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It's the winter solstice again.

When it comes to the winter solstice, there are still two days to come. However, in Kaifeng City, it has already been lively.

In addition to the annual festival, the most important festival in the Kaifeng military and civilian year is the winter solstice.

This is the day of the birth of the yin and yang, so it is necessary to 'make it easier to wear new clothes, prepare food, enjoy the ancestors, release the officials, and celebrate the exchanges, just like the New Year's'.

As for the Shangyuan Festival, which is lit up in the world, it can be classified as the New Year's Festival. Mo said that most of the shops will not open until after the Shangyuan Festival, that is, the Son of Heaven feast, which will not reopen until February.

Since a few days ago, Zong Ze has heard a loud noise outside, although the Baoyuan Temple he recently borrowed is not on the main street, but it is a shortcut between the two main streets, and it is noisy from morning to night.

Zhilu said that this was the custom of the capital, and Zong Ze didn't take it to heart. It's just a little noisy, and it won't interfere with his mood of reading.

However, even if it was lively a few days ago, in the morning, there would be no tinkling at the door.

Zong Ze was finally so noisy this time that he couldn't study at ease, so he got up and went out to see what was going on.

When I went out, I saw two officials in black clothes, as well as two soldiers from the shop of the king, who were surrounding the temple gate.

The presiding monk accompanied them to speak, and the first and supervising temples watched, and only one novice worked hard, hammering in one hand and nails in the other, nailing a wooden sign to the door frame.

The novice was not a skilled worker, and he knocked the nail several times, and then had to knock it straight back on the stone steps in front of the door. The voice that Zong Ze heard in the back was mostly for this reason.

The wooden sign is not big, and the words on it are as simple as No. 1 Baoyuansi Street.

However, according to Zong Ze's knowledge, if someone sends a letter in the future, as long as the prefix is added to the prefix of Dunhuafang in the west of Kaifeng Mansion New City at No. 1 Baoyuansi Street, and the post office in the military patrol shop of this fang can be directly delivered to the door.

Han Gang's proposal has spread throughout the capital and outside the past two months. The Son of Heaven and the Empress Taishang agreed, and both governments approved, and this proposal, which should have caused controversy, was easily issued.

Zong Ze is very optimistic about the post. A scholar like him, who is far away from the village, always wants to send a few more letters back, but unfortunately he doesn't have the opportunity to meet someone who can deliver letters to his home a few times a year. If the postal line reaches the hometown, the parents and brothers will be able to know the current situation in time.

And this thing, looking at the grand scale, is not difficult at all.

The Great Song Dynasty has been established for more than 100 years, and there was originally a very complete post system. Now Han Gang founded the civil post, with the help of the previous post spread throughout the states and counties of the world, is to borrow chickens to lay eggs. In Zong Ze's view, there is an urgent need for this both inside and outside the government and the opposition, and with the development of mail, the delivery volume will definitely exceed that of the government in the future.

The first thing the postal service did when it opened was not to set up a post office that reached the countryside, but to order all prefectures and counties in the world to formalize and fix the names of streets and alleys. You can't just move a street and alley, and if you move a prime minister, it's called Xianggong Street, and if you move a bachelor, it's called Bachelor's Alley, and you must not change it for decades or hundreds of years.

Kaifeng Mansion bore the brunt of the problem. One hundred and twenty squares in eight compartments in the inner and outer cities, fifteen squares in nine compartments outside the city, hundreds of nearly a thousand streets and alleys, and the doors of each house must be nailed to the door number. Let the postal courier deliver the letter directly to your doorstep.

It's just that Zong Ze didn't expect that the imperial court would act so quickly, and it only took a few days to reach him.

Finally nailed the door number, the officials and the shop soldiers left, and the presiding monk shook his head, "It's really troublesome." ”

"What's the trouble?" Zong Ze said, "After printing the scriptures in the future, master, you don't have to run errands from one house to another, and send the scriptures directly from the post office, how convenient is this?" ”

"Then the great monk will have no ghee to eat."

It's not a few old monks who speak, it's someone behind who interjects.

Zong Ze turned around, but saw that it was Li Changning, who he hadn't seen for many days, and said with great joy, "Brother Anbang! Saying that, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "It's been a long time, I came to find my little brother today, but what are your orders?" ”

"Come by the way, remember Rulin, you moved here, so come and take a walk. I just heard your words. Li Changning glanced at a few old monks, "If you really only send letters to the door, how can you get the incense money?" ”

Zong Ze didn't care about the landlord's face, and said with a smile, "What Brother Anbang said is that this is indeed the case. ”

Zhilu Dao, these scholars are always sarcastic with their mouths, especially monks, and there are not many good words. A few old monks were not surprised, and they all went back to the temple after saying hello.

They have to communicate with the believers every day, often visit their homes, chat, talk about things, take them to explain, and help them when they have something. Printed scriptures and proverbs are to be delivered to the door in person. Otherwise, there are so many temples in the capital, why come to Baoyuan Temple to offer incense? Some even offered ever-bright lamps in the temple, and even had to come to the door every month to get money.

This is true for most temples. Some believers have also identified a monk, even if the monk changes the place of the order in the future, they will follow him. If you want to have and win such a congregation, how can you do it with just a letter?

