Chapter 80 The sage and great scholar Zhang Taixu

"The Theory of Qi...Zhang Taixu..."

Several palm-eye gentlemen looked at each other, took the "Qi Ben Lun" and carefully began to look at it...

Their line of work relies on their accumulation of miscellaneous knowledge and visual experience. In fact, when they heard the name Zhang Taixu, they had already judged something.

But it was the governor who asked the question, so they naturally had to treat it with caution, and they had to make a good judgment before they dared to make a conclusion...

Some people squinted and used their lenses to observe the texture on the book cover; some people used their noses to smell the smell in the book; some people opened it to check the handwriting...

It is a matter of wealth and life. It can be said that I have never been as serious as I am now when naming my son.

After a while, several Mr. Palm Eyes all looked at each other, and after looking at each other, they all nodded slightly...

"Report to the Governor..."

One of the gentlemen, Mr. Zhangyan, stepped forward tremblingly and said: "The materials used in this book are exquisite, and they come from the former Yan Dynasty, and the author Zhang Taixu was also a sage and great scholar of the Yan Dynasty.

Cao Min and several friends unanimously determined that the Governor's "Qi Ben Lun" was not a rubbing, but a manuscript written by Zhang Taixu."

"The great Yan of the former dynasty... Zhang Taixu... the great sages and great scholars..."

Xu Boqing frowned and murmured. Then he remembered that when he was studying history in school, there was indeed such a person in the book. No wonder he felt familiar...

When he left the palace this time, he was apparently under the emperor's orders to help Emperor Yonghe solve his troubles, but in fact it was to fulfill Mr. Huang's last wish.

In addition, there is a deeper reason...

Looking for the magic!!

His current status is extremely embarrassing. He is obviously just a mortal body, but what he has learned is obviously beyond the scope of ordinary people...

And because there is no reference to compare with, he now doesn't even know what state and realm he is in.

This time out of the palace...

In addition to wanting to fulfill Mr. Huang's last wish, he also wanted to use this opportunity to get in touch with the immortal cultivators in this world!

It’s best to ‘get to know’ the world and ‘get to know’ yourself.

I was pretty lucky. Not long after I left home, I met a spider spirit and an old man cultivating immortality...

It's just that the spider looks like a bustard on the outside, but underneath his skin is a fierce temperament;

And that person who is cultivating immortals still visits brothels at an old age, and he doesn’t look like a serious person...

The former lost his innocence and now hates himself to the core; the latter had a misunderstanding as soon as they met and he ran away.

I didn't get any useful information...

Nowadays, by chance, I come across a strange book. It has not been eaten by rats or insects for hundreds of years. It is even dust-free and has a clear air...

I felt my heart throbbing even as I read the high-level essays in the book.

Zhang Taixu, who wrote "Qi Ben Lun", was naturally very curious...

Xu Boqing cupped his hands and said: "Excuse me, sir, please tell me about the deeds of this sage and great scholar Zhang Taixu. Try to be as detailed as possible..."

Mr. Zhangyan saw that the governor was interested in 'Zhang Taixu', and after some thought, he cautiously introduced: "Zhang Taixu was born when the Yan Dynasty was in decline...

He has been smart since he was a child and is different from ordinary people. According to rumors, he is the Wenqu star from the sky who has descended to earth.

After entering school, he ranked first in county examinations, prefecture examinations, college examinations, township examinations, joint examinations, and palace examinations. People at that time called him "Three Yuans are available in the world, but six poems are not in the world."

From the post-official position to the prime minister, he thought of the king and served the country, and had many meritorious deeds...

It can even be said that Zhang Taixu single-handedly continued the reign of the then declining Yan Dynasty for fifty years.

Later, for some unknown reason, he resigned from his official position and devoted himself to writing and establishing theories at home.

However, no works were published at that time. It was not until his death that the books he wrote were made public by his children...

It's just that several of the books are...that...books that are difficult for ordinary people to understand.

There were also rumors at that time that Zhang Taixu had seen through the secrets of heaven and used it to record and record...

It is even rumored that those who understand what Zhang Gong writes can become immortals, Buddhas, and ascend to heaven.

At that time, countless people wanted to peek into the secrets of the book, but the rumors were just rumors after all. After the rubbings were made, countless people looked at the book, but only a few gained anything...

Not to mention becoming an immortal or a Buddha, attaining enlightenment and ascending to heaven...

In addition, at that time, the Yan Mountains and rivers were broken and the country was shaken. Such rumors were quickly forgotten by people. Those rubbings lost their value and became a pile of waste paper.

