But it was said that when Dugu Cheng arrived in Yecheng, he was not in a hurry to meet Yang Tong, but dangled around in Yecheng, paying attention to the customs and folklore of the Great Sui, taxes, public security, and government decrees! Putting aside the interests of the family and looking at the various decrees from an objective perspective, he found that the policies of the Great Sui were definitely the most powerful methods for consolidating imperial power in history.

Take this incident of rising grain prices as an example, the government not only deprived the illegal rice merchants of the right to operate, but also included in the list of dishonest people, and gave three generations of punishment not allowed to participate in the scientific examination, which is a heavy punishment for the people of the clan who are very heavy on the official ideology, this is definitely a heavy punishment worse than death, there are this group of people as a monkey chicken, and everyone else will have to worry about one or two in the future, this trick has greatly prevented the businessman from seeking ill-gotten gains.

The issuance of management rights by the government and the unified management of business by the government can also put business on a normal track, rather than letting it run freely.

As the center of the Great Sui, Yecheng has a large population, about more than one million, and the trade is very developed and prosperous.

Dugu Cheng walked on the street and looked at the crowd of people, and couldn't help but feel shocked, this is a scene that can never be seen in Chang'an, at least for now, Chang'an, which is panicked and depressed, has lagged behind Yecheng.

He rode slowly outside the crowd, listening to the people talking about the scientific examination that will be held this year, he felt a lot of emotion in his heart, when the Tang Dynasty was still arguing fiercely about whether to hold the imperial examination, the Great Sui had used a mature and fair system to envelop the world's Han scholars, and the great glory and respect had made Yecheng replace Luoyang, Chang'an, and become a holy place for scholars. It's a pity...... From the vibrant Yecheng to the gloomy Chang'an, Dugu Cheng felt a deep sense of crisis in his heart, the Tang Dynasty was too far behind. The Great Sui not only achieved military victories, but also developed rapidly in all aspects, leading the trend of the times.

Dugu Cheng thought of the scene of the people living and working in peace and contentment, thinking of the lively scene of the government organizing the people to build water conservancy and roads, and thinking of the scene of countless young men working in the fields, and suddenly there was a burst of emotion. Compared with other princes, they are undoubtedly killing chickens and eggs, and fishing for fish.

What shocked him even more was that every family in the Great Sui family had a sturdy ploughing ox, which was the main cultivation force that the Great Sui court gave to the people from the spoils of war. How not to love?

From the prosperity of the Great Sui, thinking of the withering of Guanzhong, Dugu Cheng's heart is heavy, one is like a vigorous young man, and the other is an old man of the age of a sixtieth birthday, how can this be compared? This made him worry about the future of his family again!

A few days of going around, it can be regarded as seeing a lot of Great Sui customs, and Chang'an's tolerance of all ethnic groups, inclusive and different, Yecheng in Hebei is obviously more kingly, and the folk customs are more pure, following the legacy of the Wei and Jin dynasties. Many regimes have set their capitals in Yecheng, and they have also sunk in the flames of war many times.

The west side of the imperial city is the famous Tongque Terrace of ancient and modern times, this is the highest point of Yecheng, and it is also the royal garden, Cao's father and son have talked about the past and the present and other famous literati such as the seven sons of Jian'an, leaving a lot of famous works of the people, and the descendants respect it as "the wind and bones of Jian'an". Today, this unique temperament still exists in this forest garden, and the place where the world's scholars are examined is set up in the Tongque Terrace, and everyone in the world can feel how much attention the Great Sui attaches to this grand ceremony.

When many scholars gathered in Yecheng, Dugu Cheng was like a lonely guest, shuttling alone in Yecheng, like an ascetic monk who understood the red dust.

Dugu Cheng has discovered a lot of interesting things in the past few days, such as bookstores all over Yecheng.

The door of the store is a plaque of "Dasui Library", and there are also engraved on one side of Hall No. 1, Hall No. 2, and Hall No. 3 to show the difference.

The penmanship is strong and powerful, turning thin and hard into plump and majestic, the body is broad and magnificent, the bone strength is strong and awe-inspiring, and the prevailing warm and beautiful strength is different, but it is a family of its own.

Written above is a regular script originating from the Han Dynasty. Since the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the north and the south were divided, and calligraphy was divided into two schools. The calligraphy of the northern school is ancient and clumsy, and the style is simple and strict, and the calligraphy of the southern school is sparse and beautiful, and it is longer than the ruler. The Northern and Southern Dynasties were very different because of regional differences, personal habits, and styles. The north book is strong, and the south book is contained, each with its own subtlety, no point up or down.