When the monk entered, Li Changning looked up at the door number, "No. 1 Baoyuansi Street, this sign is very clear." ”

"In the future, it will be convenient for Brother Anbang to write to the younger brother."

Li Changning shook his head, "What's so convenient and troublesome in the city?" ”

"If you hold a poetry meeting or a banquet, you don't need to send people to run away from house to house."

In the capital. It's not a big family, where did the familiar servants send letters and invite people. Sometimes I am busy, and if I want to invite relatives and friends who are a little farther away, I have to delay a day. The exchange of letters is simple. If the mail delivery inside and outside the city is limited, and the letter sent on the same day can be delivered within a day or two, then the mailing fee of 5 or 10 wen is willing to be paid.

Li Changning raised the bar: "That's the way of the rich and noble, I'm waiting for the poor, isn't it a post to send in a circle, just write a name on it?" It's not easy to send. ”

"But the two major newspapers have been looking forward to it for a long time." Zong Ze said.

"It's just a newspaper subscription, right? Liu Zhengfu and the others have already scraped together the money and ordered a one-year term each. It is said that it is to understand current affairs. Starting next year, the two express newspapers will be delivered to your door every day, and you don't need to send someone out to buy them. ”

"Han Xuanhui's credit. There are some benefits to getting involved. ”

"Thanks to the already have"

Zong Ze invited Li Changning into the room he helped, asked the scholar to bring tea, and then asked, "Brother Anbang just said that he came by the way, but he wants to do something?" ”

Li Changning is a senior in his country's prison, and his knowledge is also very good, but he is unlucky, he did not pass the Gongsheng examination in this subject, so he can only wait for three years. Zong Ze wanted to take the exam, and after obtaining the qualification of Gongsheng, in order to study conveniently, he changed places to live, and there was a lot less contact with Li Changning and other friends.

"Foolish brother is from the library." Li Changning's tone was not unfamiliar, "Guozijian has a batch of books to be sent to the library, and the foolish brother is the prisoner and has been assigned this errand to escort the goods along the way. When I went out, I thought that Ru Lin had moved here, so I came to take a look. ”

"Brother Anbang has worked hard. How's the library doing now? ”

"It's almost, Han Xuanhui just left in front. But he was rescued by the scattered court. Li Changning looked at Zong Ze, "Rulin, you moved over, did you get the news first?" ”

Zong Ze shook his head, "It was only decided by the imperial court last month, and the junior brother doesn't have the ability to know the Tao in advance." It's just luck. ”

"Luck ......" Li Changning read in a low voice, suddenly sighing, "Rulin, you do have luck, the foolish brother is Mercury is unfavorable, and he has not been hit for a long time." ”

Zong Ze was silent. Li Changning's words were a little stinging, but he could tell that he was not deliberately sarcastic, he was really unlucky. can make a record of the Guozi Prison and assist in the management of more than 2,000 Guozi Jian students, and there are so many people who can't be suppressed without a little talent.

Li Changning didn't dwell on the emotion of self-lamentation and self-harm for too long, and quickly pulled out his senses, and smiled at Zongze embarrassedly, "Brother Fool sighed for a while, and lost his words, Ru Lin must not be surprised." ”

Zong Ze said sincerely, "If you are unlucky, you still have talent to make up." In the next section, Brother Anbang will be able to soar to the sky. ”

"Then Xie Rulin Jiyan."

After saying a few more words, discussing a few questions in the scriptures, and seeing the meal, Zong Ze invited Li Changning to a small hotel outside for a meal.

Seeing Li Changning leave, Zong Ze stood at the corner of the street and looked west. I thought about it for a while, but I still didn't go there.

The newly opened library is located at the Wucheng Temple three blocks away. In the old years, when the Gongyuan had not yet been built, it was the Jinshi examination, and it was held there. Now that the Tribute Temple has been built for many years, there is no need to borrow other people's land. In the idle temple, the imperial court opened a martial arts. However, there are still many vacant pavilions, and this time they are occupied by the library.

In the city of Tokyo, everyone knows that this is the proposal of Han Gang, the envoy of the Xuanhui North Academy. Everyone knows that Han Gang is for qi learning, and he doesn't even want face. I am afraid that the location of the library will be moved from the original Guozijian to the Wucheng Wang Temple. It's not even too troublesome, he personally participates in the management, and even the system in the museum is set by him.

Zong Ze heard that there were a bunch of monographs on qi science in the library, and dozens of copies of each issue of the journal "Nature" were placed in the library. However, in addition to the journals and monographs of Qi Science, there is no shortage of normal subsets of scriptures and histories.

There are tens of thousands of books in the library, but unlike the private library of the people, there are no rare books, only printed books, and all of them can be seen on the market. There are versions of Guozijian, Beijing and Hangzhou, as well as the Yixian version, which has become famous in recent years—that is the location of Hengqu Academy.

The reason why this is so is that I don't feel sorry if I lose it. Government libraries are different from private library buildings, people come and go, no matter how the books are protected, they will inevitably be lost. And if a scholar is serious about studying and studying, he does not need any unique books in the sea, but only seeks to pass on the scriptures and history.

Han Gang's move was even ridiculed by bribing scholars. But after he declared that he had renounced the position of prime minister, who could punish him? It is not a day or two for Han Gang to promote qi, and the court has long been surprised.