At this moment, I saw an old man with white hair and a ruddy complexion, who slowly spoke: "The minister thinks that my Datang should promote and spread the art of movable type printing to open up the wisdom of the people." ”

The old man's voice was not loud, but it suddenly sounded like a thunderbolt in the court. Everyone looked at the old man in amazement.

The old man's face was calm and accepted everyone's gaze.

The old man, who is a Confucian of the Tang Dynasty, is one hundred and five years old Yan Zhitui. Yan Zhitui is the descendant of Yan Hui, the most proud disciple of Confucius, and is also the Taishan Beidou of Confucian culture in the whole world. He is independent of the existence of the entire Tang Dynasty, but as long as he speaks, the entire Tang Dynasty will pay great attention to it.

Yan Zhitui said to the Tang Emperor Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the world was in chaos, etiquette and music collapsed, and the rulers were greedy for enjoyment and dominated the world, and they didn't care about the lives of the people. Confucius, the holy teacher, felt this and created Confucianism in order to seek order and peace in the country. At that time, Legalism, Taoism, and Confucianism were all prominent scholars in the world, and the rulers were only willing to use Legalism to dominate the world and Taoism to recuperate, and they were not willing to adopt Confucianism and take into account all the people in the world. In order to seek the spread of Confucianism, the holy master Confucius and seventy-two disciples traveled to various countries to lobby for Confucianism to be adopted and to benefit the people. The Holy Master is like a bright lamp, illuminating the entire dark age, so that the people of the world gradually accept Confucianism and identify with the Confucian concept; at the time of the sub-sage Mencius, it was the Warring States Period, the world was constantly conquering, corpses were everywhere, and blood flowed like rivers. Yasheng Mencius still traveled to various countries to promote Confucianism, but the monarchs of all countries respected his throne and still abandoned Confucianism; After the Shengxunzi, after nearly 100 years of Confucian students passed down from generation to generation, running to tell each other, although the monarchs of various countries still do not use Confucianism to govern the world, but the students of the world, the people of the world all recognize the Confucian knowledge, ideas; After 100 years. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the court officials and the common people all recognized the Confucian concept and learned Confucianism, and a generation of great Confucian Dong Zhongshu took advantage of the situation to propose to Emperor Wu that 'depose a hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone', and Emperor Wu adopted, so that Confucianism has been spread and promoted for more than 200 years, and has become the most worthy of learning in the world, and the emperor of the world wants to rule the world. then the situation of Confucianism must be used. How difficult it is for the sages to create such a prosperous situation of Confucianism today, and now the movable type printing technology invented by Li Xuan, the king of Yong'an, can carry forward my Confucianism. So that all the people of the world can listen to the words of the saints and learn the ways of the saints. With such great merit and great merit, how can the major wealthy families abandon great righteousness because of small profits? What about obstructing the spread of the way of the saints? In doing so, as a disciple of Confucianism. In the future, how will I see all the sages who have traveled around to spread my Confucian ideas for the prosperity of Confucianism and for the benefit of the people? ”

Cui Gan, Lu Chengqing, eldest grandson Wuji, Cen Wenwen, etc., all blushed and shamed. However, once movable type printing is popularized, it will inevitably break the monopoly of the major wealthy families on knowledge and books, and seriously damage the interests of the major wealthy families. So the four of them spoke up together and said: "Sect Master Yan, once the movable type printing technique is promoted and disseminated, the knowledge and talents in the world will no longer be owned by my major wealthy families, and the status and influence of my major wealthy families will inevitably be reduced, which will inevitably seriously damage the interests of my major wealthy families." We can't let our major wealthy families suffer heavy losses in vain for the sake of the righteousness of the world. ”

Yan Zhitui glared at Cui Gan, Lu Chengqing, Eldest Sun Wuji, and Cen Wenwen, and said angrily: "Once the promotion and dissemination of movable type printing, it will indeed have an impact on you." The monopoly is broken, but after the monopoly, it brings competition, and competition brings vitality. It seems that your major wealthy families have suffered heavy losses temporarily, but in the long run, because all of us in the Tang Dynasty can learn the way of the sage, it will inevitably stimulate your major wealthy families, and stimulate you to work harder to study Confucianism and strive for excellence. Could it be that our Confucianism, with its active entry into the WTO and the spirit of unremitting self-improvement, will we still be afraid of competition? What's more, the major giants only made the books public, so that the entire people in the world could learn the way of the sages, but the great Confucianism did not make it public, and the famous teachers did not make it public. You are now ranked in the Tang Dynasty Hall of our country, and you are all regarded as people who have achieved something above the study of Confucianism, and with your experience, you should not know the important role of famous teachers and Confucianism in your learning. After the promotion and dissemination of movable type printing, your major wealthy families still have the most authoritative interpretation of Confucianism and the most orthodox inheritance by virtue of the advantages of famous teachers and Confucianism, and it is still the holy land and the highest institution of Confucianism. I have no people, and I have excellent people, this is the road to competition and survival. Only by breaking the monopoly and introducing competition can we inject vitality into our Confucianism and create the prosperity of our Confucianism. ”

Yan Zhitui's words made the entire Datang silent, and everyone was thinking about the truth contained in Yan Zhitui's words. After some thought, everyone understood that breaking the monopoly and introducing competition was of great significance to Confucianism and the long-term development of the major wealthy families.

As a result, Chu Suiliang, a nobleman and celebrity in Guanlong, Kong Yingda, a great Confucian of the wealthy clan in Shandong and a descendant of Confucius, Yu Shinan, Ouyang Xun, and many other great Confucians of the Southern Shi clan bowed down to the Tang Emperor Li Shimin and said: "Please give an edict to promote movable type printing, break the monopoly of the major wealthy families, and prosper my Confucianism!" ”

After that, Cui Gan and Lu Chengqing, the directors of the wealthy clan in Shandong, Sun Wuji, the chief of the Guanlong aristocracy, and Cen Wenwen, the chief of the southern scholars, also bowed down and asked the Tang Emperor Li Shimin to promote and spread movable type printing.

Seeing this scene, Tang Emperor Li Shimin was very happy. If the major wealthy families consider the interests of the major wealthy families, then he is the son of the Tang Dynasty, but he considers more about the people of the whole world. The promotion and dissemination of movable type printing is a blow to the major wealthy families that he is afraid of, but it has a lot of benefits for the people of the world, and for him, the Tang Dynasty Emperor has more benefits. As soon as the wisdom of the people is opened, the talents of the entire Datang will emerge in an endless stream, after all, talents are the foundation of the prosperity of the whole country.

Therefore, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin immediately issued an edict to promote and disseminate movable type printing, popularize knowledge, and let all the people of the Tang Dynasty learn the way of the sage. (To be continued......)

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