Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 180 180 I have never heard of the four great inventions, you idiot.

Wang Buli and Li Wenzhong arrived at the Imperial City where the Ministry of Industry has its offices without any hindrance.

When the people from the Ministry of Industry saw Wang Buli coming again, they suddenly looked nervous.

Is it possible that this man discovered some corruption and bribery?

People from the Ministry of Industry dare not neglect.

They quickly invited Xue Xiang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, to come out.

Let's talk in the hall and at least be prepared.

Otherwise, if we talk behind closed doors, everyone will be very upset and unable to work.

If Wang Buli comes to arrest corrupt officials again, it is also a question whether the Ministry of Works can continue to operate.

When Xue Xiang saw Wang Buli coming, his heart skipped a beat.

He is extremely tolerant of his subordinates, even if it is a little minor, it can be dealt with internally, and there is no need to go online.

After all, once you get to His Majesty, small mistakes are no longer small mistakes.

"Why did Duke Cao Guo and the Prince Consort come here?"

Xue Xiang took the initiative to speak.

Seeing that they were so prepared, Li Wenzhong explained his intention:

"We are not here to trouble you. We just want to find a few craftsmen who can print with movable type to work for our Imperial College."

"Movable type printing?"

Xue Xiang fell into deep thought.

When he was young, he gathered soldiers from his hometown to defend his hometown. Later, he followed Yu Tonghai to join Zhu Yuanzhang and served as the commander of the water village. He was good at building ships and other things.

He had never had any experience with movable type printing.

Xue Xiang glanced at Wang Buli and replied immediately:

"I'll send someone to look for him right away."

He knew that this thing was definitely not what Cao Guogong wanted, but something proposed by Wang Buli.

Even a cultured person like himself doesn't know. How can a slightly cultured person like Li Wenzhong know?

That is to say, the consort Wang Buli, who has a lot of evil ideas, knows some weird things.

Xue Xiang quickly gave a reply and asked the officials below to take action.

People from the Ministry of Industry heard that Cao Guogong was here to ask for craftsmen who knew how to print movable type, and they quickly began to search the roster for people who knew this craft.

Many of them had never heard of movable type.

The laws of the Ming Dynasty were all printed using engravings, and they were all made of copper plates.

Who uses movable type?

Although movable type printing was invented in the Song Dynasty, it has never been favored by rulers.

For a long time after that, block printing was the technology used by the printing industry.

Although someone in the Yuan Dynasty invented wooden movable type, the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty were even more disdainful.

It was not until the use of wooden movable type and metal movable type in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties that movable type printing was further developed.

It was not until the Zhang Zong period of the Qing Dynasty that wooden movable type printing was used on a large scale.

Li Wenzhong looked at the officials frantically flipping through the rosters, and said to Wang Buli beside him:

"Cousin, the Song Dynasty really had this skill, right?"

"Of course." Wang Buli frowned as he looked at these people:

"The Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty has never used the movable type printing technology. Is it possible that they all rely on personnel to copy and distribute newspapers?"

Xue Xiang coughed twice: "Prince-in-law, I have also learned about movable type printing. Clay characters are easy to damage and not easy to stain with ink.

Therefore, it has never been adopted by the court. Now that it is suddenly requested, there may be no one in a short time. "

Just now, an official whispered to Xue Xiang that he remembered what this movable type printing thing was.

“Why not carve it out of wood?

I heard that someone invented wooden movable type in the Yuan Dynasty. "

Wang Buli's words made Xue Xiang speechless.

He looked at the group of subordinates in the hall who were frantically flipping through the roster, but no one dared to raise their head to help him.

This is completely their knowledge blind spot.

We are all scholars, so how come we are taught a lesson by someone who has never read a book and are unable to refute it?

Wooden type.

Never heard of it.

Just because he knew clay movable type, he was already a leader in the Ministry of Industry.

No one dared to refute Wang Buli, after all, Wang Buli left a deep impression on them.

Can I come to you without detailed evidence?

You'd better tell the truth, and you might still have a chance to survive. Look at those colleagues in the sub-department. Those who survived are working on the streets under the scorching sun.

Xue Xiang could only pretend to join the team looking for craftsmen, and started flipping through the book, pretending to be busy.

