"Hoo ......"

"Comfortable ......"

The young man smelled the ink fragrance on the tip of his nose and exhaled a turbid breath, looking at the big characters clearly visible on the paper seal inexplicably comfortable, he had been waiting for a long time.

Step inside.

"Craftsmen, the merit is in the future!"

The young man straightened the clothes on his body and bowed solemnly to the gray-haired craftsmen, since returning from the Southern Expedition, he had already started the imperial examination, but before that, the most important part was the promotion of books, the spread of knowledge, before all this was solved, it was just asking for hardships to move the family gate, in the end, in this era, they controlled the talents of the world.

The young man looked up and suddenly remembered that when he led his troops to sweep the gate valve on the border of Liangzhou, the old man of the gate valve made grandiose remarks and killed us, is it possible that you still count on those mud legs to help you govern the country, right?

Can mud legs govern the country?

Maybe some people can, and some official positions can,

But the whole country can't be like this for a long time.

It's sad to say,

But that's the way it is.

The family has monopolized knowledge for thousands of years,

The so-called home of the rich, with a collection of thousands of books,

For those families who have been handed down for thousands of years, the importance of books is even far greater than wealth, because monopolizing books is the inevitable monopoly of knowledge, and the rule of the dynasty is inseparable from these readers, so there is a century-old dynasty and a thousand-year-old family.

It is precisely because of this that there are very few books in circulation on the market, and even if the so-called poor and powerful have enough money, it is difficult to find a book in the whole world.

And the manuscript, let's not talk about whether you can borrow a book,

It's just that manpower is limited,

What if you cut off your hand?

The limitations of engraving printing are also too great, not to mention anything else, each page of words alone needs to be engraved with a new template, usually a book down, the stacked template can be as high as a hill, and the wooden engraving plate is soaked in ink for a long time, and the handwriting is often unclear when printed later, or directly into the ink group, even if it takes countless efforts, the printed is just thousands of copies of the same book.

movable type printing,

This thought has been lingering in the young man's mind for a long time,

Bi Sheng, this name also comes to mind,

However, the limitations of the system can only summon Wenchen generals and martial arts characters, and the memory will also be localized, so many things can only be relied on.

But I tried it myself to know,

The so-called "movable type" is by no means so simple as arranging each word separately, just the selection of the module took a lot of effort, and the medicine behind it was prepared for a long time, and the oldest craftsman in the entire capital city also used a whole month under the premise of his own roll call, often sleepless, which is worthy of restoring the clay movable type, which can be imagined.

As for gunpowder, what's the use of just remembering the formula, there are already fireworks in this world, but if you want to climb that technology tree, it will take many years of hard work, and you don't know how many years of hard work it will take to start an era with a gun steam engine......

The young man has a lot of thoughts,

Finally, he shook his head and left these inexplicable thoughts behind,

......

"Old decay, I've seen Your Highness!"

"Old decay, I've seen Your Highness!"

......

Several gray-haired old men looked at the young man who was saluting in front of them, rubbed their eyes, looked at the black dragon pattern on the black robe, and saluted tremblingly, never thinking that they would one day be able to meet such a prominent figure face to face.

"Hurry up, please. ”

"You are meritorious, and you deserve a gift from this hall. ”

"You have been tired these days, and tomorrow someone will send you a reward for this matter, and I hope you will not refuse, these are what you deserve. ”

"If you are a few craftsmen, if you are willing, you can enter my Liangzhou Craftsman Workshop, whether it is to enjoy the old age, or to continue this matter with a heart, it can be regarded as a guarantee. ”

The young man helped up a few old people, and the future expansion of the Liangzhou craftsman's workshop should also be put on the agenda, and these craftsmen can also be included in it, and they will also be given a decent position, of course, the most important thing is safety.

You know,

The Bi Sheng in the previous life,

Although it is a merit for thousands of years, for the benefit of the world's readers,

But it really offended the world's gate valves,

Everyone knows that his brilliance is in the limelight for a while, and everyone in the world has enjoyed his benefits, but who knows that the person will be displaced in the second half of his life, and even spend the rest of his life in a prison cell?

"Old man, thank you, Your Highness!"

......

