The incident of Li Chaodou, deputy director of the Host and Guest Department of the Ministry of Etiquette, jumping into the river shocked the officialdom of the capital. The subsequent continuous reports in the capital's newspapers diluted the flavor of Ding You's debate, and on the other hand attracted the attention of tens of thousands of officials in the capital.
"Huangming Capital Daily" was half a beat late and failed to grab the hot spots. But as a court minister, the British prince has no problem finding a pen to write some in-depth editorials.
Therefore, before the end of the fourth year of Wanli, "Xinmin Daily" called on the court to increase the salary of Beijing officials; "Huangming Jingshi Daily" published an in-depth article analyzing the underlying reasons behind the incident of Beijing officials diving.
The deputy director of the Host and Guest Department holds a sixth-grade official position. Normally speaking, the salary should not be a problem to support a family of five. However, Li Chaodou fell ill with a strange illness in the summer and sought medical treatment but could not get any better. In desperation, he went to Huangming Medical College for treatment, which cost a lot of money.
After all the money was spent on the cure, Li Chaodou's old wife became ill from overwork and could not afford to fall ill. Later, his mother became ill and she had to spend money for medical treatment. With no choice, Li Chaodou had no choice but to first pawn, then borrow, and finally borrow money from loan sharks.
Behind the pawnshops in the capital were the families of the royal family. Although Li Chaodou cured his family's illness, most of his monthly salary was taken away to pay back the principal and interest of the loan shark before he got home. The two children at home complained about hunger every day.
After winter, Li Chaodou's life became more and more difficult, and the cost of charcoal fuel was completely lost because all ministries stopped the local filial "charcoal respect".
The so-called "Tanjing" refers to the official custom of officials above the local prefecture level sending people to the capital to deliver gifts every winter. It has been a common practice for more than a hundred years. Even if the local government pays homage to the bosses and eats meat, it must also let some soup slip through the cracks of the fingers so that the department can distribute the meat from top to bottom.
As a result, the Inspectorate issued a notice stating that the daily warehouse losses of various ministries, and local Bingjing and Tanjing became the focus of the Wanli four-year inspection. In the summer, a lot of examples of "ice tribute" were found and some officials were dealt with - many local officials felt relaxed and no longer sent "charcoal tribute". Those who continued to send "charcoal tribute" also turned their contribution from bright to dark.
And the big bosses who received filial piety in secret did not dare to share their wealth openly - so the fourth year of Wanli was a very difficult year for Beijing officials.
Li Chaodou couldn't afford good charcoal, so he could only buy some inferior coal to burn the stove at home for heating. There were too many impurities in the bad coal, and the black smoke billowed out, causing everyone in the neighborhood to scold it.
The old mother was recovering from a serious illness and was in a bad mood. The two of them were talking about trivial things, and Li Chaodou's mother scolded him hard, which made Li Chaodou, who was overwhelmed by life and depressed, a little confused.
When the New Year came, the ministers of various ministries sent word again that the annual rewards that the ministries relied on from the small treasury before the Spring Festival of the fifth year of Wanli were no longer available. This final blow caused Li Chaodou, who was unable to celebrate the New Year, to completely collapse. After receiving the news, he returned from the Ministry of Rites I jumped into the river on the way home.
The two daily newspapers in the capital used the Li Chaodou incident to deeply expose the problems existing in the capital such as loan sharking, treatment of lower-level officials, commodity prices in the capital, medical school fees, high coal prices in the capital, and excessive heating costs for the poor.
For the problems exposed by these reports, for the emperor, all he needed was to ask the court or Shuntian Prefecture to make appropriate responses; for the various ministries of the court, they needed to implement different policies and make adjustments in terms of court revenue, mining development, medical resources, etc. solve.
But for those from all over the country who came to Beijing in advance to participate in the Spring Festival of the fifth year of Wanli, reading the newspaper not only felt eye-opening, but also made them feel nervous about next year's Spring Festival.
There are no answers to the various questions reflected in this newspaper in the books of sages. Not to mention that there is no answer, even if you give them a pen now and ask them, who have not done any research and research, to write such a manuscript, they will not be able to write it.
If you think about it from the heel, next year's Ding Chou Chunwei question will definitely not be as simple as it was in the second year of Wanli. In the Spring Palace Examination in the second year of Wanli, the emperor's epidemic prevention questions had made all the candidates in the world practice hard in the past three years. But after reading the newspaper after entering Beijing, the examinee felt a chill in his heart. ——If you are smart enough to take the initiative to find newspapers for free help, you should also look at how the articles in these newspapers are produced.
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In addition to the fact that these actions are unfamiliar to a country that has begun to change, their worldview is gradually distorted and about to be shattered. A strange person in the Ming Dynasty clan came to Beijing in the first month of the fifth year of Wanli to have an audience after Zhu Yijun issued the decree.
Because he belonged to the clan and was Zhu Yijun's "imperial uncle", Zhu Yijun summoned Zhu Zaiyu, the ninth grandson of Taizu and the sixth generation son of Zheng Fan, in the Yangxin Hall.
As soon as the two met, Zhu Yijun felt a little jealous - Zhu Zaiyu was so handsome, he was a super middle-aged handsome guy. In one sentence, he could be described as "as bright as a jade tree in front of the wind."
After Zhu Zaiyu performed the state ceremony, Zhu Yijun offered him a seat. He smiled and said: "Your Majesty is a scholar of heaven and earth. I have admired him for a long time. When I saw him today, he was indeed as good as a guide."
