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Chapter 812 Chapter 831: The Absurd Wu Chengsi (6200-word chapter, still updated)
Youdao means that those who know the current affairs are heroes, Changsun Wuji knew that his situation was over, so he simply said that he was sick and refused to go, thanked guests behind closed doors, and he was pure if he couldn't see it. After all...he was really old, and he couldn't compete with Wu Meiniang.

As a result, a strange phenomenon appeared in the court. The bigwigs who were in the same period as Changsun Wuji almost found various excuses to stay at home and no longer participated in government affairs. Except for Changsun Wuji, such as Wei Zheng, Qin Qiong , Li Ji, Ma Zhou, Li Daozong and others, most of the generals also guarded outside, Su Dingfang guarded Anxi, Fan Lihua guarded Qinghai, Xue Rengui guarded Youzhou.

Now the active group of people in the court are all Wu Meiniang's henchmen, and the rest are just a bunch of flatterers. Wu Meiniang knows that since she wants to be in power, she must have military power, and those veterans in the court are definitely impossible to buy. It was her account, so Wu Meiniang promoted the newcomer.

Among the generals of the new generation of Tang Dynasty, Wang Xiaojie is naturally the most outstanding, so Wu Meiniang promoted Wang Xiaojie out of the ordinary, and now Wang Xiaojie has actually entered the Tiance Mansion, serving as the general of the Tiance Mansion, which is the highest position in the army.

In addition to Wang Xiaojie, Wu Meiniang also let Wu Sansi concurrently serve as the general of the Jinwu Guard and the left and right guards, and Wu Chengsi concurrently served as the general of the Yulin Army. Li Yuanzhong, who was once known as the patron saint of the Taiji Palace, was ruthlessly beaten , became Li Zhi's personal bodyguard, and accompanied Li Zhi in a vegetative state every day. In fact, this was his own request.

After three months of sailing, Li Hao's fleet finally arrived in America in February of the following year. In Li Hao's impression, the American continent is now barren, but it is not empty, because Li Hao knows America well. There is an ancient and mysterious country - Maya.

Maya is the collective name and abbreviation of the Mayans and Mayan civilization.The Mayan civilization is the ancient Indian civilization in South America and an outstanding representative of the ancient American civilization. It is named after the Indian Maya.Mainly distributed in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and western Honduras and El Salvador.Although it is in the Neolithic Age, it has made great achievements in astronomy, mathematics, agriculture, art and writing.

Maya is very famous in history, because they left too many prophecies and legends, Li Hao naturally set the first landing point in America in Maya, he wants to uncover the mystery of Maya, and see the real Maya in history .

The fleet entered the Gulf of Mexico and landed in southern Mexico, where Maya is located.

Li Hao's arrival undoubtedly frightened the Mayans. At first, it was just a group of Mayans watching on the coast, and then they called their friends and friends, and they all came to the beach to watch Li Hao's huge fleet, and it seemed that there was an army coming. Li Hao was not sure if it was the army or not, because he felt that this group of people were similar to ordinary people, except that they were dressed in more complete clothes and held some bone-breaking spears and axes. Is this an army? Maybe it is.

According to historical records, the Maya were a slave country in the Neolithic Age. They had a high degree of civilization and had great achievements in astronomy, mathematics, agriculture, art and writing.

Why is there a high level of civilization still in the Neolithic Age, and why is mathematics so powerful that even metal smelting is a problem?In fact, this is not a concept.

In such backward countries or tribes, the highest civilization is the calendar. What is a calendar? It is a method of calculating the year, month, and day and making them correspond to the relevant astronomical phenomena. It is a method of coordinating the calendar year, calendar month, calendar day, and return year. , synodic month and solar day approach.Whoever can master the calendar perfectly will be admired by others, and most of them were like this before the Xia Dynasty in China. Why is this?

Because mastering the calendar, you can master the changes of solar terms, which is beneficial to farming. For people in this period, farming is their life!more than anything else.

At the same time, in the eyes of people in that period, the calendar is so profound, just like people who can't read and write, they will feel admiration when watching people program there, so those who master the calendar can often stand out and lead All to a better life.

