Shen Cong observed the winery opposite the Xingtianxia warehouse for two days, and he found that the warehouse was heavily guarded, and the guards were vigilant, and anyone who entered and exited had to check the waist card and press the handprint.

But after observing for two days, the target was a lewd short-haired man, who seemed to have grown not long ago, and should have been a thief monk before. This person came and went very frequently, and seemed to be in charge of buying horses, and Shen Cong kept seeing him leading horses in.

In the evening, when this person came out of the warehouse again, Shen Cong and five of his subordinates stared at him from behind, turned into a narrow alley, Shen Cong stepped forward quickly, covered his mouth with his right hand, pulled his head back to his shoulder, put the dagger in his left hand on his neck, and said with a smile: "If you want to live, don't shout, understand?" ”

Shen Cong was wearing a wide-sleeved robe, and outsiders would not find out that there was a knife hidden in his sleeve, if someone didn't know, they would think it was a joke between friends.

The man screamed, and from his frightened face, Shen Cong knew what he meant, and let go of his right hand.

The man thought that he had encountered a thief who was blocking the road and robbing him, and as soon as he was free, he hurriedly whispered: "Spare your life!" Heroes spare their lives! I'll give you the money. ”

At this time, a carriage drove to the entrance of the alley, and Shen Cong dragged him into the carriage, and the carriage immediately galloped away.

"As long as you answer my questions honestly, I will spare your life, otherwise you will die."

"Okay, okay, the good man asked...... Woo woo woo ...... "But while he was talking, Shen Guang's hand was quick, and he stuffed a small bottle of liquid medicine into his mouth, the man pinched his neck and coughed hard, but Shen Cong shot too fast, and he had swallowed it in his stomach when he didn't know the taste, although there was still a little sweetness, but he knew that this thing was not candy, and his oily face turned pale.

"This medicine is called Broken Intestine Pill, it is a Miao medicine from Yelang, it is very weird, you must take the antidote within three days after taking it, otherwise you will die of intestinal rottenness, and taking the antidote is only guaranteed for three days, and then you have to take the antidote." Shen took out a bamboo tube from his arms, poured out a crystal clear pill, handed it to him, and continued: "This is the antidote, to ensure that you will not die for three days." ”

The unlucky man hurriedly took it, and swallowed it directly, only to go deep into his mouth, which was extremely bitter.

"Idiot, I'm sorry to tell you that what I ate here is the authentic Broken Intestine Pill, and it was just a bottle of diluted bee sugar water just now." Shen Cong looked at him with a smile, withdrew the dagger, and said happily: "You ate it yourself, don't blame me." ”

"You ......" The hapless man was dumbfounded, and his face turned blue for a while.

Shen Cong asked with a faint smile, "What's your name?" ”

"I, the villain's name is Zhu Xiong!" Zhu Xiong realized that the other party was not a thief, and he was afraid that he was in a big situation.

Shen Cong pulled down his waist card, and it really read 'Zhu Xiong', No. 36.

"How many numbers are there?" Shen Cong shook his waist card.

"Thirty-six in all."

"Looks like you're not up to it! are all ranked at the end of the line. ”

Zhu Xiong said with a sad face: "The villain is just an insignificant little person, usually responsible for purchasing the horses, I don't know anything else, uncle, just let me go." ”

At this time, the carriage had already driven out of Beicheng and was traveling on the official road outside the city, and Shen Cong asked again: "What is the warehouse that travels the world?" ”

"Silk, porcelain, tea, medicinal herbs, oilseeds, timber, cows, horses, sheepskins, and wool, there are probably only these kinds of goods."

"What else?"

"No more!"

"Think about it, don't play tricks on me, what's in there? For example, Mingguang armor, horizontal knives and the like. Shen Cong stared at him coldly.