After hearing this, Zhu Zaiyu said a few words of modesty, and then Zhu Yijun chatted with him a few more about family matters and asked how King Zheng was doing.
Zhu Zaiyu replied: "My father, Wang Meng, the late Emperor, set things right. After returning home, he only kowtowed to thank God for his kindness day and night. He is still in good health."
Zhu Yijun heard this and said: "The prince built an earthen chamber outside the palace gate to avenge his father. Xi Gao stayed alone for nineteen years and showed his sincerity and filial piety to heaven and earth." When Zhu Zaiyu heard the emperor mention this, his face was slightly moved, but he was not excited. color.
Zhu Zaiyu's father, King Lao Zheng, was imprisoned by Emperor Shizong because he wrote a letter to advise Emperor Shizong not to be superstitious about Taoist priests. He was rehabilitated and released in the first year of Longqing.
In front of Zhu Yijun, Zhu Zaiyu built an earthen chamber outside the palace gate because he was convinced that his father Zhu Hounan was innocent. Xi Gao lived alone for nineteen years, from the age of fifteen to thirty-four, and was praised by everyone at the time.
Zhu Yijun sighed twice and said: "Both generations of King Zheng, his father and son, have set an example for the clan. I looked at the proverbs such as "Ju Jing", "Qiong Li", "Kenji" and "Cun Cheng" that King Zheng paid tribute to during the reign of Emperor Shizong. , all the words of advice were stated, but Shizong didn't listen, and instead punished King Zheng - King Zheng's heart in boxing, Huang Kao and I feel deeply."
After Zhu Zaiyu heard this, he smiled and replied: "Both my father and I are fond of theory, but we are not fond of flattery. However, although my father lives in Fengyang high wall, he personally manipulates the Manu manuscripts and hides them in various boxes. After returning to the country, I will show you more than ten thousand words."
"I have been outside the palace for nineteen years, studying music and calendar calculations, but I don't think it's hard - the emperor does not need to worry about this. When my father and others see that the emperor has worked hard to govern these years, and the country's political affairs have declined, they are all excited. The world congratulates you on having a wise king."
After Zhu Yijun heard this, he took over the conversation and said: "The reason why I came here to find the prince this time is because of the prince's careful study of calendar calculations. I searched in every possible way, but I didn't find a mathematician, but I didn't expect that he would be in my family."
When Zhu Zaiyu heard that the emperor was so sure of his research, his face finally became wonderful. Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "The prince may also know that I have set up a laboratory in the inner palace - many technological bottlenecks nowadays are stuck in calculations, and there are not many masters among the Onmyoji of Qin Tianjian."
"I accidentally heard that the prince had invented the abacus calculation method to divide Kaiping and the abacus calculation method to divide cubes. Only then did I know that there was a great talent in the clan. It happened that my wedding was about to happen, and I also wanted to meet all the princes and princes in the world, so I issued an edict. The prince has arrived in Beijing."
After hearing this, Zhu Zaiyu hurriedly agreed: "I dare not hide my secrets. I have indeed gained something from arithmetic. If the emperor can use it, just ask." Seeing his willingness to agree, Zhu Yijun was very happy.
What Zhu Yijun didn't know was that the eloquent Zhu Zaiyu in front of him was not only a musicologist and mathematician, but also a great scientist who later shocked the world.
Zhu Zaiyu is recognized by later generations of Chinese and foreign scholars as an "Oriental Renaissance-style saint" and is regarded as a "Sage of Law". He has written numerous works on music, astronomy, calendars, mathematics, dance, and literature, and is a large encyclopedia-style book. the scientist.
Zhu Zaiyu's most outstanding achievement is to prove that the interval of the equal temperament scale can be taken as the twelfth root of two - this is the famous "Twelve Equal Temperament", which sets the standard for the tuning of all modern musical instruments.
The theory of twelve equal laws was brought to the West by missionaries and had a profound influence in Europe. The "Twelve Equally Tempered Piano Pieces" composed by Bach, the father of Western music, has become a must-play repertoire for every child learning piano in China in later generations. And several children know that the Twelve Equally Tempered Piano Pieces are "Chinese" "Da Vinci" - proved by Zhu Zaiyu?
In later generations of China, Zhu Zaiyu's name has always been in the study rooms of scholars, and his creations have been shelved. The reason is just because of his status as a member of the Zhu Ming clan. - Joseph Needham commented on this matter as "This is really incredible. The irony.”
Zhu Yijun didn't know who Zhu Zaiyu was before traveling through time, but Zhu Zaiyu became more and more famous after his father was rehabilitated in the first year of Longqing, so Jin Yiwei would of course report his movements.
Zhu Yijun took a look and found that the manuscript of Zhu Zaiyu's article actually contained mathematical operations that he couldn't understand at all. After asking someone from Qin Tianjian, he figured out that it was the conversion between the nine-digit system and the decimal system.
From then on, Zhu Yijun kept an eye on Zhu Zaiyu, and he would have Jin Yiwei copy and read all his new works. The more I look at him, the more I think this "uncle emperor" is awesome. Taking advantage of the opportunity of this wedding, King Zheng issued an order asking him to send his eldest son, Zhu Zaiyu, to the capital together with the eldest sons of all the kings in the world - to attend his wedding.
During this period of time, Zhu Yijun wanted to choose someone to teach him his limited knowledge of calculus - so that scientists from the Ming Dynasty could take the lead in opening the door to science.
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