"How could it be Zhang Shangying?"

Cai Bian remembered that the last time he mentioned to Cai Jing that someone was using a clairvoyant mirror to peek at the movements in Sweetwater Lane on the thirteen buildings in the east of the city, Cai Jing was very interested in it, and thought that he would write a book for this, but how did it become Zhang Shangying's shot in a blink of an eye.

Cai Jing glanced at his brother, "Why can't it be Zhang Shangying?" ”

"How did he know about the thirteen buildings?" Cai Bian wondered.

The corner of Cai Jing's lips was ambiguous and incomprehensible: "It is Shu Yan who proposes to eat wine in the thirteenth building." ”

Cai Bian's eyebrows rose suddenly, and he asked unwillingly: "Brother, you have nothing to do with it?" ”

"If you have something to do with it, you'll be in trouble." Cai Jing shook the wine cup in his hand, "This matter is not touched now, it is a big trouble." ”

Zhang Shangying said that there are many people in the capital who use clairvoyant mirrors to peep at people's privacy and stargaze and violate the ban, and this piece of music is indeed as Cai Jing said, which caused a lot of turmoil in the capital for a while.

Watching the stars at night is a violation of the imperial court's ban, at least one exile, and the serious one is beheaded, and peeping into people's privacy involves personal moral issues, and at the same time, the two crimes are added, who has a clairvoyant mirror in his hand, he has to weigh it, so there are many people who are frightened, and there are many who are angry.

When Su Song heard the news, he immediately found Han Gang: "Yukun, what do you think about this?" ”

"Why did Brother Zirong say this? The imperial court has its own ban, and it is not appropriate to study astronomy privately, this Zhang Shangying is right, right? Han Gang, who was inspecting the collected medicinal herbs, raised his eyes in confusion, and looked at the torrential rain that was falling outside, so he ordered the little official to bring Su Song a cup of hot tea.

Su Song has always liked astronomy the most, and recently he is using a clairvoyant mirror to observe the sky, Zhang Shangying's recital seems to be a stab in his heart, and he is annoyed, but because of the habit of the scholar, there is no immediate attack. Seeing Han Gang's appearance that he didn't care about himself now, he really sank his face, and immediately turned his anger on Han Gang: "Yukun, do you want to stay out of the matter?" ”

"What do you mean by wanting to stay out of it?" Han Gang smiled, Su Song has always been calm, he is a standard veteran scholar, and now he is so angry that he is so angry that it is rare to see him once in many years, "I was originally out of the matter." I wasn't the one who invented the clairvoyant, and I wasn't the one who invented the microscope. I only have two lenses," he said, gesturing to his eyes, "both with them." Zhang Shangying's recital has nothing to do with Han Gang. ”

"Yukun!" Su Song's face darkened, "Are you joking?" ”

Han Gang smiled and raised his hand to pour tea for Su Song personally, "Brother Zirong and calm his anger, do you really think that the imperial court will be exhausted in this matter?" ”

"That's not for sure." As he said this, his expression softened.

It is true that it is a crime to practice astronomy privately, but the prohibition of astronomy is to prevent people from confusing the world with the art of weft and to prevent people from rebelling through this.

The so-called punishment is not a doctor, there are hundreds of scholars who watch the celestial phenomena at night, and there are many people who talk about astronomy in front of the Son of Heaven, Su Song himself and Shen Kuo don't talk about it, Wang Anshi didn't talk about the celestial phenomena in front of Zhao Ji back then, who dares to take this ban issued by the Taizong Dynasty to punish the scholars and doctors?

I really don't know if Zhang Shangying is crazy or stupid. Stunned to this point? And don't look at the people who are playing with microscopes and telescopes right now. At most, a few unlucky ghosts were pulled out as typical.

However, Han Gang seems to have said very little.

“…… Yukun, except for the planets orbiting the sun, I have never seen you talk much about astronomical things, when it is expected that there will be today's ......" The little official who brought in the tea paused Su Song's words, and waited until the people went out before he continued, "Microscope, clairvoyant, presumably you also know but don't do it?" ”

Han Gang smiled and didn't answer, there was no need to answer at all.

Su Song snorted, lowered his head and picked up the teacup, and after taking two sips, he seemed to have extinguished the fire, and asked, "Then Yukun is not interested in the little stars around Jupiter...... There seem to be four of them. ”

When Han Gang heard this, he finally had a reaction. Although a few days ago, after learning that Shen Kuo had discovered Saturn's rings, he knew that the first four moons of Jupiter would be discovered sooner or later, but it was still surprising to Su Song.

He laughed: "It's as ...... as to the moon"

"I see, and sure enough, it is like the moon on the ground." Su Song laughed loudly: "That's going to be a good name." ”

"Shen Cunzhong also wrote recently that he found a ring around Saturn, making Saturn look like a straw hat." Han Gang smiled slightly: "The clairfront mirror in his hand must be the best level. ”

"He didn't delay." Su Song sighed and became proud again, "But the ring outside Saturn, in fact, I have also seen it, and it is not difficult to find the same as the small star outside Jupiter." ”

Han Gang nodded, "It's a pity that Shen Cun's temperament is on the soft side, this time the matter is publicized, he definitely doesn't dare to pay attention to the clairvoyant mirror for a while." ”

"It's not good to talk about people behind your back." Su Song said with a smile.

