"In that case, who is responsible for this matter?" Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen heard Li Shimin's agreement, and also took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, since this is the case, I will personally supervise this matter." As long as I personally supervise it, then this plan can be truly realized! After all, if those Confucian scholars were to do such things, I am afraid that they would not bother to study the classics of those foreigners at all. ”

Jingwen believes that only he can do this matter, after all, ancient Chinese have a kind of blind and arrogant thinking, especially literati. They think they are the heart of the world, and they don't care about the culture of other places. In fact, this situation is because China has been leading in East Asia for a long time, so they have developed this habit. They don't know anything about the West at all, and they don't care about it at all, so they are all a kind of arrogant expression. They don't know how big this world is, so they're just confined to East Asia, so it's not surprising that they have this kind of Yoro mentality.

Therefore, Jingwen believes that this matter can only be supervised by himself, so that he can truly realize the so-called translation of foreign literature and promote foreign works in China. If those local literati in China are allowed to do this kind of thing, then in the end, they will only be able to make a mess, and they will not be able to do anything at all, but will ruin Jingwen's cultural export plan.

"Your Majesty, I hope that other yamen will not interfere in this Tongwen Pavilion, it is a place specifically responsible for this cultural export. Because if other yamen intervene, then I am afraid that there will really be a lot of variables. The Tongwenkan is not as good as the Hongwenkan, which is just a place for teaching and teaching, but the Tongwenkan is a place used to spread culture, and the weight of responsibility can be imagined. Therefore, if you let other yamen interfere casually, I am afraid that it will be easy to be constrained, so please ask the emperor not to let other yamen interfere casually! Jingwen said.

"Okay, since this is the case, the Tongwen Pavilion is set up in Menxia Province, and the status is from the third grade! So that no one can meddle lightly. And in the future, it will be up to you to supervise and handle it, and the official positions here are also chosen by you. You can hire some foreigners to be these translators, and then see if you can translate some good things. We can even translate some of our books and then bring them to others when needed! Li Shimin said.

And Jingwen immediately had a flash of inspiration in his head and said, "Your Majesty, you might as well set an example in the future." If a foreigner comes to my Datang, let's not give too many wealth gifts first, and give books specifically. We send the books that we have translated, so that they can take them back to their home countries when they do business through guò. And then it will naturally spread. After all, culture is the greatest wealth, and knowledge is wealth, which is certain. With the emperor himself as an example, those foreigners will definitely study our translated books carefully, so that they can spread them to each other. ”

"And the vast majority of those foreigners who can come to my Datang are big people in their own countries, either they have money or power. Wouldn't it be a very good result that we can borrow them as role models, and then let them all come to pursue the culture of our Central Plains? Jingwen asked.

Jingwen's meaning is actually to let Li Shimin set an example. Then they give the foreigner a book from their own country, and then let the foreigner study it in this way. In fact, this kind of thing also existed in later generations, some foreign officials gave Chinese officials some local cultural products, and Chinese officials also gave foreign officials some special cultural souvenirs. In short, these are some things with special cultural connotations. But do these really want to be commemorate? In fact, this is just to promote culture to each other, in fact, it is to promote culture and let everyone learn.

Of course, this method has been played with in later generations. But in ancient times, it was still very interesting. In this era, the country did not send any books, but what gold, silver and jewelry. Those vassal countries came to pay tribute, and the Central Plains Dynasty did not return several times the wealth to them. It reflects the wealth of the Central Plains Dynasty. But Jingwen scoffed at this kind of behavior, so now he has changed it to deliver books. Knowledge is priceless anyway, what more can you say? As for their guys taking them back to the country, it will naturally allow those citizens to start learning.

After all, those who have money and power can be used as role models, especially public figures. If those foreign public figures can learn Chinese culture, then ordinary people will also follow suit, isn't that good? So Jingwen is completely deliberately playing with them, so that they can all learn Chinese culture with them, so that they can spread Chinese culture well.

"In a few days, I will also order that those foreign merchants in Chang'an who have a certain strength can give some gifts from their own country. And all those who go to the Western Regions to do business in the Tang Dynasty must take some of their own classics to give to foreign merchants by the way, what do you think? Li Shimin asked

Jingwen immediately said: "The emperor is wise, if these foreign businessmen have obtained my books from the Tang Dynasty, it must be very good." They will definitely study hard, and then become the messengers of our Datang culture. We can also hire a lot of foreigners to promote our culture, after all, they are all the same race, and it is easier for them to trust each other. If we Datang people go to foreign countries, they must be born with a sense of rejection. But if we hire a group of foreigners to spread the culture, it will work wonders. ”

"Yes, that's a good idea. The idea that people who are not of my race must have different hearts are not necessarily unique to my Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty. If we can hire foreigners to propagate it, then under the propaganda of our own compatriots, it will definitely work wonders. Li Shimin also agreed.

In fact, this is the so-called foreign support for traitors in later generations to slander Chinese culture in turn, and then promote foreign culture. Many traitor literati also did this, relying specifically on taking foreign money and then slandering Chinese culture for foreign countries, and now Jingwen is also adopted by Westerners in this period in such a way. This qiē is all Jingwen theirs, not Jingwen's initiative! As for them, it will be miserable for him, they never dreamed that these were all Jingwen's deliberate use of their descendants to clean them up. (To be continued......)