Brother Zhu Youxiao

"Crackling..."

On the 28th day of the first lunar month, with the lanterns and festoons in the Qin Tianjian and the sound of fireworks, a two-year "Calendar" was finally completed.

When this untitled calendar was delivered to Zhu Youjian, his first reaction was to frown.

"Your Highness, this calendar is the result of the old man and more than [-] officials of the Qin Tianjian based on the records of the Qin Tianjian for more than [-] years, and combined with the observation of the sky last year. Please give me a name."

In the Chengyun Hall, when Zhu Youjian was flipping through the calendar in his hand, Xu Guangqi in a bullfighting suit bowed to him and described the hardships of hundreds of officials of the Qin Tianjian compiling the calendar.

At this moment, Xu Guangqi is already a "commoner" with only scattered steps, and the completion of the calendar means that he can go home and rest.

"This calendar was compiled in less than two years, are you sure it's accurate?"

Holding the calendar in his hand, Zhu Youjian looked at Xu Guangqi suspiciously.

This is not to blame him for being suspicious, but the "Calendar", which is also the "Lunar Calendar", which is related to the people's food.

It is impossible for Zhu Youjian to use the Gregorian calendar, because apart from unifying the world standard, it has no effect on the current Ming Dynasty, and it is not as important to farmers as the lunar calendar.

Even if Zhu Youjian did not revise and write the calendar, it is impossible to use the Gregorian calendar commemorating Jesus, but the "Yellow Emperor Calendar" commemorating the Yellow Emperor.

"Returning to Your Highness, the "Shoushi Calendar" was only compiled for three years, but it still took more than [-] years, and the calendar that I am currently compiling is not only standing on the shoulders of the "Shoushi Calendar", but also using it. The difference observed by the telescope for astronomical observation is more accurate than the "Shoushi Calendar."

Facing Zhu Youjian's questioning, Xu Guangqi said confidently: "If Your Highness doesn't believe it, you can read the ninth page of this calendar."

"The heaven and the earth are round, and according to the mention of "rotation" and "revolution" in your book "Astronomy", Your Highness, you must also know that the rotation of the heaven and the earth is getting slower and slower."

"In the "Shoushi Calendar" of the previous dynasty, the method used 360 days at 360 as one year old, but after careful observation by the officials of the Qin Tianjian, the "Shoushi Calendar" was actually not accurate. The real data should be [-] [-] days is one year old."

"Students who graduated from Yanshan, use the sun (sun), stars, moon departure (moon), sun-moon conjunction (solar and lunar eclipse), five latitude stars (the movement of the five major planets), and five-star conjunction (the position changes of the five major planets). Calculate and observe the distance and position of the major stars."

"The trajectories of the sun, the moon, and the five major planets were used to adopt the epicycle and the deferent, and finally the correct law was obtained."

"Using this history as the yellow calendar, the people in the world will have no worries about farming..."

Xu Guangqi sighed sincerely that he was able to complete the compilation of a calendar that has been passed down for hundreds of years. For Zhu Youjian, as long as there is no problem with the calendar, it can be promulgated.

Zhu Youjian never felt that Westerners are smarter than Easterners, especially in astronomy.

The 5000-year civilization in the Central Plains really lagged behind Western astronomy after the Yuan Dynasty.

Even Western astronomy researchers of later generations admired the level of science and technology and civilization of the Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, and almost unanimously believed that it reached the highest peak in the world at that time.

Most of the calendars in the Song Dynasty were much more precise than those in the Tang Dynasty. As for why the calendar declined after the Yuan Dynasty, it was mainly due to the prohibition of astronomical research and the imprisonment of thoughts.

For example, the reason why the research on the calendar this time is so fast is mainly because the officials in charge of this calendar research are all officials who graduated from the Astronomy Academy of Shuncheon Academy.

Zhu Youjian himself does not have any astronomical knowledge, at most he knows what the universe looks like, but even so, when he wrote these in books and collected a large number of astronomical books that were banned by the imperial court for the students of the Astronomy Academy to read and study , they themselves stand out from many outstanding astronomy.

It is precisely because of them that Xu Guangqi's calendar can be compiled so quickly.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian flipped through the calendar, and couldn't help but lament how serious the drawbacks of ideological imprisonment are.

"Your Highness, please give this calendar a name..."

Seeing that Zhu Youjian loved the calendar so much, Xu Guangqi took the opportunity to ask Zhu Youjian to name it.

This kind of thing should have been done by the emperor, but after Xu Guangqi sent a message to Fangshan, the emperor said that "all affairs in the court are decided by the King of Qi" without naming him.

