Chapter 6673 Convention

Chapter 6673 Convention
Whether you are studying astronomy, geography, or climate change, in the end there is one thing you cannot avoid: mathematics.

If there is any secret book in the real world that can make you invincible, it is mathematics. Once you have learned it, you can really dominate the world. The problem is that the secret books are posted everywhere, and the masters of mathematics are eager to spread their knowledge everywhere in the world in the hope that later generations will be able to enter their own way. They have no intention of cherishing their own knowledge.

But most of the time, people who get the secret book just take a look at it and try to get by. Those who can get started cannot see the end and most of them switch to finance to make some money. Those who can really make it to the end with the secret book can only be counted on one's fingers in every era.

Of course, this is only for normal people. For those who really need to study certain subjects, mathematics is a blind spot that cannot be avoided. The Gan family and the Shi family can use a vacuum pendulum to calculate the range of gravitational acceleration, and use the data to reversely deduce Kepler's three laws. In fact, their level of mathematics is not weak.

At least compared with the average level of this era, he is already at the top of the era. Those above him are basically mathematicians who have been recorded in history books.

However, even with such a high level of mathematics, when Chen Xi said that it was a mathematical calculation, his face turned green. It was not that Gan and Shi were not good, but that this thing was too difficult to calculate. You should know that in later generations, this thing was calculated with super calculations. At most, Gan and Shi were aware of precession, nutation, and polar motion, and wanted to use the existing data to make accurate calculations and predictions...

"Well, lend me five Brother Zhaos, and we will be able to figure it out next year." Gan Bao's face turned green for a while, and then he spoke with a bit of depression.

"Is it so exaggerated?" Li You frowned and looked at Gan Bao and Shi Tao. In fact, he didn't understand what Chen Xi talked about with these two people at all. At most, he relied on asking his own son to understand what the precession of the equinoxes was. As for the other things, he didn't know what they were.

But the same thing goes, Li You is relatively respectful to the Gan and Shi families. After all, these two families don't cause trouble. When they are out of money, they just cheat others to get some information about the connection between heaven and earth and then share some profits, and then continue to do their own work. They are already considered to be extremely reliable families among the aristocratic families.

What's more, if the astronomical calendar is improved and grain production increases by 5% to 10%, that will save countless lives. Therefore, Li You is still willing to give a certain amount of respect to such a family that really gets things done.

"All five are conservative. We have looked through the records from ancient times, and we suspect that there is a pattern to this, but we cannot see the full picture of this pattern in the human life cycle." Shi Tao said with some fatigue. This was not a joke, but a judgment they made after comparing the deflection angles of the star palace shifts for thousands of years.

Chen Xi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. The precession of the equinoxes actually leads to a bunch of interesting things. Chen Xi estimated that the cycle that Shi Tao mentioned should be the movement of the celestial sphere around the ecliptic pole, and this cycle is about 20,000 years. As for the more realistic stuff, it is probably the westward movement of the vernal equinox, so that the displacement of the star map has been accumulating, and basically it has to be changed every fifty years.

If the Gan and Shi families had compared the star maps of the Shang Dynasty, after confirming that there was no problem with the star maps, they should have realized that the coordinate system based on the concept of the equator was also changing, and this change was the manifestation of the precession of the equinoxes.

"Is it difficult to calculate?" Li You looked at Chen Xi and asked. If you don't know the math problems, just ask Chen Xi directly. This is the experience Li You has accumulated.

"Yes, it is quite difficult to calculate this given the incomplete data at present. Moreover, the two family heads should have some doubts about the notes left by their ancestors." Chen Xi looked at Gan Bao and Shi Tao and said with a smile. The two did not deny it and nodded.

Therein lies the problem. When it is impossible to fully observe the overall image, relying on mathematical calculations requires at least some accurate original data. But what can we say about the original data that the Gan and Shi families have obtained now? It cannot be said that they cannot trust their ancestors at all, but they cannot determine which ones are usable and which ones are not. In this case, it is better to conduct direct measurements.

"Then let's do a practical test. I can provide funding, and I can allow the Gan and Shi families to borrow the Xugong River for a period of time every year." Chen Xi thought for a while and said.

It is impossible for Zhao Shuang to borrow it because that is Sun Qian's personal computer and Guo Kai is not from the mathematics department at all. Unless Gan and Shi can guess the picture and Guo Kai can directly verify its authenticity, otherwise Guo Kai is actually meaningless in this regard. Therefore, the only one who can use it is Xu Yue.

Li You glared at Chen Xi fiercely. Xu Yue was the best tool he had!

"This requires continuous investment, and it may not be effective in a short period of time." Although he is here to defraud funds, Gan Bao still has to say the ugly truth in advance.

"It's okay. This kind of thing is built bit by bit. Just remember to keep all the data and information in detail." Chen Xi said calmly. This thing is very important. It is related to whether the research can continue in the future.

"We have also considered this aspect." Shi Tao nodded and said, "We have contacted the Yuan family. The Yuan family is promoting a very strange management method. We think it has some reference value, so we are also preparing to promote it."

