Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 61 The Impact of the New Papermaking Technology (3)

Chang'an Chengqing Hall

"Father, my son is here to give you a gift." After hearing Li Chengqian's words, Li Shimin also put down the memorial in his hand and said with a smile: "Why do you have a lot of money in your hand? It will be fine after you hand it over to your mother."

Li Chengqian shook his head involuntarily: "Royal father, my son is not here to give money, the things I give you can't be bought with money, and it can help me to deal with the hearts of scholars."

Since the merger of provincial officials, there have been some rumors about Li Shimin among the scholars, and Li Shimin knew that there would be such adverse consequences.

For the sake of the world, he had to do this, although it was past.Today, Li Chengqian came to give such things all the time, which aroused his interest.

"Oh, I'd like to see what you, the current crown prince, can boast of such a big mouth." Heng Lian moved a wooden box in, and Li Chengqian presented the Analects of Confucius printed on mulberry paper to Li Shimin.

"Chengqian, the quality of this book is good, and the handwriting is very clear. It is considered a good thing. But what does this have to do with what you said about cleaning up the hearts of scholars?" Li Shimin was confused. Could it be possible that sending a book by one person can make them return to their hearts? .

"Father, please take a closer look at this is a new kind of paper, called Chu paper, and the printing technology also uses the new movable type engraving technology, which greatly reduces the cost and lowers the quality.

Take this Analects of Confucius as an example. This kind of book is only a quarter of the original cost. Using this method to publish the Four Books and Five Classics will not be able to clean up the hearts of scholars for the father and emperor. "

"Chengqian, what you said is true?" Li Shimin's excitement was not unreasonable. The reason why the aristocratic family can monopolize the way to become an official is because of the high price of books.

If this is true, it will not only increase the court's prestige among scholars, but also cultivate more poor students.In this way, it is bound to reduce the influence of the aristocratic family, and see who dares to give himself the splint like Feng Deyi did back then.

Looking at his father's hopeful gaze, Li Chengqian nodded and said: "Return to father, it is true. The workshop in the industrial area has rushed to produce [-] Analects, and now it has been sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"Okay, Chengqian, for doing a good job, I will reward you well, just tell me what you want, and I will not deny you anything."

"Father, it is all the result of the day and night labor of the officials and craftsmen in the industrial zone. If the father wants to reward them, reward them. I dare not take credit for it.

Since the imperial court has the ability to print books at such a low price, is it possible to build a brand new school to train a large number of talents for the imperial court?Therefore, please allocate a piece of land to the emperor. "

He is still very satisfied with Li Chengqian's respect. If it were another prince, he would have already given all the credit to himself, and he would not care about the people below.

But Li Chengqian is quite different from them. In his own words, being the crown prince is already extremely honorable and favored, and it's not easy for his subordinates.How can you covet their credit?In this eldest son, Li Shimin saw the tolerance of a king.

After smiling, Li Shimin stroked his chin and said, "How to reward them is your business. I don't care. As for you, I think Furong Garden is good, so I give it to you. It's a compliment for your hard work these past few years. "

"As for the land you want, I think Cuihua Mountain is fine. It's also close to my Cuiwei Palace. When your academy is completed, I can go to see it in my spare time, but it's still a bit dilapidated and noisy."

Seeing Li Shimin's playful face, Li Chengqian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, building Cuiwei Palace is a trivial matter, but those noisy voices are a bit difficult to deal with, and it is not so easy to ask them to move.

After Li Chengqian thanked him for the reward: "Father, don't worry, my son will make the dilapidated and noisy Cuihua disappear."

Li Chengqian's study in the East Palace

"Teachers, since we have mastered the new technology, we should immediately build a brand new school to train all kinds of urgently needed talents for my Tang Dynasty. I don't know what the two teachers think."

Li Gang and Zhang Xuansu have been teaching and educating people all their lives, and the students they teach are all princes and princes of the royal family.It's not that they don't want to teach those poor children, but that they don't have that condition. It's conceivable how attractive what Li Chengqian said is to them.

"Your Highness, what kind of school do you want to build?" Old Li Gang brushed his gray beard and Zhang Xuansu looked at Li Chengqian with hope.

"The school we built can't just teach classics like Guozijian, but should teach them corresponding skills. Students specialize in Tang law, craftsmanship, agriculture, etiquette, etc. After all, there are specialties in arts. And there is no tuition fee, no matter All scholars are treated equally."

Li Chengqian's words are indeed a new way of education, which is more practical than the Guozijian. Coupled with the fact that no fees are charged, it is bound to attract a large number of children from poor families and families who have no ambitions to come. The sacred place for studying in the hearts of scholars.

"Your Highness, to open such a school will inevitably require a large number of teachers, and these teachers must be proficient in so many skills. Where can we find such people?" Such people are not easy to find. Who would let them go so easily? So this is what Zhang Xuansu is worried about.

"This palace wants to transfer a group of officials from various ministries of the Tang Dynasty, and then transfer some skilled craftsmen from the two industrial areas of Lantian and Weinan as teachers, and let them teach these students."

"Speaking of Classics and History, there are quite a few scholars in Chongwenguan, but it's really hard to find some skilled people. Coupled with the low status of craftsmen, there will inevitably be another talk, but it's okay to quarrel for the sake of building a school. At worst, the old man goes to reason with them." Old Li Gang brushed his beard and looked at Li Chengqian with a smile on his face.

Of course, Li Chengqian knew the worries of the two old masters. Those who are proficient in Kewu are all kinds of craftsmen. Since the establishment of Li Chengqian's industrial zone, the status of craftsmen has been raised within a certain range.It's just limited to Lantian and Weinan counties, and it won't make them turn against the current prince.

But now Li Chengqian wants to put them as high as the scholars, and they can enter the house. How can those scholar-bureaucrats who think that everything is inferior but only high-study can bear it.

"Master Zhang, the father and the emperor have passed, so what if they object. Besides, why do I keep so much money? It's a way to bring disaster. Isn't the lesson from last time not enough? I just used a little money Wouldn’t it be a good thing to exchange a large number of world-class talents for the country.”

After listening to Li Chengqian's words, Li Gang and Zhang Xuansu shook their heads and smiled wryly. Of course they knew the oolong caused by the disaster relief last time, even though the emperor knew that Li Chengqian was wronged, his favor was even better than before.

But since then, Li Chengqian has been more disciplined in doing things. The reason for doing this is to prove to everyone that the money in the East Palace is not for doing great things, and not to let those with ulterior motives find no reason to attack him.

(End of this chapter)