180 [Your Majesty, the earth is a rotating sphere]
The Cuju League has officially started collecting tickets. It starts every Tuesday, Friday and August, and nine games are played in a month.
There are currently only eight teams, namely: Wenbao Team, Xiliu Team, Nanying Team, Jinyi Team, Wutai Team, Zhangjia Team, Yongan Team, and Qiyun Team.
Wenbao is a golden leopard, and there is one in the leopard room. The Wenbao team is obviously Zhu Houzhao's team.
When Zhu Houzhao suffered from secondary illness, he organized the 6,000 soldiers trained by Wang Yuan into a separate battalion called Xiliu Camp, and the team he belonged to was called Xiliu Team.
The six thousand soldiers trained by Zhang Yong, temporarily named Nanying, also came to join in the fun and play football. They didn't ask for good results, they just had fun with the emperor.
The remaining teams, except for the Jinyi team, which was founded by Qian Ning, were all founded by nobles, relatives, businessmen and folk Cuju enthusiasts.
Wang Yuan held an extra-long wooden box and headed to the stadium in a carriage.
The Wenbao team is participating today, and the emperor will definitely come!
After paying for the tickets, Wang Yuan walked to the auditorium. After waiting for a while, he saw Zhu Houzhao leaving the city incognito.
Zhu Houzhao went straight to the Tianzihao private room, that is, the seats in the center of the front row in the north, which were specially circled to form an independent viewing platform. There are also Dizihao, Xuanzihao, Huangzihao, etc. The tickets for these private rooms are expensive. Take a look.
A game costs at least ten taels of silver.
The seats in the last row are very cheap, only half the price, even ordinary people can afford them.
"Your Majesty!" Wang Yuan walked into the private room.
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "Wang Erlang is here too, sit down quickly!"
There are nine private rooms in Tianzihao. In addition to Zhu Houzhao, there are also Qian Ning, Li Ying and an accompanying eunuch.
Wang Yuan sat down next to the emperor, and the long wooden box he held in his hand was extremely conspicuous.
Zhu Houzhao asked: "Is Erlang holding a weapon in his hand?"
"Magic mirror." Wang Yuan said.
Zhu Houzhao suddenly became interested: "But has the microscope been made?"
Wang Yuan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, what I am holding in my hand is the Divine Mirror of Ten Thousand Miles."
"Can you see the scenery thousands of miles away?" Zhu Houzhao asked.
"Not bad." Wang Yuan said.
Zhu Houzhao didn't want to watch the ball anymore and couldn't wait to say: "Give it to me quickly, I want to watch the soldiers in front of me kill the enemy here!"
Wang Yuan explained: "Your Majesty, this thousand-mile mirror can only see the scenery in the sky. For example, the moon!"
"So that's it," Zhu Houzhao said, "That's just right. The sun is nice today. Let's see what the sun looks like first."
Wang Yuan raised his forehead and asked, "Your Majesty, do you dare to look directly at the scorching sun?"
Zhu Houzhao said: "You can look directly at the morning and sunset sun, but the scorching sun at noon can easily hurt your eyes."
Wang Yuan reminded: "Using this magical mirror to observe the sun is a hundred times brighter than looking directly at it, and can blind a person's eyes on the spot."
"That's it." Zhu Houzhao looked around. He really wanted Qian Ning or Li Ying to give it a try.
Qian Ning and Li Ying pretended not to know, and looked at the center of the court attentively, fearing that the emperor would really let them have a try.
There is a wooden high platform next to the stadium, and a person sits on it as a commentator, holding a tin trumpet and shouting: "Everyone, spectators, welcome to Xuanwu Stadium. Today's game is between the Wenbao team and the Qiyun team..."
Players from both sides entered the stadium one after another. Although the auditorium was not full, there were at least 3,000 people watching the game.
Most of the advertising spaces in the stadium are empty, but there are also two businesses advertising, which is a relatively good start.
Over in the private room, Zhang He was quite worried: "The Wenbao team is His Majesty's team. If we win, will we be held accountable?"
"Probably not. I've already told you that everything on the court follows the rules." The person next to him consoled him.
Zhang He is the direct grandson of the British Duke Zhang Mao. He is the eighth eldest son in the family. A lot of people have to die before he can be qualified to inherit the British Dukeship. Since he can't succeed in the title, he can just have fun. He has no other hobbies.
I just liked Cuju since I was a child.
The emperor held a football league, and Zhang He gathered a group of football enthusiasts to form a team to compete and have fun.
Zhang He’s Qiyun team has the best player skills among all the teams! After two games of failure at the beginning, they quickly adjusted their tactics and stopped showing off their personal skills. As a result, they have won consecutive victories and are ranked 1st in the league.
Ranked second.
Ranked first is the Xiliu team. Their personal skills are not outstanding, but their fighting is brutal and they often receive yellow and red cards.
