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Chapter 320: Letters more than 400 years late

"Original copy of "Yongle Dadian", 8 years, Jie Jin."

After several consecutive appraisals, the Holy Ring gave such an answer, which made Yang Jing almost dying happy!

The position of "Yongle Dadian" in the heritage of Chinese culture is definitely one of the few books at the peak, and there are definitely a handful of books comparable to it.

Yang Jing had seen the copy of the Jiajing version of "Yongle Dadian" in the National Library, but the appearance of these "Yongle Dadian" is slightly different from the copies Yang Jing had seen before.

These "Yongle Dadian" are a bit larger than the Jiajing version. Yang Jing measured it with his palm. The width was about 30 centimeters and the length was about half a meter.

As for the cover color and layout, they are similar to the Jiajing version.

Yang Jing opened the cover of one of the books with a trembling hand, revealing the content inside. Yang Jing dared to swear with his head that the content was definitely not printed, but written out one by one. Handwriting!

In fact, the 370 million words of "Yongle Dadian" were all copied by calligraphers in Ming Dynasty Guange style. The mountains and rivers and artifacts painted in "The Dadian" are all drawn with line drawing, which is exquisite craftsmanship. The number of courtiers, scribes, scholars and old scholars who participated in copying reached 21,600.

In the year when Ming Chengzuo Zhu Di came to the throne, in July 1403, he ordered the compilation of "Yongle Dadian". He told ministers such as Xie Jin and Hu Guang: "The ancient and modern things in the world are scattered and recorded in various ancient books. The volumes are huge and difficult to retrieve. I want to collect the things contained in various books extensively, and use rhyme to control them for examination. Searching, searching things in this way is as easy as searching for things. Although the past books such as "Yunfu Qunyu" and "Huixi Shiyun" are also used to control the rhyme, the collection of books is not extensive and the records are simple. I hope you According to my intention, collect all the books of the Scriptures and History of the past dynasties since the writing, as well as the astronomy, topography, yin and yang, medical calculation, monasticism, and skills. ."

As soon as the emperor spoke, the courtiers below would naturally be busy breaking their legs. Xie Jin and his colleagues took six years and finally compiled this book with 22,937 volumes, divided into 11,095 volumes, and collected seven or eight thousand ancient and modern books.

At the beginning of the book's completion, Ming Chengzu had considered putting it in print, that is, engraving and printing, but due to the huge labor costs, the book only copied one by hand and was called the "Yongle Original".

And the "Yongle Dadian" in these five boxes, needless to say, is naturally the original copy of "Yongle Dadian" ordered by Ming Chengzu, Zhu Di!

In the fourteenth year of the Ming Dynasty, that is, in 1449, the Wenyuan Pavilion fire in Jinling, the manuscript of the "Yongle Dadian" was burned. Fortunately, all the originals have been moved to Yanjing, and this disaster has not happened.

In the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing, in April 1557, a fire broke out in the palace, Fengtian Gate and the three major halls were burned down, and the original copy of "Yongle Dadian" was almost destroyed. Affected by this false alarm, the Emperor Jiajing decided to organize a manpower to copy a copy.

At the beginning of the re-recording, Minister Xu Jie believed that copying tens of thousands of ceremonies was a huge project, and there was no need to stick to the original style and calligraphy. However, after an in-depth review of the "Dadian", it was found that if the layout changes, the upper and lower characters and graphics on it will change. It is not as convenient to copy it as it is, and finally decided to re-record the original copy of Yongle without any changes.

So in the forty-first year of Jiajing, that is, in 1562, the Emperor Jiajing selected 109 writing and painting staff to formally copy and paint. It took six years and was completed in April of the first year of Longqing. It was called the "Jiajing Duplicate."

The original copy was later missing. Some people said that the original copy of "Yongle Dadian" was destroyed by fire during the Wanli period, and some people said that the original "Yongle Dadian" was buried with Emperor Ming Shenzong Wanli. As a result, after the opening of Ding Tomb in the 1960s, no trace of the original "Yongle Dadian" was found inside.

Obviously, the original "Yongle Dadian" was not buried with Emperor Wanli.

But the original is indeed gone without a trace.

Even the Jiajing copy was not taken seriously at the beginning when it spread to the Qing Dynasty. It was not until the Yong-Qian period that the Jiajing copy of the "Yongle Dadian" was paid attention to, and the "Siku Quanshu" compiled during the Qianlong period was even more of a reference. Many copies of "Yongle Dadian" have been added.

It's just that by that time, even the copies have lost a lot.

Later in the late Qing Dynasty, when the foreign powers invaded China, the Jiajing copy was looted by the foreign powers. Until modern times, even the Jiajing copy only has more than 800 volumes left in the world.

Even the Jiajing copy is already a rare treasure in the world, let alone the original copies that have disappeared for hundreds of years!

If these originals are taken back to the original time and space, they can definitely cause a stormy sea!

It’s just a pity that Yang Jing felt that there were only 6,000 volumes in these five big boxes, totaling 14,688 volumes. It accounts for a little more than half of the original version of "Yongle Dadian".

However, although I regret that the "Yongle Dadian" here is incomplete, I can get so many "Yongle Dadian", and it is still the original version of the Eight Classics. This is already an eye-opener for God!

It is not clear why this original copy of "Yongle Dadian", which had been lost in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, appeared here. Could it be that Zhu Youlang, the emperor of Yongli, brought it here?

