Let's say that Huaiying and Qijian came to Beijing to study with Cai Chengxiang, and the original master still taught some ordinary articles such as the subset of scriptures and histories, and Master Shi Hanlin came over from time to time to help guide him on how to deal with the imperial examination of the Jin Kingdom. Prime Minister Cai Cheng is the left prime minister of the Jin Kingdom, and the prime minister's position is really busy, but he can't see him a few times a month. Huaiying and Qiji's meals and accommodations in the morning and evening followed Qiji's mother Sun, and when they were studying during the day, they were arranged in the school specially provided by Bachelor Shi, and the two of them were also accustomed and comfortable. More than three months have passed in a flash.

On this day, their master Li Zhan went out, and there was nothing to do left and right for the two of them, Xin Qiji suddenly had an idea, and said: "There are some stationery, instruments and other things in the Yuexin Garden on King Ge Wanyan Yong's mansion, and King Ge Wan Yan Yong once promised in front of him, so the two of us will go over to do more visits and studies, which should have a great harvest, and can take the opportunity to pay attention to the "Nine Yin True Scripture". Xue Huaiyu had already heard of Yuexinyuan, and he had been yearning for it for a long time in his heart, so he was happy to follow it.

At this time, the breath of spring is melting, and everything seems to be recovering, although it can be said that the spring is cold now, and the Huining Mansion in the early morning and evening is still a little cold, but the residual snow has disappeared, although it is very different from the scene when Xin Qiji came last time in the icy and snowy season. Xin Qiji is now revisiting the old place, and he still remembers the various roads in the garden in a daze, which are the same as the last time Xue Huaiyu went straight to the hall where Yan Yong was hospitalized.

When he got there, he saw that there were only two servants cleaning the house, and King Ge and his uncle Chengjin were not there, so it seemed that the trip was not going well, and he couldn't help but be disappointed. Unexpectedly, a servant said: "You are Xin Gongzi abandoned his illness, I was fortunate to know him when I came here a year ago, Li Guard is next to the fence in the north, and the two little sons might as well go over." ”

When the two heard this, they immediately became interested, and after thanking them, they ran to the fence on the north side, and saw their uncle Li Chengjin concentrating on the fence from afar, thoughtful. Huaiying and Qijian knew that their uncle Cheng Jin had missed his beloved wife since Cui'e left, and he couldn't help but glance at each other, full of footsteps.

Cheng Jin heard someone approaching, turned around and saw that it was Huaiying who gave up his illness, and he was not very surprised, and said, "You two come and see!" ”

The two of them walked quickly all the way to the fence, and looked over the fence in the distance, it turned out that the outside of it was no longer as smooth and spacious as the inside, but a big ditch full of ten zhang wide, and the big ditch was full of snow, compared to the flat land inside the fence, it seemed to be more than a foot deep.

When he stretched out his head to look at it, he couldn't help but be stunned, and said, "I remember that the last time I came, it was flat inside and out, how did you come out of thin air with this deep ditch?" "I saw that along the edge of the mountain stream there were many flowers and trees, red and white, and all kinds of colors. Because of these flowers, the wide mountain stream also adds infinite pictorial meaning, especially in the current spring. All kinds of flowers and trees were dressed in beautiful clothes, very neat, but when they saw snow in the ravine, they were very surprised, and they raised their legs as if they were stepping on the snow.

Cheng Jin hurriedly stopped and hurriedly said: "This mountain stream is dozens of feet deep, and the water is murmuring every year in summer, which is another lively scene. But in winter, the wind here is often very strong, especially when it snows, a large amount of snow is blown into the mountain stream, but it is surrounded in the deep stream and cannot come out until it is filled up. Even if the spring flowers bloom at this time, most of Chen Xue is still unresolved. Because the walls on both sides of it stand very high, especially in the shade of the south side, the sun is not seen all day long, and there are a few places where the snow almost does not melt for many years, everyone comes to see it and likes it more, and it is more pleasant, so this garden is also called Yuexin Garden. ”

Only then did he remember that when he first came, the mountains were covered with thick snow, and when he saw the three words Yuexinyuan, he felt that his name was not true, and he couldn't help but laugh secretly.

Seeing that Huaiying was several years older than Qiji, his uncle asked him, "You came here just in time, when you were looking for books, how are you going to act in the book house?" ”

Huaiying replied honestly: "It's the first time I've come to Yuexinyuan, and I'm not familiar with the situation inside, so let's let the disease go first." ”

Listening to what Huaiying said, he thought that he was so young that he had to make his own decisions in this matter, and he suddenly became cautious. After thinking about it seriously for a while, he said: "Old Lady Shen once taught us earnestly that when you are a spy, you should be good at taking advantage of public places and doing things in public. At that time, he praised Prime Minister Shi Yisheng for often having a lot of contacts with everyone in the court, so his interactions with anyone when he needed to inquire about information would not arouse suspicion.

