Chapter 47                                                             �

Wu Yubi said: "Following Lord Bei's words and deeds, I know that this lunar eclipse should be sure."

Wu Yubi also did not understand astronomy. When he was a teenager, he had read several books on astronomy. However, he had only read it and did not make any achievements in it.

I even forget some of the books I read when I was a teenager.

More knowledge of astronomy was learned by him during this debate between the new calendar and the old calendar. However, although he did not understand astronomy, he understood the human heart.

The dispute between the new calendar and the old calendar is essentially the aftermath of the dispute between the Piyong Palace. Now the emperor uses Yan Sheng Gong to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, who dares to say anything?

Of course no one dared to continue saying anything.

In addition to Belin's article, although Wu Yubi couldn't understand it very well, because there were too many numbers and astrological records in it, he could see Belin's confidence.

"But, the astronomy study has always been banned by the court, but now it is declared that the world is not the case. I am worried that there will be evil people and call it astrological signs in vain, which is not good for the court?"

Zhu Qizhen smiled softly and said, "How can the court rule the chaos? How can these trivial matters be made? This astronomy ban is time to untie it."

Speaking of this, Zhu Qizhen was in a daze. The matter that he thought of a lot of solutions at the beginning, but was finally blocked by Yang Shiqi, is now his word.

Just as Zhu Qizhen was discussing with Wu Yubi, the head of the Yueshan Academy in Fujian, Kong Xilu met his biggest surprise in his life.

Kongxi Road is the contemporary head of Nankong.

However, compared with the prominent position of the Northern Kong generation, the Southern Kong seems much more down and out.

Since the fall of the Song Dynasty, the sixth generation of Southern Confucius's legitimate branches did not become officials, and they were also an ordinary family in Quzhou. They could not even be called a big family. In the early Hongwu period, Kong Xilu's grandfather's generation, some people became a magistrate, but later they became in a downturn and no one was an official.

However, compared to Northern Kong, Southern Kong has Confucius' family tradition.

Nankong's family style is rigorous, and even if the people of the Kong family cannot become officials, they will continue to study. Many people teach everywhere, but they have cultivated a lot of talents.

Kong Xilu took this path. If he failed the imperial examination, he would take the profession of his disciples. He was also a little famous and was hired as the chief of the Yueshan Academy in Fujian. This Yueshan Academy was not run by the official, but it was just a college where Fujian had a good cultural heritage and was jointly organized by several major families, and the professors were also local disciples.

In fact, the standards corresponding to later generations are roughly the size of an elementary school. There are hundreds of bachelors, from enlightenment to scholar exams, and at all stages of learning.

Kong Xilu didn't get much reward either.

Life is also very poor, but his character is highly respected by the local people. He is a respected old master.

Kong Xilu felt that his life had passed like this. But he never expected that the Fujian Governor's Office would come to the door in person on that day and ask him to inherit the title of Yan Shenggong.

For a moment, the old man's face turned red and he could hardly breathe. It took him a while to calm down.

To be honest, people from Nankong thought when they were young that if the position of Yansheng Gong was still in my house.

But it's just thinking about it.

I never thought that this thing would really happen.

This is simply a step to reach the sky. Not to mention the wealth that destroys the sky, the glory of the hereditary Lord Yan Shenggong and the influence of Confucius's legitimate lineage are beyond the reach of ordinary people.

When he heard that the emperor summoned him and asked him to enter Beijing by sea for speed, the old man resolutely took a boat to Tianjin despite his age in his fifty or sixty. However, in order to be foolproof, he brought his son with him and Kong Gong joined the Beijing together.

I arrived in Quanzhou first, but I saw that ships on Quanzhou Port almost filled the coast. This is one of the main ports in Fujian. It is not only responsible for foreign trade, but also ships to Yizhou Prefecture. Most of them set off from here. Therefore, Quanzhou Port is very crowded. The Fujian governor has repeatedly proposed to open another port, or ask Quanzhou to find another new port nearby.

