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Chapter 909 Raising the eunuch Temple (Part 2)

"Yes, he is a wanted criminal!" The Teesi named Xiong Sanba said loudly: "His name is Joel Dano Bruno, a heresy who betrays the Holy See, an unforgivable enemy. Whoever can send him to the hands of the Jesus Church will receive a huge reward!"

"Shut your mouth." The older Thai man Guo Jujing pulled Xiong Sanba heavily and said, "Can you make such noise when you are evacuating?" Xiong Sanba then became honest and was pulled behind by Matteo Ricci.

Many people recognized Guo Jujing and said, "It turns out that he is Bishop Guo, and he thought that missionaries were as gentle as you."

Guo Jujing complained in his heart that Xiong Sanba was reckless. The good image that two generations of missionaries had established was to be destroyed here. He finally bowed to the crowd and apologized: "He has just been to Zhongtu for more than a month and is not very familiar with the etiquette of China."

"Please put the matters of the noisy ceremony aside." The chief of Huangpu Academy is the younger brother of the great scholar Geng Dingxiang, a famous scholar Geng Dingluo in the country. He does not seek fame and fortune, but only focuses on studying, and has a noble reputation. Although he advocates academic freedom, he cannot tolerate teachers committing crimes, so he said with a serious expression: "Please tell me about Professor Bu's situation. If he is really an unforgivable person, my academy will never protect him!" Guo Jujing said a little embarrassedly: "This, it's a long story."

"Then you just tell me a long story." Many of those who danced the "Liuyi dance" were Bruno's students. They firmly did not believe that Professor Bu, who was honest, firm and upright, would be a heinous person.

"Silent!" Geng Dingli shouted softly, and the court suddenly became quiet: "Please talk slowly by Bishop Guo."

"That's it," Guo Jujing sighed inwardly and had to explain: "In the Ming Dynasty, there are Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Nestorianism, and the Catholicism we later arrived in can preach freely as long as it is not a cult. However, in Europa, dozens of countries all believe in only one religion, that is, our Catholic Catholicism worships God's gospel, the Bible, and the status of the Bible, just like the Four Books and Five Books... Oh no, it is more doubtful than the Four Books and Five Books, just like the "The Emperor Ming Dynasty". In the secular world, it is the Pope and the Holy See. Catholicism maintains the ideological foundation of the entire society, maintains the long-term stability of society, and has made it impossible for European countries to kill at all in history because of the change of dynasties." "But heresy will shake people's thoughts and make them whole.

The society is divided like the "The Emperor Ming Dynasty" and the Bible cannot be questioned, but the former priest Mr. Bruno did his best to incite people's hearts. He refused to admit that "the way of becoming a human being, and some other creeds, and promoted a naturalistic pantheism. He used a kind of obscene verse and slander of words to attack the priesthood and the church system, which aroused public outrage: In the end, the most tragic ending was despised by everyone. Eight years ago, the Inquisition of the Holy See declared him guilty and was about to arrest him, but he disappeared from the European continent. There were many different opinions about his orientation in Europe, but he did not expect that he had fled to the heavens." Xian was a priest who specialized in verbalism, and Guo Jujing was naturally very good at speaking, avoiding Bruno's specific crimes, but only talking about its harm.

However, the students in the academy did not buy his account and shouted: "What did Professor Bu say to make you hate him so much!"

Guo Jujing knew that Bruno was the most harmful to the Holy See, but the Ming Dynasty itself was the pantheism. So if this is said, it would be counterproductive, so he made up his mind and said, "Many of his evil sayings are from God, most of them are from God. Just like some people opposed Emperor Taizu in the Ming Dynasty, foreigners may not realize it, but for this religion, it is the most serious Lou Du." He said, "Of course, there are also evil sayings against humanity, such as he insisted that the sun is the universe.

The core of the earth is the earth orbiting the sun!" People were indeed surprised, but they did not have the anger that Guo Jujing imagined. He forgot one thing. The Chinese people have insisted on the theory of heaven and earth for more than two thousand years, and have just been broken by the astronomical observations and precise arguments of Western learning. The scholars and officials living in Jiangnan have basically given up their original concepts and accepted the theory of earth and earth. They knew that the reason why they saw the earth with their naked eyes was because the earth was too big.

