Chapter 19: Latitude and Prosperity [2]

Zhu Houhuang said consciously, and it was useless to tell Gonggong Wei that these things were useless. Because it doesn't make sense. He took a deep breath and said, "Father-in-law, don't worry, you don't need to do this set of methods, naturally someone else will do it." ”

Father-in-law Wei said: "Who does the prince think is better? ”

"Naturally, it's Qin Tianjian."

Gonggong Wei's heart was relieved, and he said secretly: "Let the prince go and busy him, don't bother us, what warp and weft are not longitude and weft, didn't the ancestors draw maps like this if they didn't have warp and weft?" But he said: "The son of the world is Mingjian." ”

When Zhu Houhuang left the Seal Prison, he was a little confused.

He secretly said in his heart: "It seems that it is impossible to expect a complete longitude and latitude system in the palace." This matter must be handled by Qin Tianjian, but I don't know if the current level of Qin Tianjian can complete this task. ”

Zhu Houhuang is so worried that the latitude and longitude measurement will not be completed, not because he wants to sell well in front of Zhengde, but because he wants to open the Age of Discovery, some necessary conditions. Although the Ming Dynasty already had some offshore routes, that is, the needle path in Zheng He's charts. These needles are all threads, and I don't know how many lives were used to detect them. Zhu Houhuang wants to have a complete set of latitude and longitude system, so that when he sends people to explore in the future, he will have a greater grasp.

This is where Zhu Houhuang's selfishness lies, because he knows that his identity cannot be mixed up within the Ming Dynasty, unless he is the emperor. But the emperor is so good. Although Zhu Houhuang knew that Zhengde died young, although he forgot the specific time, he also remembered that Zhengde had no children, but now Zhengde is indeed at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, although there are no children under his knees, but everyone is not very worried.

Therefore, on the one hand, many people regard Zhu Houhuang as a spare tire, and on the other hand, Zhu Houhuang is not allowed to think about anything wrong.

But how could Zhu Houhuang not have a little idea.

Fortunately, Zhu Houhuang has watched the complete "Kangxi Dynasty" on the matter of seizing the heir, and knows that he is the most impatient. The first thing he has to do is to have a good relationship with Zhengde, so Zhengde is good at martial arts, and he will give him advice and plan the land of Nanyang, if the plan is successful, when Zhengde dies violently, he will be able to inherit the position of Emperor Daming, which is naturally the supreme joy, if not, Zhu Houhuang will be ready to be in the land of Nanyang, and will never come back. Wouldn't it be much better to be a vassal king overseas than to be a pig in Daming.

Therefore, Zhu Houhuang cares very much about anything that helps navigators, such as the two large boxes of Zheng He's charts in the palace.

Immediately, Zhu Houhuang remembered another person, and immediately ordered: "Come on, go to Yang's mansion to post, I will ask Yang Zhuangyuan to come to the mansion to talk about it." ”

Sunset and moonrise. Zhu Houhuang and Yang Shen were in the back garden, drinking relatively well.

"Tell me, what are you looking for me?"

"Disciple, don't you know how to speak?" Zhu Houhuang said with some embarrassment. "There's really one thing, please ask the master for help. Does the master know the people of Qin Tianjian? ”

"Qin Tianjian's people?" Yang Shen paused slightly, "That's a cold yamen?" Do you have something to say, who will I look for? ”

As the son of a university scholar and a champion himself, among the literati and doctors, Yang Shen has a wide range of contacts, and any yamen can find acquaintances. Therefore, as soon as Zhu Houhuang thought of finding someone, he paid attention to Yang Shen.

"That's right." Zhu Houhuang told Yang Shen about the idea of latitude and longitude.

Yang Shen knocked on the table, thought for a while, and said, "What are you going to use to determine the latitude and longitude?" ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "I first use the height of the sun to determine the latitude. Use time to determine longitude. ”

Yang Shen understood as soon as he heard it, although he was not proficient in astronomy, he did not know anything about astronomy. Combined with heliocentrism, if we look at this problem again, it is naturally very clear. Yang Shen was known as the first writer of the Ming Dynasty by later generations, and his erudition was recognized by the world. said: "In this case, the matter of finding a few people is on me." Let me think, who are you looking for? ”

Yang Shen knocked on his head for a while, and suddenly said, "Yes, Dr. Zhu Yu." Although he is not from the right path, but astronomy, he is a first-class talent, some time ago he also said that the calendar is wrong, and he needs to rebuild, just like heliocentrism to tell him about it to see how he reacts. ”

Dr. Leak is the official in charge of the calendar, and can even be said to be a clerk. Zhu Yu can be said to be a family scholar, and he served in Qintianjian during his family years. Doctor Wenchen Shi looked down on these petty officials who did chores at all, and an official position like Qin Tianjian was a technical official, and ordinary people really couldn't play it, and slowly the civil officials didn't want to do it, and slowly the officials of Qin Tianjian became father and son.

