Regardless of how angry Li Er was.

In just a few days, all kinds of books in the Ming Dynasty have caused an uproar in Datang.

At this price, in the future generations, it belongs to the kind that does not lose money when you buy it back and put it in a public toilet.

You know, the new grain before the year was still six cents!

And in Boling, Qinghe, Fanyang, Xingyang...... In these places, the situation is even more severe.

Daming takes special care of them, and even in these places, no matter what book you buy, it comes with a three-character scripture.

In other words, in these places, the three-character scripture written by Li Chengqian is free!

They called this incident the Warrior Tribulation!

No, those old fellows of the Shi clan are gathered together again.

"That one wants to dig our roots!" The old man of the Lu family said with an indignant face, "Now, I'm Fan Yang, almost holding a three-character scripture in my hand.

Even those peddlers and pawns who can't read a basket of words are the same.

Insult Sven, insult Sven! ”

He was so angry, he had thousands of complaints in his heart, but he had nowhere to do it.

"Aren't we the same?" The old man of the Zheng family said helplessly, "Now, we have to think of a countermeasure, if it goes on like this, the Shi clan will be in danger!" ”

"Isn't it just dangerous?" The old man of the Cui family said, "If this continues, we and the other scholars will soon become a joke." ”

For a while, everyone also complained.

"Actually, it's not that serious." At this moment, the old man of the Li clan in Longxi said, "The reason why our clan has been inherited for thousands of years is not actually those books accumulated in the clan.

In the final analysis, books themselves are just dead things, and our greatest reliance is on the continuous study and understanding of the thoughts and wisdom of the sages from generation to generation.

You let those peddlers and pawns hold a book, not to mention whether they are literate or not, do you think they can understand what the sages said: 'The tiger is out of the sheng, and the turtle and jade are destroyed in the coffin, is it familiar?' ’

I can still understand that 'benefit is not harmful, success is not defeated, life is not killed, life is not taken away, happiness is not bitter, joy is not anger. This way of governing the country makes the righteousness of the people and the love of it. ’

They don't understand. The old man shook his head and continued, "And this is what we rely on.

Of course, with the passage of time, sooner or later they will slowly understand the scriptures of these sages, but compared with the accumulation of countless generations of us, how shallow is their background?

As long as we promise to always be one step ahead of them, how can our clan decline? ”

This is the smart person in Li Chengqian's mouth, he actually knew early on that these books, at least for the time being, will not play a big role.

Because this old man is right, the background of the scholar clan is in their minds.

It doesn't mean that Li Chengqian sold those books that everyone used to regard as treasures all over the Tang Dynasty at a low price, and those who bought books could immediately become well-educated people.

No, it will take an extremely long time for a qualitative change to cause a quantitative change.

But at least in a short period of time, Li Chengqian's trick can only disgust people.

As long as the scholars are willing to settle down and continue to explore the same knowledge, they will still be the guides of the world's scholars after all.

"That being said, but over time, in a few generations, the advantages we have today will be gone."

Someone said worriedly.

Everyone understands the truth, but hidden dangers always exist.

It is true that the knowledge is obscure, but so many people have studied it, and they can finally come up with the answer.

This is human nature, even if you don't take anything from me now, but you will take it from my children and grandchildren in the future, that won't work!

"It's useless to talk about it now." The old man of the Zheng family said, "The question now is how we should respond.

Daming's move is not only to dig the roots of our clan, but also to provoke us!

If we are indifferent, our clan will eventually be looked down upon, and in the long run, who will respect our clan?

Moreover, this time, that person's reputation skyrocketed, and the streets and alleys all praised that person's wisdom and sneered at our clan.

Don't forget, what we're doing right now. ”

This is the root of the problem, the scholars, to put it bluntly, live as a name.

If there is no prestige, it is just a poetry and book heirloom.

Hearing this, everyone shut up.

If they knew what to do, they would have done it a long time ago, isn't it because there is no solution that everyone gathered?

For a while, it was quiet, and seeing that no one spoke for a long time, the old man of the Li family in Longxi stood up and said: "The old man has a way, but he can break this situation, I don't know if you are willing to try." ”

"I don't know how to break the game, how to try?" Someone suddenly said.

