In the Chui Gong Hall, Emperor Liu ordered Yantuo to help Zhang Zhao sit down. The old scholar was already very old and needed help even with a cane. However, when he paid homage, he showed a rare spirit of hale and hearty. There was a hint of red light, a little cheerful, a little excited.
There were more than twenty chamberlains, carrying some boxes into the hall, and placed them neatly. They opened the lids and revealed their true contents. They were neatly packed books, and you could still smell some ink.
Emperor Liu took the general outline of the bibliography submitted by Yantuo, looked at it briefly, and said with a chuckle: "Is this the latest achievement of Jixian Palace? I have heard about it for a long time. It is said to be the first type of book in history!"
Hearing this, Zhang Zhao smiled with a smile on his face, and the folds on his face were almost crowded together, and he personally introduced to Emperor Liu: "Your Majesty highly praises you, and I would like to express my gratitude on behalf of the editor of the Third Hall!
The ministers and others were ordered to compile it. Dozens of ministers and bachelors from three halls took more than six years to compile it. Now it has finally been completed and I have returned to your majesty. This book covers ancient and modern times, and is all-encompassing. It quotes more than a thousand kinds of ancient books and collects them into categories, with fifty-five parts, five hundred and fifty categories, and a total of one thousand volumes.
Your Majesty, please review it! "
Zhang Zhao is very excited. He is a book lover and a rare book collector in the world. He is naturally honored to be able to lead the creation of such a classic work that will carry forward the past and open up the future. And he is even more happy to be recognized by the emperor. .
When Emperor Liu heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched. How could he review these dozen boxes and thousands of volumes? However, seeing Zhang Zhao's excited reaction, he still had a solemn attitude and looked through the catalog carefully.
In the past ten years or so, Emperor Liu has given a lot of encouragement in the cultural undertakings of the Han Dynasty. For those scholars and scholars, they were treated well and a large amount of money was allocated every year to support the compilation of books, especially history books, which Emperor Liu paid even more attention to.
The prime ministers of the Han Dynasty were also involved. Except for Zhao Pu, they basically had the title of Grand Bachelor of Jixian Palace, or the title of Supervisor of National History.
Former prime minister Xue Juzheng spent nearly ten years leading scribes in the Three Halls and compiled a large number of historical works. It can be said that from the middle Qianyou period to the Kaibao period, the Han Dynasty produced a large number of literary and historical works. "New Book of Tang", "National History", "History of Three Dynasties", "Records", etc. are representative works among them, and the chaotic Chinese history since the end of the Tang Dynasty has also been sorted out clearly.
The three libraries in Kaifeng have been expanded twice, and the ones in Luoyang are even more magnificent. Today, the national book collection has exceeded 300,000 volumes. You know, when the Han Dynasty was first established, the collection of books in the three libraries was less than eleven.
Among them, except for a small amount of local donations, the imperial court spent a lot of money to collect them from the people. Of course, the Southern Tang Dynasty made great contributions in this regard. At that time, Prince Liu Yang harvested more than 100,000 volumes of books from the Jinling Palace at one time, and transported them to Tokyo as trophies.
From the importance Emperor Liu attached to collecting and compiling books, we can see his efforts in literary governance. In recent years, the cultural atmosphere among the people of Han Dynasty has become increasingly strong. In Luoyang City, various literary and poetry gatherings every year have almost become a fashion, whether they are enjoyable or arty, they are very serious.
Although the status of civil servants was still relatively weak, the cultural undertakings of the Han Dynasty were undoubtedly booming, and the vitality of the people was also increasing day by day. Despite his illustrious martial arts, the Han Dynasty's civil affairs was relatively unsatisfactory.
The kind of books Zhang Zhao presented this time also required the most manpower and took the longest time since the founding of the People's Republic of China. They quoted ancient books and compiled them. It was also presided over by Xue Juzheng at first. Later, Xue Juzheng left Jiannan Road and was replaced by Zhang Zhao. Important officials in the court, such as Wei Renpu, Tao Gu, Liu Wensou, Li Huan, etc., all participated in it, and it has only been completed to this day.
