Northeast of Jinling Palace, it was the original collection of books of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Brothers Liu Yang and Li Fang took some time to visit here. I looked around from room to room, looking at the rows of tombs, historical records, and rare books, and I was almost dazzled. Li Fang, in particular, looked completely delighted to see him.
The reason why they were attracted here was because Li Yu had caused the incident. He asked him to move his belongings, and he ended up pulling dozens of carts of books and albums, which attracted Li Fang's attention. Once checked, they were all classics, and then they were stopped urgently. After reporting it to Liu Yang, he was advised by Li Fang and ordered that all the paintings and calligraphy in the palace belong to the national collection and must not be occupied. Not one picture or volume can be taken away, and Li Yu is asked to pick out more yellow and white things.
Exchanging gold for books is a profit for most people. However, Li Yu, the king of subjugated country, has no choice but to bow his head and obey orders. Moreover, there are also some works by Li Yu himself.
"This Jinling Palace is really a treasure house!" Liu Xu couldn't help but praise: "If you haven't seen it with your own eyes, how would you know the vastness of the books? The room is full of gold, silver, pearls and jade, but it is not as good as this collection of classics!"
"Since the time of Li Min, there has been a trend of collecting books in Jiangbiao, which advocates the development of literature and education." Li Fang said with a little excitement: "Liu Chongyuan mentioned in his "Jin Hua Zi" that six books have been prepared, various historical articles, ancient books and famous paintings, The convergence of the tapestry; the talented men and Confucian scholars who traveled thousands of miles to visit each other, eager to buy books; the scriptures opened up, and the civil and military were at par with each other. His words are true!"
Hearing Li Fang start to drop his book bag, Liu Yang couldn't help but laugh and said: "Master Li is really knowledgeable and knowledgeable!"
"I was so happy to see the hunter that I forgot my feelings for a moment!" Li Fang said, summoning an official in charge of collecting books and asked: "Let me ask you, how many volumes of books are there in the Jinling Palace?"
"There are more than 90,000 volumes of various kinds of classics, calligraphy and paintings. The king of the country... Li Yu is still adding more after he succeeded to the throne!" the official replied carefully.
After hearing this, Liu Yang couldn't help but said to Liu Xu: "Brother, if I remember correctly, the total number of books in the three libraries in Tokyo and the Imperial Academy is only more than 30,000 volumes!"
Liu Xu nodded and replied affirmatively: "More than 32,000 volumes! This is the result of the imperial court's waste of money and effort in collecting them!"
"Transport all the books in the collection back to Tokyo. I'm afraid all three libraries will need a major overhaul and expansion several times before they can be placed properly!" Liu Yang said.
"The scholars and scholars in the third hall must be overjoyed!" Liu Xu looked at Liu Yang and said, "I have to protect him and transport him back to Tokyo together!"
"What's going on with those palace maids?" After some consolation, Liu Yang suddenly asked the official when he left.
However, in the library, there were a large number of palace ladies serving both temperament and beauty, and they were a little surprised. Probably because he thought that the Han prince had reached the age of first love, he fell in love with her. He hurriedly laughed with him and said to Liu Yang: "Back to your highness, these beauties were all selected by the original king. They are well-educated, sensible, talented and beautiful." A beautiful woman is used to control books, and occasionally she is called to serve readers..."
"The Lord of Jiangnan is really in a good mood! So interesting!" Li Fang said.
Hearing this, Liu Yang frowned slightly and looked up at Li Fang: "Master Li, do you know how many maids and beauties there are in Jinling Palace?"
Li Fang shook his head and asked the official: "Do you know?"
"You don't know, you have to check the roster to find out!"
Hearing that Liu Yang was concerned about the beauties of the "Tang Palace", Liu Xu glanced at Liu Yang and frowned slightly. Liu Yangze said: "I see that there are many eunuchs and maids in this palace. How should we deal with them?"
Hearing this, Li Fang also looked at Liu Yang seriously, with a little nervousness in his eyes, and said in a reminding tone: "Your Highness, as before, we should select those with outstanding talents and appearance to present to Tokyo!"
Liu Yang was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "Master Li, as a son, you choose beauties for your father to donate. Do you think this is appropriate?"
"This..." Li Fang was silent for a moment, and after a brief pause, he said: "Your Highness, I suggest that this matter should be reported to the imperial court and left to be dealt with!"
"Yeah!" Liu Yang thought for a while and agreed.
Just like the beauties and palace attendants in the Shu Palace, hundreds of people of the right age were directly selected and presented to Tokyo to enrich the harem. There are many beauties in the Jinling Palace, but Liu Yang's identity can easily cause some trouble if he has any thoughts. Therefore, Li Fang suggested that it is best not to ask.
