Chapter 358: Solar Eclipse I

- Wu Kui told Han Qi that Qin Tianjian had come to report that on the first day of the sixth lunar month, there would be a rì eclipse of one-sixth of the way, that is, a partial eclipse. **

"Oh?" Han Xianggong's attention immediately turned away from Qilin. Since ancient times, rì food has been regarded as a great bad luck and has been associated with the supreme ruler. Zuo Chuanyun 'rì has food, the Son of Heaven does not lift'...... Well, this does not lift, not physiological, it refers to the meaning of the monarch's immorality.

As soon as the front foot announced that the unicorn was sent back, the back foot had a rì food, what does it mean? A three-year-old can imagine it.

It's just a reversal of the situation, carrying a God-given opportunity to destroy Sima Xiao'er, but it's a pity that Chen Ke'er is not in Beijing, so he can't be brought on as well.

This news is so good that Han Qi can't believe it, could it be that Zhao Zongshi is really the master of the destiny of heaven, and he is protected by the gods?

"When did Qin Tianjian report it?" Han Qi didn't believe in such a coincidence.

"Uh......" Wu Kui saw sweat on his forehead, in fact, he suppressed it and didn't report it, so that after the matter was completed, he would ask Zhao Zongshi for credit. At this moment, the situation is compelling, and it is worthless if you don't say it, so I have to confide in my true feelings: "There are some rìs." ”

"Why don't you report it early?" Han Qi said expressionlessly.

"I'm just afraid that it will ruin the big thing of the father-in-law." Fortunately, Wu Kui knew that he would definitely not be able to hide it from Jīng Ming's tough boss, and he had already thought of a pretext: "I thought that when the overall situation has been decided, even if there is a rì food, it will not matter." If it leaks out early, it will be used as a lever. ”

"Hehe, Changwen has good intentions." Han Qi seemed to be smiling, and Wu Kui was terrified when he saw it.

It's just that there are priorities, and he can only be held accountable for his deception and not reported it. Han Qi said slowly: "Let Qin Tianjian only report that there is food." ”

"Not to mention half of the sixths?"

"Hmm." Han Qi nodded and said, "I'll talk about it when the official family changes their minds." ”

"What if the officials don't change their minds?" Wu Kui asked worriedly.

"That is the number of officials who have been in the past, and they will be transferred out of the Qin Tianjian and sent to the local government as officials." Han Qi said lightly.

Wu Kui was overwhelmed with admiration when he heard this, this kind of black cauldron, it is estimated that everyone in Qin Tianjian would be unable to ask for it.

"Be confidential." Han Qi sighed heavily: "I can't be bad anymore!" ”

"Yes." Wu Kui received the order in horror.

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Just one day later, the Qin Heavenly Prison reported that there would be a rì food.

As soon as this news came out, the government and the opposition were shaken. The remarks of the hundred officials were violent, and they all thought that this was the curse caused by the contempt of the unicorn! Even the officials were scared, and issued an edict ordering hundreds of officials to talk about how to remedy it.

In addition to the usual ritual of salvation. Naturally, the ministers also strongly demanded that the Qilin be immediately connected to the capital with the highest courtesy. The official family goes out of the city for ten miles to greet each other!

At this time, Sima Guang was also dumbfounded, he was silent, he didn't believe in any auspicious and celestial phenomena. But it was so coincidental that he couldn't argue.

Wang Yan is also out of the question, in this era, the mutation of celestial phenomena is the biggest thing, which can make the emperor guilty himself and make the prime minister step down, and the matter has come to this point, unless you can make the food go back, no one will dare to obstruct the rescue measures of the hundred officials.

Just when the two were at a loss. Sima Kang came in and said softly, "Daddy, the elder brother of the Chen family is here." ”

"Bachelor Chen has returned to Beijing?" Sima Guang was excited.

Wang Yan also breathed a sigh of relief, and sighed secretly in his heart, after all, people are the protagonists......

"It's not." Sima Kang shook his head and said, "It's Fourth Brother Chen." ”

"Oh," Sima Guang said with a little disappointment, "Please come to the room to see you." ”

"Uncle, I'll avoid it." Wang Yan knew that Sima Guang was going to set up the archway, and he hid in the room with interest.

After a while, Sima Kang led Chen Yu, who was dressed in civilian clothes, in. Chen Shilang met Sima Guang with teacher-student etiquette...... Because Sima Guang is the official of the imperial examination. It was for him to make a great contribution to the Chinese style.

In fact, Chen Yu's talent is slightly inferior to Zhang Dian, Wang Shao and others, but he has Wang Anshi in the first test, Chen Ke in the pavilion test, and Sima Guang in the imperial test to escort him all the way, plus his own strength is also excellent, so is there any reason to miss it? This world is such a reality, of course, if you have Su Shi's extraordinary talent, it will be the same.

Sima Guang invited him to sit down, and said in a harmonious voice: "Zhongping came to me, what are you doing?" ”

"It's for the sake of food." Chen Yu didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point: "The teacher should know that my third brother has raised a group of big food drinkers, and when he leaves Beijing, these people will be taken care of by me. ”

"Hmm." Sima Guang nodded, Chen Ke spent a huge amount of money to raise a group of Xiyi who couldn't speak, and it has become a big laughing stock in Bianjing. Even he couldn't understand it, thinking that Chen Ke was simply burning bags with too much money.

