Although some officials of the Shi clan have been opposing Li Shimin's promotion of cheap books, Li Shimin is still very tough on promoting it, and there is absolutely no second word. Some of those officials even coerced them to resign, but Li Shimin agreed to their resignation on the spot. Jingwen didn't expect that one of his inventions would immediately make no less than five officials with more than four grades lose their official hats. Jingwen couldn't help but find that his wins were getting bigger and bigger, and he was actually able to influence other people's official hats.

And the ministers, under pressure from Li Shimin, the emperor, were forced to agree to promote such cheap books. This resolution was quickly drafted from Zhongshu Province, deliberated by Menxia Province, and then handed over to Shangshu Province for implementation. This time, Li Shimin also took out a sum of money from his inner treasury, which was okay for the time being, and then handed it over to Shangshu Province, so that Shangshu Province could invest in this cheap book plan. Anyway, this kind of thing for the benefit of the majority of scholars, no one will scold you for competing with the people.

And after those ministers went down, Li Shimin suddenly asked: "Jingwen, are you scolding me in your heart?" ”

Jingwen immediately muttered in his heart: "Your grandfather's, I didn't scold you!" You bastard with no conscience, I definitely didn't scold you! ”

But although he said so in his heart, Jingwen said: "Your Majesty, the ministers don't dare!" ”

"Don't you dare? Is that scolding me in my heart? It's just that you don't dare to say it? Li Shimin asked seriously.

Jingwen replied immediately; "Never!"

"Never? Looking at your face is also scolding me in your heart, you don't have to deny it. Li Shimin said.

Jingwen was indeed complaining about Li Shimin in his heart, because this emperor was actually greedy for his identity as the inventor of the improved new type of papermaking, and also greedy for the identity of the inventor of movable type printing. These two identities can make Jingwen inexhaustible, and they can leave a name in history! If nothing else, just these two are enough to leave a strong mark in the history books. But now Li Shimin is greedy for ink, which makes Jingwen feel very helpless. But if you are an emperor, what else can you say?

"You must be scolding me in your heart, thinking that I have robbed you of your good name and your good name in history. If you become this inventor, you will probably be in the hearts of future generations of readers, and you will definitely be a figure worth remembering, on par with Cai Lun. Li Shimin said.

Li Shimin is worthy of being the emperor, and he has a deep understanding of people's hearts, and he actually guessed Jingwen's thoughts at once. Jingwen really thinks so, because as long as he has the identity of this inventor, his status will not be ordinary in the eyes of future readers! Although Cai Lun has no political achievements, but with the improvement of papermaking, isn't it a primary and secondary school textbook for later generations? Don't think that it is easy to enter primary and secondary school textbooks, they must be accessible to people who have a heavy influence on the historical process of the country and the nation. Now that this opportunity of his own has been cut off by Li Shimin, this makes Jingwen very unhappy.

"Jingwen! I'm doing this for your own good! Li Shimin said suddenly.

"For my good?" Jingwen was puzzled.

"You only see the benefits, but you don't see the risks! You're going to offend countless scholars, and you're going to cut off the future of countless scholars. Do you think those nobles will resent you? When the time comes, will you, with little arms and legs, be able to withstand the retaliation of those warriors? I'm different, I'm the emperor, and those scholars can't have any bad thoughts about me, so I can rest assured. Li Shimin said.

When Jingwen heard this, he immediately realized the problem here. If Jing Wen really took the identity of this inventor, then those scholars whose interests were harmed, they could not retaliate against Li Shimin, and most of them would take revenge on Jing Wen, a businessman and cook. Although Jingwen is also quite wealthy, it is nothing to those scholars. The most important thing is that those scholars have strength in the officialdom and can clean up Jingwen at any time. Jingwen is currently only a nine-rank official, and he is also the least powerful. If the Shi clan takes revenge, then I'm afraid Li Shimin won't be able to protect himself. When the time comes, those bureaucrats of the scholar clan will directly clean themselves up in the officialdom, then I am afraid that Jingwen's head will be in danger.

Thinking of this, Jingwen realized that this credit could not be received! The later Bi Sheng invented movable type printing, but he did not receive retaliation, because during the Song Dynasty, the strength of the scholar clan had disappeared into the dust of history, so he was not afraid of retaliation from others. However, during the Tang Dynasty, the scholars were still very powerful, and it was very easy to take revenge on themselves.

Jingwen finally said: "Your Majesty, you are really righteous!" ”

"It's good to know! This is me helping you carry the risk, if you don't thank me, it's just that, you're still chirping here, what do you think? Li Shimin said unhappily.

"The minister is guilty!" Jingwen said immediately.

Then Li Shimin said: "But you still have credit for inventing this new paper and new printing methods." So, I want to give you some good. This time, I will invest and give you a two-tenths dividend for the inventor. However, this will not be given to you until twenty years later. Now that the treasury is not rich, let's replenish the treasury first. “

Jingwen also has to say that this Li Shimin's method of beating a stick to give a sweet jujube is indeed perfect, and he actually gave Jingwen a benefit after beating himself. This means is very easy for an emperor to achieve. However, Jingwen also knew that this Li Shimin was also good enough, and he actually gave himself dividends after 20 years, and now the treasury needs money as a reason to withhold his dividends. And the power of Jingwen, an inventor, was transferred to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, am I losing too much in this way? Can you give me a quadruple red? Jingwen asked.

"Huh?" Li Shimin immediately showed a look of displeasure.

Li Shimin doesn't seem to like others to bargain with him, and he is also a eunuch with a very low rank. Strictly speaking, eunuchs are all servants of the emperor, which lord likes his own servants to bargain with himself.

"What about thirty percent? No, two and a half is fine. Jingwen said.

"Get out! No matter how much nonsense there is, there is no such thing! Li Shimin said.

Jingwen immediately ran away, but Li Shimin showed a smile and whispered: "You guy is a little desperate for money." However, there are always more people who ask for money than those who want power, and I really want to see what surprises you can bring to me? “