Chapter 95                                                             �

Zhou Mengchen had long been mentally prepared for this.

After all, Zhou Mengchen understood that in the feudal jungle of the Ming Dynasty, he wanted to ensure the dignity and life safety of his modern people, which was a process of advancing and not retreating. After all, compared to the inner volume, the Ming Dynasty was much more than the modern inner volume.

Zhou Mengchen was ready to advance. Naturally, he had to rely on himself to learn from this era. After all, he had to use his strengths and attack the enemy's weaknesses.

This is the first move Zhou Mengchen took the initiative to make for this era.

Zhou Mengchen slowly stood up, stood in the middle of the six round tables, and said, "Today I am ugly before all the elders. You all know that my family is a family of astronomy. Since I was a child, the first thing I recited was the song of repairing the sky. Since I learned to read, I have never given up on observation of astronomical phenomena."

"I always thought that the calculation of the orbit of the sun, moon, and five stars is not easy enough."

"I have always believed that the way is simple. In nature, every problem has the simplest way to present it. If you don't find this way, it's just that your understanding of the way of heaven is not accurate. So I think there are various simple ways to calculate it in various astronomical calculations."

"It's just that I didn't find it."

This is what Occam razor principle is like in Chinese.

Occam Razor’s starting point is: Nature does not do anything extra. The simplest explanation of phenomena is often more correct than complex explanations. If you have two similar solutions, choose the simplest explanation that requires the least hypothesis is most likely to be correct. In a word: Cut off the tedious and cumbersome burdens and keep things simple!

Zhou Mengchen made some modifications considering his acceptance ability in this era.

However, when it comes to this, I still smiled slightly. Obviously, I agree with Zhou Mengchen's principle of simplicity.

Zhou Mengchen continued: "I have always tried to simplify the calculation method of the orbits of the sun, moon and five stars. Everyone knows that the five stars have various states such as forward, reverse, stay, guard, and hiding. If the earth is the center, the five stars have too many complex orbits in the sky, which does not conform to the principle of simplicity of the Tao."

Turn clockwise, turn counterclockwise, stay when staying, stay when staying, staying in a certain place, and staying in a certain place, wandering in a certain place in the sky, lying, disappearing.

This refers to the trajectory of the five stars in the sky.

"Just as I was puzzled, I learned the words of Western astronomical books in my collection."

"I suddenly realized that I was wondering whether the five stars of the sun, the moon and the five stars were rotating around the earth, or they were rotating themselves. Based on this, I was sure that the five stars of the sun, the moon and the five stars were rotating around the earth. The center of their rotation was on a circle surrounding the earth."

"I will use this circle with the earth as the center, which is the uniform wheel, and the circle of each star's rotation is this wheel. This can explain why the five stars have forward, reverse, retained, guarded, and buried."

This is Ptolemy's celestial model. It is also the system that the church relies on to maintain, and for this reason, Copernicus was burned to death.

The reason why Zhou Mengchen talked about this is that he has to say that no matter what the geocentric theory is wrong, after all, the parent body of the heliocentric theory was born, ancient Chinese astronomy was too important to calculate. Success is calculated as well as failure. We do not pay enough attention to things that have risen to the principle level.

Zhou Mengchen proposed the heliocentric theory alone, and many people cannot understand without this prerequisite.

Moreover, it was something from the Westerners many years ago, and Zhou Mengchen could not take it as himself, otherwise he would be laughed at in the future.

Zhou Mengchen didn't say much, and asked Cheng Dawei and Liu Xiushui to carry something covered with a black cloth. After Zhou Mengchen lifted the black cloth, many people saw it. This is a celestial body operation model based on Ptolemy. Many people were thinking about it and observed it carefully.

Ignorance is just watching the excitement.

But for many people, it is a feeling of extreme surprise. There is a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

But I saw a large ring on top with a small ring, forming a complete system.

Governor Che Chunche was like this. He took a few steps forward, looked carefully, and said in his heart: "So that's it, so that's it."

Most scholars and officials who hold high positions are not completely foolish. There is a saying in Confucianism that it is a shame for Confucians to know nothing. Therefore, many Confucians like to read books. It can be said that when they open the biographies of many people, they have a summary of their love for books and destiny. There have always been many books in ancient times.

Many scholars and officials have a very basic understanding.

That's how Che Chun is. He is not completely expert, but he just intuitively feels that this concept is bold and unrestrained.

And the one who was really shocked was Feng Li.

However, Feng Li did not step forward because he had seen it.

I watched it at Zhou Mengchen's home. He also remembered his shock at that time. Without saying a word, he began to use this method to calculate the operation of the sun, moon and five stars. The error could be almost extremely small. I don't even know whether this western error is a calculation error or an observation error.

