completely different attitudes when facing the same thing.

In fact, on another floor of the same restaurant, there was a group of middle-aged and elderly people who seemed to be successful people gathering.

They also heard the broadcast from the imperial court, and the state they showed was completely different from that of Wei Yuan and Gong Zizhen.

When the broadcast began to explain the main content of the new calendar, the scene was completely quiet.

But not just to listen carefully, but also because many people were stunned.

When it came to the detailed explanation later, no one was eager to discuss.

Until the end of the first round of explanations, the scene was still quiet.

Then there was a rather sudden exclamation:
"Guo Lai Changjun, the ancients are sincere and do not deceive me..."

Immediately there was an exclamation all around:
"Be careful! Be careful!"

If Zhu Jingyuan was at the scene, it would be difficult to understand the brain circuits of these people at once when he heard such a sigh.

Because the person who expresses emotion is continuously brewing emotions, and has already gone through several thinking transitions in his mind.

Thinking that Zhu Jingyuan was doing something, then thinking that Zhu Jingyuan was young, and then comparing himself to Zhu Jingyuan's father.

Zhu Jianyan ascended the throne at the age of 46, so of course he is the real elder.

However, in the normal classical era, the 30-year-old Zhu Jingyuan was already the eldest prince.

The point is, they felt that if Zhu Jingyuan caused trouble, Zhu Jianyan would cause bigger trouble in name.

Inheritance tax, gift tax, and repayment of Tianfu, these are definitely big things.

However, in the eyes of relatively traditional literati, the calendar is more important than these things.

Before the Chongzhen Dynasty, even the adjustment of the details of the calendar could be regarded as a major event.

Even if the solar eclipse or lunar eclipse is wrong, most of them still have to continue to make do with it.

Now the calendar that Zhu Jingyuan wants to repair is directly overturned.

So after all the cautious words, the scene finally started to discuss, or criticize.

"Since the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the first day of the first lunar month has been set as the beginning of the year, and it has lasted for nearly 2000 years. This should be a definite number!"

"The first day of spring in the new calendar today happens to be the second day after the first day of this year, so it's not too big of a gap..."

"It's just this year! The radio said that from now on, the solar calendar will prevail, and the first day of the first lunar month in the lunar calendar will be the first new day after the beginning of the solar calendar!"

"This rule is the most arbitrary. In the next two years of the year, there may be a maximum of one month's difference between each other!"

"It's not just two years? From now on, each date will have two days, which will inevitably cause a lot of confusion.

"For example, if the government informs you that when a certain registration is made from February [-]st to February [-]th, the government may use the new calendar as the standard, but there will definitely be people who will remember the date according to the traditional calendar.

"It is very likely that the stipulated time will be missed."

"The more important thing is the contract. If the two parties agree on a contract and require delivery on a certain date, otherwise they will be compensated for liquidated damages. In the past, as long as the negotiation date is fixed, in the future, only the date will not work. Someone will definitely Talk about it."

"The most important thing is that the day, month, and year are no longer recorded in terms of stems and branches, but expressed purely in numbers, which is too crude.

"The key is to use it in schools and to rewrite history books!

"What is this year, [-]? Isn't this just picking up the usage of the western barbarians!"

At the same time, outside Yingtianfu City, the center of Jiangbei New District.

On a very lively street, various shops and taverns on both sides of the street are full of people.

In a square at the end of the street, a large number of people are also gathered now.

They have the owners and managers of private manufacturers, as well as the managers and managers of government-run manufacturers and royal manufacturers.

But more are ordinary workers with skills or without skills.

They are also listening to the court radio.

Their focus is slightly different from most of the people in the restaurant by the Qinhuai River.

They instinctively considered the last thing Wei Yuan cared about.

"Today's broadcast is about next year's new imperial calendar?"

"It seems very different from before."

"What's the difference? Our Majesty's new calendar has just moved the first day back by one day."

"In the past, the first day of the year was not fixed."

