PS: This chapter is a bit difficult to write and involves some knowledge of antiquity.

One loss and one win, and finally it ended up in a draw.

The faces of the ministers present looked a little better.

It's just that most people are still sad and depressed, as if their parents have died.

As a scholar, he has the pride of a scholar, although the two questions raised by the Liao army envoy are somewhat deceptive and unexpected. But these are not reasons, if you can't answer it, you can't answer it, if you are ashamed, you will not cover up for ignorance, and you will not find reasons for ignorance.

The scholars of this era were still relatively pure, and they were not as shameless as they were in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

"What is the third question?" Zhao Pu asked.

"Why is it that a big ship comes from the sea, and when you look from afar from the shore, the first thing you see is the sails, not the sides?" The Liao envoy asked.

Zhao Pu sighed leisurely.

The answer to this question is simple, the reason is that the earth is round, and the sea level is not parallel, but arcs, and when it travels from the sea, the first thing you see is the sail, and then the side of the ship. It's just that this reason, he can't say, sometimes, some problems, can't be explained.

The ministers present immediately began to discuss again, the first problem is a mathematical problem, which is extremely difficult; The second is a physics problem, which seems simple, but if you don't think about it carefully, you really can't think of it; The third problem is the common sense of life, as long as you go to the beach and look at it, you will know the truth and falsehood.

Zhao Pu deliberately asked: "Right Prime Minister, you once supervised the construction of warships in Quanzhou, is it true that the envoy of the Liao State said it?" ”

"As the Liao envoy said, on the seashore is to see the sails, and then see the side of the ship!" Li Gang affirmed.

The ministers present fell into deep thought again, pondering the question.

The entire court fell into silence. Quietly, the pin drop can be heard.

The elites of the Great Song Dynasty, the ministers present were once again stumped.

At this time, the envoy of the Liao State waited with a smile, not urging or sarcastic, just waiting quietly, seemingly very patient.

Just looking at the envoy of the Liao State, the smiling and unbeaten face, Zhao Pu wanted to rush forward. Send a few punches and turn him into a panda eye, just think about it, forget it! He is the emperor, and he has to talk about grace. It is uncivilized to beat someone, even if it is to beat someone. It was also the younger brothers and horses who stepped forward to beat people. And not he did it himself.

That's the difference between a bigwig and a hooligan.

The elites of the Great Song Dynasty present sweated more and more when they thought about it, and the more they thought about it, the more confused they became, and they only felt that their heads seemed to be chaotic, and they didn't know anything.

Time is ticking, and the time for the next dynasty has come. But the elites of the Great Song Dynasty are still thinking.

I have to think about it, this is related to the majesty of the Heavenly Empire.

How could a generation of Heavenly Empire be stumped by a small barbarian and lose this person. For the honor of the Celestial Empire. I have to figure out a way, otherwise I will be embarrassed.

After becoming the emperor, Zhao Pu has always boasted that he can sit still, but at the moment, his butt is a little unable to sit still, and his stomach is even more gurgling, and he is a little hungry. It's just a pity that the question is not answered, and it is impossible to want to eat!

Thinking about it, Zhao Pu felt that it was better to endure it!

Among the ministers present, all of them are older than him, and some of them are gray-haired, drooping and old, and they are standing, but they can still hold on, and he can especially admit defeat!

Zhao Pu had no choice but to think silently and distract himself.

"Wechen thought of it!"

At this time, Qin Hui suddenly spoke.

Zhao Pu's heart moved, and he blurted out: "What is the answer?" ”

"Speak quickly!"

"A small question, how can it stump my big country!"

"Zuo Xiangguo is really a wise man!"

Qin Hui said: "There is already an answer in the book!" ”

"What's the answer?" Some ministers were in a hurry.

Qin Hui said: "Huainanzi? Tianwen Xun": "The former worked together and fought for the emperor, angry and untouchable mountains, the pillars of heaven were broken, the earth was extinct, the sky was tilted to the northwest, so the sun, moon and stars shifted; The land is not in the southeast, so the water and dust return. Later, Nuwa mended the sky and cut the four legs of the turtle as a pillar. However, the heaven and the earth are broken, causing the sky to fall to the northwest and the earth to the southeast! ”

Many courtiers nodded, somewhat understanding.