Therefore, the important task of naming this calendar was placed on Zhu Youjian.

For Zhu Youjian, he actually doesn't like the year name very much, because it is not concise and unified enough.

Therefore, by promulgating the Clippers of the new almanac, Zhu Youjian is going to unify the standards.

"This calendar should be called the "Daming Calendar". This year is the year [-] of the Daming Calendar."

"As for the previous "Da Ming Calendar", there is no need to shy away from it, just note "Jin Dynasty Da Ming Calendar" in front of it."

Zhu Youjian reminded the people how many years the Ming Dynasty has been established by the time limit of the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

From now on, as long as the "Daming Calendar" is promulgated, the common people will know how many years the Ming Dynasty has been established, and they will not be as confused as before.

As for the year number, that is another matter, anyway, it is not against the law to call the number of years in the "Daming Calendar".

To be honest, Zhu Youjian is really curious, how many years can the Ming Dynasty last in the new inheritance represented by the "Daming Calendar", and is it possible to exceed the 400-year limit?
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian put down the "Daming Calendar" and the Pentecostal living note official sitting in the corner of the Chengyun Hall also recorded this moment in the "Apocalypse Daily Note".

"In that case, the old man will leave..."

Seeing that the matter was properly explained, Xu Guangqi was ready to go home and have a good rest, but Zhu Youjian stopped him:
"The Agricultural Department of the Military Armament Academy still needs help from Mr. I wonder if I can stay?"

Zhu Youjian didn't like Xu Guangqi's like to preach, but he appreciated his actions in agriculture, astronomy, and mathematics. He wanted Xu Guangqi to enter the Agricultural Institute of the Military Armament Academy to conduct agricultural research.

But for this, Xu Guangqi shook his head and smiled wryly, saying politely: "Your Highness, I am already seventy-one, and I just want to go home to take care of my life, and I am really unable to do it."

"Okay..." Hearing Xu Guangqi's refusal, Zhu Youjian sighed in his heart, and said to Wang Chengen in the corner with some reluctance:

"It is decreed to promote Xu Guangqi to Huahui Bo, and the Ministry of Industry will repair Xu's Mansion in Fahuahui, and change Fahuahui in Songjiang Prefecture to Xujiahui."

"The servants take orders..."

As soon as Zhu Youjian opened his mouth, Daming had another earl, and a place name appeared after being changed.

"Old man, thank you for your grace..."

Hearing this, Xu Guangqi found the direction of Fangshan by himself, knelt down and kowtowed to thank Cao Huachun, who was handling official business in the corner of the imperial store, a little dissatisfied, but soon he calmed down, perhaps because he had too much experience.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Guangqi bid farewell to Zhu Youjian, and left the Chengyun Hall frankly.

Looking at his back, Wang Chengen couldn't help shaking his head with a smile, while Zhu Youjian looked at him: "What's wrong?"

"Returning to Your Highness, this servant just thinks that Uncle Huahui has become free and easy after getting old." Wang Chengen truthfully stated his thoughts, Zhu Youjian also walked to the window after hearing the words, and looked at Xu Guangqi who was about to walk out of Chengyun Gate back view.

"really……"

Looking at Xu Guangqi's steady footsteps since he became an official, Zhu Youjian murmured, but he soon saw Wang Kentang in official robes walking into Chengyun Gate.

Seeing Wang Kentang coming, Zhu Youjian knew what he was coming for.

He returned to his chair and sat down, waited for a quarter of an hour, and then heard Jin Yiwei at the door reporting Wang Kentang's request for an audience.

After indicating the successor, Zhu Youjian waited for Wang Kentang to enter the palace.

Not long after, the 80-year-old Wang Kentang walked steadily into the Chengyun Hall, and bowed to Zhu Youjian:

"Wang Kentang, envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital, respectfully, Your Highness..."

"Gu'an." Zhu Youjian responded, and asked, "Is there anything wrong with Tai Hospital?"

"Return to Your Highness, I have something to do..." Wang Kentang nodded and bowed, and Wang Chengen also asked someone to bring him a chair. After all, Wang Kentang's age can be called an old man no matter what era he is in.

Under Zhu Youjian's gesture, Wang Kentang sat down and explained while sitting upright:
"This year, Tai Hospital has promoted 120 six imperial doctors, and 690 five doctors."

