People look up at the sky and see luminous objects, which are "stars". The stars are not isolated. People used their imagination to organize them into various shapes, so "xiang" came into being. "Book of Changes·Xici" says: "Images are formed in the sky, formed on the ground, and changes can be seen."
The changes in the sky are originally caused by the stars.
When human beings look up at the stars, observe the stars, and think about their cyclical changes, they will find that the sun rises from the east and sets from the west every day, and that the moon is round and missing, and is missing and round again; if it is in the northern hemisphere, it will also be found above the head. The North Star on the sky is always shining, while other stars are making weekly movements; if you are a persistent observer, you will find that the movements of the sun and the moon are somehow related to the seasons, and the seasons are related to agricultural harvests. , distant celestial phenomena are not indifferent to human destiny and human production.
However, when observing the starry sky, different people see different worlds and gain different experiences. Some people strived for accurate observations and mathematical explanations, thus forming astronomy. Others used their imaginations and explanations with words to form starry sky myths, and these myths often evolved into legends, stories and folk customs.
In ancient China, astrology was astronomy. This is an ancient magical knowledge!
Astrology has a history of at least several thousand years in China. In fact, the real history may be even more distant. In essence, it and "Tai Chi", "He Tu", "Luo Shu", "Book of Changes", "Bagua", etc. are all derived from prehistoric civilization.
The ancients believed that "heaven and man are connected" and "man and nature are one". From the changes in celestial phenomena, we can infer what will happen to mankind. If people follow the direction of heaven, "heaven" will appear auspicious signs, and the world will surely have abundant harvests, smooth weather, and peace and prosperity for the country and the people. If people go against nature and do bad things, "heaven" will send bad omens, and the world will suffer from drought, floods, rebellions and civil strife, etc. Therefore, the ancients attached great importance to the observation of celestial phenomena.
During the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court established the "Taishi Bureau" and "Qin Tianjian", etc., which were specifically responsible for observing astronomical phenomena and predicting good and bad luck.
Li Zexuan has never been exposed to the science of astrology, either in his previous life or in this life. His first reaction was naturally not to believe it. However, the person in front of him was Li Chunfeng, and this prediction was completely consistent with history. In this way, he could not help but be wrong. This knowledge arouses admiration and reverence!
"The science of astrology is as mysterious as it is profound. It's hard for Your Majesty to believe it based only on the Taoist priest's words!"
Li Zexuan pondered for a moment and said.
Li Chunfeng's eyes darkened slightly, and he said word by word: "Your Majesty will definitely believe it! Because according to Pindao's observations and calculations through astronomical telescopes in these days, there will be a solar eclipse of the Tengu in three days! According to ancient records, the solar eclipse of the first lunar month, People are often sick; solar eclipses in February bring many mourning; solar eclipses in March bring floods; and solar eclipses in April and May bring severe drought and people are hungry! If the Marquis and Your Majesty don’t believe it, just wait for the Tengu Eclipse in two days. You can eat it every day!”
Li Zexuan was shocked. A solar eclipse may be a very normal astronomical phenomenon in the eyes of modern people, but in the eyes of ancient people, it was nothing unusual. In many cases, a solar eclipse often meant a bad omen. It indicates that there are traitors, there is a foolish king in the country, or there will be a catastrophe! If someone among the people takes the opportunity to deceive the public and cause trouble, it will be easy to succeed!
Thinking of this, Li Zexuan looked at Li Chunfeng seriously and said: "The matter of the Heavenly Dog eating the sun is of great importance. Your Majesty must make preparations in advance. Otherwise, if someone with intentions takes advantage of it, there will be chaos in Chang'an City! Please tell me. Go to the palace as soon as possible!"
Li Chunfeng nodded, cupped his hands and said: "Then I will go to the palace now and ask to see Your Majesty! Thank you Lord Marquis for providing the astronomical telescope for me these days. Otherwise, I would not be able to conclude that there will be Tengu food in three days." day!"
"Haha! Taoist priest, you're welcome!"
Li Zexuan cupped his hands and smiled.
Li Chunfeng cupped his fists and saluted, turned around and left.
Li Zexuan's face in the office suddenly became serious. He turned and looked out the window, looking at the busy farmers at the foot of Yunshan Mountain. He thought that in the next few months, there would not be a drop of rain, and after the severe drought, there would be Thinking of the great locust plague, he felt a little sorry for the people working in the fields. Then he hesitated for a moment and turned around to go out.
"Chief, where are you going?"
Mo Zhong's voice came from outside the door.
"Go to the dam!"
