Chapter 24 Chapter Twenty Four

Zhang said to retort, "Since ancient times, when there is nothing wrong with the country, the emperors have to build palaces and be greedy for sex. Today, the only ones who respect the virtuous and corporals, extend the rites and Confucianism, and play the classics, benefit greatly, and harm little. Lu Zi's words, why not Tatsuya!" Li Longji burst out laughing, he turned his head, and asked with a smirk on his face, "What is Lu Jian pretending to be?" Li Longji looked at Lu Youti (Lu Jian) ​​with admiration, this is not strong, it is simply stubborn donkey. Li Longji adopted Zhang Shuo's suggestion to build an academy and revitalize literature.

Let's take a look at the main members of Lizheng Academy: 1. Secretary and supervisor Xu Jian (not Lu Jian).His father was Xu Qidan, a great Confucian of the generation, and Xu Qidan was the nephew of Emperor Taizong Xu Chongrong (Xu Hui). "Zhang Jiuling's Stele" praised Xu Jian so much: "Everyone consults the old facts, learns the legacy, the ancient and the modern change, the rivers and the Han share the same height, or hide famous mountains, or ascend to Tianfu; each has its own place." Very knowledgeable and very It's great to be an academic person who knows ancient and modern times and is talented.

2. Supervising censor, Zhao Dongxi in Gucheng (Jin County, Hebei).Scholars and ranks, calendar officials Zuo Supplements, supervisors and censors, entered Jixian Academy for compilation, meritorious service examiner Wailang, direct bachelor, and Zhongshu Sheren enshrined.He repeatedly wrote letters advocating that governing the country should be governed by virtue and non-violence. He served as a scholar for a long time, and later offered wine to the son of the country, which promoted the development of Confucianism in the Tang Dynasty. 3. Dr. Taichang Kuaiji He Zhizhang, courtesy name Jizhen, was born in Yuezhou Kuaiji (Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang).Lu Xiangxian, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, often praised him: "Brother He's words are suave, he is really a romantic man. I don't think about the distance between my children and me. If I don't see Brother He for a day, I will be stingy." He has a childlike innocence and a wild temperament. , loves to drink with others, is known as "Siming Kuangke", and is an eternal poetry madman.

Fourth, Zhang said, brief introduction. ... It was the existence of this group of people that made Li Longji despise Lu Jian (the above heard it, said it again but said it lightly). This decision cannot only be described as "great". After the establishment of Lizheng Academy, it has collected 53,915 volumes of classic books and 28,469 volumes of scholars' books in this dynasty, which is as vast as the sea.After a while, Li Longji was still very happy. Seeing the arrival of all the sages in the academy, he held a banquet and delivered a speech, saying that the gathering of sages here should be renamed "Jixian Hall"!

Later generations imitated the form of academy established by Li Longji and Zhang Shuo one after another. Then, what kind of contribution did the academy make to Chinese culture? Draw a list of a few academies: Bailudong Academy (the originator of the Academy in the early Song Dynasty) Shigu Academy (Zhu Xi, Wen Tianxiang, Xin Qiji, Wang Fuzhi) Yuelu Academy (Wang Yangming, Donglin School) Yingtian Academy (Zongdu, Xu Xiang, Chen Xiangyu, Gao Xiangxian, Guo Chengfan, Wang Li) Songyang Academy (Sima Guang, Fan Zhongyan, Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi) ... Worship! Li Longji was a pioneering emperor. While hiring scholars and literati to write books and run education, he also ordered Nangong Shuo (resurnamed Nangong) and others to measure sundials and pole stars on the ground in Henan and Beiping.There is indeed such an astronomical record in the history books, and a small part of it is transcribed below (read carefully if you understand, pretend to understand if you don’t understand, skip if you don’t pretend):

In Henan and Beiping, the sundial and the pole star are measured, and the eight-foot watch is set up on the summer solstice, and it is timed at the same time. The Yangcheng sundial is one foot four inches long, and the height of the north pole for night vision is four tenths of thirty-four degrees; The sundial on Junyi Mountain is one foot five inches long and slightly strong, with a height of thirty-four degrees and eight minutes; In the south, the sundial in Langzhou is seven inches and seven minutes long, and the highest is twenty-nine and a half degrees; As far as Weizhou in the north, the sundial is two feet two inches and nine minutes long, and its height is forty degrees.

