Chapter Fifty-Six: The Circle of the Earth and the Circle of the Heavens
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Li Shimin listened to this sudden momentum, and his heart was full of joy. Bailiyun is doing this, it can be said that Li Shimin's reputation in Chang'an City has reached a higher level, which is very important to him, especially at this time, it gives him endless motivation.
Li Shimin looked at Bai Liyun, who turned his head and knelt down on one knee to himself, and nodded with satisfaction.
With today's point, coupled with Bailiyun's previous achievements, as well as Fang Cai's plans and measures, Li Shimin is quite at ease with him. To hell with all the salt taxes, profits, discord, unruliness, and so on!
Bailiyun lowered his head, and a hint of darkness flashed in his eyes.
Xin said: "It seems that I was still too kind in the past, there are so many people secretly messing with me, now I am the eldest grandson Wuji, in the future, isn't it a matter that any cat or dog can find me?" It seems that it is necessary to take the opportunity to expand its influence. ”
"I used to be too gentle, I don't want to be like Yue Fei and let you politicians slaughter me wantonly. You must know that the idol of this Taoist master is said by Bai Qi, the god of killing in the Warring States period, and Hitler, the great hero. It's time to show your courage, and if you dare to shout again, let you taste Lao Tzu's iron-blooded policy! ”
Li Shimin stretched out his hand to personally help Bailiyun up, and said with a smile: "Hahaha, General Baili, please get up quickly." I've decided, I'm going to do it at all costs! Is there anything else you can say? After speaking, he skimmed the colorful ball on the other side.
Bailiyun immediately understood and said with a smile: "That ball is called the earth, which is another form of the layout of this world. ”
Fang Xuanling asked, "Oh, General Baili, why did you deliberately make it a spherical shape?" ”
Bailiyun smiled, picked up the huge globe and said, "It's daytime now, it's been a long time, I won't let you guess slowly, just say it." If you look closely, you will find an indisputable fact. In fact, when he presents the sphere, you will find that all the continents and oceans are connected in an orderly manner. In other words, it was the world that formed the sphere, not that I made it a sphere. ”
Looking at the confused crowd, Bailiyun revealed the mystery: "In other words, this world is actually a spherical shape, that is, the earth. ”
Cheng Yanjin immediately laughed: "Don't be kidding, Qingyang, if the world was round, then you would have fallen a long time ago." ”
Bai Liyun also looked at Cheng Yanjin with a smile, and said affirmatively: "I'm not joking, this is all based on evidence." I couldn't fall because there was a gravitational attraction in the center of the earth, and it was attracting our bodies. ”
Gao Shilian was stunned for a moment, and also retorted: "Qingyang, aren't you a Taoist priest, don't you understand the round sky?" ”
Cheng Yanjin also pouted: "That's it, that's it, you're a Taoist priest, you actually say that the earth is round, are you denying yourself?" It can't be stupid to practice at night, right? "After that, I have to reach out and touch Bailiyun's head to see if there is a fever.
Bai Liyun knocked off its hand and smiled softly: "Hehe, that's right, I am indeed a Taoist priest, how could I be mistaken." ”
Cheng Biting Jin said: "Then you still say that the world is round." ”
Bailiyun explained: "The earth is round. Of course, there is nothing wrong with a round sky. ”
Eldest Sun Wuji sneered: "Aren't you contradicting yourself? ”
Bai Liyun glanced at him, and explained with the same sneer: "This is not a contradiction, it is your misunderstanding. The sky is round and the place is not such a superficial explanation that the sky is round and the earth is square. ”
To be precise, the circle of heaven refers to the regular cycle of spring, summer, autumn and winter between heaven and earth, which repeats itself to form a circle. Place refers to the direction of the earth in all directions. Taken together, it is the complete space-time composed of time and space, that is, the world. ”
"So, this has nothing to do with the fact that the earth is round, and it doesn't matter if I'm an orthodox Taoist priest or not. Not to mention that the earth is round, even if it is triangular, the theory that the sky is round and the place still works. ”
"Also, if you look closely, you will see that when a ship comes from a distance, it is often the first to see the mast sail and then the hull to the end. Also, when we can build a ship that travels through the world, you will find another phenomenon, if you keep walking, one day, you will return to where you started. All this shows that the earth, he is round. ”
"You may not be able to accept it for a while, but this is the truth, the irreversible fact."
After hearing this, everyone was silent, and there was no anger for a long time.
Bai Liyun knew that they had been hit too hard this day, so he comforted him again: "Your Majesty, my lords, in fact, I can't complain about you about this matter!" After all, our accounts are so condensed and haphazard that many of the writings of the sages are now misunderstood due to different transcriptions and individual paragraphs. ”
Bai Liyun immediately gave an example: "I think that back then, the monarch of Qi asked his military advisor a question, and the military advisor nodded and smiled, and said: "Ran" The monarch went back and pondered for a long time to think about whether Ran agreed or opposed, and as a result, he became ill from hard work, and when he was dying, he told the military advisor the answer he considered, and asked the military advisor if this was what he meant at that time, and the military advisor smiled: "Ran" The emperor immediately lost his breath. (This story is heard before, I don't know if it's an allusion, don't take it too seriously)
After seeing that everyone had some reactions after hearing this, Bailiyun gave another example: "Again, Mencius once said that a gentleman is far away from cooking, and everyone who has flesh and blood can practice it. The understanding of the people now is that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen to avoid blood stains and other dirty bodies. But in my understanding, the gentleman can't bear to see the blood and gas produced by the killing, so he stays away from the kitchen. ”
Bai Liyun said with a smile: "This is the error caused by the unclear sentence breaks, so this matter has been done since ancient times, and you and Your Majesty don't have to mind." ”
Li Shimin sighed and said: "Ai, it's true, this is indeed a hard injury that cannot be changed!" In the long run, how many classics will I Datang have in the future to be completely disappointed because of this! ”
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui and other Wenchen were also annoyed and agreed with Li Shimin's point of view.
Bailiyun laughed.
Just when everyone was surprised why he was laughing at this time, Bailiyun said: "Haha, Your Majesty, my lords, in fact, there is no need to worry about this at all, this matter is easy to solve." In fact, in ordinary times, some people deliberately separate a distance at the end of each sentence in order to distinguish the meaning of the sentence and distinguish the meaning, so as to ensure the fluency of reading and the understanding of the broken sentence. ”