Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

"If I want to prove it to you right now, I can't do it."

Faced with Old Man Zhuo's question, Jiang Xinghuo simply answered.

When Zhuo Jing heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

If this most critical issue cannot be proven, then naturally there will be no way to talk about solar parallax or heliocentric theory.

For Zhuo Jing, this is quite a pity.

Why?

Naturally, it's because Old Man Zhuo and Jiang Xinghuo were in a similar state before, they just wanted to lie down and die.

Zhuo Jing was not willing to surrender to Zhu Di at all. He wanted to be a loyal and loyal minister.

Therefore, Zhuo Jingsheng has given up his thoughts, and there is nothing left to cherish. It is just a matter of Zhu Di getting tired of persuading him to surrender, and one day he will stab himself.

But what Dao Yan said that day aroused Zhuo Jing's interest.

As an old rival, Zhuo Jing naturally knows how arrogant and arrogant Dao Yan is.

Not to mention the current prime minister in black, even when Dao Yan was a poor monk twenty years ago, he would not really bow to anyone in terms of knowledge.

However, Dao Yan called this man "holy". Even though Zhuo Jing had the mentality of a dying person, this still surprised him.

But now this Jiang Xinghuo has proposed the "heliocentric theory" that is enough to subvert the entire Chinese literary concept.

However, due to the inability to prove the existence of this omnipresent mysterious force that emanates from the earth and attracts all things in the world, the "heliocentric theory" remains a beautiful fantasy.

This couldn't help but make Zhuo Jing sigh with regret.

But Jiang Xinghuo changed the topic and said immediately.

"But there must be a way to prove it."

Zheng He was a little puzzled: "How to prove this?"

Zhuo Jing's mood also fluctuated in an instant, from regret to surprise.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xinghuo actually had a way to prove this mysterious power emanating from the earth.

"But I have to correct you a little bit."

Jiang Xinghuo said: "This kind of power is most obvious in the earth's attraction to people and objects, but it does not mean that this kind of power only exists in the earth."

“Indeed, this power exists not only in the earth, but also in the stars and stars.”

Zhuo Jing immediately understood: "Young friend, if the heliocentric theory is true, it is this kind of force that makes metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and our earth rotate around the sun? It is precisely because the sun emits this kind of force that it will Form around!”

"That's it."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded slightly, and then said something that even surprised Old Man Zhuo.

"And this kind of power does not only exist in the earth and stars. In fact, it exists in all things with mass. Well, you can temporarily understand mass as weight. This kind of thing includes both people and the things in front of us. trees, even the wall."

Jiang Xinghuo said, pointing to the eavesdropping wall that looked just like an ordinary wall.

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".Even the wall."

When Zhu Gaochi, who was drowsy while holding a chair with one hand, was awakened by the sound coming from the loudspeaker wall, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the two clerks Guo Jing and Chai Che looking as if they had seen a ghost.

Zhu Gaochi rubbed his somewhat swollen eyes. The feeling of being woken up made him feel a little angry inexplicably in his exhaustion.

Zhu Gaochi has not had a good rest for too long. He not only has to deal with government affairs but also balances the relationships between all parties. At the same time, he is anxious. Various things including the fight for the reserve have caused huge pressure. No one even talks about it, and he does not even dare to express it in front of others. If you reveal anything, you can only suppress it in your heart.

At this time, Wuming became angry, and Zhu Gaochi shouted at the two minor officials.

"When will it be ready? Why don't you wake me up?"

Guo Jing and Chai Che didn't dare to neglect. The eldest prince, let alone shouting, even if he wanted to kill you, no one could say anything. The two of them hurriedly said in separate voices: "Your Highness, it was just right. There was only a few noises coming here just now." .”

"What was said, did you hear clearly?"

Zhu Gaochi also understood at this time that he really shouldn't get angry with the two minor officials, so he softened his tone slightly.

"It is said that there is an invisible force in this world that can pull the stars and make our earth revolve around the sun."

Zhu Gaochi took a deep breath and continued to ask: "Apart from these? Is there anything else?"

"this"

The two officials, Guo and Chai, hesitated for a moment and continued to speak cautiously.

"It can also make the earth absorb all things and prevent them from falling. Even all objects with mass or weight, including us humans, have this attraction."

"How could this really exist?!"

Zhu Gaochi lost his voice for a moment.

To Zhu Gaochi, this seemed like a fantasy, or like some kind of magic.

But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was very logical to follow Jiang Xinghuo's thinking.

After all, if the heliocentric theory is true, then there must be some kind of force that pulls the stars such as metal, wood, water, fire, and earth to rotate together, and there must also be some kind of force that comes from the earth and pulls everything in the world to prevent it from falling.

if this is true

Even the stars in the universe, and even the sun, actually have such characteristics and can pull objects towards the target, so this discovery is too amazing.

