Chapter 010: Papermaking and Movable Type Printing
These two suggestions made Ningbei's eyes light up!
In fact, the two suggestions boil down to one, and that is about papermaking!
The advent of paper can make human civilization a big step forward! It has revolutionized the way people record words.
People no longer rely on bamboo and stone tools, and they only need to take a pen and draw lightly to write down words.
Moreover, the paper is light and thin, the content of the record is large, and the characteristics of easy storage speed up the spread of writing and culture, so that more people can read and hyphenate and learn culture.
Although the Western Han Dynasty already had papermaking, and Cai Lun of the Eastern Han Dynasty perfected papermaking, due to the limitations of technology at that time, the cost of manufacturing paper was too high, and the price was naturally expensive!
In ancient times, there were many, many poor scholars who could not afford to buy books and paper.
Although Ningbei can memorize textbooks from elementary school to high school, it also needs paper to describe them!
If you talk about the content of the textbook, not to mention the ancients, modern people can't understand it.
Moreover, the paper made in ancient times was not only expensive, but also very rough!
Ningbei once experienced an ancient straw paper, which is comparable to frosted paper.
This should be used when going to the toilet...... Ning Bei's face froze!
Make!
Papermaking is a must! And you have to make soft paper!
Even if it's for your own little daisy!
He didn't dare to use sandpaper, and he didn't want to use corn cobs and dirt!
In fact, there is no need to improve the current paper, only the technology of papermaking is advanced for hundreds of years!
The papermaking technology of the Qingming period is enough!
If the audience knew that Ning Bei wanted to make paper in order not to let his daisy suffer, it was estimated that he would have to be killed!
What's more, ancient scholars didn't have money to buy paper, and you still want to wipe your butt with paper!
This is too Versailles!
"Papermaking!"
Whispering, Ning Bei wrote down the papermaking technique.
Subsequently, he wrote down all the four major inventions.
Papermaking has to be improved anyway, and the four major inventions will be improved together!
It's just that their technology is up to the previous dynasties, and there is no need to improve it to the current level of science and technology.
Looking at the printing press, Ning Bei suddenly muttered:
"Anyway, in the second year of Zhenguan, there is no printing technology?"
It's not right to think about it, engraving printing should have been created, but movable type printing certainly didn't!
Printing was the latest invention and one of the four great inventions, and it was not until the Tang Dynasty that engraving printing was just introduced!
Block printing, as the name suggests, is to carve out a complete version of text, apply ink, and squeeze it with paper.
So that a piece of paper with the contents printed on it is ready.
Although engraving printing has played a great role in the dissemination of books, it also has obvious shortcomings.
Not to mention, the carved wooden planks are easy to be damaged because of their large size, and they are not easy to preserve, and they are basically scrapped after a few uses.
Also, once the engraving is completed, it is found that there is a typo that cannot be corrected, and can only be re-engraved.
Therefore, printing books was a very time-consuming and expensive thing at that time, which also led to people asking those poor scholars who were literate to copy books to achieve the purpose of rubbing books.
After careful calculation, it is even cheaper than engraving printing.
Because of these, the price of ancient books is extremely high, and poor students have no chance to read at all.
I can't afford paper, and I can't afford books!
If he had optimized printing in the Zhenguan era, and had made movable type printing and better engravings, then he would have greatly reduced the cost of reading.
Not only that, once movable type printing appeared, it could greatly improve the efficiency of printing books, and it would also make books accessible to more people!
The establishment of the school also allows the world's poor children to afford to read books and buy paper, if this can really be realized!
Then his Ningbei's status in the hearts of the world's scholars is probably close to Confucius!
He can even be canonized!
"Both papermaking and printing must be realized, and these two are the most important!"
Looking at the four major inventions in the notebook, the audience also realized that Ningbei wanted to start with the four major inventions!
