C3643 (1/2)
Just as he said that, Director Wang suddenly thought of something and slapped his forehead. You said it's late, but before the press conference this morning, Northwest sent a telegram saying that the Dunhuang is already very strong! ”
”Zuo Zongtang is going to take action on this batch of books!”
Xiao Letian flew into a rage when he heard that, ”What? Zuo Jigao is so daring, to snatch food from my mouth? Why didn't you say something so important earlier? ”
Wang Huaiyuan's face darkened, ”This is my fault... Zuo Jigao does not seem to have much either, since he was told to choose a thousand books first, he will not care about the rest … ”
”I thought that there were more than a hundred thousand ancient books in the vault. So what if I gave him a thousand?” So... So I didn't take it seriously. I've classified it as an emergency... ”
Xiao Letian anxiously slapped his thigh, ”Hurry up and send out the report, send out the report in my name to Zuo Zongtang. I can give him a copy, but the original copy cannot be given to him!”
”At the same time, report to Shang Tai. Even if he lost his life somewhere, he can't lose a copy of the Dunhuang's literature!”
Xiao Hexin was shocked, ”The Head of the Guards … The Western Regions strategy would require Zuo Zongtang's strength, because it wouldn't be good for them to fall out over just a few books, right? ”He's also a scholar, and he wants to collect a portion of it. It's not like he's going overseas …”
”No, absolutely not. You do your tasks first, I'll explain it to you later!”
In fact, the whole thing was related to Xiao Letian's continuous reports. Initially, Zuo Zongtang did not know what was going on with Tibetan Meridian Cave, so he did not pay too much attention to it.
He had thought that the Tibetan Meridian Cave was just some ancient Buddhist scripture. Although it was good, it was not worth for him to be greedy for it!
However, soon after, he received a piece of information. He then realized that this was not only a Buddhist scripture, but the entire history of the Western Regions!
Ancient calligraphy and painting were treasures that spanned across the Jin, Sui and Tang dynasties and Song dynasties. Merely studying the history of painting was a huge fortune!
How could the literati of Ancient China not like to play the metal stone calligraphy? Zuo Zongtang was no exception, but in the large officials' families, who did not have their own library, and who did not have a few treasures to protect, like one's heart and liver.
After looking at the news reports sent over from the back, Zuo Zongtang finally understood that all these scriptures that the Dunhuang s had were priceless treasures in the minds of the scholars.
Without a second word, Zuo Zongtang sent his trusted aide Liu Jintang over to Dunhuang to personally ask for it from.
When Shang Tai saw Liu Jintang, he immediately had a bitter face. He really did not want to give it to him, but this was after all, the territory controlled by Zuo Zongtang's army.
Shang Tai was confused by Liu Jintang. After stabilizing him, immediately started a secret meeting with the left side. The left side immediately voted against it!
”No, absolutely not! We've already killed an English devil for the sake of these treasures, we can't just give them to outsiders for nothing! ”
”But in the end, we are still at Zuo Zongtang's territory, are we not going to be separated at all? ”I mean bargain with him. I think four or five hundred copies would be okay …”
”No!” ”Absolutely not …” ”I won't agree even if I die in Tibetan Meridian Cave!” ”I won't agree even if I die in Tibetan Meridian Cave!”
What an audacious Ghost Eye! This guy was carrying two buckets of kerosene directly into the gold cave.
The Tibetan Meridian Cave was very small, and there were ancient books everywhere. After entering on the left, there was no way to lie down, so he could only sit cross-legged.
”Whoever dares to snatch it, I will perish together with these ancient books!”