And the reason why they can stand straight and steadily is that they may be because they happen to live at the top of the sphere.

For the Ming people, accepting that the earth is round and there is no difference between the earth turning around the sun. The key is your proof. This is the greatest benefit that the Ming scholars and officials brought to the Ming Dynasty after the rise of Wang Xue, humbly learning, never trusting authority, and listening to whoever is right.

You can't just listen to one-sided words when you decide a case. Geng asked Bruno, "What do you want to say?" "Just like what I have always insisted on, my theory is based on meticulous mathematical calculations and logic." Bruno said calmly: "But just as the great poet Su Dongpo said, I don't know the true face of Mount Lu because I am in this mountain. We live on the earth and cannot intuitively observe its movement. If we don't study astronomy and mathematics systematically, it will be difficult to understand the truth here." He said: "Unless there is a huge telescope that allows people to see those celestial phenomena that are difficult to see with the naked eye, I can demonstrate the truth to people who do not understand astronomy."

"There is such an astronomical mirror." Everyone looked in the voice and saw that the young man who was speaking with the three Thais. Xu Guangqi walked forward and said, "The student has seen a huge astronomical mirror in the Beijing Imperial Heaven Supervision, which can see clearly the high mountains and low depressions on the moon. It can see clearly that the Milky Way is not the heavenly river, but the thousands of stars gathered together." His words aroused the strong interest of everyone, and someone immediately proposed that Nanjing Imperial Heaven Supervision also has such equipment. In the astronomical theory of the Ming Dynasty, the astronomical phenomena represent the will of the Heavenly Father. All major events, including the fate of important tasks, are sympathetics, so folk observation of astronomy is illegal, except for the Imperial Heaven Supervision of the Two Capitals.

A kind of excitement that breaks the taboo spreads in everyone's hearts. Several leading figures proposed to form an observation group of people from all walks of life and follow Bruno to Nanjing Fengtianjian to see if it can prove that the earth is rotating.

Seeing the people present taking a thrilling look, Shen Mo couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly. Only in the bizarre Wanli era can people be "very bored, to this extent. It's just that they are so vigorous in seeking knowledge, so they don't be scared by the observation results.

A month later, a thirty-person observation team composed of people from all walks of life in Shanghai set off with Bruno.

The Nanjing Imperial Heaven Supervision has long been connected to the relationship and agreed to lend them the world's largest astronomical telescope, which is as high as 16 meter, to use.

So the people from the observation group listened to Bruno explaining astronomy and mathematics during the day, and at night they used astronomical mirrors to observe the wonderful astronomical phenomena.

Six of them were compiled by newspapers in Shanghai. They not only wrote down their own gains and thoughts, but also made an appointment with others and sent them back to Shanghai.

This refreshing observation action naturally attracted the attention of Nanjing newspapers. The news they released was one day earlier than in Shanghai. The observation results of the world that opened up the world caused a sensation in Jinling City, and then Shanghai City also caused a sensation, and then spread throughout Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Southeast.

The observation group finally observed the moon with his own eyes and realized that what Xu Guangqi said was true. It turned out that the moon palace, which was charming, beautiful and phased in the naked eye, was actually just a big round face full of holes and ugly. People really couldn't accept this discovery. You must know that the moon has so many beautiful wishes in people. The moon palace, Chang'e, Jade Rabbit, Wu Gang, Osmanthus tree..., how could it exist on such an ugly planet?

Soon, the secret of the Milky Way was also revealed. It turned out that it was not a river of gods, but the glory of countless stars intertwined. If this was true, then the Chinese god system would collapse... It would be difficult for conservative people to sleep if they thought about it.

So people refuted fiercely in the newspapers. Conservatives used traditional classics to prove the moon. From the Book of Changes, they quoted classics from the Book of Changes, and explained one by one that the moon was not what they saw. However, they were refuted by opposing people as saying that the fallacies of the ancients were related to the length of day and night, and ignored the celestial phenomena of nature. They said that there was no invention of telescope before, and people rely on their naked eyes and imagination to conceive the appearance of the universe, even if there are mistakes, they can understand it. However, now they can see with their own eyes, but some people "abandon those who can clearly understand the celestial phenomena that can clearly be based on are those that the Han Confucians dare not to be attached to, and they are also tired and clumsy. It is really pitiful and ridiculous to tell lies with their eyes open.

