Chapter 340 'General Category of Opening Treasures'
In the Chui Gong Hall, Emperor Liu ordered Yantuo to help Zhang Zhao sit down. The old scholar was already very old and needed help even with a cane. However, when he paid homage, he showed a rare spirit of hale and hearty. There is a hint of red light, a little cheerful, a little excited.
There were more than twenty chamberlains, carrying some boxes into the hall, and placed them neatly. They opened the lids and revealed their true contents. They were neatly packed books, and you could faintly smell some ink.
Emperor Liu took the general outline of the bibliography submitted by Yantuo, looked at it briefly, and said with a chuckle: "This is the latest achievement of Jixian Palace? I have heard it for a long time. It is said to be the first type of book in history!"
Hearing this, Zhang Zhao smiled with a smile on his face, and the folds on his face were almost crowded together, and he personally introduced to Emperor Liu: "Your Majesty highly praises you, and I would like to express my gratitude on behalf of the editor of the Third Hall!
The ministers and others were ordered to compile it, dozens of ministers and three academicians spent more than six years. Now it has finally been completed and I have reported back to Your Majesty. This book covers ancient and modern times and is all-encompassing. It quotes more than a thousand kinds of ancient books and is collected in categories. Fifty-five volumes, five hundred and fifty gates, and one thousand volumes were obtained.
Your Majesty, please review it!"
Zhang Zhao is very excited. He is a book lover and a rare book collector in the world. He is naturally very honored to be able to take the lead in completing such a classic work that will carry forward the past and open up the future. And to be recognized by the emperor, he is even more happy. .
When Emperor Liu heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched. How could he review these dozens of boxes and thousands of volumes of books? However, seeing Zhang Zhao's excited reaction, he remained solemn and looked through the catalog carefully.
In the past ten years or so, Emperor Liu has given a lot of encouragement to the cultural undertakings of the Han Dynasty. Those scholars and scholars have been treated well, and a large amount of money has been allocated every year to support the compilation of books, especially history books. Liu The emperor paid even more attention to it.
The prime ministers of the Han Dynasty were also involved. Except for Zhao Pu, they basically had the title of Grand Bachelor of Jixian Palace, or the title of Supervisor of National History.
Former Prime Minister Xue Juzheng spent nearly ten years leading scribes in the Three Halls and compiled a large number of historical works. It can be said that from the middle Qianyou period to the Kaibao period, the Han Dynasty produced a large number of literary and historical works. "New Tang Dynasty" "Book", "National History", "History of Three Dynasties", "Records", etc. are representative works among them, and the chaotic Chinese history since the end of the Tang Dynasty has also been sorted out clearly.
The Third Library in Kaifeng has been expanded twice, and it is even more magnificent in Luoyang. Today, the national collection of books has exceeded 300,000 volumes. You must know that when the Han Dynasty was first established, the collection of books in the Three Library was less than 11.
Among them, except for a small amount of local donations, the imperial court spent a lot of money to collect them from the people. Of course, the Southern Tang Dynasty made great contributions in this regard. In that year, the prince Liu Yang collected more than 100,000 yuan from the Jinling court at one time. The volumes were collected and transported to Tokyo as trophies.
From the importance Emperor Liu attached to collecting and compiling books, we can see his efforts in literary governance. In recent years, the cultural atmosphere among the Han people has become increasingly strong. In Luoyang City, various literary and poetry gatherings are held every year. It has almost become a fashion, whether you are enjoying it or being arty, it is very important.
Although the status of civil servants is still relatively weak, the cultural undertakings of the Han Dynasty are undoubtedly booming, and the vitality of the people is also increasing day by day. Under the illustrious martial arts, the cultural governance of the Han Dynasty is not very successful.
The kind of books Zhang Zhao presented this time also required the most manpower and took the longest time since the founding of the People's Republic of China. They quoted ancient books and compiled them. Initially, Xue Juzheng was also in charge. Later, Xue Juzheng was sent to Jiannan Road, and Zhang Zhao replaced him.
Important officials in the court, such as Wei Renpu, Tao Gu, Liu Wensou, Li Huan and others, all participated in it, and it has only been completed to this day.
