Chapter 39: Open and frank [Jinjiang genuine exclusive release · Daqin Envoy]...
Is this map real?
Against the backdrop of this detailed map, even his "Great Qin Empire" doesn't seem so huge!
Over the past few hundred years, as the Zhou emperor weakened, the various vassal states, both large and small, began to engage in frequent wars. By the last hundred years or so, the remaining seven states had become a chaotic mess due to the constant fighting. How could there still be dozens of small states in the Western Regions? If war broke out, wouldn't the Western Regions be in chaos?
The characters marked on the grassland where the Hu people live are even more outrageous. Why is the large white area in the northern part of the grassland marked as "barren land" in large seal characters when it is obviously so vast?
What country is the "Maurya Dynasty" marked with a bright red inverted triangle in the southern part of the Western Regions? Could it be that the monarch there rose to power by raising peacocks?
The First Emperor held his chubby grandson in his arms, unconsciously pursed his lips, and while thinking, he stared at the different colored blocks around the black area of Daqin with sharp eyes, looking at them carefully inch by inch.
Li Si, Cai Ze, Wei Liao, Zhang Han and others also gradually figured out the trick. Several important officials couldn't help swallowing slightly and looked at each other. In an instant, a lot of questions came out of their stomachs.
As the only Confucian official present, Chunyu Yue was the first to lose control of his inner questions. Considering himself the eldest son's teacher and a natural connection to the emperor's eldest grandson, he couldn't help but stare at the little creature in His Majesty's arms with wide eyes, filled with astonishment. His voice trembled as he frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
"Your Highness, what exactly is this strange large ornament? Is the pattern painted on it a map of the world today? If it is a map, why is it not painted on the screen, but on this round, tilted sphere instead?"
Qin Ying, who was staring at the Qin Dynasty globe with shining eyes, suddenly heard the old man Chunyu's "three questions in a row" and couldn't help but turn to look at him.
Upon hearing this, the First Emperor came back to his senses from his wandering thoughts, looked down at his grandson in his arms, and waited for his answer.
Seeing the novelty and surprise in the grandfather's eyes, Qin Ying immediately raised her two short arms high in the grandfather's arms as if praying, and cheered in a baby voice, tilting her furry little head back, and said in a baba baba:
"Aa ...
"What?!"
"Ying, you said the black bird told you that we live on a sphere?"
The First Emperor, who was full of expectations, never expected to hear such an outrageous answer from his grandson. In shock, his eyes widened and he cried out in shock.
Li Si, Wei Liao, Zhang Han, Cai Ze, Feng Quji and Zhao Gao, who were listening attentively to the baby's language, were so shocked that their pupils trembled and their faces were full of disbelief when they heard what His Majesty shouted.
Chunyu Yue, who believed in the "round earth and square sky" theory from the bottom of his heart, immediately frowned and looked at the delighted little grandson. He refuted it with a solemn expression:
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"
"Your Highness, you are too young! You must have misheard or misunderstood the Xuanniao's words!"
Qin Ying: ""
"Your Majesty! What the young prince said is obviously nonsense! The ground we stand on is clearly square, and the sky above our heads is clearly round. The saying that the sky is round and the earth is square has been passed down from ancient times to the present day. How, how is it possible that we live on a round sphere?"
"This statement is a complete violation of the teachings of the sages!"
"Even if we were standing on a sphere, wouldn't we have fallen off long ago?"
Hearing the long string of angry words spouted out by his mortal enemy in a fierce tone, Li Si also withdrew his gaze from the black map of the Qin Dynasty with difficulty.
He looked at His Majesty, then looked at the Emperor's eldest grandson with complicated eyes. Even when Chunyu Yue said something on weekdays, he subconsciously wanted to say something back to refute him.
But what the little prince just said about "living on a ball" really sounded too outrageous and too terrifying! Even if he wanted to passionately help the little prince to angrily criticize Chunyu Yue, he felt that what the old man Chunyu, who had always been unkind and unreasonable, said this time really made sense!
The "round earth and square sky" theory was the view of heaven and earth held by the vast majority of Qin people today. Even when Qin Ying heard Old Man Chunyu strongly question and refute his words, he did not get angry. However, through Chunyu Yue alone, he seemed to see a group of Confucian officials in the court who usually argued against his great-grandfather!
Indeed, these people are quite annoying!
The little fat boy looked up at his father, whose long eyebrows were tightly knitted and whose face was also full of disbelief. Then he puffed up his soft cheeks, frowned, and said to the few little old men in front of him who looked like they had seen a ghost in broad daylight, Brother Xun's classic words:
"Aa ...