Now that hundreds of years have passed, although some of those rubbings have been handed down, most of their contents are missing.

As for the "Qi Ben Lun" written by you, the governor, both the handwriting and texture are incomparable to rubbings, so the common people concluded that this is one of Zhang Taixu's autograph manuscripts."

His voice paused, and then he said: "This book is a manuscript written by Zhang Taixu. It is extremely valuable for collection. If you meet a buyer who likes it, it will probably be worth five hundred taels of silver."

"..."

Xu Boqing frowned slightly. He was not interested in how much money the book was worth, but he was quite interested in what he said about Zhang Taixu's writing of the book.

After pondering for a while, he asked: "I just heard what Mr. Zhang said after his death, the books he wrote were published by his children. So what other works did he have that have survived?"

"There are indeed a few masterpieces left..."

Mr. Zhangyan nodded, pondered for a while and said: "In addition to the Theory of Qi, what the common people know are Dialectics, Cognition, and Human Nature. These three books are also Zhang's

Written by Taixu.

Because the content in the book is obscure and difficult to understand, its value is not high, and no one has copied it in later generations, so not many of it have been handed down to this day."

"Dialectics...cognition...theory of human nature..."

Xu Boqing nodded thoughtfully and asked: "I wonder if any of these gentlemen have collected these books by Zhang Taixu? I am willing to pay a high price for them."

"..."

The palm-eyed gentlemen looked at each other and shook their heads with a bitter smile.

One of them, Mr. Zhangyan, didn't know what he thought of. After he came out of the queue, he bowed and said: "To the Governor, I have a friend of the common people who likes to collect such ancient books...

When I visited his place a few years ago, I accidentally heard him mention that he had collected a copy of "Dialectics", and it was a manuscript written by Zhang Taixu...

It’s just that it’s been a long time since this happened, and ordinary people don’t know whether it’s true or not.”

Xu Boqing felt happy...

I thought it would be nice to have rubbings, but I didn't expect that there was information about Zhang Taixu's autographed manuscript...

"Old sir, I wonder if your good friend can give up your love?"

"..."

Mr. Palm Eyes' face trembled, and he said: "The governor's words are serious. That book can be loved by you. My good friend is also very lucky in his lifetime. It's too late to give it to him with both hands, so how can we say goodbye to it?"

His voice paused, and then he said with a wry smile: "Even if my friend is not here, but in Xingyuan Mansion thousands of miles away, even if the common people want to introduce him to the governor, they will have to delay for a while."

"Xingyuan Mansion..."

Xu Boqing's eyes narrowed slightly...

Xingyuan Mansion is far away from this place. Unless you are driving at a high speed, it will take more than a month to go back and forth based on the distance of a normal carriage and horse...

This trip is for official business, so my group cannot wait here.

The Fierce Tiger Gate that needs to be destroyed seems to be within the Xingyuan Mansion. In this way, after solving the nearest Five Poison Sect, we can directly go to Xingyuan Mansion...

Xu Boqing pondered for a while and said: "We will happen to pass through Xingyuan Mansion on this trip. I have a letter from Mr. Lao to help introduce him."

"The governor's words are serious, the common people will write it now..."

"Jiang Jin, please take some money and give it to the old gentleman to polish his pen..."

"yes!!"

Mr. Palm Eyes bowed and stepped back with a smile on his face, and the others seemed to have seen some clues.

Another Mr. Zhangyan came forward and said: "For the information of the Governor, Cao Min also has a friend who likes to collect such ancient books. It seems that he also collected several rubbings of Zhang Taixu.

Moreover, Cao Min's friends are in Kyoto, relatively close to each other.

If the governor doesn’t mind the rubbings, ordinary people can go to Kyoto now, get some rubbings from their friends, and present them to the governor.”

"It's okay to make rubbings..."

Xu Boqing's eyes moved slightly, and then he called: "Kong Qing."

"The humble position is here!!"

"Bring some money, go to Kyoto with the old gentleman, buy those rubbings, and return tomorrow..."

Xu Boqing paused and glanced at Kong Qing. Thinking of his irritable character, he confessed: "Remember, if the other party doesn't want to sell, you have to treat him with courtesy. Don't be stupid."

"Hey, I'm from the Ministry of Home Affairs."

After taking the order, Kong Qing smiled at the palm-eyed old man, made a gesture of invitation, and said with a smile: "Old sir, please..."

He came from the military, and he was already strong-backed and rough-faced. Now he smiled like that, which really scared Mr. Palm Eyes...
Chapter completed!