Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 428 0423 [Yellow Waist]

Just when Zhu Ming was fighting with Zhong Xiang, Wang Fu finally became an official again, this time as the person in charge of a scientific project.

He didn't make any other achievements, that is, he invented the world's first mechanical clock with hands on the basis of the astronomical observatory.

Of course Wang Fu doesn't know this stuff, the main executors are Qin Tianjian and a Taoist priest surnamed Wang.

About 40 years ago, Zhang Sixun invented the Taiping Armillary Sphere, a mercury-driven demonstrator of the earth's rotation period.

Immediately afterwards, Su Song, Shen Kuo, Han Gonglian and others collaborated to create a water astronomical observatory, which is the earliest astronomical clock in the world, integrating astronomical observation, astronomical demonstration and time reporting system.This thing is driven by water power, and its size is extremely large. One set consumes [-] catties of copper.And it cannot be used in winter, because the water will freeze.

The mechanical clock with hands supervised by Wang Fu is still driven by water power, which is equivalent to an upgraded version of the astronomical observatory.And it has become more durable. The core components are replaced with hardwood, which solves the problem of stagnation caused by long-term contact with water.

The so-called core component is the escapement of the mechanical clock!
The mechanical clock was not lost in the Song Dynasty, but was obtained by the Mongols, and a mechanical clock driven by elastic force was born in the Yuan Dynasty.

The real disappearance time was at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, anyway, it suddenly disappeared in the Ming Dynasty.

Because of this technological invention, Wang Fu regained his official position in the Ministry of Rites.

Song Huizong thus set up the "Jiheng Institute", Wang Fu served as the chief officer of the Jiheng Institute, and Liang Shicheng served as the adjutant of the Jiheng Institute.

On the grassland further north, Emperor Tianzuo, the emperor of the Liao Dynasty, stood up again, taking advantage of Yan Zonghan's return to Beijing for a meeting, and led [-] Liao troops out of Jiashan.His plan is rather nonsensical. He wanted to kill through the occupied area of ​​the Kingdom of Jin, break through Yanshan Mountain and recover Yanyun.

Encountered an ambush by Jin soldiers halfway, and the entire army of [-] Liao soldiers was wiped out...

The last battleable troops of the Liao Kingdom were tossed away by Emperor Tianzuo in this way. The Jin people only sent partial divisions to pursue them, and turned their attention to the Song Kingdom.

Jin Guo first ordered Xixia to send troops to attack Wuzhou and Shuozhou in the Northern Song Dynasty. Song general Li Siben led the frontier army to defend.

"The official family, the official family, it's not good..." The eunuch Li Yan rushed in.

Song Huizong was observing the mechanical clock himself. When he heard this sentence, he was in a bad mood. He turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Yan said: "The Kingdom of Jin complained that Guo Yaoshi accepted Zhang Wei, and also complained that Tan Zhen did not give food. He sent Jin soldiers to attack Weizhou and killed Chen Yi, the guard. He was also trapped in Feihu and Lingqiu counties, and expelled the guards of Yingzhou. Su Jing and others."

Zhang Ting was a Liao general who surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin and rebelled on his own. He made the Kingdom of Jin extremely troublesome, but the court of the Great Song Dynasty and Guo Yaoshi accepted him.

As for the grain, that was the words of the envoy Song who fooled the Jin people in private when negotiating the redemption of Yanjing.Promised to spend money to buy Yanjing, how much food would be given to the Kingdom of Jin, but afterwards he reneged on his debts.

Now, Jin Guoxing's troops are coming to investigate.

Wang Fu, who was demonstrating the mechanical clock, immediately said after hearing this: "Tan Zhen is really incapable of commanding the army, and Tong Guanxiang is a senior general in the army. Now that there are not many thieves left in Shandong, Tong Guan can be recruited back to Beijing and ordered to succeed Tan Zhen to prosper Yanshan government."

"How to appease the wrath of the Jin people?" Song Huizong asked.

Wang Fu said: "Don't worry about it, the Kingdom of Jin is short of food, riots and thieves are everywhere, and they are busy suppressing thieves everywhere."

Song Huizong was still a little worried, but there was really nothing else he could do.

Like Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Quan was a general of the Liao Dynasty who voluntarily joined him. Song Huizong must treat him favorably, and it is impossible to hand it over to the Jinren in vain.

