It's not just the Gou Yuan, the three divisions are all divided and combined, changed and changed, and it was only in the later period of Zhenzong that it was settled as a yamen. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Together, the authority of the three ministers is too large, and there are many things that pass the buck when the yamen is big, and after the separation, the yamen are fighting each other, and the matter is delayed, which is also unchanged.

To put it bluntly, the reason for this situation is that the local authority is too small, and everything is under the control of the imperial court, which is not suitable in every way. In view of the lessons of the Tang Dynasty's feudal towns, the local elite soldiers were recruited into the forbidden army and placed under the control of the three ya, and the local money and grain were collected under the three divisions and the whole country. At this time, the centralization of power reached a level that had not been seen in all dynasties, and the imperial court, as the central government, was faced with a situation that had never been faced before, so it was natural to adjust slowly.

In such a big country, if power is not collected, there will be chaos, and after the power is collected, there will be many inconveniences. This is an unsolvable contradiction, and it can only be constantly revised with the actual situation. Xu Ping can provide certain advanced means to alleviate this contradiction, but in the future, the contradiction will still be prominent.

The attendant ministers sat down in the pavilion, and Zhao Zhen asked, "What do you think of these new carving pendulums after seeing them?" But that's still interesting? ”

Wang Bowen, to be made in Longtu Pavilion, said: "According to the minister's view, the carvings on the outside are exquisitely made and the size is appropriate. Let's not talk about whether its timing is fine or not, just like this, it is suitable for rich families to buy furnishings. ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Wang Zeng said: "Xu Ping is in charge of the Salt and Iron Division, but I am afraid that he has long thought of taking these carvings to the shop of the Third Division to sell." It was made like this, and it was intentional. ”

Lu Yijian said: "Now it seems that there is nothing bad about the new carving, but the plan for today is to see the comparison with the lotus leak, and the timing is not accurate." This requires water grinding effort, not a day or two. It's a pity that Yan waits for the system, and he has worked hard to make the lotus drain, and it has not been a year since he was placed in Xuandemen. ”

Yan Su smiled and shook his head: "What's the pity of that?" In the heart of Xia Guan, as long as the timing is accurate, it is more important than anything else. Besides, now that it's leaking, I also have a part of my hard work in it. ”

After gossiping for a while, Lu Yijian asked Xu Ping: "I forgot to ask you, why are there two identical carvings in the pavilion?" If it is only used for calibration, one is enough, what is the other for? ”

"Back to Xianggong, these two are to be placed in Xuande Gate, compared with the existing Lotus Drain. The other one wanted to be sent to the Luoyang Division Heavenly Prison to compare it with the original missing carving to see what the differences were. Besides, Luoyang is in the middle of the world, and the geography of the sky should have to be based there. ”

Only then did the others understand why they wanted to make two identical ones, and they had to be sent to Luoyang Si Tianjian. Although the Luoyang Si Tianjian is simple, it has a special status, and it is understandable for Xu Ping to do so.

It is often said that the Son of Heaven lives in the middle of the world, and where is the capital, it is the center of the world. But at this time, everyone recognized that the world was not Kaifeng, but Luoyang. Even the official dialect is the most authentic with the accent of Luoyang.

When the country was just founded, Taizu had the intention to move the capital to Luoyang, but because of various objective conditions, it was not successful. At that time, everything in Luoyang was compared to the capital, and it was no worse than Kaifeng City. After Taizong, the matter of moving the capital was no longer mentioned, Luoyang slowly declined, and the distance from Kaifeng became larger and larger, but there have always been important backups of some national rituals. Luoyang not only has the left-behind division, but also the imperial historical platform, the national eunuch, and of course, the heavenly eunuch.

And because of its status in the world, although the Luoyang Division Heavenly Prison is dilapidated and there are not many personnel, there are a few things that represent orthodoxy. For example, the degree system, the astronomical ruler used by the Kaifeng Division Tianjian is also based on the ancient ruler in Luoyang, and the same is true for the timekeeping watch. Really accurate timekeeping, still there.

