Chapter 1251: Public Opinion
They believe in Buddhism, in the Tao, in themselves, and in ghosts and gods. That's ignorance, he is not qualified to know the heavenly machine, he can annotate "Zhou Yi", "Classic of Mountains and Seas", "The Biography of Mu Tianzi", "Chu Ci" and "Dialects", you people, I'm afraid you are not even qualified to read the covers of these books, right? ”
"He eats with real skills, not those mischievous monks outside!"
"You, you don't want to humiliate people, who said we haven't watched "Zhou Yi"?"
"You've seen it, can you read it?"
The other party choked, he really couldn't understand it, it was because he didn't understand it, so he didn't believe it!
Although the "Solar Eclipse Prophecy" is just a small article in the cracks, because the solar eclipse is too frightening and there are many people discussing it, even the ordinary people who can't read the newspaper and don't go to the teahouse to drink tea know it, and there is a lot of discussion on the street.
Zhao Hanzhang wrote a lot of eclipse science and sent it to the newspaper, one a day, which did not take up much space, but it was enough to attract people's eyes.
Of course, she couldn't popularize science in too much detail, so she began to lose historical records after two pieces of popular science.
The records of solar eclipses in the Han Dynasty are particularly complete, and in later generations, many records were lost in time and war, but now it is only more than a hundred years since the fall of the Han Dynasty.
Although many of the books and records preserved in the Imperial Court have been lost, it is a coincidence that all the records of the eclipse have been preserved.
Zhao Hanzhang asked Zhao Yunxin to copy it, and directly asked Di Bao to publish it.
So the people who went to the teahouse to listen to Mr. Storyteller read Di Bao exclaimed from time to time, and the literati who had good things began to count, counting to the twenty-eighth day of the first month, Di Bao finally finished publishing the solar eclipse records of the Han Dynasty, "There are one hundred and thirty-two solar eclipse records in the Han Dynasty alone, is this true or false?" ”
"It's been more than a hundred years ago, and the oldest won't live to that time, so how can I know about it?"
The documents and records of the imperial court can only be read by relevant officials, not to mention the illiterate people, even literate literati are difficult to have the opportunity to see.
Information has always been in the hands of a few.
"I don't know when this eclipse should be, since it is announced in the newspapers, it should be in the near future, right?"
"But it's been more than 20 days, and I haven't seen a solar eclipse, don't be wrong, right?"
"Don't say it, as soon as you hear this, you know that you are not good at reading, and the solar eclipse is only on the first day of the new year, how can there be more than 20 days?" The man said: "If there is really a solar eclipse, it is not on the first day of the second month, but on the first day of the third month, far away, no matter how powerful Guo Shenxian is, he can't count it, right?" ”
The word spread, and everyone was waiting for the first day of February to see if there would really be a solar eclipse.
Guo Pu is also waiting.
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were waiting, and they opposed Zhao Hanzhang and others at the beginning to report such news, one was afraid of provoking a popular uprising, and the other was afraid that the prediction would be inaccurate and damage the face of the imperial court.
But their opposition was ineffective, but Zhao Hanzhang still insisted.
The little emperor is also waiting, and he is anxious and waiting.
His schoolwork has decreased, and the government has also decreased, but the pressure of the past 20 days or so has been the highest ever.
He was very afraid, he was afraid that there would really be a solar eclipse, and he was afraid that Zhao Hanzhang and all the people in the world would push the sin of a solar eclipse on him.
However, he, the emperor, deserves to be in name only, and the ancestors have all kinds of riotous operations, so it won't be that there are too many dead people, and God can't look past it, so there is a solar eclipse to destroy the Sima clan, right?
The little emperor hid in the harem and didn't dare to say a word, but he didn't miss every newspaper.
For some reason, seeing the seven or eight eclipse records updated every day, the little emperor gradually became less afraid.
Well, I'm still afraid, but I won't be so afraid that my hands and feet tremble and my face is pale.
However, the eclipse is still a sword hanging over his head, which may fall at any time.
On the first day of the second lunar month, on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the courtiers entered the palace to participate in the court meeting according to the custom.
It's just that the hall is very quiet today, and Zhao Hanzhang sat in his position for a while and no one spoke.
Zhao Hanzhang raised his head and glanced down, then turned his head to look at the little emperor sitting in the upper right, thought for a while and said: "Everyone doesn't seem to be in the mood to discuss matters, so let's go to the stargazing platform to enjoy the sun together?" ”
Ji Yuan coughed twice and glanced at Zhao Hanzhang warningly.
Zhao Hanzhang smiled, took the lead in getting up, turned to face the emperor and said, "Let's go, Your Majesty." ”
The little emperor's face turned slightly pale, and he stood up with trembling feet.
Zhao Hanzhang saw that he was standing unsteadily, so he stretched out his hand to him.
The little emperor quietly glanced at her face, carefully put his hand on her palm, and Zhao Hanzhang helped him down the steps.
The little emperor calmed down a little and took the lead in going to the stargazing platform.
Guo Pu was occupying the stargazing platform to watch the sun in the sky, and when he saw Zhao Hanzhang suddenly leading hundreds of civil and military officials over, he got up not very happy.
He subconsciously saluted Zhao Hanzhang, bent down halfway and saw the little emperor standing next to her, hurriedly turned around slightly, and changed his words: "See Your Majesty." ”
The little emperor's mind was in the sky at this time, and he didn't care at all, he waved his hand and walked up to the stargazing platform, looking up at the sun in the sky, just one glance, he felt dazzling, so he looked away, "Will there really be a solar eclipse today?" ”
Guo Pu looked at Zhao Hanzhang.
Fu Tinghan calculated, is it more appropriate to ask Zhao Hanzhang?
However, Guo Pu believed in Fu Tinghan's algorithm, so he bowed his head and responded: "There should be." ”
The little emperor wanted to question him in front of the civil and military officials, but he was afraid that there would really be a solar eclipse, so he could only remain silent.
Zhao Hanzhang waved his hand, and immediately a soldier put the mat away, and Zhao Hanzhang asked the little emperor to sit down and wait together.
"Let's take a seat for the ministers, I don't know how long it will take."
The soldiers should come down and immediately bring one mat after another for the ministers to sit on.
At this time, the stargazing platform was surrounded by soldiers, and the palace was full of no more than twenty people, although the solar eclipse was a total eclipse and it would not be very dark, but she still had to prevent accidents, so the defense of the palace today was stricter than in the past.
Zeng Yue stood in the corner in a military uniform, his eyes swept sharply over everyone's faces, and only after finding no abnormality did he lower his head, and raised his head from time to time to take a look.
After sitting for a long time, the sun was getting higher and higher, and when it was almost mid-air, suddenly a shadow fell, obscuring the sunlight that had fallen on them.
Zhao Hanzhang heard a gasping sound, and some ministers couldn't help but exclaim, "Day, day, there is a gap." ”
Zhao Hanzhang looked up, but did not look directly at the sun, but just looked at its edge, and saw that the sun in mid-air was darker......
Zhao Hanzhang turned his head and asked Guo Pu, "What time is it?" ”
Guo Pu had already stood up excitedly, clenched his fists and said, "Noon, noon!" ”
Eleven fifteen.
Zhao Hanzhang looked up at the sun, at this time, there should be many people seeing it, right?
See you tomorrow