Han Shizu

Chapter 652 I have no time to look at Hexi

Zhaowen Hall, located in the southwest of the imperial city, is one of the three halls and is in charge of the collection of books.

The three halls of the Han Dynasty inherited the Tang system. Since Liu Chengyou succeeded to the throne, he has paid more attention to cultural and educational matters. At the beginning of the financial surplus, he did not build palaces or feed government offices. It was expanded and refurbished to show the meaning of sweeping the couch to welcome the world's sages.

Over the years, it has been developed one after another, and it has collected the literary works of the great Han.There are also many Mingjing and Jinshi in the scientific examination who have worked in the three museums, edited and observed politics, and then assigned official positions.Most of the prime ministers of the Great Han Dynasty also served in the museum. For example, Xue Juzheng, the envoy of the third division, also served as a bachelor of the history museum.

As the time deepened, the weather in Tokyo became increasingly cold, and a thin layer of frost was solidified on the surface of the beams, pillars, bricks and tiles.However, compared to the chilly weather outside, the inside of the Zhaowen Pavilion is much better. It’s not as warm as spring, but there’s no need to shiver.

For these literati and talented scholars, Liu Chengyou has always been courteous, and he has done a good job in providing winter warmth.

There are row upon row of bookstores in the library, where various scholars live in their own cases, either reading, or composing, or revising classics, or simply drinking tea, discussing and debating, in short, it is very lively.The scribes in the museum are probably the highest-standard and most leisurely "civil servants" in the Han Dynasty.

When Liu Chengyou stepped into the Zhaowen Hall, it caused a bit of a commotion. After all, although he was treated generously to cultivate talents, it was more like nourishing leisure and rarely set foot.When you need to consult the classics, you just send people to pick them up.

Although most of the Chinese officials in the museum are just literati in official robes, there are also many people with ambitions and ambitions who hope for official careers.It was rare for the emperor to come in person, so he naturally had to show off, hoping to leave a good impression.

However, Liu Chengyou's attention was focused on the young man standing tall and straight, without saying a word, with a calm smile on the corner of his mouth, who seemed to stand out from the crowd.

"You are Ludoxun?" Liu Chengyou looked at him.

"Return to Your Majesty, it's your servant!" Lu Duoxun saluted respectfully.

It suddenly dawned on me that the second place in the ranking was a young man with outstanding talent and quick knowledge.At that time, because he had seen the strategy of "Luring the Enemy in Weary Shu", and was too sharp, after he was admitted to the official position, he was put in the Zhaowen Hall, in order to suppress and hone him.

Of course, Liu Chengyou thought this way, but after a long time, he just forgot it, and now he just remembered it when we met again by chance.The corners of the mouth slowly raised, looking at Ludoxun.Lu Duosun bowed his body slightly, neither humble nor overbearing, and calmly faced the emperor's gaze.

Today, Ludoxun, who is only 20 years old, is still young and handsome, with an outstanding temperament, but obviously restrained a lot.

"You have been in Zhaowen Museum for almost two years!" Liu Chengyou asked.

"Exactly!" Luderson replied.

"What have you been doing for the past two years? School books?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I am young and inexperienced. It is beyond my ability to manage and publish. I am only responsible for sorting out albums and books every day, and reading wisely." Lu Duoxun said modestly that he was just a librarian.

"Haha!" Liu Chengyou couldn't help laughing, and ordered: "Go and bring me the map records of Longyou and Hexi prefectures and counties, especially the recent records!"

"Yes!"

Liu Chengyou didn't have to wait too long, and Lu Duoxun returned to his command with a few books in his hands.Liu Chengyou couldn't help being surprised, picked up an old book, and asked, "So fast? Just these few books?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, Liangzhou paid tribute recently. It was originally our land in China, but it was torn apart by the war. Now that he is coming to the court again, I think your Majesty may pay more attention to the old place of Hexi, so I prepared the register in advance. Just in case!" Lu Duosun replied calmly, "Besides, since the end of Tang Dynasty, Hexi has been lost, and the Central Plains has suffered from frequent wars. Therefore, there is a great lack of records about the old place of Hexi. Most of the books only mention a few words. And, these books, mention more content!"

Hearing what he said, Liu Chengyou cast his eyes on Lu Duoxun again. He was a well-behaved man, indeed restrained, but he only restrained his sharpness.Really smart and cautious, in the Zhaowen Pavilion, but his eyes also fell on the imperial court.