The old man was not in a hurry, he seemed to be organizing his words, and said after a while: "Actually, the old man's strategy is very simple, just two words, let go!" ”

"Huh?" The crowd was a little puzzled.

"What the old man means is to give up the control of learning." The old man said, "Preach the world, open schools widely, and promote culture and ......education."

"What?" Before the old man of the Li family finished speaking, someone stood up and said, "Are you entertaining us?" What you said before is true, but you know what our clan relies on, and in turn, you make us give up the last dependence!

Is it true that the Li royal family and your Longxi Li family are one family? ”

It was the old man of the Cui family who said this, Cui Mingan!

In the early years, it was the Li clan that took the first rank of his Cui Mingan clan.

Although he knew that this was Li Er's deliberate disgusting behavior, there were times when he still had a trace of resentment towards this Longxi Li family.

At this moment, he couldn't hold back.

The others also nodded their heads.

"Li Gong can't." Some people should admit, "This is undoubtedly a self-digging grave, how can it be done?"

As Li Gong said before, the understanding and understanding of knowledge is the greatest reliance of our scholars, how can we be cheap? ”

Hearing their words, the old man of the Li family was a little helpless.

After pondering for a long time, he continued: "The way of the world is different.

For us today, only by letting go completely is our best solution!

Otherwise, our clan will have no reputation to speak of!

Moreover, you only see the disadvantages, but not the benefits, if we deal with it properly, the real benefit will be my clan! ”

When someone asked, "What do you mean by that?" ”

"This move is handled properly, and you should be the master of the world!" The old man of the Li family said in a deep voice, "As far as the current situation is concerned, we are powerless to prevent the Ming Dynasty from selling all kinds of books all over the world, this is the general trend, and no one can stop it."

Moreover, once Your Majesty knows, he will support it strongly!

Don't say whether that person is inviting a name or not, Your Majesty only looks at interests!

Since we can't stop it, why not go with the flow?

Isn't that an invitation?

If we preach to the world and open a church, will we not be able to invite this name?

At that time, no matter whether the scholars or the peddlers and pawns in the world, no one can say a word, the scholars are noble!

Even if a few amazing talents come out of Zhongzhen, can they still miss the good of our clan?

When others asked him where his teacher was, he had to say a word, the younger generation inherited the Longxi Li family?

In the future, even if these people become a generation of Confucianism and become a new famous family, will he have to remember this teaching and solving doubts?

Now, since we can't control Wenhua, let's spread out and let the world's scholars all go out of my family!

Even if we lose our authority in the court at that time, it will be the world's first-class Qing noble family, and at that time, what should we be afraid of? ”

After listening to him, everyone fell silent, and one or two of them were happy.

Is there something wrong with that?

No, nothing wrong with it!

Even if it's Cui Mingan, he feels that this makes sense at this time!

The general trend is irreversible, so follow the trend!

Sometimes, you have to admit that these guys of the Shi clan really have something.

The wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated.

They are only a little narrower in their horizons, but their brains are not necessarily comparable to those of later generations.

Having read poetry and books, they dare not say how much they have learned from the great works of their ancestors.

But with a stomach full of bad water, I'm afraid it's not less ......

"The old man also thinks this method is very good!" Cui Mingan didn't object at this time, and immediately said, "Indeed, under the general trend, since you can't resist, then enjoy the convenience brought by this general trend." ”

When he finished speaking, no one objected.

Soon, everyone began to discuss the specific plan.

With the decision, the efficiency of the scholars is still very high.

The next day, the scholars opened the church, and the news of teaching and solving doubts began to spread.

However, this is just the beginning.

You must know that the largest of these scholars is their branches spread across half of the Tang Dynasty!

And this time, these branches played a great role in opening the school.

If you want to preach the world, of course, the wider the channels, the better!

And these branches have become their natural channels.

For a time, the Quartet shook, and the stone shattered!

……

On this day, Gaozhou.

Fang Xuanling presided over the government examination in Gaozhou and was about to go to the library in Gaozhou to have a look.

As the former Zaifu of the dynasty, he is still very willing to walk around the market more.

Whether it's the people's feelings, or whatever, in short, he's happy.

At this moment, he happened to enter a grain store, grabbed a handful of grain with his hand and asked, "Shopkeeper, what is the price of this grain now?" ”

"In the hands of the guest officer, it was the new grain of the year ago, eight cents." When the shopkeeper saw that the business was coming, he immediately came up.

