Heavy rain is coming and strong winds are coming.
The concentration of water vapor in the air is extremely high, making people feel suffocated and depressed.
With billowing dark clouds covering the entire Forbidden City, Xiao Weizhen strengthened his belief that this was the wrath of God to punish the Academy of Sciences for its disrespectful behavior towards heaven and earth.
Zhu Qizhen looked at the righteousness on the faces of these people. Although it was funny, he felt a sigh in his heart.
The Academy of Sciences compiles the encyclopedia in the hope of promoting the development of natural science.
At this time, Ming Dynasty was in the transitional stage from traditional Confucianism to new science. He did not expect everyone to learn this popular science knowledge, but hoped that some people who dared to question would emerge and then verify the things in the book through practice. As long as some people in this world are willing to accept the spirit of scientific argumentation, then the purpose of this book will be achieved.
However, I encourage you to question and experiment, but I don’t want you to risk your life!
Click!
There was a thunder in the sky, which seemed to be right next to the ears, making the eardrums hurt.
Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "Why bother, Xiao Qing? In fact, you can use cattle, sheep and other living animals as substitutes for experiments, so there is no need to risk your life!"
His words were well-intentioned. He didn't want to watch a living person being struck to death by lightning, and he couldn't bear it.
However, Xiao Weizhen didn’t think so.
He asked for a personal test outside the palace. In addition to breaking the scam of the Academy of Sciences, he also had another reason, which was to rectify the names of scholars again.
The emperor launched a new policy and severely suppressed former scholars. Although some people did engage in corruption, bribery, or abuse of power, these people deserve to die.
But, you can’t beat everyone to death with one stick, right?
Why did the Four Books and Five Classics and Confucian governance suddenly turn into dregs during the Zhengtong Dynasty for two thousand years?
He couldn't accept this fact, so he needed to prove it to the emperor and everyone!
The principles of heaven cannot be disobeyed by ordinary people.
Even if you are the emperor, you must obey God's will.
If you, as an emperor, act recklessly, God will definitely give you a warning.
However, now that you attribute all these to natural phenomena, doesn't it mean that whatever happens in the future will be the result of nature, and from now on, there will be no such thing as immorality?
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for him to back down at this time.
Seeing the emperor's words to dissuade him, he became more determined in his belief.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I read the books of sages and cultivate virtue throughout my life, so why should I be afraid? If I really sacrifice my life for justice today, it will be considered as a contribution to the scientific development of the Ming Dynasty, and I will have no regrets in this life!"
Talk about it, and you actually look up to the sky and laugh.
However, this smile is full of disdain.
In his mind, these things promoted by the Academy of Sciences are all fallacies and heresies that are misleading people.
Several Hanlin officials behind him followed up and said: "Please bear witness with your own eyes, Your Majesty. Today, this demonic book will not be extinguished. I am worthy of being a disciple of the saint!"
At this time, two figures hurried over, it was the cabinet Cao Nai and Zhang Yi.
When the two saw this scene, they couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Although Cao Nai didn't know how to draw thunder, he knew that doing so was dangerous.
Hanlin Academy people, when you were young, didn’t your mother tell you not to stand under a big tree when it rains?…
This is the most basic common sense in life. Why are you flying a kite?
The two of them shouted from a distance: "Everyone, please stop making trouble, it's going to rain!"
Xiao Weizhen became even more excited when he saw the chief minister of the cabinet coming.
"Mr. Cao, Mr. Zhang, please bear witness today and see how ridiculous that nonsense book is!"
Boom!
At this moment, there was another thunder.
Immediately afterwards, heavy rain poured down.
Everyone outside the main hall was soaked in water.
Xiao Weizhen suddenly burst into laughter, pointed his finger at the sky, and shouted: "
Mr. Cao, Mr. Zhang, have you seen that the sky thunder is so high that a mere copper wire is trying to attract the sky thunder? The so-called thunder experiment is so ridiculous!"
Beilin and others from the Academy of Sciences stood aside, keeping a certain distance from these lunatics. Their faces were as sinking as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
Precisely because they are engaged in scientific research, of course they know that any experiment has a probability of success.
Regarding lightning experiments, they have personally conducted them, but they are not successful every time.
If there is no thunder today, logically speaking, there is nothing surprising.
But under the current situation, telling the people at the Hanlin Academy that the experiment might fail seems completely unconvincing.
Thunder sounded again and again, the dark clouds got lower and lower, and lightning flashed from time to time.
And the huge kite has begun to float into the low clouds.
When Cao Nai saw this, he shouted anxiously: "It's dangerous, please untie the copper wire quickly. If you have anything to say, come into the palace and say it!"
Xiao Weizhen obviously had no intention of retreating at all, and shouted: "Can't you see it, Mr. Cao? God has been warning you frequently recently because there are women in the court who are acting as traitors. The emperor kills ministers at every turn and goes to war everywhere. The people are suffering unspeakably. This is why
The emperor mistakenly believed in the female gangster. The contents in these books are deviant and deceptive. They are clearly intended to overthrow the country. If the female gangster is not killed and the source is cleared, a catastrophic disaster is imminent. I beg the emperor to think twice...
…"
Cool!
A sudden thunder sounded, interrupting Xiao Weizhen's long speech.
I saw the kite that had penetrated into the clouds, and suddenly it emitted a ball of fire!
It turned out to be lightning in the clouds, which came into contact with the copper sheet in the kite. Everyone felt their eyes light up, and a flash of lightning flashed in the air like a silver snake.
In an instant, the sky suddenly lit up!
Everyone looked at the sky in shock. A clearly visible current instantly lit up the copper wire.
The huge current is as bright as day.
At this moment, Xiao Weizhen was still shouting: "Your Majesty, please think twice..."
The electric current caused by the thunder quickly penetrated his body like a silver snake.
Then, the second, the third...
In an instant, all the Hanlins who were wrapped with copper wires were trembling all over and foaming at the mouth.
There was a stinking smell in the heavy rain, and the hair, skin, and clothes of these people were all burnt.
The whole process took less than a second, and it was over before anyone even had time to react.
The other people in the Hanlin Academy were so frightened that they backed away. Did it really attract thunder?
Cao Nai and Zhang Yi looked at each other. They didn't know what to do, so they had to look at Beilin, as if asking, are they dead?
Beilin shouted: "Cut the copper wire in his hand first!"
However, these people were afraid that their death would not be miserable enough. The copper wires were tightly wrapped around their bodies, and the kites were still swaying in the clouds, which could trigger a second thunderstorm at any time!
Fan Zhong witnessed the power of the thunder with his own eyes, and worried about hurting the emperor, he took out the steel knife from a guard and shouted: "Get out of the way!"