Qin Shi Huang wanted to abolish the Six Kingdoms script and implement the Qin script in the world to unify the script.

This incident may cause an uproar in the hometown of the princes who originally belonged to the Six Kingdoms, and shake countless people from the Six Kingdoms.

But in Xianyang, the capital of Qin, there was not even a small splash. Because the local Qin people originally used Qin characters, they did not unify the script of the world, so it had no impact on them at all.

Just like the previous unified weights and measures, it may cause a commotion in Shandong and make a lot of trouble, but not many people pay attention to it in the original Qindi.

In today's Xianyang City, most people's eyes have fallen on the new ones

On the "paper", it is said that the emperor used this new thing to replace the meaning of the simple administration. The emperor's thoughts are the biggest thing in the world, and this matter has naturally attracted the attention of countless people.

Especially with the successive production of several batches of hemp paper by Shaofu, in addition to meeting the emperor's personal needs, it also began to be officially put into use in the official offices of several important departments, so that more people can see this novelty, and at the same time bring greater attention.

On this day, Sima Xin, a member of the Tingwei Mansion, got together with his friend Dong Zhong when he was resting. Dong Zhongnai is a small official of the Taifu Mansion, about thirty years old, with a long beard and a black face, and has been friends with Sima Xinnai for many years.

After the two got together and drank the slurry from the flour, the topic couldn't help but fall to the nearest hot spot.

"Brother Sima, your Tingwei Mansion is the first batch of official offices to use paper? I don't know what it's like to write on that thing? Sima Xin smiled: "What can it be like, it's similar to writing on silk, sometimes it's quite troublesome to write the wrong words." Its main advantage is that it is lightweight. ”

"In the past, ordinances were issued to the county, or to reply to complaints from the county. Sometimes it takes hundreds of catties of bamboo slips at a time, and you have to use a horse-drawn cart to slowly pull it to the place, but now that there is paper, you need a horse-drawn cart to pull hundreds of catties of bamboo slips, and a stack of paper is enough, and it is not even necessary to use a horse-drawn cart to transport it, and you can bring the letter to the local county with just one ride, and the efficiency is really much higher. In my opinion, this alone makes paper much more useful than simple paper. Dong Zhongmu said: "I really envy Brother Sima, we servants don't know when we will be able to use paper." Sima Xin smiled slightly, although Shaofu made paper, but the quantity is limited, and it is still a rare item.

In addition to the emperor's side, several important departments in the court, such as the court lieutenant and the internal history of the emperor, have been used a certain amount.

A department like Taifu that manages the car, even if it is to be distributed and used, it will have to be put to the end.

Facing the envy of his friends for many years, Sima Xin was relieved: "Brother Dong, don't worry, I heard that a large number of paper workshops have been ordered to be built in Guanzhong, preparing to make a large amount of paper, which will be used by various government offices in the future, and you will be able to use it sooner or later." Dong Zhong sighed: "Yes, Shaofu is already expanding the paper workshop. I heard that this paper was made by Zhao Shaofu, Zhao Shaofu is really powerful, he made a giant cannon when he was fighting before, and then he made a Quyuan plow, and now he has made paper. ”

"Hehe, otherwise why would everyone call this paper 'Shaofu Paper' in private, our Zhao Shaofu is really capable!" Sima Xin praised it, but his mind moved, and he thought of an interesting story, and said: "In fact, in addition to writing documents, this paper also has other wonderful uses. ”

"Oh? What's the trick? Dong Zhong, as a servant, has never even seen the appearance of paper, only heard that this thing is easy to use everywhere, and his heart is envious, and now he heard Sima Xin say that this thing has another wonderful use in addition to writing, and immediately straightened his ears.

Sima Xin said with a smile: "Although this thing is light, there are two things that are far inferior to Jian Mu. One is that it is not as strong as the simple one and is easy to damage, but this is not a big problem, and it is used carefully. The second point is that if this thing is written incorrectly, then the whole paper is scrapped, far less than the simple slip after the typo, you can also use a sharpener to scrape and re-write, you can only replace the transcription, some time-consuming. "Dong Zhong bowed his head, the requirements for official documents are very strict, and there can be no typos in the documents that come and go.

Thinking of this, Dong Zhong was puzzled again: "Brother Sima, it should be the defect of this thing, how can it be called a wonderful use?" ”

"It is precisely because the paper with the wrong words can no longer be used and is directly discarded, so it has been discovered that it is useful." When Sima Xin said this, he squeezed his eyebrows and smiled: "Don't hide it from Brother Dong, I have a friend, who saw that some Shaofu paper with misspelled words was piled up in the official office, so I thought that some nobles didn't use silk to go to the toilet?" If the silk silk is used, and the paper is similar to the silk silk, why can't it be used? I took some waste paper to the toilet, hehe, that feeling, it's much easier to use than the toilet chip, comfortable! Dong Zhong's eyes widened, and his face turned red.

