Wanli Xinming

Chapter 202 Daily Life
On the twelfth day of March in the sixth year of Wanli, when the people in the capital just felt the spring breeze, Zhu Yijun brought Zhuang Jingjia, who was a little embarrassed, to the suburbs of Beijing to pay homage to Xiannong and perform the ceremony of registering in the field.

On this trip, Zhu Yijun finally realized his ideal when he first went out of the palace and was frozen into highland barley by horse carriages.After years of research and development, with the efforts of steel mills and scientific researchers, Neifu finally made a four-wheeled carriage.

In the Song Dynasty of China, there were four-wheeled carriages with a load capacity of more than 50 shi.However, due to poor road conditions, its applicability is far less than that of two-wheeled carriages, and skilled craftsmen also lack the motivation to improve it.As a result, until the [-]s after the founding of the People's Republic of China, four-wheeled carriages in rural areas of China could not be steered.

Inspired by Zhu Yijun, the steering problem of the four-wheeled carriage was quickly solved. The yoke and the two front wheels were made together, and the rear car was connected with the shaft suspension.

The hardest part is the shock absorption.After testing, the new four-wheeled carriage must reach a speed of more than [-] miles per hour in order to achieve the target designed by Zhu Yijun.At such a speed, only using cowhide belts for suspension and the "Futu" shock absorber on the axle is not comfortable.

Of course, Zhu Yijun knows that the core lies in the spring, and the core of the production of the spring lies in the material.In this era, materials science is basically similar to metaphysics. Anyway, it is constant experimentation, and eventually materials close to the ideal can always be obtained, and the facts are not what Zhu Yijun expected.

To Zhu Yijun's surprise, the Institute of Physics, Institute of Geology and Physics, finally discovered the "Hook's Law" after research, and this space-time was named "Wang Yu's Law".After research, researcher Wang Yu found that the elastic force of the spring is proportional to the shape of the spring - just such a short conclusion, Wang Yu's salary is directly doubled, regardless of his name.

With the damping and steering mechanism, the manufacture of the wagon is a matter of course.As a result, the Daming luxury carriage was born in the fifth year of Wanli, and it quickly swept the capital and quickly radiated outward.

The reform in the fifth year of Wanli also gave Zhu Yijun the name of the emperor's reform.The heat preservation of large and small horses and carriages was not good, so Zhu Yijun proposed reforms - if there is no reform, the minister who maintains the authority of the emperor's ritual system might have to die with Zhu Yijun.

Finally, with the joint efforts of the Ministry of Rites and the Neifu, the shape of the emperor's four-wheeled carriage was finally determined: the emperor's driving six cannot be changed, and there is no limit to the emperor's desire to come more.The prince's courtiers can use up to four carriages—five horses are used to be considered disobedient.

As for the decoration of the carriage, the officials of the Ministry of Rites who have opened their minds have some methods to achieve both ancient etiquette and warmth-at the same time, they have also formulated the decoration shape and driving etiquette of the emperor's carriage.

All in all, during the trip of Emperor and Empress in March of the sixth year of Wanli, I comfortably rode a carriage to the destination, the "Xiannong Tan" three kilometers southwest of Zhengyangmen.

Xiannong altar was called Shanchuan altar four years ago, and it was renamed in the fourth year of Wanli.Zhu Yijun didn't know why the Ministry of Rites wanted to change the name, but he had no need to object to the commemoration of Shennong.

In addition to the main hall for offering sacrifices to Shennong, the Xiannong Altar also has several magnificent palaces for the emperor to change his clothes and rest.In front of the main hall, a viewing platform is set up. In front of the viewing platform is the venue where Zhu Yijun wants to show, with a total of one mu and seventy percent of the cultivated land.

Originally this piece of land had only one acre and three points, which is the origin of the saying "one acre and three points". The so-called "one acre and three points" refers to the thirteen provinces in the world. The land of the world has taken the lead in ploughing.

However, after the development of the Northeast, one mu and three cents could not represent the seventeen provinces. Therefore, after the proposal of the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Yijun approved, and the arable land of the emperor Ji Tianli became one mu and seven cents.

