Wanli Xinming

Chapter 300 Communication

"Gentlemen, through the circular motion, centrifugal motion, and centripetal force I talked about, we now have some basic concepts for understanding the heliocentric theory."

"As my emperor said, every drop of water in the ocean of knowledge gained by human beings is the blood and sweat of our predecessors; and the reason why we see farther than our predecessors is because we stand on their shoulders."

"Therefore, before I begin my proof, I would like to thank the great Mr. da Gama, Mr. Fernando de Magellan, etc., who with extraordinary courage opened up new routes and proved that the earth is a sphere, And it gave the two major civilizations of Central Continent and the West an opportunity to communicate."

"I would like to thank Bishop Luo Mingjian, Father Ricci and the documents they brought Aristotle and Euclid, including the documents of Ptolemy, Copernicus and other sages, so that they could live a hundred thousand miles away. The other me, a Seris, is here today to have a frank exchange with you about the mystery of God's creation."

Admiring the blushing cheeks, tearful eyes, and cheering applause of the Western barbarians below the podium, Xu Guangqi said in his heart: "Qian benefits, the ancients do not deceive me."

Anna Flecka was so excited that she turned her head to the Marchioness Isabel Marquez and said, "God, I like this Count of the East so much! His humility is so charming, and what a lovely young man he is!"

Isabel covered her mouth with a folding fan, smiled and whispered: "Perhaps you shouldn't say this in front of Mr. Bracher, you know, he loves you madly, and he likes duels."

Anna Flecka calmed down when she heard the words, and replied with a smile on her face: The wife of the Eastern Earl is a princess, maybe he can also perform magic on the bed. "As she whispered and chuckled, the face of Tycho Brahe, who was sitting on her right hand, was as black as charcoal.

After the applause stopped for a while, the assistant put on a new glass slide, and Xu Guangqi said loudly: "Next, I will prove from eight aspects that the earth is rotating, and it is also revolving around the sun."

"The above is all my proof of the heliocentric theory. At least, in our current understanding, it is impeccable in terms of 'logic', which is called inference in Chinese. As a person who is deeply understanding Christianity and preparing to believe in God Seris, I think, if God created the world, it would be completely different if the stars in the sky move in a circular motion around the earth and the small earth we live in rotates."

"Of course, God is omnipotent, and we cannot speculate on his wisdom; but even with the shallow thinking of human beings, we can judge what choices God made when he created the world."

The cheers of the King's Hall broke out again, and after two hours of thought storms, the applause and cheers almost overturned the roof!Xu Guangqi also flushed with excitement.He didn't tell these barbarians that the new cosmology of the Ming Dynasty's ideological circle is now only circulated on a small scale within the coverage of Gewu Institute and newspapers, and it may take decades for this theory to become common sense among Chinese people - depending on on the popularity of education.

When the curtains were opened and the sun shone into the hall again, looking at the adoring eyes of Xiyi in the king's hall, Xu Guangqi also understood an important reason why the emperor sent him as an envoy: despite his achievements in physics, he was the most The place of success is to use non-Gewu language to explain Gewu-he can become the Consort, this ability is decisive, and has nothing to do with "magic".

After everyone calmed down, the Marquis of Denia stood up and said: "Thank you very much, Your Excellency, for bringing us a unique speech. As a devout Christian, I especially appreciate that he did not use the "celestial body" I would especially like to remind you, gentlemen, of the heretical ideas of atheism.”

After saying this, Marquis Denia paused, waiting for everyone present to digest his overtones.After everyone nodded, he relaxed and said to Luo Mingjian: "Your Excellency Cardinal, you can't let a lamb wait for baptism. If you and the count agree, I think, baptize him in Jeronimos Church. It will be an honor for Lisbon, and it will leave a wonderful story for the city."

Luo Mingjian quickly stood up and said: "Thank you, Your Excellency the Marquis. I think I and Your Excellency the Earl are very honored to receive this honor, but unfortunately - Cardinal Giovanni Battista Castana will be in Peter's Basilica baptizes the earl, and His Majesty the Pope will also participate in this ceremony."

After hearing that the Holy See had made arrangements for Xu Guangqi's baptism, the Marquis of Denia expressed his congratulations to Xu Guangqi, and congratulations for Xu Guangqi's conversion to Christianity also sounded in the hall.Xu Guangqi thought to himself: "It's not that I want to believe it, the emperor asked me to believe it - but it's nothing."

Xu Guangqi glanced at the grandfather clock in the King's Hall and said loudly, "Gentlemen, if you have any questions about the content of my speech just now, you can ask questions now."

