The moon is in the sky.

There was not a trace of clouds in the night sky, and the clear light of the moon fell unobstructed, coating the trees, houses, and ground in the small courtyard in the corner of Songyang Academy with a layer of pale silver luster.

Through the brass cylinder in his hand, the full moon that emitted a silvery glow seemed to become close at hand.

You Xing squinted his eyes, put the end of the lens tube against his eyes, and unexpectedly a voice came from behind him, "Dingfu, so Yaxing." ”

You Xing turned around when he heard the sound, but it was Yang Shi and Xie Liangzuo, who were also under the Ercheng Gate.

"It turned out to be Brother Xiandao [Xie Liangzuo] and Neutral Brother [Yang Shizi]." You Xing put down the clairvoyant mirror in his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Zhongli has been running around on the road for the past few days, why didn't he rest earlier?" ”

Yang Shi was a junior high three years ago, but he was accepted by the official but did not go to the post, but studied under Cheng Haomen. However, they were all in Luoyang before, and they only arrived at Songyang Academy today.

"I didn't feel sleepy for a while." Yang Shi walked over and said with a smile, "I can't sleep when I am tired of rewinding." ”

"Watching the moon in the middle of the night, Yaxing is not shallow." Xie Liangzuo walked to You Xing's side and looked up at the full moon in the sky, "But it's poetry." ”

"Shixing?" You Xing laughed, and handed the brass lens barrel in his hand to Xie Liangzuo, "I won't see it with this." ”

Xie Liangzuo took the somewhat heavy lens barrel and opened his eyes wide: "This is the clairvoyant mirror?" Jiefu sent it a few days ago? ”

Yang Shi was moved when he heard this, "It is a thousand miles of candles, a clairvoyant mirror that looks at the sun and the moon from afar!" ”

"It's not that exaggerated, it's just a few times magnifying the scenery in the distance. It is not accurate to look at the sun and moon from afar, but if you look at the sun, you will be blind. It's like lighting a fire with a magnifying glass. You Xing shook his head and said, "I can only look at the moon." ”

Looking at the moon with the help of a clairvoyant mirror, the hazy and reverie shadows on the silver plate have become strange spots. Looking at the shadow that originally looked like a laurel and a rabbit to the naked eye, but now it is like a patchy trace of a numb face, You Xing doesn't know how he will write poems about laurel and jade rabbit in the future.

Xie Liangzuo fiddled with the clairvoyant mirror for a while, but he quickly knew how to use it, aimed at the stars and moon in the sky, and pasted his eyes on it.

Yang Shi couldn't help but smile when he saw Xie Liangzuo's impatientness. Turning his head, he said to You Xing again, "By the way, I haven't had time to congratulate Brother Ling Jinke High School." ”

You Xing returned the salute: "Thank you, Brother Neutral." ”

Yang Shi pointed to Xie Liangzuo, who was holding a clairvoyant mirror and sighing at the sky, "Listening to Xiandao's words, this clairvoyant mirror was also sent by Brother Ling?" ”

"My brother knows that my younger brother likes these kitsch tools, so I sent one."

You Xing's brother You Yu used to be Han Gang's staff. Because during the famine in Hebei in the seventh year of Xining, he assisted Han Gang to resettle hundreds of thousands of displaced people and was awarded an official for meritorious service. Xining did not get admitted to the Jinshi for nine years, so he studied hard under the Ercheng Gate, and now he was finally admitted to the Jinshi, and he has returned to the capital last month to wait for Que.

Although the price of a clairvoyant mirror is not low, it is even more difficult to get one. It is the medicinal jade workshop in the capital that can finally produce the same transparent glass as the glassware of the Great Food, but it is still one in a hundred to choose a glass piece that is free of bubbles and distortions and can be ground into lenses. That is, You Ol's experience of working in Han Gang's curtain allowed him to climb the relationship in the weapons prison, and he could buy a clairvoyant mirror with scarce production.

Yang Shi was in Luoyang some time ago, and he knew very well how popular clairvoyance and microscopes are among the children of dignitaries today. The yamen were tired of eating, drinking, and merrymaking, and microscopes and clairvoyants became popular new targets among them. There are also discussions about playthings being demoralized, but as long as the pox method is still circulating in the world, if it is so sour, it will only be a humiliation. And the usefulness of the clairvoyant mirror, as long as you look up, it is clear.

"The clairvoyant mirror is a militaristic weapon, and when combined with the spaceship, the enemy army dozens of miles away can't hide the eyes of the sky." Yang Shi said, "Now that there is transparent glass in the capital, the general supervisor and the ordnance supervisor are making it with all their might, and are preparing to distribute it to all the soldiers." ”

"The clairvoyant mirror was offered by a mirror grinder, and it spread as soon as it came out last year. However, the price of white crystal was too high before, most of them were ground into glasses and magnifying glasses, and the microscopes that were fashionable in the official eunuchs had to take up a large part, and the number of clairglasses was very small, so it was difficult to find a lens. Now that there is glass, there will be more and more in the future. Those who have a poor family background can also afford it in the future. ”

"The Milky Way is really full of stars, and without a clairvoyant mirror, it really can't be distinguished." Xie Liangzuo put down the clairvoyant mirror and turned around and said: "It's okay if the Chinese people can afford such a militaristic weapon, but if it is given to the Liao, it will not be good." ”

"Even if you want to keep it secret, you can't keep it, and the principle of convex lens and concave lens has long been made public to the world. The same is true for microscopes and claircases. As long as you are a craftsman with good craftsmanship and a sample in front of you, it takes a little time to imitate it after all, just like a spaceship. ”

"I knew that the Dao would lead to microscopes and clairvoyants from the convex lens and the concave lens, and the Son of Heaven would definitely issue an edict strictly prohibiting Han Gang's books from being engraved and sold. I remember that two years ago, there was a son named Zhong Shimei who was born in prison, and he was praised by the Son of Heaven. Guozijian was going to engrave his article, but the Son of Heaven personally issued an edict saying that his text 'has things such as the system of the four yi, and it is inconvenient to spread it.' Han Gang's book is more useful to Siyi than some scholarly opinions. ”

Xie Liangzuo took the clairvoyant mirror to look at the moon again, and said: "Maybe Han Gang already knew that the Dao would be like this, so he leaked a little bit of it. As long as it can be disseminated, there will always be talented people in the world who can complete it. ”

Yang Shiha laughed, "Maybe." But he did not believe.