Zhu Xiong's body trembled, his eyes showed a thick look of fear, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

"Don't say yes, do you? I think you really want to die in your gut,"

"You know everything, and why are you asking me what I'm doing?" Zhu Xiong muttered dejectedly.

"How much armor and how many swords?"

"I don't know the exact number, I only know that it is placed in the secret room of the warehouse, and it is very tightly guarded, and it is also when I carry it that I know that it is armor and horizontal knives."

"How did you get it?"

"They hollowed out the golden silk nanmu logs that several people were hugging together, put armor and horizontal knives into them, and drove the empty end into the wooden stopper, and then knocked the two ends into tatters, and from the outside it looked exactly like precious wood, and when I began to see it, I thought it was put down from a high mountain and hit a solid stone, and it became like that."

Shen Cong suddenly heard this, no wonder he had avoided the layers of levels, such a treatment was really unpredictable.

"When are these things going to be delivered?"

"I don't know, the horses are ready now, and I don't have to buy them tomorrow, I think it's just a few days." Zhu Xiong was very vigilant, for fear that the other party would kill him with a knife, so he stammered in fright and said: "Good man, the villain used to be a monk, and after he was vulgar, he married a daughter-in-law, the child was only one year old, and there was an old father who asked me to support him." Please don't kill me, I'm still useful......"

Shen Cong wanted to stab him to death with a knife, but when he heard the last sentence, he immediately changed his mind, and said indifferently without blushing or heartbeat: "It's not easy to refine the Broken Intestine Pill, I let you eat it, so I don't plan to kill you, as long as you cooperate with your life, I will completely help you get rid of the poison after the matter is completed!" ”

"Good, good, good!" Zhu Xiong, who didn't know that he was almost going to see the Buddha, hurriedly agreed: "I will definitely cooperate with Grandpa Haohan." ”

"Take me to your house."

……

In the evening, Shen Cong returned to the inn and saluted Ling Jing and said, "Qi Qi Shangshu, I have gained something today." ”

"Sit down!"

Ling Jing poured a cup of tea.

Shen Cong took a sip, and then he told him about his arrest of Zhu Xiong, Ling Jing frowned and said, "You let him go back, aren't you afraid that he will betray him?" ”

"Yu Shangshu, he has been frightened by the so-called Broken Intestine Pill, and he also specially left a brother to watch at his house, and promised not to hold him accountable afterwards, and rewarded him with fifty gold coins, I believe he will not and dare not betray us."

"Hard and soft, good means!" Ling Jing nodded in praise and asked again, "When are they going to send the weapons and armor away?" ”

"Just these days."

"Good!" Ling Jing wrote a short eagle letter and asked him to send it to Luoyang tomorrow.

……

The next day, after the dispersal of the dynasty, Yang Tong did not go to deal with official business. After having a cabinet, he has become much easier, and the daily trivial matters of the county and county are now almost impossible for him to deal with, and the local government is now on Yang Tong's established line, that is, 'the transcription of the political and communication department - the cabinet approves the recommendations - the decision of the Zhongshu Province - the review of the province - the distribution of the province of Shangshu - the implementation of the various ministries of Shangshu', turning this circle, it can be said that it is interlocking, and some daily matters are handled very properly by the central officials. This also allowed Yang Tong to save a lot of time to think about the actual things.

After thinking about it, Yang Tong walked towards the Hongwen Pavilion.

Hongwenguan is located in the secretary of the door, in the Sui Dynasty when the official system was created, in fact, it is 'six provinces and six departments', that is, Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, Inner History Province, Secretary Province and Inner Service Province, the first three were founded at the beginning, it has become the core official office of the imperial court, and the latter three provinces are mainly convenient for the emperor, and the role of the country is not large, to the period of Yang Guang's reign, the internal history of the province, the secretary of the province, the internal service province has existed in name only, and the grade of the chief official has fallen again and again.

