Two days later, in the early morning, after Liu Rong bathed in incense, accompanied by a shout from the eunuch Wang Li, he stepped into the Zhengde Hall again, and the ministers waited for the emperor to return to the throne.

Compared with the first time I came to the court, I was a little less expectant and more shocked!

"All the ministers are flat!" Liu Rong waved his hand. After the ministers got up, he said again, "Ladies and gentlemen, do you have a book to play?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has a book to play!" At this moment, one of the courtiers walked out and bowed.

Liu Rong already recognized this person, who was an official in charge of national taxation, subordinate to Shangshutai, and his official position was Shangshu's left servant, and his name was Jia Li. He said, "Your Majesty, there is very little rain in the counties of Qike County this year, and the rice yield is less than in previous years. ”

After speaking, he took out a roll of silk silk from his bosom and leaned over it to his head.

Seeing this, Wang Li immediately took it and presented it to Liu Rong.

Liu Rong read it, it is the county guard of Ke County, as appropriate, expressed that this year's Ke Dahan, although not to the point of no harvest, but the grain output has indeed plummeted, if the tax is still levied in the past, there will be a situation of starvation to death, and he asked for a reduction of 10% of the tax.

After reading it, he put away the silk silk, put it aside, looked up and asked, "What do you think?" ”

This time it was Li Yan, who bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister will find out that the drought in Qike County is true, and the minister thinks that he should indeed reduce his taxes by one percent to support the people's livelihood!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate! The stipulation of taxation and forced servitude is the foundation of a country, so how can it be changed at will? Now the county of Ke seeks to reduce one, and then there will be other counties to follow suit, and the minister thinks that it cannot be changed! ”

Liu Rong looked at it, this person was very burly, he had reached the standard of eight feet, and his face was like a heavy date.

Guan Yu's face is like a jujube, but this person's face is a little red and black compared to Guan Yu, so this is how later generations describe Wei Yan.

Knowing this person, Liu Rong nodded and said, "Well, what Uncle Wen said is reasonable, and the laws of the imperial court, of course, must not be blasphemed, nor can the order be changed overnight!" After speaking, he turned his gaze to Zhuge Liang and asked, "I don't know what Father Xiang thinks?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook the goose feather fan again and said, "Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that the court law is not to be blasphemed, but the love of Ke County cannot be ignored, and the minister thinks that the exemption of one percent of the tax is too little, and it should be exempted from two percent, so that its people can meet each other and survive the difficult period!" ”

Liu Rong nodded and said, "It should be so, I Shu Han, when adhering to the Hejaz, so that the people under his jurisdiction can live and work in peace and contentment, now that the county is suffering from drought and the harvest is reduced, the imperial court has the responsibility to help them tide over the difficulties. ”

"The minister obeys the order, and the minister will thank Your Majesty for the people of Ke County, and thank the Prime Minister!" Jia Li said.

"Is there still a bonachi?" After Liu Rong asked, seeing that no one stood up again, he immediately said again, "Wang Li, distribute the paper to all the adults and circulate it!" ”

"No!" Wang Li answered, took out a stack of papers from his arms, about seven or eight sheets, and distributed them to the prime minister, Shang Shuling and other officials who stood in front of the court.

Zhuge Liang and Li Yan were already prepared, but when they looked at the paper again at this moment, they were shocked again.

On the paper, there are dense words, and the first thing that attracts people's attention is the words on the paper, which should not be written by people, but like rubbing with ink.

Secondly, each word is square, clear and easy to read.

Looking at the hands of the people next to you, they are almost exactly the same as those in your hands, with ink, and the content is the same.

Looking at the content again, Zhuge Liang and Li Yan both understood that it was the intellectual property protection law proposed by the emperor the day before yesterday.

The content is easy to understand, and it is about legislation to protect the inventors of Shu and make it profitable.

"What is this?" Wei Yanwen said to his colleague next to him.

"This thing? Is it paper? ”

Liu Rong nodded secretly, but there is no shortage of knowledgeable people in this court.

"Intellectual Property Protection Law? Well, this method can greatly mobilize the enthusiasm of the people of Shudi, and invention and creation can be shadowed, well, I want to invent! One of the officials said.

The other person nodded and said, "The imperial court gives protection, and collects a profit of 10% with the protection fee, plus taxes, the imperial court will benefit more, but it is not irresistible, this, this is really high!" ”

After a long time, Liu Rong coughed lightly, and the court quieted down, and said, "I will confirm first, what you Aiqing is holding in your hands is paper, paper that can be written, and this paper can be mass-produced, and the cost is extremely low, the cost of each piece of paper is one of the hundred silk of the same size, you think, after a period of time, you will be able to use this paper that is easy to write at home!" ”

"Really?" One of them asked, and after getting a nod of affirmation from Liu Rong, he said, "Your Majesty, don't you know, the minister used to write a chapter, and every time he was trembling, for fear of writing a wrong word and wasting the bamboo slips and silk." And if you want to practice calligraphy, or teach your children to recognize words, you are reluctant, it is really too expensive to waste silk and bamboo slips! If it is really as His Majesty said, the minister can let go of it in the future! ”

Liu Rong has learned from the queen's mouth that this person is the first calligrapher in Shu and writes good handwriting.

Most of them are used to buy silk silk, and it is even more difficult to practice calligraphy, which is on the stone slab in the courtyard.

His words immediately resonated! The courtiers affirmed the writing paper.

Liu Rong waved his hand, and the court was quiet again, and he said, "Secondly, have you seen the words on the rubbing?" In the future, I will gradually rub and print the ancient famous sage scrolls into a volume and sell them to the outside world at a low price. Think about it, in the future, you can only build a bookshelf in your study room, and you can hide all the books, isn't it beautiful? ”

"If it's true, it's beautiful!" One of them said, "Your Majesty, do you know that the ministers followed the emperor to fight in all directions, and every time they fight, the worry is not how to kill the enemy, but how to bring the book with them!" ”

Another person also said, "Your Majesty, before my father, I wanted my minister to focus on literature, spend all his family wealth, and buy a cart of books for my minister, but after only two moves, there is no one left of these books, resulting in the minister having nothing to read, only to practice martial arts!" In fact, the minister's dream is to be a minister of the world! “

The man wiped his tears and continued, "The minister can rub so many words when he sees such a large size of paper today, if the minister had paper when he was a child, the minister would have realized his dream!" ”

"Your Majesty, but the minister thinks that it is not easy to use this rubbing board to expand the world's books!"

At this time, the official in charge of the manufacturing plant came out and said.

Liu Rong smiled and said, "Aiqing's words, I have thought about it, and there is a solution!" ”

He pretended to be mysterious and bought it.