The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 371: Extra Four Pill Cauldron Conference and "Zhongzu Selection"

Zhenguang three years
Liu Tai issued an order to recruit scholars from all over the world to come to Luoyang to hold an Alchemy Conference on the banks of the Luoshui River to discuss how to make elixirs and become immortals.

In an instant, all the alchemists in the world were shocked, especially in this era when the theory of inner alchemy was very popular. Ge Hong himself was the master of Chinese alchemy history. Now he has specialized in steel and coal for a long time, and his alchemy skills are unparalleled in the world.

Liu Tai's purpose of holding this alchemy conference was to harvest the various chemical prescriptions in the hands of all alchemists since the Qin and Han Dynasties, to unify the various names in these alchemy recipes, as well as the measurement of the raw materials of the elixir, and the temperature for calcining the alchemy.

It has to be said that although Liu Tai obtained Ge Hong, the greatest chemist of his era, the inheritance of various other alchemists should not be underestimated.

Not to mention, Liu Tai had quite a lot of experience in communicating with these alchemists when it came to Fangzhongshu.

However, Liu Tai recruited these people and put forward a theory: "The golden elixir should be regarded as a small world, and it is a small world that can grow. Only by replenishing vitality with life can a golden elixir be swallowed. My fate is up to me. I can't help it." !

If you want the golden elixir to create the effect of a small world, you must find the sixty-four basic materials derived from the Eight Diagrams of the Book of Changes, because everything in the world is a fusion of these sixty-four materials.

Now, after years of hard work, Ge Hong has finally found the elements carbon and iron.

From now on, I hope that all Taoist sects in the world will work together to find these sixty-four hexagrams, work together, and climb together. "

Liu Tai specially established the Danding Division, and all imperial hospitals were under the Danding Division. The Danding Division held an Danding Conference every four years, and then each sect would submit the results of its sect over the past four years.

These results must withstand the challenges of all sects in the world to verify whether this thing is a basic substance or a mixture.

In this process, whoever comes up with materials that can withstand the test of the entire Taoist sect, the Taoist sect with the best performance will receive additional funding from the Danding Division, and the mountain sect where they are located will have tax-free rights for the next four years. Of course, It’s only for four years.

It can be said that whoever performs well in the Danding Conference will be rewarded with honor and wealth.

For Liu Tai, all he needs is to harvest the thousand-year accumulation of a wave of Chinese alchemists, formulate test standards for Chinese chemistry, and point out the development direction of Chinese chemistry.

As for the so-called sixty-four hexagrams, there are sixty-four basic elements, Liu Tai naturally knew that this was a wrong theory.

But in China, instead of proposing a periodic table of elements, it is better to propose that the sixty-four hexagrams of the Book of Changes must contain sixty-four elements. Even if it is a wrong theory, Chinese chemistry will definitely continue to develop.

When the sixty-four basic elements are found, even if they will be trapped for a while, they will have reached the level of the industrial age. Coupled with the materials science accumulated from studying these sixty-four basic elements, even if the Han Dynasty His house collapsed, a new dynasty was established, and the library he built in Luoyang, Chang'an, was destroyed by the war.

But as long as this unified dynasty goes to Taoist sects to search and search, they may be able to find out some black technology, which is materials science, which can be regarded as their own heritage for the future.

Zhenguang five years
Liu Tai prepared to conquer Liaodong, and after the Yi family had recuperated, they began to connect with each other. The reputations of Xi Jian and Bian Hu were spread in their mouths, and they seemed to have become the leading generals of the Han Dynasty and the best candidates for Ping Liao.

In this process, Wang Xizhi, as the court's mouthpiece, was implicated and could not remain neutral.

Following Liu Tai's order, Gou Chun and Chen Yuanda went to visit the families that were causing the most trouble. Soon the heads of these families passed away due to illness, and their families closed their doors and thanked guests, saying that they would be closed for twenty years.