"What management method?" Chen Xi first took out a special paper made by a special papermaking department and nurtured by Zhao Yun, wrote the corresponding items on it, then took out the seal of Zhuye Township Marquis and stamped it, and then stamped his own private seal, the spare seal of Chang'an Money House, and added a number. After handing it to Shitao, he asked.

Currently, large-denomination notes are still made by Chen Xi himself. After all, only a few can be made in a year, and normally no one would use such large amounts, so Chen Xi personally stamps and signs each one.

"It is said that it was suggested by a civil official who had just joined the Yuan family. Secretary were arranged in each local village to record what happened on a daily basis. The quantity is not important, just a note every day will be fine. The quality is not required either, but outsiders, travelers, and special events must be recorded, even a single sentence will do." Shi Tao thought for a while and said, this was said by the brother in their family who ran back from the Yuan family.

Chen Xi was silent for a while after hearing this. Who ordered this to be done? After a little thought, he understood that this thing was the work of Cyprian.

Historically, after European Catholicism absorbed Cyprian, it was officially formalized. Many rules were created by Cyprian. Chen Xi was not sure what the original reason was for requiring priests in churches across the country to write diaries, but this operation solved many problems.

Education, learning, inheritance and the like are accumulated bit by bit. Then, when the number of churches and priests increases, it becomes easier to manage with such a thing. After all, if something big happens, even if you don't record it, the surrounding churches will. When the time comes, you can check and compare it and naturally know who is messing around.

Of course, even if you have the ability to shut up a few churches around you, it is difficult to shut up all the churches. After all, the more you shut up, the more people will know about your silence, and naturally someone will record it.

This is also the reason why, after the third century, Europe did not have orthodox historians for a long time, but still had enough local historical materials for reference. To put it bluntly, these priests recorded what happened in their own area in a diary-like manner. Although most of them were trivial matters and did not involve major local events and were mentioned at most in a few sentences, there were so many churches that there were always people around the events involved.

To be honest, Chen Xi didn't quite understand why Cyprian asked these priests to write diaries. It was not very realistic to say that they could see that far into the third century, but this was undoubtedly a brilliant move.

It's just that it's not very suitable for the Central Plains. The Central Plains has always been an official place to compile history, and they will not allow others to mess around. Even when writing a diary, some things cannot be written. This is why the authentic history of this part of China is very complete, but the details of the lives of the ancient people are missing.

On the contrary, because of Cyprian's method, many priests in Europe have nothing to write in their diaries today. They just write about the situation of the people around them. So they will mention what the poor people in the Middle Ages ate, how it was cooked, how much wood chips and bran were mixed in. Anyway, it's the requirement from above, and they can't resist the requirements from above, so they just do it perfunctorily. Today, here is a tutorial on how to make baguettes that is enough to kill people. Blah blah blah.

There is no doubt that these things were just perfunctory records by the priests at the time. These family matters, these things whose meaning is unknown, were just written down casually. However, hundreds of years later, these things became important materials for studying the real situation at that time.

This kind of material is actually quite rare in the Central Plains. Since the First Emperor, the perspective of every dynasty has been focused on how rulers maintain their rule. There has been very little attention paid to the ruled. The recorded information also mainly focuses on the rise and fall of the country, with little focus on the ruled individuals. At most, some records of individuals can be seen in private letters.

However, the number of such private letters is very small compared to the huge number of ruled individuals, so that the descendants of the Central Plains can clearly reproduce the prosperity of their own dynasty, but it is difficult to construct the lives of contemporary people from a detailed level.

What they eat, what they play with, how they entertain themselves, these ordinary people's things were basically a desert before the novel took shape.

That’s right, the Ming and Qing novels, which are the most despised and considered to be of the lowest class in literary history, finally constructed a vivid and authentic grassroots ecological reality of the Ming and Qing dynasties, allowing people to clearly understand how the people of that era actually lived.

Even if it is not historical material, it is at least a reference, allowing most people in later generations to know how ordinary people lived in the Ming and Qing dynasties when they want to understand.

As for going further back, that is a very professional field. The information on big figures is very detailed, but the information on ordinary people is too little, so little that one can only find it one by one by looking through history books.

Cyprian's method seems to be just for the convenience of management, but if you stand in the downstream of the long river of history and think about it carefully, you will realize that these materials passed down like a running account represent the lives of many ordinary people.

When it comes to historical materials about important figures, every word needs to be carefully considered, but when it comes to recording the diaries of lesser figures, you can just fill it out casually, even if it is just a perfunctory response, and what is left behind is the truth of the person involved.

"This plan is quite good." After listening to what Shi Tao said, Zhuge Liang spoke in a serious tone.

"Oh, so what do you mean?" Chen Xi asked with some curiosity.

"Let the noble families in Central Asia follow suit and submit one every year." Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

"In fact, they were asked to write this, but they haven't finalized it yet, so the requirements are not strict. In fact, the task of the internal historian is to collect the diary, compare the records, and then find out the inaccuracies and hold them accountable." Chen Xi said casually, "When the Zhou emperor still had some authority, this was also implemented in the Central Plains, but it was only for the princes."

