In Chongwen Hall, Emperor Li Shimin heard about the actions of the Bureau of Economic Affairs and specially brought the queen and the prince to watch. Chongwen Hall, which was originally vacated by the emperor, now has many books gathered there.
"Huaiyu, I heard that you have been collecting books all over Chang'an recently. You have visited all the relatives of the emperor, the prime ministers and the princes one by one. How many books have you got?"
"Return to Your Majesty, about ten thousand volumes of books."
"Ten thousand volumes?" Li Shimin was surprised.
"I previously collected books from all over the country and emptied the secretarial department, economic bureau, etc., and then gathered more than 200,000 volumes of four volumes of classics and history in the Hongwen Hall of Menxia Province. You have collected 10,000 volumes of books in this short time?"
"Back to Your Majesty, I was transferred to the Bureau of Economic Affairs. I found that there were no books in the Bureau and the Chongwen Hall was empty. I went to various houses with the subordinates in the bureau to ask for books. Everyone heard that they were asking for books for the East Palace, so they all rushed to donate books. Just like Your Majesty
Among the eighteen scholars who were originally Qian's residence in the Prince of Qin's Mansion, most of them, such as Fang Xuanling, the Duke of Xing, and Du Ruhui, the Duke of Lai, presented two to three hundred volumes of books, and a few also presented hundreds of volumes of books. Even Lady Pei, the wife of Xu Jingzong, a bachelor who was an official in other places, listened.
He said that he also immediately presented 300 volumes of four books in his collection, as well as Minister Zuocheng Wei Zheng, who also dedicated 300 volumes of books this time, and also presented a set of historical materials and notes written by himself.
Even the military honors who led the army in the war, such as the Duke of Zhou's warriors Xun family, Qi Duke Qiong's family, Lu's Cheng Yaojin's family, Ying's Duke Fan Xing's family, Yongkang's Li Jing's family, Xuancheng's warriors Ling's family, etc. also spent heavily to buy books and present them to the East Palace.
Other relatives of the emperor, such as Sun Wuji, the eldest Duke of Zhao, Gao Shilian, the Duke of Xu, Sun Shunde, the general, and Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, all donated letters.
I didn't dare to disturb everyone too much, so my family only accepted one or two hundred volumes at most. For example, Wei Zuocheng, Du Shangshu, and Xu County Cheng had many books in their homes, and they were all very exquisite, so I accepted three hundred volumes.
If it weren't for the fact that many of the books presented by my family were duplicates and I didn't accept them, I'm afraid there would have been a hundred thousand volumes."
"These are all saints and wise emperors, and the prince and prince have a good reputation, so everyone is so active..."
Li Shimin looked left and right, and the previously empty bookshelf began to be filled with books again, and he checked and found that they were well organized.
"What are your plans next?" Li Shimin asked.
"I plan to organize and classify these ten thousand volumes of books according to the classics and history, and store them in warehouses according to A, B, C and D, and then make several copies. The originals will be kept in the Chongwen Hall. One of the copied copies will be stored in the East Palace Economic Bureau, one will be presented to the Hongwen Hall, and one will be given to the Hongwen Hall.
The portion will be sent to the Secretary of the Ministry, and if there is any leftover, it will be sent to the Imperial College, local prefectural and county official schools, etc."
Li Shimin was very interested after hearing this.
"Then this project is not a small one. Hongwen Hall has collected 200,000 volumes of books. The imperial court dispatched more than a hundred regular calligraphers and many paper decorators to sort, edit, and then copy and bind them.
I didn’t expect that the Bureau of Economic Affairs also had this ambition, okay.”
After the emperor came to the throne, he renamed the Xiu Wen Guan in Menxia Province to Hong Wen Guan, which collected 200,000 volumes of books. He also selected literary figures from all over the world, such as Yu Shinan, Chu Liang, Yao Silian, Ouyang Xun, Cai Yungong, Xiao Deyan and others, to serve as both official and public scholars.
Bachelor of Arts,
Not only did they correct and write books, they were also responsible for teaching the students of the royal family and princes' descendants in Hongwen Hall. In addition, these bachelors were also on duty day and night. When the emperor had time to attend court, he would be introduced to the inner hall, give lectures on the past and present, discuss political affairs, and become the emperor's assistants.
Consultant.
Li Shimin has always attached great importance to literature and education. When he was the king of Qin, he established a literature museum to recruit celebrities from all over the world.
The emperor looked at the books gathered together in the palace, then at Wu Huaiyu and the officials of the Economic Affairs Bureau in the palace, and then at the young prince.
Li Gang had previously punished the prince, but after Li Shimin found out, he did not show favor to the prince and instead rewarded Li Gang.
