The Hanlin Astronomical Academy is located on the east side of the Great Inner, next to the Palace Province. It is surrounded by some yamen responsible for palace affairs. It is not so noble because of observing the astronomical phenomena and predicting good and bad luck. It also looks inconspicuous.

Tonight is the night of full moon. Just two days have passed by Emperor Zhao Zhen’s birthday. The entire Tokyo city is still shrouded in the festive atmosphere. The red candles and lanterns in the palace are as bright as daytime.

Xu Ping, Prime Minister Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng followed Zhao Zhen, next to them were two Hanlin scholars, Yan Shu and Mei Xun, followed by Yang Weide, the new Sitian Young Superintendent, as well as Chu Yan, the chief of Sitian Superintendent, and Yang Huaimin, the eunuch who promoted the Hanlin Astronomy Academy.

Two small yellow doors followed behind Zhao Zhen, holding a shiny brass tube in his hand, looking cautious, afraid of a slight accident.

The entire team was quiet and without any sound. Surrounded by the guards of the Imperial City and Hemen, they went from the small gate of the palace to the area where the inner yamen was located in the east.

Under Xu Ping's guidance, the glass business finally made two large-magnification astronomical telescopes and chose to offer them today. This is different from the one Yan Su saw at first. The two convex lenses increased the magnification and field of view, and the observation area was converted into a prism to a vertical image. Even Xu Ping himself didn't know what he would see in the night sky.

There is no way. Since I customized the telescope to observe the celestial phenomena, there have been eunuchs from the palace staring at the glass. Once it is made, it is absolutely not allowed to use it to look at the sky first. We must present it to the emperor to observe it first.

Tonight, there will be no clouds, a bright moon hanging high, the stars in the sky will dim, and many of them will even disappear. If we follow the observations of Si Tianjian and Hanlin Astronomy Academy on weekdays, we will definitely remember that the moon is bright and the stars are sparse.

But when a person's vision extends to the vast night sky with the help of instruments, what will he see?

Xu Ping was not very worried. Zhao Zhen himself did not have any astronomical knowledge, but he just watched the excitement and would not think that the will of heaven was unpredictable. Yang Weide and Chu Yan, who had astronomy knowledge, would never talk nonsense. In that position, they had already learned how to use astronomy to invite the emperor's favor and seek benefits and avoid harm.

The most important thing is that the ancient Chinese thoughts of the wild and imaginative thoughts gave heaven and earth various guesses. Even according to the most popular Huntian theory, it is just that heaven and earth are like chickens, and the earth where people live is an egg yolk. As for other scholars, they all have all kinds of things, and they all come from the unity of man and nature.

Chinese people say that heaven is supreme, but that day is not the sky above the head, but a highly abstract concept and does not look specific. What I saw in my eyes was nothing more than saying in surprise, so that's how it is!

The stars in the sky are gods, and they are enfeoffed by the emperors on the earth. If there is no enfeoffment, then that is nothing, but there is no specific statement that which star in the sky determines the fate of the human world. In China, there are demons who use the heaven to transform into evil words to confuse the people and disrupt the world, but there are no scientists who are tied to the cross and burned to death because of explaining the celestial phenomena.

After entering the Astronomy Academy, the guards stood scattered and the bright torches burned, illuminating the surroundings as if they were day.

There are also astronomical instruments such as armillary spheres in the hall. In front of the hall there is a platform for viewing astronomy and a erected guitar. There are several small yellow doors around the platform lying there to watch the celestial phenomena.

Zhao Zhen and his group came in, and Xiaohuangmen hurriedly saluted.

Zhao Zhen ordered the mercy to be exempted, paused, turned his head and asked Xu Ping in a low voice: "How is this telescope used? Should I build a platform or something?"

Xu Ping whispered: "It is not necessary to observe. You can build a platform to hold it in the future to avoid damage from back and forth. Build a small pavilion to shelter from wind and rain, and also prevent direct sunlight."

"Oh, just watch it tonight, right?"

"Report to your Majesty, just watch it."

Zhao Zhen nodded and turned to Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng and said, "The ancients said that the sky was unpredictable. Xu Ping made this telescope and said that he could see the stars that were invisible in normal times and go far away from the sky. This was a grand event of the dynasty, and he would not be careless at all. Tonight, all my dear friends and I will observe the celestial phenomena together."

Lu Hujian brought several ministers to accept the order.

Zhao Zhen said again: "Xu Ping, you and the people from Si Tianjian will first set up this telescope."

Although the Hanlin Academy of Astronomical Sciences also observes the celestial phenomena, there are not many people who know astronomical knowledge. They only serve to verify the accuracy of the celestial phenomena reported by Sitianjian. If you really do things, you still have to rely on the people of Sitianjian.

Xu Ping, Yang Weide and Chu Yan, went to the rooftop with two small yellow doors holding telescopes.

Seeing the two leaders of Si Tianjian looking up at him together, Xu Ping said: "The most important thing is to have the telescope firmly installed, and don't let the emperor move around when observing the celestial phenomena. There is nothing else to pay attention to."

Yang Weide nodded, waved to the two Sitianjian students who were following behind, and ordered: "You two hold the telescope firmly, remember, be sure to be steady and not sway. Then, aim the mirror at the common astronomical phenomena, and aim the stars I have mentioned here, right there."

The two students bowed and said yes, and took a telescope from Xiaohuangmen.

Setting up in the center of the rooftop, 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 rooftop.

When he arrived in front of the telescope, Zhao Zhen stopped.

Xu Ping took out the tablet on his waist and said to the observation mouth of the telescope: "Your Majesty, the telescope has been adjusted. Just look at it from here. I remind Your Majesty, the celestial phenomena seen in the telescope are very different from those seen in the eyes. The moon and stars are different in size. Just watch quietly."

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

Before Yang Weide commanded the star sign, Zhao Zhen suddenly moved away from the telescope, straightened his waist, and his face changed. After a while, he said, "How is Taiyin Star like this? It's similar to the mountains, with high and low fluctuations!"

Lu Yijian stepped forward, held the scepter and whispered: "Your Majesty, the stars in the sky have always been their own since ancient times. They are limited by human vision and have never been able to see clearly. The so-called God is indefinite, so why bother with what it looks like? God's will is unpredictable, so we just need to look carefully at what it looks like."

Zhao Zhen calmed down and nodded, "That's the case, but what you see from here is really far from what you see with your eyes. Don't say that there is no Moon Laurel Chang'e, the purpose is all high and low mountains!"

Wang Zeng stepped forward and said, "Chang'e's flight to the moon was originally a nonsense that was only for casual conversation, so why should she take it seriously?" To be continued.

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