Within a few days, Jingwen had a new set of Confucian Four Books and Five Classics, all printed using movable type printing. In fact, generally speaking, the commonly used Chinese characters are only a few thousand, so the carvers invited by Jingwen quickly carved these movable characters, and those carvers did not know that this invention was enough for them to lose a channel to make money.

"To print books on such rotten paper, I really insult the title of 'book.'" Jingwen looked at the yellowed paper and said helplessly.

Although Jingwen made these bagasse papers, the quality of these papers was really not complimentary. Although resilience is possible, it is only acceptable to malice days. The paper is very rough and you can see the traces of the fibers on the paper. However, the only advantage is that the price is very low, less than one thousandth of the original price. According to the production process planned by Jingwen, there is also the super low cost of bagasse, so this paper is much lower than rice paper.

Jingwen picked up the Four Books and Five Classics and immediately entered the palace, wanting to ask to see Emperor Li Shimin. But how could the emperor be that he could see it when he wanted to, he was stopped.

"The emperor is receiving an adult, so don't disturb people discussing state affairs as a cook." The guards very unceremoniously stopped him.

"Brother Guard, I have something that can make the people of the Tang Dynasty afford to read, and I have to give it to the emperor first, please go and report it. If the emperor still doesn't want to see me, then say something else. Jingwen said.

After hearing this, the guard did not dare to despise it, and immediately continued to go in and report. And soon, Li Shimin agreed to Jingwen and entered the Manna Palace. In the Ganlu Palace, in addition to seeing Li Shimin, Jingwen also saw an official in his forties, who seemed to have a very high status.

"I've seen the emperor, I've seen this lord!" Jingwen saluted the two and said.

Li Shimin said to the official: "Keming, this kid is the food doctor I just appointed, and he is not ashamed to say anything this time to make something that can make the people of the world afford to read, so I specially received him." You can also help me see what kind of magical thing this is, which can make the people of the world afford to read. ”

"Your Majesty, if you can make the people of the Tang Dynasty afford to read, it will be a great blessing!" The official named Keming said.

Jingwen didn't know who this adult was, anyway, as long as he knew that he had a different status.

"My lord, how about you take a look at these four books and five classics?" Jingwen picked up the book and gave it to an adult.

Jingwen's books are the Four Books of Analects, Mencius, University, and Zhongyong, as well as the Five Classics of Poetry, Shu, Li, Yi, and Spring and Autumn.

"I know what the Pentateuch is, but what are the Four Books?" The adult, Keming, asked.

Jing Wen rightly said: "Aren't the Four Books and Five Classics the ancients saying to Confucian classics? ”

"I've only heard of the Pentateuch, where did the Four Books come from? Did you make it? It's ridiculous, a chef dares to set a name for a Confucian classic, it's ridiculous! The adult said visibly upset.

Jingwen is a little waxy, and later generations say that the four books and five classics should be connected. But this adult has only heard of the Five Classics, but not the Four Books, is this a matter of shrimp? Jingwen's half-bucket of historical knowledge was learned from the TV series, obviously I didn't expect that there were no four books in this period.

Jingwen didn't know that although the Five Classics were in the Han Dynasty, there was this saying. However, during the Tang Dynasty, there was no such thing as the Four Books, and the Four Books were only formed in the Song Dynasty, so there is no such statement at present.

"My lord, you should look at the paper of these books, and see what kind of paper these books are used to print them." Jingwen said.

The adult opened the Confucian classics, but when he touched the paper with his hand, his brows immediately furrowed.

"Who got this book? To use such poor paper to print books is an insult to the doctrine of the saints. It is really an insult to the saint to be embarrassed to use such poor paper to print the doctrine of the saints! ”

"Smack!"

The books were thrown to the ground by the adult, apparently very unhappy with the books.

Jingwen's face was a little blushing, because he knew that this kind of paper would be used in the future life, and he was afraid that he would not even have the qualifications for the toilet paper in the toilet. It's a shame to make this kind of paper yourself.

"My lord, although this paper is not good, it is cheap! It's only about one thousandth of rice paper. You think that the doctrine of the saints should be widely disseminated, and only by popularizing the doctrines of the saints can the people be educated! And my paper, which is cheap, can make countless people afford to read. The cost of producing these books is less than the usual money, and if they are to be sold, they will not exceed two dollars at most. At that time, there will be more and more people who can read, isn't this a great thing? If you care about the paper used in books, isn't that putting the cart before the horse? Jingwen said.

After hearing this, that Keming also rarely said: "It seems that I am obsessed with the photo, I really didn't expect that I would be educated by a chef." ”

"Are you Du Ruhui?" Jingwen asked.

"The old man is Du Ruhui, the official of the Tang Dynasty." Du Ruhui said.

"Lord Du, aren't you still a scholar, that is, the prime minister?" Jingwen asked.

"When did the old man become a scholar, where did you get the news?" Du Ruhui asked.

Jingwen immediately stopped talking, he knew that his meager historical knowledge was definitely inaccurate, he just knew that Du Ruhui was the prime minister, but now I am afraid that he has not become the prime minister at all, just a ministry.

"Okay, Jingwen, did you just say that this paper is very cheap, so these books are less than the usual price? If so, you've done a great job. I didn't think you could do these things as a chef. If you come up with this, I'm afraid your reputation is no less than that of Cai Hou back then! Li Shimin said.

Cai Hou is Cai Lun, which Jingwen still remembers, because the story of Cai Lun's papermaking has been learned since Jingwen was a child.

"Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't dare to take credit, this is the emperor's leadership and educating the people, so we can have some small achievements. I was also able to do this under the protection of the emperor, so Weichen didn't dare to take credit. Jingwen immediately said modestly.

"Okay, you don't have to be modest, then come and show me. If it's really good, then I can immediately promote it to the world, and then there will be hope for the readers of Datang. Countless children of poor families can study, which is good for the imperial examination. Li Shimin said.