Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 798 0793 [Shen Mengxi who transcends the times]

The Supreme Emperor pulled the Emperor down the stairs. This scene was too beautiful to watch.

The ministers all set their sights on the map, starting from their own hometowns and exploring the surrounding maps. Finally, it focuses on the Western Region, which is the mysterious place that everyone is curious about.

Zhu Ming saw that his father was looking very excited and couldn't come down for a while, so he simply turned around and walked into the secret pavilion for a walk.

The three pavilions and secret pavilions are integrated into one, and they are all located in Chongwen Academy.

The three pavilions are located on the southeast and west sides respectively, and the secret pavilion is the central hall of Chongwen Academy.

Although the Secret Pavilion is only a two-story building, it is extremely wide and tall.

The initial collection of calligraphy and painting works alone includes the following authors: Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, Yu Liang, Xiao Ziyun, Li Shimin, Li Longji, Yan Zhenqing, Ouyang Xun, Liu Gongquan, Huai Su, Huairen, Gu Kaizhi, Han Qian, Xue Ji, Dai Song, Li Zanhua, Huang Quan...

Zhao Guangyi held book viewing meetings from time to time, shared his collection with ministers, and even called foreign envoys to demonstrate the merits of the Song Dynasty's literary governance.

Later emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty followed this approach and built their own library pavilions: Longtu Pavilion, Tianzhang Pavilion, Baowen Pavilion, Xianmo Pavilion, Huiyou Pavilion, Fuwen Pavilion, etc.

Shen Kuo was also a geographer. He believed that the deep valleys in Yandang Mountain were formed by the erosion of flowing water. By observing the fossils in Taihang Mountain, we concluded that this place was a seaside in ancient times. The entire North China Plain is formed by alluvial sediment deposited by rivers. Observing the plant fossils in Yanzhou, we infer that the climate here was wetter in ancient times.

These wooden boards are carved with topographic maps of the northern frontier of the Song Dynasty. The peaks are towering and the rivers are winding. Each mountain and each river is different in height and size.

Ju Ming waved to the eunuch who was accompanying him: "Instruct all the officials in the library to search for collections related to maps. Once found, move them here immediately and then send them to Taiqing Tower."

Zhu Guoxiang had left the wooden ladder at some point, looked at the 3D map and sighed: "Shen Kuo is a great talent."

Ju Ming was not surprised by this, because when Shen Kuo was brought into the Confucian Temple to be worshiped, the Manchu ministers had already advised him.

When the emperor gives orders, everything goes crazy.

The huge map of the prosperous Tang Dynasty that was spliced ​​together outside was definitely not the original version, but probably a copy.

Maps were sent one after another, including more than twenty wooden boards.

Taiqing Tower is located in the back garden of the imperial palace and is equivalent to the emperor's private library.

Because the official manuscripts of the Song Dynasty have very obvious characteristics.

These 3D maps were also created by Shen Kuo.

Ju Ming said: "We can collect and sort out Shen Kuo's writings in various libraries. Let the descendants of Shen Kuo's brothers also submit his writings. Organize and compile all Shen Kuo's books into a volume, and let the Academy of Astronomy and the Ministry of Industry study it. ”

Ju Ming randomly pulled out a book and when he opened the title page, he knew it was a copy.

Not only are the three secret pavilions in action, Longtu Pavilion, Tianzhang Pavilion, etc. are also busy.

The important ministers in the cabinet all agreed with this statement and thought that Shen Kuo's conduct was not good.

3D frontier map of Song Dynasty!
Ju Ming stared silently for a moment and asked, "Where did you find it?"

Huan Guo cupped his hands and said: "Although His Majesty Shen Kuo is talented, his personal ethics do not dare to be complimented. Even if you want to study his works, you should not make a big show of it."

A young official came forward and said, "They are all hidden in the Xianmo Pavilion and engraved under the supervision of Shen Kuo, the former minister of the Song Dynasty."

There are copies of the books and albums, so they can still be found. However, all the famous calligraphy and paintings were burned, and only a few that were transferred to Longtuge and Taiqing Tower survived.

