I looked at the high-spirited man in front of me with a smile, admired it in my heart, and said with a smile: "Meng Lang, there are clouds in Tieshan's "Ode to Stones": 'Don't burn in times of calamity, and live forever in the face of disasters', and the clouds 'Bamboo is easy to sell, gold and stone are difficult to destroy, and it is entrusted to the high mountain, and it will stay forever. Lang Jun thought that if the "Nine Classics" could be engraved on the stones, and it would be passed down for a long time. ”

"That's right!" Bao Yuan stroked his palms and laughed: "Why didn't I think that Rui'er was still smart, so I arranged for them to prepare for the carving of scriptures." So saying, he lifted his feet and walked out. After taking two steps, he suddenly turned around and pecked me in the face, and when he saw that I was embarrassed, he laughed and walked away.

I looked at this man who was happy like a child, and my heart was soft, let him go, as long as he was happy!

It was the year old, and the mother of the servant Zhao received the edict according to the old book of Yongdu's "Nine Classics" to prepare for the carving of the stones.

In the afternoon of this day, Bao Yuan rested in my palace, and Liang Shouzhen came to his mother Zhao to prepare for the carving of the "Nine Classics", and waited in the imperial study.

When Bao Yuan heard this, he lay on the bed and muttered impatiently: "This old boy always asks me to come to see me when I rest." ”

I smirked beside me, remembering that when I first entered the palace, it was this mother Zhao who came to disturb Bao Yuan's newlywed.

Thinking that since he was ordered to engrave the "Nine Classics", he should be a well-educated person, regardless of when he sees the emperor, he must be an upright person. I have seen this person from afar in the banquet, but he did not talk to him because of the palace rules, and today he came for the "Nine Classics", which made me sincerely pay a visit, so I went to see it together.

Bao Yuan was helpless, so he had to take me to the imperial study.

There were already three people waiting to see me in the study, and when my mother Zhao saw me coming, she was shocked at first, and then led the two people to worship together: "See the emperor, Mrs. Hua Rui." ”

"Ping, the prime minister is here, what's the matter?" Bao Yuan sat down with me and squinted at him.

"Your Majesty, the matter of carving the stones in the "Nine Classics" has now been prepared." Mother Zhao replied.

"I already knew about it. Aiqing has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and this time she came, she must have something else to do, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Xu is seeing that the mother Zhao descendant looked at me vigorously, Bao Yuan said again: "Mrs. Hua Rui, I am quite enthusiastic about the matter of passing on the scriptures, so I specially brought her here today, you just have to report according to the truth." ”

"Yes," Mu Zhao descended and said, "The minister has come this time, and there are a few candidates for the inscription to be decided by His Majesty."

"Presumably, the prime minister came, and the candidate for the inscription in his heart has already been determined." Bao Yuan said with a smile.

"The minister has the courage to play." Mu Zhao said: "It is planned that the secretary Lang Zhang Shaowen will write "Mao Poems", "Etiquette" and "Rites", the secretary of the provincial school Lang Sun Penggu will write "Zhou Li" and "The Book of Filial Piety", Dr. Guozi Sun Fengji will write "Zhou Yi", the school secretary Lang Zhou Dezheng will write "Shangshu", and Jianzhou Pingquan will order Zhang Dezhao to write "Analects" and "Erya". ”

"Hmm~! The five people selected by the prime minister are all meticulous in writing and calligraphy, so let's do it according to the prime minister's wishes. ”

"Obey! The old minister also wanted to ask for a decree and ask the emperor to publish the "Nine Classics". Mu Zhao said again.

"This ......" wanted to publish books, but it cost a lot, so Bao Yuanmian hesitated.

"Mother is really well-intentioned." I said with a grin.

"Oh? What do you mean by Concubine Ai? Bao Yuan said to me.

"Printing is more convenient for the dissemination of the Nine Classics than the engraved stone." I said earnestly to Bao Yuan: "Although the carved stone makes it enduring, the printing can be more effective in the world. Therefore, printing and carving cannot be abolished. The concubine invited the emperor's mother-to-be. ”

When Bao Yuan heard this, he smiled at everyone present: "As long as my beloved concubine is touched by cultural matters, she will spare no effort." Then he gave an order and allowed it to be played.

