Chapter 82: The Scholar of the Scholars

Envoy Di, Liu Zhuo, who was beaming, said goodbye and left, Yuwen Wen and Zheng Tong said goodbye to the Taixue assistant teacher, turned back to the room to continue talking, Zheng Tong easily found this scholar, was successfully fooled by the scumbag Yuwenwen, and wanted to come to the door from time to time to 'disturb'. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zheng Tong followed Yuwen Wen to Yecheng this time, responsible for recruiting talents, but it was very shabby in terms of the appeal of Bazhou Thorn History, so he held the mentality of having dates and no dates to 'dig the corner'.

Yu Wenwen's name of "Bazhou Thorn History" is not worth much in Yecheng, and Zheng Tong's "Bazhou Master Bo" is nothing, Bazhou is just a Zhengqiming state with tens of thousands of households, and compared with the northern states with tens of thousands or even nearly 100,000 households, it is just the level of a county.

But more importantly, although Zheng Tong has knowledge, it is almost delusional to enter the trap of upper-class learning, in this era of Wei and Jin demeanor, not only does the official career have the unspoken rule of "no cold people in the upper grades, and no scholars in the lower grades", but even the academic work is inevitably affected.

As soon as the two sides met, they naturally wanted to show their identities, and their official position was secondary, and the first thing to report was their own county prestige, that is, what their background was. ”

No? Ah, Master Zheng has a thin southern accent, presumably Nanyang Zheng's? Up in the air? So where is Zheng Zhu Bo Junwang? Don't have a county lookout?

I heard that Zheng Zhubo has studied scriptures, but I don't know where he studied it? What, not a famous teacher, but an ordinary folk school?

Zheng Tong, who is not famous in the county, is not qualified to enter the upper-class cultural communication circle of Yecheng, according to the sentence of later generations, it is changed to say: You are also worthy of discussing knowledge with us? Who introduced you?

Of course, everyone is a scholar, and there is still something to be courteous to treat each other, but the soft nail made Zheng Tong dizzy, and he wanted to talk and laugh with the children of the high family, he was a petty official who was not even from a poor family, and he was not qualified.

The cold family, compared to the Shi clan, is a lot sad, but the Han family is not everyone who is qualified to call themselves, most of the Han men are small and medium-sized landlords, and the Shi clan looks down on the Han family, but Zheng Tong, a small official who lives by his fortune, has no basic field foundation, and is not even a cold man.

Zheng Tong had already been mentally prepared for this situation, after all, this kind of atmosphere in the Southern Dynasty was stronger than that in the Northern Dynasty, and he had long been used to it, so it didn't matter, seeing that it was hopeless to go to the upper academic circle, he tried to make friends with ordinary scholars.

Yuwenwen wanted to buy a lot of books in Yecheng, Zheng Tong took the opportunity to contact the book helper practitioners, after all, many learned readers in Yecheng were not well-off, and often relied on the helper books to subsidize the family, Zheng Tong also took the opportunity to search for famous books, and the doctor and teaching assistant in Taixue were close.

Liu Zhuo is a talent he discovered, this person's knowledge is amazing, he is a native of Xindu, Hebei Province, studied under a group of Confucians, studied hard for more than ten years, and finally learned something, and his window friend Liu Xuan was called "Erliu" together, famous for Confucianism in Qi State, and was hired as a state doctor.

Liu Zhuo was not only proficient in the subset of classics and history, but also studied arithmetic classics such as "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and "Zhou Ji", as well as astronomical calendars such as "Qiyao Almanac".

Zhou annihilated Qi, and then civil strife broke out, when the two-year war broke out in the elephant, Liu Zhuo, who had entered Beijing (Chang'an), happened to be in his hometown in Hebei, Chang'an naturally could not go, and Zhou had a court in Yecheng, and now he was appointed as an assistant teacher in Taixue and lived in Yecheng.

Liu Zhuoqi is naturally not knowledgeable, Zheng Tong decided to make up his mind about it, but it was because of another reason: this person's popularity is not very good, and he has been excluded in Taixue, and he is a little dissatisfied with the status quo.

The reason is very simple, first of all, the doctors who are too academic are even slightly inferior to Liu Zhuo in terms of knowledge, but the key is that Liu Zhuo is from an average background, and he doesn't give face when he debates, and the doctors and their classmates can't bear this breath, so it is inevitable to be secretly excluded.

Another reason is that Liu Zhuo has a problem with life, perhaps because he reads too much, and his communication with people is not tactful enough, especially when discussing knowledge, he is arrogant, and often inadvertently makes hurtful remarks, similar to "This problem even Mongolian school children know, you don't know?" How did you learn? ”

Over time, along with his colleagues, he began to dislike him, so Liu Zhuo was not very comfortable in Taixue.

This is what Zheng Tong heard in private, he felt that Liu Zhuo had a university question but was dissatisfied with the status quo, so he had the idea of 'digging into the corner', of course, Bazhou's attraction to it was almost equal to nothing, so he had to make a big deal.

The first thing is to attract the other party academically, Liu Zhuo does not need to go to Bazhou to 'study' with his academic level, but this is proficient in astronomy and arithmetic at the same time, and Yu Wenwen just has a trick to 'restrain himself'.

