technical type

For the lucky stars in this life series, it is really not something that can be done in one generation, that is, only professionals from astrological families can do this kind of thing.

To be honest, the ancestors of the Ji family may have some relationship with Wu.

Looking at the development of astrologers from ancient times to the present, from the earliest animal skin records, simple patterns, rough star maps with black dots and lines, to slightly more complicated star maps carved on stone and wooden boards, and now they can be drawn on The star charts marked on the paper one by one, just looking at these patterns, one can know that the astrologers from ancient times to the present are the group of people who have mastered knowledge.

Up to now, the imperial court has a special department, Sitianjian, which is the gathering place for astrologers responsible for observing astronomical phenomena. Here, the word "men" should probably be added.

Sanyuan, 28 Constellation, Wuyao, Qiyao, Jiuyao and other star districts are divided, and each has a star official. This star official is the specific official title held by the astrologer, named after the star.The scope of responsibility is also divided into star regions, and more than one person is used. The system of cooperation makes Si Tianjian more comprehensive, and also makes the human responsibility of the general manager heavier.

Ji Huan is the chief supervisor of this generation of Sitianjian. Under him, most of the star officials are from astrological families, and a small half are recruited from foreign officials.

Here, one thing has to be said, if a person from an astrological family does not engage in the work of the Sitianjian, that is, if he does not serve the observation of the astronomy, he will be questioned, and the crime is serious. He can be exiled into the army, or even executed.

This is a hereditary position, and I can't allow myself to refuse to go if I don't want to go. Therefore, even if Ji Changwei has a fear of heights and cannot go to the observatory, he has to enter the star official system and do the relative logistics. Watch the drawn star map, calculate various data such as angles, and compile astrological changes in the past years to obtain certain speculative data and the like.

He is still very technical, and he cannot be regarded as a simple unscrupulous child. In modern times, he can be regarded as a high-tech talent.

But in ancient times, in this kind of astrological family, someone like Ji Changwei was basically useless. What kind of skill is it to help others?No matter how good the milk is, there is not much credit for it!If you want to upgrade, you still have to look at the stargazing skills.

For Ji Mo, this is an advantage. If he hadn't had such an "excellent" father, his grandfather would not have paid special attention to his grandson.

If the previous generation is abolished, the next generation must not be abolished, at least a father and son must be united, otherwise, do you want your son to live on the basis of his brothers?

Isn't it natural for a son to take care of his son?

Ji Huan's thoughts are basically about loving his son. Ji Changwei didn't realize it, and Ji Mo didn't know, but Ji Mo did realize that with so many grandchildren of his grandfather, he is the only one who can truly succeed in apprenticeship from generation to generation.

It's a unique honor...

"Take these down and keep them in mind."

On the first day of apprenticeship, Ji Mo received a big gift, a whole bookcase of star maps, from different star regions, and from different seasons in the same star region, he needed to memorize and summarize the changes.

For the former, it can be understood as letting him familiarize himself with the celestial phenomena first, so as not to look up at the sky, he can only say "ah, there are so many stars", at least he can recognize the name of each star recorded on the star map, and understand each other. Which star region it belongs to is the most basic.

The latter part of summarizing changes is to enable him to sort and divide categories normally.

If you understand it, the front is "memorizing and reciting the full text", and the back is "categorizing and sorting", and the difficulty is actually a bit gradual.

"Thank you grandpa!"

Ji Mo called him "Grandfather", although he also worshiped as a teacher, he couldn't be treated as a father and son, and there was Ji Changwei who also worshiped as a teacher in the middle, so he couldn't say that the other party was Brother Ji Mo, so the title remained the same. Yes, only the solemnity is emphasized by the ceremony of apprenticeship.

Ji Huan's age is not young considering the average age of ancient times. His eyes are sharp and his spirit is hale and hearty. People in their sixties can persist in the front line of this post. It can only be said that most of them usually look far away. Your eyesight is good, otherwise you will have to retreat.

Even if he retreats, it is impossible to do nothing, but to walk from the front of the stage to the backstage, and at the same time start to summarize the changes in the laws of the star chart that he has seen in his life. After the experience of these predecessors, it is the beast that Ji Mo saw. The leather slabs and other things are kept privately by the family and will not be left to Si Tianjian.

The reason why Ji Mo thinks that the astrologer may have something to do with witches is not that there is any specific evidence, but just a speculation.

Assuming that this world also developed from the primitive world, then, at that time, what kind of people would have nothing to do to watch the stars all day long?Looking up at the starry sky is not a leisure time for busy people, and it is obviously not based on a momentary interest to record it and spread it to this day.

In the primitive world, people who have such leisure time to look at the starry sky should probably be witches, and explaining human affairs through celestial phenomena is definitely not a custom that started only now.

