imperial psychologist

Chapter 757 Conversation in the Museum of the Final Chapter

In the exhibition hall of the museum in District [-], a girl with short shoulder-length hair sat quietly on a long wooden chair against the wall.

The girl looked only twelve or thirteen years old. She sat upright with an indifferent expression, a black violin case on her left shoulder, and a thin pocket book in her right hand.

On the cover of the book is an ancient old man with a serious face, accompanied by words——

"800 Years of the Great Zhou Empire—So You Are Such a Zhou Dynasty"

The girl's middle finger and ring finger support the spine of the book, while her little finger and index finger press the pages of the book. Every time a page is turned, she gently lifts up the next page with her thumb, and her little finger and index finger adjust accordingly.

Many people passed by her, gathered, and dispersed.

The girl always maintained the same posture and expression, as if time had frozen on her body.

The shadow of the sun is fading, the retro clock in the museum is slowly pointing from one to four, and the number of tourists around is also gradually decreasing—at 04:30 in the afternoon, the museum will close.

Near quarter past four, a middle-aged man in a coat appeared panting at the entrance of the National Expo. He looked around and quickly saw a young girl sitting alone.

"Zero!" He waved at the girl with some difficulty, "Sorry, I'm late."

Zero's index finger and little finger immediately closed the book in his hand, and then gently put it in his pocket.

She stood up to attention as usual, "Good afternoon, Professor."

"Do you still have flight training at a quarter past five?" The man glanced at his watch, "Do you want to go back now, or should I ask for leave for you?"

"I've already asked for leave, Professor."

Chen Daoping was stunned for a moment, "Is it because I guessed that I would be late again?"

"No, because you criticized me last time for not filling my schedule, rest and training should play an equally important role, so I canceled the fixed practice this afternoon and evening."

"...That's not a criticism." Chen breathed a sigh of relief, took off his coat and held it in his hands, and led the girl further into the museum, "It's just a suggestion."

"Understood, Professor."

Chen glanced at the girl beside him, thinking that she might not understand.

When the two walked to the underground entrance, the staff smiled from a distance.

"Sorry, we're almost closing time."

"Hello comrade, I am Chen Daoping, the standing preparatory committee member of the Institute of History and Philology."

As Chen approached, he took out his work certificate from the inside of his coat and handed it to the staff.

"Generally speaking, even during non-opening hours of the exhibition hall, we can enter with certificates."

The staff took Chen's certificate and looked at it carefully, but returned the certificate.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, tomorrow is the anniversary of the victory in the [-]th District of the Garrison War. Several directors of the coalition government will come here to give a full-day memorial speech, so we will make a final review of all the exhibition halls after the museum is closed today. Security check, you still can't enter."

Chen nodded, "Understood... please wait a moment."

"...Do you want this?"

Chen Daoping lowered his head and took out a card case from the inner layer of his jacket, then handed a crimson transparent card to the staff.

"As you can see, this is a member card from the independent combat team specially set up by the Regional Crime and Justice Research Institute in the 14th district," Chen Daoping said in a low voice, "then, according to the No. .[-] ​​Amendment, we have the right to conduct random inspections of all public places that may pose potential safety hazards."

The staff member on the opposite side blinked, feeling a little dazed for a while.

"You can ask your chief." Chen Daoping reminded.

"Ah, okay."

The staff left in a hurry, and then turned back quickly—and there was an extra man behind him, who was obviously the "sir" of the staff just now.

The two immediately shook hands and hugged each other as soon as they met, and were pleasantly surprised to see each other here.

Zero also gave a quick and standard military salute to the stranger in front of him.

The man looked at Zero and asked Chen Daoping, "Who is this young lady?"

"It's my partner." Chen Daoping replied.

After some chatting, Chen urged to go to the ancient exhibition hall on the second basement floor.

The other party sighed, "After the museum is closed, no one is allowed to enter the scanned exhibition hall. This is a deadly order, old comrade, it's not that I don't show face, it's that I really can't let you go."

