warring states careerist

Chapter 735

Both parties in the conversation know that in the long run, it is impossible to make peace.

But at this time, they never mentioned the irreconcilable differences between the two parties, and they were all talking about reconciliation.

After the general discussion was over, the caravan returned to the inn.

Outside the inn, there were several soldiers sent by Lord Linwu to guard.

Those morals on Sishang caused the tension of the princes. If they want to continue their activities in some places, it is impossible to give public lectures like before, and preach such morals as equality, synonymous, universal love, silverfish, and labor to create wealth.

This is also a compromise.Especially after the alliance four years ago, the Mohists never mentioned non-aggressive warfare, but kept saying that the world is the highest state of non-offensive, and have been seeking to formulate the law of war instead of being similar to the Westphalian system This is especially true after the princes have insight into the subsequent purpose of replacing the ritual law with the same international law.

It’s okay in some large cities in the Central Plains where the management is relatively loose, but in Linwu, many actions must be monitored, and if they go too far, they will be driven away.

This is also a kind of self-protection of the feudal monarch. As trade gradually develops, it is no longer a separate market centered on the city, but gradually begins to be connected by trade. It is necessary to oppose the morality of the Mohist school, but it has to do business. , there can only be such a compromise.

Such an inn is more like a designated trading place where the sea is banned, rather than a concession, because the Mohists cannot garrison troops here, and many activities are quite restricted.

On the Qi side, the Mohist strongholds in several cities are more like concessions, because Qi was defeated in the First World War five years ago, but Chu has not yet lost, and the Mohists were not planning to quarrel with Chu before.

In the open space in the backyard of the inn, Shu Junzi and others are setting up the expensive and delicate telescope to observe the rising stars in the night sky.

Several disciples were flipping through the "Sui Xing Positioning Table", and calculated the longitude here based on the observed and calculated orbital time of Jupiter's satellites and the time difference between the local time.

No one has accurately measured the length of the meridian, but the two so-called suitable masters have adopted the theory of [-] Sishangli instead of the saying that the land shrinks by an inch every day.

Whether it is in Sishang, Yue, Chu or Qin, the position of the Sui Xing satellite remains the same.

According to the revised observation table in Sishang, by using the local observation of the moon to calculate the local time, the time difference between the two places can be calculated, and the approximate longitude can be obtained.

The more carefully and frequently you observe, the more accurate this longitude will be.Latitude can be measured using Polaris, which is not difficult.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Zhuxia's astronomy had made great progress, including the earliest records of Jupiter's satellites such as "if there is a small red star attached to it", but it was gradually lost in later generations. Qin Tianjian is not allowed to study astronomy.

For example, all mystical artifacts, astronomical books, prophecy books, military books, Qiyao calendar, Taiyi, and Lei formulas are not allowed for private use, and those who violate them will be punished for two years.The same goes for those who study astronomy privately.Self-study astronomy is to be sentenced, which also led to the gradual annihilation of many astronomical observations that existed during the Warring States period.

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This time, Sishang sent people out to carry out surveying and mapping of Kyushu mountains and rivers map. There are many gentlemen who entered Chu from the South China Sea, and several groups entered Chu from other directions.

Although the reason is that "the Mohist regards Yu as holy, Dayu measured the mountains and rivers of Kyushu despite the wind and rain, so the Mohist upholds the ambition of Dayu", but in fact it is still very difficult to obtain the permission of the princes.

Because Dayu did one more thing after testing Kyushu, which had to alert the princes, that is, after testing Kyushu, he collected the soldiers of the world and cast Jiuding.

This time the Mohist wanted to measure the mountains and rivers of Kyushu, and it was inevitable that the princes felt that this was not to learn the importance of King Zhuang of Chu's aspirations, but to cast the nine tripods by themselves.

Although the Mohists have repeatedly stated that they have absolutely no such intentions, the princes can't help but think too much.

After Zhou destroyed Shang that year, one tripod was left in Shangqiu, there was another tripod in Sanglin Society, and the rest were in Zhoudu.

The tripod in the Sanglin Society is said to have been thrown into Surabaya when the Song Dynasty was destroyed, but it still exists at this time, and the "Sanglin Dance" was used when the Song Dynasty was strong and powerful. .

Now that there is chaos in the Song Dynasty, many nobles are thinking about the "Ding" in the Sanglin Society that was passed down from the Xia Dynasty.If the Mo family wins the state of Song, or controls the state of Song, wouldn’t it mean that the Mo family is the only one besides Zhou Tianzi who has a tripod?

This time, sending someone directly to measure the mountains and rivers was a bit of a statement. It was just an excuse, and it was worth the prestige of the great victory alliance four years ago, so the princes could not refuse.

But the monitoring of these people has not been relaxed.

Chu Guoyang Xia.

This is the first point to enter the surveying and mapping map of Chu State from the direction of Song State in Pengcheng. Some people in Sishang have been surveying and mapping here for several days.