The functions of the Ministry of Internal History are the same as those of the Ministry of Zhongshu, which is the department that drafts the emperor's edicts, not to mention the duplication of functions, and there are also unclear decrees and unclear responsibilities, and sometimes, a kind of decree is copied by the two provinces, but the way the text is embodied is very different, and the officials do not know who is right and who is wrong, so after arriving here to Yang Tong, the Ministry of Internal History was officially merged into the Zhongshu Province, and it has ceased to exist since then.

The secretary of the province is in charge of correcting the books, in charge of the classics, and correcting the errors and errors of ancient books, etc., and the chief is the secretary and supervisor (Zheng Sanpin) 1 person, and the deputy official has 1 secretary. There are 4 secretaries, 12 school clerks, 4 orthography, 2 recorders, and the leaders of the book Cao and Taishi Cao...... This official office is relatively idle, the main responsibility is to correct the book, although it does not do practical things, but it has an indispensable existence for the cause of education, so Yang Tong let it continue to exist, but it was demoted to the secretary supervisor, the chief is only called the secretary, and the grade has also been reduced from the third grade to the fourth grade, this position is concurrently held by Yang Yu, who likes to read and is more leisurely; As for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it was the department responsible for the daily life of the royal family, and as early as the Yang Guang period, it had been changed to Changqiu Prison.

The reason why Yang Tong went to the secretary prison today to inspect is because there is also a Hongwen Hall in the secretary prison, where the royal family and the children of high-ranking Beijing officials study, and the secretary and provincial officials teach knowledge such as scripture and history and calligraphy.

At present, his older children are receiving enlightenment here, and the children of various civil and military officials are also studying here, forming a large class of more than 50 children.

When I arrived at the courtyard where the Hongwen Pavilion was located, a burst of childish reading aloud had already come, and Yang Tong did not disturb the children who were reading, and directly entered the attic of Yang Tong's office.

Yang Yu's position as Zong Zhengqing is very leisurely, and he usually has almost nothing to do, so he soaks in the secretary and supervisor all day long, and takes a group of well-educated people to correct books.

Emperor Wenwu of the Great Sui Dynasty, attached great importance to culture, because the cultural classics of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Han Dynasty were damaged and lost due to hundreds of years of melee, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty issued an edict in 583 to ask for a book, and offered a book to reward a silk horse; As for Yang Guang, he was a person full of romantic spirit, as early as when Jiangnan was the governor of Yangzhou, he collected scholars to sort out the classics, and in the nearly 20 years when he was on the throne, a total of 130 books and more than 17,000 volumes were written. Yang Guang also organized the compilation of 400 volumes of "Changzhou Jade Mirror" and 1,200 volumes of "Ou Yu Tuzhi", which contributed to the preservation of ancient Chinese classics.

In addition, he also ordered all counties in the world to draw maps of customs and products in various places, and compiled 131 volumes of "Records of the Products and Customs of the Counties" and 100 volumes of "Zhuzhou Atlas and Classics". During his reign, he ordered the compilation of local chronicles, which were large-scale, which were not only a summary work of the past and the future, but also the beginning of the compilation of national chronicles and illustrated classics in history, which can be said to have far-reaching influence. When Pei Ju went to Zhangye and managed the merchants of the Western Regions, he was ordered to collect the mountains and rivers of the Western Regions, customs and other materials, and wrote the "Atlas of the Western Regions", which contains maps, descriptions, and color drawings of people of various ethnic groups wearing national costumes, which is a masterpiece of geography.

Through the efforts of two generations of emperors, the total collection of books is as high as more than 370,000 volumes, more than 77,000 kinds of books. In order to allow the central officials to watch it in real time, Yang Guang also asked people to copy the transcript and hide it in Luoyang Ziwei City, Daxing Daxing Palace, Zhuojun Linshuo Palace, Taiyuan Jinyang Palace, and Jiangdu Jiangdu Palace.

If Yang Yu wants to finish reading these books, he may not be enough in this life, let alone any intensive reading and correction.