"There are many houses dedicated to collection here, and the collection of objects and supplies is even more encompassing, and the variety is particularly varied. But different collectibles are very different for us, whether they are useful and what they are used for. The princes of the Kingdom of Jin have a very important position in the Kingdom of Jin, and since they have spent a lot of effort to get these collected items, none of them will be completely useless. The last time I saw all kinds of agricultural tools and household tools displayed here, the human elephant can explain it like a few family treasures. We might as well think thoroughly about these objects, and we can use these to know his likes and hobbies, and we can also know their intentions to govern the country from here.

"The items here are all looted from the Song, Liao, and Western Xia countries, some of which have been for more than 20 years, and some of them have been moved, stored, transported, registered and recorded many times during this period, and they must have been able to make it clear what the key items are. Although we can get lucky and come and go here at will, we can't rush it, let alone think that we can get it easily. If we don't take a tortuous approach but take a direct approach, it's easy to get suspicious, so I think we'd better start with the humble places first, and then slowly figure out how to do it later.

"The two of us first spent a few days in the showroom of the farm tools, trying our best to get to the bottom of them, until there was nothing we couldn't do, nothing we didn't understand. The people of the world all live on food, and these are all major events in the world, and it is not completely useless for us to do as much as we can understand. With the help of understanding the placement rules of agricultural tools here, we can also get inferences about calligraphy, painting and books.

"I have done enough about the usual places such as agricultural implements and household utensils, so that when I turn to classics and books in the future, no matter how much I turn around there, others will not be suspicious. It doesn't stop us from coming here a few times like this and spending a little more time, and the main goal is to do things as well as possible. As the saying goes, 'You can deceive those gentlemen', and you can deceive those who are not gentlemen. ”

The more Cheng Yin listened, the more surprised he became. They knew that he had grown old from a young age, but they didn't expect him to think so carefully and think so well about things to such an extent. In order to be able to find the "Antenna Prefecture and County Map" in the classics and books without scruples, the two children did not hesitate to spend more time in these monotonous display places of agricultural tools and household utensils, and pretended to be old in these boring places.

Dang Chunmu was also secretly admired at this time, and he said in his heart: "I am actually a few years younger than me, and I actually remember Granny Shen's advice so clearly, and he can apply it so appropriately, this is really not a loss to Lord Ge and Li Bao have a lot of praise for him, I am actually far inferior to him, and I should learn more from him in the future." ”

At this time, I heard my uncle say: "What I said just now is not bad at all, and this matter really can't be rushed." The Jurchen people regarded him as 'a young man like a Han household', and he also regarded the Jurchen people as 'ignorant Yidi', and he was unusually fond of and studied Sinology. And today's Emperor Wan Yan Liang of the Jin State and the master of the Jin State, King Ge Wan Yan Yong, although they are not more fond of Sinology than Wan Yan Kang, but the Chinese attainments of the two of them are better than Wan Yan Kang, especially the Emperor Wan Yan Liang of the Jin State, 'a chant or a chant, both of which are the best in the world'. There is no shortage of people like these three among the children of the royal families of the Jin Kingdom today, and they frequent this place, and it is hard to imagine that there are any important things that can be missed here.

"Even if there are important things left, there are a few nerds here who stay here all year round, and often grab a book when they like it. When someone else wants it, it's a matter of snatching the jujube back from the monkey's hand, and it's very difficult. ”

Cheng Jin heard that there were a few bookworms inside, and several people present were surprised and happy, and everyone shouted "ah" loudly. Qiji couldn't help but ask: "There are a few bookworms who are interesting, I don't know who they are, can I ask them if I have any questions?" ”

Cheng Yin thought for a moment and said: "These people are all very well-known people, but there are strange things in their words and deeds, whether they are enemies or friends, I can't say it clearly, and I don't dare to mislead you." You two just need to be cautious and try to deal with each other. ”

Huaiying, abandoning the disease at the beginning of the agricultural tools showroom, but also planned to pretend to go through the motions, when to see those items exquisitely made, the function is magical, the world's livelihood depends on its use, the two of them have been diligent and inquisitive since childhood, and where are they willing to waste time at this time, they are serious study.

When the people in Yuexin Garden saw that the two children were willing to work hard here, they couldn't help but talk about it and praised it.

