Xue Lang looked at the sage, inexplicably felt that he was a little pitiful, in the spirit of humanitarianism, Xue Lang took out the sparse music that was to be presented before, and presented it to the sage: "Enlighten the sage, the minister has a sparse performance!" ”

The abrupt words shocked everyone, Princess Pingyang seemed to see through his intentions, glanced at Xue Lang, but did not hold on to the saint anymore, and silently took a step back.

The saint seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, looking at Xue Lang's eyes, that is, how kind he was, he looked kind: "State affairs are important, I will first look at the sparse performance of the Qing family." In addition, Pei Qing's family, please leave the matter of Pingyang to you! ”

Pei Lin smiled and said, "Please rest assured, the saint, the ministers must do their best." The minister retired first. ”

Pei Lin left first. In the Zichen Palace, only Li Yuan's father and son and Xue Lang remained. Li Yuan took Xue Lang's sparse recital, stared at it, and his usual expression immediately became clear, and after reading it again, he turned his head and handed it to King Qin: "Erlang, you can take a look." ”

"Whoa."

King Qin stepped forward to take the music and looked down. The saint sat on the throne and closed his eyes in contemplation.

"Good idea! Good idea! Xue Shilang is talented, and the people of the world are served! ”

After reading it, King Qin did not hesitate to praise Xue Lang. Xue Lang humbly arched his hand, smiled and did not speak.

King Qin said happily: "Father, Xue Shilang's policy is easy to implement, and the only thing to worry about is the number of books. Without a sufficient collection of books, the library would not have been built. In addition, in order to attract scholars to the library, the works of scholars and Confucianists are indispensable! ”

The saint nodded. Xue Lang already said confidently: "There is a solution to the king's concerns. Your Majesty, please look at the books on the Saint's Imperial Case! ”

"Ben?"

King Qin was slightly puzzled and looked at the sage. The sage handed him a copy of the "Thousand Character Text" on the table, and said, "Xue Qing's family and your sister entered the palace to present me with movable type printing, and this book was printed with movable type. ”

As he spoke, he also explained to King Qin what movable type printing was. King Qin flipped through it and saw the benefits at a glance: "The font is neat and beautiful, the printing cost is low, and it is bound into a book like this, which is not only convenient for preservation, but also convenient for transportation. ”

The saint said with great interest: "Yes." There are many unique books in the Ouchi Collection, which can be reprinted with movable type printing and can be added to the library to enrich the collection. ”

Xue Lang added: "You can also ask everyone in the world to write manuscripts, such as annotating the Analects and the Four Books. If you have enough money, you can also offer a reward to collect a unique copy of the classics from the people, borrow samples, and re-typeset and print! ”

When Li Yuan and Li Shimin's father and son heard this, the expressions on their faces were vaguely excited, and King Qin said: "Father, if this matter can be accomplished, it will be a great cause that will be meritorious in the present and beneficial in the future!" ”

Li Yuan nodded, his eyes flickered, and he instructed the chamberlain: "Pass the prince here!" ”

"Whoa."

The chamberlain took the order and left.

King Qin was vaguely a little regretful, but he couldn't help it.

After a while, the crown prince came quickly, entered the Zichen Palace, and saw that Princess Pingyang, King Qin, and Xue Lang were all there, his eyes shrank slightly, but he still stepped forward calmly and saluted: "My son has seen my father." Ah Mei, Erlang. ”

Princess Pingyang saluted with King Qin: "I've seen the eldest brother." ”

Xue Lang also saluted: "The minister has seen the prince." ”

After each of them finished saluting, the saint said: "It has been built, and I will see it first." ”

"Whoa."

The crown prince took a step forward, took the sparse music handed over by the sage, looked down carefully, his eyes lit up, and hurriedly said: "I implore my father to hand over this matter to my son." ”

King Qin also said: "My son is willing to share his father's worries and recommend himself to take charge of the preparation of the library." ”

These two actually competed!

