Daming 1805

Chapter 474
Zhu Zhongliang heard that Zhu Jingyuan directly admitted that he just wanted to create a spectacle, so his eyes widened instinctively.

Zhu Zhongliang almost stood up straight away.

But this rather excited reaction was not completed, and he returned to the normal sitting posture, and asked with great interest:

"So far, the maximum height of the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty is the upper limit of the height of civil buildings.

"If you build the main hall to a height of 200 meters, will the common people be allowed to build buildings that are slightly lower but still nearly 200 meters high?

"If this kind of building appears in the city, the land price and house price in the core area will soar...

"This is contrary to the usual concepts of the ancestors of the past generations and yourself."

There is a correlation between the height of urban buildings and land prices.

Restricting the height and the number of floors of buildings also limits the maximum volume of commercial buildings on the same land area.

The maximum capacity is limited, the number of buddies that can be accommodated is limited, and the number of firms that can be accommodated is also limited.

This limits the upper limit of profit obtained by commercial buildings on the same area of ​​land.

The profit ceiling will in turn limit the price of land and housing prices on the ground.

The Fengtian Hall in the Forbidden City of Shuntian Prefecture should have been about 50 meters high when it was first built in Yongle.

However, after the reconstruction in the Jiajing year, the height was only 35 meters.

Therefore, the highest civil buildings in the Ming Dynasty are in the early 30s, and the highest can reach ten floors, but in reality there are usually only eight floors.

The vast majority of ordinary folk buildings do not exceed six floors.

If Zhu Jingyuan raises the new palace directly to 200 meters without making any clear restrictions, the folks will probably follow suit and build tall buildings of nearly 200 meters.

After the emergence of such fifty-sixty-story commercial buildings, the prices of these buildings and the surrounding land and housing prices will soar.

If no targeted control is made, the land price and housing price in the city center may rapidly skyrocket dozens of times.

So Zhu Zhongliang would ask this question.

After hearing this, Zhu Jingyuan said directly:

"The height of private buildings must be limited.

"And the unspoken rule of using Fengtian Temple as the upper limit should be turned into a clearly marked normal management regulation.

"The height of the ceremonial main hall, which symbolizes the authority of the imperial court, cannot be used as the upper limit of the height of folk buildings.

"Instead, the height of the new office building of the central imperial court should be used as the upper limit of the height of private commercial buildings.

"If the height of the highest point of the main hall of the imperial court is 160 meters, then the height of the office building of the central imperial court is set at 80 meters.

"At the same time, it is stipulated that, including religious buildings, the height of any civil building shall not exceed 80 meters.

"It is necessary to double the absolute gap, so that the hall of the imperial court has the effect of standing out from the crowd visually.

"At the same time, the height limit must also be graded. Only the northern and southern Beijing urban areas can build 80-meter residential buildings, and special approval is required.

"The height limit of buildings in provincial capitals is 60 meters, that of buildings in Fucheng is limited to 40 meters, and that of buildings in county towns is limited to 30 meters.

"The highest building below the county seat is 25 meters, and must not exceed six floors.

"The palace where the royal family lives does not need to care too much about the height, it is not comfortable to live in if it is too high.

"However, we can encircle the old mountain in Jiangbei into the palace wall and build a small royal palace on the top of the mountain.

"It is only used as a symbol of status, and there is no need to consider the actual living effect too much."

After hearing these plans, Zhu Zhongliang finally nodded slowly:

"This plan is not bad, and the height of folk buildings in some big cities can be relaxed slightly, which can promote the development of the city.

"However, you cannot open directly to the cap from the start.

"Lower restrictions should be set first, gradually opening up to higher heights as the city grows.

"Let the local urban economic development maintain a relatively smooth trend.

"Also, the height of 160 meters is a bit conservative.

"I heard that the people of Lucia have built a 160-meter-high building, and they may build a 200-meter building in the future.

"So, if you want to build a symbolic building, the height should be at least 200 meters."

Zhu Jingyuan was a little taken aback when he heard that. Just now, you old man was surprised by my idea of ​​creating a spectacle, but now you yourself feel that my goal is not high enough...

Zhu Jingyuan knows that after the construction technology matures, the height of skyscrapers can be refreshed very quickly.

The Empire State Building of the United States has also maintained the number one in the world for 40 years.

There is also the impact of the World War.

And after the new hall is completed, it is impossible to demolish and rebuild it casually, and sooner or later it will be overtaken by others.

Now 200 meters is considered high, and it may not be ranked in the future. Things with a height of 400 meters or even 600 meters will continue to be produced.

Unless there are no foreigners in the whole world, according to Ming's order, no taller buildings will be built.

At the same time, those members who refresh the height of skyscrapers are basically office buildings.

This is different from my goal of preparing to be a ceremonial building.

Their building can make money, but their own hall not only does not make money, but also spends a lot of money on continuous maintenance.

It's like a church.

There is a Sagrada Familia church in Spain. It has been built for more than 21 years from the end of the 100th century to the beginning of the [-]st century.

When Zhu Jingyuan didn't know how to express his feelings, Zhu Zhongliang reached out and added a few words:
"If you want to build a taller building, it should have been a risky thing in the past.