The two of them stayed in the farm tools and furniture display for a long time, and finally knew the farm tools and furniture in the world, and they were quite emotional, thinking: "Although the two of us have been reading and writing since childhood, although we can't even distinguish the grains, we have always turned a blind eye to farm tools and furniture, and we really don't know very much." It is precisely through these days of careful observation that the two of us have learned that their actual effectiveness is really wonderful, and whether or not we make full use of them can have a decisive impact on the strength of a country's national strength. ”

When they came to the exhibition room of books and classics, it was the first time they saw it, and it was a different scene. In the middle of the room were rows of tall wooden lattice cabinets, stuffed with books, which had been sorted and labeled for ease of searching, but only with a ladder. The four walls are covered with calligraphy and paintings, which are naturally the majority of the Han people of the Great Song Dynasty.

The two were stunned for a moment. They followed their master Liu Zhan in the Yi Academy, not only learning the scriptures and righteousness based on the Six Classics, but also choosing different subjects in the governance of affairs, including governing the people, speaking of martial arts, weir water (water conservancy) and calculus, although they dare not say that they have read countless books, they also have hundreds of books. But when I saw that the current collection of books was like a mountain, full of sweat and cows, I realized that the world's knowledge is really vast and unfathomable.

China has attached great importance to the collection of books since ancient times, and the scale of successive dynasties has gradually increased, and by the time of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial family had about 5,000 or 6,000 books, totaling 890,000 volumes. Since the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, it has adopted a two-pronged approach of collecting and seeking books, with equal emphasis on royal and private book collections.

According to the "History of the Song Dynasty: Art and Literature": "At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there were more than 10,000 volumes. Later, the countries were leveled, their books were collected, and the edict was sent to purchase and disperse, and the books of the three museums were slightly increased. "In the pacification of Jingnan, Zhao Yousi collected all the books of the Gao family to enrich the collection of the three museums; went to Xichuan to take the pseudo-Shu law objects, books and scriptures and seals to Que; An edict was issued to purchase a letter of death. Or if there is a secret book that has not been seen, it is ordered to be rewarded by the official discussion, and the book will be returned after the completion of the record. It is precisely because most of the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty paid attention to receiving and asking for books, so the collection of books in the Song court developed rapidly. At that time, there were five out of six thousand seven hundred, and seven out of seventy-three thousand eight hundred and seventy.

In addition to filling the imperial collection, the Song Dynasty also had a large number of academies and private collections.

According to Cheng Ju of the Song Dynasty, "At the beginning of the country, the system of the previous generations was followed, with the Zhaowen Museum, the History Museum, and the Jixian Academy as the 'three museums', and the name was called the 'Chongwen Academy', which was used for the collection of books and school books. During the reign of Taizong, the Chongwen Temple was rebuilt in the Zuosheng Dragon Gate, and another library was built for the "Three Pavilions", which was called the "Secret Pavilion". When Song Zhenzong, he copied another copy of the books in the collection of the three museums, and hid them in the forbidden Longtu Pavilion, the Taiqing Building and the Yuchen Palace, the Four Gate Palace, etc., in case of danger.

In addition to the royal family, the number of private collections in various places is not far behind, especially in Kaifeng, the history books record: "When Kyoto was in its heyday, nobles and virtuous clans often gathered books, many to 10,000 volumes. "Ding Du, the governor of the government, has a collection of more than 10,000 books in his home; Liu Jisun, a native of Kaifeng, "has no money, but has 30,000 scrolls of books and hundreds of ears"; Guo Fengyuan, a native of Kaifeng, likes to copy books, and every time he gets one, he copies it completely, and his family collection of books is as high as tens of thousands of volumes; Song Min asked for a collection of up to 30,000 volumes, Wang Anshi served in the capital in his early years, rented a house adjacent to it, and borrowed books every day, never refused; Zhao Anren, a native of Luoyang, likes to read and collect books, and uses up almost all of his money, including many rare books and unique books; Nanjing Yingtianfu Wang Qinchen, home collection of 43,000 volumes, including "town library book" rare books more than 5,000 volumes; Li Qingzhao's husband, Zhao Mingcheng, had a large collection of books at home, and Jingkang moved south, bringing more than 20,000 volumes of books and 2,000 gold and stone scripts, and the books that the family could not take away also filled ten rooms.

In addition to literati, many military generals of the Song Dynasty, such as Cao Bin, the founding hero, and Wu Tingzuo, the military general of Taiyuan Prefecture, also liked to read, and their home collection of books exceeded 10,000 volumes.

However, the large number of books in the Northern Song Dynasty mentioned above were almost all looted by the Jin State after the Jingkang Revolution. In addition to the books looted by the Jin State, the number of books in the Liao State during the same period was similar to that of the Song Dynasty, and they were also looted.

Most of the books and collections looted by the Jin State in the Song and Liao States were placed in this center

In the garden. For details, see the humble book "The Legend of Heroes in the North"