Chapter 66                                 

Since Zhou Mengchen agreed, he immediately took it to heart, especially the day of the solar eclipse and lunar eclipse is not far away. Zhou Mengchen also had to take a few days in advance.

Jiajing was quite happy when he knew Zhou Mengchen was asking for a meeting. He immediately summoned him and said, "What a rare guest. Lord Zhou, who has always been loyal to his duties, has come to see me."

Zhou Mengchen hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is so important."

Jiajing said, "I heard that you have opened the door of convenience for Zhou Shangwen and support the Zhou family?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "The sage is just your majesty, it is just a friendship left by his mentor. Moreover, it is not just because of friendship, but also for national affairs."

Jiajing said: "What national event?"

Zhou Mengchen told Zhou Junzuo everything that Altan was about to go south.

Jiajing couldn't help but frown and said, "Is there really such a thing?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "I dare not deceive the king."

Jiajing said: "Transfer to Lu Bing."

Lu Bing arrived in a while. Jiajing asked, "What's going on in Datong Town? Are there any signs of Altan going south?"

Lu Bing said: "The main force of Altan seems to have left Bansheng, but I have not yet discovered where he is. It is not clear whether he will go south. It is just that the military newspaper in Datong Town has not had any major issues recently."

Jiajing said, "No big deal." Jiajing asked Huang Jin and said, "Huang Daban, what is the content of the military newspaper in Datong Town?"

Huang Jin said: "I have reviewed it, and there are almost no wars with more than a hundred people?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "That battle between the less than a hundred people?"

Huang Jin said: "Mr. Zhou doesn't know that there will be no war on the frontier of the court that day. Even if the prefectures and counties in the mainland are fighting, hundreds or thousands of people will be gathered. If a few people fight, the court will have to deal with it. The court will not do anything else."

Zhou Mengchen said: "The court may not have military newspapers, but the Ministry of War should have one."

After all, Zhou Junzuo's words are so convincing. Zhou Mengchen doesn't believe that he will lie to him, and there is no benefit in lying to himself?

Jiajing said: "Immediately send someone to ask, how many people have not been collected at night in Datong in the past or two months? I want the total number."

After hearing this, Huang Jin sent a little eunuch to run away without saying a word.

After a while, after the little eunuch came, he immediately said: "There are more than 300 missing people who were confirmed to have died in battle. Beheaded at level 17."

After hearing this, Jiajing said, "What did Weng Wanda do? What did Zhou Shangwen do? He even knew that he would not report it."

There was no war, and there was no war with more than a hundred people. So many people died. Although it seemed that there were not many, the Ming Dynasty was elite. Moreover, from the results of the battle, it was Altan's cavalry that suppressed Ye Bu, otherwise it would not have been the harvest of only level 1 and 7.

Of course, the three hundred missing people may not be killed in battle. After all, it is not an exaggeration to do it alone if you don’t collect it at night. It’s not an exaggeration to make mistakes for many days.

However, it is no longer normal to have so many losses within one or two months.

Zhou Mengchen said: "Your Majesty, this is not a mistake for the frontline generals. After all, they did not capture the main force of the Tartars. All this is speculation. If you guess wrong, it would be a lie to report on military information."

Jiajing frowned and said, "I know. It's really a troublesome."

Zhou Mengchen didn't know what Jiajing was worried about for a moment. However, speaking to Zhou Shangwen in front of the imperial court was just an episode for Zhou Mengchen. He pulled the topic to the point and said: "Your Majesty, this time my attack is to report on the double eclipse of the sun and moon in June on behalf of the Imperial Heaven Supervision."

Jiajing said: "The Taibai Jingtian has not passed yet, and there is a sun and moon eclipse. Mr. Zhou, you are a master of astronomy. Can you tell me what God means?"

"Is my country so precarious?"

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen couldn't help laughing and crying in his heart.

No matter how many times he popularized Jiajing's science, Jiajing's superstitious thoughts were still deeply rooted. From a little bit, it can be seen that even if Tao Zhongwen and others made him mistakenly accept Mercury, Jiajing did not kill them.

