Wuyang felt that although these calligraphy and paintings were worth this money, since Ike couldn't expose these things, and he was in a hurry to get rid of them, it would be a fool not to take advantage of them, and no one's money was picked up on the road, and he had to bend down to pick up money. Why don't you accept those books, of course, it's not that you know that people have installed monitoring equipment, but mainly because I think that Ike arranged for him to read the books first, and he didn't want money, so he was in a hurry, and he must have thrown the bait to test him. If you eat something that hurts your stomach and accept a book, it's like a fish biting a hook, and other cultural relics will open their mouths, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Ike smiled and said, "Mr. Li's financial resources must be fine, and he must have doubts about the value of cultural relics." I said I could make a counteroffer, and you made a offer. ”

Wuyang said: "Calligraphy and painting are 300,000 yuan per piece, and porcelain is 2,000 yuan per piece. ”

Ike said: "Mr. Li, the price you gave is too low, you must know that some calligraphy and paintings are the works of your country's calligraphy and painting saints, and they are worth more than 1.5 million US dollars. Porcelain is two thousand per piece, and you can't buy a new product painted by a modern arts and crafts master. You add a little more. ”

There is no reason to refute the calligraphy and painting, so I can only speak with porcelain. "Mr. Ike, I have a lot of porcelain in my museum, and it's even older."

"Every once in a while, there is a large-scale war in your country, and those royals and nobles who have more cultural relics have been lost in the long river of history, and the cultural relics have been lost and destroyed. Your porcelain, most likely unearthed or out of the water, how can it be compared to these porcelain that has been inherited in an orderly manner? ”

Mrs. Ike said, "I see that you all make concessions and try to make the business successful. Calligraphy and painting are priced at $400,000 per piece. Porcelain at $15,000 per piece. Mr. Lai. What do you think? ”

Wuyang agreed in his heart. Don't speak. Zhang Mengyu said: "Mr. Li, although you have enough porcelain, other museums may not have it, and the cultural relics that other museums have, yours may not have, you can exchange it." It's a rare opportunity, so please ask Mr. Ike to take another step and $10,000 each, okay? ”

Wuyang still couldn't speak first. You can only wait for Ike to say it first before you have the initiative. Sure enough, Ike asked, "Mr. Li, is it possible to make a deal?" ”

It's certain that Ike is in a hurry to get a deal, but he's a playboy and has no experience in negotiating is also sure. He spoke, and Wuyang couldn't rub it anymore, so he smiled and said, "Okay, let's make a deal." ”

Ike smiled and said, "Okay." You drink coffee, and we're going to pull the boxes. ”

Wuyang asked, "What do you need us to do?" ”

"Not at the moment. The packing box is at the manor, and we're going to pull it up. It's definitely going to take two of you. ”

If Wuyang knew that Ike even had the packing box ready, he would definitely be able to lower the price, but it was too late to regret it now.

After drinking coffee, Mengyu said: "Wuyang, I often hear "Siku Quanshu", but I don't know what kind of book it is, do you know? ”

"I know some, but I don't have time to say it now."

Mengyu smiled: "When do you have time?" If you go home, in addition to eating, you will be grinding with your sisters. It's okay anyway now, and I'm not going to do research, just talk to me. ”

"Well, tell you what I know. Siku Quanshu is the largest book series in Chinese history personally organized by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. On May 1, 1773, the Qing Dynasty opened the compilation hall of the Siku Quanshu. The chief compiler Ji Yun, who is the Ji Xiaolan who we watched the TV series with iron teeth and bronze teeth, is the one who spent his whole life and led 360 first-class bachelors to write a book on March 12, 1782 AD, the book includes four books, history, children, and collections, 3461 bibliographies, 79039 volumes, and a total number of nearly 1 billion words, which can be described as a super cultural canon. It provides a relatively complete and systematic material for future generations of scholars to study ancient Chinese literature. ”

Mengyu said: "This is compiled for the preservation of materials, and it has nothing to do with the common people and the vast majority of readers." 1 billion words, reading 100,000 words a day, it will take nearly 30 years. ”

"yes, it doesn't have much to do with us."

