Chapter 487: Ao Mountain

After the Great Dynasty Meeting, the days were leisurely, and the days of the Great Song Dynasty were not very busy until the end of January.

So Su You has been busy with New Year's greetings, moving, purchasing, and giving gifts these days.

The gift of Su oil is very simple, it is a stone calamus.

Stone calamus is now inexplicably popular all of a sudden, even if it is sent thousands of miles from Shuzhong to Bianjing, the profit margin is very large.

The stone iris of Suyou is of the highest grade, the dragon root is attached to the stone, and a plate is offered on the desk, which is very elegant.

Yibi's career is on the water, and the spirit of the wind and rain is thin. The predecessor is afraid of being a nest, afraid of a little dust in the world.

After having the intention of poetry, calamus is like plum blossoms and orchids, and its value has doubled.

Good deeds began to promote it along with orchids, chrysanthemums, and narcissus as the four elegances of flowers.

Su You got married, received a lot of gifts, and after arranging a mansion, there was still a lot left.

The place is in the suburbs, so it is quite large, and Chen Zhaoming's two families occupy a prominent position in a small river bay, there is a small wharf, the wharf is a garden, the garden is shared by Su and Chen's families, and then Su You's house is in the northwest, and Xiaomei's house is in the southwest, and the small wharf is closed.

This place took a lot of Su Xiaomei's thoughts, Su You's house used 7,000 guan, and the little sister's own used 5,000 guan.

In addition, the renovation of indoor fire ducts, running water, baths, sewers, and other facilities, as well as the reconstruction of docks and gardens, took a lot of money.

At the junction between the two families, Xiaomei also built a special building.

The building is mainly brick and tile, and all the wooden components are soaked in water glass to ensure that the whole building will not catch fire.

This is the place where the Su family has a book collection, and Su You named it - Kezhen Hall.

This name is taken from the kun hexagram of "Yi", "Sixty-three, with chapter Kezhen, or from the king's affairs, there is no end." ”

It means to have a talent in mind without revealing it, to seize the opportunity to give full play, to assist the monarch to show his ambitions, fulfill his duties, and achieve success without living.

Since he was not short of money, Su You has become a book collector.

There is a foundation of Cheng's Printing Workshop, and a lot of rare books have been collected.

The Su family's collection of books is roughly divided into three categories, one is a subset of scriptures, among which the treasure of the town tower is the rubbings of the thirteen scriptures carved in the former Shu stone.

The second category is medical books, which are copies of rare books from Yujuguan for many years, and are Shi Wei's professional books.

The third category is the new science of Shuzhong, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, machinery, metallurgy and many other aspects.

In addition to these, there are also famous calligraphy and paintings, calligraphy, and many valuable letters sent to him by people who Su You considers valuable, which themselves have high artistic and literary value.

In addition to these, there are countless wax paper engraving files, and Su You's regulations are not borrowed, but scholars can warm books in the building, and the Su family provides wax paper and engraving pens.

The scholar copied and engraved the book on wax paper, and after the printing department of the Sitong firm passed the examination, he would try to print it, and give the trial copy to the scholar, and also send the pen polishing fee as a reward.

This practice made the Su family gain praise in Bianjing Shilin.

Today's books are very valuable, and many book collectors keep secrets, such as the Su family, which has an open collection, almost nothing.

After Zhao Ji heard about the Su family's righteous deeds, he wrote a large plaque with "Hanzhang Kezhen" and sent it over to show encouragement.

It is easy to obtain the qualification to read books, but it is a little difficult to obtain the qualification to copy books, there are three ways: first, the calligraphy is excellent and the poetry is beautiful; the second is to be knowledgeable and proficient in righteousness; Three, take the route of Su oil.

In fact, Su You's route is the people that Su You remembered in later generations, these people applied to get the qualification to copy books, Su You was too late to be surprised, where did they dare to do it.

No matter what the literary world, the political world or the altar is, these are all connections.

Su Yuanzhen entered Taixue and became a related household that ate imperial grain.

Su Wen is familiar with it, he eats mutton, if you want to say which candidate Su Wen is the most familiar with now, I am afraid it is Su Yuanzhen.

Taixue is outside the Suzaku Gate. "Out of the east wall of the Suzaku Gate, also people's homes. Go east to the main street wheat straw lane, champion building, the rest are brothels, to Baokangmen Street. Outside the Suzaku Gate in the east of its royal street, the pig killing alley in the south of the new gate tile in the west, is also a brothel. ”

With Taixue as the center, the red light district in the east and the red light district in the west.

However, Su Gongzi is a person who wants to be an official first and then get married so that he can receive gifts, so he can be regarded as clean.

There is a father who has a mine in the family, a sister who can do business, a brother who can cut, and Da Su and Xiao Su Su Tanhua cover the literary world, plus he himself made a name for himself in "Begging Surname Shu" for his father.

