The big man has a living father

Chapter 116 Take a vacation as much as possible!

A few years later, when everyone gets together to talk, even if you are worth over a million dollars and are a standard new rich class, you will still be looked down upon because you can't read or speak Mandarin: "You are illiterate."

It's a sign of class, how can you not have it?

People don't carry all their wealth on their backs when they go out. Everyone reveals who they are when they open their mouths. As soon as you open your mouth, you are a commoner. Commoners are more motivated than you. You are a shame to our new rich group!
Fashion trends are the first link.

Functionality is the second link.

The symbol of class is the third ring.

Insult is the fourth ring.

Interlocking.

And all of this is not just about simple popularization of education.

It is also a new reshaping of class relations and social relations.

In five years at most, night school will no longer be able to operate.

First of all, the number of people who can read will be far greater than it is now, and the value of knowledge will be lower.

At that time, the night school principals and teachers will have two choices.

First, divest knowledge, use pure assets, conduct secondary fundraising, and change careers.

Second, knowledge was decentralized, leaving Chang'an and going to other cities.

Both of these methods are destined to make this group of people become the top rich people in the future Han Dynasty.

If it is the first one, by then, there will be a large number of their students throughout Chang'an. The teacher-student relationship is the most solid relationship besides blood relationship, and these students are their connections.

And they have huge capital, which naturally evolves into big capital.

If they are the second type, then they will be the small number of educational representatives who stay and delve into the education industry. In Chang'an, they are the educational elites who stay, and locally, they are the great educators from Chang'an.

Their fame will spread further and form 'top goodwill'.

No matter which one they are, these principals will be outstanding people in the future.

However, Huo Hai in the carriage still shook his head.

These principals and teachers were all taught by Huo Qubing himself.

From today on, all students in Chang'an must call Huo Qubing "Master".

Huo Hai had already thought of the encyclopedia style of writing the entry on Huo Qubing in later generations.

[Huo Qubing, a native of Pingyang County, Hedong Commandery, was a famous general, military strategist, national hero, great educator, and pioneer of modern education during the Western Han Dynasty.

The entry below says that Huo Qubing was very resistant to learning when he was young. He was a famous student in Chang'an City. He would run away when he saw books and preferred swords, guns and sticks. However, as he grew older, he realized the importance of learning, so he studied hard on his own and finally became a successful scholar. At the age of 19, he began to promote simpler simplified characters and ordinary Chinese rhymes in the army, becoming a great educator. 】

Then every school hung a portrait of Huo Qubing, who was handsome and thin, wearing a Confucian robe, and looked like a Confucian general.

It's too abstract.

What did I do?
Huo Hai also sighed, it’s all fate.

It is true that the new rich military personnel are the most suitable group to promote simplified Chinese characters.

Since we can’t train troops in the winter anyway, isn’t it better to read some books?
Huo Hai in the car was thinking about what would happen next.

It won't be long before simplified Chinese characters are fully adopted and no one can stop them.

Now might be the right time to bring out the printing.

But what to use as the first printed product?
The car arrived at the Huo Mansion. As soon as Huo Hai got off the car, Butler Chen came forward and said, "Sir, His Majesty has sent someone who is waiting for you."

Huo Hai was puzzled: "Your Majesty? I was with Your Majesty not long ago?"

Butler Chen: "That person said his name was Luo Xiahong."

Huo Hai raised his eyebrows: "It turned out to be him, let him come to my courtyard."

Butler Chen bowed his hands and said, "He has already gone. I was going to stop him, but he was too strong, so I couldn't... stop him."

Huo Hai waved his hand: "That's none of your business."

Huo Hai was still talking to Liu Che about the calendar today.

The reason why Liu Che intercepted Luo Hong was because he had long wanted to customize a new calendar.

If nothing unexpected happened, Luoyanghong would have been found and the calendar customized ten years later.

But Huo Hai brought Luo Xiahong to Chang'an, and Liu Che immediately took Luo Xiahong away after getting the news.

Even the new Taichu calendar has been almost customized.

Liu Che's purpose was simple. All great kings in history had established their own calendars, and he wanted one too.

