"Do you want to see what's on the moon?" The First Emperor muttered softly when he heard this, and looked at Zhao Si with a strange gaze.

What will be on the moon?

The ancients had their own conjectures.

The Zhuxia civilization is one of the first civilizations to give birth to moon worship.

This has been proved by the excavation of the Dawenkou cultural site in the 20th century, which is the earliest cultural worship of the moon in Zhuxia so far, which is more than 4,000 years ago.

Since Yao Shunyu Xia Shang Zhou, the worship and legends about the moon have gradually increased.

At present, the mainstream recognition is that the moon was born to Dijun's wife Chang Xi, and the sun was born to Dijun's other wife, Xihe.

It is worth mentioning that the sun and moon at this time are actually anthropomorphic.

The sun and the moon, as the sons of Emperor Jun, control the changes of day and night respectively, and are responsible for shining the heavens and the earth.

Sun commutes to and from work every day by his mother Xihe.

The sun is picked up by a car, so how can the moon not be there?

So people used their imagination to equip the moon with a chauffeur named "Wangshu" to facilitate her to gallop back and forth in the sky.

The earliest visible allusion is Qu Yuan's Chu Ci. Lisao.

"The front Wangshu makes the pioneers, and the latter Feilian makes the subordinates."

So Wangshu also became the representative of the moon, and became recognized as the earliest person who lived on the moon, because of Qu Yuan's reasons, later generations of literati often referred to the moon with Wangshu, and its appearance rate was higher than that of Chang Xi, the mother of the moon.

But in this era, Wangshu represents the moon king, that is, the driver of the moon, who also lives on the moon.

In addition, there are clouds in the spring and autumn of the Lu family, and Shang Yi occupies the moon.

That is, Shang Yi lives on the moon, but Shang Yi is one of Chang Xi's aliases.

As for the moon god Chang'e, which was widely known in later generations, it was first seen in the Han Dynasty's book "Huainanzi", Chang'e ran to the moon, Wu Gang cut Gui, and Jade Rabbit...... and so on are all based on the story of Huainan Zi Chang'e running to the moon, and the moon god has gradually evolved from the wife of Emperor Jun and the Moon Emperor to the wife of Emperor Jun Shenyi.

Therefore, before answering this question, the First Emperor instinctively thought of Shang Yi, Moon Palace, Chang Xi, and Wangshu in his mind......

In this era, the legends of mythology have not yet been unified, and there are conflicts and contradictions between different stories, so it is not possible to confirm them at the first time.

After the deposition of Confucianism and the unification of academics, myths and legends gradually began to seek common ground while reserving differences, and gradually formed a perfect concept of mythology......

Even after the Tang and Song dynasties, every dynasty and generation even had to reorganize the mythological history.

Therefore, it is really difficult to say what the First Emperor said about the moon.

However, due to the long-term worship of the sun and the moon, the First Emperor naturally felt that the moon was the residence of the goddess.

The moon is the main yin, so regardless of Chang Xi, Shang Yi, Wangshu, Chang'e, and all kinds of strange legends, most of the moon gods are served by goddesses.

The goddess dwells in the heavenly palace...... This is a well-established fact.

It's just that people have been yearning for the moon, the moon palace, and the goddess for a long time, and all kinds of stories are quite complicated, but most of them are passed on by word of mouth, even the brightest night sky is difficult to see, and only a few shadows on the moon can be seen.

How can a man peek into the place where the goddess lives?

Even if it's the First Emperor...... I don't have the ability to do that.

However, just now, this kid asked himself if he wanted to see it?

In other words, this kid can let himself see where the goddess lives?

The First Emperor looked at Zhao Si strangely, and his heart was inexplicably sudden.

He hadn't forgotten the miracle of his own good saint.

Can the five grains increase the production of six animals and prosper or go to the sea to find immortals......

Zhao Si was originally a humanoid auspicious, not to mention that everything in Daqin developed inexplicably after Zhao Si's arrival.

To be honest, it is not an exaggeration to think that his good saint grandson is an immortal who came down to help Daqin to help him.

The First Emperor was in the era of feudal superstition, how could he not think about such strange things?

But today, this kid is not hidden?

Showdown, no pretending?

Are you going to show yourself the means of the immortal family?

The First Emperor's heart rose a little in anticipation for no reason.

"Is there a way to peek into the goddess's abode?"

Zhao Si sneered when he heard this, and then saw that the First Emperor looked at him with a somewhat strange gaze and shook his head: "It is not difficult for the eldest father to see what is on the moon, but if the eldest father wants to see the residence of the goddess, then I am afraid that the eldest father will be disappointed." ”

"Oh?" There was a bit of strangeness in the eyes of the First Emperor.

