NCCnovel Chapter 898 Empress Wenzhen.
Chapter 898 Empress Wenzhen.
Ye Kun could also understand Queen Ayiman. After all, her prince was still young.
Their mission is to protect Loulan, not to follow Ye Kun to expand China's territory.
Everyone’s mission is different, which also means that everyone has their own aspirations.
Ye Kun also took two days off to accompany Queen Ayiman and Ayibo to visit the city and surrounding areas of Zhuo County.
On February 15th, Ye Kun's advance team officially set out to sea.
This time, the advance team was very large, with 5,000 male and female recruits, more than 500 technicians, more than 500 medical personnel, and a large amount of equipment.
Ye Kun sent away the advance team and discussed the matter of "Ye Kun Ceremony" with Wen Axiu.
The construction ceremony is a major event and also the most important cultural project.
Ye Kun hopes to compile a magical book like the Yongle Encyclopedia, which will be passed down forever and left to future generations as a cultural heritage.
At present, the compilation of the canon has been officially launched and the compilation committee has been established.
For this grand ceremony, a new International Library was specially built, covering an area of more than 200 acres, and talents from all walks of life were recruited.
Wen Axiu reports on her work:
"Your Majesty, the classics of the various schools of thought are all readily available, so we don't need to worry too much about them. The leaders of the various schools have already begun to organize and revise them, and have agreed to send the classics to the Library of Nations in a year. But I think that there are too many classics from the various schools of thought. If all of them are included in the Great Codex, wouldn't it be too huge?"
Among the Hundred Schools of Thought, the Mohist School has no classics.
It was only in recent years that Gongsun Erniang, with some disciples, dug deep into the history of Mohism and developed it a little, and now there are only a few pitiful works.
But there are too many Taoist classics.
There are hundreds of great works in total.
There are also Confucianism and other schools of thought, which together probably amount to thousands of classics.
Ye Kun smiled and said, "Teacher Wen, don't be afraid. The ancient books were all recorded on bamboo slips and wooden tablets. They seem to be numerous, but in fact, there are not many printed on paper. A book nowadays can have 300,000 words, which is equivalent to hundreds of bamboo slips."
Wen Axiu nodded: "I know this, but does our canon really need to include such a huge and complicated collection of hundreds of classics?"
"Since it's called a grand ceremony, it must be huge."
Ye Kun said seriously: "Chinese culture has a long history. We must pass on what our ancestors left behind. As for the right and wrong in the classics, let future generations decide.
Because of wars and poor preservation, many of our ancient books are gradually disappearing. It is very necessary to compile a canon at this time. Those ancient oracle bones are not easy to preserve, so we need to keep rubbings and print them on book pages to preserve them. "
Wen Ah Xiu smiled and said, "This project is very huge. The emperor must personally convene a preparatory meeting for the compilation of the grand ceremony to cheer everyone up and show the highest caution. Only then can we do the next step of work."
"That's no problem. You can arrange it. In a few days, we will hold a meeting to prepare for the ceremony. I will bring the Crown Prince, Zhuge Hong, and the ministers from the nine ministries to attend."
Editing the grand code is indeed a huge undertaking, and it would be difficult to accomplish without the emperor's approval.
Wen Axiu nodded and went to make arrangements for the publicity conference.
Fortunately, the cultural experts who participated in the compilation of the encyclopedia are all in the Universal Library, so it is easy to gather them together.
Ye Kun took some time to call Bingbing and ask about the literary and artistic work.
Bingbing said, "Your Majesty, Chinese literature and art are now flourishing as never before. In the streets and alleys, wherever there is water, there are songs. Primary schools also have music and art classes, and there are already three professional art schools.
In addition to the big cities, half of the counties have formed art troupes to tour. There are also folk troupes active in towns, villages and fields...
There are literary and artistic song and dance troupes in Jiaozhi and Tianzhu, and Chinese ritual music has spread all over the world. "
Ye Kun nodded and said with a smile: "I am going to the Oil Peninsula. Bingbing, will you come with me, or stay in Zhuo County and continue to manage the literary and artistic career?"
Bingbing smiled and said, "Of course I will follow the emperor. If the emperor goes to the Oil Peninsula to develop the oil industry, I will go there to build cultural projects."
Ye Kun laughed: "Okay, let's build the Oil Peninsula together. Turn the Oil Peninsula into a mature Chinese land and make it a genuine and authentic Chinese cultural highland!"
The Oil Peninsula is not small in size, but more than half of it is covered by desert.
The remaining habitable area is only one million square kilometers.
It is surrounded by the sea on almost all sides, with only the north connecting to West Asia and the African continent.
The environment is very closed!
Such a closed environment is certainly conducive to governance.
There are not many indigenous people on the island, so it is relatively easy to achieve complete sinicization.
Bao Sheng, the fresh blood discovered by Ye Kun, had already gone to the Oil Peninsula to take charge of the work.
China's overseas troops have occupied the Oil Peninsula for seven or eight years.
Therefore, Ye Kun is very confident about the transformation and development of the Oil Peninsula.
After finalizing Bingbing's matter, Ye Kun and Jiao Nu worked together to arrange the business work of the Royal Group in the next few years.
Ye Kun did not allow Prince Ye Feng to interfere in the Royal Group's business.
However, he ordered Jiao Nu to hand over 10% of the business profits to Ye Feng every year to be used for Ye Feng's personal expenses.
If all the business of the Royal Group were handed over to Ye Feng, I'm afraid he would spend money lavishly and become a prodigal.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for the mobilization meeting for the ceremony preparations.
Ye Kun brought Crown Prince Ye Feng, Prime Minister Zhuge Hong, and all the ministers from the nine ministries to the Book City for a meeting.
On the stage, Ye Kun said: "This compilation of the Ye Kun Ceremony is a major event for the country and the court, and also a major event for the Chinese people in the past thousand years. This matter must be highly cautious and resolutely completed.
We have one editor-in-chief, 12 deputy editors-in-chief, 120 editors-in-chief, and deputy editors-in-chief for each category, a total of 1,600 people. We plan to complete the initial work within five years. ”
After the compilation of the encyclopedia is completed, a copy will be kept in each of the five major capitals, Jiaozhi, Tianzhu, and Yizhou Island. It will be passed down forever as a national treasure and cultural heritage.
Crown Prince Ye Feng, Zhuge Hong and others all expressed their firm support for the compilation of the encyclopedia.
The heads of the hundreds of schools of thought present were all very excited and expressed their determination to spare no effort to promote Chinese culture.
The Ministry of Industry also stated that it would set up a special factory for pens, ink, paper and inkstones to provide the best pens, ink, paper and printing materials to ensure the hardware quality of the ceremony.
The conference lasted one day, during which the editor-in-chief and chief editor were determined, and responsibilities and specific goals were divided.
After the meeting, Ye Kun asked Prince Ye Feng to stay, and Wen Axiu also stayed.
Ye Feng asked: "Father, is there anything else you want to tell me?"
Ye Kun looked at Wen Axiu and said slowly:
"Empress Wen, who had no children in her life, followed me and handled a lot of work, creating a prosperous era of Chinese culture. Now, the Empress is old, but she is still in charge of compiling the canon, which moves me deeply.
From now on, I will confer the title of Empress Wen on you as Empress Wenzhen."
Wen Ahxiu was stunned, moved to tears, and declined, saying, "Your Majesty, I don't care about any status. Thank you for your care. But I have no children, and I feel ashamed of my Majesty..."