I am the king of the dead

Chapter 609 Necessary Conditions for the Transformation of Small Farmer Economy

Zhu Qiyu is full of expectations for this almanac. He hopes that the traditional calendar of Ming Dynasty will have great changes in this almanac.

Belin is a very young astronomy student. It was the first time for the delicate-looking Belin to meet the emperor. He came to the emperor with an almanac and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I respectfully invite you to read it!"

The almanac is the biggest achievement of the top ten calendar bureaus since the establishment of Jingtai four years ago.

Zhu Qiyu took the almanac, flipped through a few pages, and asked full of doubts: "The catalogue?"

"Catalogue." Belin said nervously.

The almanac compiled by Belin is all-encompassing, with a total of 46 types and 130 seven volumes. It is divided into six basic items and six items of sections. Table), Fashu (the mathematical method used to calculate the calendar), Faqi (astronomical instruments), Huitong (common and differences between the Central Plains and the Western Regions calendar), Fadi (the many influences of the calendar on Ming Dynasty), and the sixth order of the festival is Correcting the perpetual calendar of the Datong calendar.

It can be seen that the main purpose of Belling compiling this almanac is not only to maintain and revise the Datong calendar that has been used for more than [-] years, but also to establish a formalized, systematic, testable and repeatable calendar. existing system of knowledge.

Bei Lin once accompanied Li Binyan to look up at the starry sky in Songjiang Mansion, and their understanding of knowing things is the same as the principle of poor things.

"This almanac introduces the concept of the earth, Your Majesty, the earth..." Belin tentatively explained the concept of the earth.

Belin was a little nervous. Convincing His Majesty that there is a ball under everyone's feet is not very reliable in itself. How can a person stand firm on the ball?Why are you standing on a ball?If it's a ball, if you stand on the back of the ball, will everything fall down?

These are all questions that Beilene can't explain at all, but he must tell His Majesty with certainty that the ground under his feet is just a ball. Although this is hard to believe, it is the fact that Beilene dare not deceive the Lord.

Just like the United States of later generations, 2000% of adults believe that there are angels, and [-] million people believe that the earth is flat.

In this era of Ming Dynasty, telling the emperor that there is a ball under his feet is really appalling.

Zhu Qiyu was a science student in the 21st century when he was not the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. This was common sense at that time. He said with a normal expression: "It's a ball. There is a globe in my imperial study. It was used in military battles. I know the latitude and longitude, and some people want to set the central axis of my Tai'an Palace as the 0 longitude line."

"Could it be possible for me to turn around, from the eastern hemisphere to the western hemisphere?"

Zhu Qiyu's tone was very gentle. When he was not losing his temper, he always made people feel refreshed, and it also relieved Belin's nervousness.

Belin still lowered her head, but her eyes were as big as copper bells. He thought he would have to waste a lot of words to explain the reason, but he didn't expect His Majesty to understand better than he imagined.

This saves a lot of hassle.

"The sixth section of the festival includes the solar position, which is the position of the sun in the sky throughout the year; the fixed stars, which are the positions of the bright stars in the sky; the lunar orbit, which is the method of calculating the position of the moon; the conjunction of the sun and the moon, which is a solar eclipse. The lunar eclipse; the five latitude stars, the movement of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, and five latitude stars; the five-latitude star rendezvous, the relative position of the five latitude stars changes, this is the sixth eye of the festival." Belin said carefully.

He hoped that His Majesty was still wise and natural, and he didn't need to explain too much, he really didn't know how to introduce the content to laymen.

Especially the last section of the five-star rendezvous.

According to Belin's observation, he found that maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe the sun is the center of the universe, and the earth is just a star revolving around the sun like the pentagram.

This kind of observation was so frightening that Belin dared not write it in the almanac.

The relative position of the stars in the sky remains unchanged. As long as the star map is made, it can be well determined which stars are constant and which are stars that change throughout the year.

