In addition to the Confucius Temple in Qufu, the Confucius Temple in Beijing, the Confucian Temple in Qufu and the Family Temple in Quzhou, the other Confucius Temples are actually ancient schools, that is, the Temple of Learning, which belongs to the government-run school.

However, many people do not know that the Confucius Temple is actually a school, so at the end of the Qing Dynasty, when the Law was reformed, some people suggested that Confucius should be brought out and counted as the head of China, in order to confront Christianity, and also advocated the opening of the Temple of Literature.

As everyone knows, there is no Confucius temple in China, but Confucius is worshiped in the temple.

Of course, temples can be opened, but how can schools be opened? Can you enter the classrooms, libraries, and laboratories of Tsinghua University casually?

It can be seen that the ancient government-run schools have always been useless, and most people do not know that the Temple of Literature is actually a state-run school.

In the period from the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, a kind of folk school arose, and during the Song Dynasty, it began to enter its heyday, that is, the academy.

The four major academies, Yingtian Academy, Yuelu Academy, Shigu Academy, and Bailudong Academy, all originated in the Northern Song Dynasty, which can be regarded as injecting a fresh blood into the cause of education in ancient China.

There are three ways to run private colleges:

1. Raised and founded by those with high moral knowledge.

2. Scholars who study knowledge jointly raise funds to establish it.

3. Funded by powerful people.

The knowledge imparted in the academy is different from the knowledge taught in the government-run school.

The knowledge imparted in government-run schools is a theory that is based on the needs of the state and is beneficial to the country, and has a strong political color.

Private colleges are more flexible, representing the pursuit of new things and pioneering innovation.

With the gradual improvement of the imperial examination system after the Song Dynasty, the college basically replaced the status of the government-run school, so the Confucius Temple is actually a school Many people don't know, because the government-run school is no longer the mainstream.

Yang Ming has also been thinking about how to build schools all over the country without spending money, and the only way to do it for the country is to organize it privately.

But you have to tell people first that people who come out of the folk academy can participate in the scientific examination, so that someone will raise funds to start it.

In the current court, it can be said that except for Yang Ming, no one will know what impact the emergence of the folk academy will have on the country, after all, their vision is bound to the current world, and it is difficult to think so long-term.

But if you want to promote the academy throughout the country, you have to solve the problem of books.

Books in the Great Sui, is a priceless treasure, you want to print after the popularization of the public, the difficulty is very great, engraving printing, this is easy to say, a simple batch, but the first question is, who will let you print? How can it be printed?

The collection of books in the secretary province, the royal children can't go in and read them casually, so why not let others care?

In the final analysis, a big reshuffle is still needed, but the price is too great, if Yang Ming dares to do this, it is actually no different from Yang Guang in history.

You can't be in a hurry, and you can't be in a hurry.

Paper mills, in the Great Sui is under the management of Taifu Temple, there are only more than 20 paper mills in the country, the north is the majority, the south is Shaoxing, southern Anhui, Nanjing, Yangzhou, Guangzhou as the center, the paper is basically the same, but the output is not very good.

The paper mill in Jingshi is the largest on the site of the original Han Chang'an City, which is now called Chang'an County, but the county government is in Daxing City.

Yang Ming, accompanied by several officials from Taifu Temple, went there to take a look.

The process is probably still those four steps: raw material separation, pulping, paper scooping, and drying.

Moreover, the paper mill in Chang'an still uses a waterwheel, and there is no shortage of water because of the Yu River, a first-class tributary of Weishui.

But there is a problem with the waterwheel in ancient times, because it is a wooden bearing, so it can not be built much, and it is very easy to wear and tear, and the bearings have to be replaced at both ends in three days, so the shipment of paper is not large.

The main material of papermaking is worn-out linen, not the raw material of hemp plants, so it is also called hemp paper, like Wang Xizhi's heirloom work, which is made of this kind of paper.

First of all, the raw materials are expensive, linen, is clothing, food, housing and transportation, which itself is directly linked to the grain currency, is a hard currency, the common people can do without paper, but not without clothes.

So even if it is a broken linen, it is expensive.

Raw materials are expensive, the technology is backward, and the shipment is low, resulting in the price of paper is very expensive, and the quality of hemp paper is also divided into good and bad, mainly divided into thick and thin, there are high-grade white linen paper, medium jute paper and inferior coarse hemp paper.

Nowadays, the price is 300 yuan a piece, 100 yuan a piece, 50 yuan a piece, and a piece of paper is not big, Sui paper actually does not have a size standard, depending on how you use it, the paper standards of the four major categories of books are different, and the specifications sold most in Beijing are four feet long and two feet wide, that is, 1.4 meters x 0.7 meters.

The cheapest burlap paper, the common people can use, this is also a big expense in the family, when to use it? Ancestor funerals are used to make paper money and offerings.

This is why there are often people who pick up other people's paper money, save it, and take it out when they are at home.

The whole piece of paper in the sacrifice represents the clothes, which is equivalent to burning a piece of clothing for the deceased relatives and friends to wear, because the paper is originally made of clothes, and the paper money does not need to be burned.

Yang Ming stayed in the paper mill for three days and had a general understanding of the craftsmanship before returning to the palace.

