Royal Road

Ji Xia is scorching, and cicadas are screaming. Liu Jian walked slowly across the corridor and walked inside. After the Great Zhao established the country, according to the rules of the previous dynasty, he divided the national history and calendar into two parts. The emperor supervised the history, and the Qintian supervised the calendar. His astronomy order of the Qintian Supervisor also has a fifth-rank official title. Not much worse than the official historian.

What's more, His Majesty also attaches great importance to the internal affairs of the prison.

Stepping into the courtyard, a high platform greets you. It is somewhat similar to the bell tower in front of the Taiji Hall. This high platform is also made of wood, with an armillary sphere placed at the top, which can be used to measure the celestial phenomenon; the bottom is an astronomical image for demonstration. Both move and quiet, just like heaven and earth. On the side of the high platform, there is a column-shaped sub-tower, the tripod is high, and it has not been completed yet.

This is the sky-viewing mirror built by the emperor's decree. This object is similar to a telescope, but a hundred times larger in scale. After it is completed, it can be seen thousands of miles away. For this novel object, Mo Shuo's Ministry of Industry racked its brains, and Qin Tianjian did not know how many people were dispatched. When the real debugging is completed, you should be able to explore the mystery of the nine days!

But this observatory is not the purpose of his visit today. After bypassing the high platform, he walked to the house on the west side of the courtyard and opened one of the doors. A sour smell immediately hit his face.

Raising his sleeves and covering his nose, Liu Jian frowned: "Zile, how many days have you not been out?"

On a hot day, there was no ice basin in the house, and no maidservant playing a fan. If you don't bathe for a few days, you can imagine the taste. However, the man sitting at the desk didn't care, his clothes were wide open, his hair was untidy, and his beard was still stained with grains of rice. If the officer sees it, he should not be involved in the sin of not respecting his appearance.

Seeing that the other party didn't even care about him, Liu Jian sighed and stepped into the room. They opened the windows one by one, put the scattered pieces of paper together in one place, and put them in front of the opponent, and Fang said, "Zile, it's time to rest."

At this time, Li Xin discovered that there was an extra person in the room, and irritably scratched his hair with a pen. He said perfunctorily: "It's the critical time. Wait two more days!"

"It's Ding Sishuo today." Liu Jian kept silent and threw out a sentence.

Li Xin froze for a moment, then stood up suddenly: "It's time for a solar eclipse? What time is it? Has the viewing mirror been repaired?"

A series of questions were like a continual fire, and Liu Jian did not respond quickly or slowly: "It's not busy, it's not the time to apply. The viewing mirror is still debugging, but even if it's completed, you can't look directly at the sun wheel."

Li Xin has carefully calculated the time of solar eclipses that will occur in the past two years. In June Ding Sishuo, this time, it was the moment of Shenzheng. The deviation from left to right will not exceed half an hour. As a predictor, Li Xin of course depends on the accuracy of the results, and the creation of the sky-viewing mirror makes him full of expectations.

Hearing Liu Jian's answer, he said annoyed: "I don't hope at this time, how can there be other opportunities? The Ministry of Engineering is all waste!"

This reaction was unexpected. Liu Jian took his sleeves to dust the couch and sat down: "It's useless anyway. Sit down first. I want to talk to you about something."

Li Xin snorted, "Isn't you asking me to hire an assistant again? There are too many stupid people, and time wasted!"

Li Xin is tired of teaching, and even more disturbed by people around him while studying. But Liu Jian has been leading students since the Liang Mansion, and even now he has served as an astronomy order, he still keeps some teaching assistants by his side. Therefore, the two have argued several times about the teaching assistantship, and there has been no result yet.

Liu Jian didn't care about his attitude, so he asked directly: "Brother knows, how much bonus did Suiqin Tianjian received?"

"Huh?" Li Xin was a little inexplicable, "Didn't he post twenty rounds?"

At present, the salary of Beijing officials is half of rice and half of money. Five-rank officials like Liu Jian can earn three monthly salaries in addition to the income from Lumi and the vocational field. Kaiming Tongbao is very strong now, but after a year, it is only thirty-six. But Li Xin's bonus amounted to 20 points! If it were to be heard by the officials of the Qingshui Yamen, they would be blushing.

Liu Jian corrected: "You got twenty pens. Last year, the Qin Tianjian got a total of 130 pens, and there is a share of profit in the prison. This number, I am afraid that even six pens are unique. You know, this is because of the money. Where did it come from?"

"Indian Imperial Calendar?" Li Xin said that he was also a member of the Qintian Supervisor. He had heard of the origin of the bonus.

"Yes. Last year, his Majesty bestowed 30% of the imperial calendar printing on the Qintian Supervisor. This is the bonus. The imperial calendar will be published every year. Maybe the number will increase in the coming year. This alone is enough for the supervisor. The officials in the house have no worries about food and clothing, and they concentrate on counting."

Liu Jian said this from the bottom of his heart.

The officials in the Qintian Prison are mostly academic idiots, and they spend their time working hard every day. Where can they get the chance to make money? Most of them depend on salary. But with this imperial calendar bonus, it's different. Once more states and counties are regained, the number of people buying the imperial calendar will inevitably increase. If things go on like this, just the bonus will be enough to make all the officials in their pockets, and there is no worries about the future.

