Chapter 47 The Southern Sect of the Confucian Family

Wu Youbi said: "If you look at Lord Bei's words and deeds, you will know that this lunar eclipse should be nine out of ten. ”

Wu and Bi also don't know astronomy, and when he was a teenager, he read several books on astronomy. But it's just about reading it, and it's not about it.

Even some of the books I read when I was a teenager have now forgotten them.

More astronomical knowledge was learned by him in this debate between the new calendar and the old calendar. It's just that although he doesn't understand astronomy, he understands people's hearts

The dispute between the new calendar and the old calendar, in essence, is the aftermath of the dispute between the Yongdian Palace, and now the emperor uses Yan Shenggong to kill chickens and monkeys, who dares to say anything.

Naturally, no one dared to continue to say anything.

Coupled with Belin's article, although Wu and Bi can't understand it very clearly, because there are too many numbers and astrological records in it, they can see Belin's confidence.

"It's just that the study of astronomy has always been forbidden by the imperial court, and now it is announced that the world is proclaimed, and the ministers are worried that there are unscrupulous people who call the stars in vain, which is not good for the imperial court?"

Zhu Qizhen smiled lightly and said: "The imperial court is in chaos, how can it be such a trivial matter. It's time to lift this astronomical ban. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Qizhen was in a trance. At the beginning, he thought of a lot of ways, and was finally blocked back by Yang Shiqi, but now it is a matter of his words.

Just when Zhu Qizhen was discussing with Wu and Bi. The head of Yueshan Academy in Fujian, Kong Xilu met the biggest surprise in his life.

Kong Xilu is the contemporary head of the family of Nankong.

It's just that compared to the prominent position of the North Confucius, the South Confucius is much more downtrodden.

Since the death of the Song Dynasty, the six generations of Southern Confucius have not been released, and they are also an ordinary family in Quzhou. It's not even a big family. At the beginning of Hongwu, in Kong Xilu's grandfather's generation, some people were a magistrate, but later they fell into despair, and there was no one who was an official.

However, compared with the North Confucius, the South Confucius has the family style of Confucius.

Nankong's family style is rigorous, and even if the people of the Confucian family can't go out, they still study. Many people are teaching everywhere, but they have cultivated a lot of talents.

Kong Xilu followed such a path, and if he failed the imperial examination, he took teaching his disciples as his profession. is also somewhat famous, and was hired as the head of Fujian Yueshan Academy. And this Yueshan Academy is not government-run, but it is a academy jointly run by several big families here in Fujian with good cultural heritage, and the professors are also local disciples.

In fact, the standard corresponding to later generations is about the size of an elementary school. There are hundreds of bachelors, from enlightenment to Xiucai, there are all stages of learning.

Kong Xilu was not paid much.

Life is also very poor, but his conduct is very respected by the local people. is a respected old master.

Kong Xilu felt that this was probably the case for the rest of his life

Passed. But I never expected that on this day, the Fujian Governor Yamen actually walked up to the door in person. Let him inherit the title of Duke Yansheng.

For a while, the old gentleman's face was flushed, and he could barely breathe. It took a while to calm down.

To tell the truth, the people of Nankong, when they were children, thought that if the position of Yan Shenggong was still in my house.

But it's just a matter of thinking.

I never thought that this would actually happen.

This is simply a step to the sky, not to mention the sky-breaking wealth, just the glory of the hereditary Yan Shenggong and the influence of Confucius's lineage, which is not something that ordinary people can resist.

Hearing that the emperor summoned him to enter Beijing by sea for the sake of speed, the old man resolutely took a sea ship to Tianjin despite his fifty or sixty years old, but in order to be sure, he took his son and Kong Yi into Beijing together.

Let's go to Quanzhou first. However, I saw that the ships in Quanzhou Port almost filled the coast. This is one of the main ports in Fujian, and it is not only responsible for foreign trade, but also ships going to Yizhou Prefecture, most of which depart from here. Therefore, the port of Quanzhou is very crowded. The governor of Fujian has repeatedly proposed to open another port, or let Quanzhou find a new port nearby.