"How do you carry out the scanning work?" Chen Daoping asked, "Is it still the same as before, from ancient times and modern times, and pushed to the middle in chronological order?"

"um, yes."

"That won't delay," Chen Daoping said, "I'm mainly here for the Zhou Dynasty this time—if it doesn't work, you can let me go to the areas of Jianxi, Shengming, and Yuankang. Give me about half an hour enough time."

After some haggling, Chen Daoping took Zero and got his wish and walked to the staff elevator on the other side.

Behind the two, the staff who received Chen and Ling suddenly remembered something, "Ah! Sir, that little girl hasn't entered her biometric information yet!"

"No need," the man said softly, watching the backs of the one big and one small who were gradually going away, "That girl is not a human being, she should be a tool person like a mass-produced mechanical warrior girl."

The staff was stunned.

After a while, Zero trotted back to the workbench, "Is there a storage place for personal items here?"

The staff member came back to his senses, and quickly replied, "...you can take the violin with you."

"Oh, it's not a violin, it's a Tolliver-AR-portable light machine gun," Zero calmly said, "The professor just told me that I can't take it downstairs."

The staff was stunned again.

……

Walking in the deep and quiet marble corridor, Chen Daoping suddenly turned his head, "What is the title of your thesis...? I forgot again."

"'Try to analyze a work, a piece of history, or a famous person. Both in relation to their own inescapable connection with the historical situation, but also to explore the potential for human liberation in that situation, and to postpone other timeless truths implicit in social and political debates.'”

Chen Daoping shrunk his neck in disgust, "... who is your philosophy teacher?"

"Michelle Sa." Zero replied, her voice seemed to have no emotion at any time, "it's the lady who visited my home last time and asked about my family situation."

"Oh... her." Chen Daoping frowned, "I should have warned you earlier, don't take any of Miss Michelle's courses—she doesn't know how to speak human at all."

Zero stopped suddenly, "...but I don't understand humans either, Professor."

Chen Daoping laughed, "No one can really understand."

Zero slowed down somewhat incomprehensibly.

Chen Daoping continued, "But if you want to understand human beings, you can't miss the museum. The museum of every civilization is answering the question of where they come from to its people. Is this the first time for Zero to come here? ?”

"Yes, Professor."

Chen Daoping nodded, "Do you know where we are now?"

"City A-012 in the A-level province of the fourteenth district." Zero said softly, "It is also your birthplace."

"Well, yes, city A-012..." Chen Daoping repeated the name perfunctorily, and then corrected, "But this is the name of the coalition government, and the locals generally don't call it that. The real name here is Pingjing. Hey, look at this."

Chen Daoping pointed to a brown jade ball, a beam of light hit it right above it, and the part illuminated by the light showed a kind of red and yellow alternating clarity.

The text introduction in the lower right corner reads: Diaozhu, Jianxi 16th year.

"The carving shaft is the stone in the belly of the carving. It will change color when exposed to light and water, so the ancients believed that it could herald rain or shine."

Zero nodded, and took advantage of the opportunity to get the VR glasses hanging on the side, but Chen Daoping pressed them down.

"Don't look in VR, look with your eyes."

"Why." Zero asked, "If you only use your eyes, the viewing angle is always very limited."

"If we want to use VR, we don't have to come here today, zero." Chen Daoping said seriously.

"I don't understand, Professor."

"The electronic museum in the fourteenth district has the most detailed and realistic modeling in the world, and the accuracy of the VR equipment in our laboratory is far more than the basic tools used for public services in the museum. If we simply want to see More and more complete details, then you should come to the office with me today."

Thinking thoughtfully, Zero hung the VR glasses back to the showcase.

"That's right," Chen Daoping's voice became gentle again, "Let me put it this way, we are now in the year 4631 of the world calendar, and this jade ball carved with a carved axis was made in the 16th year of Jianxi. There is a distance of nearly 2000 years between us and it.

"During nearly 2000 years, it has changed hands countless times, been lost, buried, reappeared...and finally placed here, before our eyes.

