Lao Zhu smiled gently, which made Ding Shimei's nervousness calm down a little.
"Have you tried your best? Then can you guarantee that the broom star will definitely appear this year?" Old Zhupi stared at Ding Shimei with a smile.
Ding Shimei felt relieved, and did not notice the playful look in the emperor's eyes. He quickly patted his chest and assured: "I have led everyone in the Qintian Prison to make repeated calculations several times, and there will definitely be a broom star this year."
Once the Broom Star appears, it will be in line with the current rumors in the market. By that time, I am afraid that even if Lao Zhu doesn't want to kill Li Shanchang, it will be impossible.
Although Lao Zhu also wanted to get rid of Li Shanchang, he would never accept someone who dared to use him as a knife.
Ding Shimei, who lowered his head and thought he had hidden it from Lao Zhu, did not see it. Now the smile on Lao Zhu's face quickly faded and turned into a gloomy and terrifying one.
"Who did you tell about the Broom Star appearing?"
"Your Majesty, I definitely did not leak any information." Ding Shimei quickly raised her head and said sincerely.
Lao Zhu angrily slapped the imperial case and said with fire in his eyes: "Then why is the capital full of news that the sky has changed and that ministers need to respond?"
If Han Du were standing here at this moment, he would be extremely surprised. Originally, Han Du thought that Lao Zhu deliberately released the news in order to kill Li Shanchang. Now it seems that someone is secretly causing trouble.
Ding Shimei quickly knelt down and kowtowed, defending himself: "I definitely did not reveal the news. As for how the people knew that the sky had changed, I don't know. Perhaps this is a warning from God."
"God's warning?" Lao Zhu suddenly laughed angrily and looked at Ding Shimei with a smile.
Although Ding Shimei noticed something was wrong, at this time, he could only nod his head in agreement.
Lao Zhu suddenly waved his hand, and the memorial on the imperial desk shot towards Ding Shimei like a flying knife.
Ding Shimei knelt on the ground tremblingly, not daring to hide from the memorial that was coming at her, so she could only curl up her body as much as possible.
"The time when the broom star appears can be calculated. Do you think I don't know? Or do you think you can fool me by coming up with something ambiguous?" Lao Zhu stabbed Ding Shimei who was kneeling on the ground hard with his finger.
Roared loudly.
Ding Shimei immediately cried loudly and defended: "Your Majesty, I would never dare to have such a treasonous idea. As for being able to calculate the time when the broom star appears, this is simply impossible. Your Majesty, it is not just me who cannot do it.
, even from ancient times, I have never heard of anyone being able to do it. For me to be able to calculate these things, I am already blessed by God and a great blessing to Your Majesty."
Lao Zhu was too lazy to talk to Ding Shimei anymore. He glanced sideways and motioned to the old eunuch to show the note to Ding Shimei.
The old eunuch quickly put away the fly whisk, picked up the note from the imperial desk with both hands, stepped down from Danbi, and handed it to Ding Shimei.
Ding Shimei took it in confusion, lowered his head and read: "On the ninth day of the lunar month, at three o'clock in Shenshi, the star appears in the northeast of Wuche, sweeps the inner steps, enters Ziwei Palace, sweeps the five stars of the North Pole, violates Dongyuan Shaozai, enters Tianshiyuan, violates Tianshi
"
Suddenly, Ding Shimei's expression changed drastically, and the hand holding the note couldn't help trembling, and she said in a panic: "This is impossible, this is absolutely impossible, who can clearly calculate the time of appearance? This is a celestial phenomenon,
How can it be calculated by humans?"
"This is calculated by the Crown Princess." Lao Zhu said with a hint of pride in his tone, looking at Ding Shimei with burning eyes.
Ding Shimei was stunned when she heard this, and said without thinking: "Crown Princess, Mrs."
Ding Shimei, who was still full of dissatisfaction one moment, suddenly lost her momentum in the next moment, and in the end she could only mutter in a voice as thin as a mosquito's moan: "Since it was the Han family who made the move, then I will accept the defeat."
Ding Shimei sat down on the ground, looking like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, and let the emperor do whatever he wanted.
