Zhu Cizhi, the fourth prince of Zhu, is still working as a librarian in the Hanlin Academy.

After a few years, he has obtained the establishment of officials, and he is still a first-level official, and it is estimated that he can be a petty official from the ninth grade in two years.

This product is quite heartless, if it weren't for the emperor to greet him, if it weren't for his own mother being Concubine Tian, it is estimated that he would still be a fifth- or sixth-level official. Of course, he also has some advantages, because he reads miscellaneous books and often writes review articles, and now he is a well-known literary critic.

"Xiao Zhu, there are new books coming into the library." Qin Daiwen shouted.

Zhu Cizhi closed the book: "It's coming, it's coming!" ”

Qin Daiwen is Zhu Cizhi's master, and has become the only official (Zheng Jiupin) in the library of the Hanlin Academy.

Zhu Cizhi went out with the miscellaneous servants, came to the courtyard under the library building, and asked, "What book?" ”

"Two sets of "History of the Ming Dynasty", please stamp and sign." The official who delivered the book replied.

Zhu Cizhi, who was originally hippie and smiling, suddenly became serious: "It was printed so quickly? ”

The official said, "Is it still fast?" Proofreading and typesetting for more than a year. ”

The compilation of historical books in all dynasties is basically hand-copied in two sets, and then collected in the palace and the imperial court. It was not until many years later that it was gradually copied to the people, and it was difficult for ordinary scholars to read it.

So don't laugh at the Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty for not reading history, they may not even have seen the official history before they became officials.

Take the "History of the Ming Dynasty" compiled by the Datong New Dynasty as an example, the full set has a total of 3.3 million words, and how many brushes do you have to copy. Zhao Han was willing to spend money and directly let the printing be published, and finally printed 2,000 sets in a year and a half.

Except for the 120 sets in the official collection (most of which were sent to universities in various places), the rest were all sold in the private sector, and each set of "History of the Ming Dynasty" cost 300 taels of silver.

The price is too expensive, and it will definitely not sell out in a short time.

But there are definitely no worries about selling, and there are bibliophiles all over the country who buy them one after another after hearing the news.

Zhu Cizhi stamped and signed for the receipt, and asked the handyman to take it back to the library. After the bookshelf was placed, he quickly found the "Benji" section and directly flipped through the Benji about Chongzhen.

When his father hanged himself, Zhu Cizhi was still young and did not have much memory. Many years have passed, and he can only learn what his father is like from the "History of the Ming Dynasty".

After reading Chongzhen's book, Zhu Cizhi learned nothing, and the main content was all national events.

If you want to understand Chongzhen, you have to read "Chongzhen Record".

"Chongzhen Record" was also compiled by the Datong New Dynasty, and together with relevant historical materials, it has been placed in the data room of the "Ming History Editing Group".

"Come on, move things!"

Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, the Ming History Editorial Team really sent the materials, and there were more than 40 large boxes.

Zhu Cizhi sat there to sign for the receipt, and then let the handyman move in, and then took the two officials to divide the categories. The finished book needs to be placed on the relevant shelves, and some manuscript materials are carefully sorted out before binding, and placed in the warehouse for proper storage.

"Chongzhen Record" is mixed in this, a number of repeatedly revised manuscripts, and after the completion of the manuscript, the original copy was copied.

The compilation of "History of the Ming Dynasty" and "Chongzhen Record" was completed, and many historians of the Hanlin Academy were awarded. Take Qian Qianyi as an example, the loose rank was directly capped, and he was awarded the special entry Guanglu doctor (Zhengyipin). Next time I make a book and make meritorious contributions, the title of prince Shaobao will definitely not run.

In the next half month, Zhu Cizhi didn't do anything in his free time except for his own work, and read "Chongzhen Record" seriously.

Before he finished reading the whole book, Zhu Cizhi already had signs of high blood pressure.

What kind of stuff was the imperial court in the late Ming Dynasty?

Wenchen, military generals, and eunuchs, each one is more outrageous than the other.

At the end of the book, there is also a comment inscribed by Zhao Han himself: "Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty is diligent in political affairs and self-serving." It is in the posture of a middle-aged person, and it is powerless to save the country and fall. The death of the Ming Dynasty was due to the failure of finance and taxation. The failure of finance and taxation stems from the corruption of the system. Da Ming really died in the party struggle? The party is the same and different, since ancient times, why is the Ming Dynasty dying quickly? I look at the abolition of Wanli, you can get a glimpse of it......"

It is not so much to comment on Chongzhen, but to comment on why the rule of officials in the late Ming Dynasty accelerated erosion.

Before Wanli slackened power, no matter how fierce the party struggle was, it could still maintain without collapsing. Since Wanli was lying flat, Da Ming has completely slipped into the abyss. Officials retired, resigned, or died of illness, the emperor did not allow new officials to take office, more than half of the central officials were vacant, and local officials were also absent from their posts.

No matter how greedy an official is, it is better than no official at all!

In the last years of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty almost became an anarchic society. There was a problem with the state and county, and the state and county governor could not be found. When there is a problem in the provinces, the central government cannot find a minister to take charge. As a result, the eunuchs and gentry stood up to fill the power vacancies in the court and the government, and quickly controlled all aspects of the country.

Land annexation intensified exponentially, and the income of the imperial court decreased wildly. Wanli also likes to dispatch mine tax inspectors to completely disrupt the country's business environment, and industry, agriculture and commerce are equivalent to a complete regression.

Zhu Cizhi has always felt that the Ming Dynasty died as a traitor. At this moment, after reading "Chongzhen Record" and Zhao Han's comments, he finally got to know him more deeply.

