Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know how swollen Zhang Tianshi's thigh was at this time. He scratched his beard and asked speculatively.

"At least four?"

"Tell me about it." Jiang Xinghuo encouraged.

"Southeast wind, southwest wind, northeast wind, northwest wind."

"I think there are eight types." Li Jinglong said seriously, "We also have to add east, west, north and south winds."

Jiang Xinghuo smiled and continued to draw two lines on his text map.

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Western Region丨Desert丨Grassland丨Liaodong

Longxi丨Hetao丨Shanxi丨Hebei

Hanzhong丨Guanzhong丨Henan丨Shandong

Sichuan Region丨Nanyang丨Huaixi丨Huaidong

Badi丨Jingxiang丨Jiangxi丨Jiangnan\\

Yunnan丨Guangxi丨Guangdong丨Fujian\\

Jiang Xinghuo said.

"What you said is actually not wrong. There are indeed eight kinds of wind in daily life."

"However, the [wind] I am referring to here is not the wind you usually perceive, but the 'monsoon'."

"It is the direction of the monsoon wind that causes different climates and different precipitation amounts in China."

Here, Jiang Xinghuo did not explain to them the more complex concepts of pressure zones and wind zones, but only talked about the monsoon that has the greatest impact on the land of China.

But even so, it was enough to make Zhang Tianshi next door pinch Zi's thighs!

"It really is Feng Shui!"

Completely different from his previous calmness, Zhang Tianshi now showed uncontrollable excitement.

The reason why Zhang Yuchu and Zhang Tianshi behaved completely differently from the eldest prince Zhu Gaochi and the Minister of Household Affairs Xia Yuanji was because it was none of his business that the Little Ice Age led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty!

From Cao Wei to the present, I don’t know how many dynasties have perished. Longhu Mountain is still the same Longhu Mountain, and the Tianshi Mansion is still the Tianshi Mansion. What does the demise of the Ming Dynasty have to do with me?

Therefore, when Zhu Gaochi and Xia Yuanji felt worried and dignified, Zhang Tianshi could at most just pretend.

But "Feng Shui" is a completely different concept to Zhang Tianshi!

After all, this is the true secret that is not told!

If you master this knowledge, even if you only master a little bit, it will be enough to change the history of the entire Taoist sect, right?

From now on, my identity will not only be the 43rd generation Celestial Master of the Zhengyi Sect of Longhu Mountain, but also the founder of Feng Shui who can rely on this knowledge to be independent of Longhu Mountain and establish the sect!

For Zhang Yuchu, the Little Ice Age has nothing to do with him, but Feng Shui is his most valuable harvest!

"Feng Shui?" Zhu Gaochi frowned.

Zhu Gaochi always felt that what Mr. Jiang was talking about was completely different from the Feng Shui that a Feng Shui master said.

Seeing that the eldest prince was confused, Zhang Yuchu quickly explained.

"The so-called Feng Shui was first defined by Guo Pu of the Jin Dynasty. In his famous book "The Book of Burial", he said: Buried people take advantage of the Qi. The Qi will be dispersed by the wind, and the boundary water will stop. The ancients gathered them together. It will not disperse, and it will stop when it moves, so it is called Feng Shui. The method of Feng Shui is to get water first, and to hide wind second."

"In other words, the art of Feng Shui is the art of phase and earth."

"Of course, this is only at the level of 'skill'. Feng Shui and Feng Shui are completely different concepts. Feng Shui is the 'Tao'."

Zhu Gaochi seemed to understand but could not see any change on his chubby face. He obviously did not quite understand the profound meaning of the difference between Feng Shui and Feng Shui. However, Zhang Yuchu knew that the real meaning of "Feng Shui" in this world was Absolutely extraordinary!

Because the Zhengyi sect has been passed down for more than a thousand years, starting from the time when the founder of the Five Dou Rice Sect advocated Daoling, Master Zhang, who knew the taboos of Heluo, had regarded the incomplete Feng Shui technique he had mastered as a top secret, and could only be kept secret among each generation of heavenly masters. The inheritance must not be known to outsiders.

