Daming 1805

Chapter 252 What are Daming's movies used for?
Forbidden City, Fengtian Temple.

Under the gaze of Emperor Zhu Jianyan of the Ming Dynasty, two young officials from the Ministry of Rites demonstrated how to use a typewriter.

Putting the exhibition site in Fengtian Temple shows how much the Ming court attached importance to this matter.

The two officials printed two simple documents on the spot, and Huang Yue, Minister of Rites, sent them to Zhu Jianyan.

The typewriter used for the demonstration is engraved with "cube".

The cube was formed in the middle of the Ming Dynasty in history, and it was born under the increasing demand for printing. It is a printed Chinese character that is as convenient as possible for engraving.

In the Qing Dynasty, it was named "Song Ti" by Kangxi.

Japan introduced this font from the Ming Dynasty, so it has always been called "Ming Dynasty Style".

There is no Qing Dynasty in this world, so Fangti has not been renamed Songti, but is still called Fangti.

If Ming people in this era mentioned "Song style", they actually referred to the commonly used fonts for engraving in the Southern Song Dynasty.

After Fang Ti in the Qing Dynasty was called Song Ti, Song Ti in the Ming Dynasty was called "Old Song" and "Old Song".

In modern times, some people imitated the old Song Dynasty and the old Song Dynasty, and made a modern "imitation Song style".

Corresponding to square body is "soft body", that is, "kai typeface" for handwriting.

Zhu Jianyan looked at the two pieces of printing paper, and the writing on them was quite clear, so he nodded in satisfaction:

"Okay, not bad, the words typed in this way can be as clear as printing, and can avoid many omissions.

"How about the speed of typing this way? How much can you do per minute now?"

Huang Yue said excitedly:
"Now a few people who have specially practiced the use of typewriters can already achieve forty words per minute.

"But now they still need to stop and think occasionally, which wastes a lot of time.

"When they are fully proficient in using them and they are fully focused, it is possible to make a hundred per minute."

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry on the other side saw what Huang Yue said, and quickly reminded:
"Your Majesty, Uncle Da Zong, the structure of the typewriter is complicated, and the internal structure requires physical operation.

"If you press the keys too fast, the machine may not have time to respond, and the words will not be printed correctly.

"So it's impossible to increase the speed infinitely, I think it's the limit to reach [-] at most.

"Unless the complete design of His Royal Highness Prince Dashi is completed.

"Use the so-called electronic computer to directly output the code, and use the electric motor to directly drive the shaft of the typewriter to move.

"In that way, the printing efficiency may be increased to more than one hundred per minute."

Zhu Jianyan also understood, but was still very satisfied:

"This speed is already very fast, the key is to be precise, clear and clear, easy to spread and small-scale mimeograph..."

Mimeographing, a technique of engraving and printing using stencils, can be done with simple equipment.

It was often used in education and training in the last century, and batches of materials and test papers can be produced relatively quickly.

However, the fonts written directly by hand are not clear, and the printed documents can solve this problem.

Several ministers around also nodded.

A small device that can quickly print standard characters, the most important use is not just printing itself.

Equally important, mimeograph stencils can be made quickly.

Those Chinese character printers that are like small movable type printing machines can only be selected one by one in a large plate, and pressed down one by one. This "printing" speed is even slower than handwriting.

But they have occupied a large market for a long time, the main reason is to make mimeograph templates.

Although "printing" is very slow, after a set is printed, dozens of copies can be mimeographed quickly, and the overall efficiency has also increased.

Zhu Jingyuan's invention is actually more important than he thought.

It may even be more important than all of Zhu Jingyuan's other inventions.

It is about the inheritance of civilization.

Traditional Ming officials and literati could not imagine the trend of abolishing Chinese characters in another world, but they understood its importance.

They will even list this matter as an important achievement of their tenure.

Even Emperor Zhu Jianyan had this idea.

Zhu Zhongliang has achieved unprecedented martial arts, which will gain a very important "artistic rule".

Of course, Zhu Jingyuan deserves the most credit, and this credit will once again add to Zhu Jingyuan's weight in Daming.

And Zhu Jingyuan's contribution to "Cultural Governance" is far more than that.

