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Chapter 368 The Unique "Yongle Canon"

Although the "Da Ming Tribune" newspaper had already predicted the coming of the catastrophe, it was very doubtful how many people believed it.

Including Xu Guangqi and Chen Zilong, even they are not very sure, ordinary people can imagine.

But the emperor was very serious, and kept ordering the local governors, asking them to make disaster prevention and relief plans, and vigorously build water conservancy facilities.

In the case of huge consumption in the counter-insurgency war, the emperor can still spend internal funds to invest in infrastructure, which shows how much the emperor attaches importance to it.

In addition to transferring corvee labor in the northern provinces to water conservancy and road construction in the province, the emperor also assigned tasks to agricultural experts such as Xu Guangqi to conduct experiments on early-maturing short-season crops, select suitable varieties, and summarize planting experience.

The catastrophe of the Little Ice Age lasted for a long time, but it did not only wreak havoc in one province or one place.First Shaanxi, then Henan, then Hebei and Shandong, and even the Jiangnan region will be affected.

Such a large-scale disaster requires various preparations. Migration is one way, but we can't evacuate all the people in the disaster-stricken provinces, right?

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao's idea is to plant as long as he can, whether it is vegetables or crops, as long as he can eat it.The short-season and early-maturing ones are relatively less affected by disasters because they require a short period of time.

Just like the current resettlement of the Liao people, the spring farming season has passed, so they can't just wait for the imperial relief in the wasteland, right?
Rushing to replant, radish and cabbage, corn, mung beans, edamame, peanuts, alfalfa, etc., all crops that can be grown in summer come.What people can't eat, what can be fed to cows and horses is fine.

Although he was in a hurry, the emperor still believed in the agronomists. The crops selected were all ripe in a short season and could solve some problems.

As Xu Guangqi's disciple, Chen Zilong also participated in this work.In a few days, when the buckwheat seeds are all purchased, he will go to Liaodong with several agronomists to guide the planting and record them in detail.

That's right, buckwheat is also a short-season crop selected by Xu Guangqi and others, and it is also an edible food crop.

The agricultural proverb says: if you put radishes on your head and mustard mustards on your head, don’t plant buckwheat in three volts.Due to various reasons, the land is still idle, or people who do not want to let the land idle due to catching up, at this time, it is the right time to sow buckwheat, the right time!

The reason that affects the large-scale planting of buckwheat is also very simple, the yield is very low, and it is not cost-effective to plant.Therefore, in fertile land, farmers seldom plant, only those barren land.

But in a year of severe drought, there is no water in the river, no water in the well, and it only rains in the beginning of autumn, so we can only grow buckwheat.

If sown before the beginning of autumn, it will mature in two months. Buckwheat can be regarded as the field crop with the shortest growth period that can be broadcast live.

What, buckwheat is not good.Then go eat grass roots and bark, no matter how bad buckwheat is, it can survive better than Guanyin soil!
Chen Zilong and others went to Liaodong and planned to test the fresh crops that the emperor said.

According to what the emperor said, the corn may not have enough time to grow after it is planted, and the weather will be cold before it matures.

It doesn't matter, don't wait for it to mature, harvest and store it quickly, and artificially shorten the reproductive period.The tender corn harvested in this way is called fresh corn, and the plants can also be used as silage to raise cattle and sheep!

In addition to fresh corn, there are also fresh soybeans, fresh peanuts and so on.

Xu Guangqi and other agricultural experts were also confused by this weird name at first, but after careful consideration, it still makes sense, and I don't know how the emperor came up with it.

Oh, the ones that are not yet ripe, the ones that can only be eaten now are called fresh food.It's quite tender and really edible.

But this is not in line with the conventional farming rules. In normal times, no one would do this.Not to mention the low yield, it is not easy to store.

"Long live always has an ingenious method. It's very strange to think carefully but not fool around." At that time, Xu Guangqi was full of doubts, shook his head slightly, and said to Chen Zilong: "Now go to Liaodong. .If a catastrophe really strikes, your valuable experience may save countless lives."

Chen Zilong smiled wryly and shook off his thoughts.A few good friends had already finished their work, so they got together and wanted to go out to see him off in advance.

The management of the Academy of Sciences is no longer as strict as it was at the beginning, and there are no secret military weapons, which are the work of the Weapons and Powder Bureau, and there is no need to close them.

But it's not like going in and out casually, outsiders have to be picked up inside, and if they go out, they have to wait for the rest time.

Everyone walked through the courtyard and walked towards the gate.

Chen Zilong heard the commotion of people, turned his head to look curiously, and saw a group of people surrounding a big and thick wooden frame, some were shouting, some were turning the winch, as if they were doing some work.

