The weather in Chang'an City in May is a bit like that of a pretty girl, who changes her face whenever she wants.

Just a moment ago, the sun was shining brightly, but suddenly the situation changed, with thunder and lightning.

"Boom!"

After the flashes of lightning, there were bursts of thunder in the sky.

In the Daming Palace, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and other ministers were originally discussing important matters in the Hanyuan Palace, but soon it suddenly turned dark outside.

"Your Majesty, the Taishi Bureau predicted that there will be more thunderstorms in the near future. I didn't expect it to be quite accurate."

Fang Xuanling looked at the weather outside and couldn't help but praise Taishi Bureau.

"Li Chunfeng's son Li Yan is at Guanshishan Academy. I heard that there is a group of people there who specialize in studying weather changes. The recent predictions were made by people from Guanshishan Academy. When Li Chunfeng reported to me, he was truthful.

I told you about this situation.”

Li Shimin was completely convinced by Guanshishan Academy.

It seems that there is nothing in this world that they cannot do.

In the past, apart from the officials of the Taishi Bureau, how many other people would specialize in predicting weather changes?

Even if there are many experienced farmers in the field who have some experience with weather changes, it is a completely different situation.

"Wei Chen has also heard that something called an observatory is still being built at Guanshishan Academy's Institute of Objects. I heard that it was led by two students who followed the ship to Australia. His Highness the King of Chu also specially rewarded them.

Woolen cloth."

Fang Xuanling said from the side.

Every move of Guanshishan Academy often attracts the attention of many people.

In addition, newspapers in Chang'an City are becoming more and more popular, and traces of many important events can be found in them.

"Xuanling, are you talking about Zhu Tong and Zhu Yin? I actually heard Kuan'er mention these two. The heater battalion that has made great achievements many times is led by their Aye."

Li Shimin had not yet fully recovered from the excitement of the Liangzhou victory, and was naturally deeply impressed by Zhu Fuyu, the leader of the hot air balloon camp who had also made great achievements.

"It seems that His Highness the King of Chu is right. The Tang Dynasty does not lack talents, but it lacks people who can discover talents."

As soon as Fang Xuanling finished speaking, a loud noise came from outside.

"Boom!"

This voice seemed to be heard around everyone, and even a man like Li Shimin, who had experienced hundreds of battles, was frightened.

what's the situation?

Why does it feel like thunder is nearby?

Before Li Shimin could recover, Qian Niuwei rushed from Danfeng Gate in the heavy rain.

"Your Majesty, the Big Ben on the Suzaku Gate was struck by lightning!"

"What? Is this serious?"

Li Shimin showed a shocked expression.

The Big Ben on the palace gate was struck by lightning?

what happened?

"It's absolutely true! Many soldiers guarding the city have seen it. Now the Big Ben is in pieces, and some places have been reduced to ashes."

After hearing this, Li Shimin's face immediately darkened.

This expression made many ministers around him afraid to speak casually.

The huge Hanyuan Hall fell into a strange tranquility.

Everyone only heard the sound of raindrops and the "booming" sound from time to time.

"Your Majesty, what's so wrong with this lightning strike? Why did you choose Big Ben? Does that mean that Big Ben is an evil thing and should never have been seen? Otherwise, how could it be punished by God?"

Zong Zhengqing Li Shenfu's words broke the tranquility in the palace.

As the chief steward of the royal family, Li Shenfu has always disliked Li Kuan.

Many years ago, Li Kuan's existence was simply an embarrassment to the royal family, and Li Shenfu wanted to teach him a lesson many times.

However, many strange characters from the royal family appeared later, which distracted Li Shenfu's attention.

Even so, to this day, he does not approve of Li Kuan's actions.

In particular, he criticized the Gewu Academy built by Guanshishan Academy.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that he is Kong Yingda's best friend.

Under the influence of what he heard and saw, it was strange that Li Shenfu could recognize Gewu Academy.