"But now public opinion among the people... will mostly support and even look forward to it.

"It is because the height of the main hall of the imperial court is the upper limit of the height of folk buildings, and there is such an unspoken rule.

"You only plan a new hall of 200 meters, and you don't mention the matter of restricting the height of private buildings at the same time. Most of the businessmen and nobles who have ideas in the folk are happy to see it.

"Moreover, the impact of this matter itself will definitely offset or cover up the impact of other reforms.

"It is possible to introduce private building height restrictions at the same time as the completion of the new hall.

"Based on the public opinion of the people and the response of the bureaucrats, the height restrictions on private buildings that are scheduled will be gradually relaxed.

"As long as you are not impatient or forceful, you should be able to do it normally.

"As for the matter of returning to Yingtianfu, you can go to Yingtianfu in the name of the Southern Tour, but you won't go back after you arrive.

"The follow-up is to slowly turn the actual administrative center around.

"There will definitely be pulls, but nothing that can't be resolved.

"So your father and I don't care about it, and you can go to toss it yourself when the time comes, it just happens to be an exercise.

"It's really uncertain at that time, it's not too late to ask your father to help..."

Zhu Jingyuan listened to Zhu Zhongliang's analysis, thought it over a little bit and found it reasonable:
"Grandpa is still very experienced..."

As soon as Zhu Jingyuan finished speaking, Zhu Zhongliang spoke again:

"By the way, there is also the matter of cultivating calendars.

"From the Chongzhen Dynasty to the Renwu Dynasty, our Ming Dynasty has already practiced a round of calendars.

"The ancestor of the ancestors continued to refine the almanac on the basis of Master Wei Temple's Chongzhen almanac.

"The key is to formulate rules for regular calendar revision, adjustment and elimination of errors.

"So far, although some errors have accumulated, they are still being corrected according to the plan.

"Unless the calendar you imagined... is too subverting the tradition, there is no need to specifically mention the matter of repairing the calendar.

"According to my understanding of you kid, your calendar cannot be tinkering with the traditional form.

"So how are you going to fix it?"

Zhu Jingyuan nodded directly and said:

"My thinking ... may indeed be slightly subversive.

"Our current calendar is actually a yin-yang calendar, and we must take into account the accuracy of the lunar and solar calendars.

"This is the same as our Forbidden City, which is both the home of the royal family and the symbol of the imperial court.

"The result of taking care of both sides is that both sides are not doing very well.

"Although the current almanac is already very accurate, it is still quite complicated for daily use.

"If you're not a professional scholar, let alone how many years have passed since the Qin and Han Dynasties, even how many years have passed since Emperor Taizu Gao ascended the throne, they can't tell for a while.

"Ordinary people have a hard time figuring out when it's a leap month and when it's a resizing month.

"The time of the 24 solar terms also moves back and forth on the calendar, rather than being fixed on certain days.

"The common people can only check the imperial calendar if they want to know the festivals and solar terms.

"In classical times this would have strengthened the authority of the court, but it is no longer necessary.

"My idea is to separate the lunar and solar calendars, use the solar calendar and the lunar calendar at the same time, but calculate and proofread them separately.

"Since the solar calendar is a solar calendar, the year is the core of the calendar.

"At the same time, the month is no longer used as the calculation node of the next level. Anyway, the month of the solar calendar does not match the phase of the moon at all.

"We directly divide the 360 ​​five-day year of the solar calendar into 36 'hundred days'.

"Ten ten days in ten days, ninety days in ninety days, basically a season.

"So every ninety days is listed as a separate day as the imperial court's mandatory seasonal rest holiday.

"This public holiday can be placed on four days similar to Lichun, Lixia, Liqiu, and Lidong to distinguish the four seasons.

"This day is directly called Spring Day, Summer Day, Autumn Day, and Winter Day, all of which are listed separately.

"The solar calendar year begins with a spring day.

"In these four days, do not use the exact time of the four solar terms in the astronomical precise counterpoint, because it cannot be completely fixed.

"It is placed on the closest fixed day, so that most of the years coincide with the four solar terms of Lichun, Lixia, Liqiu, and Lidong, and the rest are just staggered by one or two days, except for special astronomical and calendar-related Except for researchers, ordinary people can directly regard these four days as the events of the fixed four solar terms, which is convenient for ordinary people to use in daily calculations.

"We can regard these four days as a ten-day period, and insert the serial number into the 36 ten-day period.

"The position in the imperial calendar can also occupy a ten-day space alone.

"For example, the spring day is the first tenday, then the first day and the second day of the second tenday, until the tenth tenday and the tenth day.

"Then summer is No. 11, autumn is No. 20, and winter is No. 30, in order.

"On the New Year's Eve before the Chinese New Year, list another day separately. This day is called New Year's Eve, and it can be marked as No. 40 in the imperial calendar.

"This 36 days in 360 days, plus four seasonal days and one New Year's Eve, exactly 360 five days.

"There is a day between every two seasons, and an extra day between every two years.

"Then set a leap year every four years, with an additional day between the two leap years, and a leap year has 360 six days in a year.

