Chapter 415 414 The storm is coming

"How could this happen?"

At this time, in the Imperial Heaven Prison, an official in a green robe rushed out of the official office, carried the official robe and ran quickly towards a high platform in the yard, and the patches embroidered with white squids on his chest were constantly moving.

While running, he looked up at the sky, but behind him, officials ran out one after another.

After getting on the platform, he asked impatiently: "What's going on? There is a solar eclipse today, why didn't it be calculated?"

At this time, on the high platform, three green robe officials were standing in front of the armpit sphere and were at a loss. When they heard the question from the visitor, they were speechless and didn't know what to say.

"Official Yang Ling, say it."

"Sir, the sky is strange today, and I don't know how to explain it."

"How could it not be calculated?"

"Mr. Jianzheng, the celestial phenomena have been difficult to measure since ancient times, and many of them have been unpredictable from ancient times to the present."

As the time of the sergeant and Lingtailang talking to each other, the people behind him also arrived one after another.

"Baozhangzheng, can the celestial phenomena be recorded?"

The two facial features of Lingtai Guards could not explain the reason clearly. The Imperial Heaven Supervision Supervisor turned his eyes to a person standing next to him and asked, "He is the King of Lingtai Guardian, who is specializing in recording celestial phenomena." The Wide Features Lingtai Guard who was asked earlier was an official who specializes in observing celestial phenomena.

The Baozhanglang held the record in his hand and said, "In the 40th year of Jiajing, the sun was eclipsed on the first day of the sun, and the sun was slightly yin."

"Dongdong.Dong."

While we were talking, there were faint drum sounds from the direction of Xiyuan in the distance.

"Your Majesty is on the day of beating the drum to save the day."

Someone in the crowd behind him said in a trembling tone.

As the drum sounded in Xiyuan, the guards immediately followed the drums and drum towers in the entire capital, and the drums were rumbling in the entire capital. For a moment, the drum sounds in the entire capital rumbling.

"It's over, it's over."

Some people were already scared and only knew that they kept muttering the word "finished".

The ancients were relatively superstitious, and the theory of the induction of heaven and man was growing and deeply rooted in people's hearts with the continuous development and growth of Confucianism. Therefore, in their opinion, the occurrence of a solar eclipse represents God's warning to the emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, once said: "Since I started to do anything, my intentions began to arise. Heaven would show it to the sky. The signs would come first, so I often warn you and dare not be ignorant."

Linking political activities with astronomical phenomena is an important means for emperors of all dynasties to emphasize the legitimacy of rule. The emperor's deep belief in "the sky hangs on its elephant, and good or bad luck" is reflected in the establishment of astronomical and calendar institutions and the emphasis on astronomical and calendar work.

To this end, Zhu Yuanzhang also issued a special ceremony to save the Sun and Moon, stating how officials should rescue the Sun and Moon when there is a solar eclipse.

In the ceremony of saving the sun and the moon, Zhu Yuanzhang used high-quality rituals and music to rescue him, and accompanied him with respectful rescue etiquette from civil and military officials. These all show that Zhu Yuanzhang valued the occurrence of "solar eclipse" and "lunar eclipse".

The rescue of solar and lunar eclipses has gradually become institutionalized and complicated. From the beginning of facing solar and lunar eclipses, to the emperor beating the drum to scare away the Tiangou, to the emperor's need to wear regular clothes and no longer live in the main hall, it can be seen that the feudal dynasty values ​​solar and lunar eclipses.

The calculation of solar and lunar eclipses mainly relies on institutions like the Imperial Heavenly Prison. Due to the deviation of the calendar, the Imperial Heavenly Prison often leads to deviations in calculating the specific time of the solar and lunar eclipse. Therefore, many Imperial Heavenly Prison officials will be convicted of errors in measuring time. This also shows the importance of ancient dynasties on solar and lunar eclipses.

For example, a lunar eclipse occurred in Xinmao in the first month of the first year of Jingtai, but because the officials of the Imperial Heaven Supervision predicted that the time was later than the actual time, they were imprisoned by the emperor.

This time, the solar eclipse was not calculated at all. Thinking of the possible punishment, everyone on the platform was trembling.

