Chapter 260: Earthquake and Thunder

Rainstorms are coming, and strong winds are blowing.

The concentration of water vapor in the air is extremely high, which makes people feel suffocating.

Rolling dark clouds shrouded the entire Forbidden City, and Xiao Weizhen strengthened his belief even more, this is the wrath of the heavens, in order to punish the Academy of Sciences for its disrespect to heaven and earth.

Zhu Qizhen looked at the righteousness on these people's faces, although it was funny, but there was a sigh in his heart.

The Academy of Sciences compiled the encyclopedia in the hope of promoting the development of the natural sciences.

At this time, Daming was in the transition stage from traditional Confucianism to new science, and he did not expect everyone to learn these popular science knowledge, but hoped that there would be some people who dared to question it, and then through practice, to confirm these things in the book.

As long as there is a part of the world that is willing to accept the spirit of scientific argumentation, then the purpose of this book has been achieved.

However, encouraging you to question and encourage you to experiment is not for you to play with your life!

Click!

A thunderbolt sounded in the sky, which seemed to be right in the ears, shaking people's eardrums.

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "Xiao Qing, what's the trouble with this, in fact, you can find live creatures such as cattle and sheep to replace you in experiments, and there is no need to risk yourself!"

His words were meant to be good, he didn't want to watch a big living person being killed by lightning like this, and he couldn't bear it.

However, Xiao Weizhen didn't think so.

He asked for a personal test outside the temple, in addition to breaking the deception of the Academy of Sciences, there was another reason, that is, to re-correct the name of the scholars.

The emperor opened a new policy and suppressed the former scholars very much, although some people did have corruption and bribery, or abuse of power, these people deserve to die.

But you can't beat everyone to death with a stick, can you?

For 2,000 years, the Four Books and Five Classics, Confucianism ruled the country, why did it suddenly become dross when it came to the Orthodox Unification Dynasty?

He can't accept this fact, therefore, he needs to prove it to the emperor and show it to everyone!

The principle of heaven is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to be disobedient.

Even if you are the Son of Heaven, you must obey the will of Heaven.

If you, the emperor, do misbehaving, the heavens must have a warning.

However, now that you attribute all this to natural phenomena, don't you mean that whatever happens in the future is the result of nature, and from now on, there will be no loss of morality?

Therefore, it was categorically impossible for him to back down at this time.

Seeing the emperor's words of dissuasion, he strengthened his belief in his heart.

"Thank you for the emperor's kindness, the old minister is reading the book of sages, and he has cultivated virtue in his life, so why be afraid? If today's righteous death festival is really righteous, it can be regarded as a contribution to the scientific development of the Ming Dynasty, and there are no regrets in this life!"

Say, I looked up to the sky and laughed.

It's just that this smile is full of disdain.

In his heart, all these things engaged in by the Academy of Sciences are all fallacies and heresies that mislead people's children.

A few Hanlin behind him followed and said, "Please let the emperor testify with your own eyes, if you don't destroy this demon book today, I am ashamed to be a saint!"

At this time, two figures hurriedly came, it was Cao Nai and Zhang Yi of the cabinet.

When the two saw this scene, they couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Although Cao Nai didn't know how to guide mines, he knew that it was dangerous to do so.

These people in Hanlin Academy, when you were young, didn't your mother tell you not to stand under a big tree on a rainy day? ….

This is the most basic common sense of life, why do you still fly a kite?

The two of them shouted from afar, "Everyone, don't make trouble, it's going to rain!"

Xiao Weizhen was even more excited when he saw the first assistant of the cabinet coming.

"Cao Gong, Zhang Gong, please be a witness today, and take a look at how ridiculous that nonsense book is!"

Bang!

At this moment, there was another thunderclap.

Immediately afterward, torrential rain poured down.

Everyone outside the main hall was suddenly drenched in soup.

Xiao Weizhen suddenly burst out laughing, pointed to the sky, and shouted, "

Cao Gong, Zhang Gong, have you seen it, this day the thunder is high above, and a copper wire wants to lead the thunder, how ridiculous is the so-called thunderbolt experiment!"

Academy of Sciences Belle and the others stood aside, keeping a certain distance from these madmen, and their faces sank like water, as if they were facing a great enemy.

It is precisely because they are engaged in scientific research that, of course, they know that any experiment has a probability of success.

They have personally conducted experiments on thunder and lightning, but they have not always been successful.

If you can't attract thunder today, it stands to reason that there is nothing surprising.

It's just that in the current situation, telling the people of the Hanlin Academy that the experiment might fail is completely unconvincing.

The thunder rang out again and again, and the dark clouds were getting lower and lower, and from time to time lightning flashed.

And the huge kite had already begun to float into the low clouds.

Seeing this, Cao Nai was so anxious that he shouted, "Danger, quickly untie the copper wire, if you have anything to say, enter the hall and say!"

Xiao Weizhen obviously didn't have any intention of flinching, and shouted, "Cao Gong can't see it? Recently, the heavens have frequently warned because there are female cadres in the court, the emperor often kills ministers, fights everywhere, and the people are miserable, this is the result of the emperor's mistaken belief in female thieves, the content of these books, deviant, and demonic rumors to confuse the public, clearly want to subvert the country, if you don't kill the female cadres, the source is clear, and the catastrophe is just around the corner, I implore the emperor to think twice......

Cool!

A sudden thunderclap sounded, interrupting Xiao Weizhen's tirade.

I saw the kite that poked into the clouds, and suddenly, there was a ball of fire!

It turned out to be lightning in the clouds, and when it came into contact with the copper piece in the kite, everyone only felt that their eyes were bright, and an electric light flashed in the air like a silver snake.

In an instant, the sky suddenly lit up!

Everyone looked at the sky in shock, and a clearly visible electric current instantly lit up the copper wire.

The tremendous electric current is as bright as day.

At this moment, Xiao Weizhen was still shouting: "Please think twice...... emperor

The electricity drawn by the heavenly thunder, like a silver snake, quickly penetrated his body.

Then, the second, the third......

In an instant, all the Hanlins who were wrapped in copper wires trembled and foamed at the mouth.

There was a stench in the heavy rain, and the hair, skin, and clothes of these people were all burned.

The whole process didn't even take a second, and everyone didn't even have time to react, and it was over.

The rest of the Hanlin Academy was so frightened that they retreated again and again, really attracting heavenly thunder?

Cao Nai and Zhang Yi glanced at each other, and the two of them didn't know what to do, so they had to look at Belin, as if asking, are they dead?

Belin shouted, "Break the copper wire in his hand first!"

However, these people are afraid that they will not die badly enough, the copper wire is tightly wrapped around their bodies, and the kite is still swaying in the clouds, which can trigger a second thunder at any time!

Fan Zhong witnessed the power of the heavenly thunder with his own eyes, and fearing that he would hurt the emperor, drew a steel knife from the hand of one of the guards, and shouted, "Get out of the way!"

Belin hurriedly dissuaded: "Don't!"

There are dragons in Nanshan