And this is how Zhu Yu became Dr. Leak, just after he became Dr. Leak, soon after he put forward the idea of repairing the calendar.

"Zhongguan Zheng Zhou Lian is also an astronomical attainment." Yang Shen paused slightly, and continued: "However, there is a bit of a festival between these two people. ”

Zhongguan Zheng is also a minor official of Qin Tianjian and is in charge of the four seasons.

Zhu Houhuang said a little strangely: "Oh, what do the two of them have to celebrate?" ”

Yang Shen said: "It's a matter of cultivating the calendar. The calendar is not accurate and needs to be rebuilt, which is the consensus of many people, but there are many opinions on how to fix it. Zhu Yu's meaning is to refer to the Hijri calendar, the nine executive calendars, and reconstruct the calendar. And Zhou Lian's meaning is to calculate it every year, and if there is a problem, repair it, and around the New Year, one more day, one less day, even if it is made up. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "The cabinet must have agreed to Zhou Lian's opinion. ”

Yang Shen smiled slightly: "How do you know?" ”

"The cabinet has always been one more thing, it's better to have one less thing, how can it make a big move?"

Yang Shen nodded and said, "The son can be taught." In fact, there are really not many people I know about such a cold yamen as Qin Tianjian. These two people had seen them some time ago, but they wanted to know who was skilled in the way of astronomy. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "In that case, then let's invite these two people tomorrow." ”

Yang Shen sneered: "Why do you need to be tomorrow, take my post now and let them come over." ”

Zhu Houhuang lowered his head slightly, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

In his opinion, these people who have attainments in astronomy and those who dare to speak about the practice of the calendar are all first-class scholars, and they are much more important than ordinary literati and scholars. But Yang Shen invited an official of the Ministry of Rites to invite politely, but when it was the turn of the Qin Heavenly Prison, he was called like a slave. This upside-down feeling made Zhu Houhuang feel very uncomfortable.

The Ming Dynasty was the middle and late period, and it was the best years for literati and doctors. At this time, they looked down on the military attaché, looked down on the military attaché wanted to see a dog, looked down on the miscellaneous officials, looked at them as if they were slaves, looked down on the eunuchs, but they were the emperor's dogs, looked down on the emperor, and it was not enough to sit in that position with their father's ancestor Yu Yin, it was not as good as them to cut off six generals with five senses, and enter the rank and rank. That's where it is now.

But they ruined all this, which has to be said to be a great irony.

Yang Shen didn't know that he, a student, had such a rebellious idea in his heart.

Dr. Zhu Yu and Zhongguan Zheng Zhou Lian came quickly. After a while, it came.

Zhu Yu was dressed in sackcloth, with a few patches on it, obviously he didn't have time to change his clothes. But in his twenties, he is a little thin. It looks like a gust of wind can blow it down.

But Zhou Lian just wanted to do the opposite, Zhou Lian was dressed in brocade, with gray hair and a big belly, and he was a chubby outsider. As soon as they met, they immediately saluted and said, "I've seen Master Yang, I've seen Shizi." ”

Zhu Yu woke up like a dream and met the two of them.

Zhu Houhuang said: "No courtesy." ”

Zhu Houhuang immediately said his thoughts and asked, "How?" ”

Zhou Lian said: "Since the prince has explained, I will do it immediately, but I still need to write for time." ”

And Zhu Yu was stupidly stunned, Zhou Lian immediately pulled Zhu Yu's hand when he saw this, Zhu Yu came back to his senses and said: "The idea of the prince of the world has not come true. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "How can it not be done? ”

Zhu Yu said: "It is possible to measure the latitude at the height of the sun at noon. Just trying to determine the time of one place is the standard time, but it is not possible to determine the longitude of other places by time? ”

"Why?"

"Because there's not that accurate leakage."