"The original copy of the Yongle Canon, 1403-1408, Xie Jin."
After several consecutive appraisals, the Holy Ring gave such an answer, which made Yang Jing almost die happily!
The status of "Yongle Canon" in the inheritance of Chinese culture is definitely one of the handful of books at the pinnacle, and there are absolutely only a handful of books that can compare with it.
Yang Jing had seen the Jiajing version of the Yongle Canon in the National Library, but the appearance of the Yongle Canon in front of him was slightly different from the copies Yang Jing had seen.
The size of these "Yongle Canons" is a little larger than the copies of the Jiajing version, and Yang Jing measured them with the palm of his hand, and they are about 30 centimeters wide and almost half a meter long.
As for the cover color and layout, it is similar to the copy of the Jiajing version.
Yang Jing's hand trembled a little and opened the cover of one of them, revealing the content inside, Yang Jing dared to swear with his head that this content was definitely not printed, but a handwritten book written one by one!
In fact, the 3.7 billion words of the "Yongle Canon" were all copied by calligraphers in the Ming Dynasty pavilion style.
The mountains and rivers depicted in the "Great Canon" are also all painted in white, which is exquisite and exquisite.
The number of courtiers, scribes, and scholars who participated in the copying alone reached 2.16 million.
In the year of his accession to the throne, that is, in July 1403, Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty ordered the compilation of the "Yongle Canon".
He said to Xie Jin, Hu Guang and other ministers: "The ancient and modern things in the world are scattered and recorded in various classics, and the volumes are huge and difficult to retrieve.
I want to collect a wide range of things contained in each book, and use rhymes to unify them, so that I can search for them, so that retrieving things is as easy as searching for things.
In the past, books such as "Yunfu Qunyu" and "Huixi Historical Rhyme" were also used in rhyme, but the collection of books was not extensive and the records were brief.
I hope that you will collect the books of the hundred schools of thought of the scriptures and histories of the past dynasties since the beginning of the written world, as well as the materials of astronomy, geography, yin and yang, medical calculations, monks' Taoism, and skills, and gather them in one book, so that they will not be too voluminous. ” As soon as the emperor spoke, the courtiers below were naturally busy breaking their legs.
Xie Jin and others adhered to the above intentions, and after six years, they finally compiled this 22,937 volumes, divided into 11,095 volumes, bringing together seven or eight thousand kinds of ancient and modern books.
At the beginning of the book, Ming Chengzu had considered paying it to Zizi, that is, engraving and printing, but because of the huge cost of work, only the hand-copied book was copied, which was called "Yongle Original".
And the "Yongle Canon" in the five boxes in front of him, needless to say, is naturally the original copy of the "Yongle Canon" ordered by Ming Chengzu Zhu Di's boss!
In the fourteenth year of Ming orthodoxy, that is, in 1449, Jinling Wenyuan Pavilion was on fire, and the original manuscript of the "Yongle Canon" was burned.
In the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing, that is, in April 1557, there was a fire in the palace, Fengtianmen and the three major halls were burned, and the original of the "Yongle Grand Canon" was almost destroyed.
Frightened by this, Emperor Jiajing decided to organize manpower to copy a copy.
At the beginning of the rerecording, the minister Xu Jie thought that copying tens of thousands of canons 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 "Canon", it was found that if the layout changed, the large and small characters and graphics on it would have to change, so it was better to copy and write as it was.
So in the forty-first year of Jiajing, that is, in 1562, the Jiajing Emperor summoned 109 writing and painting students, officially copied and painted, which took six years and was completed in April of the first year of Longqing, which was called "Jiajing copy".
Some people say that the original copy of the "Yongle Canon" was destroyed in the fire during the Wanli period, and some people say that the original of the "Yongle Canon" was buried with the Wanli Emperor of Mingshenzong.
As a result, after the Dingling Tomb was opened in the sixties of the last century, no trace of the original copy of the "Yongle Canon" was found inside.
Obviously, the original copy of the "Yongle Grand Canon" was not buried with the Wanli Emperor.
But the original did disappear without a trace.
Even the Jiajing copy, when it was circulated to the Qing Dynasty, was not valued at first, and it was not until the Yongqian period that the Jiajing copy of the Yongle Canon was taken seriously, and the "Siku Quanshu" compiled during the Qianlong period borrowed a lot of content from the copy of the Yongle Canon.
It's just that by that time, even the copies had lost a lot.
Later, in the late Qing Dynasty, the great powers invaded China, and the Jiajing copy was looted away by the foreign powers, until modern times, even the Jiajing copy only survived in the world with more than 800 volumes.
Even the Jiajing copy is already a rare treasure in the world, not to mention the originals that have disappeared for hundreds of years in front of you!
If these originals were to be brought back to the original time and space, they would definitely cause a stormy wave!
It's just a pity that Yang Jing feels a little pity that there are only 6,000 volumes in these five large boxes, totaling 14,688 volumes.
It accounts for a little more than half of the original "Yongle Canon".
However, although it is a pity that the "Yongle Canon" here is incomplete, it is already God's eye-opening to be able to get so many "Yongle Canon", and it is also the original of the Eight Classics!
It's just not clear why the original copy of the "Yongle Canon", which had disappeared at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, appeared here.
Could it be that Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang brought it over?