In terms of astronomy, it is enough to use an astronomical mirror, which can peek through the 'heavenly machine', but it is only available in Bazhou, which has made Liu Zhuo's heart scratch like a cat, and the 'trigonometric function' that Yu Wenwen then threw out attracted Liu Zhuo's attention in terms of arithmetic.

Fang Cai Yuwen coaxed and deceived, using trigonometric functions, a noun that never appeared in the Central Plains arithmetic classics, Liu Zhuo was dizzy, of course, what Yuwen Wen said was just the surface, he almost forgot about this thing after graduating from high school, so he used a trick.

"Bazhou Sima Yang Ji, proficient in Western arithmetic trigonometry cheats "Big Test", in which there are several kinds of trigonometric function algorithms, this book has "Cutting Circle Eight Line Table", if Assistant Teacher Liu is interested, why don't you go to Bazhou and learn from Yang Sima?"

"Assistant Teacher Liu's needs in Bazhou are all undertaken by the official, and as for the Tianwen Mirror, it is natural that Assistant Teacher Liu can use it for as long as he wants..."

"This official wants to establish a state school in Bazhou, I wonder if Assistant Teacher Liu is interested in helping one or two? Of course, if the required classics are not enough, Assistant Teacher Liu can buy them in Yecheng to his heart's content, and the required expenses are the responsibility of Zheng Zhubo, and the official ordered the books to be transported back to Bazhou..."

"By the way, Yang Sima built a hydraulically powered clock in Bazhou, and the timekeeping accuracy has reached the second...."

"What is a second? Unlike the Central Plains, the Western astronomical calendar divides a day into 24 hours, also known as hours, and every hour is 60 minutes, and every minute is 60 seconds..."

"If we take the Central Plains hours as counted, an hour is two hours, and the missing hour is recorded as one hundred minutes per day and night, and each hour is about equal to more than fourteen minutes..."

"Of course, if according to the Liang system of the Southern Dynasty, the missing moment is 96 minutes per day and night, then each moment is equal to 15 minutes, which is also 900 seconds..."

"Assistant Teacher Liu, don't worry, this thing is in Bazhou, he will be able to see it when he arrives in Xiyang City..."

Under a series of tricks, Liu Zhuo's psychological defense line has collapsed, not to mention the astronomical mirror and clock, he has never heard of such a strange 'Western triangulation', although what Yu Wenwen said is all the skin, but his curiosity for knowledge has been burning, and he agreed without hesitation in the face of the other party's invitation.

Liu Zhuo can't wait to go to Bazhou immediately, but where can he be so free, he is not alone, he has to bring his family with him when he travels far away, Taixue has to finish here, there are still many things to explain, not that he can leave.

Yuwenwen is not in a hurry, please Liu Zhuo take care of the aftermath with peace of mind, and when everything is arranged, he will arrange for someone to send him to Bazhou, of course, this time he is on the thief ship, and if he wants to come down, he can't help the other party.

"Envoy, Assistant Teacher Liu's knowledge naturally doesn't have to be said, it's just... His way of dealing with the world is quite flawed, and he is lowly..."Zheng Tong hesitated for a moment, but still said: "The lowly position has heard people say that this person seems... Well, it seems that he is narrow-minded and greedy for money..."

"No one is perfect, if Assistant Teacher Liu really likes money, this official can afford it." Yu Wenwen didn't care, since Zheng Tong had already won over Liu Zhuo, it meant that he had weighed the pros and cons, and mentioning it at this time was nothing more than to let him have a number in his heart.

"This matter must be grasped quickly, lest someone interfere so that Assistant Teacher Liu can't get out, if you really can't be separated, Xi Sheng's side will not care, and you will be responsible for keeping an eye on Assistant Teacher Liu."

"Envoy, if Assistant Teacher Liu goes to Bazhou, do you really want to observe the stars?"

"This is nature, what are your concerns?"

"Envoy, if this is the case, it is still justified, after all, the matter of private astronomy is not trivial, and it is easy to attract criticism as an envoy..."

"This official will make it clear to His Majesty and the Prime Minister that he will observe the stars in Bazhou." Yu Wenwen said that he felt that Zheng Tong's reminder was still very right.

Astronomy, in fact, is a discipline, but in ancient times it was different, private research can be related to the violation of the ban, in ancient times, the country's luck, the emperor's safety and astronomical phenomena were linked, and even called astronomical science, so certain groups of people should be careful.

Observing celestial phenomena? What do you do as a clan observing celestial phenomena? Want Your Majesty's Emperor Star to fall? Or do you want to peek through the heavens and intend to do evil to Your Majesty? If you don't covet the throne, what are your intentions in observing the heavens?

Generally speaking, the rulers of ancient times had a negative attitude towards the study of astronomy by the people, after all, astronomy has risen to the height of astronomy, so in order to monopolize this knowledge, the Jin Dynasty issued a decree prohibiting the private collection of astronomical artifacts and the private practice of astronomy.

