Wen Tianxiang said: "Then you said how many of them are missing, what kind of book is it?" ”

Ding Niang said: "The people in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion said that there are two books, one "Physics" and one "Chemistry", both of which can only be studied by people selected by the Metropolitan Governor, and now they cannot be sold on the market. But after we read these books, we want to read those two books even more, so let's ask my father to think of a way. ”

Wen Tianxiang took the book in his hand and tapped it gently, and said, "This kind of strange book can only be written by a strange person like the Grand Governor." Could "Physics" and "Chemistry" be even more magical? But since the Governor refuses to give you these two books, there must be a deep meaning, and I can't ask him for them. If you have a chance to meet him, you might as well ask him quietly and see what he has to say. ”

Wen Tianxiang's family finished eating and was about to go back to read again, when a family member came in to spread the word that the Queen Mother had a reward and wanted Wen Tianxiang to accept it.

Wen Tianxiang was a little stunned, what happened to the Queen Mother's reward? I haven't done anything to be rewarded lately.

I didn't have time to think about it, so I had to ask my family to open the middle door and take the whole family out to see what the reward was.

I saw the noble official Deng Weishan leading a group of chamberlains holding various rewards, and after reading the edict of the reward, Wen Tianxiang led the whole family to thank him.

After these formalities were completed, Deng Weishan quietly grabbed Wen Tianxiang and said, "Bachelor of Letters, these rewards are not only awarded by the Queen Mother, but also Concubine Yang Taishu, Mrs. Ankang Zhu and Anding Chen Cairen. Several nobles felt that the bachelor cooperated with the governor inside and outside, which made the Yuan army retreat, which can be described as a high degree of hard work. After the arrival of the Grand Governor, he bothered the scholars to take care of it, and not to be stingy with the expenses, and the use of the palace could support a certain amount of support. ”

When Wen Tianxiang heard this, he understood the intention of the palace, and whispered: "Please return to the palace, the thoughts of Governor Cheng are not something that the ministers can speculate. However, as soon as the Metropolitan Governor arrives, the ministers should have a lot of good words with the Metropolitan Governor, and please rest assured in the palace. ”

Deng Weishan hurriedly shook Wen Tianxiang's hand and said, "Then please leave everything to the bachelor." The servant privately had another sentence to ask the scholar to convey to the Grand Governor. The slave Deng Weishan has long admired the prestige of the Metropolitan Governor, and hopes to have the opportunity to meet the Metropolitan Governor and listen to the teachings. ”

Deng Weishan is the head of the inner service, what is there to be reluctant to serve Cheng Yue?

Wen Tianxiang smiled, also shook Deng Weishan's hand, and said, "The Metropolitan Governor has been with you many times in front of me, and I must be very willing to get acquainted with your officials. By the way, I don't know if your official has heard that the Metropolitan Governor has written a set of books, and you can find it to read when you have nothing to do, which is quite interesting. ”

Deng Weishan was overjoyed, he was ordered to come over to reward Wen Tianxiang this time, and he realized that he had a God-given opportunity. These astronomical mansions were blocked, and he didn't have a chance to come over to visit, but now he finally had an opportunity, and he finally grasped it.

Cheng Yue's set of books, he has sent someone to get a few sets, and he hasn't had time to read them yet. Now it seems that I will have to take a good look at it when I go back immediately.

Deng Weishan respectfully bid farewell to Wen Tianxiang, and the many officials waiting at the door understood Wen Tianxiang's weight better when they saw this, and their hearts became more eager.

Wen Tianxiang returned to the room, and all the ladies and children were happily taking the rewards in the palace and looking at them. Wen Tianxiang thought about it, didn't dare to delay, immediately went into the study, picked up the pen and wrote a letter to Cheng Yue. Carefully sealed his mouth and sent his family out.

At this time, it was getting late, but Wen Tianxiang opened the door unusually, invited a few officials and members who had been waiting at the door for a long time to come in and chat for a while, and encouraged them to read Cheng Yue's set of books well, and then closed the door to send off guests.

The next day, the news came out that Cheng Yue's set of books had been sold to five times the price, until many merchants from other places said that Cheng Yue had sold the books locally, and the price had calmed down a lot, but it was also twice as much. A few days later, the second batch of books arrived, finally ending this crazy hype.

Up and down the palace, civil and military officials, and even palace maids and attendants, as long as they know how to read, there are many who buy a set to study at home. Even if you don't need Cheng Yue to promote, it's good to look at the strangeness.

This set of books is so good-looking, Deng Weishan, the head of the palace housekeeper, sighed in front of others several times that he had gained knowledge, and he really lived in vain before.

Deng Weishan also ordered the palace and the forbidden garden to start exterminating rats, in order to prevent rats from entering the forbidden palace again, Deng Weishan ordered Lin'an Mansion to exterminate rats.

When Lin'an Mansion received the order, it not only organized the whole government to urge everywhere, but also hung out a reward for killing five rats in exchange for a penny. At this time, the rats in Lin'an City were wiped out.

Because of the war, a large number of refugees from other places poured into Lin'an, many of whom were wealthy, but many of them had difficulties in making a living. As soon as this reward in Lin'an Mansion came out, a large number of homeless people went around looking for trouble with rats.

I don't know if I don't look for it, and I'm shocked when I look for it.

