In the midst of the noise, the moon slowly rose to the middle of the sky, and then slowly moved to the next day.

On the new day of the early dynasty, Zhu Jingyuan sat down on the throne, and after announcing the start of the early dynasty, several ministers immediately played.

A very formal note was written, which was presented directly to the emperor in the early court.

In fact, other middle- and low-level officials, and more so, are being sent to the palace through the General Administration.

The thinking and mentality of most traditional bureaucrats is actually very similar to that of the civilian literati.

Their first concern is the calendar itself, and they will also discuss whether the arrangement of the new calendar is reasonable.

Some people are curious about the new calendar, while others feel that the new emperor is too conceited.

It is necessary to defy the condemnation of the world, change the time of the year that has been fixed for 2,000 years, and subvert the rules of the traditional calendar.

But at the same time, they are all direct stakeholders.

He is the emperor's courtier, eating the court's money and enjoying the bureaucratic treatment, and the food of the king is to be loyal to the king.

Officials seek their own politics in their positions, and unless they are ready to resign from office, they basically do not express their views at private gatherings.

But they are able to write notes, present them to the higher bureaucrats, and express their opinions and ideas through the channels of the system.

The low-level officials wrote to the superiors, and the highest-ranking officials wrote directly to Zhu Jingyuan, the emperor.

At this stage, the Ming Dynasty no longer has the deliberately exaggerated opposition and criticism of the emperor's orders like ministers and ancient ministers.

At the same time, the emperor basically won't do anything particularly out of the ordinary.

Most of the exchanges were on a case-by-case basis, with clear concerns and euphemistic persuasions in response to the new calendar announced by Zhu Jingyuan.

This is also the rule set by Emperor Sejo.

The recital to the emperor is not allowed to ramble, and it cannot be empty of emotion and admiration, but it must have something to say.

It is forbidden to show off the literary talents, but to use the simplest possible words to explain the things to be said clearly.

If the matter is really complex and needs to be explained in detail, write an "overview" at the beginning as well.

The emperor's office hours were very important and could not be wasted on factors that had nothing to do with actual government affairs.

Zhu Jingyuan received a lot of notes.

didn't just put it aside, but looked at it directly on the spot.

The main point of view of these ministers was that the large-scale adjustment of the law would have a huge impact on the policies of the imperial court and the customs of the people.

After the implementation of the new calendar, various forms of confusion will inevitably arise in various forms of official and private affairs involving dates.

Some ministers gave an example that there are many people in the people who are not familiar with the government and politics, and there are also people who do not care about the government and the news at all.

It is likely that they will not notice the revision of the calendar, or will not be able to adapt to it.

When the imperial court enforces various laws and regulations according to the new calendar, it is likely to contradict such people.

There are also ministers who are worried that there may be extremely conservative courtiers and folk scholars who will openly resist and criticize or even deliberately cause trouble.

Zhu Jingyuan took these worries and persuasion assumptions as a reminder.

After looking through a few books, I found that most of them were reminders of similar two aspects, but there were many specific details.

These experienced bureaucrats used their past political experience to cite all kinds of examples to remind and persuade Zhu Jingyuan.

Zhu Jingyuan put it down first after reading a few books, and then turned his face and instructed the bachelors next to him:

"The confusion and omissions that may be mentioned in everyone's recitals are carefully extracted.

"After you go back, you should also diverge your thinking, use your brains, and analyze the problems that may be encountered in the implementation of the new calendar.

"Sort out the categories, bind them into manuals, and distribute them to all yamen, so that they can take precautions and prepare in advance.

In addition, it is reminded in the manual that folk literati and scholars simply verbally criticize the new calendar, and do not need to pay special attention.

"For political affairs, the imperial court does not punish speech, so it does not deal with things that they verbally criticize.

"However, the official institutions of the imperial court were to be carried out according to the time of the new calendar in all forms of formal affairs of any kind.

"Any breach of contract in public affairs and civil contracts because of an individual's insistence on using the old calendar shall be severely punished.