That is to say, since then, the imperial court has turned the monopoly of astronomy into official science, and the power to observe and study astronomy has been nationalized, and the private study of astronomy has become the first object of suppression.

But it is one thing to say and another to do, and the official scholars who studied astronomy in the past dynasties are nothing more than three sources: first, the selection by examination; secondly, there were astronomical families, who served the imperial court for generations; Third, the promotion of folk scholars naturally belongs to 'private practice', so it is not impossible to say that private practice of astronomy is not uncommon.

During the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the political situation was turbulent, and the emperors relied on soldiers and horses to stabilize the country, so the control on the study of astronomy was relatively relaxed, but it did not mean that there was no control.

The crime of studying astronomy privately can be big or small, it depends on whether anyone wants to fix you, so Yuwenwen set up a stargazing platform in Bazhou, which is theoretically illegal, and can even be charged with rebellion, of course, Shannan Dao Daxingtai does not speak, and no one dares to be presumptuous.

If it was just for him to entertain himself, now he also invited the assistant teacher of Taixue to watch the sky at night and study astronomy, it is easy to teach people to give him a handle, although no one in the Shannan realm will use this charge to trouble Yuwenwen, but it will be a trouble after all.

But it's not a trouble, Yuwen Wen and Zheng Tong have decided to make a preemptive move, directly to the emperor and the prime minister, saying that they want to hire Liu Zhuo to Bazhou to open a state school, after all, educating the people is the primary responsibility of the assassin history, and then 'by the way' to observe the sky at night and cultivate astronomical talents, which can be regarded as inheriting knowledge.

To put it bluntly, it is necessary for the imperial court to authorize the establishment of an astronomical official school in Bazhou, and the reason why it is so tossed is because the astronomical mirror is an important bait for Liu Zhuo to take the bait, if there is no such trick, the other party will not be too lazy to go to Bazhou.

After talking for a while, Zheng announced his retreat, and Yu Wenwen sat alone behind the case, his excitement overflowing, because Zheng Tong caught a big fish this time, and he remembered who this Assistant Teacher Liu was.

Liu Zhuo, together with his classmate Liu Xuan and called Er Liu, is a famous Confucian scholar in the Sui Dynasty, and the Confucianism of the tongue battle group is known as 'undefeated'.

Liu Zhuo is not only knowledgeable, knowledgeable and modern, but also extremely proficient in the astronomical calendar, and is a leader in the industry.

However, Liu Zhuo's personality is flawed, and 'Mu Xiu is in the forest, and the wind will destroy it', when he did not taste defeat in the tongue battle, he also attracted monstrous resentment, and some people lost a mess in learning, so they used off-the-court tricks to fight back.

The slander and slander continued, and as a result, Liu Zhuo was dismissed from his official position, and then reinstated, went through ups and downs in the officialdom, and was finally deposed, and returned to his hometown to teach, and painstakingly compiled the "Imperial Calendar", although there was a major breakthrough in the calendar and was impeccable in academics, but it was still not adopted by the imperial court.

This person's problem is not nothing, greed for money is one of the more prominent shortcomings, Liu Zhuo is knowledgeable but the threshold is also high, if you want to learn his knowledge, what 'meaning' has to be enough, this problem has caused Liu Zhuo's reputation to be greatly affected.

The officialdom was frustrated and returned to his hometown to open a museum to teach, and he seriously put away the tuition fees to teach knowledge, Liu Zhuo came from time to time, many people came from thousands of miles away, and there were countless disciples, and the most famous ones were Kong Yingda and Gai Wenda.

These two are the rising stars of the new generation, the late Sui and early Tang Dynasty scholars, Kong Yingda is the thirty-first grandson of Confucius, the book "Five Classics of Justice" has been passed down through the ages, Gai Wenda and Kong Yingda together, is the second of the eighteen scholars of Zhenguan.

Liu Zhuo's officialdom was frustrated, and he finally cultivated two good students, he died during the Sui Dynasty, and in the early Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng introduced Liu Zhuo in the "Book of Sui" "Confucianism" and said: "Commentators think that for hundreds of years, erudite and Confucian, there is no one who can stand out. ”

Yu Wenwen was naturally overjoyed to see this kind of national treasure-level scholar, he would not let go of the fat sent to the door in public and private, not to mention state learning or anything, the future teachers of his two sons would be down.

"This is equivalent to letting the academician be his son's teacher, and he will wake up laughing when he dreams!" Yu Wenwen muttered excitedly, parents always have to think about their children, the so-called public and private stools are like this, for the sake of their son's education, it doesn't matter if they spend money to support the top students.

If Liu Zhuo is really sent to Bazhou to run a state school, Yu Wenwen can already foresee the grand occasion of students from all over Shannan flocking to the school, and then it will be the great development of the 'student economy' that he likes to see.

What night market barbecue, Internet café, couple's hotel... Uh, no, it's all kinds of restaurants, bookstores, rental houses, and even the sales of pen, ink, paper and inkstone will increase greatly, and when he thought of unlimited business opportunities, Yu Wenwen's eyes narrowed with a smile.

"So, Yang Ji, you can do it yourself, if Liu Zhuo goes to Xiyang City, but if you want a real sword and a real gun..." )