Not to mention, Zhu Yunxi didn't know what was going on in his heart during these days. He just felt a little bit unhappy, sometimes even mixed with a little fatigue. What's more, the case of King Zhou made him even more suffocated.
These various emotions are so intertwined that I can't get over it no matter what.
But after working hard all night last night, not only did I not feel tired when I woke up this morning, but I felt happy both physically and mentally, and my waist even slipped a lot when I walked.
No wonder...no wonder this has been forbidden since ancient times.
Forbidden is simply the source of happiness and confidence for men!
There was no court meeting today. After Zhu Yunxi entered the Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, shortly after he sat down, a courtier handed over a sign to prepare for an audience.
Moreover, Zhu Yunxi was a little surprised by the people who came, Fang Xiaoru and Xie Jin.
Although both of them are famous for their talents and learning, they are quite difficult to deal with in private. Fang Xiaoru is a rigid gentleman, while Xie Jin is free and informal. Fang Xiaoru always pays attention to his identity as a scholar, and what is Xie Jin and Everyone can play together.
"Let them come in!" Zhu Yunxi put down the sign in his hand and said, "Go and get some jasmine tea. I want to drink something light today!"
"Yes!" The bastard agreed, turned around and told the eunuch to bring someone in, while he silently helped Zhu Yunxi pour water and make tea.
After waiting for a while, the two people came in one after the other.
Both of them had something in their hands, Fang Xiaoru was holding a scroll of documents, while Xie Jin was holding a brocade box.
"Why do you come to see me so early?" Zhu Yunxi asked after giving the two of them seats.
"It's a happy event to return to the emperor!" Xie Jin stood up and spoke first, "It's a great blessing from heaven..."
"Uh-huh!" Fang Xiaoru seemed to dislike this junior Jie Jin. He looked happy when speaking in front of the emperor and coughed twice.
"Scholar Fang, tell me!" Zhu Yunxi felt a little funny in his heart. These literati even had to judge who spoke first.
"Yes!" Fang Xiaoru stood up and said seriously, "Your Majesty, you still remember that there was a case in the Criminal Department in autumn, about the excavation of ancient tombs in Shaanxi!"
Zhu Yunxi thought about it, "It's true!"
Grave robbing is a serious crime. Once discovered, the tomb robber and his immediate family members will be punished as a warning to others. It is a heinous crime.
"Several bronzes were seized during the excavation of ancient tombs at that time." Fang Xiaoru continued, "One of them was initially determined by the Hanlin Academy of the Ministry of Rites to be used by the Spring and Autumn and Warring Kingdom clans. Such bronzes are not allowed to be kept privately by the public, so they are kept in the public domain. In the inner palace!"
"Well, go on!" Zhu Yunxi continued.
"At the beginning of autumn, I was ordered to inspect the large internal library and the ancient artifacts in order to sort them into categories!" Fang Xiaoru continued, "I found this artifact in Zhaoren Hall!"
Zhaoren Hall and Wenyuan Pavilion are both libraries in the Forbidden City.
In fact, to the royal family, such antiques or gold and silver treasures are just toys. In the Forbidden City, to be precise, in the eyes of this class of people and officials, the most precious thing in the world is books.
Books are the root of cultural inheritance and are absolutely indispensable!
The royal family has always had a tradition of storing books. This is not the emperor's personal preference, but involves the culture and education of the entire world.
Zhu Yunxi asked Fang Xiaoru and people from the Hanlin Academy to sort out the ancient books in the palace. On the one hand, it gave them something to do so that they would not have to comment on government affairs all day long. On the other hand, it was also to prepare for future book repairs.
In his previous life, he believed that the books compiled by ancient emperors, such as the Yongle Dadian Ancient and Modern Books, were nothing more than official articles written by the emperors to highlight their achievements in writing.
But the more he understands this era now. No, the older he gets, the more he understands the importance of revising books.
Because it is the essence of a nation, the thought of a nation, the culture of a nation, and the inheritance of a nation.
Even the book itself is a symbol of this nation.
"Yeah, let's continue!" Zhu Yunxi said.