The food is even more nonsense. Da Song can't get hundreds of thousands of shi at all.

Immediately, Tong Guan was urgently recalled to Tokyo, and the "Liaojin experts" also came to the meeting.

With such a ghostly appearance, Song Huizong was still trying to save face, and a group of favorite ministers also took the opportunity to come up with bad ideas.

Tong Guan and Cai You jointly squeezed out Tan Zhen, and Song Huizong directly dismissed Tan Zhen from office.

Afterwards, Tong Guan took over the position of envoy of the Privy Council, and replaced Tan Zhen in preaching and appeasing the northern border, and ran straight to Taiyuan to meet Emperor Tianzuo at the border.

However, the Song Dynasty heard that Emperor Tianzuo was on the run and sent a monk to secretly contact Emperor Tianzuo. The content of the emperor's letter he brought was as follows: If Emperor Tianzuo is willing to submit to the Song Dynasty, Song Huizong is willing to treat him as the emperor's younger brother and give him a title. Only under the princes, will I be given a thousand houses and three hundred female musicians.

Emperor Tianzuo was worried that he had nowhere to go, and was overjoyed to receive the letter, so he hurried south with his personal guards.

It's a pity that halfway through, Emperor Tianzuo felt that Song Huizong was unreliable, and returned to Jiashan again to fight guerrillas with Jinbing.

This pair of crouching dragon and phoenix chicks just missed out.

Ma Kuo was a real expert in the Liao and Jin Dynasties. He was sent to negotiate with the Jin people. When he came back, he reported to Tong Guan: "The Jin people are training Han soldiers in Feihu and Lingqiu. They have evil intentions and will go south sooner or later. Please ask the Grand Master to quickly rectify the border areas." Prepare!"

Tong Guan just pretended he didn't hear anything, because he couldn't change money.

Jin Guo was completely enraged, they only wanted Da Song to hand over Zhang Xuan, and fulfill the promised grain.As a result, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty turned a deaf ear and had to be taught a lesson!
Prince Lu's Mansion.

After listening to a series of reports, Cai Jing narrowed his eyes and said, "The Jin people are really training northern Han people to become rural soldiers?"

"Ma Kuo did say so," Cai Kuo replied.

Cai Jing took a chance and said: "Perhaps it is to wipe out the bandits in the Kingdom of Jin, not really going south."

This is pure self-deception. How could neighboring countries train troops on the border to quell civil strife?
Cai Jing muttered: "Why do these red thieves and bell thieves have a truce after just one fight?"

Cai Kuang said, "Can you design a rift?"

Cai Jing shook his head: "Divorce can only be given to high-ranking officials. One of them has already proclaimed himself an emperor, and the other claims to be a generalissimo. How else can they be rewarded?"

Cai Kuo said: "My lord, there is not enough money and food, and the suppression of bandits in Hebei and Shandong is too much."

Cai Jing didn't speak again, he really wanted to melt the analog clock.It took several years to build that thing, which cost nearly [-] catties of copper, and Wang Fu also secretly took a lot of kickbacks.

"By the way, Li Bangyan has returned to Tokyo." Cai Ji added.

Cai Jing commented: "This person is nothing to worry about, so leave him alone."

Li Bangyan entertained guests as soon as he returned to Beijing, regardless of whether he was still in mourning.

The banquets he invited were all noble ministers, those who had already made their appearance but had no deep roots.

For example, Qin Hui is currently working as a member of Zhongshu Sheren.

Fan Lou was still so luxurious, Qin Hui drank from a silver cup and watched the singing and dancing performance with a smile.

Usually he can't afford the old man's money, and the salary of Zhongshusheren is not high, and there is no room for corruption.

"Congratulations to the Great Song Dynasty, and congratulations to the official family!" Li Bangyan raised his glass suddenly.

Everyone responded quickly and raised their wine cups one after another.

The song and dance performance was still going on, and Li Bangyan was very happy to return to the capital. He drank until his ears were hot and even took off his clothes, revealing the tattoos all over his body and asked Xiaochang: "How is my tattoo?"

"It really amazes the slave family." Xiao Chang immediately flattered her and reached out to touch it.

Li Bangyan opened his dim eyes and pointed at Xiao Chang's belly: "I have only been away from Tokyo for three or four months, why are you all wearing goose-yellow silk scarves around your waist?"