"It's easy, just call a carpenter." Li Wenzhong waved his hand: "It's best to call a literate carpenter."

Nowadays, the imperial city is still under repair. There are many carpenters, but there are very few literate people.

It doesn’t matter if the woodblock printer cannot read.

However, movable type printing has higher cultural requirements for craftsmen.

Correct.

Xue Xiang clapped his hands, quickly arranged for his subordinates to find someone, and followed Wang Buli's request to carve the words on the spot.

The fact that Li Wenzhong took Wang Buli to the Ministry of Industry to "make trouble" was also reported to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Movable type printing?" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Biao aside: "We have never heard of it."

Zhu Biao also shook his head. His teacher didn't teach these either.

"Go find someone and ask."

The emperor's order was implemented very quickly, and soon someone came to report to Zhu Yuanzhang what was going on with movable type printing.

There is such a thing as Bi Sheng's clay movable type printing in the Song Dynasty.

But the quality was rough, and typesetting required craftsmen to be literate, and no literate literati were willing to be craftsmen.

In particular, the scholar-bureaucrats rejected movable type printing.

Engraving, printing, and typesetting were exquisite and expensive, and they did not allow for the large-scale dissemination of knowledge.

However, movable type printing broke the expensive nature of knowledge and broke the cultural monopoly of the scholar-bureaucrats at that time.

After all, the Donghua sect only recognizes good men by calling them names. Who doesn’t want more good men among his disciples?

Therefore, some people in power, such as Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi, Wen Yanbo and other enlightened literati, were extremely resistant to clay movable type printing.

In addition, Bi Sheng was assassinated by his enemies, and his descendants were executed by the Nine Clan for participating in the fake dating case.

No one will praise this thing anymore.

The characters printed with clay characters are also very large, and the number of characters printed on a piece of paper is small, so it is not very cost-effective.

"So, movable type printing is not a good craft anymore."

"Your Majesty, this is the current situation."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and asked people to leave. He turned his head and said:

"We believe Wang Buli will come up with a good solution."

After all, this kid has been to the fairyland, and it is quite normal for him to have some tricks.

However, Zhu Biao's eyes lit up. He realized that if movable type printing was completed, it would break the small circle where some great Confucians monopolized knowledge.

In this way, there will be more literate people in the world, and the number of cases where local governments distort policies and pass them on to the people below will be reduced accordingly.

Zhu Yuanzhang used the empty seal case to eliminate a large number of local officials and many capital officials in order to strengthen the central court's control over local areas.

"Dad, I think this movable type printing technology needs to be promoted well. We cannot let the good inheritance of the Song Dynasty be cut off in the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Biao stood up excitedly and took a few steps:

"If this happens, county schools will be established all over the world and books will be distributed to students. The cost will be cheaper, and more people will be literate in the Ming Dynasty."

"Ok?"

Zhu Yuanzhang did not think about this.

But since then, the three thousand students of the Imperial College are really no longer precious.

With movable type printing and crazy printing of books, it will not take many years to cultivate many scholars again.

So the Kong family is nothing?

As for the Kong family who wanted to continue to be Duke Yan, and they were not very interested in the Ming Dynasty, they were willing to inherit the preferential treatment given to them by the Yuan Dynasty.

Goods on both sides of the snake and mouse are intended to benefit both sides.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked down upon the Kong family very much, and they were all weak-minded.

They persuaded the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty that the emperor should live and die with the country and not give up the capital of the Yuan Dynasty easily. When the Ming army came and passed by Qufu, they directly led the troops to surrender.

Because the Ming generals had not yet conquered Dadu of the Yuan Dynasty, Duke Yansheng of the Yuan Dynasty just sent his son to deal with Xu Da.

As a result, Yan Shenggong's son was scolded by Lao Zhu. Why are you pretending to be so arrogant with me?

When Hu Yuan came to rule the Central Plains, you all knelt on the ground to serve the Hu Yuan Dynasty, and even took the initiative to send congratulatory forms.

Now the new dynasty is about to be established, and it’s fucking up to us!

Bah, bitch.

Although I started my career as a common man, I was just like Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty.