Half was blown by the cold wind on the platform, and half was scared.

The Imperial Heaven Supervision was an astronomical and calendar in the Ming Dynasty. It was in charge of astronomical divination, formulated calendars, calculated solar terms, selected day to watch the geometry, and reported the time.

The predecessor of the Imperial Heavenly Prison in the Ming Dynasty was the Taishi Prison. The Taishi Prison was established in the 16th year of Zhizheng in the Yuan Dynasty and was changed to the magistrate the following year.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, it inherited the institutional settings of the Yuan Dynasty. In the first year of Hongwu, it changed the Taishi Academy to the Sitianjian, and later changed its name to the Imperial Heavenly Bureau, forming a pattern of four subjects under the Imperial Heavenly Bureau, including the four subjects of the Imperial Heavenly Bureau, which are under the jurisdiction of the Astronomy, the Datong Calendar, and the Hui Hui Calendar. "It is to control astronomy, determine the calendar, count the Hou, and promote the steps."

At this moment, the surveillance officer, who was still in a daze, suddenly looked up at the sky. Although most of the red sun hanging high in the sky was covered, it was not completely covered. At this time, the surveillance officer felt that the sky was gradually turning from dark to bright.

“Is the solar eclipse going to end?”

The supervisor asked in a trembling voice.

"It seems to be bright."

"It's bright."

With a few words, the steward suddenly thought of something, and then grabbed the booklet recording the celestial phenomena in Baozhang's forehand, and couldn't help but mutter: "The sun is eclipse, and the sun is slight yin."

As the solar eclipse gradually disappeared, the sky returned to light, the sun still hangs high above the sky, and the capital, which was in a panic for a short time, also restored order.

At this time, on the drum tower in Xiyuan, Emperor Jiajing threw the drumsticks in his hand towards Huang Jin, waved his sleeves with both hands, and walked down the drumsticks with his back. Huang Jin followed closely behind the emperor with his hands in his hands.

"Send someone to the Imperial Heavenly Prison immediately, I want to explain."

Today's solar eclipse happened suddenly, and there was no warning from the Imperial Heaven Prison before, and the corresponding rescue ceremony was not prepared at all.

After the solar eclipse, Emperor Jiajing hurriedly rushed out of the bedroom and came here, and his heart was filled with anger.

"Send someone to invite Wang Jin, Liu Wenbin, Lan Daoxing and others to me, go quickly."

While walking, Emperor Jiajing ordered, and at the same time he was thinking in his mind, what was going on with this solar eclipse? Have I done something wrong recently?

Suddenly, Emperor Jiajing suddenly stood still, looked up at the sky, and murmured: "Is it wrong for me to follow the ancestral system? Shouldn't it be King Yu?"

Emperor Jiajing's whisper made Huang Jin, who followed closely behind him, twitched his eyes. He had been following Emperor Jiajing and naturally knew everything inside and outside the palace. He also understood what the emperor said.

Who would be the crown prince? In fact, it really has little to do with him. How old is he? He is in his sixties, how old is he older than Emperor Jiajing, and how long can he live?

But he knew better that if King Yu had not taken over the throne, civil servants in the world would have collectively opposed it, and the situation at that time might be even more complicated than when he first ascended the throne.

When Emperor Jiajing returned to Yongshou Palace, Huang Jin was sent out to do business.

After leaving the palace gate, Huang Jin called Chen Ju and several nearby servants over, "You will leave the palace immediately and go and invite Lan Xianchang, Wang Xianchang, Liu."

Emperor Jiajing asked him to invite alchemists to the palace, and he must have been divining today's solar eclipse, so Huang Jin immediately sent an eunuch to invite people.

After arranging everyone's errands, he sent everyone out. However, when Chen Ju turned around and was about to leave, he suddenly heard Huang Jin shouting: "Chen Ju, wait a minute, I have something to explain."

Chen Ju turned around and waited for the others to leave, Huang Jin said quickly: "After leaving the palace, you should go to Prince Yu's mansion to deliver a letter to Wei Guangde. Today is the solar eclipse. The emperor is worried that God will warn Prince Yu and ask them to come up with a solution as soon as possible."

