Chapter seven hundred and sixty-eight congratulations (two)
"This object is really exquisite. You are all great scholars, how can you tell me what's behind it..."
In the dormitory of Changxin Palace, a clock with a height of one person, as the pendulum swayed, the machine spring in the wooden case made a crisp and clear sound, and the exquisite hands with gold patterns trembled.
Qingyang moved the dial tremblingly, and studied it with great interest for two days. Last night, he even ran back and forth twice to compare it with Hun Tianyi in the Lingtai Hall. The time was actually exactly the same.
The theory of armillary sky is the most important astronomical universe theory in the world. Since the Han Dynasty, various armillary spheres have been built to observe stars and celestial phenomena. It can also be said to be one of the most accurate tools for timing and calculating calendars.
In the early years, the Great Chu Si Tianjian repaired an armillary sphere left over from the previous dynasty. It can be said to be a treasure of the Chu court. It is now stored in the Lingtai Hall.
Facing the Queen Mother Changxin's inquiry, the officials of Si Tianjian looked at each other in confusion.
They were summoned to the palace, and the back cover was opened countless times in two days. They just took the clock apart and studied it one by one. The large structure was not very complicated, but they still couldn't figure out how to pass the pendulum.
By shaking, each movement of the machine spring is precisely controlled in an absolutely equal time.
"Han Qian, Lord of Liang, proposed new theories such as geocentric force, round earth and heliocentric theory in Luoyang. If you want to understand the principle of this clock, you may need to do some research on Luoyang's new theories." Yang En stood there.
Said aside.
"The roundness of the earth, the center of the sun, and the center are all heresy and fallacies, and the things created by the new learning are nothing more than strange techniques and tricks, and things that harm people's hearts. I, the Great Chu, have nothing to do with it." Si Tianjian Song Hailong trembled his white beard.
, and didn’t think he should give Yang En any face, so he said directly.
"The earth is round and the sun is round and the sun is in the center. This is a heretical theory. Then when will Si Tianjian build such a timepiece for the Ai family?" Qingyang stared at Si Tianjian Song Hailong and asked slowly.
"..." Song Hailong was stunned, but he didn't dare to agree casually. Not to mention the principles behind it, even if he copied the gourd, those exquisite parts could not be made by Chu Ting's engineers.
"You don't have much ability, but your brains are more stubborn than the last. You have copied Liang Jun's spring-armed giant crossbows and armored ships in the past few years, and they are also useless tricks?" Qingyang asked displeasedly.
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"That's the mission of the general prisoner." Song Hailong said.
"Then Si Tianjian, what will the Secretary Supervisory Committee do?" Qingyang's expression became stern, and he expelled Song Hailong and others impatiently, "Go down, it's annoying."
Seeing Song Hailong and others retreating in despair, Qingyang looked at Yang En and asked: "Master Yang, is it true that the court is becoming more and more disapproving of Liang Jun?"
"Gu Zhilong and Huang Lu's troops returned to the court, the army was in great glory, and the people of the court and the public were greatly cheered up." Yang En said.
"In your opinion, if one day we are forced to do so, can the Chu soldiers and horses compete with the Liang army in a showdown?" Qingyang asked.
"From what I've seen, I'm afraid it's impossible." Yang En said.
"How do you say that?" Qingyang glared at Lei Cheng, who looked as calm as a stone, and continued to ask Yang En.
"Speaking of the vastness of the territory and the large number of people, our Da Chu is naturally far ahead of the Liang army. The success of the campaign in Fujian and Guangdong not only made the southern front safe and secure, but also required 100,000 elite troops to supplement the Jianghuai defense line. It seems that Da Chu has strong soldiers and horses
, is prosperous, but the strength of Chu’s troops and horses can only be said to be ordinary, perhaps slightly inferior to that of Emperor Gaozu,”
Yang En said calmly,
"And the Mongol people are the first-class elite soldiers in southern Shanxi, Hezhong and Xingyang. They are unable to fight back under the attack of Liang Jun. Can the soldiers and horses of Da Chu be better than the Mongolian army and Liang Shixiong's Wei Bo?
It’s hard to say that Tian Weiye’s Luzhou elite troops are stronger. In addition, according to the peace agreement, Liang Jun’s Shuiying Dazhai in Donghu and Tangyi has always controlled the total transport capacity of warships below 50,000 shi. However, as long as necessary, Liang Jun’s troops in Syria
The shipbuilding yards in Qianyang, Chaohu, Wabu Lake, Bailong Lake and other places in the prefecture can probably build warships with ten times the transport capacity in a very short period of time. Although our country, Chu, has restored a certain degree of shipbuilding capacity in recent years, so the
Whether it is building warships or merchant ships, it is difficult to compete with beam ships. Jinling is located on the bank of the river and cannot control the Yangtze River waterway. It is rash to say victory or defeat."
"The Ai family heard from Lei Cheng that someone in the court was talking about moving the capital behind their backs. Have you ever heard of it?" Qingyang asked.
"The old minister is slow and has not heard about this matter." Yang En said.
Qingyang didn't believe that Yang En hadn't heard the relevant discussion, but seeing that he denied it, he didn't ask further.
"If the Queen Mother has nothing to do, then the old minister will resign first?" Yang En asked.
"You should step back first." Qingyang said.
When Yang En stepped back, Qingyang looked at the clock carefully. Just at the hour, a small door opened under the dial, and a silver doll about an inch in size popped out and rang the silver bell in his hand.
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"Oh, I scared the Ai family!" Although he knew that the clock would chime on the hour, Qingyang still covered his tall chest and was shocked.
