Only then did Wan'er notice that the princess was holding a thick new book in her hand.
The so-called new-style books are books printed and typeset by Longyou booksellers.
This kind of book has all the pages glued together through book spines. The fonts of the books are often very small, and one book can print hundreds of thousands of words.
At first, this kind of book was criticized by readers, but soon readers found it really delicious.
You don’t need to carry a box of books when you go out. One book is enough to read for a long time.
Longyou has even thoughtfully released books such as the Four Books and Five Classics, the Analects of Confucius and the Spring and Autumn Annals, which allow you to read through the Confucian classics with just one book.
But Princess Yanguang was holding a book that Wan'er had never seen before.
On the cover of the kraft paper, only the title of the book is printed, and there is also a seal saying "Books collected by the Royal Palace will not be loaned out".
Wan'er looked at the title of the book curiously, "Civil War Chronicles". What kind of book is this?
Although Wan'er was said to be uneducated by the princess, in fact all the maids who could serve the princess had read some books.
But Wan'er had never heard of such a book.
Princess Yanguang looked at it seriously, and Wan'er didn't want to disturb her. She just added golden charcoal to the charcoal stove in the carriage.
While adding charcoal, Wan'er couldn't help but sigh, Longyou's food is really good.
This charcoal is well-proportioned and slender, and has some fragrant wood inside, giving it a subtle aroma when burned.
And this golden charcoal burns without any soot.
The carbon stove of this carriage is also quite cleverly designed. A copper chimney extends to the top of the carriage. In the words of Shang Bo, this can discharge the "smoke poison" out of the carriage and avoid accidents of soot poisoning.
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The burned coal ash will fall into the ash box at the bottom of the car. All Wan'er has to do is add charcoal to the stove.
Princess Yanguang read the book seriously for a while, only to feel that Mrs. Tang in her arms was a little cold.
Wan'er immediately untied the woolen cover of Tang Pozi and placed Tang Pozi on the stove to heat it.
Seeing the princess rubbing her eyes, Wan'er said distressedly: "Your Highness, studying is a man's business, and you don't want to take the exam for fame, so don't let it hurt your eyes!"
Princess Yanguang said with a smile: "It's not a problem, but the envoy of Shang Liu did say that reading books in the car consumes your eyes, and I won't read at night in the future."
Wan'er carefully took out a sandalwood bookmark and clamped it to the place where the princess had just turned it.
"This book was borrowed from the back yard of the Dudu Mansion, but it must be kept well. I will return it when I get to Chang'an." Princess Yanguang warned.
Wan'er curled her lips and said, "Isn't it just a book? It would be generous to leave it in the backyard. If the princess likes it, just keep it."
Princess Yanguang shook her head and said: "If it were an ordinary treasure, I would definitely give it away if I kept it in the backyard. But this is a strange book. There are only a few in the whole Longyou. These books were all recorded by the emperor. If they are lost, I will
The prince's younger brother wants to stay behind and cause trouble."
"His Royal Highness Prince Jianning is not so stingy."
Princess Yanguang smiled and said, "If you borrow something, you will return it. It's not difficult to borrow again."
Now Wan'er smiled. It turned out that this was what the princess meant by borrowing and returning books.
Princess Yanguang saw the small thoughts in the maid's eyes. She knew that Wan'er had misunderstood, and said quickly: "It's not what you think."
Wan'er showed an "I understand" expression, and Princess Yanguang had no choice but to change the subject and said: "This is a book written by the great emperor himself."
"Emperor?" Wan'er became even more confused.
"It is not the emperor of our Central Plains, but the book written by Caesar himself, the emperor of an empire named Da Qin in the far west."
"Great Qin, isn't it the Great Qin that was the First Emperor?"
Princess Yanguang said: "Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty was sent as an envoy to the Western Regions. He once heard the envoys from the Western Regions say that there was an empire as powerful as the Han Dynasty in the far west. It was called 'Great Qin' in the history books at that time."
"The author who wrote this book was Caesar, the consul of Qin, and the course of his struggle with the Senate."
"However, the Qin Dynasty calls itself Rome. In this book, they all refer to themselves as Rome. I also use the word Rome to refer to the Qin Dynasty."
Wan'er was confused, but Princess Yanguang became interested in talking and said:
"The Roman consul is equivalent to our emperor. We Han people don't have this thing like the Senate. It is a place where all the nobles and ministers discuss state affairs."
Wan'er didn't understand why the princess was interested in a book written by an emperor from a distant capital, but she still pretended to be interested.
Princess Yanguang continued: "By the time Caesar is in power, it will be almost the time when the emperor is in power. Rome is already suffering from internal and external troubles."
"Rome's problems are exactly the same as our Tang Dynasty's problems!"
Wan'er looked at Princess Yanguang in confusion.
I only heard Princess Yanguang say: "At the beginning of the founding of Rome, just like the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, citizens were used as soldiers. Citizens who joined the army could be granted land, and they could get spoils of war for external expansion."
