Lu Zhi was stunned when he heard this.

Chen Zhi continued: "The generals have also noticed the points that Lu Jun was worried about before, so they have paid attention to it, but there is one point, Lu Jun probably didn't see it!" ”

"What's the matter?" Lu Zhi cleaned up his mood and made an appearance of humbly asking for advice, but he was thinking that he would continue to persuade him, after all, this time the general seemed to have loosened, and Sun Xiu had no words to refute himself for the time being, so he couldn't let go of this opportunity.

But then saw that Chen Zhi did not speak, but got up and walked to the bookshelf, took out a book from it, and then threw it on the table in front of Lu Zhi and Sun Xiu.

Lu Zhi and Sun Xiu looked at the book in front of them, and suddenly became interested, so they looked at the title of the book and thought about it.

"Chen's Writings"?

They were no strangers to this book, and it was one of the first books to be printed.

Initially, in order to promote printing and to prevent boycott by the family, Chen Zhi took several of his own articles, compiled them into a book with a small number of words and chapters, and published them in the past.

This kind of thing, just like he was showing off his personal style and spreading his own fame, the family was not too vigilant, and the content was not much, so it was easy to publish, so it was successfully distributed, and the government distributed it for free, and soon spread everywhere.

Now seeing Chen Zhi take out this book, whether it is Lu Zhi or Sun Xiu, a representative of a family and a poor family, they all hope to find the meaning behind it.

On the issue of lifting their sons to the countryside, they believe that every move of Chen Zhi has its meaning.

"Could it be that which article in the transcript happens to involve this question and gives the answer?"

This thought appeared in the minds of both of them at the same time.

This is not their nonsense for no reason, unlike other people's records, as the general of the expedition to the north and the history of the assassination of Youzhou, Chen Zhi's articles are not like ordinary celebrities and scholars who are just empty exploration and arguments, on the contrary, several articles included in the records often represent some of Chen Zhi's ideas and policy tendencies.

Among them, the most representative and well-known are undoubtedly the two articles "Shi Shuo" and "The Theory of the Six Kingdoms", the former expresses Chen Zhi's views on the way of education, and the latter involves many external thoughts.

In addition to these two articles, the Wenlu also includes Chen Zhi's views on agricultural affairs in the "Qi Min Yaoshu", as well as the proposition of farmers and tenants, about three chapters, and the remaining chapters are excerpts from the "Great Canon", the texts of the collection are excerpted and combined into a set of books, and there are many articles about Confucianism and Taoism, reflecting a certain ruling thought.

In the past two years, many families and scholars from poor families have bought the "Wenlu" for research, and several of the articles have been thoroughly studied.

Now that the two of them think about it, they feel that several articles have touched on issues related to the selection of talents and the education of the people, but they are scattered in different sentences.

"When I go back this time, I have to let the clan general pick out the relevant content in the document, and the combination is complete, maybe you can see the general's original intention!"

Just when Lu Zhi was thinking like this, Sun Xiu faintly felt that something was wrong, since the lord had already talked about specific issues, he shouldn't play dumb riddles, could it be that the problem was not in the article?

The two of them just scrutinized left and right, not daring to speak rashly, and the lobby suddenly became quiet, and the silence was a little embarrassing.

Seeing this, Chen Zhi said: "I mean, this book was printed, and printing technology is involved behind it, you must know that in the past two years, this printing technology has also brought a lot of money to the family. ”

Typography!

Suddenly, Sun Xiu and Lu Zhi both understood, and realized why Chen Zhi took out this book, and dared to think about it, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

But then, they thought about the problem of printing again, and then, Lu Zhi's face was not good-looking.

The rise of printing is inseparable from the promotion of Chen Zhi, and when he was still in Daijun, he came up with relevant technology, and hoped that the family could join in and share the profits.

It's a pity that the Daijun family resisted it out of class instinct, so only Chen Zhi promoted it alone, published some documents, and only circulated in Daijun, out of Daijun, even if it was Youzhou, it was suppressed, and it was not much circulated on the surface.

But when Chen Zhi mastered Youzhou, entered the north, and once again promoted the development of printing, the situation was different.

In fact, even if Chen Zhi does not promote, the small workshops in private have been all over the place and have begun to take shape, and when he advocated the official printing of Youzhou, the family he had just conquered joined in in order to show obedience, wanting to curry favor with Chen Zhi, at that time, the class instinct of the family was more to continue the family, and other principles could be put down.

No matter how you say it, Chen Zhi is also a top-grade celebrity with good roots, and there is no shame in submitting to such characters.

At first, the effect was remarkable, and the printing technology in the circulation of printed materials allowed the family to get unexpected rich returns, but when they were just a little interested, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and small workshops sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, seizing the low-end market, so that the official printing of Youzhou could only circulate in the family circle, and the profits were much thinner, and it became a chicken rib.

On the other hand, the diffusion of knowledge brought about by cheap books began to arouse the vigilance of the Maison.

Chen Zhi's words sounded in front of the two of them: "After the spread of printing, many small workshops appeared, their printing can be said to be shoddy, but there are many of them, the price of each volume is getting lower and lower, and the number of people who come into contact with books is expanding more and more. ”

Sun Xiu's eyes lit up, and he praised: "I see, the general's civil and military methods just give this group of people a hope, let them know that there is a chance to win the move every year, not this time, and next time, year after year, there is always hope, so it will make people go to great lengths to advance, study for learning with peace of mind, be imprisoned in their hometown, and will not wander around"

Lu Zhi also understood, but he still complained a little bit in his heart, in his opinion, this printing technique was also advocated by the general, there are many readers, one can't control it, can't be an official, so he runs around the world, I don't know how many anti-king plotters I want to become, and the result is that you came up with ideas to restrain them.

Naturally, he did not know that the popularization of the printing press, the collapse of the monopoly of knowledge, and the spread of knowledge to the lower classes were the inevitable trend of history, and it was better to restrain them now than to allow the situation to develop on its own.

Of course, what is more important is that the evil consequences caused by the monopoly of knowledge have been gradually manifested in this era.

No matter what Lu Zhi thinks, he has to admit that Chen Zhi's words are very reasonable, and the civil and military methods are indeed a good way to restrain a poor scholar who has achieved a lot of learning, is energetic, and has nowhere to advance, but it is just ......

"Let them go to various places and preach to the people, it will be a bit too much, the people have not learned, they do not see any ambitions, they often seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, they know more, but it is difficult to control."

Chen Zhi said: "Just as the people are getting used to getting news from the mouth of the lifter, as long as there is this habit, there are some hidden dangers, and there is no need to worry about it at all!" ”