Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 178 Master, are you implying me? (4K4)

At night, an oil lamp was lit in the study of the Tuqiu government office.

Zai Yu sat in front of several desks, and carefully opened the wooden box left by his master.

Inside the box is a copy of "Taichu Calendar" produced by Tuqiu Workshop.

"Ok?"

Zai Yu took out the book from the box and muttered to himself.

"This book was printed by me, but the Master gave it to me. What does it mean?"

Zaiyu opened the book casually, and soon he discovered the difference in this "Taichu Calendar".

In addition to the small black ink characters printed in this book, there are many red letters circled with cinnabar.

Zai Yu flipped through the pages, and found another folded letter from the book.

He opened the letterhead, and the words on it appeared in front of his eyes.

In ancient times, the Yellow Emperor investigated the movement of the stars, formulated the calendar, divided the four seasons, established the five elements, and established Yin and Yang.

According to the calendar, gods and other officials in charge of heaven and earth were set up. These people are collectively called five sense organs.

The five sense organs are in charge of their own duties, without confusion or interference.

After that, the people carried out farming, mulberry, fishing and hunting according to the seasons, so they could live and work in peace and contentment.The gods in the sky are sacrificed according to the four seasons, so they are willing to send down the spirit.

The people and the gods have their own duties, respect each other, and do not offend each other. Therefore, the gods will give the people a good year, and the people will sacrifice to the gods with rich and clean gifts, so that disasters will never happen, and the needs for health will never be lacking.

In order to appreciate the kindness of the Yellow Emperor, Wanmin called the year when the Yellow Emperor formulated the calendar "Kaiyuan", which means the beginning of all things and a new era.

The calendar is the basis for the birth of all people, and the country's agricultural and mulberry production must be carried out according to the calendar.

Since the Yellow Emperor established the calendar and opened the Yuan Dynasty, the Xia calendar was established in Xia, the Yin calendar in Yin, the Zhou calendar in Zhou, and the Lu calendar in Lu.

Among them, Xia Zhengjian Yin, Yin Zheng Jian Chou, and Zhou Zheng Jian Zi, so they are collectively called Sanzheng.

Before Duke Xi, the calendar adopted in our country was the same as the Yin and Shang calendars, with the month of Jianchou (the 12th month of the current lunar calendar) as the first month.

After Xi Gong, it was changed to the method of establishing a son, that is, the month of establishing a son (now November in the lunar calendar) is used as the first month like my royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

However, I think your "Taichu Calendar" follows the method of the summer calendar and uses the month of Jianyin (January of the current lunar calendar) as the first month.

Xia people respect nature, so "Taichu Calendar" can be regarded as a calendar that imitates the ancient system and revives the kingly way.

And you were inspired by the nine-inch length of Huang Zhong's rhythm, started the calendar with the rhythm, took the extreme number of nine, and deduced the method of ninety-nine-eight-one, dividing a day into 81 divisions, which is also a kind of sound combination. way of thinking.

It's just that in the three orthodox calendars, a year is divided into 360 five and a quarter days.

In the "Taichu Calendar", one day is presumed to be 360 ​​five days and 530 five days/380 nine.

Regarding this point, I once asked the Dashi who was in charge of the calendar and the Baozhang family who was in charge of observing the astrology and discerning good and bad fortunes in the world. They seemed to disagree with the determination of the number of days in the year and month in the "Taichu Calendar".

I also read together with them the stargazing records and astronomical records of nearly 500 years since the founding of the Lu Kingdom. Regarding the deduction of the year and month, the "Taichu Calendar" seems to be indeed not as accurate as the Sanzheng.

When Zai Yu saw this, his back felt cold.

He didn't expect that the master could be so accurate in reading the "Taichu Calendar", and he went to ask Dashi and Baozhang for advice, read the astrology data himself, and then dared to come up with his own conclusion.

However, the Master is really right about the fact that the "Taichu Calendar" is not as accurate as the calendars of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties.

Because the time for the earth to revolve around the sun is 365.24219 days, which is very close to the 365.25 days estimated by the three positive calendars.

However, the significance of the progress of "Taichu Li" compared with Sanzheng does not lie in its accuracy.

The progress of "Taichu Calendar" mainly lies in the introduction of 24 solar terms, which are divided by solar terms, and the innovative concept of inserting seven intercalary months in 19 years to systematically correct astronomical statistical errors.

Although the previous calendars also set leap months to correct errors, the setting of leap months was not systematic.

Instead, it is decided every year whether to insert a leap month this year based on the calculations of calendars and astronomical officials such as Dashi and Baozhang.

If Dashi and Baozhang are proficient in astronomy, calendar, and mathematics, they can still correct errors.

But Xia, Shang, and Zhou are all dynasties with hundreds of years of history, and in the course of hundreds of years, they will always encounter some ignorant sticks.

Therefore, the later, the greater the error of the calendar, and the greater the error of the calendar, it is easy to delay the farming time, and delaying the farming time is tantamount to death.

Therefore, whenever a new dynasty is established, a new calendar will be compiled to correct the astronomical errors left by the previous dynasty.