"By the 11th year of the Apocalypse, 930 doctors had been deployed in the six northern provinces of Beijing, and Tai Hospital had taken over more than 72 Huimin pharmacies in 620 prefectures and 32 counties in the north. More than one thousand three hundred taels"

Speaking of this, Wang Kentang signaled: "Your Highness, the counties in the north have reached a situation where each pharmacy has five doctors."

"So, where should the doctors at Tai Hospital be transferred this year?"

On the contrary, Wang Kentang has high expectations for Zhu Youjian's plan to popularize medical care for all, mainly because the expenditure of Huimin Pharmaceutical Bureau is not high at present.

One capital and six provinces basically account for one-third of the population of Ming Dynasty. If we infer it from this, it means that even the popularization of medical care for the whole people only needs a million taels of expenditure.

However, this is also the result of the low cost of treatment.

To put it bluntly, most doctors in this era only treat headaches, colds, fevers, trauma and other diseases, and they have their own medicine fields, so the cost of treatment is not high.

In addition, with the current transportation and technology of Ming Dynasty, for some complicated diseases, the patients have already gone west before they are sent to the pharmacy.

With the development of science and technology, these diseases with high treatment costs will gradually appear, and medical expenses will continue to increase.

However, that is something in the future, and Zhu Youjian can't control the things at that time, just like the Huimin Pharmaceutical Bureau in Zhu Yuanzhang's time can only show its hands and feet during Zhu Yuanzhang's time.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian asked Wang Kentang instead: "In your opinion, where do you want these doctors to be sent?"

Wang Kentang was taken aback by Zhu Youjian's rhetorical question, but he quickly came to his senses and replied:
"If possible, they should be sent to poor and backward places, not rich and prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River."

Speaking of this, Wang Kentang also explained the reason: "In a rich and prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, as long as the male in the family does not suffer from illness, the male will go to the city to work, and he can basically afford the consultation fee."

"Since the Tai Hospital took over the medicine fields of Huimin Pharmacy Bureaus in various places, the local Pharmacy Bureaus have not sold medicinal materials, basically distributed them for free, and only need to collect consultation fees. Therefore, for the prosperous Jiangnan, they are the least in need of free benefits. The place of the Civil Medicine Bureau."

"In my opinion, these doctors should be sent to Duogan, the three provinces outside the customs, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiugang, Jiaozhi, Luchuan and other places."

Wang Kentang's words were said one by one, and Zhu Youjian kept nodding his head to express his approval when he heard the words.

When Wang Kentang stopped publishing, Zhu Youjian also expressed his thoughts:
"You can wait for the matter of Duogan. This group of doctors, and future doctors, will be sent to poorer provinces according to what you said. If the Huimin Pharmacy in each province needs to be repaired, a list will be made and handed over to the doctor." Cheng En, Cheng En will send someone to check."

"As long as there is no falsification, it will be agreed."

Whether it is ancient or modern, or in the future, as long as people have the conditions, they will go to a good place with a prosperous economy.

Where the economy is prosperous, there will naturally be more doctors. This can be seen from the distribution of Huimin Pharmacy in Jiangnan.

Before Zhu Youjian, there was no example of official training of doctors in Ming Dynasty, and naturally there was no example of assigning doctors to local governments for salary.

But even so, there are more than 9000 Huimin pharmacies in Jiangnan, and there are more than [-] doctors in the pharmacies.

In contrast, in the entire north before Zhu Youjian, there were less than 5000 doctors in Huimin Pharmacy.

Although Jiangnan occupies nearly two-thirds of the world's population, the entire north, which accounts for one-third of the population, has less than one-sixth of the number of doctors in Jiangnan, let alone the southwest and Guangdong and Guangxi.

Therefore, for Zhu Youjian, it is a waste to concentrate all good resources on the head.

This year, if the more than 3000 doctors of the Taiyuan Hospital are used in Jiangnan, it will be just icing on the cake, but if they are deployed to the southwest, Guangdong, Guangzhou, Jiaozhi, outside the customs, and the old port, it will be called sending charcoal in the snow.

The matter of the Tai Hospital was just set by Zhu Youjian. Not only this year, but every year in the future, students who graduated from Yanshan Medical College will be sent to remote areas.

After the matter was finished, Zhu Youjian asked Wang Kentang about the number of medical students.

Not beyond his expectation, the number of medical students is increasing steadily, and about 4000 to [-] people can graduate every year.

It's just that the knowledge they received can only deal with common diseases and injuries, and it's not good enough for more complicated ones.

But even so, it can meet the daily needs of the people of Ming Dynasty.

Those intractable diseases and diseases that cannot be cured in later generations are still incurable in this era.