But these words are strong and round, solemn and majestic, with the wind of a king, to make up for the lack of today's regular script, and the realm is far better than today's italics. What shocked Dugu Cheng even more was that the inscription was actually Yang Tong, and it was also stamped with the big seal of the jade seal of the country, which shows that Yang Dong is not only in the military, politics, people's livelihood, education, martial arts, and literature, but also calligraphy is the realm of the master, this discovery makes Dugu Cheng think of a controversial figure who has been forgotten for a long time and has mixed reviews - Yang Guang, Emperor Taizongwu!

Yang Guang is very conceited, but no one who has come into contact with him can deny his talent. Yang Guang was born with a golden key, but unlike many second-generation officials and rich second-generation, he is talented and hardworking, and he has worked hard to practice martial arts and study diligently since he was a child.

In terms of martial arts, even if he became the emperor, he still galloped his horse in the Tuyuhun War, went into battle to kill generals, and swept the world with a horse lance. In terms of essays, Yang Guang can be called a master of contemporary literature, and his poetry and poetry do not need others to pat him, and he is also the top contemporary class.

He swept away the gorgeous rhetoric of the palace style poems that prevailed in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and created a new genre, that is, Biansai poems, and his "Drinking Horses on the Great Wall Caves" is extremely majestic and magnificent, and the momentum is flying. His Spring River Flower Moon Night, Water Tune Songs, etc. are also very good.

Later, Li Shimin, who has been scolding Yang Guang, also wrote "Drinking Horses in the Great Wall Caves" and "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night", but who can remember a poem and a half?

Yang Guangneng is very good at Wen Yunwu, but he is not omnipotent.

He leveled Yiwu, destroyed Tuguhun, defeated the Turks, conquered Linyi, attacked Liuqiu, etc., but it did not make him an omnipotent emperor all at once. When he was immersed in the ideal of the great cause, he did not realize that he had become disconnected from reality, and he went farther and farther away, and finally buried himself.

As far as Dugu Cheng knows, Yang Tong can toss more than his grandfather, and is a hundred times more domineering, Yang Guang was in the name of righteousness, driving the children of Guanlong magnates to the battlefield, and when he arrived at Yang Tong, he directly defined Guanlong magnates and the world's families as enemies, this strong and domineering wind is definitely the first person since the prosperity of the family, but he is more chic than any of the princes, and the administrative orders are unimpeded, unlike Li Tang, who has to argue for several days before compromising to change beyond recognition. The most typical example is the 'Da Sui Changping Supermarket' that sprung up after the grain price turmoil, which is a large-scale store that sells daily necessities such as grain, oil and salt at a low price, which is definitely for the benefit of the people, but if it is in Chang'an, it will definitely be boycotted by the related industries whose interests are damaged, and it will eventually be stopped.

Unconsciously, Dugu Cheng entered the 'No. 18 Hall of the Great Sui Library' with two entourages, which was full of beautifully printed and bound books, and there was an endless stream of people coming and going to read and buy books.

As far as he knew, there were almost twenty such bookstores in Yecheng. Dugu Cheng is very strange, are there so many rich people in the world?

In these years, knowledge is monopolized by the family, and the value of a book is incalculable, and it feels like street food in Yecheng, which can be found everywhere.

This is close to the east of the imperial city, occupying two squares, the inside is very wide, there are many shops, most of the goods are rare treasures, how dare non-powerful people enter here? However, the bookstore here covers an area of five acres and is three floors high, with precious medicinal materials sold on the left and a dazzling array of jewelry stores on the right.

Dugu Cheng walked in. I saw a disabled person leaning on a strange table by the door and falling asleep, Dugu Cheng knocked on the table, woke up the man, and asked in harmony, "Can you come in and have a look?" ”

"Yes, yes, guests don't need to spend money to read and copy books here, but if they are damaged and soiled, they have to pay for them."

The doorkeeper led Dugu Cheng into the store, which was simply furnished, with many bookshelves leaning against the wall side by side, and the bookshelves were filled with thread-like paper books.

Dugu Cheng looked at the labels on the bookshelf, and found that such as "Analects", "Spring and Autumn", "Book of Songs", "Historical Records", "Book of Han", "Book of the Later Han", "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", "Book of Song", "Book of Southern Qi", these Confucian and historian classics are not lacking, as well as the annotated books of famous masters of all dynasties, the types are very complete, even if Dugu Cheng is a big man who has seen the world, he also felt dumbfounded, he glanced a few times, and found that there are all the works of the sons of the pre-Qin Dynasty and the annotations of the descendants, and the poems of the Chu Ci Han Fu and the former Wei literati are also all here. There are also many arithmetic and astronomical works, and even the "Atlas of the Western Regions" written by Pei Ju is also impressively listed.

