This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

Chapter 840 Volume The counterattack of the nobles!
It is said that people reserve their worst temper for the people closest to them.

This statement actually makes sense when applied to the noble families of scholars such as Cui, Lu, and Zheng.

The Ming Dynasty did so much, but they didn't say a word. However, when the Tang Dynasty just wanted to promote movable type printing, these guys suddenly became restless.

It’s not that what the Ming Dynasty did was right, but with their capabilities, they could only make things difficult for the Tang Dynasty.

Eating pancakes with green onions and setting up cannons to fire inside, this is them.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that they did nothing in the face of the Ming Dynasty’s relentless pressure.

At least during this period, there were indeed many more schools established by the great scholar families such as Cui, Lu, and Zheng.

Since they cannot curb this trend at the source, they work hard to open source it.

If you can't control knowledge, then control the people who learn knowledge. This is how they deal with it.

After all, in this era, the idea of ​​respecting teachers and valuing education is still deeply rooted.

In the future, those people will become the cornerstones for their expansion.

As the saying goes, there are always more solutions than problems.

Thousands of years of sedimentation, can you just overturn it if you want to?

As for the fact that the Tang Dynasty did so, and they reacted so strongly, it was actually just an attitude.

Now that Li Er has made his decision, they really have no ability to resist...

After all, with the rise of the Ming Dynasty, the gentry had gradually begun to decline.

Compared to the past, the difference is not even a little bit.

At this time, they did not dare to do as they had done in the past and directly resign to fight against Li Er.

If they really did that, Li Er might be so happy that he wouldn't even be able to sleep.

After all, he was now eager to have a chance to replace all the members of the aristocratic family.

They didn't have such confidence before, but things are different now, although they always say that the development of the Tang Dynasty is not worth mentioning under the glory of the Ming Dynasty.

But that is only compared to the Ming Dynasty. To be honest, the development of the Tang Dynasty in recent years is faster than in the previous decades.

Otherwise, what would Li Er use to march south?
At this time, Songzhou Governor's Mansion.

Cui Mingan was entertaining a group of people who had come from various places.

Just after the new year, Cui Mingan was transferred from the governor of Youzhou to Songzhou by Li Er, and was also conferred the title of Duke of Boling County.

This can also be considered as a way for Li Er to appease the gentry.

"You all came from afar, didn't you just come for that matter?" Cui Mingan said helplessly, "I have submitted the memorials that should be submitted, but this matter is not something we can change.

As you can see, the Ming Daily is coming at you with great force. If the Tang Dynasty does not take countermeasures, the high ground of public opinion in the future will be completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty. This is definitely not what Your Majesty wants to see.

Therefore, regarding this matter, I will just submit a memorial to express my attitude, and stop making trouble. Your Majesty’s sword can kill people, and the heads of my Shi family can also be killed!"

He was really worried that these guys were coming to ask him to lead the attack on Li Er.

He is not afraid of being attacked, and if given the opportunity, he will never back down.

But in the current situation, that’s not an opportunity… that’s a crisis!
"Your Excellency's words are too serious." Hearing Cui Mingan's words, the people of the Lu family immediately stood up and said with a smile, "How could we not know that at this critical moment, there are some things that cannot be done.

It’s just that Changsun Wuji is bent on developing the Changsun family into a thousand-year-old aristocratic family, and he is also bent on suppressing us. Are we going to just put up with it and let that old bastard Changsun suppress us?
Has he forgotten the look on his face when he came to us for help?
I will never tolerate an ungrateful, treacherous person like him."

"Go to your Lu family. I remember it was that old bastard Cheng Zhijie, right?" Cui Mingan ruthlessly exposed the man from the Lu family.

The man from the Lu family was not embarrassed at all, and said with a smile: "This is just on the surface. In secret, that old man Changsun Wuji also sent people there."

This is just something everyone listens to, no one cares whether it is true or not.

However, Cheng Yaojin had indeed been to the Lu family.

"Let's not talk about this." The old man from the Zheng family also stood up and said, "If we don't react at all to what Zhangsun Wuji did, it won't work.

