Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 472: Two volumes of Tongdian were sent to the capital. The emperor visited Shu and heard about the chaos.
"Who are these two books?" As soon as he got the two books, Su Liao felt the difference. He lowered his head and glanced at the book in his hand. He saw that the two words "Tongdian" were written on the covers, but there was a difference under the two words. One says "General Principle" and the other says "Dharma Theory".

General outline of the Tongdian?

General law theory?

In doubt, Su Liao glanced at Chen Zhi, and when he saw that the other party had no objection, he turned the page of the book.

After flipping through it, before I could see the specific content inside, I was attracted and shocked by the pages of pure white paper.

Although Su Liao had seen the white paper produced by Chenjia Zhifang before, and was surprised by the whiteness, thinness and smoothness of the paper, when these papers were stacked together to form a book, it was amazing to turn over the paper. Only when he touched the paper and the touch of his fingertips did he truly realize the significance of this kind of white paper.

"If there is such a piece of white paper and can be compiled into a book, the impact on scholars and literati will definitely be beyond imagination! Especially, at this time, only Daijun Paper Factory can produce this kind of white paper! When scarcity is precious!”

After just turning a few pages, Su Liao had already realized how attractive this kind of book bound with white paper was to literati with his knowledge of Jiangzuo, Jiangbei and the capital city.

The beauty of it will be clearly demonstrated when he arrives in Luoyang.

However, Su Liao also had doubts. He knew very well that the paper needed to bind the book was actually made in the past two days. For this reason, several craftsmen worked overtime and even brought in a few more people.

Chen Zhi even took out real money as a reward.

After working tirelessly, I finally produced two volumes, each of which actually didn’t have many pages——

After all, unlike later generations, the written texts of this period were highly generalized, so the number of words required for a book was not very many. You must know that Sun Tzu's Art of War, which was famous for later generations, only had just over [-] words!

Therefore, Chen Zhi's two books did not require many pages, and they were produced on one piece of paper. After cutting and correction, they could be divided into multiple pages, which was enough to be edited into two volumes, so Chen Zhi used them.

"Why are you in such a hurry? In such a hurry?"

Su Liao's questions were immediately thrown away after he carefully read the contents of the two books. He was completely shocked by the contents of the books!

Especially in the first volume, Su Liao's mouth opened subconsciously when he looked at the items listed in it, and finally looked at Chen Zhi with a confused expression.

"Lord, do you really have to write down this... this general outline? Isn't this too shocking?"

As he spoke, he glanced down again, as if he was worried that he had been dazzled and had seen the wrong thing, and wanted to confirm it again. After the confirmation, the surprise on his face became more intense.

Chen Zhi smiled and said: "Of course I have to write it. I sent you to Luoyang to show it to the world. If you don't write it, wouldn't it be a laughing stock?"

The more Su Liao listened, the more confused he became. He couldn't help but ask: "I won't say much about this second volume of Dharma. After all, after a rough look through it, I know that it covers a lot and goes in depth, but this first volume This is the general introduction of the book, but it mentions many works by hundreds of schools of thought, why should these things be written down?"

Chen Zhi said: "The exquisite words in the Dharma Theory are not said by me. I just extracted some sentences from some documents and ancient books, made an excerpt and index, and extended the original meaning, so that people can learn more about it. For others to read, this is of course not a complete transcription, but just an excerpt of the most critical content from the words and works of various schools of thought. If it were to be collected and organized word for word, line by line, it would take too much time. I don’t have this free time either.”

"That's the problem," Su Liao finally calmed down a bit, "Listing according to the general outline, the number of books and documents involved is probably astronomical, and in order to extract the main sentences and briefly explain and introduce them, we must You need to read all these books once, and at least know what the key points are. Forgive me for being rude, but my lord, can you really do it on your own?"

The implication is that he is not optimistic about Chen Zhi's plan.

This is no wonder, because Su Liao knew very well that if the general outline of the first volume is followed, what Chen Zhi wants to compile is not one or two books, but one general canon!

Even if Chen Zhi had served as secretary-supervisor of the Secretarial Department, he would never be able to quote them one by one when he was far away from the bookstore and library!
Chen Zhi didn't explain much, just said: "I have my own concerns, you don't have to worry, just do what I tell you." Explanations for this kind of thing may not be convincing, and when the facts are revealed, No explanation is needed.

Moreover, the key inside is to make people in Luoyang confused, otherwise it will not be possible to attract people.

Seeing that Chen Zhi was resolute, Su Liao accepted the order without asking any more questions. At noon that day, he took a few people with him and left Dai County.

Just like when Chen Zi left before, Su Liao's departure also aroused speculation among the people in Dai County. Many people tried to find out Chen Zhi's next plan from this incident.

After all, the two confidants had left, and the Chen family's dinner had just passed, and the commander of the frontier army was even more eyeing. There was a lot of talk about a paper mill in the city, and it was hard not to think too much about it.

But three days later, everyone's speculation was shattered by a cavalry team coming from afar.

