The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"As for me, I am a famous fool with a lot of money in Chang'an City, so I just made it. Anything that can be solved with money is not a big deal for me." Li Fu smiled and said, "So, isn't it just recruiting craftsmen and researching it?

Today, Shitou just came back from Zhuangzi and brought me this book. I hurried to find my second brother."

Li Fu quickly flattered to show his loyalty.

Li Shimin also smiled and was very satisfied with Li Fu's words.

He glanced inside the hall.

"Come with me." Li Shimin said.

He asked his personal eunuch to wait in the outer hall, and he and Li Fu came to the inner hall.

"Tell me, how do you want to use this thing?" Li Shimin asked.

"It must be given priority to the children in the academy. Students in the academy also need textbooks to study." Li Fu said: "Once you enter the academy, you will have books to read. Where do the books come from? Let them go out and buy them themselves? That's unrealistic. Why can't children from ordinary families afford to study? Because books are expensive, especially books with annotations, which are even more expensive. The teachers in the academy don't need books with annotations to teach students, because the teachers are there and they will explain any confusion."

"But even ordinary books are a huge expense for a family." Li Fu said: "In the academy, just one In a semester, a lot of books are needed in half a year. It is not easy for ordinary people to send their children to the academy to study. If they are burdened with buying books, I am afraid that more than half of the children in the academy will not be able to study because they cannot afford books and the four treasures of the study. "

"I asked the craftsmen to study movable type printing, which means that I want to open a workshop to print books, lower the price of woodblock printing, and use the printing workshop to reduce the cost of books in the academy, so that children can afford to read books."

"I know in my heart that this is easy to say, but it is probably very difficult to do it." Li Fu said.

Li Shimin squinted at Li Fu and nodded in agreement.

"The difficulty is not in technology, but in people's hearts." Li Fu sighed: "Once this thing spreads, it will really dig into the foundation of the aristocratic families, including the new paper that is still covered in my brother's farm, and even with movable type printing, even if my brother has two lives, it is not enough to put it in."

Li Shimin frowned.

This is not pleasant to hear.

But think about it carefully, it is all true.

It is precisely because it is true that it hurts people's hearts.

Li Shimin sighed and exhaled.

"As you said, it is indeed difficult." Li Shimin had to admit this.

It is already so difficult to dismiss officials, and this is not a serious confrontation with the aristocratic families. Those who were dismissed are just small fish and shrimps, just like some leaves on a towering tree. It has no effect on the tree. The leaves will still grow again.

But new paper, movable type printing, plus the academy in the farm.

It is to rob the big trees of their nutrients.

When it reaches a certain point, the existence of the big trees blocks the sunlight needed for the growth of the new small trees, and then it is time to cut down the trees.

Will those towering trees allow that?

They wish they could break off the small trees when they sprout and grow.

Either they become the leaves of the big trees, or they die in the shade, whichever you choose.

"So, I don't plan to use these two things externally for the time being, only in the academy, only for the students of the academy to read." Li Fu said: "Including the books borrowed from the palace, after copying them back, they will only be used to build the library of the academy temporarily, and will not be leaked to the outside world."

"As for whether I am selfish or timid, it doesn't matter. At present, I just want to save my life and keep my skills. If I keep the green mountains, I will not be afraid of running out of firewood. Moreover, temporary avoidance is not cowardice, but now the court has just experienced the turmoil of dismissing officials, and my second brother is still accumulating strength to deal with the Turks.

On one side is the northern grassland, and on the other side is the internal aristocratic family. Since the Wude year, since the emperor, he has been dealing with the aristocratic families. This is not an easy thing, so things must be done slowly, and haste makes waste."

Li Shimin nodded seriously.

"You're right. Right now, it's not a good time." Li Shimin walked up to Li Fu and patted him on the shoulder. "It's good that you can think of this."

"Although I have the protection of the emperor and my second brother, I can't cause you so much trouble at this moment." Li Fu said, "Even if I want to do something, I have to be patient. The court will change in the future.""I will definitely do it." Li Shimin said firmly.

A horse emperor, an emperor who conquered the world, would never be willing to be controlled by others, and would never let the right to speak be in the hands of others.

Li Shimin's eyes were bright.

If you want to do it, you must be a real emperor with great power!

"Do you plan to use your academy next year?" Li Shimin asked.

"Now the academy is on vacation, let the students go back to celebrate the New Year." Li Fu said: "It is just right for this period of time, let the craftsmen print the books in the workshop. The paper workshop, because the new paper is not sold to the outside, has a warehouse of paper, which can also be used. The materials are all ready, so let's do it. When school starts next year, we can distribute books to the children. In addition, I will discuss the enlightenment teaching materials of the academy with Dr. Lu."

"Now, does your academy need to send some people from the Hundred Cavalry Division?" Li Shimin asked.

After hearing Li Fu talk about movable type printing and new paper, Li Shimin was worried.

He wanted to control everything within the scope of his own operation.

And letting the Hundred Cavalry Division go there was the best situation. No matter what happened, with the Hundred Cavalry Division there, they could send messages quickly and, when necessary, they could act at their convenience.

"It's not impossible for the Hundred Cavalry Division to go there, but they can't reveal their identities in public." Li Fu pondered and said, "For example, arrange them to guard the library in the academy, or do housekeeping and gatekeeping in the academy, or find something else on the farm that is relatively leisurely to do. In short, they have to conceal their identities, not only to watch the academy, but also to pay attention to the surroundings of the workshop."

Li Shimin hurriedly explained when Li Fu mentioned the workshop.

"That's not what I meant."

Li Shimin thought that Li Fu said this because he thought that the Hundred Cavalry Division would interfere in the affairs of the academy and the workshop when they went to the farm.