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Cao Wang's last letter was copied to the Guangzhou Medical Administration Department, and Tan Lun followed his suggestion and arranged a quarantine plan for entering Hong Kong.

As expected, pneumonic plague did not spread to the Guangzhou port area.

Cao Wang still couldn't survive the third day of his illness, and Lorenzo was also isolated in a new room, waiting for the final judgment of his plague.

The pneumonic plague eventually spared him.

After isolation, the plague on Langbaiao Island was also controlled.

The dead were incinerated, their belongings destroyed, and all of Cao Wang's manuscripts were sterilized and preserved.

Lorenzo got his recommendation letter, and after confirming that he was not infected, the medical officer from the Medical Administration sent him to the port of Guangzhou.

The new medical officer was a woman named Sun. From her mouth, she learned that Cao Wang was her senior brother and one of the first students of Li Shizhen Medical College.

Cao Wang is from Jiangbei, and his parents both died of schistosomiasis, so he entered medical school to study in the direction of the plague that everyone avoided.

Lorenzo felt very sorry for Cao Wang's death. He didn't understand the meaning of such a promising doctor dying in such a plague.

Medical Officer Sun said: "Preventing and treating plague is the research direction of Senior Brother Cao, and he deserves to die."

"Senior Brother Cao wrote a letter of recommendation for you. He said that you are a good experimental assistant and can strictly abide by the procedures of medical research."

"Are you going to Suzhou?"

Lorenzo was silent.

Dr. Sun said: "I heard that you went to Langbai'ao because your business failed. The Medical Administration has prepared your salary and rewards. This time, all the doctors and assistants who landed on the island will also receive awards from the Guangzhou government. , if you don’t go to Suzhou, you can go to Guangzhou to do business in the future.”

Lorenzo raised his head and asked, "Medical Officer Sun, has the ship I'm on left?"

Doctor Sun checked the records and said:

"No, that ship is stuck at the port due to the new policy and will not return until tomorrow."

Lorenzo said: "Can you give me the bonus first?"

"sure."

"Can you lend me a pen and paper?"

"Please help yourself."

Lorenzo picked up paper and pen and wrote a letter to his wife who was far away in the Safavid dynasty, telling him what he had experienced in Guangzhou.

Lorenzo entrusted the captain to send the bonus and the letter to his wife, and asked her to take the ship to the Far East after receiving the letter. He would meet his wife in Suzhou.

Entrusting the letter and money to the captain, Lorrazzo took the ship north to Suzhou and went to Li Shizhen Medical College with Cao Wang's letter of recommendation.

April 25, Nanjing, Qintian Prison.

Su Ze, who had been shut up in the mansion for a long time, finally left the Governor's Mansion.

To everyone's surprise, Su Ze did not inspect the government offices, inspect the military academy, or give lectures at the Imperial College.

Instead, he went directly to Nanjing Qintian Prison, a government office that was so unpopular that it could no longer be unpopular.

Nanjing was one of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty, and there was a complete set of backup courts in Nanjing.

This also includes the Qintianjian department.

However, when Su Ze entered the southeast, the officials of Nanjing Qintian Prison had almost escaped.

Su Ze selected a group of students with good arithmetic skills from the Imperial College to work in the Imperial College.

And the Qin Tian Jian was changed from an institution responsible to the inner court to an institution directly under the governor's office.

In addition, Su Ze also personally designed telescopes for Qin Tianjian, and hand-drawn, designed and produced many instruments for Qin Tianjian's use.

What surprised everyone even more was that Su Ze actually found a Juren named Xing Yunlu among the Juren students studying in the Imperial College, and promoted him to the rank of Acting Superintendent of Qintianjian, the sixth grade.

After that, when Su Ze returned to Nanjing from the capital, he packed up all the astronomical records of the Ming Dynasty from the Qintian Prison in Beijing, and also brought the entire revision of the "Tatong Calendar" back to the Qintian Prison in Nanjing. .

In addition, Su Ze also continued to add officials who were proficient in arithmetic to the Nanjing Qintian Prison. The imperial inner court organization that once had only a dozen people now has a huge organization with as many as 60 officials.

You must know that this establishment has made many yamen feel jealous.

While improving the salary of officials and opening up the circulation of officials, another measure taken by Southeast is to strictly control the number of personnel in government offices at all levels.

For example, the yamen of Taichang Temple in Nanjing.

Taichangqing is in charge of affairs such as rituals, music, and social affairs. His position is the third rank and must be held by a master who is familiar with the laws and music.

Dr. Taichang is the official in charge of sacrifices in Taichang Temple, with an official rank of seventh rank.

Taichang Temple has also set up official offices such as the Taile Department, the Advocacy Department, and the Imperial Medical Department in the suburbs of Beijing as agencies to assist the work of Taichang Temple.

In addition, Taichang Temple also has positions such as Xielu Lang and Fengli Lang. These are either part-time jobs for officials who have been promoted excessively, or they are shadow official positions for the children of senior officials.

The Taichang Temple in Nanjing alone had nearly 200 officials.

