Chapter 75: Do you have any gifts?
After hearing this, Ying Zheng also felt that Li Nian's proposal was quite promising. When deciding on a year name, it would be better to start the year directly with the Shihuang calendar.
The era name starts from the year he became emperor and lasts until his death, which lasts for a few decades at most. However, it is impossible to say that the Emperor's calendar will be used by subsequent generations and will last for thousands of years.
Future generations may not be able to remember the era name he assigned, but given the calendar used every day, they will most likely be able to remember it.
“Are the calendars of later generations different from the calendar currently used in the Qin Dynasty?”
Li Niandao: "Of course it's different. Later generations of China used the lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar in parallel. The lunar calendar is the traditional calendar compiled by the country where I came from. It belongs to the combined lunisolar calendar, that is, the combined calendar of the lunar calendar and the solar calendar. It takes into account both the sun and the lunar calendar. A calendar related to the earth we live in. "
"It incorporates twenty-four solar terms, which can provide convenience for agricultural production and let people know when to sow and when to harvest, which is very important. Suitable for China. "
"The Gregorian calendar comes from the West and is a solar calendar. It can see the changes in the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter affected by the sun in a year, but it cannot take into account the changes of the lunar calendar well. "
Ying Zheng did not ask Li Nian why he still used the Gregorian calendar when there was a lunar calendar. It was just because the Western countries were strong in later generations. Big impact.
But now is the era of the Qin Dynasty. In the future, those Westerners must all use the lunar calendar for me, no, the Shihuang calendar!
"The first year of the Gregorian calendar is the year when a Western god was born. It's interesting to say that based on my time in the Qin Dynasty, the Western god was still more than two hundred years away from being born."
Ying Zheng I finally understand the reason why Li Nian proposed to make the year he proclaimed emperor the first year of the First Emperor.
After thinking about it for a while, Ying Zheng decided to agree to Li Nian’s proposal.
The Qin Dynasty currently uses the Zhuanxu calendar, one of the six ancient Chinese calendars. Although it is not bad, it is certainly not as accurate as the calendar of later generations, and the calendar of later generations is also conducive to agricultural times.
In this era when there are no chemical fertilizers, artificial rainfall and other means, and agricultural harvests depend entirely on weather conditions, a calendar that can help farmers grasp the farming season will definitely be regarded as a divine calendar by people all over the world.
Ying Zhengdao: "I will leave the calendar matters to you!"
"I obey!"
Continuing to talk about the emperor's accession to the throne, Li Niandao: "When emperors in later generations ascend the throne, they will often announce their accession to the world. The edict announced the change of Yuan Dynasty and the amnesty of the world. The change of Yuan Dynasty was the date of the year just mentioned, and the amnesty of the world was to pardon or mitigate some criminals to show the benevolence of the new emperor and win the victory. People's hearts."
Ying Zheng asked: "Do you think I should be pardoned when I become emperor?"
Li Niandao: "I think it is possible, but it is not allowed to forgive the crimes. All criminals are pardoned. Da Qin's criminal laws are strict, and many people's crimes are not serious. It would be great if the king could pardon or reduce their crimes."
"But I believe that when the king proclaims himself emperor, he should regard it as a grand event for the world, a grand event for the people of the Qin Dynasty, and the grand event should be enjoyed by the people. This is the right time to issue some political orders."
" The king made a new Qin law on that day. It is completely possible for the new Qin law to pardon those criminals instead of An imperial edict. In this way, all the people in the world can feel the kindness of the king, and also let them remember the new Qin law. "
This method is indeed effective, and you don't directly pardon as the emperor. , and using the new Qin laws to pardon can bring the impression of the new Qin laws to the people of the world in a short period of time.
"Your method is wonderful!"
After praising it, Ying Zheng suddenly said: "According to what you said, the day when I become emperor is an auspicious day, and the whole world should celebrate it together. ”
Ying Zheng didn't really want to ask Li Nian what congratulatory gift he wanted, he just asked casually. Without thinking, Li Nian said: "I do have a congratulatory gift, for the king and for the world!" Is there really a congratulatory gift?