Once upon a time, the Gonggong and Zhuan fought for the position of the Tribal Emperor, and (the Gonggong was defeated in the Great War) (Gonggong) angrily struck his head against Buzhou Mountain, and the pillar supporting the heavens broke, and the rope that tied the earth was broken. The heavens are tilted to the northwest, so the sun, moon, and stars are moving in the northwest direction; The southeast part of the earth collapsed, so that the rivers and rivers were flowing towards the southeast corner.

Qin Hui continued: "The collapse of the southeast corner of the earth not only makes the water of the river flow into the southeast, but also makes the sea uneven! ”

"The sea is uneven!" When Zhao Pu heard this, his eyes flashed with appreciation.

Qin Hui is worthy of being a traitor, with a very high IQ, if he is not an official and is dedicated to the cause of science, maybe he is the Chinese version of Newton, but it is a pity............

"The sea is uneven?" Suddenly, many ministers pondered.

Qin Hui continued: "Hun Tian has words, and Hun Tian is like a chicken. The celestial bodies are round like projectiles, the earth is like a chicken in the middle yellow, and it lives alone in the sky, the sky is big and the earth is small. The earth and the ocean in which we live are like egg yolks. And the yolk itself is round, or oval, so that everything can be understood. Standing on the seashore and looking at it from afar, it is natural to see the sails first, and then the side of the ship. ”

"The earth we live on is round!"

The ministers present were all stunned by Qin Hui's sharp views.

It's just that if I think about it carefully, according to the reasoning of the armillary theory, the earth is really round.

The theory of the heavens is itself the theory of the circle of the earth.

"No way, if the earth is round, then there must be some heads up and down, why don't those people fall?" Li Gang asked.

Qin Hui explained: "The reason is very simple, magnets can attract iron filings, and the earth is also a huge magnet, and we are all iron filings!" ”

"Impossible, doesn't make sense?" Li Gang was still in disbelief.

The other ministers of the DPRK and China were also in disbelief.

If the earth is round, then some people must be standing with their heads down, or standing obliquely, but why they don't fall, why they don't feel head-down, everyone doesn't understand.

"There are some things that you don't understand and can't explain, but they really exist. For example, why magnets attract iron but not copper, no one can explain why, but it exists; There is also no explanation for why gunpowder exploded, but it actually exists! Qin Hui said, "The earth is the egg yolk, the sky is the egg white, relying on each other, probably can't fall down!" ”

Zhao Pu secretly admired in his heart, Qin Hui is amazing!

Qin Hui is not a scientist, he has not been rigorously studied, but he just looked at the books at random a few times, and then reasoned, and came to this conclusion. It's not easy!

However, this is also his biggest shortcoming, and he does not seek to understand it.

Even if he could deduce the theory of the earth from the theory of the heavens, it was only swept away, and he did not think about building a large fleet and conducting nautical trials.

The envoy of the Liao army also said: "Right Minister, it is really a talent of Tianzhong, I admire it!" ”

Qin Hui was also slightly proud in his heart, but he didn't show it.

It's just that many ministers are not happy, they seem to be dissatisfied with Qin Hui's limelight, and they also seem to be sad about the difficulty of this issue!

At this time, Zhao Pu stood up and said: "Knowledge is like a circle, knowing knowledge is like being inside a circle, and knowledge that you don't understand is outside a circle." The more knowledge you have, the bigger the circle will be, and the area outside the circle will be. The shallow have limited knowledge and limited vision, and think they are omnipotent, but in fact they are just frogs at the bottom of the well; And the true polymath knows, the more knowledge, the more ignorant he feels.

"When the sergeant heard the word, he acted diligently; When the sergeant heard this, if he survived, he died; When the corporal heard this, he laughed, not laughing is not enough! The ancients asked, Chao asked, death is enough. ”

"Today's envoy asked three questions, and I learned that the way of the Great Song Dynasty is lacking, and there is no difference between high and low knowledge, and some are only different from the arts. There are no tricks in the world, there are only useful and useless. I want to establish a physics school, and Zuo Xiangke is willing to take office! ”

Qin Hui chuckled in his heart, and the secret path was not good.

He did a good job in the Banking Regulatory Department, supervising the operation of the bank, and at this time, the bank really became a huge place to accumulate money, as the emperor said, and a large amount of money came in and out every day, and life was just right. But now he is going to be transferred to the so-called "School of Physics", whether it is to be transferred from the bright and secretly down.

I don't know that traitor slandered the emperor! (To be continued......)