Zhao Shaofu worked hard to make paper in order to write words and benefit the world. Because of the limited production, even the officials of our Imperial Servant Office did not have the opportunity to use it.

You people from the Tingwei Mansion, just use it first, and even use it to do pickled things, if Zhao Shaofu knew, he would not vomit blood angrily.

looked at Sima Xin's proud and boastful look. Dong Zhong said angrily: "Brother Sima, the friend who used Shaofu paper to go to the toilet can't be yourself, right?" ”…… Ph.D. in the Palace.

"Servant, our doctor's position, in charge of books and dictionaries, compiling writings, mastering the ancient and modern, imparting knowledge, now that Shaofu paper has been created, why not use it with us!"

"Yes, I heard that this Shaofu paper is good at writing, a piece of paper can be worth a few slips, compared with silk books, such a good thing, as a doctor in charge of books, we should use it, and the servant should ask for it!" Many doctors blushed and made their demands to Zhou Qingchen, the doctor's servant.

Most of these doctors are disciples from famous families, Yin and Yang families, Huang Lao and other disciples. As the fame of paper spread, they were naturally full of curiosity about this novel writing material.

In the face of the requests of these princes, Zhou Qingchen was full of helplessness and said: "I have already written to the emperor about this matter, because the paper of the Shaofu is newly made and the quantity is limited, and it is now temporarily used for the office of the Tingwei Mansion and the Zhisu Neishi Mansion. Even other official offices such as servants and pawns are not available, and if you want to use them, you have to wait until mass production in the future, and wait patiently, sooner or later. Hearing this, the doctors calmed down, this reason is really speechless, even one of the nine Qing servants, pawns and other official offices are useless, what do these doctors fight for.

Just when the matter was about to subside, Dr. Confucius, who was watching coldly, said something mocking.

"Hehe, why ask for such things that have major defects, are expensive and difficult to use? In my opinion, this so-called Shaofu paper will be abandoned in a short time, and it will not be necessary to use a simple note to remember things at that time. Dr. Zhuzi looked angrily, and when he saw that it was the famous prickly Chun Yuyue who spoke, he was even more angry.

It was this guy who didn't know what to do, and instigated a group of Confucian students to stop Princess Zhao Shaofu, and also fought with the court captain Li Si in public, and finally caused their group of doctors to be deprived of the political participation and discussion power of the previous dynasty.

Immediately, a famous doctor reprimanded: "You Chun Yu began to talk nonsense again, that Shaofu paper is made of hemp, leather and other things, the price is cheaper than bamboo slips, light and thin and better than silk, where is there a major defect, how can it be expensive and difficult to use?" In my opinion, you probably saw that this thing was made by Zhao Shaofu, so you held a grudge and deliberately slandered and slandered it. ”

"Yes, in addition to being more fragile than bamboo slips, what other flaws does this Shaofu paper have? It's obviously made of lowly things, and the price is cheap, but you say that it's expensive and difficult to use, it's really nonsense! Several other Zhuzi doctors also shouted, they had already looked down on this Chun Yu more and more.

"Slander? Denigrate? Chun Yuyue said disdainfully: "Why should this thing be slandered, you say that the price of this Shaofu paper is lower than that of bamboo slips." But I would like to say that the price of this item is much more expensive than bamboo slips, and it is not resistant to storage, and it is used for administration, which seems to be efficient, but in fact it is the most time-consuming. ”

"If you promote this thing, it seems convenient and simple, but in fact it is just a luxury, far less cheap and easy to use than bamboo slips. In my opinion, before you take your turn to use it, it will be abolished by the Emperor. "Don't wait for a few Dr. Zhuzi to refute.

Chun Yuyue immediately said: "I heard that Tingwei and Zhisu Neishi used Shaofu paper to administer during this time, and the loss was very large, and the paper workshop in Shaofu could only barely supply them, so the emperor worked in Guanzhong to build paper. The reason for this is because you write on paper, and once you make a mistake, the paper is useless. ”

"If we write in bamboo slips, if we only write a wrong word, then use a knife to cut it off, and we can continue to use this bamboo slip to write. Make a mistake and cut it once. Wrong cross, cut ten times. One bamboo slip is enough to write from beginning to end without replacement. ”

"But that Shaofu paper is different, if you accidentally write a wrong word on a piece of paper, then the paper is discarded, can no longer be used, and needs to be replaced with new paper." The Doctors frowned.

This is indeed a practical problem. When writing with a pen, especially when transcribing a large number of official documents and transcribing books, typos are a common occurrence and no one can avoid them.

When using bamboo slips to write, if they write the wrong words, they can use a sharpener to scrape the mistakes and re-write them, which is also one of the benefits of bamboo slips, with a great fault tolerance rate.

But compared to bamboo slips, this Shaofu paper is said to be extremely thin, naturally it is impossible to scrape with a knife, if you write a wrong word, it is really a piece of paper is completely wasted.

Seeing that the doctors who questioned themselves fell silent, Chun Yuyue showed a smile on his face and continued to speak.

