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

Chapter 50 Yang Mou (please collect, please recommend!!!)
"One of them is to develop the printing technique passed on by this immortal!"

In the imperial study room, Li Shimin uttered these words slowly.

Du Ruhui was a little confused, thinking it was something good, that's it?

But anyway, it was passed down by the immortals, so he could only gently remind:
"Your Majesty, I have heard about printing techniques, and most of them are used by folk craftsmen."

What he meant was, Your Majesty, the art of printing is no longer a hidden secret, so let me tell you in case you don't know it.

Although Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling didn't speak, it was obviously Du Ruhui who said what they wanted to say.

"Hmph!" Li Shimin dissatisfied: "Didn't I know that the folks already have printing skills?"

"Can it be the same as the one passed down by the immortal?"

Immediately, he introduced the movable type printing technology that Jiang Sheng told him to the three ministers.

Compared with woodblock printing, movable type printing is not much technically difficult.

What's more, when Jiang Sheng was explaining, he had already pointed out the doorway here a little bit. After Li Shimin relayed it, Changsun Wuji and the other three quickly understood it.

"Okay!" Fang Xuanling slapped his thigh, "I know a thing or two about the technique of engraving and printing. If you make a mistake in engraving a word, you have to replace the whole page. With this movable type printing, you only need to replace one character at that time." Just do it!"

Changsun Wuji also sighed: "It is very difficult to make engravings, and it is even more difficult to print books. Every page has to be re-engraved."

Du Ruhui took Changsun Wuji's words and continued: "Now with movable type printing, the mold can be reused, and there is no need to spend manpower and material resources to carve the template."

Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction, but smiled inscrutablely and said, "Do you know why I value the movable type printing technique so much?"

In fact, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui already had the answer in their hearts, but Li Er wanted to show off, so he still had to give him some face.

So the three of them shook their heads together and said, "I hope His Majesty will express it!"

"With this thing, books can be printed and distributed, so that students all over the world have books to read!"

Li Shimin's categorical words made the three ministers frown slightly.

This result is obvious, and it will not cause the three people to react too much, but their majesty is quite excited?
Although the imperial examination has been promoted, it is still out of reach for ordinary people.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were schools at all levels, from the Guozijian in the central government to state schools, township schools, and even village schools.

However, most ordinary people can only study in village schools or rural schools with poor conditions.

In modern terms, the level of teachers and hardware conditions are quite backward.

This is also one of the reasons why it is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son, both in ancient and modern times.

If the teacher's teaching level is not enough, it may be possible to make up for it by self-study with talent and hard work.

But the lack of books is an unsolvable problem.

Now with movable type printing, this dilemma can naturally be solved.

Seeing that the three people reacted calmly, Li Shimin also felt that it was expected.

"I would like to ask you, in the past few years, in the imperial examination, among the scholars who passed the imperial examination, are there more from poor families or from powerful families?"

Fang Xuanling said without hesitation, "Naturally, there are more powerful families."

"Your Majesty's move is to let more students from poor families get selected?" Du Ruhui pondered for a while, then continued: "I'm afraid it won't be very effective."

Changsun Wuji also said: "The family education of a noble family is not comparable to that of a poor family, not to mention the intricate relationship in the court..."

He didn't continue to say the rest, but everyone present knew it.

The gentry's influence in the court is too great, and this is also a headache for the four monarchs and ministers.

"Hehe." Li Shimin sneered, "This movable type printing is just my first step!"

"What I really want to do is to promote the reform of the imperial examination!"

As soon as these words were uttered, the expressions of Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui all changed!
Before they could speak, Li Shimin said again:
"It's not that you don't understand the dangers of the noble families. The immortal master has proposed several strategies for me to deal with this group of powerful families."

"First of all, the anonymity system must be adopted. The information of the examiner must not be disclosed. When marking the papers, the names of the examinees must be covered, so as to prevent the possibility of tampering by these elites!"

"Secondly, the immortal master told me that the selection system for scholars will be abolished."

"I will do my best and cancel the restrictions on all scholars in the imperial examination!"

"No matter what your background is, as long as your family background is clean, you can participate!"

"I want this group of gentry clansmen to oppose the common people of the world!"

"Water can carry a boat and also overturn it. This is what Wei Zheng warned me, so I will let these powerful people know the pros and cons of it!"

Li Shimin's words were so loud that the three of them, Changsun Wuji, could hear their hearts pounding.

The reason why the gentry family has such a great influence lies in the monopoly of knowledge.

Movable type printing first broke the plight of the people in the world who had no books to read.

Then make the imperial examination fair to ensure that the students from poor families are in the same position as possible when they compete with the elites of the gentry.

Finally, the restrictions on the imperial examinations were lifted, so that all scholars can participate.

The quality is not as good as the gentry, so make up for it with quantity!
In this way, in each of the subsequent imperial examinations, the number of children from the noble clan's elites will gradually decrease.

The influence of this group of aristocrats will gradually be eliminated.

Moreover, the reform of the imperial examination system will not force this group of gentry to rebel.

First, after the wars of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the gentry's family members were severely injured, and they did not really have the confidence to turn the table.

Second, Li Shimin's move is a good thing for the people of the world.If this group of gentry dared to stand in the way, it would be against the people of the world, they dare not.

Third, even if the imperial examination system is restructured, for the gentry, there are inherent advantages. After all, the hardware conditions are much better than these poor families, and they can recognize it by pinching their noses.

As Jiang Sheng said, this is a blunt knife cutting flesh!
"Okay, okay, great, this method is good, this method is good!"

"Nowadays a lot of waste is waiting to be done, it is not appropriate to use swords against this group of powerful people. This is the best strategy!"

"This is still an upright conspiracy. The group of gentry will never dare to confront it face-to-face. Even if they make trouble secretly, they will not be able to stop it. This is the general trend!"

Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui all spoke highly of Li Shimin's policies.

At the same time, they also admired the fairy that Li Shimin talked about.

In the fairyland, it is still possible to propose such a wonderful strategy to Datang, and only a fairy can do it, right?
At this moment, the doubts about Jiang Sheng's identity finally dissipated.

"Your Majesty!" Fang Xuanling seemed to have thought of something, his face excited, "Does the immortal have a plan to control the locust plague?"

Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui were also troubled by the locust plague these days. After hearing Fang Xuanling's words, they all stared at Li Shimin expectantly.

Li Er was confident, and said slowly:

"The mere locust plague is naturally nothing to worry about!"

(End of this chapter)