Xu Ping wanted to replace the original timing instrument with a new engraved pendulum, so he had to go there to calibrate it in one step.

The comparison between the new chronograph instrument and the old system is not only the accuracy of the two, but also the relative error, in the words of Xu Ping's previous life. It is also necessary to compare with the time measured by the Gui watch, and combine it with celestial phenomena, such as solar and lunar eclipses, etc., and the difference between the calculated theoretical occurrence time and the actual occurrence time is considered an absolute error.

The latter is particularly important for Si Tianjian. Due to the disagreement between the old calendar and the celestial phenomena and solar terms, the celestial calendar was made during the Tiansheng year, and they were particularly nervous. The ordinary small celestial celestial priest can still fool the past, such as the solar and lunar eclipses, which can be seen by the whole country, and once it does not match the calculation of the calendar, the person who made the calendar will be held responsible.

Now that Si Tianjian has a telescope and has seen a lot of things that he couldn't see before, Chu Yan and Jia Xian have learned some mathematics and mechanics from Xu Ping, and the accuracy of their calculations is much higher. Correspondingly, there are higher requirements for the accuracy of time, and the new pendulum is most closely related to their interests.

After gossiping for a while, Zhao Zhen and the ministers also asked Xu Ping about the principle of the new style of carving, and Xu Ping said roughly, where is the isochronous nature of the pendulum that can be accepted at once? Even if Xu Ping used a thin rope to hang a heavy object, made a simple pendulum on the spot, and performed it for everyone to see, they just nodded, it turned out that there was still such a thing.

Seeing that there was no major incident, Xu Ping asked his family to serve wine and food. The so-called celebration banquet, why should the ministers really understand every detail, as long as it is easy to use, the important thing is to celebrate and drink.

The weather is hot, and the cold fruit wine is still drunk, and the tea dishes are mainly all kinds of fruits and vegetables.

When the wine was half-drunk, Zhao Zhen instructed the scholars present to make poems, which was a celebration of the national event.

It wasn't until the sun was setting in the west, the cool breeze was gradually rising, and everyone was having fun, that they were ready to disperse. Xu Ping's mansion was outside the city, so he couldn't stay too late and affect the opening and closing of the city gate.

Taking advantage of the wine, Zhao Zhen said to the scholars: "Xu Zhizhi said that he would send a carved pendulum to Luoyang Si Tianjian in two days, this is a grand event of the imperial court, I don't know who is willing to take this trip?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, the hot weather, the hard work on the road, and no one said a word.

At this moment, Ouyang Xiu, who was drunk and flushed, said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, I am willing to go!" ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Ouyang Xiu, nodded and said, "Okay, then you will send it to Luoyang Si Tianjian together with the officials of Si Tianjian and the palace attendants." This matter involves national etiquette, and it must not be neglected! ”

Ouyang Xiu promised loudly.

When Zhao Zhen turned around and talked to the Zaizhi about other things, Cai Xiang said to Ouyang Xiu: "In such a hot weather, how did Uncle Yong think of running this trip?" This moment is controlled by Xu and others, he has nothing to do, why didn't he go? ”

Ouyang Xiu said: "Jun Mo thought badly! When I came to Luoyang, I wanted to pay my respects to Qian Sigong's house. When we were the staff of Henan Mansion, Qian Gong treated us very well, how could we let go of this opportunity? ”

"I see, Uncle Yong has a heart. I'll prepare a sacrifice tomorrow, and you can bring it with you." ”

Qian Weiyan died in Suizhou, and his family had already welcomed the coffin back at this time. Ouyang Xiu and others under the curtain of his Henan Mansion were favored a lot by him back then, and they always wanted to go to worship in person. Since he wanted to send the pendulum to the Tianjian of Luoyang and asked someone from the pavilion to accompany him, Ouyang Xiu took the lead and went to condolence by the way on official business.

