readx(); When Zhu Youzhen heard that Galileo was still alive, he was so excited that he lost his temper. Fortunately, Anna was a devout Catholic, so she said with some dissatisfaction: "You also know Galileo? Although this man was very famous, he preached heresy and had a very bad influence, so the church put him under house arrest. What does he have to be so happy about? ”

Zhu Cunqi has rarely been so happy as a child recently, and with her understanding of her husband, this Galileo must be an extremely important figure who can be of great help to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he also smiled with interest and asked: "I don't know who Galileo is, can Her Royal Highness the princess explain it in detail?" ”

Anna pouted unhappily, "This person, I don't really want to say it!" ”

"Let's let his students introduce them." Zhu Youzhen finally calmed down his excitement and looked at Viviani with eager eyes.

Seeing that the Chinese emperor attached so much importance to Galileo, Viviani was naturally very proud, and hurriedly said: "Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor. My teacher, Galileo, whose full name is Galileo Galilei, is sixty-three years old this year. Born into an aristocratic family in Pisa, he moved with his family to Florence at an early age, where he entered a convent to study. At the age of seventeen, he entered the University of Pisa to study medicine, but his real interest was in mathematics, physics and instrument making.

The enemy is far from being the ghost behind the ball

The enemy is far from being the ghost behind the ball, and Zhu Youzhen heard that Galileo was still alive, and he was so excited that he lost his temper. Fortunately, Anna was a devout Catholic, so she said with some dissatisfaction: "You also know Galileo? Although this man was very famous, he preached heresy and had a very bad influence, so the church put him under house arrest. What does he have to be so happy about? ”

Later, because his father went bankrupt, Galileo had to drop out of school and work as a tutor to make a living, but he was always engaged in scientific research. At the age of only twenty-one, he wrote his essay "The Scales", which caused a sensation in the academic circles, calling him 'Archimedes of our time'. By the age of twenty-five, many of his papers had been recognized by the world, and the University of Pisa hired him as a professor to teach geometry and heaven.

"Later, my teacher went to many universities to teach, and his reputation grew. But he often questioned the classics, and was opposed by many people for this. Take Aristotle, for example, in all universities, Aristotle's writings are compulsory. But my teacher thinks that many of the ideas in these writings are wrong, such as that if a heavy object and a light object fall at the same time, the heavy one will land before the light one. ”

After the hatred of the distant enemy, the hatred of the moon, the hatred of the sail

"What's wrong with that?" Zhu Cunqi said in surprise, "For example, a stone and a leaf, didn't the stone fall first?" ”

Viviani hurriedly said, "It's not just you, everyone thinks so at the time. But my teacher reasoned that this conclusion was wrong. Because if this conclusion is correct, then when two iron balls are tied together and falling, the slow one will drag the fast one, and the falling speed should be slower than that of a single heavy ball; However, if these two iron balls are regarded as a whole, they are heavier than a single heavy ball, and they should fall faster. These two results are clearly contradictory, and both are derived from the assumption that heavy objects fall before light objects, which means that this hypothesis is not valid.

The feud is not far away, and the ghost hates Mo and is ruthless

In order to prove this to be a false conclusion, he did a very famous experiment. Pisa has a leaning tower, and the teacher ascends to the top of the tower under the gaze of the whole city, and falls freely with a heavier iron ball and a lighter iron ball at the same time. Beyond everyone's expectations,..."

"Two iron balls hit the ground at the same time!" Zhu Youzhen laughed and interjected, "I learned it when I was in elementary school. ”

"Elementary school?" Zhu Cunqi was even more surprised, "Long live growing up in the Forbidden City, did you still go to elementary school?" How can there be such content in elementary school? ”

"Uh... Let's not talk about this for now, let's listen to Mr. Viviani's introduction. Zhu Youzhen smiled embarrassedly, thinking that he almost missed his mouth if he was not careful.

"My teacher has many more inventions, the most important of which is the refracting telescope." Viviani continued, "With refracting telescopes, it is possible to better observe the movement of celestial bodies. The teacher wrote his observations into the book "Star Messenger", but he began to suffer bad luck because of it. The church believes that the teacher's preaching of heliocentrism contradicts the geocentric theory that the church has long adhered to, violates the doctrine of Christ, and is blasphemy against the Lord.

"My teacher had to go to the Inquisition for trial, and although Pope Eid Al-Pont VIII and my teacher were old friends, he would not be allowed to protect him when it came to such a matter as doctrine. Now that the teacher is under house arrest in his home in Florence, awaiting the verdict of the Inquisition, the news is not optimistic, and the teacher may be sentenced to death. ”

Speaking of this, Viviani's mood was certainly a lot lower, and Zhu Youzhen's face was also gloomy, and he was silent for a long time. Zhu Cunqi couldn't help but ask: "I don't know what heliocentric theory and geocentric theory mean, but it should be just an academic debate, how can it be so dead?" ”

Zhu Youzhen sneered and said: "Although it is an academic debate, if Galileo is right, the church is wrong, everything in the church will be doubted, how can the Catholic Church maintain its authority and give orders?" Galileo was still lucky, Bruno had been burned alive because he insisted on heliocentrism! ”

"Your Majesty also knows about Bruno?" Anna said in amazement.

"John Tang told me." Zhu Youzhen responded vaguely, pondered for a while, and said slowly, "Galileo is the greatest scientist of our time, he belongs to the whole world, and the Inquisition has no right to sentence him to death." Your Royal Highness the Princess, Mr. Envoys, is there any way to ensure that Galileo does not die now, even if it is to delay time? ”

After the enemy, he was reluctant to fight alone

Viviani said distressedly: "Duke Palacio and I have discussed all the possibilities, but to no avail, otherwise I would have rescued the teacher long ago." ”

"Is this Galileo really that important to His Majesty?" Anna pouted.

Zhu Youzhen knew that she had a way when he heard it, and said earnestly: "Not only is it important to me, but Galileo is also very important to the development of the whole world. If you can save Galileo's life, I will thank you very much! ”

"Really?" Anna stared at Zhu Youzhen slyly, "Okay then! Actually, my method is very simple. The Inquisition's conviction of a man of such repute as Galileo required the opinion of cardinals of various countries. Originally, such a heretic, no matter what the cardinal of any country, would demand severe punishment. But since His Majesty the Emperor does not want him to die, with the cardinal of my country, I can ask my brother to persuade him and join forces with my brother to explicitly oppose the death sentence of Galileo. Portugal has the right to protect the church, and the Holy See will definitely consider it seriously. ”

The knot is hated by the family, and the sun hates by the cold and is too cold

"Good!" Zhu Youzhen groaned, and said word by word, "Your country only needs to protect Galileo for five years at most." In five years, you won't have to bother! ”

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