Speaking of the glaze factory in old Beijing, perhaps everyone's first reaction is the cultural relics and antiques market.

Many novels on the Internet have such a bridge -

The protagonist of the novel found a treasure in Beijing Liulichang, and the surrounding audience was envious. Often at this time, an old man or a rich second generation red second generation will emerge to buy the treasures in the hands of the protagonist. When the buyer is an old man, the protagonist will gladly give up and gain the support of this old man who is unknown at the time but will become the protagonist's backer in the future. When this buyer is the rich second generation or the red second generation, the slap in the face will definitely sound, is Lao Tzu short of money? Doesn't Lao Tzu have rights? Well?

In fact, the history of the glaze factory in old Beijing is very long, and it was the place where the glaze was made for the royal family in ancient times. In modern times, there is no royal family, Liulichang began to operate a bookstore, first set up a bookstall, then a bookstore, and then led to the rise of pen, ink, paper, inkstone, tablet rubbing, gold and stone antiques, and finally gradually formed a market of cultural relics and antiques.

In the 80s, there were still many bookstores here, but due to the squeeze of state-run bookstores and the sprung up of various small private bookstores, most of the bookstores in Liulichang sold books with a small circulation and old books from various places.

Therefore, if you want to buy old books and old books, Liulichang is the only choice for people, especially the owners of the bookstore here are well-educated people, and you say what type of books you want, and the results will often exceed your imagination.

In the used book market of Liulichang, Ge Wen found a lot of books on the history of the Ming Dynasty, including the first editions of Mr. Wu Han's "Biography of Zhu Yuanzhang", "A Brief Introduction to the History of the Ming Dynasty", "Hu Weiyong's Party Case Examination", "Ming Chengzu's Biological Mother Examination", and "Ming Taizu", which are known as the pioneers and founders of modern Ming history research.

Although it was expensive, Govin was still in a good mood.

The ancients said that after reading more than 10,000 volumes, you can write like a god, and most of your own history of the Ming Dynasty is hearsay, and if you want to complete "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", you naturally need to study more historical materials, not how proficient you are, but also to ensure that what is written and fits the historical records, and you can't make jokes about Zhang Guan Li Dai.

After leaving the Liuli Factory, Gewen also went to Wangfujing Bookstore, and collected a lot of books on the history of the Ming Dynasty. Then he returned to the courtyard with a somewhat heavy bag.

By the time Govin returned, several teachers and scholars in the courtyard had already left. He didn't care about it, put all the books on the history of the Ming Dynasty on the shelves, and picked up the "History of the Ming Dynasty" and read it.

Taizu opened the heavens, walked the way, Zhao Jili, the great saint, the gods, the benevolence, the righteousness, the martial arts, the success of the high emperor, the Yuan Zhang, the word Guorui, the surname of the clan. The ancestors of the family were prosperous, migrated to Jurong, and then migrated to Sizhou. Father Shizhen, the first Zhongli of Haozhou. gave birth to four sons, Taizu Qiji. Mother Chen's, Fang Pregnancy, Oneiroi gave a pill, put light in the palm, swallow it, and the rest of the mouth is fragrant. and production, the red light fills the room. Since there was light in the night, the neighbors saw it, and they were shocked to see it, and they rushed to help, but there was nothing. It is longer than that, the posture is majestic, and the bones are at the top. The ambition is clear, and people can't fathom it.

……

Rare ancient texts are not the slightest bit interesting to read, and some rare words need to be consulted in the Xinhua dictionary. But Govin did not give up, he patiently read word by word, trying to understand the true meaning of the historical materials.

Time passed minute by minute as Govin immersed himself in hard reading.

The sky gradually darkened, and the light in the study came on.

Creation is actually a very boring thing, especially this kind of re-creation based on real historical materials, which makes people almost crazy, but the silence that Govin learned from Pa Lao made him endure this boredom.

When he really devoted himself to the study of historical materials, a kind of fun gradually shone in his heart, and a calm and gentle bearing slowly emerged on his body.

This kind of seeing the thrilling, magnificent and magnificent history of the Ming Dynasty as a modern person and the eyes of a later person will bring people a vast state of mind and a kind of ancient worries, which will make people feel a lot of emotion.

Thinking of the world and the world, lonely and crying!

The light shone on Govyn's body, bringing a dark and uneven glow.

When the morning rooster broke dawn, Ge Wen put down the "History of the Ming Dynasty" in his hand and walked out of the study with his shoulders loose.

Before I knew it, I watched it all night.

He himself admired himself a little, and he never found that he was fascinated by reading history books.

Still, the results of the night were fruitful.

The History of the Ming Dynasty is the last of the 24 histories, with a total of 332 volumes, including 24 volumes of the Benji, 75 volumes of the Zhi, 220 volumes of biography, and 13 volumes of the table. Govyn read nearly fifty hundred volumes overnight.

Speaking of which, this is all due to the historical knowledge of the Ming Dynasty that he came into contact with in his previous life.

Although before this, neither after the crossing nor before the crossing, Govyn had not studied the history books. But the kind of information in later generations, whether it is from books, the Internet, or even TV and movies and other media, he has been exposed to too much history of the Ming Dynasty. What he lacks is an understanding of the details, and how to judge whether the history he knows is true or fictional.