With the star map, there is a reference for the trajectory of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

And in Belin's observation, he was horrified to find that only by explaining the earth as the same movement as gold, wood, water, fire, earth and five latitude stars can explain some astronomical phenomena. status.

It's like turning the earth under your feet into a ball. Da Ming is only a part of the ball, not even in the center. It is like an impact on the value of the Central Plains as the center of the earth since ancient times.

The earth is not even the center of the universe, the sun is.

Zhu Qiyu flipped through the catalog, and seeing Belin's fearful expression, he knew that this very talented young astronomer might have discovered something shocking about the truth of the world, otherwise he wouldn't be like this.

He smiled and said: "Boldly guess, carefully verify, when you rule out all impossible situations, the rest, no matter how unbelievable, are facts."

"Ah?" Beilen raised her head dully and looked at His Majesty with puzzled eyes. Is the Holy Son of Heaven trying to instigate him to deviate?

"Did you find anything? Come forward and tell me." Zhu Qiyu asked Belin to take three steps forward.

There is at least five steps between Beilin's face saint and the emperor, which is a safe distance. If Beilin has evil intentions, whether it is Xing'an or Lu Zhong, they will subdue him immediately.

Belin took three steps forward, gritted her teeth and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, maybe the sun is the center of the universe, not the earth."

Zhu Qiyu suddenly realized why Belin was so terrified.

"Beilen, we think your idea is very good. Who stipulated that the earth is the center of the universe? Let it go, everything is up to me." Zhu Qiyu held the almanac in his hand and said, "Where is Xu Dun?"

"The minister is here." Xu Dun hurriedly stepped out and bowed his head and said.

Zhu Qiyu crossed his hips and said quite complacently: "There are too few people in the top ten calendar bureaus! Sixty astronomy students are really not enough, please come in more."

"Tentatively set [-], together with Lecture Hall, Lecture Hall, Lecture Hall, Heroine Hall, Tongshi Hall, it should not be called Maritime Hall now, the fixed amount is [-]."

"Qin Tian Supervisor has meritorious service in cultivating the calendar, and will be rewarded with a medal of extraordinary merit. If one should be rewarded, you, Cheng Jing, will be in charge of supervising it."

Cheng Jing came out, bowed his head and shouted: "I receive the order."

Beilen was not the only one who wrote the Qigong card. There are nearly a hundred people in the entire Qin Tianjian, and more than 60 astronomers have contributed. How to divide the credit has already been decided, and His Majesty does not need to worry about it.

All this makes His Majesty do everything by himself, and they are also in charge of ceremonies. What do they want these ministers to do?
All participants are rewarded, based on the fifty silver coins of the first merit card, except for the reward of real gold and silver, and there is also a big gift bag of the first merit card.

Xu Dun looked distressed, hesitated to speak, and shouted loudly: "I am waiting to thank Your Majesty for your kindness."

All the Qin Tianjian officials and Tianwen students who were waiting at the side shouted at the sea: "I am waiting to thank Your Majesty for your kindness."

Zhu Qiyu discovered the subtlety of the atmosphere. Adding up the two rewards, this is a reward of one hundred silver coins per person, which is roughly equivalent to Tian Wensheng's four-year salary. Two head rewards, this is really a generous reward.

But these people didn't feel that kind of ecstasy at all, and they were a little bit worried.

There is obviously a problem with this, but Zhu Qiyu didn't ask directly.

Zhu Qiyu rode his horse back to the lecture hall, where he was still working, still teaching in the lecture hall, still inspecting military horses every day, and still writing notes until late at night.

In comparison, being an emperor like Ji Li Wang Zhu Qizhen is indeed very easy, the world is dominated by one person, and billions of trillions are supported.

Laziness is human nature, except for becoming a captive, everything is fine.

Those eighteen kinds of gears, ruler gauge drill pliers, and 130 seven volumes of "Jingtai Almanac" followed Zhu Qiyu back.

Zhu Qiyu returned to the Imperial Study Room, glanced at the spirit card, and asked, "Xing'an, what happened to Qin Tianjian today? Do you think I didn't reward enough?"

