The eunuchs came back with piles of things in their hands.
Among them are geographical atlases of the former Sui Dynasty, as well as many local chronicles about Lingnan counties and the Western Regions. These can be said to be valuable assets of the Kansai clan.
From the beginning of the Western Wei Dynasty to the former Sui Dynasty, Chang'an was not affected much by the war, and the collection of books became increasingly abundant.
Of course, the most important contributors were Yang Jian and his son. Especially during the Daye period, Yang Guang set off a craze for book collecting in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places.
Yang Guang was obviously influenced by the literati from Jiangnan. When he was in Jiangnan, he had already started collecting books. By the time he ascended the throne, he had collected more than 15,000 volumes of various books from all over the world.
In the great cause, Yang Guang collected a large number of books and albums in the two Guanwen Halls in Luoyang and Chang'an.
At this point, he indeed made a significant contribution to the cultural undertakings of the day.
As the saying goes, if something is good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom.
During the Daye period, all the powerful families in the world built libraries one after another. At that time, there were thousands of libraries in Chang'an alone.
This was just a large-scale library, and there were countless private collection rooms left. At that time, if every family did not have a collection of books, they would be shameless to talk to others when they went out.
Even in the war-torn times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the customs still remained.
For example, Li Jing had a large collection of books. After he returned to Chang'an in despair from Mayi, because life was relatively difficult, he sold all his books to the descendants of his teacher Niu Hong in exchange for a lot of food to prevent his family from starving.
The tragedy of death on the streets.
Think about it, the world was in such chaos at that time, but there were still people willing to exchange precious food for books, which shows that the collection of books was grand during the Daye period.
These books and albums are undoubtedly one of the precious legacies of the former Sui Dynasty. At this point in time, and even for a long time afterwards, there was no library in the world that could compare with the Guanwen Hall of the Tang Dynasty.
It is a comprehensive large-scale library. The books in it are all-encompassing. They are all the hard work and essence of ancient and modern literati. It is a true treasure house of knowledge.
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Most of the books taken by the eunuchs came from two places, and they were all collected during the Daye period.
One is the "Qu Yu Tu Zhi" compiled by Cui Ji. This is the first comprehensive local chronicle in the history of the Central Plains, with a total of 129 volumes.
There are four volumes about Lingnan, totaling more than 40 volumes.
In addition, "Picture Notes of the Western Regions" compiled by Pei Ju, also contains pictures and texts, recording the customs and customs of the Western Regions.
This was Pei Jumei's move. When he was ordered to go to the border market for officials in the Western Regions to trade, he recorded in detail what he saw and heard in Zhangye. After returning to the court, he presented it to Yang Guang. As expected, Yang Guang was overjoyed and thought he knew what he had done.
Because of this, Pei Ju was promoted to an official position.
There are other reference books such as Illustrated Classics of Zhuzhou and Records of Products and Local Customs of Zhujun.
Seeing their appearance when they came back, Li Po was also startled.
There were more than a dozen eunuchs, large and small, each holding a pile of things in their hands. They were so tired that they almost rolled their eyes, but they were unwilling to let the guards or anyone else come to help. What they wanted was a person who would serve as the emperor.
Opportunity to show your face.
I really responded to those words, opening my mouth at the top, but running and breaking my legs at the bottom.
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However, eunuchs have no human rights, and even if they are exhausted, no one will tell them how hard they have worked.
They were ordered to place several maps on the ground. The table was too small to place on them, so they could only place them on the ground for viewing.
One is a national map of the former Sui Dynasty. It can be seen at a glance that it has been revised several times. In the end, Yang Guang unceremoniously included all the territories he considered his own into the Sui territory.
Therefore, this national map is particularly large, and its vast territory can be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented.
Since the Western Turks claimed vassalage, the Western Regions naturally belonged to the Sui Dynasty, and the Turkic royal court also bowed its head, so the southern and northern deserts belonged to the territory of the Sui Dynasty.
Then, in the emperor's fantasy, a behemoth stretching from West Asia to the west, Ryukyu and the Korean Peninsula to the east, Siberia to the north, and Linyi and Zhuya counties in the south appeared before Li Po's eyes.
This is the territory of the Sui Dynasty that Yang Guang dreamed of. It is really impressive. If you show it to the surrounding kings and khans, you will probably be angry to death. When did I become a minister of the Sui Dynasty? Why didn't I know?
But Yang Guang's tricks benefited Li Po a lot. He asked the eunuch to go out and break two branches, drove the others away, and then he and his wife pointed on the map.
"This is Linyi. The place is not big, and there should not be many people. The people are not educated, so it is nothing. But this location is very useful, do you see it?"
Li Bi looked at her husband and was a little dissatisfied with him speaking to her in such a teaching tone. She looked at the map carefully, considered it and said: "Such a narrow place is tantamount to a choke point.
Once you get it, you can use it in many ways.”
Li Po shook his head and said: "Occupying this place has little military significance. The nine counties of Jiaozhou will become foreign lands, let alone Linyi.
There were so many promising kings, why was it that only Yang Guang sent troops to conquer Linyi? Is it because they were soft-hearted? It was just because Linyi was far away from the Central Plains, so it was useless and they couldn't care less."
Li Bidao: "Since it is of no use and cannot be taken into account for a long time, what is there to say? Can your husband not be able to take advantage of it?"
As she spoke, her eyes did not leave the map. She knew that her husband had always had many evil ideas, and since she said this, it was definitely not without purpose.
Moreover, her husband has been in politics for many years, and her vision, both military and political, is no longer what Wu Xia Amen was back then. However, she is still a little stubborn and does not want to admit that her husband's vision is far better than hers.
Li Po looked at his wife, and a joy arose in his heart. He liked to see his wife look so cute and charming that she couldn't get angry. Over the years, this preference has not changed.
He couldn't help but stretched out his hand to touch his wife's head. Li Bi trembled obviously. When she looked up, she felt a little shy. She also looked around nervously. That little person... who was in his thirties, could actually still be there.
Being so cute, a smile appeared on Li Po's lips.
But when he raised his head and looked at the surrounding officials, his eyes became majestic and terrifying.
But the ministers had already lowered their heads and looked around, probably thinking silently in their hearts, you can't see me, you can't see me.
Li Po lowered his head in satisfaction and chuckled: "Linyi faces the sea to the east, faces Zhuya County across the sea, but is located southwest of Zhuya County. You should be able to think of something.
And its west and south borders Funan Kingdom..."
Li Po took the branch and continued to move westward. There was already a blank space there. The branch kept moving out of the scope of the map, and then moved northwest again.
Li Bi seemed to have only seen the cat playing with the cat stick, her eyes kept moving, as if she was demented and had no idea what her husband wanted to say.
This chapter has been completed!