It's time to catch up on this lesson.

Thinking of this, Govin stood outside the study and stretched out a lot, and then went back to the main house to catch up on sleep.

Govin spent the morning snoring from time to time, and an all-nighter was really exhausting to him.

On the eaves of the sun, Govin was woken up by the grunting sound in his stomach.

I looked at my watch, and it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.

He got dressed, freshened up, and went back to his study.

Last night, there were still a few things he couldn't figure out about in the "History of the Ming Dynasty", although he had used some modern historical research works for reference, but there were still a few places that were not very clear.

I can't solve it myself, so I naturally have to find a master to ask for advice.

Picking up the phone on the table, Govin pressed a few buttons and dialed out.

There was a beeping sound from the phone, and after a while, a tired voice rang out: "Hey, who are you looking for?" ”

"Hello, I'm Govyn, I want to ask if Teacher Wenjie Duan is there?"

"Gowen? Are you Govyn? Gowen, who wrote "Mogao Grottoes" and "Taoist Tower"? The tired voice burst into enthusiasm.

"Uh...... It's me. ”

"Hello Gewen, I am Wang Wenbin, a researcher at the Dunhuang Academy. Do you know, I only came to work at the Dunhuang Academy after graduating after reading those two essays of yours? ......" Wang Wenbin talked to Ge Wen with some excitement, and the fatigue and exhaustion that he had just returned from the Dunhuang Grottoes site seemed to be swept away.

"Is it true?" Listening to Wang Wenbin's words, Ge Wen was also shocked.

Govin remembered a letter from a reader he had read in Wen Wei Po earlier. The letter was written by a graduate of the Department of History of Peking University, and the content of the letter was that after reading Gewen's prose and observing the Dunhuang Grottoes on the spot, the graduate decided to join the Dunhuang Academy to study Dunhuang culture and contribute his own strength to the study of Dunhuang in the motherland.

Could it be the same person? But it doesn't seem to be the right name, Govin still remembers that he noticed the name of the Peking University graduate at the beginning, which was two words.

"Haha...... It's true, it's true. Many of our young people have chosen to work here because of your two articles. ”

I see!

"Sometimes, everyone will talk about you after a tiring day, and they all say that they have fallen for you, and they have been bewitched by you, and they can't even find a girlfriend when they run to such a place where birds don't......" Wang Wenbin's words have a Hunan accent, but they are a bit straightforward in the northwest.

"This ......," Govin didn't know how to answer.

As Wang Wenbin said, young people love to be impulsive, chivalrous, and willful. It's just that after a momentary impulse, there are often regrets.

Govin asked a little embarrassed, "Do you regret it?" ”

After saying this, Govin could no longer hear the voice coming from the microphone.

After a long time, Wang Wenbin's voice came, and he said seriously: "If you don't regret it, you regret it, and you can't talk about regret." Gowen, you may not know it, the conditions here are tough, but everyone is very happy! When we watched the cultural relics excavated from the soil with our own hands, when we watched the papers published in world-renowned academic journals, when we watched foreigners come to China to seek advice, when foreign experts gave us a thumbs up......"

Wang Wenbin's words became brisk, "Do you know how that feels? At that moment, all the tiredness of day and night, all loneliness and self-pity will disappear! As you said, we just want to wipe the dust off the Dunhuang culture, the most dazzling pearl of China's 5,000 years, and we are all proud of it! ”

“……”

Govyn's mind was reminded of the poem he loved so much—

If I were a bird,

I should also sing with a hoarse throat:

The land struck by this northern storm,

This eternal river of our grief and indignation,

This unending blowing and angry wind,

and the incomparably gentle dawn from the woods......

- and then I died,

Even the feathers rotted in the ground.

Why do I always have tears in my eyes?

Because I love the land so much.

"By the way, Gowen, are you in a hurry with Dean Duan? He's still at the scene of the Dunhuang Caves, or I'll ask him to call you back later? It may be that he heard that there was no sound from Gewen's side, worried that the phone was disconnected, Wang Wenbin hurriedly told Gewen about Duan Wenjie's situation.

"I'm not in too much of a hurry. Wen Bin, when Teacher Duan comes back, you can tell me and ask him to call me back, my phone number is ......" Govin replied.

"Okay, no problem. By the way, Govyn, can I call you later? Wang Wenbin asked after copying down the phone number with a pen.

"Gladly."

"Hahaha, my colleague came back tonight and knew that I received a call from you, and he would definitely die of envy!" Wang Wenbin laughed.

At the end of hanging up the phone, Govin suddenly said: "Wen Bin, come on!" I'll definitely be going to see you! ”

Hanging up the phone, Govyn's heart was a little moved.

Before you know it, many people have changed the trajectory of their lives because of themselves.

As a mentor who wants to lead them forward, you need to be more careful and cautious so that you can live up to the trust that those people have in you.

Therefore, in order to write "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" well, he must study the history of the Ming Dynasty thoroughly, and cannot bring it to readers, and cannot bring it to those who support and like him.

And the reason why he sought the help of Duan Wenjie of the Dunhuang Academy is precisely this. (To be continued.) )