The first day of December in the 11th year of Hongji.

The emperor personally went to the Temple of Heaven and Earth in the southern suburbs to participate in the great sacrifice.

The big sacrifice is the most important sacrificial activity in the Ming Dynasty, sacrificing heaven and earth, but before Jiajing, the mound altar has not been built, and the heaven and earth sacrifices are all in one place.

After the sacrificial event, Wu Hao, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple and the supervisor of the Heavenly Supervisor of Zhangqin, used the armillary sphere to measure the heavenly machine to determine the good luck and evil in the coming year.

Wu Hao was a famous astronomer in the Ming Dynasty, but he only had certain achievements in astronomy, and other people's requirements for him were not only astronomy, but also let him measure good fortune and evil, which was a bit difficult for him......

In the past, he could only read from the book, and he could only mention what was recorded in the book.

But here's the problem......

Trying to make a connection between astronomy and what is happening in the world is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

It was a bit windy on the day.

After the sacrifice was completed, many ministers were still waiting, and on the other side, Wu Hao seemed to have some dispute with his assistant, and he didn't report to the emperor about the good fortune and evil in the coming year for a long time.

In the end, Dai Yi, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant eunuch, came down and urged: "Wu Shaoqing, haven't you reached a conclusion yet?" ”

Meaning, the emperor and all the ministers are waiting over there, haven't you made preparations in advance? Who do you think expects you to really be able to deduce anything? Hurry up and finish your work and leave, you can't let the monarchs and ministers waste time here because you are alone.

Wu Hao handed the turtle shell with a strange shape to the person on the side, and said to Dai Yi: "Father-in-law Dai, let the officials think about it again." ”

Big winter.

Dai Yi found that Wu Hao had beads of sweat on his head.

It's as if it's an activity that is physically demanding.

"Hurry up, Your Majesty is still waiting to return to the palace. This wind is not small. ”

Wu Hao went to the armillary sphere again and looked at the sky, it was cloudy, and it was difficult to control even the direction of the sun.

Liu Pin, the deputy supervisor next to him, came over and asked, "Wu Shaoqing, hurry up." In the past, this is a long time ago! The old ministers below were also shivering with cold. ”

There are also many civil and military generals standing below.

Wu Hao also felt a lot of pressure on his body.

"Wait, wait......"

The reason why Wu Hao is under so much pressure is that from the perspective of metaphysics, a lot of things happened back then.

He didn't count a single thing in advance.

Although Li Guang is to blame for many things, Qin Tianjian, as an important institution of the Ming Dynasty, has played soy sauce in front of many things.

On the contrary, Zhang Zhou, a person from outside the palace, calculated a lot......

There is no harm without contrast.

Wu Hao also wanted to draw a scoop according to the gourd of the past year, and put the calculation results up to deal with the matter, but not this year, if he is not allowed again, it is estimated that he, the Qintian Supervisor, will not do it.

Finally.

After the emperor urged him three times and invited him four times, Wu Hao wrote the text and brought it to the emperor in person, and then Dai Yi handed it over.

Zhu Youzhu didn't bother to look at it.

Zhu Youzhu asked, "What is the fortune of Daming in the coming year?" ”

This is not looking at the details, and Wu Hao wants to make a summary.

Wu Hao felt that not only did he attach great importance to this divination, but even the emperor seemed to have changed his previous style of not asking questions.

It's all because of Zhang Zhou.

Could it be that only you, Wu Hao, are under pressure, shouldn't the emperor ask more questions and then cross-corroborate with Zhang Zhou's estimation results?

"It's fine." Wu Hao really couldn't think of a better way to say, "The contents of the six ren's divination are all listed in the heavenly table, and your majesty is invited to take a look." ”

Zhu Youzhu squinted at Wu Hao.

Let you calculate for a long time, and you will calculate a "okay"?

Everyone in the Ming Dynasty praised you as a rare star arithmetic since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, but it seems that you are far worse than Bingkuan, whom I trusted.

Zhu Youzhu handed the text to Xiao Jing and said, "Go back and ask Bingkuan to see what his opinion is." That's all for today. ”

The emperor did not deliberately save face in front of Wu Hao.

Let Zhang Zhou compare it, and he is clearly saying, you Wu Hao stand aside.

The beads of sweat on Wu Hao's head were already dripping down, but his face was ashamed, and he was embarrassed to look up at the king.

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……

Recently, Zhang Zhou has been actively preparing for the exam.

I don't have to enter the palace gate, I feel a lot more relaxed, but occasionally Wang Yue will visit with his face on his face.

There is only one question - when will the Tatars commit.

But everyone knows that the grassland tribes also have to spend the winter, and they all know that the winter in the north of the Ming Dynasty is not productive, even if they come to loot, it is estimated that they will not be able to grab any good things, unless they knock down the earth forts one by one, which is inconsistent with the style of the Tatars who grab one place and run.

Since there is no war in winter, let's drag it out first.

Even Zhang Zhou did not answer Wang Yue or the emperor directly about when this battle would start.

According to Zhang Zhou's account, the next time the Tatars disturbed the border was in February, and the time was exactly when the meeting was underway.

Wang Yue had just come to visit this morning.

In the afternoon, Xiao Jing took Wu Hao to the door with some strange symbols of the "Book of Heaven" to ask for advice.

"Seal what?"

After Zhang Zhou listened to Xiao Jing's meaning of the emperor, he still didn't understand what he meant.