Perhaps it was fate that the proposal to compile this book was first proposed by the young Zhao Kuangyi, and Emperor Liu gave the order. When Emperor Liu saw the completed book at this time, he knew clearly that this was the "Taiping Yulan".
It has to be said that Emperor Liu was not very enthusiastic about books, culture, etc. His every move and action was all based on political intentions.
Now that the book is finished, my heart is not that touched, but my attitude still needs to be shown. At least, this can represent one of the achievements of Emperor Liu's reign. Compiling this book is a huge project in itself.
"Okay! Very good! I already have the urge to read through it!" After reading the table of contents, he put it down gently, raised his head and smiled at Zhang Zhao.
Zhang Zhao's eyes were dim and he couldn't tell what Emperor Liu was thinking, but seeing his happiness, he hurriedly responded: "I can live up to your Majesty's mission, and I will be relieved!"
Emperor Liu smiled, noticed the crowds of people outside the palace, and asked, "Are they all editors outside the palace?"
"Exactly!" Zhang Zhao said.
Emperor Liu immediately waved his hand: "My palace is big enough, why bother standing outside the palace and announcing everyone to come in!"
Soon, well-educated people from the Qian San Pavilion and the Imperial Academy entered the palace to pay homage. There were dozens of them, but they were not given seats. Emperor Liu looked at these people.
Some are familiar with them, some are familiar with them, and many others have no impression of them, but what is certain is that these people are the top literary and talented scholars in the Han Dynasty.
Li Mu from Zhongshushe, Xu Kai, Ju Zhongzheng and so on. Similarly, these people also include celebrities from the north and the south. In the sentence, it is Meng Shu who surrendered, and Xu Kai is an old minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the younger brother of Xu Xuan.
Compared with the aloof and proud brother who never forgets his homeland, Xu Kai is obviously smarter and more low-key. As a result, his brother is still teaching in Fengzhou, but he has to endure loneliness and suffer from the cold. Xu Kai, on the other hand, lived in peace in the capital and was able to participate in the big book project.
"All the ministers are rare talents for the Han Dynasty. The elites gather together and are talented." Emperor Liu smiled and held these high-ranking civil servants in his hands and said: "Now, they are even more meritorious ministers who compiled books, and they should be generously rewarded!"
With that said, Emperor Liu ordered to go down and reward all those who participated in the compilation of this book, which naturally attracted a lot of people to thank him. The literati had a good reputation, and Emperor Liu boasted about it and rewarded it. He gained fame and benefit, so naturally no one would be dissatisfied.
Emperor Liu continued: "Some people say that today's Han Dynasty is in the prosperous age of martial arts. Over the years, I have indeed established some achievements, but I never take it lightly. In my opinion, only this kind of martial arts that covers all directions and all-encompassing things Classics are the treasure of a great country, enough to be famous for centuries, this is the foundation!"
"Your Majesty is wise!" Regardless of whether Emperor Liu meant what he meant, it made the civil servants feel very comfortable and praised him for his wisdom.
"I also want to use this book to tell the world that I am not only good at martial arts, but also attach great importance to literary affairs, and I want to create a splendid cultural age!
My knowledge is shallow, so to achieve this goal, I have to rely on the help of literary talents like Zhu Qing! I hope you will continue to work hard. There were four major categories of books in the Tang Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty should also have them. Not only should they exist, but they should be bigger and more complete! "When Emperor Liu became interested, he directly launched a satellite and continued to assign tasks to them.
"I will do my best to live up to His Majesty's expectations!" Zhang Zhao said.
After finishing his performance, Zhang Zhao asked for instructions again: "Your Majesty, this book has been completed and has not yet been named. Please give it to me!"
Emperor Liu's expression changed and he almost blurted out: "Kai Bao Yu Lan". But it was just that moment of temptation, and then he smiled lightly and said: "Let's call it "The General Category of Kaibao"!"
As far as Emperor Liu was concerned, there was no need to read three volumes a day like Zhao Er did, and there was no need to add names in this way.