"God warns you. King Yu"

When Chen Ju heard Huang Jin's words, she was so surprised that she couldn't stop talking.

"Your Majesty follows the ancestral system and chooses King Yu to succeed the throne, but there is a solar eclipse at this critical moment. The emperor is a little swaying now."

Huang Jin quickly explained, "Go quickly and let them figure out their own ways."

Huang Jin was powerless about this matter.

He could provide help to King Yu, but he would not disobey the emperor. Even if he informed Prince Yu's mansion in advance, he would be the only thing he could do.

"yes."

Chen Ju got the bad, so he immediately called two eunuchs and left Xiyuan. However, after getting to the gate of Xiyuan, he ordered the two eunuchs to invite the alchemist and got out of the car by himself.

After Chen Ju ran out of the palace wall all the way, he hired a sedan chair on the street. Without asking the price, he said to the sedan chair owner: "Go to Shiwangfu Street, hurry up."

The news given by Huang Jin was shocking. Maybe the duck that got it would fly away. Now I can only notify King Yu of the news as soon as possible and ask everyone in the Prince Yu's mansion to find ways to stabilize the situation.

Fortunately, many of the alchemists trusted by Emperor Jiajing lived in the Taoist temple outside the city. In order to maintain the image of a master, most of them showed boredom in the world. They only occasionally went to the city for a while because of the emperor's summons.

Speaking of which, Chen Ju still has time to pass the news before the alchemists enter the palace and think of some solutions.

At this time, the only way in Chen Ju's mind was to get the money and ask the alchemists to help him speak, say good things, and find a way to get rid of today's solar eclipse incident, which made him not even too late to ask his godfather for advice.

Because Chen Ju knew very well that his godfather's mind should be the same as Huang Jin, and he didn't want Emperor Jiajing to have a big fight with the civil servant group when he was old.

"Eunuch Huang should think so too."

Sitting in the sedan chair, Chen Ju whispered to himself.

The sedan chair passed through Chang'an Street and quickly turned into the Shiwang Mansion Street. Chen Ju did not ask the sedan chair owner to take him outside the Prince Yu's Mansion, but got out of the sedan chair on the street and did not dare to walk on the street. He passed through several alleys before he walked around outside the courtyard wall of the Prince Yu's Mansion. Diagonally opposite was the side door of the Prince Yu's Mansion.

After he arrived here, he followed the horse-tie stone and quickly recognized Wei Guangde's carriage.

"Li San."

When Chen Ju saw the coachman leaning against the handlebar, he met this person.

"Hmm? Who?"

Zhang San turned his head and looked over, then recognized the person as Chen Ju. He immediately jumped out of the car and opened his mouth and was about to shout, but he was immediately interrupted by Chen Ju waved his hand.

Chen Ju passed by him directly, looked around and then climbed onto the frame and got into the car. When Li San came over, Chen Ju said to him: "You go to the palace to ask Wei Guangde to come out, don't mention me, tell him that he is anxious."

Chen Ju's strange behavior made Li San realize that it was unusual, so he nodded and agreed, and hurriedly ran to the side door of the palace.

Soon, Chen Ju in the carriage waited for Wei Guangde.

When he was in the palace, Li San said that there was an urgent matter at home and asked Wei Guangde to come out. He followed Chen Ju's instructions.

This is not considered a traitor. Chen Ju doesn't look like he is pretending. Perhaps something really is a big deal.

However, after a few dozen steps after leaving the palace, Li San quickly told Wei Guangde about Chen Ju waiting for him in the carriage.

Wei Guangde's heart was also trembling at this time. Chen Ju's behavior was abnormal. He didn't ask much. Li San knew nothing, so he would rather get in the car.

However, thinking of the solar eclipse incident that happened just now, although he knew what the solar eclipse and lunar eclipse were, he was too lazy to explain it.

In fact, in this day and age, some ancient scholars have discovered the causes of solar and lunar eclipses, but they cannot explain the specific reason for the occurrence. In short, in the eyes of people these days, it seems that everything is in the dark will.

Therefore, no one has delved into such discoveries, and they often strengthen the "resonance of heaven and man" in their cognition.
To be continued...