Li Xin's keenness on numbers is unmatched, but he has no obsession with money. He frowned: "So what? Even if there is no bonus, don't you still have to calculate the imperial calendar?"

"Zile only knows the emperor's calendar, haven't you thought about other things?" Liu Jian asked, "It's not just the Qintian Supervisor. If the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Taiyuan Hospital publish books that are beneficial to the people's livelihood, they can publish the world's books and receive them. Testimonials. Which generation has such a virtuous government? Your Majesty has worked hard. For me, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! But the power of one person will eventually be exhausted..."

Picking up a piece of paper from the table and shook it gently, Liu Jian sighed: "It's like the latitude and longitude you have been fascinated with over the past two years. Even if you can improve the star board, make a sextant, and want to get the number of each place, Don't you need to send people to calculate? If you have more assistants, won't you get twice the result with half the effort?"

"The world is so stupid that it always gets in the way when it is placed in the house..." Li Xin couldn't help but mutter. He hasn't used assistants before, but all of them are stupid, and he can't keep up with his junior, and his mentor Liu Hui is even more distant.

"When did that happen?" Liu Jian said with a bit of hatred for iron and steel. "Back then, we were just a few children. Even when we arrived at the Academy of Knowledge, we only recruited some students. But now it's different. The imperial examinations are held twice a year. Secondly, there are 20 or 30 people who can take the subjects of mathematics, mathematics and science! If you choose from these people, you can definitely pick out good people! Brother, they all grew up learning "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" It stands to reason that they are both at the same door as me. If we can recruit more to enter the Qin Tianjian, let alone the chores at hand, it is just the inheritance of the teacher's way, which is a great achievement. Could it be that the people from the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry should be snatched away? ?"

The scholars who get the first grade in one subject are also extremely sought-after. Not to mention the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry, even the lower states and counties will also be recruited to handle the yamen accounts. Now that the format of the account books has changed, no one can afford to find a mistake on it. Therefore, the dignitaries of the Qin Tianjian really have to fight for it.

The words finally scratched Li Xin's itching, he hesitated for a moment: "Then I will choose two to try?"

Liu Jian was overjoyed: "As long as Zile has this heart, everything will be fine!"

The Qintian Supervisor is a precious place to go, where not only can you concentrate on counting, but also have such powerful tools as the observatory. Coupled with a bulging purse, are you afraid of missing a teaching assistant? It is easy to get secondment from the Academy of Knowledge. He will go back to prepare a memorial, and he will surely be approved by His Majesty!

Seeing Li Xin's still unhappy expression, Liu Jian smiled slightly and took out a telescope from his sleeve: "You can use it without a sky-viewing mirror. Let's build a paper wall in the courtyard, and use white paper to reflect the shadow of the sun. If you use a telescope to look closely, it shouldn’t hurt your eyes.”

Li Xin was overjoyed and got up immediately: "What are you waiting for?"

His sleeves were pulled, and he staggered. However, Liu Jian's smile never faded. His brother is the most foolish in his life. No marriage, no children. If you don't find a few students anymore, how can you pass on the faculty of a lifetime? He couldn't help, but let the name of "Li Xin" leave a mark on the history of history, you can still give it a try.

One after another, the two hurried out the door in such a hurry.

The next day.

"Your Majesty, there was a vision yesterday. The officials thought that this was a sign that the heavens condemned the false Han and evil thieves. Since April, the locust plague has occurred again in Yongzhou. As soon as the court came up, privy envoy Linghu Sheng went out to play.

This is of course a routine that has been arranged a long time ago, and the country has also been preparing for a long time in order to conquer the West. But I didn't expect even the locust plague would come out to help.

Liang Feng nodded slightly: "Qing's words are very true. The pseudo-Han lived in the Yong Qin Dynasty, and it is really a problem of the bed. There is a celestial phenomenon today, when the troops are used to conquer the Yong and Qin!"

Everyone in North Korea was refreshed. This is about to launch an all-out offensive against the Huns! As long as the Huns are leveled, Zhao will only have one enemy to the south. Wouldn't it be just around the corner to dominate the world? !

His gaze swept across the officials and fell on one person. Liang Feng's lips twitched: "General Yi, I have ordered you to lead fifty thousand soldiers to fight against the Huns!"

When the Great Zhao had not yet established a country and the pseudo-Chinese came to attack, he spent 60,000 horses to meet the enemy. In the current war of annihilation, instead of sending only 50,000 yuan, is this too big?

However, Yi Yan did not change his face, and stepped out: "The minister takes the command! If you don't destroy the Huns, you will not return to the court!"

"I'm waiting for good news!"

The eyes of the two people overlapped. There is solemnity and sharpness, but equally heroic and fearless.

Without Liu Yuan, without Liu Cong, without Liu Yao, without Shi Le and Wang Mi. The current Huns, what else? It's time for the murderers who have been in the four realms to wash and plunder and disturb the world, pay the price!

On the same day, the army swears in the city. Three days later, the soldiers moved in unison and commanded Tongguan.