"In the TV series, that Ji Xiaolan always follows Emperor Qianlong around, how can he have time to compile books?"

"He is the chief compiler, and he doesn't need to compile it himself, that is, he just issues the task, and then supervises the inspection and acceptance. Of course, TV dramas are literary and artistic works, and many of them are interpreted and written, and cannot be regarded as history. ”

Mengyu said: "360 people, they should all be well-educated people, all officials, and the imperial court is going to pay money, which is a lot of money." ”

"Although they are not all officials, they still have to be issued. At that time, it was not the prosperous era of Kangqian and the treasury was full, otherwise such a project would not have dared to think of it. ”

"It's not easy to collect the old books and copy them, do you know some allusions?"

In November of the 37th year of Qianlong (1772), Zhu Yun, a scholar in Anhui Province, proposed the issue of the compilation of the "Yongle Canon", which was approved by the Qianlong Emperor, and then ordered the compilation of the books and "all the official engraved books of the provinces and Wuyingdian" to be compiled together, called "Siku Quanshu". In this way, the compilation of the Yongle Canon led to the huge project of compiling the Siku Quanshu, which became the direct cause of the compilation of the Siku Quanshu. ”

Mengyu said: "Qianlong prides himself as the first emperor of Wenzhi and martial arts, maybe without Zhu Yun's proposal, he would have raised this matter, maybe Zhu Yun was originally instructed by him to mention this matter." But it's also rich and troublesome. ”

Wuyang said: "The people pay attention to the rich and repair the family tree, not to mention the prosperous era, the national strength is much stronger than that of the Yongle Emperor, this kind of thing to highlight the cultural and martial arts, of course, to do." Let me tell you about the compilation process of the "Siku Quanshu". The process is a four-step process: the first step is to solicit books. The collection of books began in the 37th year of Qianlong (1772) and ended in the 43rd year of Qianlong (1778), which lasted for seven years. In order to commend those who enter the book, the Qing court also formulated reward methods such as award books and inscriptions: "award books" means that those who enter more than 500 kinds of books will be given a copy of "Ancient and Modern Books Collection"; Those who enter more than 100 kinds of books will be given a copy of "Pei Wenyun Mansion". "Chant". That is, those who enter more than 100 kinds of books. Choose a essence of the roots. The Qianlong Emperor inscribed the simple end to show his favor. "Registered" means that the name of the person who took the book or the bibliophile is indicated in the summary. With the strong assistance of the local government and the positive response of the bibliophiles, the collection of books progressed smoothly, with a total of 12,237 books collected, of which 4,808 were collected in Jiangsu Province, ranking first among all provinces. Zhejiang Province has 4,600 kinds of books, ranking second. Private bibliophiles such as Ma Yu, Bao Shigong, Fan Maozhu, and Wang Qishu also read a lot.

The second step is to organize the books. There are six sources of the base of the Siku Quanshu: the Inner Mansion Book, that is, the government collection, including the Wuyingdian and other collections in the inner court; Zan, that is, books compiled by order from the early Qing Dynasty to the Qianlong period, including the works of the emperor; The provinces have collected the books, that is, the books collected by the governors of the provinces; Private contributions, i.e., books submitted by provincial bibliophiles automatically or by order; Popular, i.e., books taken from popular in society; The book of "Yongle Canon" is a book compiled from the "Yongle Canon". The four library ministers put forward specific opinions on the above books that should be copied, engraved and kept. The books that should be copied are considered qualified works and can be copied into the Siku Quanshu. The Book of Engraving is considered the best book. These works were not only copied into the Siku Quanshu, but should also be printed separately for wide circulation. The books that should be preserved are works that are considered unqualified and cannot be copied into the "Siku Quanshu", but only their names are preserved in the "Siku Quanshu General Catalogue" and included in the inventory. For works that should be copied and engraved, it is necessary to compare the differences between different books and choose better books as the base book. Once a book is set as a four-library base book, it also needs to undergo a series of processing, and the flying sign and eyebrow batch are the products of processing. Flying signs are also called clip signs. It is a slip of paper for the branch officer to correct the typo and write the preliminary opinion. Such notes are often affixed to the volume and sent to the reviser for review. Approved by the Cultivator. You can use the Zhu pen to change the original text, otherwise it will not be changed. It is then sent to the chief codifier for the third review, and after analysis, the chief compiler may disagree with the retrial opinion of the reviser and adopt the preliminary opinion of the branch officer. After the third trial, it was sent to the Imperial Review.