The Mayan calendar is very magical, and it can be said to be the most precise at the same time. The Mayans believed that one month equals 20 days, and one year equals 18 months. The actual number of days in a year is 5 days.This coincides with modern people's understanding of the earth's rotation time course.

According to the astronomical observations of the Mayans at that time, the solar system was orbiting the Pleiades.Through calculations, they found that the time for the solar system to revolve around the Pleiades—equal to one precession cycle of the solar system around Earth's orbit—is about 25800 years.The Mayans believed that the solar system also experienced seasonal changes during each precession cycle, and divided them into five seasons, and 2012 is the beginning of autumn.The Mayans divided the precession cycle into five seasons, and each season is 5125 years. The solar system is entering the fifth season of revolution, and the so-called end of the world in 2012 is naturally related to this fifth season. It can be roughly understood that human beings will face Five devastating disasters, and the fifth one was in 2012.

Although the end of the world in 2012 did not come true, Li Hao was still curious about Maya.

The Mayans on the shore were obviously very afraid of Li Hao and the others, and they were also very wary, because they also saw that the two sides seemed to be not on the same level.

Li Hao and the others landed soon, and the Mayans retreated in fright, not daring to act rashly, because the army brought by Li Hao looked a little scary.

It didn't take long for Maya to come over with a large number of people, and they lined up neatly. The leader was dressed luxuriously, wearing a lot of gold and precious stones, and looked a bit like a rich man.

The local rich man kept a vigilant and friendly attitude towards Li Hao. Li Hao also smiled and said hello to each other. The question came, and the language barrier, who the hell knows what language these Mayans speak, it doesn’t matter, just use body language to make gestures Bar.

Li Hao used his body language to show a posture of riding the wind and waves. The arm waved up and down, which really looked like that, but the others kept laughing when they saw it.

The local rich man seemed to understand Li Hao's meaning, which meant that he came from a far away country, and from Li Hao's polite smile, he could see that Li Hao didn't seem to be hostile, which made the local rich man I breathed a sigh of relief.

Maya's technology is backward, and their military power is naturally very backward. Although they have several 10 people, when they saw Li Hao's army, the local rich man knew that they were definitely not the other party's opponent.

In order to express his friendship, Li Hao gave the rich man a Tang knife. The sharp and exquisite Tang knife is no different from an ancient artifact to people in the Neolithic Age, but it made the rich man very happy.

Although everyone did not understand the language, they expressed goodwill to each other.

Next, the local rich man invited Li Hao to his house as a guest, but Li Hao only took five hundred special forces to prevent the battle from being too big and frightening them.

Maya also had cities, but the walls were low, mainly because there were not many wars here, so they just defended against wild beasts and surrounding savages.

Li Hao finally saw the Mayan city with his own eyes. After being a guest in the city, the local rich man took Li Hao to see their Mayan pyramid. There was a pyramid under construction, and thousands of slaves were using ropes and The picture of rolling logs to carry huge stones is also extremely shocking.

Li Hao can basically be sure that the rich man in front of him should be the current king of Maya. As for whether the Maya call him pharaoh or king, he doesn't care.

After dark, Li Hao returned to the boat. The next day, he took Wu Lei ashore again and brought a lot of goods to the city to trade with the rich man. The exquisite ceramics and silk made the rich man's eyes shine. Li Hao and the rich man After making gestures for a long time, the local rich man realized that Li Hao wanted to trade with him, not give it to him, but even if it was trade, he was very happy, because these things are so beautiful.

So the local rich man took out a large amount of gold to trade with Li Hao, but due to the language barrier and the different weighing units, the asking price became a problem, which could not be solved even by gestures.

But Li Hao is very smart. The local rich man can take the goods as he pleases, and the local rich man can take the gold as he pleases. As much goods as you take, I will take as much gold. That is to say, Li Hao has the final say on the price.

Obviously, the local rich man was not stingy with gold, and took away all Li Hao's goods, and Li Hao was not polite, and took away a full eight boxes of gold, roughly 8 taels of gold.