"Then next time persuade him in front of Shen Cunzhong."

Su Song laughed and sighed again: "Originally, I wanted to suggest to the Son of Heaven to use the clairvoyant mirror to improve the armillary sphere, but now that Zhang Shangying is making such a fuss, things will be difficult to do." ”

The study of astronomy was strictly forbidden, which was the law left by the ancestors, which caused the astronomy and calendar of the Northern Song Dynasty to be seriously backward, even inferior to the Liao State. When Su Song went to the Liao State, he once made a big mistake because of the calculation of the winter solstice by the astronomical officials of the Great Song Dynasty, and made a big mistake.

"Instead of bothering to transform the armillary sphere, it is better to make the clairvoyant mirror a little bigger first." Han Gang said, "What's more, I advocate Xuanye to say it." ”

Xuan Ye said...... This statement is very biased, his book died early, and only left a stroke in the "Book of Jin", and I don't know how Lu Dao was translated. ”

Xuanye said that 'the sun, moon and stars naturally float in the void, and they must be angry when they walk on them'. Originally, it only appeared once in the Book of Jin, and it was in the Astronomical Chronicles, which few people were willing to study.

The collection of scholars is limited, and the books that can be seen are also extremely limited, far less than the resources that can be easily obtained by later generations. In order to seek the truth of heaven and earth, Zhang Zai found out this point of view from the "Book of Jin and Astronomical Chronicles", and ordinary scholars may know at most these three words, and they will not understand it in depth at all.

"But isn't Xuanye closer to the truth than the heavens and the heavens?" Han Gang asked rhetorically.

"That's right." Su Song nodded, he had been observing the sky for many years, especially after he began to use the clairvoyant mirror to gaze at the stars, and he was even more sure that the two theories of the armillary sky and the sky were inconsistent with the facts. "But it's not that easy to change, especially now."

"Then it's better to wait a few more years, it's a matter of time anyway." Han Gang didn't look concerned, "I want to see now, who will Zhang Shangying bite when he opens his mouth this time?" ”

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The torrential rain that is rare in autumn has just stopped two days later, and the rivers in the city of Tokyo are full of torrents. The Kaifeng Mansion is counting the houses that were damaged in the torrential rain, but for the courtiers, due to the special decree of the Son of Heaven, it has become a rare day of rest. Han Gang also took the opportunity to visit Zhang Dian.

Zhang Shangying's book this time will not bring any harm to Han Gang himself, even if he wants to fabricate charges, he has to see what the Son of Heaven thinks.

But the biggest problem at the moment is that Han Gang can use the invention right of the clairvoyant mirror to get rid of himself, but in the eyes of the world, he is still inseparable from the clairhand. As a result, Zhao Ji's attitude towards Qi science, which focuses on nature, will definitely add another insight.

Moreover, the private study of astronomy is not only harmful to different theories. The more thoroughly the nature of heaven is observed, the more difficult it is for the emperor's Tianzhiyuan to put on his body. This is a threat that shakes the foundation of the Son of Heaven's rule, and whether the emperor Zhao Ji is aware of this or not, Han Gang is not very sure.

So Zhang Shangying made a fuss in this regard, and Han Gang wanted to know what his intentions were.

Because of the previous incident, Han Gang felt that Zhang Shangying's mind was a little problematic, but he also knew that Zhang Shangying would definitely have the interests he was pursuing.

To Zhang Dun, Han Gang asked directly: "What is going on with Zhang Shangying?" ”

"He wants to compete for the imperial history in the palace, and there happens to be a vacancy right now." The eyes and ears of the privy deputy envoy are more than the eyes and ears of the judgment Taichang Temple, and one sentence pointed out Zhang Shangying's intentions, "He was broken in Yukun before, and this time he wanted to make up for it." ”

"That's it?!"

"The imperial history in the palace is already a rare and noble position! Yukun, you can't compare yourself to others! Zhang Dian sighed helplessly, "If there are no more achievements, Zhang Shangying will not be able to do it for long in Wutaizhong." Most of the time he went to the book was the result of seeing the Son of Heaven asking people to preach the "Words and Words" at the sutra banquet and figure out the holy will. Zhang Dian thought for a while, and reminded Han Gang again, "Yukun, you'd better pay attention, the Son of Heaven may recently issue an order to ban the people from possessing clairvoyant mirrors." ”

"That's it?"

"Do you still want to see someone in prison to discuss the law?"

Han Gang smiled and asked, "I don't know if I have a clairvoyant mirror in my possession, is the punishment based on armor or according to the heavy crossbow?" ”

"Yukun, this is no joke. Militaristic weapons were originally forbidden. It is too late to ban private collections from the private sector now. ”

"It can't be forbidden, the imperial court just wants to distribute thousands of soldiers, and it's simple for private people to make it. What's more, the more forbidden it is, the more people rush to it, can it still be used to search the house for this? …… But when the wind blows, it must be a basin of cold water. ”

Seeing that there was no trace of worry on Han Gang's face, Zhang Dian asked in surprise, "Yukun, you don't care at all. ”

"Because I don't care." Han Gang said with a smile. There's nothing to care about, said in my heart.