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In this era, there is no artificial rainfall or pump irrigation. If you want to fight drought, the most direct and effective way is to use dams and waterwheels! For example, Dujiangyan in the land of Bashu has protected and nourished the people of Bashu for nearly a thousand years and created the reputation of "the land of abundance"!
The current Bahe Dam was specially built by Li Zexuan to protect the people of Lantian County!
It has been more than four months since the construction of the Bahe Dam began. Tens of thousands of craftsmen and civilian workers were used. After previously solving the key problem of intercepting the flow, the construction progress of the dam can be said to be advancing by leaps and bounds. But to what extent is it specific? Li Zexuan I really don’t know, but on weekdays, he still doesn’t pay enough attention to the dam!
Arriving at the dam construction site next to Meicun, Li Zexuan saw a wide embankment that spanned the north and south of the Bahe River. It looked very mighty and majestic. Seeing this scene, Li Zexuan couldn't help but nodded secretly. Obviously, the main project of the dam has been basically completed. The rest is a matter of detail!
"Chief, are you here?"
As soon as Li Zexuan arrived at the construction site, a servant went to report to Mo Huai. After hearing the news, Mo Huai hurried over. His clothes were stained with a lot of mud and water, and he looked exactly like the image of an educated person like an academy professor. Very different.
Li Zexuan nodded and asked, "Mr. Mo, how is the construction of the dam going now?"
Mo Zhong pointed to the embankment on the river and said with a smile: "Captain Shan, you see, the main body of this embankment has been built. Now we are mainly preparing for the placement of generator sets in the dam in the future, such as the power generation warehouse and the control room. , as well as various switches, gates, etc.”
Li Zexuan nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Well, this speed is very good! But I wonder if the current dam can first lower the gate and block the diversion canal to store water? As for the power generation warehouse and control room, can it store water at the same time? While construction is going on?”
Mo Zhong didn't know why Li Zexuan was so eager to store water, but since Li Zexuan proposed it, he had to consider the feasibility of such an approach. After thinking for a long time, Mo Zhong nodded and said: "Storage the water first, and then build and build it." As for the parts related to the generator, this is indeed feasible! However, this will definitely slow down the construction progress of the hydropower station!"
Li Zexuan smiled and waved his hand: "It doesn't matter! There is no need to rush the hydropower station. As the saying goes, slow work will produce careful work!"
Mo Zhong nodded and said: "In this case, Mo will order people to make preparations so that the dam can officially start filling water no later than tomorrow morning!"
Only then did Li Zexuan notice the specks of mud on Mo Zhong's body, as well as the shoes that had long been soaked by the muddy water in the river. He couldn't help but be deeply touched, and then he cupped his hands and said:
"Mr. Mo has been working hard on the dam construction in the past few months, but because of his busy schedule, he rarely comes here to help. It's really shameful! The reason why the Bahe Dam can be built so quickly is absolutely inseparable from Mr. Mo For your hard work day and night, on behalf of the tens of thousands of people in Lantian County, I would like to express my gratitude to you!"
After saying that, Li Zexuan bowed to Mo Zhong with a solemn expression!
"Hey! You can't do it! The mountain chief absolutely can't do it!"
Mo Zhong was caught off guard by Li Zexuan's gift. After he reacted, he quickly stepped forward, helped Li Zexuan up, and said:
"Captain Shan, the Bahe Dam embodies your wisdom and the energy of tens of thousands of craftsmen on this construction site. Mo just did what he should do and dare not take credit! What's more, the ancestor of the Mo family cared for the people of the world. Suffering just wants to use his talent in siege equipment to make the people no longer have "difficulties in farming" and all live a good life. Now Mo is just fulfilling the last wish of the Holy Ancestor!
Once the construction of this Bahe Dam is completed, it will definitely ensure that the people of Lantian County will no longer be afraid of drought, so Mo Mou also wants to thank the mountain chief for being able to give everyone in the Mo family a way to use what he has learned to benefit the people. If not, it would be even more difficult to benefit the people of a county with the help of the Mohist family, which is now gradually declining! "
Having said that, Mo Huai also bowed to Li Zexuan very sincerely!
These words are completely from his heart. Although Yanhuang Academy teaches engineering, its philosophy of helping the world is completely similar to Mohism. At Yanhuang Academy, under the command of Li Zexuan, Mohist disciples can use what they have learned to practice Xing Mozi's original concept of benefiting the world can be regarded as a disguised promotion of Mohism!
Without Li Zexuan's strong financial support, it would be basically impossible for Mo Huai to participate in and complete a project as huge as the Bahe Dam that would benefit the people!
