On the outskirts of Liyang, near the paper mill, another printing workshop has been built in the past few days.

Baili Xian only spent one night, and the commonly used more than 5,000 words were all translated into italics by the small seal, and then Xiang Zhuang let the bus train arrange carvers to carve word molds, hundreds of carvers worked day and night, it took less than two days, and all the more than 5,000 commonly used words were carved into word molds, like the common words such as the Hu, but also carved hundreds of them.

Then it was typesetting and printing, and on the afternoon of the third day, the first line-bound book in the history of Chinese civilization, "Wei Xuanzi? The Forty-Two Chapters were officially born

Bai Lixian and Wu Shi each held a copy of "Wei Xuanzi? Forty-two articles", I can't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Bai Lixian and Wu Shi are very clear about what books mean to a reader

It is no exaggeration to say that books are the life of the readers, and everything to the readers, but because the bamboo slips and wooden slips are not easy to make, and they are cumbersome, the transcription and circulation of the books have become a great practical problem.

It is said that the hundreds of thousands of books collected in the Xianyang National Library, Xiang Zhuang specially set aside hundreds of ox carts to go to Jiuyuan, and when he went south to Jiangdong from Jiuyuan, it took thousands of pack horses to travel back to Jiangdong thousands of miles, and at least half of these hundreds of thousands of volumes of books are unique books, including another great work of Confucianism, "Shangshu".

With so many solitary books, people all over the world didn't have the opportunity to read them at all, but now, with paper and printing, and with this thin thread-bound book in their hands, readers all over the world have the opportunity to read the hundreds of thousands of books collected in the Great Qin National Library, because the cost of this thread-bound book is not expensive, and it is not heavy

With these thread-bound books, the circulation of books will be very easy

"General, this is a big deal" Wu She's voice changed with excitement.

Bai Lixian even took a deep look at Xiang Zhuang, and said solemnly: "General, you have done a great thing for the world's scholars, and you are doing it for the world's scholars...... Thanks to the General."

"It's serious, the two gentlemen are serious, and this is also the credit of Mr. Gongyi." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand, and then instructed the public loss lane, "Mr. Gongyi, I have to trouble you to print out more than 100 kinds of books such as the Zhuzi Doctrine and then bind them into books, each of which requires 200 copies, and the general is still waiting for it to be used in a hurry." ”

The bus waved and took the order.

Bai Lixian smiled slightly, and suddenly said, "General, this is a great gift."

Xiang Zhuang's selection of more than 100 kinds of books are all classics, but even the largest old family in Jiangdong, the uncle and grandson, may not be able to collect half of the books, like the "Book of Shang", such a single book, is unique, it is completely imaginable, when the uncle of the uncle and grandson clan received this batch of books, what a surprise will be?

For the family of poetry and book heirlooms, books are almost their lifeblood

"Really?" Xiang Zhuang touched the beard at the corner of his lips and said indifferently, "I hope so." ”

This batch of books will definitely be warmly welcomed by the Jiangdong clan, the scholar clan and even the clan, and Xiang Zhuang's move will definitely achieve the goal of winning the hearts of the people, not to mention buying all the clans, scholars and clans, at least it is not a problem to buy most of them, but these clans, scholars and even clans do not know that the appearance of books will completely change their future fate.

Originally, according to the original historical trajectory, these clans, scholars after more than 400 years of evolution in the Han Dynasty, will eventually form the prototype of the gate valve, after Cao Pi implemented the nine products of the positive system, the power of the gate valve will reach its peak, from then on, the high-ranking officials and lords were completely controlled by the scholars, and the Shu people completely lost the possibility of entering the center of power. ..., in the Western and Eastern Jin Dynasty, a deformed power pattern was formed in which the upper grades had no cold families and the lower grades had no scholars

To paraphrase the terminology of later generations, this deformed power structure is called class solidification, and a society with class solidification has no hope and will inevitably weaken and perish.

History has proved the correctness of this conclusion, because the superstructure of the country has long been controlled by a small number of scholars who are attached to the various gates, a large number of capable children of the poor family are unable to ascend to the throne and cannot serve the country.

This deformed power structure eventually led to the long-term weakness of the two Jin Dynasty, which in turn led to the tragedy of the Five Hu Rebellion.

Then it was not until Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty implemented the imperial examination for the first time in history that the gate valve system finally collapsed

If Qin Shi Huang is the first emperor of the ages, then Emperor Yang of Sui is a well-deserved two emperors of the ages, although Emperor Yang of Sui's contribution to Chinese civilization is slightly inferior to Qin Shi Huang, but it is not far behind, the implementation of the imperial examination to eradicate the tumor of the gate valve is one of them, and the other is to build the Grand Canal that runs through the north and south, so that the north and south of China are completely integrated

I have to say that for the two emperors, Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Yang of Sui, the evaluation of later history books is extremely unfair.

