Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2025 A broken mirror is hard to round, the yin and yang calendar

"The envoy has returned home! 』

With a loud announcement, everyone in Liu's residence started to move.The servant hurriedly sorted Liu Biao's usual utensils, then reached out and touched the corner of the table to confirm that there was no dust before giving up, and hurriedly added some to the refreshing drink warmed on the small red clay stove. Fire, and when I heard a loud grunt, I quickly took it down again, put it in the warm cover and waited.

Several maidservants from the inner courtyard greeted Liu Biao at the gate of the courtyard. When they saw Liu Biao, they stepped forward to gently support Liu Biao, then turned into the screen, changed from the red and black crown robes, and changed into casual clothes.

"Where is Cong'er? 』

Liu Biao asked.

If you look at it from a distance, Liu Biao's face is rosy and has an extraordinary bearing, but if you get close, you can see that the thick powder on Liu Biao's face has cracked a lot when he speaks and moves, and some dust falls with the words .

Today is Wangri, according to the usual practice, he was going to meet the officials of all levels in Jingzhou, in order not to let people see his sick face, Liu Biao put on thicker powder than usual.

Asian magic has been passed down since ancient times.

At this moment, Liu Cong was in the inner study, feeling uneasy.On a normal day, he would still have the air of a nobleman, but right now, there is no grace at all, walking around the study with his hands behind his back, unable to stop no matter what.

It's no wonder he, at this moment, even a fool knows something is wrong...

Needless to say, the Liu guards standing outside the study already explained some problems.

The sound came from the outer courtyard, and after a short time, someone came to the study, cupped his hands and said: "Young master, the king is here to call you." 』

Liu Cong ran out in a hurry, and he breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Liu Biao.

"Father..."

Liu Cong bowed his head to see him.

"Come in! 』

Liu Biao sat in a stable position.Don't look at Liu Chao who is sitting steadily now, but various thoughts are fluctuating in his heart.

"Father..."

Liu Cong came to the side and said something in a low voice.

"Sit..." Liu Biao glanced at Liu Cong.

"Father..." Liu Cong spoke again.

Liu Biao frowned, and the powder on his face fell down again, "I said, sit down!" 』

"Oh, oh..." Liu Cong sat down now.

Since Cai's conspiracy, Liu Biao has already imprisoned Cai in the backyard. The entire mansion is basically controlled by Liu's guards, and even with Cai Mao, most of the military power has been eliminated.

As for why Liu Biao didn't completely kill the Cai clan at that time, and kept it for the New Year, could it be that Liu Biao's head was showing off and he was forcibly demoted by the horse monkey?
it's actually really easy.

The Cai family is intertwined and deeply rooted in Jingxiang. Liu Biao's wife is the Cai family, and Liu Cong's wife is also the Cai family. How many other families have wives who are also the Cai family?If the Cai family had been directly killed at that time, wouldn't the Hussar general who had become involved with the Cai family have a reason to go south?What if the hussars really took Liu Qi south?Then whether it is Pang Degong or Huang Chengyan, as long as one of them really stands up, believe it or not, Liu Biao may not even be able to control Xiangyang!
Now that Cai Hao was slowly squeezed out of the army, and the power in the army fell into Gan Ning's hands, Liu Biao's back felt no chills, and he had the courage to attack Cai.

What?Cao Cao killed Cai Mao?

Ha, that's Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

The real history is "After Liu Cong's defeat, Cao Cao visited Mao's house, entered Cai Mao's private room, and called to see his wife and children", and then Cai Mao was granted two thousand stones, and he was granted the title of Marquis of Hanyang Pavilion until he died of old age. There was nothing like Zhou Yu at all. thing.

So why did Liu Biao start plotting the Cai family again now?After all, a broken mirror is hard to reunite, and cracks have already formed, so is it possible to restore it to its original appearance?

Liu Biao knew this, and so did Cai Mao.

Also, has time changed...

Just like those big tigers in the later generations, when they were entrenched in the place and roaring on the hills, no one heard, no one knew, no one reported it?Hehe, but why not deal with it directly, and have to wait until the fire is ready before serving the pot?
Therefore, Liu Biao believes that now is the time.

After the Cai family was suppressed, Huang Zhong opened up the Wuguan Road and began to transfer some things to the north one after another.Gold and silver jewelry, valuables, and even family members...

Zhuge Liang went to Chang'an and then stayed in Chang'an.It is said that the Ma family and the Chen family are all planning to go to Chang'an.