We can compromise for some measures that benefit the Tang Dynasty, just because we also hope that the Tang Dynasty can develop better, but we will never accept such a treacherous person as Zhangsun Wuji!"

In other words, they are now powerless to compete with Li Er, but Changsun Wuji wants to step on them to go higher and further, and they will not agree.

"What do you mean?" Cui Mingan was a little confused.

It's impossible for these old guys to run so far just to talk about something like this, right?

"Isn't Chang Sun Wuji going to promote movable type printing?" At this moment, the old man of the Li family stood up. It was he who proposed that the gentry take the lead in opening schools to control the spread of knowledge from the root. "Since the promotion of movable type printing has become an inevitable thing, why don't we get involved?"

There is only one meaning behind his words: if you can't beat them, then join them!
They have reaped the benefits from the establishment of previous schools.

You know, the schools run by their aristocratic families now have tens of thousands of students in the classroom. This ratio is not low.

Moreover, it is still increasing at an almost crazy rate every year.

In less than ten years, the number of students they have trained will not be less than 100,000.

What is this concept?
As of now, it is hard to say whether there are at most 100,000 scholars in the entire Tang Dynasty.

Of course, in this regard, they have an advantage over the Tang Dynasty court.

There is no way. They don’t have complicated systems at all levels. They have money and food, and even people.

If you really do it, the efficiency is indeed quite high.

Seeing Cui Minggan's surprised expression, the old man from the Li family continued, "From the previous school, I believe you have all seen the results.

Although we are reluctant to admit it, there is one fact that we must all believe, and that is, in the future, the person who will take over the Tang Dynasty, if not necessarily, will at least be that person with a high probability.

But what are we afraid of?
In the future, we have trained so many students, is it possible that no one of them can enter the court?

By then, we won’t need to say anything, as there will be great scholars among the people who will debate with us.

It's better to have someone else speak for us than to do it ourselves, right?"

"Isn't that too absolute?" Cui Mingan shook his head and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Shu is not doing badly now. Take the assassination of His Majesty before as an example. At least he behaved properly.

Besides, don't forget, we support His Majesty the King of Shu." "Did the Duke really not see the big chess game of His Majesty?" said the old man of the Lu family, "After all, the King of Shu is just accompanying the prince to study.

With your Majesty's wisdom, how could you not know who is the most suitable person to succeed him?
If the King of Shu were to succeed in ascending the throne, there would inevitably be frequent wars between the Tang and Ming dynasties in the future.

Don't forget, Your Majesty is Your Majesty after all, and he always considers the interests of the Tang Dynasty.

We may think that Your Majesty has been ill-considered in some aspects, but it is undeniable that among the emperors throughout history, Your Majesty is definitely a qualified emperor.

This is indisputable.

Unless, the one from the Ming Dynasty, or the Ming Dynasty, quickly falls from the altar in just a few years.

This may be the reason why Your Majesty is willing to support the King of Shu, just to see if the King of Shu has the ability.

But it is obvious that as things have developed to this point, the King of Shu does not have such ability, right?

Moreover, I also believe that everyone here should have made preparations at home. At least, Lu Zhengqing from the Lu family has been staying in Sun and Moon Mountain. As for the others, I don’t believe that there are no arrangements.

Of course, my Li family also has it."

He spoke frankly, and no one had the intention or thought to refute after hearing what he said.

How normal is this kind of thing?
Throughout history, among these scholar families, who would put all their eggs in one basket?

Seeing that no one was arguing his point, the old man from the Lu family continued, "Since the previous school has achieved results and laid a foundation for the future, it means that many things in the Ming Dynasty are worth learning and drawing lessons from. I believe you will not object to this, right?"

Everyone nodded. There was really nothing to refute about this.

Moreover, the reason why they made this trip was because he was encouraging everyone.

In other words, he had actually already made an agreement with some people.

"But we have accepted this, so why can't we accept movable type printing?" The old man of the Li family suddenly said, "Promoting movable type printing is nothing more than making books more popular, but we are also setting up schools and need a large number of books.

Are we going to waste so much manpower and resources carving blocks for books instead of just using the cheap and good quality ones?