"My orders, even if some people disapprove of them in their hearts, they must be obeyed physically, and what I punish is disobedience!

Most of the bureaucrats and scholars were a little blindsided by Zhu Jingyuan's arrangement, but they didn't expect Zhu Jingyuan to make such a decision.

Everyone raised all kinds of difficulties and problems, and of course the intention was to hope that the emperor would retract his fate.

It's just that the vast majority of courtiers feel that this is unlikely.

So the actual point is to give the blame in advance for problems that may occur in the future.

Practicing the calendar will definitely lead to chaos, so if there is chaos in the future, it is not because of my own ability, not because I am not dedicated.

It's because the calendar is like this......

As long as the emperor has such a subconscious, he will be able to be a little more relaxed when doing things in the coming year.

When there is really a mess, the punishment will be lighter.

As a result, the emperor demanded that all the "chaotic possibilities" they thought of be made into a table, and let them all prevent them in advance......

It's the other way around.

Since you have all thought of these problems in advance, and the emperor has asked you to prevent them in advance, what if the problem still happens?

Isn't it a crime?

Many people feel a little bitter in their hearts.

Shen Fu even vaguely remembered what happened more than ten years ago for a while.

When His Majesty was fifteen years old today, what he did in his grandfather's court often made the courtiers at that time feel big.

Fifteen years ago, I was able to go to the early dynasty, and now I am the only one who can go to the early dynasty.

These colleagues around him, whether they are older than him or younger than him, are actually his juniors.

They had only heard that the Holy One was the most generous to his subordinates today......

But they don't know how maverick the ideas of the saints are today......

Often not on the same channel as ordinary people at all.

I'm afraid that similar things will happen more often in the future......

But no matter what everyone thinks in their hearts, now that the emperor has directly ordered, then they all have to listen now.

Especially when the emperor shouted out directly, the punishment is disobedience!

So the scholars led by Lin Zexu and the ministers of the foreign dynasty led by Shen Fu now bowed neatly and agreed:

"Your Ministers obey!"

Zhu Jingyuan felt that he was actually very tolerant, and he didn't deliberately toss ordinary people.

In terms of the implementation of the new calendar, a compromise has been made.

In fact, it can also be regarded as a coincidence, the first New Year of the new calendar is exactly the second day of the first month of the old calendar.

That is, the two New Year's are next to each other.

The new year of the old calendar is in the front, and the new calendar is in the back.

At the same time, the new calendar stipulates that the lunar New Year of each year in the future is the first new day after the solar New Year.

That is, the first day of the next lunar calendar after the solar New Year.

If the day before the solar New Year is the first day of the new year, of course, it can't be counted, and it will definitely not be counted in the future.

After that, this first day of the new year will be the first day of the thirteenth month of the previous year.

If the plan is strictly followed, the lunar New Year of the first year of the Great A.D. will be postponed to January 29 of the first year of the A.D.

If Zhu Jingyuan wanted to deliberately toss people, he would demand such strict implementation.

Forcibly postpone this year's traditional New Year by a month.

Zhu Jingyuan did not choose to do this, and decided to let the New Year of the sixteenth year of peace and health in the old calendar still live normally according to the old calendar.

In the second year of the Great Prince, the first lunar New Year after the Gregorian New Year began to be implemented.

The old and new New Year's are next to each other, and they are all during the New Year's holiday, so there should be basically no trouble.

It shouldn't be a joke about April Fool's Day in France.

Then as the solar calendar fixes thirty days per month, the lunar calendar averages twenty-nine and a half days per month, with a difference of half a day.

Every two months from then on, the lunar calendar will be one day earlier than the solar calendar.

By the end of the A.D. era, the first thirteen months will appear.

During the period from the fifteenth year of Ankang to the first year of the Great A.D., the biggest event in the world was, of course, the ascension of the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the sudden death of the King of England and the official coronation of the new King George IV have added one more sub-event to the world.

The new calendar officially promulgated by the Ming Dynasty became a higher-level event before that.