Xiao Jing said: "Naturally, it is a confirmation of the good luck of the coming year." ”

Zhang Zhou said curiously: "Through the change of the stars, can you calculate the good luck of the country?" It has to be calculated a year in advance, will it be ...... A bit demanding? ”

Xiao Jing smiled bitterly: "Mr. Zhang, you are really direct, you won't say that you can't do anything about it, right?" ”

"Hmm." Zhang Zhou said, "Father-in-law Xiao still understands me." ”

"You ......"

Xiao Jing almost wanted to hit someone.

Am I here to ask you for help? I'm here on behalf of the Emperor.

Are you so perfunctory?

Isn't it pampered and arrogant?

Zhang Zhoudao: "If you want to calculate, you can't calculate it like this, I may not even be able to measure the weather tomorrow, let me directly calculate the trend of the next year, I'm afraid I can't do anything." Many things are also about to come before the signs manifest themselves. ”

"Really?" Xiao Jingxin said, you finally said a human word.

Xiao Jing has the bottom in his heart, at least go back to the emperor and be able to make a deal.

Zhang Zhou leaned over and said, "Gonggong Xiao, let me tell you a secret, I have calculated that there may be ground movements in Henan recently, but it is not too serious." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Jing was taken aback, but his eyes were eager, "How close has it been lately?" ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "In six or seven days, in Xinye County, Henan, there will be a collapse of houses, probably there will be human injuries, it is estimated that there will be less than ten people, if you take precautions in advance......"

Xiao Jing swallowed and said, "Is it accurate?" ”

Zhang Zhou shook his head and said, "Gonggong Xiao, this is just a rough speculation, you don't want to do anything with this, right?" ”

"Mr. Zhang, you don't know." Xiao Jing took out a serious tone, "The Qingning Palace disaster you calculated earlier, many people in the court and the central government think that someone in the palace deliberately wanted Li Guang to fall and made it up. It is said to be an ordinary fire, and it is deliberately said to be a heavenly fire...... If you can deduce the earth moving, no matter how big the disaster is, it will eventually make those doubts disappear. ”

Zhang Zhou nodded in agreement: "It makes sense, then I'm sure." ”

Xiao Jing smiled bitterly: "You still have prerequisites?" Are you sure? We can go back and talk to Your Majesty. Your Majesty trusts you very much, perhaps in front of the courtiers. ”

"Oh, yes."

Zhang Zhou also felt that there was no problem.

The butterfly effect is generally changed in the humanities, and it makes sense to say that it can change the weather.

After all, the appearance of Zhang Zhou has brought about changes in the contact between people in history, and this effect will be infinitely amplified, so to accurately predict when the Tatars will attack the Ming Dynasty, this really requires a little luck, that is, the Tatars have long discussed that they will come in those days, otherwise with his appearance, history may change.

But there is such a thing as an earthquake......

The influence of the butterfly effect is minimal.

Zhang Zhou didn't have the ability to crush a certain crustal plate, or whether it should be broken or not.

Zhang Zhou asked himself to know a lot about history, but it was limited to some content that was easy to memorize, and even he could only remember three or four percent of the content of "Records of Filial Piety", but for earthquakes...... Anyone who has read the ancient geological records, especially the books on earthquakes, can remember this matter.

"In December of the eleventh year of Hongzhi, the earthquake in Xinye County, Henan Province was like thunder."

The time is calculated to be the seventh day of December of that year.

Xiao Jing said: "What day is it?" ”

"The seventh and eighth days of the first month...... The seventh day of the first month. ”

Zhang Zhou looked indifferent.

Xiao Jing cocked his thumb and said, "Mr. Zhang, you are really calm, if you don't come to ask you, you still don't say yes, right?" Maybe in your mind, it's all just a trifle? ”

Zhang Zhou showed the scroll in his hand: "I've been busy preparing for exams recently, and I've read too many books, so I won't have nothing to calculate these." ”

Xiao Jing said: "It seems that you should really be allowed to be a junior earlier, so that you will have more leisure to calculate the fortunes of the country." ”

"Haha, that's not necessarily, maybe I'll be too busy with court affairs to take care of it."

"......" Xiao Jing felt that he had already been beaten by Zhang Zhou until he was covered in bruises.

But he still had to hurry back and tell Zhu Youzhu what Zhang Zhou said truthfully.

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The next morning.

Zhu Youzhu didn't know what happened, and mentioned this matter when he was discussing in the court.

When everyone heard that the emperor had been able to tell exactly what would happen in five days, everyone looked at each other.

Liu Jian came out and said, "Your Majesty, this is what Qin Tianjian calculated yesterday?" ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "No. ”

Liu Jian's "oh" seemed to understand something, and persuaded him: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, there have often been people who have predicted the earth's movements, but all of them are the words of the monks. ”

Meaning:

What can't be said is what it is.

Now that the emperor has openly brought it to the court, it can't be regarded as a trivial matter.

I don't even need to wait for time to verify it, and I just have to convict him of "misleading the public".

Don't say anything else......

It is because since ancient times, none of the people who predicted earthquakes in advance could predict it, let alone such a prediction at an accurate time and at an accurate point...... It is more hateful than deceiving the people with gossip.

Zhu Youzhu was not happy when he heard it: "Ladies and gentlemen, I said it so that the local government could take precautions as soon as possible, if not, you should not have heard it, why should you be guilty?" ”

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian glanced at each other.

The two of them could hear it as soon as they heard it.

The emperor seemed to be very protective of this man who predicted the earthquake.

Based on their understanding of the people around the emperor recently, there is probably only Zhang Zhou who can make such a nonsense prediction at the moment.

A person who tried in Jiangnan Township, or Xie Yuan, was not afraid of being judged as "misleading the public", and dared to directly predict the earthquake so clearly?

Isn't he in trouble enough?

(End of chapter)