And this is just incomplete Feng Shui.

At that time, there were several Taoist sects, each based on their own different Feng Shui techniques.

The art of Feng Shui has a long history and is mysterious and unpredictable. It also contains many extremely difficult things that ordinary people cannot understand at all.

But these secret techniques that can feed a sect are different from what Jiang Xinghuo said.

Worthless!

As a direct descendant of the Celestial Master of the Zhengyi sect of Longhu Mountain, Zhang Yuchu has been exposed to some Feng Shui techniques inherited from Celestial Master Tao since he was a child.

But he knew little about other parts of Feng Shui.

Zhang Yuchu also tried to consult several elders from other sects who also studied Feng Shui. Unfortunately, everyone was very reserved and unwilling to talk to him. These are things inherited by their sects, so how could they share them with outsiders.

To this day, the appearance of Jiang Xinghuo gives Zhang Yuchu hope.

Zhang Tianshi seemed to have found a way forward.

He was laughing inside.

"This Heavenly Master has directly learned the Feng Shui of immortals!"

"You old guys, go into the coffin with your outdated and incomplete Feng Shui skills!"

"Master Tao, I'm going to do it soon, hahaha!"

Jiang Xinghuo pointed at the text map and said.

"Actually, there are only two main [winds] that affect the Ming Dynasty, one is the northwest monsoon and the other is the southeast monsoon."

"And the two winds are easy to distinguish because they appear at different times."

"The northwest monsoon appears in winter and blows from Mobei to the ocean, so it moves northwest."

"The southeast monsoon appears in summer and blows from the southern ocean to the land through the southeast of the Ming Dynasty."

The map is very simple and can be understood almost at a glance, but Li Jinglong is not satisfied. As a professional trustee, he must ask every question to the end.

"How did these two monsoons come from?"

Zhu Gaoxu gave him a strange look. The wind was the wind. Of course it was blowing. How else could it come?

He obviously didn't understand Li Jinglong's meaning.

This is also the answer that Zhang Tianshi next door is waiting with bated breath.

How are winds formed, especially winds that are so large-scale, regular, and can affect the entire land of China?

What you need to know about Feng Shui must be more than the superficial historical experience. Otherwise, it is still at the level of "skill". Only by knowing what it is and why it is, can it be called "Tao".

Faced with this problem, Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a rare moment.

If you want to speak, of course you can speak according to the script.

But based on their cognitive level, 99% of them cannot understand it.

If Jiang Xinghuo had drawn the four pressure points of the four sea and land cycles, they would probably be fooled.

Therefore, you need to explain clearly, but some things can be omitted. It is best to explain it in a way that they can understand every day.

Some concepts, such as "cold and high pressure", may not be so true. Strictly speaking, high pressure or low pressure are air pressure concepts and cannot be tied to cold or hot. It will be misleading. It does not mean that cold means high pressure and hot means low pressure.

But Jiang Xinghuo decided not to be so dogmatic and rigid, but to explain it in a way that they could understand. In the future, when more knowledge is added, they will naturally understand.

So after Jiang Xinghuo thought seriously, he thought about it and spoke.

"Why does wind form? In fact, we have already talked about the fundamental reason for this problem when we talked about the Mongols' conquest of the world."

Zhu Gaoxu asked hesitantly: "Mr. Jiang is talking about, that, that 'specific heat capacity'?"

"right."

“Let’s talk about the northwest monsoon in winter first.”

Jiang Xinghuo pointed to the text map and asked: "In our normal understanding, the fields of Ming Dynasty are already extremely vast and vast, right?"

Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong nodded.

There is naturally nothing wrong with this, and it is in line with ordinary people’s cognition.

Li Jinglong added: "And it's not just the Ming Dynasty. There is almost infinite land to the west of the Ming Dynasty. The Mongols have explored it, but even though the Mongols have traveled tens of thousands of miles and it took several years just to travel, there is still no Exploring west to the end of the world is in the south direction. Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty recorded that the southernmost part of Tianzhu is farther south than our southernmost part, but it is not extremely far. There is also land to the south of Tianzhu. The end.”

