"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so supportive of Taoism, I don't know what to think of Buddhism?" Li Chunfeng asked. This is what he wants to know, since ancient times, kings have no obvious religious tendencies in order to play balance, and this is the root cause of the struggle between Buddhism and Taoism to this day.

Li Hong did not answer Li Chunfeng's question, but asked rhetorically, "Li Langzhong, I want to build a Sanqing Temple in Chang'an County, I don't know how much silver money is needed?" ”

Because Empress Dugu of the Great Sui believed in Buddhism, Emperor Wen of Sui and Emperor Yang of Sui both believed in Buddhism and abandoned Taoism, so there were only Buddhist temples in Chang'an City, but there was no Taoist Taoist temple. Now Li Hong asked how much money it would cost to cultivate the Taoist Temple, how could Li Chunfeng not understand what the prince meant, his body was shocked, and he hurriedly restrained the joy in his heart and replied, "The general scale of the Sanqing Temple, only 100,000 pieces of silver is enough, if it is built into the scale of Yongyangfang Da Zhuangyan Temple, I am afraid that it is not enough to have hundreds of thousands of yuan!" ”

"Hundreds of thousands!" Li Hong sighed and said, he is short of money now, if he really asks him to take out so much money to build the Sanqing Temple, he really doesn't have the ability, but to build the Sanqing Temple, raise the image of Taoism, and curb the luck of the Buddhist family after the martial arts, this is imperative, Li Hong didn't dare to slack off, so he groaned and asked Yan Zhuang, "How much profit is it to sell five thousand copies of the Tao Te Ching?" ”

If a book sells for 200 yuan, 100 books are 20 copper coins, and 1,000 books are 200 yuan, so 5,000 books are 1,000 copper coins.

If today's "Tao Te Ching" can be sold out, it will be able to sell a thousand copper coins.

The cost of eight volumes of "Yaoshan Yucai" is 1,000 copper coins, and the cost of a book is about 120 yuan, and the number of words in "Yaoshan Yucai" is much more than that of "Tao Te Ching". If calculated in this way, the cost of a copy of the Tao Te Ching is about 100 copper coins.

This is because the first printing, in addition to the material cost, there is also the cost of making movable type, if the next printing only needs the material cost, so that the cost of a single book is estimated to be less than 20 yuan, then the net profit of a "Tao Te Ching" is about 180 yuan. If you sell 5,000 copies of the Tao Te Ching, you can probably earn 600 yuan.

If you use the money from the sale of the Tao Te Ching to build a Taoist temple, you will build it on the scale of the Great Solemn Temple, and you will have to sell 2.5 million copies of 300,000 copper coins.

"We want to sell 2.5 million copies of the Tao Te Ching." When Yan Zhuang reported this number, everyone gasped, obviously they thought that this was a fantasy, no matter how crazy the Tang Dynasty readers were, no matter how cheap the "Tao Te Ching" was, they couldn't sell so many copies!

But after Li Hong heard this, his face showed a look of surprise, and he asked very domineeringly, "Can you build a Sanqing Temple with a scale comparable to the Great Solemn Temple by selling only 2.5 million copies?" ”

When Zhang Cambodia, Li Qiao, Yan Zhuang and others around him heard this, they were all silent, not knowing how to answer.

Only Li Chunfeng, as a Taoist disciple, saw that the prince was going to use the money from the sale of the Tao Te Ching as a subsidy in order to build the Sanqing Temple, and he couldn't bear Li Hong's naivety, coughed dryly, and reminded in a low voice, "Your Highness, you want to sell 2.5 million copies, not 25,000 copies!" ”

"Lone knows that it is 2.5 million copies." Li Hong glared at Li Chunfeng angrily and said, Are you an idiot for me? Can't understand this? Seeing that Li Chunfeng lowered his head and didn't dare to speak again, Li Hong said, "Your horizons are too narrow, Datang scholars will definitely not be able to buy so many copies, but it doesn't mean that others won't buy them." Yan Zhuang, you talk to Zhao Renben, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and let Honglu Temple also hoard hundreds of thousands of copies of the Tao Te Ching for backup, as long as the envoys of various countries come to Chang'an to meet their father, let them pull a few carts back when they leave. ”

If others say that it is a matter of pulling a few carts of the Tao Te Ching for the missions of various countries to return to China, these books will definitely be given away in vain. But when the crown prince Li Hong said this, it was not as simple as giving it away for nothing. The prince is a student who even sends foreign missions to live in Honglu Temple to charge accommodation and food expenses, can you give you a few cars of "Tao Te Ching" classics for nothing?

As soon as Li Hong's voice fell, Zhang Cambodia, Li Chunfeng and others were all stunned.

Can it be like this?

Everyone really didn't expect that the dignified prince of the Tang Dynasty would come up with such a bullish method, is this a forced sale?

However, the people did not object, because the missions of various countries that came to Chang'an to meet were all in the Western Regions, except for the three northeastern countries of Goryeo, Silla and Baekje, and the maritime island nation of Fuso. These countries are culturally backward, and the circulation of books is scarcer than gold. He also admired the Tang Dynasty culture, and did not hesitate to send his children to Chang'an for further study. If it were true that the missions of these countries were to forcibly sell a few carts of Tao Te Ching classics when they returned home, it is estimated that the missions of these countries would not only not be angry, but might be more grateful to the prince.

Therefore, when everyone figured this out, they all applauded the prince's method.

However, as a disciple of Taoism, Li Chunfeng thought farther than everyone else, what he thought about was that when this batch of "Tao Te Ching" was sold to the countries of the Western Regions, and the readers of the countries of the Western Regions were familiar with the content of the "Tao Te Ching", what would happen at that time?

