He failed to leave a good impression on Zhu Hongyu, but even got an extra one million taels!
Is it a shame?
Qian Qianyi said with a half-smiling expression on his face.
"Everyone, I will tell you another little tidbit. I hope it will be useful to you!"
Zhao Mengsheng of the Zhao family asked.
"Mr. Mu Zhai, please speak, we are all ears!"
Qian Qianyi said with a smile.
"Currently, there are a lot of vacancies for officials in the Ming Dynasty. With the addition of this Enke by His Highness, the number of places for recruitment will be greatly expanded."
"And His Highness has reformed the imperial examination system to a certain extent!"
"But don't worry, it's all a good thing. There are more places for recruitment, and the difficulty and threshold of the exam have become lower..."
"There have also been certain changes regarding the specific content of the exam!"
"Your Highness has reduced the proportion of some eight-part essays, added some content related to dealing with practical affairs, and added different subjects such as arithmetic and criminal law."
"Conservative estimates suggest that the number of people admitted to Enke this time will be over 10,000!"
As soon as Qian Qianyi said this, everyone was shocked.
One Enke, enroll thousands of people!
All I can say is good guy!
Compared with the previous imperial examination, only less than a hundred people were admitted as Jinshi.
This time Enke will admit 10,000 people, which is really a violation.
Looking at the thoughtful expressions on everyone's faces, Qian Qianyi then spoke.
"Everyone, please eat first. I will take my leave now!"
After saying that, Qian Qianyi stood up and prepared to leave.
Seeing this, everyone else stood up one after another and bowed to Qian Qianyi.
"I'll be waiting to send you off to Duke Mu Zhai!"
Their attitudes are all respectful, which shows that Qian Qianyi's status in the Jiangnan literary world is not low.
Qian Qianyi smiled and nodded, then walked out of the restaurant.
After boarding the sedan that had been waiting for him at the door of the restaurant, Qian Qianyi closed his eyes and fell asleep after saying hello.
As the sedan swayed up and down and creaked, Qian Qianyi gradually fell asleep.
But just at this moment, a fast horse ran outside.
The messenger ran all the way to Qian Qianyi's sedan and said loudly.
"Sir Qian, His Highness has summoned you at the palace. Please go to the palace quickly!"
Qian Qianyi opened his eyes, stretched out his hand to lift the sedan curtain and asked.
"What's wrong? Did something happen?"
The messenger clasped his fists and said.
"Master Qian, it seems that a complete set of Yongle Ceremony was found in the Forbidden City..."
…
Inside the Forbidden City in Nanjing!
Zhu Hongyu stood in front of a house filled with stacks of almost countless books.
He picked up a book and flipped through it, and saw the words "Yongle Hall" written on the cover of the book.
Zhu Hongyu looked complicated and asked.
"How is the arrangement going?"
"Is the Yongle Hall here a complete set? Are there any missing items?"
Zhu Hongyu's tone was a little excited.
Because this is the Yongle Ceremony!
The most complete encyclopedia in Chinese history, including classics, histories, chapters, and collections, covering astronomy and geography, yin and yang medicine, divination, Tibetan and Taoist scriptures, drama, crafts, and agriculture, covering thousands of years of knowledge of the Chinese nation.
wealth.
The whole book consists of volumes and volumes, with about 370 million words, and brings together 7,000 to 8,000 kinds of ancient and modern books.
It is the largest encyclopedia in the world!
Its historical status needs no introduction.
Wang Ruxian held a volume in his hand, flipped through it, and then spoke.
"Your Highness, according to statistics, there are currently about 1,294 volumes of the Yongle Grand Canon missing and abandoned."
Zhu Hongyu frowned subconsciously.
"Is so much missing?"
“What aspects are probably missing?”
Wang Ruxian said.
"Reporting to Your Highness, what is missing is divination, craftsmanship, agriculture and other aspects."
"As for the rest of it, it's pretty well preserved!"
As if he remembered something, Wang Ruxian spoke.