There is only this reason to explain why most of the original copies of the Yongle Canon appear here.
There is no other reason to explain this, and there are many gold, silver, jewelry, and precious calligraphy and paintings to support this.
In the turbulent era of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, it was possible to gather so many precious things together, and the fault was that the royal family had this ability.
It's just that although the Holy Ring is magical, it can only simply identify the detailed provenance of a certain thing, and as for how this thing came here, the Holy Ring does not have this function.
Looking at these five big boxes, Yang Jing was stunned for a while, and finally laughed twice, touched these boxes with his left hand, and in an instant, these five big boxes disappeared in place and entered the upgraded storage space.
As a result, when Yang Jing put all the boxes into the storage space, he found that there was a small purple-black wooden box on the ground.
Intuition made Yang Jing happy when he saw this small wooden box, hurriedly took a few steps forward, and picked up the small box.
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The box is very heavy, and it is also made of small leaf red sandalwood, although it is not big, but it is heavy in your arms.
There was also a small copper lock locked on the small box, but this small copper lock had already rusted, and Yang Jing opened the small box effortlessly.
There is also oil paper as a wrapper inside, after uncovering the oil paper, what catches your eye is a silver straight button seal, from the point of view, it is obviously the three highest level seals in the Ming Dynasty's hundred official seals, that is, the straight button seal that can only be used by a product official.
Yang Jing picked up this square straight button seal, looked at the seal at the bottom, and his heart was suddenly shocked, and at the same time, he was suddenly enlightened.
Because the inscription of this square seal is the four words "Qianguo Gongyin".
Needless to say, this must have been left by Mu Tianbo, the last Duke of Qianguo of the Ming Dynasty.
Think about Mu Tianbo first fought against Sun Kewang with Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang was embarrassed, and finally escorted into Myanmar, and finally broke off Myanmar Wacheng, an absolute generation of loyal ministers.
Looking at the treasures in these more than 20 large boxes, it is not difficult for Yang Jing to guess who placed these treasures here.
Except for Mu Tianbo, others may not have such ability and courage.
If someone else hid these treasures here, maybe Yang Jing would still doubt that person's purpose.
But only Mu Tianbo and Li Dingguo would never do such a thing.
Mu Tianbo finally broke off Burma in order to protect Zhu Youlang, and fought to the death with the Burmese soldiers.
And Li Dingguo was also depressed after learning that Emperor Yongli was finally killed by Wu Sangui, and followed Emperor Yongli after only one year, and died at the age of 42.
These two generals can be said to be the last loyal ministers of Nanming, and their loyalty is naturally beyond doubt.
And if these treasures are really hidden here by Mu Tianbo, then they must have his purpose.
Sure enough, under this big seal, Yang Jing found a letter, and after opening it carefully, the contents of it moved Yang Jing again.
Brother Ning Yu: If you read this letter, you must have received a letter from your brother.
Brother in Awa Bamboo City, I wish you can use this military capital to show your strength again, defeat the Tartars in Yundian, and return my Yundian to Lang Qiankun, and my Lord His Majesty can also return to Yundian.
This military fund was raised for many brothers, and the original copy of the "Yongle Grand Canon" was owned by His Majesty the former Emperor Lizong, which was given by His Majesty Shenzong.
His Majesty Gonglizong died in Wuzhou due to illness, and His Majesty Zhaozong has been cherishing these books.
There are also those famous calligraphy and paintings of this dynasty and the previous dynasty, which were also given to His Majesty the first emperor Lizong by His Majesty Shenzong, and have been carried here by His Majesty Zhaozong together with the "Yongle Grand Canon".
The gold, silver and jewelry were raised by his brother after His Majesty Zhaozong arrived in Kunming.
In the ninth year of Yongli, after the younger brother escorted the big car to Kunming, the elder brother felt that the Tartar was powerful, so he desperately raised military funds in three years, and the 200,000 taels of gold and 1 million taels of silver were all the military funds raised for the elder brother in three years.
In the thirteenth year of Yongli, after escorting his brother into Burma and arriving at Manmo on the 29th day of the first month of the leap month, he deeply felt that the lord of Burma was wary of His Majesty, so he begged His Majesty to divide his troops to be safe, and His Majesty also agreed with his brother's suggestion, but the Queen Mother Wang did not agree, and this law had to be stranded.
However, for his brother, he moved His Majesty to leave you the military funds raised over the years, in order to make a comeback, His Majesty agreed, and handed over the "Yongle Canon" and many calligraphy, paintings and jewels that he had treasured for many years.
During the period when the brother was waiting for the lord of Myanmar to greet him, he learned from the local natives that there was a lonely mountain near the manmo, and there were holes in the mountain, which was very suitable for hiding treasures.
I think you already know about it in the letter that your brother gave you.
In the past three years, Your Majesty has had a very hard time in Ava City, and I look forward to you making good use of this military fund to fight the Tartars, and strive to welcome the return of His Majesty the Emperor as soon as possible!
For my brother, I wish my brother to kill all sides on the battlefield and repel the Tartars!
Brother: Mu Tianbo The first month of the fifteenth year of Yongli is in Ava Bamboo City This letter, which is more than four hundred years overdue, explains the true origin of these treasures PS: Bow and thank "Chilled Octave" and "Book Friends 20171020155651565" for their 100 tips each.