Jiang Xinghuo's finger drew an extremely large circle on the right side of the text map.

"Then if I tell you that the sea to the east of us is boundless and wider than the land we know, would you believe it?"

The two hesitated for a moment, but after looking at each other, they both nodded at the same time.

"According to legend, the sea to the east is vast and boundless. Even if Xu Fu and other well-prepared fleets set sail, they still cannot explore the end of the sea. The sea to the east may indeed be bigger than the land we know. Otherwise, after generations of people go to sea, someone must see the end.”

The two people's thinking seems to be a little more open-minded than the ancient people in Jiang Xinghuo's concept. They can easily accept new concepts and things. As long as what is said is reasonable and they can understand it, they can accept it.

"Just believe it."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded and defined.

"The essence of the monsoon is caused by the difference in thermal properties between the ocean and land due to different specific heat capacities."

Jiang Xinghuo first made a patch to prevent the controversy: "Let's not get entangled in the question of which is bigger, the ocean or the land, because it is difficult for you to observe or perceive the size of the ocean, so let's make a less correct assumption first, assuming that the ocean and the land are bigger. The size of the land is exactly the same, which eliminates interference and makes it easier for you to understand the principle of monsoon formation. Remember, it is just for your convenience to understand, but it does not mean that the ocean and the land are really the same size."

The two expressed their understanding, so that they would not have to worry about the differences in the derivation process caused by the different sizes of land and ocean.

"You all know, as we have just said, that the specific heat capacity of water is greater than that of fields. In other words, the specific heat capacity of the ocean is always greater than that of land. Is that okay?"

Jiang Xinghuo's derivation process seemed extremely cautious. He had to go step by step and use as concise and clear words as possible to construct this logical chain to prevent overly complex concepts from confusing the two students.

"No problem, the specific heat capacity of water is very large. The water that Zhu couldn't boil has been given as an example." Li Jinglong was so absorbed in thinking that he almost spilled the beans. Zhu Gaoxu glared at him, and Li Jinglong suddenly felt a little scared.

As for Jiang Xinghuo not knowing their identities, well, at least Jiang Xinghuo showed that he didn't know their identities. The two of them agreed that Jiang Xinghuo really didn't know their identities, so he needed to continue to hide it. .

It would be best to hide it until you are released from prison, or even for a period of time after you are released from prison.

Why this concealment?

Li Jinglong and Zhu Gaoxu have two main reasons.

The most important thing at the beginning is naturally that the two of them are worried that if Jiang Xinghuo knows their identities, they will inevitably have scruples. After all, two ordinary second-generation nobles, together with the second prince of the Ming Dynasty and the leader of the hundred officials, Cao Guogong, will definitely are different.

If you say something to the second generation of distinguished nobles who endured eagles and dogfights, it's okay. If you say it to the second prince and Cao Guogong, it must be something, or a big deal.

Although they do need what Jiang Xinghuo said to accomplish big things.

But after all, if Jiang Xinghuo knew their identities, Jiang Xinghuo might not say so truthfully.

In disguise, they and the entire Ming Dynasty will lose a lot of knowledge. These are extremely valuable treasures that they cannot afford to lose, so they must conceal their identity.

As for the second reason, hiding his identity was not just to hide Jiang Xinghuo, but also to protect him.

In their view, since Jiang Xinghuo is a person who transcends the world and is willing to tell them what he knows, they naturally do not want Jiang Xinghuo to be harmed in any mortal sense.

This damage includes both physical and psychological injuries.

After all, what Jiang Xinghuo accidentally pointed out to Jiang Shan during the lecture had gradually had an irreversible impact on the outside world.

Don't talk about anything else, let's just talk about "sharing the slave labor into the mother's land".

If the gentry and Confucian scholars in the world knew that this strategy that made them feel ungentlemanly and could no longer retain tenant farmers, causing them to directly lose a lot of wealth, was proposed by Jiang Xinghuo, then guess what Jiang Xinghuo would face?