"Your Highness, actually there is a complete set of Yongle Hall buried in Dingling Mausoleum."
Zhu Hongyu couldn't help but rolled his eyes. There is a complete set of Yongle Ceremony in Dingling. How could Zhu Hongyu not know about it?
He spoke.
"Don't take advantage of Dingling!"
Zhu Hongyu still has a subtext, which is that Wang Ruxian cannot bear this blame.
If you carry it, you will die!
Even Zhu Hongyu couldn't protect him.
"Order the people below to sort it out carefully to see what is missing from the Yongle Grand Ceremony, and then order people to re-edit the missing parts!"
Since Emperor Yongle was able to compile the Yongle Dadian!
It would not be difficult for him, Zhu Hongyu, to find someone to fill in the missing content of the Yongle Ceremony.
It is always much easier to complete than to re-edit!
For such a trivial matter, there is no need to dig up Zhu Di's grave!
At this moment, Qian Qianyi jogged all the way to Zhu Hongyu.
"Your Highness, how is the Yongle Ceremony? Is there anything missing?"
As a literati, Qian Qianyi is still very concerned about the Yongle Ceremony.
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and said.
"It's okay, although there is a part missing!"
"But fortunately, the missing content is not much, and I can find someone to fill it in later!"
When Qian Qianyi heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he spoke.
"Your Highness, I request to resign from the task of repairing the palace and take over the task of completing the Yongle Ceremony."
For Qian Qianyi, the temptation to complete the Yongle Ceremony was much greater than the temptation to be responsible for repairing the palace.
Leave a lasting name in history!
He didn't want to go to the grave with a reputation as an itchy scalp.
Besides, there must be a reason why Zhu Hongyu specifically called Qian Qianyi here this time.
Looking at the Yongle Ceremony in the room in front of him, even if Zhu Hongyu didn't say anything, Qian Qianyi had some guesses in his mind.
Needless to say?
The reason for calling him here must be to ask him to perform the Yongle Ceremony!
Qian Qianyi knew what he was doing, and without Zhu Hongyu having to tell him, he took the initiative to take over the task of completing the Yongle Ceremony.
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and said.
"Can!"
"As a cultural treasure of our Ming Dynasty, the importance of the Yongle Grand Ceremony is self-evident. The Qian Qing family must do a good job in repairing the Yongle Grand Ceremony."
“Be a good guide for our Ming Dynasty’s cultural inheritance!”
"This is a very meaningful thing!"
"It's done. Although it can't compare with the contribution of compiling the Yongle Dadian, it can still be remembered in history!"
"The Qian Qing family must do well! Gu has high hopes for the Qian Qing family!"
Zhu Hongyu didn't say a word again. Although it is true that you can make a name for yourself in history, there is a high probability that it will not cover up your reputation for itchy scalp...
Qian Qianyi nodded vigorously.
As he spoke, Zhu Hongyu strode into the house with Qian Qianyi, picked up a Yongle Dadian and started reading.
Looking at the densely packed traditional Chinese characters with almost no layout, Zhu Hongyu felt his head hurt.
"Watching these Yongle Ceremonies gives me a headache!"
Qian Qianyi's lips twitched. This is a masterpiece of ancient Chinese encyclopedias!
As a result, Zhu Hongyu’s evaluation of it was that it gave him a headache!
All I can say is that it’s him!
After pondering for a while, Zhu Hongyu opened his mouth and gave instructions again.
"Well... while doing the copying work for Yongle Dadian, let's also prepare a vernacular simplified Chinese version for Yongle Dadian."
"When revising the version, sentence reading and paragraph segmentation must be done well. This is such a big piece. Who can read it without getting a headache?"
Qian Qianyi nodded and agreed upon hearing this, but his mood was a bit complicated.
Zhu Hongyu's attitude towards simplified Chinese characters makes him feel very complicated.
Zhu Hongyu almost requires that simplified Chinese characters be used in all official documents on all occasions.