"These people are actually the top Great Food Scholars, and they have mastered more advanced astronomy than my Great Song Dynasty." Chen Yu said in a deep voice: "They told me that there is indeed a rì food on the first day of the sixth month, but it is not a total eclipse, only six and a half minutes. ”

"Oh?" Sima Guang's expression was relieved when he heard this, and he immediately frowned again: "Is it accurate?" ”

"It should be accurate...... Chen said with a wry smile: "Otherwise, my brother, spend more than 100,000 taels of silver every year, what will he do to support them?" ”

"Well......" Although Sima Guang has a serious Han standardism, he believes in Chen Ke. Could it be that Qin Tianjian was really wrong?

He has two generations of officials and family education, and he is not comparable to an officialdom rookie like Chen Yu, so he naturally knows that Qin Tianjian predicts rì food, and he has always been correct. How is this bias false positive?

On second thought, he realized. According to the interpretation of rì food over the years, once the rì food is less than predicted...... For example, it was originally said that it was a total eclipse, but the result was only six and a half minutes, which means that the monarch and the ministers remedied it in time, and the rescue was successful, and the ministers and officials had to congratulate them.

Obviously, the other party wanted to lie about the whole food first, and Zhao Zhen welcomed the unicorn back. Then, after the partial eclipse occurred, it was said that the official family remedied it in time and was forgiven by God.

After repeating this, in front of the holy beast Qilin, Zhao Zhen's prestige was gone, and no matter what he thought in his heart, he could only follow the proposal of the ministers.

"What a calculation!" Sima Guang sighed, the opponent was too strong, and he really didn't know how many times he could hold out.

After pacing a few steps in the room, he stopped and sighed, "What's the use of knowing?" "Even if he pokes this matter out, it is nothing more than the bad luck of a few officials in Qin Tianjian, and the rì partial food is still rì food, and the officials still have to remedy it.

"Those great food scholars also said," Chen Yu said after a moment of silence, "Around the first day of the first month of June, it should be a rainy day in the Gyeonggi area. ”

"If that's the case?" Sima Guang was completely excited at this time, according to the convention, if it rains and can't see the sun, it won't be counted as a rì food! "Really?!"

"It's hard to say," Chen said with a wry smile: "They say that the wind and rain are impermanent, and no one dares to guarantee the ticket, but the possibility of rain is extremely great." ”

"Hmm," Sima Guang also knew that this weather was not a celestial phenomenon, and it was not that accurate. If the time comes, if the sky doesn't open your eyes and the cracks are exposed, won't you sit on wax?

Even if he is free to be a prophet to predict the weather, the key is - who will believe it?

Seeing Sima Guang's hesitant expression, Chen Yu said again: "There is a person who can help the teacher." ”

"Who?" Sima Guang couldn't help but give him a roll of his eyes, can you finish the words at once?

"Master Shao Yongshao." Chen Yu said softly: "The words that come out of his mouth are naturally unbelievable. ”

"That's ......," Sima Guang couldn't help but nod. As a professional, Shao Yong has always been known for his predictions, and enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad. After speaking, he smiled dumbly and said, "Mr. Shao, how can you ask about Hongchen?" Even if he could say yes, it would be too late. ”

"Mr. Shao has arrived in Beijing before rì." Chen Yu said lightly: "The teacher can meet with him." ”

"Oh!" No matter how good Sima Guang's heart is, he can't help but be shocked. It turned out that Zhao Zongji's side, not only were they fighting alone, but reinforcements also arrived!

Wang Yan in the inner room was even more shocked and sat down on the kang, and said gloomily in his heart: "It seems that I still don't have enough friendship with His Highness, and I don't even know such secrets. ’

But in any case, when the catastrophe was approaching, there was a divine soldier descending from the sky, and everyone's mood was still excited.

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Without further ado, after dinner that day, Sima Guang visited Shao Yong, who lived in Baiyun Temple.

The two had met before, but they didn't have a deep relationship, but at this moment, they hit it off at first sight and talked all night.

After getting acquainted, Sima Guang asked Shao Yongdao: "Listening to what those Xiyi said, my heart is always unsteady, why doesn't Mr. make a hexagram and see if it is sunny or rainy that day?" ”

Shao Yong wore a blue sermon robe, although it was a hot day, he was refreshed, without a drop of sweat, and he looked very extraordinary. Hearing this, he shook the feather fan lightly and said, "It's okay." He said to Sima Guang: "You can write a word casually." ”

Sima Guang didn't think twice, wrote a 'bowl', and couldn't help muttering after writing, why did I write such a word? After thinking about it, I realized that when I came, Shao Yong was eating, and he pushed down his rice bowl to see him. Xu had such a residual thought that he would write this word...... Well, it must be like this, otherwise with my elegant taste, how could I write such vulgar words.

"It's going to rain that day." Shao Yong glanced at it and said lightly.

"What's the explanation?" Sima Guang was surprised and delighted.

"Now after the unitary hour has passed, the meal has been eaten, and the bowl shall be washed in water, so it shall be drenched with water." Shao Yong gave a strong reason.

"Oh?" Sima Guang looked at him suspiciously: "It's that simple? ”

Seeing that he didn't seem to believe it, Shao Yong understood that this person was not so easy to fool, so he laughed and said: "It's just a joke with Junshi, I came to cháo this afternoon, and I have already calculated it, and there will be no mistakes." ”

"I see." Sima Guang estimated that the other party would not joke about how many years of reputation would be a matter of immediate provenance, so he was convinced.

After a deep night's talk, the next day, Sima Guang played the watch, saying that the first day of the first month of June was a heavy rainy day, so how could he say that he would eat a meal?

As soon as these words came out, the government and the opposition were in an uproar...... Brother Sima has been in the limelight more recently than in the previous thirty or forty years, which is really not his wish, and he is forced to do so!

But because it is written in Sima Guang's chapter that the source is Shao Yong, a generation of Yixue masters, the voice of questioning and ridicule is much smaller-

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