Because the impact of the new calendar on the world is more significant than the accession of the Ming Emperor to the throne, let alone the coronation of a certain king of Taixi.

According to Zhu Jingyuan's request, under the auspices and arrangements of Shen Fu, the propaganda organs of the Ming Dynasty were in full swing.

Daming's official broadcasting system has issued a special program to introduce it, and official newspapers and periodicals have also published special issues and special issues.

All the government yamen, all the government-owned manufacturers, the royal consortium manufacturers, the personnel of the imperial village and the big food system were quickly notified.

With these communication channels, relevant news has also spread rapidly among the people.

Different people have very different opinions on these news, mainly because everyone's butts are different, and their concerns are also completely different.

The Ming people have their own ideas, and the Taixi people have their own ideas.

After the traditional institutions of the Ming Dynasty were activated, the relevant news soon spread to the Taixi countries.

High-ranking officials of the royal family and the imperial court received official reports through official channels of information from diplomatic envoys and intelligence officers.

The common people got the news through newspapers, radio, and rumors.

The most well-informed were the British and French.

King George IV of England was shocked when he read the intelligence report, and then immediately asked his servant to find his daughter Charlotte.

Charlotte came to George IV's office, and George IV immediately handed the love newspaper to his daughter:

"Come and see, the news of the new calendar of the Ming Dynasty ......"

Charlotte took the document, read it roughly, and then asked very calmly:

"Well, what does Father want to say?"

George IV was a little surprised to see his daughter's reaction, but he was quickly relieved, she must have known the news beforehand.

George IV adjusted his mood and, with a very palpable sense of anticipation, asked a small question:

"Charlotte, did you say that the Ming Emperor set this new solar calendar, did he refer to our Tessie's calendar?"

Zhu Jingyuan's idea of repairing the calendar was not completely secret, and the people close enough to him knew more or less about it.

In particular, Zhu Jingyuan set the enthronement ceremony on the day of the beginning of spring, which made many people who originally knew some news confirm this speculation.

So when Charlotte saw the official news of the Ming Dynasty's calendar, she didn't feel surprised.

It's just a feeling that this is the case.

On the contrary, it was George IV's question that made Charlotte stunned for a moment.

Charlotte really didn't expect that her father's most concerned issue would be from this perspective?

Because Da Ming referred to Taixi's things, are Taixi people particularly honored?

Charlotte couldn't help but smile:

"Father, the solar calendar is a little more than 365 days a year, and as long as you use the solar calendar, it is this cycle.

"We can't always say that the sun is Tessie's? The rules of the sun are set by the Tessie people, right?

"It is more appropriate to refer to the Julian or Gregorian calendar of Tessie than to refer to the earliest solar calendar of ancient Egypt.

"It is also a twelve-month year, with a fixed set of thirty days in each month, leaving five days at the end of the year as a festival, which was the practice of ancient Egypt.

"Can ancient Egypt be considered a Tessian? The Egyptians used to be the territory of the Great Food Country, later the territory of the Ottomans, and now they are also the people of the Ming Dynasty.

"Tessie is using the Gregorian calendar now, it's a big month and a small month, and there are two extra days missing in February, so there are too many customizations.

"Every leap in four years, no leap in a hundred years, and the repair method of four hundred years in the leap does not seem to be very accurate now.

"If the Ming people learn this set, then they can be regarded as referring to the Taixi calendar.

"Now simply looking at the plan drawn up by the Ming Dynasty, it can only be said to be a normal and ordinary solar calendar.

"To be proud is also the pride of Egyptians, the current Egyptians are pagans, and they have nothing to do with our Tessie."

As Charlotte chattered, George IV's expression changed from anticipation to regret:

"It was Egypt...... All right......

"Then let's not talk about this, let's talk about a more practical question, why does Daming want to increase holidays?

"Two days off a month is not enough? Four days isn't enough? It was even added all the way to six days......

"Charlotte, what did you say about Emperor Ming?"

