Chapter 96: The Most Powerful Weapon

"My lord, do you really want to implement simplified characters in the county?" Zhong Miao found a vacancy to ask Liu Miao, and the others on the side also looked at Liu Miao with concern. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Liu Miao nodded firmly, "Yes!" I know your concerns, it's just that there are some difficulties in the early stage, people are used to fonts with a lot of strokes, and it takes a process to adapt to this kind of simplified characters, and only we in Jiujiang County use simplified characters, which may be small in scope and not convenient for communication with other states and counties.

But you have to see the advantages of simplified characters, which are not only easier to write, but also easier to promote, which can greatly reduce the difficulty of enlightenment. With the strength of our strength and the popularization of books, simplified characters will also affect more and more people, which can greatly improve the literacy rate of the people. If the literacy rate increases, won't there be more talent? This is a great thing that is good for the present and for the future! ”

Of course, Zhong Xuan knew about these benefits, but he still had some doubts, "I am worried that I will be resisted and slandered by some diehards. ”

"Yuan Chang, you have to understand that doing anything can't satisfy everyone in the world, but we can't stop doing it just because someone resists, especially this kind of big thing that benefits the country and the people. I, Liu Miao, still want to dominate the world and recreate the Han family, and there will be more people who oppose and slander me, so will I have to give up? I won't! As long as I am worthy of the Han world and the people of Limin, I will have no hesitation, even if I am broken! ”

"My lord! I have no doubt about it, and I am willing to share my worries for the Lord! ”

Liu Miao's impassioned words caused everyone to blush and be passionate, and it is estimated that many people present will become Liu Miao's diehards from now on.

Liu Miao's words were really not said to incite people's hearts, he was moved by feelings. As a traveler who came here from later generations, he understands the history of the next two thousand years, understands the various hardships experienced by the Han people, and since he has the opportunity to change history, make up for regrets, and lead the Han people on a broader path, why not do it?

Looking at the people who were looking at him with admiration, Liu Miao said again: "I am a person and do things, focusing on 'having a clear conscience', I hope you can always remember these four words." ”

"Thank you, Lord for your teachings!" Everyone bowed down.

After discussing some details of the printed books with the crowd, Liu Miao left the workshop. It's not enough to just meet the technical standards, but we also have to work the content of the book, but these can only be solved by Liu Miao himself.

Liu Miao printed books not only to popularize and disseminate knowledge and establish education, but also to build his influence.

In this era, books were absolutely scarce, and they were all controlled by the gate lords and aristocrats, who monopolized knowledge to achieve the goal of controlling the world, which was also the main reason why it was difficult for ordinary people to enter the upper class of society.

At this time, Liu Miao was able to mass-produce books and spread them widely in the world, and the impact was absolutely shocking and far-reaching, even enough to change the structure of society, so that the grassroots people who were originally difficult to obtain knowledge had a way to become scholars.

But Liu Miao has to do more than that, he also needs to upgrade the knowledge disseminator to the thought guide.

He wanted to set up a book club, which was responsible for publishing and printing books, and in addition to printing some well-known sage classics, the most important thing was to print Liu Miao's original things.

Liu Miao has already thought about it, and the most suitable and easiest way to spread at present is enlightenment reading.

One is literacy enlightenment, such as "Three Character Classic", "Thousand Character Text", etc., everyone who wants to be literate can use it, such books are classics that have been verified in later generations, and they will inevitably be popular. These books Liu Miao had already been redeemed from the system.

The second category is popular science enlightenment, just like the books such as "Mathematics" and "Science" that must be learned in primary schools in later generations. This kind of knowledge is still very weak in this era, but Liu Miao feels that it is very necessary, which can not only allow people to learn practical knowledge and understand the world around them, but also inject some scientific views into this era.

It is a pity that there are no popular science enlightenment books suitable for this era in the system, and even the "mathematics" and "science" textbooks used by primary school students in later generations may be too advanced for this era. As a last resort, Liu Miao planned to write two books by himself, one called "Arithmetic" and the other called "The World".

For Liu Miao, who has a university culture in later generations, it is not too difficult to write these two books, and he does not need to write in depth, as long as he has the most basic things, to enlighten and guide students all over the world. As for the more advanced ones, they can be exchanged directly from the system, and if you want to study in depth, let him come to the academy in Jiujiang.

From then on, Liu Miao stayed in the Taishou Mansion to compile these two books, and it took nearly ten days to complete them.

In this era, there were already "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", but Liu Miao's "Arithmetic" listed Arabic numerals and four rules of arithmetic, and this systematic mathematical language was far more practical, concise and easy to understand than a pure text description.

"The World" tells of eight words: heaven, earth, man, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. These eight words almost encompass the constituent elements of this world. Liu Miao described each word with a scientific view, such as, what the sky is like, what is the sun, moon and stars; How big is the earth, how big is the ocean, what else is on the other side of the ocean; Why do people need to breathe, and what is the matter of birth, old age, sickness and death; Why can the five elements be mutually reinforcing and restraining each other?

In the eyes of later generations, this "World" may be extremely simple, but for the Han Dynasty people whose concept is still stuck in "the sky is round and the human race is the strongest", it is a subversive thing. Liu Miao believes that this book is far more resonant than others.

Liu Miao found Zhong Miao and handed him the original manuscripts of the four books "Three Character Classic", "Thousand Character Text", "Arithmetic" and "World", and asked him to transcribe and assist craftsmen in making plates and printing books.

As soon as Zhong Miao left, Liu Miao couldn't help but look forward to the turmoil caused by the four books after they came into the world.

Of course, it will take a long time to fully form an influence, but Liu Miao can afford to wait, and this is only the first step. In this age of lack of books, books are regarded as treasures by those who are eager to read, and the contents of the books are more likely to affect them. Just imagine, in the future, after the book signed by Liu Miao is widely spread in the world and recognized by readers all over the world, Liu Miao will become the enlightenment mentor of many readers in the world. At that time, no matter what Liu Miao did, he would have a large number of scholars to support him in whatever he said, which was equivalent to Liu Miao having the right to speak, which was what Liu Miao really wanted.

In Liu Miao's view, the army can conquer cities, but books can conquer people's hearts, which is a more powerful weapon.