After Cui Gan listened to the steward's report, his originally complacent face slowly changed to a serious expression, and then took the "Clan Chronicles" handed by the steward, and then waved him to step back, and for a while the whole room was once again only the three of them, but Zheng Zhong and Cui Fuan felt that the atmosphere in the room became solemn.

"Cui Gong, what's going on?" Cui Fu'an saw that Cui Gan's face was wrong, and asked with concern at the moment, and at the same time glanced at the "Clan Chronicles" in the other party's hand suspiciously, speaking of the "Clan Chronicles" in the other party's hand After the compilation of the Cong Clan Chronicles was completed, Li Shimin immediately ordered someone to copy a number of copies and distribute them all over the world, not only have they seen it, but even everyone has one in their hands, after all, knowing oneself and knowing the other can survive a hundred battles.

I saw that Cui Gan was frowning at this time, and after a while, he slowly spoke: "Just now, the next person came to report that there were many "Clan Chronicles" on the market in Chang'an overnight, and it seems that they still flowed out of the palace, and the price is also very cheap, and many people have already bought it. ”

When Cui Gan said this, he also stretched out his hand to open the clan chronicle in his hand, and during this time he had been letting his subordinates keep an eye on the movements in the palace, so as soon as the clan chronicles flowing out of the palace appeared, the subordinates immediately bought a copy and sent it over.

"Huh?" When Cui Gan saw the content of the book, he couldn't help but cry out in surprise, he had already read the content of the book, so it was nothing unusual, but he found that the words in the book were a little strange, because those words didn't look like they were handwritten, after all, no matter how good a calligrapher is, there will be some differences in the size of the copied words, and sometimes there will be mistakes and alterations, but this clan chronicle is very neat, there are no typos throughout the book, and there are even some symbols and sentences, which makes it look refreshing.

The word...... It doesn't look like it's written, it's like it's rubbed out of a stone tablet? At this moment, I saw Zheng Zhong also poke his head to look at the clan chronicle in Cui Gan's hand, and he was also full of doubts at the moment.

Before the advent of printing, some characters were engraved on stone tablets, so some scholars painted the tablets with ink, and then rubbed them on the stone tablets with silk cloth, so that the words would appear on the silk cloth. Cui Gan was born in a family, and naturally he was also full of poetry and books, so he was no stranger to rubbing, and when he saw the words on this clan chronicle, the first reaction in his mind was that the words on the book were too similar to rubbing.

"Brother Xingmou is right, I also feel that the words in this book seem to be rubbed, after all, if it is copied, it is impossible to be so regular!" Cui Fu'an also nodded at this time, and after Zheng Zhong's reminder, he also felt that the words on the book were too similar to rubbing.

Hearing the words of Zheng Zhong and Cui Fu'an, Cui Gan turned a few more pages, and found that each page was extremely neat, and he also specially picked two identical words for comparison, and found that these two words were almost identical, and it was absolutely impossible to write them.

"Hiss~, I know what's going on!" At this moment, I suddenly saw Zheng Zhong speak again, with a little surprise on his face, as if he had thought of something amazing?

"The old man also thought of it!" Cui Gan's face became extremely gloomy at this time, and then he took a long breath and then said, "Buddha statue, when Buddhism was not suppressed in the past, some people in Buddhism carved Buddha statues or Buddhist scriptures on wooden boards in order to promote Buddhism, and then rubbed them on paper, and countless sheets can be printed in one day, and this clan chronicle is estimated to be printed in the same way!" ”

Cui Gan and Zheng Zhong are both knowledgeable people, and they quickly thought of the method of printing Buddhist scriptures in Buddhism, but they didn't know that the method of Buddhism can only be regarded as engraving printing, and it is also a very primitive kind, and the clan chronicle in front of them is printed with movable type, and the scientific and technological content is much higher than that of Buddhist scriptures.

"It's just a clan chronicle, even if His Majesty prints countless copies and distributes them to the world, it's just for the world to make fun of, after all, who doesn't know, our family should be ranked first!" At this moment, I saw Cui Fu'an sneering and said, although this clan chronicle was printed by a special method, but he didn't think it would have any big impact on their families, at most it would just disgust them.

"Brother Fu'an's words are ridiculous!" However, as soon as Cui Fu'an's words fell, Zheng Zhong shouted anxiously, and even the cold sweat on his forehead flowed down, because he suddenly thought of a very terrible situation.

Hearing Zheng Zhong's words, Cui Gan couldn't help but glance at the other party in surprise, because he also knew what Zheng Zhong had thought, which made him sigh in his heart, no wonder the Zheng family's power has expanded extremely rapidly over the years, even after Li Jiancheng's blow, it can still recover again, at least the vision of Zheng Zhong in front of him is far beyond Cui Fu'an.

"What do you mean by Brother Xingmou, where did I say it wrong?" Cui Fu'an heard Zheng Zhong refute his words, and asked very puzzled at the moment, he and Zheng Zhong have a good personal relationship, but they will not have conflicts because of a little dispute.

