Chapter 725

"This is the mirror of heaven?"

On New Year's Eve, the bright moon was hanging high. On the Stargazer's platform, Li Shimin looked at the strange cylindrical object facing the sky in front of him and was amazed. Beside him, Merton, Yuan Tiangang and other officials of the imperial celestial supervisor were accompanied.

The full moon hangs high in the sky, and the bright moonlight sprinkles on Chang'an City, which complements the lights of Zhuque street. Tonight is new year's Eve. Ordinary citizens enjoy the lights on Zhuque street, but Merton can only force a cold wind on the star viewing platform.

Originally, he was going to invite Princess Changle to enjoy the lantern, but Princess Changle refused on the grounds that it was inappropriate to meet before marriage. Before he could regret, Merton was caught by Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, it will be hundreds of times stronger than human eyes when it is used to peep at the stars. All the stars in the world are close in front of you. That's why I got this artifact and peeped out many hidden stars to get a trace of heaven!" Yuan Tiangang looked at the astronomical telescope in front of me with a look of amazement.

Merton couldn't help but look at the hidden star. In his opinion, it was just that he couldn't observe it with the naked eye and found it with a telescope.

"Is it so magical?" Li Shimin said eagerly.

"Your Majesty, look, this is the faint star that is about to disappear. At the moment, it is invisible to the naked eye. You can only observe it for a moment by peeping into the sky. This is the Taibai star..." Yuan Tiangang adjusted the angle and motioned Li Shimin to watch.

The faint star is mercury, which is closest to the sun. It only appears in the morning and dusk. It is invisible to the naked eye. In addition, Yuan Tiangang shows Li Shimin the starry sky one by one.

"Is it so magical?" Li Shimin exclaimed.

Even Merton had to admire Taoism for its uniqueness in astronomy. He even found the annular belt of Saturn and several moons of Jupiter, which were astronomical wonders never found by his ancestors.

"It all depends on the help of Mohism!" Yuan Tiangang thanked sincerely.

"Taoist yuan, you're welcome. If he doesn't have a Taoist priest, even if it's magical, we'll be confused!" Morton said modestly.

This is the time for the Taoist to show his face. Naturally, Merton will not steal the limelight of the Taoist without interest.

Yuan Tiangang looked at Merton with satisfaction and said with regret: "today is new year's Eve. There are few stars in the sky. If the stars emerge when the moon sets, it is a good time to observe the celestial phenomena."

Li Shimin smiled, looked at the bright moon and said, "although the stars are hidden, the bright moon is shining. Since ancient times, the saying of Chang'e running to the moon has spread widely. I also yearn for a long time. Today I want to see the land of heaven and see how majestic the so-called heavenly palace is."

Yuan Tiangang and Merton looked at each other and suddenly looked bitter. The moon is the easiest object to observe. How can Taoism miss it? However, when Yuan Tiangang looked at it with an astronomical telescope, he understood Merton's intention.

In their hearts, they blamed Merton for causing heavy losses to the Taoist immortal system with hot-air balloons. However, Merton handed over the astronomical telescope to the Taoist school. The Taoist school observed the real face of the Taoist school for the first time and immediately understood Merton's intention. If the Taoist school wants to study the celestial phenomena and the astronomical telescope comes out, I'm afraid the myth of the Moon Palace will be called a bubble unless the Taoist school abandons it.

However, curiosity killed the cat. Since ancient times, countless ancestors of Taoism have unlimited imagination about the starry sky. Now they have a chance to find out who can stand it.

There are gains and losses. Taoism used this to create the back pushing map, the first wonderful book of Taoism. However, it is destined to disclose the truth of the moon.

Yuan Tiangang knew there would be today when he decided to give the back pushing picture. At present, he was helpless and said, "please prepare yourself. Sometimes the real scene is not as beautiful as we thought!"

Merton nodded solemnly.

Li Shimin looked puzzled at Merton and Yuan Tiangang who played riddles. With a cold hum, he looked down at the telescope. With the advance of the telescope, a bright and round moon suddenly slowly turned into a devastated sphere.

"Is this really the moon?" Li Shimin exclaimed. He couldn't believe it. He raised his head, looked at the still bright and beautiful full moon with his naked eye, and looked down at the devastation in the astronomical telescope. He couldn't accept this reality for a long time.

If a peerless beauty looked at from a distance, everyone was in love. Once he walked in, he found that each other was covered with pockmarks. The real moon completely destroyed Li Shimin's previous fantasy of the Moon Palace, not to mention the word-of-mouth Moon Palace, the magical cinnamon tree and the sad and beautiful Chang'e running to the moon. At this moment, the fantasy in his heart was cracked, and only the most real moon.

Merton solemnly nodded and said, "this is the real moon. There is no majestic heavenly palace or Chang'e fairy, only the bumps."

"How do you know that these round pits were made by impact?" Li Shimin asked, still unable to believe this fact.

As like as two peas, he said: "the strength of Mohist school is to study the strength. This is the circular pit formed by the impact force. If your majesty does not believe that you can use stones to pound mud, you will get the same round pit."

"Eh!" Li Shimin immediately concluded. Merton used simple mud as an example to let him instantly understand the principle. After all, who had no such experience when he was a child.

Li Shimin saw it again several times, and then he had to accept the fact. He couldn't help laughing bitterly and said, "the world likes to use the moon to compare beautiful women and recite poetry against each other. If you let him see the real face of the moon, I'm afraid there will be no poetry chanting the moon in the world."

Merton couldn't help but look embarrassed. If he let countless beautiful poems chanting the moon disappear, he would be guilty.

"This is the fault of the minister!" Merton admitted his mistake. "But if you let the minister make a choice, the minister will still do so. Compared with the beautiful lie, the micro minister is more willing to understand the real side, eliminate the false and preserve the true. This is the unremitting pursuit of the Mohist school."

"So is Taoism?"

The master and apprentice yuan Tiangang couldn't help nodding. Once the astronomical telescope came out, it was Taoism that suffered the most. The Taoist immortal system was hit hard again. If they chose to hide the astronomical telescope, Merton would naturally take the initiative to cooperate. However, Taoism decided to take the initiative to break the myth of the moon. This courage is really admirable.

Li Shimin can't help thinking. As an emperor, he doesn't know that no matter how beautiful a lie is, it can't be compared with the precious competition. But as he grew older, the dream of longevity gradually grew in his heart, but it was pierced one by one by the Mohists, which made him feel rather bad.

Merton naturally noticed this, gently came forward, turned the telescope and aimed at a noisy rosefinch street in the distance: "compared with the illusory heavenly palace, I think this busy world is better."

The stargazing platform is a building in the Imperial Palace, second only to the Tai Chi hall. Standing on the stargazing platform, you can see the lights on Zhuque street. However, with the advance of the camera, the traffic on Zhuque street seems to be in front of you.

Ladies, lanterns, Youlong and jugglers are close to each other with the help of binoculars.

"This is the fairyland on earth!" Li Shimin sighed.