On the way out of the palace, Zhu Ying simply raised the curtains of the sedan chair, and she was not afraid of being seen by outsiders riding in the same sedan chair as Zhang Shou. As a result, Zhang Shou was able to view the entire journey from the window.
Passing through many buildings in the northern imperial city.
Moreover, there was Zhu Ying, the best commentator, beside him. While listening to her explanations involving many anecdotes and characters, he took a rough look at the appearance of the Sixth Palace Bureau and the internal government offices.
In today's era, the female official system headed by the Shanggong Bureau and the eunuch system represented by the ceremonial supervisor, at least in Zhu Ying's mouth, seem to be on separate sides. In terms of numbers, the number of palace maids and female officials is smaller than that of eunuchs and eunuchs.
The eunuchs actually had an absolute advantage. And the female officials who had reached the age of release from the palace were even good choices for officials to renew their marriages.
The reason for this is said to be because Taizu resented the frequent use of eunuchs in all dynasties, which led to countless people committing suicide.
But in this case, Chu Kuan's statement that the inheritance of the firepower depends on the eunuch party has to be marked with a lot of question marks.
Zhang Shou listened to Zhu Ying's introduction, and gradually turned the topic to the ancient and modern Tongjiku that the emperor had mentioned before. Zhu Ying was not like Ge Yong who was as careless as Ge Yong, so he immediately snorted and said: "So you mean
The inner library is behind the inner library. I heard it was moved from the south of the palace! There are many manuscripts left by Emperor Taizu hidden there, but few people see them."
Upon hearing Zhu Ying's words, Zhang Shou immediately raised his eyebrows: "In this way, the emperor told the Imperial Academy Zhou Da Sicheng that if he begged, it was not that he could not let people in to copy. This should only be to comfort Da Sicheng.
An injustice?"
"Isn't that right? Not to mention Zhou Da Sicheng, several great scholars rarely entered the ancient and modern Tongji library. For this reason, they hated the people who were in charge of rituals. During the time of Grandpa Ruizong, there were also officials who were so angry that they were controlled by a group of eunuchs.
It was a relic of Emperor Taizu, but even Grandpa Ruizhong ignored it. In fact, I was also very curious. I even sneaked in when I was a child, but was sent back in confusion."
Hearing this, Zhang Shou already felt that the emperor's words to him before about achieving some undeniable feats in order to go to the Ancient and Modern Tongjiku were probably just deceiving him.
But the more he thought about it, the more he felt itchy in his heart, especially when he thought about the secret messages he had come into contact with before. One was using binary encoding, and the other was using shift ciphers. He couldn't help but be curious about the things in the ancient and modern collection library.
Lots of ideas.
Could it be that there are countless Taizu manuscripts hidden in the Ancient and Modern Tongji Library, but they are actually written in a special language like English, French or even Pinyin? Or maybe... it simply uses a cryptographic mechanism to block most people who want to understand it.
Blocked at the door?
Having said that, although the foreign friends who invented the binary system think that the ancient Chinese Bagua is the prototype of the binary system, from the Nine Chapters on Arithmetic to the other ten arithmetic books, none of them involve the most basic and simple binary principle of two into one. As mentioned before
The binary code has nothing to do with Taizu, he doesn’t believe it!
At this moment, a sudden "stop, stop" was heard, and the carriage immediately stopped without warning. Zhang Shou, who was lost in thought, suddenly leaned forward, while Zhu Ying, who was looking at him, slightly
For a moment, the two of them bumped into each other on the forehead.
The next moment, Zhang Shou covered his head and hurriedly leaned back, while Zhu Ying rubbed her forehead and stuck her head out, asking angrily: "Hey, what's going on?"
"Oh, my eldest lady, I finally caught up with you!"
The one who rushed over with sweat profusely was Chang Ning, the "little steward" of Concubine Zeng. Probably because he was running too fast, he had to support his knees and gasp for air, and it took him a while to stand up.
Straighten your body.
"The emperor took the Confucian scholar of the Cabinet, Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Zhou Dasicheng of the Imperial Academy, Yin of the Shuntian Prefecture, and several other officials to the Ge Mansion. Grand Master Ge wanted to test Dr. Zhang's method in person. Although the emperor did not say anything,
But Concubine Yu felt that the idea came from Dr. Zhang, and it was Taishi Ge who presided over it personally. It would be a pity for Dr. Zhang not to go, so she specially ordered the younger one to come and report..."
He just said this, Zhu Ying was already shouting loudly: "What are you still doing? Hurry up and go to Grandpa Ge's house! There must be tight security there. Not even the Ruiqi camp will dare to stop the Queen Mother's carriage.
Stay!"
Seeing that Zhu Ying ignored him and made a decision, Chang Ning, who had almost broken his leg just now, suddenly felt sad. No matter how big or small the eunuchs in the palace were, they were not allowed to ride horses or sit in sedan chairs. They had to rely on running if they had anything to do.
She secretly comforted herself that Miss Zhu had always had this temper, but she saw a golden light flying out of the window.
He subconsciously stretched out his hand to explore, and immediately felt something heavy in his hand. When he looked again, it was not a gold ingot? When he looked up again, he saw a hand as white as jade retracted, and it was not Zhu Ying's.
?
At the same time, he heard a gentle laughter: "Manager Chang, thank you for making this trip! If you have any trouble with accounting in the future, you can come to me at any time!"
Chang Ning saw Zhang Shou sticking his head out from the other side of the car window to say hello to him. Thinking that he had also received a reward and gained face, he finally felt that his trip was worth it, and he smiled and said goodbye to him.
