Kong Ming didn't know that he was being remembered at all.

He took a light breath and looked at the brief record in his hand, and a smile could not be contained.

Aside from the rest, this tofu method alone is enough to rejuvenate the country, and it is a little reluctant to implement it alone.

And if you add all that research, how much can be done?

Youzi Jing should have been excited, but now looking at the things that need to be busy, Kong Ming feels more pressure.

"The master said, 'The deceased is like a husband who is reluctant to give up day and night', and I also feel it."

Kong Ming sighed in a low voice:

"I have a life to live in...... If you want to be reasonable, the only way to recruit talents is to recruit talents in the imperial examination, and the method of education is too learning. ”

Pang Tong, Fa Zheng and others also agreed in a low voice.

For them now, defeating Cao Cao is no longer the top priority, and it is a lifelong desire to reproduce the prosperity of this thousand years later.

At least, the scene of the whole country celebrating the night is probably unforgettable in my mind for the rest of my life.

Liu Bei also comforted:

"Kong Ming is not in a hurry, now the talents of all counties in Hanzhong in Yongliang Pass have all arrived in Chang'an."

"In ten days, the first test will be started, and the virtuous and talented people will be used by themselves."

Kong Ming also knew that he was anxious, and he didn't say anything anymore.

After the return of the Three Qins, this imperial examination was planned for a long time, and it should have been a good time in July and August, but the excessively broken Guanzhong disrupted this plan.

There was no space, no food and clothing, and even the paper-making workshop was not yet on the right track, and the new farming methods taught by the peasant officials in the counties also required a lot of manpower, and the people who were busy farming did not have time to come to Chang'an to participate in the imperial examination.

In the end, time was pushed back and forth, and it was finally set at the beginning of November.

Although it was a little colder, under the condition that Xuande Gong subsidized part of the board and lodging, young virtuous people from all over the country also expressed their interest.

Perhaps in order to boost the spirits of the military advisors, Liu Bei took the initiative to pour a bottle of wine, his eyes swept solemnly over the faces of everyone in the room, and finally raised his glass to the light curtain and said:

"Yan Han can have the ambition of a thousand miles, and he can start with a single step, and those who are fortunate to rely on your comrades should drink it."

These words also suddenly made everyone suddenly, thinking about it, but four or five years ago, Cao Thief raised hundreds of thousands of troops to the south, and it seemed that he was going to finish his business in one battle.

As a result, the current affairs are different, and the fear of Cao is long gone, which also makes people sigh.

So everyone raised their glasses together, and they toasted together at the light curtain that was slowly fading to the grand scene.

The fireworks gradually faded, and the young man's voice and shadow reappeared in the light curtain.

[Generally speaking, after the New Year, there are only two things that our people pay the most attention to.

Those who are busy with their studies imagine how much money they will spend in the New Year, and those who have started a family and start a business calculate how many days of vacation there will be.

The New Year's money has just been said, so what we are talking about now is naturally the holiday.

During the Han Dynasty, the holiday was quite simple, and the practice was "five days and one rest".

To put it bluntly, it is to work for four days and take a day off, so that you have time to rest and bathe.

Because the officials of the Han Dynasty implemented a boarding system, that is, food, housing and office were all in the yamen, and the five-day rest was also a time for ordinary officials to go home and reunite with relatives and friends.

In addition, there is a day of holiday on the day of wax, the New Year, the winter solstice, the summer solstice, the dog days, the upper yuan, etc., and there are about 80 days of vacation in a year.

However, limited by the productivity and entertainment conditions of the Han Dynasty, in fact, there is nothing fun to give you a long vacation.

By the Tang Dynasty, with the increase in productivity, officials became busier, the people's demand for entertainment also increased, and the vacation system also changed.

The five-day rest in the Han Dynasty became "ten days and one rest" in the Tang Dynasty, which seems to be a lot more bitter than the Han Dynasty, but well, the Tang Dynasty has a Golden Week.

New Year's Day, winter solstice, Qingming seven days off, Mid-Autumn Festival summer solstice three days off, Shangyuan, Zhongyuan, Dragon Boat Festival, Chongyang and other small festivals also have one day off.

In addition, depending on the distance of the parents from the residence, there are family visits ranging from 15 to 35 days; Children can take three days off when they are adults, children can take nine days off when they get married, and there is a half-month holiday in May called "field affairs", and a half-month holiday in September is called "making winter clothes".

Even if you don't count the children getting married as adults, the regular holidays in the Tang Dynasty were close to 100 days a year, which can be described as very humane. 】

Almost unanimity, Kong Ming and the others turned their heads to Liu Bei's side uncontrollably.

Although he didn't say a word, the desire in it was also clearly written on his face.

Ma Chao blurted out his thoughts directly, and everyone could hear them clearly in the silent hall:

"That tofu method is troublesome, and this Xiu Mu should imitate it...... Ah, my lord, this is my nonsense. ”

After realizing that no one spoke in the hall, Ma Chao hurriedly made up for it.