He wanted to improve papermaking, and only when the production of paper was large, the price would be reduced, and when the common people could afford it, the spread of the written word would become a natural thing.

The problem of raw materials is the best to solve, in addition to linen, 楥皮, mulberry skin, rattan skin, Ruixiang skin, wood hibiscus skin, bamboo and so on can actually be used.

Because Da Sui originally had this kind of paper, but it was directly taken from the vegetation itself, so the process of pulp grinding was too long to become mainstream paper, so it was okay to improve the grinding process.

That is to transform the waterwheel, and the problem of the waterwheel is mainly in the bearing, now there is refined steel, to create wear-resistant bearings, in fact, it is not difficult.

Eight beads are set in the middle of the two rings, this is the bearing, and the main problem is still in the polishing.

If the bearing is not smooth enough, it is not easy to use, but it is completely impossible to polish it to be as smooth as that of later generations.

Therefore, we can only use the soil method, put the bearing into the fine sand, and manually polish it by hand, although it is very time-consuming, but the amount of bearing is not large after all, so this time is worth consuming.

In the East Palace, Yang Ming taught the general bearing production method to Taifu Siqing Yuanshou, Shaoqing Yundingxing, and Shaoqing Wang Zhen.

"You make a set first, change the bearings of the waterwheel to bearings made of refined steel, and try it first."

Yuan Shou nodded, stared at the bearing pattern that Yang Ming drew on the paper, and said:

"The minister roughly understands what His Highness means, it is to drive the friction of the inner and outer rings with the balls in the inside, forming a force, and it is not easy to make it and use it."

"Try slowly," Yang Ming said with a smile: "The key is that the size and roundness of the beads must be the same, in order to form a unified force. ”

Yun Dingxing nodded and said: "And I have to find a way to put the balls into the inner and outer rings, and the mastery of this size needs to be investigated." ”

The simple bearing is probably these three parts, the outer ring is concave, the inner ring is concave, and the ball is placed in the middle, and the three are made separately, so after you make it, you have to be able to put the bead in it.

It's actually super simple.

Yang Ming smiled: "First put the inner ring close to one side of the outer ring, the other side will leave enough space, put the ball here, and then move the inner ring"

"Don't say it, the minister understands," Yun Dingxing patted his forehead and said with a wry smile: "It's so simple, the minister didn't expect it, so that His Highness smiled." ”

"It's just a small skill, you haven't seen this kind of thing, so naturally you don't know how to use it," Yang Ming said.

Yuan Shou was curious: "Where did Your Highness learn this new type of bearing?" ”

"Ponder it yourself," Yang Ming said with a smile: "With refining steel, you naturally have to make the best use of it, and the refining field is under your management, don't always think about building weapons and tools, in fact, many places can use it, and you must also ponder and explore it in the future." ”

"The minister has been taught," Yuan Shou sighed.

In fact, they were not very surprised by what Yang Ming came up with today, after all, refined steel was also made by others, so it was not strange.

In fact, the bearing can also be transformed and widened because of its use, and the steel ball is changed into a small cylinder, but at this point, there is no need for Yang Ming to remind them, Yuanshou has already thought of it, after all, it is a professional player, one point is passed, a tool is made, how to extend the use, they don't need to teach.

Next, Taifu Temple began to study the manufacture of bearings, as long as this thing is made, the waterwheel will be used almost unlimitedly, and the labor cost will be greatly reduced.

It can be used not only for papermaking, but also for irrigation, flour grinding, and threshing.

Yang Ming can wait quietly now.

Feng Yuzhi followed him, and he had not had sex with him, Yang Ming went to Chen Shuyi's Yiqiu Palace that night, originally to visit his daughter, and happened to see Dugu Feng'er.

After a long drought, Dugu Feng'er directly pulled Yang Ming away, and in her dormitory, she did her best to nourish Yang Ming, she didn't have a child yet.

The two made such a loud noise, the courtyard outside the hall listened very clearly, Feng Yuzhi lived next door to Dugu Feng'er, after hearing the movement, he specially moved a ladder over, but the more he listened, the more the spring tide fluctuated, and under the excitement, one accidentally fell off the ladder and twisted his foot.

"Why was it so careless?" Yang Ming, who only learned about the situation the next day, brought Chen Shuyi and Feng'er over to visit.

Feng Yuzhi's right ankle was swollen and high, raised with a quilt, covered with a towel, and when he heard Yang Ming's concern, he pouted and turned his head to the side, silent.

Yang Ming is also a little strange, what kind of anger are you in this life?

It was Dugu Feng'er who came in from outside the hall and whispered in Yang Ming's ear, and Yang Ming suddenly realized.

Feng Er was outside just now, asking those palace maids how Feng Yuzhi fell, and after knowing the result, she herself was a little embarrassed.

The dormitory is so big, triple inside and triple outside, you can all hear it? Then I'll be quieter in the future.

Yang Ming couldn't cry or laugh, and smiled at Feng Yuzhi: "Okay, I'll live in your palace recently, and I'll talk about it when you're injured." ”

Chen Shuyi, who learned the truth, smiled on the side: "It's okay if the injury is not good." ”

Yang Ming and Dugu Feng'er were stunned at the same time, looking at each other, Feng Yuzhi was even more embarrassed, and directly covered the pillow towel on his face. (End of chapter)