Chapter 17 Zhou Emperor Chai Rong

Holding this somewhat weighty blue cover line bound poem manuscript in both hands, he was blinded by the three big characters of "Caotang Collection"!

"It's actually "Thatched Cottage Collection"! Li Yangbing compiled ten volumes of poetry and essays "Caotang Collection" for Li Bai, and wrote "Preface" for it, which is famous in the poetry world. ”

Before Li Bai died of illness, he entrusted his 10,000 volumes of poems to his friend Li Bingyang, the commander of Tu County, and asked him to write a preface for it. Li Bingyang sorted out the manuscript of the poem and wrote the preface of the "Preface to the Collection of Grass Hall", which has been passed down to this day. But unfortunately, this ten-volume "Caotang Collection" has been lost, Lan Yi didn't expect that she would be able to see this already lost Taibai poetry manuscript, and her whole mind was taken by it.

couldn't wait to open the poem gently, looking at the columns of words that exuded the fragrance of ink, Lan Yi's hands trembled a little, she took a deep breath, and then slowly closed the book and returned it to Xia Wan, and found that Xia Wan was looking at her with a smile, and couldn't help blushing a little.

Let my sister smile, my little sister once heard her husband talk about Li Qinglian. The first husband admired him very much, saying that he was a free and uninhibited poet, and his poems were spread all over the country, and the little sister had also read several famous works of Qinglian, but this "Grass Hall Collection" was the first time I saw it. ”

"It's good if my sister likes it, I still have some books here, my sister chooses two books to take back to read, and it should be a pastime for these two days." Xia Wan said and raised her hand to ask Chuncao to take the bookcase and put it on the bed.

Lan Yi looked at this small box full of books, the bookbox is carved from solid wood, simple and exquisite, the books in the bookbox look new and old, but they are all very neat, and there are no corners and defacements, so you know that Xia Wan is a book lover.

"How embarrassing is this, I take the child to pickle, it won't be good if I stain my sister's book."

Xia Wan couldn't help but laugh when she looked at Lan Yi's eyes shining, and she couldn't help but laugh when she wanted to see it. It was the first time she had seen Lan Yi's expression in the past few days, and she knew that she loved books, and her similar hobbies made her feel a little closer to Lan Yi.

"Look at what my sister said, these books were brought to pass the time." Xia Wan raised her hand and took out a thicker blue book from the sandalwood bookcase and handed it to Lan Yi, "I think my sister doesn't often go out like me, we have a lot of things in Zhou, it's really not something we can come up with, I've read this local chronicle a few times, and the record is quite detailed, my sister can take it and take a look." Don't hide it from my sister, if it weren't for your brother-in-law being a small official in Meixian, my sister wouldn't have been able to get this book. ”

Lan Yi took it, with a dark blue cover with four big characters written on it: "Da Zhou Chronicles". She smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed, this local chronicle came at the right time, which can help her understand the customs and historical situation of Da Zhou, and get rid of the embarrassment of being black.

"Is my sister's husband actually an official, Lan Yi is really high." Although Xia Wan said that she was a "little official in Meixian County", based on her style and style, she thought that her husband should be an "official" rather than an "official", which was just a humble statement.

"Husband? Husband? I've never heard that before. Xia Wan looked at Lan Yi with excitement on her face, and she didn't change because of her identity, and she appreciated her a little more. This sister recognizes well. Xia Wan noticed that Lan Yi's face was much better than yesterday, so she asked again, "My sister's face is better today than yesterday, she seems to have slept very well last night, and the baby must be a good night's sleep." ”

"Yes, this kid is very well-behaved, and he sleeps very honestly at night." Lan Yi replied with a smile, "Sister may feel the child in her belly move now?" ”

"Not really, the nurse said she would not feel it until six months." Xia Wan touched her stomach and looked at the clay doll on the bedside, her face full of anticipation.

Lan Yi breathed a sigh of relief, as soon as she saw the book, she was happy, and the modern words slipped out, but fortunately, Xia Wan didn't care, it seems that she still has to be careful in the future. The word "husband" was more often used to refer to eunuchs in ancient times, and if this is the case, her title would be very suspicious and uncomfortable.