"If I don't have this intention, why don't I read Jizhi?" Liu Chengyou said playfully.

Lu Duoxun unhurriedly raised his hands: "I just made preparations in advance so that your Majesty would not be too busy to deal with it when he checked it. Besides, Longyou in Hexi has been the land of China since ancient times. How can we make it fall into the land of China for a long time?" Foreigners, your majesty has great talents and general plans, and will return sooner or later. Even if you don't look at it right now, you still have a future."

Listening to his explanation, Liu Chengyou's expression was flat, noncommittal, but obviously, this person gave him a deeper impression.Opening a random book, Lu Duoxun thoughtfully marked the corners of the relevant descriptions, but the text of the book is old, the words are obscure, and some handwriting is still blurred, which seems quite difficult
They put them together and looked at Lu Duoxun: "You have read all these bibliographies! I won't read them. Tell me about the situation in Longyou Hexi states!"

Facing the emperor's enquiry, Lu Duosun immediately came to his senses, brewed for a while, and said calmly: "Since the mid-Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains have been in decline and disorder, and the prefectures of Hexi and Longyou cannot be controlled by Tubo. A hundred years ago, Zhang Yichao raised troops to expel the Tubo forces, causing more than a dozen states in the northwest to fall for [-] years and return to China.

However, due to internal turmoil and external constraints, the Central Plains could not support them. After all, the Guiyi Army continued to weaken and gradually weakened.Now the one in power in the Guiyi Army is the Cao family. "

"Since I came to power, the Guiyi Army has come here twice!" Liu Chengyou nodded, "The road is difficult. I have lived in the northwest for decades, and I still miss the Central Plains. It is not easy!"

Lu Duosun said: "It is true that the culture of our Han family is far-reaching, and Tang officials and Han people still exist, but apart from melons and sand, the Han land is all occupied by Hulu. The Guiyi Army is like an isolated island in the sea, always under threat. There is danger of overthrow. Therefore, the Cao family had to contact the Central Plains to resist the hostility outside and gather people's hearts together. If the great Han returns to Hexi in the future, the Guiyi Army will be of great use!"

Liu Chengyou nodded, motioning for him to continue.

Lu Duoxun said: "Since the three generations, Tubo has become weaker and weaker. Declining, it was destroyed by the Miajiasi people, and the tribes migrated, one of them moved to Ganzhou. After the power of the Guiyi Army declined, they took the opportunity to grow, and now they use Ganzhou as their tent, and their power is probably not weaker than that of the Dingnan Army. "

As he said that, Lu Duosun carefully glanced at Liu Chengyou, and continued: "For decades, Hexi and Longyou have been lost, and only sweet, cool, sand, and melon have often communicated with the Central Plains. Among them, the closest one is Liang State.

After the Tubo secession and civil war, although the power declined, there are still a large number of tribesmen living in the northwest.In Liangzhou, where barbarians and Xia are mixed, Tubo, Han people, Qiang people and other miscellaneous captives gather together, and the situation is the most complicated.Zhebu Jiashi who came to the court this time is a member of the Liuhe tribe of Tubo, who is already a local tyrant in Liangzhou.Since Zhu Liang, I have repeatedly sent envoys to the Central Plains to guard them."

Liu Chengyou was obviously very satisfied with Lu Duoxun's narration. Looking at him, he smiled lightly and said, "It seems that you have studied it hard. It's really nice to be able to sort out the context of Hexi from this messy and disorderly history. It's not easy, I'm afraid there is no one who is more familiar with the situation in Hexi than you!"

"Your Majesty's absurd praise, I don't dare to do it!" Lu Duoxun responded with a low eyebrow and pleasing eyes: "I just read more books in my spare time, but the real situation in Hexi cannot be obtained from the previous records after all. Hexi, after all, the separation is too long!"

"It's really rare for you to have such insight!" Liu Chengyou sighed, pondered for a while, and suddenly asked: "You became famous at a young age, a dignified No. [-] man, and you are confined to Zhaowen Hall. Do you feel that you are inferior?"

Hearing the emperor's question, even if he really felt inferior, he didn't dare to show it.Lu Duoxun said humbly: "I dare not! You are young and don't change anything. In the past two years in Zhaowen Museum, I have gained a lot!"

"Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles!" Liu Chengyou said with a smile, "I think it's inappropriate for you to stay in Zhaowen Hall!"

Hearing this, Ludoxon's eyes immediately brightened up cleverly.

(End of this chapter)