The most terrible thing is not to explain the incident itself, but to explain it correctly and get the correct enlightenment, which contributes to the status of the astrologer.

If it is possible to open a branch, the position of "magic fortune teller" may be quite suitable. Of course, it is not as high as the current position of astrologer.

"Learn from your grandfather in the future."

Ji Changwei patted Ji Mo's shoulder, and said earnestly, he already knew about Ji Mo's going to the observatory alone to watch the stars, and he felt so touched in his heart. If you are afraid of heights, you have to try it early.

The big family lives together, and there are almost no secrets. The other members of the Ji family who came to watch the ceremony showed good-natured smiles on their faces. Most of the astrologers who have studied astronomy and speculated on the calendar all year round are a bit of a researcher. , or the calculator is more clever, hiding everything.

In short, from what Ji Mo has seen so far, these uncles and brothers have taken good care of him. Knowing Ji Changwei’s shortcoming of fear of heights, they usually help him a lot. "It is only known within the family, and outsiders don't know that the Ji family still has such "trash".

We get along with each other on weekdays, and there is no bad word. It can be said that they are very harmonious.

Ji Mo feels that this kind of big family's protection is quite new.

He smiled at everyone in a friendly manner, turned his eyes around, and returned to his father with burning words: "Don't worry, father, I will definitely learn from grandpa."

"well."

Ji Changwei felt a little emotional, and didn't know where to start, so he just patted Ji Mo on the shoulder again, then straightened up a little, and said to Ji Huan: "I hope my father will teach me well in the future, my son will definitely beat me by a lot." .”

This can be regarded as placing high hopes on Ji Mo.

The old man Ji Huan said a little indifferently, "Yes", as he agreed to him, his eyes quickly looked away, and he looked at Ji Changwei more often, such a disappointing son, really ——

The apprentice ceremony is in the morning, and after the completion, the family will have dinner. For astrologers, the daytime work is all about auxiliary calculations, which is relatively easy. At night, "watching the sky at night" is a big job, which requires everyone to work harder. Some, because they have to go to work during the day, it is impossible to reverse the day and night, so they can be divided into three shifts at night to ensure that they will not miss the change of stars throughout the night.

In ancient times when observations were made entirely by eyesight, most astrologers had good eyesight, and if they had poor eyesight, they would retreat to the second line just like Ji Changwei. In short, they could not leave their jobs.

Even so, it's not that there are students in the astrological family who are really without talent. They can't even complete the basic calculations, so they can only become the third-level figures in the Si Tianjian, responsible for some things such as logistics coordination, Such as running around with the formalities of various departments, purchasing some office equipment and other things that can be handled by laymen.

With such a hierarchical division, it is not an exaggeration to say that a Si Tianjian is monopolized by the astrological family.

Among them, half of the talents who come in are new blood who have been admitted. If such people want to continue to operate in Sitianjian for a long time, they will also marry into the astrological family. Si Tianjian's status may become a family of astrology in a few years.

The strength of these newcomers is almost negligible, they cannot shake the monopoly foundation of the astrological family, and the reason why Si Tianjian, who was developed by the astrological family and inherited his father's business, has not yet become a burden on the government is because of the average birth rate The level is not high enough, coupled with the fact that ancient children were prone to premature death, so not many people were actually included in the Sitianjian system in the end.

Ji Mo has always speculated that the reason why the Ji family was able to become the head of the Si Tianjian is because the Ji family has enough children. Among them, there are three in Ji Huan's generation, four sons, six grandsons, and two uncles. There are more than ten descendants and grandchildren, as long as Ji Mo's generation grows up, the Ji family's power in Si Tianjian will increase a little bit, this is the power of a few people.

Specific to individuals, the quality is too uneven.

An unworthy descendant like Ji Changwei who is afraid of heights and cannot watch the stars is definitely not the only one, but in terms of "not being able to watch the stars", he is the one with the worst situation.

Ji Mo is still young, so he is not very familiar with his brothers of the same generation, but when it comes to Ji Changwei's generation, there are many problems, some are not good at counting, they can't count at all, some have bad memory, and can't remember all the star charts. Those who are clumsy in speech and poor in expressive ability... all these are major problems, but there are many small problems, and there are many people who are passive and sabotage.

Among the three members of Ji Huan's generation, his elder brother is the standard pass-by type, who has no passion for stargazing. In terms of looking for lost items, he is almost a thousand miles away. He has never been right, even if it is Multiple-choice questions, even if Meng can get it right once, he can accurately select all the wrong answers every time, and avoid the correct answers smoothly. However, the calculation process cannot be said to be wrong, it can only be said that he is in this line of work. I'm missing some talent.

Ji Huan's younger brother didn't have this problem, but he was keen on fortune-telling. The so-called "Tian Xing Fate" had quite a lot of success in this area, but he was too narrow-minded and not suitable to be in charge of Si Tianjian.