Dugu Cheng was dizzying, his heart was filled with shock, he took out a book casually, a scent of ink came to his nose, and he looked at it, only to see that the book was clearly printed in ink, the handwriting was ancient and exquisite, and the rubbing was obviously from the hand of the famous Confucian, and it was wonderful that there were strange symbols that looked like tadpoles and small circles, after Dugu Cheng meditated, he found that these strange symbols were actually used to break sentences, this is very easy to read, the more Dugu Cheng reads, the more he likes it, even if there are such books at home, he has to buy a few books to read, there are this broken sentence symbols, It's so comfortable to read.

After picking a few copies, he asked the price, but he got a surprising answer.

"Two hundred dollars a book? So cheap? ”

Dugu Cheng was shaken hard, books are rich people's toys, very precious, generally treasured by the family, easy not to outsiders to read, many unique books are even priceless, it can be said that books are the heritage and foundation of the family.

Just now, Dugu Cheng was still thinking, what kind of people are so bold that they actually put these precious things everywhere, and they are not afraid of others stealing them? And such a beautiful book, how can you say that you have to read one out of ten, right? Who knew it was so cheap......

"Who the hell is your host? Such a precious thing is also sold cheaply? ”

The janitor was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "It's the first time a guest has come to our Yecheng, right?" Do you see the plaque at the door? The word is inscribed by His Royal Highness Qin Qiong, the seal is the jade seal of the country, and the plaque is built by the temple. ”

"Yes...... His Royal Highness the King of Qin? ”

"Exactly!" The janitor said, "All the libraries in Yecheng belong to His Royal Highness, and in order to promote education, our Highness has taken the 380,000 volumes and more than 80,000 types of books moved from Luoyang as a model, printed 200,000 copies each, and sold them in more than 1,000 libraries in the Great Sui Dynasty for 20 yuan each. As long as you don't damage the books, you won't have a problem reading here for a day, and the second floor is a reading room where thousands of people can read and transcribe at the same time. ”

"380,000 volumes, 200,000 copies each? It's incredible. Dugu Cheng's eyes were glazed, and then he shook his head slightly, looking incredulous.

Dugu Cheng rubbed the back of the book cover, this is all expensive rice paper. A good piece of rice paper needs to go through 18 processes such as soaking, ash masking, cooking, bleaching, pulping, scooping, gluing, and flooding, and can only be made after one year. Therefore, rice paper is extremely expensive, and ordinary people can't think of it at home.

However, the huge number of books here are all printed on expensive rice paper, and a book is tens of thousands of words, nearly 100 pages! Including the cost of expensive rice paper, engraving many templates, ink, printing, binding, etc., the cost of a book is about ten yuan, but it is only sold for 200 yuan here...... How is this possible?

"How did you print it?" Dugu Cheng asked curiously.

"I don't know about this, we just know a few words of retired disabled soldiers, His Royal Highness arranged this errand for us, so that we can have no worries about food and clothing in the future, just keep track of how many books are sold every day, and collect money... I don't know anything else..."

Dugu Cheng was shocked and said, "Your Royal Highness King Qin is really too rich. ”

The janitor smiled innocently, "Once our Highness is short of money, Li Yuan will cry and beg for money to be sent......"

"......" Dugu Cheng sweated profusely. It's just that this is too true, it is said that the negotiation envoy has arrived in Yecheng, and for the peace of Longyou counties and Guanzhong, being blackmailed by Yang Tong must be indispensable.

"Wait a minute, I'll buy some more ......"

Dugu Cheng turned around and came out with a stack of books, only to see this guy smile so much that his eyes narrowed.

Two hundred yuan a book, ten books and two copies, this generous guest bought a hundred copies at once, that is, two hundred copies, and his consumption alone can be worth a few days of harvest.

Dugu Cheng had already exchanged the coins of Da Sui when he entered the country, and at this time, he took out two gold coins, handed them to the guy, and said with a smile: "Two gold coins instead of copper coins, what do you think!" ”

The janitor took a closer look and said with a smile: "It's my Great Sui Gold Coins, and I can't fake it." Thank you very much! ”

"Not necessarily! We also have our own place. Looking at the fragrant books in the hall, Dugu Cheng was worried again, if compulsory education is a chronic poison for the family gate, then these high-quality and inexpensive books are a bright blade, if the people of the Great Sui buy books and read, the family door valve has no advantage at all. If this exquisite book enters Guanzhong in a big way, the result can be imagined.

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