The Great Han Dynasty: From Feng Lang Juxu to the Eternal Emperor

Chapter 228 The arrival from southern Xinjiang
  Not long after, Lu Chongguo came to Qilin Hall covered with snowflakes.

Wei Ning and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were already sitting in the Qilin Hall drinking tea.

Lu Chongguo was stunned for a moment when he saw this scene, and he hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "I am here to see you, Your Majesty."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty waved his hand for Lu Chongguo to stand up, and then said to Lu Chongguo: "The Marquis of Zhenbei has given me some ideas, please listen to see if they are feasible."

Lu Chongguo hurriedly clasped his fists: "I obey the order."

Weining described the manufacturing and use processes of printing to Lu Chongguo.

This is not a difficult task, and it is not as troublesome as making a plow or paper. It is easy to understand, but it uses the principles of rubbing and arrangement and combination.

But all that presupposes is that the paper is made.

Lu Chongguo naturally understood. After Wei Ning finished speaking, he said in astonishment: "Marquis of Zhenbei, this... is amazing!"

"Hiss, you can arrange and combine the clay at will to form the text of the book you want to print, and then rub it on the paper to quickly complete the book."

"Traditional handwritten heirloom books will be completely overturned by the emergence of printing, and the value of books will be greatly reduced, thus benefiting the illiterate people around the world."

Lu Chongguo was so excited that he cupped his fists and said, "The kindness of Lord Zhenbei will shine forever!"

He knew that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had asked him to praise Weining. He was not a fool, so of course he would try his best to lick Weining now.

To say the least, he did not lick blindly. This is indeed an immeasurable meritorious deed by Marquis Wei.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty smiled and said to Lu Chongguo: "Since it is feasible, your Zongzheng Da Nong Mansion will make a printing press first. Then I will go and observe it in person."

"According to the order!"

After being sent away to fill the country, Wei Ning said to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Your Majesty, the printing press is important, but I am not here mainly to show you the printing press."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said with great interest: "Oh?"

Wei Ning collected his thoughts and then said: "Your Majesty, don't you think the current talent selection system of the Han Dynasty is very unreasonable?"

"There are no criteria for judging people who are recommended by the famous and powerful. As long as they know how to read, they can become officials just by being recommended by cats and dogs."

"A thousand-mile horse often exists, but a bole does not always exist."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was thoughtful, and was stunned for a while by Weining's theory of Chollima and Bole.

But it is undeniable that what Weining said had a strong impact on Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Dahan's current talent selection system does have too many shortcomings, but he has no way to change it. This does not happen overnight. Even if he has talents for thousands of years, it is difficult to make a meal without rice.

The selection system of the imperial court was either inherited from the nobility, because only this type of people had mastered the knowledge, or it relied on merit and filial piety passed down through word of mouth.

There was Jixia Academy in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the Taixue Academy was opened in the Han Dynasty, both for the purpose of cultivating talents for the imperial court, but it was still difficult to meet the demand for talents.

Wei Ning continued: "So I presented the printing technology to His Majesty."

"It allows books to be mass-produced and more and more people can afford to read books."

“It takes ten years to cultivate trees and hundreds of years to cultivate people, and cultivating talents does not happen overnight.”

"But with the printing press, I think no matter whether you are poor or rich, at least everyone can be equal when it comes to reading."

"As for whether the talent can be read later, I can't control it, and neither can His Majesty."

"It takes one generation to change this. Maybe we won't see it in this lifetime, but future generations can see it and benefit from it."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty pondered for a long time and was speechless. He just looked at Wei Ning who was still chattering seriously, but his calm words were so full of power.

Providing suggestions for the country and the rise of the nation, selfless!

Wei Ning continued: "In a few decades, when generations of people no longer worry about scholars, the talent selection system can be changed to examinations."

"At that time, being an official will no longer be the exclusive preserve of the powerful, and ordinary people will also be able to change their destiny through reading."

"I know that there will still be a gap between the rich and the poor, and there will still be people who can't afford to read books and can't find a teacher to teach."    "I can't change this because the nature of society is unfair. Then we have another path for them to choose. .”

"Join the army!"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was still shocked and shocked by Wei Ning's words.

He asked Weining: "How to take the exam?"

Weining shook his head and said: "I don't know how to take the exam for what kind of talents the country needs."

"In this way, some cats and dogs should not be selected to serve as officials in the imperial court."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked: "How can an ugly person be an official?"

Wei Ning: "..."

It seems that the rulers of all dynasties have been the same and refused to allow ugly people to serve as officials. At least there should be no ugly people in the central court.

It will affect the face of the court.

This is not something Weining should consider, and he is not in power. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty should let Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty think about these matters himself.

He only provided the country with a talent selection system that was relatively fair and would not allow all officials to be controlled by the powerful class.

It would not be necessary to let some illiterate military generals hold important civilian positions.

Although most of the civil servants in the Qin and Han Dynasties came from military generals, don't forget that there were several Wei Qings who could sit in high positions!

Even after Wei Qing became an official, he had more than ten thousand volumes of books at home, and he was studying hard.

Most military generals are people like Li Ju. Even if these grassroots people are promoted based on military merit, they still cannot achieve important positions without the accumulation of knowledge and learning.

As for the other generals, look at your ancestors, which one is not rich or noble, and has been passed down and cultivated by the family since childhood?
  Li Guang Yes, although Tian Qianqiu comes from a poor family, he is still like this in essence.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty smiled and did not hesitate to ask about his appearance. He thought for a while and said, "I will think about it carefully."

"I learned from your words today."

Wei Ning: "I don't dare."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty shook his head and said: "A teacher does not have to be better than a disciple, and a disciple does not have to be inferior to the teacher."

Such familiar words.

"Is that why I heard that there are successive professions and specializations in Taoism?"

Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty:?

"You are really becoming more and more accomplished in literature. These two sentences are quite right."

Wei Ning thought to himself that this article seemed to be written by someone who only knew these two famous sentences.

While he was talking, a young eunuch came over and said to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Your Majesty, more than a hundred envoys from the Luoyue tribe in southern Xinjiang have arrived near Sanfu."

The envoy from Luoyue came to Beijing.

The speed is very fast, which shows that the other party is sincere.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said "Oh", he looked at Wei Ning and said: "I leave everything to you. You arrange to receive and summon them by yourself. As for how to talk and what to talk about, you are responsible for it. I will not participate. If you need anything, just ask me." "

Wei Ning hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "I obey the order."

Wei Ning did not stay in Weiyang Palace any longer and left with fists in his hands. He went to Sima Mansion first.

After Li Cai's death, the Sima Mansion did not dare to deal with errands. They were carefully investigating everything Wei Ning told him.

They have almost found out some information about Luoyue.

(End of this chapter)