"Why does Meng Qi talk nonsense? This is very reasonable. ”

Liu Bei was relieved, and then explained:

"Han followed the Qin Dynasty, and placed the official house to make the officials on duty, which has been acting so far...... It's quite confusing. ”

Liu Bei shook his head as if he remembered everything he had done when he was an official in the past, and sighed slightly:

"Closing the day in order to celebrate together, this system is not wrong in the future generations, and it is quite ...... It's almost human. ”

"It's better to wait for this year and try to take a vacation."

The word "rest" is simple and easy to understand, and Pang Tong immediately smiled and praised:

"The lord really has the wind of a holy king."

Such a rather sensual admiration made Liu Bei cry and laugh, and his heart was a little blushing.

After all, this is said to be a holiday, but according to the calculation of later generations, the difference between the Han and Tang dynasties' one-year-old rest time is only about ten days.

But...... Liu Bei thought a little far for a while.

The sniper duke is more sarcastic about this insincerity, but the resignation that Fang Cai said has no such meaning.

Is that almost human?

[The holiday is also a point that the Song Dynasty is talked about by our modern times.

The most typical is the New Year of the Song Dynasty:

New Year's Day and Shangyuan Festival are seven days off each.

The seventh day of the Lunar New Year is the sacrifice day of Zhao's father, and the tenth day of the new year is Zhao's birthday, and you need to take three days off each.

In addition, in the Song Dynasty calendar, the winter solstice is on the 22nd or 23rd day of the lunar month, and it is also closed for seven days.

These holidays alone can be taken for a month, and in the Zhenzong Dynasty, because of the play of the book of heaven, Song Zhenzong also added an additional festival of the arrival of the book of heaven, which is set on the third day of the Lunar New Year, and it is also seven days off.

In this way, the holiday before and after the Chinese New Year came to an unprecedented thirty-four days.

In addition, the Song Dynasty inherited almost all the holidays of the Tang Dynasty, not only did not cut them, but also extended the winter food holiday to seven days, the summer solstice wax day and so on to three days, a total of about 120 days of holidays in a year, if you count family visits, weddings and funerals, etc., this number will only be longer.

In the Song Dynasty, it was even more simple and rude, and officials could perform the "seal" ceremony on the twentieth day of the lunar month, that is, seal the official seal and go home for the New Year, which is also the original meaning of the word seal.

On the other hand, as long as you rush back to the station on the 20th day of the first month, you can open the office with the "opening of the seal" ceremony.

In terms of the holiday system, the ancient times reversed the car earlier.

The Mongol-ruled Yuan Dynasty divided people into four classes, and the annual holiday was drastically reduced to 16 days, but it was extended to about 76 days by the end of Kublai Khan, but it was still far inferior to the Tang and Song dynasties.

The Ming Dynasty overthrew the rule of the Meng and Yuan dynasties, and many people thought that if they didn't talk about the holidays, they shouldn't be worse than the Yuan Dynasty, at least they shouldn't be worse than the Yuan Dynasty, right?

It's a pity that Emperor Hongwu said: I didn't have a class when I was young, but now you have a class at a young age, so you should cherish it.

So Lao Zhu waved his pen, and the annual vacation increased from sixteen days in the Yuan Dynasty...... Two days, it became eighteen days.

The holidays of the Ming Dynasty are more complicated to summarize, because thanks to the methods of peeling and scribbling in the Hongwu Dynasty and the later spy politics of the East and West Factories, the relationship between the monarch and the minister in the Ming Dynasty is almost the worst in all dynasties, and the welfare is naturally not to be considered.

The worst welfare was when the Ming Dynasty was founded, only the Spring Festival, the winter solstice and Lao Zhu's birthday were three days off, and then the New Year's Day and Lantern Festival were gradually extended, totaling 18 days.

After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, after continuous efforts, after additions, deletions, and deletions, generally speaking, three days of monthly leave were added every month, and about 50 days a year could be taken.

Of course, the above are the holidays of officials, not to mention the holidays of the real ordinary people, who are basically in a state of "hand stopping".

If there is a prosperous era and there is no disaster year, saving a little surplus food and allowing yourself to rest for ten days and a half during the New Year is already amazing.

From the Han Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, the economy and culture were basically in a state of increasing prosperity, and although the Ming Dynasty was culturally developed, there was still a question mark over whether it was advanced and prosperous.

From this point of view, the length of the holiday may be regarded as an indicator of whether the economy and culture of a dynasty are prosperous and relaxed.

As for us in modern times, the situation is more complicated, after all, in terms of law, we do five days off and two days off, and the overall vacation in a year is about 115 days.

Although there may be various relationships such as compensatory leave that may not reach this number, it is still better than the ancient people. 】

Li Shimin was a little envious of the Song Dynasty again......

Why is there no unification, but you can celebrate for a month and celebrate the New Year.

