The official roads built by the Tang people were spacious and strong, just like the cities they built. They were all grand. The Tang people called such roads both official roads and Chi Roads.
People in the Tang Dynasty had an unimaginable number of horses, and carriages seemed to be everywhere. It was natural to build such roads. The Baekje people were good at raising horses. If they hadn't had so many horses, they might have been wiped out by Silla.
But compared with the people of the Tang Dynasty, the difference is simply heaven and earth...
Jin Shengman kept shouting Tang people in his heart, but he didn't feel anything was wrong.
In fact, the Tang Dynasty was only established a few years ago, and people in the Central Plains were not yet accustomed to calling themselves Tang people.
Since the end of the Jin Dynasty, the Hu and Han peoples in the north have mixed, and for a period of time ethnic groups have developed, with the Xianbei and Huns occupying the top of the food chain.
At that time, things were not so bad in the north. In order to distinguish themselves from the barbarians who invaded the Central Plains, many people in the south regarded themselves as Han people. The states of Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen all existed for a relatively short time and did not leave too deep a lasting impression on people.
impression.
However, the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties have existed for more than a hundred years, but the Sima family, like the Cao family, has always been criticized for the country's injustice, and it has been weak for a long time, and generally has not formed a situation where the world is jointly dominated, so the title of Jin people is really unsuitable.
Satisfactory.
It was actually in the later Song Dynasty that people in the Central Plains began to call themselves Han people on a large scale. It became a habit for people to call themselves Han people, and instead foreigners called them Song people.
In the Yuan Dynasty, when the four classes of people were divided, the Han people became the last class. At this time, the Han nation was finally clarified. Isn't it ironic?
Jin Shengman has just arrived. Regardless of this, the country in the Central Plains is now called Tang, so the people under its rule can naturally be called Tang people according to custom.
In Jin Shengman's eyes, everything in Tang Dynasty is good. No matter whether they are nobles, commoners, or even criminals, they all have a unique temperament...
Obviously her mentality is completely different compared to those from Turks and Tibetans.
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Chang'an Academy, library.
Queen Li Bi was sitting on the couch on the top floor. The tea soup on the low table in front of her was steaming and exuding a delicate fragrance.
"Your Majesty, these are the lists of all the books in Qingguang Tower. There are no omissions..."
Several libraries in Chang'an Academy have their own names, and Qingguang Building is one of them. Today Li Bi came and walked around in each building, and now he came to Qingguang Building.
She did not deliberately hide her identity from others, and the steward of Qingguang Tower received her with sincerity.
Li Bi flipped through the thick directory and asked, "It seems that the books in the building are all rural essays?"
The steward said: "Your Majesty has a sharp eye... But that's not all. There are also some travel notes, medical miscellaneous books and other books. For example, part of "Picture Notes of the Western Regions" written by Pei Neishi back then is stored in Qingguang Tower.
Among them, it belongs to the category of travel notes."
Li Bi smiled and said: "Pei Neishi is Pei Ju and Pei Hongda, right? There seems to be a record of the Western Regions written by him in the Guanwen Hall in the palace. Which one is the record?"
The steward replied: "Of course, the ones in the palace are the original ones, but they are not complete. The Western Regions Illustrated Records were originally hidden in the Guanwen Hall in Luoyang. There are only some copies in the Guanwen Hall in Chang'an, and they contain secrets. It's not good.
It was revealed to others, so the manuscript has many defects."
The stewards of Chang'an Academy received double salaries. They were all subordinates of the Secretary Supervisor. They came to Chang'an Academy to look after the library, maintain the books, etc.
It can be said that they are professionals who protect books, and they hold official positions and are under the dual management of secretaries and academies. They are not sweeping monks in temples.
The manuscripts in the Guanwen Palace in Chang'an turned out to be incomplete, and they were also confidential. Who were they trying to guard against... Li Bi was stunned for a moment, but she soon understood.
Yang Guang's dissatisfaction with the Kansai people was almost universally known, and it showed even in the collection of books, which made Li Bi dumbfounded.
This was hard to say, and Li Bi didn't know if her guess was right, so she asked: "Didn't you just say that what is hidden in the Guanwen Hall in the palace is the original?"
The steward saw that the Queen was so interested in the Western Regions Illustrated Records and quickly replied: "Your Majesty should know that the items hidden in the Guanwen Hall in Luoyang were transported back to Chang'an one after another last year.
For this reason, the Guanwen Hall in the palace was expanded with more than a dozen study rooms, and three new libraries were built in Chang'an Academy.
Alas, it is a pity that Luoyang has been occupied by thieves for too long. Many books in the Guanwen Palace were destroyed by insects and rats. The Picture Notes of the Western Regions is one of them. Most of the three volumes and 128 volumes have become fragments.
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At the end of last year, the secretary supervisor just completed it with reference to the manuscript of Guanwen Palace in the palace, but many rare features are still missing, which is a pity."
Li Bi didn't think it was a pity. She wasn't interested in books. She probably just followed her mother, while Li Po still liked to study.
Li Bi started flipping through the directory and said casually, "What's the pity? Pei Hongda is in Luoyang, so why don't we just ask him to complete it again?"