Looking at the gaze of the First Emperor, Zhao Si was clever.

The First Emperor didn't think about it just now, thinking that he was going to perform immortal arts for him.

But if you think about it, what means can people see the moon, in this era, the first thing people think of is only immortality.

"Father, don't think too much, it's not a strange alchemist's technique, it's a tool made by man."

Looking up at the sky, it was gradually shrouded in night, and the moon was just round and round.

The stars are also connected by two, three, and four......

Zhao Si looked at the First Emperor: "Father, let's go to the stargazing platform!" ”

The significance of the stargazing platform in ancient times was very heavy, involving the comparison of divination and celestial calendars, and the power of astronomical officials in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties was even better than that of court officials.

Although the real power of the Qin Dynasty was reduced a lot, it was still equipped with official positions and office space, and the Taishi Ling, an organization under the jurisdiction of Fengchang, was one of them, mainly responsible for observing celestial phenomena, calculating solar terms, and formulating calendars.

Tai Shi Ling needs to observe celestial phenomena, and naturally needs a stargazing platform. And the stargazing platform, which is within the imperial city, is not very far away.

The former Taishi Ling of the Qin State was naturally Zou Feng, and now, it is Zou Feng's son Zou Ping, and the rest of the clansmen and disciples of Zou Feng's family hold other official positions in it.

For the most part, in astronomical departments like this, the position is ancestral......

However, this is not surprising, in the Spring and Autumn Period, even the various official positions of the Three Dukes and the Nine Qings were ancestral, and the Qin State completely broke the Shiqing Shilu system, but most of the Fengchang among the Jiuqing were no longer among them, in fact, even in the later Tang and Song dynasties, most of the official positions of the astronomical department could still be passed on.

"I've seen Your Majesty, I've seen Childe!"

Zou Ping didn't expect the First Emperor to come and lead his subordinates to bow to the First Emperor and Zhao Si.

The First Emperor ruled the world, and because of his personality and national policy, he adopted the Five Elements Doctrine of the Yin and Yang Family, but he strictly suppressed the restoration of divine power and transformed divine power into the power of kings.

But the First Emperor himself was extremely assertive and did not believe in the Mandate of Heaven.

Well, no, the First Emperor is confident that the destiny of heaven is coming to me.

In short, because of the system and the personal character of the First Emperor, Taishi Ling's right to speak gradually weakened, and the First Emperor rarely summoned officials under Taishi Ling, and he rarely went to the stargazing platform......

Today is really a long drought for Zou Ping.

"You don't have to be formal, I only came here today to watch the moon, so it's convenient to watch the moon, where is the place with a wide field of vision?" Zhao Si looked at Zou Ping and asked.

Zou Feng is half of Zhao Si's teacher, so Zhao Si's attitude towards Zou Ping is quite close.

"Please go with your majesty." Zou Ping saluted when he heard the sound, and then bowed down to lead the way.

After a while, I went up to the pavilion, and in the open place of the pavilion, there was a space similar to a terrace that protruded from the building, with a wide field of vision, ventilation on three sides, lights on both sides, and a cool breeze coming.

"This is the place to look at the sky." Zou Ping said next to him.

The First Emperor looked at Zhao Si when he heard the sound, waiting for Zhao Si's performance.

"Father, wait a minute, I have already ordered the palace people to fetch it."

The First Emperor nodded and waited silently.

Zou Ping wondered on the side, the moon in the sky was full and very bright, and he felt quite strange when he came to admire the moon, but he didn't look up.

After waiting for a while, a palace man came with an astronomical telescope.

The astronomical telescope is difficult to say, but mass production is definitely impossible, and the light lens can't handle it.

But there are alternatives, flawless crystal polishing is, although there are fewer flawless crystals in this era, but not nothing, and objectively speaking, the transparent crystal is actually not as precious as the crystal with a special color in terms of price, which is a parity in luxury, rather than a priceless rarity.

It is mainly an aesthetic problem, so although the glaze firing technology was mastered later, because of aesthetic reasons, they are studying how to burn the glaze with a brilliant and magnificent color, and no one is going to burn transparent glaze to study.

This thing is not difficult, at least it is not difficult for the Mo disciples under Zhao Si's craftsmanship.

The little knowledge that Zhao Si mastered was completely open to the disciples of the Craftsman Bureau, and he also relied on this group of Mohist disciples to sort out these disorganized knowledge into a system.