"There seems to be some slight talk among the people in the market about the old friendship between the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, but I don't know who spread the news, or maybe the people in the market are interested in this matter..." Lei Cheng said.
"It's just a small comment. Is it possible that when the Aijia celebrates their birthday and receives some tribute gifts, some people insist on chewing the root of the matter? Some people want to chew on the root of the tongue. Let them chew it. The Aijia can't put hundreds and thousands of good deeds together.
They all pulled out their tongues!" Qingyang didn't care much, but said yearningly, "Luoyang can build so many exquisite things, so it should be much more prosperous than Jinling, but it is a pity that the Ai family has no chance to be together.
See."
Lei Cheng did not answer this sentence, and seemed not to hear the resentment in Qingyang's words at all...
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Yang En walked out of Chongyang Gate and was waiting for people to prepare the carriage and horse to return to the mansion. From a distance, he saw Shen Yang walking out of the Shangshu Provincial Yamen, surrounded by a group of people. He didn't know if he was going back to the mansion or running away.
Go somewhere else.
The Yamen of the Internal Affairs Bureau and the Shangshu Provincial Yamen were next to each other. Yang En walked over and saluted Shen Yang.
"I just want to talk to you about something. Are you going to have a drink at my house?" Shen Yang asked.
Shen Yang, who was nearly seventy years old and had a head full of white hair, was helped onto the carriage and invited Yang En to ride with him in the carriage to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
In late autumn, the sky doesn't get dark too early. At this time, the sky is filled with a fiery sunset glow, with distinct colors, but there is already a bit of a bit of chill in the wind blowing over.
Or maybe you are really old and can't bear the slightest bit of wind and cold.
Sitting in the carriage, looking at Shen Yang's wrinkled and aged face, Yang En thought to himself that he was not much better than him.
"When Feng Yi sent him to Shu, Ruogu was also in Chengdu. Unexpectedly, Han Qian sent him to Jinling without stopping," Shen Yang said.
"What's the situation in Chengdu?" Yang En asked when he saw Xue Ruogu ducking into the carriage.
"Cao Qian went to Luoyang as an envoy in June and returned to Chengdu in August. He made this trip, but he seemed to be frightened." Xue Ruogu bowed to Yang En and said, "Wang Yong, the Lord of Shu, promised Liang Guo
At the request of deporting General Guan Jiaxiao, when I left Chengdu, Feng Yi took the first batch of surrendered Shu soldiers, about 1,200 of General Guan Jiaxiao, to Luoyang, but I didn’t expect that he would come to Jinling again today.
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Yang En didn't expect Shu's posture to be so weak. He frowned and didn't know what to say.
"I heard that Ruan Tao came to Jinling again the day before yesterday and has been in Prince Shou's Mansion for the past two days. Has Mr. Yang Hou heard about it?" Xue Ruogu asked.
Yang En nodded. Ruan Tao went to Jinling to meet King Shou Yang Zhitang this time, and he didn't want to hide it from anyone.
If anyone came to the Shou Prince's Mansion for a banquet or visit in the past two days, it would not be difficult to see that Ruan Tao was living in the Shou Prince's Mansion; Yang En even knew the general content of their conversation.
But if he knows all this, what can he do?
Over the years, Yang Zhitang seemed to be expelled from the court, but he did not leave Jinling and return to Hongzhou to retire - in fact, Yang Zhitang was younger than all the ministers in the political affairs hall.
Zheng Yu and Zheng Chang were the first to serve and return home. Zhou Bingwu also submitted his resignation many times, requesting to become an official. Zhang Chao did not have many romantic relationships, but he and Shen Yang were both in their seventies; Yang En was also in his seventies, except for
He did not have much energy to interfere with the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce and other matters; Du Chongtao, who was over sixty years old, was considered to be in the prime of life, but he alone could not support the central government.
Huang Hua is not very old, but he is the father of Empress Dowager Mingcheng and the grandfather of Prince Fu. With this taboo, he cannot become the prime minister of the central government.
Although Shen Yang focused on cultivating Xue Ruogu in his early years, and was once sent to Yangzhou to serve as governor, but due to the Qin Wen incident, Xue Ruogu was forced to resign as Yangzhou governor and returned to Jinling. He always thought that he was just a private official.
, serving as a minister beside Shen Yang, it is even more impossible to enter the central government and serve as a political governor.
In comparison, Yang Zhitang had been silent for several years, but he was only fifty-seven years old at this time.
In recent years, in the imperial court, the voices of the Young People's faction advocating a tough attitude towards Liang Guo have become increasingly strong, and the leader behind it is King Shou Yang Zhitang.
Yang Zhitang didn't even hide this fact. He was idle in Jinling, and held a small banquet every three days and a big banquet in Prince Shou's Mansion. All the young generals from the court came and went.
In fact, even if they failed to capture Fujian and Lingnan in the past two years, even if the voices of the young people in the court were not so fierce, and even if there was no Yang Zhitang and Xin Wang Yang Yuanyan secretly promoted it, Yang En thought that if he and Shen Yang
I didn't want to be scolded by the people of Chu, so I really had no position to refuse Sima's offer of Xu Si's land.
The problem now is not simply to refuse the Sima clan's offer to invest the land of Xusi, but because Yang Zhitang has contributed to the matter, so it will be difficult for them to prevent Yang Zhitang from returning to the center.
When the time comes, both he and Shen Yang will become officials one after another. Under the leadership of Yang Zhitang and others, where will the Chu Dynasty go?