My war achievements are incomparable, but Yuan Zhengri needs the big court to set up a big furnishing and sacrifice to the sky, and he is so busy that he can't stop all night......

Could it be that this is born in sorrow and died in peace?

No, no, no, Li Shimin shook his head in his heart, after all, not to mention the special Meng Yuan, the number of Xiu Mu in the Ming Dynasty is only half of the Tang Dynasty, isn't the result still a bunch of problems?

However, thinking of this Ming Dynasty, Li Shimin still has a logical question:

"Peeling last is this Ming Dynasty New Year's ritual?"

This question caused Zhenguan Wenwu to look at each other, and no one could answer.

Although Li Shimin also has a conjecture in his heart, he feels that this conjecture is too nonsense, after all, although the Ming Dynasty has the capture of the Son of Heaven, the beggar founder can be said to be unheard of, and looking at the prosperity of its culture, it is not too bad than that of the Song Dynasty, how can he do this?

Skipped it without anyone answering, Li Shimin studied the prosperity of the Song Dynasty again, and finally shook his head and felt that there was no reference value.

It is impossible for him to learn from the Song Dynasty, neither can he summon the world to congratulate him in the name of his parents' sacrifice, nor can he fabricate a festival out of thin air, just to let the civil and military officials rest for three or five more days every year.

In this matter, Wei Zheng kept up with the rhythm of Li Shimin's thoughts, and made a suggestion:

"Later generations called me Tang Zhixiu, Zhenguan is not complete at this time, it is better to change it accordingly."

"In addition, if Your Majesty wants to increase the day of rest, it is better to celebrate the victory over the Turks or Tuyuhun in the name of celebrating the victory of the Turks or Tuyuhun, or wait for the success of the Western Regions to announce the world and celebrate with the rest of the people."

A smile appeared on Li Shimin's face: "This discussion is very good. ”

So Wei Zheng sat down again with a straight face.

He can also see how the Tang Dynasty holidays were said in later generations, most of which were fixed in the Kaiyuan Dynasty or when the prince ruled as emperor.

Because Zhenguan's Yuanzheng at this time was still resting for ten days, which was more than the seven days said in later generations.

But correspondingly, Qingming does not have a seven-day holiday, and there is no family leave, which can be said to be a pretty good reference direction at this time.

However, after these matters were settled, Li Shimin re-read this part of the record, skipped the discussion about the relationship between the monarch and the minister of the Ming Dynasty for the time being, and finally focused on the last part of the speech, pondered for a while and asked:

"This is called the law of law, and it is necessary to do five days off and two days off...... Why? ”

There is nothing wrong with this sentence at a rough glance, but if you think about it carefully, isn't Tang Zhixiu Mu also written in the law and edict, what is the difference?

Du Ruhui could only guess:

"This may mean that the whole country enjoys this rest."

Du Ruhui said that it was not very clear, but for Li Shimin, it was also an answer to a question, which made him silent slightly, and finally sighed:

"If Qin Jing can hang high and do not slack off, this party will be the well-being of the people and the foundation of a hundred generations."

"I don't know how to act on this."

Fang Xuanling breathed a sigh of relief, just now he was almost worried that His Majesty would wave his hand, and even this would have to be learned from future generations.

To be honest, this method of resting with the people is indeed good, but it is completely impossible for today's Tang.

The most basic is what is the yield per mu of farmland in later generations? How much is the yield per mu of Datang farmland today? There is no such thing as the same language.

Moreover, there were iron boxes that did not require mules and horses, and most of them were more useful than horse-drawn carts and ox-carts, and there was no comparison at all.

However, seeing the slightly lost look on His Majesty's face, Fang Xuanling thought about it and found another way:

"If you want to show grace and relax the people's livelihood, Your Majesty may start with officials, slaves and maids."

Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully, of course he understood what Fang Xuanling said, this is also a slightly tricky practical problem that Yan Lide once told him on the table.

Looking at the light curtain of later generations so far, what can be seen from it is not to mention the later generations, then Song Naming, I am afraid that craftsmen are very important.

The most typical, the death of the Southern Song Dynasty, on the surface, was not the death of a trebuchet made by a craftsman?

And now the Tang Dynasty is a worker, except for a small number of craftsmen who will be supervisors and young mansions, the identity of more craftsmen is nothing more than apprentices, slaves, and maids.

Among them, the prisoners are prisoners, and this kind of sentence is better to say, just wait for the end of the sentence or the tabulation of the merits.

As for official households, miscellaneous households, slaves and servants, it is a real lowly occupation from a lowly business, and how to reuse it will be much more troublesome.

After all, the deeds of Yan Liben that I saw before, although he was as expensive as a squire, he still regarded Danqing as a cheap business.

At this point, Yan Lide and Xuan Ling's opinions are indeed correct, if Tang wants to whip the Western Regions, wants to split the waves and Jiaozhou, and wants to benefit the country, he needs thousands of craftsmen.

How to achieve it depends on what he does.

(End of chapter)

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