Is the old master willing to take on the responsibility of educating and educating the people for me?

After the initial temptation, Yuan Wei finally showed off his play.

Zheng Xuan was slightly stunned when he heard this, then shook his head and smiled: "Son, don't be happy with old age." ”

Obviously, Yuan Que does not believe that Yuan Que can really achieve that no matter whether it is noble or low, whether it is a scholar, everyone has a book to read, and everyone can learn.

Yuan Wei didn't explain much, but took out the prepared engraving and printing book "Zheng Note Shangshu" from the burden and handed it to Zheng Xuan with both hands.

Zheng Xuan was still a little puzzled at the beginning, and he didn't know what Yuan gave him.

However, when Zheng Xuan saw clearly what he was holding in his hand, his face changed slightly.

It's a book, what Yuan gave him turned out to be a book, and it was a paper book!

For paper, Zheng Xuan is no stranger, as early as a few decades ago, Cai Lun has invented Cai Hou paper, but Cai Hou paper is expensive, compared to silk is not much better, even ordinary scholars can not afford to consume, so few people take the paper to copy books, the world books still use bamboo slips and wood.

Yuan Wei gave such a beautifully copied paper book, which can be described as a heavy gift.

Especially what Yuan sent was Zheng Xuan's own note ↗, which is extremely rare.

At that moment, Zheng Xuan got up and bowed his hand to Yuan Wei and said, "How can you be old and decayed, how can you give such a heavy gift from Gongzi." ”

"It's just a small courtesy, why should Mrs. be worried?" Yuan Wei waved his hand disapprovingly, and then said, "If the master likes it, what does it matter if I give hundreds of thousands of copies?" ”

"What?" Zheng Xuan was dumbfounded and said, "Hundreds of volumes? ”

Yuan no longer talked nonsense. turned around and glanced at Xu Sheng. Xu Sheng and Tai Shici brought in a big burden. Then he untied it in front of Zheng Xuan, but there were hundreds of books neatly stacked inside, Zheng Xuan stepped forward and grabbed one of them, and it was exactly the same as the book in his hand, and the handwriting was similar.

"This, this, this ......" Zheng Xuan was a little messy, which was completely beyond the scope of his cognition.

Before the advent of printing, books were disseminated by hand. There are even special copyists, but even the most professional and excellent copyists cannot write the handwriting so neatly, so neat that the handwriting in the two books is almost the same, at least Zheng Xuan has never seen such a craft.

Copying books is time-consuming and laborious, and the bamboo slips and wooden slips used to carry the text are too cumbersome and expensive, which is the main reason that hinders the popularity of books in large numbers. I don't have a few books at home, so there are so few readers.

One word. The difficulty of copying books and bamboo slips and wooden slips seriously hindered the dissemination of knowledge.

However, the advent and perfect combination of papermaking and printing has solved this problem.

The reason why Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was able to carry out the imperial examination was inseparable from the precipitous decline in the price of books caused by the popularization of printing, and it was precisely because of the precipitous decline in the price of books that the vast number of scholars from poor families had the opportunity to study, and the scholars from poor families had the opportunity to study and study, which made the country's group of scholars even larger.

The huge number of scholars has made the monopoly of knowledge by wealthy families a thing of the past.

With the strong competition of the poor scholars, the implementation of the imperial examination was possible, otherwise, if there was no prevalence of books in the world and the unprecedentedly large group of scholars, the implementation of the imperial examination would be a joke.

Zheng Xuan is a knowledgeable person, and he immediately tasted the mystery from the stack of books provided by Yuan Xuan.

At that moment, Zheng Xuan asked Yuan if he said: "Childe, if the old man didn't guess wrong, these books were not copied, right?" ”

"Master's eyes are like torches." Yuan said, "Yes, these books are not hand-copied, they are printed using engraving printing. ”

After speaking, Yuan Wei told Zheng Xuan the principle of engraving printing, Zheng Xuan listened to it and praised, the so-called engraving, in fact, has the same thing as the seal, but the seal is small, and the words are few, while the engraving is much larger, and the number of words is more, but the principle is the same, so it is not difficult to understand.

Yuan Wei said: "Master, I can provide as many books as you want, and I can print all your books into a book, as long as you put it forward, you can also collect the world's collection of books and print them into a book, if so, are you willing to take on the responsibility of educating the people of the world for me?" ”

Zheng Xuan was thrilled when he heard this, he was already in his seventies, and he had no pursuit in his career for a long time.

What Zheng Xuan is pursuing now is nothing more than writing books and sayings, and then there is the same as Confucius, teaching and educating people.

If Yuan could really print all his writings into a book, and print thousands or even tens of thousands of copies, and then implement them in the world, and then pass them on from generation to generation, wouldn't his grand wish of writing books and theories be achieved? For less than a thousand years, his status in the minds of later generations of scholars was not even below Confucius.