After hearing the baby's baby voice translated by His Majesty, the expressions on the faces of the old men became even more confused. Chunyu Yue was so angry that he closed his eyes.
As the only middle-aged man among the six ministers, Zhang Han, perhaps due to his youth and ability to accept things more readily, looked at the young prince's confident expression and, unlike Chunyu Yue, did not directly and fiercely refute him. Instead, he bowed to the young emperor's grandson and asked curiously:
"Your Highness, could you please explain to me in detail about this ball, oh no, about our life on Earth?"
Look at Zhang Han, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, looking expectant, and then look at old Chunyu, whose white eyebrows were almost twisted into a bow, and who is likable and who is annoying is immediately clear! Qin Ying also followed the steps handed by Zhang Han, raised her little head and said to her grandfather with gestures:
“Ah, hey, hey, ah…”
(Father, I'm not talking nonsense. Xuanniao said that the idea that the sky is round and the earth is square is wrong. The world we live in is actually very, very big. Beyond the Qin Dynasty, there are even larger lands, and many countries, large and small, exist simultaneously...)
The First Emperor listened attentively to the new knowledge his grandson was telling him, while simultaneously interpreting it word for word to the ministers in front of him:
"...There's an invisible force inside the Earth we live on called 'gravity.' It's this attraction that keeps us, the Earth dwellers, from floating high above the ground."
"If a person starts from Xianyang and walks east or west, one day he will circle the earth and return to his starting point."
"If this example is inconvenient to verify, Xuanniao also said that you can think about people living by the sea. When they see a ship coming from the sea, they often see the mast of the ship first, and only when the ship approaches can they see the rest of the ship. If the ground under their feet is square, then they can directly see the entire hull..."
"...The Earth, carrying us around at every moment, is constantly rotating around the Sun in the sky while also rotating on its own axis. The former is called 'Earth's revolution', and the latter is called 'Earth's rotation'. One revolution around the Sun takes one year, and one rotation around the Sun takes one day..."
Hearing the baby language translated by His Majesty, these unprecedented words not only made Li Si, Wei Liao, Cai Ze, Feng Quji, Zhang Han and Zhao Gao's eyes widen, but even their mouths opened unconsciously.
The inherent view of heaven and earth formed since childhood was suddenly told to them one day by Xuanniao through the mouth of a little baby - in fact, "the sky above is not round, and the ground under the feet is not square." For any Qin person, this is no less than experiencing a cognitive earthquake as big as a tsunami.
Chunyu Yue seemed to be in a trance, his old face flushed as he stammered:
"How is this possible? How is this possible..."
Chunyu Yue's thoughts were naturally stubborn and conservative, as he spared no effort to persuade His Majesty the Emperor to restore the ancient ways and turn the Qin Dynasty back into the Zhou Dynasty.
He subconsciously wanted to refute this more detailed "Earth" view again, but as a Qi person who came from the east, his mind unconsciously recalled the words translated by His Majesty, and recalled that when he was young, he saw those small boats returning from fishing at sea on the coast of Qi. He did see the mast of the boat first, and then slowly saw the rest of the boat.
Is the thing we are standing on really a giant ball that keeps spinning?
At this moment, the eyes of everyone in the hall all moved to the colorful and glittering "globe". No matter who they were or where they came from, the expressions on their faces were very complicated.
After Qin Ying finished explaining some key Earth-related knowledge, she shut her mouth and waited quietly for the reactions of the adults present.
At this moment, the mechanical electronic sound rang out in my mind again:
【"drop……"】
[This system has detected that the host's choice to publicly present the "Qin Dynasty Globe" to the First Emperor caused a profound shock among the Qin emperor and his ministers present!]
Seeing is believing. Inside Zhangtai Palace, Wei Liao, Cai Ze, Feng Quji, and Zhang Han, who had just seen the host's true face for the first time, were deeply shocked after seeing the globe and hearing the host's scientific explanations. Their favorability towards the host instantly increased from 15% to 40%. The four officials all believed that the rumors about the emperor's eldest grandson were indeed true! Although young, the emperor's eldest grandson is indeed an exceptionally intelligent and blessed child. They believe that the host's future will not be underestimated!
On the other hand, Chunyu Yue, who originally had a natural "40%" favorability towards the host due to the relationship with the eldest prince Fusu, felt that the host was truly a very jumpy little baby after hearing Earth's perspective! As the eldest son of the eldest prince, he didn't have any of the eldest prince's steadiness! His favorability towards the host suddenly dropped to "10%"!
