For example, the process requirements of a copper movable type are not high, and the general craftsman can also make it, but it is difficult to find that all the requirements of the copper movable type must be consistent, so that when arranged, the font on it will not be uneven, and it is also convenient to print, and this is the advantage of the craftsmen of the coinage bureau, because when they usually make copper coins, the biggest requirement is that the specifications are consistent, so the copper movable type they produce is uniform, and the error of height is also very small.

In the past two days, although Li Xiu is called resting at home, he is not idle, such as the small printing experiment in front of him, which he explored little by little, of course, this can only be used as an experiment, after all, the conditions are limited, and the copper movable type is not fixed, a small amount of printing is OK, and there will definitely be some problems with a large number of printing, so although the copper movable type is manufactured, the printing technology and process still need further research.

"Great! That's great! With these copper movable type, I can print as many books as I want, so that I can break the family's monopoly on reading and completely dig up the foundation of the family! After Li Shimin understood the value of movable type printing, he was also excited and couldn't help himself, standing up and walking back and forth while muttering loudly to himself.

"Don't make a sound, you're really a blockbuster!" Eldest Sun Wuji also looked at Li Xiudao with a complicated face at this time, he was also the most important minister around Li Shimin, sometimes Eldest Sun Wuji would also be a little jealous of Li Xiu, for fear that the other party would press him down, but sometimes he had to admire Li Xiu a lot, such as the copper movable type in front of him, which he would never have imagined.

"Hehe, in fact, this copper type is indeed just some gadgets, of course, sometimes some seemingly complex problems can be solved in some very simple ways." Li Xiu also smiled at this time.

The reason why the family can have such a strong influence is that most of the officials in the court are from the family, such as this imperial examination, the Jinshi in the middle are all children of the family, the reason for this situation is that the family has the inheritance of knowledge, they have a large number of books in their homes, ordinary people can't borrow them at all, only the children of the clan can watch, and there are usually learned Confucians in the clan to guide them to read, Therefore, the children of these families are naturally higher in terms of knowledge than those from ordinary families, and they have an advantage in the imperial examination.

However, the current situation is different, with movable type printing, Li Shimin can print a large number of books, so that the cost of acquiring knowledge will fall, and there is no longer much gap between ordinary people from families and scholars from families in terms of knowledge structure, and the number of ordinary people is huge, there will always be some outstanding readers who stand out, so as to squeeze out the way for family scholars to become officials, so that it may only take more than ten years to completely disintegrate the family's monopoly on knowledge!

Li Shimin thought of completely breaking the monopoly of the family, and then those families would no longer be able to give themselves problems like now, and even forced himself to bow to them, he wanted to laugh rampantly for a while, the weakness of the family was finally caught by him, as long as he was willing, there would be time to clean up those families in the future, and then he would wait for these families to bow to him!

"Li Xiu, how many copper movable types are there, can you start printing books now!" After the ecstasy, Li Shimin immediately asked Li Xiu impatiently, he couldn't wait to print out 100,000 Analects now, and then throw them on the faces of the family, so that they could have a good taste of the quilt.

"Your Majesty, now only one set of copper movable type is made, and it is in the minister's house, but before I came, I have asked Liu Renliang to supervise the coinage bureau in Luoyang to make a few more sets, as for printing, it is not very difficult, but it also needs to be studied, if Your Majesty is in a hurry, the minister wants to take a period of leave, and then concentrate on studying printing!" Li Xiu immediately said that large-scale printing still needs some technology, and there is also a printing process.

"No problem, you put the financial supervisor first, during this time I will concentrate on the study and printing, the first printed book is "Clan Chronicles", I want you to print 10,000 copies as soon as possible, and then distribute it to the world, if you need it, you will ask Wuji directly, whether it is people or things, all of them will give priority to you!" Li Shimin immediately nodded in agreement, and when he said the end, his face showed a vicious expression.

Hearing that Li Shimin wanted to print 10,000 copies of the "Clan Chronicles", Li Xiu and the eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but glance at each other, and then both of them also showed a helpless wry smile, it seems that Li Shimin was really angry with the family, this conflict with the family was caused by the clan chronicles, as a result, Li Shimin wanted to slap the face of the family, and issued the 10,000 clan chronicles at one time, it seems that he wanted to give the ranking on the clan chronicles to death, after all, the more people who have read the clan chronicles, the greater the influence on the ranking of the clans in the book, it can be said that with the help of printing, Li Shimin has already grasped some power in public opinion.

Although it is a little difficult to print 10,000 copies, there is not a lot of content in the clan chronicles, and Li Shimin did not give a clear time limit, so Li Xiu finally agreed.

"By the way, can this copper movable type be minted in other places besides the coinage bureau in Luoyang?" But at this moment, I suddenly saw the eldest grandson Wuji ask.

"Mowgli asked well, I just wanted to ask this question, this movable type printing is of great significance, related to the well-being of the world's readers, so just a Luoyang Foundry Bureau is not enough, donkey you see if you can let other foundry bureaus also join in, make a few more sets of lead movable type, and print faster in the future!" Li Shimin was afraid that the family would not fall fast enough, and he echoed at the moment, the more books printed, the weaker the family's monopoly on knowledge, if possible, he even hoped that the printing technology would spread throughout the Tang Dynasty overnight, and then he would wait for the family to kneel in front of him and beg for mercy.

"Yes, but the main task of the Minting Bureau is to mint coins, if they are allowed to mint coins now, they may need to adjust it, so as not to affect the minting of coins!" Li Xiu thought about it at this time and replied that although movable type printing is important, the minting of coins is more important, and he does not want to affect the production of coins because of copper movable type.

"No problem, as long as you can print out the 10,000 clan records as soon as possible, no matter what you do, I will support you!" Li Shimin immediately clapped his hands and said, his eyes also showed a little coldness, he had waited for this opportunity to fight back against the family for too long, and now it was time for them to know who had the final say in this empire?