Li Shimin stroked this "waste paper" book, and felt very good. Although the quality of this paper is relatively low, it is better than the low price. In the future, books can be popularized on a large scale to improve the education process of the common people.

Since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the power of the family is very large, and it can even monopolize officialdom. The original election system was the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, which was completely helping the scholars and making the scholars more and more powerful. The scholars also monopolized the right to education, making it impossible for many poor people to obtain the right to education, so those in power had to appoint the scholars as officials.

Although the Sui Dynasty introduced a method of entering the imperial examination, it was rare to be able to choose students from poor families to enter the office. Because the cost of reading in this era is very expensive, a book costs hundreds of dollars, which is unaffordable for the vast majority of poor students. The scholars, on the other hand, possessed books that had been accumulated over hundreds of years for their descendants to read. Even a person who is not a genius can become a second-rate talent after more than ten years of studying. And those poor geniuses, maybe because they haven't read, will be unknown to everyone.

Although the imperial examination is to recruit those poor students on a large scale, there are not many poor students now, because the cost of studying is too high. If books like Jingwen can be popularized, then I am afraid that there will be more poor students in the world, which will be of great benefit to breaking the monopoly of the scholars.

"Go and call the adults!" Li Shimin said.

Soon, those adults were all called by Li Shimin.

When those officials saw Jingwen beside Li Shimin, they were immediately a little puzzled, and they didn't know what this Jingwen did. However, they obviously regarded Jingwen as a eunuch beside Li Shimin, so they didn't take it seriously. There are many of them in this kind of eunuch palace, and they can't affect their power status.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have recently come up with a new type of paper, which is not very good, but it is cheaper. In addition, I also came up with a method of printing books, called movable type printing. With these two methods, the price of books has been reduced by at least a hundredfold, and even the more printed, the lower the price. You say, "Should it be promoted?" Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen complained in his heart, this Li Shimin actually said what he invented, this is really speechless. This new papermaking and movable type printing technology were obviously invented by Jingwen, but Li Shimin actually asked for the identity of this inventor, which made Jingwen complain about Li Shimin in his heart. But now he didn't open his mouth to stop it, because who made Li Shimin the emperor? Therefore, Jingwen did not dare to point out that Li Shimin was "academic fraud".

"The emperor is wise, and all students in the world should learn the teachings of the saints!" An old man with a white beard said.

Jingwen looked at a white-bearded old man, who should be a third-grade official. However, this white-bearded old man was full of bookishness, and he was supposed to be an academic official, but he didn't know who he was.

"Kong Aiqing, as the son of the country and the descendant of the Confucian saint, this is a good thing for you to increase the glory of the ancestors! Of course you have to support it! Li Shimin said.

Hearing Li Shimin call this old guy Kong Yingda, Jingwen happened to know him. Because there were many novels of the Tang Dynasty later, this guy appeared, so Jingwen also happened to know him as a person. This Kong Yingda is the thirty-second grandson of Confucius, and he is very proficient in Confucianism. Moreover, if this printing technique and papermaking can be popularized all over the world, then I am afraid that Confucius's reputation will be even greater. In fact, the so-called Confucius is famous enough now, and it is only famous among students. As for Confucius, in the hearts of ordinary people, it has no status at all.

And if Confucian education can be popularized for everyone, then Kong Yingda, the descendant of the Confucian sage, will have a higher status and a more solid reputation. The reason why Kong Yingda can be where he is today is that in addition to his academic achievements, he is more of a descendant of Confucius, which gives him today's status. For example, he is already tied to his ancestor Confucius, so the higher the status of Confucius, the better it will be for him and his descendants.

However, if someone agrees, then naturally someone will oppose it.

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, it has been the business of our scholars to study and become officials, how can we let all the people in the world get the opportunity to study? If so, is there no chaos in the world? Therefore, I think it is better not to let everyone in the world study, so as to avoid chaos in the world. If everyone in the world is studying, then I am afraid that who in the world will farm with peace of mind and want to become officials. Then the world will be completely chaotic. The minister said.

As soon as Jingwen heard this remark, he knew that this guy was definitely a scholar. In ancient times, the greatest advantage of the scholars was not land, nor monetary wealth, but the power of public opinion propaganda. They are representatives of cultural people, so they have mastered the channels of communication with the people. If the emperor had any decrees, he had to convey them to the people. And if they deliberately propagandize and pull the people to fight against the imperial power, then they may also be able to succeed.

The people are very susceptible to incitement. Not to mention ancient times, it is the 21st century when the national compulsory education has been popularized, isn't it also the people who have been instigated by some people? Therefore, this was especially true in ancient times, where it was easy for the common people to resist the imperial power and the government under the instigation of the nobles. But once the people have all read books, it will be much more difficult for them to incite, because rumors stop at the wise! If the people are all educated and can enter the official career, then their status in the officialdom will become less and less. Even, as long as the emperor is willing, the emperor can appoint the Hanmen to fight against the scholars. The scholars will continue to decline, and will be swept into the dustbin of history. Now Li Shimin also has to appoint the Shi clan, so that he will not be able to rule the country at all. However, the scholars are more interested in family interests than national history, so this is something that many emperors don't like.

"I invented this, what if I have to promote it?" Li Shimin suddenly said sternly.

"Then please ask the emperor to approve our resignation!" The official of the clan said.

"Resignation? Okay, I've approved it! Li Shimin said coldly.

The scholar official was in a trance for a while, he didn't expect Li Shimin to really approve? Jingwen also saw from this incident that Li Shimin probably really wanted to promote this cheap book. This is related to the future stability of the Tang Dynasty, the foundation of future rule. Therefore, even if you pay the price of fighting again, you must promote it.