Xing'an gave a sudden shock, making His Majesty think that Qin Tianjian was arrogant and resentful, so the days of Qin Tianjian couldn't be better? !
He hurriedly said: "Thunder, rain and dew are all the favor of the king, how dare you slander?"

"Actually, the "Jingtai Almanac" was recently completed. Some people think that the Jingtai Almanac is a bit too deviant. The earth is a ball, and it is drawn with lines. It is really shocking."

Zhu Qiyu suddenly realized that the officials in the court were not just Chen Xun, who was a conservative school, such a deviant thing, above the court, there were many critics, and it was no problem.

After the geocentric theory was put forward, the Pope of Rome burned many heretics to death.

Qin Tianjian is just an official from the fifth rank, and there is no place to sit at the big banquet, so he has to stand up to eat.

Which of the conservatives in the court is not in a high position?

The six ministers are of the second grade, but if anyone speaks, Qin Tianjian will have to go around.

It's not surprising that Xu Dun, five subordinate officials and many other officials were flustered and worried. It's not surprising that Xu Dun, Bei Lin and others were worried even with Zhu Qiyu's miraculous card to suppress evil.

"A few days ago, the Qin Tianjian leaked water, thanks to the discovery in time, otherwise the almanac would have been delayed for some time." Xing Anyou felt uneasy, and carefully explained it to the officials of the Qin Tianjian.

The life of Qin Tianjian can be described as disgusting.

Qin Tianjian, who was originally required to perform the important function of induction between heaven and man, surrendered to the emperor after the previous supervisor died twice, and was hated by the court.

Later, after the statue of Mo Di was installed, it was even disliked by all Confucian scholars.

Now that he is so deviant, saying that the earth is a ball, if His Majesty is dissatisfied with Qin Tianjian again, Qin Tianjian's life can only be said to be happy.

Zhu Qiyu sat up straight and said: "I remember that there is a ritual of rescue by the sun and the moon. According to the Datong calendar, there will be a lunar eclipse in Xinmao in July this year. The emperor should wear plain clothes to repair the government and use the precepts of caution."

"And according to the new calendar, it should be Renchen day in July."

"On the day of Xinmao, the rescue ceremony will be performed. If there is no lunar eclipse, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will wait until the day of Renchen."

The ceremony of first aid is the ceremony of saving the sun and moon set by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang in the sixth year of Hongwu, and the ceremony of the 21st year of Hongwu[Note 1].

A lunar eclipse is a very clear and periodic astronomical phenomenon.

In terms of culture, it is still dominated by the tengu eating the moon, so the folks will beat the gongs and drums to drive away the tengu. In terms of etiquette, the rituals of the sun and the moon to save disasters and pray for blessings are also an important part of the sacrifice.

But because the Datong calendar is no longer accurate, most of the rescue rites that were prepared in the early days were wasted, causing people to panic.

The emperor was also quite anxious about this matter. Whether this lunar eclipse should come or not, there will always be some imaginings and gossips of His Majesty's disobedience.

Zhu Qiyu directly held two rescue ceremonies, and Xinmao Day and Renchen Day were postponed for one day, so there was no need to repeat it. As long as the "Jingtai Almanac" is accurate, Zhu Qiyu can endorse Qin Tianjian.

"The minister leads the decree." Xing'an bowed his head and said yes, His Majesty has always been like this. Facts speak louder than words, and all doubts will disappear because of the accuracy of the new calendar.

Zhu Qiyu picked up Li Binyan's memorial, with a heavy expression on his face, he knocked on the table, thinking about how Fei Yi should deal with it.

Debt transactions appeared in the north of Ming Dynasty, while equity transactions appeared in the south of Ming Dynasty. There is no difference in essence, but equity cannot be simply equivalent to debt after all.

Fei should also be a businessman, and it is the nature of businessmen to seek profit.

This method of splitting equity actually gives the whole people the opportunity to participate in the maritime trade business.

