Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

"Mars, also known as Yinghuo, is as bright as fire; Antares is red as fire, also known as 'big fire'."

"In fact, the reason why it is considered unlucky to guard one's heart is because Mars and Antares (Alpha Scorpio) are the two reddest celestial bodies in the sky. The two stars compete with each other and fill the sky with red light. From observation, it looks like It looked like a bloody disaster."

"The real reason is," Jiang Xinghuo explained, "Mars approaches the Earth once every two years and two months. Since Mars' orbit is more elliptical than the Earth's, it only makes a major approach every fifteen to seventeen years."

"The intersection of Mars, Earth, and Antares takes even longer time. Usually a dynasty can only observe it once or twice. In the early recorded period, there happened to be some changes in the throne, so it is considered to be some kind of unknown event. Omens, then, were regarded as fixed phenomena of divine induction.”

Listening to Jiang Xinghuo's words, Old Man Zhuo fell into thinking.

The earliest record of Yinghuo Shouxin appearing in historical materials is in the Spring and Autumn Period of Song Dynasty during the Jinggong Period. "Lu Shi Chunqiu", "Historical Records" and "Huainanzi" all have relatively consistent relevant records. The Song Dynasty was the feudal state of Zhou Fengweizi. The cause of disaster must begin with fire. Zhuo Jing knew very well that fire at that time corresponded to the Song Dynasty, a descendant of the Yin and Shang Dynasties in the Spring and Autumn Period. In fact, it had some very profound temple meaning.

In Zhuo Jing's memory, Si Xingziwei at that time provided a complete set of Jie Jie techniques, that is, 'can be moved to the phase, can be moved to the people, and can be moved to the age'. In other words, the early induction of heaven and man was actually There are already ways to resolve disasters.

But traditional Chinese astronomy originated from astrology and was used to explain the interactions between heaven and man.

Therefore, Zhuo Jing did not feel anything was wrong.

Jiang Xinghuo straightened his back and said slowly: "The most famous record about Yinghuo Shouxin is probably "Historical Records: The Chronicles of Qin Shihuang", which records 'Thirty-six years, Yinghuo Shouxin', and in the second year, Qin Shihuang He passed away, and from then on, when encountering Yinghuo Shouxin, the prime minister usually had to step down and take responsibility for the emperor."

Zheng He's thinking was very sharp. He asked: "Mr. Jiang, do you mean that many historical materials are attached to it?"

Jiang Xinghuo nodded and said: "But in fact, if you use astronomical methods to deduce it, and you compare the records of Yinghuo Shouxin in history, you will find that most of them are inconsistent."

"For another example, Yinghuo's movement to Nandou is also considered to be related to the emperor."

Jiang Xinghuo said: "As the saying goes, when the emperor enters the South Dou, His Royal Highness will leave. At this time, the emperor has to run around the palace to avoid disaster, otherwise he will be driven out by the rebels."

Zheng He nodded, that was true.

"There is an interesting story here to prove that the so-called telepathy between heaven and man is actually a joke sometimes."

Because they had changed the straw pile and couldn't sleep at night, the two of them just chatted with each other. Therefore, Jiang Xinghuo did not give a formal lecture. He preferred to ramble on, talking about whatever came to his mind, without much other purpose.

Therefore, Jiang Xinghuo was quite happy to tell some short stories to relieve his boredom.

"During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, at the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was a time when Yinghuo entered the South Dou. At that time, Emperor Liang Wu of the Southern Liang Dynasty, um, that is, the Emperor Bodhisattva, was frightened and solemnly walked around Taicheng barefoot. The guide ran around (towards the palace). You must know that Taicheng is so vast that during Hou Jing's rebellion, tens of thousands of troops could stay inside for more than a hundred days."

"Nothing happened afterwards. Emperor Wu of Liang felt that he had avoided disaster. However, not long after, he heard that Emperor Xiaowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty was driven out of Luoyang by Emperor Shenwu Gao Huan, the later founder of the Northern Qi Dynasty. After learning about it, Emperor Wu of Liang only Can you say something sarcastic: Barbarians also respond to the celestial phenomena?"

"But in fact, according to the chaotic laws of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the number of times the emperor was ousted by the rebels was countless, let alone the death of the country, how could it take decades or hundreds of years to create a Yinghuo Guard Center? Can you summarize everything? It’s just an attachment.”

Zheng He also laughed out loud while stroking his beard.

Zheng He didn't know about other things, but when Zhu Di raised his army, the wind blew down the tiles, which was a big omen, so wouldn't it turn out to be nothing?

To put it bluntly, if there really was such a thing as destiny, King Yan would never have had his turn at that time!

As the saying goes, the one with strong soldiers and horses will be the king.

As long as your fist is strong enough, there will be countless literati who will offer you auspicious auspiciousness and attach the corresponding horoscope.

This is the same as in the best-selling success books of later generations, well-known successful people have all kinds of true or false chicken soup stories.

It’s not that ordinary people don’t have stories of one kind or another, but because you are not a successful person, your stories are meaningless to the chicken soup masters who need to write books to make money for publicity, that’s all.