Immediately after Xi Jian chose to resign, Liu Tai sent him to Hanzhong County, because the next project after Cao Yi completed the construction of the Grand Canal was the Tongtian Bridge, which Liu Tai had been thinking about, so Xi Jian could be used to assist in internal affairs. Bian Hu directly arranged to be the governor of Guangzhou, but his family still stayed in Chang'an. He had to serve as an official for ten years before returning from Guangzhou.

As for Wang Xizhi, who controlled the imperial news and newspapers, he directly became the magistrate of Yongjia County, which can be said to be a success.

Liu Tai told the family irrefutably that now is not your era. If I don’t give it to you, don’t think about it!
On March 353rd of the ninth year of Zhengguang (AD ), Wang Xizhi, Xie Shang (Xie An's brother), Huan Kun (Huan Wen, because Wen Qiao did not go south in this history, so Hengwen encouraged himself in the name of Liu Kun) and others With some frustration, the children of the aristocratic family went to "cultivation" in Kuaiji Mountain. At the meeting, everyone wrote poems, and Wang Xizhi wrote a manuscript preface to their poems.

Liu Taike has been eagerly waiting for Wang Xizhi to write the "Preface to the Lanting Collection" every year. Seeing that Wang Xizhi has been unable to write the "Preface to the Lanting Collection" in recent years, he suppressed several of his friends and gave him very considerate guidance. Go over and meet Wang Xizhi.

Wang Xizhi's experience was that he first became the world's scribe, then controlled the world's tongue, and then was invited by aristocratic families, and then was kicked to Kuaiji by Liu Tai. Although he worked conscientiously, there was no official to dispatch him after his expiration.

Wang Xizhi understood that Liu Tai was still angry with him. This life had some ups and downs, which made Wang Xizhi feel a bit sad and melancholy.

And as friends who were familiar with him came to visit him, Wang Xizhi and he drank wine, sang and drank. Although they were both lost people, they also forgot their troubles in the joyful gathering, which made Wang Xizhi realize the key to writing smoothly. The "Preface to the Lanting Collection" was published.

The preface to the Lanting Collection arrived on Liu Tai's desk almost a week later, and Liu Tai nodded with satisfaction.

Another month later, Wang Xizhi was dispatched back to the court and was appointed by Liu Tai as an official of the fourth grade of Jijiu.

Liu Tai only gave Wang Xizhi one task, which was to promote the simplified Chinese characters created by Wang Xizhi himself.

"Promote your calligraphy so that all children in the world can read. If the textbooks are insufficient, I will print them. If the funds are insufficient, I will support them. I will even sponsor the newspaper you originally compiled. You will personally select the concise articles and become the students' favorite articles. Selected articles.”

Liu Tai looked at Wang Xizhi and said word by word: "Go and promote your calligraphy to the entire Yanhan"

"My lord, thank you for your grace!"

Liu Tai watched Wang Xizhi leave and suddenly said:
"Your "Preface to the Lanting Collection" is quite well written. Together with "Chen Shi Biao" and "Chen Qing Biao", it is included in the selected reading articles. However, these three chapters are somewhat different. They need to be required reading for my Yanhan students. The article needs to be memorized and written silently.”

"Sir, obey the order!"

When Wang Xizhi left the palace, his eyes seemed to be burning with hot flames.

After that, Wang Xizhi continued to work in this position of offering wine until he was forced to retire. Nine out of ten Yanhan students could recite the article.

The recited articles assigned by Liu Tai were even jokingly called "Zhongzu Selection" because Liu Tai had to endure it until Tao Yuanming wrote "The Story of Peach Blossom Spring", so he recited "Shi Shi Biao", "Chen Qing Biao" and "Lanting Collection Preface". "Luo Shen Fu" and "Peach Blossom Spring" are five extracurricular articles that Yanhan students must memorize, because later the imperial examination would sometimes choose topics from them.

　The extra chapter comes to an end here. Next, I have to think about what new book to write, and then look for inspiration. Now I really have to say goodbye to everyone for this book. Thank you for accompanying me all the way. See you in the next book.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)