However, the reason why Emperor Yang of Sui was able to implement the imperial examination was a very important prerequisite, that is, a large number of poor students, if there were no cheap books, if there were no large number of poor students, Emperor Yang of Sui would have no chance to implement the imperial examination system.

Now, books have appeared in advance, and in the near future, there will inevitably be a large number of poor students, so will the Shi clan and the scholar clan still have a chance to form a gate valve system? The answer is obviously no, even if the Shi clan and the Shi clan try their best to control the center of power along the original historical trajectory, Xiang Zhuang will never agree.

In the future Great Chu Empire, the selection of talents will directly enter the imperial examination system

The Great Qin Empire's cultivation and warfare system will further evolve into the Great Chu's cultivation and reading warfare system

The Great Qin Empire implemented a pure system of farming and warfare, rewarding farming and military exploits, and appointing a large number of farmers and warriors with knighthoods as officials in each county.

Facts have proved that this will not work, and the reason why Chen She's and Wu Guang's violence quickly got out of control in a short period of time and eventually formed a beacon fire in the eastern part of the country, Hu Hai and Zhao Gao's perverse behavior is the main reason, and it is not unrelated to these uneducated farmers and county officials who were born as warriors.

Therefore, the system of cultivation and warfare must be further improved into a system of cultivation and reading warfare.

In addition to rewarding farming, rewarding military exploits, but also rewarding reading, hard work, more food can get a knighthood, brave fighting, killing more heads can also get a knighthood, and reading well, you can also get a knighthood, of course, if you want to get a knighthood by reading, you have to pass the exam, this is actually the imperial examination.

In the future Great Chu Empire, obtaining a knighthood and being an official will be two different concepts

In the future Great Chu Empire, obtaining a title means that you have a noble status, in addition to receiving a Dai Lu from the imperial court, you can also obtain various privileges corresponding to your own title, such as exemption from various Yao servitude, one of the most important privileges is common to all levels of titles, that is, official selection.

In other words, after the nobles have a knighthood, they have to take another exam before they can become officials

In this way, the children of the Shi clan and the Shi clan can use the shadow of their fathers to become nobles without work, but the children of the Shu clan can also obtain titles and become nobles by being soldiers, plowing the fields, and studying, but whether they are the children of the Shi clan, the Shi clan, or the children of the Shu clan, if they want to be officials, they must take the exam..., of course, with the fraud in the national examination in later generations, such a selection examination can not be really fair, and the children of the Shi and Shi clans obviously enjoy more resources and are easier to be selected. But these are not within the scope of Xiang Zhuang's consideration, because he knows that it is impossible for any system to be comprehensive and perfect.

Xiang Zhuang thought of it alone, and Baili Xian and Wu Shi didn't bother him.

Huyan Zhengde, who could stride from the front, didn't realize it, arched his hand at Xiang Zhuang, and said loudly: "General, Xiang Tuo is here to ask for guilt."

"Huh?" Bai Lixian and Wu Shi were slightly stunned when they heard this, Xiang Tuo was guilty of the thorns?

Xiang Zhuang also came back from his contemplation and asked casually, "Huyan, what did you just say?" ”

Huyan Zhengde said: "Back to the general, Xiang Tuo is here to ask for sin, and the person is outside the east gate of Liyang"

Xiang Zhuang groaned slightly, and immediately took Xiang Bailixian and Wu Shi straight to the east gate of Liyang, and from a long distance, Xiang Zhuang saw a young man standing in the cold wind with his chest and back bare, carrying thorns, and the weather was still very cold, and the man was already blue and purple, obviously frozen.

Xiang Zhuang recognized it at a glance that this man was Xiang Tuo

The weather is extremely cold now, but Xiang Tuo holds his head high and his chest high, and the captain of the personal soldiers behind him wants to put on a tiger skin for him several times, but Xiang Tuo sternly refuses.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

It seems that the Xiang clan is not full of stupid talents like Xiang Bo, Xiang Han, and Xiang Ying, at least this Xiang Tuo in front of him is a person who knows things, because of the assassination case of Gao Chu, Xiang Tuo was able to personally cross the river and take the thorns to ask for the guilt, which is enough to show that he is a person who understands the overall situation, and the Xiang family is not without talent

"Ah Tuo" Xiang Zhuang strode forward and said urgently, "What are you doing here?" ”

"General" Xiang Tuo did not call Xiang Zhuang as Ah Ji as before, but turned over and knelt on one knee on the ground, and then bowed his hand and said, "The last general is not strict in governing the army, and there is no way to control the subordinates, so that General Gao Chu was almost killed by the captain of the last general's personal soldiers.

"Get up, Ah Tuo, get up quickly." Xiang Zhuang said, "Get up and speak." ”

Xiang Tuo untied the thorns on his back, handed it with both hands, and said with a face full of shame: "General, please punish"

PS: Mom will have surgery tomorrow, there are still a few days to delay, sorry ......,