The telescope was made a long time ago, and relying on the inspiration and physical objects of the mixed knowledge that Zhao Si said, this group of Mo disciples had already completed the theorem on their own.

If you can see far away, some people want to look at the sky.

Therefore, even if Zhao Si didn't ask them to get an astronomical telescope, it wouldn't be long before this group of handicraftsmen would rub out the astronomical telescope out of their inner curiosity.

However, Zhao Si has the best needs, after all, Zhao Si is a leader, he can provide funds, they can also get rewards and credits, and they can justifiably let them concentrate on doing things.

A good leader cannot require his subordinates to create something out of nothing, but it can greatly speed up the process and progress of something that has sprouted.

The astronomical telescope that has been rubbed out today is not accidental, and the craftsman's bureau has sorted out the production process and the data and theoretical support of why the astronomical telescope can see the stars and the moon in the sky.

These things are stored in the archives of the Craftsman's Bureau, which is Zhao Si's request.

It is necessary to record not only the manufacturing process, but also the principles and data of production.

After putting the astronomical telescope away, Zhao Si half-squatted and began to debug.

After the debugging was completed, the clearly visible pit came into view, and Zhao Si stepped aside with interest and said, "Father, look at it!" ”

The First Emperor bowed down and pouted his ass when he heard the sound......

After watching it for a long time, after getting up, there was silence for a long time.

There is no Shang Yi, there is no Chang Xi, there is no Wangshu......

There is only a big pit, and after seeing the true face of the moon clearly, the previous good expectations are all shattered.

This was a big shock to the worldview of the First Emperor.

Although the elixir was not found, it is undeniable that the first emperor devoted himself to these things in the first half of his life.

Even now, in the eyes of the First Emperor, the elixir cannot be found, and the immortals cannot be found, it is not that it does not exist in the world, but that Xu Fu maliciously disobeyed his orders and deliberately coaxed himself, and the gods deliberately avoided him, or did not want to meet him......

These things are not known.

But the moon where people have passed on so many stories is clear.

Nothing...... It's pits.

"How can you see the moon?" The First Emperor asked.

"There is a lot of knowledge involved in this, and it will be unclear for a while, but the craftsman bureau has a record, and if the eldest father is interested, the grandson will turn around and bring it to the eldest father." Zhao Si opened his mouth and said.

The First Emperor wanted to falsify the astronomical telescope for the first time.

But when he heard his good saint grandson say this, he was shocked, but he knew that what he saw with his own eyes was not false, but indeed the true face of the moon.

Without a goddess, it would be impossible for a goddess to live in such a chilling place.

"Father, do you want to see the other stars?" Zhao Si asked.

Strictly speaking, this astronomical telescope is not yet capable of stargazing.

After all, the stars are much farther away than the moon......

However, the magnification is placed here, and it must be able to be seen more realistically.

"No need...... First Emperor waved his hand, a little annoyed in his heart.

"Leave this telescope in Taishiling for stargazing......"

After the First Emperor finished speaking, he was a little reluctant to see this broken astronomical telescope again.

Zhao Si knew that for the First Emperor, it would probably take a little time for the broken Dao heart to calm down.

The First Emperor walked out, followed by Zhao Si.

Zou Ping on the side and the rest of Taishi Ling's subordinates were ready to say goodbye, but after being rejected by the First Emperor, they all looked at each other.

"Your Majesty, what did you see?" Someone asked.

Zou Ping didn't ask, he had already started to act.

Pouting his ass and glancing for a while, Zou Ping got up and sighed and stepped back.

"What did Taishi see?" A subordinate asked.

"Everyone, look at yourselves......"

After that, Zou Ping rubbed his eyebrows and looked up at the sky.

He didn't wonder why the First Emperor had behaved like this now.

But......

Because of the advent of astronomical telescopes, the trouble is even greater.

He probably had to ask his father if he was going to make some theoretical changes to the celestial calendar.

By the way, just now Childe said that the Craftsman Bureau has a record......

I had to trouble my father to go to the craftsman's bureau and get the theoretical literature.

Knowledge, it seems, is about to be updated again......

Compared to shattered illusions, this seems to be what Zou Ping needs to worry about.

At this glance, he knew that he didn't know how many schools of thought had to revise his own theory of knowledge overnight.

On the way back, the First Emperor didn't speak, Zhao Si followed behind, the First Emperor was silent for a long time, looked at Zhao Si on his side, and felt that there was nothing wrong with being so alive.

But the disillusionment is true after all, the first emperor looked at Zhao Si with a hippie smile and sighed and said: "There is no hope for Shu, but there is the Queen Mother of the West?" ”

(End of chapter)