Isn't it necessary?

And, most importantly, when we promote movable type printing, isn’t the effect better than that of the Ming Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty?
If you count all the scholars in the world, at least 50% of them can be related to us, right?
As long as we do a good job, even if it is the movable type printing invented by the Ming Dynasty, isn't it us who will truly benefit the people of the world?

At that time, we will be able to distinguish the two versions of the book, which will further enhance our status.

After all, the books in the homes of people of status are all woodblock prints!
Why not do something good like this? "

"If we are asked to promote movable type printing, it will be difficult for Changsun Wuji to do this job." The old man of the Lu family said with a smile.

"It is indeed possible." Cui Minggan also said, "Even if we don't do it, movable type printing can be popularized in a few years at most.

Some things are indeed the result of the world changing, and we cannot stop them.

But if we were allowed to do it, within a few months, movable type printing would be known throughout the country.

After all, among the group of scholars, I am proud to say that we are the benchmark!"

Everyone nodded in agreement with this statement.

"But since we are promoting movable type printing, why don't we also make newspapers?" At this time, Cui Minggan suddenly said, "After all, it is not a big problem for us to make newspapers, and the court has no relevant laws at present. If we don't occupy a high ground in the future public opinion sector at this time, will we be able to follow whatever others say in the future?
Sometimes, we have to admit that many things produced by the Ming Dynasty are really useful. Putting aside one's position, the Ming Dynasty is indeed a miracle creator.

Just as Mr. Li said, the one who will rule the Ming Dynasty in the future does have a very high probability of taking over the Tang Dynasty, and given his hatred for us, it is time for us to prepare for a rainy day.

It is not enough to have great scholars in the court debate on our behalf; we also need someone in the people to speak for us.

Public opinion, sometimes, is a knife that kills without shedding blood!"

In fact, when Cui Mingan first saw the Daming Daily, he knew how horrible this thing was. This idea was not something he came up with on a whim.

He pondered this question for a long time.

But at that time, it was really difficult for him to bring it up, after all, he didn't know what other people thought.

But now that everyone has such an attitude towards movable type printing, he really wants to give it a try.

"I also think what the county lord said makes sense." The old man of the Wang family who had not spoken said, "You may not believe me, but although I have many prejudices against the Daming Dynasty, I have never missed an issue of the Daming Daily, whether it is to know ourselves and the enemy, or I am really attracted by the style of the Daming Daily.

After all, I am used to this newspaper."

"Then if we publish a newspaper, what should we do?" The old man of the Li family did not object, but asked doubtfully, "To publish a newspaper for the people? To speak for the people?"

“No, no, no!” Cui Mingan said, “Don’t forget who we are. Since we want to do it, we naturally have to work hard in our own professional field.

Moreover, the People’s Daily speaks for the people?

This touches upon His Majesty's interests. Do you really think His Majesty can tolerate it?
Maybe if we really succeed and have the support of the people, His Majesty will be a little wary, but there is no way His Majesty will give us the opportunity to hold on until that time.

If we want to do it, let’s publish a journal!
Make a journal dedicated to readers all over the world!
Let them share their knowledge in newspapers.

Your Majesty can only allow such a newspaper to run unchecked since it has neither political purpose nor political benefit.

But don’t forget that the right to speak in this world ultimately lies in the hands of scholars.

Their every move and every word is leading the direction of the future.

As long as we can control this group of people, haha, the commanding heights of public opinion in the future will be firmly in our hands.

Moreover, at the beginning, we can even let the students in those schools publish some of their understanding of academic matters in our newspapers.

This will make Your Majesty more tolerant, and in the second phase, we can arrange for great scholars to make criticisms on their learning.

Teaching the truth and resolving doubts is nothing more than this.

By then, we can use knowledge to guide all public opinions.

At that time, teachers did not need to leave their homes, and their students were all successful. "

I have to admit that even if they are still stuck in the Tang Dynasty's thinking, as long as you give them a start, there are really not many idiots among them.

You can say they are selfish, or you can say they are pedantic, but you can't really say they are unbearable...

At least, everyone present thought this was an excellent counterattack!

(End of this chapter)