Marquis Denia interjected: "Please think carefully about your questions before asking questions, and don't offend His Excellency the Earl." Xu Guangqi nodded to express his thanks to Marquis Denia.

The voice of the Marquis of Denia fell, and Tycho Brahe was the first to stand up and said: "Your Excellency, the rendezvous movement of the planets you are talking about today is the sequence of direct motion - stay - retrograde - stay - direct motion. and recurring, and showing different lengths of time, this proof impressed me a lot and matched my own observations on the island of Wen, and at this point I can proudly say that the whole of Europe has not surpassed the data I have recorded."

"However, I can't agree with the heliocentric theory, because it places the earth on an equal footing with Mars - since God created the earth, why did he create Mars?"

"If you have time, I would like to explain to you my theory, which explains all the astrological phenomena and fits my observations."

Xu Guangqi happily said, "I would like to hear the details." He motioned for Tycho to step onto the podium.Everyone present saw Tycho, who was wearing exaggerated aristocratic costumes, stand up to challenge Xu Guangqi, and all became the melon eaters.After all, in Europe now, in terms of astronomical observation, Tycho Brahe is well-deserved first.

Tycho Brahe stepped forward to explain his "Tycho theory", that is, the planets move around the sun, and the sun moves the planets around the earth - a "geocentric theory" forced by observational data.

Tycho used 10 minutes to give a high-level overview of his point of view, and put forward several empirical data as arguments.Although the speaking time was short, the triumphant demeanor lasted throughout, and finally he said loudly: "Mr. Earl, according to my theory, His Majesty the Pope promulgated a new Julian calendar the year before last - I think it should be It's called the Gregorian calendar, and it's accurate to the second unit of time each year."

Xu Guangqi blinked his eyes when he heard the words, and felt that this scholar with an awkward nose had an inexplicable sense of superiority.

As an envoy, he must maintain the dignity of the Chinese state, so he took this sentence and said: "Zu Chongzhi of China in the Southern Dynasties, um, let me do the math—in the 462 year of the Gregorian calendar you mentioned, calculate every year It is 365.2428141 days; in the fifth year of Qingyuan in the Southern Song Dynasty, 1200 years in the Gregorian calendar, Yang Zhongfu made the "Tongtian Calendar", and calculated the length of each year as 365.2425 days; 80 years later, Guo Shoujing, the Taishi of the Yuan Dynasty of China, recalculated the result and used It came to formulate the "Calendar of Time", and we still use it now - it is not very accurate in calculating solar eclipses."

"In recent years, the newly released Gregorian calendar has been corrected using the heliocentric theory, and the calculation of the solar eclipse has been completely correct - the error is also in the second time unit."

If Tycho's proudest achievement is to make the Gregorian calendar accurate to the second every year, and he is famous in Europe because of this, the three examples cited by Xu Guangqi are a dimensional blow to him - a bit of bullying. kind.

Following the exclamations of everyone in the hall, Tycho Brahe blushed, clenching his fists and wishing he could punch Xu Guangqi in the face.Xu Guangqi said without realizing it: "By the way, Zu Chongzhi I said calculated that the pi ratio is between 3.1415926 and 3.1415927. Last year, the Gewu Academician Cheng Dawei, who was in my court, has already accurate this value to 3 decimal places, which is 14159. 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 [-]. Well, I can remember it because last year this number became the interview question of Beijing Normal University to test the memory of freshmen.”

The nobles and scholars present clearly saw that Xu Guangqi was somewhat dissatisfied with Tycho's arrogance, otherwise he would not have added such a sentence "by the way".But to be honest, Tycho Brahe's bad temper and his reputation spread all over Europa, and most of the melon eaters liked to see him deflated.

The 13-year-old Tycho Brahe, a child prodigy who entered the University of Copenhagen at the age of 38, was a little overwhelmed by Xu Guangqi, his head was buzzing, and he was a little at a loss.

If Xu Guangqi was not the Count of Daming, Tycho Brahe might have challenged him and used a sharp sword to save his face.

But on this occasion today, he insulted Xu Guangqi's words that the Holy See can organize a "new crusade" to destroy Oldenburg. ——At the moment of embarrassment, a person suddenly stood up in the crowd and said: "Your Excellency, I calculated pi to 35 decimal places using the circumcision method, and the next five numbers are 50288!"

Xu Guangqi breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly looked up at the podium, only to see a middle-aged man standing up to signal to him.Seeing Xu Guangqi looking over, he blushed and introduced himself: "My name is Rudolf van Keelen, a math teacher at Leiden University, thanks to the love of Count Fleck, I can come here to listen. A wonderful speech, I salute you, Your Excellency Count!"

(End of this chapter)