Who dares to say that destiny is not with me?

We heard that you are sick. Is it a real illness or a fake one?

If you are pretending to be sick, I will tell you to look good.

After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's plaintive reprimand, the bones of the contemporary Yan Shenggong became limp again, and he immediately traveled to Jinling day and night to meet Zhu Yuanzhang.

When Zhu Yuanzhang met Duke Yansheng of the Yuan Dynasty, he immediately said that he was an old scholar.

We don’t recognize what the fuck you are, Mr. Yan Shenggong, you are just bullshit.

This is also something that after Lao Zhu found Confucius and Mencius very displeased, and wanted to reduce offerings to them.

When Zhu Yuanzhang thought of a way to break out of those Confucian cliques, his whole face broke into laughter. "Hey hey hey."

"Dad, why are you laughing?"

"Oh, go and see how our good son-in-law is doing with movable type printing?"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to tell Zhu Biao these inner thoughts at this time. He was deeply influenced by those Confucian teachers. Let's take care of some things first. When the time comes, just ask him, a conservative king, to follow the system well.

Zhu Biao had no choice but to retreat after hearing this.

"Oh, it's beautiful!"

Ever since Zhu Yuanzhang entered the fairyland, there was no smile on his face.

Every time I enter fairyland, I want to give my descendants a few slaps.

Are you worthy of the surname Zhu?

Let’s see, you bunch of useless snacks should all be named pigs.

You are not worthy of inheriting our Ming Dynasty.

In other words, Zhu Yuanzhang used to have a round face, but recently his round face has become a little thinner.

Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more satisfied with Wang Buli. This son likes to do practical things, and he is also our son-in-law. He has no doubts about loyalty.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang also believes that he can enter the fairyland to play with any fairy weapons. Who can win over our good son-in-law to serve him?

In the current situation, Zhu Yuanzhang is extremely satisfied with Wang Buli's consciousness of doing things.

Even Lao Zhu himself felt that Wang Buli was stingy in wooing him, of course, to avoid being discovered by him.

This guy's mind is extremely sharp.

Now Wang Buli had unknowingly helped him accomplish the task of piercing the Confucian clique, so that none of them would think about being superior in the future, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very happy.

For the first time in such a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but want to smile.

Ministry of Industry.

"Xue Shangshu, I advise you to look for books on movable type printing and make some improvements. This will also help promote learning throughout the world."

Wang Buli's words made Xue Xiang nod quickly.

The Ministry of Industry is currently busy manufacturing ordnance, building Nanjing and the Imperial City, and organizing people to perform corvee service.

I really can't spare the time to deal with such trivial matters.

Wang Buli's form is actually very simple, with less than a hundred words.

The craftsmen finished the engraving quickly, and Xue Xiang watched Wang Buli direct people to start printing.

Li Wenzhong watched as the forms were printed extremely quickly, almost as soon as he got started, and it was so simple that he couldn't help but start doing it himself.

"Cousin, your method is really effective. It's not for nothing."

Li Wenzhong swiped and a form was printed, although it was done manually.

It's just a matter of fiddling with the fonts according to the requirements or according to the table.

Even if it is done by an illiterate craftsman, the only flaw is that it is not aligned and the words may be placed in the wrong position.

Once the arrangement is completed, there is no need for literate craftsmen to do the work later. Anyone can do it.

Xue Xiang and others were actually eye-opening. They did not expect that this movable type printing could be so fast.

Zhu Biao was also watching his cousin's operation from behind the crowd. It could be said that it was not difficult, it was just a matter of proficiency.

Everyone gathered around to watch the excitement, but no one noticed that the prince was coming.

However, Wang Buli caught a glimpse of Zhu Biao, who was also watching the excitement outside the crowd with his feet up. He just raised his neck to say hello. Zhu Biao also understood Wang Buli's actions and responded to him, continuing to watch Li Wenzhong's operations.

This thing was extremely fun for Li Wenzhong. After he finished playing with his arms, he gave it to the craftsmen on the side and told them to work on it.

"His Royal Highness?"

Li Wenzhong's salute made everyone turn around and salute quickly.

Zhu Biao just nodded: "I heard from the report below that our sister-in-law came to the Ministry of Works again. I thought that another corrupt official was caught in the Ministry of Works and sent to work outside."

