According to historical records, during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, there was a solar eclipse, and Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty thought that this was a bad omen, so he hurriedly gave himself an edict to blame himself, and then continued to dismiss the policy of meager endowment and rest with the people, which led to the later "rule of Wenjing".

Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty used this trick many emperors, when there was a solar eclipse, the emperors would give themselves a guilty edict, to reflect on the recent mistakes, they thought that the solar eclipse was a warning from the heavens to themselves.

Let's say that after receiving Li Shimin's urgent move, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty rushed to the palace, because there were more people, so they were summoned in the Taiji Palace.

With the help of his chamberlain, Li Shimin refreshed and dressed up, and then went to the Taiji Hall to summon the ministers.

Wang Dazhui, Li Chengqian, Li Tai, Cheng Chumo, Cheng Tieniu and others also participated together because they were right in front of them.

It was probably because the people were panicking about the solar eclipse, so no one drove these half-grown children out of the court.

Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair, and when the civil and military officials saw the salute, he immediately couldn't wait to say to the civil and military officials: "The vision of the Tengu Eclipse Day just happened, I think all of you have seen it, I don't know what you think?" ”

In fact, before Li Shimin came, everyone was already discussing the matter of "Tengu Eclipse Day".

Most people don't think it's a good thing, they think it's a bad omen.

But it doesn't matter how you look at it in private, in front of the emperor, everyone look at me, I look at you, look at each other, no one wants to be this bird, because as long as he is not a fool, he can see that Li Shimin is in a very bad mood now.

Li Shimin was very angry when he saw that everyone did not answer his questions, and a pair of dragon eyes looked around at the civil and military officials in the main hall, and his calm face was about to attack.

At this time, the eunuch outside the Taiji Hall reported: "Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, two national teachers, are here. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he had no choice but to calm his anger and said softly: "Quickly invite the two national teachers to the main hall." ”

When Wang Dazhui heard this, he looked outside the hall gate, and saw his two masters, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, wearing gray robes, holding dust in their hands, and walking in with expressionless faces.

"Minister Yuan Tiangang and Minister Li Chunfeng have seen Your Majesty." Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng walked to the center of the hall and bowed to Li Shimin.

"Excuse me!"

"The two national teachers, the road has been bumpy and hard, presumably the two national teachers should know what I am calling you urgently."

When Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng heard this, they looked at Li Shimin, and then nodded, meaning that they understood the reason why Li Shimin came to them.

"Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, a few days ago, the minister and senior brother watched the sky at night, and they had already calculated that there would be a solar eclipse today." Li Chunfeng said to Li Shimin slowly.

"The national teacher has long calculated that there will be a solar eclipse today? Does the national teacher know whether this solar eclipse is a curse or a blessing? Li Shimin was very surprised when he heard that Li Chunfeng knew in advance that there would be a solar eclipse today. However, he is most concerned about whether the solar eclipse is a bad omen.

"This time the vision from the sky and the appearance of a solar eclipse are both a curse and a blessing to my Tang Dynasty, and the final result depends on Your Majesty and the princes of the court." Yuan Tiangang followed and said.

With Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng taking the lead in speaking, others also stepped forward to express their opinions.

Everyone's views are basically the same, anyway, this "solar eclipse" is a bad omen, and we must cultivate virtue and introspect.

To prove their claims, they also give a lot of examples.

After listening to everyone's words, Li Shimin's mood was particularly depressed, because Li Shimin felt that he was quite wronged.

Li Shimin thought to himself that since he became the emperor, he has been conscientious and conscientious, busy with state affairs day and night, and this god still feels that he is not good enough.

Wang Dazhui had been standing in the corner quietly "listening to the story". But then I felt that these people were talking too much, and I suddenly felt very funny, and I couldn't help laughing.

It didn't matter if he smiled, but something big happened, and it immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the hall.

"Above the main hall, who is laughing?" Wei Zheng scolded loudly.

But isn't it, there is a disaster in the Tang Dynasty, and you dare to laugh, this is simply not to put the Son of Heaven on the dragon chair and the military officials in the hall in your eyes.

"Come on, blast this presumptuous person out of the Taiji Hall immediately." Wei Zheng's eyes widened angrily, looked at Wang Dazhui, and gave a very unceremonious order.

The guards on both sides heard that they were about to step forward and blast Wang Da Hammer out of the Tai Chi Palace.

Wang Dazhui definitely didn't do it, and immediately shouted: "Slow, I have something to say." ”

Li Shimin saw that it was Wang Da Hammer, waved his hand to signal the guards to retreat, and then said unhappily: "Wang Xiannan, I will give you a chance to tell me, why did you suddenly laugh innocently just now?" If I can't say a good reason, I'll punish you for a great sin of disrespect. ”

Yes, Wang Da Hammer can be regarded as hitting the muzzle of the gun by himself, and everyone is not happy because of the solar eclipse, he suddenly smiled, and when he heard everyone's ears, he naturally felt very uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty, the reason why I laugh is because a solar eclipse is just a normal natural phenomenon, and it is not a bad omen at all." Wang Dazhui took a few steps forward and came to the center of the main hall.

"Yellow-mouthed child, gibberish." Wei Zheng immediately reprimanded.

Seeing that it was Wei Zheng who was talking again, Wang Dazhui said mercilessly: "Lord Wei Zheng, you listen to me finish speaking, it's not too late to speak, don't you know that it is very rude to interrupt others?" ”

Wei Zheng didn't expect Wang Dazhui to dare to embarrass himself in front of everyone, and his face suddenly turned red with anger.

However, Wang Da Hammer was reasonable, and he was not easy to refute, so he could only glare at Wang Da Hammer hatefully and no longer speak.

"In fact, a solar eclipse is when the moon moves between the sun and the earth, and the three are exactly in a straight line, the moon blocks the sun's light from the earth, and the black shadow behind the moon falls right on the earth." Wang Dazhui said as he asked people to find pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and drew pictures for everyone on the spot.

After listening to Wang Dazhui's words and looking at the picture he had drawn, there was a sigh of embarrassment in the hall.

For a while, it was difficult for everyone to accept that the mysterious "solar eclipse" was caused by such a simple reason.

Wei Zheng wanted to argue loudly, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was reasonable, and he couldn't refute it.

After a while, Li Chunfeng was the first to react, snatched the drawings of the solar eclipse drawn by Wang Dazhu, and looked at it with bright eyes.

As a senior enthusiast of astronomical research, Li Chunfeng is easier than others to understand the authenticity of this painting.

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