After finishing the work, the two saluted with a smile. Although the way of saluting is different, it is enough if the meaning is understood.

Not long in Maya, Li Hao's fleet left, came out of the Gulf of Mexico, went north along the coast, and arrived in North America when it was about NY. Li Hao and the others stopped the ship and landed. After Li Hao landed , Looking around with binoculars, all I saw was a vast wasteland. After walking for a day, I only saw wild animals and some savages in naked clothes.

Li Hao couldn't help feeling that this place is still barren. Who would have thought that a powerful country would appear here in 300 years, and it would firmly occupy the position of world leader.Thinking of this, Li Hao felt a little angry, and Dang Shi ordered a huge stele to be erected here. The inscription on the stele was more than an inch deep, and the first column was the headline in large characters, "Li Shikuang, King Qiongnan of the Tang Dynasty, came here for a visit."

Below the title is a description in small print, which tells about the countries Li Hao passed through on this voyage, the ships he brought, the number of people, and the cargo, etc. The last date is March 22, the tenth year of Yonghui in the Tang Dynasty.

In this way, it was not Columbus who first discovered the American continent, but Li Hao.

After sailing from NY, Li Hao suddenly ordered the fleet to turn south, because further north, we will arrive at Greenland, where the climate is cold, and it is close to the Arctic Ocean. There are many icebergs on the sea, and the risk factor is high, which is very unfavorable. The ship sailed, so he was going south around the South American continent.

This journey is a bit far away. Although South America is not as big as Africa, it is really long. If they want to go around, it will be longer than the last time they went around Africa. Moreover, for the first part, they will go southeast.

Now it’s terrible, those Confucian scholars began to question, didn’t they agree to go west all the way, why are they going east again now, liar!

The captains of each ship conveyed the doubts of the Confucian scholars to Wu Lei, and Wu Lei told Li Hao.

Li Hao has already planned out the general outline of South America, and sent them to various ships to show them. The meaning is obvious. It's not that they want to go east, but that he doesn't like this continent. Want a ship to fly over?
Confucian scholars have nothing to say, and the voice of doubt has disappeared, but they still don't believe that the world is a ball.

Although Li Hao intends to draw a complete map of the world, he also knows that this is just a dream, and he cannot do it in the near future. According to the current navigation technology, it is absolutely impossible to travel around the world in less than ten years. Every sea area, such as the Arctic Ocean, is surrounded by large landmass, which he cannot go to for the time being, and Antarctica, as well as many straits and bays, have been omitted by him, maybe ten years is not enough.

But Li Hao is not entangled. Doesn’t Li Tu want to be a navigator and explorer? Let him complete and realize this great task in the future. Maybe he can become the greatest navigator in the world. .

It was already July when we arrived at the southernmost tip of South America, Tierra del Fuego, and it took nearly four months. During this time, the wind direction was not very smooth, and the speed was really not fast.

Li Hao and the others spent a few days replenishing fresh water ashore on Tierra del Fuego. Then, on a whim, Li Hao sent the fleet through the Drake Passage to the ice sheet of Antarctica.

Every time Li Hao goes ashore, he has to put on makeup to avoid being recognized by those Confucian scholars. This time is also the same. Li Hao stepped on the ice sheet of Antarctica wearing a fluffy cloak. Although they also put on cotton coats, they really didn't expect it to be so cold. Their faces were flushed from the cold, and they were shivering all over. The snot hung under their noses and turned into ice bumps.

This time, these Confucian scholars finally convinced, why, when they were in Datang before, the world in their eyes was just a corner of Datang, but after going to sea for a year or two, they saw so many wonderful places, and this Antarctica, It is by far the most amazing they think, why?Because in their impression, it gets hotter as you go south, and the hottest season is summer. Now they are in a very southern place, and it's still summer, but it's colder than the midwinter in Chang'an, freezing them to death. The most important thing is that under their feet, there is now an ice field that can't be seen at a glance, and it is a vast expanse of whiteness, which is simply unimaginable.