Perhaps it was fate that the proposal to compile this book was first proposed by the young Zhao Kuangyi, and Emperor Liu issued the order. At this time, when the book was completed, Emperor Liu knew it in his heart. This was the "Taiping Yulan".
It has to be said that Emperor Liu was not very enthusiastic about books, culture, etc. His every move and action was all based on political intentions.
Now that the book is finished, I am not very touched, but my attitude still needs to be shown. At least, this can represent one of the achievements of Emperor Liu's reign. Compiling this book is itself a huge project.
"Okay! Very good! I already have the urge to read through it!" After reading the table of contents, he put it down gently, raised his head and smiled at Zhang Zhao.
Zhang Zhao's eyes were dim and he couldn't tell what Emperor Liu was thinking, but seeing his happiness, he hurriedly responded: "I can live up to your Majesty's mission, and I will be relieved!"
Emperor Liu smiled, noticed the crowds of people outside the palace, and asked, "Are they all editors outside the palace?"
"Exactly!" Zhang Zhao said.
Emperor Liu immediately waved his hand: "My palace is big enough, why bother standing outside the palace and announcing everyone to come in!"
Soon, in the three halls, the learned men of Hanlin entered the hall one after another to pay homage. There were dozens of them, but they were not given seats. Emperor Liu looked at these people.
Some are familiar with them, some are acquainted with them, and many others have no impression of them, but what is certain is that these people are the top literary and talented scholars in the Han Dynasty.
Li Mu from Zhongshushe, Xu Kai, a Hanlin scholar, Ju Zhongzheng, etc. Similarly, these people also cover celebrities from the north and the south. Ju Zhong is a surrendered minister of Meng Shu, and Xu Kai is an old minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the younger brother of Xu Xuan.
Compared with the aloof and proud brother who never forgets his homeland, Xu Kai is obviously smarter and more low-key. The result is that his brother is still teaching in Fengzhou, but he has to endure loneliness and suffer the cold. But Xu Kai
, then you can live in the capital and participate in the big book project.
"All the ministers are rare talents for the Han Dynasty. The elites gather together and are talented." Emperor Liu smiled and held these high-ranking civil servants in his hands and said: "Now, they are even more meritorious ministers who compiled books, and they should be generously rewarded!"
After saying that, Emperor Liu ordered to go down and give rewards to all the people who participated in the compilation of this book, which naturally attracted a lot of people to thank him. Emperor Liu boasted about the good reputation of the literati and rewarded it. He gained both fame and benefit, so naturally no one would
Not satisfied.
Emperor Liu continued: "Some people say that today's Han Dynasty is in a prosperous age of martial arts. Over the years, I have indeed established some achievements, but I never take it lightly. In my opinion, only this kind of martial arts that covers all directions and all-encompassing things
Classics are the treasure of a great country, they are enough to be famous for centuries, they are the foundation!"
"Your Majesty is wise!" Regardless of whether Emperor Liu meant what he meant, the civil servants felt very comfortable hearing this and praised him for his wisdom.
"I also want to use this book to tell the world that I am not only good at martial arts, but also attach great importance to literary affairs, and I want to create a splendid cultural age!
My knowledge is shallow. To achieve this goal, I have to rely on the help of literary talents like you! I hope you will continue to work hard. In the Tang Dynasty, there were four major categories of books, and the great Han Dynasty should also have them. Not only should they have them, but they should also be bigger.
, more complete!" When Emperor Liu became interested, he directly launched a satellite and continued to assign tasks to them.
"I will do my best to live up to His Majesty's expectations!" Zhang Zhao said.
After finishing his performance, Zhang Zhao asked for instructions again: "Your Majesty, this book has been completed and has not yet been named. Please give it to me!"
Emperor Liu's expression changed and he almost blurted out: "The Royal View of Kaibao". But he was only tempted for that moment, and then he smiled lightly and said: "Let's call it "The General Category of Kaibao"!"
As far as Emperor Liu was concerned, there was no need to read three volumes a day like Zhao Er did, and there was no need to add names in this way.