Charlotte also replied as a matter of course:

"Your Majesty's idea is very simple, that is, to maintain the cycle of production and consumption.

"The technology is constantly being upgraded, and the production speed is constantly accelerating.

"The same number of people, in the same amount of time, will produce more and more products.

"In such a situation, if the consumption rate of the entire market does not accelerate, won't these products pile up?

"If the goods produced by the factory cannot be sold, then it is impossible to continue to increase production, or even reduce production.

"Wouldn't the speed of industrial development be slower? Maybe even go backwards.

"Isn't this already happening in the Tessie countries now?

"The Ming Emperor wanted to maintain the simultaneous growth of consumption and production, so he always insisted on continuously increasing the income and holiday ...... of the Ming people."

George IV nodded his head as he listened, and then asked the question of course:

"Yes, things have to be sold before the factory can continue to produce.

"That's why I want to make the coronation a little bigger.

"But what does this have to do with giving workers a day off?"

Charlotte was visibly stunned for a moment again, and once again realized her father's way of thinking:

"Father, in the opinion of you and the so-called scholars of the Tessie countries, the main force of market consumption is the nobility and merchants, so you will have such thoughts.

But in the eyes of the Ming Emperor, simply looking at the nobles and merchants, their spending power is limited.

"The huge number of ordinary people is the absolute main force in the market, so Daming wants to increase the consumption power of ordinary people.

"The amount of cloth that can be produced in a day in the new mechanized textile mills makes it impossible for the nobles of the whole country to change a single piece of clothing every day.

"Now, we compare the still thriving market of the Ming Dynasty with the increasingly difficult market of the Taixi countries.

"Do you think that the views of those Taixi scholars are correct, or that the views of the Ming Emperor are correct?"

George IV seems to be tangled:

"If you compare the current market situation, it must be the right thing that the Ming Emperor did.

"However, is there really a direct relationship between the orders of the Ming Emperor and the market prosperity of the Ming Dynasty?

"I remember analyzing in the newspaper that the prosperity and wealth of the Ming Dynasty are because of the leading technology of the Ming Dynasty and have little to do with the system.

"The stagnation of Tessie's market development is due to the fact that Tessie people are greedy, stupid, selfish, and short-sighted by nature......

"Whether or not to give workers more pay and holidays is not directly related to the market boom.

If these claims are false, why do most newspapers say so, and why do officials and academics say so on the spot?

"The editors of the newspapers, the economists, they are all smart people.

"If the theory of the Ming Emperor is so simple and effective, why don't they sell me the theory of the Ming Emperor?"

Charlotte was silent for a few seconds:

"I think it's precisely because those so-called scholars are smart people that they don't want to sell the theories of the Ming Emperor.

"They want you to recommend the theory of the Ming Emperor, will you fully believe it? Will you go fully implemented in the UK? Do you have what it takes to implement it all?

"You yourself used to think that their theory was correct, right?

"The country's technological development and market prosperity are not directly related to the wages and holidays of ordinary people, right?"

George IV frowned and thought for a moment:

"I probably wouldn't, at least I didn't before, I used to think so......"

George IV wanted to say this, but as soon as he said it, he added:

"But, from the very beginning, before I showed any inclination, there weren't many ministers and scholars who wanted me to sell the policies of the Ming Emperor?

"A long time ago, neither before the end of the world war, nor after the end of the world war, there was not much of the same in the newspapers.

"Even if there were, they were all tabloids that were not in the stream, and there were no serious newspapers to promote them......

"If the Ming Emperor's theory of balance between production and consumption is correct, and the reason is so simple and natural, why is no one propagating it?"

When Charlotte heard this, she also pondered for a while, and then sighed leisurely:

"Father, what you said before may be right, and the scholars are right, but the Tessians are indeed stupid and short-sighted.

"Those so-called scholars, they also have to live, and they also have money to maintain a decent life.

And the people who could provide them with a decent life were the officials of the imperial court and the owners of the factories.

At the same time, most of the officials of the imperial court are actually the spokesmen of the bosses.

