Chapter 171 Movable Type Printing

"Alas-" After the eldest grandson Wujian finished speaking, Li Shimin sighed deeply and said quietly: "How can it be so simple! I have been looking for him for so many years, and every time I have just heard from him, he left a few days before the people I sent went. He's not hiding from me, what is it?" There was an indescribable resentment in the words.

The eldest grandson smiled helplessly, she couldn't see this, but how could he say that? shook his head and comforted: "Second brother, don't say that, this time is different from the past, maybe the real person didn't deliberately avoid you before, everything is just a coincidence......

As the two were talking, they suddenly rushed to the distance and the eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting shouted in unison: "See His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Yue!" I saw two young men in Chinese clothes coming from a distance, both eleven or twelve years old, it was the crown prince Li Chengqian and Li Tai, who was still the king of Yue at this time.

At this time, the brothers were not as good as they would be in the future, so they went to Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wujian together, and bowed together: "The son and the emperor see the father and the queen mother!" and then behind the two of them, followed by a woman holding the child. The woman held the child and saluted Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wujian, but the child in her hand turned to the eldest grandson Wujian with her arms open: "Hug ...... Hug ...... "This son is none other than Li Zhi, who is still in infancy."

"Gao Ming, Qingque, why are you here?" Li Shimin had already put away the apprehension on his face, and in front of his son, he didn't want to be too "cowardly". And the eldest grandson Wujian got up and took Li Zhi in the nurse's arms, and said softly: "Pheasant slave, do you want to kiss your mother?" and then also cast inquiring glances at Li Chengqian and Li Tai.

The brothers glanced at each other, and Li Chengqian said: "After returning to my father and mother, my sons heard that my father was going to invite Xujing Zhenren to Beijing? Li Tai said on the side: "Erchen is also for this, but unlike the eldest brother of the prince, Erchen not only wants to visit, but also wants to worship a real person as a teacher." Listening to Dr. Kong Yingda Kong, although the talent of Xujing real people may not be as good as Confucius and Meng, they have their own great atmosphere. In particular, his mind is really a collection of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, and he has brought forth the new and created another one. And your father, you also said that the "Anti-Scripture" of the real person, those who are in the top position must not learn it, so the son wants to ask his father to help say the item. ”

Since Zhang Xuanqing left, Li Shimin immediately ordered engraving and printing after reading the three books he left behind. The students of the Imperial Prison and the Hongbunkan have to study, and even become the most indispensable three.

This is also one of the points where Zhang Xuanqing is getting bigger and bigger in this world, in the eyes of the people, he has both literary talent and magic, in addition to immortal immortals, what else can it be?

And because of those three books, Zhang Xuanqing's status in the hearts of literati is not low. Especially in the second year of Zhenguan, Zhang Xuanqing's reputation rose to a new height among the poor scholars. His fame skyrocketed because he did one thing: create movable type printing!

Movable type printing is a technology that was only invented in the Song Dynasty, and the books printed in the Tang Dynasty were all engraving printing. Not to mention the time-consuming, the cost is also extremely expensive because of the loss problem. This also led to the fact that the poor scholars could not afford to buy books, but Zhang Xuanqing's movable type printing was different.

Because the words inside can be reused and mixed, movable type printing only needs to be typeset by itself when it is used, which greatly reduces the loss of materials and the cost of printed books is extremely low. In the prosperous era of Zhenguan, as long as you save money, ordinary families can also afford to buy books.

In fact, Zhang Xuanqing has a story of "creating" movable type printing. At that time, he was traveling in Tuzhou, and it was a coincidence that he was exhausted. was setting up a fortune teller when I met a bookseller surnamed Bi, whose family was in the business of making paper and printing books.

Because his price was slightly lower than that of some booksellers, he was suppressed by his peers, and his business plummeted, and he could hardly do it. When he was decadent, he met Zhang Xuanqing, a Taoist, although he didn't know Zhang Xuanqing's identity, he was also respectful and polite, confided that he had the intention of becoming a monk, and invited Zhang Xuanqing, who was hungry, to eat.

Zhang Xuanqing saw that the other party was not the kind of businessman who was consumed by profit, and then swept it away, this boss surnamed Bi was a good person, but it was a pity that he didn't want to go along with others, so he ended up like this. And the other party has a family and a room, and he is a Taoist priest, and he is too unfair to his wife and children, so he decided to help the other party.

Didn't others think he was selling at a slightly lower price to suppress him? Okay, let's get him a lower one!

Zhang Xuanqing is also a strange temper, and on the spot he told the boss surnamed Bi how to do movable type printing, and told him: Life is like rape, you can enjoy it if you can't resist, but you are willing to let seven or eight big men ****? I don't want to be wheeled, even if I die, I have to pull a cushion! The boss surnamed Bi is also a total, aren't you suppressing me? Okay, press it, see who can suppress whom. Movable type printing was experimented with, and then sold at a lower price.

Although the movable type printing is simple, it can't stand the cover up of the boss, and even the workers who work are arranged to eat and sleep, in case someone digs the foot of the wall. What's more, after Boss Bi brought down the businessmen who suppressed him, he made movable type printing public within a few days, and the bosses who suppressed him at the beginning almost died of anger...... No, one of them hanged himself, and he died quite miserably.

Although there is a dead person, this matter is still regarded as a beautiful talk by word of mouth, after all, business is cheap, profiteers are even cheaper, and the death of one or two profiteers is really happy. And Boss Bi's means are too lacking in morality, and it is clear that it is not for money, not for profit, but for the purpose of rectifying the other party, if this kind of person is like this for no reason, everyone will definitely spurn it;

In fact, Zhang Xuanqing has done a lot of things in the past few days, and there are also a lot of things he has "created", none of which are important, and I will talk about them later. But he said that after Li Shimin heard the intentions of his two sons, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart: he didn't even know if Zhang Xuanqing would come back, how could he still be sure that Zhang Xuanqing would promise his son to recognize him as a teacher?

However, in front of his son, no father wants to admit that he has no bottom in his heart, and Li Shimin is the same. Seeing that his face was slightly gloomy, he pretended to be serious and said: "Nonsense! Zhang Zhenren has the appearance of a heavenly man, and he has helped his father a lot." I respect him as a person, how can I give an order to force him? If he can't see you or let you apprentice, you need to ask for it yourself, so don't bother me!"

was so frightened that Li Chengqian and Li Tai were full of excitement, and they thought that they had really angered Li Shimin, so they hurriedly saluted and confessed: "Father, the son doesn't dare." When the retainers came to find their father, they only wanted to ask their father to say something, and they had no intention of letting their father force him with a holy decree......"

The eldest grandson Wuji, who was teasing Li Zhi on the side, couldn't help but glance at Li Shimin when he saw this, and then couldn't help but sneer: His second brother is sometimes really good-looking, and he is also cute. (To be continued.) )