Li Hao felt that this group of Confucian scholars couldn't take it anymore, so he let them go back to the ship first, and then sent someone to erect a monument here, just like the monument last time, proving that their Datang fleet had been here, Li Hao believed , he is definitely the first person in history to come to Antarctica.

After the monument was erected, Li Hao returned to the ship to plan a new route. Their next route was very simple, across the Pacific Ocean, the destination, the New Zealand Islands.

At the same time, the Tang Dynasty experienced a natural disaster. The most common disaster in summer is naturally a flood. Dealing with disasters can best reflect the ability of a monarch. It is time to test Wu Meiniang.

The flood this time was not small, not only the amount of precipitation was large, but also the range of precipitation was very wide. The two banks of the Yellow River were the most affected. Because the water of the Yellow River soared and its embankments burst, the entire Bianzhou was submerged and turned into a vast lake.

Wu Meiniang panicked immediately, and hurriedly sent someone to help the disaster. After all, she couldn't trust others, so she sent her nephew Wu Chengsi.

Wu Chengsi had a very bad reputation in history, even worse than Wu Meiniang. Although Wu Meiniang usurped Li Tang's country, as long as the members of Li Tang's royal family didn't mess with her, she wouldn't intentionally harm them, and Wu Meiniang would not kill them on purpose. The throne was returned to the Li family, but Wu Chengsi was different. He tried his best to suggest that Wu Meiniang kill all the Li Tang royal family and completely occupy the Li family. He even asked Wu Meiniang to pass the throne to him.

Let's talk about Wu Chengsi's abilities, but he doesn't have any. Without Wu Meiniang, he is really nothing, let alone his lack of ability, but he is also quite ambitious, which is very embarrassing.

Wu Chengsi received this disaster relief task, but he was so happy that he immediately went to the household department to collect money and food, and set off to Bianzhou for disaster relief.

The people's disaster relief is in a hurry, but Wu Chengsi has to stop for a day every time he goes to a place, and let the local officials entertain him. Of course, it goes without saying good wine and food, gifts are also given, and he is invited to the best brothel to find the best. sister kiln.

During the Qing Dynasty, many officials didn't know these ways, and most of them just paid a polite visit. After all, Wu Chengsi had a high position and authority.But Wu Chengsi's eating habits are ugly. If people don't invite him, he will take the initiative to invite them to eat, drink and play in brothels. If he doesn't go, he will get angry. What's more, the integrity is broken all over the place, calling secretly that the court is stupid and the official style is filthy.

In the city of Bianzhou, there was a vast flood, and ships were drifting on the streets. However, Wu Chengsi never went to Bianzhou at all, because the flood in Bianzhou had not receded, so he did not go. Hundreds of pots are used to cook porridge to help the victims, but there are tens of thousands of victims, what can a hundred pots do.

It happened that Di Renjie also came to investigate the disaster situation in casual clothes. When he saw the scene of Wu Chengsi distributing porridge to help the victims, he went up and asked the victims why there were so few pots for distributing porridge.

When Di Renjie asked, all he could hear was the voices of the victims scolding the imperial court. A scholar said indignantly: "The imperial court is blind and blind, and sent such a stupid official to relieve the disaster. A pot of porridge only puts five or two meters. Tang has been extremely rich all these years, how can he only have such a little food for disaster relief, he must have been corrupted by that stupid official!"

This scholar already scolded more politely, and some other people cursed directly, so Di Renjie hurried to the posthouse to find Wu Chengsi.

Wu Chengsi was not in the post house, but was drinking flower wine with his daughter in his arms in a brothel. When Di Renjie heard about it, he was so angry that he rushed to the brothel and broke into Wu Chengsi's room. The guards stopped them, but they were all overturned by Di Renjie, which shocked Wu Chengsi.

At first Wu Chengsi thought that someone was going to assassinate him, but when he saw that it was Di Renjie, he felt relieved, he knew that Di Renjie would not do anything to him, he didn't have the guts, otherwise his aunt would not spare him.