The bookcase is full of books, and he himself is directing the officials under his command to do things, "There are too many books under the supervision of secretaries, and in order to make it easier to read, although they are divided into classics, history, places, travelogues, etc., I found that many books are not only travelogues, but also have certain historical facts. In my opinion, the travelogue can be subdivided into two subcategories: simply praise the mountains and rivers, and the history of mountains and rivers. In addition, there are too many books that make people not know what books exist, so we should write a book dedicated to recording the bibliography, and accurately introduce the content of the book, the query method is divided into the first word pinyin, the first word is biased, this article is put together according to the first word of the bibliography, and then sorted by the age of the book. Since many of the previous books had prologues written by the sages, I gave you a month to collect and copy them. Then let's sort them one by one. ”

Yang Tong's Chinese pinyin, initials and vowels have long been spread all over the world, and the family valve that has an attitude of rejection of Yang Tong has gradually paid attention to it, so pinyin has become a way for children to recognize and read.

"His Royal Highness King Tang, time is too tight."

Yang Yu thought for a while, and then said: "In this way, we can let the students with excellent grades in the Luoyang Academy participate, and let them collect and copy the preface of the books in the foreign biography, and then we only need to correct them, so that at least half of the books do not have to be handled; You make up the prologue of the books. ”

Officials gladly complied.

In order to be more accurate, and in order to carry forward the enthusiasm of students, we can follow the example of Emperor Gao Zuwen and encourage students to write the preface of books, and once they are hired, they will be given certain rewards." ”

When Yang Tong heard this, he couldn't help but laugh, isn't this an essay contest.

When everyone heard the laughter, they looked over, and when they saw Yang Tong, they put down the books in their hands and saluted, saying: "Brother Huang/Shengshang".

"King Tang's idea is very good, you should do what he tells you."

"Whoa!" The officials knew that Yang Tong had something to say to Yang Yu, and they retreated with interest.

"Brother Huang, why are you here?" The imperial brother arrived rashly, and Yang Yu was very happy.

"Idle!" Yang Tong found a seat and sat down, and said very casually: "Your idea of soliciting articles is very good, I think it can be expanded to various university palaces and officialdom; If a book has hundreds of prefaces for reference, students can read it with less effort, and they can also roughly understand the true meaning of the book before reading the original book, and it will be much easier to comprehend. On the other hand, when I re-read the text in the preface, many incomprehensions suddenly became apparent. ”

Yang Yu suddenly said: "Brother Huang means to print a preface reading book specifically for classic books?" ”

"Exactly!" Yang Tong said with a smile: "A hundred people have a hundred interpretations of the Analects, and some people even have 10,000 perceptions of a sentence of the Analects. If everyone is like this, do you know what it means to my Great Sui? ”

"Hundreds of schools of thought are released and books are published repeatedly, which can be called a grand event in the literary world. Today, it will surely become a holy world admired by future generations. Yang Yu said excitedly.

Yang Tong smiled, "Your father-in-law, Kong Shangshu, invited Confucian scholars from all over the world to compile the "Four Books and Five Classics of Justice", and the day the book was completed was the time when he became holy. ”

"I know that!" Yang Yu said frustratedly: "It's a pity that the younger brother doesn't have enough knowledge to participate in this grand event. ”

"I remember telling you before that our Yang family has famous generals, famous ministers, emperors, poets, calligraphers, military strategists, and politicians, but there are no educators and saints. Although you can't participate in the compilation of the "Four Books and Five Classics of Justice", there is one thing you have done well, and Kong Shangshu can only be subservient to you. ”

"What?"

"I just heard you say that you want to reorganize the bibliography, and you came up with a way to use pinyin and radical indexing, which is a very good idea! But even if the outline of your book is completed, its influence is far less than that of the Four Books and Five Classics of Justice. And what I want you to do is to compile a "dictionary" similar to "Shuowen Jie Zi". ”

"Shuowen Jie Zi" is the Han Dynasty Xu Shen compiled, word by word to explain the source of the font, interpretation, after Xu Shen finished writing, dedicated to the Han An Emperor, this is the first dictionary in the calendar.