The third step is to copy the manuscript. Later, it was found that this method had the disadvantages of bribery and bribery, and it was changed to the method of examination, and the specific method was: when it was necessary to increase the number of copyists, a notice was issued first, and after the applicant registered, he was ordered to write a number of lines on the spot, and whether his handwriting was correct or not, and the best were admitted. Although the examination method is superior to the Baoju method, it also has inconveniences, so in the end, it was changed to select from the first students of the township examination, and those whose handwriting on the test papers were evenly written. In this way, 3,826 people were selected to take up the copying work, ensuring the need to copy the "Siku Quanshu". In order to ensure progress, a copying quota was also set: 1,000 words per person per day, 330,000 words per year, and 1.8 million words for five years. At the end of the five-year period, those who copy 2 million words are classified as first-class; Those who have copied 1,650,000 words are classified as second-class. According to the rank, four official positions were awarded, including the state court, the state judge, the county judge, and the chief bookkeeper. If the font is found to be untidy, a demerit will be punished for writing 10,000 more words. Due to the effective measures and clear rewards and punishments, the copying of the Siku Quanshu is progressing smoothly, and 600 people are engaged in copying work every day, and at least more than 60 million words can be copied.

The fourth step is revision. This is the last critical step. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the revision work, the Siku Quanshuguan has formulated the "Regulations on the Punishment of Merit and Demerit", which stipulates that if the wrong word is the original error, it will be exempted from demerit; If there is no error in the original, but it is indeed a transcription error, each wrong word will be demerited once; If the original mistake can be found, sign and ask for correction, and the merit will be recorded once in each place. After each volume, the title of the reviser is listed to clarify his or her responsibilities. After the resumption of the school, the book was read by the president, and finally decorated and submitted. The branch school, the resumption of the school, and the president perform their own duties, which indeed play an important role in ensuring the quality of the "Siku Quanshu". ”

Mengyu said: "It is indeed strict enough, if the Qing Dynasty can pass on this serious style, it will not be bullied by the foreign powers to that extent." ”

Wuyang said: "The country is weak and bullied by foreign powers is caused by a variety of reasons, and not being serious is only one aspect. In order to store the "Four Libraries of the Whole Book", the Qianlong Emperor imitated the building of the famous library "Tianyi Pavilion" and built the north and south seven pavilions. In December of the 46th year of Qianlong (1781), the first "Siku Quanshu" was finally copied and decorated and submitted. Then it took nearly three years to copy the second, third, and fourth parts, and store the treasures of Wenyuan Pavilion, Wensu Pavilion, Wenyuan Pavilion, and Wenjin Pavilion, which is the so-called "North Fourth Pavilion". From July of the 47th year of Qianlong (1782) to the 52nd year of Qianlong (1787), three more copies were copied, and they were stored in the Wenzong Pavilion in Jiangnan. Wenhui Pavilion and Wenlan Pavilion Collection. This is the so-called "South Three Pavilions". Each "Siku Quanshu" is bound to 36,300 copies. Letter 6752. The book of the seven pavilions all have seals, such as the first seal of the Wenyuan Pavilion collection of "Wenyuan Pavilion Treasure" Zhu Wenfang, and the tail of the volume "Qianlong Imperial Treasure" Zhu Wenfang seal.