The distance between the north and the south is 3,688 miles and 90 steps, and the difference between the sundials is one foot, five inches and three minutes, which is ten and a half degrees. And south to Jiaozhou, the sundial is three inches and three minutes south of the surface; In August, look at the Canopus star in the south of the sea, and the stars are shining brightly, all of which are unknown in ancient times. If you go to the South Pole with a large number of people, you can see them above 20 degrees. Such a precise astronomical measurement, but the measurer seems quite calm.This time, a monk served as the chairman of the calendar committee, presiding over the reform of astronomy and geography.Of course, in addition to the exploration of astronomy, this astronomical survey was also caused by something wrong with the calendar that Comrade Li Chunfeng said back then that it was "absolutely reliable for forty years", and the problem was very serious.Of course, the calendar made by his old man can no longer be used, it is outrageous, and Chunfeng himself has disappeared, so it is impossible to find him.

Therefore, Li Longji let this monk uphold justice. This monk is the monk and his party. The difference from the modern measurement results is that the modern ones use Dashi numbers, while he uses Chinese characters.The sad thing about the monk and his party is that the results he measured include the height of the North Pole and the length of summer days, and directly calculated the length of the prime meridian. The sky is like an egg white, and the earth is like an egg yolk, which is called muddy sky. It is estimated that Yixing is also very surprised, because the earth seems to be round (compared with the ancient Greek astronomer E, who measured the circumference of the earth much later).The monk and his party measured the length of the prime meridian not to prove that the earth is round. Based on the measurement results, he compiled the "Da Yan Calendar", which is more accurate than any previous calendar.

A monk, who was originally extraordinary, accepted the emperor's invitation to take on the most unimportant, tiring, and thankless job of the court - building a calendar. What did he do? On the third day of October in the thirteenth year of Kaiyuan (725 A.D.), the calendar had already been completed, and a group of monks couldn't stay idle, and his water transport armillary sphere was built again. The water transported armillary sphere is actually a large circular wheel like a Ferris wheel, half suspended in the air and half underground, with even water injection, so it is called the water transported armillary sphere.

There are three Ferris wheels, the one in the middle is the largest, and there are two smaller ones on each side. They all have their own functions and are also used to describe the cycle of the sun and the moon.There is a wooden box on the ground of the waterborne armillary sphere, which contains various mechanisms for controlling the armillary sphere.There is a small wooden figurine next to the left and right boxes. The small figurine has a shape and is shaped like a drum.The Ferris wheel rotates at a constant speed and turns once a day and night, so its wheel is divided into twelve equal parts, representing twelve hours, and each hour is divided into three time periods similar to "beginning", "positive" and "end".For example, "Zizheng" refers to zero o'clock in the morning; "Zizhong" refers to one o'clock in the morning.