The gray-haired craftsmen were stunned for a long time when they heard this, and finally they couldn't cry, but tears rained down, and the muddy tears were dripping with the ink stains on their faces, and they looked extremely embarrassed.

What do they do?

But what he asked for at the beginning was humble,

In the end, the status of craftsmen in this era is not the bottom, but since the rise of Confucianism, after the establishment of the country with agriculture, it can be regarded as a plummet, industry and commerce are like this, people despise, the status of the Ministry of Industry in the six departments can be seen a little clue, as for ordinary craftsmen want to be officials is even more fantastical, most of them are slaves raised by the gate lords......

An era has its own trajectory

Many things look very deformed,

But it exists in a way we can't imagine.

......

When he came out of Anlanfang,

It's getting dark,

The young man walked on the long bluestone street with the thick pile of papers, without much entourage, just followed by a scholar with a white face.

"Your Highness, do you want to go back to the palace to see Your Majesty today?"

Bai Xiaosheng asked softly behind the young man,

"No, go to the Prime Minister's Mansion first. ”

"There are still many things that need to be finalized with Qin Gong first, and the general charter will be finalized first, and there will be an explanation when he goes to court tomorrow, not to mention that Qin Gong still needs to take the lead in many things, you must know that it is not a lie that the world is full of peach and plums, so that the resistance will be smaller. ”

The young man said leisurely.

"It's really not good, the main hall is also fresh, go to the court,"

"It's all a town. ”

The young man raised the paper in his hand and chuckled, Speaking of which, he has hardly been to the court since the great Qianding of the country, and most of the time he has been running around, and now the matter of the imperial examination is naturally decided in the court.

Once this matter is raised, the uproar caused can be imagined, you must know that even in today's court, under the careful selection of the Duke of Qin, there are many people who come out of the family.

"Your Highness, go to that station,"

"I don't dare to put a single one of those old uppers in custody. ”

Bai Xiaosheng rarely joked.

"I hope so. ”

"After all, the imperial examination is the foundation of the family's gate valve. ”

"It's tantamount to taking a salary from the bottom of the kettle. ”

"I'm afraid that the dog will jump off the wall in a hurry, what else can't the family door valve do?"

The young man looked up at the bright moon in the sky and muttered.

"For example, most of the gate valves are already in the sight of His Highness today. ”

"If a real dog jumps off a wall, break their legs. ”

"Let them settle down. ”

Bai Xiaosheng took a long time before he spoke.

"Actually. ”

"Dog meat is also delicious......

The young man laughed out loud and walked out of the long street.

......

Outside the Prime Minister's Gate,

The young man in the python robe knocked on the knocker.

It was the entourage who was called Ren Zhi who was coming, yawning and looking sleepy-eyed, but after seeing the person clearly, he woke up from drowsiness instantly, and immediately welcomed the person into the house respectfully.

lobby

Two cups of tea are steaming slowly,

"Gong Qin, haven't you been thinking about writing a book and writing a biography in the early years?"

"But why has it been so long? ”

"Even now there has been no news. ”

After the young man took a sip, he looked at Qin Qingtang on the side with a smile and said.

"Your Highness, it's a joke. ”

"Writing books and biography has been the desire of the literati since ancient times. ”

"When the old man was young, he thought that he was brilliant in writing and his poetry and articles were all excellent, so he always wanted to let his excellent works and articles be circulated in the world, and it was not in vain to come to this world to have a visit. ”

But later I learned that the cost of writing a book and writing a biography was really terrifying, like a big hole, even if I threw all my wealth into it at that time, it would not be able to fill it. ”

Qin Qingtang also felt a little ridiculous when he talked about his thoughts when he was young, since ancient times, it was necessary for saints and sages to be able to write books and pass them on, in addition to the cost, it was also very difficult to spread them to the world.

"And now?"

The young man spoke up again.

"Now that I'm older, I have some qualifications, and I want to write a book and write a biography and want to come to the household department to approve the silver, but even if I write a book and write a biography, it's only a few thousand copies. ”

Qin Qingtang sighed for a long time, speaking of which, it is also a very glorious thing to write a book and pass it on to the literati, just like leaving a name in history, but it has become extremely difficult due to various conditions.

"What if there were 10,000 copies, 100,000 copies?"

The boy asked with a smile.

