Chapter 99 Thought Transformation! Remember to Read More!

This "Five Officials Supervisor" is not a title, but an official name.

He is a ninth-rank official who is in charge of observing astronomy and is affiliated with the Imperial Astronomical Observatory. He assists the five officials in calculating the calendar, determining the four seasons, and monitoring astronomical phenomena.

As for Yang Yuan, Tang Hao did not know him at all, nor did he know him.

But he knew that he might be in trouble this time.

The ancient emperors were most afraid of "unusual celestial phenomena"!

In the ancient Chinese dynasty, celestial phenomena were considered to be the manifestation of the gods between heaven and earth, and therefore were widely used to predict good and bad fortune, the fate of the emperor, and so on.

The reason for this is that the Confucian Dong Zhongshu came up with the "Heaven-Man Induction" and "Divine Right of the King", the purpose of which was to completely bind Confucianism with imperial power, making it an ideological tool for emperors of all dynasties to rule the people, and making Confucianism an official philosophy that emperors of all dynasties had to pay attention to and support!

Dong Zhongshu did it. Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty "rejected all schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone". Since then, Confucian disciples have enjoyed a transcendent status, and Confucianism has become a prominent school of thought in all dynasties. Confucian disciples even regard themselves as "disciples of orthodox teachings", showing their noble status.

So, since "the king's power is granted by God" and since there is "the resonance between heaven and man", if the emperor, the son of heaven, does something wrong, heaven will naturally send down disasters to warn him; by the same token, if the emperor has outstanding virtues, heaven will also send down auspicious signs to encourage him!

So "celestial phenomena" are extremely important in the eyes of ancient emperors!

For example, according to legend, when a solar eclipse occurs, a king will be born or die. For example, "Historical Records" records that in the late Qin Dynasty, when King Zhaoxiang of Qin ascended the throne, the sun eclipsed once.

For another example, according to "Zizhi Tongjian", during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, a comet appeared in the sky. At that time, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, was resting in his bedroom. Suddenly, he saw a comet and immediately summoned Prime Minister Wei Zheng to inquire about it. Wei Zheng explained that this was a sign that God had given Li Shimin a unified world. Later, Li Shimin really unified the world.

There is also the appearance of red light, which is regarded as a good omen, especially when the emperor is born. According to the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", the mother of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Zhuang, once dreamed of a dragon entering her arms during her pregnancy. Later, when she gave birth to Liu Zhuang, a strong red light appeared in the sky. Everyone thought it was an auspicious sign for the birth of the emperor.

A little closer is the little emperor himself. Since he ascended the throne, there have been constant disasters from the sky in the past year. There were either strong winds and heavy rains, or dragons turning over, frequent thunder and lightning, etc., and even meteors fell in the capital, the sky drum sounded by itself, and thunder also hit the Chiwen and ridge beasts in the suburban altar, the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and the Fengtian Hall.

What is this?

It is obvious that the emperor is wrong, and God is condemning him!

Last time, the ministers seized this excuse and criticized the young emperor for a series of faults, such as indulging in riding and shooting, giving excessive rewards and spending money, not listening to frank words, and attending court later and later. On the other hand, they pushed all the faults of the young emperor onto the Eight Tigers eunuchs, and wanted to take this opportunity to force the young emperor to eliminate Liu Jin, Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng and other Eight Tigers eunuchs!

That time, Tang Hao and the young emperor worked together to plan, and after many preparations, even the old Duke Zhang Mao and the eunuch Chen Kuan, who was in charge of the seal of the Silijian, took action one after another, and gave up the interests of the imperial farm to the civil officials and gentry, so that they could save the Eight Tigers eunuchs!

Right now, someone wants to use the "unusual celestial phenomena" to force the young emperor to kill Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan!

Now, the civil officials and gentry have set their sights on Tang Hao, believing that he is the initiator of this "unusual celestial phenomena", and that he is more threatening than the Eight Tigers eunuchs, and want to force the young emperor to kill him!

When he thought of this, Tang Hao couldn't help but sigh.

What virtue and ability do I have to have?

You guys are doing this, I really want to kill someone!

We soon arrived at the Palace of Heavenly Purity.

There were only the little emperor and Chen Kuan in the hall.

At this moment, the little emperor's face was uncertain. When he saw Tang Hao coming, he looked at him meaningfully and didn't even talk to Tang Hao!

Seeing the little emperor's attitude, Tang Hao's heart sank.

Damn it, I just reminded you last time, and you forgot it now, didn't you?

"Comrades fighting side by side", I really want to beat you up!

Tang Hao was very unhappy, and he didn't bother to pay attention to the little emperor, but looked directly at Chen Kuan and spoke.

"Chen Dayong, what is Yang Yuan's background?"

Chen Kuan glanced at the little emperor, and then spoke in a low voice.

"This Yang Yuan is from Fengcheng County, Nanchang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province. He is the son of Yang Xuan, the deputy envoy of Zhejiang Province. He studied astronomy when he was young and was awarded the title of Supervisor of Five Organs."

"His father Yang Xuan was a censor. He was upright and outspoken. During the Tianshun period, he impeached Cao Jixiang, Shi Heng and others for occupying farmland and abusing power. Therefore, he won the emperor's heart. Later, he made great efforts in the struggle of Emperor Yingzong to eliminate Cao Jixiang, Shi Heng and other traitors. Therefore, he was able to rise rapidly and became the deputy envoy of Zhejiang Province."