"Think about it, many people used to stand in front of it and stare at its beauty." Chen Daoping said softly, "When we do the same, it means overlapping with the history that has already happened in a different time and space. "

Ling quietly looked at the carved scroll in front of her. Although she couldn't understand the "beauty" in Chen Daoping's mouth, she could still understand this "overlapping".

In the past, there must have been many people like myself standing in front of this brown jade ball, marveling at its high price while wondering where it was so precious.

Zero blinked and recorded the picture in front of him in his mind.

Continuing to walk forward, Chen Daoping picked out several interesting cultural relics and introduced them one by one. Ling, who was watching while walking, finally stopped in front of three portraits of old men.

The one in the middle has something like the cover of a book she was reading earlier.

Zero looked at the painting.

"Professor, this is Zhou Zhongzong and Chen Yicong, right?"

"Yes," Chen Daoping nodded, "the founder of the prosperous Yuan Dynasty, Zhou Zhongzong Chen Yicong, 'Zhong' is his temple name, which means Zhongxing. What about the emperors on the left and right, do you recognize them?"

Zero shook his head.

"The one on the left is Emperor Shizong Jianxi of the Zhou Dynasty, who has been worshiped as 'Shi' for generations. He was the first and only emperor in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty to die of mercury poisoning. He was too keen on alchemy.

"The one on the right is Zhou Xuanzong Chen Shubai... but he has a more popular name among the people, called Hengyuan Lord.

"The reign of these three emperors covered the period between 2721 and 2820 in the world calendar, and it was also the era called the "Hundred Years of Zhongxing" of the Great Zhou Dynasty by later generations. Although it is a bit reluctant to include Emperor Jianxi in it, after all, he drove In the year of Beng, the entire north of Jian'an River was slaughtered by the cavalry of the Kingdom of Jin at that time, but in the 45 years of Emperor Jianxi's Yuji, the first 20 years of the country did indeed grow stronger."

"Look at the three of them, don't they look alike?" Chen Daoping asked.

Zero was silent - if one were to look at the portraits alone, most of the portraits of emperors of the same dynasty should be very similar.

"They look alike, right?" Chen Daoping said to himself, "After all, one is the grandson of Emperor Jianxi, and the other is the son of Emperor Jianxi."

"Son...Professor mean Mr. Heng Yuan?" Zero looked over, "This conclusion seems to be different from what I just read in the book."

"If there is any difference, I shall prevail." Chen Daoping said with a smile, "Mr. Hengyuan was the child born by Emperor Jianxi and the palace maids in the early years. But on the night of his birth, a meteor struck Ziwei at night, and Emperor Jianxi decided that If this son is unknown, it will definitely damage the Emperor Star, but killing one's own son is even more contrary to human ethics, so I can't do it for a while."

"Just at about the same time, Emperor Jianxi's elder brother, the first prince who was trapped in Qinyuan, also gave birth to a child—let's call him Lan Zhijun. The first prince was afraid that his son would also be imprisoned in the future, and even He was killed, so he tried every means to devise a way to send the child out of the palace overnight."

"However, Prince Qinyuan's plan was exposed almost at the stage of planning." Chen Daoping said softly, "Emperor Jianxi knew everything from the beginning, the timing of their actions, the route to leave the palace, and the outside support... It is even clear that they are going to pick up a baby from outside and bring it into the palace for replacement."

"Then Emperor Jianxi did a very imaginative thing. He secretly stuffed this son, Lord Hengyuan, who would damage the emperor's star, into Qinyuan. It was deep winter at that time, and Qinyuan was short of charcoal and coal. , Even the daily food is often skipped. He hopes that Mr. Hengyuan will die in Qinyuan due to poor care, so it is not his responsibility.

"On the other side, Emperor Jianxi directly sent someone to kill the Lan Zhijun who was sent out of the palace."

