Many scholars stepped forward to observe, and after a while, they were all silent, even the Legalist scholars, after reading it, they were not excited, there was no joy of winning the debate, and they were also silent.

"Is the moon so ugly?"

"There are no immortals living on it, it's all big pits."

One official after another stepped forward to watch, and after watching it, they were all silent.

The difference between reality and imagination is too great to accept for a while.

Although the Legalists do not respect the induction of heaven and man, in their long-term cognition, they identify with ghosts and gods.

"Is it like the moon, but also with the sun, the five stars, and the earth?" Prime Minister Li Ke said.

Wang Xing, the head of the Qintian Prison, nodded and said, "Yes! ”

"In other words, the sun, the moon, the earth, and the five stars are floating in the void?"

"Yes!"

"Then why don't they fall?" Li Ke asked.

Wang Xing, the head of the Qintian Prison, said: "I don't know, we speculate that it is an invisible force that holds it up. ”

"And how do the sun, moon, and stars work?" The ram next to him, one of the nine Qing, asked.

"Gentlemen, please come with me!" Wang Xing greeted everyone, and then led everyone to the hall below the stargazing platform.

When the group came to the main hall, they saw a large number of strange balls visited in the main hall, and after seeing everyone coming here, Wang Xingchong signaled to several small officials.

Several small officials immediately came to the center of the main hall with round balls. Many officials and scholars were confused. At this time, Wang Xing opened his mouth and explained: "Gentlemen, what we are demonstrating now is the movement of the sun, the earth, the moon, and the five stars. ”

"The largest ball in the middle represents the sun, followed by the star of the sun, the star of the white star, the star of the earth, the star of the glow, the star of the year, and the star of the town. That is, water, metal, earth, fire, wood, and earth. ”

"According to what we have observed for a long time, they and the earth, all revolve around the sun."

Looking at the main hall, these spheres orbiting around the 'sun' in the middle, everyone was in disbelief.

"Isn't the earth the center of the universe?" Ram Turbid asked.

Wang Xing nodded and said, "Naturally not, the earth also revolves around the sun, and the sun is the center." ”

"What about the moon?"

"The moon revolves around the earth."

"How do you prove it?"

"It's easy!" Wang Xing smiled and shouted at a few people: "Shan'er, show them the Tengu Eclipse Day and the Tengu Eclipse Moon!" ”

A quick-witted young man responded: "Okay! ”

I saw that the man found two servants and asked them to lift the sun and the earth respectively, and then he himself held the moon and began to simulate the operation.

Next to Wang Xing is to explain on the side: "The moon revolves around the earth, and the earth and the moon revolve around the sun at the same time. ”

"When the moon moves to the middle of the earth and the sun, and the moon blocks the rays of the sun, it is the tengu eclipse of the sun!"

"As for the lunar eclipse, it is also very simple, when the moon turns to the back of the earth, and the earth blocks the sun, this time is the tengu eclipse of the moon!"

"No, the moon will also shine, even if the moon blocks the sun, there should be brilliance, how can it be a solar eclipse?" A gentleman next to him said.

Everyone around them nodded.

Wang Xing said: "It's very simple, because the moon doesn't shine, its brilliance comes from the sun, and the moon reflects the sun's light, so you think it will shine." ”

"Many of you have already seen the moon just now, and what is the surface of the moon, compared to needless to say, it should be clear whether it will shine or not."

"That's true, I've seen the moon just now, and it has many potholes on its surface, and it doesn't glow."

"The solar and lunar eclipses are put aside for the time being, can the head of the prison explain the 'five-star retrograde' for us?" An officer next to him asked.

Five-star retrograde refers to the five planets moving upside down on the earth, which is also an important warning in the doctrine of heaven and man, and the doctrine of five virtues.

"Five-star retrograde is also very simple." Wang Xingdao: "This requires us to come to this position to watch. ”

Wang Xing pulled the two of them to the location of the earth, and then let the other planets continue to orbit the sun.

"The reason for the retrograde motion of the five stars is actually very simple, when the five stars orbit the sun more than a quarter of the time of the earth, you will see that the five stars are moving backwards when you observe the earth."

"Of course, there is another situation, that is, the five stars are moving slower than the earth, and if you look at the earth, you will see that they are going backwards, but in fact they are moving forward."

With the demonstration of the solar system model in the main hall, there was no need for Wang Xing to continue to explain, and everyone quickly figured out the situation of the five-star retrograde.

"Can the head of the prison have a five-star operation?"

"Of course, there is!" Wang Xingdao: "If you are interested, you can calculate it yourself. ”

"If so, is the earth also a ball? If the earth is a ball, the person on the other side of the ball will not fall, and if we keep walking, will it fall? ”

Wang Xingdao: "At first, we were also very confused, but you only know that the earth is a ball compared to today, so if I don't tell you, you observe your surroundings every day, or go to various places to walk, will you find that the earth under your feet is a ball?" ”

"No, I'll just think I'm flat at my feet, not a ball"

"That's it, the earth beneath our feet is so big that we think it's flat, and we've always had our feet on the earth, the blue sky above our heads, and the other side of the ball must be the same, and we speculate that just as the sun, moon, and five stars float in the void, there is also a force that draws us to this earth."

Wang Xing's explanation made the three princes and nine kings, and the scholars of the palace fall into contemplation one by one. Today's lesson directly shatters their worldview that has been formed over the decades.

The officials and scholars looked at each other, even if they had such a perfect theory, and even looked at the moon with their own eyes, but many people still felt that it was untrue and wanted to refute it, but they didn't know where to speak.

"If, according to what the head of the prison said, the operation of heaven and earth is also regular, then how did this law of heaven and earth appear?" A scholar suddenly spoke.

"We're working on it too." Wang Xing shook his head and continued: "Just like this tree grows, the grass and trees bloom, and the beasts multiply, no one interferes, it has been like this for thousands of years, and there are also laws in it, we have been studying it, but why this is so, I don't know. ”

"All things in heaven and earth have their own laws, this is set by the gods, and the gods live naturally outside the sky"

"Speculation, jumping clown!" Wang Xing directly interrupted: "Everyone, go." ”

After speaking, he didn't say anything more and turned around and left.

(End of chapter)