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Chapter 1751 Meeting Between East and West
It is said that since Zhang Shun knew the missionaries were false and true, he became more and more displeased with them.

He couldn't help recruiting Wei Wenkui into the palace to discuss astronomy and calendar time and again, but left out the missionaries and others.

That Long Huamin couldn't help being anxious, and quickly summoned Wang Zheng to discuss.

Wang Zheng couldn't help but smiled wryly when he heard the words: "Your Majesty doesn't want Li Tianjing to recount it, but wants to specialize in missionaries."

"You and I are not as good as they are. If you talk too much, you will be wrong, and you will be suspicious!"

"In my opinion, Galileo wouldn't be halfway ahead!"

"This..." Long Huamin hesitated for a while, and finally had no choice but to nod his head and said, "Then the only way is to invite Galileo!"

It turned out that among many priests, Xu Guangqi was the leader in astronomy and calendar.

After Xu Guangqi's death, Li Tianjing was the leader, and Li Tianjing was the key figure who replaced Xu Guangqi to preside over the "Western Bureau".

At first everyone thought they could fool Zhang Shun with this, but they never expected that Zhang Shun would ask the missionary to go to battle in person.

In fact, among the many missionaries who came to China, Matteo Ricci had the highest level of science and culture. It was precisely because of this that the "Far West" outside the Ming Dynasty was extremely developed.

However, after Matteo Ricci's death, Jin Nige and Long Huamin, who succeeded him, didn't know much about it.

Today, Tang Ruowang is the one with the highest standard. However, as the editor of "Chongzhen Almanac", Tang Ruowang's standard has not yet reached the level of later generations, so it is difficult to match Li Tianjing.

If the "Xindi" finds out that the missionary's calendar level is not as good as that of the Chinese, then the lie may be exposed.

In desperation, the missionaries had to sacrifice Galileo.

"That's okay!" Long Huamin hesitated for a while, and finally nodded helplessly.

It turned out that this group of missionaries came from the well-organized Society of Jesus.

When they learned that Zhang Shunfei wanted to meet Galileo, they thought of a plan to hide the truth.

That is to choose a pious missionary, change his name to Galileo, and then learn some corresponding scientific knowledge first, and then come to fool Zhang Shun.

It's just that they never expected that Zhang Shun would suddenly "favor" Wei Wenkui, who was extremely disgusted with missionaries, so they had to change their minds and invited the real Galileo to come and fight.

It's just that neither Long Huamin nor Wang Zheng thought of it.

The Holy See had long disliked Galileo, and suddenly heard that someone in the "Far East" was "acquiring" him, and sent him to come by boat.

Not to mention how the missionaries and others care about it, let's say that after Zhang Shun confirmed Wei Wenkui's position, he couldn't help discussing the "heliocentric theory" with him.

Originally, the two people except Zhang Shun had the same views and hit it off immediately.

It's just that he never expected that although Wei Wenkui insisted on the "heliocentric theory", he stubbornly believed that the "walks" of these planets revolving around the sun are perfect circles.

Zhang Shun, on the other hand, insisted that the "walking path" of the planet is an ellipse, and the two argued with each other.

Wei Wenkui couldn't help saying angrily: "The relationship between the stars and the moon is due to the connection of the sun. Since the connection is the same, it is like a compass making a circle, without any flaws!"

Zhang Shun was also very annoyed when he heard the words. Although he didn't know the reason behind it, he remembered that it was taught in the textbooks in his previous life: "Although the clouds are connected by one breath, but the power can be big or small, it is like a perfect circle!"

The two argued for a long time, but no one could convince the other.

Zhang Shun couldn't help but suggested: "In this case, why not take the observation data from the Qin Tianjian and calculate it!"

Didn't you say it was a perfect circle?Then as long as the observation data is used for calculation, the difference will definitely be calculated.

"I can't believe the data observed by the Qin Tianjian. Cao Min implores me to allocate a pair of astronomical telescopes to the East Bureau for observation!" Wei Wenkui didn't give in when he heard the words, but boldly made a request.

