Old man Wei, can't you stop when you're old? As far as your personality is concerned, you have to advise you for everything, and our old man can stand it, if you change the master, you will be dismissed from office for a long time, and you will have a place on the guillotine. As soon as he heard the three questions raised by Wei Zheng, Li Zhen's head was so big that she couldn't wait to run forward and cover Old Man Wei's mouth.

The last two questions are just that, although it is difficult to answer, but Li Zhen wants to run a printing house, those two questions are not bypassed at all, of course, before coming Li Zhen thought of the answer, he knew it in his heart, but he was not very worried, but the trouble came in the first question - the Confucian classics of this era did not have four books and five classics, and its classics were vast, such as what "Xunzi", "The Book of Filial Piety" and so on are too many to count, and there is no rigorous Confucian theoretical system in later generations, it is not a simple matter to get through the scriptures, It has to be a lot of hard work. For a long time, Li Zhen didn't have the mind to become a great Confucian, that is, he was thinking of ways to make money, but because the old man asked about the canon, but in order to change the concept, he put forward the four books and five classics in a serious way, just talking, how could I think that the old man Wei would be so serious, and insisted that Li Zhen say that he was ugly, but poor Li Zhen is not a real Confucian master, isn't this embarrassing?

Miserable,, what should I say? Li Zhen is really a little anxious - although Li Zhen's learning progress is super fast, but after all, she has only been studying for more than two years, and she has not studied all of those scriptures, the reason why she can say the name of the Four Books and Five Classics is just some memories left in her previous life, and it is still some superficial things that seem to be on the Internet, if you really want Li Zhen to tell the allusions in detail, how can there be that possibility, if you don't answer, this is the court, a bad response, losing face is a trivial matter, and if you can't do business, it's just that, if you are despised by your own old man, That's what you call wrongdoing! Push it on Li Jing's head? Oh, there is no such possibility, Li Jing is also looking at Li Zhen suspiciously at this moment.

At this time, Li Zhen's back was wet with sweat, her eyes rolled several times, she pretended to be groaning, and thought nervously for a while before she spoke: "Father, my lords, the pricing of books is like this: the cost of books has a great relationship with the number of words printed and the number of words, generally speaking, the more words in the book, the higher the cost, but the number of prints is just the opposite: the more prints, the lower the cost, but it is not without a limit, just take the book "Analects" as an example, if you print a thousand copies, The cost of each copy is 20 wen, but if 10,000 copies are printed, the cost of each copy is reduced to about 12 wen, and if you count the cost of freight, storage fees, etc., the price of each book is about 22 wen, and if 20,000 copies are printed, the price can be reduced to 20 wen......"

Li Zhen's words have not been finished, the ministers are in an uproar, without him, at this time there are few books on the market, and they are very expensive, a thin "Analects" can never be taken down without fifty or sixty texts, which is already equivalent to the price of a big fat pig, if this book is from the hands of a famous artist, it will be as expensive as a gold pearl, and according to Li Zhen's words, the price of this book is simply cheap, most of the important ministers present are well-informed people, but they were still taken aback by Li Zhen's words, and they talked about it in a chaotic manner.

In the midst of the noise, Xuan Ling, the left servant, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, if what His Royal Highness the King of Han said is true, this is a sharp weapon to benefit the people, and the minister thinks that it should be done quickly. Fang Xuanling is the prime minister, the head of the ministers, and has a very high prestige in the court, as soon as he said this, the rest of the ministers immediately echoed it, and the hall immediately became lively.

Not only were the ministers excited, but Li Shimin was also very happy, and the smile on his face was particularly amiable, but as an emperor, Li Shimin did not forget that the most important thing had not been asked clearly, he suppressed his hand with a smile, signaled the ministers to be quiet, looked at Li Zhen and said: "Zhen'er, is this true?" ”

It's really true, but Li Zhen is in an ambush - this offer is actually about 30% higher than the actual cost, of course, if the technology is improved or the scale of the factory is expanded, the cost can be lower.

The inflated piece was originally reserved for bargaining, but seeing the overjoyed look of the big guy, Li Zhen naturally unceremoniously put this piece of profit down, and when he saw Li Shimin asking, Li Zhen hurriedly replied: "If you go back to your father's words, your sons really don't dare to lie and coax your father." ”

"Hmm." Li Shimin nodded approvingly, and then asked, "I ask you, how should this book be printed?" ”

Well, this question is too big for the old man, and it's really hard to answer. Li Zhen's mind moved quickly, and he said with a deep sigh: "Erchen thinks that the matter of printing books is related to the court situation, and it should be safe, and all the books that are printed are reviewed by the Ministry of Rites to ensure that there are no errors, and then printed by the printing house under the name of Erchen, and reported to the household department for the record to indicate the cost, as for the distribution of the issue, it can be divided into two categories: one is that the imperial court purchases at cost price and uniformly distributes it to the local government for the purpose of persuading students, and the other is that the industry under the name of Erchen sets up bookstores in various places to distribute books and periodicals according to the price of the household department, and the two parallel channels can play a complementary role. ”