However, since it was just a casual chat, even if Zheng He agreed with Jiang Xinghuo's point of view on the telepathy of heaven and humans, he still asked an additional question.

"Besides Yinghuo, does Mr. Jiang know of other astrological sensors that are not very reliable?"

Jiang Xinghuo said casually: "The most typical one is the astrological phenomenon of Jupiter opposition, that is, Jupiter, the earth, and the sun are in a straight line. Jupiter reaches its brightest on the southeastern horizon in the evening, and its brightness is second only to Venus. It is visible all night. Usually according to The idea of ​​celestial beings being telepathic portends disaster.”

"But in fact, this is just to fool the people, because Jupiter is in opposition to the sun, and it will appear every thirty-four days every year. Do you think Qin Tianjian doesn't know it? It's just that when there is a disaster, there will be disaster in that year. Just take it out for excuses."

"Another example is Taibaijijian, which means Venus appears during the day. According to the theory of divine induction, this astrology represents the weakness of the king, the emergence of a female regent, or the possibility of invasion by foreign enemies."

Zhuo Jing, who was eavesdropping on the opposite side, also came to his senses at this time, but frowned.

The prisoner next to Zhuo Jing whispered to him: "Mr. Zhuo, during Wu Zetian's usurpation of power in the early Tang Dynasty, there were such celestial phenomena in the sky. This is correct, how can you say that you are following it? Refute him quickly."

But Zhuo Jing was unexpectedly silent.

Jiang Xinghuo noticed that two prisoners were not sleeping either and seemed to be listening to their conversation.

However, Jiang Xinghuo didn't have any scruples at this time. Anyway, he had said countless more death-defying things than the telepathy that denies astronomy.

Moreover, ancient people were not really stupid about this thing called celestial induction. There must have been many people who knew about it and followed it.

They are all used to fool the common people.

It's just that over time, some emperors who didn't know much about astronomy also believed it, but the guys in Qin Tianjian must be able to figure out what's going on.

"In fact, from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty, there were more than 200 Taibaijijian, and what people remember is only Wu Zetian's one!"

Hearing this, the two old ministers of Jianwen who were eavesdropping were all shocked!

"Is this serious?"

Zhuo Jing finally couldn't help but ask, his voice a little unbelievable.

After all, for literati, studying astronomy is a hobby.

In other words, the purpose of most people in ancient times studying astronomy was actually to understand the relationship between heaven and man, or to improve their abilities.

Although "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" had come out at this time, it had not yet spread on a large scale. However, in any case, the story of "Kong Mingming fell into Wuzhangyuan" has actually been told in countless earlier versions of the story.

Stars have fallen, and counting the death of a certain famous general is a common refrain among storytellers.

Therefore, stargazing and studying astronomy are actually very high-level things among the literati and doctors. If you understand this thing, it will be more respectable to give you a few words of advice when chatting.

It doesn't matter how much you know.

Zhuo Jing is the kind of literati who understands all the basic concepts and can say a few words about the origins of allusions, but if he goes into more depth, he is a little beyond his capabilities.

When Zhuo Jing chatted with his colleagues, he once boastfully said that his interests were too complex, otherwise with his intelligence and talent, if he had studied hard when he was young, he would not have "only won the second place in the exam."

Old Versailles belongs.

Coming back to the present, Zhuo Jing actually knew all the historical allusions and corresponding horoscopes mentioned by Jiang Xinghuo, but he was only limited to his knowledge.

In other words, it was passively instilled by historical materials.

Zhuo Jing also knew the meaning of Tai Bai Zhi Jian, and also knew that this kind of astrology had appeared during Wu Zetian's period, but the problem was that he didn't know that it had appeared more than 200 times before!

The only one who was really famous was Wu Zetian.

Therefore, when Jiang Xinghuo told the truth, Zhuo Jing's first reaction was not to believe it.

Then under the moonlight, Jiang Xinghuo squinted slightly and looked at the bad old man opposite.

"It's true."

The inmate next to Zhuo Jing only said: "How do you prove it?"

Jiang Xinghuo rolled his eyes, this man was so pedantic and cute.

"It is recorded in the history books, "Book of the Later Han", "Book of the Three Kingdoms", "Book of Jin", "Old Book of Tang" and "New Book of Tang". Can't you just ask someone to look it up?"

In fact, even people who read history books rarely pay attention to the records in various chronicles, let alone memorize countless astrological records.

Therefore, the two people opposite could neither find evidence nor refute at this time, so they could only stare.

Zhuo Jing thought for a moment, bypassed the topic, and asked instead.

"I dare to ask, little friend, why are you so dismissive of astrology and telepathy?"

You must know that in the minds of Confucian scholars and officials, the idea of ​​telepathy between heaven and man is a matter of course, and few people would question it.

In other words, it is difficult for them to grasp the corresponding data and question the induction of heaven and man.

But Jiang Xinghuo is different. Jiang Xinghuo does not have such a natural concept, but also has a more scientific concept of astronomy, so he does not have much respect for astrology and communication between heaven and man.

Jiang Xinghuo said calmly.

"Because China's astronomy tradition is not originally a natural science at all, but more of a social science."

"In other words, Chinese literature has served social structure and power since ancient times, not the stars in the sky themselves."