The so-called experiment is naturally two iron balls of different weights falling to the ground from a high place.
The free-falling experiment is an experiment that is easy to do at this stage, and it is also easy to make people think twice.
For this reason, Xiao Yi also specially acted as the banker and let people place bets.
One is heavy and one is light.
Which one hits the ground first, the heavier one, or the lighter one.
There were a lot of people watching the excitement, and three banks were set up in the end. One was the gambling table set up by Xiao Yi, and the officials participated. The other was the gambling table set up by the guards of the East Palace, and the family members participated. There was also one, naturally Zhang The servants came up and down.
Of course, there was still only Xiao Yi at the table. The East Palace Guards and the servants of the Zhang family were just watching the fun and then showing it off in private.
Although small gambling brings pleasure, big gambling harms the body.
And when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sits in the throne like this, it is inevitable that Di Yan will give him some advice.
Originally, the first person to stand up at this moment, the first person to stand up should be Wang Jiefu. However, this person is too upright, and he has not practiced much in the local area. He is not very down-to-earth. Xiao Yi I also know that he may be bent on reform, but reform is not as ambitious as his, and will only end in failure.
As for the advice of Di Yan and others, it was ignored in the end.
They all knew very well that since they were at Zhang Jiuling's house this time and not at Xi Zheng Hall and Xuan Zheng Hall, they really didn't need to be so serious.
Finally, the gambling table was opened.
Then, there was this free-fall experiment.
Xiao Yi specially asked Lu Chong to stand on a high place with two balls, and then let go of the two balls at the same time according to the method he had already demonstrated.
"Boom."
As a voice sounded.
Two iron balls with different weights landed at the same time.
Everyone just thought it was a bit incredible.
how can that be possible?
Didn't the heavy iron ball hit the ground first?
Why did they land at the same time?
Why is this happening?
It seemed that... none of the books they had read had any holy words that could be used to explain this phenomenon.
"hiss."
Some people gasped for air on a hot day.
Xiao Yi asked Lu Chong to come down again, bring two iron balls, and throw them again.
"Your Highness." Zhang Jiuling said while suppressing a certain emotion. "What's the point?"
Xiao Yi was not in a hurry, and asked Eunuch Sanbao to hand out the gambling money on the gambling table. The officials didn't actually have much money with them, and they were just gambling for fun, so no one cared about it.
What they are most concerned about now is, why do two iron balls with different weights, one very heavy and one very light, fall to the ground at the same time?
Xiao Yi returned to the hall and finished his work. He seemed to be taking his time and drank some tea.
As a result, the officials couldn't help but start talking. Zhang Jiuling and Yue Shan both looked at each other and had something to say in their hearts, but they had to let the Crown Prince hold his own.
After Xiao Yi drank a few cups of green tea, he coughed. Suddenly, the entire hall was silent.
"I accidentally thought about why the arrow feathers were shot towards the sky, but they still landed on the ground in the end. No matter what object they were, they would eventually fall on the ground, as if there was something on the earth that attracted all things."
"If the sky is round and the earth is one, it's like right now, the tea cup falls directly instead of pointing towards the sky."
"However, this explanation is still open to question, because even if the sky is round and the earth is round, why can birds soar in the sky and not fall to the ground after flying?"
"Objects with different weights fall from the same height and finally land at the same time. This shows that the speed of objects landing at the same height is not calculated based on their weight, but something else..."
"For example, there were two teacups in Gu's hand. One just let go, while the other slammed it down hard."
"Bang."
Everyone saw it.
The tea cup fell on the table with great force.
Xiao Yi smiled and said, "Why is this?"
Zhang Jiuling said helplessly: "Your Highness! If I could explain this heavenly principle to you face to face, I would have become a saint long ago!"
Xiao Yi said with a smile: "It's really possible, maybe we can make up for this natural principle today, and then the master will use it to sew new things, and he will really become a saint!"
Zhang Jiuling felt a little bitter in his heart. His Royal Highness had directly forced him to stand up and innovate and become the leader of the new study.
In other words, Luo Xue, which he wanted to create before, now occupies half of the country and is about to be abandoned.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. He finally understood. He understood why His Highness the Crown Prince brought these people to his residence, why he did the experiment of dropping an iron ball to the ground for everyone to see, and why he did it in front of so many people. , talked to him again and again, and kept leaning on new learning.
It’s because he created Luo Xue before!
Think about it this way.