In the process of compiling the "Siku Quanshu", he also compiled the "Siku Quanshu Collection", "Siku Quanshu General", "Siku Quanshu Concise Catalogue", "Siku Quanshu Research", "Wuyingdian Collector's Edition Series" and so on. These books can be seen as a by-product of the compilation of the Siku Quanshu. The Siku Quanshu Hui is the essence of the Siku Quanshu, with 473 titles and 19,931 volumes. The size and binding form of the book are the same as those of the Siku Quanshu. In the forty-third year of Qianlong (1778), a total of two copies were copied: one was placed in the Imperial Garden of the Palace, and the other was placed in the Weiyu Book House in the Changchun Garden outside the east wall of the Old Summer Palace. The 200 volumes of the Siku Quanshu are the general catalogue of the books included in the Siku Quanshu and the bibliographic books. The catalogue is preceded by "ordinary examples", the first of the four subsets of the history is crowned with a general order, and there is a small preface before the major categories. Under each book, there is an introduction to the author, a summary of the contents, the source of the edition, and other research texts. Because these research texts are from the hands of famous scholars such as Ji Yun, Dai Zhen, Yao Nai, and Shao Jinhan, they have important academic value. The 20 volumes of the Concise Catalogue of the Siku Quanshu are a compendium of the Siku Quanshu General Catalogue, which does not list the bibliographic books, but only the books included in the Siku Quanshu, and the synopsis of each book is also relatively simple. The 100 volumes of the "Siku Quanshu Research" are the corresponding copies of the Siku librarians, and the records of the words and sentences of each book should be engraved, and the book has a high reference value for the revision of ancient books. The Wuyingdian Collector's Edition Book Series is printed with movable wooden type. It includes 138 kinds of "engraving" books in the Siku Quanshu. After the series of books was engraved with 4 kinds, the host Jin Jian compared and believed that the wooden movable type cost less money and had high practical value. Changed to wooden movable type printing and publishing. Jin Jian wrote the process of movable type printing into the book "The Collector's Edition Program of the King James Wuying Palace", which was included in the "Siku Quanshu". It is an important document in the history of ancient printing and has been translated into German and English and circulated around the world. ”

Mengyu smiled and said, "Wuyang, it's a shame that you remember so much." ”

Wuyang smiled and said, "What's the use of remembering?" It's the first time I've even seen a book today, let alone tell someone about it. Chat with others, if you talk about this, they say that you drop your book bag and show off your knowledge. Alright, Mr. Ike is back. Good boys, two big containers. ”

The container was attached to a special car, and Ike and his wife drove back in a car. After parking the car, Ike got out of the car and said, "Mr. Li, there is no way, we can't hire people, we can only do it ourselves." ”

Wuyang said: "What do you want to do, you speak." ”

"We didn't unload the containers, we just unloaded the boxes of the artifacts and moved them to the basement. The two of us packed the boxes, and the lady took notes. After packing, we will move it into the container, we will take care of the delivery to the port, and the rest will be yours. ”

Mrs. Ike said, "Ms. Zhang, Mr. Li, in order to work better, should we go to the town for dinner?" ”

Zhang Mengyu said: "Okay, let's eat first, so as not to wait for the meeting and have to be guarded." ”

Eat in the restaurants in the town, the pies and barbecues are very fragrant, and the locally brewed wine tastes quite pure and the price is not high. At the checkout, Ike said that he wanted the AA system, and although Wuyang felt strange, he still paid for it himself. Back at the manor, open the container, inside the shelves are welded with angle steel, and boxes of different specifications are placed on the shelves. Wuyang took out a box made of red pine, found that the box and the lid were connected with loose pages, opened the box, and added a lining to the box opening, so that after the box was closed, insects and dust could not enter. Inside the box, there is also a half-box of towels the size of towels. Wuyang thought that it should be used to package cultural relics, which is much stronger than in China. In the country, there are either straw paper or old newspapers, and I have never seen a new towel.

Ike asked, "Mr. Li, are you still satisfied with these packaging?" ”

"Very good, satisfied."

"I received a call from Ms. Zhang, knowing that you were coming, Mr. Dulles and I went to order. I only shipped it back yesterday. ”

Wuyang asked, "Who is Mr. Dulles?" (To be continued......)