However, this is also understandable. Preparing for the establishment of a library is undoubtedly a good thing that can earn prestige. Even the family of the eunuchs of the past generations dare not say that their own book collection is unmatched in the world. But with a library, it's different.

In Xue Lang's recital, after proposing to build a national public library, he wrote a lot of detailed rules to improve, with only one goal! It is not a problem to ask for manuscripts from the people of the world, to solicit awards, to collect unique classics from the people, and to borrow them as printing samples, and to build the largest and most complete library in time.

Such a library can be imagined to be attractive to readers. In the future, the library will inevitably be a place where people gather for readers. Scholars represent talents, and talents, whether they are for saints, princes, or kings of Qin, are crucial.

The sage was in the first place, looked at the two sons under the seat, and was noncommittal, but asked Xue Lang: "This strategy is played by the Xue Qing family, for the candidate for the main matter, does the Qing family have a case?" ”

it! The saint didn't want to be caught between his two sons, so he actually threw the problem to Xue Lang! Fortunately, buddy is prepared-

When writing the sparse music, Xue Lang thought about this issue by the way, and was already prepared in his heart, and after complaining about the saint in his heart, he said solemnly: "Since the saint asked, the minister will be virtuous and not avoid relatives, this matter ...... The minister recommended Princess Pingyang to take charge! ”

When the prince heard this, he hurriedly said: "As a woman, Ah Mei does not participate in court politics, how can Ah Mei be in charge of this matter!" Son against! ”

King Qin saw that the person recommended by Xue Lang was Princess Pingyang, so he didn't speak again.

Xue Lang said: "Back to the prince, the reason why the minister recommended Princess Pingyang to take charge is precisely because the princess is a woman, and it is more convenient to take charge of this matter than either the prince and the king of Qin." ”

The prince frowned and asked, "What do you say?" Please Xue Shilang to solve your doubts. ”

Xue Lang said: "Dare to ask the prince, except for Ouchi, the people with the richest collection of books in the world are all families, right?" ”

The prince thought for a moment and bowed his head: "That's true." ”

Xue Lang said: "The talent selection and allocation system of our dynasty is based on the imperial examination system implemented in the previous dynasty. This system selects talents, discusses talents and virtues, regardless of blood origin, and is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people. However, the family has a natural advantage in controlling most of the book knowledge. Prince, please imagine, there are also two scholars, one is from a family, one is from a poor family, and two are from the imperial examination, who has a better chance of winning the examination? ”

The prince said: "Naturally, he is a son of a family. ”

Xue Lang said: "Yes, it is the son of the family." The elders of the family, from generation to generation, generation after generation as officials, in the imperial examination, these elders are famous teachers, if they are in the examination for officials, these elders can not only be Austrian aid, but also for the staff to give guidance. These advantages, the poor scholars do not have, over time, above the court, as far as the eye can see, are all people from the family, and there are almost no poor scholars. Dare to ask how to implement the decree of the saints in such a situation? ”

Not only the prince, but Li Yuan's father and son were all shocked.

Xue Lang said: "The establishment of the library is the first step to break and avoid the formation of this situation!" Let the knowledge that monopolizes in the hands of the family scholars face the general public and open up the wisdom of the people! However, among the family, there are many talents and wise people, and they will not fail to see the consequences of this move, and the family will inevitably rebound. ”

Princess Pingyang is a woman, and it is impossible to inherit the throne, no matter how great her prestige is, it will not pose a threat to the throne, so as not to make it difficult for the two of you brothers to grab it and make it difficult for the saint.

Xue Lang didn't say this sentence, thinking that with the wisdom of the saint, he could naturally think of it.

Sure enough, the sage said, "This proposal is approved!" The matter was handed over to Binh Duong. ”

Only then did Princess Pingyang speak: "Huh." ”

Xue Lang quietly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the benefits brought by movable type printing were still in the hands of Princess Pingyang in the end, and it was not in vain that he exhausted his efforts to plan.