A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 450: Dimensionality reduction strikes and the Taoist heart is broken
Luoyang Academy.

The Academy was in turmoil because the imperial court wanted to ban the Confucian theory of the alternation of the Five Virtues between heaven and man. Finally, Wang Xin ordered a debate to be held in the Academy.

As the saying goes, if the principle is unclear, if the principle is explained clearly, the problem will be almost clarified, and the matter will be easier to solve.

So three days later, a fierce debate was held in Luoyang Academy.Both sides made careful preparations and sent their best debaters.The purpose is to solve it in one fell swoop.

Wang Xin did not pay much attention to this debate. In his opinion, no matter whether he won or lost this debate, it would not change the outcome of the imperial court banning the Confucian theory of the connection between heaven and man.

In fact, although Daqian governed the country according to Legalism, he did not resist other schools of thought unless this school would not be of any benefit to the development of Daqian.The royal family's attitude toward individual learning is actually to use it if it's good and throw it away if it's not good.

From Huaiguo to Daqian, it has not changed for hundreds of years.Just like the Mohists, the Mohists advocated universal love without attacking. This was a good statement, but Wang had never used it. However, the imperial court spared no effort and strongly supported the Mohist's organ skills.

Generally speaking, the Wang family has never been pedantic. As long as it is useful, they will use it selectively even if they have different political opinions.So now, the Mohist family has been divided into two factions, the inner and outer sects. The outer sect, the Mohist, specializes in the art of detecting objects with mechanisms, while the inner sect, the Mohist, practices various classics and theories of the Mohist school and does not learn the art of mechanisms.

However, with the support of successive royal families, the outer Mohist family became more and more prosperous, while the inner Mohist family withered more and more.

In the academy, the two sides were debating. Both factions were elites among the elites. They knew all kinds of classics at their fingertips, and the debates between them were extremely exciting.

There were three consecutive debates, with no outcome determined. The Confucianists focused on the Wang family's manifestation of the saint in "Huai Gong Chun Qiu", and the Legalists also opposed it tit for tat.

In fact, it is almost impossible to determine the winner in such a debate.Just like in modern technologically advanced societies, both sides are arguing about whether there is a god.

Prince Wang Chu sat in the main seat and did not comment on the debate between the two sides. He knew very well what his father meant. He came here today just to wait until the end to announce some of his father's decisions.Give these people a step down.

The royal family does not pay attention to the theories of ghosts and gods in these schools of thought, as well as the nature of mind, etc. How can they not know whether there are ghosts and gods in this world?Let me use your words.

The royal family does not believe in the so-called gods and ghosts other than King Haotianwen. This is what their ancestor told them.

At the same time, I also tell others that the laws of nature will not change due to human will. You can't control it even if you want to, but things outside the laws of nature must be done by humans.

The royal family has drawn the line and told the world not to cross it.To put it bluntly, what belongs to the gods must return to the gods, and what belongs to the human world must return to the human world.But there are always people who don't listen, and this is the case this time.

If you have to blame God, you won't be able to escape from this beating.

The debate lasted from morning to night, and looking at the momentum, these people wanted to have an all-night debate.Wang Chu also frowned, a little annoyed with these Confucian scholars.

He immediately wrote a letter and called an attendant to report to the palace.About half an hour later, the attendant returned with the letter.

Wang Chu took the letter and read it over, put it away, and then said: "Gentlemen, we have been debating for a day, and there is still no winner between the two sides. There is only one way to solve the problem!"

"What can the prince do?" The two sides debated for a day and asked, feeling tired.

"You said that the heavens and humans sensed the changes, and that the changes in the stars were a warning to the court. If that's the case, how about we go and see the real celestial phenomena?" Wang Chu said with a smile. "Real celestial phenomena?" Everyone looked at each other.

"Yes, real celestial phenomena!" Wang Chu said: "During the Huai Kingdom, in order to compile laws, the royal family has been conducting in-depth research on astronomical phenomena. And after compiling the calendar, the Daqian royal family has not stopped studying astronomical phenomena. Observations were made and a lot of data was obtained.”

"If you want to know how the changes in astronomical phenomena are related to the so-called telepathy between heaven and humans, then just go to Qin Tian Prison with King Gu and find out!" Wang Chu said with a smile.

"Just now, I have asked my father for an edict. My father has issued an edict. You can go to Qintian Prison to have a look."

Most people were a little confused when they heard this. The imperial court actually studied astronomy and stars, and had done so for hundreds of years.In the past, Qin Tianjian did not allow others to enter. Even this department used to be a small and transparent department with almost no sense of existence. Most people thought that he told the time, and only a few people knew that he was responsible for determining the calendar.

Moreover, other people are not allowed to enter the Qintian Prison. Now that Wang Xin received the order, everyone immediately went to the Qintian Prison.

The Qintian Prison is located in the southeast corner of the palace city. Because of its high terrain, a star observatory has been built to view the stars. Normally not many people come here, but today hundreds of people came in large numbers.

The officials of the Daqian Qintian Prison have always been the children of the Wang family. After receiving the news, the officials of the Qintian Prison had already opened the door and allowed the scholars of the academy to enter.

After arriving at the Qintianjian Hall, I saw that the hall was filled with strange things, including a large number of spherical models, which seemed to contain some rules.On the other side of the hall is a star map with a large number of stars marked on it.

The head of the Qintian Prison came forward and said: "You guys want to see the reasons for the formation of astronomical stars. This is a bit difficult because it requires a lot of calculations. But there are also simpler ones."

With that said, he led everyone to the star observatory.

"Qin Tianjian spent hard work and made an astronomical observation mirror, which can observe the stars. You can see what the moon is in the sky!"

"Moon?" Everyone stared at him.

"There is no Chang'e on the moon! There is no Taiyin Star God!" The head of the Qintian Prison said with a smile: "The moon is a big ball with large and small potholes on it."

"impossible!"

"Nonsense!" No one believed it at all.

The head of the Qintian Supervisor said: "Everyone, this is an astronomical observation mirror. You can watch it by yourself!"

Several Confucian scholars nearby didn't believe it, so they stepped forward and lay on the bronze cylinder to watch. A moment later, all of them were looking at the concubines as above, their faces pale, and they murmured: "Fake, this is fake!"

Seeing the state of several people, other people stepped forward to observe. As a result, they were either silent or muttering to themselves, looking like they were mentally broken.

The head of the Qintian Prison said: "Your Majesty has ordered that the Qintian Prison will be open for three months from today. All the kings, including the people of Luoyang, can come and have a look."

(End of this chapter)