"He was famous for his loyalty and outspokenness, and was respected by scholars. His son Yang Yuan was also more or less influenced by him. Last time, he also made use of the unusual celestial phenomena to ask the emperor to kill Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong and others!"

Chen Kuan seemed to be telling the truth and praising Yang Yuan for his father's style, but his last sentence was very meaningful.

The young emperor was stunned when he heard this, and then ordered someone to find the memorial in which Yang Yuan made his last suggestion.

As Chen Kuan said, Yang Yuan also said the same thing last time, but the young emperor was busy riding and hunting, and playing around, so he didn't pay any attention to it at all!

If Chen Kuan hadn't mentioned it, the young emperor might have almost forgotten about it!

Now, looking at the contents of this memorial, Zhu Houzhao sneered again and again.

Let me go to your uncle’s house!

Whose celestial phenomenon changes every day?

Whose God sends down disaster warnings every day?

"Savage, what do you think of this matter?"

The little emperor looked at Tang Hao with an angry face.

Tang Hao's face was expressionless, as if it had nothing to do with him.

"See with your eyes!"

Chen Kuan: "???"

Little Emperor: "???"

Ah this?

The savage is angry again!

Zhu Houzhao slapped his forehead, then stepped forward with a playful smile and pulled Tang Ritian's sleeves.

"What a savage, what a savage, don't be angry!"

"Isn't it because Yang Yuan, the thief, lied about the abnormal movement of the sky, so I lost my mind for a while? I know I was wrong..."

Seeing this scene, Chen Kuan almost dropped his jaw in shock.

The emperor apologized to his ministers?

Are you still admitting your mistake with a shy smile?

How can this Marquis of Zhongshan be so capable?

Listen to this tone, it's just like trying to coax your little wife!

The last time Chen Kuan saw such a scene, it was Emperor Hongzhi who playfully went to coax Empress Zhang!

Tang Hao, Tang Hao, you are so awesome!

Tang Hao was unhappy, and he didn't care that Chen Kuan was around, so he scolded the little emperor head-on.

"If I ask you to study more, you have to feed the pigs!"

"Who told you that unusual changes in the sky are warnings from God? The tail of comets, the shaking of the heart, the darkness of the sky...are all signals from God?"

"Do you know what a comet is? Do you know what Antares is? Do you know the Big Dipper?"

Based on his own safety in the future, and fearing that the little emperor would listen to this bullshit celestial phenomenon next time, Tang Hao simply took a pen and paper and personally spread the astronomy knowledge to the little emperor and Chen Kuan who was standing beside him.

Of course, I only scratched the surface and did not mention the matter of "we live on a ball".

Because Tang Hao was worried that if he instilled too much at once, it would have too much impact on the little emperor and directly shatter his outlook on life, which would be the end of the world.

Chen Kuan and Zhu Houzhao were stunned for a long time and could not recover for a long time.

Tang Hao stopped in time, and then reminded: "This time it was clearly me who pushed the court to restore the old system of paying grains, which hurt the interests of too many Nanchen Jin gentry, so they wanted to peel me off and use Yang Yuan's words to talk about the abnormal changes in the sky. It’s just revenge on me by forcing your Majesty, the Emperor, to kill me!”

"If you, Zhu Houzhao, really believe it, then you are the stupidest pig in the world!"

After Tang Hao said these rebellious words, he turned around and left, too lazy to talk nonsense to the little emperor!

Chen Kuan and Zhu Houzhao looked at each other in confusion, looking at the starry sky map drawn by Tang Hao, and looking at the examples Tang Hao gave. Both of them were shocked with shock on their faces, and their brains were in a state of mush!

"Da Xun, this... is this... real?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Chen Kuan in disbelief, with solicitude and a hint of prayer in his eyes.

How he wished Chen Kuan would tell him that what the savage Tang Hao said was all false!

However, Chen Kuan nodded solemnly.

"The Marquis of Zhongshan never acts without aim!"

"It's impossible for him to compile so many things in a short period of time!"

"And we can definitely send people to verify the examples given by Zhongshan Marquis!"

Hearing this, the little emperor woke up from a dream and immediately shouted: "Send someone to check immediately to see if what the savage said is true!"

Chen Kuan nodded, immediately copied some of the examples, handed them to Zhang Yong, and whispered: "Go there in person and rush to verify it immediately. It must be fast and the results must be accurate!"

Zhang Yong was shocked when he heard this, but he did not dare to hesitate and set off immediately.

After Zhang Yong left, Chen Kuan returned to the main hall and saw the little emperor slumped on the chair in a daze.

"Da Xun, tell me, what would you do if it turns out to be true?"

Chen Kuan's face was full of bitterness. This was the first time that he didn't know how to answer the little emperor!

Because, there is no way to answer!

If what Zhongshan Hou said is true, then...

"What if this damned savage just said everything is true!"

Zhu Houzhao's face was full of confusion, and his eyes became hollow.

"The so-called emperor and the so-called divine right of kings are actually all jokes!"

"The sky of all the emperors of the past dynasties... is about to collapse!"

When Chen Kuan heard this, his whole body shook violently, and then he quickly knelt down on the ground.

The Emperor is fake, the "divine right of kings" is fake, and even God is fake!

Why is the emperor supreme?

Marquis of Zhongshan, Marquis of Zhongshan, you are trying to overturn the table!

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