The court has not agreed.

Kong Xilu never took a sea boat in his entire life.

This is also the general impression of the people of the Ming Dynasty about sea ships. Although the Ming Dynasty has been open for more than 20 years, there are generally tens of millions of people who rely on the sea to make a living.

But most people still regard the sea as a daunting path.

Even in a place like Fujian that has a tradition of navigation, there is no way to go to the sea.

Kong Xilu was an extremely conservative person, so as soon as the boat went out of the sea, Kong Xilu and his son each held a wooden barrel and vomited out a little.

Even the bile was spit out.

Not to mention, I encountered a big storm halfway through.

The ship was even more bumpy.

Perhaps this level of bumps is nothing to sailors, but it is an unprecedented test for the Confucius father and son.

It took me nearly half a month to arrive at Tianjin Port.

Thank you, this is the season when the autumn wind is gradually rising, and it can be smooth sailing.

Of course, all this went smoothly and Tianjin became unsuccessful.

First of all, the ship cannot enter the port directly, but must be docked on the sea and wait for two days. The reason is very simple. The canal transport of two trips a year has arrived.

More than a hundred large ships docked at Dagukou, filling all the ship positions.

These more than 100 ships are large ships, at least loading ten thousand stones and at most 20,000 stones. At one time, it takes about two million stones. Therefore, it takes ten days and half a month to load and unload these ships on the dock.

But Kong Xilu was unwilling to wait any longer. He was worried that there would be more dreams in the night. If he had gone too late and lost the title he had obtained, he would have the intention to wipe his neck.

Therefore, he was afraid of water and mustered up the courage to let several sailors carry a small boat to the port with their father and son.

Before, from a distance, these ships were large.

There was no idea about this big thing. When the boat leaned into these ships, Kong Xilu felt that what he saw was not a ship, but a moving mountain.

Especially when approaching these ships, when looking up, you can only see the side of the ship, even the mast and sails.

With the imperial edict as evidence, the navy's people did not make things difficult for them, but suspended loading and unloading and allowed them to go ashore.

But Kong Xilu felt like he didn't know the world.

The rice transported from the south is still in shells and is packed in sacks.

This was within Conchlu's expectations.

After all, generally speaking, the new grain transported from the south will not be sold directly, but will be stored in a warehouse first. It will not be sold after three years. Then the new grain will be stored in the granary.

In this case, rice that does not shed its shell is better because it will last longer.

Thinking of Kongxi Road, nowadays, big men should be carrying bags of grain, walking on the long pallet and transporting them down.

But in fact, what he saw was raised one by one, and then there were pulleys under it. Because the sea boat was taller than on the flat ground, he just needed to hang the grain on the pulley and push it gently and it came down.

Then the people below unloaded the food on the vehicle, and then the horses pulled the carriage directly on the rails, and then walked away.

This is also the export of Shaofu system to external technology.

The large-scale use of pulleys and rails actually started in Zunhua Iron Factory. Then, under the promotion of Zhu Qizhen, it spread to all directions with the capital as the center.

Tianjin Port is also the most commonly used place.

It is because it is close to Beijing, so you can go to the palace to ask for a waiting edict.

Zhu Qizhen has been granted more than 100 adjudications in so many years. He is an expert in all aspects, but now only more than 90 are alive.

Nothing else, anyone who can be recognized by his peers on one hand must be a respected person. Since he is highly virtuous and age will be very high, it is normal for him to be old.

Kongxi Road grew up in the south, not that he had seen a port, but now this port makes him feel a little scared.

Especially when I just came from Quanzhou Port, Quanzhou Port and Tianjin Port are simply two worlds.

Although Kong Xilu knew the skills of the smallest, he also felt that a change was brewing in the north, but what would this change develop and what would it bring to him and the Southern School of the Kong family. For a moment, he couldn't guess clearly.
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