"Sometimes the twelfth lunar month has 30 days, sometimes only 29 days."

"It will be settled in the future. The new 'Emperor Calendar' will have 30 days in each month, and five days will be added to the last month for holidays and Chinese New Year."

"That's right, that's right, there will be an extra five days of year-end holiday every year for Chinese New Year, and ten days of holiday for Chinese New Year in the future!"

"The workers of the imperial court have to take two more days off every month!"

"The imperial court guarantees that the wages will not be reduced, it is purely more holidays, in line with His Majesty's industry in Dashi."

"The plan for the next five years is to gradually add two days of vacation each month."

"Five years from now, the imperial court and the royal family will have six days off every month, and ten years from now everyone will have six days off every month!"

"Your Majesty is really sympathetic to us common people..."

"In the past, the emperor enthroned and pardoned the world, but now our majesty is giving us a holiday!"

The workers of Daming Huangzhuang, the imperial consortium, and government-run manufacturers are basically beaming.

In their view, this is the new benefit of the new emperor's ascension to the throne!

In fact, they were all waiting for similar news. Most of them knew the rules of the big food manufacturers.

The name of Zhu Jingyuan's generosity can be said to be known all over the world.

Most of the workers in the official and royal factories are very satisfied with the new holiday regulations that come with the new calendar.

Their focus is on the holidays.

For ordinary people, the calendar is the imperial calendar issued by the imperial court every year, and they will buy a copy and keep it at home before the New Year.

Anyway, I used to live according to the imperial calendar.

In their eyes, every month is not fixed, and every year is not fixed.

Now the new emperor has fixed these days, and at the same time has to give them more holidays. Ordinary workers feel that this is the emperor's grace.

As for the workers of those factories in Ming Dynasty, they were a little nervous while looking forward to it.

"Ten years from now, everyone will be able to rest six days a month? How is that possible?"

"If it can be realized, of course we are very happy."

"You do less work, but you still get the same amount of money. Anyone who doesn't like it is a fool."

"The point is, can the owners accept it? Will they accept it on the surface, and then ask us to do more work every day?"

"What are you afraid of? The working hours are fixed. If the owner and shopkeeper want to add time, they will have to pay for the extra time."

"Then what if they lower their wages? Say they have less time to work?"

"Didn't it be said on the radio that wages are not allowed to be lowered, and the workload is not allowed to be increased. If the owner violates the rules, we can report it."

"You sound good. What happens after you report? The boss will give you processing money? Let you continue to work in the factory?"

"Do you think he will find a reason to fire you?"

"It's better for the government and the royal industry to treat them better. They will definitely strictly implement this new standard."

"Yeah, next year you will be able to rest for four days every month, and after five years, you will have six days off every month, and you will have [-] days off for the new year!"

"Of course the government and royal properties are good, but it's a pity that it's not so easy to get in."

"The treatment of the royal industry is the best, but it is also the most difficult to enter. At least you must have a high school diploma, or you have mastered the skills in your own business, and you have to pass the cultural examination at the elementary school level before you have the opportunity to enter. must go."

"I don't want to enter the royal industry, but I will be thankful if I can enter the official factory."

"The government's industry is much lower than the royal standard. It doesn't require a high school diploma, just have the ability and enough work experience."

"But it is impossible for the government to incorporate all industries. The restaurants, teahouses, and shops on this street are not all private."

"How can the government manage the small shops on the street? The government mainly wants to open mines and build factories.

"The government factory has been expanding. Anyone who is willing to enter the factory will have the opportunity to enter the government factory after working hard in the private factory for three to five years."

Ordinary workers, facing the gap between government-run and royal industries and private industries, originally hoped to work in government-run and royal industries.

Now that the new calendar came out, their yearning for the treatment of the royal family and government-run manufacturers, coupled with their worries about the reputation of private owners, made their hope even stronger.

The royal family's industry, ordinary workers dare not think, only the top talents in the industry have the opportunity to work in it.

