The brothers Xiang Yuanbian and Xiang Dushou followed the female official into the Forbidden City, and they didn't dare to look at their noses and hearts all the way.

did not pass through the three major halls, but went around to the royal library on the east side of the Qianqing Palace.

The hall where they faced the saint was not very large, and the emperor was resting today, and he was sitting there reading, reading a collection of books that had been transported from Beijing some time ago.

Seeing a man sitting in the hall, Xiang Yuanbian only felt extremely majestic, and hurriedly bowed his head before he could see his appearance clearly.

"Xiaomin Xiang Yuanbian (Xiang Dushou), meet Your Majesty!" The two worked side by side.

Zhao Han raised his head and smiled: "Sit down." ”

The two female officers brought their chairs, and the brothers said, "Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

Zhao Han asked, "I heard that you have authentic works of poetry immortals?" ”

Xiang Yuanbian immediately stood up again and untied the long bag behind his back. The bag was inspected by the guards, and after confirming that it was a scroll, they let it in for themselves.

Li Xiangjun walked over, took it carefully, and slowly unfolded it in front of Zhao Han's case.

Zhao Han's first reaction was not to appreciate Li Bai's calligraphy, but to look at the surrounding seals and inscriptions.

Densely packed, everywhere.

Fortunately, Qianlong's inscription and seal are not there, and it looks much more refreshing.

Historically, Qianlong alone built a bunch of them, and there were two emperors' treasure seals that were particularly large, and the area of one of his seals was equivalent to several others. He built one when he was the emperor himself, and another when he was the emperor, and he arranged them neatly, huddled there for fear that others would not see them.

At this moment, admiring Song Huizong's thin gold body and seal, Zhao Han suddenly had an impulse to put his big seal on Li Bai's original handwriting.

"You're going to dedicate this to me?" Zhao Han raised his head and asked.

Xiang Yuanbian stood up again, arched his hand and said: "Such a treasure, the small people dare not covet it, only the Holy Son of Heaven can get it." ”

Zhao Han said with a smile: "I am not a clever and robber, and I can't set this precedent for my children and grandchildren. If the people have treasures, they take them for themselves, is this not a violation of the rules? Compared with Jiangshan Sheji, the true works of poetry and immortals are nothing. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Xiang Yuanbian was shocked and uncertain, but at the same time, he admired the emperor.

He obtained "On the Balcony Post" a few years ago, when there was a severe drought in Zhejiang, and someone with a broken family sold it to him. When Xiang Yuanbian saw this post for the first time, greed arose in his heart, and he decided to keep it for himself no matter what. If the negotiation with the other party collapses, you will have to take it for money and death!

Thinking of his original thoughts, and then comparing the indifference of the emperor in front of him, Xiang Yuanbian suddenly sighed.

No wonder others can be emperors, but they can only rely on their family wealth to collect.

Xiang Yuanbian continued: "Your Majesty, this is not a clever robbery, but a sincere contribution of the small people. The thieves are the scourge of the northwest, the Tartars are raging in Liaodong, the famine and plague are rampant in the country, and the people of the world are miserable. Therefore, the Holy Son of Heaven came into the world, swept away the turbidity, and settled the world, and all the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Every time they think of this, the small people admire it inexplicably, and want to offer treasures and talk about paying respect. ”

"You can speak," Zhao Han said with a smile, "Your family has a large collection of books, and you should be a local clan, so you have been given a lot of land, right?" ”

Xiang Yuanbian was shocked in his heart, and then said: "Your Majesty, Xiaomin also reads "Datong Collection" day and night, and knows that dividing the field is the national policy of my Datong New Dynasty. The powerful families have accumulated countless fields and properties, and the poor people have no place to stand, so it is the source of the troubles in the world. Your Majesty's division of the land is for the sake of the people and the great family. If the fields are not divided, no matter how much land the big clan has, if they encounter a rogue uprising, they will only die and the clan will be wiped out. Although Xiaomin was divided into tens of thousands of acres of land, he did not hate His Majesty, but thought that His Majesty was Xiaomin's life-saving benefactor! ”

