"Your Majesty, this thing is for timekeeping, and the Governor of the King has named it 'Watch.'" Camilo explained.

Zhu Houzhao took the big pocket watch and said in a daze: "How to keep time?" ”

Camilo pointed to the dial symbol and said: "These are Latin numbers, now pointing to eleven, not reaching twelve, which is converted to the beginning of noon in the Ming Dynasty." ”

Since the Northern Song Dynasty, China has had 12 hours and 24 hours.

For example, noon, that is, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., is counted as an hour and is also called big time. 11 a.m. is called noon, and 12 o'clock is counted as an hour. 12 o'clock is called noon, also known as noon, noon, and until 1 o'clock in the afternoon, it is counted as an hour.

The 24-hour method is exactly the same as that of later generations.

Zhu Houzhao carefully observed the scale and thought: "How can it be sixty ticks?" ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "If this thing is used in the Ming Dynasty, either change the dial scale, or change the Ming Ming Dynasty missing engraving." The minister suggested that the Ming Dynasty should be revised and the Taixi scale should be used. ”

"Why didn't you change the Tessie scale?" Zhu Houzhao was a little unhappy.

Wang Yuan explained: "Because the Ming Dynasty is missing, it is not compatible with the twelve hours and twenty-four hours. The missing moment of the Ming Dynasty is a hundred minutes a day, which cannot be divisible by twelve hours or twenty-four hours. If it is modified, it can be changed to ninety-six quarters, which is exactly one hour quarters. ”

Zhu Houzhao is a smart person, who instantly understands the convenience of correcting missing engravings, and at the same time is not bound by outdated concepts. He smiled and said, "Then change it to ninety-six quarters!" ”

Historically, China's restructuring began in the late Ming Dynasty.

It was also because of the introduction of Western clocks that Daming found that his scale was not easy to use, so he modified it for compatibility.

Therefore, China believes in pragmatism, and the hundred-carving system that has been used since the Western Zhou Dynasty has followed the traditional timekeeping method of 2,000 years.

However, because China is too big and the administrative efficiency of the imperial court in the late Ming Dynasty is low, it is difficult to carry out nationwide promotion of the reform system. Moreover, the opinions of the astronomical officials were not unanimous, and they changed back and forth halfway, and changed the three systems of 96 ticks, 108 ticks and 120 ticks before and after. It was not until the early years of the Qing Dynasty that it was officially determined to be 96 quarters, and a moment was 15 minutes, which was the most convenient calculation.

Zhu Houzhao played with the pocket watch and asked, "If the timing error, how to adjust it?" ”

Camilo said, "Your Majesty, please open the dial." ”

This pocket watch is very primitive, with the clockwork knob on the back and the only way to wind the clock, without adjusting the hour hand. The crystal dial needs to be opened and the hour hand played with your fingers in order to correct the timekeeping errors.

Zhu Houzhao studied for a while, shook his head and said, "It's too rough, it's not as fine as missing the time." ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, why don't you order someone to improve and add one or two more pointers." In this way, not only can you keep time, but you can also remember and even more detail! ”

"This is reasonable," Zhu Houzhao said, "If you can improve this thing, you don't have to guard the watch, you don't have to guard the leaky pot, and you can time and see the highlights anytime and anywhere." ”

The "point" is also an ancient Chinese unit of timekeeping, and one "point" is 24 minutes, which is dedicated to night timekeeping. For example, "three watches and two o'clock" is 11:48 in the evening, which is easy for modern people to scratch their heads.

The reason for this complexity is that the sundial can only calculate the daytime, and at night it has to change the time of the leaky pot. Two sets of timing systems, plus twelve hours are three sets, and incompatibility with each other can make the traverser's mentality explode.

And a small clock can unify these three sets of timekeeping methods!

With the exception of a very few Taoist defenders, the Chinese military officials of the DPRK would not oppose reform. Anyway, and it doesn't touch their interests, the emperor insists on modifying the timing system, and his brain will be twitched before he will block it - well, the Ministry of Rites should jump out, but Wang Yuan is the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

Wang Yuan suggested: "Your Majesty, this item should be sent to the capital immediately, and Qin Tianjian and the Ministry of Industry should be ordered to improve it together." Below the hour hand, there is a minute hand and then a second hand. The day is still 12 hours, 24 hours, and 1 hour is 60 minutes, divided into 60 seconds. The day is changed to 96 quarters, and the quarter is 15 minutes. ”

