Zhu Ping'an coughed, raised his hands and saluted the old man next door, and replied innocently and helplessly, "Ahem, sir, you are always joking. The boy is thin and cannot bear the name of bullying."
"Can't afford it?!"
After hearing Zhu Pingan's words, the old man next door became excited again. He grabbed the fence and glared at Zhu Pingan, "What, boy, you have done it and you still don't admit it?!"
"Dare you ask me, sir, what have I done?!"
After hearing what his old neighbor said, Zhu Ping'an felt helpless and wronged. Although he could not be called a capable official, he could not be related to the traitorous official who "deceived the sky".
"What have you done?!"
When the old man heard this, he puffed his beard and glared again, and once he was so excited, he slapped his hand on the fence.
"Please be gentle, don't get hurt again." Seeing this, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but worry about this grumpy old man.
"Hmph. Lian Po is old and can still eat, and I am getting stronger with age."
The old man snorted stubbornly and spoke harshly, but put his palm behind his back and shook it gently.
"You look like you are getting stronger with age."
Zhu Ping'an showed the traditional virtue of respecting the elderly and caring for the young, and praised with a smile, not like the stubborn old man. It is not easy for the old man to be locked up in such a prison cell with extremely poor conditions at such an old age.
"When it comes to compliments, he comes right out of his mouth. He is indeed a flatterer."
After hearing Zhu Pingan's words, the old man not only did not relax his mood, but instead blew his beard and became even more energetic.
Well.
This old man has a deep prejudice against himself.
After hearing the old man's personal attack, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but take a deep breath, stretched out his hand to rub his forehead, looked at the old man helplessly, and cupped his hands, "You are stupid, I really don't know what you did wrong, please don't be generous, sir."
Give me some advice."
"I wonder what I did wrong?" When the old man heard this, he got angry and slapped the fence emotionally again.
"Please give me some advice, sir. I am all ears." Zhu Pingan bowed and said seriously, "If I am really wrong, I will never evade responsibility."
Zhu Ping'an's attitude made the old man a little satisfied. He snorted and nodded, "Okay, I'll let you know."
"Last month, the sun had an eclipse. This was a vision from heaven to show the emperor. Why?! The emperor did something wrong, which inspired heaven, so heaven showed a solar eclipse vision to warn and condemn the emperor.
At this time, the rituals of rescue should be routine. The emperor should observe fasting, banish food, abandon music, and retreat from the main hall. In addition, he should cultivate virtue and correct mistakes. The same goes for all officials. But during a solar eclipse, as a minister, he should give advice.
Rescue is a matter of course." What the stubborn old man said was frothing at the mouth, and he couldn't help but get excited as he spoke, "But what about you?! You are a flatterer, you don't even care about your duties as a minister, you know it.
What are you flattering? Your Majesty serves the heaven as a father, serves the sun as a brother, manages the government with diligence, loves the herdsmen, improves internal affairs, strengthens the country and enriches the people, and benefits the world. Therefore, the yin retreats, and all things shine. This is the sun.
The crystal is bright, the atmosphere is bright, and the food stops for one point, which is the same as not eating. I am so happy and embarrassed...', you are so happy and ashamed! You are blind, the solar eclipse is so big above your head,
You can’t see?! What’s the saying ‘stopping eating is the same as not eating’? You’re telling lies with your eyes open. Who are you kidding? You’re bullying me?!”
Well.
So that’s what happened.
Zhu Ping'an scratched his head in sudden realization. At this time, he finally understood why his old neighbor glared at him when he heard his name, and slapped himself with the label of "deceiving the sky".
Knowledge determines height.
Zhu Pingan can also understand the mood of his old neighbor.
In the feudal and superstitious Ming Dynasty, the ancients did not understand the scientific explanation of solar eclipses. They believed that solar eclipses heralded a "bad omen" and explained solar eclipses in terms of "the unity of heaven and man". The emperor is the emperor - the eldest son of heaven, and heaven is the emperor's father.
, he will use the phenomena on the surface of the sun to warn and warn his eldest son, for example, you are ignorant and unethical for the king, you have done something wrong, you have been in danger recently, so be more careful, etc... As a courtier, you have
It is the duty to help the king correct his mistakes and avoid danger, and to rescue the solar eclipse.
The old neighbor has this kind of knowledge, and his level of understanding is naturally limited by this knowledge.
As a result, a solar eclipse occurred, and he wrote a memorial, "Stop eating for even one minute is the same as not eating, and I will be very happy and resentful." Naturally, it was not accepted by my old neighbors.
By the standards of my old neighbor's knowledge, I would be considered a cowardly little treacherous minister, no, a big treacherous minister.
How to explain this to him? Do you want to popularize natural science to him? Come on, sir, sit down and I will popularize natural science to you. This solar eclipse and lunar eclipse are both light moving in a straight line in the same homogeneous medium.
An example of communication, when the moon, yes, the moon above our heads, when it moves between the sun and the earth, what, how does it move, if the three are exactly in a straight line, the moon will block the light from the sun to the earth.
, since then, the dark shadow behind the moon just falls on the earth, and a solar eclipse occurs.
Pull me down, I don't want to be burned on the gallows! Natural science is contrary to the common sense of the ancients, and it is considered heresy in their eyes! It is not much different from the treatment of witches and cults. According to the standard, they all have to go to the gallows.
However, I have to explain, otherwise I will not be able to take off the hat of a deceitful and treacherous official; and this old man is still in prison at such a young age, and his anger level will skyrocket when he sees it.
It's too dangerous; besides, I estimate that I may have to stay in this prison for a while. I need to improve my neighborly relations. The conditions in prison are already so difficult. If I continue to be treated with all kinds of looks, contempt and contempt by my old neighbors every day,
Swearing, wouldn't it be even more difficult to spend time in jail?
"Ahem, sir, the memorial you just mentioned was indeed written by me, but there are reasons for everything. Please listen to my explanation." Zhu Pingan coughed and clasped his hands to the neighbor.
"Humph, then I'll listen to how you confuse right and wrong."
The stubborn old man snorted, smoothed his messy beard and nodded. Then he found a dry place, rubbed some hay with his feet, and sat down, looking almost like a melon-eater.
Listen to how I confuse right and wrong?!
Before I even explained it, this old man had already defined himself. And this tone of voice... Why did it feel like I was sitting in a prison, listening to myself quibble, to relieve my boredom, and to pass the time?!
Zhu Ping'an looked at the old man eating melon with a speechless expression.
"What are you doing standing there in a daze? Start your confusion of right and wrong." urged the old man who was sitting on the ground.