Xu Fuyuan explained with a smile: "This is an experiment with a crane, and it seems that there has been some progress. It only needs two or three people to turn the winch."

The use of movable pulleys to lift heavy objects has existed in ancient times, but there are not many real applications.Zhu Youxiao believes that it should be developed and used in docks and warehouses to save a lot of manpower and be more efficient.

Chen Zilong showed surprise. A boulder was slowly lifted by two or three people turning the winch, which was shocking.

"We're going to start making a movable gantry crane with wheels soon!" Xia Yunyi said with a smile: "It's not a problem to use it on the wharf to lift and move thousands of kilograms of goods at once."

"Brother Shen drew a simple blueprint." Wang Jizhong smiled and said, "He's lazy, and if he draws a picture casually, everyone will have to test it over and over again."

"But there is definitely no big problem." Xu Fuyuan shook his head, feeling a little unbelievable, "It's really strange that there are always original ideas, but they are not foolish."

Chen Zilong froze for a moment, then turned to look at Xu Fuyuan, feeling suspicious.Why do these words sound exactly the same as what the teacher said, how strange!

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The emperor's personal advice will definitely get twice the result with half the effort, but he hopes to train Ming scientists more.

And machinery such as four-wheeled carriages and moving pulley cranes are not urgent. Drawing, calculating, manufacturing, improving, until practical, after a series of operations, wouldn't the impression be deeper and the understanding more thorough?
If he saw Vincent rolling up his sleeves and turning the capstan, yelling and arguing, and arguing with red faces, he would be very pleased, and finally made the guy who read sage books crazy.

Moreover, even small changes can add up to a huge impact.

Although Zhu Youxiao worships science, it does not mean that he will abandon the intellectual wealth of the Chinese nation for thousands of years.

The emperor will not build the three halls for the time being, because money is tight, but it is still possible to squeeze out funds.But he felt that there were more important tasks, which were more important than repairing the facade of the Three Great Halls.

In later generations, there was a great work called "the largest encyclopedia in the history of the world" that covered the wealth of knowledge of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, but it was devastated, and only [-] volumes of the last [-] volumes survived. scattered around the world.

That's right, this is the great work "Yongle Dadian", which was compiled during the Yongle period and Zhu Di personally wrote the preface and named it.

The content of "Yongle Dadian" includes classics, history, sons, collections, astronomy and geography, yin and yang medical skills, divination, interpretation of Taoist scriptures, drama, crafts, agriculture, etc., and finally became an important symbol of Chinese culture.

In terms of length and comprehensiveness, the completely deleted "Siku Quanshu" cannot be compared with "Yongle Dadian".

But it was such a great work, but only one copy was copied, which is called "Yongle original"; in the Jiajing Dynasty, fearing that the great canon would be damaged, it was re-recorded, which was called "Jiajing copy".

After the successful compilation of "Yongle Dadian", the original manuscript has been stored in Wenyuan Pavilion in Nanjing, and was later destroyed by fire.After Zhu Di moved his capital to Beijing, the original has been placed in the Wenlou (now the East Corner Tower of the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City, Beijing) in the imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty.

This is a precious history book, and the emperors of the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to it, and Emperor Jiajing loved it very much.When the three main halls were destroyed by fire, fortunately they were rescued in time, so the original was not destroyed.

But Emperor Jiajing began to worry. To be on the safe side, the work of "copying" a "Yongle Canon" officially started, and the copying was not completed until the second year after Emperor Jiajing's death.

But the copy is there, but the original is missing.After research by later generations, it is guessed that the selfish Emperor Jiajing buried the original with him and secretly read it himself.

In other words, the current "Yongle Dadian" is still a set, even though it is a copy, it is not an exaggeration to call it an orphan.Unless Zhu Youxiao went to plan Yongling and snatch the original.

It is absolutely impossible to dig a grave. No matter how much Zhu Youxiao is a time traveler, he really dare not do it when he sits on the position of emperor.

Too insecure, too easy to lose.

When Zhu Youxiao thought that the "Yongle Dadian" collected in Huangshicheng was unique, he couldn't help worrying.It's hard to prevent fires, and it's hard to deal with someone stealing!

Well, stealing books is not considered stealing, it is the business of scholars.But Zhu Youxiao didn't do anything, he took the unique and lonely copy as his own, and it would not relieve his hatred if he was hung up and beaten.

"Long live." After listening to the emperor's intentions, the old director of the Ministry of Rites played cautiously and somewhat embarrassedly: "During the Yongle and Wanli years, there were proposals to publish it, but it was not realized because of the 'huge labor costs'."

