My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 322 This is not a scientific question

This time, Li Han was really stumped. He started thinking quickly. Could it be that the book was stolen by his parents?

This shouldn't be possible.

He thought about it carefully, and suddenly, an idea came to his mind: Could it be that the book was borrowed before the computer system was established?

When he shared this idea with his junior, he clapped his hands and told Li Han that in the past, book borrowing registrations were written directly in the register with a pen. After the computer system was established, the information in the register was also entered into the system, but it was not connected to the current computer management system, but was an independent management system.

I went to the archive room of the library with my junior, turned on the computer where the old archives were stored, and started searching.

Li Jianshe's name was not found, but his mother Lin Yujin's name was found, and the borrowed books were also clearly visible.

The book that mom borrowed was called "Supplement to the Universal Road". Li Han was just about to ask his junior to take it out and have a look when he heard his junior exclaim.

"This book has been borrowed for nearly thirty years and has never been returned!"

Haven’t paid it back yet?
Li Han was also shocked. This book was borrowed by my mother in the 1990s? In other words, my mother borrowed it when she was in college?

And it has not been returned yet. Is there any important secret in this book? My parents just stole the book!
Li Han was becoming more and more curious, and he quickly asked his junior, "Can you help me take out this book and have a look?"

The junior student said with a bitter face: "Senior, I can't show it to you. This book is a rare copy. There is only one copy. Lin Yujin borrowed it and hasn't returned it yet!"

A unique copy?

Li Han was completely dumbfounded at this moment, and he became more and more certain in his heart that "Supplement to the Universal Road" must have hidden some major secret.

It seemed that the clue ended at the school. After Li Han thanked his junior, he left the school, drove back to Li Momo's shop, returned the car, and then went back home.

He closed the door, not letting anyone disturb him, took out his notebook, and wrote the words "Supplement to the Universal Corridor" on it.

He didn't know who wrote this book. He had never heard of it, nor had he ever noticed that his parents were studying it. However, he did know what "The Universal Road" was.

"Universal Avenue", also known as "Universal Chronicle", was written in the 27th year of Hongwu. Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang believed that the Ming Dynasty was so vast and rich in resources that it must have books to record the geography, roads, and customs of the people. So he ordered the Confucian officials of the Hanlin Academy to compile the numbers of roads in the world into a book, which was named "Universal Avenue".

This actually matches his father's special hobby. Hu Mingyuan said that when his father was in college, he was particularly interested in the geography of the Ming Dynasty.

But what does this have to do with the secrets of my parents? And what special connection does it have with the mysterious mailbox at home?

At this time, Li Han was even more confused. He was completely confused and had no idea what to do.

Perhaps, the only way to find the answer is to read "The Universal Crossing".

However, the version of "The Universal Avenue" circulating today is an incomplete one, and a large part of it is missing, otherwise the book "Supplement to the Universal Avenue" would not have appeared.

In other words, the secrets of my parents are hidden in this "supplement" part!

I don't know which part of the legacy this "supplement" refers to.

After the book "The Avenue of the Universe" was completed during the Hongwu period, it was completed through the efforts of several generations of Ming emperors until the reign of Emperor Daizong Zhu Qiyu. However, after the "Change of the Gate", the second generation of Ming Dynasty war god Zhu Qizhen listed this book as a banned book and prohibited it from circulating among the people.

They even destroyed countless circulated versions, which also led to the loss of many important contents of "Huanyu Tongqu" after hundreds of years of wind and rain and war. Now there are only a few copies of "Huanyu Tongqu" left in China. Zhu Qizhen, this grandson, did such a thing just because this book had some relationship with Zhu Qiyu. It really makes me angry!
Li Han thought viciously in his heart.

The second generation war god of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Qizhen, I will never forgive you!

If I could see you, Old Li would give you a good beating on behalf of your great-grandfather!
Or, why don’t you ask Lao Zhu to come and take a look?

As soon as this thought came up, Li Han slapped his head hard. He was so confused. "The Universal Corridor" was first published in the 27th year of Hongwu, and the Ming Dynasty that he could contact was only in the 16th year of Hongwu. There was a difference of eleven years in between!

At this point, there are only two solutions. One is to find my parents and ask them clearly. The other is to wait another eleven years, and after Lao Zhu has someone write "The Universal Road", ask him to come and take a look.

Although it seemed a bit ridiculous, Li Han felt that waiting for eleven years was more feasible than finding that unreliable pair of parents.

Is there really no other way?

It would be great if the mailbox could change the timeline of the connected object as you wish.

Unfortunately this is not possible.

Suddenly, Li Han slapped his forehead and said, this is not a scientific problem, it is actually a historical problem!

"The Universal Corridor" did not come out of thin air, but was compiled on the basis of "The Great Ming Chronicle"!
How could I have forgotten this? It seems that I shouldn't have neglected my studies after graduation!

"Da Ming Zhi" was completed in the third year of Hongwu. It was also compiled by Zhu Yuanzhang in order to understand the detailed situation of the Ming Dynasty. He ordered six knowledgeable scholars, namely Junmin, Huang Chi, Liu Yan, Ding Feng, Zheng Sixian and Zheng Quan, to compile it.

Its contents record in detail the administrative divisions, geographical situation, mountains and rivers, city passes, transportation routes, product resources, customs and folkways of the early Ming Dynasty.

"The Universal Corridor" is based on "The Great Ming Records", which further records the geographical conditions of the Ming Dynasty in detail and compiles them into a book.

The content recorded in it should be similar to that in "Da Ming Zhi". I don't know whether the secret that my parents spent nearly twenty years researching is recorded in "Da Ming Zhi".

However, due to wars, natural disasters, poor preservation and other reasons, the complete version of "Da Ming Zhi" has long been lost.

But for Li Han, this was not a problem at all. He could just ask Lao Zhu for it directly.

We have to wait eleven years for "The Great Wall of China", but "The Story of the Ming Dynasty" is already available in Zhu's time period!
I have to write to Lao Zhu quickly and ask for a set of Da Ming Zhi back.

I walked to the warehouse and came to the mailbox.

I opened it as usual and saw that there was already a letter inside. No need to ask, it must be from Lao Zhu.

He put the letter away first, then looked at the mailbox carefully. From the outside, it was just an ordinary iron box. It looked extremely solid and made of sufficient materials. He really couldn't tell what was special about it.

There's no point in pondering now, so I'd better read the letter first.

I closed the mailbox door, went back to the bedroom, opened the letter and read it carefully.

(End of this chapter)