"And the laws and decrees are often around the number of crosses. If you use a piece of paper to transcribe a decree of several crosses, then there is most of the blank space on the paper, and in fact, only one or two bamboo slips can be recorded, but you have to use a paper that can write hundreds of words to transcribe, then isn't the price of this piece of paper more expensive than the bamboo slips that record the same words? ”

"If you use a piece of paper to record hundreds of words of legal documents, then I would like to ask you, how many of you can guarantee that a word of hundreds of words is good?"

"As long as there is a mistake in the middle, the whole paper, and even the hundreds of words copied on it, are all discarded, and you need to replace it with new paper and copy the previous words from scratch. If there is another typo in this transcription, it will be a good starting over. ”

"Gentlemen, this way. A document written on Shaofu paper seems to be using one piece of paper, but in fact, ten sheets of paper may be used behind it, isn't it expensive? Once you make a mistake, you have to copy all the words written in front of you, and don't you lose even more time? You are also people who use knives and pens, do you know what I say? Chun Yuyue obviously made preparations for the investigation, and as soon as these words came out, Dr. Zhuzi no one spoke.

On the contrary, those Confucian doctors became excited and talked about the disadvantages of this Shaofu paper. Qi Weibi has always held a grudge against Zhao Tuo's previous public opposition to feudalism, and he is ruthless at the moment.

He sneered: "Then Zhao Tuo made paper, thinking that he could please the emperor, but in fact, this thing costs the people and money, and it is far inferior to bamboo slips." This bamboo slip has been used by the people of Zhuxia for thousands of years, and there has never been any inconvenience, this is a relic of the ancients, which can be replaced by him by randomly drumming up a thing. This matter is just like the original dispute with us for the division of the feudal and the county, and those who have not learned from the ancient world for a long time have not heard of it. At this moment, not only those doctors who had a dislike for Zhao Tuo were sarcastic, but even the always cowardly doctors were moved by Chun Yuyue's words.

He shook his head and said: "It has been a while since we came to the Qin State, and the Qin people are the most practical, if they find that this Shaofu paper not only does not bring convenience, but will make the administration more troublesome, it should not be long before this thing is abandoned." Alas, it's a pity that Zhao Shaofu made such a move. ”

"This is our chance. A chance for the Emperor to trust us again! Maybe we will be able to restore our parliamentary power as a result! Chun Yuyue suddenly spoke, attracting everyone's attention.

Qi Wei immediately cheered and said, "What is the opportunity that Dr. Chun Yu said?" Seeing that everyone's eyes were all looking at him, Chun Yuyue smiled and said: "As the servant said, the Qin people are still practical. Before, we thought that the emperor was a heavy salute, but we were attacked by Na Li Si. Now that we know that the emperor values reality, it is time to do what he likes. ”

"Since we have seen that this Shaofu paper is a thing that costs the people and money, then we should write to the emperor and point out the defects of this thing. The emperor attaches great importance to reality, and when he sees us pointing out the disadvantages of Shaofu paper, he will definitely have a good impression of us, and he also knows that we are useful for national politics, and maybe he will use this to restore our right to discuss politics in the court, what do you think? The famous doctor who reprimanded him before sneered: "What a good emperor to write to point out the defects of Shaofu paper." Dr. Chunyu forgot, thanks to you, now except for the emperor's edict, we do not have the right to write and discuss politics. ”

"Yes, after the last incident, not only can we not go to the court, but we can't even go to the court to discuss politics, how can we talk about admonishing the emperor!" The doctors shouted one after another, remembering the tragic incident of being banned, and glared angrily at Chun Yuyue.

Chun Yuyue didn't panic at all, but smiled: "What are you anxious about." Although we can't write to the emperor to discuss politics, Prime Minister Zuo can! ”

"We can persuade Prime Minister Zuo to write to the emperor, but if we don't sign our name, it will not be considered a violation. If the emperor listens to Prime Minister Zuo's words and abolish the Shaofu paper, then Prime Minister Zuo can mention our merits, and when the emperor is happy, won't he be lenient with us. Zhou Qingchen hurriedly said: "Last time I dissuaded Princess Shang, Prime Minister Zuo didn't go with us, I'm afraid he won't help us this time." ”

"Yes, although Prime Minister Zuo is a good Confucian, he is not a Confucian person, and with the incident last time, I am afraid he will not help us." The others also shook their heads and said, not expecting to talk about Wang Juan.

Chun Yuyue shook his head and said, "You are wrong, Prime Minister Zuo is not helping us this time." ”

"Huh?" The crowd looked at each other in amazement. Chun Yuyue grinned.

"Shaofu Zhao Tuo made a useless thing, which cost the people and money, and depleted the national strength of the Qin State. Prime Minister Zuo is a person who serves the country, how can he sit idly by and ignore the disadvantages of this thing? ”

"Prime Minister Zuo, it's not us who helps, he helps Daqin!"