Then we understand what His Royal Highness is thinking.
This is to break up the Luo School and establish a new school, which is the new school of His Royal Highness.
I have to say that His Royal Highness is really ambitious.
Xiao Yi's expression became much more serious, he looked at Zhang Jiuling and said, "Tai Shigong said that by studying the relationship between heaven and man, we can understand the changes in ancient and modern times and become a family."
"Since I have said it, to establish a heart for the heaven and earth, to establish a destiny for the people, to carry forward the unique knowledge of the saints, and to create peace for all generations, then it is natural that there must be the theory of heaven!"
"With it, I can get twice the result with half the effort by expelling the Confucian officials. Without it, I can get twice the result with half the effort!"
Zhang Jiuling really wanted to persuade His Highness the Crown Prince. After all, establishing a new discipline was no joke.
However, after all, he has created Luo Xue, so it is difficult to open this mouth.
As the saying goes, there is one emperor and one courtier.
He is now assisting His Highness the Crown Prince, and with His Highness the Crown Prince's current reputation, he can indeed establish a new school, and he has the ability, credibility, and knowledge...
Zhang Jiuling had no choice but to ask: "What is the law of heaven that His Highness said?"
Xiao Yi said loudly: "The first is rules and the second is observing things. These rules are the rules for the operation of all things in the universe. For example, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, iron balls of different weights fall to the ground at the same time, solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, the sky is round and the place is round. Or is it that the sky is very big and the earth is round? Of course, this rule must be the truth, a natural principle that exists objectively, rather than human imagination. I firmly believe that practice is the only criterion for testing truth."
"As for the investigation of things, I believe everyone should be familiar with it. Yes, it comes from the "Book of Rites·University": "To know, you need to check things, and then you will know. "In fact, it just confirms the first truth, that is, you must practice to gain true knowledge. Only by doing an experiment like an iron ball falling to the ground can we know that the weight of the iron ball falling to the ground has nothing to do with it. Tutor, are you right?"
Zhang Jiuling and others were silent. The amount of information was not very large. It was obvious that His Highness the Crown Prince's new learning was studying objects.
This is actually considered Confucian thought.
However, this object is one of the eight eyes of Confucianism.
Looking at it this way, His Highness the Crown Prince's new learning is somewhat one-sided and is just about studying things.
However, Zhang Jiuling had figured out some of the thoughts of the current Crown Prince, and knew that the new study he proposed to study objects might not be that simple.
"In this case, I also have some doubts here. I would like to ask Your Highness to clarify some of my doubts."
Xiao Yidao: "It can't be said to solve doubts. Since it is communication, everyone can actually speak freely. If there is anything you want to say or discuss, you can put it out, ask questions, and find answers."
"Because people have different experiences and opinions, they have different views on the world. This is why people have different faces."
Zhang Jiuling nodded, which was a sign of Renjun, and asked: "His Highness seems to have said that the earth may be round. May I ask where this statement comes from?"
Xiao Yi replied: "At the beginning of the universe, Yin and Yang were born, and the earth divided Yin and Yang into the moon and the sun. Moreover, the sun in the sky is round, the moon is round, and the earth... is also round. The earth rotates, and Attracted by the sun and orbiting the sun, light and darkness arise on their own.”
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked Lu Chong to take out the objects he had prepared long ago. He kept silent and stopped any further questions in his eyes.
When Lu Chong came up with a wooden plate covered with red cloth, he placed it on Xiao Yi's table.
Xiao Yicai said: "I know this statement, but you may not believe it, and no one else will believe it. If the earth is a ball, will the people under the ball fall? What does this ball look like? Why does it happen? Is it a ball?”
"After reading this, you may understand a little bit. As for whether you can accept it or not, it's up to you."
After Xiao Yi finished speaking, he directly opened the red cloth.
The above looks like a simple structure of the solar system.
It has to be said that with the technical support of skilled craftsmen, it is really effortless to create some gadgets.
Everyone's eyes were blank, completely confused by the solar system structure on Xiao Yi's table, and they were completely dizzy.
Xiao Yi reached out and fiddled with the earth and introduced: "This is the earth we are on. The earth revolves around the sun, and it rotates very slowly. It only takes one year to complete this circle, and there are four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. "
"At the same time, the earth also rotates on its axis, which completes one day. In this way, we can see the sun rising in the east and setting in the west."
"As for the solar eclipse, it should be like this, and the moon's rising in the east and setting in the west should be like this..."
