Siheyuan, a comfortable life under Zhengyang Gate

Chapter 249 The Grand Ceremony of Yongle
"Brother Wu, Xiaokun, I'll go first."

After telling Brother Wu and Yang Yukun what Mao Tutu had explained, Meng Xiaoxing was also about to withdraw.

Han Chunming said, "By the way, Xiaoxing, your second aunt asked you to bring Xiaozao to your house for dinner."

"The second aunt told me that Xiaozao is at your house now."

After receiving a call from Mao Tutu, Meng Xiaoxing first went to the courtyard to look for Wuzige and Yang Yukun. Wuzige and Yang Yukun were not in the courtyard, so she came to Chabalou restaurant.

"Okay, if you have something to do, go and do it first."

"Brother Wu, Xiaokun, I found another 25 volumes of ancient books, do you want to go and have a look together?"

"What ancient book?"

"You will know when you go there. These 25 ancient books will definitely surprise you."

"It's so mysterious, it just so happens that I'm fine right now, Xiao Kun, are you okay?"

Yang Yukun said, "I'm fine."

Han Chunming said, "Go and see?"

"Okay."

Meng Xiaoxing said that they found another 25 ancient books, and also said that after seeing these 25 ancient books, they would never be disappointed.

This shows that the ancient books she found this time are definitely not ordinary ancient books, and must be very precious.

In terms of collecting ancient books and Qianmen Building, no one can compare to Meng Xiaoxing.

Even the other collectors in the entire Forty-Nine City, one counts as one, and the total number of ancient books in their hands may not be as many as her collection of ancient books.

As far as Yang Yukun knows, Meng Xiaoxing has more than [-] ancient books in his collection, and everyone has a proper collection of ancient books.

Anyway, if you are idle, you are idle, so let's go and see what is so mysterious about the 25 ancient books Meng Xiaoxing found recently.

Meng Xiaoxing said: "Brother Wu, Xiaokun, then let's go."

"I'll say hello to Taozi."

The three of them came down from the upstairs office, Han Chunming found Li Chengtao who was busy, said hello to him, and the three of them left from Chabalou restaurant.

Meng Xiaoxing took out the key and handed it to Yang Yukun: "Xiaokun, you drive."

"Row."

Yang Yukun took the key, opened the door and sat in the cab.

Meng Xiaoxing's car was a Imperial Capital 212 jeep, which was a gift from Mao Tutu's grandfather to her granddaughter-in-law when she married Mao Tutu.

"I'd better ride my foot and kick it."

Han Chunming started the motorcycle, followed the jeep, entered the alley one after the other, and finally stopped in front of Meng Xiaoxing's house.

Last May.

At that time, Meng Xiaoxing happened to have a lot of money in his hands, and it happened that this family in the alley wanted to sell their ancestral property to Milijian.

Thinking that it would not be a problem to live in the second aunt's house all the time, she bought this small courtyard and moved her household registration from the countryside to the city. She really gained a foothold in the city and was no longer a Rootless duckweed.

Later, she married Mao Tutu and moved into Mao Tutu's house. She turned this into a small courtyard and turned it into her treasure room.

All the old objects she collected from collecting for so many years were all placed in this small courtyard.

She originally planned to bring her younger sister, Meng Xiaozao, to the city and give her this little courtyard.

This small courtyard is in the same alley as the second aunt's house, and it is very close. If you have nothing to do, you can go to the second aunt's house for a meal, and go to chat with the second aunt.

But this girl is unwilling to come no matter what, she is reluctant to part with the newly allocated land and the few chickens and ducks raised by the family.

No, I just came here yesterday morning and stayed all night, and today I said I would go back to my hometown in the country.

If it wasn't for the second aunt who asked her to stay for an extra day, and finally came to Sijiu City, at least she would have to have a meal at the second aunt's house. This girl will go back today.

After entering the room, Han Chunming said, "Xiao Xing, please bring out those ancient books you mentioned, and let us see them."

"Brother Wu, Xiaokun, don't worry, drink a cup of tea first."

Meng Xiaoxing boiled a pot of water, first made tea, and then went to invite out a few ancient books that she had just picked up.

The ancient books are packed in brocade boxes and kept very carefully.