You Xing groaned, he felt that Han Gang had this mental skill. Influenced by his elder brother You Alcohol, among Cheng Men's disciples, he was the most interested in Han Gang's way of learning things, which was also the reason why You Alcohol wanted to bring a clairvoyant mirror to You Ying.

"Speaking of Han Yukun...... Yang Shi seemed to remember something, "I don't know if Dingfu has heard of it, he is going to Beijing again this time." ”

You Xing was slightly surprised, raised his eyes and asked, "Didn't the Taiyuan prefect do it?" ”

"The sentence was changed to Taichang Temple and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Taiyi Bureau."

"Why are these errands...... You Xinghu asked suspiciously.

"There is also the Duanming Hall Bachelor, and the previous Longtu Pavilion Bachelor continues to hold it at the same time." Xie Liangzuo continued to look at the moon in the sky as he spoke.

You Xing was surprised, "Can you continue to hold the Dragon Pavilion?" This is not already above Sima Duanming. ”

Yang Shi shook his head and said: "Pinzao characters, how can they be in an official position?" Sima Junshi only cultivates Tongjian in the Paradise of Independence, where does he care about the official rank. ”

There are dozens of old ministers in Luoyang City, and the feasts are continuous every day. In the past few years, Sima Guang has often feasted with veterans such as Fu and Wen, but he is not so rigid. You Xing smiled, but didn't say anything.

Yang Shidao: "The position of Duanming Hall is just a reward for Han Gang's previous efforts. Sentenced to Taichang Temple, as well as the Taiyi Bureau and the Department of Health and Welfare, it is the place where the officials want to use him. ”

Xie Liangzuo finally accepted the clairvoyant mirror and walked over to return it to You Xing. "If the Li family gathers a lawsuit, even if the brothers do not agree. Han Yukun is in charge of Taichang, and he must be unwilling to be lonely, and in the future, there will be a pen and ink lawsuit with the Taichang Rite Academy. The promotion of the Taiyi Bureau and the Department of Health and Welfare is that the Son of Heaven wants to use his talents and let him do what he can. Judging from these appointments, the Son of Heaven should not be prepared to give him the opportunity to make new contributions. ”

Of course, the selfishness of the Son of Heaven cannot be hidden. Han Gang had several opportunities to enter the two mansions, but they were all blocked by the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven's jealousy of Han Gang has become a public rumor. There are some complaints from the people about this. However, young scholars, or ordinary officials, as long as they are not Qi scholars, or have a stake in Han Gang, actually don't want to see him come out, and he will take office in his twenties.

You Xing shook his head: "If Han Yukun wants to make meritorious contributions, the Taiyi Bureau and the Department of Health and Welfare have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions." I don't know how much he has hidden and is waiting to be released. ”

Yang Shi retorted: "In addition to acne, what other epidemic diseases can kill people, and they will not be recovered after being cured?" You must know that Han Gang himself doesn't know anything about medical skills,"

"This is what Han Yukun said himself, right? You can't trust it all. ”

You Xing had heard a lot about Han Gang's experience from his brother, and he never felt that Han Gang was the kind of gentleman who was one-eyed, and how many times he had made the Son of Heaven, Zaifu and the old ministers helpless, at least there would be no shortage of city government. The case that was broken in Baima County back then was not a brilliant person, how could this backlog of cases that had plagued the successive magistrates of Baima County for 30 years be easily resolved?

"But what is he hiding his medical skills for?" Yang Shi didn't believe it. It's not a shame to know how to heal, and there's no need to hide it.

Xie Liangzuo also said, "Han Gang also studied under the two gentlemen, and he can be regarded as half a disciple. Although there was a dispute over the portal, the two gentlemen never said that Han Gang's character was worrisome. A few days ago, Mr. Zheng Shu also said that he did a very good job in honorific characters. ”

At that time, Han Gang set up Xuecheng Gate, so that now Luoyang has his image on the painting for many years. Just like Sima Guang's New Year's painting of smashing the cylinder, it has been passed down among the people for decades. Han Gang's image is equally popular. By the way, even Cheng Men has also received great help in this story with Han Gang as the protagonist, and there are more and more disciples in Songyang Academy, also because Cheng Men's fame is gradually declining.

Taoism is the most important teacher. Only by respecting the teacher can we inherit the Taoism. Han Gang's respect for his teacher influenced many Chengmen disciples. A Qi disciple, just because he has heard a few words of teaching, he respects the two gentlemen of Dacheng and Xiaocheng so much, as a descendant, how can he lose to him? It makes the atmosphere in Chengmen more strict.

In any case, in terms of respecting teachers and using soldiers to appease the people, Han Gang's reputation is the top in the world, and his ability and virtue are first-class. Say that he has a bad character or a bad heart, but be prepared to be beaten up. Even in Cheng Men, it is okay to belittle or refute Han Gang's knowledge, but it is inevitable that criticizing his character will be refuted by his peers.