What a joke...
There is actually a leap November, not only a leap November, but also a leap May, a leap July, etc.!
Leap month, not just February.
In ancient times, the lunisolar calendar was followed, and the big and small months were arranged based on the waxing and waning of the moon (i.e., the synodic moon). The big month had 30 days and the small month had 29 days.
In this way, there are twelve months in a year, totaling three hundred and fifty-four days. Compared with the Year of the Return, there are nearly eleven days less, that is, nearly one day less per month.
As long as seventeen years pass, the lunisolar dates will be reversed seasonally.
For example, the New Year of a certain year was spent amidst falling snow. Seventeen years later, it was time to celebrate the New Year with a fan.
If such a calendar is used, it will naturally not be able to guide production.
Therefore, since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the calculation and implementation of the lunisolar calendar have been in parallel and related to the twenty-four solar terms.
The twenty-four solar terms can be introduced, but it cannot solve the deficiencies of the calendar.
If the twelve months in a year are adjusted to thirteen months, there will be eighteen more days than in the Tropical Year. This will also lead to inconsistency between the weather and the calendar and the confusion and inversion of the time sequence.
The great ancestors creatively added the "leap month" to solve this problem.
This is an extremely great creation. It is the existence of the leap month that ensures that the first month to March of the lunar year is spring, April to June is summer, July to September is autumn, and October to the twelfth lunar month is winter. , ensuring that the beginning of the lunar year is at the end of winter and the beginning of spring.
The leap method makes the length of the lunar year close to that of the tropical year, which not only has the characteristics of the moon phase, but also takes into account the characteristics of the Gregorian calendar (annual calendar) and the lunar calendar.
Gu Zhengchen admires the ancient ancestors very much. This is the flexible wisdom that comes from scratch!
The ancestors also made regulations on the method of setting leaps, that is, checking between two winter solstices. If there are twelve months, then no leaps will be set. If there are thirteen months in this period, leaps will be set.
As for which month to choose for leap days, it depends on the twenty-four solar terms.
The twenty-four solar terms are divided into twelve solar terms and twelve middle terms. Those at the beginning of the month are called solar terms, and those after the middle of the month are called Zhongqi. For example, the beginning of spring is the solar term of the first month, and rain is the middle energy of the first month.
In whichever month there are only solar terms and no middle qi, there will be a leap month in that month, not specifically a leap month in February.
Unfortunately, in the sixth year of Hongwu, it was necessary to set a leap year, and it was still set in November.
After Gu Zhengchen asked the elder to find out, he was so depressed that he almost lost his breath. This was similar to the feeling of going on a long vacation and suddenly announcing that he would take a vacation after working overtime for a month...
It's just that Lao Zhu can't be blamed for this. Gu Zhengchen can only blame Gu Zhengchen for not knowing enough about the Ming Dynasty's lunisolar calendar. This really shouldn't be the case. Just look at the eyes of Yao Zhen, Zhang Pei and others. You can tell that this is a very low-level and idiotic thing. mistake……
Many people in later generations cannot imagine the importance attached to the lunisolar calendar in ancient times. After all, there were meteorological observatories in later generations, and solar terms and the like were rarely mentioned a few times a year. It seemed to have nothing to do with ordinary people's lives.
But many things in ancient times were done based on the lunisolar calendar.
One of the duties of the county magistrate is to encourage people to do farming and mulberry farming, and this is based on the twenty-four solar terms. How can he encourage people to do farming and mulberry farming if they don’t even know the solar terms and middle qi? This is not leading the people into the gutter. ?
An extra month passed out of thin air, and Gu Zhengchen waited in depression for the arrival of the big bosses from the Ministry of Industry. This frightened the officials in Jurong County and also caught Gu Zhengchen off guard.
This time the Ministry of Industry came, not for a small fight, but two of the three ministers - Huang Su and Li Min. In addition, there were Tang Zonglu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Tang Jun, the doctor of the Ministry of Industry, and a dozen craftsmen. people.