The steward was stunned for a moment, and looked up at the Queen carefully. Seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, he thought about the wording and said, "Reporting to the Queen, the Illustrated Records of the Western Regions can indeed be said to be written by Pei Neishi, but it is not
The work of one person.
At that time, Pei Neishi went to guard Zhangye to survey the geography and find out the customs and customs of the Western Regions. After that, he gathered everyone to compile the illustrated records of the Western Regions, which took several years to complete.
Nowadays, even Pei Neishi himself cannot make the complete version of the Illustrated Records of the Western Regions available to the world."
Li Bi pursed her lips and wanted to laugh but held back. She said it so high-sounding that it was almost as if Pei Hongda just put his name on it and someone else actually wrote the book.
This kind of thing is not uncommon from ancient times to the present. Later, many academic leaders also played the role of Pei Ju, a high-ranking official.
What Li Bi thought of was her father. Li Jing studied the art of war intensively, so he wrote some writings and came back with a reputation as a knowledgeable soldier. That was real talent...
Well, as a daughter, she naturally prefers her father. But in fact, although Li Jing is now in a high position and will be a prominent official when he returns to the court, compared with the former Sui Dynasty famous official Pei Ju, he is much weaker.
Pei Ju conquered more than 20 states in Lingnan, led troops to attack the Turks, and gave advice to the emperor, so he just divided the Turks into two parts: the east and the west.
Such achievements were not uncommon in the Sui Dynasty, but at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, few people could match them.
Pei Ju is a living legend today. In comparison, Li Yaoshi's legendary life has just begun, and it is not certain whether he can go as far as in another time and space.
After all, he is now the father-in-law of the country. If an old man in his fifties is allowed to run around, the son-in-law and daughter must think twice before making a decision.
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The collection of books in Qingguang Tower was much more interesting to Li Bi than elsewhere, because many of them were novels and the like.
Li Bi flipped through it and asked the steward to take a few books and prepare to go back to the palace to use them as entertainment.
After seeing the library in Chang'an Academy, Li Bi thought it would be better to build one in the Forbidden Garden, or find an abandoned palace, renovate it, and use it as a book collection.
This also allows the concubines to have more entertainment...
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When Li Bi left the library, the person in charge of the academy was waiting outside.
The Queen has been visiting the academy a lot recently, which has naturally caused them a lot of trouble. But if there were more of this kind of "trouble", everyone's ancestral graves would definitely be filled with smoke.
This is naturally a good thing for Chang'an Academy. The emperor and queen expressed their concern for this place, which laid the foundation for Chang'an Academy to become the best academy in the world.
I visited the library today and found some inspiration. I wanted to go back and think about it. I spoke to the people in the academy. When I was about to return to the palace, someone hurriedly came to report: "Empress Qi, Silla
The envoy had arrived outside Chang'an City, and Gao Qing was about to ask his empress when he planned to receive the envoy from Silla.
It is better to leave this matter to the ministers and others..."
Li Po left the matter of receiving the Silla envoy to Li Bi. Honglu Temple was obviously a little unhappy. The Western Turk envoy was now being received by his subordinates. The first time a Silla person came to the Tang Dynasty, the queen personally received him.
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Needless to say, the emperor had great doubts about the abilities of everyone in Honglu Temple.
At this point, there is nothing anyone in Honglu Temple can do. Almost all of them are new officials and have little experience before. Now that they have suddenly had more dealings with external envoys, they are inevitably at a loss.
Especially when the Turks first arrived in Chang'an, there was not a single person in Honglu Temple who could speak Turkic language. Fortunately, the Turkic envoys could speak Chinese and knew some Xianbei dialect, otherwise Honglu Temple would have made a big fool of themselves.
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It was Tang Jian who was in charge of Honglu Temple. I don't know what he was feeling at that time.
After Gao Biaoren took over, he requested to be sent as an envoy to the Turks. In fact, he wanted to use the alliance between the two countries to open up the situation for Honglu Temple.
Now that the envoy from Silla has been handed over to the empress, this is undoubtedly a question about the ability of Honglu Temple.
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"Is it here yet? It's quite fast..."
Li Bi said, doing some calculations in her mind, and then lamented that time passed so quickly. Her husband seemed to have mentioned it at the end of last month or the beginning of the month, and more than half a month had passed in the blink of an eye.
She didn't care about Honglu Temple's reaction, and said enthusiastically: "Where is he? I happen to be just outside the city, so I went to greet him... won't it be rude?"
Before the people from Honglu Temple could speak, Li Xuandao, who was offering wine at Chang'an Academy, was already standing by and said: "Foreign envoys... except for the Turkic Khans, who can the emperor and the empress personally welcome them?"
The people from Honglu Temple also nodded and said: "Silla is no more than a small overseas country. I will arrange for people to pick them up and take them to the post house. Let them wait patiently for the queen to summon them."
Li Bi rolled her eyes, thinking that Silla was certainly nothing, but if Goguryeo was involved, it would have to be a big deal.
"Even if it's a small country, what's the harm in meeting each other?"
A small country has no human rights, and it dares not say anything even if it is disrespectful.
Li Bi waved her hand, not wanting to listen to anyone's nagging anymore, and left Chang'an Academy with her servants...