Lao Zhu did not want to replace Ding Shimei. The reason why he performed the scene just now was just to give Ding Shimei a beating and make him work more conscientiously in the future and not dare to fool himself.
However, in Lao Zhu's heart, he was worried that such an important place as the Qintian Prison would be handed over to a group of people who were not good at mathematics. This time, if Han Du hadn't happened to see the broom star,
When the scene of Broom Star's crime against Ziwei happens in the eyes of the people all over the world, even Lao Zhu will not be able to easily suppress the shock it will bring to both the government and the public.
Han Du came to the academy, gathered a group of students on the playground in the backyard, and loudly told Han Jingyun that he had used mathematics to accurately calculate the time when the Broom Star appeared. He also bluntly said that the appearance of the Broom Star was an ordinary astronomical spectacle, and nothing like a drought.
, plague, famine, war, they all have nothing to do with each other.
The students in the academy have long been influenced by various experiments and have become people who believe in hearing and seeing. They only believe in what they see and are not interested in any celestial phenomena, signs, or disasters.
After all, celestial phenomena are nothing. Han Du can even create will-o'-the-wisps and explain the principles. What celestial phenomena will he believe in?
And Han Du showed everyone the various processes that Han Jingyun used to calculate the trajectory, speed, and arrival angle of the Broom Star. When the students saw Han Jingyun's calculation process, they were amazed by the various fantastic ideas used in it.
Ruzui. There are even many students who simply take a pen and write down the entire calculation process, preparing to study and study it when they return home.
The next thing happened naturally. Han Du put forward a slogan to let the people in the capital understand the nature of the world like everyone else. They should not see any unexplainable phenomenon and just make it up.
Mobilize more than 2,000 students from the entire academy to go out of the academy gate to answer questions for the people in the capital. They say that this can improve the reputation of the academy among the people, and it is also for their own good. They also ask the students to publicize the incident of the Broom Star in order to attract people.
Everybody knows.
Moreover, Han Du announced in a high-profile manner that there will be rewards this time. Anyone who is willing to enhance the reputation of the academy will be rewarded accordingly.
The students in the academy don't care about the money. Although the money is not that small, unless they are students from poor families, they generally don't care about it. What they care about is to enhance the reputation of the academy, as Han Du said
In this way, the reputation of the academy has increased, which is of great benefit to them. Compared with this, the money is nothing at all.
Han Du held it in his pocket with a smile. Seeing the students filing out, the smile on his face could no longer be suppressed.
"You made a lot of money this time, right?"
A cold voice came out of Han Du's ear, and when he looked back, he realized it was Xue Xiang.
He complained angrily to Xue Xiang: "I'm telling you, sir, you are so old, how come you don't make any sound when you walk? You didn't even remind me when you came?"
Xue Xiang looked at Han Du with a smile, clasping his hands in front of his belly, and said: "You have sent all the students away. Can I not come when there is such a big movement?"
Han Du curled his lips and said nonchalantly: "Come here, you can make a sound at least, you scared me just now."
"If you don't do anything bad, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. If you don't have ghosts in your heart, what are you afraid of?" Xue Xiang tilted his head and asked meaningfully.
Han Du immediately sneered and said with a smile: "I am very open-minded, what's the matter?"
"How magnanimous? You are so magnanimous, honestly, how much did you deduct?" Xue Xiang tilted his chin towards the students who were leaving the house and gestured to Han Du.
Han Du immediately glanced to the sky and said, "I don't even know what you are talking about."
"You don't know? Then I will help you recall your memories." Xue Xiang didn't care about Han Du's excuse and said with a grin: "You just gave each student a certain amount of money. Two thousand one hundred and ten students, too."
That is to say, you spent a total of 2,110 guan. But I heard that the emperor gave you 20,000 guan, what are you going to do with the remaining money?"
What else can I do? Just keep it in my pocket. I have so many plans and solve problems for Lao Zhu. It’s just a little reward. What’s wrong?
When Han Du heard this, he immediately turned around and looked at Xue Xiang, confused and asked: "Sir, what are you talking about? What are you talking about?"