Just like a small inspection group, they arrived in Jurong directly without any warning.
The ceremonial door of the county government office opened, welcoming senior officials into the second hall.
This time, Gu Zhengchen could no longer sit in the hall. After all, the rank of Minister of the Ministry of Industry was too high. He was already an important minister of the imperial court, and his rank was much higher than that of the county magistrate.
Although Huang Su and Li Min declined to take the seats, leaving Gu Zhengchen to continue as usual, this kind of official details is too challenging. If Gu Zhengchen sat on the upper seats in a grand manner, there is no guarantee that these officials would smile on their faces and say hello in their hearts. I have no etiquette or rules in my eighteenth generation, and I will still hold a grudge against myself when I turn around, looking for an opportunity to impeach me, or wait until Gu Zhengchen falls into the well to move a few rocks.
In Ming Dynasty officialdom, details not only determine success or failure, but also life and death.
Before you become a boss, you must learn to respect the boss.
You can be high-profile when doing things, but as a person, you must learn to be low-key and then low-key.
The low-key Gu Zhengchen sat directly near the door.
There is no way, in terms of qualifications, official position, and background, except for ordinary craftsmen, Gu Zhengchen is indeed inferior to everyone here, not even a sixth-grade chief.
Huang Su looked at Gu Zhengchen and said with a smile: "After we came to Jurong, we were quite shocked. The liveliness here is comparable to Jiangning and Jiangpu. There are great talents in Guzhi County."
Li Min and others nodded repeatedly.
You must know that Jiangning and Jiangpu are both counties not far from Jinling. They are located in the south and north of the Yangtze River. They thrive on river transportation, and are much closer to Jinling City than Jurong.
Logically speaking, Jurong should be like an ordinary county, and it is very bleak in winter. But this city is very lively and there are many people coming and going.
Gu Zhengchen stood up and replied: "Thanks to Huang Shangshu for the compliment, Gu is just doing his duty."
Huang Su motioned Gu Zhengchen to sit down and said kindly: "Gu Zhixian, please sit down and answer. Don't be formal. Speaking of which, we came to Jurong this time because we were 'dispatched' by His Majesty. I heard that there are goods carts here. His Majesty, Long Yan, was so pleased with the new stoves and other novelties that he sent us to observe them and learn from them."
Gu Zhengchen frowned slightly.
Lao Zhu sent people from the Ministry of Industry to learn skills?
According to normal logic, if the Ministry of Industry wants something, it only needs to send a supervisor to ask for drawings or physical objects, and then go back and build it. This thing is not a sophisticated thing. It requires Lao Zhu to send a group of people to observe it. Besides, the real thing has been sent to the palace. You sent the craftsmen to take a look at it. It will be no problem to type it out. Why did you go to Jurong? Come?
Since they didn't tell the truth, Gu Zhengchen had no choice but to follow along and ordered someone to get the drawings and submit them: "These things are actually simple, they just changed their form. The new stove is just an improvement on the traditional stove and adds smoke." Roads, radiators, and coal and firewood were replaced with briquettes. As for this cargo cart..."
Huang Su and Li Min looked at the drawings and nodded.
Li Min raised his brows and asked: "I wonder which master craftsman made such a strange and ingenious work?"
"Uh, boy, I'm not talented..."
Li Min looked at Huang Su, and the two looked at each other. Li Min then asked: "As far as I know, Gu Zhixian is from Juren..."
Gu Zhengchen looked at Li Min, Huang Su and others, and said with a smile: "Gu is indeed a good candidate, I dare not compare with Li Shangshu."
Huang Su was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, slapping the table and shouting: "What a boy!"
Tang Jun, a doctor from the Ministry of Industry, couldn't help laughing.
Li Min Li Shangshu means that you are a scholar, how can you understand these strange craftsman things? It is obvious that you are not doing your job properly.
Gu Zhengchen's answer was even more powerful. He meant that he was a scholar, but you, Li Min, are also a scholar. Now you are not only the head craftsman, but also the biggest one...