This applies not only to the pre-Qin period, but also to the later dynasties.

At the time of Duke Xi of Lu, the reason why the State of Lu wanted to change the calendar was to correct the errors in the old Lu calendar formulated 400 years ago during the passage of time.

When Zaiyu saw this, he couldn't help but marvel at his master's talent.

"For a person like Master who is familiar with the three generations of calendars and is so serious, if Master is allowed to throw away those red tapes and do work in farming and astronomy, he will definitely be a rare minister in the world!
No wonder the materials in the library all record that the Master ruled Lu for three years.

He is so knowledgeable about farming and mulberry, weather, astronomy, and laws. As long as he has enough power at hand, it will be difficult for him not to govern the country of Lu with a radius of five hundred miles! "

But at this point, Zaiyu couldn't help but sighed: "It's a pity that troubled times are approaching, and rituals will be broken and music will collapse. At this time, the master can make the country safe, but he can't rule the country."

He turned to the next page of the letter and continued reading.

Give!Although some of the presumptions in the "Taichu Calendar" cannot be regarded as accurate, I am very pleased with your assumption of 24 solar terms.

Your "Taichu Calendar" imitated the summer time calendar, dividing the original four seasons into 24 solar terms in detail, but without destroying its essence.

"Xia Xiaozheng" said:
first month.

Animals that were dormant underground began to move.

The wild geese started to fly north.

Wild pheasants flapped their wings and sang in the mountains.

The fish swim out of the water against the crushed ice on the river.

People tied up Leisi and carried it to the fields.

There are also new crops of leeks in the garden.

The strong wind from the south is blowing, and the cold days are gone forever, washing away the muddy water all over the ground.

The field mouse came out of the hole in the field ridge.

Farmers sang songs to remove weeds from the fields.

When an otter catches a fat fish, he must display the fish by the water's edge as a sacrifice before eating it.

Farmers must also plow the fields when the snow melts and the light rain falls!
Gather the grasses to be used for temple sacrifices in advance, and you can see the star "Lu" in the sky.

When it was just dark, Sanxing was in the south-central part of the night sky.

The handle of the Big Dipper hangs below.

When the willow tree blooms, the plum, apricot, and mountain peach also bloom one after another.

The hen lay down on her eggs, and the chicks hatched.

"Xia Xiaozheng" instructs the people what to do in the first month, describes the signs of the revival of all things, and tells the people the signs of the arrival of the first month.

And your "Taichu Calendar", according to "Xia Xiaozheng", divides spring into solar terms such as Lichun, Rain, Waking of Insects, Vernal Equinox, Qingming, and Grain Rain, and tells the people the specific working time.

Spring is born and summer is long, autumn is harvested and winter is stored.

When the beginning of spring arrives, everything begins to recover, and the cold winter passes.

When the rain arrived, the light rain in spring began to spread, and the frozen land in winter was also soaked.

The waking of insects is here, the sun is rising, the temperature is warming up, the spring thunder is moving, and all things are full of vitality. Farmers can also start farming.

I have been traveling around the country of Lu these days to observe the affairs of spring plowing. The change of seasons is exactly as you said in the 24 solar terms!
Give!Perhaps your greatest achievement at this time is not to manage Tuqiu, but to establish the 24 solar terms, right?

Governing Tuqiu is only to preserve the people of a city, but the 24 solar terms are a pioneering work that can benefit the world!

A few days ago, the monarch asked me about the calendar of the three generations, and I recommended your "Taichu Calendar" to him.

The monarch also admired the "Taichu Calendar" very much, so he planned to follow the example of Gong Xi's reform of the calendar and add your 24 solar terms to the Lu calendar.

It's just that Dashi and Baozhang still don't agree with your idea of ​​setting seven leaps in 19 years.

So in the near future, the monarch may send you to Qufu, asking you to present the basis for doing so to him face to face.

When our country's great uncle Sun Muzi was sent to Jin, Fan Xuanzi of Jin once asked him: "The ancients said: death is immortal, what is it?"

Uncle and grandson Muzi said to him: "On the one hand, there is virtue, then there is meritorious service, and then there is speech. Although it will not be abandoned for a long time, this is called immortality."

If the 24 solar terms can be used, maybe you can also be regarded as having a long-lasting and immortal feat.

This matter is related to the rise and fall of Lu State for a hundred years, so you must be prepared.

Don't talk nonsense in front of the king like before.

After reading the letter left by his master, Zaiyu took another look at the "Taichu Calendar" full of cinnabar annotations.

He finally understood why the master not only left him a letter, but also left him this book.

At first, he thought that the annotations were the master's reading notes, but now it seems that what kind of notes are these, it is clearly a reference answer for him!

These annotations cover all kinds of annotations, and extend to many allusions of ancient sage kings, and also combine the current agricultural and mulberry affairs of Lu State to correspond them one by one.

Master is simply trying to help him find the legitimacy and practicality of changing the old Lu State calendar.

It can also be seen from this that Master and his elders really like this "Taichu Calendar", and their admiration for the 24 solar terms is not out of love for students, but because they really think this set is feasible.

