Han Dao world

Yang Xiu turned his head to look at the bustling crowd in front of the stele, and had an idea in his mind.

I will not only be Yan Hui beside the saint, follow in the footsteps of the saint, but also be Zigong beside the saint, and carry forward the cause of the saint.

Chapter 1094

After returning to the palace, Yang Xiu first found his father, Yang Biao, and told him all the issues he had talked about when he and the emperor were traveling.

Yang Biao listened carefully and was very excited.

Although he supports Mi Heng's suggestion in principle, he is still a little worried.The biggest worry is that after the emperor has mastered the military power, he will use conquests from outside, disregarding the power of the people, and exert pressure from inside, forcing the ministers to bow their heads and obey orders.

Now that he knows that the Son of Heaven has great ambitions and wants to build an unprecedented career, the possibility of willful behavior is extremely low, and his final worries are much relieved.

In all fairness, although the emperor is young, he is more cautious than many veteran officials.His worry was unnecessary, it was just a habit.

Regarding government affairs, Yang Biao went to discuss with Jia Xu and Zhou Zhong, and finally made a decision.

Yang Xiu focused on publishing his own research results.

As he and Liu Xie said, it's one thing to think about it for yourself, but it's another thing to make it public.First of all, he has to write his experience into an article, and in order for others to understand, he also needs to draw a picture.Secondly, in order to prove his own point of view, he has to show the truth to the wall, and he has to do verifiable experiments, experiments that can be repeated by others.

Articles are easy to write, but experiments are difficult to do.

He not only has to prove his ideas are correct through these experiments, but also to be as thorough as possible so that no one else has the opportunity to question them.

This article is not long, that is, three or four hundred words, a few pictures, but it took him several days.

Most of the time is in experimental design.

A few days later, Yang Xiu finished the article and sent it to Yinfang in person.

Here, he met Xu Yue again.

Xu Yue is one of the reviewers of Yinfang.After coming to Wancheng, Mrs. Tang soon became aware of his talent, and invited him to come to Yinfang as a reviewer, specializing in reviewing articles on astronomy and mathematics.

Seeing Yang Xiu, he was a little excited, and warmly invited Yang Xiu to the study for a detailed talk.After he was seated, he took out his newly drawn Xuan Ye Picture and asked Yang Xiu for advice.

Yang Xiu also found it interesting, and told Xu Yue about his conjectures.

Hearing that not all the stars in the sky are round, there are flat ones, Xu Yue was stunned for a while, and looked at Yang Xiu with strange eyes.He also had a telescope and used it for stargazing, but he didn't see any flat stars.

And according to Yang Xiu, those stars are not stars, they are more likely to be a large cluster of stars like the Milky Way.

Further reasoning, how far are these star clusters?

This conclusion is surprising, but he is a scholar who has watched stars for many years, and immediately thought of a problem.

He asked Yang Xiu, are those flat stars you mentioned fixed on the ecliptic?

Yang Xiu said, it is indeed so, the five stars of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, which move fast are all round, and the flat stars are all fixed.

Xu Yue immediately came up with a deduction: Is it possible that the stars fixed on the zodiac are all far away, and only the five stars of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth are relatively close.We are in a galaxy, but those stars are not necessarily, they may be the galaxy.

Xu Yue's bold deduction made Yang Xiu feel very shocked, and also looked at Xu Yue with admiration.

He realized once again that there are specialties in the arts, and he is an amateur in astronomical observation, while Xu Yue is a professional.

The two talked more and more speculatively, until their stomachs growled with hunger, and they realized that it was getting late.

Yang Xiu took out his own article and asked Xu Yue to review it.

Xu Yue read it once and passed it quickly.For him, the issues discussed in such articles are only trivial, and the reason is very simple, which can be understood after a little thought.

He told Yang Xiu that within three days, this article could be published in newspapers.

Because there are pictures, it will be a little slower.If it was just words, it would be in the newspaper tomorrow.

Yang Xiu laughed, expressing that he was not in a hurry.He was also ordered by the emperor to write this article, and he didn't intend to become famous because of it.

After seeing off Yang Xiu, Xu Yue went back to his room, called the waiter, and asked him to arrange typesetting with Yang Xiu's article.The waiter looked at the signature of the article and was taken aback for a moment.

"Hong Nong Yang Xiu?"

"Well, what's the problem?" Xu Yue was still immersed in his own world. "Although there is no reputation and the article is not big, it makes sense."

"Sir, he is Hongnong Yangxiu." The waiter didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "A descendant of Hongnong Yang's family of four generations and three lords, he is also the current Hanyang prefect, the emperor's favored minister."

Xu Yue woke up like a dream.

It was only at this moment that he realized that the person who had talked to him for a long time just now was not an ordinary scholar at all, and he was from a famous family and an important official of the court.

That being the case, who was the young man who spoke with him that day?

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Yang Xiu's article was published soon, and the reaction it caused exceeded Xu Yue's estimate.

