Chapter 134 Chinese Calendar

Two hundred years ago, the spring of the eleventh year of Jian'an.//.com Novel Network//

One thing attracted the attention of the whole world to Luoyang, because that day the emperor announced that he would return all the capital to Luoyang.

This matter in itself is nothing. The Han Dynasty originally established its capital in Luoyang after the Zhongxing Dynasty. Although Chang'an was the place where the Han Dynasty arose, it was actually not suitable to be the capital.

It was too close to the northwest and easily isolated from the entire Guandong and Hebei regions. This was very fatal to the Han Dynasty, whose economic and cultural cores were concentrated in these areas. Therefore, Luoyang was established as the capital.

It is easy to control these areas.

In addition, Luoyang's geographical location makes it extremely convenient to travel north, south or west. Its close proximity to the Yellow River also makes it possible to use waterways to go east when necessary.

In short, this is a place very suitable for ruling the entire world.

The fact that the emperor returned his capital to Luoyang seems to mean that the emperor's gaze is no longer limited to the north, but has begun to target the entire world - from Chang'an to the south, whether entering Yizhou or Jingzhou, one has to go around several times, and Luoyang is not

It takes so much trouble.

Therefore, Liu Xuan's return to Luoyang can also be regarded as the emperor's intention to take action against the southern forces.

Of course, in addition to this, the emperor has made a lot of noise in recent years, and it has seriously affected the south.

Not to mention that the local forces in Xichuan were more determined to fight against Tianshi Dao, and the forces in Jingzhou were no longer as rigid as they were at the beginning. As the prestige of the imperial court gradually recovered, many scholars also saw the danger of continuing like this, so

Some people began to suggest that they should express goodwill to the court as soon as possible to prevent Yuan's tragedy from happening to them!

However, the families who really held the power in Jingzhou did not agree, including the Huang family of Jiangxia, Huang Zu (Huang Chengyan should be regarded as the Huang family of Xiangyang), the Cai family, and the Jing family.

Their reason is also very simple, that is, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao is the uncle of the current emperor. As long as Liu Biao still sits in this position, the emperor will not take action against them as long as they do not show obvious intentions of rebellion.

As for Liu Biao's death, they could also support Liu Biao's son to come to power. They were all members of the same family and had surrendered to the court. There seemed to be no need for the emperor to use weapons.

If Liu Xuan knew what they were thinking, he would probably ridicule them mercilessly for their naivety, but now he had no time to care about what these people thought.

Moving the capital to Luoyang was not a big deal, but the subsequent edict issued by Liu Xuan was more concerning.&*.

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"Change Yuan?"

Sikong Caiyong was a little dazed. He didn't know what the fuss was about.

Generally speaking, when nothing big happens or when the country is going well and is prospering, the yuan will not be changed. It will only be changed when everything goes wrong, a major natural disaster occurs, or there are some strange phenomena, which means a new beginning.

luck.

But now the world is gradually returning to the control of the imperial court, and the military strength is also increasing at a visible speed. The people are living and working in peace and contentment and praising the emperor, and the civil servants and military generals are united and want to do something good. What should we change at this time?

Liu Xuan has his own thoughts on this.

"In the past, the yuan was changed from time to time, which made the year counting method extremely confusing. This time I want to change this situation!"

When everyone heard this sentence, they reacted quickly, such as Cao Cao, whose face immediately changed: "What does your Majesty mean...?" He felt that his guess seemed a bit too bold, but after thinking about it carefully, it was in line with the character of His Majesty today.

, and he doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with this.

Seeing that Cao Cao had understood it, Liu Xuan no longer pretended to be sophisticated: "Since coins and measurement units can be unified, why can't the year counting method be unified?"

Those who guessed it had an expression on their face: Is this really true? Those who didn't guess were completely shocked, with a look on their faces like "How is this possible?"

"In the future, the annual unit will be fixed and continued continuously, so that it will not be dizzying to change again and again. Even checking some historical data will be troublesome!"

It was something that was quite domineering and leaked, but when Liu Xuan said it, it seemed that the emperor did this because he thought the current way of counting years was too troublesome - they would never have guessed it, and they guessed it right.

Real answer.

A group of important officials of the imperial court were sitting in the brand-new Lingxiao Palace, staring blankly at the emperor sitting on the dragon chair above, thinking about the way to implement this edict and the difficulties they might face.

After thinking about it, it seems that there is no difficulty. As long as the emperor remains healthy and sits in the position of emperor, who dares to overturn this order?

And after decades have passed and the whole world has adapted to this fixed way of counting years, who would want to change it?

"Then...what do you think, Your Majesty?"

Everyone looked at each other and felt that although this edict was quite novel, there was indeed no resistance and it would not be troublesome to implement it - in the past few years, the Han Dynasty had changed its Yuan Dynasty every now and then, and there was no sign of any discomfort among the people of the world.