His father Chongzhen is just a helmsman with ordinary skills, but he has to steer a broken ship full of holes. While sailing, you are tinkering, and there are water bandits around you. When the crew repaired the ship, they also removed the nails, planks, and sails, and wanted to take them back to their homes after docking. What's more, he has an eyebrow with the water bandits. Or, the crew was busy fighting among themselves, and took the initiative to pull the bandits into the pit of the ship to harm the opponent.

Daming's broken ship sank unjustly.

"Husband came back so early?"

"Well, it's okay today."

Zhu Cizhi has already married a wife, the daughter of a bookseller, and the couple are quite affectionate.

As for his two elder brothers, Zhu Cihong was in Shaanxi as Chunhua Zhixian, and Zhu Cijiong was in Guizhou as Duyun Mansion.

And her sister Zhu Yujiao is still unmarried due to special reasons. She apprenticed to her relative Zhu Qi and learned a good art of painting, and is currently specializing in illustrations. Of course, it is not as famous as a famous family, so the fee is relatively low, but it is basically no problem to support yourself.

"Where's my sister?" Zhu Cizhi asked.

"Study ......" the wife said and suddenly rushed out, but it was her son who peed and mud, rolled it into a ball of mud and smashed it against the wall, smashing the snow-white courtyard wall very beautifully.

"Wow woo woo woo ~ ~~~"

The cry of a child came from the courtyard, and Zhu Cizhi was angry and funny.

"Knock knock!"

"Sister, it's me."

"Come in."

Zhu Yujiao is painting a Bodhisattva statue, and her employer is an old lady from a well-off family. This kind of business doesn't make much money, and the profit is only one or two pounds of egg money.

Zhu Yujiao put down her paintbrush, looked up and said, "I went home very early today, don't you stay in Hanlin Academy to read?" ”

"I've read my father's record these days." Zhu Cizhi said.

Zhu Yujiao was stunned for a moment and was silent.

Zhu Cizhi sighed: "It's not easy for my father, the world is in turmoil, and the people are not happy, and it is not all my father's responsibility." ”

Zhu Yujiao asked: "The Hanlin Academy didn't make my father a villain, right?" ”

"There are good and bad," Zhu Cizhi explained, "I heard that the "Chongzhen Record" has been revised more than ten times before and after, and His Majesty said that it should be compiled to the point and true. The father in the book is diligent and thrifty, and he is also a good emperor, but he is stubborn and self-serving, and he doesn't know people. ”

Zhu Yujiao sighed: "Alas, he is stubborn and self-serving, and he doesn't know people, where is he a good emperor?" Not to mention this, the third brother has a letter from home today, and he has been transferred to Guiyang to do things, and he has also given a new address. ”

"The third brother has been promoted?" Zhu Cizhi said happily.

"Count, it doesn't count, the grade has not been upgraded, but it has been reused. The official who promoted him is the nephew of the eldest brother's teacher...... Teacher in Beijing. Zhu Yujiao said.

Zhu Cizhi was speechless in an instant, although their brothers and sisters had died in the country, they were enjoying the blessings of the Zhu family many times.

After sitting for a long time, Zhu Cizhi said: "It's just that I'm bitter sister." ”

"It's good to be alone, I'm used to it." Zhu Yujiao smiled.

Zhu Cizhi hurriedly changed the topic: "There are many people from Nanjing, and a few French and Persian people are allowed to visit the Hanlin Academy. These people don't do serious learning, and they just ask for painting skills every day. It seems that their emperor is also a faint monarch, not asking about the common people, only asking about calligraphy and painting, just like the Song Huizong. ”

Zhu Yujiao said: "Master often says that Western painting also has merits, and it should not be underestimated. ”

Zhu Yujiao's master is Zhu Qi, and according to the seniority, Zhu Qi belongs to Zhu Yujiao's great-uncle.

Zhu Qi was instructed by the emperor to communicate with missionary painters, integrating Eastern and Western painting methods, and has already achieved some results. He is different from his own historical painting style, and Lang Shining's painting style is also different, absorbing some techniques of European oil painting, and loves to create thick and colorful and bold freehand.

Last year, Zhu Qijin presented a picture of "Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers", which is now hanging in the emperor's Qianqing Palace.

And Li Zhicheng, a missionary painter who also accepted the emperor's order and engaged in the combination of Chinese and Western, was magically infinitely close to Lang Shining, delicate, solemn, elegant, and noble, and was deeply loved by dignitaries and nobles.

The sister and brother chatted for a while, and Zhu Cijiong's wife shouted that it was time to eat.

The family also hired two servants, a cooker and a sweeper.

After dinner, go back to their rooms.

Zhu Yujiao continued to paint the Bodhisattva, while Zhu Cizhi went to write.

This old man has read too many miscellaneous books, and he does not want to engage in literary criticism anymore, and plans to create a huge work by himself. Such an idea was born in the early spring of this year, and someone serialized "Fengyue Baojian" in the newspaper, which aroused Zhu Cizhi to have a heart of comparison.

Once "Fengyue Baojian" was serialized, it was not said that Nanjing paper was expensive, but it could also be said that it was recited one after another.

What is the protagonist's name Jia Baoyu, born with a piece of jade, and he also wrote about Nanjing in the old dynasty.

Everyone was speculating about who the author was, but when the newspaper serialized it, it was only "Anonymous". This arouses the curiosity of readers even more, guessing whether it is a descendant of a certain lord of the previous dynasty, or a certain clan relative of the previous dynasty.

Zhu Cizhi was writing hard in the room, and suddenly Zhu Yujiao knocked on the door and said: "Fourth brother, it will be the Dragon Boat Festival in two days, and you will enter the palace to worship the festival, you don't want to go out to fight again, you forgot about it last year." ”

"Got it." Zhu Cizhi replied.

(One more today.) ）

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