Thinking of this, Feng Li sighed in his heart and said to himself: "How great would it be if Zhou Mengchen only talked about this step."

Yes, this model fully explains the movement of celestial bodies and is also fully in line with the idea that the earth is the center of the world in the hearts of the ancients.

Governor Che asked, "You are using this method to calculate the solar eclipse?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "Yes, not."

"I used this method to calculate it once, but when I calculated it, I found that there is actually a simpler algorithm that conforms to reality. This is the most important algorithm I used this time."

Governor Che asked curiously: "What is the algorithm?"

Zhou Mengchen asked Cheng Dawei and Liu Xiushui to bring another thing covered with black cloth over. Zhou Mengchen lifted it up again.

This time, it was much simpler, just a group of concentric circles. With the center of the circle facing outward, there were six rings, and each ring had a small ball model.

Governor Che asked the red ball in the middle curiously and said, "This is the earth, my Ming Dynasty is still red, and red is also good."

As a common noun used by Zhou Mengchen, Earth has gradually been accepted.

Zhou Mengchen said: "No. This is the sun."

After hearing this, Governor Che asked, "Where is the earth?"

Zhou Mengchen pointed to the planetary model on the fourth ring and said, "Here."

Governor Che was stunned and seemed to be unable to turn around. He stared at this model based on the heliocentric theory. His mind was blank. He didn't know what to think for a moment.

As soon as Zhou Mengchen said this, everyone was in an uproar. At the same time, there were several floors below the Yellow Crane Tower.

Because each of the following layers arranged a preacher to pass down what was said on the previous layer in detail, but there were only two models missing.

After all, this is too unbelievable.

Wang Yongning's eyes lit up and he thought to himself: "Zhou Mengchen, Zhou Mengchen, I have found your fault. I don't need to say this, you are just a traitor." There are so many things to do here. After all, there are many common sense conflicts with Ming people and many beliefs.

Wang Yongning was not very clear about other fields. Almost in an instant, he remembered several places that did not conform to Taoist doctrines. And there was a believer who was as big as the sky, that is Emperor Jiajing. As long as he added fuel to the fire in front of Emperor Jiajing, he would definitely put Zhou Mengchen to death.

When Wang Yongning thought of this, a sneer flowed out from the corner of his mouth.

But he looked at Wang Daozhi and wanted to share his discovery with his nephew, but saw his nephew's eyes were blank and he looked around, not finding the point at all. He was desperate for a moment.

It’s really harder than people, and it’s harder to throw away the goods than people.

At this moment, as Zhou Mengchen's enemy, Wang Yongning also admired Zhou Mengchen's profound attainments in astronomy, but this did not prevent him from trying to kill the other party. After all, since he had made enemies, he would be wiped out no matter what the reason was. But he didn't think before, but now he felt that his nephew was too stupid.

If it weren't for his Wang family's bloodline, he wouldn't want to take a look at it.

There is also Liu Xiuwen who doesn’t understand either.

Liu Xiuwen also seemed to understand, of course, there was a lot of it because he didn't understand. He didn't have a lot of knowledge. It was just that he looked at Cheng Dawei on the side. But he saw Cheng Dawei straightening his chest and looking proud. Liu Xiuwen asked carefully: "Why is this senior brother, why does the uncle say this?"

There is no problem calling you a master's uncle with Liu Tianhe's relationship with Zhou Mengchen.

Cheng Dawei's eyes lit up. He had a lot of words to say to others. After all, when it comes to these theories and calculations, Cheng Dawei helped Zhou Mengchen and participated in a certain amount of calculations. He only felt that he was very glorious now, and his face was full of the look of "praising me quickly".

At this moment, the young master of the Shangshu family, who was a few years older than him, suddenly felt itchy. He said, "This is the first method of my master, which is to believe in mathematics. In this world, parents will lie to you, wives will lie to you, children will lie to you, and even you will lie to yourself. Only numbers will not lie to others. It is the same at all times."

"Mathematics is the best ruler for us to measure the world."

"If you think some theories are different from the calculation results, you have to check whether you have calculated it wrong first. If you have calculated it wrong, then it is very likely that the theory is wrong."

"This is the first principle of our teacher."

Cheng Dawei was so excited that he spitted everywhere, as if he was about to say all the things he had learned from Zhou Mengchen. However, Liu Xiuwen seemed to understand, but he vaguely felt very powerful, and he made up his mind and said in his heart: "Grandfather will not misjudgment, I will definitely learn the real skills from Uncle Shi."

"Cough cough." Governor Che coughed twice. The originally chaotic hall gradually became quiet. He could clearly hear the voices downstairs. It took a while before he could completely calm down.
Chapter completed!