On the Yangtze River, the Datong Navy, which had not had a presence for a long time, suddenly went out en masse this winter.
More than 300 warships, large and small, sailed toward Nanjing in a mighty manner, with Datong Navy Governor Gu Jianshan personally leading the team.
More and more people gathered at the pier to watch the excitement, and no one knew what was going on. Some even suspected that there was a rebellion somewhere.
Immediately, the Nanjing police force was dispatched.
Three steps and one sentry, five troops and one post, lined up from the pier to the Forbidden City.
Fei Ruyi came in a sedan chair, calling friends, and they all stood at the dock to watch. This guy had been forced to quit his opium addiction. He almost died during the period of detoxification, but after that, his temperament changed drastically and calmed down a lot.
"Those who are idle should retreat; those who are idle should retreat!"
The ones who came this time were actually the Imperial City Guards, who were rarely dispatched...
Whether they were business travelers or passers-by, they were all driven to the roadside, as if some important person wanted to pass.
Many more officials came, including even female officials from the palace.
Datong Navy warships docked one after another, and many merchant ships docked at the dock were ordered to leave temporarily to make berths for the Navy warships.
This battle was so outrageous that the people became increasingly curious.
Gu Jianshan sat on the deck of the flagship to supervise the formation. Qian Qianyi and other officials from the Hanlin Academy and the Qintian Academy also disembarked from the naval battleship.
Navy officers and soldiers and imperial guards carried boxes one by one from the ship.
Every box must be opened and inspected when landing to make sure it is correct before handing it over.
I only heard an official shouting: "The total number of books in the Wenyuan Pavilion in Beijing is 43,200 volumes. Many have been lost, and only 10,237 volumes are left. We are handing over the imperial annotations of the former Ming emperor, as well as the ritual, law, political education, and historical records of the former Ming emperor. "Ming Tai
The first revised edition of "Zushilu" has been completely lost; the second revised edition has a total of 165 volumes and 183 volumes, all of which are well preserved; the third revised edition has a total of 250 volumes and 257 volumes, and there are 248 volumes and 255 and a half volumes. Please count and hand it over!"
Box after box is opened and inspected, and each box is counted three times.
This voice shouted out, which made the onlookers excited. All the books brought on the ship were books collected in the Imperial City of Beijing.
At the same time, I am very sorry that there are more than 40,000 volumes in the Wenyuan Pavilion in Beijing, but less than 30% of them have been preserved today.
It was not destroyed by war, but due to poor preservation.
Some were eaten by insects, and some were moldy and rotten. There were also officials from the Ming Dynasty’s cabinet and Hanlin Academy who often took advantage of their positions to take the Wenyuan Pavilion books back to their homes. As early as the Wanli period, only 23 out of 10 were saved.
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Ordinary people gradually dispersed, but more and more scholars gathered together.
Finally, another official was heard shouting: "Yongle Dadian has a total of 11,095 volumes, a catalog of 60 volumes, and a text of 22,877 volumes. The first draft has been destroyed in Wenyuan Pavilion in Nanjing. All originals have been lost, and all copies are intact. Please count and hand over it!"
The onlookers stood on tiptoe to see what "Yongle Dadian" looked like.
When Li Zicheng left Beijing, he allowed the palace to be burned down, but the fire area was not large, so the Manchu emperor made minor repairs and moved in.
Therefore, the original copy of "Yongle Dadian" cannot be destroyed in the war.
But it is true that not a single copy of the original copy remains. The biggest suspect is Jiajing, and it is possible that the entire set of "Yongle Dadian" was buried as a burial object.
Before Jiajing, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty did not take "Yongle Dadian" seriously, and even Zhu Di himself was too lazy to read it.
Only Jiajing couldn't put it down because of "Yongle Dadian". He often carried this book with him and read it. There were a large number of prescriptions that could be used to make elixirs and practice Taoism.
In his later years, Jiajing suddenly asked someone to copy a copy of "Yongle Dadian". In the second year after Jiajing's death, the original copy was stored in Wenyuan Pavilion and the copy was stored in Huang Shicheng. But from then on, the original copy could not be found, and no one mentioned it again.
