Chapter Sixty-Nine: Argument!
Lu Wen listened to the people's questions, and his heart was overjoyed, but looking at Song Zhen and Fan Zhongyan, who were calm, he was a little panicked in his heart.
I always feel that the other party seems to be fishing.
Song Zhen is indeed fishing, but he is not fishing for a small miscellaneous fish like Lu Wen.
For this kind of small trash fish, Song Zhen can be pinched to death at will.
It is the ignorant fish in the hearts of the people of the Great Song Dynasty and the civil and military officials, and Song Chu hopes to take this opportunity to let them know one thing and know what the power of science is!
What does it mean to know by doing?
Fan Zhongyan listened to the doubts of the common people, he smiled and said, "I know what everyone thinks, since everyone has differences, let's take out their own self to prove whether this earth is round or not!"
"In fact, there are many ways to prove whether the earth is round, such as going on a round-the-world voyage, a ship departs from Quanzhou or Hangzhou, and asks him to go in one direction without stopping, and in the end, he will still return to the place where he started, although this method is useful, but it takes too long!"
"And this is Bianliang, which does not have such experimental conditions!"
"So today I will use another method to prove to you that you can see with your own eyes, the earth! Is it round after all?"
Fan Zhongyan looked at the hot air balloon that was being started and continued: "This thing in front of me, it's called a hot air balloon, let's not talk about the principle first, in short, this thing can take people to the sky! You can go to the sky and see what the earth is like!"
"Of course, you don't have to worry about whether you won't be able to fly up and not get down, rest assured, we have enough security measures to ensure everyone's safety, but before that, I first ask my colleagues to openly question this theory, and the Luwen Lutai who attacked Princess Han to come to the sky with me, and see with my own eyes whether the earth is round or not!"
As he spoke, Fan Zhongyan looked back at Lu Wen: "Lu Taiguan, please!"
Lu Wen looked at the hot air balloon that had inflated and swallowed his saliva, he knew that if he didn't go this time, not only would he be ruined, but even his reputation would be completely ruined, Lu Wen subconsciously glanced back, and then said with difficulty: "Fan Secret Pavilion, this thing you are talking about, it... Is it reliable?"
Fan Zhongyan smiled and said, "Lu Taiguan, what are you afraid of, I will go up with you!"
Fan Zhongyan said that he directly got into the hot air balloon and shouted at Lu Wen, who was still hesitating, "Lu Taiguan, hurry up!"
Lu Wen gritted his teeth and strode towards the hot air balloon.
As the hot air balloon was launched, the exclamations of the ministers and the people came and went.
"Oh my God, can this thing really go up to heaven?"
"I'd love to go up and see what the sky is like!"
"You say... Is the earth really round?"
Fan Zhongyan took out a coat and handed it to Lu Wen: "Lu Taiguan, put it on, it's very cold in the sky!"
Lu Wen was stunned: "What is this statement?"
Fan Zhongyan said with a smile: "We have done relevant experiments, as the altitude rises, the temperature in the sky will get lower and lower, this time we will fly higher, for the sake of your body, you better put on your clothes..."
Lu Wen pursed his lips, he was not stubborn, after all, his life was important after all. ….
Sure enough, as the height rose, Lu Wen also felt that it was getting colder and colder, and he trembled and looked at the ground under his feet, and the whole person was stunned.
The earth is like a pot lid, round, and the higher you rise, the more you can see that the earth is round!
He once believed in the theory that the sky is round and the earth is round, but in his own witness, it crumbled little by little!
"Alright, almost, it's time for us to go down!"
With Fan Zhongyan's order, the hot air balloon began to descend slowly.
In the end, in the anticipatory eyes of everyone, the hot air balloon landed safely on the ground, and Lu Wen trembled and walked down.
Fan Zhongyan smiled and said to the common people, "Just now I went up with the road official to see it with my own eyes, and I did
Needless to say, this hot air balloon will stay here for a month, and within a month, anyone can take a ride on it to see what the ground is like under our feet."
"Of course, we don't collect money, but we must comply with the relevant regulations, if we don't comply with the regulations, we won't be responsible for any losses, and the ugly words will be said first!"
As soon as Fan Zhongyan's voice fell, the people suddenly burst into cheers, God!
They can do this kind of thing!
And also don't want money!
Zichen Palace
Lu Wen knelt on the ground: "The minister is guilty..."
Song Zhen snorted coldly: "Do you want to escape punishment if you are guilty? As a speech official, you can frame whoever you want without any investigation? That's right, others praise you for being a big man, maybe you want to leave when you hear about it?!"
Saying that, Song Zhen bowed his hand to Zhenzong and said, "Your Majesty, the retainers ask for a severe punishment for Lu Wen, and if you hear about it, you should also ban it!"
Qi Mu couldn't hold it back anymore at this time, as a servant of the imperial history, he was in charge of the affairs of the Taiwan admonition, and the rumor was the core right of the Taiwan admonition, once this point was lost, was there still a need for the official to exist?
"Your Majesty, no! The wind rumor is personally granted by Emperor Taizu to supervise the hundred officials, if the wind and the news are abolished, how can the hundred officials supervise?!"
Song Zhen sneered: "Emperor Taizu set up a Taiwan edict, originally with the intention of supervising hundreds of officials, but today, you have taken advantage of the rumors to start attacking others at will, and even if you are the prime minister, you can only keep your door closed at the first time you are impeached, and even resign to avoid suspicion in serious cases."
"But most of the so-called rumors are just hearsay, and there is no real evidence at all, is there any need for such rumors to do more harm than good?"
"Could it be that Qi Yushi really thinks that the Great Song Dynasty has no imperial historians, and there is no way to supervise hundreds of officials?"
Saying that, Song Zhen looked at Zhenzong again: "Your Majesty, Erchen requests to reorganize the Imperial History Officials, abolish their right to hear about things, and thoroughly determine the responsibilities and scope of their supervision of hundreds of officials, and strive not to do today's things!"
Qi Mu was a little anxious: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Historian is the official of the Imperial Historian, this is the Taizu's appoint!"
Wang Dan also came out at this time: "Your Majesty, it is indeed the Taizu Emperor who heard that the matter was done, and it may be inappropriate to abolish it..."
Zhenzong also frowned: "The power of the wind and the news should indeed be changed, you can't say what the official says, the court will believe what you say, in this way, from today on, the right to the wind and the news will be abolished, and the imperial history and the official will be reorganized, and at the same time, the Imperial City Division will be ordered to supervise the hundred officials and strictly investigate the illegal affairs of the hundred officials, and the Imperial City Department is only responsible to me, and is not subject to the jurisdiction of the political affairs hall and the Privy Council."
As soon as Zhenzong's words came out, the ministers were stunned, everyone actually knew that the responsibility of the Imperial City Division was to supervise hundreds of officials, but they had never said it openly, you an emperor let a group of eunuchs supervise hundreds of officials, and said it in a grand manner, isn't it a bit too much!
Kou Zhun immediately came out: "Your Majesty can't!".
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