At that time, heroes from all walks of life rose up, and many chivalrous people appeared. After the world was peaceful, there were many knights.
There are also some rangers from that year who have entered the Wei Mansion. This trend of rangers has always been there in the market. Hong Fu Nu, the Qiu Bearded Guest and Li Jing are also relatively well-known figures among the rangers.
Some of these rangers roamed the frontiers, some hung out in the marketplace, and some were dissolute young men from good families.
Some of these rangers are domineering and unruly, while others do not care for power or wealth, but only for chivalry.
This is a group of people who value justice over wealth.
Of course, there is no need to worry if these people are scattered and walking alone.
Li Shimin didn't like this knight-errant atmosphere. It would be fine if these knights were in small groups, but if they got together, it would make people feel threatening.
Matters that should be left to the government should be handled by the government, not by the rangers who have the power to deal with them privately.
This is Chang'an City, not anywhere else.
Don't think that I don't know what Cheng Chumo is doing.
On the contrary, he left the matter to the government, which made people feel more at ease. If it continued like this, it would be left to him.
Li Shimin smiled and said: "Send me the official uniform, and I will ask Zhang Yang to take up his post tomorrow."
"Here."
The calculation of longitude and latitude is very complicated. After Zhang Yang taught him for a long time, Li Yue still had only a half-understanding.
She looked at the bamboo pole standing on the ground, and then looked at the shadow of the bamboo pole, "There are three hundred and sixty degrees in total, and every fifteen degrees is a time zone? That is half an hour? It seems not difficult to calculate it using the prime meridian. .”
Now we are calculating the longitude and latitude of Chang'an City. There are a bunch of formulas written on the blackboard that others cannot understand. These were all calculated and written by Li Yue repeatedly.
With Li Yue's current level of mathematics, this was a very torturous process, but she actually enjoyed it.
My wife's hobbies are getting weirder and weirder.
It would be simpler if a sextant could be made, but now we just use the most primitive method to calculate the latitude and longitude.
There was a knock on the door of the house, and the visitor said loudly: "Your Majesty has a decree. Chao Yilang will take office tomorrow and take on the official uniform."
Zhang Yang hurriedly opened the door and took over the official uniform, and gave the eunuch two salted duck eggs to express his gratitude.
"Husband, I finally went back again. This time it was recommended by Mr. Wei Zheng." Li Yue smiled and narrowed her eyes.
Her desire to see her husband become a dragon has not changed at all.
"What does Chao Yilang do?"
After hearing her husband's question, Li Yue looked at Aunt Wang. Her daughter-in-law didn't know much about this kind of thing. She was good at solving problems, but she basically didn't care about court affairs.
Aunt Wang patiently explained: "Chao Yilang takes notes in the palace on weekdays, and he is doing things according to the instructions. Chao Zhong means that he wants the consort to sort out the books."
Hearing the word "book", Li Yue also became interested: "Can I read the palace's classics?"
Aunt Wang nodded.
"Does Chao Yilang need to go to the morning court?"
"It's not necessary."
According to Aunt Wang's explanation, Chaoyilang was a very low-ranking literary official, similar to the clerks of later generations. He was responsible for keeping records, filing files here, and writing articles to explain. This was all Chaoyilang's business.
Most of them are on standby in the court, and you do whatever the emperor asks you to do.
and was supervised by the emperor's secretary.
"Go to your appointment with me tomorrow."
"No one goes to work with his wife. Is this in compliance with the rules?" Li Yue muttered to herself anxiously. It was obvious that she wanted to go but was conflicted.
"This is a royal book that cannot be seen outside. Besides, your father has given you a token that allows you to enter the palace at any time. Besides, the Queen is here to visit us, so we should go there too."
"Um."
The reason was there and the rules were followed, so Li Yue nodded.
On the second day, the couple got up early, had breakfast and walked to the palace. At this time, the morning court in Tai Chi Hall had just begun.
Taking Li Yue all the way into the imperial city, Chao Yilang's office was in the Secretary's Prison.
The location of the Secretary Supervisor is at the very front of the imperial city, closest to the palace. Whenever the emperor has something to do, the Secretary Supervisor must respond to His Majesty as soon as possible.
Zhang Yang took his daughter-in-law to the secretary's prison by familiar means.
Li Yue frowned as soon as he came here. It was very noisy here, and a group of civil servants were talking about it.
The discussion was still about the matter of making the Duke of the State. The generals and civil servants who followed Li Shimin back then wanted to make some people the Duke of the State.
Listening to their words, Zhang Yang sighed, as a small civil servant, just give advice to the emperor. Don't take your own opinions seriously. In fact, the emperor doesn't take you seriously at all.