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For three days in a row, acceptance and handover were carried out outside Nanjing.
In the end, more than 60 boxes were moved out, all of which were defective books, infested by insects, moldy, and burned... They needed to be repaired and completed by Hanlin Academy and Qintian Academy as much as possible.
Morning meeting.
Qian Qianyi led the Hanlin Academy doctors out, raised his hands and said: "Please revise and compile a set of "Yongle Dadian" on the basis of "Yongle Dadian". It was this "Yongle Dadian" that the veteran also discovered when he read it in Beijing.
There were many errors and omissions, so it had to be revised.”
"allow!"
Zhao Han said: "After the "History of the Ming Dynasty" is completed, we will compile the "Minshi Dadian". Well, it is more convenient to call it "Minshi Dadian". This book must correct the errors and omissions in the "Yongle Dadian" and add the previous Ming Dynasty.
Scholars’ books, mathematics, physics and other works must also be included.”
"According to the order!"
Qian Qianyi was overjoyed that he could do these two jobs until the day he died.
The records of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty that were moved from Beijing were temporarily stored in the Hanlin Academy to facilitate the officials of the Imperial Academy in compiling the "History of the Ming Dynasty". As for the remaining books, half were stored in Wenyuan Pavilion and the other half were stored in the emperor's private library.
In particular, the calligraphy and paintings collected by the Ming Dynasty emperors all became Zhao Han's personal collection.
By the way, the Manchu and Qing Imperial Palace in Shenyang also got a lot of them. They were probably taken away by the Manchu and Qing Dynasties when they evacuated Beijing.
The compilation work of "History of the Ming Dynasty" officially began. At the same time, Zhao Han ordered the world to collect various folk books, especially the works of scholars from the Ming Dynasty, in order to prepare for the future compilation of "The Complete Book of the History of the Republic of China".
Of course, there is no forced collection.
Those who contribute books can keep the original copy and ask someone to copy the book and send a copy. Once selected, there will be rewards, and even knowledgeable people can participate in the compilation of "The Complete Book of the Republic of China".
Although people are not forced to donate books, local officials will always take the opportunity to flatter them.
Jiaxing, Zhejiang.
Jiaxing County Magistrate Liu Xianwen, after seeing the contents of the imperial edict, went to the Xiang family's residence in person the next day.
"Mr. Mo Lin, we have a big happy event!" Liu Xianwen said with a smile.
Xiang Yuanbian said puzzledly: "It's hard to explain why I was born late. Please explain it clearly to the county magistrate."
Liu Xianwen took out the notice copied by the clerk: "Mr. Mo Lin, please read it." Without waiting for the other party to finish reading, he continued, "Sir, you have Tianlai Pavilion, and your brother has Wanjuan Tower. Both of your brothers have tens of thousands of volumes.
Why don't you ask someone to copy the book and present it to the court? This will surely win your majesty's favor, and maybe you can participate in the editing of "The Complete Book of the Republic of China"."
In the whole of Zhejiang, the one with the largest collection of books is Xiang Yuanbian, and the other is Fan Qin from Yin County.
Xiang Yuanbian thought about it carefully and felt that this was an opportunity.
Anyway, the emperor does not ask for the original, so he can hire more copywriters to make copies and present them to the court.
Moreover, Tianlai Pavilion had a catalog of its collection, and the catalog was taken directly to the capital. The officials of the Hanlin Academy looked at the catalog and selected it, and then asked someone to copy it after selecting it.
After sending the magistrate away, Xiang Yuanbian went to see his elder brother Xiang Dushou.
Both brothers are very confident about this. They have too many books in their collection, and many of them are orphans. They will definitely be selected by the Hanlin Academy.
Xiang Dushou said: "I can't stand out just by presenting my collection of books, but I can offer His Majesty the world's treasures! In the hands of foolish brother, the most precious things are Su Shi's authentic works, in the hands of wise brother..."
