Forbidden City, Fengtian Temple.

Under the gaze of Emperor Zhu Jianyan of the Ming Dynasty, two young officials from the Ministry of Rites demonstrated the use of typewriters on the spot.

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

The display location is placed in the Fengtian Temple, which shows the importance that the Ming court attaches to this matter.

The two officials printed two simple documents on the spot and sent them to Zhu Jianyan by Huang Yue, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

The typewriter used for the demonstration has the word "square" engraved on it.

Formed in the middle of the Ming Dynasty in history, the square was born in response to the increasing demand for printing, and it is a printed Chinese character that is as convenient as possible for engraving.

In the Qing Dynasty, it was named "Song Ti" by Kangxi.

Japan introduced this font from the Ming Dynasty, so it has always been called "Ming Dynasty style".

There is no Qing Dynasty in this world, so the square is not renamed Song style, and it is still called the square body.

If the Ming people of this era mention "Song style", they actually refer to the common fonts used in the Southern Song Dynasty.

After the square of the Qing Dynasty was called the Song style, the Song style of the Ming Dynasty was called the "Old Song" and "Old Song".

In modern times, some people imitated this old Song Dynasty and the old Song Dynasty and made a modern "imitation of Song style".

The counterpart to the cube is "soft font", that is, the "italics" used for handwriting.

Zhu Jianyan looked at the two sheets of printer paper, the handwriting on them was still quite clear, and he nodded with great satisfaction:

"Well, yes, the words typed in this way can be as clear as printing, and a lot of omissions can be avoided.

"But how fast is typing like this? How much can you do every minute now? ”

Huang Yue said excitedly:

"Now a few people who have practiced the use of typewriters are already able to achieve 40 words per minute.

"But now they still need to stop and think once in a while, which wastes a lot of time.

"By the time they're fully proficient and single-minded, it's possible to have a hundred per minute."

On the other side, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry looked at Huang Yue and said this, and hurriedly reminded:

"Your Majesty, Uncle Zong, the structure of the typewriter is complex, and the internal structure needs to be operated physically.

"If the key speed is too fast, the machine may not have time to respond, and the word will not be produced correctly.

"So the speed can't be increased indefinitely, and I think that it can be up to sixty at most.

"Unless it's the complete design of His Royal Highness Prince Daishi, all of them have been made.

"The so-called electronic computer directly outputs the code, and the typewriter directly drives the shaft of the typewriter with an electric motor to move.

"Then the printing efficiency could be increased to more than 100 per minute."

Zhu Jianyan also understood, but he was still very satisfied:

"This speed is already very fast, the key is to be precise and clear, easy to disseminate and small-scale mimeographed ......"

Mimeographing, a technique that uses wax paper engraving and printing, can be done using simple equipment.

In the last century, it was often used in education and training, and it was possible to produce batches of materials and test papers relatively quickly.

However, the handwritten font is not clear, and the printed manuscript can solve this problem.

Several of the surrounding ministers also nodded.

The most important use of a small, standard word that can be printed quickly is not just the printing itself.

Equally important is the ability to make mimeographed templates quickly.

Those Chinese character printers, which are like small movable type printing machines, can only be selected one by one in a large plate, and pressed one by one, and this "printing" speed is even slower than handwriting.

However, they have occupied a large market for a long time, and the main reason is to make mimeographed templates.

Although the "printing" is very slow, after a set is completed, dozens of copies can be quickly mimeographed, and the overall efficiency will increase.

Zhu Jingyuan's invention is actually more important than he thinks.

It may even be more important than all of Zhu Jingyuan's other inventions.

It is about the inheritance of civilization.

Traditional Ming officials and literati could not imagine the trend of abolishing Chinese characters in another world, but they understood its importance.

They will even list it as an important achievement of their tenure.

Including Emperor Zhu Jianyan had such thoughts.

Zhu Zhongliang has achieved unprecedented martial arts, which will obtain a very important "cultural rule" himself.

Of course, the biggest credit is still Zhu Jingyuan, and this credit will once again contribute to Zhu Jingyuan's weight in Daming.

And Zhu Jingyuan's contribution to "cultural governance" is far more than that.