The brocade box was opened, and Yang Yukun and Han Chunming finally saw the true colors of the 25 ancient books that Meng Xiaoxing said she had just bought back.

"This is the "Yongle Dadian"!"

"It's really "Yongle Dadian", my God, Miss Xiao Xing, where did you find this thing!"

Seeing the true colors of the ancient books Meng Xiaoxing said, both Yang Yukun and Han Chunming were shocked.

They never expected that the ancient book Meng Xiaoxing was talking about was the well-preserved 25-volume "Yongle Dadian".

"Yongle Dadian" is a collection of ancient books of the Xia Kingdom compiled by Zhu Di successively ordered Xie Jin, Yao Guangxiao and others to preside over the compilation during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty.

It was originally named "Document Dacheng", and later Ming Chengzu personally wrote the preface and named it "Yongle Dadian".

During the Jiajing period, the "Yongle Canon" was re-recorded, and records about the canon are rare after that, especially the whereabouts of the original version of Yongle is even more confusing.

There are rumors that the original copy of the Grand Ceremony was destroyed by the war in the late Ming Dynasty.It is also said that the original was destroyed in the fire of the Qianqing Palace, and that the original was buried.

Anyway, there are all kinds of theories, and there is no conclusion so far.

As for the copy of the canon.

Fate is even more upside down.

The copy was handed down to the Qing Dynasty and was not taken seriously.

It was not until the Yongzheng period that the Grand Ceremony was moved from Huang Shicheng to the Imperial Academy.

In the 38th year of Qianlong, the Qing government compiled the "Siku Quanshu", and at this time, more than [-] volumes of "Da Dian" were missing.

After Daoguang, the Qing Dynasty declined day by day, officials took the opportunity to steal, and the grand ceremonies were gradually lost and damaged.

The biggest bad luck was the two invasions of the imperial capital by the British and French allied forces in the tenth year of Xianfeng and the eight-nation allied forces in the 26th year of Guangxu.

The invaders burned and looted wantonly, and many precious cultural relics were lost. The "Yongle Dadian" was also devastated, some were burned, and some were robbed, leaving very few.

The 25 volumes of "Yongle Canon" that Meng Xiaoxing bought back this time are copies of the Canon.

"These 25 volumes of "Yongle Canon" were taken back by me. According to the person who sold them to me, his great-grandfather used to work in the translation school of the Qing court, and these 25 volumes of "Yongle Canon" were his great-grandfather's It was picked up from under the foreigner's manger back then."

These 25 volumes of "Yongle Canon" were bought by Meng Xiaoxing a few days ago.

At several of her recycling stations for renewable resources, there are signs to buy ancient books at high prices.

It was also her luck that these 25 volumes of the ceremonies were delivered to her door by herself.

In June [-], when the Eight-Power Allied Forces attacked the imperial capital, they clashed with the Boxers who besieged the British embassy. The British embassy was adjacent to the Imperial Academy and became a battlefield in the conflict.

According to the "Gengzi Embassy Besieged Records", someone threw a torch into the Imperial Academy during the conflict, and the Imperial Academy suddenly caught fire. was burned.

Most of the "Yongle Dadian" was burned in this catastrophe, and some of the rest were repaired fortifications, and some were placed in a manger.

According to the person who sold her the canon, these 25 volumes of the canon were picked up by his great-grandfather from under the foreigner's manger.

"This is the real national treasure. You girl is so lucky. It's not easy to preserve these 25 volumes of the canon. Treat them well."

This girl Meng Xiaoxing found 25 volumes of "Yongle Dadian" all at once, and Han Chunming really envied this girl's luck.

These 25 volumes of the canon are no less valuable than the heavyweight collections in his hands, and in some respects, they are even higher.

Yang Yukun said: "Miss Xiaoxing, I declare that from now on, you will be the number one collector of ancient books in the Xia Kingdom."

Before that, Meng Xiaoxing could be called the number one collector of ancient books in Qianmenlouzi or even in Forty-Nine City.

With these 25 volumes of "Yongle Dadian" in hand, no one dares to refuse to be called the number one ancient book collector in the whole Xia Kingdom.

(End of this chapter)