"But when Caesar came to power, the territory of Rome was too large and there were no longer enough citizen soldiers. At this time, in order to expand the number of soldiers, the emperors before Caesar made reforms and changed from government soldiers to recruited soldiers."
"But the rewards for recruiting troops all come from the corps commanders. These border corps commanders have the same independent power to recruit troops and appoint officials as An Lushan. From then on, these Roman vassal commanders continued to lead troops to attack the capital, just like our great army.
Don that’s what’s happening now.”
Wan'er was horrified. How could they be so similar?
Princess Yanguang touched the book and said, "I want to know how this extremely wise Roman consul would solve these problems."
Wan'er felt dizzy after hearing this, but she also knew that Princess Yanguang was talking about something very important.
Naturally, she couldn't answer Princess Yanguang's question. How could she, a palace maid, understand what the government was recruiting soldiers for?
Wan'er had to ask: "How did the princess think of borrowing this book?"
Princess Yanguang's face turned red and she said: "That time the envoy of Shang Liu drank some wine in the palace and said, 'Roman orthodoxy lies in the Tang Dynasty.' I asked him about Rome, and he borrowed it from Liu's backyard.
Show me this book."
"I didn't expect that Rome was very similar to the Tang Dynasty. Even the problems it encountered were exactly the same."
Wan'er had a headache after hearing this. Fortunately, the carriage stopped at this time, and the guard captain came to report outside the carriage in person.
"Your Highness, go to the village ahead. Let's camp here and rest."
Princess Yanguang winked, and Wan'er asked:
"What did King Qi say?"
The captain of the guard army immediately said: "The general has not yet asked King Qi, let's ask your highness the princess first."
Wan'er immediately said: "Nonsense! Why don't you quickly ask His Highness!"
The guard captain realized what he was doing and ran to ask King Qi, sweating profusely.
Among the carriages traveling together, King Qi’s fleet was the largest.
This King of Qi is a little older than Li Yan, but he is only in his twenties. King Qi looks very much like his biological mother, and he looks feminine and handsome.
As an unpopular prince, King Qi's life has never been very good.
Before his father ascended the throne, he himself was very trembling, and King Qi was Li Heng's unpopular son. You can imagine what King Qi's life was like when he was young.
After Lingwu ascended the throne, Li Heng rewarded various scholars, and then Li Xi was named King of Nanyang and asked him to go to Nanyang to organize the railway affairs.
At this time, Li Xi was still an unpopular son and had no sense of presence in the court.
It wasn't until Li Xi returned to Fengxiang Mansion and was adopted as his heir by Queen Zhang that his status changed drastically.
First of all, he was the first king to be given a title in a big country, from King Nanyang to King Qi.
You must know that now the East Palace is also the King of Guangping. This two-character title has a profound meaning, and the recent series of unlucky moves in the East Palace have made many ministers in the court think that the emperor has the idea of changing the crown prince.
Many speculators in the court began to fall in love with King Qi. This King of Qi also refused to accept anyone who came, and soon gathered a force.
When the guard captain came to report to the King of Qi whether to camp, the King of Qi was drinking with his cronies.
"Then stay in the village and ask the village chief to bring some wine and meat to the lonely king. Today the lonely king wants to drink as much as he wants!"
The captain originally wanted to say that this was just a small village and there might not be much meat in the village, but seeing King Qi's appearance, the captain had no choice but to retreat.
The guard captain then went to report to Princess Yanguang. Seeing the captain's bitter face, Princess Yanguang asked: "Why is the captain frowning?"
The guard captain then said: "Princess Qi, the general asked the King of Qi for instructions. The King of Qi asked the general to go to the village to find some wine and meat. The village is small and run-down, so I'm afraid I won't be able to find any meat and wine."
Princess Yanguang smiled slightly and said: "So that's what happened. You can just take some wine and meat from my car and go there. There is no need to disturb the people."
The captain's face turned red and he said, "How can I trouble Her Highness the Princess?"
Princess Yanguang said: "The people in Guanzhong have suffered enough due to the continuous wars in Guanzhong. My father asked the princes, nobles, relatives and ministers to return to Chang'an without disturbing the people. Why did the people come? I have a lot of wine and meat in my car. You can take some of it."
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The guard captain knelt on the ground and said: "Your Highness is kind-hearted!"
Taking some meat and wine from Princess Yanguang's motorcade, the guard captain quickly gave them to King Qi.
Just as the guard captain was delivering things to King Qi's motorcade, he heard the sound of silk and bamboo, and several scantily clad orchids were dancing in front of a bonfire.
The young prince ignored the little guard captain at all. He just asked him to put down the wine and meat, and then sent him to quickly arrange for soldiers to be on duty.
After running around all night without even a good word, the guard captain returned to the camp angrily.
But unexpectedly, he met Shang Bo, the emissary who stayed in the backyard of the Longyou Dudu Mansion, standing at the gate of the camp with a pile of food.
Shang Bo said to the guard captain: "Thank you for your hard work, captain. These are labor supplies sent from the backyard of the Longyou Governor's Mansion. The captain will give a share to the brothers. We have to rely on the captain to protect us along the way."