Su Ze suddenly reduced the staff of Taichang Temple to only twenty people. Although he retained the Ming Dynasty's government, he canceled the complicated daily sacrifices and only sent regular sacrifices to the Ming Dynasty's imperial mausoleums, palaces and temples. People clean.

Some establishments have been reduced, while others have been increased.

For example, the Imperial Medical Office under Taichang Temple was now promoted by Su Ze to the Medical Administration Office, with a fixed number of 200 people. The first director was Li Shizhen, who ran a school in Suzhou, and was directly under the governor's office.

Qin Tian Jian unexpectedly became the first yamen to be inspected out of the governor's office. This made many yamen in Nanjing resentful. There was quite a feeling of resentment that Jia Yi was ignored by Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and "didn't ask about the people or ghosts and gods".

But after hearing the reason why Su Ze went to Qintian Prison, everyone was no longer dissatisfied.

Because Su Ze went to Qintian Prison to ask about the calendar.

The acting supervisor of Qin Tian Jian was on Xing Yun Road, waiting for Su Ze at the foot of Purple Mountain in fear.

The Qin Tian Jian originally had an office in the Imperial City of Nanjing. The main function of the Qin Tian Jian was to interpret the stars and predict good and bad luck for the emperor. He lived in the palace on a daily basis.

But Su Ze chose a place on Purple Mountain for Qin Tianjian to observe the astronomical phenomena.

After Xing Yunlu took up the post of Qintian Supervisor, he found that it was really convenient to observe the astronomical phenomena in Zijin Mountain. For the convenience of office, he simply moved Qintian Supervisor to the foot of Zijin Mountain.

And Xing Yunlu himself works at the observatory that has been on the mountain for a long time.

Xing Yunlu was caught off guard by Su Ze's sudden visit.

He was only twenty-two years old. He had just passed the provincial examination the year before last and came to Nanjing Imperial College to enter prison.

Unexpectedly, when Su Ze broke into Nanjing and wanted to recruit more officials to the Qintian Prison, he suddenly found him among the supervisors of the Imperial College and promoted him to acting supervisor.

Xing Yunlu is also stupid. He is a supervisor of the Imperial Academy and has read the Four Books and Five Classics all his life. How come he was promoted to the supervisor of the Qintian Prison?

But Xing Yunlu didn't dare to refuse, so he could only bite the bullet and go into battle.

The result was that after Xing Yunlu came into contact with the astronomical calendar, he immediately showed his extraordinary arithmetic talent!

This is much better than his talent in the Four Books and Five Classics!

Xing Yunlu was even more stupid. He had been forced by his father to read the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child. He had never been exposed to arithmetic. How did the governor know his talent?

Is there really anyone who is born knowing?

When he served as the supervisor of the Nanjing Qintian Supervisor, Su Ze summoned Xing Yunlu alone. He had only one task for the Nanjing Qintian Supervisor - to revise the "Datong Calendar".

When Xing Yunlu heard this mission, he almost fainted from fear.

Revisit the calendar? The Governor actually entrusted such an important matter to himself?

There are three things that all prosperous dynasties throughout the ages will do.

Compiling history, compiling canons, and revising calendars.

The importance of compiling history goes without saying. It is a summary of the gains and losses of previous dynasties, and it is also a confirmation of the legitimacy of this dynasty.

The team that compiles history are all top civil servants. For example, in the early Ming Dynasty when "History of the Yuan Dynasty" was compiled, Li Shanchang, Song Lian and others were ordered to compile history. Who were these three people?

Li Shanchang was the prime minister, and Song Lian was the literary master of the early Ming Dynasty who wrote "Preface to Ma Sheng in Dongyang".

Compiling regulations means revising laws and compiling classics. In the early Ming Dynasty, the "Da Ming Code" was compiled, and later in the Yongle year, the "Yongle Dadian" was revised.

The "Da Ming Code" was personally revised by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. The chief officials of Yongle Dadian were Xie Jin and Yao Guangxiao, both of whom were also heavyweights.

Finally, there is the calendar. The "Datong Calendar" in the early Ming Dynasty was revised by Liu Ji.

They are the ancestors of Liu Shiyan, the sincere uncle who fought with Zhang Juzheng, and Liu Bowen, the first sincere uncle who assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in conquering the world.

Xing Yunlu is still self-aware. What level do I have to leave such an important matter as rebuilding the calendar to me?

After he took over the Qintian Prison, he naturally did not dare to start construction blindly, but began to sort out the astronomical calendar data of the Ming court.

In addition, Xing Yunlu continued to search for talents who knew the calendar, even foreigners who knew the calendar, and then immersed himself in observing the sun and moon phases in Purple Mountain.

Su Ze didn't push too much for the progress of revising the calendar, but his sudden visit today still made everyone in Qintian Prison feel uneasy.

"Grand Governor!"

Su Ze's carriage stopped, and Xing Yunlu immediately greeted him.

Su Ze greeted the Qintian Supervisor officials very enthusiastically, and Xing Yunlu led him to the Qintian Supervisory Office at the foot of Zijin Mountain.