"However, he underestimated both the method of meeting An Ge and his brother's compassion." Chen Daoping said, "He didn't expect that the killer he sent to kill Lan Zhijun would not succeed, and Mr. Hengyuan in Qinyuan , was brought up by the former crown prince with all his might.”

"The whole story is recorded in a booklet called "Jinshilu", which was dictated by Huang Chongde, the great eunuch next to Emperor Jianxi before his death, and recorded by others. It mainly talks about the rules in the palace of the Jianxi generation. It also left behind such an anecdote about Emperor Jianxi's past."

"So later, some people speculated that Chen Yicong might have died under Lord Hengyuan's hands—after all, this is also in line with Lord Hengyuan's prophecy of 'damaging the Emperor Star'."

Chen Daoping folded his arms and quietly looked at the portraits in the showcase.

"But to be honest, Chen Yicong is really my favorite among the emperors of all dynasties."

Zero continued to stare at the old man on the screen, "Why do you like him the most?"

"Chen Yicong is a very miraculous emperor." Chen Daoping said with a smile, "When you read history books, you can't help but wonder if this person traveled through the past."

"He was born in a typical emperor's family. His father was the only adult prince at that time, and he was the most beloved grandson. Such a child who grew up under the influence of the father and son of the emperor, ministers, and ministers, after ascending the throne, However, they insisted on specializing in imperial examinations, completely disregarding the principles and ethics of the scholar-bureaucrats in the imperial court, and promoted the national policy of strengthening the country through science and technology."

"During the more than 30 years of Chen Yicong's reign, Dazhou's agriculture, medicine, metal smelting, firearms manufacturing... etc., have all produced singular leaps, leaving other civilizations of the same age far behind , this almost crushing gap lasted for more than 400 years until the fall of the Zhou Dynasty."

"The Shengming generation not only advanced in technology, but also produced a large number of famous ministers. Except for the few chief and auxiliary ministers who are familiar to everyone now, a large number of technical bureaucrats emerged in the court because of their specialization in imperial examinations. Balance... is the era of real contention."

"To this day, many people have to admire his strategic vision in the early years. In the seventh year after he ascended the throne, the Kingdom of Jin suddenly expressed its intention to seek peace—the reason why the Kingdom of Jin softened suddenly was because the great power in the west at that time The Liao was growing, and Chen Yicong saw this bigger enemy with extraordinary vision, and took the opportunity to exchange for the adherents of the Zhou Kingdom, keeping a low profile and retaining his strength.

"After the Liao destroyed the Jin, Chen Yicong went north in person, resisting the invasion from the Liao barbarians head-on, and even pushed the border of the Great Zhou to the north by another quarter."

"Also during the next year, the first women's relief organization in our history, Lanxinhui, was born in Baihuaya, the official kiln in Pingjing. In that era, women were encouraged to enter the field of light industry by teaching women employment skills as a means. In order to achieve their own economic independence... This kind of concept is really too advanced."

"It's a pity that such an emperor only lived for more than 50 years."

"Because of the assassination?" Zero asked.

Chen Daoping shook his head, "This is still a very conspiracy theory. The more likely reason for Chen Yicong's death is the onset of old injuries from several personal expeditions. Emperor Shengming did not live well in his later years. Whenever it rains, the old injury on his left shoulder There will be seizures, and there are records that when the pain was severe, the emperor could not sleep at night and even wailed all night, which made those who heard it terrified."

"In comparison, Mr. Heng Yuan was much luckier. He lived to be a full [-] years old, which is a long life even now... But he was weak and sick since he was a child. Who would have imagined that he could live so long? Long enough to boil all the enemies to death?"

The two continued to walk forward, and Zero saw four long swords lined up in the display case on the right.

In the post-cold weapon era, firecrackers and guns have not completely replaced these steel weapons.

Behind the four long swords, hangs a general with glaring eyes. It seems that these four swords have all been used by him.

Zero stopped, "Who is this person?"

