Chapter 88: Eastward Expansion (3)
After leaving the East Palace, Wei Ze was in a good mood. Yang Xiuqing personally ordered someone to supervise the matter of providing food and drink to Wei Ze's Qi Palace, and wine, meat, rice, noodles and other things were directly pulled from Yang Xiuqing's Dongwang Mansion. Under the guidance of King Qi's banner, Wei Ze's sedan chair was followed by a large cart, which was loaded with all kinds of food.
As soon as he returned to the Qi Palace, Wei Ze ordered people to start making rice. Some people made food, and someone took a stack of books and handed them to Wei Ze, "Chief of General Staff, this is a book borrowed from Qi Yuchang's house." ”
"Oh!" Wei Ze patted the book cover, he would not stay in Tianjing City for long, it was obvious that he would not be able to read these books. In the 21st century, Wei Ze's "Historical Records" in his house was a thick book, and it was full of very small characters. The Tao Te Ching is a version with all modern Chinese translations and a variety of commentaries, and the characters are large and beautiful, but it is a thick one. The "Historical Records" and "Tao Te Ching" of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were the opposite of Wei Ze's era, and the Tao Te Ching was a thin one, and the historical records were divided into many volumes, and they were piled up in a thick pile.
Wei Ze took out a copy according to his memory. Flipping it open, the first paragraph on the vertical layout is: Zhibo Xingshui, Wei Huan Ziyu, Han Kangzi Cheng. Zhibo said: "I know that the water is going to die in the country." "Hengzi's elbow Kangzi, Kangzi's tarsus.
What Weeser is most afraid of reading is reading this vertical book. Back then, he had the ambition to borrow a vertical version of the "Zizhi Tongjian" in traditional Chinese characters to read, and then Wei Ze knelt for the first time for Chinese characters. Although the "Historical Records" was written a thousand years earlier than the "Zizhi Tongjian", it is far easier to read than the Zizhi Tongjian. But this can't resist the vertical layout of traditional Chinese characters.
Inserting the drawn "Historical Records" back into place, Wei Ze picked up the "Tao Te Ching" and read it. This is an "original" Tao Te Ching. That is, there is no punctuation, no annotations. It is to typeset a paragraph in sections.
Weeser only looked at two pages, and one thing came to mind. Someone used his fingernails to mark "sentence reading" on the book. Although no punctuation marks were used, the person made some shallow marks with his fingernails where the punctuation should be used, or where the person felt that the punctuation should be conformed. Wei Ze is also a book lover, and he can see this problem at a glance.
After turning a few pages, I saw that these symbols were on every page. If you continue to flip through it, you will see a bookmark in the book. It was a pink Xue Tao sign, and the bookmark had two beautiful words written on it, "Hongyi". After the bookmark, there are no traces of nail carvings on the book. If you look closely, the part portrayed is only the part of "Tao".
Seeing this, Wei Zeden felt like a confidant to this person. He also likes the part of "Tao" and does not like the part of "De". At this time, it will take some time for his subordinates to make a fire and cook, and Wei Ze carefully looked at the traces of his fingernails. Some "sentence readings" Weser was very much in favor of, and some "sentence readings" Weeser thought that they were wrong.
Scholars love to show off, and it doesn't matter if they are the first in literature, or they are light on literati. Wei Ze didn't feel itchy when he looked at it, took a dipping pen, dipped it in magic water, and began to break sentences according to the "sentence reading" method he had learned and agreed with.
In particular, the sentence "Therefore there is no desire to see its wonders; There is often a desire to see it", the person who carved the scratch with his fingernail used the very traditional method above. And Wei Zexing's rush broke into "Therefore, there is always nothing, and I want to see its wonderful; Often, I want to see it. ”
Wei Ze hadn't played this kind of word game for a long time, and when he came into contact with it like this, he was completely immersed in it in an instant. In addition to finishing the reading of the sentences of "Dao", he couldn't hold back, and wrote down with a dipping pen on "Dao, Kedao, very Dao; Name, name, name. The vernacular explanation.
After finishing this annotation, Wei Ze was in a good mood. At this time, the guard company had already prepared a meal, and when he heard a shouting outside, Wei Ze didn't need to be invited. He walked out of the house with the book. "After eating, send this back to Qi Yuchang's family!"
The guard in charge of borrowing the book was surprised, he didn't dare to ask Wei Ze what his intention was to do this, and Wei Ze didn't let him go hungry to deliver the book. The guard obediently agreed.
When delivering the book, Wei Ze also wrote a letter of thanks to Qi Yuchang. The letter said that Wei Ze was about to leave Nanjing, and he was very grateful for being able to borrow books from Qi Yuchang's house. So Wei Ze gave some food to Qi Yuchang, hoping that Qi Yuchang would accept it with a smile.
1854 is not the 21st century. In the 21st century, South Korea took a large piece of pork belly and gave it away, which was an extremely precious gift. But in China, whoever does this has to make sure that he gets the unbeatable pork belly. Otherwise, don't make the joke.
However, in 1854, giving rice and white flour and meat and wine to people was quite sincere. Not to mention that the current city of Nanjing was organized into a large barracks, and the siege of the city for a year and a half made the entire Tianjing city completely implemented. According to the system of the Holy Treasury, each household receives food and daily necessities from the Holy Treasury. Even if Qi Yuchang is now serving in the Dongwang Mansion, the more than 200 catties of food that Wei Ze prepared to give him are not something that Qi Yuchang can get.
So as soon as it was dark, in the letter brought back by the guard, Qi Yuchang thanked Wei Ze for his kindness. And said that he would definitely go to Weeser tomorrow to thank him. Weeser is looking forward to this. Wei Ze is now transferred to Zhenjiang, which is closer to Tianjing City, and Qi Yuchang's news is very important to Wei Ze. gave Qi Yuchang such a generous gift, what Wei Ze wanted was Qi Yuchang's return.
The next day, Weser woke up early. He had already obtained the consent of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, and he could leave for Zhenjiang. So he ordered the troops to pack their things and prepare to go. At about ten o'clock in the morning, a guard rushed into the house where Weser was. "Chief of General Staff, Qi Yuchang's family has sent someone!"
Wei Ze said in surprise: "Oh? He sent someone, you don't have to be in such a hurry, huh? ”
The guard calmed down a little before continuing: "Chief of General Staff, Qi Yuchang's family sent a woman here. The woman said she wanted to see the King of Qi. I also want to meet the person who scribbles on the book. ”
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