Royal Palace in Paris, France, King Louis Charles of France, Queen Liu Muyu of France, husband and wife with four children, finished dinner together.

Then the children were handed over to the maid and the teacher to take to study, Louis XVII read the news reported from all sides, and Liu Muyu looked through today's newspaper.

The husband and wife exchange two sentences from time to time, and it is necessary to tell each other what they see, or mention what they need to consult each other.

The new calendar of the Ming Dynasty is a hot topic in the past few days, and Liu Muyu saw the relevant interpretation today.

Then Liu Muyu said to her husband with some uncertainty:

"Charr, it seems that the newspaper is saying that the Egyptian solar calendar, which is referenced by the new solar calendar of the Ming Dynasty, has nothing to do with the original calendar of Taixi......"

Charles, also known as Louis XVII, put down the documents in his hand and asked with a smile:

"Do you think it really doesn't matter, my dear?"

Liu Muyu also smiled and said:

"I think there must be a little bit of it, at least there should be a reference and inspiration.

After all, Taixi's calendar is there, and the intellectuals of the Ming Dynasty have a basic understanding of this set.

"When high-ranking officials and His Majesty the Emperor make decisions, they will definitely refer to all kinds of available information.

"Taixi has the right technology and methods, and the Ming people will not resist.

"It is obviously the same way that the first emperor began to use a unified numerical numbering to date the year from the beginning of the legendary Christmas year, and that Tessie began to use a pure numerical number.

"The solar calendar is based on the tenth month, which is also similar to the seven-day week of the Tessi people.

"It's just that Your Majesty has always pursued simplicity and convenience in doing things, and I must feel uncomfortable looking at the chaotic month and February of the Tessie people, the messy naming of each month and each day, and the number of seven days.

Therefore, Daming fixed thirty days per month, ten days per decade, and all the years, months and days were numbered with numbers, which was extremely concise.

Yet most of the writers in the newspapers today are strenuously denying this.

"Only a few newspapers agree with this, but it has already been criticized by other newspapers......

Charles sighed softly and said:

"Because the current Tessie people are conceited and inferior.

They were eager to find traces of the Ming people's learning from Tessie, and at the same time, they were strict about the depth of this learning.

"There is also a great divide between different social groups in terms of views and ideas.

"Some people believe that as long as Da Ming has a little indication, it is possible that in some way, the technology discovered by Taixi was used and referenced, and that is the evidence that Da Ming learned from Taixi.

"The other part of the people is-for-tat, Daming refers to Tessie's matter, as long as there is a little change, as long as it is not completely copied, this kind of thing has nothing to do with Tessie.

"For example, the current calendar, and the tall palaces of not so long ago, and the concrete buildings of much older years.

"There are different perceptions of these things, and there are strong differences in the newspapers and among the people.

"There are people who can look at it calmly, but people who look at it calmly can be targeted by people on both sides at the same time.

"Fortunately, these circumstances have not yet had an impact on the government.

"But it is foreseeable that there will definitely be an impact in the future."

Liu Muyun put down the newspaper:

"So, this time, the new calendar and the new holiday system of the Ming Dynasty, will France continue to learn?

"Six days of leave per month for all people in 10 years should not be possible in the current situation in France......"

Charles nodded slightly:

"It's really difficult, there is still a significant gap between the overall technical level of France and Daming.

"France also has fewer mineral resources than Daming, and the actual cost of resources is higher.

"There is still a clear gap between the factories and workers in France and the number of goods produced in the same period of time and the Ming Dynasty.

"On the other hand, France and Daming produce the same goods, and France takes more time, consumes more resources, and spends more manpower.

"Under such circumstances, if the French workers pursue the same holidays and the same unit wage income as the Ming people.

"It will make the cost of what is produced in France far exceed that of similar products produced by Daming.

"That would make French goods completely uncompetitive in international trade.

"Without international competitiveness, there is no way to earn foreign exchange.

"There is no way to continue to introduce new technologies and improve production efficiency.

"There's no way to reduce production costs, there's no way to improve product competitiveness.

"If you can't give workers more time and money to spend, the market won't be able to circulate.

"It's a continuous cycle.

"Once a link slips, it will become a vicious circle, and the distance from Daming is getting bigger and bigger.

