Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1599 Strange Book

  Liu Jian's abrupt question made Xiao Jing stunned for a moment.

  The book he repaired was packed in a box, how could he dare to read it?

   Did you take the wrong manuscript?

  Xiao Jing immediately said: "The servant took it from the Duke of Qi himself. I dare not neglect this journey. The box has never been opened, and no one else has passed through it. Mr. Liu...don't be kidding."

   This is certainly not a joke.

  This is Duke Qi's manuscript, and everyone is looking forward to it. Although Liu Gong said that he had taken the manuscript by mistake, he could imply that, is it possible that Xiao Jing is muddled in his work?

   Xiao Jing couldn't afford this relationship!

  Liu Jian raised his head and glanced at Xiao Jing, only then realized that he had made a slip of the tongue.

  His words were indeed directed at Xiao Gonggong.

  Eunuch Xiao is the head of the inner palace after all, the **** who is the supervisor of ceremonies, and the **** who governs the Dongchang. As the chief minister of the cabinet, it is necessary to maintain a good relationship with such a person.

only…

  The reason why he made a slip of the tongue is that...this manuscript is really...weird...

  The first page he read...was actually the almanac.

  Almanac...

  This almanac not only records the date, but also records the inauspicious and taboo of each day in detail. Naturally, the farming season is indispensable...

  Fang Jifan...is this the book he edited?

   This almanac needs to be repaired by Qi Guogong?

  Liu Jian thought about it carefully, and still felt...is there something wrong...with the identity and ability of Qi Guogong, how could he edit such a book?

  He felt unbelievable, and next, he had to bite the bullet and continue to read...

   And in fact... right now...

  Emperor Hongzhi's complexion was not much better.

  Because...Emperor Hongzhi read...there is no elegance in this manuscript, and the whole text is full of vulgar language.

  The text used...is actually spoken language.

  What is spoken language?

   is the words and sentences spoken by people, which are extremely vulgar in the eyes of any scholar, because there is no meaning, let alone any confrontation, let alone rhyme.

   Not only that... The text here is actually borrowed a lot from cursive script.

  Many characters have been simplified with the current pavilion style, and the fonts are distinct.

  That's all...

  The content inside... is even more superficial.

  What Emperor Hongzhi saw...was not the old Huang Li, but what caught his eyes were the three little tricks of growing cotton.

   How to irrigate, how to sow...

easy to understand.

  Emperor Hongzhi had a gloomy face, and continued to read down. The next article is... first aid in case of trauma.

  This... is Fang Jifanxiu's book?

  This... how vulgar.

  There are countless books in the palace, and Emperor Hongzhi also loved reading. He read books for half his life, but he had never seen such a superficial book.

  At first I thought... there is another treasured book similar to the Four Books and Five Classics in the world. Who would have thought that...

  He still couldn't believe it, so he continued to read, hoping to find something that caught his eye, but what followed was the benefits of washing hands frequently. It tells everyone in very vulgar words that people's hands are in contact with everything, thus breeding worms, not only the disease comes from the mouth, but also the hands, so you need to wash your hands before eating.

   To put it lightly...

  This...this...it's over...

  Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath, feeling heavy in his heart, what was even more frightening...was the back...it actually wrote seven little common sense about pregnant women...

  Emperor Hongzhi blushed...

  He suddenly raised his head suddenly... Immediately afterwards, he looked at Liu Jian...

  Liu Jian frowned, and continued to flip through the almanac. Behind the almanac, there were some small knowledge of mountain and river geography, which was extremely simple. It was nothing more than the five mountains in the world and what rivers and rivers are.

   Xie Qian couldn't bear to read any longer. The manuscripts he handed out were some simple prescriptions for curing diseases.

  Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyes and stared straight at the void, there was no spirit in his eyes.

  Obviously...Emperor Hongzhi was very cold-hearted about such vulgar books.

  He once placed great hopes on it.

  How could I have thought...Fang Jifan...thinking about this...

  As much hope as a person has, there will be as much disappointment.

   But at this time, Emperor Hongzhi suddenly thought of something, and said hastily: "Zhen... I made a decree, and ordered people to copy the palace newspaper?"

  Xiao Jing was confused, but nodded: "Yes, for this book, His Majesty did..."

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help taking a deep breath, and then looked at Liu Jian: "Have you seen Liu Qing's family too?"

   "I've read it." Liu Jian said with a wry smile: "Old minister... think... this book... um... um... um... it's really unique."

  Well, the expression is very subtle, and it is very good for Fang Jifan.

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't laugh or cry: "You don't need to cover up for Jifan. This book is really ridiculous, but it made you all laugh. This guy Jifan... is clearly full of knowledge, but he is born to write these nondescript things. It can be seen that he is really serious. Treating this knowledge as a plaything, hey... I am very ashamed."