Xue Xiang looked at Han Du with a smile and said unhurriedly: "
If you didn’t hear clearly, it doesn’t matter, I can say it again. I’m talking about the 20,000 guan the emperor gave you, and you’ve only spent 2,000 guan, so what are you going to do with the rest?”
"It's nonsense. When did I get 20,000 guan? It's just 2,000 guan. It's all spent. I also posted more than 100 guan." Han Du also pouted towards the gate of the academy.
Xue Xiang deliberately nodded slowly as if suddenly enlightened, and said: "Oh~ So you took the two thousand guan. Who took the 20,000 guan the emperor said? No, I have to go to the emperor and ask clearly."
After saying that, Xue Xiang turned around and prepared to leave.
Han Du grabbed his arm in an instant. He had a really bad day today. During the robbery, he unexpectedly encountered an old guy who was capable of robbery.
"Okay, don't think that I don't know what you always want to do. Tell me how much it will cost to shut your mouth."
Xue Xiang then slowly turned around and said two words to Han Du with a smile on his face, "All."
"You!" Han Du was choked and couldn't say anything. This was no longer a lion speaking loudly, but Kun Tun.
"Impossible! I'm telling you, old man, the most you can do is add two to one and make five." Han Du shouted sharply.
Xue Xiang completely regarded Han Du's fierce look as the breeze blowing on his face, and said with a chuckle: "If that's the case, then I'd better ask the emperor." ??
"Four six, what about me four and you six?" Han Du quickly stepped forward and grabbed Xue Xiang's arm as he was about to leave.
Xue Xiang kept walking and continued to walk towards the entrance of the academy.
"Three-seven."
Xue Xiang continued walking.
"Twenty-eight, I tell you, old man, this is my bottom line. Don't go too far." In order to threaten Xue Xiang, Han Du simply let go of his arm, as if he would let him go if he didn't agree.
Look for Lao Zhu.
Xue Xiang continued to walk towards the door without stopping at all.
"Yijiu, even if you win, you have to leave some for me, otherwise my work will be in vain?" Seeing that he couldn't defeat Xue Xiang, Han Du had no choice but to persist in his final stubbornness.
However, Xue Xiang did not agree to Han Du. He stopped and said again to Han Du: "Everything."
"Okay, I'll give it all to you." Han Du angrily took out 20,000 yuan of treasure money from his arms and slapped it heavily into Xue Xiang's hand.
Xue Xiang nodded with satisfaction, took the treasure banknote and said: "Don't think that I am harming you, I am doing this for your own good. You dare to take away even the money the emperor gave to the students. How many heads do you have to cut off?
Besides, you have a lot of money, how come you care about this little money?"
When Han Du saw that all the money had been taken away by Xue Xiang, he didn't even think about talking to him. He waved his sleeves angrily, turned around and left.
As soon as the students of the academy entered the market, they immediately attracted the attention of the people. After all, the reputation of the academy now completely surpasses that of the Imperial College, and the students of the academy are all literary stars as soon as they go out.
Because of the people's trust in the students of the academy, although the students told them that the broom star is just an astronomical phenomenon and not a disaster star, it will appear once every seventy-six or seven years.
Although the common people did not agree with the academy students' views on the broom star, after all, it was a concept they had formed for a long time. However, when the academy students showed evidence that they had great knowledge at a glance, they also believed the students' words. And then from the students
After learning from their mouths that this was calculated by Mr. Han Jingyun, the people no longer had any doubts.
Who is Han Jingyun? People know her deeds very well. She is the first person in arithmetic in the world, the only woman in the Ming Dynasty who was awarded the title of bachelor, and the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.
The story spread to ten and hundreds, and in just a few days, the people in the entire capital were discussing the Broom Star and the Crown Princess's calculation of the time when the Broom Star would appear.
Some people think that Han Jingyun can even calculate the time when celestial phenomena appear. He is a true scholar and unparalleled celestial being.
However, some people think that it is impossible to predict celestial phenomena. Although Han Jingyun's arithmetic skills are unmatched, they are far from enough to predict celestial phenomena.
If there are different views, there will naturally be arguments. So,
Before the Broom Star arrived, people with different opinions were quarreling with each other anytime and anywhere in the city's restaurants throughout the capital.