In this cycle, among the factors that can affect the cost of the product, whether it is the production time or the raw materials and resources invested, are the factors that are artificially greatly reduced by the objective method.

"Unless the quality of the product is also drastically reduced.

"What we can actually artificially compress is the wages and rest time of the workers.

"Therefore, as a late-developing country, if you want to catch up with technologically advanced countries, you can only tighten your belt and work hard......"

Liu Muyu and her husband often discuss politics.

Now the Ming Dynasty does not restrict the harem from interfering in politics, and Taixi has no tradition of not interfering in the harem at all.

The queen herself is also the monarch of the country.

The two come from two completely different environments, and they are both high-achieving students in their own countries, and the collision of ideas often occurs.

Liu Muyu listened to her husband's chatter, or complaining and complaining, and couldn't help but say another thought:

"Actually...... Actually, there's another possibility, right?

That is, not to participate in broad international trade, or only by bartering.

"We use domestic surplus industrial and agricultural products to exchange technology and materials with other countries.

"At the same time, we will explore and improve our own production technology, and simultaneously improve our own consumption level.

"Then there is no need to make the people live harder than in other countries......

"But...... Then it will be difficult to catch up with the technologically advanced countries......"

After hearing this, Charles couldn't help but nod:

"Yes, if not with other countries, or in the era when the world market was not connected, in the old days of classical agriculture.

"Any country that is self-sufficient in food can live on its own behind closed doors and find its own way of life.

"But not anymore.

"There's a more advanced benchmark out there, there's a definite right direction that has been explored by others.

"If we refuse to follow, refuse to learn, and continue to explore the development costs on our own, it will definitely be higher than others.

"That way, let alone getting closer to Daming, will only make us fall behind more and more.

"Energy is conserved, and if you want to shorten the distance with the forerunners, you must pay more.

"Somebody has to pay, there have to be enough people to pay more, either peasants or workers, or both.

"To be precise, the pursuers have to pay more than the first movers need to maintain their status.

"It's not the price that the other side needs to pay to get to where they are now.

"On the whole, since the first mover has already figured out the way, the cost of the catch-up to reach the same level as the first mover will definitely be lower than that of the first mover.

"The cost of the first mover in the process of exploration, we as a catch-up can be saved.

"This is also the basic logic of why the chasers are able to catch up with the first mover, otherwise our efforts are meaningless.

"In fact, the Ming people have more holidays, and the workers of the Ming Dynasty get more wages, which is an opportunity for us in France.

"We can use the rest time of the Ming people to study and work, and use the money that the Ming people take for entertainment to buy new technologies and materials.

"In this way, the possibility of us catching up with Daming will be higher, and the speed of catching up with Daming will be faster.

"After we catch up with the Ming Dynasty, our people will not have to work hard.

"In the final analysis, it is the Ming Dynasty that has worked hard before to have the current lead.

"And we in France have wasted a lot of time and money, and now we have to make up for what we once lacked.

"The current generation is working hard to pay off the debts of their predecessors who didn't work hard."

Charles has been the true king for several years, and the actual king for more than ten years, and his way of thinking has become clearer.

The truth that Charles said is a matter of course, as long as people with a normal brain observe and summarize more, they can always understand these things slowly.

These principles are also applicable in Zhu Jingyuan's previous life, otherwise his own country would not have been able to catch up with the accumulation of two hundred years in 70 years.

But in this world, in Louis Charles' current life, it may not really be useful in reality.

Because there are two hangers here, Emperor Guangwu and Zhu Jingyuan.

The speed of Daming's technological iteration is also the speed of the "chaser", not the speed of the explorer.

In particular, the computer has been made out by Zhu Jingyuan, and it is likely that Daming's lead will not only not be shortened, but may become bigger and bigger.

In fact, according to the experience of Zhu Jingyuan's later generations, instead of trying to catch up, a country like France today might as well lie down and be ridiculed.

Although it is difficult to catch up with the Ming in terms of material level, it is not difficult to make life simple and happy.

Liu Muyu also felt that what Charles said was very reasonable, and these directions and logic were also discussed by the two of them.

Then Liu Muyu subconsciously asked another question:

"Then now that Daming's new policy, does France continue to learn from it?"