"Mr. Mo, please get up quickly!"
Li Zexuan was greatly touched and quickly helped Mo Huai up. He said with an affectionate look on his face: "Mr. Mo has noble character and is devoted to the people. Zhiyuan admires him! The people of Lantian County will definitely appreciate Mr. Mo's dedication and kindness!" Alas! To be honest, Taoist priest Li Chunfeng of the Taishi Bureau told me just now that he watched the stars at night and predicted that our Tang Dynasty was about to suffer a very serious drought. That’s why I asked Mr. Mo to quickly lower the dam gate. , Start storing water!"
"What? Is there really going to be a big drought?"
Mo Huai's expression changed and he said: "No wonder there have been only a handful of rainy days since the beginning of the new year. Mo thinks that Li Shilang's prediction is very likely to be true. If it doesn't work, Mo will let the craftsmen and civilians continue." Speed up the progress, the Bahe River dam must be filled with water as soon as possible! Otherwise, in hot weather, there will be no water to store even if you want!"
After saying that, Mo Huai cupped his hands towards Li Zexuan and turned around to leave.
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Royal Palace, Manna Hall.
Li Er walked up and down the hall with a gloomy expression. Thinking back to what Li Chunfeng had just said, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he sighed from time to time. Zhao Songjing in the hall was attentive and did not dare to make any noise. , for fear of disturbing Li Er who is in a bad mood now!
"Deng Deng Deng!"
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and a moment later, Queen Changsun walked in with several palace maids.
"Your Majesty, the weather is very hot. I have made iced mung bean soup for you. Would you like to try it?"
Queen Changsun took the food plate from the hand of the palace maid behind her, walked to Li Er and said.
Li Er waved his hand and said: "Guanyin, please put it down! I'm not in the mood to eat now!"
Queen Changsun's expression was stagnant. They had been husband and wife for so many years, how could she not see that Li Er was worried at the moment? She turned around, waved her hand, and said, "You all, go down!"
"Yes! Concubine!"
Everyone in the hall, including Zhao Song, all exited the hall.
Empress Changsun stared at Li Er and asked softly: "Is your Majesty encountering something troublesome?"
Li Er sighed, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Guanyin, I don't know something. Just now Li Chunfeng from the Taishi Bureau came to see me. He told me that Jupiter entered from the south gate of Taiwei Yuan and went out from the east gate last night, and the Big Dipper, The lack of light and the lack of light indicate that there will be an unprecedented drought in our Tang Dynasty! Moreover, he also told me that in three days, there will be an eclipse of the Tengu!"
"A big drought? Tengu eating the sun?"
Queen Changsun opened her mouth in surprise when she heard this, and said in a panic: "Last year, Marquis Yong'an told His Majesty that there would not only be a severe drought this year, but also a large locust plague. But when the dog eclipse sun comes out today, people are afraid that rumors will spread. Are you going around?"
Li Er shook his head and said: "I am not worried about rumors. Since I came to the throne, I have always been diligent and caring for the people. The lives of the people of the Tang Dynasty have been significantly improved. What can mere rumors do to me? What I am worried about is the drought. It’s really coming! Last year, Li Zexuan’s prediction made me feel a little lucky, but now even Li Chunfeng says so, then this year’s drought will definitely happen!
By then, after the severe drought, there will be a large locust plague again, and the people in many places in Guanzhong will have no harvest. I am very sad! If this is God's punishment for the Tang Dynasty, I would rather bear it than tens of thousands of people suffer this unparalleled disaster! "
"Your Majesty! Never! Never be so depressed!"
Seeing Li Er's frown, Queen Changsun couldn't help but feel distressed and said:
"Your Majesty, have you forgotten the Marquis of Yong'an? From last year's reduction of taxes for raising chickens, to later urging the imperial fleet to go south to exchange grain, and then to the construction of the Bahe Dam this year, although he knew that there would be a severe drought in the Tang Dynasty this year, and the great locust plague, but he has never given up and has been fighting against natural disasters! He is a descendant of the gods. With him here, I believe that the Tang Dynasty will be able to withstand this disaster. I hope your majesty will not worry too much! This will happen Injury to the dragon's body!"
Li Eryi was startled, then patted Empress Changsun on the shoulder and said with emotion: "Yes! Why have I forgotten that boy? With the full granaries of the Tang Dynasty, even if there is no harvest in Guanzhong, the Tang Dynasty can resist this It’s a natural disaster! That boy is really a lucky star given to the Tang Dynasty by God!”
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