Chapter 198: The Power of Movable Type
Leisure time always flies quickly, as soon as the Lantern Festival passes, the Chongwen Pavilion begins to lecture, and Wei Renshi begins to listen to lectures in the Chongwen Pavilion every day.
The days are getting warmer and warmer like this.
In the capital, the willow trees can already be seen in the distance, people stand in the distance and look, the ground is already hazy and green, and when they get closer, they can't see clearly.
The winter fur was finally able to fade and change into a thicker spring shirt.
A group of people appeared in front of the Chongwen Pavilion, happy, dancing with their eyebrows flying, smiling, gathered around several carriages, and escorted the carriage slowly over.
In front of them were several gray-haired old men, their eyebrows were full of excitement, their faces were also red, and they couldn't hold back their smiles.
Such a group of people provoked passers-by to stop and stand on both sides of the road to watch the excitement.
The old men in front of them saw everyone watching, so the smiles on their faces were even more joyful. In that case, if you add a big red robe to him, it will feel like marrying.
The crowd and the carriage stopped in front of the Chongwen Pavilion.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please come in." The current old man is none other than the owner of the Chongwen Pavilion. Looking at his appearance, I'm afraid that the status of the other people will not be much lower than him, and they should all be bachelors.
"This method of movable type printing is really miraculous, if it were not for this method, so many classics today, just the stereotype would take several years, and then the printing, only one set of stereotypes, and the speed is limited, and it will take a few years. Nowadays, as long as you prepare a few more sets of movable type, three or five craftsmen can form a group of their own, operate a set of movable type, and they can be printed day and night. How many books should be printed after all these years? Students all over the world, who still needs to worry about having no books to read! One of the bachelors looked at the carriage and sighed, "The old man must meet this Wei County man." ”
Everyone entered the Chongwen Hall together, and the carriage entered through the side door.
said that Wei Renshi was listening carefully to Liu Zhao's explanation of an article at the moment. In later generations, Wei Renshi also learned this, and now he has a new understanding after listening to the ancients' explanation.
However, while listening with relish, the door was pushed open, and Bachelor Gao stood at the door and beckoned to Wei Renshi.
Wei Renshi got up and saluted Liu Zhao, Liu Zhao nodded, and let him out.
When he got outside, Master Gao grabbed Wei Renshi and said, "Renshi, the method of movable type printing you offered before, and now a batch of books have been printed, which are the most commonly used books in Guozijian and the two museums. And when many scholars learned about this, they felt that you had contributed a lot to the scholars of the world by dedicating this method, so they all wanted to see you, and they came together today. You come with the old man. ”
After that, Master Gao took Wei Renshi to the back.
When I got to the back, I saw several old men talking together. Wei Renshi also saw familiar faces, who is it if it's not Bachelor Zhang?
Bachelor Zhang also saw Wei Renshi, came over first, and said with a smile: "The old man knows that you kid is not a mortal. As soon as this move came out, students all over the world knew your name Wei Renshi. ”
Wei Renshi smiled without saying a word, and saluted first: "Student Wei Renshi, please meet all the bachelors." ”
"Wei Xiannan is really a genius, first there is a method of improving barren land and damming and silting land, and now he has offered such a useful method of movable type printing. God bless Datang! An old man stroked his beard and sighed.
As soon as the words fell, another person said: "Since ancient times, they have been engraved with engraving, if you need to print, you must first engrave the plate, which is time-consuming and laborious, and the engraving plate is very easy to be damaged, and it needs to be re-engraved after several printing, and it is not easy to preserve, and it will be damaged after a few years, making it difficult to print the book." This method of movable type printing has greatly improved the efficiency of printing, and now it took several years to print the classics, but now it only took two months to print all the classics! With the art of movable type printing, the imperial court can print books on a large scale, and all students in the world have books to read, who does not miss the kindness of the imperial court? This move can make the imperial court win the hearts of the world's scholars! ”
"Yes, Wei Xiannan's contribution is better than the previous improvement of the wasteland." Mr. Zhang also nodded and said with a smile.
"Fellow Scholars." Wei Ren bowed and said, "Students can't afford to be praised like this by the scholars. ”
"Hehe, know, don't be humble, today the old man and others came to see with their own eyes the person who dedicated this method of movable type printing. The old man and others have already made this matter known to His Majesty, and I think that His Majesty will be rewarded in the near future. Bachelor Gao smiled and said, "Today, the old man is waiting here to distribute the printed books to the students. In the future, you will no longer have to copy books and listen to lectures. ”
"Hahahaha, the old man and the others are happy in their hearts, so they just came over to have a good time." Another bachelor next to him said.
The senior scholar sent someone to call out a group of students in the Chongwen Pavilion, and asked people to take down the brand-new books from the carriage, and then distributed the textbooks to each student as needed.
While everyone was happily watching those students receive the books, Bachelor Zhang leaned to Wei Renshi's side and whispered: "These people are all today's great Confucians, and with them to show merit for you, Your Majesty's reward will not be too light this time." But you have to be careful, the old man thinks about you and advises you not to accept the real position given by His Majesty. ”
Wei Renshi was stunned for a moment, but saw that Bachelor Zhang had already walked past him again, and stepped forward to talk to the other bachelors.
Wei Renshi thought about it carefully, but he couldn't understand why Master Zhang reminded him like this.
So I decided to wait for the end of school and go to Mr. Zhang's house to ask for clarification.
After distributing the books to the students of Chongwenkan, the scholars began to go to Guozijian and Hongwenkan again, and they were going to distribute the required books to the students there.
Wei Renshi didn't have the heart to continue listening to the lecture, and kept thinking about Master Zhang's explanation.
As soon as the school was dismissed, Wei Renshi didn't wait for Fan Zhiyi and them to leave together, so he rushed out of the Chongwen Pavilion first, got into the carriage, and went to Master Zhang's house.
Wei Renshi also often visited Bachelor Zhang's house, so the porter recognized it, so he didn't need to pass it on, so he put Wei Renshi in.
Bachelor Zhang saw Wei Renshi come in the hall, and said with a smile: "The old man knows that your kid will definitely find him." It turns out that there are also things you don't understand! ”
"Look at what you always say, I'm not an immortal in the sky, how can I figure everything out?" Wei Renshi smiled and asked, "Please also ask Master Zhang to teach!" ”
Master Zhang smiled and said: "The strategy you proposed before, whether it is the second strategy of the field, or the later horseshoe, and the current movable type printing, are all techniques that the field farmers will do. Now that you are a county man, the title usually does not rise to the rank of you so quickly. So I will definitely work with you. But since it is the credit of the farmer's skill, it is natural to give you the relevant practical job. And the actual work related to this is only among the Ministry of Industry and the Five Supervisors. Naturally, the Ministry of Engineering will not work with you, so it is most likely to be with you for a real job in the fifth prison. ”
"Five Supervisors...... Why do you refuse to hold a substantive position in the five prisons? Could it be that there is something going on here? Wei Renshi frowned and asked.