"It's General Zeng Jiuyan." Chen Daoping said softly, "He and Emperor Shengming are close friends. He left home to join the army in the early years and joined Chang Sheng's command and began to emerge, but he was still too young at that time... His real dazzling home game was later in the Anti-Japanese War. The Battle of Liao. Zeng Jiuyan used the tactics of the ten-person team to fight to the extreme, and when you open the history of tactical analysis in the second half of the year, there will be a special unit about him."

"The friendship between him, Emperor Shengming Chen Yicong, and the great writer Zhang Jingzhen at that time was very moving." Chen Daoping stared at the general on the portrait, "Shortly after Chen Yicong died, the inner court had another coup. He broke into the East Palace, rescued Chen Yicong's eldest son, Chen Si, and sent him to Shuzhou overnight. After Lord Hengyuan ascended the throne, his confidant Han Chong drove all four of Chen Yicong's underage sons to Qinyuan, where they were imprisoned for life— Just like what Emperor Jianxi did to him and the former prince. And Zeng Jiuyan was beheaded in the vegetable market in the autumn of the same year because of treason."

"Zhang Jingzhen was also implicated and imprisoned. Mr. Hengyuan intended to use Zhang Jingzhen's influence among literati to wash away his suspicion of usurping the throne, but Zhang Jingzhen refused to sing praises. Zhang Jingzhen died in prison. All the poems were destroyed, but fortunately his wife Liu Shi copied some of them and hid them in the wall, and they have been preserved to this day. There are still more than [-] poems and essays of Zhang Jingzhen, among which At least they are well-known and well-known works.”

"Heng Yuanjun's cleansing in the early years of Yuankang was one of the few blemishes on him, and the temple name 'Xuanzong' also implied merits and demerits. However, this kind of political strife is unavoidable in all dynasties. . . . let's move on."

"Ah."

Going forward, Zero saw some more scrolls in the showcase in front of him.

"Shuzhou in the next year was much more interesting." Chen Daoping stopped in front of a display case, "For example, these "New Records of Mountains and Rivers" were written by Mu Yiqing, a geographer, traveler and writer at that time. His real name is Li Yiru, and he is the great-grandson of Li Yuan in Southwest China. Li Yuan traveled all over Dazhou in his early years and left a book of "Records". From what I have seen, I have made very detailed records of the geography, hydrology, geology, and plants at that time."

"There is also a section in "Shanchuan Xinlu" that records the life of the Hesta people at that time. It also accidentally wrote about Wei Chuyun, a famous businessman in the middle and late stages of Shengming—he was still young at that time, and he hadn't even started yet. Doing business, experiencing life with Hesta people."

"Wei Chuyun had his own ideas in opening up the commercial roads. In the last years of Jianxi, the entire commercial roads north of Jian'an River were basically destroyed, but by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the roads were smooth and post stations were everywhere. Nanyuzhang Beizuyun " Chen Daoping said with a smile, "But what everyone is most interested in now is the love story between him and Princess Hesta's dagger and scabbard."

"The dagger and the scabbard." Ling murmured repeatedly, "Is it the play that is currently being performed at the [-]th District Grand Theater?"

"Yes." Chen Daoping nodded, "the first time the two met, Wei Chuyun found that Fu Erwa was holding the dagger he had lost in his hand, and he happened to be carrying the scabbard all the time... But How can there be such a coincidence in the world, most of it is fabricated by literati."

"Let's go back to Mu Yiqing. This Mu Yiqing never got married in his life. He traveled abroad. Earlier, he was expelled from his family because of his unrestrained behavior. A hundred years later, because of his great reputation, he was still invited into the ancestral hall by the Li family."

"On the other hand, Qian Sang is even more remarkable. As early as the Tianqi period, a very powerful educator, Bai Zhen, appeared in the Qiansang area. Bai Zhen himself was a very insightful water conservancy engineer, and he led the education in the Qiansang Academy area. Flood control and waterlogging projects, the flood diversion and water storage device is still in use. It is also he who founded the predecessor of "Qian Sang Academy" "Kee Tzu Hall" to adopt children who were left unattended due to war and famine. Professor They know something new."

