Chapter Seventy-One: The Shelter of the Hundred Schools of Princes and the Reason for Zhan Lu's Choice of Masters (Please Follow!) )
Of course, if paper is only used instead of expensive bamboo slips and silk silks, it is far from being able to disseminate knowledge.
Never underestimate the aristocracy and the hundreds of schools, if you just use paper as a new text carrier, it will only be them who will benefit the most, not the ordinary people.
Perhaps the amount of knowledge in the hands of the people will increase, and the children of the poor who have no worries about food and clothing will also get more knowledge, but this will instead widen the gap between them and the nobles and the hundreds of princes.
Nowadays, most of the knowledge is monopolized by the aristocracy and the hundreds of schools of thought, and the knowledge in their hands is combined with the manpower and material resources in their hands, and they are completely inferior to copy a large number of bamboo slips, so as to attract more disciples or disciples, so that paper becomes a tool in their hands.
Therefore, Zhang Ji asked Jade Tiger to collect a large number of jujube wood and pear wood.
The grain of jujube wood and pear wood is relatively fine, and the wood is moderately soft and hard, with strong carving and certain wear resistance.
The most important thing is that the cost of jujube and pear wood is not high, and it can be found everywhere.
As for the reason why Zhang Ji purchased jujube wood and pear wood, it really promoted the further breaking of the monopoly of knowledge and printing.
The advent of printing replaced the manual copying of books, saving a lot of manpower and transcription time. A woodcut can print a large number of articles and books in a short period of time, and it is perfectly combined with the paper that replaced bamboo slips and silk as the new text carrier, further tearing up the cultural monopoly pattern that has been opened up by the paper.
With low-cost paper and printing technology that can print a large number of rubbings in a short period of time, Zhang Ji only needs to contribute all the books and classics collected at home, which can greatly reduce the situation of knowledge monopoly.
Of course, such a means cannot completely solve the situation of knowledge monopoly after all, and Zhang Ji knows this.
The number of classics and books held by those real nobles and princes was incomparable to that of the Anyi Zhang family, and they could still produce a large number of excellent talents.
But Zhang Ji has done everything he can, paper and printing will open a dilapidated door for ordinary people, build a rugged and steep road, light a lamp that illuminates the way, and that's all he can do.
However, even if you want to do this, it is not an easy task.
He also needs the help of all the sons.
Fortunately, this is an era of a hundred schools of thought, with the Mohist emphasis on craftsmanship, as well as the idea of "love", will definitely make great efforts to ensure the spread of the two processes of papermaking and printing, as well as the life safety of Zhang Ji as the initiator.
The aristocracy will not give up so easily, in order to monopolize knowledge and consolidate their own position and interests, the suppression and even elimination of papermaking and printing will definitely become one of their means, and the assassination of Zhang Ji, the source of all this, is only a small incidental means.
Zhang Ji's existence threatens their interests and status, and this is Zhang Ji's way to die.
But in this era of a hundred schools of thought, in this era when the hundreds of schools of thought are still very strong, Zhang Ji can definitely get the protection of the hundreds of schools.
Moreover, it will not only be the Mohist school that shelters Zhang Ji, but also Confucianism, which is one of the basic ideas of education, will not sit idly by and watch Zhang Ji's accident.
At least the Confucianism of this era is not the cannibalistic school of later generations, and the current Confucian students are not those pretentious Confucian scholars of later generations who believe that "everything is inferior only to high reading", not to mention that this matter is indeed conducive to the development of Confucianism.
Whatever the purpose, they will choose to shelter Zhang Ji.
Not to mention other schools, such as Taoism, Yin-Yang School, Famous School, Zongheng School, Peasant School, and Legalist, which were only after Confucianism and Mohist, in order to catch up with Confucianism and Mohist, they would also vigorously spread and use papermaking and printing.
Fang Technicians, Immortal Scholars, Doctors, Zen Scholars, Calligraphers and Painters, Historians, Novelists, and Kanyu Scholars, which are extremely small, and even have schools that are annexed and cut off at any time, will spare no effort to support Zhang Ji.
And the Seven Royal Families, as the largest nobles in the world, will also be happy to see such a situation for political purposes.
At least in this era of a hundred schools of thought, in this troubled era of the seven kingdoms competing for power, if there is one thing that is implemented by all the sons and hundreds of schools of thought wholeheartedly, and is tacitly approved by the greatest person in power, then even if it is a big and many nobles, they can't stop it, and they can only swallow the bitter fruit silently.
This is Zhang Ji's confidence.
However, speaking of which, Zhang Ji's original purpose was actually only to gain the attention and protection of the Mo family through papermaking and printing, and he did not think about breaking the monopoly of knowledge at all.
But when he suddenly realized the series of consequences that his behavior might have, Zhang Ji also hesitated.
Maybe it's out of the idea of fighting for fame and fortune for yourself, or maybe it's because of the sense of historical responsibility as a time-traveler......
But no matter what the reason, whether it was out of public or selfish intentions, Zhang Ji finally made such a choice, chose to "impulsively", and embarked on this difficult road.
In fact, he never understood why Zhan Lu chose to recognize himself as the master.
He is so beautiful, he is also greedy for money, he also wants to hold power, and he wants to be famous in history.
He has a very heavy selfish desire, and he is definitely not a person with a "benevolent and righteous" heart worthy of this sword of benevolence.
But Zhan Lu finally chose him, and in his hands faded the sword rust and filth used to hide himself, and chose to shine his brilliant light in Zhang Ji's hands.
But now, he seemed to understand a little bit of why Zhan Lu chose him.
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PS: Recently, the improper concept in a book has caused a lot of public opinion, I believe everyone may have heard of it, and it is not convenient for me to elaborate on this side, if you don't understand, you can check it on the Internet.
This incident itself certainly has nothing to do with a young man like me, but there are rumors that because of this incident, there is a great possibility that there will be a large-scale net purification.
Sharp-eyed book lovers should find that many of the chapter names in this book sometimes look inexplicable, but they are actually secretly deleted by the background...... Sometimes, they even secretly delete a large section of my content, which doesn't match the number of words I marked......
So let's just think about it, if we don't converge a little bit recently, some plots will be put aside for the time being, and we won't be the "chicken" that was killed to the monkey with distorted views, I hope you can understand.
PPS: Since the second infection of Yangkang, I have not stopped coughing, it is the kind of dry cough without phlegm, I want to cough when my throat is itchy, cough until I feel nauseous and feel short of breath, and I will even have a headache because of coughing from today...... So sometimes the update can be very late......