Zhu Zhongliang heard Zhu Jingyuan admit directly, he just wanted to make a spectacle, and his eyes widened instinctively.

Zhu Zhongliang almost stood up directly.

But before this rather excited reaction was completed, he returned to his normal sitting posture and asked rhetorically with interest:

"So far, the maximum height of the Ming Forbidden City is the upper limit of the height of civil buildings.

"If you build the main hall to be two hundred meters high, is it permissible for the common people to build a slightly lower, but equally nearly two-hundred-meter-high building?

"If there are such buildings in the city, the price of land and housing in the core area will skyrocket......

"This is contrary to the usual ideas of the ancestors and yourself."

There is a correlation between the height of urban buildings and the price of land.

Limiting the height and number of floors of a building limits the maximum volume of a commercial building on the same land area.

The maximum volume is limited, the number of guys that can be accommodated is limited, and the number of comptoirs that can be accommodated is equally limited.

This limits the profit that can be made by a commercial building on the same area of land.

The profit cap, in turn, limits the price of land and the price of the house on the ground.

The Fengtian Temple of the Forbidden City of Shuntianfu should have been about fifty meters high when Yongle was first built.

But after the rebuilding in Jiajingnian, the height was only 35 meters.

Therefore, the highest civil building in Daming is more than 30 meters, and the highest can be ten floors, but in fact it is usually only eight floors.

The vast majority of ordinary private buildings do not exceed six floors.

If Zhu Jingyuan directly raised the new palace to 200 meters without any clear restrictions, the people would probably follow suit and build a high-rise building of nearly 200 meters.

After the emergence of such 50 or 60-story commercial buildings, the land and housing prices of these buildings and the surrounding areas will skyrocket.

If targeted control is not made, land and housing prices in the city center may rise dozens of times rapidly.

So Zhu Zhongliang will have this question.

After hearing this, Zhu Jingyuan said directly:

"Private buildings must be limited in height.

"And it is necessary to turn the unspoken rule of using Fengtian Temple as the upper limit into a clearly marked normal management regulation.

"The height of the ceremonial main hall, which symbolizes the authority of the imperial court, cannot be used as the upper limit of the height of private buildings.

"Instead, the height of the new office building of the central court should be used as the upper limit of the height of private commercial buildings.

"If the height of the highest point of the main hall of the imperial court is 160 meters, then the height of the office building of the central imperial court is set at 80 meters.

At the same time, it is stipulated that the height of any form of private building, including religious buildings, shall not exceed 80 meters.

"It is necessary to double the absolute gap, so that the palace of the imperial court will have the effect of standing out from the crowd visually.

"At the same time, the height limit should also be graded, and only the north and south capital districts can build 80-meter civil buildings, and special approval is required.

"The height limit of buildings in provincial cities is 60 meters, the height of buildings in prefecture cities is 40 meters, and the height of buildings in county towns is 30 meters.

"Buildings below the county seat are twenty-five meters high, and they must not exceed six floors.

"The palace where the royal family lives, you don't have to worry too much about the height, it's not comfortable to live in if it's too high.

"However, we can enclose the old mountain in Jiangbei into the palace wall and build a small royal palace on the top of the mountain.

"It is only used as a symbolic role in status, and there is no need to think too much about the actual residential effect."

Zhu Zhongliang listened to these plans, and finally nodded slowly:

"This plan is okay, slightly liberalizing the height of civil buildings in some big cities, which can promote the development of the city.

"However, you can't just open it to the ceiling at the beginning.

"Lower limits should be set first, and higher heights should be gradually opened as the city grows.

"Let the local urban economic development maintain a relatively smooth trend.

"Also, the height of 160 meters is a bit conservative.

"I've heard that the Lucians have built a 160-metre tall building, and they might build 200 metres later.

"So, if you're going to make a symbolic structure, you have to start at least 200 meters in height."

Zhu Jingyuan was a little stunned when he heard it, your old man was surprised by my idea of doing a spectacle just now, and now you yourself feel that my goal is not high enough......

Zhu Jingyuan knows that after the construction technology matures, the height of skyscrapers is refreshed very quickly.

The Empire State Building of the United States remained the world's largest for 40 years.

There is also the impact of the world war.

After the new hall is completed, it will be impossible to demolish and rebuild it casually, and sooner or later it will be surpassed by others.

Now 200 meters is considered high, and in the future, it may not be ranked, and things of 400 meters or even 600 meters will continue to be made.

Unless there are no foreigners in the world, they will not build taller buildings according to the orders of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, the members who have refreshed the height of skyscrapers are basically office buildings.

This is different from the goal of preparing to be a ceremonial building.

Their building is profitable, and their own hall not only does not make money, but also spends a lot of money on continuous maintenance.

It's like a church.

There is a Sagrada Familia in Spain, which was built for more than 100 years from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century.

When Zhu Jingyuan didn't know how to express his feelings, Zhu Zhongliang stretched out his hand and added a few more sentences:

"You're going to build a taller building, which should have been a big deal in the past.

"But now public opinion ...... Most of them will support or even look forward to it.

