Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 627 Printed Books
The officials were already a little stunned. They didn't seem to have thought that there is such a strange thing in the world. They looked at Ma Jun with extremely complicated eyes. I really don't know how he made this thing. Ma Jun was unmoved by his gaze. The officials didn't like him very much, and he knew it in his heart. Seeing the silence of the officials, Liu Bei suddenly got up and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty!! Congratulations, Your Majesty!!"

"Oh??"

Liu Bei said with a smile: "Your Majesty, with this thing, books are no longer a difficult task in local government schools, and scholars in the world will have more opportunities to read. In this way, my Han Dynasty has a prosperous literary style and countless talents. Your Majesty's merits should be passed on from generation to generation, so let's celebrate!" When the Son of Heaven heard this, he also laughed, nodded, and said, "I also feel that this thing is of great use, and the style of writing in the world will rise because of me!!"

All the ministers paid homage, the emperor waved his hands, and asked everyone to stand up. Then the emperor looked at Ma Jun and said: "I have always used Ma Qing highly and entrusted him with important tasks. However, the ministers in the temple are very displeased. Criticizing me as a craftsman is regarded as inferior. I had intended to say it a long time ago. I thought you could reflect on yourself and change your mistakes, but I didn't expect that even now, some ministers in the country are still so stubborn and refuse to admit it! !"

"From copper and iron, to clothes, to carriage frames, and even the palace where I am sitting, and the seats you are sitting on, which one is not a novelty?? Which one was not developed by a craftsman?? You eat it one by one. Seeing the rice cultivated by the common people, but scolding the peasants for their stupidity, enjoying the fruits of the craftsmen, but scolding the craftsmen for being incompetent, and doctors treating you, but you want to rank doctors with beggars."

As the emperor spoke, he gradually became a little annoyed. He said solemnly: "Shouldn't we treat a person according to his character? How can we underestimate him because of his position? All the kings have read the books of sages and sages." , I should understand these reasons. I am going to confer the title of Duke Ma as a county marquis, and reward the artisans under his command who participated in the research and development. My second prince, Liu Di, I am going to let him enter the family of Duke Ma. The way to rule R&D!!”

"I have finished my words, is there any objection??"

All the ministers looked at each other, the meaning of the emperor seemed to be to continue to support the craftsman, or to support the craftsman on a large scale. Although they still didn't feel that the craftsman could be compared with these talents like them, they couldn't say anything against it. , They are still very afraid of the emperor. The emperor who has been in power for 22 years is a violent person, so don't provoke him easily.

Seeing that no one objected, the emperor issued his own edicts.

At the end of the court meeting, all the ministers were walking on the road with worried faces. Today, although he is not as good as Emperor Xiaokang, he can still be regarded as a wise emperor. It's a pity that he loves to do such weird things too much. What happened, the New Deal, the review, and the craftsmen always like to open up a brand new road. These ministers who have never walked this road do not know where the final point of this road is.

Whether it is good or bad is left to fate.

During the court meeting, the printing technology was officially put into work. The first thing to start printing was the enlightenment textbook in the official school. This enlightenment textbook was written by He Zi before, which played a very important role for the great man. Role, those few stories seem simple, but they contain the awe of the emperor, the awe of the destiny, and the various qualities needed to be a human being. Children all over the world are gradually growing up under this kind of education.

The Son of Heaven has always felt that the reason why there was no rebellion in these years is mostly in this book. The common people know the principle of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and naturally the rebellion will decrease. From this point of view, He Zi's contribution to the great man is, Almost no one can match it. This children's enlightenment book, also called "The Nine Chapters of the Golden Scale", is still full of praise. From the book, you can see He Zi's unique writing style .

Very bold style of writing.

After printing a large number of enlightenment books, government schools all over the country have obtained these books. Speaking of which, printing is still a huge waste, and the number of uses of the board is limited, which is a big problem. However, these problems still have to be handed over to Ma Jun came to solve it. Ma Jun, as a master craftsman, has now been rewarded by the county lord, and no one in the court dares to underestimate him. It's hard work, they all want to be rewarded again!
However, the temple did not slow down the printing speed because of the high cost. It is still printing continuously, and the enlightenment books continue to go to various regions. The temple still wants to solve the problem of government and education first, and then take other considerations into account. With such efficiency , young children from all over the world are holding this unusual enlightenment book, and they are a little dazed to learn from the sacrificial wine. They are young and have no idea what it means, but those sacrificial wines have tears in their eyes.

At the end of the year, Ma Jun rushed to Houde Hall again.