The iron balls hit the ground at the same time, shattering all three views.
In fact, it is not that serious. Although this phenomenon is bizarre, it is still within the acceptance range of the officials.
However, when Xiao Yi proposed the heliocentric theory, and when the earth was round, it was also proposed that the earth revolves around the sun, the moon revolves around the earth, and the earth rotates on its own. It was completely...
Just say His Highness the Crown Prince is talking nonsense.
It's definitely disrespectful.
The key is, if you think about it carefully, it can explain many unexplained reasons, and it suddenly becomes clear!
How is this going?
Zhang Jiuling was dumbfounded. It took him half a day to speak, but he was a little more careful and serious.
It seems that everyone has a lot of things to say, but they don’t know what to say. In short, when words come to their lips, they seem very weak, hollow, and even more helpless.
It would be like a country holding a public meeting and announcing that we have discovered aliens.
It's just... hard to accept.
The earth is round, the moon is round, the sun is round, and even the stars are round!
This is nothing.
The earth wants to rotate on its own, but also revolves around the sun, the moon revolves around the earth, and the stars revolve around the sun. Are they all moving?
Then... the gods also want to revolve around the sun?
Where is the sky?
After all, we used to pay attention to the divine right of kings!
All of a sudden, many people couldn’t handle it.
Zhang Jiuling thought for a long time and took the lead to break the silence and said: "Your Highness, if this is the case, why don't the people standing below fall into the air?"
Xiao Yi said: "This is just a shrunken earth. You can imagine infinitely enlarging this, because we are standing on it now, and we are only standing very, very small."
"Then, this involves the issue of strength. Why do people have different strengths? Some are big and some are small."
"For example, Gu Nai is born with divine power and has infinite power."
"Power is not just the force exerted by us, but what Gu Yi said at the beginning, that is the rules."
"Power is one of the rules of this universe. It is the power of rules generated at the same time after the birth of Yin and Yang."
"We humans can use force, animals can also use force, and the object itself actually has a force."
"The reason why people standing below will not fall into the air, and the reason why everything will fall to the ground in the end, is not because the earth is round, but because there is a force at the center of the ball."
"This force can be called attraction. With this attraction, everything is attracted to fall on the earth."
"This can also explain why when we dig a deep hole and jump down, we will fall into the abyss."
"Because there is such a force in the center of the ball, when we jump into the pit, we naturally still think about the center of the ball."
"As for the abyss being dug from one end of the ball to the other, two people jumping into the abyss from this side and that side at the same time will fall down at the same time. In the end, you will fall to that side, and he will fall to this side. Gu Ye Unable to verify."
When Zhang Jiuling heard this, he immediately looked at Xiao Yi and frowned slightly.
'I can't verify it anymore. '
In other words, these statements put forward by the Prince of the Supervisory State have indeed been verified. Maybe it is precisely because of the verification that there is such a statement?
No wonder...no wonder His Highness the Crown Prince has been able to hide his incompetence for more than twenty years and yet possess such talent and wisdom.
To say that it is known from birth would be a bit far-fetched.
No matter how smart a person is, he will never exaggerate to such an extent.
Therefore, His Highness the Crown Prince really has a famous teacher behind him, and he is not just one person, but even several great Confucians and sages.
An experiment with an iron ball falling to the ground, a new study of the universe, and a new study of things. If these new studies come out, they will definitely be compared with myself and several other great Confucian scholars and other trendy Luo scholars, Taoists, and Buddhists. They will not seem to be real. So much stronger.
To put it bluntly, Luo Xue is just one part of Confucianism, which is similar to studying things, while Taoism is a bit mysterious and mystical. As for Buddhism, it is completely a myth.
No matter Confucianism, Taoism, or Buddhism, they can't explain why the iron balls hit the ground at the same time, why the sun keeps rising in the east and setting in the west, and it doesn't fall into the sea, why people's shadows change, and why two children argue about the sun in the sun. There are changes and so on.
Xiao Yi also saw that Zhang Jiuling still seemed unwilling to be the leader of this new school.
"If you don't want to, then it will be Zhang Jianzhi!" Xiao Yi finally became completely angry. "If he doesn't want to, I will just lock you up at home, and then publish an article in the newspaper in your name! You and your son will do it even if you don't want to do this, a saint!"
"Old minister, I am willing." Zhang Jiuling finally spoke tremblingly.