Although Master thinks that "Taichu Calendar" is feasible, it is because he thinks "Taichu Calendar" is a work inherited from "Xia Xiaozheng".

But no matter what, at least the Master has finally changed compared to the previous "telling but not writing, believing and loving the ancients".

As long as you remove the item of "telling but not writing", there will be no problem with "believing and loving the ancients".

It is right to develop and innovate on the premise of emphasizing cultural traditions and absorbing historical experience.

If I don't take this important step, what will I do with my new "Zhou Li"?
Jae Yu rubbed his head and muttered: "Master, you see that you are making a lot of trouble, so you have to hint me so obliquely. Even if I have a little less grasp of contingency techniques, I still can't understand your deep meaning clearly!"

But this can't be blamed on the master, after all, the country of Lu was originally a country of riddlers.

The State of Lu is also recognized by the Xia countries as the most reserved country. To put it bluntly, it is the country that least likes to speak human words.

In this letter, the master did not quote seven or eight first ten lines of "Poetry" to Jai Yu, which is enough to see his urgency.

In fact, Zaiyu is not planning to carry out calendar reform in Lu State for the time being, but since the atmosphere has already been heightened here, and the monarch and master are also very supportive, then he will work hard.

Zai Yu picked up the "Tai Chu Calendar" which was full of annotations, and began to study it carefully.

"Oh? When I wrote this sentence, did I still have this meaning?"

"Yellow Emperor? Can you still hook up with the Yellow Emperor here?"

"This place wants me to rely on the fact that there was a rain of blood in the sky of Chaoge back then!"

"Tsk! I have to say that Master's level is higher than Zigao's! Let Zigao find some legislative basis for the jury, and it took more than ten days to hold back two pages. Look at Master, this whole book Come on, all of them are knowledge points!"

……

Weiguo, Emperor Qiu.

Marquis Wei, who had entered his thirties, sat upright on top of the main hall, his gaze swept across the steps.

Sitting on his left are Wei Guo Shangqing Bei Gongjie and his favorite minister Mi Zixia, and sitting on his right are Wei Guo Dafu Zhu Tuo, Kong Yu, Wang Sun Jia, Yun Boyu and others.

No one said a word, and the hall was silent.

Seeing that they were silent, Marquis Wei took the lead and said, "Don't you all have any opinion on the letter of credence that Fangcai sent from Qi?"

After Weihou finished speaking, no one answered.

Seeing this, he continued to ask calmly.

"The widow has no virtue, and inherited the throne when he was young. Even though he lacks talent and wisdom, he relies on the assistance of the ministers. Although he encountered the chaos of Qibao, he was able to preserve his position in the end.

I also try my best to follow the good strategies of the ministers, so the state of Wei has also been well governed.

Externally, you advised me to serve the powerful state of Jin in the north, and I also accepted your advice.

The state of Wei's service to the state of Jin can be called respectful even if it cannot be said to be generous.

Now that the state of Qi is threatening to attack our country, who among the ministers is willing to send an envoy to the state of Jin to ask for help? "

After Weihou finished speaking, the courtiers in the hall looked left and right one after another, pretending to be deaf and dumb.

If Marquis Wei had asked this question more than a year ago, maybe some of these courtiers would dare to stand up and ask Jin for help.

But now, no one knows that the state of Jin has detained the envoy of the state of Song, Le Qi, in Jin for a year.

And three years ago, when Cai Guo asked Jin State to help attack Chu State at the Zhaoling League, Wei State also had some small frictions with Jin State's ruling minister, Fan Yang.

At that time, because Zhong Xingyin failed to ask Caihou for bribes, he advised Fan Yang to just make a bloody idea and it would be over. There was no need to help Caihou kill him.

And Fan Yang's idea also coincides with Bank of China's Yin.

However, in order to appease Caihou's emotions, he brought Caihou's order ahead of Weihou when arranging for the princes to drink blood.

Marquis Wei lost face, so he held back his anger, so he sent his doctor Zhu Tuo to find Fan Yang to reason.

I wish Tuo Xiaozhi moved with emotion and reasoned, and finally persuaded Fan Yang so that Marquis Wei was still ranked ahead of Marquis Cai to drink blood.

But this girdle has already been knotted after all.

Fan Yang is a well-known narrow-minded person, who knows if he will hold grudges in his heart?
Besides, it was his order that Jin State detained Le Qi of Song State this time.

If he dared to detain the envoy of Song State, wouldn't he dare to detain the envoy of Wei State?
Seeing that the officials still didn't speak, Marquis Wei finally got a little angry: "Bei Gongjie!"

When Bei Gongjie was called by his name, he hurried out: "Your Majesty."

Marquis Wei didn't talk nonsense with him, and asked directly: "At the beginning, you insisted on uniting with the state of Jin, but now the Qi people are dissatisfied with our country. Should you go to the state of Jin to seek help from the people of Jin, or go to the state of Qi to seek reconciliation with the people of Qi? Choose one yourself!"

　I want to ask for a ticket, from the third watch to the fifth watch

　　Read the monthly pass, from sunset to dusk
　　Find a subscription, from the beginning of the month to the end of the month
　　To be rewarded, from this life to the next life
　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)