The equipment shown today is not just a typewriter, but another equally important invention:
the film.

The display of typewriters was completed, and workers and servants immediately began to clean up the site.

On the side of Fengtian Temple, a huge white curtain was hung.

On the other side is a set of complex playing mechanical playing equipment.

It includes a projector for playing film, a phonograph for playing recordings, and supporting power amplifiers and speakers.

Yes, the film equipment directly planned by Zhu Jingyuan has sound from the very beginning.

Sound, for European and American inventors in the original history, may not be the most important thing.

But it is different for Daming, the inheritor of oriental civilization.

Because the content of the earliest movies of the two sides, of course, is also completely different.

The early movies in history started out with just some pictures of life.

What Daming prepared was "The Minister of Rites Talks on the Analects of Confucius".

When everything was ready, the projection light was turned on, Zhu Jianyan issued an order, and the film began to rotate.

Black and white images appear on the screen in Guangzhong.

The image of Huang Yue, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, bowed his hands in front of him, and then began to speak the simplest Analects.

The Master said: "Learning and practicing it from time to time, isn't it enjoyable..."

Zhu Jianyan and the ministers around him were already very familiar with this passage.

But at this time, they all calmed down very patiently, watching Huang Yue's simplest explanation on the screen.

The officials of Ming Dynasty have seen dynamic pictures and images that are continuously switched, so they understand the principle of the movie.

But at this moment, zooming in on the dynamic picture on the screen and playing it together with the amplified sound made them feel an unprecedented shock.

The first test, and it was mostly demonstrations and tests, plus the cost of film and recording equipment was high, so the duration of the film was short, only 5 minutes in total.

The playback ended soon, but the silence at the scene lasted for a while.

It wasn't until the staff turned off the projection lights that Zhu Jianyan couldn't help saying:
"Okay... If the cost of this facility can be reduced, if it can be reduced and simplified, it can be used for enlightenment.

"Let the ends of the earth, overseas countries, all the people and children, can hear the best teacher's explanation.

"My son, Jingyuan, is truly a genius, truly a genius..."

The surrounding parks also followed suit.

After the show of the film was completed, Zhu Jianyan led the officials to the main hall of Fengtian Temple.

Zhu Jianyan didn't want to restore the "Yumen to listen to politics", but to try out the sound amplification equipment installed here.

The movie has already been dubbed with sound, but there is still a significant difference from direct live speech amplification.

Standing in front of the microphone, Zhu Jianyan heard the contents of the video just now, and directly said a sentence of Analects:

"Do review after learning……"

The loud voice echoed throughout Fengtian Temple Square.

Zhu Jianyan himself suddenly smiled and said:
"If Emperor Taizu had this kind of thing at that time, he would really be able to work here every day.

"Calling all the officials of the capital, this will also allow everyone to hear what Emperor Taizu said."

Zhu Jianyan's two sentences spread throughout the square again.

The courtiers around couldn't help smiling because of their troubles, and at the same time subconsciously sighed in their hearts. Fortunately, Emperor Shizu reformed.

Otherwise, I would get up in the middle of the night every day, come to court in the palace in the dark, and spend the cold winter and hot summer in this big square.

The point is that the officials standing behind couldn't hear what was said in front of them at all, and came here as a display.

Thinking about that kind of life feels too painful.

His Majesty the Emperor Shizu was really sympathetic to the officials. After the Renwu reform, the officials did not go to court until nine o'clock every day, and the meeting was held in the hall, and only the chief officials of the yamen were required to attend.

Compared with the life of officials before the Chongzhen Dynasty, the current life of officials is really too comfortable.

The officials recalled bitterness and sweetness in their hearts, and Zhu Jianyan continued to talk about his thoughts:
"Although this combination of signal amplifier and speaker is not as capable of recording and recording as in movies, the structure is obviously much simpler, and it should be much more convenient to make and move.

"It can teach and preach to hundreds of people, and it is also a sharp weapon for educating the people and commanding soldiers.

"These two devices must be optimized and simplified as much as possible, and popularized as soon as possible."

All the officials around immediately woke up and responded in unison:
"According to the order."

(End of this chapter)