Then, Guanzhong Sanfu, north of Dahe, Jizhou and Qingzhou, are subject to natural disasters!

Fei Qian asks soldiers to help garrison the fields and rescue Zhuang He...

Cao Cao was busy trying to win over the nobles and people of Jizhou in Yecheng...

Everyone is busy, which is good.After tidying up the Cai family, it will be in time for the autumn harvest, and then I will be busy again. After the end of autumn, Liu Biao will be able to stabilize Jing Xiang, and then pass the position to Liu Cong first, and help him while he is still breathing. Help, let Liu Cong save as much capital as possible...

As for the future, it depends on Liu Cong.So Liu Biao is now taking Liu Cong by his side, which can be regarded as teaching by precept and example.

So, is there a better time than now?

Coupled with Zhang Ji's escape, it was tantamount to pressing the last straw to collapse.If Zhang Ji and Zhang Zhongjing were around, Liu Biao still had some hope of dragging his feet, but now only relying on the prescription left by Zhang Ji, without timely acupuncture and moxibustion adjustments and increasing or decreasing the dosage, how long can Liu Biao's broken body last?

Jing Xiang is Jing Xiang of the Liu family, not the Cai family!
Before I can move, I want to clean up all the thorns for Liu Cong!

Liu Biao deliberately showed his body today, using his body as bait in an attempt to catch Cai Mao.He couldn't believe that Cai Mao hadn't read that "suicide note", he just wrote it for Cai Mao!
But the question is, why didn't Cai Mao do anything today?
"Emergency military report! 』

Suddenly a loud cry broke the silence.

"There is a thief in Yunmengze, who calls himself General Huxiao, and has hundreds of thousands of people, and he is attacking Jiangling! 』

... (⊙_⊙;) ...

Changan.

Mount Li, a place to observe astronomy.

A cuckoo bird flew by with a whirring sound, Fei Qian looked up and vaguely saw something on the pigeon's legs, his heart skipped a beat.

Huang Xu also saw it, and said, "Master, how about..."

Fei Qian waved his hand, "Since we've reached the bottom of the mountain, don't be in a hurry.Go back and talk about it. 』

Under the Lishan Mountain, Kan Ze had already been waiting beside him.

Fei Qian came here, naturally there are some things.

What is madness and obsession? When Fei Qian met Xu Yue, he understood.

With disheveled hair and disheveled hair, Xu Yue looked in a state of disarray, not at all an elegant figure, his clothes were disheveled, and he was staring at the Tugui scale with his buttocks pouted, unaware that Fei Qian had come to his side.

Huang Xu frowned, and was about to step forward, but was stopped by Fei Qian.

Fei Qian watched Xu Yue's concentration and forgetting everything, so he simply stood back and motioned not to disturb Xu Yue and others.

For a nation, some people stare at their feet and some people look up at the starry sky. Only then can this nation have hope.

For the people in early China, looking up at the starry sky was basically a relatively basic exploration of the transformation of the sun, moon, and stars.

Basic, but not original.

The cultural inheritance of the nomadic people is relatively lacking, and it is naturally difficult to establish any connection between the sun, the moon and the stars and livestock.As for the farming-based nation, because they pay special attention to the weather and weather, how to determine the season according to the time, and a series of related agricultural activities guidelines, such as temperature, water flow, sun and moon rise and fall, etc., have become the key points of agricultural farming. lifeline.

In this process, because the moon is closer to the ground, the cycle of change is very obvious, so almost all farming peoples with ancient cultures, such as ancient Egypt, Babylon, ancient India, ancient Greece, etc., all adopted this moon phase The calendar formulated by the laws of the lunar calendar, that is, the lunar calendar.

Fei Qian has always been thinking that ancient China is a lunar calendar, that is, a calendar based on the moon, but in fact, it is not like this...

As the only ancient civilization that has continued to future generations, the calendar of the Han nationality has also withstood the test of time under the rotation of the sun and the moon for thousands of years.The Han calendar used by later generations was said to have been created in the Xia Dynasty, so it was called the Xia calendar, and it was not renamed the lunar calendar until modern times.Because the moon and the sun are not synchronized, and the measurement methods of ancient people are not very accurate, there are often some large deviations. In order to make up for this problem, the concept of the solar calendar is incorporated, that is, according to the sun. The calendar of temperature changes.So to be precise, the lunar calendar of later generations is actually a yin-yang calendar mixed with some content of the solar calendar based on the changes of the moon phases in order to improve the accuracy of farming.

