95. Chapter 95: The Royal Bookshop
"Okay, okay, I didn't expect Lu Guogong's son to have this ability, and he has made a great contribution to my Datang!"
Li Shimin's words have obvious praise meaning, but after Li Shimin said this, whether it was Li Shimin or the courtiers, they all had a trace of doubt. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Is this thing really made up by Cheng Chumo?
Just when the ministers were about to question, Cheng Yanjin suddenly stood up with a big grin, and the saint praised his son, he was naturally happy, but since Princess Danyang offered this thing, with Princess Danyang's resourcefulness, his son would definitely not be able to hide his words, so he could be sure that Princess Danyang already knew all the ins and outs, so instead of being questioned, it was better to be generous and tell the situation.
"Holy Lord, this is not my son's doing."
Li Shimin saw Cheng Yanjin stand up, a slight smile appeared on his face, and said, "Oh, it's not Ling Lang, who did it, this thing is a good thing for a thousand years." ā
Cheng Biting Jin didn't dare to hide it, so he told Tang Zhou how he invented this thing, and after Cheng Biting Jin finished speaking, the courtiers were shocked, how could it be Tang Zhou again, if he made a lot of delicacies before, it would be nothing, but recently he wrote poems and invented things, and it was too demonic.
When he heard Cheng Yanjin say the name Tang Zhou, Li Shimin was suddenly shocked, and then a light smile appeared on his face, and Princess Danyang at this time felt the same as when she heard Cheng Chumo say the name Tang Zhou in Hanlin Academy, shocked, and after the shock, there was an indescribable emotion, which made her a little throbbing and made her want to see Tang Zhou as soon as possible.
But because she knew the importance of this thing, she still came to see Li Shimin first.
"No, no, this Tang family kid has already shown amazing talent at a young age, and he will definitely be the talent of my Tang Dynasty in the future, so let's pass on my order and reward Tang Zhou with 100 gold as a reward."
After saying this, Li Shimin also took advantage of the fact that Gao Shilian and Cheng Yanjin were no longer noisy about their son's fight, and hurriedly announced his retirement from the dynasty, but although he announced his retreat from the dynasty, he kept Princess Danyang.
The ministers dispersed, Li Shimin and Princess Danyang came to the imperial study, it was noon, the imperial chef in the palace made a noodle for Li Shimin, and brought some snacks to Princess Danyang.
Although Li Shimin is the emperor, the treasury of the Tang Dynasty is not abundant in the past few years, and Li Shimin is not an emperor who likes luxury, so his meals are very ordinary.
After eating a few bites of noodles like this, he put down his chopsticks and said, "Danyang, this Tang Zhou is a good talent, although he helped Cheng Chumo quickly complete the task and let my plan fall through a little, but this movable type printing technique alone is enough to offset all the sins, you are also a smart person, you should know the impact of this movable type printing technique." ā
Danyang put down the dim sum that he had eaten for two bites, and said: "Brother Huang is right, if movable type printing is popularized, it will definitely reduce the price of books in my Tang Dynasty, so that all the Han scholars in the world can afford to buy books, and their chances of becoming officials in the court will be much greater, and the purpose of the saint to fight the powerful of the family will be achieved." ā
Li Shimin nodded: "Yes, since the Wei and Jin dynasties, the power of the family has become more and more powerful, and most of the officials in the court are from the family, the reason is not because their children can afford to read, but because they want to enter the court as officials, how can they do it without reading?" Now that there is movable type printing, all the poor people in the world can afford to read. ā
When he said this, Li Shimin was a little relieved, and after he finished speaking, he picked up chopsticks and ate two bites of noodles, Guanzhong people like to eat noodles, and Li Shimin is naturally no exception.
Just after eating two bites like this, Li Shimin stretched out his hand and pushed the bowl aside: "I don't know what's going on, my appetite has been very poor these days." Saying that, Li Shimin didn't care about it either, and continued the topic just now.
"I have decided to instruct all states and counties to promote movable type printing, and ordered bookstores in all states and counties to try to use movable type printing as soon as possible."
After Li Shimin finished speaking, Princess Danyang had already eaten all the dim sum, she took a sip of water, and said: "Shengshang, if it is only promoted like this, it can indeed promote the price of books to fall, after all, everyone competes with each other, and it is very normal to make small profits and quick turnover, but it is a bit slow to rely only on the adjustment of the people, and it is difficult to achieve the expected effect, those bookstores are opened by businessmen, businessmen make profits, even if they really reduce the price, how much may it be reduced?" It seems to me that movable type printing can reduce the price of books by at least eighty percent, but can these merchants reduce it to this extent, it would be nice if they could reduce it by half. ā
Princess Danyang is the first female strategist of the Tang Dynasty, and her consideration of things is naturally very comprehensive, Li Shimin nodded in approval after listening, and asked, "Then what do you mean?" ā
"Funded by the imperial court, open a large bookstore in the private sector, in order to impact the market, if the price of the royal bookstore is reduced, those private bookstores in order to survive, will inevitably actively learn movable type printing, and follow the price reduction."
Li Shimin nodded: "Yes, just do as you say." ā
After the two finished saying this, it stands to reason that there is nothing to say, but at this time, Danyang said again: "Today, the imperial brother rewarded Tang Zhou with a hundred gold, and my sister I think it is less." ā
"Less?"
Princess Danyang nodded: "Sister, on my birthday, Tang Zhou made a poem and the saint rewarded him with 100 gold, and now Tang Zhou has invented such a thing that will benefit the future, and the saint still rewards 100 gold, which is a bit of a reward and punishment." ā
Hearing that Princess Danyang was asking for a reward for Tang Zhou, Li Shimin suddenly smiled: "Okay, in addition to rewarding him with 100 gold, I will reward him with a waist card, and allow him to enter the palace at any time, so that it will be convenient for him to send me as soon as he has any good things." ā
Seeing that Li Shimin just gave Tang Zhou a waist card, Princess Danyang couldn't help but secretly complain about Li Shimin's stinginess, she thought that Li Shimin would be very generous to Tang Zhou, but now it seems unlikely.
And this also made Princess Danyang understand that in the years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, many people have been knighted, but more people have been knighted because they have exchanged their military exploits on the battlefield for what they have exchanged for blood.
Although the movable type printing invented by Tang Zhou is beneficial for thousands of years, in Li Shimin's heart, it is still not as real as those soldiers who relied on sacrifice and blood to expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, it is not a good thing to have too many knights, so except for Li Shimin, who has been knighted a lot after he first became the emperor, he has rarely knighted people over the years.