"In the Tang Dynasty, the central official academy has six schools and one hall, Guozixue, Taixue, Four Schools, Legal Studies, Calligraphy, Arithmetic and Hongwen Hall. The Six Schools are under the Guozijian, and the Hongwen Hall is under the province.
I think we can also set up a literary museum in the East Palace, Guanyin, what do you think?"
The queen only accompanied the emperor from beginning to end and said nothing, "Your Majesty will decide."
"Then we will set up the Chongwen Hall to take charge of the scriptures and books of the East Palace, and recruit the children of officials of third rank or above who will be crowned princes. We will tentatively appoint twenty students from the hall, and send them to the Hongwen Hall for class examinations.
Huaiyu, you will be the host."
Li Shimin named Huaiyu and decided to follow the example of Hongwen Hall and select a group of talented civil servants to be bachelors of Chongwen Hall. Those with the fifth rank and above would also be called Chongwen Guan bachelors, while those with the fifth rank and below would be called direct bachelors of Chongwen Guan.
In addition to the part-time official Guanshi and direct bachelors, there are also two school clerks, Zhengzi, Lingshi, etc.
The owner is responsible for the daily affairs of the museum. Wu Huaiyu, the owner, also holds the title of Bachelor of Chongwen Library.
The owner of the Hongwen Hall is Chu Suiliang, the son of the bachelor Chu Liang. As early as the period of the Literature Hall of the Prince of Qin, Chu Liang's son was also a disciple of two calligraphy masters, Ouyang Xun and Yu Shinan. He was trusted by Li Shimin and was always responsible for the work.
Daily affairs in the museum.
Now he is also the owner of Hongwen Museum.
Wu Huaiyu, the head of the newly established Chongwen Hall, was higher in rank and title than Chu Suiliang, a direct bachelor.
Although his literary attainments or calligraphy level are definitely far inferior to Xiao Chu's.
But the purpose of establishing the Chongwen Museum was also very simple, which was to invite a group of well-educated people to teach the prince to study, and then recruit a large number of children of the royal family, the empress dowager, the children of the queen's family, and the children of prime ministers, princes, and ministers to study with the prince.
There is no need to have too many people, just twenty or thirty people can hold a class.
In this way, the prince no longer has to go to Hongwen Hall to study, but will study directly in the East Palace.
The emperor even thought that Chongwen Hall would recruit a group of younger officials and bachelors, who would also be the prince's assistant team in the future, and those young princes' sons would also become the prince's loyal subordinates in the future.
He has been training the prince since childhood.
Good.
Li Shimin did not let Li Gang or Pei Ju be the masters of the Chongwen Hall, and he did not even plan to let them serve as bachelors. He also considered that they were too old. He hoped to select a group of young people to assist the prince, who could always assist the prince.
This result was beyond Wu Huaiyu's expectation. Although he did work hard in this direction, he only regarded it as a long-term goal, but now he suddenly achieved it.
He remembered that the Chongwen Pavilion should start to be called the Chongxian Pavilion. It seemed that it was only set up more than ten years ago in Zhenguan. It was set up in advance now. Did the butterfly's wings flap too hard?
He looked at the young prince.
Can I save the prince?
As soon as this thought came up, he hesitated again. He felt that his arms were too thin for this kind of change of destiny.
Some things are not entirely caused by chance, but must be dominated by very powerful forces.
He thought it was better not to think so far ahead.
Wu Huaiyu thanked the emperor, and then made a small suggestion, that is, the current conditions are not enough, it is better to have two brands in one yamen of the Economic and Economic Bureau. The bureau's editors, official officials, historians, classics, etc. can also be in the Chongwen Museum.
errand.
Li Shimin followed the advice, and Huaiyu took advantage of the situation and asked for more paper decorators, pen craftsmen, etc., as well as more regular calligraphers, pavilion chiefs, Zhang Gu, etc., as well as government officials, etc.
I also hope to pull some out.
"I agree."
The emperor not only agreed that the Bureau of Economics and Management would have two brands per yamen, but also gave the Bureau of Economics and Management more company money, and even gave the officials of the Bureau of Economics and Services additional part-time salary money.
Get double salary.
He also asked a department to solve the problem of land allocation for the officials of the Bureau of Economics and Finance, and specially allocated land to the Bureau of Economics and Finance to cover office expenses, kitchen expenses, etc.
"Reward the martial arts master with a pair of silver bottles!"
Li Shimin was very happy and gave Huaiyu a pair of silver bottles.
Now Huaiyu has seven or eight silver vases at home, which he can put out in a row to show off.