Huo Hai made Liu Che decide to release the people with just one sentence. Huo Hai said: "I want Luo Xiahong to arrange more holidays. If we don't arrange holidays, how can the workers spend money? If we don't spend money, won't the circulating money become less and less, and the economy will become worse and worse?"

Liu Che immediately announced that he would release the person.

Unexpectedly, Liu Che asked Lu Bode to send someone to issue an order, asking Luo Xiahong to take all the new calendar information to find Huo Hai.

There are currently six calendars, namely the Huangdi calendar, Zhuanxu calendar, Xia calendar, Yin calendar, Zhou calendar and Lu calendar.

None of these calendars are suitable for farming.

Of course, this does not mean that the Taichu calendar can be used directly.

Because the Huang-Lao school of thought was popular at that time, Luoyang Hong directly divided a day into eighty-one minutes, so the Taichu calendar is also called the eighty-one-minute calendar.

Is this auspicious?

This day is the day of eighty-one difficulties.

Huo Hai tried his best to pass these things on to future generations, but the main purpose of the calendar was to serve industry and agriculture, so adjustments had to be made.

When Huo Hai arrived at the courtyard, Luo Xiahong was cracking walnuts and eating them in front of the brazier.

Seeing Huo Hai, he stood up straight and said, "Second Lieutenant."

Seeing Luo Xiahong being so rude, Huo Hai said, "Next time, remember not to eat anything I have here. Some of the things look like food but are not actually edible. They might even be poisonous."

Luo Xiahong scratched his head and said, "I just ate it because I saw the General of the Cavalry eating it. It shouldn't be poisonous, right?"

Huo Hai nodded: "How is the calendar being formulated?"

Luo Xiahong: "The calendar thing is actually a stupid job. After customizing a year, just start working backwards."

Huo Hai asked Xiang Xu to get some food, and then pulled Luo Xiahong over: "I asked you to come to Chang'an to customize a calendar, but the calendar I need is one that is customized for both workers and farmers, not just a lunar calendar." Luo Xiahong nodded: "I have heard your majesty's instructions. Arranging holidays is a simple matter."

"not simple!"

Huo Hai: "Except for the holiday arrangements, I want to change each day into 24 hours of 12 hours. Your heavenly stems and earthly branches will not change, but I need a hundred years for a century."

"The order of the reign titles remains the same, but I want a recording method that starts from the first year of the Yellow Emperor's calendar. Didn't you set January 1 as New Year's Day? I want to set the first year of the Yellow Emperor's calendar as the first year."

"This year should be 2576 AD."

Luo Xiahong shrank his head: "I've already told you that deriving the calendar is hard work. Why does it take so many years? It's so tiring!"

"Besides, Lord Huo, you must know what His Majesty means by making a new calendar, right? I dare not change it."

Huo Hai frowned and thought carefully.

Logically speaking, the Yellow Emperor's calendar is simple.

But which year is easier to remember as the first year?
I'm afraid it's simpler to record it as the first year now.

Although in later generations, Huangdi was identified as the common ancestor of the Chinese nation and held a high status, today he holds a high status because of the Huang-Lao school of thought.

Although a lot of culture needs to be preserved, if too much is preserved it will not be conducive to the promotion of new things.

Huo Hai thought about it carefully and said, "Let's not talk about this matter for now. Let's make new festivals first. How many festivals have you made so far?"

Luo Xiahong: "In the previous calendar, the first day of winter was the end of the year. I recorded the first day of the new year as the first day of spring, and recorded it as New Year's Day."

"Then there's Human Day, Lantern Festival, Cold Food Festival, and Qixi Festival."

Huo Hai knew about these festivals. For example, regarding the old age festival, Huo Hai initially thought that the new year festival would only take place in the first month of the lunar calendar, and he thought he could get a giant panda when he reached adulthood.

Huo Hai originally thought that his birthday was on December 28th, which was two days before the end of the Chinese New Year. When he wanted a coming-of-age gift, he thought he would have to wait two months to get it.

Unexpectedly, the gift came back soon.

Huo Hai was not aware of this matter at that time.

Later I found out that the first day of October is the end of the year.

Human Day is the seventh day of the first lunar month. Legend has it that when Nuwa first created the world, she created chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, cows, horses and other animals, and then created humans on the seventh day. So this day is mankind’s birthday.