Xiao Chang explained with a smile: "The name of this thing is waist yellow, which is quite new recently."

Li Bangyan looked at it carefully, and praised: "It's really beautiful, and it's quite novel. When I get home, I'll wear yellow around my waist."

In an instant, an official offered his yellow belly circumference: "Why do you have to wait to go home? The belly circumference below is from today's new department. You can use it if you like it."

Li Bangyan laughed loudly, took the waistband and tied it on himself, and asked someone to bring a mirror to take a look at it.

Li Gang shook his head, then turned to Qin Hui who was beside him and said, "The current situation is difficult, and the prime minister is like a prodigal son. What is the benefit to the country?"

Qin Hui said in a low voice: "Among the ministers, this Li Xianggong is already the most human-like. We have to rely on him for everything we want to do."

"This drink is awkward!" Li Gang said angrily.

At this time, Qin Hui had a good relationship with Li Gang. They were both upright and honest people, and they had a very good reputation among the new generation of noble officials.

In particular, Li Gang drew a clear line with his father-in-law, and Li's former disciples and former officials took the opportunity to publicize, and his reputation was steadily rising.

Taking advantage of others not paying attention, Qin Hui said: "Your Excellency's brother-in-law recently defeated Zhong Xiang and captured Jiangling."

"I heard that it is really a serious problem for the imperial court," Li Gang sighed, "If he does not rebel, he will definitely be the prime minister of the Song Dynasty in the future!"

Qin Hui said: "He has accepted the emperor concubine, and he has spoken out for the prince. For the current plan, the only way to support the prince is to enthroned, maybe he can recruit the Zhu family father and son."

Li Gang rolled his eyes and said: "Occupying Chuanxia is already a separate party, how can it be possible to recruit security?"

"A dead horse is a living horse doctor, so I have to try it," Qin Hui said. "Today's officers and soldiers are in Shandong and Hebei, and they can still fight against bandits who don't know how to do it. Zhu Chenggong is both civil and military. Let him occupy Chuanxia for two or three years. I am afraid that one hundred thousand tiger and wolf masters can be trained."

The two of them chatted without a word. Li Bangyan left the venue drunk, and many guests also dispersed.

"Brother Bo Ji, get in my car!"

Li Bangyan pulled Li Gang back and dragged him into the carriage to talk alone.

This guy was really drunk, he hooked shoulders with Li Gang, and said: "One day Mr. Zhu will win the world, brother Bo Ji will help me with a few words of kindness."

Li Gang was shocked: "Why did the Lord make such a statement?"

Li Bangyan said with a smile: "Your Excellency and Zhu Chenggong are brother-in-law. The severance of the relationship between Weng and his son-in-law the day before yesterday is nothing more than a two-sided bet. From my point of view, the Zhu family will win the world, and Brother Bo Ji will also be a relative of the emperor from now on."

"You thief, you are in vain for the Zaifu of the Great Song Dynasty, and you can say such words!" Li Gang was furious, pushed Li Bangyan away, and jumped off the carriage by himself.

Li Bangyan chased him out and was blown by the wind on the street. Thinking about his slip of the tongue just now, he was so frightened that most of his wine sobered up.

Before Fan Lou, many high-ranking officials and nobles all wore yellow waistbands.

This strange and popular dress is called a costume demon by conservatives.The poor outside the city are starving, but the rich are still innovating in clothing, and any new style can quickly become popular.

Looking at the well-dressed crowd, Li Gang thought of Li Bangyan's drunken words, and felt infinite sadness in his heart.

Li Bangyan returned home, took a good sleep, and began to write a secret letter to Ju Ming.

A "Selected Collection of Tang Poems" is their single-line contact code book, and the method was taught to Li Bangyan by Zhu Ming.

The content of this letter is nothing more than that Wang Fu is an official in the Ministry of Rites again, Jin people are training troops on the border, etc., and even the increase in food prices in the capital is included.

This letter was sent by a fast horse and a fast boat, and it was still the official post delivery system of the Song Dynasty.

However, Shaanxi's post delivery system finally sent the daughters of the Zhong family and the Zhe family, and the daughters of the Zhe family went south in the name of visiting relatives.

(I have something to do during the day, so I forgot to say something, sorry, fellow readers.)
(End of this chapter)