Mu Zhaoyi bowed down and said: "The old minister represents all the people in the world, and thanks to the emperor and Niangniang." ”

"I heard that the Chengdu School Palace was built by the emperor of the mother's mother?" I wondered again.

"Hui Niangniang, after the chaos at the end of the Tang Dynasty in Shuzhong, the school halls have been abandoned, and the minister can't bear to see the loss of students, so he suggested that the emperor build a school palace and restore education. The old minister did not dare to invite credit, the emperor was sage, and he strongly advocated that education is the great plan of the country and the blessing of the Shu people. His words were neither humble nor arrogant, which made me have a little more respect for the mother in front of me.

I smiled and nodded: "What the prime minister said is very true, this palace has also heard that the adults intend to publish the "Anthology" and "Beginner's Record" with private funds? It seems that there are allusions in between? I would like to hear about it. ”

Mother Zhaoyi was stunned when she heard this, and replied respectfully to me: "Niangniang's heart is as fine as dust. Lao Chen's family was poor since he was a child, and he studied hard in hardship. Before he went out, he tried to borrow books from others, and the people who borrowed books often had a slight color. The minister knew the pain of loving books but not being able to do so, and swore that day: 'If it is expensive on a different day, it should be carved with a board, and it will be a scholar.' Today, I am the prime minister of Shu, and I should fulfill the oath of the day. ”

When I heard this, I felt more and more admiration in my heart, and sighed: "The prime minister is really a humble gentleman, which is really admirable." If there is anything that can be used by the palace, I hope the prime minister will tell you ......"

"The mother is noble, and the old minister admires it." I was talking to my mother Zhaoyi, and suddenly I saw that the other two had been standing and listening, so I asked, "I don't know who these two are......?" ”

Mu Zhaoyi said: "Juzhongzheng and Sun Fengji are disciples of Lao Chen. Ju Zhongzheng is currently the school secretary of Chongwenguan. The sentence is good at calligraphy, seal, subordinate, line, grass are all work. Sun Fengji only engraved "Zhou Yi", and he was still competent for printing, so the old minister wanted to recommend these two to the emperor today to assist the minister in printing the "Nine Classics". ”

"The matter of publishing the "Nine Classics" has been fully entrusted to the prime minister, and the prime minister is naturally in charge of the candidates." Bao Yuan said and said to the two people: "The sentence is correct! ”

"The minister is here!"

Bao Yuan said with a smile: "You are sealing, subordinate, line, and grass are all workers, the prince Xuanzhe is studying Lishu, I will point out you to teach Xuanzhe a class today, and Concubine Xu Niangniang's cursive writing will also be guided by you." ”

There was a look of panic on the front of the sentence, and he shirked and said: "The minister is afraid, but I am afraid that the minister's knowledge is shallow, and it is not enough to teach the prince and the mother." ”

It turned out that this was Ju Keer's brother. I bowed my head at him and smiled: "Don't shirk the sentence school book, the cursive practice in this palace is not the level of the beginner's level, Mr. taught me is overkill, I hope that Mr. will accept me as an apprentice!" ”

Saying that, I looked at this school book carefully, he is the brother of Bao Xiang Ju Keer, but the two are not very similar. Ke'er looks kind, but this sentence is positive and broad, with a strong bookish atmosphere.

Bao Yuan saw that there seemed to be a sense of shirk in the sentence, and said that I would immediately bow to him. I couldn't do it in the middle of the sentence, so I had to accept my apprentice, but I didn't expect that the royal study and his party would gain a lot.

Later, I heard that at the same time as the "Nine Classics" was engraved, my mother Zhao descendant made private funds to order the people of the sect to sentence Zhongzheng and Sun Fengji to write down the "Zhaoming Anthology", "Beginner's Record", "Bai's Six Posts" and so on, and engraved and printed them. In order to fulfill the words of the day, I allocated some silver taels from the monthly ordinance to help in this matter.

A few years later, these books were widely circulated in Shu, and in today's terms, Mu Zhao is the first private book publisher in Chinese history, and I am the first sponsor.