Chapter 2593 Complete Victory
Bai Erlang happily led the two people to find books with a list in hand. Because it was hot, he used the list to block the wind and entered the library. When there were only three of them, he gloated, "Let them target us. Now they have to lend us the books, and we have to borrow all of them at once."
Manbao kept complaining to him, "You are a member of the Hanlin Academy after all, how come you can't do anything?"
Bai Erlang: "I am a small person with low status. I have no say. What can I do?"
He pointed at Bai Shan and said, "He's been working in the Hanlin Academy for a year, but he's still forgotten."
Bai Shan glanced at him and said to Man Bao, "Hurry up and find the book and lend it out. They haven't reacted yet. When they do, they will have other excuses not to lend it to us."
Manbao: "We have the prince's handwriting."
"If the Hanlin Academy also needs these medical books to compile, then the Hanlin Academy should be given priority." It was because they were fast that they rushed over immediately after taking the handwritten letter. Some people in the Hanlin Academy had not received the news yet.
The three of them worked together, with the help of one who used to be in the Hanlin Academy and one who was currently a Hanlin. Bai Er in particular had already found ten medical books when Doctor Zheng came to borrow them this morning, and was just waiting for people to borrow them. However, the Hanlin in charge of the two libraries refused to lend them.
He could only stuff the book back into his pocket.
At this time, it is very fast to take it out.
Bai Shan smiled as he searched for the remaining books: "Actually, there is another way. Your reading speed and time are limited. Bai Er is fine anyway. If you want to borrow a book in the future and it is really not available, just ask him to copy it out for you."
Manbao's eyes lit up, he thought this method was very good, so he looked at Bai Erlang with a sharp gaze.
Bai Erlang took two steps back in fear, shaking his hands repeatedly, "No, no, Bai Shan, how could you hurt me like this? I, I still have a lot of things to do."
"What are you doing? You've been writing Journey to the West for so long and only published two chapters. A few days ago, I went to the bookstore to look for a book, and the owner of the bookstore stopped me and talked for a long time."
Bai Erlang opened his mouth but said nothing.
Bai Shan and Man Bao couldn't help but become curious. They stopped looking for the book and walked around to him, staring at him curiously, "What did you do?"
Seeing their expressions that said, "You've gotten into trouble again," Bai Erlang couldn't help but say depressedly, "What can I do? In the Hanlin Academy, of course I'm just reading books and looking for information."
Bai Shan asked, "What book is the Hanlin you are following recently studying?"
"Agricultural books," Bai Erlang said, "I'm responsible for finding calendars from previous years, as well as records of natural disasters that occurred in various places over the years."
That shouldn't be very busy.
Bai Shan looked at him more suspiciously.
"Okay, okay, stop looking at me like that," Bai Erlang said, "It's just that I recently found two particularly interesting volumes of miscellaneous notes in the Miscellaneous Book Building."
Bai Erlang sighed and said, "Mingda likes to read too, but the books in the Hanlin Academy can't be taken out without permission, and the books in the Miscellaneous Library can't be copied. I can only memorize them secretly and write them down for Mingda to read after returning."
So he's been busy lately, okay?
Bai Shan: ...People enter the Hanlin Academy to edit books, study, and accumulate political capital, but you come here to read miscellaneous books and copy unofficial history books to please your wife?
The two looked at him deeply, turned around and left, "There are five more, find them quickly."
Bai Erlang immediately said, "I know where the 'Treatise on the Origin and Symptoms of Various Diseases' you're looking for is. I seemed to have glanced at it this morning when I was looking for books, but I remember you said it was written by someone from the previous dynasty. Xiao Yuanzheng has an incomplete copy, so there's no rush to get it..."
Bai Erlang said he had found it, and happily took it down and gave it to Manbao.
The books may not have been well preserved when they were put into the library, so they are a bit scattered. The Hanlin Academy has not thought about repairing them for so many years, so Manbao flipped through them very carefully to prevent the pages from falling apart.
She put the books away and found one for herself, and Bai Shan found the remaining three.
So the three of them went downstairs with the book and registered it for borrowing.
The Hanlin who was in charge of the library saw the books the three people brought down and couldn't help but say to Zhou Man, "You borrowed too many books at once from Chongwenguan. Can you read so many?"
I want them to borrow separately.
Man Bao raised the list in his hand that was stamped with the Crown Prince's seal and said, "Your Highness has agreed. The Imperial Medical Bureau is in urgent need of compiling medical books. These medical books are urgently needed."
Hanlin glanced at Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, silently spread out the booklet to record them, and hummed in his heart. Bai Shan was okay, after all, he and Zhou Man were husband and wife, but what about Bai Erlang?
You are the current Hanlin after all, but you are a traitor. No wonder no one likes to play with him.
Bai Erlang didn't feel excluded at all. He was busy looking for information, reading books, copying books, and writing books. Occasionally, he had to attend banquets for relatives and friends. He was almost busy to death.
No one in the Hanlin Academy wanted to play with him, so he had fewer social engagements and more time. He was so happy that he couldn't contain his excitement.
He has a strong backing, so even if people don't want to play with him, no one in the Hanlin Academy dares to bully him.
Hanlin slowly recorded them, then handed the pen to Zhou Man and asked her to sign one by one.
Manbao took the pen, but Bai Shan held the booklet and checked the contents against the book, picking out a few points for Hanlin to fill in. "This book has loose pages. I just counted them, and there are thirteen loose pages in total. Write that down. This one has a stain, between pages eight and nine, one-fifth of the page is stained, and it's ink-black..."
Hanlin's face twitched, and he said with a half-hearted smile, "Master Bai, you've observed it very carefully."
Bai Shan smiled gently at him and said, "You are too polite, Mr. Chen. I have also been a Hanlin scholar, so I know that one must remember the books that enter and leave the library. Otherwise, it will be difficult to deal with any problems when returning them."
Hanlin wrote down everything Bai Shan said, and Manbao signed it. Until they left with the book, the person Hanlin was waiting for did not show up.
He turned his head and looked towards the office area with some confusion.
Bai Erlang only sent the person to the door, and when he saw the person leave, he came back with his head held high. When he saw Hanlin, he glanced at the person with his eyes slanted, and then continued to walk away with his chin held high and arrogant.
Hanlin: ...
If he wasn't the prince consort, he would definitely criticize him to death. No, even if he was the prince consort, it would be useless. If he wasn't the legitimate prince consort...
The Hanlin Dean shook his head, closed the window, and turned back to sit in his chair. A Hanlin came in and reported: "Dean, Master Zhou and Master Bai are gone."
The head of the Hanlin Academy nodded and said, "I see everyone's been so idle lately that a lot of things have happened. So why not send a few Hanlin scholars to the Ministry of Works to compile books on geography? Didn't the Ministry of Works say they wanted to dredge the Yellow River last time but didn't have a good method? Send a few Hanlin scholars over to help them find information. If necessary, they can go and take a look at the site and get some concrete results done."
"I have prepared a list, take a look."
(End of this chapter)
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