"Brother Bei, this is to improve the four major inventions! I'll see the punishment! ”
"It seems that the Tang Dynasty doesn't have movable type printing, Brother Bei, your chance has come! If this can be made, not only will the people of the world respect you as a teacher, but you can also be canonized directly! ”
"When it comes to papermaking and movable type printing, you can't avoid the five surnames and seven hopes! Brother Bei, is this going to be just with those best families? ”
"The power of the family gate valve was great in all dynasties, especially the five surnames and seven wangs, and the books and readers at that time were in the hands of the five surnames and seven wangs. If the anchor really made papermaking and movable type printing, it would definitely conflict with their interests, hiss...... It's scary to think about! ”
"Damn, the five surnames and seven wangs are really crazy, and even Tang Taizong's joint marriage was refused, but Taizong still can't do anything about them!"
"But the five surnames and seven hopes of the family do have crazy capital, who makes people read more books? If the emperor wants to rule the country and secure the world, he has to rely on them! ”
"Brother Bei, your reform is reform, but don't let those nobles with the five surnames and seven hopes know, otherwise...... Anyway, don't sleep too hard! ”
“……”
Throughout the Chinese dynasties, military generals can fight the world, but only literati can settle the world!
Where did the literati come from?
From the Gate Lords!
The five surnames and seven wangs are the most outstanding representatives, and almost all of them are in the court.
The court has been controlled by them, and the whole body is affected by one shot.
Whether it was in a peaceful and prosperous era or in a troubled era, the emperor did not dare to do this!
This is the confidence of the aristocracy!
They even dared to refuse the emperor's marriage, what else did they dare not do?
And the reason why the gate valve clan can be passed down from generation to generation is to control the rising channel and squeeze the Han clan!
And because of the backward technology of paper and printing at that time, the number of books was scarce and expensive, and only the aristocracy could afford to buy books, and this is how the monopoly was formed.
Poor students can't afford to read and have no culture, so naturally they don't want to talk about being an official.
And if you want to study, you have to become a person with five surnames and seven hopes.
This situation is so deep-rooted that even Li Shimin, who is known as the First Emperor of the Ages by later generations, can't do anything about them.
However, if you look at it in modern times, it is actually very simple to eliminate the five surnames and seven hopes, and it is nothing more than a few steps.
Ning Bei ignored the audience for a while, and the audience had already begun to study it.
"Damn, since you want to touch the five surnamed Qiwang, it's better to destroy them all!"
"It's easy to get rid of them, just by papermaking and movable type printing!"
"Yes, Brother Bei can make some books first to break the monopoly of the five surnames and seven hopes, so that they can be regarded as cutting off their two arms."
"Didn't Brother Bei still establish a school? Let the poor people in the world afford to read, so that the five surnames and seven hopes can't even absorb fresh blood! The thighs are all wasted for them! ”
"Joining the poor students with five surnames and seven hopes, to put it bluntly, is to be a puppet of others! Who wants to do that unless they have to? If the anchor can really make poor students afford to read...... I'm tired of saying the phrase "making the anchor a saint"! ”
"But before that, Brother Bei has to be able to survive smoothly!"
"Then find the emperor's cooperation! As long as Brother Bei wants Tang Taizong to clarify the power, Emperor Taizong will definitely help you! ”
"Damn, without books and literati, can Tang Taizong still watch these social moths do evil? Sooner or later, they'll have to be cleaned up! ”
"The next day, the people with the five surnames and seven wangs were connected to the nine clans because they entered the palace with their left foot!"
"The next night, all five surnamed Qiwang died in prison, and they couldn't be saved!"
"If the anchor can help Tang Taizong solve this big problem, the anchor may be able to be named a national teacher!"
"It's good that the anchor can't cross over, otherwise I would have to be envious again!"
“……”
Looking at the comments of the audience, Ning Bei's expression was also very serious.
Although he didn't want to touch the affairs of the court, if he really improved papermaking and movable type printing, then he would definitely not be able to avoid these nobles.
It's always a good idea to be prepared.
Ning Bei continued to write in his notebook.
Potential threats, five surnames and seven hopes.
If necessary, you can use the power of the emperor to destroy it!
Although it is said that Tang Taizong is one of the top ten virtuous monarchs, he has a very good temper.
But Ning Bei didn't believe it, he would connive at the five surnamed Qiwang riding on his neck to!
No emperor would allow someone to be above his power!