Tian Fan had just said the true purpose of coming to the academy this time, when he heard a commotion outside the door.

Zheng Xuan smiled and said, "Hehe, it's about Yuan Zhuo and they are here!" ”

Sure enough, after a while, the door opened, and Liu Hong, Sima Hui, Huang Chengyan, Pang Degong, Chen Qi and others came together. The six Kong brothers knew about what happened a few days ago, so they didn't come over now. And Guan Ning didn't come, it seems that what Jia Lu said is true, and her family really has some friendship with Guan Ning.

After the ceremony, everyone sat down, and Huang Yueying was called away by Huang Chengyan and sat beside him. The girl didn't dare to disobey in front of everyone, so she could only sit next to Huang Chengyan and look at Tian Fan.

Zheng Xuan spoke, and he said: "Boguang, everyone in the hall has a good relationship with you, we are very optimistic about you, and we like you very much." So, if you have something to say, we will definitely help if we can. ”

Tian Fan smiled gratefully, clasped his fists and saluted everyone, and said, "Gentlemen, is this the case......

But it turned out that on the third day before Tian Fan and Lu Xin got married, the Tian family's printing and papermaking workshop in Lu County finally completed the printing of the first book, that is, the first volume of Zheng Xuan's "Commentary on the Six Classics". Tian Fan was busy preparing for the wedding, and he thought that Liu Bei would definitely not have a problem with this matter, so he asked people to send the book and a long letter from him.

Liu Bei saw the book and the long letter, and immediately called a group of civil and military personnel in Xiapi City to discuss the promotion of printing. He didn't know about printing and papermaking in advance, Tian Fan just said that there was a sharp weapon being studied in the workshop, so he sent countless powerful weapons to the Tian family, and allowed Tian Fu to send a large number of private guards to protect it. But at this time, when I saw the new book that exuded a strong fragrance of ink, and then read Tian Fan's evaluation and outlook on printing, with Liu Bei's resolute heart, I couldn't be calm. He only knows one thing, with printing, Xuzhou can recruit countless literati and celebrities for his own use!

With such good news, he naturally wanted to inform his subordinates immediately. But he didn't expect that the discussion in the court was an unexpected result! The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, to be precise, the military generals were indispensable, and they supported Tian Fan's things, and their opinions could basically be ignored. However, the Wenchen side was very different, and two-thirds of the Wenchen expressed opposition. The reasons for opposing it are varied, and there are all kinds of them. In short, these scholars criticized the printing press with imperfection and showed disdain. In this way, Liu Bei also hesitated.

Among these two-thirds, there are Chen Qun, Chen Deng, Chen Gong, Kong Rong and other figures of extraordinary status, and Lu Su, who recently returned to Xiapi to discuss the matter of the Fenwei Corps camp, also opposed. The rest, such as Sun Gan, Liu Ye, Zhuge Jin and others, neither supported nor opposed. Among the heavyweights, only Xu Shu and Jia Xu expressed their support.

This kind of situation has never happened before, several military advisors and the army actually disagreed, for the sake of safety, Liu Bei could only postpone the matter and feedback the results of the discussion in the court to Tian Fan.

Tian Fan was also very puzzled, he really didn't understand, with the cleverness of those literati, couldn't he see the important role of printing? But why would they object?

On the same day, he wanted to go to Liu Bei to ask, but the old man didn't let him, the world is big, the marriage is the biggest, don't be busy with the wedding these days, don't think about going out! Tian Fan could only give up.

At this time, Tian Fan took out the three copies of the "Commentary on the Six Classics" hidden on his body and handed them to Zheng Xuan, Sima Hui and Liu Hong respectively, waiting for their opinions. In fact, the "Commentary on the Six Classics" is a general term, and Zheng Xuan's lifelong collation and annotation of Confucian classics is by no means a small book. Just like the first volume that Tian Fan took out, a book with only more than 50,000 words and more than 200 pages, is just a small beginning of Zheng Xuan's life's work.

However, the shock of this book to the hearts of everyone present is difficult to describe in words. It's not about the content, it's just the form.

Except for Sima Hui and the others, who already knew about it, the rest never thought that the original book could be like this.

After a while, after everyone had circulated three books, Zheng Xuanmo grabbed one of the books in his hand, and asked in a trembling voice like a dream: "Boguang, what is this printing technique?" ”

Tian Fan said: "Sir, the so-called printing is ......"

Zheng Xuan listened to Tian Fan's detailed introduction to printing, and burst into tears. Dealing with books all his life, dealing with bamboo slips and wooden trees, how could he not imagine the great advantages of printing? Thinking about the previous years, I was worried about the increase in the number of students in the academy, wasn't the reason that it was too difficult to copy books by hand, and there were not so many teaching materials? Even now, students in the academy are not able to have one set of textbooks at their fingertips. When I was lecturing, the teacher was on top, and the students were writing the bottom, and most of what they wrote was from the textbook. If there was a printing press, none of this would be a problem.

When they heard that this book had more than 50,000 words, Zheng Xuan and others were even more excited. A scroll of bamboo slips, at best, hundreds of words, weighs much heavier than this book. The ancients said that the five cars of learning are rich to describe a person who is erudite, but in fact, all the words on the five cars of bamboo slips add up, and they may be less than a million words.