"Like Bo Nong'an, the great minister later, and Bai Shijun who wrote "New Treatise on Febrile Diseases"...all of them were students brought out by him alone. Oh, when it comes to "New Treatise on Febrile Diseases", I have to mention two people. "

Chen Daoping continued to walk a few steps forward with Zero, and stopped in front of the two portraits.

There is an old man and an old lady in the portrait, and in front of the portrait is a stone tablet that was cut off at the waist, with ancient characters engraved on it, but after thousands of years, the handwriting on the stone tablet has long been mottled, and it is impossible to see what is written on it .

"This is a very famous couple in Southwest China," Chen Daoping said softly, "Lin Bai is on the left, and Wei Songqing is on the right. Qian Sang Academy was really established in their hands. Some people think that Zeng Jiuyan sent Chen Yicong's eldest son Sending them to Shuzhou means going to join this couple."

"Why do I say that these two people have to be mentioned when I mention Shanghan Xinlun? Because according to the preface, the set of "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" should have thirteen volumes in total. The first twelve volumes are composed of Bai Shijun and his son Bai Yi. The last volume "Psychological Lecture Notes" was written by Bai Ling, a former imperial psychologist during the Jianxi period.

"However, when printing in large quantities, most booksellers will exclude the No.13 volume of "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" and only publish the first twelve volumes, because "Psychological Lecture Notes" itself is incomplete and of low practical value .”

"So there has always been a view in the academic circles that the last volume of "Lectures in the Heart" is a fake work of later generations, because many of the views on psychotherapy mentioned in it, including experiments in psychological research and statistical ideas, are far beyond that. The category should be in the era. And many scholars mentioned in it, such as Kim who used pigeons to reveal the principle of superstition, and Si who studied the interference effect of word meaning on font color... There is no other historical data that can cross-validate it. So people I believe that, although the scientific ideas embodied in it are very beautiful, all the contents should be invented by the author."

"However, this view was broken last year." Chen Daoping paused and smiled, "Last year, we discovered the real joint tombs of Lin Bai and Wei Songqing in the Qiansang area. In their tombs, unearthed The most complete set of "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" so far is not just fragments, but the whole book. But for some unknown reason, Lin Bai and Wei Songqing did not send this set of books to the bookseller for distribution, but brought to his own grave."

"The stele you see now is their epitaph." Chen Daoping suddenly felt emotional, "During the War of Defense, the imperial army in the seventh district once cut and took away this stele, so you can see it here now." It is because not long ago, in order to commemorate the [-]th anniversary of the victory of the [-]th District in the War of Defense, the chairman of the [-]th District returned this stele along with other cultural relics."

"You can never find such a dynasty in history." Chen Daoping was filled with emotion, "Looking back from the present, if Emperor Ming was not promoted, then the Jianxi Dynasty would be the turning point of the Great Zhou Dynasty from prosperity to decline. The fact that the Zhou Dynasty could enjoy 800 years of state power is closely related to the technological explosion and the loosening of public relations during the next year."

"All in all, if you want to write about the potential of human beings to liberate themselves, I think Zhou Chaosheng's next year is the most worthwhile part to write about," Chen Daoping said with his hips akimbo, "Look for yourself, and call me if you don't understand—but Pay attention to the time, we should only have ten minutes left."

Zero nodded quietly.

She walked to the stone tablet engraved with the epitaphs of Wei Songqing and Lin Bai, and reached out to pick up the VR glasses on the side.

After activating the switch, VR generated an image of the restored stele, and Zero saw a small poem engraved on it.

meditation
Mu Dan
Hold the fountain of life in my hand

I just think it's fresh

It's strong wine, fresh foam

Infuse my travels, labors, adventures

As if the past has never been to the garden

will show up in front of me

But now, suddenly facing the grave
I look back to the past with cold eyes
I saw the sorrow and joy of its tortuous irrigation
disappeared in an ancient desert
Then I know all my efforts
But finished normal life
——End of the book——

(End of this chapter)