The Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang was born, and my immortal identity was exposed

Chapter 47 Movable type printing, open up the wisdom of the people! (Please collect, please recommend!!!)

"Master Immortal, what is this printing?"

Ying Zheng looked at Jiang Sheng instinctively, wanting to hear him explain his doubts.

"Ten thousand!" Jiang Sheng played out his cards and replied casually, "This is not an item, but a technology."

"Well, according to the era that Lao Li is in now, they are still just woodblock printing at the moment, and it is still relatively rough woodblock printing."

Li Shimin nodded, and praised: "The immortal master really knows everything. Those printed pages are very blurry, and it is quite laborious to read."

"The art of printing can be said to be one of the greatest inventions in Chinese history."

Jiang Sheng's exclamation immediately aroused the curiosity of the other three.

For the immortal master to give such a high evaluation, I think this printing technique must be extraordinary.

"The appearance of paper has perfectly replaced those bamboo slips. You, especially Lao Zhao, should realize how bulky the bamboo slips are, right?"

Yingzheng and Fusu couldn't help nodding their heads. The bamboo slips' writing capacity was average, and they were still full of weight.

It is already very inconvenient for daily use, not to mention storage and transportation.

"And without printing, paper, like bamboo slips, needs to be written stroke by stroke."

"It's okay to write by yourself, but if it's used to transcribe various articles for circulation, the efficiency is still low."

"The technique of printing is to engrave the article on the wooden board in Yangwen in advance, which is called engraving."

"Then apply ink on it, cover it with paper, and you can leave the writing on the paper."

Jiang Sheng explained while simulating movements with his hands, making it easy for Yingzheng Fusu to understand.

"In this way, those articles can be mass-produced and circulated, which is very helpful for the dissemination of knowledge."

In order to make Li Shimin understand the importance of this, Jiang Sheng also found a book to show them.

Li Er flipped through the book in his hand. Although he didn't know the characters, he could imagine the weight of this book just by looking at the densely packed area.

"The Tang Dynasty now uses woodblock printing, but it is too rigid and can only print the same article, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive."

"I'll tell you about a better printing technique, movable type printing!"

Jiang Sheng stopped playing cards, took out a few mahjong cards played by everyone, and arranged them neatly on the table.

"Look, if you can carve each character individually, just like this mahjong."

"When you need to use it, arrange and combine them, and spell the text into the desired article."

"In this way, you don't have to re-engrav the block every time you print an article, which is much more convenient than block printing."

"This is the technique of movable type printing!"

The other three watched Jiang Sheng playing mahjong, and quickly understood the tricks in movable type printing.

Li Shimin's eyes widened, staring closely at each piece of mahjong, as if there was some treasure hidden inside.

As for Yingzheng, limited by the background of the times, he just thought that Jiang Sheng's printing technique was amazing, but he didn't think about it further.

"Thank you Immortal Master for teaching such printing skills!" Li Shimin was excited, stood up and bowed deeply to Jiang Sheng.

"Old Zhao." Jiang Sheng said earnestly, "This thing is more important to you Daqin!"

Seeing Ying Zheng's slightly puzzled eyes, Jiang Sheng turned to Li Shimin and asked:

"Old Li, tell Old Zhao, what did he do that will be criticized by scholars of later generations?"

Li Shimin replied without hesitation: "Of course it's burning books and burying Confucianism."

"Burning books and burying Confucianism?" Ying Zheng frowned, the weight of these four words was very heavy.

Even Fusu was suffocated for breathing.

"That's right." Jiang Sheng nodded, "This was proposed by Li Si after a great Confucian at that time proposed to restore the enfeoffment system, and it was implemented with your consent."

"The purpose is to control the thoughts of the people and eliminate the influence of Confucianism and other schools of thought."

Yingzheng suddenly realized, and then snorted coldly: "I don't think I did something wrong. I finally implemented the system of prefectures and counties. How could it be destroyed because of Confucianism?"

"The remnants of the Six Kingdoms are determined to destroy Qin, and if these Confucian scholars are allowed to slander the government, how can the Great Qin's world be stabilized?"

Jiang Sheng praised: "Old Zhao, you are worthy of being an emperor through the ages, you have figured it out so quickly."

"Indeed, this matter is necessary to maintain Daqin's rule."

"But the problem is that you pushed too hard, which accelerated the demise of Daqin."

Hearing Jiang Sheng say that Great Qin was destroyed again, Ying Zheng's face was quite ugly.

"Actually, in the final analysis, all of this is the result of contention among a hundred schools of thought. As a representative of Legalism, Li Si naturally wants to suppress Confucianism."

"Why is the status of the various schools of thought so detached? It is because there are few scholars, and knowledge is in the hands of this group of people."

"Scholars are the lifeblood of governing the country. This kind of talent must be firmly in your own hands!"

Both Ying Zheng and Li Shimin nodded, and Jiang Sheng said these words perfectly.

"You are already researching and developing paper, right? Then develop movable type printing together, so that enlightenment books can be printed and distributed on a large scale, enlightening the wisdom of the world's young children."

"And the ideas contained in these books are completely up to you to decide. Whether it is Legalism or Confucianism, they can be excluded."

"You can completely preach loyalty to the emperor and patriotism in your books. When these ignorant children grow up, most of them will be used by you."

"The remnants of the six kingdoms? All the schools of thought? There is nothing to fear!"

Every word Jiang Sheng said pierced the heart of the emperor Ying Zheng.

"The great talent of the fairy master! The great talent!" Ying Zheng applauded repeatedly.

Jiang Sheng sighed lightly, but did not respond.

Broadening the wisdom of the people can indeed eliminate the influence of the various schools of thought, but it also lays a hidden danger for the rule of the dynasty.

But Jiang Sheng didn't think there was any problem. Human society is always making progress.

From slave society to feudal society, to capitalist society, and finally to socialism and even communist society.

This is the eternal law of the development of human society.

As long as productivity increases, people's minds will gradually be liberated.

The product of the feudal dynasty is bound to be replaced by later social forms.

And he is already helping Daqin increase productivity, and if he helps promote the emancipation of the mind now, this process will be greatly shortened.

Great Qin may still perish, but this time, no dynasty will replace it, but develop into a brand new social form.

At least, this is a good thing for the Chinese people.

It's just that he was a little unkind to Lao Zhao, forget it, anyway, he probably won't see that day...

Jiang Sheng looked at the excited Ying Zheng in front of him, and silently complained.

"Lao Li, tell Lao Zhao about the imperial examinations, I'll drink some water first."

Since he wanted to promote Daqin to broaden the wisdom of the people, Jiang Sheng decided to push it to the end.

(End of this chapter)