After a while, the old gentleman suppressed his excitement and said, "Boguang, I understand!" ”

As he spoke, he let out a long sigh and rebuked angrily: "...... of the family" clenched his fists, and he did not continue. Looking at Tian Fan, he said: "Boguang, this matter is handed over to the old man, even if you give up this life, I will also help you promote this matter!" At least...... I want to let the students in the academy have a set of books for each, so that the teachers in the academy will not suffer from bamboo slips! As he spoke, he shook his head with a wry smile, and said with interest: "If you can do this, I'm afraid it's the limit!" ”

Tian Fan couldn't help but be stunned, how could the old man say such depressing words?

Liu Hong, Sima Hui and others hurriedly said: "Kang Chenggong, don't do this!" ”

Liu Hong said: "Boguang is my son-in-law, if you want to open your eyes for him, it should be my business!" Kang Chenggong, if you want to do this, it should be me to do it, you can just beat the side drum! ”

Sima Hui shook his head and said, "Yuan Zhuo, you can't say that, Boguang is also my son-in-law and my disciple, and he should be the closest to me, and I should take the lead in this matter!" ”

Chen Jue shook his head and sighed, and said, "Several, listen to Boguang's meaning, my unfilial son Yuanlong is also among the opposition!" Hey, this brute, such a good thing, he can destroy it, it's just unreasonable, he's blind. Hehe, but, since that's the case, then...... I'll hit this head, and it can be regarded as apologizing to Boguang, you can just beat the side drum! ”

After a slight pause, he gritted his teeth and said, "And Chen Ji's old horseman, how to educate his son?" "Chen Ji is Chen Qun's father.

Zheng Xuan's hair was all open, and he said angrily: "Shut up for me!" The old man started a fire, and these juniors in the hall, who were generally ten or twenty years younger than him, immediately shut up and didn't dare to speak anymore.

He took a few breaths, his old face turned red, and he said angrily: "There is no need to say much about this matter, the old man will bear it!" As he spoke, his tone slowed down and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this matter is dangerous, and it is likely that it will never be recovered after the book." If the old man collapses, the academy needs to worry a lot! ”

Hearing this, even if Tian Fan was dull, he understood the seriousness of the printing process. What can make Old Master Zheng so pessimistic, how can it be a trivial matter?

He clenched his fists and said, "Gentlemen, please wait a moment! ”

Seeing several gentlemen looking at him, he continued: "Gentlemen, if there is anything you don't understand, please gentlemen! ”

Zheng Xuan nodded and said, "Boguang, please speak!" ”

Tian Fan said: "A few gentlemen, if you don't understand, printing is obviously a good thing, a good thing for a thousand years, but in your mouths, this technique is so serious?" Why, forgive you for being stupid! ”

Several gentlemen glanced at each other and looked at Zheng Xuan.

Zheng Xuan smiled, and said a little melancholy: "Boguang, your Tian family has a wide range of businesses, can you tell me what is the most profitable business of the Tian family?" ”

Tian Fan said: "Naturally, it is the business of spirits and soaps. ”

Zheng Xuan bowed his head slightly and said, "Why are these two voices the most profitable?" ”

Tian Fan said: "Monopoly! Only the Tian family produces these two things in the world, and when my Tian family promotes these two businesses, they have also considered the attitudes of various families and ceded some of the benefits, so these two voices can be promoted in every corner of the Han world. If the market is not a problem, it will naturally make money. ”

Zheng Xuan nodded, sighed, and said, "Yes, it's a monopoly!" ”

He looked at Tian Fan and continued, "Boguang, do you know...... Why are most of the officials in the Han world from families? ”

Without waiting for Tian Fan to answer, he said: "Because of monopoly!" On the surface, it is because the family controls the promotion of officials, and the accountability system of the probation system for the inspectors, so the people recommended by the officials must be people from the family...... However, the fundamental reason for this is that the Maison controls the way of learning! ”

After a slight pause, he continued: "Each book, more than hundreds of thousands of words, as few as a few thousand words, needs to be manually copied on bamboo slips, wooden trees or silk silk, the cost is too high, time-consuming and laborious, and it is not easy to preserve. If you are not a big family or a very rich family, you can't have many books at all. At present, the fundamental choice of officials in the world lies in the breadth of knowledge and the profundity of knowledge. In this respect, the sons of the poor family are incomparable with the children of the family. Therefore, the children of the family have an innate advantage over the scholars of the poor family.

At the same time, there are many families who study a knowledge, which is only taught to the children of the family, and outsiders do not know it, so that the gap between the children of the poor family and the children of the family is naturally getting bigger and bigger. As a result, the selection and promotion of officials were naturally slowly controlled in the hands of the family. ”

The old gentleman's mood was a little unstable, he let out a sigh, glanced at Tian Fan, and said: "Printing is a good thing, no one can see this." From your words alone, I can tell that the cost is only one-tenth of that of the bamboo slip book, and if the number of prints is more, it can be even cheaper. However, it is precisely because it is a good thing, once it is promoted, everyone can read, and the scholars of the poor family can also have countless books, the gap between them and the children of the family in terms of knowledge is bound to be reduced, and the status quo of the monopoly of officialdom by the family will be destroyed, and naturally, for the sake of vital interests, they will stand up and oppose it! ”

Hearing these words, Tian Fan was a little stunned. But it turned out that he kindly came up with a printing technique and wanted more people to read, which indirectly offended all the families! How does the Maison safeguard its interests? That is to control the officialdom, so that each generation can produce some high-ranking officials. And in order to achieve such a goal, they spare no effort in the education of their children, and the expenditure on the education of their children is staggering. But now, because of papermaking and printing, people from poor families can learn literacy at a very low cost, how can they completely monopolize officialdom?

This is digging people's ancestral graves!

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