Zhang Fangping commented in the edict: "The elder brother dares to sow the frontier with martial arts, and the younger brother uses Fang Su Jingzhong to enrich the text, what is the aftermath of his father?" The work of determining the way to conquer the country has been glorious through the ages, and every time it is overseas. Giving your surname is not in vain to reward the merits of Wei Bi and inspire the world, but also has great hopes in the future. ”

This year, Taixue has been restructured and expanded its student staff, and Su You believes that this is a good opportunity.

After the expansion of Taixue, the Taixue system was formulated and the three-rounding method was implemented.

There are 80 fasts, 30 of which are 2,000 in the outer house, 300 in the inner house, and 100 in the upper house, for a total of 2,400.

The children of officials can be admitted without examinations, while the children of civilians must pass the examinations to enter the school.

Similar to the universities of later generations, Taixue also has a variety of examinations, survival of the fittest, there are also similar credits, after the completion of relevant courses, those with excellent examination results can be directly awarded officials, and those who are intermediate can directly participate in the examination organized by Taixue, and those who are inferior directly participate in the provincial examination.

This is actually a caring policy for the children of officials, but the children who are serious and excellent in their studies will not take this road, Su You asked Su Yuanzhen to go there, mainly to get acquainted with the rich second generation of the children of high-ranking officials.

From the seventh day of the first lunar month, Kaifeng Mansion began to display large lanterns. Although it is still within the filial piety period, it is still worth celebrating the registration of the new monarch and the change of the year.

The Lantern Festival is the highest peak of the lantern market.

It's just that this year, Zhao Ji decreed that Aoshan will use old facilities this year, and not add new ones.

Aoshan is a high mountain in the sea in ancient myths and legends. Tang Wen recorded: "There is a big gully in the east of the Bohai Sea, which is a bottomless valley, there are five mountains, often go up and down with the waves, and the emperor of heaven ordered the fifteen giant turtles to raise their heads and wear them, and the five mountains did not move. ”

Today's Aoshan lantern is actually a huge lighting effect landscaping stage, and the shape is usually composed of countless lanterns on the back of the giant ao, which is painted with mountain rocks and trees, pavilions and pavilions, various gods, Buddha sculptures, etc.

All the statues of gods and Buddhas are stored in large color buildings, and all kinds of colored lights are shining brightly, and they are beautiful.

The whole Ao Mountain is as high as five zhang, and there are three doors in front of the mountain, and each has a big card of color knot gold book.

In the middle, it is called "Dumen Road", and the left and right are called "the gate of the left and right guards", and there are big signs on it, with six big characters written - "Xuanhe and the people enjoy together".

Left and right of Caishan, with color knot Manjushri, Fuxian, riding a lion and white elephant, the hand can be waved, and each hand can point out the five ways of water.

In addition, the high place of the mountain with a roller is used to wedge the water lamp, and it is stored in a wooden cabinet, and it is put down at the right time every time, like a waterfall, which attracts bursts of cheers from onlookers.

On the left and right doors, each is tied into the shape of a dragon with a grass handle, covered with a green curtain, and tens of thousands of lamps and candles are densely placed on the grass, and the hope is meandering like a double dragon flying away.

Aoshan north, is Xuande Gate Tower Heng Street, about 100 zhang area in the middle, in order to prevent the conflict of tourists, surround with thorns, called "thorn basin".

There are two long poles dozens of zhang high, ending with painted colors, paper paste hundred opera characters, hanging on the rods, the wind moves like flying immortals.

Thorn basin is the performance area, set up a music shed, Kaifeng Mansion sent to undertake the former service of the musicians to make music and miscellaneous plays, and left and right military hundred operas, in which to chant and sing, play hard.

Xuande Building is the south gate of the Great Inner Building, there are several big flags in front of the building, the largest one of them, and the Xuande Building is as high, it is called "covering the sky flag".

Now on the upper floor of Xuande, all hang the yellow edge, and the seat in the curtain is the throne.

Set up a color shed with Huang Luo, and the royal dragon directly holds the yellow cover palm fan, and is listed outside the curtain.

Each of the two floors hangs a lamp ball, about a square circle of more than a zhang, the internal burning rafter candle, the curtain is the place where the ladies have fun, the sound of the palace concubines laughing, from time to time to smell outside.

Downstairs with a fang wood to build a terrace, color knot railing, both sides are guarded in a row, brocade robes, hairpins give flowers, hold bones and flowers, just facing the music shed.

The sect is straightforward and the terrace disciples are performing miscellaneous dramas on the stage.

There are also squads standing in line guarding the near gate.

And the people gathered under the terrace to watch, and the musicians performed to the wonderful place, attracting the people's shouts from time to time.