Xue Xiang and others quickly apologized, saying that they did not dare to do anything that violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

"You should do your best in the future. Let bygones be bygones for what happened in the past. I will give you a chance to change your ways. If you dare to do it again, I will not beg your favor from my father."

Everyone hurriedly thanked Prince Zhu Biao for his kindness and righteousness, and everyone's tense hearts finally relaxed.

"Xue Shangshu, you have specially hired craftsmen for this job to work with the prince-in-law."

"Your Majesty, I will definitely find someone with superb skills to cooperate with the Prince Consort."

"it is good."

"I can rest assured that you are doing things."

Zhu Biao asked Wang Buli to follow him for a walk outside.

"My father asked you to assist your cousin in running the Imperial College. Do you have any ideas?"

"I don't have any ideas. I'm just going to do what His Majesty asks."

Wang Buli walked along the corridor in the palace and looked around. These Han generals were really good-looking.

Especially looking at the soldiers standing guard at the entrance of Zhu Yuanzhang's palace, Wang Buli visually estimated that their height was over 1.9 meters.

I have to say, it’s so damn majestic.

It looks oppressive!

"Don't have any ideas yet?"

"Oh, a little bit."

Zhu Biao suspected that he was absent-minded and deliberately trying to prevaricate himself.

Wang Buli briefly explained to Zhu Biao why he wanted to start movable type printing, which was to distribute registration forms to screen some people and make them feel a sense of crisis.

It is like taking a provincial examination. Only by winning the competition can they better inspire their firm belief in going to the north.

Not just anyone who wants to sign up can go, you have to prove that you have the ability.

Zhu Biao nodded slightly. The registration form was equivalent to a policy statement, a variant of the imperial examination.

My brother-in-law is indeed a smart person who can enter the fairyland. His mind works very fast.

"I just heard about movable type printing today. Where did you know about it?"

"This is not some unknown secret. Anyone with a little bit of thought should know it. Do you know what our four greatest inventions are in China?"

"what?"

Zhu Biao was so stunned that he could not keep up with Wang Buli.

"I've never heard of it, and I'm sure my teacher who's been teaching me for so many years has never heard of it either."

Wang Buli looked at Zhu Biao's surprised look, stopped and waited for him:

"You must have heard of it, but it's just that reading Confucian books makes your brain stupid. It's not like I haven't studied Confucian classics much, so I can maintain a clear mind."

Zhu Biao rolled his eyes at Wang Buli's suggestion that he would burn books and entrap scholars.

If your words are heard by those great scholars, they will record you in the book and scold you so that you will be remembered forever.

This is their skill.

"Tell me, I don't believe the four greatest inventions of China that you made up. I have never heard of them."

Zhu Biao saw Wang Buli stretch out his fingers and spit out a few words:

"Printing, papermaking, gunpowder, the compass."

He has heard three of these four words, so what is the last compass?

"You haven't heard of it?"

"I do not."

"You're such a rubbish."

The big Han general on the side didn't know what action to make, and he didn't dare to move.

They were afraid that the two of them would notice that someone else heard the conversation between them.

dying.

The prince consort called the prince a country bumpkin in public.

The key prince did not dare to refute.

He has never heard of any of the four great inventions.

I'm just on guard and don't know anything else. You two, please don't look at me.

Wang Buli couldn't help but shake his head.

Even a child of several years old can yell this, and these things were developed long before the Song Dynasty.

What time is it now?

Ming Dynasty.

More than a hundred years later than the Southern Song Dynasty.

Is it possible that if Ming Dynasty wants to develop science and technology, it must rely on the golden captain?

Zhu Biao was scolded by Wang Buli and was speechless.

He looked at Wang Buli, and really thought that everyone was like you, able to enter the fairyland and learn new knowledge?

Zhu Biao was not ashamed to ask: "Buli, what is a compass?"

"what?"

Wang Buli took two steps outside the corridor, pointed to the sun in the south and said:

“Brother Prince, you really don’t know what this thing is.

impossible.

This compass was the first to be used!

What useful knowledge has your teacher taught you over the years? "

(End of this chapter)