Before I knew it, three hours had passed since the tea meeting, and it was almost over.

At this time, the old man with a civilized stick opened the thing wrapped in brocade cloth and it was a box.

In the old days, Western gentlemen usually liked to hold a delicate cane to show their demeanor and status, which corresponded to their straight posture and dress, and became the signature image of Western gentlemen.

During the Republican period, some Chinese intellectuals were influenced by Western culture and also liked to hold a cane. When this cane arrived in China, it became known as the civilization stick.

"Let everyone see today's treasure. "The old man is a returnee overseas Chinese, when he was a child, he went out to wander, and only returned to his hometown Kaiping when he was old, and joined the Provincial Antique Association.

Over the years, he has received a lot of cultural relics that have been lost overseas.

What he brought today was one of the treasures that he thought he was most proud of, which opened everyone's eyes, and by the way, told the Chinese people that the long-lost national treasure had returned, although it was only a part, but he felt that it was of great significance.

He knows his own situation, he doesn't have much to do, and he has a lot of old problems.

His will was made and all the collections were donated to the state, especially the national treasure brought today.

"Qiao Lao's collection, we will wait and see. President Fang said with a smile.

He has a good impression of this overseas returnee, and it is said that Qiao Lao has donated more than one billion yuan to his hometown in the past twenty or thirty years to build his hometown. This kind of old man who misses his motherland and hometown will always be respected.

When Qiao Lao opened the box, many people's pupils dilated suddenly, and Hu Yang was no exception, and he unconsciously spoke: "Mom! ”

The people in the live broadcast room didn't see it, and they were all curious about what kind of treasure it was.

I have never seen Brother Hu lose his temper like this, and the other experts on the scene were dumbfounded, what kind of treasure could it cause this effect?

"It won't be the National Jade Seal, right?"

"Yu Wang Ding?"

"Yu Wang Ding is here to be funny, right? Yu Wang Ding is so small, and it is packed into a box?"

......

President Fang's whole body became serious, and he took out the treasure from the box, which was an old book bound in thread. On the cover, the four words "Yongle Canon" are very conspicuous.

No wonder the anchor's eyes are popping out. "There are viewers who are stunned.

But there are also people who don't know, probably children, who haven't had much contact with history.

"It's just a book, as far as it's concerned?"

"Kid, is there too little homework? ”

"The Yongle Canon" is a masterpiece of ancient China! It has always been considered to have been destroyed, but I didn't expect it to still exist, which is really lucky. ”

......

Anyone who has studied history knows that the Yongle Grand Canon is a great collection of Chinese classics, which is said to have more than 300 million words, more than 10,000 volumes, and brings together seven or eight thousand kinds of ancient and modern books, showing the glorious achievements of ancient Chinese science and culture.

It can proudly be said that it is the largest encyclopedia the world has ever seen.

However, the whereabouts of the original of this monumental ceremony are unknown, and many people think that it has long been destroyed in the war.

In addition to the original, there is also a copy, but the copy only has more than 800 volumes, and it is scattered all over the world, so it is very difficult to collect.

Observing the cover, we found that there was a rectangular bookmark glued to the upper left of the front, with the inscription "Yongle Dadian" in the frame, and there were double lines of small characters below the words, indicating the number of volumes of the book. There is also a box glued to the upper right of the front of the book, in which the rhyme of this volume is inscribed with an ink pen, and the lower word indicates that this volume is the first volume of the rhyme.

President Fang opened the cover, and the leaves of the book were made of snow-white, thick bark paper, and the book emitted a faint bookish fragrance when he opened it, which was very exquisite and beautiful.

The entire canon is written with Zhu and ink pens. The red pen is mainly used to draw the boundary lines of the sidebar, write the author and title of the book cited, and the ink pen is used to write the title, the number of volumes, the rhyme, and so on.

"Isn't this volume in a museum?" someone recognized it on the spot and questioned.

Hu Yang couldn't help but speak: "That one is a copy, this one is the original, it's different." ”

"Original?" Many of the people present were taken aback. The original still exists, and it looks pretty well preserved.

President Fang nodded: "This is the original, I didn't expect it! I really didn't expect it, Old Qiao, how did you find it? ”

Not only at home, but also abroad they also tried different channels to inquire, but they were all copies of the news, and there was no original information from beginning to end.

Qiao Lao fell into the memories and seemed to be a little painful: "It's a long story, when I used to sell fish in Southeast Asia, there lived in a Chinese family nearby that had already taken root.

When I first arrived, their uncle took good care of me.

Later, an incident happened, the local aborigines wantonly robbed and killed us Chinese, and I escaped. When I went back, I found that my uncle's family had been ruined. At his house, I found this treasure.

At that time......"

Qiao Lao said a lot, but no one bothered.

Even the live broadcast room was quiet, and many people couldn't help but clench their fists.

"In addition to this book, there is also a letter. It should be left by the uncle's ancestors, and he warned the younger generations to bring the strange book back to the motherland. Speaking of this, Qiao Lao couldn't help it.

He read the letter and guessed that the ancestors of the uncle's family were high-ranking officials in the Ming Dynasty to have access to this national treasure.

But the ancestors of the uncle's family never thought that their descendants would be extinct. Fortunately, the national treasure did not fall into the hands of foreigners, and in the end, it returned to the motherland after going around in circles.

Originally, he wanted to hand it over to the state a long time ago, but out of personal emotional factors such as nostalgia for his uncle, he kept it in his own hands.

"Old Qiao, mourn! We are also very sad that this kind of thing happened. President Fang sighed.

In the incident in Southeast Asia, the country was not able to act openly at that time, so it could only carry out some actions in secret.

Underneath the tall box was a letter, which Old Qiao picked up with trembling hands and handed it to President Fang. President Fang opened it, and there was some important information recorded on it, such as the whereabouts of the "Yongle Canon". At that time, the political situation was very chaotic, and the dynasty was about to collapse, and many high-ranking officials in the "Yongle Grand Canon" were preserved.

Therefore, if you want to find the original, you must track down the descendants of those high-ranking officials. Of course, after such a long time, it is likely that it has been damaged.

"This letter is too important for the country. I immediately contacted Minister Fang and Lao Liu. President Fang said.

Minister Fang is a deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture, who is in charge of cultural relics and is the highest official in the field of cultural relics. Lao Liu is the director of the Palace Museum and the president of the National Antiques Association.

The appearance of the "Yongle Canon" is a very important matter, and it cannot be hastily dissolved.