Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 235 Stargazing Players

On the city wall of Zhangye City, the soldiers guarding the city looked at a strange guy curiously, manipulating strange things to the sky.

And this guy kept writing and drawing in his hands, and even said words that the soldiers didn't understand at all.

"Jupiter, Mars, and Venus in succession! Grandpas of the audience, this is a rare astronomical spectacle! Such a phenomenon will only appear once in a thousand years, and the most recent record in the history books is in the history books of the second year of Zhide in the Tang Dynasty. !"

"This is a rare astronomical phenomenon, everyone should keep your eyes open to appreciate it!"

The player who is recording the video is called Xie Ping. He is a graduate student of astronomy, and his research direction is the history of ancient astronomy.

This time, the phenomenon of Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and three stars in succession was recorded in Tang Shu. In order to find the best observation spot, Xie Ping followed Zeng Mu to Zhangye City and built a telescope on the city wall of Zhangye City.

This astronomical telescope is also handmade by Xie Ping. Each lens is hand-polished by him, and the stars in the sky can be clearly observed.

When Xie Ping was playing games, he would also record some astronomical popularization videos. In this Tang Dynasty, where there is no light pollution or air pollution, as long as you find a suitable location, you can see a starry sky that is more splendid than modern times.

Although Xie Ping's "Datang Starry Sky" program is not very popular, it has also received a lot of rewards from loyal fans, and the astronomical spectacle of "Three Stars Entering Dongjing" tonight is also clearly written in the history books of the Tang Dynasty .

While recording the astrology in the sky, Xie Ping explained: "Jupiter was called Suixing in ancient times, Mars was called Yinghuo, and Venus was called Taibai. This phenomenon of three-star tandem is very rare, but this time three-star tandem happened. The location is Dongjing, which is one of the 28 places."

"The reason why this astronomical phenomenon was recorded in the history books is because the ancients divided the sky into 28 constellations to correspond to the various regions on the ground."

"And the constellation Dongjing corresponds to the location of Qin on the ground."

"And we also know that the Tang Dynasty is now preparing for a decisive battle near Chang'an, the western capital, and this time the astrology coincides with the Tang army's battle to regain Chang'an."

"So this time the astrology was recorded. Astronomy in the feudal era was still combined with the induction between heaven and man. The emperor's Qin Tianjian officials were responsible for observing and interpreting the astrology, but not studying the laws of the starry sky."

"Obviously, the entry of Samsung into Dongjing is only a natural phenomenon. Everyone just needs to appreciate it. Such a spectacle is quite rare."

Aim the camera at the sky, and sure enough the three stars gradually overlapped together, and all these phenomena were recorded by the officials of Qin Tianjian who were in charge of recording the astrology in Fengxiang Mansion.

Xie Ping didn't know that the special astrology this time caused another change in Tang Boyun's treacherous court.

After the phenomenon of three stars entering Dongjing happened, the officials of Qin Tianjian immediately reported to the emperor that three stars entered Dongjing, and Dongjing faced the Guanzhong land, which was covered by clouds and a war was about to break out. Obviously, this was a warning from heaven to Datang through astrology!
Emperor Li Heng immediately became nervous, and quickly summoned his ministers to discuss the special astrology of the three stars entering Dongjing this time.

Compared with when Lingwu came to the throne, the current emperor is more dignified. He sits high on the throne, and he will never discuss political affairs with his ministers as cordially as Lingwu did.

Fengxiang Mansion itself is a big city with the function of supporting the capital. The location of Fengxiang Mansion is dangerous, and the supplies transported from all over the country are piled up in the treasury of Fengxiang Mansion to supply the frontline army to put down the rebellion.

The emperor had just taken the elixir yesterday, and his face was flushed abnormally. He forced himself to ask: "Zhu Qing, the Qin Tianjian reported last night that three stars entered Dongjing, what is the explanation for this astrology?"

All the ministers look at me, I look at you, interpreting the astrology, this is the work of Qin Tianjian.

The officials of the Qin Tianjian are different from all officials. This institution belongs to the position of the inner court, and all the officials of the Qin Tianjian are hereditary.