"Every 120 years, this year that should have been a leap year is not a leap year alone.

"Every 400 years, this non-leap year leaps again.

"This leap year plan is configured according to the latest observation and calculation results of Qin Tianjian.

"It is more accurate and simpler than the Western calendar's four-year leap, no leap for a hundred years, and another leap every 400 years.

"The 400-year error of the cycle is equivalent to their 400-year error.

"In such a long period of 8 years, we can ignore the events that differ by one day.

"Then, all the serial numbers of years, ten days, and days no longer use the cycle of celestial stems and earthly branches.

"It is directly marked with specific numbers, which is convenient for ordinary people to explain and calculate.

"The chronological figures can start from the year when Emperor Qin swept Liuhe and ruled the world again.

"This date is the most important historical event in the history of China, and it has been able to be accurate to the day.

"Use this year as the first year of the imperial calendar, or the first year of the Gregorian calendar, or the first year of the AD.

"The years before this year are called the years before the emperor, or the years before BC, which is similar to the division method of the Western calendar.

"It's just that our first year of the imperial calendar and the first year of the AD can really be accurate to the year and day.

"The birthday of Jesus in the Western calendar is actually far-fetched...

"In this way, this year is the year [-] in the emperor's calendar, or [-] in the Gregorian calendar.

"At the same time, the Gregorian calendar is used to revise the history teaching, and the major historical events are marked with the numbers of the Gregorian calendar.

"It is convenient for students to intuitively understand the length of time in certain eras, and feel the difference in years between certain two events.

"In the future, the official business of the imperial court and the production date of the factory's products will be marked with a certain day in a certain year.

"As for the lunar calendar, the month is the core of the calendar.

"Usually, we use a 30-day big moon, followed by a 29-day small moon, to keep rolling forward.

"Regularly increase the month to make up for the error.

"For example, every 64 months, a new month is added, and every 72 months, this new month is not added again.

"If this cycle continues, the next additional correction should be 18 months later, and it can also be ignored.

"The specific ratio can be as stable and fixed as possible, and I will leave it to Qin Tianjian to measure and determine.

"The last is the New Year, with the Lunar New Year being the first day after the solar New Year.

"If there are thirteen Lunar New Year's Days in a solar calendar year, then the year is thirteen months.

"Otherwise the year is twelve months.

"All months and dates are also numbered with numbers, and they are no longer marked with the method of celestial stems and earthly branches.

"Because there are no months in the solar calendar, any mention of the month must mean the lunar calendar.

"The chronology also uses numbers from the imperial calendar or the Gregorian calendar.

"Relevant yamen of the imperial court can continue to publish the imperial calendar on time, but at the same time they also announce the general arrangement rules.

"Let people who can read and write easily calculate by themselves."

Zhu Zhongliang pondered for a while after listening, and then gradually understood Zhu Jingyuan's real purpose:
"So, you are not simply adjusting the calendar, but completely overturning it...

"The point is, you even have to change the hour, the first day.

"You're going to use the solar calendar to set the official year, which doesn't use months anymore...

"This is something that has never happened in the 900 years since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

"Xiyi mainly uses the solar calendar, but it is also divided into months.

"Compared to moving the capital and building buildings, you are truly risking the world's disgrace!
"Even if the officials in the court are willing to cooperate, it may not be able to be promoted and implemented among the people!

"The impact of this matter is too far-reaching..."

Zhu Jingyuan also knew that this matter had a great impact.

Changing the time of New Year's Day is a tradition in the Chinese tradition that transcends the dynasty cycle.

In the original history, since Emperor Wu of the Han promulgated the "Taichu Calendar" and changed the beginning of the year from October to the first month in the Qin Dynasty, until the Revolution of [-], the Chinese New Year was called New Year's Day or Yuan Day, and it has always been the lunar calendar. On the first day of the first lunar month, there has been no substantial change.

When Sun Yat-sen decided to switch to the Western calendar, he tried to change New Year's Day from the first day of the first lunar month in the traditional lunar calendar to January [-]st in the Western calendar.

However, due to various reasons, in the end, only the name was changed.

The Western New Year is called New Year's Day, and the Chinese New Year is called Spring Festival.

And the Chinese people actually still use the traditional Lunar New Year as the official New Year.

Now Zhu Jingyuan is going to change the New Year to Lichun.

The key point is that the solar calendar should be used to record the year, and the first month of the lunar calendar should no longer be used as the standard.

Zhu Jingyuan looked at Zhu Zhongliang's reaction, and continued to ask for advice:

"I was actually prepared for something that couldn't be changed completely.

"That's why the official affairs of the court and the production plans of factories, including newspapers and broadcasting, are required to be based on the solar calendar.

"At the same time, continue to keep the lunar calendar to replace the customary month, but separate the two calendars.

"With the development of technology, with the development of science and technology, with the deepening of industrialization.

"As public affairs take on an ever-increasing share of ordinary life, the Gregorian calendar should gradually come to dominate."

Zhu Zhongliang nodded slowly after hearing this, and then shook his head slowly:
"There is some truth to what you said, and it seems that you have prepared yourself, but what are you doing?"

(End of this chapter)