"It is because the height of the main hall of the imperial court is the upper limit of the height of civil buildings, and there is such an unspoken rule.

"You only plan a new hall of 200 meters, not to mention the matter of limiting the height of private buildings at the same time, most of the merchants and nobles who have ideas in the people are happy to see it.

"And the impact of this event itself will certainly be able to offset or overshadow the impact of other reforms."

"At the same time as the completion of the new hall, a private building height restriction order can be introduced.

"According to public opinion and the reaction of the bureaucracy, the height limit of private buildings will be gradually relaxed.

"As long as you don't rush or force up, you should be able to do it normally.

"As for the matter of returning to Yingtianfu, you can go to Yingtianfu in the name of the southern tour, but you won't go back after you arrive.

"The next step is to slowly turn the actual administrative center around.

"There's definitely a pull in there, but there's nothing that can't be solved.

"So I don't care about your father, you can toss it yourself when the time comes, it happens to be a workout.

"I really can't do it then, and it's not too late to ask your dad to help......"

Zhu Jingyuan listened to Zhu Zhongliang's analysis, and after thinking about it a little, he felt that it made sense:

"It's still ...... grandfather who has a lot of experience"

As soon as Zhu Jingyuan finished speaking, Zhu Zhongliang spoke again:

"By the way, there's also the matter of revising the calendar.

"From the Chongzhen Dynasty to the Renwu Dynasty, our Ming Dynasty has already cultivated a round of calendars.

On the basis of the Chongzhen almanac of the old man of the Wei Temple, the old man continued to refine it.

"The key is to have a rule for regular calendar revision, adjustment and elimination of errors.

"So far, although some errors have accumulated, they have been corrected according to the plan.

"Unless you envision this calendar...... It's too subversive of tradition, otherwise there is no need to specifically mention the matter of revising the calendar.

"According to my understanding of you boy, you can't be tinkering with the traditional form of this calendar.

"So what the hell are you going to do?"

Zhu Jingyuan nodded directly and said:

"My thoughts...... It could be a little subversive indeed.

"Our current calendar is actually a lunisolar calendar, and we must take into account the accuracy of the lunar calendar and the solar calendar.

"This is the same as our Forbidden City, which is both the home of the royal family and the symbol of the imperial court.

"The result of both sides is that neither side is doing very well.

"Although the current almanac is already very accurate, it is still quite complicated to use on a daily basis.

"It's not a specialized scholar, let alone say how many years it has been since the Qin and Han dynasties, and even how many years it has been since Emperor Taizu Gao ascended the throne, they can't say for a while.

"It's hard for ordinary people to figure out when a leap month is and when to adjust the size of the month.

"The time of the 24 solar terms also moves back and forth on the calendar, rather than fixed on certain days.

"People can only check the imperial calendar if they want to know festivals and solar terms.

"In classical times, this would have strengthened the authority of the imperial court, but it is no longer needed.

"My idea was to split the lunisolar calendar and use the solar and lunar calendars at the same time, but calculate and proofread them separately.

"Since the solar calendar is a solar calendar, the year is the core of the calendar.

"At the same time, the month is no longer used as the next level of computing node, anyway, the month of the solar calendar does not match the moon phase at all.

"We directly divide the 365 days of the solar calendar into 36 'tens'.

"Ten days in ten days, ninety days is ninety days, basically a quarter.

Therefore, after the ninetieth year, a single day was listed as a mandatory seasonal holiday for the imperial court.

"This public holiday can be placed on four days similar to the beginning of spring, the beginning of summer, the beginning of autumn, and the beginning of winter, to distinguish the four quarters.

"This day is directly called spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and they are all listed separately.

"The beginning of the solar calendar year is spring.

"These four days do not use the exact alignment of the astronomical exact time of the four solar terms, because that cannot be completely fixed.

"Instead, it is placed on the closest fixed day, so that most of its years coincide with the four solar terms of the beginning of spring, the beginning of summer, the beginning of autumn, and the beginning of winter, and the rest are only staggered for one or two days.

We can consider these four days as a decade, and insert the serial number into the thirty-six days.

"The position on the imperial calendar can also occupy a space for a decade alone.

For example, the spring day is the first day, then the first day of the second month, the second day, and the tenth day of the tenth month.

Then the summer day is the eleventh, the autumn day is the twenty-first day, and the winter day is the thirty-first day, and so on.

"The Chinese New Year's Eve before the New Year, and then list a separate day, this day is called Chinese New Year's Eve, which can be marked as forty-first on the imperial calendar.

"So the three hundred and sixty days of thirty-six, plus four season days, one Chinese New Year's Eve, is exactly three hundred and sixty-five days.

"There is a gap of one day between every two seasons and an additional day between two years.

"Then a leap year is set every four years, with an additional day between the two leap years, for a leap year of three hundred and sixty-six days.

"Every one hundred and twenty-eight years, the year that would have been a leap year is not intercalary alone.

"Every 86,400 years, there will be another leap year in this leap year without leap.

"This leap year plan is configured according to the latest observation and accounting results of Qin Tianjian.