After finishing everything, Wang Kentang checked Zhu You's pulse, but found no hidden disease.

After finishing these, Wang Kentang saluted and resigned, and after Zhu Youjian also watched him go away, Zhu Youjian talked about other things to Cao Huachun and others.

"After the promulgation of the new policy, is there any movement in Jiangnan?"

"No...those gentry are very honest, and the common people didn't make troubles. This is all thanks to His Highness's means."

Zhu Youjian's inquiry was quickly answered by Cao Huachun, and he also admired Zhu Youjian's methods.

Zhu Youjian's method is not difficult. In the past, the powerful gentry in the south of the Yangtze River wanted to fight against the imperial court, and they all incited the common people, tenants and scholars to make trouble. However, Zhu Youjian's method was very simple.

Scholars who dare to oppose the New Deal will not be allowed to participate in Enke for life, and the children of ordinary people who dare to oppose the New Deal will not be allowed to enter government schools, and tenants will not be allowed to share their land or move.

Each of the three policies meets the needs of each class.

Zhu Youjian couldn't help taking the imperial examinations, but everyone knew that Enke once a year was the fastest way to enter the officialdom.

Once banned from participating in Enke, most of the scholars will be ruined in this life.

As for the common people's children not being able to go to government schools, and the tenants not being able to share the land in the future, these are the lifelines of the common people and the tenants.

Although the government school has not been extended to Jiangnan, Huangdian will publicize the opening of government schools in various places in Jiangnan every day, as well as the time when the imperial court will open Jiangnan government schools.

As for the distribution of land, many tenants in the south of the Yangtze River got a lot of money after Zhu You prosecuted and abolished the guards. Those who divided the land, although there were only two or three acres, it was considered a land distribution.

If they cannot be relocated in the future and the land is not allocated, then the tenants will be tenants for the rest of their lives.

Two 10,000+ troops are stationed, and three policies restrict it.

Although the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River were reluctant and secretly hated, there was nothing they could do.

Every time they suffer in Zhu Youjian's hands, it is because of military power, and Zhu Youjian firmly controls this thing, and does not give them a chance to bribe at all.

The guard battalions in each province are rotated. Every time Zhu Youjian wants to promulgate a new policy, he will be rotated by the guard battalion.

No one in the court dared to oppose Zhu Youjian, not to mention the fact that he had a deeper grasp of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

As long as there is no one to take the lead, the local guard camps will not dare to obey.

However, the reason why the New Deal was promulgated so smoothly was that the majority of people supported it.

Except for those big gentry and big tycoons who own thousands, tens of thousands, or tens of thousands of acres of land, other small and medium landlords, rich peasants, and poor peasants all supported the New Deal.

The reason why the late Ming Dynasty collapsed was because of the collapse of the economy, and the essence of the late Ming court was actually to continuously exploit the middle-class small and medium landlords and rich peasants, and then let a large number of small and medium landlords and rich peasants go bankrupt. In the end, the court had no support. This was replaced by Li Zicheng.

History has proved that the middle-class small and medium-sized landlords and rich peasants were very obedient, and there were very few rebellions against the payment of three wages in the late Ming Dynasty.

All the rebellions are based on the background of the drought, the bankruptcy of the poor peasants and the gathering of the hungry people.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian is very clear about which party he wants to fight against.

Small and medium landlords and rich peasants, tenants, poor peasants...

These are the people he wants to win over. As long as these people don't object, those big gentry, big landlords and big tycoons are just a bunch of insects.

"It seems that there are basically no problems with the New Deal."

After getting an accurate answer, Zhu Youjian responded to Cao Huachun very satisfied, but Cao Huachun also bowed when he saw this:
"Although the promulgation of the new policy is good, there are also many people below who want to fish in troubled waters."

"Since the first day of the first lunar month, Commander Lu has led Jin Yiwei to inspect and arrest hundreds of officials, big and small."

"Your Highness, do you think..."

"No, let him catch it." Zhu Youjian interrupted Cao Huachun, he was very satisfied with Lu Wenzhao's inspection of the place.

Officials are arrested as long as they are arrested. Anyway, in the official schools all over the world, there are some civilian students who have sharpened their heads and want to be officials.

After the establishment of the official school for basic education, Zhu Youjian has no shortage of a large number of grassroots officials. At present, the earliest batch of official schools is in the fourth grade, but there are still four batches of students in Yanshan Academy, about 26 people.

After four years have passed, Daming's reserves of officials in Yanshan will be exhausted, and Yanshan's power will also be weakened.