The crowd dispersed, and there was no word for the night.

On the second day, someone informed Ouyang Xiu that he would leave tomorrow. Earlier, I took the carved pendulum from the Yongning Hou Mansion, loaded it directly and went to Xijing Henan Mansion and Luoyang City along the post road, and sent it to Si Tianjian within five days.

That night, Ouyang Xiu convened a gathering and banquet of the Qian Mu literati in Beijing to tell everyone the news. During the banquet, recalling the various benefits of Qian Wei's performance, some people couldn't help crying.

After Qian Wei changed his official position to Suizhou, Wang Shu took over as the governor of Henan Prefecture, and he had become strict, and everyone no longer had the idle and comfortable days before. Later, he was recommended to enter the pavilion, and he thought that he would live a happy life again, but he didn't expect that everything would not go well after coming to the capital. Like Ouyang Xiu and others, when Qian Wei was there, he treated them like guests, without the slightest boss arrogance, and treated them as literary friends. At that time, they had just come out, and they were living a life of no cases, and there were no white dings in the fairy days, and the starting point was too high. As soon as Qian Weiyan left, their psychological gap was very large.

Especially Ouyang Xiu, he thinks very highly of himself, and as a result, Xu Ping didn't give him face several times, and he reprimanded him in front of many people last time. No matter how freely Ouyang Xiu behaved, he just pressed the loss in his heart to the bottom of his heart, so that no one could see it. That's Xu Ping, not a veteran minister, a famous man in the literary world, and he is only about the same age as himself. I don't have half a penny, and I just rely on luck to get to the top one earlier than myself, what's the big deal?

They all participated in the provincial examination together, and Ouyang Xiu did not pass the provincial examination because of his carelessness and the rhyme of his poems again. Xu Ping is not conspicuous, and he goes all the way to the end. Originally, he was just a first-class jinshi, but who would have thought that the sky would suddenly clear, and Zhang Zhibai's inspiration moved, so he became a first-class jinshi. Since then, the two have been in the dust, and now the two are worlds apart.

Mei Yaochen saw that Ouyang Xiu's eyes were red and he was depressed, and said to him: "Why should Uncle Yong be a child, although Qian Sigong is downcast in Suizhou, the court still treats each other politely after the disaster, and there are no regrets!" ”

Cai Xiang said with a smile: "Sheng Yu's words are not to the point, Uncle Yong is not only sad for Qian Gong, but I am afraid that he is also hurting his own life. When he was in Luoyang, everyone said that he was the first talent, but when he arrived in the capital, he was frustrated everywhere, and it was inevitable that he would be sad. ”

Mei Yaochen sneered: "What's so sad about it! I'm over thirty years old, but I've been disappointed in the field several times, and I still haven't had a background! I want people to call Su Shunqin and me 'Su Mei', and this year Su Shunqin has also won the first place, only I am still frustrated. You are a nurture in the pavilion, but I am just reading in the pavilion, and I am not a disgraced person! How can the eldest husband cry and cry and feel sorry for himself because of a momentary setback, so what's the point! ”

Yin Zhu coughed and said, "Sheng Yu doesn't need to say that, back then in Luoyang, Qian Gong valued Uncle Yong the most. Now that he has died young, Uncle Yong is sad, which is also human nature. ”

Mei Yaochen shook his head, didn't speak again, just drank.

If you want to talk about your talent, how can Mei Yaochen be inferior to Ouyang Xiu? Shiwen also said that at this time, Mei Yaochen's name has gradually surpassed Shi Yannian's posture, and he is the most optimistic future poetry leader in the literary world. But he fell in place again this year, and he still relied on his uncle Mei Xun to stay in the pavilion and wait for the next opportunity to take the exam. To say that he is unhappy, he is much more unhappy than Ouyang Xiu. It's just that Mei Yaochen has a strong and extreme personality, and he can't see others crying and crying the most. (To be continued.) )