The imperial court has not yet agreed.

Kong Xilu had never been on a sea ship in his life.

This is also the general impression of the people of the Ming Dynasty on sea ships, although the Ming Dynasty has been open to sea for more than 20 years. There are about 10 million people who rely on the sea for food.

But there are still most people who see the sea as a daunting path.

Even in a place like Fujian, which has a seafaring tradition, there is no way to go to sea.

Kong Xilu is an extremely conservative person, so as soon as the ship went to sea, Kong Xilu father and son each held a wooden barrel and spit it out.

Even the bile was spit out.

Not to mention, there was a big storm on the way.

The ships were even more jolting.

Perhaps this level of bumps is nothing for sailors, but for the Kong family father and son, it is an unprecedented test.

In this way, I came to Tianjin Port for nearly half a month.

Thanks to this, this is the season when the autumn breeze is gradually rising, and it can be smooth sailing.

Of course, all this went smoothly in Tianjin.

First of all, ships cannot enter the port directly, but have to anchor at sea for two days, for the simple reason that the water is transported twice a year.

More than 100 large ships docked at Dagukou and filled all the seats.

These more than 100 ships are all large ships, with as few as 10,000 stones and as many as 20,000 stones. It's about two million stones at a time. Therefore, it will take ten days and half a month for these ships to dock for loading and unloading.

It's just that Kong Xilu doesn't want to wait any longer, he is worried that the night will be long and dreamy. If he loses his title because he is late,

He had all the thoughts of wiping his neck.

Therefore, he, who was afraid of water, plucked up his courage and let a few sailors set up a flat boat and go to the harbor with their father and son.

Before, looking at the past from afar, these ships were large.

He had no idea of the big one, and when the small boat approached them, he felt that he was not seeing a ship, but a moving mountain.

Especially when you get close to these ships, you can only see the side of the ship, not even the mast and sails.

With the holy decree as evidence, the sailors' men did not make it difficult for them, but suspended loading and unloading and let them go ashore.

Kong Xilu had a feeling that he did not know the world.

The rice brought in from the south is still in the shell. Packed in sacks.

This was expected by Kong Xilu.

After all, generally speaking, the new grain shipped from the south is not sold directly, but is stored in the warehouse first. It wasn't until three years later that it was put up for sale. The new grain is then stored in the granary.

In this case, the rice that does not hull is better because it is preserved for a little longer.

In Kong Xilu's thoughts, now it should be a big man shirtless, carrying bags of grain, walking on a long pallet and transporting it.

But in fact, what he saw was that the elevated posts were erected one by one, and then there were pulleys underneath, because the sea boats were higher than the flat ground, so they only had to hang the grain on the pulleys, and with a gentle push, they came down.

Then the men below unloaded the grain on top of the wagon, and then the horses pulled the wagon directly on the tracks, and then pulled it away.

This is also the external technology output of the Shaofu system.

The large-scale use of pulleys and rails actually began in the Zunhua Iron Works. Then, under the impetus of Zhu Qizhen, it spread to all directions with Jingshi as the center.

The port of Tianjin is also the most widely used place.

It is because of the proximity to Beijing, many questions can be sent to the palace to ask for an edict.

Zhu Qizhen has been sealed for so many years, and more than 100 edicts have been sealed one after another. They are all experts in various fields, but there are only more than 90 of them alive today.

Without him, but anyone who can be recognized by peers on the one hand, must be a person of high morality, since he is virtuous, his age will also be very high, and it is normal to be old and old.

Growing up in the south, Kong Xilu didn't see a port, but now this port made him feel a little frightened.

Especially just from Quanzhou Port, Quanzhou Port and Tianjin Port are simply two worlds.

Although Kong Xilu has seen the ability to know the subtleties, he also feels that a change is brewing in the north, but what kind of development will this change have, and what will it bring to him, as well as the Southern Sect of the Confucian Family. For a while, he couldn't guess clearly.

This lack of clarity made him very uneasy.