"Their interests are highly aligned, so they're actually the same people.

"They themselves are not willing to give their workers more wages and holidays, and their goal is to put all their money into reproduction.

"So they will ask the scholars and editors to preach the justice of their practices in the newspapers and in public, in order to avoid the laws of the father and the court that force the increase in wages and holidays."

George IV was stunned for a few seconds:

"But...... Aren't they worried that what they produce won't sell? ”

Charlotte smiled and said:

"The idea is that they will devote all their income to expanding production, squeezing the physical strength and time of the workers to the limit.

"At the same time, I hope that other manufacturers will give workers more wages and holidays to consume their own products."

George IV was a little big:

"If everybody thinks like that, and all the factories do that, wouldn't the whole market be empty?

"All the people are working in the factories to death, where can they sell the huge amount of what they produce?"

Charlotte continued to laugh and say:

"The ideal goal is to sell to Daming, and the second best thing is to sell to the workers of the Daming factory.

"Of all the Tessie countries right now, we are in the best form in England and France.

"Isn't it because there are more manufacturers controlled and managed by Daming in our two countries? Do we have the deepest trade with the Ming Dynasty?

"Are there still businessmen and scholars who advocate continuing to lower the exchange rate between the pound and the Ming Dynasty and the gold and silver banknotes?

"If Daming completely opens the market to us, then the products of our British factories really don't need their own people to consume.

"Daming's massive market can easily absorb our British-made goods.

"The gold and silver banknotes obtained from Daming can continue to be used to increase production capacity without worrying about things not being sold.

"The problem is that Daming has not completely opened the market to us, and there are only a few free trade zones at the moment."

George IV's mind was a little confused:

"This ...... How do you say that...... Since, the market of Daming, can fully accommodate our productivity.

"Then when Daming wanted to sign a free trade agreement with us, our officials and businessmen did not agree?"

Charlotte said with a dry smile:

"So we Taixi people are selfish, our merchants want us to export to the Ming unilaterally, and not allow the Ming to export to us.

"However, it is impossible for the Ming to accept this method, unless our armed forces can defeat the Ming.

"If we had won the world war fifteen years ago, and the Ming had lost, we would have been able to get the result they wanted.

"Since you can't win on the battlefield and want to export unilaterally, it's impossible to achieve it."

George IV felt that what was in his head was slowly becoming clearer:

"In that case, Charlotte, do you think that our closer contacts with France and the Ming Dynasty, and the scale of our cooperation and investment with each other are even larger, is it a good thing or a bad thing for us?

Charlotte rightly said:

"Of course it's a good thing, but the point is to help the British people get rid of their stupidity and selfishness.

"And then it's helping to stabilize our market, which in turn helps to maintain the stability of the royal family."

George IV was silent for a while, raising a whimsical topic:

"Then if, I said, if we in the UK propose to completely open the market with the Ming Dynasty, will the Ming Dynasty accept it?"

Charlotte thought about it for a few seconds:

"From what I know of His Majesty, he should be acceptable, but there will definitely be all kinds of conditions attached.

"What I can think of right now is that we will definitely be asked to implement the same labor system as the Ming Dynasty.

"We are required to raise the minimum wage and limit the maximum working hours, just like Daming......

In other words, we must give full play to the consumption potential of our people and truly achieve mutual benefit.

"It's not that we unilaterally produce and unilaterally dump into Daming, which is not good for both of us."

When George IV heard this, he shook his head:

"This one is too hard......"

Charlotte smiled and said:

"It's not difficult, as long as we continue to expand the royal estate.

"When most of the industries are run by the royal family, they will be able to gradually catch up with the market policy of the Ming Dynasty.

"Daming has set a plan for ten years, and we can set it for twenty years, or even thirty years.

"As long as you are willing to do it, even if you really can't completely catch up with Daming, you will definitely be able to shorten the distance as much as possible.

"At least it won't be thrown farther and farther away by Daming."

George IV sighed, then nodded lightly, and finally shook his head:

"It still depends on how the situation changes......