Do you really think Jiajing is an emperor who is easy to talk to and doesn't like to kill people? No, it was Jiajing who always kept a glimmer of hope for the Heavenly Master to teach the way to seek immortality. Therefore, he did not kill two people. After all, it is easy to kill these two people, but it is not easy to find Taoist priests who can be used in this way from the people.

Zhou Mengchen said: "Your Majesty, I have read the theory of the sun and the moon. There are explanations for the eclipse of the sun and the moon and the Taibai Jingtian. Your Majesty also knows it. The ancient book of star phenomena has always been far-fetched and has no idea what to say. How can Your Majesty believe it easily?"

"It's like Taibai is seen in the daytime, which means that there are military affairs in the world. Taibai is just a Taibai star that appears near the sun. How can it be the master of the minister to rule the king? It should not be the master of military affairs that affect the body of the king."

"This is a contradiction. How can Your Majesty win the trust of such nonsense?"

Jiajing said: "What do you say about the earthquake?"

Zhou Mengchen was silent for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, Shen Kuo saw fish fossils on Taihang Mountain. He inferred that Taihang Mountain was once the bottom of the sea, and the changing fields of the East China Sea also shows that although ordinary people think that the landlords are quiet, the way of yin and yang has always been quiet in movement and movement in stillness."

Jiajing said, "I understand that the sun, moon and star city do not move day by day, but it is orderly and orderly in movement. This is the quietness in movement. Although the earth is quiet and still, there is also a day when the sky collapses and the earth is broken. This is the movement in stillness, and it is indeed the wonderful principle of yin and yang."

Zhou Mengchen could not keep up with Jiajing's ideas for a while.

Zhou Mengchen discovered that once Taoist concepts such as yin and yang were involved, Jiajing's head would turn very quickly.

Zhou Mengchen originally wanted to explain some basic concepts of geology to Jiajing. But Jiajing was so imaginative. Needless to say, Zhou Mengchen himself did not understand it very much. Modern science is like a mountain. In fact, except for high school, the gap between subjects will only be deeper in other periods.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Jiajing said: "It is actually useless to tell me these things? How to tell the people of the world? This is the problem. I don't believe it, but some fools believe it, but they also want to make trouble. What should I do? Your heliocentric theory is good, but in your words, it is always unverified. It is too mysterious."

Zhou Mengchen also understood that some of Zhou Mengchen shot themselves in the foot.

Before Zhou Mengchen, many astronomy theories required secret agreement with the world, but they did not specifically propose the concept of falsification. Zhou Mengchen also proposed this point specifically, which made Jiajing accept these scientific concepts. It felt very reasonable.

But the first thing that was tested was Zhou Mengchen's heliocentric theory.

The celestial phenomena confirmed by Zhou Mengchen's heliocentric theory are either Venus or the moon phase, which cannot be proved yet. Although there are lenses ground from crystals, overall, optical instruments are just beginning and there are no suitable telescopes.

Zhou Mengchen did not regret it.

In his opinion, it is more important to let Jiajing accept some scientific principles than to be recognized by a certain theory. After all, Zhou Mengchen never felt that his theory would be wrong, unless he changed to a material world. If he was later verified with some theories, how to bring Jiajing into the scientific camp is an important thing.

Zhou Mengchen said, "I have disappointed Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, I have something to report to you." Huang Jin suddenly said.

Jiajing said, "What's the matter?"

Huang Jin said: "I remember, Feng Bao recently reported that he has developed a telescope that can observe astronomical phenomena."

Jiajing said, "Why not speak early?"

Huang Jin said: "Your Majesty forgive me. I haven't gone to see it yet. I don't know if it's true or false?"

Jiajing said: "Summon Feng Bao."

Huang Jin immediately said, "Yes."

Jiajing turned his head and said to Zhou Mengchen, "Look at how capable your disciples are."

Zhou Mengchen was also very nervous because he knew how important optical instruments are to science. Once they succeeded, they could make great strides in many things. However, Zhou Mengchen had not contacted Feng Bao these days, and he didn't know how Feng Bao's research reached at this moment. He said: "I am actually looking forward to it too. I don't know if Feng Bao can meet His Majesty's requirements."
Chapter completed!