Now I understand that the role of the wooden man is to beat the drum. Every time the mechanism is touched, he will knock it with a bang.At a fixed time in the morning, the wooden man will turn to ring the morning bell. The morning bell is so loud that the sound of the bell can be heard throughout Chang'an, reminding people to get up on time. This is the first alarm clock in the world. Li Longji was very happy with his creation and specially commended him.Li Longji's favor did not stop a group of monks.He always likes to do things that other monks don't particularly like to do. During this period, he gave Li Longji a lot of advice. The so-called son of heaven has the world in his heart and loves the people of the world, please remember! The monk and his party were commonly named Zhang Sui, and their great-grandfather was named Zhang Gongjin. Throw away the ancestral shade, speak out the right way, a true monk and a party! In July of the twelfth year of Kaiyuan (AD 724), the question of the abolition of the king and empress that troubled Li Longji finally had a happy answer. After thinking over and over again, he made a decision that he would regret for the rest of his life - abolishing her.Since you are the queen, your relatives are all high officials, and behind you is a huge and bloated group.All problems can be solved only by ruthless hands like cutting off a tumor.The most innocent one is Queen Wang. What greets her is not only neglect, but also endless darkness.At the end of darkness, there is either tragic death, or death due to pain. Without status, who would remember her? Only Li Longji remembered. Queen Wang and Li Longji used to be in the same boat through thick and thin, and they were deeply in love as husband and wife.Now, the only thing that can make Li Longji suffer is that Empress Wang has a very good character, and she cannot bear to abandon her.Right now, Jiang Jiao is dead, and all the people who are close to the Queen have begun to deliberately distance themselves. Only those court ladies who don't care about politics will cry about this matter.In this case, funny things happen again and again.Empress Wang's older brother, Wang Shouyi, was also anxious because he could not have children. He was very ambitious. Wang Shouyi still thinks that if his sister wins the heart of the harem, she will definitely make the emperor happy.He was very excited by the figure of a person (Wu Sansi) in front of him, so he invited a monk who knew how to do magic to his sister. The monk chanted scriptures and meditated. He first paid homage to the North and South Shuangdou, and then wrote a few very mysterious words on the inside of the wood with a brush on the split Perak wood (a tree with five thunders in the sky, which is said to have spirituality) that was prepared in advance. Character.These words are said to have heaven, earth, and the name of the emperor (directly write "Li Longji"). After finishing writing, the Perak wood was put together again by the monk.The monk said that the Dharma has been completed, but the spirit cannot appear, and mantras must be recited.So, the monk recited it for a long time, and when everyone got tired of listening to it, the monk suddenly opened his eyes and told Wang Shouyi that this mantra is very, very special. You will be able to have a child, and you will be like Queen Zetian who has not had children for many years and will give birth when the time comes.) It can be said that no one is better than Wang Shouyi, and Queen Wang has been tricked by her brother.She was wearing the thunderbolt wood, and was exposed one day, and when she opened it, there were these words.Li Longji's interpretation of this is: "If you wear this, you can have children, and you have to be like Queen Zetian." "Li Longji?" What do you mean?Li Longji was furious, and looked at Queen Wang, "Do you still want to explain to me?" In a rage, Li Longji deposed the queen as a commoner and placed them in the palace (Lenggong). Wang Shouyi is too old, how could he do such a thing? Wang Shouyi, because of his great contribution, was demoted to Tanzhou. Is this a harsh punishment? Obviously not, it can be said that it is a miracle that the real sinner Wang Shouyi can have such an end.This does not prove that Li Longji is tolerant, but only proves that there are people above him who are easy to handle. This is Wang Shouyi's creed.Because the person who is his partner is Zhang Jiazhen.Zhang Jiazhen, Minister of the Household Department (returned to be Shangshu), was demoted to the governor of Taizhou because of his correspondence with Wang Shouyi.Li Longji was really angry this time, and started to be ruthless. After the capable Zhang Jiazhen left, Wang Shouyi's bad luck also came. On the way to Tanzhou, he was overtaken by a fast horse and killed halfway. But Queen Wang still couldn't believe that this was done by Li Longji. Later she found out, but she had already been abolished, so what else could she say? Three months later, she died of depression.The beauties in the harem cried day and night because they yearned for the king and queen, and their voices moved the heavens.After a long time, Li Longji could still hear the voice, and he asked why.Someone told him at the time that it was the people in the harem who were crying for the king and queen. Li Longji broke out in sweat.However, among these real and false cries, there is one that is the most hypocritical.The owner of this cry is Concubine Wu Hui who has been coveting the position of empress. She had been looking forward to this day for a long time, but she didn't expect this day to come too soon. Zhang said that he suddenly became very powerful, he had all the power, and his colleagues had different opinions. He didn't discuss it as before, but would scold them whenever they didn't like it. Zhang Jiazhen, who likes to flatter, suffered a lot from it before. When he was demoted, he worked in a local office.Someone praised him, but he suddenly became angry and pointed in the direction of Chang'an and said, "It's all Zhongshu Ling, why bother to force you?" , that was very prescient. Li Longji felt that Zhongshu Province was procrastinating, and thinking of Zhang Jiazhen, he transferred Zhang Jiazhen back (as mentioned above).There was a banquet on that day, and officials from the three provinces gathered together. On that day, people from the Zhongshu Province also arrived, sitting on the same table side by side, and the banquet was very lively. We saw that classmate Zhang Shuo was talking and laughing with others, but classmate Zhang Jiazhen stared at him with hatred in his eyes.Seeing Zhang Shuo looking up and laughing, Zhang Jiazhen couldn't hold back anymore.