Zhu Houzhao asked: "'Cent' is easy to understand, and 'cent' is also used to calculate silver, and ten is one penny. But how did this 'second' come about? ”

Wang Yuan replied, "Seconds, He Mangye." The spring equinox is born, and the summer solstice sundial can be saved. He has seconds, and the autumn equinox is set by seconds. He seconds have a subtle meaning, and it is related to the time of the four seasons, so it can naturally be used to time. Your Majesty knows that seconds are used for measurement, dividing an inch into 10,000 parts, and each part is a second. Counting grain, ten pinches is also a second. ”

"I really haven't heard of these words," Zhu Houzhao said with a smile, "Just according to what Erlang said, immediately ask Qin Tianjian and the Ministry of Industry to improve this thing." ”

Whether the Ministry of Industry can successfully improve clocks and watches, Wang Yuan really has no bottom in his heart. However, Wang Yuan has a student, who is now the head of the Ministry of Works, so he can be put in charge of this task.

Zhu Houzhao said to Camillo again: "Since you are a Franco, then you will follow the royal driver in the future and teach me to learn the words of the Franco." ”

"Yes!" Camilo was overjoyed.

Camilo did not seek any glory or wealth, but only wanted to convert the Chinese emperor into a Catholic. Once the emperor converts, perhaps Catholicism will become the state religion of the Ming Dynasty, and hundreds of millions of people in the East will be bathed in the glory of God.

It's quite beautiful to think about, if he really does that, Wang Yuan will be the first to hack him to death.

In order to be the Emperor of Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao was eager to understand the Western world, so he learned from Camillo on the spot.

Camilo was quite authentic, and did not fool around in Portuguese, but directly taught the emperor to learn Latin. This thing is the common language of Europe, and belongs to the "elegant" language, and as for English, it is still a barbarian language.

When the emperor was learning a foreign language, Zhang Yong quietly found Wang Yuan: "Wang Shilang, I have dozens of pieces here." ”

"What piece of music are there in dozens?" Wang Yuan asked.

Zhang Yong said in a low voice: "It's all related to Lingshi Yang Minggong." ”

Since the emperor was not in the capital, and asked Xu Taiqing to investigate the remnants of King Ning, the case of King Ning's rebellion has not yet been resolved. Even King Ning himself was imprisoned in the Nanjing Prison, and the Central Three Law Divisions were still waiting for the trial of the case.

The heroes of all walks of life have already issued documents asking for merit, but because there is no permission from the emperor, those rewards cannot be set - the imperial concubine supervises the country on behalf of the prince, and it is not allowed to deal with such a major event according to the system, and the emperor must make the decision himself.

As a result, Wang Yangming remained in Jiangxi, and in the name of suppressing the Ning Wangyu party and preventing the recurrence of bandits, he redrew the boundaries of Jiangxi's prefectures and counties. At the same time as the land boundary was demarcated, the land was cleared easily, and countless acres of land with questionable ownership rights have been identified.

Now everyone has reacted, Wang Yangming just wants to be in Qingtian, Jiangxi!

The local resistance is huge, and the central resistance is equally terrifying. Jiangxi patrolled according to the imperial history, saw that the heavens issued a chapter to impeach, and hundreds of officials in the DPRK and the central government also frantically impeached, saying that Wang Yangming was arrogant and arrogant, and had made Jiangxi a misery for the people.

As a result, the ministers of the DPRK and China were divided into three factions.

One faction has no land in Jiangxi, and they don't want to offend Wang Yuan, so they don't care about themselves and hang high.

One faction has land in Jiangxi, and if they want to get back their own land, no matter how bad it is, they have to put Wang Yangming in prison.

One faction simply didn't want to cause trouble, led by Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu. They went to the emperor and suggested that Wang Yangming be given credit as soon as possible, just to transfer Wang Yangming out of Jiangxi.

These pieces were sent one after another at the end of last year, and now they are all in Zhang Yong's hands.

Zhang Yong didn't deduct it, and even the emperor didn't know about it, but took it to Wang Yuan first.

After Wang Yuan understood the content of the recital, he looked like a decent bureaucrat: "Zhang Dugong, this is the prelude to the emperor, I am not qualified to check it, please hand it over to Your Majesty for ruling." ”

"Understood." Zhang Yong said with a smile.

The two cooperated with Xu Tai and Wei Bin before, and the relationship was already very harmonious. Zhang Yong used to befriend Yang Tinghe, and now he wants to befriend Wang Yuan, anyway, he is befriended on both sides, no matter who is in charge of the court, he Zhang Yong can stand tall.