After explaining his purpose to the clerk, a man came out of the secretary's prison.
"My lower official, Cen Wenwen, has met the consort and the princess."
Zhang Yang bowed slightly, Cen Wenwen was in charge of the secretary supervisor and was his immediate boss.
"Your Highness Princess, this is..."
"She came to visit the queen, and she also came over to see the world."
"See the world?" Cen Wenwen nodded, "So that's it, His Majesty asked you to sort out the books. You go to Chongwen Hall and walk to the East Palace. Chongwen Hall is right next to the East Palace. When you come on duty, you can go there directly. "
"Thanks for letting me know."
Cen Wenwen walked into the secretary's prison again with the file in his hand.
Following Cen Wenwen's instructions, Zhang Yang walked all the way to the East Palace. With Li Yue's token, the journey was smooth. After a little questioning and seeing the token, the other party looked respectful and did not dare to ask any more questions.
The Mingde Hall passing by the East Palace is the residence of the prince.
Li Chengqian was very happy to see the couple, "After I know what my father means, I will come here to wait for you."
"I've met the emperor brother." Li Yue saluted obediently.
Li Chengqian nodded and said: "Come with me, Chongwen Palace is right in front."
It was much more convenient to have the prince leading the way. The three of them walked all the way. The sunshine today was also very good, and it felt very comfortable on people.
Zhang Yang asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, Yue'er actually also likes reading. They say that there are many books in Chongwen Palace."
"Of course you can sort out the classics and read them, and so can Yue'er."
"Then can I take it home and study it? It's like borrowing a book from the Imperial College and then returning it in its original form."
Li Chengqian hesitated and thought for a long time, "That's okay, just don't delay organizing the classics."
While talking, the three of them arrived in front of Chongwen Hall, and when they opened the door, a musty smell hit their faces.
Walking into the dark hall, bookshelves were lined up, there was dust on the floor, and there were spider webs on the walls.
"It seems like it hasn't been cleaned for a long time." Zhang Yang said worriedly.
"I'll let someone clean it now."
"Why don't you do it yourself? Why bother His Highness the Crown Prince? It's not appropriate."
"You don't need to say anything, I just want someone to clean this place." Li Chengqian shouted to the guards not far away: "Bring a few guards from the East Palace to clean this place."
Chongwen Hall was filled with books. Li Yue glanced at it and found that most of the books here were preserved with bamboo slips.
But the musty smell here was very strong, so the three of them had to exit again.
A group of East Palace guards began to clean the place.
Zhang Yang ordered: "Take out all the books inside and shuffle them."
Li Chengqian also told him, "Listen to your consort's orders."
Li Yue picked up a file and looked at it, "Is this a file from the former Sui Dynasty?"
Li Chengqian nodded and said: "When my father ascended the throne, this place has been sealed to this day."
The daughter-in-law looked at it with great interest when she picked up the book. Books, knowledge and food are her biggest hobbies.
"I heard that Mr. Wei Zheng recommended you to my father this time."
Zhang Yang scratched his head and said, "I just found out about this."
Li Chengqian had someone bring a chair over, "I bought this from your village. It will be much more comfortable to sit down with this thing."
"If the prince likes it, I can have someone send you more chairs without spending any money."
Li Chengqian straightened his sleeves, "No need, the Ministry of Industry has also made many chairs. With your talents, you should not just be a civil servant here. No one cares about this place. If Wei Zheng hadn't mentioned it, this place would have been abandoned." forget."
"Really? I think this place is very nice. There are so many books." Zhang Yang looked at his wife who had entered a state of reading. Her state of concentration would last for a long time.
"I made a mistake in the Ministry of Rites last time, and now that Mr. Wei has recommended me, I don't want to make another mistake when I become an official again."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is right. I think Mr. Wei also thought that my knowledge was shallow, so he asked me to come here to read more."
Li Chengqian changed his sitting position and said, "Don't you think your knowledge is shallow? I heard that when Qing Que compiled Kuo Di Zhi, you taught him a drawing method called contour lines."
"My humble views make the prince laugh."
"You don't have to be modest. The Ministry of War has also seen this contour line. They value this kind of map very much. Maybe it will be used in future marches and battles. It is not difficult to learn. The Ministry of War has sent people to the Qilian Mountains in the Hexi Corridor to draw the contours there. Due to the terrain, a lot of people were sent out outside the customs.”
"As long as it is useful to the court, I will be relieved if I can avoid causing trouble to the court."
Looking at Li Chengqian's complexion, Zhang Yang asked again: "How has His Royal Highness slept recently?"