However, because the paper has not yet flourished, so after more than 500 years of historical vicissitudes, the content has long become incomplete, even after the efforts of the two emperors of Wenwu, there is no complete collection of "Shuowen Jie Zi", as for the 21st century, most of them are Song Dynasty versions, or Qing Dynasty annotated versions.

"Shuowen Jie Zi" created a precedent for radical character search, and some people call this book "a book that has never been written before, and Xu Jun's originality", and most of the dictionaries of later generations also use this method.

If Yang Yu can use pinyin and radical indexes to explain in detail the origin of each word, the different ways of writing and meaning in different eras, and introduce the original meaning and meaning of the common words and idioms of the word, then this kind of dictionary will surely be unprecedented.

The compilation of the "Dictionary" is mainly to collect and sort, remove the turnips and preserve the essence, sort and transcribe, the amount is large and cumbersome, and the slow work is paid attention to. The source, image, and interpretation of each word, as well as the detailed explanation of the source and meaning of each word, must be repeatedly scrutinized, left and right, and strive for perfection in comparison with ancient books. The academic requirements for the 'editor-in-chief' are not too high, and the test is the person's carefulness and patience. And Yang Yu is a quiet character, and the most important thing he lacks is carefulness and patience.

Once Yang Yu compiled the far-reaching classics of the "Dictionary", it was enough to make him a god in one book, and when it came to the influence and dedication to the entire nation, the general Ming Jun could not compare with him.

"Interested?" Yang Tong asked.

"Of course my little brother is interested!"

Yang Yu, who was heartbroken, said gratefully: "Sun Bao, the uncle of the Spring and Autumn Lu State Doctor, said: 'There is great virtue, followed by meritorious service, followed by speech, although it has not been abandoned for a long time, this is called three immortals'. The younger brother's talent is limited, and he can't help the royal brother anything, but if the "Dictionary" is completely in the hands of the younger brother, it can be regarded as a 'speech'. The imperial brother gave the merits of the centuries to the younger brother, and the younger brother didn't know how to express his gratitude. ”

He also knew that the requirements of the "Dictionary" for learning were not too high, and any well-educated person in the court could complete it, but the imperial brother gave him this task, which was the imperial brother's love and attention to him.

As long as the "Dictionary" is compiled into a book, it is equivalent to putting a talisman on oneself. This is also the characteristic of the times, the status of Confucianism in any dynasty is an absolutely transcendent existence! One man's voice is enough to protect generations. Even if their brother is no longer there, as long as his descendants do not rebel, there is a Sui dynasty, and his children and grandchildren can be safe and sound.

The two brothers were chatting, and a guard came to report: "Holy Lord, Wei Servant has something important to report, and he is waiting in the Tongming Palace." ”

Yang Tong nodded, probably because Ling Jing had news coming.

He said to Yang Yu: "After Xu Shen preliminarily completed "Shuowen Jie Zi", in order to make it more practical and perfect, it has not been finalized, and it took more than 20 years to research, which led to "Shuo Wen Jie Zi". The reason why this book is an immortal masterpiece is because of his prudence, which you should pay special attention to. ”

"Little brother understands."

"The secretary should be the place with the largest collection of books in the world, enough for your reference. After the Tang Wei is destroyed, some of the solitary books collected by the family will also be sent here. I don't care what you do, you want people to find it yourself. ”

"Thank you, Brother Huang!" Xu Shen is a person who works alone, so he spends so much time; And he, Yang Yu, with Yang Tong's words, can form a huge team, and in this way, the time required to compile the "Dictionary" is greatly reduced.

Yang Tong explained a few more words, and walked quickly to the Tongming Palace.