"The new year counting method is called the Han calendar!" Liu Xuan paused, and then continued: "It will be implemented starting next year, which will be the first year of the Han calendar, and then proceed to the second year of the Han calendar, and continue for three years. It will not happen in the future.

Changed!"

In fact, there is nothing wrong with directly implementing the new year counting method. However, after Liu Xuan thought about it, in order to better correspond with the AD in his memory, he chose next year.

In this way, one year in the Han calendar will correspond to 201 AD, which is exactly 200 years different from the AD year, so it is easy to convert.

As for why these calculations were made, it can only be said that Liu Xuan began to think about the future, instead of just limiting his sights to the original late Han Dynasty.

In March, the imperial court announced to the world that starting from next year, it will switch to a new year counting method. It also announced that the new year counting method will continue forever and will never change again.

Of course, everyone understands that this everlasting 'forever' refers to the fact that the Han Dynasty still has the final say in the world, and it will not change. If it is overturned one day, this edict will be nonsense, and the new world will be ruled by the Han Dynasty.

The Lord can change whatever he wants.

It's just that if you want to overthrow the country ruled by Liu Xuan, the difficulty is probably not that high!

At the same time, in order to help the people of the world adapt to the new year calculation faster, Liu Xuan also asked the Ministry of Industry to start mass production of wall calendars, directly producing calendars for the next five years, and then distributing them for free.

This is not the end, no matter how many calendars are made, it is impossible for everyone in the world to have one copy, so Xun You made a suggestion, based on the pavilion, each pavilion should make a public wall calendar, so that it can be counted as a residence.

No matter how remote the people are, they can also see which year, which month and which day it is now, instead of relying solely on word of mouth.

Cai Yan flipped through the wall calendar in front of him and smiled: "Your Majesty made this very convenient. It even clearly marks when and what festivals there are!"

There really weren't too many festivals during the Han Dynasty, and many of them were local festivals. The really important ones were New Year's Day, the 15th day of the lunar calendar and so on.

There are not many holidays, and most of them use dates as holiday names, so it doesn’t matter if they are marked or not. Liu Xuan just mentioned it casually, and the people below him just followed it. Cai Yan would say this, and he was kind of joking with Liu Xuan.

What it means is that Xu has been with Diao Chan and Huang Yueying for a long time. When no one is around in private, Cai Yan shows a bit of naughtiness.

Lying there, with his head resting on Cai Yan's legs, Liu Xuan was very satisfied with the elastic touch.

"I'm asking this because I'm considering that some festivals may be added in the future!" He reached out and touched Cai Yan's waist, and received a blank stare: "After all, we will live for thousands of years!"

Cai Yan was in a daze for a while: "Yes, if Your Majesty hadn't told you, I would have forgotten this!"

As her cultivation became more and more sophisticated, Cai Yan also began to feel that she was different from ordinary people. In the past, because her cultivation was not high and she did not understand any magical techniques, she always felt that she was still an ordinary woman.

This feeling.

But now, as the changes become more and more obvious, it is impossible for her to feel that way again. For example, she rarely got angry and took a photo of the entire table to pieces. In the past, it would have been impossible to even think about it.

Things that come to mind.

Moreover, my walking becomes lighter and lighter. Even if I walk around the garden for a whole day, I will not feel tired. I will not feel uncomfortable the next day if I don't sleep at night.

All of this seemed to tell her that she was no longer an ordinary person.

"What are you thinking about so much? Just live a happy life."

He sat up and hugged Cai Yan into his arms to comfort her. At the same time, he gently rubbed Cai Yan's back with his big hands to reassure her: "And, I will always be here!"

Following Liu Xuan's movements, Cai Yan, who had just been a little confused and panicked, felt much more at ease, but she did not get up from Liu Xuan's arms and continued to enjoy the time that belonged to her.

It's a pity that a woman who is an emperor is destined to not be able to occupy her man forever. Even if there are not many women competing with her, it is inevitable to deal with endless world affairs.

Not long after this, Cao Bao came in and reported: "Your Majesty, General Lu Bu wants to see you!"

Patting Cai Yan's back, Liu Xuan got off the bed: "Take Fengxian to the imperial study room and wait!"

In the new palace, the Imperial Study Room became Liu Xuan's first choice for summoning his trusted ministers. Compared to the Lingxiao Palace, which was used for court meetings, the Imperial Study Room was smaller, but because of this, it was more appropriate to summon his trusted ministers.

Different from the imperial study room of a certain dynasty later, Liu Xuan's imperial study room not only provided tables and chairs for the emperor to study and work, but also prepared many chairs for the ministers summoned by the emperor.

"Fengxian came here this time...?"

As soon as Liu Xuan entered the imperial study, Lu Bu immediately stood up and saluted. After the emperor and his ministers took their seats after the ceremony, Liu Xuan still asked a question although he knew what was going on.

"Your Majesty, now that the north has been decided, I would like to ask your Majesty to issue an edict to allow me to lead the army to recover the three states of Jing, Yang and Yi!"
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