"Oh oh oh, no wonder it feels so familiar to me." Gan Bao reacted instantly when he heard this. He said why it looked so familiar, it turned out that his ancestors had already played it.

"It looks familiar because our ancestors have played it before. The reason you can't react is because the First Emperor burned the diaries of other families." Fa Zheng said quietly. He also reacted and quickly understood why Chen Xi didn't continue when he said this. The Central Plains is not suitable for this kind of game.

"But this kind of gameplay is suitable for the Yuan family. It can be regarded as mutual restraint and strengthened management." Chen Xi ignored Fa Zheng's eyes. Even if Zhongyuan played this way, it would be useless when it came to unification. This approach requires another team, and Zhongyuan could not set up another team. Chen Xi would not allow it, so he could only watch.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Everyone has their own way of playing. Speaking of which, the grand court meeting is coming soon this year. Who will the Yuan family send?" Chen Xi didn't want to dwell on this matter and asked naturally.

"I don't know. We haven't had in-depth communication with the Yuan family yet. These news were all brought back by my cousin." Shi Tao shook his head and said, "But if it's a big court meeting, even if there is a personal grudge and Duke Zhong can't come, at least a heavyweight figure must come. At the very least, the princess must come in person."

Yuan Tan was canonized as Duke Zhongguo, but the titles of nobility in the Han Dynasty were now basically clearly divided into two sets according to the Nine Provinces. The highest inner title was Marquis, while the outer title Marquis was not directly promoted, but was given a fiefdom with a full set of legislative power and control over military and political affairs, which was considered a complete marquisate. The Duke was directly promoted to a vassal king, so it was generally assumed that Wen was the princess and Stina was the concubine.

As for the other women in Yuan Tan’s inner courtyard, none of them had a formal title, which means they had no status and could only be said to be maids with a certain status.

"If I remember correctly, Princess Zhong just gave birth to a child and the banquet has not been held yet. The edict of enthronement is ready, but the Yuan family asked to keep it for five years." Zhuge Liang frowned when he heard this.

Yuan Tan will definitely not come to the grand court meeting, and Wen has just given birth to a child, so it is unlikely that she will come. We can't let the concubine Stina come, right? It's not that it's not possible, Stina's status and strength are there, and no one can say anything. The problem is how brave the Yuan family must be to let Stina come alone.

"Of the three in the Yuan family, the remaining two also fell ill this year." Fa Zheng added, which meant that the Yuan family would have to send someone to Chang'an to attend the court meeting. After Yuan Da's death, the health of the two brothers Yuan Sui was not very good either. After all, their lives were almost over, and those who were as strong as Zhao Qi were a minority after all.

"Zhongda should be impossible. Xu Ziyuan went to Rome. In this case, it could be Xun Youruo who came?" Chen Xi thought for a while and said.

After all, it is the grand court meeting at the beginning of the eleventh year of Yuanfeng. All the major families will come to participate no matter how many things they have to do. The development in the past ten years has made the major families clearly realize that it is better to rely on someone powerful than to rely on themselves, and Chen Xi's powerful thighs are really strong and powerful.

Therefore, all the major families will not miss the grand court meeting at the beginning of next year. Those who come will be either the head of the family or the person in charge who can make the decision. Considering the current situation of the Yuan family.

"Well, probably. It's a good opportunity for me to meet Xun Youruo." Fa Zheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this. Fa Zheng had met all the people in the Xun family except Xun Chen, with whom he was unable to sit down and talk. Fa Zheng was also interested in meeting this guy who claimed to be able to analyze his opponent's thoughts.

"Maybe they will bring Cyprian with them." Chen Xi said with a smile. To be honest, he wanted to meet Cyprian. After all, in terms of influence on world history, even Zhuge Liang was still a certain distance away from Cyprian. And in terms of ability, Cyprian was also worthy of being called a god.

In addition, Sima Yi had also written a letter to Chen Xi to complain about Cyprian, and Chen Xi really wanted to meet the guy who truly stood at the pinnacle of countless wise men in this era.

"Are you interested in that guy?" Fa Zheng sensed something different in Chen Xi's tone, "Is that guy very powerful?"

"Very impressive. To be honest, she is a genius." Chen Xi thought about it and gave a positive answer.

"It's rare for you to speak so highly of me. I want to know more about him." Li You glanced at Zhuge Liang, then said with a bit of contempt.

"I'm not kidding this time. He is truly a man of heaven." Seeing Li You's expression, Chen Xi said sincerely, "At least in some aspects, even Kong Ming would find it difficult to surpass him. He is truly the pride of the times, a man of heaven. I just don't know if he will come by the end of the year."

"A-choo!" Cyprian rubbed his nose, and then raised his own agenda in the Senate. "Let's put aside the unrest caused by lack of food. This level of unrest is nothing. The most important thing now is to resolve Odin in Northern Europe as soon as possible. Otherwise, when the unrest in the region expands, Odin will take advantage of the chaos and move south. With the help of both inside and outside forces, the fall of Rome is imminent."

I guess I'm really useless. I want to update, but I just can't.