Rise From the Humble

Zhang Siwei and his fellow villagers sat here for a while and then went back. Although the Hanlin Academy was relatively leisurely, and the time passed by drinking tea and reading the newspaper, it was still not possible to be away from work for a long time.

After the two people left, several more people came to visit. After all, Zhu Pingan's official position was there. From the sixth rank, there were only nine people with a higher rank than Zhu Pingan in this huge Hanlin Academy, that is, the bachelor of the academy and the attendant. Bachelor's degree, bachelor's degree, as well as those of the sixth grade, as well as other editing, review, etc. are all lower than Zhu Ping'an's grade.

These people visit after visit, respect and respect, but the sympathy or gloating in their eyes is still indispensable. These people, like Zhang Bo, know the Hanlin Academy very well, and they also know Zhu Ping'an's "best in the Hanlin Academy" job.

However, Zhu Pingan's mentality has always been calm, which makes them a little disappointed. They still want to see Zhu Pingan's worried expression.

After these people left, Zhu Pingan made himself a pot of tea again, got up and went to the first, second and third floors of the library again. Because there are janitors in charge of cleaning the library, the floor and bookcases are very clean, but the books and classics are a bit messy.

On the third floor, Zhu Pingan saw the "Yongle Dadian" that would never be seen by later generations. The "Yongle Dadian" of later generations has been baptized by history and war, and only more than 700 volumes have survived in modern times. However, there is a complete set of "Yongle Dadian" on the third floor, with a total of 22,937 volumes, divided into 10,095 volumes, occupying the entire third floor of six rooms.

Zhu Ping'an remembered reading some novels at Qidian before. Why bring a library with you? I have a set of encyclopedias and other golden-finger novels in my mind. Now that I see this set of "Yongle Dadian", Zhu Ping'an feels like A treasure was discovered. This is the most complete and largest encyclopedia in the world. Chinese history, geography, literature and art, philosophy, religion and other encyclopedia documents before Yongle of Ming Dynasty are all in this set of books. This set of books can almost be said to be a treasure ship loaded with thousands of years of Chinese civilization and culture. Now this ship is right in front of me.

Just now, Zhang Bo and the others thought that this was one of the worst jobs in the Hanlin Academy, but after seeing the books and classics on this entire floor, especially the Yongle Grand Ceremony, Zhu Pingan felt that this was the best job in the Hanlin Academy.

Different from the sorting in modern libraries, the Yongle Dadian did not use the combination of Chinese pinyin and Arabic numerals, but used "Hongwu Zhengyun" as the basis for sorting, because there was no such thing as pinyin at that time. By searching according to the picture in "Hongwu Zhengyun", you can easily retrieve the books you need from the 10,000 volumes of "Yongle Dadian".

Zhu Pingan took the first volume of "Yongle Dadian" from the first bookcase and looked at it carefully. He found that this set was just a copy. The outermost layer of the book was a layer of yellow silk, and under the yellow silk was a thick and delicate rice paper cover. There is a rectangular bookmark on the yellow silk. The bookmark reads "Yongle Dadian", and there are two lines of small characters below which list the volume of the book.

After getting it, Zhu Ping'an found that there was dust on the book. It could be seen that this book, or to be precise, this set of "Yongle Dadian", had not been read for a long time.

This Yongle Dadian is probably the first volume. After Zhu Pingan opened it, he found that it probably records the background of the compilation of the Yongle Dadian. The first page is an edict from Emperor Yongle:

"Everything in the world, ancient and modern, is scattered and recorded in various books. The volumes are huge and difficult to search. I want to collect the things recorded in various books extensively and use rhymes to unify them for examination. In this way, retrieving things will be as easy as picking things out of a bag. I hope that you will follow my instructions and collect the classics and history from all dynasties since the beginning of writing, as well as the information on astronomy, geography, yin and yang, medical arithmetic, monks and craftsmanship, and compile them into one book. Too voluminous”

well

After reading the edict, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but sigh. It is said that this set of "Yongle Dadian" took several years during the Yongle period, and more than 20,000 court officials and Confucian officials participated in the compilation. It is said that after it was completed, it took more than a hundred calligraphers six years to copy a set of copies!

The "Yongle Dadian" that took so much effort has turned into dust! "Yongle Dadian", a forgotten treasure.

Putting the book back in its place, Zhu Pingan walked a few more rows along the aisle, selected a bookshelf, selected a book again, and opened it to read.

This is a military volume. The page Zhu Pingan opened has an interlude. The drawing is of a crossbow. It can be seen that it was drawn with a brush, but the shape is lifelike and very delicate. The figures on the crossbow are The arrow almost burst out of the coil.

Out of curiosity, Zhu Ping'an flipped forward a few more pages and discovered to his surprise that the title of the volume was: God's Arm Bow!

"The divine arm bow is also a real crossbow. It uses mulberry as the body, sandalwood as the crossbow, iron as the barrel, steel as the machine, hemp ropes for tying, and silk as the string. The bow body is three feet long, the string is two feet five feet long, and the arrows The arrow can be fired at a distance of more than 340 steps, the bow can be stood on the ground, and the trigger can be pulled through 300 steps of iron armor."

This volume describes the Divine Arm Bow in great detail, from material selection to production to use and formation. The illustrations in the volume draw out every detail of the Divine Arm Bow separately. The final parts are all drawn with great detail. Zhu Ping'an is sure that he can copy the standard divine arm bow through this volume.

What a great book! Extremely practical.

After Zhu Ping'an finished reading the volume of Divine Arm Bow, he put the volume back to its original position, then walked a few rows and selected a book to open.

This book is about geography, with extremely rich illustrations. The mountains, rivers, city outlines, etc. are painted in great detail. Of course, it is incomparable with current maps. In Zhu Pingan's eyes, this book describes the geography of Shandong and has errors. There are quite a few, but don’t be too demanding. Generally speaking, they are pretty standard.

If the emperor had read a complete set of geography, he could have his own country in his mind while sitting in his study.

If it hadn't been for lunch time and Zhang Siwei called him downstairs to go out to eat together, Zhu Pingan would have been immersed in "Yongle Dadian" and forgot to eat and sleep.

"Let's go find Wensheng to have lunch together. We probably won't have the chance in the evening. Their Dali Temple will also welcome their newly promoted Guanzheng Jinshi." Zhang Siwei took Zhu Pingan out after Zhu Pingan went downstairs. Find Wang Shizhen.

"Are you saying that our Hanlin Academy will also give us a cleansing evening?" Zhu Pingan asked with a frown, why is there another banquet? I have drank a lot these days, but I don't want to drink anymore.

"Yes, this is a common practice. But it is said to be for us, but in fact we will pay for it when the time comes." Zhang Siwei curled his lips as he spoke.

Well

That's not the point, okay.

His eyelids were a little twitching. Why did he always feel like something was going to happen at the dinner? Zhu Pingan rubbed his eyes and followed Zhang Siwei out of the Hanlin Academy and all the way to the Dali Temple Yamen.