Outside the inn, dozens of Chu soldiers wearing leather armor and holding spears or carrying muskets stood outside. Recently, the relationship between Chu and Mo was extremely tense due to the civil turmoil in Song Dynasty. people reconnected.

However, even if there are orders, even if there are guards, they can't stop the minds of some people who seek knowledge.

Gan De from Chu was wandering outside the inn, looking at the guards, still hesitating whether to go in or not.

Gan De is an astrologer, his ancestral craft, his ancestors were the astronomical officials of the Zhou Dynasty, or called Chou people.

The so-called "After You and Li, the accompanying officials did not remember the time when they were in power, and the king did not tell Shuo, so the children of the Chou people were scattered, either in Zhu Xia, or in the barbarians." It means that after the Chinese riots, the Zhou Dynasty has declined, scattered in various countries.

Under the hierarchical system, there is an obvious feature that the son inherits the father's business. Different people have different identities and occupations, which are doomed at birth.

People are scholars, passed down from father to son, and sometimes they are even used directly as their own surnames, as is the case with many people in the Mohist family, such as Gongzao and Zaomi.

Gande’s ancestors can be traced back to Ganpan, a famous official in the time of Wuding in the Shang Dynasty. The Shang Dynasty attached great importance to divination, and astrology was passed down in one line. It is called the study of "Wuxian". Gander received a lot of astronomy education since he was a child.

Gan De's ancestors were also proficient in divination and astrology, and even assisted Wu Ding in directing a "God bestows saints to the people".

It is precisely because he is a descendant of Yin and Shang astronomy, so in history, when he used the years and stars to record the years in the astrological scriptures, he used more ancient prose.

For example, the names of ancient constellations such as Protig, Dahuangluo, Chifenruo, etc., and the twelve earthly branches are rarely used.

Regarding the inheritance of this strange name, there are different opinions. Some say it originated from the exchanges between the Xia tribes and ancient Babylon in ancient times. Protige is the ancient Babylonian transliteration of Virgo, so there are these strange names; It is also said that Protige is the ancient Zhu Xia's understanding of different constellations, and Protige is the different names of three nearby constellations.

Gander himself didn't know the reason for this, because everything was too long ago, whether it was transliteration or the pronunciation of the ancient language, no one knew about the thousand-year evolution.

The reason why Gander stood outside the inn today and wanted to communicate with the Mohists inside was due to his observations of the starry sky over the years.

He observed and summarized the retrograde period and approximate orbit of Mars and Venus with the naked eye; he saw with the naked eye that there should be a satellite similar to the moon around Jupiter; he found that the speed of Jupiter would feel fast and slow when observed on the ground ; he drew the earliest star catalogs...

These achievements are not just the credit of him alone, but should be regarded as the summary of the knowledge of human beings passed down by his family.

Before the Mohists put forward the new theory of the universe, Gan De had already vaguely opposed the Gaitian theory.

When the big debate was going on four years ago, Gander's mother was seriously ill, and he had to stay by his side to take care of him, so he didn't participate.

However, he can be regarded as the first person who recognized Sishang's astronomy theory among scholars who inherited ancient astronomy besides accepting Sishang's cosmological theory system.

If the earth is round and moves around the sun, and Venus and Jupiter also move around the sun, then the retrograde trajectory of Mars and the changes in Jupiter's speed that he observed and summarized can have a more reasonable explanation.

Because Mars revolves around the sun, and because Mars is closer to the sun,... Mars sometimes feels that it is retrograde when observed. This is the simplest and most perfect explanation.

When he heard that Mo used a telescope to see the moon around Jupiter, Gander couldn't sit still anymore. He also observed the abnormal stars around Jupiter with his naked eyes, so he wanted to take a real look.

When Sishang rose to prominence, he kept his ears shut and watched the stars at home, sorting out the astronomy passed down from his ancestors.

When Sishang shocked the world and a hundred schools of thought were arguing and debating, his mother was seriously ill and he didn't catch up.

After his mother died of illness, he kept filial piety at home and began to read books on astronomy and mathematics from Sishang. His own foundation in mathematics and astronomy was excellent, and he learned something in a few years.

Now he is quite well-known in Yangxia area, the local nobles often associate with him, and the state of Chu once invited him to be an official, but he refused before.

Since the decline of the Zhou royal family, the history of the accompanying ministers has not been recorded, so that all countries use their own year names as the chronological unit.

It is okay for domestic use, but when communicating with vassal states, it is necessary to use the year and star calendar.

Otherwise, the state of Chu said it was a certain year of the king of Chu, and when communicating with the state of Wei, the Wei people had to convert it into a certain year of the Marquis of Wei.

The advantage of year-by-year star calendar is that the whole world is the same. Jupiter reincarnates every 12 years. Although it is not exactly 12 years, there will be a difference in about a hundred years, so it is not necessary for the time being.

Therefore, people like Gand, especially those who are proficient in the calendar of years and stars, need to be used by the vassal states to manage the calendar and astronomy, observe the celestial phenomena by the way, and make some divinations or predictions.

(End of this chapter)