Charles nodded very firmly and said:

"Of course, you still have to learn, and your dear friend's thinking is undoubtedly correct.

"Consumption and production must be increased simultaneously, otherwise either production capacity will stagnate, or products will not be sold, and technological development will stagnate.

"Therefore, while catching up with the productivity of the Ming Dynasty, we must also strive to improve the consumption power of the French people.

"But we also have to learn according to our actual situation.

"Emperor Shizu Guangwu said that the first criterion for government is to seek truth from facts.

"No two leaves are the same, and no two countries are exactly the same.

"The Ming has the Ming situation, and France has the French situation.

"Our production level is lower than that of Daming, so the demand for consumption power is also relatively low, and it can also be relatively low.

"But it can't be without a lift!

"Daming's goal is to achieve six days of vacation per month within 10 years.

"We can set a target of four days off a month for all within 10 years.

"For the minimum wage, it can also be relatively lowered.

"Overall, it is to catch up with the Ming in terms of thinking, but the strength is in line with the reality of the country."

France, although now known as the Kingdom of Tessie Xiaoming, is a representative of the system of comprehensively imitating and learning from the Ming Dynasty.

But the king of Charles himself knew very well that France was different from the Ming Dynasty.

It is impossible for France to really copy the Ming system exactly.

If you really don't consider the overall clarification of the current situation, it will not really be completely clear.

Only by gradually advancing the reform of the system in accordance with the actual situation can it be possible to truly and thoroughly enlighten the direction.

Liu Muyu also nodded as a matter of course:

"Well, it should be so, and you have always insisted on it, Your Majesty.

"But what about the new calendar? I also saw earlier that some newspapers advocated the simultaneous use of the new solar calendar of the Ming Dynasty.

"The calendar before the Ming Dynasty was too complicated, the ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty were very confused, and the people of Taixi couldn't understand it at all.

"That's what our royal family and the court want to and can't learn, so we didn't copy the Ming calendar before.

"The new solar calendar now announced by the Ming Dynasty is similar to the logic of the current Gregorian calendar in Taixi, but it is simpler and more accurate.

"So now it's not too difficult to switch to the past, it shouldn't be too big......"

Charles pursed his beard slightly when he heard this:

It is indeed possible to learn, and the complete exclusion of the religious element attached to the Gregorian calendar also has a certain practical significance.

"It's just...... On the first day of January in the new calendar of the Ming Dynasty, there is a difference of more than a month from the Gregorian calendar, and there may be another April Fool's Day. ”

Liu Muyu couldn't help but laugh when she heard this.

The last time France changed its calendar, moving the New Year from April 1 to January 1.

Later, legend was left that there was a group of conservatives who refused to change the calendar and still celebrated the New Year on April 1.

So many reformers finished the New Year on January 1, and on April 1, they deliberately held a fake party to invite conservatives.

When the other party went and found that there was no banquet, he realized that he had been deceived.

Later, April 1 became April Fool's Day.

The veracity of this kind of story is not verifiable, but the time of the new year, the various chaos that may arise, can also be imagined.

However, with Charles' current ability to control France, directly switch to the new solar calendar of the Ming Dynasty, and the chaos will not be chaotic.

At most, it's just another April Fool's Day to mock a wave of old conservatives.

Liu Muyu also knew the situation in France and knew that her husband was also capable, so she didn't continue to intervene on this issue.

Then Liu Muyu changed to a topic that was more in line with the royal family's identity:

"There is also the coronation of the new King George IV of the United Kingdom, and the British are sure to have a wave of large-scale ship parades.

"It stands to reason that the King of England is in equal standing with us, and both of us should be present.

"However, the enthronement ceremony of His Majesty the Ming Emperor and the coronation of the British king are less than forty days apart.

"As both of us, we should both attend His Majesty's coronation.

"That's a lot of time for you to count.

However, the same is true for other countries in Ctesi, with countries like Lucia and Austria being more troublesome.

"We can contact each other, the royal families attended the coronation ceremony and the parade of the British king, and then went directly to Daming together.

"The royal families and fleets of each country act together, and the whole journey is a time for diplomatic activities......"

Charles thought about it for a moment, smiled and nodded lightly and said:

"I'll see it's okay, then we have to leave the itinerary to Mrs. to arrange......"

(End of chapter)