In fact, it is not difficult to find. The collection must be divided into categories. Just go to the relevant area on the map.

During the Zhenzong period of the Song Dynasty, the secret pavilion was burned down.

Of course, it had nothing to do with reporting Su Shi. The main reason was that Shen Kuo jumped during the reform and offended both the old and new parties.

Shen Kuo's report against Su Shi was completely false.

This thing first came from Wang Zhi's "Yuanyou Supplementary Record". It is an isolated evidence and has no historical data to support it. Even the son of the author Wang Zhi does not agree with this statement.

Moreover, it is full of errors and omissions.

Especially the sentence "Liu Shu said in a play: Don't worry about getting ahead", we can 100% conclude that it is made up.

In October of the sixth year of Xining, Shen Kuo left Jiangsu and Zhejiang and returned to Beijing in November. In the first month of the following year, Liu Shu passed by Runzhou from Jiangxi. At that time, Su Shi was providing disaster relief in Runzhou.

In just one month, Shen Kuo impeached Su Shi in the capital, and the news had already spread to Zhenjiang? Either this matter has caused a stir in the city, or someone has reported it to Su Shi. However, the old and new parties implicated in the case were all literary bigwigs and had numerous former disciples and former officials, but none of them mentioned Shen Kuo's report. Later, Shen Kuo offended both the old and new factions, and his reputation was as bad as a street rat, but no one said that he had reported Su Shi.

No one knew about it, including Su Shi himself. Only the author of "Yuanyou Supplementary Records" knew, and the author's son also wrote a book against this view.

Li Zhiyi, the author of "Bu Suanzi: I Live at the Head of the Yangtze River", was a common friend of Su Shi and Shen Kuo. Whenever and wherever he went, he carried portraits of Su Shi and Shen Kuo. He played with Shen Kuo and Su Shi, and never mentioned this matter.

When the "Wutai Poetry Case" broke out, Li Zhiyi asked Shen Kuo to write an epitaph for his mother while actively running to rescue Su Shi.

The entire case, all the original files, impeachment memorials, interrogation records, evidence and judgments, were leaked to the public due to the Jingkang incident. It was also compiled and published into a book, but Shen Kuo was not mentioned anywhere. Not to mention Shen Kuo, even Wang Anshi had a bad reputation at that time. Who would deliberately delete Shen Kuo's dirty information?
Shen Kuo and Su Shi communicated privately, and only one event can be confirmed.

It was more than ten years after the Wutai Poetry Case. Su Shi was ordered to return to Beijing and passed through Runzhou, and Shen Kuo happened to move to Runzhou to settle down. Shen Kuo gave Su Shi the graphite he had made and collected for many years, and Su Shi also wrote a record of it, "Book Shen Cunzhong Graphite".

It was a normal article, but some people interpreted it as cold writing, and the close relationship between the two was no longer the same.

It's so intimate, the relationship between the two has never been recorded before. Even Su Shi privately sent poems to Shen Kuo, which was most likely fabricated by "Yuanyou Supplementary Records" because no other source could be found.

Moreover, Su Shi wrote many articles about ink strips. His writings did not talk about emotions at all, but only focused on explaining various kinds of ink. Could it be that Su Shi was alienated from all the old friends who gave him ink slips?

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Of course, Qin Hui didn't care about Shen Kuo's personal ethics. He only needed to cater to the emperor. He hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Pei Xiu's map only has six bodies, but Shen Kuo's map has seven methods and twenty-four directions. That is, there are twelve grids vertically and horizontally, and the earthly branches are used along the way. The other way is to take the eight and four hexagrams of the Heavenly Stem, and you can get a straight line distance like a flying bird, regardless of the ups and downs of mountains and rivers."

"Excellent!" Zhu Ming nodded and smiled.

The ministers watched for a while and then dispersed one after another. Qin Hui also happily left.

Ju Ming called an official from the Ministry of Industry who knew cartography to make a copy of the super map of the Tang Dynasty to prevent it from being destroyed by fire one day.