However, in the end, it is the butt that determines the head.

As the eldest prince and the de facto acting emperor of the Ming Empire, Zhu Gaochi immediately realized that this new theory had a fundamentally huge destructive power on the traditional Chinese concept of "relationship between heaven and man".

The so-called "response between heaven and man" means that from the perspective of human beings as a small universe, the theory holds that heaven and humans are of the same kind and interact with each other. Heaven can intervene in human affairs, and humans can also respond to heaven.

According to the theory of "response between heaven and man", in ancient times it was believed that if the emperor violated the will of heaven and was unkind and unjust, heaven would cause disasters to condemn and warn; if the government was harmonious and harmonious, heaven would send down auspiciousness to encourage.

Dong Zhongshu of the Western Han Dynasty used a complete set of five-element theories, such as "Wood is the nature of spring, so it is better to be farming-oriented, and people are encouraged to do farming without taking away the farming season; fire is the nature of summer growth, so it is appropriate to select the virtuous and capable, reward those who have merit, and seal the virtues. Metal is Autumn gathers. Water is the nature of winter storage, so it is appropriate to respect the sacrifices of the four seasons and the preface of "Di Lu Zhao Mu" to explain the relationship between heavenly time and human things.

This proves that there is a causal connection between natural disasters and the ruler's mistakes, and also provides a theoretical basis for the king's father's position and his rule.

From then on, Confucianism truly began to serve the ruling class. The old Confucianism died and a new Confucianism was born.

"Induction between heaven and man" has become the ruling ideology of China for thousands of years.

but.

anyway.

What others can think of, can’t Jiang Xinghuo think of?

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"And this invisible force is what I call it."

Jiang Xinghuo took a deep breath.

"--gravity!"

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he suddenly felt refreshed.

Gravity, what a powerful-sounding name.

"And this universal gravitation has another law."

"That is, the greater the mass of the objects, the greater the gravitational force between them; the further the distance between the objects, the smaller the gravitational force between them."

At this time, Zheng He suddenly persuaded him kindly.

"Otherwise, let's stop talking about it now."

Zheng He knew that the emperor was probably listening next door at this time.

Gravity itself is nothing, but the problem is that it is not good for the emperor to hear it.

The reason is also simple. It is the things that Zhu Gaochi thought of just now, and there is no need to elaborate on them.

However, doesn't Jiang Xinghuo know that the heliocentric theory will overturn the "response between heaven and man" and will pose a great threat to the foundation of the existence of imperial power?

Jiang Xinghuo, why do you have to go to all the trouble to talk about this set of universal gravitation?

——Because as long as universal gravitation and heliocentric theory are proved, then one of the white jade pillars of Cheng-Zhu's Neo-Confucian worldview will be overturned from its base!

It's a little exciting to think that the Taoist priests discovered that the world does not revolve around the "sensation between heaven and man".

As for how to get back together, how to let His Majesty the Ming Emperor continue to be supreme.

Well, there are ways.

In short, it was within Jiang Xinghuo's plan.

If he wants to overthrow Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism after being released from prison, he must use modern scientific theories and experiments that everyone can understand to prove the existence of universal gravity, thus overturning the foundation of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism's worldview.

After all, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, or all the thinking theories in the world before modern times, basically faced the problem of lack of empirical validity in terms of world view.

This is the biggest weakness of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.

I can prove my statement.

And you can’t prove it!

At the same time, after Jiang Xinghuo thought for a period of time (a nap), he also believed that if he wanted to develop science and technology, the biggest obstacle was also Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism's "natural-human induction" thinking.

Because Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism's "reception of heaven and man" thinking was inherited from Dong Zhongshu's and has been used for thousands of years.

Dong Zhongshu started by interpreting Confucian classics and established a set of theological world views, which put Confucianism on the road of religiousization. This is actually the practical value of Dong Zhongshu's historical status in the current Ming Dynasty.

The theological teleology of "response between heaven and man" advocated by Dong Zhongshu demonstrated the legality and rationality of autocratic rule in the temple. It fictionalized the supremacy of heaven to establish the supreme authority of the emperor to maintain and strengthen the rule of the human monarch. , which has had a great impact on the development of science and technology.

If Jiang Xinghuo wants to cultivate the talents needed for science and technology and transform the Ming Dynasty, he cannot avoid facing this problem.

Because "induction between heaven and man" basically eliminates the need for scientific exploration in ancient times from a thinking level.

"Induction between heaven and man" believes that everything in the universe, from nature to all phenomena of human beings and society, appear according to the will of heaven. This almost suffocates any vitality for people to explore the laws of natural phenomena. The development of science and technology has had a great hindering effect.

Therefore, at this time, we can only invite Cavendish.

"The principle is very simple. It's just that I can't make it for you now. I'll draw a picture on the ground and you'll understand."

When Jiang Xinghuo said to do it, he did it.