"I won't go to the official office."

Everyone was stunned.

Su Ze pointed to the Purple Mountain and said, "Go to the Observatory."

Xing Yunlu said quickly: "Grand Governor, the Purple Mountain Observatory is on a mountain. The mountain is high and steep, and you have to walk a lot of mountain roads."

Su Ze said, "I heard that Inspector Xing is permanently stationed at the Observatory. You are working hard at the observatory. It doesn't matter if I come here occasionally. Let's climb the mountain together."

Xing Yunlu had no choice but to accompany Su Ze up.

Today's Purple Mountain is not the famous scenic spot before Su Ze traveled through.

The mountain road has not yet been paved with stone steps, and there are many slippery and muddy mountain roads.

Xing Yunlu followed Su Ze nervously, but found that the governor was walking as fast as flying, walking on the mountain as if on the ground.

After about half an hour, the group finally arrived at the Purple Mountain Observatory.

"Grand Governor, this is the moon-gazing telescope 'Looking at Wu Gang'."

Xing Yunlu took Su Ze to an observatory where a telescope was installed, pointing at the assembled telescope.

"Why not call her Wang Chang'e?"

Xing Yunlu was stunned for a moment. He didn't have much contact with Su Ze, so he didn't know that he would still make fun of him.

However, he was also a little quick-witted and immediately said: "Lady Chang'e, it is indecent for a gentleman to look at her."

Su Ze burst out laughing, and the nervousness of the Qintian Prison officials also relaxed with laughter.

The group of people came to the place where the moon phases and star phases were recorded again. Su Ze looked at the dense star map and said:

"How is the work of revising the new calendar going?"

When talking about his job, Xing Yunlu showed a bitter expression.

"My subordinates have looked through the revision materials of the "Tatong Calendar" in the early Ming Dynasty. There were too many skipped classes in the early Ming Dynasty. Now that the calendar needs to be revised, too many extra classes need to be made up."

"What Lu Jianzheng means is that the "Tatong Calendar" copied the "Time Calendar" and it has been used for too long, so the calendar is inaccurate?"

Xing Yunlu nodded and said, "The Governor is wise, that's true."

"The points of the "Tattong Calendar" still use the timing calendar, but the "year-old ebb and flow" in the timing calendar has been canceled and the epochs have been reset. All other algorithms follow the timing calendar."

"That is to say, the "Time Calendar" revised by Guo Shoujing of the Yuan Dynasty has been in use for three hundred years, so it is naturally inaccurate."

Su Ze nodded. The calendar is a tool to guide agricultural production, so it is naturally very important.

In addition, the calendar also plays a role in predicting solar and lunar eclipses and astronomical astrology, which is also of great significance in ancient societies where monarchy was granted by heaven.

This is why the Ming court set up the Qintian Prison in the palace and prohibited people from privately studying astronomy, just to firmly hold the power of interpreting astrology in their hands.

After entering the industrial age, the concept of time became more important, and the calendar also played an important role in guiding production.

In addition, the astronomical calendar also plays an extremely important role, which is its application in geography.

Determining the position of ships sailing at sea requires the cooperation of astronomy and calendar. The drawing of a new world map also requires the foundation of astronomy and calendar.

Su Ze asked: "If we want to reset the calendar, what else is needed?"

Xing Yunlu plucked up the courage and said, "We need a more accurate timer."

Su Ze said: "This is easy to handle. More sophisticated clocks will be made soon."

"We still need a Sihai test."

As soon as these words were said, the Qintian Prison officials present looked at Su Ze nervously.

The so-called "Four Seas Test" was proposed by Guo Shoujing, the astronomer of the Yuan Dynasty, to Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty:

The Yuan Dynasty had a vast territory. The length of day and night, sunrise and sunset, and the time of day were different in different regions. The old calendar was no longer applicable. Therefore, nationwide astronomical observations were needed to compile a new calendar.

Kublai Khan accepted Guo Shoujing's suggestion and sent fourteen prison guards to conduct astronomical observations in twenty-seven places. Later generations called it the "Four Seas Test."

It is recorded in the history of the Yuan Dynasty that it reaches Korea in the east, Dianchi Lake in the west, Zhuya in the south, Tiele in the north, and there are twenty-seven places in the four seas.

Guo Shoujing personally went to various places to preside over the work, measured the height of the sun on the summer solstice, the height of the North Pole above the ground, the angular distance of the 28 constellations, and the angle between the yellow and the red, calculated the length of the earth year, and compiled the "Time Calendar".

The "Four Seas Test" was conducted after the unification of the Yuan Dynasty, which was very time-consuming and labor-intensive. Now Su Ze only controls half of the Central Plains. The Qintian Supervisor officials present felt that Su Ze would definitely not agree to the "Four Seas Test" at this time. ".

Unexpectedly, Su Ze said: "Good! Then please ask the prisoner to choose a location, and the governor's office will organize a test immediately."

"Gentlemen, this time we will establish a new calendar."

"The time has been given for a thousand years, and the four seas will be unified!"

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