The Han Dynasty was the beginning of these calendars, and even the calendar of the heavenly stems and earthly branches that lasted for thousands of years and was still used in later generations also started from this era...

"That's not right..." Xu Yue frowned, his eyes fixed on Tugui, and then he grabbed the records on the wooden slip beside him to calculate, "That's not right...how could it be wrong... its not right……"

Fei Qian sighed slightly.

"Brother Xu..." Fei Qian called softly.

Xu Yue seemed to have never heard of it, just holding the wooden tablet, his whole body trembling, muttering, "It's not right...why it's not right...how can it be wrong..."

Kan Ze, who was beside Fei Qian, said worriedly: "My lord, Master, he hasn't had a good rest for three days. This... if this continues..."

"Is there anything to eat? ’ Fei Qian asked.

"There is food... but not much..." Kan Ze said, "Sometimes he would take a bite and drink a little of what was brought to his mouth, but he never sat down and ate it..."

Fei Qian frowned, going on like this is not an option. "There is tension and relaxation, which is the right way. If you are so worn out, but you don't rest, I'm afraid it's not good..."

"My lord, this is a temporary distraction," Huang Xu said, "It's also a common thing in the army. After leaving the battle formation, you will be confused. Let him sleep for a while, and it will probably be fine." 』

Fei Qian nodded, "You might as well try it. 』

Huang Xu cupped his hands, and was about to knock Xu Yue unconscious with his arms swung, but was stopped by Kan Ze at the side. "My lord, my lord!Be merciful... I know this method, but I dare not move... If it hurts my mind, this...』

Fei Qian looked at Kan Ze, why did he feel that Kan Ze treated Xu Yue better than he treated himself?
But what Kan Ze said made sense. After all, Xu Yue was not a general in a military school, so it would be unsightly to really have a concussion.

"Come here, go to the Hundred Medical Center, boil some soothing soup and bring it here!"Hurry up! 』

The soldiers on the side responded and rushed away.

There are many health-preserving prescriptions in Chinese medicine. Although they may not have the sedative effect of Western medicine, the advantage is that they have less side effects, not to mention that this is the only way to use them at the moment.

Sun offset.

"That's not right... correcting the new moon, it's the beginning of the year..." Xu Yue was still muttering, "Looking closer...the sun is in the east and the moon is in the west, that's right...but why is it wrong? 』

Fei Qian turned around and asked Kan Ze, "Know what Senior Brother Xu is doing?" 』

Kan Ze replied: "Master said that there are differences in all 24 festivals...the difference between the sun and the moon is huge, so it is necessary to recalculate..."

Fei Qian nodded.

Understood.

The arrival of the Little Ice River not only drove the farmers crazy, but also the calendar scholars.

The lunar calendar, based on the synodic month changes of the lunar phase cycle, stipulates that the length of a month is 29 or 30 days.Because during the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, the overall temperature in China was relatively warm, so the earliest lunar calendar used the moon phase to calculate the crop maturity cycle, that is, it was stipulated that a year was divided into 12 Wangshuo cycles, called years, years, and grain ripening. Also, using this lunar calendar to guide farming and the corresponding 24 solar terms is generally not a big problem.

But after all, there is a time difference between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar, so Fei Qian's master Liu Hong re-enacted the calendar because of this. As time goes by, the difference between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar becomes more and more obvious. more prominent.

This is also the reason why Fei Qian attached great importance to the calendar and made Xu Yue start to implement the new calendar.

A ruler who cannot accurately guide the people under his rule to cultivate in a timely manner, or even has a major calendar deviation, is a serious political crisis in any case.

Obviously, Xu Yue has a problem in this aspect...

And if Xu Yue can't solve this problem well, it means that there will be problems in Fei potential.Although it can be regarded as a relatively bad time period from the end of the Han Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty, and then to Wuhuluanhua, it is better not to be bad if it is not bad.

But now it seems that Xu Yue has fallen into a bottleneck and is stuck.

Among the 24 solar terms, because of the particularity of the summer solstice and winter solstice, they are the first two seasons to be determined.Even in ancient times, the winter solstice was the beginning of the year.

This is very easy to understand.

The 24 solar terms have nothing to do with the months of the lunar calendar, but are closely related to agriculture. Therefore, the current temperature disorder in the Little Ice Age has caused the collapse of calendar scholars...

Not long after, the soldiers galloped back and brought back a bag of decoction.