Ying Zheng suddenly became interested and asked, "Can you tell me what the gift is?"
Li Nian didn't give in, and insisted on waiting for Ying. Zheng took it out on the day he proclaimed himself emperor, and his gift was not a cake: "It's... One is the method of making salt, the second is the method of making iron, the third is the stirrup, the fourth is the horseshoe, the fifth is the method of making cement, the sixth is the method of making briquettes..."
"With this Jiuwu congratulates the king on his arrival in the Ninth Five-Year Plan and becoming the supreme king in the world.”
Nine is the ultimate number, nine things are combined into nine and five, this kid is really good at things.
Li Nian said again: "It's just these, I haven't been able to do them all..."
Stirrups and horseshoes are easy to talk about, but the method of making salt and the art of iron smelting are not Li Nian proposed that this method could be spread all over the world immediately and benefit the people. There was also a process involved, and only after considering the actual situation of Da Qin could it be mass-produced.
Li Nian proposed a method to establish large-scale production immediately. How is it possible?
What if the method given by Li Nian does not match the current situation of Daqin and needs to be modified, wouldn't it be a waste of people's and material resources?
After coming to this era, Li Nian realized a lot, one of which is not to rely on his coming from later generations and take it for granted that things from later generations will be useful in this era, and don't think that if it is beneficial to people's livelihood, the First Emperor will definitely do it. agree.
Great Qin is a feudal dynasty, and the First Emperor is a feudal monarch. He must first let the First Emperor understand that this matter or thing is beneficial to him and Great Qin before he can do it smoothly.
Li Nian said these nine things at this time, not only to celebrate the First Emperor's proclaimed emperor, but at the same time, he also felt that it would be easier for the First Emperor to accept and implement them in the name of congratulatory gifts.
After hearing what Li Nian said, Ying Zheng suppressed his original desire to ask in detail. He would know it later anyway. He nodded and said, "If you need anything, feel free to tell me!"
After describing the process of the emperor's ascension to the throne and various things, we entered the second stage of the First Emperor's problem.
This is the question that the First Emperor really wanted to ask: How to modify the current official system of the Qin Dynasty based on the experience of later dynasties?
But the official system is different in each dynasty. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, although there were six ministries, Emperor Hongwu abolished the long-standing three-province system and dismissed the prime minister. Although his descendants did not reinstate the prime minister, they In addition to the cabinet, the official system also includes the central official system, local official system, etc.
How can I explain so much content at once?
Li Nian first told Ying Zheng the truth: "The official system of later dynasties is very complicated. If the king wants to understand each dynasty in detail, I am afraid that there is not enough time today."
Ying Zheng said: "It doesn't matter. , I will tell you in general first, and I will tell you in detail later.”
Li Nian then said: "In Chinese history, the 'Three Provinces and Nine Ministers System' and the 'Three Provinces and Six Ministries System' have far-reaching influence in Chinese history. The Three Provinces and Six Ministries System actually evolved from the Three Lords and Nine Ministers System. Before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, all dynasties were based on the Three Lords and Nine Ministers system. The Jiuqing system is the main one. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty established the system of three provinces and six ministries, which was inherited by the Tang and Song Dynasties and continued to influence the Ming and Qing Dynasties. "
Li Nian didn't say much about the system of three gongs and nine ministers. It is what Daqin uses now, and of course he talks about Yingzheng Bu. Understand the three provinces and six ministries system.
Remarks: The next few chapters contain popular science, roughly as follows, the three provinces and six ministries system, Pei Gong and the "Three Heroes" of the early Han Dynasty, etc., will formally introduce Pei Gong and Zhang Liang to the First Emperor, realizing what is said in the introduction.
Considering that it is not easy to revise, although we are trying to reduce the content of science popularization as much as possible, some science popularization really needs to be written, and some are really difficult to cover in one sentence. I would like to remind everyone when there is a large amount of science popularization content. You can pay attention to it. A final "note" to the previous chapter. Thank you for your support!
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