The number of this cavalry is small, less than a hundred, but the horses they ride on are all tall and strong horses. Such horses are not common even in frontier places like Daijun.Not to mention the riders on the horse, each one is even more powerful, with a different kind of grace as he looks around, especially the leading knight, who is even more heroic, and with his tall and straight posture, he is even more impressive. All the young and old girls in Dai County looked at him sideways.

Most of this group of people stayed outside the city, while the leaders were invited into Chen's house.

"I've met my brother-in-law, I've met my brother."

After the handsome man at the head arrived, he greeted Chen Zhi respectfully, and then saluted Yang Song.

"Good brother, there is no need to be polite," Chen Zhi looked at the man in front of him and nodded slightly, "You have come after a long journey, so you should rest first."

"It's not that far from Guanzhong to this point. It's just blocked by mountains and rivers, but it can't stop me, son of the Yang family." When the handsome man spoke, he also looked at Chen Zhi, "I came here this time, and my father also told me, Let me stay here, obey your orders, and live with my brother."

This man's name is Yang Yuan, and he is also from the Yang family of Hongnong. He is Yang Song's direct brother. The two look somewhat similar, and even their expressions and charm are very similar.

Then Yang Yuan said again: "I came here this time and brought a total of 70 Yang family fast riders and 110 fine horses, all of which are under your order."

"Seventy riders?" Chen Zhi nodded and said, "The manor outside the city is about to be renovated. I have already told them to separate some of them. The riders can set up camp there first. When the manor is completed, they will have their own houses. Leave it to them to cultivate themselves.”

"Okay, then I'll go back and explain it clearly to them." Yang Yuan didn't ask any more questions, clasped his fists and left. However, when leaving, Yang Song gave him a few words of advice, asking him to take good care of his servants and not to neglect or cause trouble. Something went wrong.

Yang Yuan agreed wholeheartedly.

After Yang Yuan left, Yang Song smiled and said: "Prefect, in this way, we can be considered as having cavalry. Together with the two hundred servants of the prefect, we can be considered to have some combat power in Daijun. Facing those aristocratic families, No need to tie your hands and feet."

"Such a small amount of combat power is not enough to give an advantage to several local aristocratic families. Even if they have extraordinary combat power, they cannot turn from defense to offense. In addition, war is imminent, but it is not enough." Chen Zhi shook his head with a smile. What he said made Yang Song stunned.

"Isn't this enough?" Thinking of the possible war, Yang Song couldn't help but murmured, "If the war is real, then within this period of time, even if the Chen family and the Yang family are emptied, it is impossible to gather enough people. gone."

But in the afternoon, Yang Yuan suddenly visited again in a hurry, and brought a piece of news that surprised Chen Zhi. This news also made him aware of a certain omen.

In the next four days, the focus of Dai County was on the cavalry coming from afar, and several aristocratic families also sent people to investigate the reality.

At the same time, Chen Zhi also issued an order to several counties under his command to send postal supervisors to investigate, and there was another wave of waves spreading out.

At the same time, Su Liao also arrived in Luoyang with Chen Zhi's instructions.

He ignored the busy schedule and went to Chen Yong's house first to meet with the servant. However, he received news that the servant was on a tour with the emperor and was actually heading to Chang'an, the capital of Western Guanzhong!
"Why is it that at this time, the emperor suddenly went on a tour to the west? And the border area has not received any news."

He didn't see his old boss, but there were still many colleagues from the past, so Su Liao started to inquire about the news.

"Chaos is gradually rising in the middle of Sichuan. Half a month ago, Li Thief officially raised the flag of rebellion and killed the prince of Guangyi King. Therefore, King Guangyi was furious. Under his instigation, the emperor said that he wanted to lead the expedition in person, but it turned out that After being dissuaded by the important ministers, it was just a formality to supervise the battle in Guanzhong, while King Guangyi personally led the army to Hanzhong!"

"What?" This news shocked Su Liao, "How come the border states and counties don't know about such a big thing?"

His former colleague said, half guessing and half narrating: "The news may not have been passed on yet. Daijun's postal stations are all controlled by the Youzhou Governor's Office, so they will not be conveyed directly."

"But the Yang family should know," Su Liao was still a little confused, "especially since the Yang family's cavalry is going to go there recently. It's impossible that there will be no news about such a big thing."

With this in mind, he said goodbye to his colleagues and rushed to the Secretariat to meet Dong Xu.

This former subordinate of Chen Zhi is now the Secretary Cheng of the Secretariat Department, but he still hasn’t been able to see anyone, but he just got a piece of news——

"Dong Shucheng has already gone to Shouguang Temple outside the city to arrange Buddhist commentaries and listen to the Buddha's voice!"

"Buddhist comment?" Su Liao's expression changed slightly. After thanking the officer, he did not go outside the city. Instead, he visited Zhao Yuan's house nearby, but he saw no one there.

The concierge said: "My gentleman went to those hundreds of teahouses to listen to the master's lecture on Buddhism."

(End of this chapter)