On that day, Huaiyu took the imperial edict to go to Yousi Yamen to ask for money, people, food, and land. The journey was smooth, and no one dared to say no to the emperor's edict.
Thirty regular calligraphers, four Lingshi, nine Lingshi, eight Dianshu, six pavilion chiefs, eight Zhanggu, ten rubbing hands, ten paper craftsmen, ten decorators, and pen craftsmen.
six people.
In addition, there are three people for literature, four people for proofreading, two people for orthography, and two people for scribes.
There are also eighteen people in the history of catching money.
There is no quota for bachelor's degree and direct bachelor's degree.
There are twenty bachelors in the library.
It was very simple for Baisi in the capital to recruit this group of people, and they were all assembled quickly. As for issues such as the company's money, land, and other issues, no one dared to neglect them, and they were resolved as a priority.
Ten hectares of Gongse's field were raised, and nine hundred guans of Gongse's money were raised. This was the benefit of two brands in one yamen. The emperor issued a special decree to give double shares.
This is a school specially set up for the prince's study and education, and no one dares to neglect it.
From now on, the public interest money will be 72,000 yuan per month. In addition, the rent of 1,000 acres of public land can be 600 shi per year, and it will be 50 shi per month. This money will not only belong to the Economic Bureau and Chongwen Hall.
Officials have free lunches, and their monthly salary, daily necessities, and miscellaneous expenses are enough, and they can even save a small treasury to give everyone welfare bonuses during the New Year.
Even with so much money and food, there is definitely still a surplus. We can use the craftsmen of our government and the public money to open a paper bookstore and pen shop to sell paper and pen books and so on, creating a virtuous cycle.
Anyway, as soon as the money was received, Wu Huaiyu immediately announced to everyone that lunches would be provided free of charge by the public kitchen in the future. In addition, everyone would be immediately reimbursed for their previously suspended salary, groceries, etc.
Just say it.
Even the officials and craftsmen who were just transferred were paid for a month, which is equivalent to everyone's settling-in allowance.
The sudden acquisition of money and food made everyone both excited and a little uneasy.
Zhang Chengde cried while holding his salary that had been suspended for more than a year.
The monthly salary is two thousand, miscellaneous materials, and daily expenses are four hundred. The total for this year is thirty-six thousand. The strings of Kaiyuan Tongbao coins are all freshly taken out of the treasury and are extremely new.
Thirty-six thousand coins weighed two hundred and twenty-five kilograms. Even a scholar like him couldn't carry it, so he placed such a huge pile at his feet.
"Wuhou, I will return these thirty-six guans directly to Wuhou. The remaining dozen guans will be paid back later when I have them." After receiving the replacement money, Zhang Chengde immediately thought of returning Huaiyu for him.
The money advanced on the Beijing debt has been repaid.
"You can use it first. I'm not in a hurry. I'll talk about it later when I have more money. I'm not in a hurry. You can take this money back and improve your family's life. You can buy some mutton, some cloth and so on."
"Don't worry, our economic affairs bureau will definitely have a good life in the future."
Zhang Chengde was very moved, but also gave Huaiyu advice, "We have just received public money, and if we give away so much, will we be impeached?"
"What are you impeaching? Are we corrupt? Isn't it because there was no public money before? We didn't even receive salaries, let alone welfare subsidies and the like. This time we will also reissue salaries and miscellaneous materials for daily use.
, who has the nerve to impeach us?
We want to do something, but if we can't provide food and clothing for everyone, and we can't even take care of our wives, children, and children, how can we have the heart to do anything?
The next sum of money is distributed, but everyone's enthusiasm is also raised. From now on, we will get twice the result with half the effort, right?"
Zhang Chengde nodded.
"I'll give you a half-day holiday today. After you get the money, you should go home quickly and be happy with your wife, children, and parents. Tomorrow, you'll come to the Yamen to work on time."
"Yes, owner."
"Thank you, Master!"
"Xie Wuhou,"
"Thank you, Bachelor of Arts!"
Everyone expressed their thanks one after another. After receiving the money and food, everyone's thanks were sincere and full of sincerity. Whether they were old people from the Bureau of Economics or newly transferred, everyone was full of love for their boss and the yamen.
Huaiyu also gave himself three thousand six hundred, a salary of three thousand, and food and miscellaneous supplies of six hundred.
If his leader doesn't take it, it's hard for his subordinates to take it either.
In the Economic Bureau, everyone moved, carried, and carried the money out happily. People from the other five bureaus in Zuo Chunfang looked at this scene and drooled with envy.
Look at their happy faces with hot water rising to the sky, and then look at their deserted bureau, so sour.