In terms of knowledge alone, this problem is indeed not a big one.

But the issue of two children arguing about the sun is a pain for the Confucian school, especially when it is combined with the colder mountain top, it is already a crime of the Confucian school for not being pragmatic and enterprising, and it has become a topic of ridicule for many Confucian scholars.

Now being untied by Yang Xiu, Confucianists can finally feel proud.

Who says that Confucian scholars don't study pragmatically? Isn't Yang Xiu a Confucian scholar?He is not only a Confucian scholar, but also a real Confucian family.

Some people support it, and some people oppose it.

Some people objected to Yang Xiu's point of view, felt that his statement was problematic, and tried every means to refute it.

Some people objected to Yang Xiu's identity.What kind of Confucian scholar? Although Yang Xiu came from a Confucian family, is he still a Confucian scholar like you?After being trained by the emperor, he has become a pragmatic and capable minister.If not, how could he write such pragmatic articles, at most he could write some poems like Wang Can.

Unfortunately, Wang Can lay on the gun.

Qin Mi was lying on the gun with Wang Can.

Qin Mi's ingenious theory that the sky has its head and its ears was once all the rage.But now it seems that those are just tongue-in-cheek tricks.It can be used as a talking point, but it has no practical effect.

Compared with Yang Xiu's article, it is simply a wonderful comparison.

In the middle of the first month, when Qin Mi came to Nanyang with Liu Zhang and others, he saw Yang Xiu's article in the posthouse and heard related comments as soon as he entered the county.

Qin Mi was very annoyed, and read Yang Xiu's article again and again, and then went to consult Zhou Qun, a fellow scholar.

Zhou Qun was born in Langzhong. His father, Zhou Shu, was a student of Guanghan scholar Yang Cun. He was as famous as Dong Fu and Ren An, and was proficient in astronomy, prophecy, and ephemeris.Zhou Qun was less educated by his family, so he built a small building at home, watched the stars every night, and his familiarity with astronomy and astrology surpassed that of Qin Mi by countless numbers.

Regarding Yang Xiu's article, the first thing he questioned was how could the sun be flat?

The sun and the moon are both round, and they are perfect circles. How can there be such a thing as being elongated due to the deflection of the lens?

For this reason, he specially made a circle and looked at the rising sun at sunrise in the early morning.

Then he discovered to his horror that not only the morning sun, but also the setting sun was not the standard circle he thought, but a slightly flattened circle, and the degree of flattening changed with time, as analyzed in Yang Xiu's article match.

In other words, although he has watched the stars for many years, he has always turned a blind eye to a fact that is right in front of him.

Chapter 1095

In fact, it is not uncommon for the rising sun and the setting sun to become flat. Many people feel this way, but few people really compare it with a standard circle, or even measure how flat it is.

If he hadn't been stimulated by Yang Xiu's article, Zhou Qun might never have done such a thing in his life.

He will feel stupid.

But now, he realized that he might not be suitable for studying this subject.

He didn't even study the sunrise and sunset that were shining brightly in front of his eyes, let alone the much more complicated astrology.

Before Zhou Qun regained his composure, the second wave of blows followed.

Yang Xiu published the second article on the Di Bao.

This article covers a lot of subjects, but it is not as in-depth as the first article. It only mentioned a conjecture without specific experiments, so it did not cause much controversy.

But for Zhou Qun, this article had a greater impact.

Yang Xiu said in the article that the stars seen in the telescope are somewhat different from those seen with the naked eye. Some stars look flat, and these stars are all fixed on the ecliptic without exception.

Therefore, he guessed that these stars were not a single star, but a galaxy composed of countless stars, but they were so far apart that they looked like a single star.

Zhou Qun couldn't help being shocked by Yang Xiu's bold conjecture. What made him even more depressed was that he didn't know what the telescope Yang Xiu was talking about, and he could see whether the stars were round or flat?

Qin Mi didn't know either. After asking the people in the post house, she found out that this was a novelty that appeared recently.It belongs to the same category as the microscope, but it has different uses, one for microscopic and the other for telescopic.

It is said that the origin of these two things was initiated by the emperor, and now many people in Nanyang are playing.There are workshops in Nanyang that make these, and you can buy them easily.However, it is rare to be able to watch the stars, and it is not available to ordinary people.

Yang Xiu is not an ordinary person, it is entirely possible that he has a good telescope.

Zhou Qun spent a lot of money to buy a telescope.

As the people in the post house said, seeing things is blurry and can be used as a toy, and stargazing is not realistic.

Even so, Zhou Qun realized that a new era was coming.Just as printing has made books cheaper and the cost of education much lower, so the field of view of telescopes will be greatly different if the production skills of telescopes are improved.

The whole of astrology may be turned upside down.

Zhou Qun was very anxious, and as soon as he arrived in Nanyang, he went to visit Yang Xiu.