The art of astrology has been learned only with the permission of the royal family in all dynasties. This is because the interpretation of astrology is the highest power. Although the Tang Dynasty did not believe in the theory of the relationship between heaven and man as much as the Han Dynasty, it used the astrology and natural disasters to confuse people and even raise troops. There are many examples of rebellion.

Therefore, since the Taizong Dynasty, on the one hand, the imperial court prohibited private research on astrology and calendars, and on the other hand, it recruited strange people who knew astrology from the people, and became officials of Qin Tianjian passed down from generation to generation.

Li Mi stood in the back row of the ministers. He was only a secretary and supervisor. Only the emperor ordered him to attend such a meeting of important ministers. He touched the memorial in his sleeve and squinted his eyes at the ministers in the front row.

Since Prime Minister Fang Guan took office in Hexi, there are now seven prime ministers in the imperial court: Wei Jiansu, Cui Yuan, Pei Mian, Cui Huan, Li Lin, Miao Jinqing, and Zhang Hao.

Before the emperor arrived at Fengxiang Mansion, when encountering major court affairs, all civil servants and generals in the court discussed them together.

After arriving at Fengxiang Mansion, after Wei Jiansu took office as prime minister, he proposed that the prime minister was to assist the emperor in handling government affairs and to sit and discuss the noble position. It should be distinguished from ordinary ministers and should not discuss government affairs with ordinary officials.

The emperor felt that Wei Jiansu's argument was reasonable, and opened a hall of heroes in the palace of Fengxiang Mansion, which meant sitting and discussing with the heroes.

The Hall of Heroes meeting can only be attended by the prime minister and the officials specially ordered by the emperor, thereby consolidating the authority of the prime minister. Li Mi, who does not have the title of prime minister, can only wait for the seven prime ministers to finish their speeches before he can get his turn to speak.

Among the seven prime ministers, Wei Jiansu came from Jingzhao Wei, Cui Yuan came from Hejian Cui, Pei Mian came from Hedong Pei, and Li Lin was from the royal family.

Miao Jinqing also came from a family of Confucianism. Although the Zhang family of Ji County, where Zhang Hao was born, was not as prominent as Jing Zhaowei, Hejian Cui, and Hedong Pei, they were also well-known names in every prefecture and county.

Three stars enter Dongjing, and Dongjing is the division of the ancient Qin land, which corresponds to the land of Guanzhong.

Li Mi, who is proficient in the theory of astrology and divination, naturally knows that this astrology is a warning to the imperial court, beware of accidents in the army that is preparing to take back Chang'an.

Today, there are 150,000 Tang troops stationed near Chang'an in Xijing. This is a large army formed by the Tang Dynasty mobilizing all the elite from the Sanfu area of ​​Longyou, Shuofang.

The commander of this army is Guo Ziyi, the deputy marshal of the army and horses of the world. At the same time, the emperor also sent the general of the soldiers and horses of the world, Li Chu, the king of Guangping, to serve as the military supervisor.

At this time, the rebels occupied the two capitals and established themselves as Dayan. Not long after An Lushan proclaimed himself emperor, he was killed by his son An Qingxu and his adviser Yan Zhuang.

After An Lushan's death, An Qingxu buried An Lushan's body in a super-large luxury tent on Anlushan, and then ascended the throne with the assistance of Yan Zhuang, changed the year name to Zaichu, and established himself as the second emperor of Dayan.

An Qingxu killed his father and usurped the throne, and An Lushan's original preferred heir was never An Qingxu, so although he ascended the throne with the help of Yan Zhuang, he was unable to control the arrogant soldiers under An Lushan's command.

This time the Tang army was stationed in Xijing, An Qingxu simply hid in the palace for a whole day of debauchery, and handed over all matters to Yan Zhuang.

Yan Zhuang ordered An Shouzhong, the general of the puppet Yan, to lead five thousand elite troops to guard the Baqiao west of Chang'an, facing the army led by Guo Ziyi across the river.

In the Hall of Heroes, Prime Minister Wei Jiansu stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the great Tang soldiers Chen Bing Xijing will be able to destroy the rebels in a long time. Three stars entering the East Well is a sign of the defeat of the rebels! Your Majesty, please order the whole army to hurry up!" Annihilate it!"

Hearing what Wei Jiansu said, Li Mi didn't care about the court system, stepped out and said, "Your Majesty! No!"

(End of this chapter)