But the difficulty of entering a government-run factory is much lower.

The coverage of government-run manufacturers in Ming Dynasty is much larger than that of state-owned enterprises in later generations.

In addition to township factories and street shops, there are basically dabbles.

Moreover, the government-run factories have been expanding, as long as they are down-to-earth workers, as long as they have mastered a skill, they have the opportunity to enter.

A government-run manufacturer of this scale is also the biggest mountain that weighs on the heads of private owners.

This group, which has only been established for a few short years, is now more terrifying than the threat of the previous royal consortium.

Royal consortiums are like gods in the sky. Generally, they rarely deal directly with ordinary private manufacturers, and rarely form direct competition.

The government-run manufacturers are the "parent officials" and "local snakes" around them, and they really don't care about anything.

Therefore, when the owners and shopkeepers of private manufacturers in Ming Dynasty listened to the broadcast content of the imperial court, they felt very depressed.

They often feel that they are the most miserable group of people in the world, and the industry management is too difficult.

In the next ten years, the holidays for workers will be tripled, and wages will not be lowered!
In the restaurant next to the square, there was a group of people complaining to each other.

"Six days off every month! Only work 24 days a month, but let us pay a month's wages!"

"One-fifth of the time is not working every month! Your Majesty is really too 'magnanimous'--"

"Work no more than ten hours a day! Calculated and only work 240 hours a month! It's only equivalent to ten days!"

"That is to say, we pay a month's wages, and workers spend two-thirds of their time off..."

"It can't be done, this factory can't be opened, so it can be sold to the government as soon as possible."

"I've thought about it a long time ago. Today is the king of Dashi. This is how the Dashi industry operates. They rest at least four days a month..."

"Why don't you go to Tessie, I heard that Tessie's management is loose."

"It's really loose, Xiyi workers' wages are already low, and they can work more than twelve hours a day.

"The key is that child labor and female labor can still be used, and child labor and female labor can be paid even lower wages."

"Thinking too much. It was said on the radio that as long as it is a factory owned by people from the Ming Dynasty, even if it is in the country of Xiyi, it must be governed by the laws of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Our Majesty is so domineering, can the Taixi people really cooperate?"

"Why don't you cooperate? The only daughter of the new British king, the princess and the king of the United States, is our majesty's concubine!"

"I heard that two children have been born, and these two children will inherit the British throne in the future. Sooner or later, the United Kingdom will be our Ming Dynasty's vassal state."

"France is similar. The King of France also obeys His Majesty. Now it is Taixi Xiaoming Kingdom."

"Although other countries have different ideas, they don't dare to confront us, Ming Dynasty, especially on such trivial matters."

"If nothing else happens, the kings and courts of Taixi will not have any doubts about His Majesty's request."

"Hey... these Xiyi guys are too incompetent, can't they be tougher?"

"Except for not signing a contract, these Taixi people are actually emperors and kings..."

"Your information is not well-informed. Now it is not just a question of whether the Thai and Western countries are willing to cooperate, but a question of whether the markets of the Thai and Western countries still have meaning.

"In the past two years, the markets in Thailand and Western countries have been very bleak, and they are mainly supported by the joint venture between our Majesty and their king, otherwise there will be trouble at any time..."

"Speaking of this matter, I really don't understand why the Thai and Western countries are very tolerant to the private sector, allowing private manufacturers to operate various industries, and there are no requirements for management, but the markets in the Thai and Western countries are so tolerant. Slowly getting worse.

"Our Daming...has been...going into the country and retreating from the people, why is the market always prosperous?"

"I don't understand, and I can't understand..."

"Maybe it's just temporary, maybe it will be bleak at some point..."

"Yes, His Majesty has always been so strict in controlling the bosses, and he is becoming more and more lenient towards those ordinary people, and sooner or later he will reap the consequences..."

"Be careful, be careful—"

"Be careful that the walls have ears..."

"Hey... I don't want to, now this business really can't be done, I'd better let the government buy a share."