More than ten days later, the observers drew a picture of the moon and published it in the newspaper. Conservatives still turned a blind eye and just kept criticizing it. This was a slander. However, the Qionglin School "will prove that the academic style has been deeply rooted in people's hearts. People no longer believe in authority as before, but are willing to believe in real evidence, especially those that can be seen with their eyes.

The residents of Nanjing have some free time, so they wait for the team to observe the moon every day, and can line up from the Imperial Heaven Prison to the rain platform, so that normal observations cannot be carried out. Living people cannot be suffocated to death by urine, and rich men do not want to queue up with the common people. What should I do? Build a few more large telescopes... What else should I dare not do in this era when I dare to wear a dragon robe?

Dongjing's strong production capacity and industrial level are undoubtedly impressive. After more than ten days of using the first day of imitation, the craftsmen can produce a telescope every two days.

These telescopes are placed in major academies and temples, and even some wealthy families buy one directly at home... The powerful and wealthy people are not necessarily interested in making boring observations, but this is the popular focus now. When others have this at home, they can calmly say that when others discuss where to look at the stars, they also say that I also have one at home. You might as well go to my place to see it. You can also drink a little wine or something, and it is quiet. This is much more exciting than ordinary showing off wealth.

The craze for national observation is just a verification of Bruno's observation results. Bruno has long been uninterested in these "superficial and discoveries. He has not forgotten his mission and repeated boring work day after day to observe those celestial bodies that he has been paying attention to for a long time but has no conditions to observe.

He pointed the lens at Jupiter and saw a small round surface of light yellow, which shows that the planets are indeed much closer than stars. At the same time, he immediately discovered that there are always four smaller light spots next to Jupiter, which are almost lined up in a straight line. After two consecutive months of tracking, it was clearly revealed that just like the moon orbiting the earth, they are all rotating around Jupiter, and they should be Jupiter's moons. This shows that not all celestial bodies are rotating around the earth! He finally got the first observation evidence of the "heliocentric theory."

This is not enough to deal with the Catholic geocentric theory, but it is enough for the people of the Ming Dynasty, because this clearly shows that the movement of celestial bodies has their own laws, rather than changing based on the events on the earth and the fate of important figures, as traditional astrology theory.

Someone even rebelliously focused the observation lens on the North Star. This star looks fixed and the circumference of the sky is rotating and centered on it, so it has always been regarded as the emperor star "Purple Wei". Through observation, people found that it is no different from other stars, and is surrounded by the legendary purple air. Moreover, using the latest astronomical knowledge, people concluded that a North Star is just right at the right time, facing the axis of the earth's rotation, so the circumference of the sky is rotating and keeping it still, not because it is the master of stars.

This conclusion was strongly supported by the Taizhou School. Li Zan and He Xinyin were originally going to Nanjing to attend the Capital Conference, but after learning that this astronomical discovery was discovered, they disappeared. Later, they found out that the two were hiding at the home of Shao Fang, a big bourgeoisie in Nanjing. While compensating for astronomical knowledge and observing astronomical phenomena, they did not even go home during the Spring Festival.

After the Chinese New Year, the two have not yet come out, but their articles have been published in newspapers. The series of articles "Star Gazing" co-written by one or two people, dismissing all the theories of China's 2,000 years as the biggest lie fabricated by imagination, and the truth is no longer worth mentioning in the face of actual observations.

It is said that after reading the articles of the two, they were all better than losing their parents and losing their parents, but no one could stand up to argue with them. Because this time, the two no longer quoted the classics, but instead used evidence as the basis to expose the lies told by ancient people. This series of articles shocked the Ming Dynasty too much. You must know that the stars in the sky are used to reveal the destiny of heaven, and the representative of destiny is the emperor!

If it is proved that there is no destiny, how can we talk about the sacred xing ruled by the emperor?
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