Huang Xu took it, then turned his head to listen to something, then nodded, turned his head to Fei Qian's side, and recounted it softly.

Fei Qian's eyes moved slightly, then motioned for Kan Ze to take the medicine, poured a bowl, and brought it to Xu Yue's mouth.

When people are subconscious, they are more willing to accept the approach of close people, and they are less likely to have any resistance.

Maybe he was thirsty too, Xu Yue tilted his head, his eyes still kept on Rigui, and then he drank a few sips, disliked the bowl that Kan Ze brought over blocked his sight, and pushed away impatiently.

Kan Ze looked back at Fei Qian, and Fei Qian signaled that he would feed him again.

Kan Ze took another chance and gave Xu Yue a drink of most of the Ningshen decoction in his skin.

Perhaps it was the effect of the soup, or perhaps his body was already exhausted. Not long after, Xu Yue's body began to shake, and then fell down...

Kan Ze, who had been prepared for a long time, stepped forward to help him, and then Xu Yue, who fell asleep with his back on his back, entered the room.

Fei Qian stepped forward and picked up the wooden tablet that had fallen from Xu Yue's hand.

On the wooden tablets, there are dense numbers and calculations, basically all about the length of the day and the time of the year and month.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, the 24 solar terms had been included in the "Taichu Calendar" as a calendar supplement to guide farming.It's just the same as what Xu Yue did before, using Tugui to measure the sun shadow to determine the solar terms.Then divide the length of the sun's shadow and the year and month equally to determine the 24 solar terms.

And here is the problem.

To put it simply, it is to seek curvature from the straight, seek the large from the small, and seek the infinite from the finite. At this moment, among the entire big man, there are only a handful of people who can study this kind of astronomical and mathematical problems. number.

After all, not everyone can understand that the difference between the sun and the earth, whether in shape or in motion, is the difference between an ellipse and a circle, just like some savages will say that pirated copies are also copies. How can it be considered as stealing for scholars?

Fei Qian thought for a long time, and then suddenly came to a realization.

The 24 solar terms established at the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were linked to the length of Rigui's shadow. This method cannot be regarded as wrong. After all, there is nothing wrong with the four major nodes, vernal equinox, autumnal equinox, winter solstice and summer solstice, but other solar terms cannot follow the shadow. The length is evenly divided...

This problem has even affected for a long time. Finally, in order to solve this problem, the wise ancients added the changes of the sun to the lunar calendar based on the changes of the moon phases. This is the origin of the Chinese solar calendar, and summed up the 24 solar terms and The intercalation method is used to reconcile yin and yang.This kind of progress is undoubtedly unprecedented, and it is also the foundation of the lunar calendar that can still accurately guide the farming time after thousands of years, which fundamentally gives the lunar calendar an endless stream of vitality and enables it to be used in future generations.

What to say?

Yellow and white corners?Nearest point and farthest point?Ellipse calculation formula?
How can Xu Yue understand and accept it, but also must have a statement that is in line with the status quo and can solve the out-of-touch current season?
"Get a pen! 』

Fei Qian held a pen in his hand, pondered for a long time, and finally wrote...

"Gen, the hexagram of the Northeast, all things come to an end and come to a beginning. 』

This is the Book of Changes, which is said to be passed on through hexagrams.

"Zhuanghe's solar terms are acquired the day after tomorrow.Therefore, the hexagram of Gen belongs to the position of Yin. 』

This is acquired gossip.

"The sky is spinning, the stars are moving, the seasons are changing, there are definite numbers!" 』

This is the Big Dipper.

"The sun and the moon are uncertain, take the stars! 』

This is to determine the 24 solar terms with Beidou!

Seriously speaking, of course, the position of the sun is used to determine the 24 solar terms. However, many ancient astronomers did not have the sunglasses of later generations, many did not know how to protect themselves, and there were not a few who became blind for the cause of astronomy. And the closest to the sun's rotation coefficient is the Beidou.

Observing the Big Dipper at night is naturally more friendly than staring at the sun during the day...

Although Beidou will also cause speed changes due to other factors, it will not be a problem to use it for hundreds of years after it is confirmed...

After descending Lishan Mountain, he asked Kan Ze to take care of him, and if there was any accident, he would come back to report, and then Fei Qian returned to Chang'an. On the way, he ordered: "Let Shi Yuan come!" 』

The latest news from the carrier pigeon, Jingzhou, something happened!
(End of this chapter)