To say that there is only this reason to explain why most of the original copies of "Yongle Dadian" appeared here. There is no way to explain this for other reasons, and there are many gold and silver jewelry, precious calligraphy and painting to support this. In the turbulent years of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the fault of being able to gather so many precious things together was that the royal family had this ability.

Although the holy ring is magical, it can only simply identify the detailed source of a certain thing. As for how this thing came here, the holy ring does not have this function.

Looking at the five big boxes, Yang Jing stunned for a while, and finally laughed twice, and touched the boxes with his left hand. In an instant, the five big boxes disappeared in place and entered. Upgraded storage space.

As a result, when Yang Jing put all the boxes into the storage space, he found that there was still a small purple-black small wooden box on the ground.

Intuition made Yang Jing happy when he saw this small wooden box, and hurriedly took a few steps forward and picked up the small box.

The box was very heavy, and it was also made of Pterocarpus xiaoye. Although it was not big, it was heavy in his arms.

There was also a small brass lock on the small box, but this small brass lock had long been rusted out, and Yang Jing opened the small box effortlessly.

There is also greased paper as a wrapper inside. After uncovering the greased paper, one side of the silver direct printing is greeted. From a standpoint, it is obviously the three highest-ranking of the Ming Dynasty’s hundreds of official seals, which can only be used by first-rate officials. Straight New Zealand printing.

Yang Jing picked up the Fangzhi Niu seal and looked at the seal at the bottom, suddenly shocked in his heart, and at the same time suddenly enlightened. Because the seal of this side seal is the four characters "Gong Yin of Qianguo".

Needless to say, this must be left by Mu Tianbo, the last Duke of Qianguo in the Ming Dynasty.

Consider that Mu Tianbo first fought against Sun Kewang with Li Dingguo. Sun Kewang was embarrassed. Finally, he escorted him into Burma, and finally broke the Burmese Wacheng, an absolute loyal minister. Looking at the treasures in these twenty-odd large boxes, it is not difficult for Yang Jing to guess who placed these treasures here.

Except for Mu Tianbo, others probably have no such ability and courage.

If someone else hid these treasures here, perhaps Yang Jing would still doubt that person's purpose. But Mu Tianbo and Li Dingguo alone are absolutely impossible to do such a thing.

Mu Tianbo finally broke Burma in order to protect Zhu Youlang and fought to the death with Burmese soldiers. After learning that Emperor Yongli was eventually killed by Wu Sangui, Li Dingguo was also depressed and became ill. After only a year, he followed Emperor Yongli and died at the age of 42.

These two generals can be said to be Nan Ming's last loyal minister, and their loyalty is naturally beyond doubt. And if these treasures are really hidden here by Mu Tianbo, then there must be his purpose.

Sure enough, under this big seal, Yang Jing found a letter, and after opening it carefully, the contents moved Yang Jing again.

My brother Ning Yu:

If you see this letter, you must have received a letter from your brother. Brother in Ava Zhucheng, I wish you can use this military capital to show your glory again, defeat the Tarzi in Yundian, and return me to Yundian. His Majesty can also return to Yundian.

This military funding was raised for my brother in many ways, and the original copy of "Yongle Dadian" was owned by His Majesty Xiandi Lizong, and was given by His Majesty Shenzong. After His Majesty Gong Lizong collapsed in Wuzhou due to an illness, His Majesty Zhaozong has always treasured these books.

There are also those celebrity calligraphy and paintings of the current and former dynasties, which were also bestowed by His Majesty Shenzong to His Majesty Emperor Lizong, and have been carried here by His Majesty Zhaozong along with the "Yongle Dadian".

Gold and silver jewels were raised for my brother after His Majesty Zhaozong arrived in Kunming. In the ninth year of Yongli, after my brother escorted him to Kunming, I felt that my brother was very powerful, so he tried his best to raise military funds in three years. These two hundred thousand taels of gold and one million taels of silver were just for his brother. All military funds raised in three years.

In the thirteenth year of Yongli, I entered Burma for my brother and arrived in Manmo on the 29th of the first lunar month. I deeply felt the guardian heart of the Lord of Burma towards his majesty. Therefore, he pleaded with his majesty to divide his troops for safety, and his majesty also agreed. Brother's suggestion, but the Queen Mother Wang did not agree, and the law had to be shelved.

But for my brother, I will leave you with the military funds raised over the years~www.readwn.com~ With a picture of a comeback, your majesty agreed, and handed over the "Yongle Dadian" that has been collected for many years and many calligraphy and jewelry as my brother. .

While I was waiting for the Lord of Burma to greet me in Manmo, I learned from the local natives that there was a lone mountain near Manmo. There was a hole in the mountain, which was very suitable for hiding treasure. So my brother accompanied him to Ava, the capital of Myanmar. After the city, he left all the military assets hidden in the outskirts of Manmo City to his confidant to hide all the military resources into this cave, and completely sealed the cave's original entrance, and reopened a new entrance. You must have known it in the letter that your brother gave you.

In the past three years, your Majesty has had a hard time in Ava City. I look forward to your brother using this military capital to fight against Tartar, and strive to welcome the return of our Emperor as soon as possible!

My brother, I wish my brother a big kill on the battlefield and repel Tarzi!

Brother: Mu Tianbo

The first month of the fifteenth year of Yongli was in Avazhucheng

This letter, more than four hundred years late, explains the true source of these treasures...

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