After discussing various official duties with Fei Yi, Fei Yi turned around and went back to Shangshutai to continue working.

Now they are holding the position of the prime minister in Chengdu before, and the workload is scary. Even if Jiang Wan Feiyi and the two of them work together, the workload is very large.

After Fei Yi returned to work, Ma Jian began to think about expanding the scope of education.

Ma Jian was not naïve enough to let everyone read during the Three Kingdoms period. This was basically impossible in the feudal era under the productive forces, which was contrary to reality.

Ma Jian is not an innocent little white who doesn't understand anything, from the beginning Ma Jian actually understands everything. Although Ma Jian did not deal with many things according to the optimal solution, it was just that Ma Jian did not want to, not that he did not know.

For example, in Longxi County back then, Ma Tan knew that his measures could drive the local scholars crazy. Ma Tan just knows it clearly, and he wants to drive you crazy.

However, Ma Jian still has a bit of a conscience, at least when he knows that what he has done will cause hundreds of people to be displaced, he will stop his thoughts of death.

What Ma Tan is thinking about at the moment is how to make the poor class able to read and understand books.

The Hanmen here are not the so-called ordinary people, but refer to the small landlords. Generally, small landlords with less land and no knowledge inheritance and no high-ranking officials in their families are called Hanmen.

Of course, some of the children of the scholar clan are poor and poor, and they can also be called poor.

The number of these people is not small, dozens of times that of the noble class. They have a little money and can support one or two children in the family to study.

As long as Ma Tan can reduce the cost of reading and studying, it is logical to expand the scope of education. At that time, as long as there are more people who understand the scriptures, the court will not be affected by the scholars.

The elimination of the aristocracy is never the slaughter of swords and guns, but the expansion of education. As long as the price of education is low enough, even if someone wants to become an aristocrat, sooner or later they will be eliminated.

Thinking of this, Ma Jian immediately took action and began to prepare measures to break the situation.

Because Longyou paper has gradually developed, the price of Chengdu paper has been directly cut in half. However, the question of transcribing books and the right to interpret scriptures is still a huge problem that plagues education.

The explanation of the scriptures has already been dealt with, but it is obviously impossible to implement it for more than half a year. Ma Jian pushed this plan to the back, and it was not too late to make a decision after taking Chang'an.

Now Ma Tan immediately began to think about the printing press.

Engraving, to be exact.

Ma Jian came to the official camp military workshop in Chengdu, and once again found Pu Yuan, the first craftsman master of Shu Han.

As a result, Pu Yuan, who was in the workshop, saw Ma Jian coming, and he turned around and wanted to run away without doing his work. You must know that Ma Tan came last time, but he forced him to work overtime for two months to develop new siege equipment.

However, Pu Yuan, who was in his sixties, didn't run far before he was chased back by Ma Tan.

"Master Pu, don't run! I'm not an assassin, what are you running? Ma Jian caught up with Pu Yuan with one arrow step, and grabbed the master with some tears and laughter.

"! It's not good for you to come every time! The old man is over sixty years old, and it is estimated that he will not survive next year if he is tossed by you for another month or two! Pu Yuan glared at Ma Tan's angry beard, but his strength was not as good as Ma Tan, and he was dragged back by Ma Tan.

"Master Pu, don't be angry, last time it was just a tense battle, this time there is no need to be in a hurry." In the face of this kind of master craftsman, Ma Jian still respects it.

After Ma Jian came back, Pu Yuan sat down to listen to Ma Tan's new idea.

"You mean to make a huge seal and then you can print one page at a time, right?" After listening to Ma Yan's idea, Pu Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Uh...... There may be more than one to be exact. Ma Tan glanced at Pu Yuan cautiously, and saw that he was not angry, so he spoke,

"I hope to save the time of the doctor transcribing the book and reduce the cost of a book."

"After all, I have to hire someone to transcribe the whole book these days, which is really a bit troublesome."

"Isn't it a hassle to make this kind of seal?" Pu Yuan glanced at Ma Yan, and then suddenly said slowly,

"But it's not hard to do that, the only trouble is the font of the seal. Whether it is an official script or a seal, it is more difficult to use it for engraving, and the printed characters are sometimes out of shape. ”

"But in general, it's not a big problem, if you don't care, I'll be able to find a few apprentices to weave for you in a while."

"Well, it's going to be quicker...... Wait, fonts? Ma Tan suddenly grasped the key word and quickly thought of something.

In ancient China, it was mainly based on brush characters, and the main popular ones were Lishu and small seals. These are all brush characters, and it is really troublesome to use them for engraving and printing.

Although the regular script has gradually appeared, the regular script of the Three Kingdoms was born from the official script, and it is also troublesome to use it for engraving.

Therefore, Ma Jian thought at this moment that since it was all about reducing the workload, it was better to directly implement a new type of official regular script to be used for printing. In this way, the workload of the engraving master has also decreased, the Chinese character font has also been simplified, and the difficulty of learning has become much less.

Plan to pass!

"There's no rush on this, let me go back and study what kind of font is suitable for printing, and then we'll make it."

"Studying fonts? Still need to be printed? General Ma, Hanfa said that it is a capital crime to make words without permission. ”

"Huh? Which Chinese law, I'll go to His Majesty and delete it later. ”

Pu Yuan: "......"

"Ahem, just kidding." Ma Tan smiled awkwardly and said in a deep voice,

"I'll report to Your Majesty in a while, this matter must not be decided privately, wait for me to ask Your Majesty for approval. When the time comes, let Your Majesty stipulate that all typographic fonts should be according to my design. ”

"Hmm...... As the crown prince, I should have this power, right? ”

Pu Yuan: "......"

Looking at the way this bastard pretended to be forced, I TM didn't envy it at all, really......

MD The power of all evils!

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Coming out of the workshop, Ma Tan immediately went to the palace to find Liu Chan for approval.

Seeing that Ma Tan came to approve it, Liu Chan subconsciously planned to stamp it without looking at it, but Dong Yun saw it and taught him a lesson. So Liu Chan carefully read the advice given by Ma Tan, read it three times from beginning to end, and then solemnly stamped Ma Tan......

As a result, Ma Tan quickly got the approval of the imperial court and was ordered to take a group of professors from Taixue to study a font that was suitable for stamping and good-looking. At the same time, Ma Tan was approved to supervise the affairs of engraving and printing.

A series of complex processes from start to finish, solved in one afternoon!

Ma Jian is smooth and legal, and he can design and distribute the official printing font by himself.

(End of chapter)