The device presented today is not just a typewriter, there is another equally heavyweight invention:

Movie.

The typewriter display was complete, and the workers and servants immediately began to clean up the site.

On the side of the Fengtian Temple, a huge white curtain was hung.

On the other side, a complex set of playback mechanical playback equipment is placed.

It includes a projector for playing film, a gramophone for playing recordings, and a supporting amplifier and speakers.

Yes, the film equipment directly planned by Zhu Jingyuan was sound from the beginning.

Sound, for the original history of European and American inventors, may not be the most important thing.

But it is different for the Ming Dynasty, the inheritor of oriental civilization.

Because the earliest movies of the two sides, the content that they are naturally ready to play is also completely different.

In the early days of history, movies began with just some scenes of life.

And what the Ming Dynasty prepared was the "Ministry of Rites Shangshu Lecture Analects".

When everything was ready, the projection lights came on, Zhu Jianyan gave a command, and the film began to turn.

The black-and-white image appears on the curtain in Hirochu.

The image of Huang Yue, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, bowed his hand in front of him, and then began to say the simplest of the Analects.

Zi said: "When you learn it, you will be happy to ......"

Zhu Jianyan and the ministers around him have long been familiar with this passage.

But at this time, they were very patient and quiet, watching Huang Yue's simplest explanation on the screen.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty have seen dynamic pictures and continuously switched images, so they understand the principle of the movie.

But at this moment, the effect of zooming in on the screen and playing it along with the amplified sound made them feel more shocked than ever.

The first test, and mainly presentation and testing, plus the high cost of film and recording equipment, made the film very short, only five minutes in total.

The broadcast ended quickly, but the silence lasted for a while.

It wasn't until the staff turned off the projection light that Zhu Jianyan couldn't help but say out loud:

"Good...... If the cost of this facility can be reduced, if it can be reduced and simplified, it can be used for education.

"Let the ends of the earth, overseas countries, all the people and children, can listen to the best teacher's explanation.

"Wu'er Jingyuan, what a genius, what a genius......"

The surrounding parks also echoed the song.

The presentation of the movie was completed, and Zhu Jianyan took the officials to the front of the main hall of Fengtian Temple.

Zhu Jianyan did not want to restore the "Imperial Gate Listening to Politics", but to try out the amplification equipment installed here.

The movie has been accompanied by sound, but there is still a significant difference between it and direct live speech amplification.

Zhu Jianyan stood in front of the microphone, sounded the content of the video just now, and directly said a sentence of Analects:

"Learn and learn......"

A loud sound echoed throughout the Mukden Temple Square.

Zhu Jianyan himself suddenly smiled and said:

"If Emperor Taizu had this kind of thing at that time, he would really be able to work here every day.

"Call all the officials of the Jingshi here, this will also allow everyone to hear Emperor Taizu's words."

Zhu Jianyan's two sentences also spread throughout the square again.

The surrounding courtiers also couldn't help but laugh, and at the same time, they subconsciously sighed in their hearts, fortunately, Emperor Shizu reformed.

Otherwise, I would get up in the middle of the night every day, come to the palace in the dark, and spend the cold winter and heat in this big square.

The point is that the officials standing in the back can't hear what is being said in front of them at all, and they just come as decorations.

It's too painful to think about.

His Majesty the Emperor Shizu is really too sympathetic to the officials, after the reform of Renwu, the officials only go to the court at nine o'clock every day, and they sit in the main hall for meetings, and only need the chief officials of the yamen to participate.

The life of officials now, compared to before the Chongzhen Dynasty, is really too comfortable.

The officials remembered bittersweet memories in their hearts, and Zhu Jianyan continued to say his thoughts:

"Although the combination of this signal amplifier and speaker is not as capable of recording and recording as in a movie, the structure is obviously much simpler, and it should be much easier to produce and move.

"It can teach and preach to hundreds of people, and it is also a weapon for educating the people, as well as a weapon for commanding soldiers.

"These two devices should be optimized and simplified as much as possible, and they should be popularized as soon as possible."

The surrounding officials immediately came to their senses and responded in unison:

"Yes."