"Prince of Xiangyi County, the theory of ghosts and gods is groundless. Every summer, some buildings are always struck by lightning. The fact that the Big Ben was struck does not mean anything. Besides, since the appearance of the Big Ben,

It is obvious to all how much benefit everyone has brought.”

At this time, Fang Xuanling naturally supported Guanshishan Academy.

"Mr. Fang, there are so many buildings in Chang'an City. What's wrong with the lightning strike today? But it hit Big Ben. You said it wasn't Big Ben's fault. Then tell me what the problem is? Could it be that the thunder struck Big Ben?

Is it possible that Zhong has a grudge?"

Others are afraid of Fang Xuanling, the minister Zuopushe, but Li Shenfu is not afraid.

As the grandson of Li Hu, he and Li Yuan are cousins ​​and uncles of Li Shimin.

In the Tang clan, there was no one with a higher status than him.

When he became more serious, even Li Shimin felt frightened when he faced him.

"Everything in the world, no matter what phenomenon it is, has its reasons. Just like why things fall to the ground, why drinking raw water causes diarrhea, why iron ore can be turned into refined steel, you can all find the reasons. This

Although we still don’t know what causes thunder, it doesn’t necessarily mean there is no reason.”

Fang Xuanling was obviously influenced by the paper in Science magazine and already had some modern ideas.

"Hmph, that's nonsense! The thunder from the sky is designed to fight evil spirits in the world. In my opinion, this Big Ben is an evil thing and should not appear in this world."

Li Shenfu obviously wanted to use the opportunity of suppressing Big Ben to reverse the increasingly popular trend of studying things in Chang'an City.

Today, in addition to Guanshishan Academy, Weishui Academy and Qujiang Academy also have their own Gewu Academy.

That is to say, the Imperial College led by his good friend is still persisting.

"Xuanling, although the words of the Prince of Xiangyi are not necessarily accurate, there is a situation that we have to consider. You may firmly believe that the Big Ben on the gate of the Daming Palace was struck by lightning is a natural phenomenon, but other people

Do you think so? Do the millions of people in Chang'an City think so? I think they must agree more with the words of the Prince of Xiangyi, right? I'm afraid that when the time comes, things will spread and something will be unfavorable to His Majesty.

The rumors came out."

Changsun Wuji's words were obviously out of good intentions.

It sounds very reasonable, and no one can simply refute that he is talking nonsense.

However, it is obviously leading the rhythm.

Fortunately, Li Shimin was not so stupid that he did not know right from wrong. Although he was more concerned about the Big Ben on Danfeng Gate being struck by lightning, he did not directly ban Big Ben.

"Li Zhong, summon Li Kuan to the palace. I have something to ask him."

…

There are often no secrets in the Daming Palace.

Especially the Big Ben on the main gate tower was struck by lightning.

This kind of thing spread to everyone's ears immediately.

"Mother, the city gate was struck by lightning, which is an ominous sign. Is there someone who wants to do something evil?"

Concubine Wei happened to be discussing something with Empress Changsun when she came across this incident.

Although she doesn't think it's Big Ben's fault that Big Ben was struck by lightning.

On the contrary, she took the matter more seriously.

In her opinion, it was not Big Ben that was hacked, but the city tower and the Daming Palace.

And what does Daming Palace represent?

Throughout the dynasties, when the palace was struck by lightning, rumors often spread that the emperor was immoral.

It’s hard for you to refute this phenomenon.

Do the people think you are not a son of God?

Why is it that the place where you live is still struck by lightning?

This is not because you are immoral, what is that?

"Our country, the Tang Dynasty, is now prospering. We are peaceful outside and the people are safe inside. Your Majesty will not be afraid of anyone who wants to plot evil. If anyone in Chang'an City uses this matter to spread rumors and cause trouble, he will be caught and sent to him.

Build roads.”

Queen Changsun's face showed a cold light, and she naturally thought of something.
To be continued...