Chapter 22 High school champion, homecoming!(2/3)
These are all valuable wealth accumulated from generation to generation.
Unfortunately, as time goes by, many precious books have either been destroyed or scattered among the people.
It’s okay if you meet someone who knows the goods, but if you don’t, you might throw it away or ruin it.
Once damaged, it will never be found again.
Therefore, I have always had an idea to search for ancient books and isolated books scattered around the world, and combine them with various existing books to sort them out and compile them into books, making them a set of documents on Chinese history and culture.
However, it is impossible for me to accomplish such a huge project alone.
The only person in the world who has the ability to do it is the emperor..."
In fact, this is not a unique idea created by Mo Ziming, but a document that was hailed as "the largest encyclopedia in the history of the world" in his previous life: "Yongle Encyclopedia".
Unfortunately, this grand masterpiece was burned down due to a fire, while the copying of the backup was lost for various reasons.
Later, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the famous minister Ji Yun took the lead in re-compiling the "Siku Quanshu".
However, in terms of its significance and value, these Siku Complete Books are far inferior to the Yongle Ceremony.
When Emperor Yongping heard Mo Ziming's words, he was stunned for a moment, then his face was excited, and he walked down quickly.
"My dear, is this what you thought of yourself?"
"Report to Your Majesty, this is an inexperienced idea for me."
"No, no, no~" Emperor Yongping patted his forehead and paced back and forth: "Why didn't I think about this? Why didn't the kings in the past think about this?
As my dear said, once this matter is done, it will inevitably cause a sensation in the world, which is a great cause."
"Your Majesty, maybe it's just a matter of saying that the authorities are confused. Your Majesty may have thought of it, but he just felt that this matter was not an easy accident and did not pay attention to it."
"Hahaha, my dear, you don't need to compliment me, I have never thought about this.
Now, after being reminded by my dear friend, I realized that there is great potential for this matter.
However, it is indeed not easy to accomplish this.
First, it is not easy to collect ancient books scattered among the people. Second, it may also take a lot of manpower, time and silver to sort out, copy and compilation during the process."
Mo Ziming nodded: "Yes, this is indeed a huge project, unprecedented.
Perhaps there were emperors who had similar thoughts before, but considering that it was not easy to accomplish, they had no choice but to give up.
It is precisely because of this that if Your Majesty is determined to do this, once this book is published, it will inevitably cause a sensation in the world and strengthen my country's prestige.
Your Majesty will also be famous in history and praised by the world!
Compared with other changes, this matter will not hurt the root of the country, nor will it affect the interests of too many people, so it will be relatively easier to implement.
Simply put, it is nothing more than consuming some manpower and material resources..."
"Okay, great, my dear, I am indeed my blessing general, hahaha, very good, someone is here!"
Emperor Yongping seemed a little impatient, and then began to act.
"Your Majesty~"
The eunuch in front of the imperial court hurried forward to wait for the order.
"Go away, and pass it to the Grand Secretary quickly. Grand Secretary Zheng quickly entered the palace and went to the imperial study to see me."
"Abide by the order!"
The eunuch in front of the imperial court left after he got the order.
"Mo Aiqing, wait for the two Grand Secretary to come later, let's discuss this matter together.
By the way, I’m sorry, how long do you think it will take to compile this set of documents?”
Mo Ziming thought for a while and said, "If Your Majesty vigorously promotes this matter and recruits talents from all over the country to help collect, organize, classify and copy, I think it will be completed in a few years."
"Okay, very good, very good!"
Since ascending the throne, Emperor Yongping has rarely been as excited as he is now.
When I was excited, I wanted to drink: "Come here, prepare wine and food. I want to have a few drinks with Mo Aiqing."
"Here!"
The palace maid guarding the door left.
When the wine and food were brought, Emperor Yongle greeted warmly: "Come on, come on, my dear, don't be polite, drink a few more cups."
