"Your Majesty seems to have heard of some heliocentric views on the ancient Greek scholar Aristarchus to Copernicus? This, in fact, is not surprising. As early as the time of the sages, people have used some geometric methods to determine that the size of the sun is actually larger than that of the earth. But that doesn't tell the story, like a flame that looks dazzling, it doesn't necessarily weigh as much as a stone. If it is said that the people of the time of the sages could not go too far by sailing to observe the displacement of the stars. Now, from Cape of the Storm to Sweden, from the German states to China, after some real measurements, it would be right that John is also leaning more and more toward the church. Tens of thousands of miles away, coupled with the most sophisticated instruments, cannot detect the displacement of the stars... Moreover, if the assumption that the earth rotates is true, why wouldn't man throw it off... ”

John Tang's argument also made Xiao Xuan have to admire, it turns out that the debate between geocentrism and heliocentrism existed as early as the ancient Greek era, and the church also has a set of theoretical systems that seem to be logical and self-consistent.

Of course, Xiao Xuan only said about this: "This sounds like there is a lot of truth, but it is not rigorous and unquestionable. Sometimes, there are things in the world that can be understood through human logical thinking. But there are some things that may not be understood through people's general intuition and experience. In this world, there are too many things we don't know. For example, what is the source of heat for the sun to emit light and heat forever at such a distance? Because there are so many incredible things, there is a great attraction on Earth, and the same is true for other celestial bodies, and it is not necessarily impossible ... ”

When talking about these things about astronomy and world view, Xiao Xuan suddenly understood a question: Why are you very confused that Xu Guangqi and other traditional scholars and doctors will worship Catholicism? I am afraid that it has something to do with the fact that others can subvert the understanding of heaven and earth by ordinary people in the entire era with a set of self-consistent theories, and then subvert the whole set of traditional philosophical world-based interpretations since the Zhou Dynasty, right? This is undoubtedly a challenge to the old theory of monarchy. Thinking of this, Xiao Xuan, who was a little vigilant, shifted the topic to some practical matters, and came to the artillery test ground with Tang Ruowang and some other people. Of course, Xiao Xuan had the intention of hiding his own interests, and did not put together the formula of free fall and some of the methods for testing the wind resistance aerodynamics and even the muzzle velocity of the artillery that have been summarized by many firearms measurements in the past few months. Just wanted to see the level of the West in this era on related issues, especially in terms of ranging.

As a result, of course, it did not fully meet Xiao Xuan's expectations and requirements, the European calculus of this era had not yet been formed and applied to gunnery, and the theory and experience of many aspects of Western artillery were still very dependent on actual measurements. However, some ranging tools and artillery ammunition loading methods have also corrected many long-standing problems.

John Tang was even more surprised that in the east at this time, in the team that had just formed the army, the gunners' artillery skills were so good. At the same time, he also guessed that the new emperor, who had just ascended the throne, must have a lot of secret techniques that he was not convenient to reveal in order to do so. It seems that I have to do something more important in other ways in order to be a real bargaining chip...

However, what made Xiao Xuan a little relieved was that in the past few months, there was still some news that had been arranged. Especially when Xiao Xuan saw Cao Huachun again, who had just become the new commander of Dongchang.

"Things are already in sight? Nothing will go wrong, right? Xiao Xuan heard about this when he returned to the study and saw Cao Huachun again. Of course, Cao Huachun only secretly sent someone to stab some officials who were not very important in Shaanxi and Gansu. The appointment of military attachés below the rank of thousand generals is not a big deal even in this era, and the Son of Heaven has this power. At most, it is only at the level of a general that you need to take care of some things.

"Qi Qi Sheng, the errand officer surnamed Li from Mizhi County has been found, after all, he was born in Mizhi County, and he is an errand boy in the Northwest Post Station, and there are not many people who are still relatively young. Pingbu Qingyun was directly appointed as the president of Qian, or with many cronies in his hometown, he also took over as the officers below, Yang Zhaoji, the general of Ganzhou, and the general Wang Guoren and others were simply quite happy, and they didn't cause much trouble. . . ”

"If you don't cause trouble, that's fine..." Xiao Xuan just replied.

Cao Huachun felt a little inexplicable, I don't know why the Son of Heaven was so important to this person surnamed Li, but he didn't summon him to the capital.

Regarding Li Zicheng and Li Hongji, Xiao Xuan also thought about it for a long time, and finally gave up his plan to directly accept him as a junior brother by his side. Because such a historically famous rebel leader cannot be as reliable as those who have become famous. When the environment changes, no one can say whether it will become an unstable careerist. Deviating from history, but not changing too much, may be a more appropriate way to use it.

For Li Hongji at this time, it was the first New Year after the joy fell from the sky, whether it was Li Hongji or Li Guo, they both became a thousand generals in the Ganzhou border army because of a mysterious edict in the autumn of the seventh year of the Apocalypse. He is in charge of hundreds of men and horses, and he has many cronies who have fled their hometowns due to drought. I also had a lot of money on hand.

Ordinary soldiers in the army are poor, but the general is greatly improved, but to a large extent, it is still dependent on the snort, but when you become a thousand generals in the army, like the status of the five hundred lords of the Qin Dynasty or the captain of the Song army in charge of a command, it is very different from the past. Qian is always the deputy of the general, and in many cases is directly responsible for the salary, which is very different from Li Zicheng's position in history.

It's just that at this time, Li Guo found that the New Year was happy in this army, and when many close soldiers from his hometown around him were talking, laughing, and drinking, Li Hongji seemed to be very silent.

"Are you thinking about the dead? This is the way of the world, and it is not surprising that you have seen a lot. Anyway, our uncle and nephew are one step to the sky... ”

Of course, Li Hongji thought of his parents who died of famine a few years ago, as well as the most impoverished days of his own, and at this time, he couldn't help but suddenly say loudly to the night sky: "Dad! Mother! Now it's finally come out! In the future, we will surely build a greater deed... ”

However, on this Chinese New Year's Eve that made Li Hongji's uncle and nephew feel a little nostalgic, suddenly a pro-soldier came with news that made people feel a little inexplicable. It is said that a merchant from afar came to congratulate him with a heavy gift.

"What? Merchant? Heavy gifts? We are just a thousand presidents, what kind of gifts will these grain merchants who pit people on weekdays have? Because he has experienced a lot of things, Li Hongji believes that blessing and misfortune are not a one-way street, and he also has a bad premonition at this time.

(End of chapter)