Zhao Han laughed: "What a pair of sharp teeth." ”

Xiang Yuanbian said: "If you are not sharp-toothed, you are sincere. ”

Zhao Han thought this person was very interesting, and smiled: "I know your intentions, but I really can't set this precedent. First, the descendants may follow suit and steal the people's property; Second, people in the world, or there will be many lucky people, who want to offer treasures in exchange for wealth. ”

Xiang Yuanbian couldn't guess Zhao Han's thoughts, and hurriedly said: "What Your Majesty said is very true, the long-term vision of the Holy Son of Heaven is beyond the reach of the small people. ”

Zhao Han thought about it carefully: "In this way, there is quite a surplus in the royal treasury this year, and this authentic painting of poetry and immortal will be accepted for 10,000 taels." This priceless treasure, 10,000 taels is not enough, you can make another request. Remember, you can't ask for officials, you can't ask for lords, you can't ask for fields. ”

Xiang Yuanbian looked at the emperor's expression carefully, and felt that he was not lying to himself, so he said: "The order of the king, I dare not resign." Xiaomin has a young son, who is eight years old this year, and he heard that the Imperial City Primary School is taught by Daxian, and asked His Majesty to allow Xiaomin's son to study in this school. ”

This request is very reasonable, anyway, the Imperial City Primary School is full of children with backgrounds studying.

Zhao Han said: "Remind you, don't regret it." Huangcheng Primary School has an annual exam every year, and those who are backward in their studies will be ordered to drop out. Your young son, who may only be in school for a year, will be ordered to leave school. ”

Xiang Yuanbian said: "Xiaomin can send his young son to Huangcheng Primary School and learn the teachings of the sage with the prince, which is already the ancestor who has accumulated yin virtue. If he drops out of school after one year of study, it is because he has no talent and no blessing, and he can't complain about His Majesty, and there is no need to regret it. ”

"I can see it," Zhao Han asked Xiang Dushou again, "You also come to offer treasures?" ”

Xiang Dushou hurriedly got up: "The treasure offered by Xiaomin is far inferior to "On the Balcony Post", which is really laughable and generous." ”

Li Xiangjun brought this person's calligraphy and painting, but it was Su Shi's ordinary work in his later years, far inferior to Zhao Han's "Cold Food Post".

Sun Chengze, who was in charge of the Chongzhen Dynasty, surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and was taken to Shenyang by Dolgon to achieve the position of real power in the Ministry of Officials. Dolgon was demoted to a concubine, and Sun Chengze was also implicated, and was beaten to death after being imprisoned.

"Cold Food Post" is the son of this traitor, who took the initiative to dedicate to the Datong Army, hoping to obtain forgiveness, and at the same time dedicated hundreds of calligraphy and paintings.

Zhao Han did not shirk, bought Su Shi's works at the market price, and then said: "You two brothers, since you have a large collection, you want to come and study the gold and stone calligraphy and painting. ”

Xiang Yuanbian said: "Don't dare, just get a little." ”

"Come with me." Zhao Han said.

Zhao Han took the brothers up to the attic and came to a room.

Li Xiangjun stayed, slowly put away the "Balcony Post", and admired Li Bai's calligraphy while collecting it.

Zhao Han pointed to the oracle bones in the attic and said, "This is the engraved keel that I received. A few days ago, the political envoy of Henan Province had just sent someone to transport it to the capital, and the doctors of the Hanlin Academy had not yet seen it. Look at it, what's engraved on it? ”

The keel in traditional Chinese medicine is actually a fossil of wild animals, and it has nothing to do with the oracle bones used for divination, and few people regard the oracle bones of Yinxu as Chinese medicinal materials at this time.

Zhao Han remembered that the oracle bone inscription was found in Anyang, Henan, so he asked the local officials to find it.