The emperor waved his hand and didn't ask "how much will it cost" at all, but said arrogantly: "No matter how much it costs, the printing will start immediately. I have ordered the inner government to dispatch painters, calenders, paper makers, etc. Xixinsi, Guanglu Temple and Hanlin Academy are responsible for the supply of charcoal, wine and rice, and moon rice respectively.”

After a pause, Zhu Youxiao added: "There were strict rules and regulations for transcribing the copy before, and the retranscription must be in the same format and binding as the original. This time it is published, it doesn't have to be like this. Dong Qing, do you understand what I mean? "

"I understand." Old Dong bowed and replied: "Long Live wants to spread the "Yongle Dadian" to the world, so that everyone can watch it."

Zhu Youxiao nodded, and said: "That's exactly the case. Only in this way, will this great book not be lost in the world and become an eternal regret."

Thousands of people were recruited to write the transcripts, and so much money was spent, it is neither economical nor easy to lose just one set to be kept in the royal family.

Hundreds of sets have been printed, so, that is millions of copies? !Zhu Youxiao caressed his forehead and was taken aback by the number, so he decided to get a hundred sets first!
Dong Qichang was also secretly estimating that if it were engraved and printed, ten million engraved blocks would not be able to print.Although it is once and for all, if you want to print again, you can just find the engraved block, but the time and manpower it takes is staggering.

Zhu Youxiao has weighed the pros and cons and decided to use movable type printing. The key is to be fast and save money!

Moreover, since it is printed for people to see, the requirements do not need to be too high.What is handed down in the world is the article, the wealth of knowledge, not the exquisite collection that is kept secret.

The gradual establishment of libraries in various states and counties is also an important measure for Zhu Youxiao to popularize education.

It is more realistic to put one set in one library.For personal collections, [-] to [-] books are beyond the reach of ordinary financial resources.

"The minister will arrange it when he returns, and print it as quickly as possible." Dong Qichang understood the emperor's intention and bowed to leave.

Books are the ladder of progress. The emperor tapped the armrest of the chair lightly, feeling that he had done the most meaningful thing.

Zhu Di, the great emperor of Yongli, compiled the "Yongle Dadian" in order to demonstrate the national prestige and benefit all generations.But the path went astray, and only one copy was copied, which obviously failed to achieve the purpose of benefiting all generations.

Although Jiajing made a copy, the reason was to avoid loss.But this selfish ghost brought the original into the coffin, what a fart you can see!

Only when it is published and circulated in the world can it avoid loss to the greatest extent.

By the way, there are also Jiannu in Liaodong, so we can't let them come back.What "Siku Quanshu" has been compiled and included has not been destroyed yet!
This is just the beginning. In terms of cultural inheritance, Zhu Youxiao knows that he still has a long way to go.

Although the royal collection is rich, there are also many incomplete ones.There are not a few rare and rare books collected by private individuals.

Regardless of whether it is good or bad, don't let it be lost, and leave it to future generations to read and evaluate!
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The emperor was trying his best to preserve the cultural wealth left by his ancestors, and he was holding back his energy to pacify the Liao Dynasty, so that Jiannu would not have the opportunity to destroy books.

In Liaodong, Jiannu finally implemented a strategic contraction.This is the correct choice under unfavorable circumstances, but it is also a helpless move.

Who can defend the territory and withstand the attack of the Ming army, who will retreat without a fight?

"The four hundred miles of fertile land in Southern Wei, once the slaves abandon it, it will be owned by our army. I heard that the slaves beheaded several fake officials and generals, and their hearts were broken and their wings were cut off. All the fake generals are in danger. This can be used The gap is also..."

After receiving Teacher Yuan's memorial, Zhu Youxiao was excited, but also hesitant.

Teacher Yuan thinks this is an opportunity to take advantage of, but Zhu Youxiao thinks that the time has not yet come.

The loss of slavery is much greater than in history, and the response is similar to history.In view of the combat power of the Dongjiang Army, Jiannu shrank the main force to Liaoshen, and left two banners guarding Jianzhou.

If the Dongjiang Headquarters is launched, it will be an almost evenly matched battle with the two banners who stayed behind in Jianzhou, and there is no absolute advantage.

The Ming army in southern Liaoning had no advantage in attacking Liaoshen in the north. Although Jiannu suffered heavy losses, the troops of the Six Banners still had considerable combat power.

If the Ming army in western Liaoning wants to cooperate with friendly forces to attack Liaoshen, difficulties still exist, and Liaoze is a problem.

Or should it be safer to wait until the river is frozen, and then start four times?The emperor stroked his chin, lost in thought.

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(End of this chapter)