"It is more accurate and simpler than the scheme of the Western calendar of one leap in four years, no leap in a hundred years, and another leap in four hundred years.

"The error of 86,400 years is equivalent to their error of 400 years.

"In such a long period of 80,000 years, we can already ignore the events of one day.

"Then, all the years and the tens, as well as the serial numbers of the days, no longer use the cycle of the sexagenary branches.

"Directly marked with specific numbers, it is convenient for ordinary people to explain and calculate.

"The chronological number can start from the year when Emperor Qin swept Liuhe and ruled the world again.

This date is the most important historical event in the history of China, and it can also be accurate to the date.

"Use this year as the first year of the imperial calendar, or the first year of the Gregorian calendar, or the first year of the Common Era.

"The year before this year is called the number of years before the emperor, or the number of years B.C., similar to the division method of the Western calendar.

"It's just that the first year of our imperial calendar and the first year of the Common Era can really be accurate to the year and day.

"The birthday of Jesus in the Western calendar is actually far-fetched......

"In this way, this year is the 2036 year of the emperor's calendar, or the 2036 year of the Gregorian calendar.

At the same time, the Gregorian calendar is used to revise the history teaching purpose, and the numerical numbers of the Gregorian calendar are used to mark the events of the main historical events.

It is convenient for students to intuitively understand the length of time in certain eras, and feel how many years there is a difference between two events.

"In the future, the official affairs of the imperial court and the production date of the factory's products will be marked with a certain date in a certain year, a certain year, a certain month, and a certain day.

"As for the lunar calendar, the moon is the core of the calendar.

"Usually, we use a 30-day big moon and a 29-day small moon plan, and constantly roll forward.

"Periodically increase the number of months to make up for errors.

For example, every sixty-four months is added a great month, and every three thousand and seventy-two months is not added again.

If the cycle continues, the next additional correction should be 180,000 months later, and it can also be ignored.

"The specific proportion that can be as stable and fixed as possible is left to Qin Tianjian to calculate and determine.

"Finally, there is the New Year, which is the first lunar New Year after the solar New Year.

"If there are thirteen lunar days in a solar calendar year, then the year is thirteen months.

Otherwise the year would be twelve months.

"All months and dates are also numbered numerically, and are no longer marked by the sexagenary method.

"Because there are no months in the solar calendar, as long as the month is mentioned, it must be said that the lunar calendar is too lunar.

"The chronology also uses the numbers of the Emperor's calendar or the Gregorian calendar.

"The relevant yamen of the imperial court can continue to publish the imperial calendar on time, but at the same time, this general arrangement rule is also announced.

"Let the people who are literate and hyphenation be able to calculate it simply by themselves."

After listening to this, Zhu Zhongliang pondered for a while before slowly understanding Zhu Jingyuan's true purpose:

"So, you're not simply adjusting the calendar, you're completely upside down......

"The point is, you even have to change the time of the order, the time of the first day.

"You have to use the solar calendar to determine the official year, and this solar calendar no longer uses months......

"This is something that has never happened in 1,900 years since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

"Xiyi mainly uses the solar calendar, but it also has to be divided into months.

"Compared with moving the capital and building buildings, you are the real disapproval of the world!

"Even if the courtiers in the court are willing to cooperate, they may not be able to really promote and implement it among the people!

"The impact of this incident is too far-reaching......"

Zhu Jingyuan also knew that this matter had a great impact.

Changing the time of New Year's Day is a tradition in the Shenzhou tradition that transcends the dynastic cycle.

In the original history, since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty promulgated the "Taichu Calendar" and changed the first year of the year from October of the Qin Dynasty to the first month of the first month, until the Xinhai Revolution, the New Year in Shenzhou was called New Year's Day or New Year's Day, and it has always been the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, and it has not been substantially changed.

When Sun Yat-sen decided to switch to the Western calendar, he tried to change New Year's Day from the first day of the first month of the traditional lunar calendar to the first day of the first month of the Western calendar.

But due to various reasons, in the end, the name was just changed.

The Western New Year is called New Year's Day, and the Lunar New Year is called the Spring Festival.

And the people of China still actually still use the traditional Lunar New Year as the official New Year.

Now Zhu Jingyuan wants to change the New Year to the beginning of spring.

The key is to use the solar calendar as the main year, and no longer use the first month of the lunar calendar as the standard.

Zhu Jingyuan looked at Zhu Zhongliang's reaction, and continued with a little bit of advice:

"I'm actually prepared for something that can't be completely changed.

Therefore, the official affairs of the imperial court, as well as the production plans of the factories, including newspapers and broadcasts, were required to be based on the solar calendar.

At the same time, the lunar calendar was retained to replace the customary months, but the two calendars were separated.

"With the development of technology, with the development of science and technology, with the deepening of industrialization.

"With the increasing share of public affairs in ordinary life, the Gregorian calendar should gradually occupy a major position."

Zhu Zhongliang nodded slowly after hearing this, and then slowly shook his head:

"There is a lot of truth in what you said, and you seem to be prepared in your heart, but what are you doing this?"

(End of chapter)