Yipin Tang

Chapter 146 Is the poor family really talented?

"What's the name of this printing method?" Li Chunfeng asked cautiously, his tone full of admiration.

Wang Xiang said without hesitation: "Let's call it movable type printing."

"Movable type printing." Li Chunfeng's eyes flickered, "It's really appropriate. The engraving master only needs to carve out individual characters one by one. When it is necessary to print an article, he will take these individual characters and make a combination. It is a movable type printing. The judge came up with this printing method. It is the blessing of scholars in the world."

The reason why Li Chunfeng sighed is that in ancient times, books were very precious things, and ordinary people could not afford them. Most of the scholars who studied hard in the cold window borrowed them from others, or took them back and copied them.

Apart from paper and ink, the most important reason why books are valuable is that printing is not easy, so only the articles of sages and sages such as "The Analects of Confucius" and "Jingyi" can be printed into books. Naturally, it is impossible to have many copies, and most of them are orphan copies. Over time, many orphan copies are lost or incomplete, which is a great loss.

Now that with Wang Xiang's movable type printing technique, these great Confucian articles can be printed in batches, and scholars all over the world will have the opportunity to see more classic articles. Li Chunfeng can already imagine that the literary world will usher in unprecedented prosperity in the near future. grand occasion.

Seeing that Li Chunfeng was too excited, Wang Xiang quickly reminded in a low voice: "This method must be kept secret, and I still expect to sell these stories for money."

Li Chunfeng was stunned and stared at Wang Xiang for a long time, not knowing what to say.He now fully believes what Yuan Tiangang said, Wang Xiang's talent can really create a new field of knowledge, this is something that only a sage and a great Confucian can do, but such a person has completely failed to show the appearance that a sage and a great Confucian should have , but put on an appearance of a small man who likes to do business and calculation everywhere, which really makes him feel speechless.

With a wry smile, he said: "With this printing method, why do you need to print these reading materials for entertainment? As long as the court judges the adults to print the articles of the sages and scholars into books, there will be many scholars rushing to buy them, and there will be great scholars in the dynasty. Reading experience, these are things that scholars are hard to find."

Wang Xiang patted the table: "That's right, why didn't I think of this, Li Daochang is still smart, printing, these should also be printed! It's just that they are willing to print out the reading experience of the great Confucians in the dynasty?"

Li Chunfeng sweated in his heart, is this a compliment or hurt me?

"There is no need to worry about this. Who doesn't want their articles to be printed into books and passed on forever, but printing was not easy in the past, so it was impossible. If the court judge told them that they would like to print their articles and reading experience into books, they would not be happy in time. Well, printing it into a book and handing it down forever is the treatment only for sages."

Wang Xiang was sure when he heard the words, and said: "That's good, haha, at the end of the day, I'll give them a little bit of money. Eat, eat, and we'll take care of it after dinner."

Seeing Wang Xiang's eagerness, Li Chunfeng pondered for a moment and said solemnly: "Your Excellency, don't be impatient, please listen to me first."

Seeing Li Chunfeng's serious expression, Wang Xiang asked curiously, "Tell me."

"Although movable type printing is a blessing for scholars in the world, it is not necessarily a good thing for adults."

"Why?" Wang Xiang was even more surprised, "Isn't it a good thing for everyone in the world to read?"

Li Chunfeng shook his head and said: "It's a good thing for the scholars and common people in the world, but it's not a good thing for the aristocratic family. I'm afraid this move will make these aristocratic families hate you to the bone."

Wang Xiang scratched his head and said puzzledly: "Could it be that some of the aristocratic family are engaged in printing books? But even so, they don't hate me to the bone."

Li Chunfeng didn't answer but asked instead: "My lord, do you know why most of the court officials are descendants of aristocratic families?"

"I guess it's because they are knowledgeable and talented. Could it be that they are relying on their status as children of aristocratic families?"

"Although there are reasons for status, the most important thing is that adults said that they are knowledgeable and talented. Your Majesty is a wise king, so naturally he will not let those who are ignorant and incompetent just pretend to be fake."

"But what does this have to do with the fact that the aristocratic family hates me?"

Li Chunfeng sighed and said: "It is said that there are many talented people from poor families, but is this really the case? There are so many poor families in the world, and how many people can be in the high hall after hundreds of years? The sages and scholars are all from aristocratic families. The so-called poor families are many Talent is nothing more than a kind of consolation. Children from poor families can’t even read a few books, so how can they talk about learning. With the books in hand, the aristocratic family has the talents needed by the court, and this is also an important reason for the long-term prosperity of the aristocratic family.”

Wang Xiang nodded thoughtfully upon hearing the words.

Li Chunfeng continued: "My lord invented movable type printing. Once a large number of books are printed, the people all over the world will have books to read..."

Wang Xiang interrupted with a gloomy face: "There are so many poor families in the world, and the aristocratic family is like a drop in the ocean compared to them. At that time, a large number of real talents will emerge from the poor families, which will definitely affect the power of the aristocratic family in the court, so they will Hate me to the core."

Seeing that Wang Xiang had already understood the truth, Li Chunfeng stopped talking.

"The evils of the family are so serious. Cutting off the flow of knowledge and disseminating knowledge for the sake of self-interest is a great harm to the world. How can the people be enlightened in the long run! How can the country be strong!" At this time, Wang Xiang was very indignant, and changed his old laughter. Li Chunfeng felt a little strange for being easy-going and eloquent.

Datang is the pride of China's history, and the title of "Tang People" has been extended to thousands of years later. Although Wang Xiang has no ambitions, he sincerely hopes that the prosperity of Datang will continue without going through so many ups and downs and winds and rains, so he did Gewuyuan, he hopes that the people of Datang can learn more knowledge and broaden their horizons.

When potatoes are popularized, the people will no longer worry about famine, and they can have more time to study knowledge and develop wisdom, but the aristocratic family firmly grasps the export of knowledge like a mountain pressing on the people, and they want the people in the world to be forever Knowing how to farm, how could Wang Xiang not be angry.

Seeing Wang Xiang's angry voice getting louder and louder, Li Chunfeng quickly persuaded him in a low voice: "Your Excellency, be careful with your words, the power of the aristocratic family should not be underestimated."

There are some students in the restaurant who are from aristocratic families, Li Chunfeng has to be careful, the power of the aristocratic families even feels afraid of Li Er.

"Could this be the end of the matter?" Wang Xiang also knew that those aristocratic families would have no trouble trying to deal with him, but he was very unwilling.

Li Chunfeng pondered for a moment and whispered: "If your lord really wants to do this, there is only one way."

"any solution?"

"Look for His Majesty."

(End of this chapter)