"10,000 copies, 100,000 copies?"

Qin Qing was stunned when he heard this, his fingers couldn't stop trembling lightly, even when the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry was outside the city, it had never been like this, and tears were surging in his eyes, you must know that there are only hundreds of thousands of readers in the entire world, and now he has to print 100,000 copies of his own books alone, what is this concept?

"With such a size, how can it be done by manpower?"

But he quickly calmed down,

"The entire workshop in Shangjing City started work together, and it took months of work to carve so many templates, and it was too extravagant to consume manpower and material resources. ”

"No, no!"

"Your Highness, don't do that. ”

"Although this trip to Xiling County, there is a large amount of silver in the warehouse, but in the end, this move is too laborious and costly, and the minister should not be like this, His Royal Highness's kindness, the old minister is grateful, but don't be so ...... at this time."

Qin Qingtang shook his head very firmly and refused, but when he turned his head to see that the young man was still smiling, he even had the leisure to look at the objects in the lobby.

In a trance, I thought of something,

The whole person actually stood up directly from the wooden chair,

"Could it be,"

"Could it be,"

"Could it be that the movable words in His Highness's mouth have already worked?"

Qin Qingtang couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart at this moment, his whole body trembled slightly, and the tea in the cup spilled on his body, especially if he didn't know it.

"Qin Gong, look. ”

Seeing this, the young man did not hesitate, took out the pile of paper from his arms and handed it to Qin Qingtang, and then filled the cup with tea, so he didn't directly say that he was afraid of the current scene, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

"This ......"

"This ......"

"Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh. ”

Looking at the eye-catching big characters on the paper seal, Qin Qingtang whispered the extremely regular words on the paper seal, did not invite celebrities to write the next prologue, the beginning was a direct quotation from the words of the sages and sages, and then went straight to the point from the subtleties of how to deal with all aspects of affairs when he was an official, and also how to deal with court affairs when he was in a high position.

At the beginning, the article still has the meaning of showing off the literary style, and then the later articles are only left with some extremely simple words, sentence introduction, clear and clear, which can be called a small speech, and a total of 42 articles for officials and 30 articles on governing the country.

"Your Highness, is this written by the old man?"

Qin Qingtang looked at the familiar words and opened his mouth, his face was full of brain-executed looks, many articles were written in the early years, and he saw that there were still strangers in a trance, but these articles were all his experiences written from the day he became an official, and they could also be said to be painstaking efforts.

"Duke Qin's article is still included in the Guozijian, and it took a lot of effort to collect it in the palace when he returned to Beijing, delaying his work of drinking with his uncle, and he was teased several times. ”

The young man smiled.

Who would have thought that Duke Qin, who would not change his face when the sky fell,

Shed tears over a pile of papers?

"Your Highness bothered!"

Qin Qingtang wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and walked down to salute the young man solemnly, his movements were meticulous, the moment his old waist was bent, the tears in the corners of his eyes poured out and fell to the ground.

"Qin Gong ......"

The young man got up and stopped talking,

"This gift is for the old man himself!"

After Qin Qingtang finished speaking,

Bow again,

"This gift is for the world's readers!"

......

"Gong Qin's words are serious. ”

The young man wanted to avoid it, but he still accepted this salute with a firm look at Qin Qingtang.

"The movable type has been completed, and the imperial examination can also set the statute. ”

"Hereditary, Nakyo, military merit, grace and shadow,"

"The people of the world will have one more day to the heavens!"

"The recommendation system must be the imperial examination in the end, it is a downward grade, the scourge of the family gate, after the promulgation of this move, I think it can be solved by most of it, if it can be based on the cold door for a long time, what kind of situation will the whole world be?"

After Qin Qingtang saluted, he sat beside the young man and looked forward to it, his heart was still difficult to calm down, for a literati, what an honor it was to create a road to heaven for the world's scholars?

Even writing a book and writing a biography is not worth mentioning compared to it!

In the middle of the hall,

Brightly lit,

The gray-haired old man and the handsome young man who had not yet reached the crown sat opposite each other, sometimes pondering, sometimes speaking, sometimes lifting the pen and leaning over to record something, Qin Qingtang looked at the regulations under the pen and only felt that there was inexhaustible energy in the old body.