That is, the children of Taoism will be all over the world!

"Of course, Lone didn't say that as long as you sell the Tao Te Ching classics, other Taoist classics can be sold to them." Li Hong said, "In this way, can you get together 300,000 copper coins in a year?" ”

Yan Zhuang immediately came back to his senses and began to calculate silently in his heart.

Li Hong said, "Not only do we just let the envoys bring them back, but we can also let the caravans send the books to their countries to sell, which will shorten the time a lot." ”

"Yan Zhuang, this matter will be handed over to you." Li Hong ordered to Yan Zhuang.

"No!" Yan Zhuang hurriedly agreed.

"Li Langzhong, as for which Taoist classics to print, and whose annotations are needed, I need your help." Li Hong said to Li Chunfeng again.

"Wechen obeys!" Li Chunfeng did not hesitate to receive the order. If it was said that he had agreed to serve in the Chongwen Pavilion of the East Palace before, just out of respect for Li Hong, then now that he respectfully accepted the order, he already completely wanted to be loyal to Li Hong.

"Your Highness, since you want to print famous classics on a large scale, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to let the young palace supervisor do this again, right?" Zhang Cambodia asked suddenly.

"What do you mean?" Li Hong asked puzzled.

Shaofu Jian is the administrative agency of Datang, which has collected a lot of talents, and the technicians are very skilled, and they will not leak the technology of printing, so what's wrong with letting them do it?

"Weichen thinks that it is more appropriate to set up a canonical office in the Chongwen Hall of our East Palace to manage the affairs of publishing and printing famous classics, which is more conducive to the secrecy of technology." Zhang Cambodia said.

Li Hong didn't hear anything in the first half of his sentence, but he heard another layer of meaning in the second half of the sentence. The secrecy technology of Zhang Cambodia's words is not external, but internal, and to put it bluntly, it is aimed at the Empress Wu. Because Li Hongneng ordered the printing of Taoist classics, could he not order the Shaofu to supervise the printing of Buddhist classics after arriving at the martial arts? However, the affairs of publishing and printing famous classics were attributed to the Chongwen Museum, and the East Palace was allowed to manage it itself. Then when the time comes, if the Empress Wu wants to do this, she will have to ask Li Hong if he agrees.

Li Hong understood the meaning of Zhang Khan's words, so he nodded slightly, "Zhang Si Yilang's suggestion is good, and Gu also thinks that it is the best policy to receive this matter to the East Palace and let the Chongwen Pavilion manage it." ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Liu Yi's way, "Bachelor Liu, you set up a canonical office in the Chongwen Pavilion, and you can make a canonical order to manage this matter?" ”

Liu Yizhi didn't expect the prince to hand over such an important position to himself, and he was stunned for a few moments before he came back to his senses and immediately replied, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

"Then you can discuss this matter with Yan Zhuang!" Li Hong said, "In the future, you can control what books the Classics Department wants to publish!" ”

"No!" Liu Yizhi and Yan Zhuang led the order.

"Now that the problem of money has been solved, the establishment of the Sanqing Taoist Temple will be in the middle of Lao Li Langzhong." Li Hong said to Li Chunfeng again.

Li Chunfeng was not pretentious, but bowed down and said, "Weichen is afraid that he can do it alone, so he wants to recommend someone to His Highness." ”

"Who?" Li Hong asked strangely.

Looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, if Li Chunfeng says that he is the second person in Taoism, who dares to say that he is the first?

Li Chunfeng said unhurriedly, "Yuan Tiangang was ordered by the volcano in the previous dynasty. ”

Yuan Tiangang? When Li Hong heard that the person recommended by Li Chunfeng turned out to be Yuan Tiangang, he was happy, and it didn't take much effort to really step on the iron shoes and find nowhere to find them! He wanted to bring Yuan Tiangang under his command, but he couldn't find anyone. It's good now, Li Chunfeng actually recommended him to himself. With the relationship between Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang, Yuan Tiangang will definitely not refuse.

So he laughed and said, "I didn't expect it to be Yuan Zhenren." If he can come to build Sanqingguan with Li Langzhong, he can't ask for it! ”

"Weichen is going to write to him now, and let him come to Chang'an to talk about it." Li Chunfeng said, bowed to Li Hong, and left in a hurry.

"It's really an impatient!" Li Hong said with a smile when he saw Li Chunfeng leaving in a hurry.

Li Qiao sighed, "This matter has a lot to do with Taoism, and Li Langzhong can't afford to be in a hurry!" ”

"yes!" Li Hong said with emotion.

Who said that the Great Sui was so reverent in Buddhism and suppressed Taoism too much? Now that Taoism has the opportunity to turn over with the general trend of the prince, can Li Chunfeng not be active as a disciple of Taoism?

"Your Highness, Zhang Xiancheng and Lord Luo have arrived." At this time, suddenly a guard reported to Li Hongyu. The Zhang County Cheng and Luo Zhubo in his mouth are the county Cheng Zhang Bo and Luo Bin Wang of Chang'an County.

"Let them come up!" Li Hong said lightly.

The guards were ordered to leave.

After a while, I saw Luo Bingwang and Zhang Bo hurriedly walking up to the third floor.

The two of them were summoned here by Li Hong.

Because Li Hong was going to search Helan Minzhi's residence today, and Zhang Bo and Luo Binwang were the people appointed by Li Hong to investigate the cause of Wei Ling's death, Li Hong naturally wanted to take the two with him. Of course, in addition to the two of them, there were also sixty officials from Chang'an County.