Di Renjie really didn't dare to do anything to Wu Chengsi, but as the Minister of Dali Temple, he has the power to supervise all officials. How could he ignore such absurd things, so he stared and scolded: "You as the imperial court Your disaster relief envoy, before the catastrophe, you didn't think about the suffering of people's livelihood, but you ate and drank here, and you went to brothels, you are an asshole!"

Wu Chengsi sneered when he heard the words, and said: "Di Renjie, you have been in the officialdom for many years, why did you have an elm head? Do you know why the empress appointed me to help the disaster?"

Di Renjie frowned and stared at him without answering.

Wu Chengsi continued to laugh and said: "Because the fat and water don't flow into outsiders' fields, the disaster relief funds and food amounted to more than 20 guan. With such a large amount of money, it is also greedy for others to be greedy. It's better to take advantage of me."

"You fart!" Hearing this, Di Renjie really wanted to go up and beat him to death, but luckily he held back.

Wu Chengsi frowned when he heard the words, showing displeasure on his face, and said coldly: "Di Renjie, it's not what it used to be. Li Hao is already dead. Empress Wu is now in power! It's my own aunt!"

"So what!" Di Renjie scolded, "The emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. The surname of this world is Li! No traitor will be allowed to destroy it wantonly. You should spit out the relief money and food to help the victims, otherwise I will definitely die when I return to Chang'an." I want to impeach you!"

"Impeach me?" Wu Chengsi raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Okay, go and try to impeach me, and say you are an elm head, you are really an elm head, you are so stupid!"

Di Renjie clenched his fists tightly, and his knuckles rattled. He really wanted to go up and beat this guy to death. He suddenly missed Li Hao. They lived so comfortably, even if it was any natural disaster, they were not afraid. However, now that Li Hao is gone, Wu Meiniang is in power, the court is filthy, and the major event of disaster relief has turned into an opportunity for Wu Chengsi to make money. It is to disregard the life and death of the common people.

Di Renjie is very smart, but in the face of power, being smart is useless. At this moment, how helpless he is.

Di Renjie returned to Chang'an on the same day, galloped all the way, and arrived in Chang'an five days later. A piece of memorial was directly submitted to Wu Meiniang's desk, impeaching Wu Chengsi to take over the disaster relief opportunity for greedy ink money, filling his own pockets, disregarding the lives of the people, and The evidence is conclusive and cannot be denied.

Wu Meiniang was also very angry after seeing this memorial. First of all, he was angry with Wu Chengsi. Wu Chengsi let her down so much that he did such a thing. As a person in power, she naturally wanted to handle government affairs well. Let all the officials look at him with admiration and increase his prestige, but what nonsense Wu Chengsi did.

At the same time, Wu Meiniang was also angry with Di Renjie. It was precisely because of Di Renjie's memorial that she was caught in a dilemma. Now that all the officials are clamoring for Wu Chengsi to be severely punished, what can she do? Forcibly suppress it, which is impossible.

Wu Meiniang is a smart person, she knows that some things can be suppressed, but some things are really not allowed.

In desperation, Wu Meiniang immediately decreed that Wu Chengsi should be removed from all positions, and asked him to return to Chang'an to accept the crime, and then sent Xu Jingzong to rescue the disaster.

Although Xu Jingzong is greedy for money, he is not as stupid as Wu Chengsi. He has a good grasp of the speed, more than 20 vehicles, and it is almost the same if he is greedy for 4 or [-] taels. Knowing how to handle affairs, although part of the food and clothing and disaster relief funds of the victims were deducted, the disaster relief was finally resolved, but the disaster relief funds received by the victims were obviously not as high as a few years ago.

When Wu Chengsi received Wu Meiniang's decree, he felt bad. Sure enough, after returning to Chang'an, he was directly deprived of all his official positions and taken into the prison of Dali Temple. This scared him silly. Fortunately, Wu Sansi came After visiting the prison, they gave him a hard reprimand, and then told him to stay in prison obediently during this time, and after a while, when the limelight passes, their aunt will get him out.

(End of this chapter)