Anyang County belonged to the government of Zhangde Mansion at this time, and the specific oracle bone inscription was in which village, and Anyang Zhixian was completely blind. Anyang County specially sent 20 officials to search for villages in the county for several years, and finally found traces of the oracle bone inscription this year.

The ruins are already being excavated there, and the first batch is being sent in front of you.

Xiang Yuanbian picked up a bone, but the light was too dim to see clearly. He confessed, and moved to the window, carefully identifying it in the winter sun.

The first word is unrecognizable, and I don't even think it's a word, it's more like the tentacles of some insect - it's actually a "single" word.

Xiang Dushou also picked up a piece to identify, and always felt that some patterns looked like words, but it was difficult to confirm what was engraved.

Finally, Xiang Yuanbian recognized the text very definitely on the third oracle bone, and said in surprise: "This is a child's character, and it is engraved here!" ”

Xiang Dushou quickly shouted: "I recognize the word Qin, there is a Japanese character here!" ”

After some identification, Xiang Yuanbian suppressed his excitement and said, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, where did these keels get in Henan?" ”

Zhao Han said: "A village in Anyang County, some people speculate that it is the old capital of Yin Shang. These keels are probably tortoise shells used in divination by Yin Shang. You two brothers, since you have studied gold and stone, then stay and study oracle bones. The Yin Ruins on the Anyang side, Zan is excavated by local officials, and Xiang Dushou has presided over the excavation in the past. Xiang Yuanbian stayed in Nanjing, where he worked with other scholars on oracle bone inscriptions. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The brothers were overjoyed.

They are usually in their hometown, and they also like to collect gold and stones, and Zhong Dingwen's rubbings have received a lot, and those words are relatively close to the oracle bone inscription.

The two thanked each other and retired, and Zhao Han walked slowly to the other room.

Since the arrival of the Imperial City collection in Beijing, several concubines have found new hobbies.

Fei Rulan, Tian Xiuying and Liu Ruyi, the three of them often run to the library. Or appreciate antique calligraphy and painting, or copy the calligraphy of famous masters, or read a unique collection.

Pan Qimei and Fei Rumei have no interest in this, what should they do or what they should do.

At this moment, Fei Rulan and Tian Xiuying are discussing the painting methods of famous artists in the Song Dynasty. Fei Rulan didn't like Tian Xiuying before, but the relationship has eased a lot recently, and they have become familiar with learning painting skills together.

"Where's Yanagigakure?" Zhao Han asked.

Fei Rulan took her sleeve to copy the painting, and without raising her head, she said, "Next door." ”

Zhao Han walked over, watched the second daughter's painting, and after laughing, he went next door to find Liu Rusi.

Liu Ru was reading, and when she saw Zhao Han coming in, she said with a smile: "Husband, the Wenyuan Pavilion of the former Ming Dynasty actually still has the Old Tang Book. The concubine has always wanted to read this book, but unfortunately I don't know who to borrow it. ”

Sometimes, it is not to blame that the scholars of the Ming Dynasty are lonely and unheard, and many books that can be seen everywhere in later generations have not been seen by Ming scholars in their lifetime.

For example, the "Old Tang Book" is not a formal history at this time, and it has not been circulated since the time of Song Renzong.

It was not until the Jiajing period that Wang Yangming's student Wen Renquan stumbled upon the "Old Tang Book" when he was borrowing books in Suzhou, and this history book was rediscovered after hundreds of years.

Zhao Han asked, "What do you think after reading it?" ”

Liu said: "After reading the book of the Old Tang Dynasty, I feel that the book of the New Tang Dynasty is making up stories, and it is extremely crude and absurd. However, the "Old Tang Book" is a little too detailed. In some places, it seems that the actual records of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty have been copied intact. ”

Zhao Han sighed: "The history of the Tang Dynasty also needs to be surveyed." ”

These historical work is the responsibility of a new dynasty, and this is how Chinese civilization continues.

Dynasties rise and fall, but civilizations do not die.