Seeing that things were getting bigger and bigger, even Zhu Biao was alarmed. He returned to the East Palace a little worried, pulled Han Jingyun and asked: "There will be no problem with the time you estimated, right? There is a lot of trouble in the city now, if it is the time you estimated
If something goes wrong, it's not a trivial matter."
Han Jingyun was taking care of his daughter. After hearing Zhu Biao's words, he just raised his head and glanced at him, then turned his attention to his daughter and ignored Zhu Biao again.
Zhu Biao touched his nose, smiled flatteringly, and touched his nose.
On the ninth day of the lunar month, the sun had just risen.
Although Han Jingyun calculated that the Broom Star would appear at 3:30 pm, that is, at 3:45 pm, the people in the entire capital had been eagerly awaiting the upcoming celestial phenomenon in the sky since dawn.
The people who were supposed to be working had already planned to rest on this day, preparing to take a good look at the celestial phenomena that the students of the academy said could only be seen once in seventy-seven years. The next time they see each other again, they will have to wait for seventy-seven years.
, few people who have seen it this time can wait until that time. Why can’t people look forward to a celestial phenomenon that they only have the opportunity to see once in a lifetime?
Although the merchants were also open for business, they did not greet customers in the shop. Instead, they took a chair and sat at the door, chatting with the neighbors next to them, and glancing at the sky from time to time.
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Nowadays, the most lively restaurants and wine shops in the capital are the restaurants and wine shops. Those who have money go to restaurants and order a table of wine and food while they eat and wait. And they can't wait until after noon to order, and they haven't waited until noon. All
The restaurants in the capital were completely full.
Wine shops have the best business, and they don't have as much attention to detail as restaurants. When there are more people, just add more chairs, and no one will say anything.
On this day, the whole capital was very lively, and people everywhere were talking about the celestial phenomenon of the Broom Star.
It's almost like celebrating a festival.
The Fengtian Hall is the highest in the entire capital and is the best place to watch the astronomical phenomena.
Outside the Fengtian Hall, it was rare that Lao Zhu did not attend to court affairs today. The square outside the hall was filled with tables, chairs and benches, and fine wines, delicacies, and seasonal fruits were prepared to entertain officials to witness the arrival of this rare celestial phenomenon.
Han Du rarely joined Zhu Biao and stayed with Lao Zhu, eating and waiting since noon.
Lao Zhu sat in the upper position, holding a wine glass, and frequently raised his glass to the officials, but the officials' reactions were very different.
The noble military attachés responded enthusiastically to the emperor's toast, cheered loudly, ate meat and drank wine.
However, all the civil servants showed little interest in the emperor's gestures. Even when they responded, their faces were filled with sadness, as if they were full of worries.
Fortunately, Lao Zhu didn't care about this and still looked cheerful.
Seeing that the shadow of the sundial was about to reach Shen Shi, Lao Zhu looked at the sky more and more frequently, and the expression on his face was not as happy as before.
On the contrary, some of the officials frequently raised their heads to look at the sky. As the time got closer and closer, they still did not see the broom star, and instead they had smiles on their faces.
After a while, the broom star still didn't appear. Even with Lao Zhu's surrender, he couldn't sit still. He couldn't help but look at Han Du and asked in a deep voice: "Are you sure that the celestial phenomenon is about to appear?"
Han Du immediately put down the wine glass in his hand and did not answer Lao Zhu. Instead, he took out a telescope from his arms and looked at the sky. He soon found the broom star that was about to appear, and he immediately laughed.
He handed the telescope to Lao Zhu and said: "The Star Sweeper has appeared, but it is just invisible to the naked eye. You can see it soon if you think about it."
Without saying a word, Lao Zhu took the telescope and looked towards the sky. After a moment, Lao Zhu also burst into laughter. Feeling depressed, Lao Zhu didn't care about the broom star and threw the telescope to Han Du.
When the shadow of the sundial was about to reach the third quarter of the hour, Lao Zhu suddenly laughed heartily, stood up, raised his glass and shouted to the ministers: "It's the third quarter of the hour, please raise your heads and look at the sky!"