In Chang'an City in May, the weather is a bit like a beautiful little girl, who says that she will change her face.

The sun was shining just now, but suddenly the wind and clouds were changing, thunder and lightning.

"Boom!"

After a series of lightning bolts, there was a thunderclap in the sky.

In the Daming Palace, Fang Xuanling, Eldest Sun Wuji and other ministers were originally discussing major matters in the Hanyuan Palace, but it suddenly became dark outside after a while.

"Your Majesty, the Taishi Bureau predicts that there will be more thunderstorms in the near future, but I didn't expect it to be quite accurate."

Fang Xuanling looked at the weather outside and couldn't help but praise the Taishi Bureau.

"Li Chunfeng's son Li Yan is in Guanshishan Academy, I heard that there is a group of people over there who specialize in studying weather changes, and the latest prediction was made by people from Guanshishan Academy, and when Li Chunfeng reported to me, he also told me truthfully."

Li Shimin was completely convinced by Guanshishan Academy.

It seems that there is nothing in this world that they can't do.

In the past, in addition to the officials of the Taishi Bureau, how many people would specialize in predicting weather changes?

Even if many old farmers in the field have some experience with weather changes, it is a completely different situation.

"Wei Chen has also heard that there is still a thing called an observatory being built on the side of the Gewu College of Guanshishan Academy, and I heard that it was led by two students who followed the ship to Australia, and His Royal Highness the King of Chu also specially rewarded the two of them."

Fang Xuanling said on the side.

Guanshishan Academy's every move often attracts the attention of many people.

In addition, the newspapers in Chang'an City are becoming more and more popular, and many major events can be found on it.

"Xuan Ling, you're talking about Zhu Tong and Zhu Yin, right? I've really heard Kuan'er mention these two people, and the heater battalion that has repeatedly made great contributions was led by their Aya. ”

Li Shimin has not completely come out of the excitement of the victory in Liangzhou, and he is naturally impressed by Zhu Fufu, the person in charge of the hot air balloon camp, who has also made great contributions.

"It seems that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is right, Datang does not lack talents, what is lacking is people who find talents."

As soon as Fang Xuanling's words fell, a loud noise came from outside.

"Boom!"

This voice sounded as if it was around everyone, and even a person like Li Shimin, who had experienced a hundred battles, was frightened.

What's the situation?

Why does it feel like thunder is nearby?

Before Li Shimin could come to his senses, a thousand Niu Wei rushed from Danfeng Gate in the heavy rain.

"Your Majesty, the Big Ben on the Suzaku Gate has been struck by lightning!"

"What? Is this serious? ”

Li Shimin showed a shocked expression.

Big Ben on the palace gate was struck by lightning?

What's going on?

"It's true! Many soldiers defending the city saw it. Now Big Ben is in pieces, and in some places it has simply turned to ashes. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, his face immediately became gloomy.

This expression made many ministers next to him dare not speak casually.

The huge Hanyuan Hall fell into an eerie tranquility.

Everyone only heard the sound of "boom" raindrops, and the "boom" sound from time to time.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with this thunderbolt, but I chose Big Ben, does it mean that this Big Ben is a demonic thing and shouldn't have been released? Otherwise, how could it be damned? ”

Zong Zhengqing Li Shenfu's words broke the silence in the hall.

As the chief steward of the royal family, Li Shenfu has always disliked Li Kuan.

Many years ago, Li Kuan's existence was simply a shame for the royal family, and Li Shenfu wanted to teach him a lesson many times.

However, there were a lot of strange characters in the royal family in the back, which distracted Li Shenfu's attention.

Even so, to this day, he does not approve of what Li Kuan has done.

In particular, the Gewu Academy built by Guanshishan Academy made him even more criticized.

Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that he is Kong Yingda's best friend.

Under the influence of hearing and seeing, it is strange that Li Shenfu can recognize the Gewu Academy.

"The king of Xiangyi County, the words of ghosts and gods are nothing. Every summer, there are always some buildings that are struck by lightning, and this Big Ben is struck, which doesn't mean anything. Besides, since the advent of Big Ben, it has brought great benefits to everyone, which is also obvious to all. ”

At this time, Fang Xuanling naturally supported Guanshishan Academy.

"Fang Xiang, there are so many buildings in Chang'an City, what is bad about thunder this day, but it split this Big Ben, you said it wasn't Big Ben's problem, then you tell me what the problem is? Could it be that this day Thunder has a grudge against Big Ben? ”

Others are afraid of Fang Xuanling, the left servant of Shangshu, but Li Shenfu is not afraid.

As Li Hu's grandson, he and Li Yuan are cousins and Li Shimin's uncle.

In the Tang clan, there is no status higher than him.

When he was more serious, even Li Shimin was stunned when he faced him.

"Everything in heaven and earth, no matter what the phenomenon is, has a cause. It's like why things fall to the ground, why drinking raw water makes it easy to have diarrhea, why iron ore can be turned into steel, you can find its reasons. Although we don't know what the principle of this thunder is, it may not be without a reason. ”

Fang Xuanling was obviously influenced by the paper in the journal Science and already had some modern ideas.