"Oh, wait a minute, the precision is not good, I can order someone to make two pairs of binoculars with higher precision!" Zhang Shun was about to answer, but suddenly remembered someone, and quickly changed his words.

It turns out that this person is none other than Bo Jue who invented the "Kepler telescope".

Although this "Kepler-style telescope" presents an inverted image, one has a longer observation distance, and the other can engrave hairsprings on the mirror surface, which is suitable for astronomical observations.

In fact, not to mention this era, even in later generations, the "Kepler telescope" is also a commonly used astronomical telescope.

Bo Jue, who was far away in Hangzhou, was naturally brought back after Zhang Shun arrested him last time.

He heard that Zhang Shun was going to make a "Wanli Mirror", so he quickly offered the original "Wanli Mirror" and applied for crystal, copper and other materials for grinding.

Just as Bo Jue was in full swing to make the "Astronomical Telescope", Zhang Shun finally got some leisure and focused his energy on the war in the south.

In just a few months, Hong Chengchou and Cao Bianjiao finally joined forces to break through Ru Ning and defeated the remnants of the "King Clan of Zhou" entrenched there.

Wu Zhen fled south with Zhou Wang and others in a hurry, and went to Huguang to seek refuge with "Tang Wang Zhu Yujian".

At this moment, Zhennan Gong Xiao Qinhu is to the north, Hong Chengchou and Cao Bianjiao are to the northeast, and Li Zicheng's army stationed in the south of the Yangtze River has also marched into Jiangxi, and surrounded the "Tang Dynasty" from three sides. A big battle is imminent .

However, when Zhang Shun was busy dealing with related military affairs, Gao Qiqian suddenly came in to report: "Your Majesty, Galileo from the Far West has arrived. I wonder if Your Majesty will see you or not?"

"What?" Zhang Shun didn't hear clearly for a while, and couldn't help raising his head, rubbing his painful eyes and asking.

"Galileo from the Far West is here with his daughter!" Gao Qiqian hastily repeated.

"Oh? Hurry up, please. No, I will welcome you in person!" Zhang Shun was taken aback for a moment, and then said happily.

It turned out that Galileo arrived in Guangzhou just this summer, and then traveled by boat for two months before arriving in the capital.

When Zhang Shun walked out of Qianqing Palace, he saw an old man in old clothes standing there tremblingly supported by a Western woman and Long Huamin.

"Are you Galileo?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but took two steps forward and asked.

"Quick, kneel down!" Long Huamin kicked Galileo, and hurriedly kowtowed to Zhang Shun three times and nine times.

"Oh, no need!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but smile and ordered while watching Long Huamin finish his salute and Galileo who was at a loss.

"Oh, dear Your Majesty, I'm really sorry, this Galileo is blind, so he can't bathe in your brilliance!" Long Huamin quickly explained, fearing that Galileo would offend Zhang Shun.

"When did it happen?" Zhang Shun was taken aback when he heard this.

According to his shallow historical knowledge, he never thought that Galileo would be blind in both eyes.

"It's just this year!" Long Huamin was silent for a while, and then said.

"However, he doesn't understand Chinese. If His Majesty needs anything, I'm happy to help His Majesty!"

"It's easy to talk, easy to talk!" Zhang Shun nodded in satisfaction when he heard the words, "As long as people come, language is not a problem!"

And when Zhang Shun was talking with Long Huamin, Galileo suddenly opened his mouth and said a few words.

Long Huamin was taken aback when he heard the words, hesitated for a moment and asked, "He wants to ask His Majesty, is he still going to be imprisoned after being exiled here?"

"No, there is no imprisonment here." Zhang Shun replied with a smile, "And I believe that even though some people can imprison the master's body, they cannot imprison his soul!"

Thus, such a sighted man saw the blind man for the first time.

However, history will eventually face this "blind man" who is the most discerning person in the West in this era.

Later, both East and West praised his contribution to mankind.

There was even a good-hearted person who arranged a Beijing opera called "Three Trials of Galileo" to describe the story of Galileo's coming to the east.

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