Returning to the guest room with "The Chronicles of the Great Zhou", Lan Yi cleaned her hands and began to read after coaxing the baby to sleep.

Speaking of geographical chronicles, the most famous one that has been handed down to this day is probably the "Chronicles of the Ground" edited by Li Tai, the king of Wei in the early Tang Dynasty, but this book has also been lost, and Lan Yi naturally does not know what its scale is. This "Da Zhou Gazetteer" is much thicker than the "Caotang Collection" seen in Xia Wan, and the author of the book is Chai Gongchang, and this person Lan Yi has never heard of it.

The book is built according to the prefectures and counties of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and contains in detail the history of each establishment, as well as mountains, rivers, products, historical sites, customs, people, and stories, etc., and the content is very rich. According to the general description above, Lan Yi found that the territory of the Great Zhou and the Tang Dynasty was comparable, and there were also Turkic Tubo, Goguryeo and other countries in the northeast.

She first looked at Dengzhou, which she was going to on, and according to the description of the gazetteer, Dengzhou should be on the Liaodong Peninsula, near Penglai.

"Penglai, Shandong, this is a good place." Lan Yi was glad that fortunately, Dengzhou was not close to the Great Periphery and was not a place of war and trouble. "Shandong is close to the Bohai Sea, no matter how much it changes, this natural condition is still too good."

Sure enough, the gazetteer records that Dengzhou is rich in products, and the fields are mainly dry land, mainly planted with wheat, millet and rice, and rice is divided into indica rice, japonica rice, glutinous rice and Champa rice (the gazetteer says that this rice is the most widely planted in Dazhou and is an excellent variety) and other varieties. In addition to these main crops, Dengzhou also grows rape, soybeans and other food crops, and there are no potatoes and sweet potatoes. As for the price, there is no specific record in the book, only that a sum of wheat with full grains will be sold for 12,000 yuan when it is expensive, Lan Yimo calculated it, that is, 80 yuan per catty, she can still accept it.

After about half an hour, Lan Yi closed the book, and her face was a little clear, she now knew where history had turned. In the late Tang Dynasty, there were constant wars in various places, and it entered the chaotic stage of five dynasties and ten kingdoms, followed by Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, "Chen Qiao Mutiny, Yellow Pao Jia" usurped the Zhou Dynasty to establish the Northern Song Dynasty, and the end of the Five Dynasties, which is the historical trajectory she is familiar with.

This was usurped by Zhao Kuangyin after the Zhou Dynasty, which was built by Zhou Taizu Guo Wei. After Guo Wei's death, he passed on the throne of Zhou Shizong Chai Rong, this Chai Rong is a famous Ming monarch in history, according to historical records, he fell ill in the four years of his reign when he was discussing Youzhou, and died soon after, at the age of 39. Chai Rong's youngest son Chai Xun succeeded to the throne for a year before being seized by Zhao Kuangyin, and the latter Zhou perished.

According to the words and character introductions in the gazetteer, this great week is the later week of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms. However, Zhou Shizong Chai Rong did not die of illness when he reigned for four years, but reigned for thirty-six years! He was wise and wise, led the army to unify the whole country, established a unified and centralized central power in the country, and created the prosperous era of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Now in power is Chai Xun, and the Chai Xun who "ascended the throne" is no longer the "young son" recorded in history.

"Chai Rong? Why didn't he suddenly fall ill and die? Lan Yi frowned, and then shook his head, "No matter what, he reigned for thirty-six years, and passed on his son Chai Xun, whose first year name was Puhe." Well, it should now be"

Lan Yi folded his fingers and counted for a long time, "The sixth year of Puhe is equivalent to the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, the end of the tenth century AD. ”

As for the specific year, she had no way of knowing, Lan Yi scratched her head, her poor knowledge of history was impossible to predict the development of the situation here, so as to avoid trouble.

That's it, she is just a little maid now, and it is most important to escape from here with her children, as for whether this court is the Northern Song Dynasty or the Great Zhou, what does it have to do with her?

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