As soon as this voice came out, the eyes of the ministers all looked over.

It was Cui Xianwen, the eldest son of the Boling Cui clan's An Pingfang, who spoke.

After the tail banquet that day, although Li Shimin didn't like Cui Xianwen's arrogance, he still rewarded Cui Xianwen with an official position for the sake of Boling Cui's family, and was crowned a court doctor.

The official of the fifth grade, or the official of Beijing, is already very big in the eyes of ordinary people.

But who is Cui Xianwen?

The eldest son of Boling Cui's An Bungalow, a son-in-law born with the halo of a thousand-year-old family, is arrogant.

In Cui Xianwen's heart, if it weren't for Zong Xiu stealing his limelight, he would definitely not be just a petty official with five grades.

So he hated Zong Xiu so much, and now he finally seized an opportunity to rectify Zong Xiu, how could he let it go.

Printing publications without permission, and selling them all over Chang'an, this is a big crime, and the sentence is severe, and it is enough to lose your head.

Cui Xianwen walked out of the civil official queue and said loudly: "Your Majesty Mingjian, since ancient times, the printing of publications must be reported to the imperial court, and they can only be printed with permission. Zong Xiu's unauthorized printing has triggered the law of my Tang Dynasty, and I also ask His Majesty to issue a decree to punish him as an example. ”

Cui Xianwen's words are reasonable and well-founded, and the Manchu Dynasty has its own thoughts.

Cheng Yanjin, Li Shiji, Wei Zheng, Wei Chi Jingde, Fang Xuanling and others, who were good friends with Zong Xiu, were all worried, after all, the laws of the Tang Dynasty were there, and it was a felony to print publications privately.

Li Shimin really nodded and said, "Cui Aiqing is right, the law is not merciful, it is ......"

"Report!"

Without waiting for Li Shimin to finish speaking, he saw Jin Wuwei, who was on duty, walking into the hall quickly, kneeling on the ground and reporting: "Your Majesty, Guozi Supervisor Zong Xiu and the assistant professor of the school ask to see him outside the hall." ”

"Zong Xiu?"

"Why is he here?"

"It's strange, how did an arithmetic assistant enter the imperial city."

The ministers discussed, Li Shimin's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Xuan! ”

"Yes!"

Jin Wuwei walked out of the palace gate backwards, but after a while, he saw Zong Xiu walking in with a large bag and a small bag.

As for Yan Tingcheng, who sent him into the palace, he didn't know where to go.

"The little minister Zongxiu has seen Your Majesty, may my emperor live long live long live."

Zong Xiu sang with a hippie smile, holding a package in both hands, and carrying a boss's burden on his back, and he didn't kneel. He first threw away the burden in his hand, untied the burden on his back, and then wiped the sweat from his head.

Carrying the finished lettering and trays, he walked all the way from the palace gate, and almost didn't exhaust him to death.

Under the puzzled gaze of the ministers, Zong Xiu pretended to be excited and shouted again.

"Your Majesty, a great event. The minister was recuperating at home today, thinking about changes, and suddenly came up with a brilliant idea, An Nai couldn't help but be excited, and he entered the palace to face the saint, asking to see the face of heaven, to offer treasure and His Majesty, and to promote literature and education and the Quartet. ”

Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair, looked down at His Royal Highness's Zong Xiu, and asked, "Is it?" Zong Aiqing has amazing talents, and the treasure to be offered this time must be extraordinary. I don't know what it is? ”

Li Shimin said as he raised the newspaper in his hand intentionally or unintentionally.

Zong Xiu was not surprised, he had long expected that as soon as the newspaper came out, it would definitely attract the attention of the officials.

After all, Chang'an City is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and there is a wind and grass that cannot hide from the royal family.

Zong Xiu grinned and said, "The treasure that the minister wants to offer is related to newspapers and periodicals. Since Your Majesty has read the newspapers and periodicals, I would like to ask Your Majesty how the newspapers and periodicals are printed. ”

Li Shimin said: "Yes, the handwriting is clear, I'm afraid it has been a lot of money." You sell those children along the street for three cents, I'm afraid you'll lose a lot. ”

Obedient and obedient, Zong Xiu knew very well that Li Shimin was deliberately reminding him: You kid had better be honest, I even know how much the newspaper you just sold is, and don't want to hide other things.

But Zongxiu came to offer treasures, he didn't plan to hide it, and said with a smile: "If you go back to Your Majesty, you won't lose a penny, but you will make money." ”

"Oh? Earned? ”

Li Shimin was aroused by curiosity. As the king of a country, he naturally knows how much it costs to print a newspaper in the imperial palace, and Zong Xiu sells a newspaper for three pennies, and says that he earns it, how is it possible.

Not only Li Shimin, but also the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty looked at Zong Xiu curiously, and Cheng Yanjin couldn't help it, and shouted loudly: "Brother Zong, don't grind and chirp, don't hurry up and open the burden, let Your Majesty and I wait to see what kind of treasure it is." ”

"Hehe, ladies and gentlemen, please take a look."

Zong Xiu smiled and unwrapped his baggage, revealing a pile of wooden characters, as well as brushes used for printing, word plates, and so on.

"The word ......"

Wei Zheng's heart moved, as if he had grasped something.

Some things are difficult for ordinary people, but in the eyes of smart people, they often only need a pointer.

Zong Xiu said loudly: "Your Majesty, this thing is called movable type printing, which can be turned into cumbersome engraving printing and simplicity, and each word can be used repeatedly and repeatedly, which is efficient and convenient, concise and easy." ”

After Zong Xiu finished speaking, he took matters into his own hands, picked out dozens of words and put them in the word plate backwards, put on the ink, covered the paper, brushed back and forth with a brush a few times, and then gently uncovered it and blew a sigh.

"Your Majesty, please see, this is the printing technique that the minister has recently improved at home."

On the paper, what is printed is the tax reduction oracle issued by Li Shimin a few days ago, and the black and white words are clearly visible.

A flash of surprise flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, but the Imperial City Mansion made his face unchanged.

Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Chu Suiliang and other ministers all surrounded curiously, holding wooden characters one by one, gesturing in their hands, and they were amazed.

"Wizard, what a genius! Such a simple truth, why did so many people in the past dynasties not think of it. ”

"Use movable type instead of engraving, easy to place, and can be used repeatedly, as soon as this method comes out, the spread of books and articles will undergo earth-shaking changes in the future, haha, Zong Xiu, you have done a good thing for the world!"

“……”

All the ministers were attracted by the wooden characters and were full of praise.

Zong Xiu was secretly happy in his heart, and he didn't show it, and said aloud again: "Your Majesty, even though the words engraved on wood are easy to print, they are not a long-term way. Chenna also has movable type fired from ceramics, and it is not a problem to use a set for several years. However, the minister has a better suggestion, which is to forge an iron mold, but the pig iron minister can't get it, and there is no stock in his hand for the time being. ”

Li Shimin glanced at the ministers who were looking at the strange characters around the character mold, he had understood the trick, and he understood what changes the 'movable type printing' would bring to the world after the emergence of 'movable type printing', and praised: "Zong Aiqing is really talented, and the improvement of printing technology this time is also known as an immortal achievement, what reward do you want?" ”

Reward, of course Zong Xiu wants it, but he still has to pretend to be a pretend.

The ministers all stared at Zong Xiu, and they also wanted to know what Zong Xiu would ask.

"Back to Your Majesty's words, movable type printing is just an idea that the minister accidentally thought of, this law is beneficial to culture and education, and the people of the world are beneficial, and the minister dedicated this law, just for the benefit of the common people, dare not ask for extravagant rewards."