Only a three-masted ship can sail far to places such as Samfoqi, Java, Borneo, and Japan, but the cost of a three-masted ship exceeds a thousand zelkova trees, three thousand catties of tung oil, and more than three hundred manpower working day and night to make it. More than a year, this is not counting the drying of wood.

Although Daming already has the steam drying method, it still takes a lot of time, and shipbuilding is still a huge industrial chain.

The cost of maritime trade is extremely expensive. The cost of a three-masted ship exceeds [-] silver coins, while the cargo carried by a thousand-material three-masted ship is worth nearly [-] silver coins.

The shipwreck, that is, 15 silver coins, disappeared without a trace in an instant.

15 silver coins can be raised in Shaobao's Jiuzhong Hall in 160.

Fei Yiying's method of splitting up shares and pledging funds shared the risks, and also gave ordinary people in Daming the opportunity to participate.

Undoubtedly, splitting the shares and pledging funds will have a positive impact on the maritime trade.

It is no exaggeration to say that maritime trade is a profitable business, especially in promoting large-scale production of freely hired laborers, which has a positive effect.

Freely employing laborers for large-scale production is inevitable for the development of Daming's industrialization. Natural selection, lower costs, faster efficiency, more employment, and development like raising a gu can make Daming's small-scale peasant economy transform. for commodity economy.

The necessary condition for the transformation of the small peasant economy into a commodity economy is the free employment of laborers for large-scale production, rather than the so-called budding of capitalism.

Zhu Qiyu leaned on the back of the chair and kept knocking on the table. Xing'an didn't dare to disturb him. His Majesty's appearance was obviously thinking about something extremely important.

Zhu Qiyu was thinking, as the emperor, what responsibility he should bear during the transformation of the small peasant economy of the Ming Dynasty into a commodity economy and the process of free employment of labor for mass production.

After thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu made a difficult decision. He decided to expand the army and speed up the recovery of the navy.

Judging from the three links of producing commodities, shipping commodities and exchanging commodities, military expansion is an extremely correct decision.

Again, this is a tough decision.

To put it simply, the budget is so small, if it is given to the navy, it cannot be given to the army, and if it is given to the army, it cannot be given to the navy.

The frontiers of Daming are restless, and there are Oalas in the northwest watching over them. Now Tatar kingship has just started, and Jurchen Dongshan Li Manzhu is staring at Daming like a snake in a nest of grass. The rebellion in Luchuan in the south has not been cured. Once Zhu Qiyu leans on the navy, can the army still guarantee the national security of Ming Dynasty?
Daming's expansion on land has not stopped yet, and the budget has been given to the navy. Will the expansion on land come to an abrupt end?
The ever-expanding population of Ming Dynasty will accelerate the decline of Ming Dynasty.

And once the navy is accelerated, Zhu Qiyu has violated the taboo of military strategists. When fighting on two fronts, the army and the navy must focus on one side. If they want both, they will inevitably suffer from the enemy.

Can Daming afford to fight on two fronts?

"Xing'an, go and call Yu Shaobao, I have something important to discuss." Zhu Qiyu sat up straight, he had already made up his mind, but he still wanted to hear Yu Shaobao's opinion.

　Note 1: In the 26th year of Hongwu (1393), Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty changed the solar and lunar eclipse rescue instrument. Note: Changed the solar eclipse rescue instrument.In the early stage, the color was decorated at the Yimen Gate of the Ritual Department, and the incense table was set up on the terrace in the main hall, and the golden drums were set up on both sides of the Yimen Gate.It is located under the terrace, and the official worship is located on the terrace.At the end of the day, all officials will enter the class in court clothes, sing praises, bow, and perform music.Four bows, Xing, Lezhi, Kneeling.The deacon holds the drum and goes to the head of the class, who beats the drum three times.All the drums are beating together, waiting for the reunion, singing praises, bowing, prostrating four times, exuberant, and happy.After the ceremony.

　　
　
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