Please ask me to be the emperor

"Your Highness, Bo Jue has been arrested!" Not long after Zhang Shun and Ruan Dacheng returned to the city, Zhang Shun's guards rushed back with seven or eight people.

"So fast?" Zhang Shun was surprised.

"When we went to check out the optical shop in Hangzhou, this guy happened to be in the shop!" the leading guard couldn't help but laugh.

"So, this is what you did?" After hearing this, Zhang Shun couldn't help but raise the gun in his hand and asked the crowd.

"I made that telescope, but not the musket!" Unexpectedly, someone stood up and answered.

Zhang Shun took a closer look and saw that the man had a majestic body and a square face. He looked more like a military general than a technician.

"Oh? So you were involved in the assassination?" Zhang Shun's eyes froze when he heard this. He never expected that this guy would confess.

"What assassination?" Unexpectedly, Bo Jue looked confused when he heard this.

"Didn't you say that you made this telescope?" Zhang Shun was also stunned when he heard this.

According to his speculation, since Bo Jue is inseparable from the telescope, and he is on good terms with Zhang Guowei, the former governor of Ming Yingtian, then the main culprit in this matter is most likely Zhang Guowei, and Bo Jue is naturally an accomplice.

Unexpectedly, Bo Jue actually admitted that he created the telescope, but denied participating in the assassination.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun realized that things might not be as he imagined.

He quickly asked: "In that case, when was this telescope made, who was it made for, and who did you give it to?"

"In the seventh year of Chongzhen, the rogue bandits wanted to break into Anqing. The common people were recruited by Governor Zhang and went to cast cannons to resist." Bo Jue heard this and replied quickly.

"At that time, it was difficult for artillery to shoot accurately, so the common people made telescopes and placed them on them to observe their position. Anyone who missed the target was highly appreciated by Governor Zhang."

"A few days ago, Governor Zhang sent three more people here, holding three muskets. He hoped that I could equip them with telescopes so that they can shoot more accurately."

"I happened to have some lenses on hand, so I made three pairs for them and installed them."

"As for what they use it for, I don't know."

"Listen, listen, this guy is always a 'robber' and so on. He is indeed a rebel!" As soon as Bo Jue finished speaking, Ruan Dacheng, who had been hit hard, couldn't help but jump out and accuse.

"You said you didn't know, how can you prove it?" Zhang Shun did not listen to Ruan Dacheng's words. Instead, he looked at Bo Jue playfully and asked.

"As long as you call Governor Zhang to confront you, you will know as soon as you ask!" Bo Jue replied confidently after hearing this.

"Uh hahaha!" As soon as Bo Jue finished speaking, everyone couldn't help laughing.

Zhang Shun couldn't help but smile when he heard this. This person was so stupid and cute when he said such things.

Not to mention how Zhang Guowei responded after being captured, even if Zhang Guowei was willing to personally defend him, did he think Zhang Shun would think he was innocent?

It turned out to be a fool. Zhang Shun shook his head and couldn't help but ordered: "Detain him, and we won't interrogate him until Zhang Guowei is caught!"

"Let's go!" Zhang Shun's personal guards heard this and were about to escort the group of people away.

"What are you doing? What are you going to do? Let me go, let me go!" As soon as the soldiers took action, Bo Jue started shouting.

"What are you shouting about? What are you shouting about? You are suspected of a major treason case, and there is no serious punishment to be served, so you can just have fun!" Zhang Shun's bodyguard couldn't help scolding him after hearing this.

"Let me go, let me go, I still have something to do!" Hearing this, Bo Jue said another funny thing.

"What can happen to you?" Zhang Shun almost cried because of his stupidity.

From this perspective, maybe this guy is really innocent. Mainly, if the organizer has any brains, he will not drag such a stupid person into doing bad things.

"I made a 'Telescope' and am going to use it to observe astronomy." Bo Jue replied matter-of-factly.

"Oh? Where is the 'Wanli Mirror'?" Zhang Shun smiled.

People call you "Thousand Mile Mirror", but you insist on calling it "Wanli Mirror". Are you planning to stand out from others in terms of your name?

"Oh, it's in their shop." Bo Jue pointed to the craftsman beside him and said, "The reason why I came to Hangzhou this time is to find the crystal lens."

"Oh? Can I take a look?" Zhang Shun became a little interested when he heard what Bo Jue said.

"This" Bo Jue hesitated for a long time, then reluctantly nodded and said, "Okay, if they are careful, don't break it!"

"Oh? What kind of style? Where is it placed? I'll let them get it!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but ask again.

"It's a tubular object, about five feet long, with a tripod, placed on the second floor of the store!" Bo Jue replied quickly.

"Okay, you go and get it now!" Zhang ordered casually.