Li Chengqian lowered his head and said, "I sleep for three to two hours every day."
"How about dinner?"
"That's good. You can come to the East Palace for dinner when you have time. I'll prepare it for you."
"We can bring it at home. If His Highness the Crown Prince is free at noon, we can have dinner here together." I didn't know if Li Shimin would have any ideas while having dinner in the East Palace. Zhang Yang thought about it while saying it but refused it first. .
"That's great!" Li Chengqian looked a little more smiling, "I want to talk more with you about the current situation in the world."
Li Chengqian is only seventeen years old now. It is obviously abnormal to have such a complexion at the age of seventeen, and it is somewhat symptom of Qi deficiency.
Moreover, I heard that the prince had been in poor health since he was a child. I would ask Lu Zhaolin how the prince was doing some other day. Only the Imperial Medical Office knew best about the prince's condition.
The attendant from the East Palace came over and whispered a few words beside the prince.
Li Chengqian stood up after hearing this, "I still have some things to arrange in the East Palace."
Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Prince, for your help."
"It doesn't matter." Li Chengqian forced a smile and left with a worried look.
Books are constantly being moved out of Chongwen Hall, and these attendants in the East Palace are doing things quickly.
Glancing at the book in Li Yue's hand, Zhang Yang asked curiously: "What are you looking at?"
Li Yue raised her head and whispered: "Husband, have you ever heard of the Grand Canal built by Emperor Sui?"
Zhang Yang nodded.
Li Yue put away the book in his hand, "This book contains some of the expositions made by former Sui officials in the court before Yang Guang built the Grand Canal. I benefited a lot from reading it."
There was a lot of controversy over Yang Guang's construction of the Grand Canal.
The books here are all left over from the former Sui Dynasty, and are different from the books in the Imperial College.
If the books preserved in Hongwenguan are common classics, most of the books in Guozijian are annotations and expositions on the classics of various schools of thought and Confucianism, and many of those articles are articles by predecessors.
Li Yue has read most of the Imperial College books.
The books in the Chongwen Hall in front of you are one of the most important treasures in the collection of books in the former Sui Dynasty.
It's such a shame that such a great treasure has been sealed away like this.
The files are constantly being moved out and placed in the sun. Zhang Yang is classifying these books. The books here can be classified by Jing, Shi, Zi and Ji.
There were memorials written on cloth and articles written on bamboo slips. Zhang Yang even saw a dossier on the military deployment of the former Sui Dynasty.
There are even some paintings and copybooks.
The huge number of books made Li Yue feel like she was on a treasure hunt. After reading this volume once, she put it down, picked up another volume and read it for a while, and then put it into her backpack after reading it for a while.
It was busy until the afternoon before all the books were cleared out.
Li Yue walked around to make sure the place was clean before letting the attendants from the East Palace leave.
"Wars will destroy many things, and some scholars will protect books. I think back to when Xiang Yu burned down Xianyang, and it was Xiao He who brought out all the books in the Xianyang Palace. Those books recorded wisdom."
Don't underestimate a person who has read most of the books in the Imperial College. This person is your daughter-in-law. Her knowledge is not inferior to that of ordinary literati.
Remove the dust from the shredded books, organize them and put them back on the bookshelves.
This matter must be done by the couple themselves. How do the attendants in the East Palace know where the books should be placed? If a book is misplaced, it will be very troublesome to find it in the future.
Li Yue regarded this place as her own library and organized it carefully.
There are thousands of volumes in the entire Chongwen Hall, and sorting them out is very tiring.
While they were sorting things out, a figure walked into Chongwen Hall. The figure was dragged very long under the sunset.
Seeing the visitor, Zhang Yang quickly saluted, "Mr. Wei, why are you here?"
Wei Zheng stroked his beard and said, "I know you are here to take up your post today. You were recommended by me, so I naturally want to come and take a look."
Seeing Li Yue next to him again, Wei Zheng nodded again and said: "Her Royal Highness is here too."
Li Yue saluted Wei Zheng.
Zhang Yang explained: "I came to visit the Queen and stopped by here."
"It's a good thing to have filial piety." Wei Zheng glanced at the Chongwen Palace, "Do you know my purpose in placing you here."
"I understand. The old gentleman asked me to study hard and gain more knowledge."
Wei Zheng said worriedly: "No, the world is peaceful now, but people cannot be arrogant or arrogant. It is not easy for the world to be peaceful. When everyone forgets the crisis, that is the saddest thing."
"What the old gentleman said makes sense. You should worry about the world's worries first. I admire you."
"Worry first about the world's worries?" Wei Zheng exclaimed, "That's so well said."
(End of chapter)