"Hmph, that's nonsense! The sky is thundering, specializing in fighting demons and evil in the world. In my opinion, this Big Ben is a demonic thing, and it should not appear in this world. ”

Li Shenfu obviously wanted to take the opportunity of suppressing Big Ben to reverse the increasingly prosperous atmosphere of Gewu in Chang'an City.

Nowadays, in addition to Guanshishan Academy, Weishui Academy and Qujiang Academy also have their own Gewu Academy.

That is, the Guozijian led by his friend is still insisting.

"Xuan Ling, the words of the king of Xiangyi, although they may not be accurate, but there is a situation that we have to consider. You may firmly believe that it is a natural phenomenon for the Big Ben on the gate of Daming Palace to be struck by lightning, but will others think so? Will the millions of people in Chang'an City think so? I think they must agree more with the words of the king of Xiangyi, right? I'm afraid that when the time comes, some rumors will come out that are not good for Your Majesty. ”

The words of the eldest grandson Wuji are obviously uneasy and kind.

It sounds very reasonable, and no one can simply refute that he is talking nonsense.

However, it is clearly rhythmic.

Fortunately, Li Shimin was not so stupid that he couldn't distinguish between right and wrong, although he was more mindful of the Big Ben on the Danfeng Gate being struck by lightning, but he didn't directly do anything to ban Big Ben.

"Li Zhong, summon Li Kuan into the palace, I have something to ask him."

……

In the Daming Palace, there are often no secrets.

In particular, the Big Ben on the main gate tower was struck by lightning.

This kind of thing reached everyone's ears as soon as it came.

"Niangniang, this city gate was struck by lightning, it is a bad omen, could it be that someone wants to plot wrongdoing?"

Concubine Wei happened to be talking about something on Empress Eldest Sun's side when she ran into this matter.

Although she didn't think that Big Ben was struck by lightning, it was Big Ben's problem.

On the contrary, she took the matter more seriously.

In her opinion, it was not Big Ben that was split, but the city tower, which was Daming Palace.

And what does Daming Palace represent?

In all dynasties, the palace was struck by lightning, and there were often rumors such as the lack of virtue of the Son of Heaven.

It's hard to refute this phenomenon.

Do the people think that you are not a child of heaven?

Why is it that the place where you live is still struck by lightning?

It's not that you're not virtuous, so what?

"My Datang is now thriving in national strength, with a peaceful exterior and an internal peace for the people. Whoever wants to plot wrong, Your Majesty will not be afraid. If someone in Chang'an City took advantage of this incident to spread rumors there, they would just be caught and sent to repair the road. ”

Empress Eldest Sun had a cold light on her face, and naturally thought of something.

"A-Niang, I heard my second brother say before, whether it is windy, rainy, or thundering, they are all natural phenomena, and there is no profound meaning. There are special people in the Gewu College of Guanshishan Academy who study these things.

Although I don't know if the lightning strike on the city wall is a normal natural phenomenon like thunder, but the thunder itself is a natural phenomenon, so it is difficult to explain the city wall being struck by lightning with those strange things. ”

The son expressed his opinion on the side.

Li Shimin is generally strict with his son's education, but he is very relaxed with his daughter.

For example, Li Zhi basically rarely has the opportunity to go out of the palace at will now.

But the son is different, as usual, he either goes to the Chu Wangfu Courtyard or goes to Guanshishan Academy, or goes with Xiaomai to inspect the opening of the new store of Bread Xinyu.

"A natural phenomenon? What is a natural phenomenon? ”

Wei Guifei was not particularly happy to see that her point of view was refuted by her son.

Although Empress Changsun has a status in the harem, Wei Guifei's status is actually not low.

With Jingzhao Weishi as a backer behind her, she is actually the second person in the harem.

So others didn't dare to refute her son, but she still had nothing to fear.

"The so-called natural phenomenon is actually a relative concept. The second brother said that natural phenomena are called natural phenomena in the world in which we exist, and a certain situation that is spontaneously formed due to the operation law of the existence of guest officials. This phenomenon is completely unaffected by the factors of human subjective initiative.

In other words, natural phenomena have nothing to do with immorality, rebellion, or the like. Just like the moon is cloudy and sunny, there are four seasons of the year, the climate is cold and warm, the wind and rain in the sky, day and night, etc., are all natural phenomena. ”

The son-in-law's explanation made Wei Guifei not know what to say.

With this set, she found that she must not be able to say anything about it.

It's better not to dwell on it at all, otherwise you will lose your face if you continue to do it.

"Since it's a natural phenomenon, you don't need to discuss it too much. With this time, we might as well think about other more meaningful things. ”

Empress Eldest Sun looked at the pouring rain outside, her face a little worried.

This Datang has just ushered in a great victory, won't it be a catastrophe one after another?