Shen Kuo's various works were sent to Taiqing Tower one after another.

Zhu Guoxiang, who originally planned to go to Zhongnan Mountain to design a villa, read and studied carefully in Qingfeng Building for a few days, but suddenly became addicted to Shen Kuo's works and couldn't leave.

He called his son over and said, "Qin Hui is wrong."

"What's wrong?" Zhu Ming didn't understand.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Qin Hui said that Shen Kuo's "Map of Prefectures and Counties of the World" was wrong. This was Qin Hui's mistake. Shen Kuo's "Map of Prefectures and Counties of the World" was correct. What was wrong was the maps of all dynasties since Pei Xiu, including the super large map. Qin Hui even got Shen Kuo’s map of the prosperous Tang Dynasty completely wrong.”

Ju Ming was even more curious: "Throughout the ages, everyone has been wrong, but Shen Kuo is the only one who is right?"

Zhu Guoxiang nodded: "Because ancient and modern cartographers used the earth as a flat surface to draw maps. Therefore, the farther away from the center point, the greater the error of the map. However, Shen Kuo's flying bird drawing method was based on the earth. He did not use the earth to draw maps. Qin Hui thought it was an error in Shen Kuo's map, but it was actually the correct map!"

"So awesome?" Ju Ming said in surprise.

Zhu Guoxiang pointed to the large pile of drawings on the bookshelf: "Those are astronomical maps drawn by Shen Kuo. There are more than two hundred in total. If you compare Shen Kuo's astronomical maps with Shen Kuo's maps, it is actually easy to find that the difference between the two is The format is exactly the same. However, when Shen Kuo drew the map, he replaced the stars in the sky with counties on the ground. "

Zhu Ming smiled and said, "Okay, Dean Zhu. I only knew you could farm before, but I didn't expect you to be proficient in astronomy and geography."

Zhu Guoxiang said: "I used to live in Tokyo, but Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty did not allow me to take leave to go back to my hometown. I started to study ancient astronomy out of boredom, and I have not fallen behind in the past few years."

"Qin Hui read Shen Kuo's book and misunderstood all the twenty-four solstices drawn by Shen Kuo. They were not twelve vertical and horizontal grids at all. Shen Kuo's twenty-four solstices represented the angular directions, using twelve branches, eight stems, and four hexagrams respectively. This is the same as the floating compass in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty. That is, Shen Kuo combined the map and the compass and used the 24 to mark the magnetic azimuth. This was a breakthrough in the history of Chinese cartography. "

"Holding Shen Kuo's map and holding the compass, you can perform fool-like operations."

"That's why Shen Kuo said in the book that he only needs to record the locations on his map, as well as the marked azimuth angle, distance and other values. Even if the map is lost in the future, he can use these values ​​​​to reconstruct the map without leaving home. Draw it."

Ju Ming can only use two words to evaluate: "Awesome!"

Zhu Guoxiang sarcastically said: "Qin Hui was too eager to claim credit. As long as he compared Shen Kuo's astronomical maps and maps, carefully discerned and thought about them, he could understand them. But he took the map and went to the journal to report it, and said that Shen Kuo's map was inaccurate. I didn’t understand Shen Kuo’s original intention at all.”

"What you need to do in the future is to fill in the blanks in Shen Kuo's map. When he made the map, he lacked materials and could not send people to survey and map on the spot. Many remote places were blank. Especially the barbarian lands in the southwest, you have to After sending troops to capture it, we can allow the Ministry of Industry to survey and map it in more detail."

"By the way, we also need to add longitude and latitude lines. There is no such thing in Shen Kuo's map."

Ju Ming smiled and said: "We can start now and send people to survey and map all the places that have been actually controlled. Especially Youzhou, which was part of the Liao Kingdom at the time. Shen Kuo had never been there at all and only relied on data from the Tang Dynasty. "

Drawing maps is also the emperor's civil service, and it is very, very important.

(End of this chapter)