The front hall of the Hanlin Academy, the Five Classics Pavilion, was originally a place for idle Hanlin people to discuss the Four Books and Five Classics, and to put it bluntly, it was a place to chat and fart.

Normally, there are very few people here, because after all, everyone is in class, even if they are idle, they can't show that they are not, and ordinary scholars or bachelors do not organize them to come to the seminar, they rarely come.

However, at this time, it was crowded and crowded, as if everyone in the Hanlin Temple had squeezed into this small hall.

However, these people did not talk about it to show how much they knew about the Four Books and the Five Classics, most of the people in it were immersed in compiling books, and occasionally some people got up with the drafts they had written and went to Yang Cong who was sitting in the middle to ask for advice, and the others were basically not very angry.

Everyone was very focused, Yang Cong seemed to be compiling something seriously, and the huge desk was full of all kinds of books, messy, and no one was tidying up.

Just as Yang Cong put down his pen, rubbed his forehead, and was about to take a nap, a guard stepped forward and whispered at the time: "My lord, it's past noon, do you want someone to bring the food?" ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but say dumbly: "Oh, it's noon so soon, no wonder I feel a little hungry, hurry, quickly order someone to bring the food, don't starve everyone." ”

Soon, there were several servants with plates of food in front of everyone.

The style of the meals is the same, four dishes and one soup, together with rice, served on a delicate plate, one serving per person, and it looks very tempting.

However, at this time, the people who compiled the books in it didn't seem to be very interested in these fragrant meals, some people were really hungry, so they picked up their rice bowls and pulled them around, and some people simply buried their heads in writing and didn't pay attention to the food next to them.

Seeing this, Yang Cong didn't say anything, but just picked up his rice bowl and ate quickly, not caring whether others ate or not.

They have been together for nearly a month, and everyone is familiar with each other, and you don't need to persuade you to eat or something, whoever is hungry will naturally eat, and if you want to disturb other people's thoughts, they will be unhappy.

Sometimes people are like this, when they focus on something, it seems that there is no time to eat or even sleep.

In fact, no matter how busy a person is, he will not be busy to this extent, but sometimes his mind is spent on something and he doesn't want to be interrupted by eating or sleeping.

At this time, Wang Xuan happened to finish compiling a chapter in the "Five Elements Chapter", and he didn't care about any etiquette or impropriety, so he directly picked up the rice bowl, came to Yang Cong with the finished draft, put the draft in front of Yang Cong, and said, "My lord, let's see if there is any problem." Then he picked up the dishes on Yang Cong's plate and ate them quickly.

Yang Cong didn't feel abrupt, he looked at the draft in front of him while pulling the rice, and pointed out something inappropriate from time to time to discuss with Wang Xuan.

Wang Xuan's rice bowl was even thrown directly on Yang Cong's plate, making a mess, and people who didn't know thought that there was something wrong with these two guys' brains.

Seeing this, a servant who delivered the meal hurriedly stepped forward to tidy up the bowl, and secretly glanced at what Yang Cong was compiling, and then picked up the plate and slowly retreated.

Yang Cong seemed to be concentrating on the content of the compilation, but in fact, his eyes were secretly glancing at the servant, and even the corners of his mouth showed a disdainful chuckle.

This guy is a cronie sent by Yan Song, Li Twelve has already told him this, perhaps, Yan Song wants people to stare at him to see if he really puts down everything and is working hard to compile a book.

It is not easy to compile a book these days, especially like Yang Cong, if you want to compile a set of huge works similar to a small encyclopedia, it will take at least a few years, and it will take more than ten or twenty years to compile it, which is also very normal.

Although Yang Cong has not stopped compiling the compilation of "The Principle of Knowing from Things", he used to run around with people, and he was also responsible for many important things, and he had no time to manage the compilation at all.

Yang Cong's burying his head in compiling books doesn't seem to be a fraud, and Yang Ming's line has gradually died down, giving up the struggle for power above the court, and Yan Song finally began to slowly start thinking about the issue of the first assistant of the cabinet.

He had long wanted to sit on this position, but Yang Cong suddenly rose up, and the Yangming line gained momentum, and he saw that he couldn't do it anymore, so he lied to coax Xia Yan and let him deal with the Yangming lineage together.

At this time, it seems that the Yangming family has been suppressed by their joint efforts, and the position of the first assistant of the cabinet should naturally change hands.

As for Xia Yan, it's best to get acquainted with each other and retire obediently, otherwise, hehe.

When Yan Song was plotting to overturn Xia Yan, the draft of Yang Cong's "The Principle of Knowing Things" had also been slowly completed.

Of course, the completion of this draft does not mean that the compilation of "The Principle of Knowledge" has been completed, and the completion of the draft is only the beginning, and it will have to be continuously revised.

For example, the Yongle Canon took a total of fifteen years to compile the draft, and the subsequent revision took almost five years.

After the compilation of the draft of "The Principle of Knowing from Things" was completed, Yang Cong submitted it to Jiajing for review as usual.

This process was indispensable, and in this year's great works such as "The Principle of Knowing Things" must have been reviewed by the emperor himself, and most of the revision work was carried out according to the emperor's opinion.

This draft is a big deal, and many erudite scholars may not have the opportunity to compile a huge work that is valued by the emperor of the current dynasty in their lifetime, so this draft is also an honor to prove that your book has been approved by the emperor.

On this day, Yang Cong and a group of officials who participated in the editing changed their sloppy image in the past, solemnly bathed and changed clothes, dressed neatly, and then slowly walked into the palace with a stack of books in a neat line.

Jiajing also attached great importance to this, and specially ordered someone to arrange the Wenhua Palace, and invited six scholars, cabinet scholars and other high-ranking officials of the dynasty to watch the ceremony on both sides.

Yang Cong slowly walked into the Wenhua Hall with a group of officials who participated in the editing, and after a period of tedious etiquette, he took the lead in presenting the manuscript in his hand to Jiajing.

Jiajing saw the beautifully decorated book, and seemed very interested, so after taking it, he opened it and read it carefully.

In fact, this is just a formality, whether Jiajing looks carefully or not is another matter, he must pretend to be very interested, read for a while, to show his importance to this set of books.

Not to mention, the books presented by rich people like Yang Cong are different, even the drafts are more beautiful than the originals of ordinary books, and the books look similar to the original of "Yongle Canon".

As for the content inside, Jiajing originally just wanted to take a look at the meaning, after all, there was a grand ceremony going on at this time, even if he was interested in this book, there was no need to rush at this time.

However, as soon as he opened the book "The Principle of Knowledge. The Astronomy Chapter was attracted by the content.

At the beginning of this "Astronomy", Yang Cong quoted the first two sentences of the thousand-character text:

Heaven and earth are yellow, and the universe is desolate.

The sun and the moon are shining, and the sun and moon are shining.

This is followed by a question: What is heaven and earth, what is the universe, what is the sun and moon, and what are the stars?

This hooked Jiajing's interest, as long as people who have read the book have basically learned "Thousand Character Text", Jiajing is certainly no exception, he was also curious when he studied "Thousand Character Text", what is heaven and earth, what is the universe, what is the sun and moon, what is the stars?

At this time, there is no systematic explanation for this problem, and who wants to find out.

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