Chapter VII Printing

The straight scholars of the Chongxian Pavilion were all well-educated people who had read through the scriptures, so it was natural that Li Chengqian only spent four days explaining the four books and their commentaries clearly, and another day reviewing and adding punctuation.

Most of Li Chengqian's interpretations of the four books are based on Zhu Xi's "Annotations on the Four Books", and some are based on Nan Huaijin's interpretation of Confucian classics.

The most important thing is to delete Zhu Xi's preface and rewrite it, and there are many criticisms of Confucius and Mencius, such as Confucius's "A gentleman seeks the way but does not seek food." Ploughing is also in it; Learn also, Lu is in it. A gentleman is not worried about poverty. It was clearly pointed out that the saints must solve the problem of eating and drinking for the common people, and in the ancient world: the reason why the holy kings of the Chao clan, the Shennong clan, and the Houji clan were meritorious was because they solved the problem of eating for the tribes at that time.

He also debated the etiquette and the truth, the beginning and the end, and clearly pointed out that the education of etiquette and music should be formulated in the direction of making the people's lives better and better.

These views have refreshed the thoughts of all the straight scholars in the Chongxian Pavilion, especially Hao Chujun, who directly called Li Chengqian the first saint after the Duke of Zhou.

In the past few days, all the straight scholars of the Chongxian Pavilion, including Hao Chujun and Zhang Shiheng, have admired Li Chengqian, and it can be said that the water of the Yellow River is gushing from the sky.

In many time-traveling novels, the protagonist began to copy poems as soon as he arrived in ancient times and received a lot of praise. I don't want to think that Li Bai writes poems so well, and Tang Xuanzong just treats him as a prostitute, that is, he asked him to write poems at the banquet to celebrate his happiness.

But what about those who can read the Scriptures? Just look at how good Kong Yingda is.

Li Chengqian, as the crown prince, was accused of "messing with the classics" because Kong Yingda was given, and no one came to verify that all the literati of the family played the impeachment of the prince and could not inherit the temple.

The level that Li Chengqian has shown in the past few days, not to mention the right and wrong ideas, only knowledge and academics, is definitely a great master who can become a family, how can he not let these scholars admire from the bottom of their hearts?

Of course, Li Chengqian didn't care about these things, because these were all things he read to others in later generations.

Moreover, he knew that although the people of the Tang Dynasty read the scriptures without interpreting the meaning of the scriptures, the commentaries were only commenting on a single word, unlike the people of the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, who commented on the meaning of the entire article.

But the right to interpret the scriptures has always been in the hands of the family, and others who want to interpret the scriptures will be killed regardless of whether they are right or wrong.

Therefore, one of the ways that Wu Zetian suppressed the family later was to belittle the Ming Jingke and elevate the Jinshi Department in the imperial examination.

It is because the power to interpret the scriptures is in the hands of the family, and the right to judge poetry is in her hands. However, most of the talented people who can compose poetry have few achievements in politics, which led to the system of entering and exiting the prime minister in the early Tang Dynasty, which was difficult to continue in the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years.

So Li Chengqian really didn't dare to open the poetry style of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chengqian looked at the sorted out articles, silently thinking that it is really difficult to do things?

Yang Shidao, the recital for impeachment, has been pressed for three days, and this morning it has been sent to Lishan Tangquan Palace.

Du He came back the day before yesterday and said that Li Shimin was very happy to see his recital.

Li Chengqian didn't want to do so much, and the "Notes on the Four Books" had to be printed immediately, because he expected that no matter how the family tossed Li Shimin now, he would stand firmly behind him.

Thinking through all this, Li Chengqian patted the manuscript lightly, looked at the few straight scholars who were looking at him eagerly with a smile and said, "Thank you for your hard work, when the book is printed, you will be given ten copies each." ”

"It's not hard, it's His Royal Highness the Prince's pedantic genius to become this brilliant masterpiece, we can follow His Royal Highness the Prince's work of dogs and horses, and with this book and spread through the ages, I will never dare to say the word hard work." Everyone said in unison.

"That's good, Mr. Hao, you are responsible for printing 5,000 copies of the books and sending them to schools in the state capitals, and we will sell the ones that will be printed later, and it is best to print the new books in front of the "Five Classics of Justice."

Hao Chujun was stunned for a moment, and said for a long time: "What is Your Highness doing copying so much?" It takes hundreds of people to copy 5,000 copies for a few months, not to mention spending countless money, but we are looking for hundreds of people who are good at calligraphy, and we can't find them for a while?"

"Copy? Why copy?" Li Chengqian's voice suddenly became louder.