When he returned to the Sihui Mansion, someone reported: "Your Highness, Marshal Li sent someone to report that military information has been delivered!"
"What military situation? Is there anything other than repetition?"
"It is said that the war situation between Lingnan and Hongzhou was a victory!"
"Just in time, let's go visit the camp!" Liu Yang was slightly happy when he heard this and looked at Liu Xu: "Brother, are you going with us?"
"Of course!" Liu Xu nodded: "It's time to visit Mr. Li!"
After taking control of Jinling, Li Gu's Generalissimo's office was located in Jinling Yamen, and all military affairs came from there. When Brother Liu Yang arrived, they saw Li Gu and Shi Shouxin talking in the hall.
When he saw the two brothers, he hurriedly saluted, and Li Gu struggled to leave the warm bed. Seeing this, Liu Yang hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Don't get up, Mr. Li, you two don't need to be polite!"
"Your Highnesses are here, but they didn't announce their arrival. We missed the reception from afar. I hope Your Highnesses will forgive me!" Li Gu said.
"Mr. Li's words are serious! I was the one who told me not to report them!" Liu Yang said, paying attention to Li Gu's face: "Looking at Mr. Li's complexion, has your body recovered?"
"It doesn't matter if you suffer from the disease for a long time!" Li Gu looked much better and smiled casually.
After holding up his robe and sitting down, Liu Yang asked, "I just heard that there is military intelligence to report. Do you know the details?"
"Shou Xian, tell your highnesses!" Li Gu subconsciously stroked his beard, obviously in a good mood.
Shi Shouxin said calmly: "Hongzhou hastened to report, and the guard Lu Jiang surrendered without losing a single soldier, and the whole city descended. Now Cao Bin is in charge of Hongzhou, and Liu Guangyi leads the army to continue to occupy other prefectures and counties in Jiangxi. It is conceivable that , it will definitely fall based on the wind, and it won’t take long for Jiangxi to be completely settled.
In addition, good news also came from Lingnan. After conquering Shaozhou, Pan Mei's army took Yingzhou in the south. As for Qingyuan, it surrendered Pan Chongche, the main general sent by the Lord of Guangdong to resist, and now it has entered Prince Xing's Mansion. Judging from this situation, the good news of the pacification of southern Guangdong should be delivered! "
Li Gu was the Generalissimo of Pingnan this time, and controlled all the southern expedition troops, including the troops in Lingnan. Although Pan Mei is much more independent, she is still nominally a subordinate of Li Gu, so the military intelligence and military reports will also be spread to the Jianghuai camp.
"Good! Good news comes frequently, and there is good news everywhere!" Liu Yang couldn't help but smile: "According to this progress, the entire southern region will be completely pacified, the world will be unified, and the great cause will be determined!"
After all, he was a young boy and couldn't help but feel this joy. Seeing this, Li Gu made a rare reminder: "Military victory is smooth and easy. What is difficult is to appease and naturalize the people of the prefectures and counties who have been separated from the Central Plains for decades and completely bring them under the governance of the imperial court!" "
"Mr. Li is right, I got carried away with my pride!" Liu Yang was startled for a moment, and then he said with his hands raised: "These days, I have been ordered to appease Jinling, and I have felt that the affairs are heavy and people's hearts are complicated. This is not the case for a Jinling city, and what's more? For the entire Jiangnan and the south..."
"It is extremely rare for His Highness to sigh like this! It is a blessing to the country!" Li Gu nodded with some satisfaction.
Shi Shouxin continued: "I have completed the deployment and will send out troops tomorrow to completely control the Jiangnan area!"
"Military mobilization is the responsibility of Li Gong and Shi Dushuai. It will be unfavorable even if we think about it!" Liu Yang said.
Good news always makes people feel happy. The following conversations between several people took place in a relaxed atmosphere.
Finally, Liu Yang asked Li Gu: "Mr. Li, I need to ask you for advice on something!"
"Your Highness, please speak!" Li Gu also expressed curiosity.
"In the former, my eldest brother and I hosted a banquet for the Jinling courtiers, with the intention of appeasing their hearts and recruiting talents for the Han Dynasty. All the people invited were invited to the banquet, but Han Xizai politely declined! I heard that this man is a great talent and has a high reputation. , Your Majesty also mentions him often, I wonder how to recruit him for the imperial court and make him serve as an official?"
Mentioning this, Li Gu chuckled and said: "Han Shuyan and I haven't seen each other for decades, and I don't know how much of his arrogance he still had back then. We haven't met each other since he entered Jinling. It seems that we should meet him too." It’s time to go up!”