"I bought this bronze and found something wrong!" Fang Xiaoru said, opening the brocade box in his hand. A half-meter-high bronze with a thick shape, exquisite craftsmanship, a long neck and a bulging belly, and exquisite animal mask patterns came into view.
Regarding this thing, Zhu Yunxi was just a layman watching the excitement and said, "What's the difference?"
"It's not from the Spring and Autumn Period!" Fang Xiaoru carefully wiped the place he just touched with the sleeve of his official robe, "It's from the Zhou Dynasty royal family, Western Zhou Dynasty!"
"Western Zhou Dynasty? That's something from thousands of years ago!" Zhu Yunxi thought to himself and said with a smile, "The Western Zhou Dynasty is nothing strange. There is nothing close to that in Shaanxi!"
"Your Majesty, be careful what you say!" Fang Xiaoru said seriously.
"Go on, tell me how auspicious it is!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
"When I was identifying this object, I found an inscription inside the bronze vessel!"
As Fang Xiaoru said, Xie Jin next to him unfolded the long scroll in his hand and sent it to Zhu Yunxi.
There were jagged, unfamiliar and illegible characters on them, and Zhu Yunxi didn't recognize even half of them.
"Chen is a master of miscellaneous knowledge and is quite familiar with these ancient texts!" Xie Jin said proudly, "Xueshi Fang and his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy were puzzled, so they found Wei Chen, who compared the ancient books and translated them one by one. This was during the reign of King Cheng of Zhou Dynasty.
A noble named He made the cast."
"This object was cast because after King Cheng of Zhou built the capital, he gave instructions to the younger members of the clan, He, mentioned the story of He's father following King Wen, lamented the achievements of the He family, and gave it to Bei Sanpeng. He made this statue to use it.
To commemorate this event.”
Zhu Yunxi knew that shells were one of the ancient currencies.
"Then how do you say it is auspicious?" Zhu Yunxi said looking at the exquisite bronze.
"There is this sentence in the inscription!" Fang Xiaoru said before Jie Jin could speak, "Only when King Wu defeated the merchants in Dayi, he announced to heaven that I would live in China."
As he spoke, he pointed out the words on the document to Zhu Yunxi.
The Chinese character is similar to the later Chinese character, while the Chinese character is a bit abstract.
"There is a theory of China in the Western Zhou Dynasty?" Zhu Yunxi pondered and murmured to himself.
"Your Majesty!" Fang Xiaoru kowtowed, "The inscription on this statue mentions China more than 2,400 years ago. It is the earliest mention of China in any text in the past. We, the Ming Dynasty, expelled the Tartars and rebuilt China. Your Majesty and
Your Majesty was entrusted by heaven to govern China, and he worked hard to make the country peaceful and peaceful for the people."
"At this time of He Qing and Hai Yan, this thing appears in the world. Isn't it the auspiciousness of the Ming Dynasty given to me by God?"
Zhu Yunxi's face gradually became serious.
He lowered his head and looked at the ancient bronze statue carefully, and couldn't help but reach out and touch the inscription on its inner wall.
The bronze is not cold, on the contrary, it seems to be slightly warm to the touch.
The meaning of the inscription is that this is the land where King Wu lived earlier. King Wu destroyed the Shang Dynasty and prayed to heaven that we will rule the four directions here and this will be the center of the world.
China is the country at the center of the world.
Things that were created more than two thousand years ago are still shining brightly despite countless ups and downs.
This land has gone through many vicissitudes of life, the world has undergone countless great changes, but the race has continued to multiply and is still called China.
Inscriptions and bronzes are lifeless, but the meaning of the words is alive.
The words of our ancestors more than 2,000 years ago have been passed down to this day. From another perspective, they can also be regarded as letters left by our ancestors to their descendants.
"Good, good!" Zhu Yunxi praised repeatedly, "This is a great achievement, it is indeed a sign of good fortune for the country!"
"Your Majesty!" Xie Jin said with a smile, "Actually, I have a different view on China." As he said, he smiled again, "Xueshi Fang does not agree with my view, but in my opinion, this China is
The separate country of China does not refer to the entire world!"
"That's nonsense!" Fang Xiaoru suddenly became furious, "Xie Jin, how dare you say such rebellious words!"