"Your Majesty should drink lightly, and the dragon body is the most important."
"It's not a problem, it's rare that I'm so happy today, hahaha."
After drinking until the end of the day, Yu Qinghe and Zheng Ze finally arrived in a hurry.
When they saw the emperor sitting with Mo Ziming in the imperial study room, they looked surprised and forgot to salute.
Mo Ziming took the initiative to stand up and bow, "I have met two adults in my heart."
At this time, the two of them woke up and quickly stepped forward to meet the emperor, and then shouted a greeting to Mo Zi again.
"Hahaha, two dear friends, come, sit down and drink with me."
"Your Majesty, this... is drinking in the Imperial Study room, afraid... is afraid..."
"What are you afraid of? Can you old ministers not be so pedantic? The law stipulates that you cannot drink alcohol in the imperial study?"
"This is not..."
"That's amazing? Since there is no law, why can't I drink here? Hurry up, sit down and drink with me."
"I obey the order!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Helplessly, the two great masters were not willing to go against the emperor's wishes, so they stepped forward and sat cross-legged at the table.
The palace maid who was accompanying him immediately stepped forward and poured the wine.
"The old minister respects His Majesty for a cup."
"Okay, don't be respectful. Come on, let's drink a drink together by our monarch and minister."
After drinking, Emperor Yongping smiled and said, "I urgently summoned the two Grand Secretarys to the palace, but there was something important to discuss... Sit down without being polite.
Mo Aiqing, please explain your previous proposal to the two Grand Secretary in detail.”
"yes!"
Mo Ziming responded, and then explained his previous thoughts.
"What do you think of your two dear friends?"
"Good thing, Your Majesty, this is a great thing."
Yu Qinghe was surprised.
Zheng Ze was also excited and said, "Is this Mo Huiyuan's idea?"
"To my words, it's just the idea of being immature late."
"No, no, no, this is a great event that has been achieved for thousands of years. Your Majesty, I strongly support you!"
"I also strongly support you!"
When it comes to Yu Qinghe and Zheng Ze, they have a lot of arguments on weekdays. If you don’t agree with me, I won’t agree with you.
But today's attitude is surprisingly consistent, which is why Emperor Yongping called them, just to see what their opinions are.
Unexpectedly, the two of them stopped fighting and even praised them very much. It seems that this matter is indeed a big deal.
"But, my dear friends, if you really want to handle this matter, you may use a large amount of treasury silver, and the current treasury silver is not very sufficient."
"Your Majesty, as I see, even if I don't do this, Kuyin is still nervous.
Otherwise, I will look for the next six departments separately, suspend some optional projects first, and give priority to handling this matter."
"Will they have any objections?"
"What if your Majesty has a holy order, what can they have any opinions? Besides, this matter is beneficial to the country and the people, and it will be of great significance to the past generations. I believe that the important ministers in the court also know how to distinguish priorities."
"Well, what Yu Aiqing said is very true, then this matter was decided initially.
After coming down, Mo Aiqing would communicate with the two great masters. I will leave this matter to you and the three of you to come up with a detailed plan as soon as possible..."
...
Two days later, the results of the palace examination came out, and Mo Ziming was indeed the top scorer in high school.
In fact, there is no suspense in this result. After all, the emperor was summoned into the palace before the results were released. No matter how stupid a person is, he can guess the result.
In this way, Mo Ziming became the first top scholar to win three yuan in a row since the founding of the Daqian Dynasty. He was very popular and his reputation reached an unprecedented height.
But what people didn't expect was that Emperor Yongping actually broke another example.
According to the tradition of the Daqian Dynasty, the new top scholar was generally awarded the position of compilation in the Hanlin Academy and the official rank was sixth rank.
However, Emperor Yongping made an exception to enthrone the position of Mo Ziming as a Hanlin Bachelor, with a fifth rank, and was awarded a gold medal in the imperial palace without notice.
To be continued...