Chapter 62 Give the Ministers a Little Globe Shock
After finalizing the decree to establish a press platform, Ying Zheng raised another question: "Do you know what the world is like where we live?"
Hearing this question, the ministers even more doubted whether the king on the throne today was the real king?
First, he suddenly said that he would establish a governor, then he said that he would set up an "opinion-making platform" to monitor the world's public opinion, and now he asked the question "How is the world where we live?"
The usual king would not be like this.
When the ministers were silent, Ying Zheng added another sentence: "I am not asking how the heaven and earth where we live were formed, but I am asking you, what is the shape of heaven and earth?"
What is the shape of heaven and earth?
Although they didn’t understand what was wrong with Ying Zheng today and asked such a question, the ministers still answered.
A minister said: "I believe that the sky is like a canopy, the earth is like a chessboard, and the sky is round and the earth is square!"
This statement was recognized by most ministers. The round sky and the earth are the ideal places in this era. The most mainstream understanding of the world of heaven and earth.
Some ministers also said: "I believe that the body of heaven and earth is shaped like a bird's egg, and the sky encompasses the outside of the earth."
This statement has not been agreed with by many people. The theory of Hun Tian has been revealed in this era, but and is not recognized by others.
The minister said this not because he believed in this statement, but because he deliberately differed from "the sky is round and the earth is round" to arouse Ying Zheng's interest.
Ying Zhengdao: "If the body of heaven and earth is like a bird's egg, how do we, the Qin Dynasty, stand on the earth? What about the Xiongnu in the north and the Baiyue in the south?"
The minister was asked at once Sorry, he had only heard of this statement and had never studied it himself, so he had to honestly say: "I don't know!"
Ying Zhengdao: "I have heard a saying recently, which is similar to what you said. It said that the world where we live is a sphere, and the Qin Dynasty is only one area above the sphere. It is not the center and the vastest area of the world as I and your ministers thought. So, it is actually not enough for the whole world.”
At this moment, the entire hall fell silent. The information in the words really subverted their previous concepts.
Although the ministers do not care whether the sky and the earth are round or square, and the roundness of the sky and the earth does not affect their governance anyway, the sentence "I do not think it is the most central and vast place in the world, but it is not comprehensive. "Fangtiandibaiyi" really shocked them.
Because most of the ministers have always developed the concept that Kyushu is the most central, most elite and fertile land in the world. Except for Kyushu, other regions are barbarian lands. Even if there is fertile land, It is also difficult to compare with Kyushu.
Of course, the ministers at this time are far better than those who were trained by Confucianism later. They are more enterprising and have the ambition to expand the territory. They will not think that our country is rich in products and has everything. There is no need to conquer those barbarian lands.
But Ying Zheng's words were still too explosive. If Ying Zheng was not the king, some ministers might have refuted it on the spot: What nonsense are you talking about?
Ying Zheng has been observing the expressions of the ministers. Seeing their surprise and disbelief, he feels happy in his heart. He is even more looking forward to the reactions of the ministers when they see the globe.
“Bring the globe up and show it to everyone!”
What is the earth? What is a globe?
Following Ying Zheng’s order, four chamberlains carefully carried a tray in from the outside. Judging from the cautiousness of the chamberlains, it seemed as if they were carrying their lives.
It is true that in Ying Zheng's heart, this globe is more important than the lives of these servants.
Four chamberlains carried the tray to the palace. The ministers saw that there was a ball painted with various colors on the tray.
Is this the globe that the king was talking about? Is this ball showing the world where we live? If so, where is Da Qin and where am I?
The ministers had various thoughts in their minds, but they heard Ying Zheng say again: "This thing is called a 'globe'. 'Earth' is the name of the world where we live, but because it is too big, It's hard for us to see clearly, so we made this thing instead. All the colors on it, except blue, represent a country or a region."
Seeing the many colored areas on the globe, they are all important officials of the Qin Dynasty, and everyone also showed their faces. There were too many surprises. Li Si saw the only black area on the globe and asked, "May I ask, your Majesty, is this the black area?"
When he said this, Li Si's voice was trembling, because if this black area is Da Qin, then compared to the entire ball, it is really less than a hundred and one, no, it may not even reach a thousand and one.
How could this not shock Li Si?
He thought that by helping Ying Zheng destroy the six kingdoms, he had accomplished an unprecedented feat. He did not expect that the Qin Dynasty that unified the world would not even be able to reach a thousand on this ball.
Ying Zhengdao: "According to what that person said, this black area is where our Great Qin is!"
Some ministers shook their heads and said: "Impossible. The Qin Dynasty has a territory of thousands of miles. How can it be so small? That person must have deceived the king!"
At this time, he was watching the excitement in the palace and said nothing. Meng Tianfa He said: "If we all live on a ball, then we must live on the top, otherwise we will definitely fall down."
Hearing this, Ying Zheng glanced not far away Meng Yi looked a little embarrassed.
Meng Tian noticed the change in his younger brother's expression, and immediately realized that his younger brother, who was accompanying the king, must have seen this ball earlier, and then asked him the same question.
A minister said: "Your Majesty, may I ask if it is as General Meng said?"
Ying Zheng said: "According to that person, this is not the case. This ball is suspended in the universe, with no distinction between up, down, left and right. People can live on it, people can live in it, and there are people living below it."
Anyway, that's all. Having said that, he simply satisfied his curiosity and pretended not to see his brother's embarrassed expression. Meng Tian said again: "Your Majesty, the people who live below will not fall?"< br>
Ying Zheng said: "That man said that there is a force pulling us, like an invisible rope binding us to the earth. Have you ever thrown stones or shot arrows into the sky? Stones, Will the arrows eventually fall to the ground? "
The ministers thought about it carefully and found that it was really the case. They had seen it so often that they had never thought about the reason behind it.
Some ministers wanted to refute that the stones and arrows were too light to be trusted, but they thought that those large objects seemed to fall downwards and eventually fell to the ground.
Wang Ben, who was standing behind his father, said: "Your Majesty, what is this blue color?"
Ying Zheng said: "This is the sea!"
Listening to Ying Zheng saying that the blue color on the ball is the sea, everyone listened. I was surprised again. If the world they lived in was really such a ball, wouldn't it mean that the land area was much smaller than the sea?
This gave the minister who did not believe that the world was a ball found a counterpoint: "If this is true, wouldn't it be possible that we all float on the sea? How can the sea float all the continents in the world?"< br>
Ying Zheng said simply: "That person didn't say anything!"
Meng Tian stared at the wooden ball and suddenly thought of something: "If the world is really such a ball, wouldn't it be possible for us to go from the south to the north, and from the east to the west?"
Speaking of Meng Tian said excitedly: "Yes, if you want to verify whether this ball is real, go directly to the east. If you can come back from the west, this ball will be real."
A minister shook his head and said: "Great Qin is the only one who has this ball. Such a piece, this is the estimate Quantity, in what year and month can the verification be successful? "
Thank you "I don't remember" for 2 monthly passes, thank "Buzhou Shengjun" for 1 monthly pass, thank "Bitter Melon God" for 1 monthly pass, Thank you to "Xingchen, Diandian" for two big monthly passes, thank you to "Jie Xiu" for one big monthly pass, and thank you to "My son...has the appearance of an emperor" for one big monthly pass
(End of this chapter)