This is why Huo Hai set a seven-day week.

In the first few days of the week, people can act like cattle and horses, but on the seventh day they must act like human beings.

So having weekends off seven days a week is not something Huo Hai learned from the West. As for why the Western system is exactly the same as this one, I don’t know, but anyway, human day has existed since BC.

The Lantern Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The Cold Food Festival and Qingming Festival are very close, and it is a very important festival.

In memory of Jie Zitui, everyone has to eat cold food on this day.

Because of the similarity of habits, the Cold Food Festival and the Tomb-Sweeping Day are simply combined into three consecutive holidays.

The Chinese Valentine's Day is also quite important and it is a day on which we must have a holiday.

At present, there is an artificial lake in Chang'an County, which is called Ou Chi.

There is a Weaver Girl and a Cowherd standing on each side of the pond.

Huo Hai pinched his chin; "Too little, give us a holiday, everyone a holiday."

The reason why there are fewer holidays in later generations is that too many holidays cannot be taken, as this will affect the order of production and life.

Or maybe it just comes down to the population being too large.

The Han Dynasty has only a small population now, so it won’t make any difference if we take as many holidays as possible.

A large number of nobles are also officials. If they don’t take more holidays, they will not be able to develop their business.

"During the Dragon Boat Festival, people from other places are commemorating Qu Yuan. How can the government not give you a chance? Old Qin people? The Sanqin area should just celebrate Qu Yuan jumping into the river."

"It's the Mid-Autumn Festival! Who do we commemorate? Do we have to commemorate someone? Let's commemorate the day when the moon is the roundest and brightest."

"This Double Ninth Festival is all about filial piety."

"It's really unreasonable not to have a National Day in October."

Luo Xiahong reminded quietly: "Shh, our Han Dynasty was founded in February."

Huo Hai: "Really? Then the birthdays of His Majesty, the Queen, the Crown Prince, and the Princess will all be holidays."

"During the busy farming season in March and April, shouldn't we give them seven days off? This will allow workers and students to go back and help with farming."

"Why is there a whole holiday in August and September?"

Huo Hai pinched his chin and said, "September... September is Confucius' birthday, so we'll have a long holiday starting on September 3rd. Let's extend it to September 10th, and combine it with the Double Ninth Festival, so we can have one more day off."

As soon as Luo Xiahong heard it, he knew that Huo Hai was trying hard to make up a day to take a holiday.

Remind quietly: "Confucius was born on August 28th."

Huo Hai calculated the time and found that August 28th was almost the same as the tenth month of the lunar calendar in later times, which was just right.

How come Confucius was born on such suitable days? No wonder he is a saint!
Huo Hai: "Then August 28th will be Confucius' birthday, and the following days will be Teachers' Day and the busy autumn season."

"It is specially marked that August 28th will be a holiday, and the remaining seven days of holiday are set as a holiday suitable for the autumn harvest in this area."

Luo Xiahong took notes and said, "I have a question for you, Lord Huo. You have given us so many holidays. Could it be that... you want to take a holiday yourself?"

Huo Hai was exposed and broke down: "Haha, how is that possible! Who am I? I am just like I am on holiday any other day."

Luo Xiahong: "But being lazy is not as comfortable as having fun with a clear conscience. If you are lazy, you won't be able to have fun enough."

Huo Hai glared at Luo Xiahong and said, "You know too much."

Luo Xiahong smiled: "Really? Others say that I know a lot about astronomy and geography. Of course I know a lot."

Seeing Luo Xiahong so arrogant, Huo Hai suppressed him out of habit: "Haha, you know everything about astronomy and geography? What do you know? Do you know how to dredge the ancient Han River channel destroyed by the earthquake? Or do you know about the craters on the moon?"

The smile on Luo Xiahong's face faded, and he was silent for a moment before he spoke: "How do you know that earthquakes destroyed ancient river courses? You can also see those round mountains on the moon?"

Huo Hai poked his head out: "See?"

Luo Xiahong looked up at the moon in the sky and said, "I thought I was the only one who could see it. I asked many people, but no one could see it."

Huo Hai tactically retreated: "Natural eyes?"

(End of this chapter)