The Hanlin Astronomical Institute is located on the east side of the Great Inner Palace, next to the palace province, surrounded by some yamen who are responsible for the chores in the palace, and it is not noble because of the observation of celestial phenomena and prediction of good fortune and evil, and it looks very inconspicuous. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Tonight is the night of the sixteenth full moon, the emperor Zhao Zhen's birthday Tianchen Festival has just passed two days, the whole city of Tokyo is still shrouded in a festive atmosphere, the red candles and lanterns in the palace are as bright as day.

Xu Ping and Prime Minister Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng followed behind Zhao Zhen, next to the two Hanlin scholars Yan Shu and Mei Xun, followed by Yang Weide, the new Sitian Young Eunuch this year, and Si Tian Supervisor Cheng Chuyan and Yang Huaimin, the chamberlain of the Hanlin Astronomical Academy.

Zhao Zhen was followed by two small yellow doors, holding a fine brass pipe tightly in his hand, looking cautious, for fear of a little accident.

The whole team was silent, without a sound, surrounded by the Imperial City Division and the guards of the Imperial Gate, from the small gate of the Imperial Palace to the area where the Inner Dynasty Yamen was located in the east.

Under the guidance of Xu Ping, Glass Wu finally made two astronomical telescopes with large magnification, which were presented on this day. This is different from the one Yan Su looked at at the beginning, the two convex lenses increased the magnification and field of view, and the observation place was converted into an upright image with a prism, and even Xu Ping himself didn't know what he would see in the night sky.

This can't be helped, since the telescope is set to watch the sky, there are palace attendants in the glass to watch, once it is made, it is absolutely not allowed to use it to look at the sky first, must be presented to the emperor first.

Tonight there was no cloud, a bright moon hung overhead, and the stars in the sky were dimmed, and many of them were even gone. If it is observed according to the observation of the Heavenly Supervisor and the Hanlin Astronomical Institute on weekdays, it must be recorded that the moon and stars are rare.

But what do you see when your vision extends to the vast night sky with the help of instruments?

Xu Ping is not too worried, Zhao Zhen himself does not have any astronomical knowledge, that is, he will not feel that the will of heaven is unpredictable and cranky. Yang Weide and Chu Yan, who have astronomical knowledge, will never talk nonsense, they have already learned how to use celestial phenomena to please the emperor, and they will seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

The most important thing is that the ancient Chinese people's whimsical thinking gave heaven and earth all kinds of conjectures. Even according to the most popular Hun Tian theory, it is just that the heavens and the earth are like chickens, and the earth where people live is an egg yolk. As for other scholars, they say that heaven and earth are what they are, and anyway, in the end, it all comes down to the unity of heaven and man.

The Chinese say that the sky is supreme, but that day is not the sky overhead, but a highly abstract concept that does not have a concrete appearance. What I saw in my eyes was nothing more than a shock, so it turned out to be like this!

The stars in the sky are gods, which are sealed by the emperors on the earth, and if they are not canonized, they are nothing, but there is no specific saying which star in the sky determines the fate of the world. In China, there are demons who are beheaded by using the evil words of the heavens to confuse the public and disturb the world, but there are no scientists who are tied to the cross and burned to death for explaining the celestial phenomena.

When they entered the Astronomical Observatory, the guards scattered and stood out, and the bright torches burned brightly, illuminating the surroundings as if they were day.

There are also astronomical instruments such as armillary spheres in the hall, there is a platform for observing astronomy in front of the hall, a table that stands up, and there are several small yellow doors lying there around the platform to watch the celestial phenomena.

Zhao Zhen and his party came in, and Xiao Huangmen hurriedly saluted.

Zhao Zhen ordered to be exempted, paused, turned his head and asked Xu Ping in a low voice: "This-telescope, how is it used?" Do you want to build a platform or something? ”

Xu Ping whispered: "If you don't need to observe, you can build a platform to erect it in the future, so as to save you from carrying damage back and forth." Build a small pavilion to shelter from the wind and rain, but also prevent direct sunlight. ”

"Oh, just watch it tonight, right?"

"Your Majesty, just watch it directly."

Zhao Zhen nodded, turned back to Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng and said: "The ancients are cloudy, the sky is unpredictable, Xu Ping made this telescope and came out, saying that he could see the stars that are usually invisible, and see the sky far away. This is a grand event of the dynasty, not a little sloppy, tonight you Aiqing and I watched the sky together. ”

Lu Hujian took several ministers to bow down and receive the order.

Zhao Zhen said again: "Xu Ping, together with Si Tianjian's people, go and set up this telescope first." ”

Although the Hanlin Astronomical Institute also observes celestial phenomena, there are not many people who understand astronomical knowledge, and it only plays a role in verifying the accuracy of the celestial phenomena reported by the Si Tianjian.

Xu Ping, together with Yang Weide and Chu Yan, took two small yellow doors holding binoculars and went to the viewing platform.

Seeing that the two heads of the Heavenly Prison looked up at him together, Xu Ping said: "The most important thing is that the telescope should be set up steadily, and don't let the saint move around when observing the celestial phenomena, and the rest is not very particular." ”

Yang Weide nodded, beckoned the two Si Tianjian students who were following behind, and ordered: "You two hold the telescope firmly, remember, you must be steady, you can't dangle it." Then point your mirror at the common celestial phenomena, and you will point at the stars that I have spoken of here. ”

The two students bowed down and said yes, and came over with a telescope from Xiao Huangmen's hand.

Placed in the center of the viewing roof, Xu Ping saluted Zhao Zhen under the stage and said, "Your Majesty, you can try it." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, and took Lu Yijian and others to the viewing platform.

When he arrived at the telescope, Zhao Zhen stopped.

Xu Ping took out the wat board on his waist and said to the observation port of the telescope: "Your Majesty, the telescope has been adjusted, you just have to look at it from here." Wei Chen reminded His Majesty that the celestial phenomena seen from the telescope are very different from those seen by the eyes, and the size of the moon and stars is different, so just watch quietly. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, bent down slightly, and brought his eyes to the observation window of the telescope.

Without waiting for Yang Weide to command what astrological phenomenon to target, Zhao Zhen suddenly moved away from the telescope, straightened his waist, his face changed, and after a while, he said, "How is Taiyin Star like this?" It's like a mountain, with ups and downs! ”

Lu Yijian stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the stars in the sky have had their own appearance since ancient times, but they are limited by people's eyesight and have not been able to see clearly. Why should we care about the impermanence of God? Providence is unpredictable, we just need to take a closer look at what it looks like. ”

Zhao Zhen calmed down for a moment, nodded and said, "That's the case, what you can see from here is really far from what your eyes see." Don't say that there is no laurel Chang'e, all of them are high and low mountains! ”

Wang Zeng stepped forward and said: "Chang'e running to the moon was originally a nonsense thing just for idle talk, so why take it seriously? (To be continued.) )