Chapter 41 Liu Lang, I have a sister
Liu Xin and Yang Xiong were very efficient. Although only one day had passed, the two of them had already compiled all the records of the art of war that could be found in Tianlu Pavilion and Shiqu Pavilion since the Spring and Autumn Period into books or fragments.
Records of wars between various countries were found.
Wang Mang looked at the bamboo slips, which were as big as a hill, and his eyes shone with light!
Wang Mang bowed to Liu Xin and Yang Xiong: "Thank you for your hard work, brothers."
Liu Xin and Yang Xiong also smiled and replied: "We should go all out for what you ask for. Besides, our daily life in Tianlu Pavilion is to search for books and compile them. This is just a show of hands!"
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Although the two of them said so, it was really not easy to find these records related to the art of war and the wars of the past dynasties from the massive books stored in Tianlu Pavilion and Shiqu Pavilion in one day.
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After all, there is no electronic search function in this era, so you can only rely on your memory to search by category according to the impressions you have read before.
But it was precisely because Liu Xin and Yang Xiong worked so hard to accurately search for the book Wang Mang needed that they came up with an idea.
That is to continue cataloging the books in Tianlu Pavilion and Shiqu Pavilion.
Liu Xin's father had compiled it once before, but the purpose of Liu Xiang's compilation was relatively simple. There was no clear explanation of the book's specific location in Tianlu Pavilion and Shiqu Pavilion after the table of contents.
Moreover, Liu Xiang also has a bad habit of compiling books. He likes to refine and select, and cannot compile all the books in the collection. Many books that Liu Xiang doesn't like will be selectively thrown into Liu Xiang's mind in the end.
Record books that you think are important.
But now, after Liu Xin and Yang Xiong have gone through this book tour, what they want to do now is to compile a detailed catalog index for the books in Tianlu Pavilion and Shiqu Pavilion!
After Wang Mang learned about Liu Xin and Yang Xiong's thoughts, he was also very happy and surprised.
In Wang Mang's impression, before the Ming and Qing Dynasties, before the appearance of "Yongle Dadian" and "Sikuquanshu", there seemed to be no era that had such thoughts.
Now, although the two men only had the idea of compiling the catalog of all the books in Tianlu Pavilion and Shiqu Pavilion, in Wang Mang's view, what these two men did and the encyclopedic feats of "Yongle Dadian" and other encyclopedia-like feats that later generations would compile were
Same!
This will definitely be a great work that will remain famous throughout the ages!
Wang Mang immediately said: "The two brothers have such great ambitions, and Mang is determined to help them! To be honest with the two brothers, the paper made by Mang is now ready for writing. Before, due to timing, Mang had never used this material
Paper rolls out."
"If the two brothers don't give up, I am willing to provide all the paper for compiling the book free of charge, and do my best to support this unique feat of the two brothers."
Liu Xin and Yang Xiong looked at each other, and their eyes lit up.
Although there are less than one million books in Tianlu Pavilion and Shiqu Pavilion, it is really a huge project to compile a detailed catalog index for these millions of books!
After all, except for some precious books written in brocade and silk, most of them are written in bamboo slips.
If you want to search through these books one by one and add the table of contents and index one by one, the amount of work is absolutely amazing!
If the paper made by Wang Mang can really be used in this catalog compilation, it will definitely save Liu Xin and Yang Xiong a lot of difficulty.
After all, if the catalogs of so many books really need to be written on slips, the resulting slips will definitely be as big as a mountain!
A mountain-like directory index will give people a headache just looking at it.
But if the paper made by Wang Mang can be used, only a thousand sheets of paper may be needed.
These thousand sheets of paper will be much smaller in terms of thickness, weight, and volume.
At that time, if we really use this as Tianlu Pavilion and Shiqu Pavilion's collection of books as a catalog search, and then use the catalog index as a guide to find the books we need, we will get twice the result with half the effort, and we can find them in a blink of an eye.
Therefore, the two of them had no reason to refuse Wang Mang's help.
Liu Xin and Yang Xiong also said happily: "If this is true, it is really a great good thing!"
The two of them were not polite at all at this time, and Wang Mang was also extremely generous.
Wang Mang said again: "In that case, then the matter is settled. In order to make the two brothers' contribution to the book revision even greater, Mang will go to the emperor's office to speak for the two brothers. The emperor ordered the two brothers to lead this day.
Lu, the chief editor of the Shiqu Erge Book Collection, led Tai students and others to work together to compile a book for our great Han Dynasty, a peerless book since the Yin and Shang Dynasties!"
Wang Mang's suggestion instantly excited Liu Xin and Yang Xiong.
Originally, the two of them were thinking about compiling a catalog index for Shiqu Pavilion and Tianlu Pavilion that could be used to easily search books. However, listening to Wang Mang's words, they felt that this matter was getting bigger and more important, and they couldn't help but feel that it was getting bigger and bigger.
My blood boiled with excitement.
I think Wang Mang’s suggestion is really touching and inspiring!
Since ancient times, there have been written texts, but it seems that no one has ever compiled a general outline for the Book of the World. If this matter can really be started and completed smoothly, then the achievements will definitely be passed down through the ages!
This will allow generations of scholars to remember their achievements today!
Such merit still deserves the merit of establishing one's words, one of the three immortalities mentioned by Confucius!
Faced with such an alluring feat, it would be extremely difficult for the two of them to say no.
So, amid a burst of excitement and excitement, the two of them had tears in their eyes and bowed to Wang Mang: "Thank you, Jujun!"
Seeing Liu Xin and Yang Xiong thanking each other so solemnly, Wang Mang quickly helped them up and said, "It should be Mang who thanks the two brothers! The brothers are selfless, regardless of gains and losses, and are willing to bury themselves in Tianlu and the sea of books in Shiqu Erge."
I completed this book during this period, which will not only benefit the current generation, but also benefit all generations!”
"For such a great contribution, I should worship my two brothers!"
After saying that, Wang Mang also bowed to Liu Xin and Yang Xiong.
Although these three people haven't started writing a book yet, they are already so excited that they thought they came to class after drinking more than ten kilograms of wine.
Wang Mang was also extremely efficient. After leaving Liu Xin and Yang Xiong, he went directly to the Xuanshi Palace to ask for an audience with Liu Ao.
Liu Ao, who was hugging Zhao Feiyan in the Xuanshi Palace at the moment, although his face was very happy, his body was not feeling well!
Originally, Liu Ao was in a very excited mood when he announced Zhao Feiyan to the announcement room to have a good time.
As a result, Zhao Feiyan turned on the red light, which made Liu Ao crazy.
Although he could still hold the beauty in his arms at this moment, the feeling was much worse. Therefore, the happiness on Liu Ao's face did not last long and turned into sighs one after another.
Zhao Feiyan felt extremely nervous when she heard Liu Ao sighing. She was also afraid that after this escort, she would leave a very bad impression on Liu Ao and lose her points in Liu Ao's heart.
Chapter completed!