At this time, there were no booksellers and bookstores, and everyone didn't know how to manage the distribution of these books and periodicals, but listening to what Li Zhen said was quite reasonable, the ministers also nodded their heads in approval, and even Li Shimin also appreciated the two parallel strategies that Li Zhen said, but before Li Shimin could say the words of the quasi-performance, Wei Zheng opened his mouth again: "His Royal Highness the King of Han, you haven't answered the first question of the old minister, what is the source of the so-called Four Books and Five Classics?" ”

Dizzy, this old man Wei really admits death, why can't you pretend to be confused? It's really a pot that can't be opened! Li Zhen finally diverted everyone's attention, but he never thought that Wei Zheng would turn the topic back again, and he was suddenly angry, but in front of his old man and ministers, how could Li Zhen have the courage to attack, not only did he not dare to attack, but he also had to answer respectfully, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.

Damn, fight! Li Zhen secretly gritted his teeth and said calmly: "Back to the words of Lord Wei, "Analects" and "Mencius" are all sages' subtle words and meanings, thought-provoking, and are actually famous sayings for governing the world. The latter clearly contains the principle of self-cultivation and self-cultivation, the virtue of the mean, and its righteousness is subtle, in order to guard against fear and be independent, and to understand the way of perseverance; To neutralize, the body is consistent; To educate in the position, the extreme merit of Ming Ren and sincerity is the reason, the gentleman is able to help the world, and the poor are good alone. Although these two articles are not written by the saint himself, the righteousness lies in the sage's Tao ear. Xiao Wang thought that the essence of the way of the sage could be obtained by studying these two texts, so he put forward these two texts separately, thinking that the second of the four books, Xiao Wang was ignorant, and asked Lord Wei to give advice. ”

All the ministers present are well-educated people, even Li Shimin's Confucian attainments are extremely high, and the Nine Classics are naturally well understood, but they have never studied the two texts of "University" and "The Mean".

"Okay, His Royal Highness the King of Han reads well, and his words are very good!" Fang Xuanling, who was standing at the head of the ministers, applauded lightly, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that His Royal Highness the King of Han's words are very in line with the way of a saint, thought-provoking, and can be described as a classic. ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks what Fang Gong said is very true, His Royal Highness the King of Han is talented, which is really a great blessing for the court, Weichen has studied for many years, and he is not as capable as His Royal Highness the King of Han, I am really ashamed." Hou Junji, the secretary of the military department, also came out to echo the road.

Er, is the old marquis praising us or trying to harm us? Damn, what a great fortune for the court, shit! Damn, this sounds like a cat, damn it, this time it's in the limelight, and it's going to be bad! As soon as Li Zhen heard Hou Junji's words, he immediately understood that Comrade Hou was obviously killing himself, although he didn't understand why Hou Junji did this, but he was secretly vigilant in his heart.

Sure enough, after Li Shimin's face changed for a while, his eyes were as sharp as knives and said: "Children's ears, how can the righteousness of the saint be said by children in a mere way, and they will not retreat." ”

Damn, the old marquis of the dog day, Lao Tzu is not finished with you! Li Zhen hated it in her heart, but at this time, the old man had already spoken, how could Li Zhen have the courage to carry it, and in desperation, she could only kneel down respectfully and kowtow and say: "Yes, the son of the minister retires!" Li Shimin didn't say anything special, just waved his hand with a flat face, signaling Li Zhen to retreat.

Don't pretend to be forced, pretend to be forced to be struck by lightning, damn, it's really like this, damn, is Lao Tzu stupid, what is it to mention the Four Books and Five Classics in a dignified manner, it's just full of food and support! Damn, what kind of character is this old marquis, we haven't offended him, why do you have to get along with us, alas, this time it's miserable, don't talk about chickens and eggs, you have to eat the head if you don't make trouble, depressed! Li Zhen wanted to die, and as soon as she returned to Min'an Palace, no matter what others thought, she slipped into her own room, fell on the bed, and thought about her thoughts hatefully, but she couldn't find a remedy after thinking about it, and the resentment in her heart was extremely uncomfortable.

"Your Highness, quick, get up, the Holy Decree has arrived!" Just as Li Zhen was thinking wildly, Liu Dequan hurriedly rushed in and shouted anxiously.

Damn, it's coming so fast! Damn, it looks like our little ass can't be saved! Li Zhen was worried for a while, but she didn't dare not not greet her, so she casually took the towel handed over by the palace maid on the side, wiped her face, and hurriedly ran out of the room......