Lis's voice was impassioned and full of energy. But as soon as his words came out, the always calm First Emperor couldn't help but look stunned.

The emperor didn't hold back. Zhao Gao in the hall, as well as the other eunuchs who were standing, all changed their faces slightly, and they looked at Tingwei with a strange expression.

Fortunately, after a short period of consternation, the First Emperor quickly showed a smile on his face, nodded and praised: "Tingwei's suggestion is very good, and I have always had this idea of unifying the world's writings. Li Si keenly sensed that there was something wrong with the atmosphere in the hall.

However, the emperor directly and simply agreed to his suggestion, which still made Li Si quite happy. The unified text he proposed really spoke to the emperor's heart.

He Li Si and the emperor have a soul! But then, the emperor did not ask about the specific matters of unifying the writing of the world, but instead changed the conversation and asked an unrelated question: "When Tingwei entered the palace, did he see Zhao Shaofu leaving." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister did see Zhao Shaofu at the gate of the palace when he entered the palace." Li Si replied, a little puzzled in his heart.

When he got off the bus outside the palace gate just now, he happened to meet Zhao Tuo who was out of the palace, and the two also saluted each other, exchanged pleasantries, and said some scenes.

He still remembered that Zhao Tuo did not have anything abnormal except that his face was slightly infrared, and he didn't know why the emperor would mention Zhao Tuo at this time.

When the First Emperor saw Li Si's expression, he knew that Li Si was not angry with Zhao Tuo. The two should have happened to offer the same advice on the same day.

It seems that Li Si is also my confidant. The First Emperor nodded secretly, began to get down to business, and said: "Tingwei came just in time, Zhao Shaofu came to see me just now, to present the newly made paper, which can be used to replace the slips and silk books for writing, which is very good." Tingwei can see, I decided to use paper to promote the matter of books and words. ”

"Paper?" Li Si's face was calm, but there was a flash of surprise in his eyes. What is this thing that can be used to promote the unification of writing.

Because this was something he had never heard of, Li Si didn't dare to pretend to understand, so he could only ask: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is paper?" The First Emperor smiled and motioned for Zhao Gao to take a piece of paper and hand it to Li Si.

"Tingwei, this is the paper made by Shaofu." Zhao Gao held a piece of paper in both hands and respectfully handed it to Li Si.

Li Si nodded, and his attention fell on the yellow silk-like thing in front of him. A moment later.

When Lees figured out what the thin thing in his hand was for, he was completely surprised.

"The price of this thing is cheaper than bamboo slips, and it is lighter and thinner than silk, and with this thing to write, a piece of paper can replace several bamboo slips." Li Si looked at the one placed on the emperor's eucalyptus, and the one was written with a big one

The hemp paper with the word "I" is full of brilliance in his eyes. He once worked as a minor official in the Chu State. He worked as a doorman under Lü Buwei.

After serving the Qin Dynasty, he served as a guest secretary and a long history, until now he has become one of the nine kings.

Li Si can be said to have climbed to a high position step by step from a small official, and naturally knows very well how much benefit such a thin writing carrier can bring to the whole country.

Down to the grassroots, up to the top, all will benefit a lot.

"Zhao Shaofu is really a capable person, with this thing, Your Majesty's unification of the world's writing will go smoothly. Moreover, after the paper is promoted, it will be very convenient for the government affairs of the officials of our Qin State in the future. This is really a gift from Heaven to my Great Qin! Lees was full of praise for the paper.

Seeing that Li Si was happy to see the paper. The First Emperor nodded. The matter of the book and the text has already been suggested by two secretaries, and he has already had such thoughts in his heart.

There is no need for the prime minister and others to discuss this matter, and they can make a decision directly. Say do, do it!

The First Emperor's face became solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Zhao Gao, raise the edict." ”

"Yui." Zhao Gao immediately responded to the order, moistened the ink and started the pen, his ears were straight, listening to the words from the emperor's mouth, ready to write at any time.

The First Emperor spoke loudly.

"The world has been in turmoil for a long time, and the princes are chaotic, resulting in a different shape of words, and it is difficult to communicate within the four seas. This kind of chaos makes it impossible for the Qin law to be implemented in Shandong, and it is difficult for the government decree to be issued between the four seas, which is very unbeautiful. ”

"Today, there are Tingwei Li Si and Shaofu Zhao Tuo who offer advice and advice, and those who want to stop the Six Kingdoms who do not cooperate with Qin Wen will write the same text in the world."

"I am of no mistake, the Great Qin unifies the world, not only to unify the territory, but also to make everything in the world unique!" In the palace of Qin, the First Emperor officially issued an edict with the same text.

And Li Si, who put forward the suggestion, was stunned in place. He looked confused. Didn't I propose it?

"Why is there still Zhao Tuo's name in this edict?" …… A black carriage stopped outside the Lee Mansion.

Li Si got out of the carriage, still holding the paper the emperor had given him tightly. There are six of them in total, which are very precious.

"This time, Zhao Tuo's name is on the edict with the same text, probably because he made the paper."