The group of people left, and then they secretly sighed to themselves that they didn't use ordinary eunuchs to convey the message, but chased them all the way in person, and they finally appreciated it.
Just as Zhu Ying said when she shouted, the imperial chariot and a group of ministers suddenly came to Ge Mansion. Naturally, the nearby streets were blocked by soldiers and horses of the Rui Cavalry. And relying on their ride to hang up the Qingning Palace
Zhu Ying pulled Zhang Shou and huddled in the sedan chair, as well as the few grooms and guards from the palace, without even showing his face, and came to the door of Ge Mansion gently and deftly.
It wasn't until Zhu Ying was the first to get out of the carriage and step on the ladder to the ground that Xiongwei who came to meet her unexpectedly asked: "Why is the eldest lady here? Didn't she say that the Queen Mother summoned you and Dr. Zhang at Qingning Palace?"
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"It ended early. I heard that the emperor brought a large number of people to the Ge Mansion to see if the Jiuzhangtang plaque was hollow, so he came immediately with Ah Shou!"
While Zhu Ying and Xiong Wei were talking, Zhang Shou had already stepped down the ladder. When he was on the ground, he suddenly realized that something was wrong with the person beside him who was reaching out to help him. When he looked sideways, he realized that it was Ah Liu. He remembered that he had not stopped before entering the palace.
As soon as he entered Bei'anmen, he was even a little unsure whether Ah Liu had also followed him for a half-day tour of the palace.
But at this time, he no longer cared about whether Ah Liu had sneaked into the palace, because Zhu Ying had obviously convinced Xiong Wei and was beckoning him to hurry in. So, without saying a word, he pulled Ah Liu back.
He quickly caught up with Zhu Ying.
Rather than letting this kid slip away without paying attention, it would be better for him to catch the person first!
The situation in the Ge Mansion was still the same as before, with most of the servants being deaf and mute. Although the Ruiqi Battalion was mostly fortified on the walls and entrances and exits, there were not many personnel. Especially when Xiongwei personally brought people in, everyone did not leave their posts.
Inquiry. When Zhang Shou passed by Ge Mansion's study and came to an inconspicuous small door in the wall, he heard Ge Yong's familiar voice coming from inside.
"Okay, okay, that's it. Quick, pick it up, be gentle, and try to splash as little water as possible!"
Already started?
Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying exchanged glances. But immediately afterwards, Xiongwei shouted loudly, and then took a step forward to the door: "Your Majesty, Dr. Zhang of the Imperial Academy and Duke Zhao's Mansion..."
Before he finished his announcement, the emperor's laughter came from inside: "Needless to say, Yingying must have grown clairvoyant ears and wind-chasing legs! When I step in front, they will come in behind, and I still hope that the Queen Mother will trip them up.
Well, it seems there is no hope now! Since you are here to watch the fun, come in. The teacher is doing experiments on the gold from the inner treasury and the household department first!"
When he heard that he was testing gold first, Zhang Shou took a deep breath and thought that he had indeed reached this step.
You know, whether it is gold or silver cast in ancient times, it is impossible to completely remove impurities. There are still people who are greedy for huge profits and secretly mix other metals into it. It can be said that counterfeiting is often an open secret. Now at this level
The fig leaf is about to be unveiled in front of the emperor and a group of big bosses, and no one knows how many people will be unlucky.
When he entered, he saw in front of him a special small square wooden basin. An ingot of gold was being carefully picked up by two servants using a small net, and the remaining water drops were falling bit by bit.
In the basin, until there was almost no water dripping, someone went to mark the wall of the basin. Soon, he heard a sound.
"Your Majesty, Grand Master Ge, and all your lords, the weight of this ingot of gold is one catty and two taels in the same way. This ingot of gold drains less water than the previous ingot. The previous scratches can be seen under the water. The difference is about two ounces by visual inspection.
About centimeters,”
The emperor personally led a large number of people up to watch. In an instant, a small wooden basin was surrounded by water. Just when Zhang Shou thought that the emperor would be furious because of the different purity of gold in the inner treasury and the household, he didn't want to think about the inner treasury.
The emperor said nonchalantly: "Okay, the gold has been tested. Next, throw the silver in. There are also copper paperweights and copper blocks, try them all!"
Next, Zhang Shou saw various gadgets of the same material, same weight, but different shapes being thrown into a wooden basin full of water, and then obtained various results.
There is silver of roughly the same purity, there are copper paperweights that are proven to be hollow, and there are also gold jewelry that are proven to be fake...
When the many gadgets that were finally used as experimental items were almost tried, the plaque inscribed by Taizu was finally, with the help of various simple pulleys, slowly and steadily lifted into the top of an extra-large solid wood water tank that was urgently made in the backyard of the Ge Mansion.
Before that, the drainage of those leftover materials had left a distinct mark on the edge of the pool.
As the plaque was about to enter the water, Zhang Shou saw many people around him watching intently, and he couldn't help but be slightly lost in thought about the result that was about to be revealed. But at this moment, he suddenly heard a loud sound.
"Your Majesty, once this kind of witchcraft is spread, the civil and official circles will be suspicious of everyone, and there will be no trust at all. Please think twice, Your Majesty, and immediately expel Zhang Shou, a man with no virtue, no talent, and a sensationalist, from the Imperial College. Never blaspheme again.
Taizu has given the imperial pen!"
Demonic method? Seeing clearly that the person kneeling down in pain was a gray-haired old man, Zhang Shou just wanted to laugh three times.
What you don’t understand is the magic? There are so many magics out there!
I'll throw you into the next generation, and you'll either point at everything and call it a monster, or you'll kneel down and worship the gods until your head is smashed!
Those who cannot accept new things will have no choice but to talk nonsense!