"You want to announce it to the world?? Why??" The emperor asked with some doubts. Ma Jun came here because he wanted to announce the things he had developed to the world, so that everyone in the world would know how Manufactured, the emperor is a little puzzled about this, such a sharp weapon, it is good to be in the hands of the temple, why should it be distributed to the people? ?Ma Jun looked at the emperor and said, "Actually, it's mainly about printing."

"Your Majesty, this technique has a great impact on the world. Although the temples have been printing, they are all for a purpose. It is impossible to cover everything in a unified printing. Moreover, with today's machines, it is impossible to set up official offices for printing. Since this is the case, why not tell everyone the principle of production and let people in the world print it at will, so that there will be more and more books, this is what your Majesty wants."

Hearing this, the Son of Heaven felt that what he said was reasonable, thought for a moment, and then said: "Forget it, let's just publish the printing technique, let them all learn it, and allow them to print by themselves, even if they will not publish the books after printing. , but having more books is also a good thing.”

With the consent of the emperor, in the same month, Ma Jun came to Taixue in person and began to give lectures. Facing this upstart from Luoyang, the Taixue students were all very curious. When Ma Jun got on the high platform, the students around He is talking about him casually, the impression he gave to the students is really bad, just his clothes, if they don't mention his identity, they would think that some beggar got into the imperial school ! !

In addition, Ma Jun is not so quick to speak. Ma Jun stuttered when he was a child, and it got better when he grew up. However, when facing so many people, he still stutters from time to time. He was talking about how to print, but the number of students in the audience gradually decreased, and most of them dispersed boringly. Ma Jun looked at the students in the audience and narrated a little clumsily.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside the door, the students looked around, Ma Jun didn't speak anymore, and saw a group of people walking in from outside the door, everyone knew the person who came, it was Prince Liu Mastiff, Liu Mastiff greeted everyone with a smile, walked to a place close to Ma Jun, bowed to Ma Jun, and then sat down. He came to listen to Ma Jun's lecture. With the prince here, how could the students of Taixue disperse? Go, many people who had gone away came back again and gathered here.

There was a prince sitting below. For some reason, Ma Jun’s uneasiness gradually dissipated. He started from the beginning, slowly explaining how to make it. The prince was very excited when he heard it, and even took out a pen and ink to record it. The crown prince is like this, and everyone follows suit. This is the crown prince. Whether these young people will be reused in the future depends on his appreciation. In order to get his appreciation, they would rather pay any price.

After Ma Jun finished speaking, he just bowed his hands and saluted the prince, and left in a hurry. The prince slowly got up, walked up to the high platform, looked at the many students below, and said: "My lords, I thought, we We should thank Ma Gong for being the one. Ma Gong’s technology allows us to see more books, which are hidden deep in the palace or privately stored in the library. Through printing, everyone can see. The world The style of writing will arise because of this, and the way of a sage will spread far and wide, Ma Gong, he can be called a man."

Ma Jun naturally didn't know what Liu Mastiff said in Taixue, but when he arrived at Menzixue a few days later, he found that the situation had changed. Many students treated him with extra respect. Some people even bowed to him, Ma Jun hurriedly asked them to stand up, and when he was talking about printing, the entire high platform was full of people, including the sacrificial wine, and they were all listening carefully. He also took out a pen and ink to record it.

Ma Jun was very happy to see such a scene, finished the story in a hurry, declined everyone's persuasion, and left here.

After that, the manufacturing outline he wrote was also spread. For a while, the printing technique was also known to everyone. Various books began to appear in Luoyang. Gradually, there were such books everywhere. In this case, some merchants saw the profits and began to print books and sell them. There were many book-selling shops in Luoyang, which was unexpected by everyone.

The happiest thing is these scholars. The scholars spend all day in these places. Their desire for books and their love for books make them spend huge sums of money to buy these books. After they are printed, the books will definitely be There are more and more books, and the collection of books is not as effective as before. However, the habits formed are still not easy to change. These scholars, when they hear someone selling books, they will buy them no matter what they are, even if they themselves No need, it is also very good for family heirloom.

Printing technology, in less than a year since its appearance, has had a huge impact on the great man. Books continue to appear and spread. At the end of the year, scholars drive horse-drawn carriages to buy books. They were still extremely happy, grinning. Such huge profits naturally made merchants invest all their property in printing books.

For these merchants, the emperor surprisingly did not impose restrictions. Perhaps the emperor also felt that these people still played a role in the spread of books. Such huge profits will not continue to exist.

(End of this chapter)