Four years is enough for Zhu Youjian to popularize education in the remaining provinces one by one.

If additional government schools (middle schools) are to be established, with a period of five years, there will be at most a two-year semi-empty period in the political arena of the Ming Dynasty, and then hundreds of thousands of graduates from Beizhili will begin to join Enke's team.

With the addition of the scholars who were preparing for the exam by themselves, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to be short of officials.

Therefore, there are corrupt officials every year, but they are replaced every year. The existence of Lu Wenzhao is equivalent to warning other people not to be corrupt officials and not to be corrupt.

Zhu Youjian thinks that the salaries he gave to the officials are already enough. Among other things, after the promulgation of the new policy this year, the Ming Dynasty’s finances are only 7000 million taels, but the officials’ salaries only account for more than 200 million taels. , he is already benevolent.

Because of this, Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing whenever he heard officials say that the five-armed governor's mansion had a lot of expenses.

The salaries of the officials are distributed to the Dudufu of the Five Armies as military expenses, and the Dudufu of the Five Armies can expand the army to 150 million.

Now that the Governor's Office of the Five Armies is disarming, it can be regarded as Zhu Youjian's preparation for the long-term stability of Ming Dynasty in the future.

During his term of office, he wants to conquer the territory and improve the economy of Daming, and then hand over the governance to his elder brother and nephew. As long as the New Deal is not destroyed, Daming can prosper for another two generations.

"How about the fleet that departed in the twelfth lunar month? Has it arrived in Yingzhou? How is the situation in Qi?"

Thinking of the future, Zhu Youjian turned to look at Wang Chengen, because he was in charge of supervising this matter.

"The Marquis of Liaodong ordered Liu Zuo to lead his troops to Qi State. It was reported three days ago that he had arrived in Beizhou Prefecture. It is estimated that he will arrive in Qi State in April or May this year."

"Over Qi State, Jin Xuan sends fast boats to send news back to Yingzhou every month. From October last year to the 25th of the first lunar month, Anling Mansion and Jingzhao Mansion have cultivated more than [-] mu of cultivated land."

"According to your Highness's instructions, Jin Xuan has already found local coal mines and gold and silver mines. Presumably, after these machines and reformed laborers are brought over, Qi will be able to be self-sufficient in coal and produce gold and silver."

Wang Chengen reported everything that Zhu Youjian wanted to know. Zhu Youjian was very satisfied with this, but he still asked: "Has there been any conflicts with the local natives?"

"Of course there are. Jin Xuan commanded soldiers and horses to wipe out twelve tribes that wanted to invade, and captured more than [-] people, all of whom were sent to labor camps for ten years."

Wang Chengen talked about the war that happened in Qi State, but Zhu Youjian didn't care too much.

After all, Europeans could conquer America with matchlock guns, not to mention the Ming army, which was equipped with artillery and flintlock guns in batches, and had nearly [-] troops?
Regarding the arrangement and governance of Qi State, Zhu Youjian has already told Jin Xuan what to do, and with Jin Xuan's temperament, he will basically follow what he said.

What Zhu Youjian should pay attention to now is when the steam ship can be used, how much can be produced, and whether it can travel between Daming and Qi more than three times a year.

Only when these standards are met can Daming immigrate to Qi in batches.

In addition, Zhu Youjian also needs to deal with the affairs of the Northeast.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian rubbed the center of his brows, and then said to Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun:

"Tell Huang Long to let him rest at home for two years, and wait for the construction of Qi State to be completed before going there."

"In addition, I thought about the rewards for the third Northern Expedition. I named Liu Xingzuo the commander of the Liaodong Army and Masi, and was awarded the third rank of Shangqingche Lieutenant. Liu Xingpei, Liu Xingji, and Liu Xingliang who raised the army together with him, Award each city's soldiers and horses to hundreds and thousands of households, and give it to the sixth-rank Yunqi Lieutenant."

"Confess Li Yangeng as the commander of the Donghai Provincial Army and Horse Division, and additionally confer the rank of third-rank captain of light vehicles."

Zhu Youjian finally solved the problems left over from the Northeast. After all, Liu Xingzuo and Li Yangeng followed the Houjin army. They serve in the military.

To be in charge of the soldiers and horses, this is already one of the methods he can think of. It can not only appease the two, but also prevent the army from complaining.

After arranging everything, Zhu Youjian just wanted to take a break, but suddenly thought of another person, so he turned around and asked:
"By the way, when will Li Dingguo return to Beijing?"

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