  Emperor Hongzhi blushed.

   This is my son-in-law.

  Write such a thing, isn’t it ridiculous?

  The son-in-law lost face, so the father-in-law lost face too!

So Emperor Hongzhi turned his head, looked at Xiao Jing and said: "Send Fang Jifan a decree, tell him that he should have done his duty, but now he is teasing me like this, I don't care about his crime of deceiving the emperor, it's just... this book , It’s really vulgar, from now on, Quan will assume that this book has never been revised, and no one is allowed to mention it again.”

  Xiao Jing looked surprised.

  He couldn't understand why such a book would offend His Majesty so much.

   Isn't this Fang Jifan the one who knows His Majesty's mind best?

Although Xiao Jing didn't understand Emperor Hongzhi's mood at this time, he reacted very quickly, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's too late...The Duke of Qi said it when the slaves came, he said...this is his proud work, Just pointing to this book to carry forward his knowledge, so, two days ago, after the book was roughly completed, he ordered people to copy it and went to the printing workshop, ordered people to engrave blocks, and printed it, and wanted to print it... Slaves... only I'm afraid... I'm afraid that at this time, it's almost time... this book should be circulated."

  After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi was stunned for a moment like a bolt from the blue.

  Liu Jian and the others couldn't help but look shocked.

   Isn't this a joke?

  A book like this, as long as it bears the name of Qi Guogong, it will definitely attract countless people's attention. I'm afraid that once this book is released, it will sell well for a while, and then...then...

   This is enough to shame the court.

Liu Jian's face became serious, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty...the old minister thinks...it is reasonable to send people to the printing workshop to recover the manuscripts and destroy the engravings. If they have been printed, these books should be burned immediately, lest...don't make Your Majesty... "

Li Dongyang, who had been silent all this time, had a different opinion: "Your Majesty, Duke Qi has put so much effort into writing this work. Could it be that he has other intentions? The book written by his disciple, I have read it before." Yes, all of them are magnificent works, which are refreshing and enough to be savored carefully. If a disciple is like this, his teacher...should not be like this... so unbearable."

  Fengtian Temple fell into a deathly silence.

  Emperor Hongzhi lowered his head, frowned, and said, "I'll take another look."

  He was a little tired.

  ...

  The printing workshop works day and night, and the paper used is all the worst, and everything is based on saving costs.

  In these years, the printing industry has gradually begun to develop, the scale has gradually increased, and some new techniques have also begun to be promoted. Therefore, whenever a copy is sent here, the craftsmen can quickly type it and print it immediately.

   Especially Qi Guogong's book, no one dares to neglect.

  There is a special papermaking workshop in Xishan, called Xishan Paper Industry. Of course...the main purpose was to print weekly magazines, but now as soon as the manuscript is delivered, it starts to move up and down.

  Bundles of new books are printed directly.

  The only thing that makes people speechless is...most of these printers are literate, but...this book...is very strange!

   Even many glyphs need to be re-engraved.

Of course... because of the simplification of the font, the cost has been greatly reduced. The more complicated the font, the more ink it costs, and the higher the requirements for the paper. However, although the simple font has been engraved again, it saves After a lot of effort, some craftsmen have done some experiments with relatively inferior paper. This inferior paper is likely to cause excessive rendering of the ink. If the handwriting is too complicated, it will inevitably be blurred. Crude, but roughly solves the problem.

In addition, there is also the cost of ink. The cost of this ink is actually huge. It can be reduced a little, and it is hard to see if you print ten or a hundred copies. But once you print more, the cost that can be saved, It is almost equal to the net profit of the printing workshop, which is amazing.

   Several craftsmen in charge of proofreading looked at the book, confused, and they all had a question in their hearts... This...is it really written by Qi Guogong?

  This is not right...

   Duke Qi is an expert, he is full of peaches and plums...

  It was just an order from above, but they didn't dare to make mistakes, let alone say anything more.

   Soon... the booksellers will come.

   They were summoned.

   Immediately...

   began to browse the book in general.

  After the booksellers read it, their first impression was that they were stunned. After repeatedly confirming whether this is written by Qi Guogong, in the end...but my heart is still up and down.

   It seems that the only good thing about this book is that it is cheap, no... extremely cheap.

  Of course... just looking at the materials used in this book, but I also know... the price is not that high.

  If it was someone else's book, the booksellers would be too lazy to pay attention to it. Look at what is written here. Isn't it a joke to send such a book to a bookstore?

  But this book comes from Duke Qi, so the meaning is different. After all... now the whole capital is looking forward to the masterpiece of Duke Qi. At least relying on this gimmick, it is enough to sell well for a few days, or a few days...

  (end of this chapter)