Less than a quarter of an hour into the game, I saw a player dribbling the ball past people continuously. The ball seemed to be stuck to his leg, and he scored with a world wave.
"Xing Wulang, Xing Wulang!"
The whole audience cheered, and the cheers were loud. This player actually has his own fans.
Xing Wulang is extremely handsome, tall, and has amazing football skills, making him the number one football star in Beijing.
Zhu Houzhao's face looked a little ugly, the royal team was being ravaged at will!
Although Zhang He couldn't see the emperor's expression, he was so frightened that he quickly shouted: "Steady, steady, don't hit too hard, give up two balls first."
Wang Yuan did not watch the football seriously, but quietly observed the surroundings. He found that there were female relatives in the auditorium. Although the number was not large, it was still above double digits. It can be seen that the football league has attracted men, women and children - in fact, most of them belong to brothels.
The woman, who often rests during the day, just takes time to watch football.
The football star named Xing Wulang has become so famous in the brothel that he can drink wine without paying.
Before the game was over, Zhu Houzhao left the field early. He couldn't bear to watch anymore. He said to Li Ying: "You must buy that Xing Wulang, no matter how much you spend!"
"According to the order!" Li Ying accepted the order.
What the hell are you still doing transfers?
Wang Yuan reminded: "Your Majesty, this case cannot be made, otherwise who would dare to play with the Wenbao team."
Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said: "If this happens next time, I need to buy this Xingwulang. I can make him a member of the Jinyiwei Baihu."
Damn it, if a player is made a member of a hundred households, I don’t know how many officials will impeach him.
Wang Yuan followed the emperor to the Leopard Room, where they had dinner together in the afternoon and supper together in the evening, and finally waited until the moon rose high.
"Your Majesty, please stand aside!" Wang Yuan said.
Although Zhu Houzhao didn't understand what he meant, he sent all the eunuchs away and observed the moon according to Wang Yuan's explanation.
Soon, the sight of potholes came into Zhu Houzhao's eyes. He suddenly retracted his head, pressed the eyepiece with his hand, turned around and asked Wang Yuan: "Is this the moon?"
Wang Yuan nodded and said: "It's the moon."
Zhu Houzhao observed carefully again and said dumbfounded: "How could this be?"
Wang Yuan said: "According to my speculation, the moon should be a big ball floating in the void. The earth we are standing on is also a big ball floating in the void."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhu Houzhao scolded.
Wang Yuan had already done enough homework and said: "The earth is not only a sphere, but also rotating. Wang Bing in the Tang Dynasty commented on "Su Wen" and said: "Observing the eastward rotation of the five stars, the principle of the leftward movement of the earth can be clearly seen.
Yes.' There is also: 'The earth is under man and in the void.' These are all recorded in the "Emperor's Internal Canon". The earth is a sphere in the void, and it moves from west to east."
Zhu Houzhao remained silent.
Wang Yuan also said: ""Shangshu" says: "The earth is constantly moving, but people don't know it. It's like a person sitting in a big boat with the boat closed, and the boat is moving unconsciously." "Liehzi" says: "The movement has stopped."
, The earth moves closely, and it is possible to realize it. "Spring and Autumn Wei" of the Han Dynasty also records: "The sky rotates to the left, and the earth moves to the right." "Earth movements are seen in celestial phenomena." The sages of the past dynasties have discovered that the earth moves and it is natural.
Rotating from west to east.”
Zhu Houzhao finally said: "Maybe so."
Wang Yuan continued: "Since the earth is a sphere and rotates, why can't the moon be a sphere and rotate? Even the stars in the sky are all spheres!"
"Nonsense!" Zhu Houzhao was furious.
Wang Yuan muttered: "Including Wenquxing."
Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, his anger gradually subsided, and finally he laughed: "So, I am not descended from the Ziweixing star, and Erlang is not descended from the Wenqu star?"
Wang Yuan cupped his hands and said: "The emperor is appointed by fate, how can the purple star represent the destiny? I just want to ask your majesty, should this pair of Wanli Divine Mirror be sealed up or handed over to the officials of Qin Tianjian? How to deal with it?
It’s up to His Majesty to decide.”
Zhu Houzhao was walking around in the yard and suddenly asked: "Can Qin Tianjian know that the earth and the moon are all one sphere?"
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "They must know, and they know better than I do. Otherwise, how can we predict the solar eclipse?"
Astronomers in ancient China were able to predict the exact time of a solar eclipse. Take Li Yuan, the Imperial Supervisor of Heaven at this time, for example. According to historical records, in a few years he would be wrong in predicting a solar eclipse by a few days, and as a result he would be angered by the emperor.
Deduction from wages.
Zhu Houzhao suddenly shouted: "Call Qintian Supervisor Li Yuan here immediately!"