No one expected that there would be so many rats in Lin'an City. In fact, it is not unusual, modern cities are clean on the surface, but the number of rats in the city is also ten times that of people, let alone in ancient times when the sanitary situation was even worse.

Lin'an Mansion paid 50 hangings on the first day, and more than 200 hangings on the second day, so scared that Lin'an Mansion almost removed the reward. More than 20 large businessmen who heard the news came to the door and sent 1,000 yuan, resolutely demanding that the rodent extermination action be carried out.

In fact, these businesses also kill two birds with one stone, and their business will be better if they are effective, and they don't have to worry about rats making trouble. Half of the merchants who sent the money this time were rice and oil merchants and the proprietors of the restaurant. What's more, the homeless people have something to do, the market is safer, and they have money to buy a little stuff, which is better than begging and sneaking on the streets every day.

There are many people and great power, and Lin'an Mansion burns a large number of rat corpses in an open space every day. When the surrounding farmers heard about it, they exterminated rats while plowing in the spring. One village after another gathered and sent rat corpses to Lin'an Mansion one by one. Lin'an Mansion was unbearable, so it simply asked the palace to issue an edict, and all state capitals should organize the extermination of rats, and finally set off a vigorous rat extermination action across the country. In the end, the expenditure on rodent extermination reported by various localities amounted to more than 30,000 yuan. However, the rat infestation across the country has also been greatly curbed, and the people have praised it, and all localities have also sent concerts to praise virtue and politics, which makes Xie Daoqing proud for a while. Simply strike while the iron is hot, and let all localities clean up, fill in stinky ditches and dredge all kinds of ditches, and do not litter and defecate anywhere. The people are even happier, and the weather in various places is new.

The news spread to Yunnan, Sichuan and other places, and although the local people did not have the reward of the government, they also organized themselves to exterminate rats, after all, this is a good thing. Officials from all over the Yuan Dynasty also pushed the boat along the river, and many local officials also launched a variety of different rewards, and the rat extermination actions in various places were like sparks burning the prairies, which became a trend, and finally alarmed Kublai Khan.

When Kublai Khan heard that it was Cheng Yue's set of books advocating the extermination of rats, he immediately ordered to get this set of books, and then issued a very formal decree, ordering the Yuan Dynasty to also exterminate rats on a large scale, and also allocated 100,000 ingots to distribute to various places.

Until the Yuan Dynasty, people everywhere also wrote to praise them. Kublai Khan suddenly felt that it was so simple to make the people sincerely praise themselves, and he got so many eulogies for a little thing, without any effort.

Soon after, the officials below sent Cheng Yue's book, and also brought the content of the edict issued by Xie Daoqing, the empress dowager of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Kublai Khan read this set of books and was so excited that he went crazy and read it almost sleeplessly. And this time the action was faster, and he immediately translated Xie Daoqing's edict into Mongolian, and also made an exact same will. He also organized more than 200 interpreters to translate Cheng Yue's book into Mongolian, Wu'er, and Tibetan.

The Yuan Dynasty was all in a sensation, and they were begging to buy Cheng Yue's book everywhere, even in the court, because the things said in this set of books were true or false, and they quarreled many times.

Guo Shoujing and others were like a treasure, praised the wisdom of the Great Khan in a book, chose such a unique attached horse, and debated many times with a group of fiercely opposed Confucianism, almost causing a split in Confucianism in the Yuan Dynasty.

The Red Sect and the Yellow Sect, which were supposed to refute Cheng Yue, did not dare to come forward. Except for a few great lamas who scolded Cheng Yue for bewitching the public on the occasion of preaching, no one launched a verbal and written attack on Cheng Yue, but it disappointed Kublai Khan, who had been prepared, a little.

Cheng Yue was not stupid, and before Kublai Khan had asked people to print this set of books, he immediately sold tens of thousands of copies to the territory of the Yuan Dynasty and made a lot of money.

The happiest are Wan Ze and Nang Jia Zhen, the two princesses are fluent in Chinese, especially Wan Ze, holding this set of books and reading them little by little, writing and drawing on paper every day to study.

Nang Jiazhen originally wanted to drag her out to ride a horse, but seeing that she studied so hard, she didn't dare to run out, and when she returned to the house, she studied it like that, and if she didn't understand, she went to Wanze, and the two of them worked together to find a way to understand. If they didn't understand it anymore, they brought Guo Shoujing and asked him to explain it to them.

Guo Shoujing talked about his experience and thoughts, and at the same time praised Cheng Yue as if there was nothing on the ground, which was rare in the sky, which made the two princesses happy and worried. is worried that the other party will marry Cheng Yue, and he will miss this good marriage.

After reading this set of books, Empress Chabi was shocked beyond words, and quietly discussed the contents of the book with Kublai Khan countless times. When the relevant people found in the palace confirmed the contents of the book one by one, the entire concept of Empress Chabi was almost subverted, and she finally realized that the things in heaven and earth are not all as the Buddhists say, but there are other mysteries, and there is a different vast world.

Since then, Empress Chabi has less worship of the Red Sect, and the number of times the national teacher Ba Si Pa has entered the palace has also decreased sharply.

The changes that Cheng Yue expected to bring to the country when he wrote this series of books are happening either vigorously or quietly.

Most of this happened later, and now Cheng Yue was in the courtyard of his residence in Changzhou City, examining samples of sabers, swords, and matches made of military steel sent by Liu Shun.