Not long after, as expected, Zhang Shun's personal guards brought out a large tube and a set of stands. Seeing this, Bo Jue quickly took it and installed it carefully. Then he smiled at Zhang Shun and said, "Please take a look, Your Highness, this thing can be observed." Heaven and earth, mountains and rivers, sun, moon and stars.”

"I have already adjusted it just now, and it is just right for observing the moon."

It was getting dark at that time, and a crescent moon was rising from the west.

"Oh, let me take a look!" Zhang Shun smiled and waved, and when he looked over, he was surprised when he saw craters suddenly appearing in front of him.

Why?

It turns out that after Zhang Shun came to Beijing, he had never seen a telescope. There was a pair of telescopes in the palace that were said to be presented by Western missionaries. They basically represented the highest level of telescopes in this era.

However, even the "telescope" in the palace cannot see as clearly and accurately as this one.

"Where did you learn this from?" Zhang Shun asked in surprise.

"Learn it? Your Highness is joking. This is a simple creation of ordinary people!" Bo Jue laughed when he heard this.

"Oh? Didn't it say that the telescope came from the West?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but wonder.

"There is such a legend." Bo Jue nodded after hearing this. "But according to my communication with some people, the lenses used in their so-called 'telescope' are convex and concave, so they cannot see far away."

"The two lenses of my 'telescope' are both convex lenses. Not only can you observe distance, but you can also draw a crosshair on it."

"Hey, by the way, I remembered!" Just as he was talking, Bo Jue suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Your Highness, if I want to harm you, I only need to add a crosshair on this telescope. I guarantee that Are you alive or dead?”

"One convex and one concave? Are they both convex mirrors?" While Bo Jue kept chattering, Zhang Shun was confused for a moment.

It turns out that although most of the knowledge he gained from his previous life was returned to his teacher, he could still tell the difference between a Galilean telescope and a Kepler telescope.

Thinking of this, he quickly picked up the gun and looked at the "telescope" on it, and found that the image was upside down.

And the "telescope" he used before has always been a straight image.

Obviously, the scholar in front of him, who does not look like a scholar, invented the "Kepler-type" telescope on his own.

He couldn't help but ask: "Are you sure you invented this yourself?"

"Your Highness, what are you talking about? If it is, it is, if it is not, it is not. How can Bo be the person who steals the credit of others!" Bo Jue was extremely unhappy when he heard this.

"How dare you talk to His Highness!" Ruan Dacheng saw that this guy was quite rude and couldn't help but scolded him.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!" Unexpectedly, Zhang Shun waved his hand after hearing this, and instead looked at this person as if he were looking at a rare object.

"What else do you want? Please tell me who you are good to!"

Talent, what a talent!

Originally, Zhang Shun was worried that the missionaries would be difficult to control, which gave him a headache. Unexpectedly, he met a "local scientist" today, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Not to mention that this guy was not deeply involved in his assassination. Even if he was really involved, Zhang Shun could forgive him.

"These... ordinary people don't have much talent. The only things they are good at are astronomy, calendar, arithmetic, mathematics, and mechanical manufacturing." Bo Jue couldn't help but humbly said.

"If His Highness wants me to be an official, so be it. I am naturally clumsy and easily offend people. It would be better for me to die in the countryside!"

"Oh? Forget it!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but regretted, "Originally, I wanted to invite you to Qintian Prison to compile an almanac for me. Unexpectedly, it was Prince Xiang who wanted to do it. The goddess is ruthless!"

"Qintian Prison?" Bo Jue was stunned when he heard this, couldn't help but blush, and said a little bit coyly, "If it's this...this, the common people are willing...willing to go!"

"By the way... Zhu Suchen of Wu County is also very good at calendaring. If... if His Highness agrees, the common people can ask him to go with him..."

"Okay, okay, that's right!" Zhang Shun chuckled, a proud look on his face.

Little boy, do you think I can’t cure you?

It turns out that the reason why Bo Jue is good at mathematical instrument making is actually to explore the helplessness under the astronomical calendar.

Since ancient times, "scientific research" has been the most expensive. He was just an ordinary citizen, and he had already spent all his family savings in order to cast these astronomical instruments.

How could you not be happy now that you heard that you can enter the Imperial Heavenly Prison and use the astronomical instruments there for free?

His friend Zhu Suchen, whose real name was Zhu, also came from a humble background and made a living by writing operas. The famous opera "Fifteen Guan" is his masterpiece.

However, in fact, this guy is also a master of arts and sciences. In addition to being good at composing music, he is also quite good at calendars.

So when Bo Jue heard the good news, he immediately thought of his good friend.

According to relevant research, the telescopes made by Bo Jue and Sun Yunqiu were Kepler telescopes with inverted images, while the telescopes transmitted by Western missionaries were Galilean telescopes. This basically confirms the fact that Bo Jue independently invented the Kepler telescope.