But he was in vain, and Yang Xiu returned to Hanyang.

Zhou Qun immediately wanted to go to Hanyang, but was stopped by Qin Mi.Qin Mi said, what you want is a telescope, not Yang Xiu.Since both the telescope and the microscope are initiated by the Son of Heaven, staying in Nanyang is your best choice.

The biggest use of telescopes is not stargazing, but military reconnaissance.

Therefore, the best telescope can only be in the hands of the Son of Heaven.If it doesn't work, the telescope in Yang Xiu's hand is a gift from the emperor.

Zhou Qun thought it was reasonable, so he stayed in Wancheng with peace of mind, waiting for the emperor to meet him.

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Knowing Liu Zhang's arrival, Liu Xie asked Situ Mansion to send someone to receive him.

As far as official position is concerned, Liu Zhang is the Yizhou pastor who has just left office, so he should go to Situ Mansion to report on his duties first.

Yang Biao handed over this task to Zhang Song.

Yizhou people also estimated this possibility, Zhang Song's elder brother Zhang Su was among the entourage.

As soon as the two brothers met, they felt the meaning of the four words that the present is not what it used to be.

Zhang Su is tall and handsome, and he became an official early on. He is the hope of the family.Zhang Songwu is short in stature and ugly in appearance, so he has not been favored all the time.Now it's the other way around, Zhang Song is valued by the emperor and is arranged to practice in Situ's mansion, but Zhang Su is a prisoner and comes to see the emperor with Liu Zhang.

It was the kindness of the court that they were not loaded in the car.It is impossible to get promoted without being affected.

At this moment, Qin Mi is probably the only one who dares to think so.He is a meritorious minister, and for his efforts in persuading Liu Zhang to surrender, he will definitely be rewarded by the emperor.

"Relax." Zhang Song comforted his elder brother, "The Son of Heaven is magnanimous, and he will not be as knowledgeable as Liu Zhang. As for Liu Yan, he is already dead, and the Son of Heaven is unlikely to pursue it. Of course, don't think about the name behind him."

Zhang Su breathed a sigh of relief.

With Zhang Song's words at the bottom, the situation is not that bad.

Zhang Song then conveyed the general arrangement of the court to Zhang Su.

Although Liu Zhang surrendered, the counties in the south of Yizhou have not yet surrendered.Shi Sun Rui was temporarily in charge of Yizhou Governor, and the Northern Army also stayed in Chengdu. Afterwards, they should march into the southern counties, force them to surrender by force, and attack Jiaozhou with Zhang Ji.

For Yizhou, the biggest opportunity comes from education.

The southern part of Yizhou is mountainous and economically backward, but the emperor was not afraid of difficulties and firmly promoted enlightenment.For this reason, Yizhou scholars will have more opportunities.As long as they are not afraid of hardship and are willing to go deep into the remote mountains and remote areas to educate the people, they will definitely be rewarded by the court in three to five years.

It is obvious to all that the emperor attaches great importance to this aspect. The queen's two elder brothers are doing such things, and Fu Ya even stayed in Liangzhou to intermarry with local women from aristocratic families.

In addition to scribes, warriors have more opportunities.

Yizhou is not the Central Plains, and there are many Qiang and Di people around it. Even the children of aristocratic families are mostly familiar with martial arts, and there are quite a few people who are both civil and military.Zhang Song suggested that they send the children of the clan to the lecture hall, firstly to show their loyalty to the imperial court, secondly to learn the art of war, and in the future to go on expeditions with the emperor and make contributions.

After hearing this, Zhang Su immediately asked, "Is the news about the Son of Heaven's expedition true?"

Zhang Song nodded. "The emperor's ambition is in the world, and he will not live in the Central Plains for a long time. When Jiaozhou is pacified and the states and counties are surrendered, he will set off."

"Is this...too urgent?" Zhang Su was a little worried. "Qin Shihuang conquered South Vietnam, and Emperor Xiaowu expelled the Xiongnu. They are all lessons learned from the past."

"That all happened 300 years ago." Zhang Song said with a smile, "If it wasn't for being dragged down by the Confucianism, the tyrants cared about their own interests and refused to save the land, my big Han cavalry would have made a name for itself in the Western Regions. Today's son travels to save the land The strategy is to encourage practical learning, educate the world, and use ten years to make up for a hundred years of work. After 30 years, it will be successful. At that time, the world will be truly peaceful."

Zhang Su looked at Zhang Song in surprise, and wanted to reach out and touch Zhang Song's head to see if he had a fever.

He seems to have forgotten that the Zhang family in Chengdu can be considered as powerful.

Zhang Song was too lazy to talk to him. "Tell my words to the township party members, let them take the initiative, and don't miss the opportunity. As for Liu Zhang, that's the way it is anyway, just accept your fate."

After Zhang Song finished speaking, he turned to leave.Zhang Su grabbed him overnight.

"There is something I need you to make up your mind."

"what's up?"