To be more extreme, Jiang Xinghuo himself would be assassinated. This kind of assassination may not necessarily be instigated by some big figures in conspiracy theories. It may also be a down-and-out scholar who was affected by the "shared labor into his mother" policy and became angry. hit.

If this kind of thing really happens, who can say clearly?

Jiang Xinghuo didn't know their identities, so he was naturally safe in the imperial prison. After all, the feudal king's rebellion and attempt to besiege the imperial prison would most likely not happen again.

If he leaves the imperial prison, Zhu Gaoxu will keep him by his side. With the protection of the world's most powerful general and many brave guards, Jiang Xinghuo's personal safety will be guaranteed.

Psychologically, it's even more straightforward.

Zhu Di, the new emperor, was scolded every day!

Moreover, the gentry scolds you, harms you, and destroys your reputation. What can you do?

This is just like the Internet trolls of later generations. They are jealous that you have a better life than they do, and they will slander and spread rumors about you endlessly on the Internet.

It's okay if there are only a few people, and you can still refute them one by one, prove their slanders wrong, and protect your reputation.

But what if they are an organized and large-scale anonymous operation? Even seeking legal recourse will become very difficult.

You must know that the words “a crowd of words makes a fortune,” and “three people become a tiger” are not false.

Online violence can really kill people.

In this era, the same is true.

Therefore, they believe that Jiang Xinghuo does not know their identity. Even if he is released from prison, they will still pretend not to know the identity of Jiang Xinghuo, who "proposed countless major policies for the Ming Dynasty", so that they can protect Jiang Xinghuo to the maximum extent. and the reputation of his family.

Otherwise, once the gentry class knows about it and uses it to vent their anger by slandering their reputation, it will undoubtedly cause extremely strong psychological oppression to people with poor psychological endurance.

Not everyone can be like Zhu Di, who can calmly face the criticism of thousands of people and the condemnation of thousands of people.

Jiang Xinghuo was naturally aware of the exchange of glances between Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong.

However, this kind of awareness did not lead to anything more profound. Jiang Xinghuo's current state was that his brain was in an extremely focused teaching mode.

Of course, this was because he couldn't think about it. If after finishing the lecture, he might encounter certain things or see certain information, he would naturally think of something wrong between the two of them.

Jiang Xinghuo continued: "Since you also agree that the specific heat capacity of the ocean is greater than that of the land, then a very simple logic can be deduced. In winter, the temperatures of the ocean and land will drop, but the land has a lower specific heat capacity, so the temperature of the land The cooling is more pronounced than in the ocean, right?"

The logical chain he described was very complete, and Li Jinglong and Zhu Gaoxu nodded in agreement with this statement.

"Where it's cold, the pressure of the air is higher; where it's hot, the pressure of the air is lower."

Li Jinglong thought for a moment and then indicated that he understood. In fact, he only needed to regard the air as some kind of object.

"The formation of wind is that it blows from places with high air pressure to places with low air pressure."

"To sum up, in winter, because the specific heat capacity of land is low, the temperature is lower, that is, it is colder, forming a high-pressure area. The opposite is true in the ocean, so the winter wind comes from the land with high air pressure. Blowing toward the ocean where the air pressure is low creates the cold and dry northwest monsoon."

Jiang Xinghuo felt that his narration was relatively easy to understand, and the two of them did not raise any obvious questions, so they continued.

"In the same way, in summer, compared with the ocean, the land has a smaller specific heat capacity and a strong warming. The ocean has a lower temperature than the land. The colder ocean has high air pressure, so the wind blows to the hotter land. But it is worth noting that due to the It is full of water vapor, and it is also wind. Because the temperature is high in summer, the wind in summer is hotter than in winter, which leads to the formation of warm and humid summer monsoon."

"These two different monsoons have given the land of China the following characteristics. These characteristics determine our farming civilization!"

Jiang Xinghuo paused and said.

"That is, it is hot and rainy in summer, cold and rainy in winter, with hot and rainy weather at the same time, and four distinct seasons."

"Because of this, the Chinese civilization of spring planting, summer ripening, autumn harvesting, and winter storage exists!"