"Third Young Master," Yu Qian walked up to Wen Qi and said three words before he was interrupted: "We are so familiar with each other, so there is no need to call me Young Master, call me by my name, or call me Sanlang like Zhu Bao.
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"Sanlang." Of course Yu Qian did not dare to call him by his name, and said: "Since just now, I have seen that you have been wandering around books like classics and history. I don't think you should choose such books."
"Why not?" Wen Qi lowered his head and asked curiously: "Why shouldn't we choose books from the Classics and History?"
"Sanlang, Erlang loves reading, especially the Thirteen Classics, commentaries on the Thirteen Classics and other classic books. They are all available in the house, and there is absolutely nothing that can't be found outside. Although it is a thoughtful gift even if it is a heavy gift, but if you can give it a
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a few books that are different from Erlang’s current collection?”
"As for the history department, I like to read history. I have bought all the history books on the market. Although this bookstore is not small, I can't find history books that are not in my yard, and I will give them heavy weights."
"Then do you think we should choose books from the sub-department or the collection department?" Wen Qi thought that what he said made sense and asked.
"It's better to buy poetry and literary criticism." Yu Qian said: "Books from various families such as Taoists, military strategists, Buddhists, Legalists, farmers, etc. are also available in the government, but books such as Zajia's are useless and cannot be bought.
You can't buy Jibu's poems and songs. There is no collection of poems in the world that is more complete than Fuli's. There are only poems and essays reviews. There are many people who comment on the poems and essays of the past dynasties. Even Fuli may not have collected them all.
So buying a poetry review is probably the least heavy for the collection of books in the house, so it’s better to buy it.”
"It is said that the imperial court is compiling the "Da Ming Dadian", and all the books in the world will be in the "Da Ming Dadian", but the "Dadian" is so vast, how can one person read it all? So there is no need to consider the "Dadian", as long as there is no one in the house, it will be fine
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"Yes, yes! You are right." Wen Qi smiled and said, "You are really smart. Much smarter than me."
"To be honest, when I was in my hometown, a cousin celebrated his birthday. He also loved reading, so I came up with the idea of giving him a book. I thought about what book to choose for a long time, and even considered a collection of classics and history.
Once again, I finally found a suitable book. So at this time, I can quickly figure out what kind of book is most suitable for Erlang." Yu Qian said with a smile.
"So that's it. This is the 'experience' that my father said. With experience, it will be much easier to do the same thing again." After Wen Qi said this, he added: "Then find a book as you said.
Poetry review. But in this case, there is no need to look for it in this bookstore. It is better to go to the place where the "Da Ming Dadian" was compiled. There are all kinds of books in the world."
As soon as he finished speaking, before Yu Qian had time to speak, he heard a thick voice coming from beside him: "Not all the books in the world may be available in the history museum that compiled the Ming Dynasty Dadian."
Hearing this, Wen Qi and Yu Qian looked sideways, and saw the owner of the bookstore standing next to them, looking at them and saying. This man was not tall, and his face was at least in his fifties, but his voice was
He was loud and powerful, and didn't look old at all. Because the Chinese New Year was coming soon, people were mostly buying new year's goods, and there were only a few of them in the bookstore. No one was talking just now and it was very quiet, so he listened to their conversation.
"Old sir," Wen Qi followed Yunxi's usual teachings, bowed first, and then asked: "Old sir, the imperial court compiled the "Da Ming Dadian" and collected all the books in the world. Where are there books that are not in the history museum?"
The old man snorted and said, "The imperial court may not be able to search for all the books."
"If the imperial court wants to compile the Great Ming Dynasty, why can't it search all the books?" Wen Qi asked again.
"There will always be people who are unwilling to hand over their books to the imperial court?" the old man said.
"Why don't you want to? The court is not confiscating the book. It just borrows it to make a copy and then returns it and rewards you with a lot of money. Why don't you want to?" Wen Qi asked puzzledly. Yu Qian also looked at him with doubts.
Look at the old man.
"Huh! The court, if the court were reliable, there would be no beggars in the world." The old man said: "Of course the Holy Spirit's intention is good, and Master Jie who presided over the compilation is of course also good, but things will not be so good when it comes down to it.
It was said that I only borrowed it for copying, but a friend of mine has a copy of "Jinwen Shangshu" hidden in his home. It was handed down from the Han Dynasty and has five more chapters than the current "Jinwen Shangshu"."
"This friend of mine heard that the imperial court was going to compile the "Da Ming Dadian" and thought it was a great event for the world, so he dedicated this book that he had treasured for a lifetime and been passed down through the family for several generations. When he saw this book, the official in charge was very happy.
He praised my friend repeatedly and gave my friend a full thirty silver dollars on the spot in accordance with the regulations of the court."
"My friend took the silver coins and went back. Everyone said that the imperial court was really good. But a few days later, when he got the copied book back, he flipped through a few pages and found that it was definitely not the one handed down from his family!
My friend immediately went to argue with the official, but at this time the official was not as easy to talk to as before. He rolled his eyes and said: "This is the one you sent me at the beginning, why is it not the same now? Besides, if not, you
Why didn't you say anything when you took the book from me, why did you have to come here again? I think you just want to extort money! You are so old, I won't say anything bad, leave quickly, or I will ask the police
Evict people!'"
"My friend is an upright person, how could he do such a thing for money! But after a few arguments, the official asked the police to drive my friend out, and he was almost beaten! It's pitiful for my friend to express his disapproval of the "Jinwen" passed down by his family.
"Shang Shu" cherishes it very much. Even though I failed to pass the imperial examination all my life and my family was very poor, I never thought of buying the family heirloom book collection, but I didn't want to be deceived by them!"
"After hearing about this, another person of mine who has a precious collection of books originally planned to take out the books at home, but did not dare to do so. There are so many officials in the world, and it is difficult to guarantee that there are no such people in other places; if many people are because of
If a friend's book collection is stolen and replaced without taking out his own collection, how can the history museum have all the books in the world?"
"Is what you said true?" Yunxi stared at him and said. There were only a few of them in the bookstore and it was very quiet. Of course, he heard the old man's words clearly.
"Why isn't it true? If what I tell is a lie, let me cut off my descendants!" the old man shouted.
Yunxi looked at him carefully and felt that he must not be telling lies, so he said: "If it is true, this official is really shameless!"
"That's right, this official is so shameless!" Wen Qi also said.
"This official," the old man said to Yunxi again: "Your family is definitely not an ordinary family, most of them are nobles. Seeing that the official is quite upright, the old man has a presumptuous request: Please help me put this book
Find it back. If you can find this book, I will be grateful to all my friends."
‘Don’t worry, if you are telling the truth, I will definitely get this book back for you!’ Yunxi said in a deep voice. (To be continued)