[Host, please keep up the good work! If the favorability of a minister drops to 0, the temporary mission - "Charming Me! Silent!" will automatically fail. If the mission fails, the system will deduct 50 blind box coins! Host, please use your ingenuity and quickly capture the five important ministers!]
[No way! 100 times the penalty for 1 failure! This half-finished system is really a rip-off! A Grandet!]
When Qin Ying heard the penalty announcement after the system mission failed for the first time, she cursed in her heart and subconsciously looked at Chunyu Yue in surprise. Seeing the old man Chunyu's face flushed with anger, she felt quite puzzled.
No wonder my father is a stubborn person! Old man Chunyu is also quite stubborn! Is he angry because he sees that I don’t listen to him and follow his ideas like his unfortunate father?
provoke!
Who do you think you are?!
Qin Ying curled her lips and looked up at her grandfather, who was staring at the globe intently. His eyes were deep, and it was unknown what he was thinking. Taking advantage of the fact that old man Chunyu didn't understand him, the fat boy directly criticized his grandfather in front of the old man:
"Aiyaah..." (Grandfather! Look at how big the Earth is, yet our Great Qin only occupies a tiny area! How could such a ridiculous thing happen in the world?)
"Aiya..." (When Xuanniao gave his grandson the globe, he also clearly told him that this globe has the function of real-time monitoring of territory. Just like when Grandfather conquered the six kingdoms, every time he conquered a piece of territory, the corresponding piece of territory on the globe would automatically turn black, the color of Xuanniao exclusive to the Qin Dynasty!)
The First Emperor, who also felt that "Da Qin" was not "big" enough and was wondering which part of the block with better color to take first, heard his grandson's baby voice which hit the nail on the head, and his narrow and long phoenix eyes lit up instantly.
[Treasure! What a treasure! There's actually a magical map with eyes that can see!]
The First Emperor looked at the tall and beautiful globe in front of him with a look of amazement and piercing eyes.
Immediately afterwards, His Majesty the Emperor heard a brilliant suggestion from his beloved grandson that made his eyes shine even brighter:
"Ah, eh, eh..." (Grandfather, when I was home, I often heard you say that Doctor Chunyu was a very talented minister. Since Doctor Chunyu knows so much and can speak well, I think you should send Confucian officials as outstanding as Doctor Chunyu to serve as our Great Qin's foreign envoys, and send them all out of the capital!)
Let these Confucian officials, who are exactly like Dr. Chunyu and are eloquent, all march south, north, and west for the Great Qin. Use their profound knowledge and their eloquence to educate those ignorant Hu and Yue people! Let the Hu people outside the Great Wall and the Yue people in the south know the power of our Great Qin and make them surrender to us!
Hearing this unexpected proposal, the First Emperor glanced at Chunyu Yue from the corner of his eye, then lowered his head and looked at his grandson calmly and asked:
"Ying, if they don't want to go, and those barbarians living in remote areas are unwilling to surrender to the Qin Dynasty, what should we do?"
Qin Ying tilted her head back, blinked her eyes, and raised her hands to her grandfather in an innocent manner, grinning brightly and saying:
"Aiya..." (Father! If the Confucian officials don't want to educate the Hu and Yue people, then strip them all naked, like tassels, and give each of them a pair of diapers! Make them wear diapers and carry farm tools to the fields to plow! And call on all the common people to run to the fields to watch! When the paper in the Shaofu is made, carefully draw them in diapers, diligently working the fields. Draw many, many pictures, and post them all across the country, so that the common people everywhere can also see the elegance of our Qin Confucian officials! Salute to these hardworking Confucian officials! Learn from them!)
The First Emperor, who had never heard such an outrageous proposal, could not help but blink. He subconsciously glanced at Chunyu Yue, who looked completely bewildered. Then he saw the chubby boy in his arms, tugging at his sleeves, looking up with sparkling eyes, and while speaking, he raised his two short hands high in the air and cheered excitedly at him:
"Aa ...
Seeing such a confident grandson, the First Emperor opened his mouth in astonishment and rarely did he know what to say.
The little fat boy turned a blind eye, pretending to be indifferent, and waved his two little hands wildly. He patted his chest with confidence and said proudly to his father:
"Aiya..." (Grandfather, don't worry! Xuanniao said that people should live their lives openly! Ying is so young, but she dares to be naked, wearing only a diaper, and let the common people admire her. Doctor Chunyu is so old now, he must be even more daring than Ying)
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