Zhu Yijun liked this. He felt that the form was very good. The size of the land should have become a variable, as a criterion for evaluating the emperor's quality in the future.

The appearance of Zhuang Jingjia in Jitian Li was also a change in the ritual system.According to the ceremony, the queen does not participate in the Jitian ceremony - this is the gift of the emperor.The Queen personally presided over the ceremony called "Pro-Silkworm Ceremony".

However, Zhu Yijun still took Zhuang Jingjia, who was a little bit pregnant, to participate, and asked the Ministry of Rites to arrange some scenes for Zhuang Jingjia.The Ministry of Rites was helpless, so when the emperor pushed the plow three times and returned three times, the queen followed behind the emperor, accompanied by his wife (Mrs. Zhang Juzheng and the British lady-in-law), and symbolically sprinkled three seeds, which became a ritual.

The queen's appearance at the Jitian ceremony naturally blew a new wind in the empire.Zhu Yijun did not explain this, but only informed the world with a silent political statement: The crude rule that women are not allowed to show their faces is not advocated by the royal family.

It is worth mentioning that this Jitian ceremony was also the first time Zhu Yijun participated in the Jitian ceremony, because the emperor who was not married did not have this political activity.When the two got married last year, the days of Jitianli had passed.

The empress who participated in the Jitian ceremony and showed her pregnancy also sent a clear signal to the world that the emperor is about to have an empress, and a stable imperial line is a happy event for the people of the world - at least, the eldest son of the emperor When he was born, there might be a wave of amnesty in the world.Even giving birth to the eldest daughter of the emperor proves that the emperor is a man with normal fertility. As long as he is healthy, the prince will not live together?
The empress who completed the Jitian ceremony still returned in a luxurious eight-horse carriage, which was regarded as another live advertisement for the four-wheeled carriage in the capital.

Zhu Yijun returned to the palace and issued the edict of persuading farmers in the sixth year of Wanli, with one sentence: "Speak to the common people: the soil is now moist, and you must cultivate at the right time, and don't be lazy."

Such edicts have been issued almost every month since the sixth year of Wanli, until the winter months.For example, the edict in April was like this: "Said to the common people: It is advisable to work diligently in agriculture while the time is right, and not to be lazy." You will be lazy.” During the period, there were also summer edicts to persuade farmers, and they were all in one sentence—until November: “Speak to the people every time: the farming work is over, and everyone must take care of their health and save money.”

With this edict, local officials have legal basis when persuading farmers, farmers are lazy at home, and they are guilty of abandoning their fields: if it is serious, it is counted as disobeying the decree.

The time soon entered May, and the hot capital became lively: Taizu divided the world, and after Chengzu cut down the vassal, the princes and county kings who could never enter the capital were ordered to enter the capital to participate in the suzerainty meeting of the imperial court.

There are 32 princes participating in the suzerain-vassal meeting, hundreds of county kings, and the rest of the generals are not eligible to participate in the suzerain-vassal meeting. They can only pray at home that the patriarch can protect their interests.

The edict calling for their meeting was issued after a new year, and within a few months, Zhang Juzheng and Zhu Yijun repeatedly researched, and finally finalized the entire clan reform.

This reform involving the personal interests of the royal family requires not only a strong and powerful central government, but also an alternative for those who suffer from loss of interests, otherwise Zhu Yijun will lose political points, and the clan that jumps over the wall is very It is easy to be used by people.

Beginning in the second half of the fifth year of Wanli, local newspapers and public opinion have broken down and analyzed the problem of the Ming Dynasty clan's lack of finances, and have also proposed numerous solutions to the problem of the clan's way out, especially the problem of poor clans.

After the kings gathered in the capital, everyone communicated and found that the policy of the imperial court was ready to be revealed: the upper stratum of the clan was divided and disintegrated with hereditary replacement, the middle stratum and above exchanged shares for titles, and the lower strata liberated the sect ban, and made a living after a few years of subsidies. ——The dignified and upright Yang Conspiracy, everyone has no power to resist, saying that it is a meeting, just come to Beijing to hear a notice.

　Write about the emperor's daily work today, and the royal family meeting will be held tomorrow.

　　
　
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