Fang Xuanling frowned slightly when he heard this, and said: "The grain in Chang'an City is only six Wen, and it is also the new grain of the previous year, why does Gaozhou need eight Wen?" ”

Don't look at the two pennies are not much more expensive, but how many people's families are crushed by these two pennies.

"The guest officer must also know that now that His Majesty is here and using troops again, this food has naturally increased a little.

Of course, if the guest officer thinks it is expensive, the small shop still has the food of the previous year, Qiwen.

Now that the new year has just begun, the grain of the previous year is not old grain.

Of course, there are cheaper ones, the grain of the year before last is only five and a half cents, although the condition is a little worse, but there is no problem with the stomach.

Rough people like Xiao Lao'er also eat this food at home. ”

When Fang Xuanling heard this, he nodded, what he was worried about was that because of the use of troops by the imperial court, it would affect the livelihood of the people.

"Put the old grain on the old man and put ......"

"Shopkeeper, happy event!" Just before Fang Xuanling finished speaking, a group of men hurriedly ran in and said, "Changming Firm is selling books, three cents a copy!" No matter what the book is, it's just three texts!

Isn't your son-in-law about to get school, hurry up and buy a few copies! ”

As soon as he heard this, the shopkeeper immediately shouted: "Yes, yes, yes, the old man will go, and you will watch the shop first." ”

After that, the shopkeeper threw down the guy in his hand and ran out of the door, and when he ran to the door, he probably thought of something, so he stopped and said to Fang Xuanling: "Guest officer, I'm sorry, just tell my guy what you want." ”

"That's it, let's go back, the old man hasn't seen these three-penny books, so I'll go and see it with the shopkeeper." Fang Xuanling was actually shocked.

Sanpenny?

When did books get so cheap?

Changming firm?

Something immediately occurred to him.

"Okay, let's go together!" The shopkeeper is not pretentious.

Soon, the two went straight to Changming Business together.

And at this time, I don't know how many people went straight to the Changming business, and when Fang Xuanling and the others arrived, there was already a long queue at the door of the Changming business.

Regardless of whether there are people who read books at home, these books cost three cents a piece, even if you are thrifty, you have to buy a few copies.

It's not that you will use it one day, the point is, who doesn't want their children to have a future in the future?

Fang Xuanling and they came early, and they came after receiving the news, and that's it, and they lined up for nearly half an hour.

Fang Xuanling has always been an extremely well-behaved person, although he knew that as long as he blew up his identity, he would never have to queue up, but he didn't do it.

When it was time for him to get in line, Fang Xuanling asked, "Can the old man take a look at the books first?" ”

When the guy heard this, he also smiled at the moment: "We have all the books in our store, and if you have any requirements, you can also mention them to the small one." ”

"Is there a book for enlightenment?" Someone next to him asked.

"If you want to talk about enlightenment, it should be the Three Character Sutra is the most suitable." With that, the guy picked out a few books from the counter and said, "These books are perfect for enlightenment." ”

"And what about these books?" The man asked again.

He wanted to take advantage of the cheap now and get it ready.

In the future, who knows if there will be such cheap books.

"Don't worry, the guest officer, the books of my Changming firm are all at this price.

My Royal Highness said that this is a policy to benefit the people, and the price will never rise, so there is no need to worry now.

The most important thing is that these books are printed in more than a million copies every year.

In the future, your noble son will definitely not be short of books to read. ”

When they heard this, everyone was shocked.

Printing millions of copies a year?

"It's all three cents?" Someone asked incredulously.

"That's nature, my Highness also said, knowledge is the ladder of human progress, not a tool for profit!

Only when everyone in the world knows and understands reason, will the world be peaceful for a long time. ”

"Knowledge is the ladder of human progress?" Fang Xuanling muttered softly, and only after a while did he say, "Give me a copy of each book." ”

"If it's the same book, that's a lot." When the man heard this, he immediately took out a booklet and a charcoal pen from the side, "In this way, the distinguished guest will fill in the address, and the small shop will send someone to deliver the noble guest to the house, and the time will be settled together." ”

Fang Xuanling nodded, he knew that this was a major matter for the benefit of the country, and he was also anxious to return to Li Er.

(End of chapter)