Xiang Yuanbian was silent. He knew what his clan brother was talking about, but he was really reluctant to take it out.
Xiang Dushou said with a smile: "I heard that there is an Imperial City Primary School in Nanjing, and the prince is also studying there. My dear brother, I presented that thing. My dear brother's youngest son is of the right age, so maybe he can be a classmate with the prince."
Xiang Yuanbian suddenly became enlightened and immediately clapped his hands and said, "Brother sees the long term!"
The two brothers, taking their books and entourage with them, headed for Nanjing together.
When they arrived at the Hanlin Academy, they first took out the bibliography, which shocked the officials a little.
Immediately, Xiang Yuanbian said again: "Can you please convey that Wan Sheng boldly wants to meet the Holy Spirit and present a treasure to His Majesty in person?"
Zhang Pu fell ill again in winter, and Qian Qianyi had the final say in the Literature and History Museum of the Hanlin Academy.
Qian Qianyi smiled and said: "I'm afraid it's difficult to find an ordinary treasure."
"Please take a look at it."
Xiang Yuanbian took off a long bag from his back. He opened the bag and found it wrapped in leather paper. When the paper was opened, there was a beautiful bamboo tube inside.
Pull out an item from the bamboo tube and wrap it in leather paper.
After opening several layers of paper one after another, the scroll inside was finally revealed.
Everyone immediately laughed, and at the same time they were very curious, why is the calligraphy and painting so careful?
Xiang Yuanbian slowly unfolded the scroll. Before he could see the text, he saw a bunch of seals and inscriptions.
One line of text is particularly eye-catching. It is written in thin gold by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty: Li Taibai of the Tang Dynasty went to the balcony!
Everyone's eyes narrowed sharply and their breathing quickened.
The scroll continued to open, revealing the cursive script inside: The mountains are high and the water is long, and there are countless objects. Without an old pen, a young and strong person can be poor. On the 18th, I went to the balcony to write, too white.
Is it actually Li Bai’s authentic work?
Qian Qianyi trembled slightly, picked up the glasses on his chest, put them on, and got closer to observe and appreciate them. The more he looked at them, the more he felt that they were real. At least according to his appraisal level, the inscriptions and seals of Song Huizong and other celebrities were authentic.
"Don't crowd, don't crowd, don't crush the original work of Shixian!"
Xiang Yuanbian shouted anxiously and quickly put the scroll away for fear that the treasure would be damaged.
Qian Qianyi roared angrily: "Everyone, stand down! Wait until the original works of the Poetry Immortal are hung up, and then come and appreciate them one by one!"
Everyone quickly retreated, and Xiang Yuanbian hung the treasure on the wall with stools in the middle. Everyone could only stand three feet away to admire it.
In addition to the Museum of Literature and History, scholars from other libraries in the Hanlin Academy were also alerted one after another.
It really has three layers inside and three layers out. This is Li Bai's only authentic work handed down from generation to generation. Before today, they had never heard of it, and some people copied it out of thin air with their fingers on the spot.
Wang Tiaoding, the top leader of the Hanlin Academy, also quickly arrived at the scene.
Wang Diaoding looked at it for a while and said: "Bring the pen and ink, and if you want to copy it, do it as soon as possible. It must be put away before evening, and it will be presented to Your Majesty tomorrow. If you leave it here for a long time, I will have many dreams. If it is stolen, I can't afford it."
So tables and chairs were placed around the treasures, and no one was allowed to cross the line. They were all like Meng boys who had just learned calligraphy, copying Li Taibai's original handwriting over and over again.
Waste paper was constantly being thrown on the ground, and people were constantly lamenting that they were dissatisfied with themselves.
They kept copying until the evening, but everyone still refused to leave. Wang Tiaoding could only extend the time, and finally came over with a lantern to provide lighting.
The next day, the two brothers Xiang Yuanbian successfully received the emperor's summons with their respective collections of treasures. I will provide you with the fastest update, 597 [Books, Calligraphy and Painting] for free reading.