"This is the Sky Peeking Mirror?"
On the night of New Year's Eve, the bright moon hung high in the sky. Li Shimin looked at the strange cylindrical object in front of him and clicked his tongue in wonder. Beside him was Meton, Yuan Tiangang, and a group of officials from the Imperial Astronomer.
The full moon hung high in the sky, and the bright moonlight shone on Chang 'an City, reflecting the lights of Vermilion Bird Avenue. Tonight was the night of New Year's Eve. Ordinary citizens were on Vermilion Bird Avenue, enjoying the lanterns and playing. However, Meton could only bitterly endure the cold wind at the observatory.
Originally, he had planned to invite Princess Changle to admire the lanterns together. In the end, he was rejected by Princess Changle on the grounds that it was inappropriate for them to meet before marriage. Modun, who had been given the cold shoulder, did not even have the time to feel regret before being dragged to the observatory by Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, this object can be used to peek into the starry sky. It is a hundred times better than the human eye. All the stars in the world will appear as if they are right in front of your eyes. The Minister obtained this artifact and was able to peek into many Planet Yin, obtaining a trace of the heavenly secrets!" Yuan Tiangang looked at the telescope in front of him with amazement.
Meton couldn't help but curl his lips. What Planet Yin? In his opinion, it was just something that couldn't be seen with the naked eye before and was only discovered with the telescope.
"It's actually so magical?" Li Shimin was eager to try.
"Your Majesty, please take a look. This is the Evening Star that is about to disappear. At this moment, it is already invisible to the naked eye. Only those in the Sky Peeking Realm can observe it for a moment. This is Venus …" Yuan Tiangang adjusted the angle for Li Shimin to look at it.
The Evening Star was Mercury's closest star to the sun. It only appeared at dawn and dusk. Normally, it couldn't be seen with the naked eye. In addition, Yuan Tiangang showed Li Shimin the starry sky that was different from the naked eye.
"It's actually so magical?" Li Shimin exclaimed.
Even Meton couldn't help but admire the uniqueness of Daoist astronomy. They had even discovered the rings of Saturn and a few of Jupiter's moons. These were all astronomical phenomena that their predecessors had never discovered.
"It's all thanks to the help of the Mo Family!" Yuan Tiangang thanked sincerely.
"You're too kind, Daoist Yuan. If it weren't for your Celestial Cultivation, we wouldn't know anything about it no matter how miraculous it is!" Meton said humbly.
This was the time for Taoism to show its face. Meton naturally wouldn't be so insensible as to steal the Taoism's limelight.
Yuan Tiangang looked at Meton with satisfaction and said regretfully, "Today is New Year's Eve. There are few stars in the sky. If the stars appear when the moon falls, it will be a good time to observe the celestial phenomena."
Li Shimin laughed and looked at the bright moon. His heart stirred as he said, "Although the stars are hidden, the moon is still shining. Since ancient times, the legend of Chang 'e flying to the moon has been widely spread. This Emperor has also yearned for this for a long time. Today, We would like to glimpse into the heavens and see how majestic the so-called Heavenly Palace is. "
Yuan Tiangang and Meton looked at each other and suddenly looked bitter. The moon was the easiest celestial body to observe. How could Taoism miss it? However, when Yuan Tiangang looked at it with the telescope for the first time, he understood Meton's intention.
They blamed Meton in their hearts for using the hot air balloon to make the Taoism's immortal system suffer heavy losses. However, Meton gave the telescope to Taoism. Taoism observed the true appearance of Taoism for the first time and immediately understood the intention of Meton. If Taoism wanted to study the celestial phenomena, once the telescope came out, they were afraid that the myth of the Moon Palace would be a bubble unless Taoism abandoned it.
However, curiosity killed the cat. Since ancient times, countless ancestors of Taoism had endless imagination about the starry sky. Now there was an opportunity to explore it. Who could hold back?
There were gains and losses. Taoism used this to create the first strange book of Taoism. However, it was destined to disclose the truth of the moon.
Fortunately, when Yuan Tiangang decided to offer the Push Back Map, he knew that there would be such a day. He said helplessly, "Your Majesty, please be mentally prepared. Sometimes the real scene is not as beautiful as we imagine!"
Meton on the side nodded solemnly.
Li Shimin looked at Meton and Yuan Tiangang who were talking in riddles in confusion. He snorted coldly and looked down at the telescope. As the telescope was pushed forward, suddenly a bright and round moon slowly turned into a devastated sphere.
"Is this really the moon?" Li Shimin exclaimed. He raised his head in disbelief, looked at the still bright and beautiful full moon with his naked eyes, and then looked down at the devastated sphere in the telescope. He couldn't accept this reality for a long time.
If a peerless beauty who was admired by everyone from a distance was found to have a face full of pockmarks once you walked closer, the real moon completely destroyed Li Shimin's previous fantasy of the Moon Palace. Let alone the Moon Palace, the magical osmanthus tree, and the poignant beauty of Chang 'e flying to the moon, at this moment, all the fantasies in his heart were broken. There was only the most real moon.
Meton nodded solemnly and said, "This is the real moon. There is no majestic Heavenly Palace, nor Fairy Chang 'e. There are only bumps and hollows caused by the impact."
"How do you know these round pits? They are caused by the impact." Li Shimin asked, still unable to believe this fact.
Meton suddenly said with confidence, "The strength of the School of Mo is the study of strength. This is the round pit formed by the impact force. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can hit the mud with a stone, and you will get the same round pit."
"Uh!" Li Shimin was suddenly speechless. Meton used the easy-to-understand mud as an example, so that he instantly understood the principle. After all, who didn't have such an experience when he was a child?
Li Shimin looked at it a few more times, and then he had to accept this fact. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and say, "People love to use the moon to compare beautiful women and recite poems. If you let him see the real appearance of the moon, I'm afraid there will be no more poems about the moon in the world."
Meton couldn't help but feel embarrassed. If countless beautiful poems about the moon in later generations disappeared because of this, he was afraid that he would be guilty.
"This is my fault!" Meton admitted his mistake happily. "But if you let me choose again, I will still do the same. Compared with beautiful lies, the Minister is more willing to know the real side. Eliminating the false and retaining the true is the unremitting pursuit of the School of Mo."
"Taoism is also like this?"
Yuan Tiangang and his disciple on the side couldn't help but nod. When the astronomical telescope came out, the School of Taoism suffered the most. The Taoism's immortal system was once again hit hard. If they chose to hide the astronomical telescope, Meton would naturally take the initiative to cooperate. However, the School of Taoism decided to take the initiative to break the myth of the moon. This courage was really admirable.
Li Shimin couldn't help but think. As an emperor, how could he not know that no matter how beautiful a lie was, it couldn't be compared with the precious competition? However, as he grew older, the dream of immortality that gradually grew in his heart was broken one by one by the School of Mo, which made him feel quite uncomfortable.
Meton naturally noticed this. He gently stepped forward, turned the astronomical telescope, and aimed at the noisy Vermilion Bird Avenue in the distance. "Compared with the illusory Heavenly Palace, I think this lively human world is better."
The Observatory was a building in the imperial palace, second only to the Taiji Palace. Standing on the Observatory, one could see the brilliant lights of Vermilion Bird Avenue. However, as he pushed the lens forward, the traffic of Vermilion Bird Avenue seemed to be in front of him.
With the help of the telescope, court ladies, lanterns, dragons, acrobats, all of them seemed to be in front of him.
"This is the fairyland on earth!" Li Shimin exclaimed.
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