"If you don't copy it, where did you get the 5,000 copies?" Several straight bachelors have been in close contact with Li Chengqian in the past few days, and they feel that he is very easy to get along with, so they are bolder than before.

"Can't you print?" Li Chengqian was shocked when he heard this, as far as he knew, the Tang Dynasty had printing technology.

In fact, this is a misunderstanding, engraving printing appeared in the Middle Tang Dynasty, and there was no printing in the early Tang Dynasty, at most, the imperial court engraved some scriptures corrected by the imperial court on stone tablets in some public places, and then people nearby went to rubbing, and then went back and copied them into books.

Li Chengqian confirmed that there was no printing technology in the Tang Dynasty, and his mood suddenly improved a lot, Li Tai could only help Kong Yingda copy books, how much could he copy?

The big family, do you spread it fast or do I spread it fast?

"It doesn't matter if you don't know how to print, I'll teach you that, but don't exclude."

Li Chengqian thought that it was too late to make both engraving and movable type molds, and when the engraving or movable type molds were made, Goguryeo might be finished.

So, he remembered that when he was a child, he helped the teacher make test papers, using the wax paper printing method, which was convenient, fast and low-cost.

Li Chengqian explained the method, found a piece of paper, engraved a few words, spread a blank paper underneath, and then brushed it with a brush to pick up the paper on which the words were engraved, and on the white paper below, a line of handwriting was clearly printed.

Then change places, brush again, and the same handwriting appears in another place. Because there is no wax on the paper for engraving, the paper will be rotten and unusable after brushing it twice.

"These engraved paper have to draw a layer of wax, and after the wax is applied, the paper is not soaked in ink, so it is not easy to rot." Li Chengqian looked at the rotten paper and said to everyone.

Seeing the miracle appear, everyone couldn't close their mouths in shock, and Hao Chujun shouted for a long time: "Wenhua event!" Mandarin event! Haha......"

With a plop, Zhang Shiheng, who was in his sixties, knelt in front of Li Chengqian and saluted.

Li Chengqian hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, but saw that he was already in tears and speechless with excitement.

Li Chengqian just wanted to say something, but saw that Hao Chujun and several other straight scholars also knelt down to Li Chengqian and bowed.

The people of the Tang Dynasty did not have to kneel except for heaven and earth, ancestors, and parents, and the ministers only made a deep salute when they saw Li Shimin.

These straight scholars have seen Li Chengqian every day in the past few days, and they have never knelt down to him, even if Li Chengqian made the "Notes on the Four Books", it was only a deep salute to express his admiration.

Today, I really saw a miracle happening, and the worship in my heart was beyond words, so I bowed to him.

Li Chengqian appeased everyone, and then asked the old ghost to find someone to help them make wax paper, engrave words, and print books.

looked at a few old pedants who usually pay the most attention to grooming, and they all walked out of the hall and danced excitedly. Li Chengqian shook his head and thought about what to do next.

He knew that Li Tai must have other means that he hadn't used, because Du He had been sending people to keep an eye on his uncle Du Chuke recently.

Du Chuke has been in contact with officials everywhere for the past few days, and it seems that he is accumulating some big moves.

In history, Du Chuke once sent gold to some officials for Li Tai, and Li Shimin knew that it was all cited but did not find that the situation was similar.

Annotating and printing the "Notes on the Four Books" can only prove that Li Chengqian is not a waste, but it can defeat Li Tai, and it cannot make everyone bow down. 'The truth.

For Li Tai, you must beat him directly and blast him out of the capital, and it is best to go to Zhaoling to guard the tomb for Empress Changsun.

Li Chengqian thought that since Li Tai had won the hearts of the family, he could only win the hearts of the army and the common people.

It is said that those who win the hearts of the people win the world, but in fact, it is the most difficult to win the hearts of the people, and many times you don't know what the hearts of the people are, because there are too many people who represent the hearts of the people.

Of course, this is difficult for Li Chengqian, because Li Chengqian came from later generations to understand and analyze class contradictions.

Of course, in ancient times, it was analyzed which part of the people you want to unite with, and it is not necessarily possible to unite, because the other party may not be willing to unite with you.

This also made it difficult for Li Chengqian, because he had read the "Speech at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art" and knew how to mobilize the masses, as long as the masses were mobilized, not to mention Li Tai, even all the big families.

When it was time for dinner, Li Chengqian instructed: "Old ghost, you will find some courtesans and musicians to come to the East Palace tomorrow." ”

The old ghost was startled and hurried down.

The crown princess hesitated again and again, but still had the courage to say: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, now that the cold winter is not a festival, what are you doing summoning courtesans to the East Palace?"

"Hehe, the lonely king wants to arrange a play to educate the people."