"The edict says to give advice. I, Li Si, is a suggestion, and the paper he made by Zhao Tuo can be convenient for the book and the text, so it is naturally a suggestion. Li Si secretly guessed in his heart and solved his doubts by himself.

Thinking of the wonderful uses of paper, he was a little itchy, after all, he Li Si is a calligraphy master, seeing this novel writing carrier, naturally he is eager to write a capital on it.

Just as he walked into his mansion, he saw Li Yu's servant hurrying out of the house.

"I've seen the Lord." When the servant saw Li Si enter the mansion, he hurriedly saluted respectfully. Li Si nodded, noticed that the servant was holding a sealed letter in his hand, and asked casually, "Where is this going?" The servant hurriedly said: "It was sent to Shu and sent to the great gentleman." ”

"Well, go ahead." Li Si smiled slightly, and his heart was harmonious, which really made him happy as an old father.

Thinking of this, after Li Si entered the mansion, he did not go straight back to the house, but went to where Li Yu was. Li Yuzheng sat in front of the eucalyptus, holding a scroll of slips, shaking his head.

Hearing footsteps outside the house, he looked back and saw Li Si coming in, his eyelids jumped slightly, but he smiled in his mouth: "Father is back." Li Si bowed his head and said, "Next time I write to your brother, you can do without bamboo slips." Li Yu's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly said, "What does my father mean by this?" ”

"What do you mean?" Li Si smiled, raised the six pieces of yellow paper in his hand and shook it: "Look at what this is!" ”

"Silk?"

"Paper!" Li Si stepped forward, put the paper in his hand on the eucalyptus, carefully took out a sheet and spread it out, and then asked Li Yu to take the pen and ink, and wrote a word on the paper in his son's surprised gaze.

Tangerine! Li Yu also reached out and picked up a piece of paper, pulled it, and said, "This thing can actually be written." But to the touch, it feels far inferior to silk. ”

"What do you know?" Li Si sneered and said, "Although this thing is not as good as silk, it is cheaper." You know what made it. Li Yu asked, "What is it made of?" Li Si smiled: "Hemp heads, rags, and even discarded shoes can be used to make paper." According to Zhao Shaofu, in the future, paper can be made from tree bark, wood, bamboo, and even grass. Its price is much cheaper than silk! ”

"Grass can also make paper?" Li Yu's face showed surprise, and he thought of the name mentioned in Li Si's words just now, and asked, "This is made by Zhao Shaofu?" He even has this ability. Li Si sighed: "Yes, he is really worthy of the name of this young mansion." This paper can be written, cheaper than simple paper, and lighter than silk, which has the advantages of both, and is tough ...... "hiss...... With a tearing sound.

I saw that the hemp paper in Li Yu's hand had been torn in half. Silent.

"Shaft, you've done a good job!" Li Si scolded. He was a little distressed. The emperor only gave him six!

Li Yu said embarrassedly: "My father said that this thing is tough, and I couldn't help but try it." Lees snorted and reached out to pick up the remaining five pieces of paper.

"Today, I am going to let Shaofu make a large amount of paper to assist my Qin State in unifying the world's writing. In the future, this paper will be popularized, and all the legal officials in the world will use it to write and copy. This thing may be eliminated. Li Si said, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

With his insight, he can naturally see what it means for this kind of cheap and lightweight writing carrier to appear.

It will change the way of the world! However, as

The disciple of the Legalist who "does not need to be ancient in the country", he has always been very receptive to this new thing that is convenient for governing the country.

"Unify the world's writings." Li Yu chewed on this sentence, and stared at the five pieces of paper in Li Si's hand, especially the one that was written

Yellow paper of "orange". He frowned and said: "Father, in addition to facilitating government affairs and the implementation of the law, this thing can also make it easier for people to read. "Easy to read?

Li Si's old eyes narrowed instantly. Yes, Li Yu's words reminded him. He had always thought that paper would help in administration and the promotion of the law.

Ignoring it, this thing will also reduce the cost of reading. In this era, it was common to write in bamboo slips.

A bamboo slip can write more than 20 words, and more can write more than 30 or 40 words. As far as he knew, like the Confucian "Analects", if you use bamboo slips to write, you need as many as five or six hundred bamboo slips, and the weight reaches more than 100 catties.

With such an expensive cost, if it weren't for the wealthy nobles and rich children, they wouldn't be able to afford to study.

But if you write it on paper instead. With the same number of words, the price of paper will be much cheaper, and it will also have the characteristics of lightness, and its popularity will far exceed that of bamboo slips.

The popularization and circulation of paper will certainly make the doctrines of the hundred schools of thought spread more widely, so that more people can get the opportunity to read and study.

Among the hundreds of sons, in terms of popularity, Confucianism is naturally the highest. Although the Confucian doctors suffered a heavy blow in the last Shang Princess Incident and were deprived of participating in the political power, the First Emperor did not abolish the Zhou rites.

Confucianism still has a great influence in Shandong. If those Confucian disciples used paper to transcribe the scriptures and spread them, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"You are right, I should advise Your Majesty that this thing can only be used for government affairs and the implementation of the law." A cold light flashed in Li Si's eyes.

"Paper cannot be used by Confucianism and the disciples of Zhuzi."