"Brother Fu'an, why are you confused, think about it carefully, today the palace can print so many clan chronicles at once, so will there be more Analects printed in the palace tomorrow? You must know that not only does our clan have a collection of books, but the collection of books in the palace is even larger, if Your Majesty is really determined to print books, won't everyone be able to afford to read books in the future, and what advantages will our family have at that time? ”、

Zheng Zhong was also really anxious, and immediately said what he could only think about but couldn't say, after all, these are all heart-wrenching words, if they are spread out, not only him, but even the Zheng family behind him will be ruined, but now he can't care about this.

"Hiss~, this ...... Is this possible? Cui Fu'an is also a person with outstanding intelligence, he just didn't think of it for a while, and now when he heard Zheng Zhong's words, he couldn't help but gasp, and the whole person stood there, even with a little fear on his face, after all, the biggest reliance of the family is the monopoly of knowledge, which is also the most important foundation of the family, if this advantage is lost, I am afraid that at most a hundred years, the family will fall apart because of this.

"If the clan chronicles can be printed, other books will naturally be printed, but what I'm thinking about now is how expensive it is to print this kind of book, and if you want to carve the characters on the wooden board one by one, you must also need skilled craftsmen, how many such craftsmen are there in the palace, can they support Your Majesty's large-scale book printing requirements?" Cui Gan is worthy of being a scheming person, and he can still calm down at this time, and he also analyzes the shortcomings of engraving printing, but unfortunately the cognitive bias makes his analysis completely empty.

However, the matter of movable type printing is still limited to a few people such as Li Shimin, so as soon as Cui Gan's words fell, Zheng Zhong, who saw the shrewdness, also nodded deeply and said: "Cui Gong is right, the quality of this clan chronicle is far from being comparable to those inferior Buddhist scriptures, so I think the cost of printing books should not be low, and engraving also requires a lot of manpower and material resources, I estimate that this clan chronicle has already begun to be prepared, and it was not suddenly released until today, in order to disrupt our formation!" ”

Cui Fu'an heard Cui Gan and Zheng Zhong's analysis, and nodded very approvingly, but at this time, his eyes inadvertently swept over the clan chronicle in Cui Gan's hand, and at this time, the clan chronicle had been closed by Cui Gan, just revealing the back of the book, which made Cui Fu'an also sigh, and immediately reached out to take the clan chronicle and looked at it carefully, and then spoke: "Cui Gong, Brother Xingmou, look, there are still some things on the back of this book!" ”

Hearing Cui Fu'an's words, Cui Gan and Zheng Zhong couldn't help but look down, and sure enough, they found that there were a few lines of small characters on the back of the book, among which Zheng Zhong couldn't help but read out loud: "The Tang Imperial Printing Bureau Zhenguan ten-year system!" ”

"The Royal Press?" When Cui Gan saw this, his face couldn't help but change again, originally he wasn't sure if Li Shimin would continue to print books, but now that this printing office has come out, the meaning is obvious, after all, if only one clan chronicle is printed, there is no need to set up a printing bureau.

The above point was not only thought of by Cui Gan, but also by Cui Fuan and Zheng Zhong, and the faces of the two of them also changed at the moment, and the room became silent for a while, and the atmosphere became even more heavy.

After a long while, I suddenly saw that Cui Fuan seemed to think of something, and said in a hurry: "I...... I heard that Li Xiu has returned, what he is best at is making weapons, the formula of gunpowder is dedicated to His Majesty, in addition, he has also made waterwheels, mirrors, etc., and even charcoal was discovered by him, do you think this printing office has anything to do with him? ”

As the so-called words woke up the person in the dream, Zheng Zhong also slapped his thigh when he heard Cui Fu'an's words and said: "That's right, this printing office must be related to Li Xiu, I remember that after he came back, His Majesty immediately summoned him to the palace to discuss matters, and then Li Xiu entered the palace every day, but it is said that he did not go to the financial supervision office, I think he should be busy with this printing office!" ”

"Li Xiu?" Cui Gan also showed a thoughtful expression when he heard Cui Fu'an's words, Li Xiu was not in Chang'an before, plus this time the family united, even Li Shimin was disgraced, and the eldest grandson Wuji was even more difficult to protect, so they didn't pay much attention to Li Xiu, but they didn't expect that as soon as this person came back, he gave them a fatal blow.

"Duke Cui, what should I do about this matter, if I let the palace continue to print, I'm afraid it won't be long before the children of our family will have no advantage in the imperial examination, coupled with the emperor's deliberate suppression, the consequences are unimaginable!" Cui Fuan was also helpless at this time, and asked Cui Gan anxiously at the moment.

"This ......" Cui Gan couldn't help frowning at this time, and after a long while, I saw him let out a breath and said, "It seems that I have to personally visit this concubine!" ”