As for teaching and educating people, that is what he yearns for.

Even Confucius failed to complete the feat of educating the people, and he Zheng Xuan did not seek to educate the people, as long as the number of scholars in the world can increase by half, he will be able to go down in history.

However, Zheng Xuan is already an old man in his seventies after all, and he has seen too many ups and downs.

Zheng Xuan quietly suppressed the throbbing in his heart, smiled and waved his hand and said: "Childe said that he is laughing, he is old and old, and he has been feeling even less energetic recently, how can he take on such a heavy responsibility?" If the son does not give up, the old man can recommend a few disciples to the child, such as Cui Yan Guoyuan, who are all handsome, and none of them are outstanding, which is enough to take on important responsibilities. ”

Cui Yan?

Guoyuan?

Yuan Wei was thrilled when he heard this.

As a traverser, Yuan Wei had certainly heard of the names of Cui Yan and Guoyuan.

Especially Cui Yan, who is even more famous for his integrity, Cui Yan's integrity, even to the extent that even Cao Cao was in awe when he saw him, so it is absolutely fair and just for Cui Yan to select and recommend talents, which is simply the most reliable and worthy candidate for the history department in the world.

If Cui Yan Guoyuan can be brought under his command, Yuan Wei will of course be happy to see it.

However, Yuan Wei was not satisfied, his target was Zheng Xuan himself!

Zheng Xuan is Cui Yan Guoyuan's teacher, as long as Zheng Xuan is done, can Cui Yan and Guoyuan still run? At that time, not only Cui Yan or Guoyuan, but also all the scholars in the world would come to him and serve under his command of Yuan Wei, so Zheng Xuan had to be dealt with no matter what.

But Yuan Wei knows, if he doesn't say something dry, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince Zheng Xuan.

At that moment, Yuan Wei said: "The old master has also seen my uncle, when you know what kind of character my uncle is, this time I bring the jade seal of the country to vote, and the uncle will definitely reward him. ”

Zheng Xuan's slightly drooping eyelashes moved slightly, but he still didn't speak.

Yuan Wei continued: "Fang today, the heroes rose together, the attack was not stopped, looking at the world's Kyushu, I couldn't find a place to place a desk, although the current Qingzhou is stable, how do you know that he will not suffer from military disasters in the future?" Not to mention anything else, there must be a battle between my uncle and Cao Cao alone, does the old master think so? ”

"That's exactly what the old man wants to say to Childe." Zheng Xuan finally spoke.

The reason why Zheng Xuan refused to agree to Yuan Shao's invitation was mainly because he was afraid that Yuan Xuan would be defeated because of Yuan Shao's defeat, if Yuan Xuan was defeated, then all the promises he made would be evaporated.

Hearing Zheng Xuan's words, Yuan Wei was overjoyed, there is a door to this matter!

At that moment, Yuan Wei said again: "Old Master, although it is difficult to find a paradise today, there is one place that can still be called a pure land, at least there is no need to worry about the war in the Central Plains." ”

"Childe is talking about Liaodong?" Zheng Xuan was finally moved.

"Yes, it's Liaodong." Yuan Wei said hesitantly, "I will ask my uncle to shepherd Liaodong, although Gongsun Du and his son have been operating in Liaodong for many years, but this father and son are mean and unkind, and the subordinates have many complaints, non-students boast, if the student enters Liaodong one day, he can capture the father and son of Gongsun." ”

Yuan Nuo is almost saying to Zheng Xuan: Liaodong is my Yuan Nuo's territory sooner or later, if I take Liaodong County and ask you to teach in Liaodong, will you do it?

Zheng Xuan glanced at Yuan Nuo deeply, he really didn't know where Yuan Nuo's confidence came from?

Gongsun father and son have been operating in Liaodong for many years, and their forces can be said to be intertwined, how can they be eradicated if they are eradicated?

However, we must admit that Zheng Xuan is really tempted, if Yuan Xuan can really enter Liaodong, and then invite him to come over and write books in Liaodong to teach and educate people, Zheng Xuan is naturally willing to do so, however, Zheng Xuan will not agree to Yuan No now, no matter how much he says now, it is empty, boy, everything will wait for you to become the Taishou of Liaodong.

At that moment, Zheng Xuan smiled and said: "Childe, it's getting late today, and the old man has ordered the servants to prepare coarse tea and light rice, and I hope that the son will not dislike it." This is a digression.

Although Zheng Xuan did not express his position directly, Yuan Que had already guessed his thoughts, this old master is the master who does not see rabbits and does not scatter eagles, so everything is still waiting for him to ask for the position of Liaodong Taishou from Yuan Shao, and then really enter Liaodong.

In fact, this is equivalent to an agreement.

At that moment, Yuan Wei said happily: "So it's disturbing." ”