Chapter 106: The Library
"Your Majesty?" When they saw the people who came down with Li Xiu, Cui Gan and the other three who were hiding in the corner carriage couldn't help but show shocked expressions, after all, Li Shimin would not leave the palace easily, but now he came here with Li Xiu, which was really surprising.
I saw that after Li Shimin got out of the carriage, there were guards around him to defend him, and then escorted Li Shimin and Li Xiu into the building under construction.
Seeing Li Shimin and Li Xiu enter the all-brick building, Cui Gan and the three people in the carriage were all silent, and after a long while, I saw Cui Gan speak: "Even Your Majesty is here, it seems that this place is more important than we imagined!" ”
"Check! Be sure to check it out! In addition, it suddenly occurred to me that Li Xiu built all this place with bricks, I am afraid that he is afraid that we will set fire again, and it seems that the things in it should also be more afraid of fire, so that the books are very suitable for this condition, but what is he doing with the books here? Zheng Zhong also showed a puzzled expression on his face when he said the end.
"Could this be the case, if the printing office wants to print a large number of books, it must need a place to store those printed books, could this be the printing office's warehouse?" Cui Fuan also opened his mouth to guess at this time.
"Impossible, if it's just a warehouse, how could Li Xiu spend so much energy, and even His Majesty came in person? In addition, the printing office is obviously in the imperial city, and the warehouse is located in the imperial city, isn't it safer, so you have to run outside the imperial city? Cui Gan immediately denied Cui Fu'an's idea at this time.
"Yes, it is absolutely impossible for Your Majesty and Li Xiu to run here for no reason, there must be something in this that we don't know, so we must find out, but my headache now is, where should I start to investigate?" Zheng Zhong spoke again at this time, and when he said the end, his face also showed a headache, and now he was extremely eager to figure out the purpose of this place, but this was probably not an easy task.
"Yes, since this place is so important, even Cui Gong didn't find out any useful news before, I'm afraid this is Li Xiu deliberately blocking the news, in addition to him and His Majesty, I am afraid that only a few people such as Eldest Sun Wuji and Fang Xuanling know, if you want to pry the truth out of these people's mouths, I'm afraid it will be more difficult than ascending to the sky." When Cui Fuan heard Zheng Zhong's words, he also nodded thoughtfully.
"Hehe, in fact, it's not completely impossible, it's just that I didn't dare to make up my mind before, but now that even His Majesty is here, then no matter what the price is, it's worth it, I'm sure he will know!" When Cui Gan said the end, especially when he mentioned the title of "he", his eyes couldn't help but glance in the direction of the imperial city, and there was a very complicated look in his eyes.
At the same time, Li Xiu, who was not far away, was introducing the unfinished building to Li Shimin, and Li Shimin was also looking at it with great interest, but because there were many people around, they all tacitly did not mention the name of the building, and even when Li Xiu introduced the functions of each room, he tried to let the people around him retreat, so as not to reveal the news.
After visiting the entire building, Li Xiu accompanied Li Shimin back to the carriage, but at this time they didn't notice that the carriage that was still on the corner of the street just now was gone.
"Li Xiu, the speed of construction of this library is still quite fast, but we still need to pay attention to fire prevention, after all, it is full of books, and a little spark can burn into a ball!" On the carriage, Li Shimin told Li Xiu again at this time.
That's right, the building built by Li Xiu is a library used to open reading, because of the lessons of the previous printing office was burned, so he also attached great importance to fire prevention, and abandoned the traditional wooden house and changed it to a full brick structure, after all, bricks and tiles are not so easy to ignite.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, in the future, there will be a special rule for the management of the library, such as prohibiting the entry of flints, etc., and there is already a small pond behind the library, so that even if there is a fire in the future, it will be convenient for rescue." Li Xiu said with a smile at this time, in fact, although the library has a hidden danger of fire, the probability is not very high, mainly to prevent it from being set on fire again by people with ulterior motives, so so so many preparations will be made in advance.
"Well, this library will be under the jurisdiction of Guozijian in the future, so that the guards on Guozijian's side can also be divided in normal times, and the students in the prison can also borrow books." Li Shimin nodded at this time.
"Chang'an can put the library under the name of the Guozijian here, and if it is promoted to the outside world in the future, it can also be hung under the name of the public schools in the state capitals, after all, most of the people who go to public schools are the children of ordinary people, compared to those children of the family, they are the ones who need the library the most!" Li Xiu also nodded at this time.
The so-called public school, in fact, is the school opened by the imperial court, such as the state capital called Fuxue, the lower county town called the county school, and even the village school, these can all be called public schools, ordinary children from civilian backgrounds want to change their fate, the most likely to achieve is to read, but because of the limited investment in education in the Tang Dynasty, the conditions of the public school can not be compared with the family of the family, and even the most basic books can not be satisfied, so their knowledge is naturally much worse than that of the children of the family.
"That's right, the idea of this library is really brilliant, it can allow more people to see more books as quickly as possible, and the printing office doesn't have to print too many books, why can't I think of such a method before?" Li Shimin clapped his hands again at this time and exclaimed, he almost fully supported the idea of this library, and even hoped that Li Xiu would think of more similar methods.
"In the past, I didn't think it was because books were too expensive, and no one was willing to lend them to others, but now that printing has come out, the cost of books has dropped greatly, and even if the books are damaged when they are lent out, they can be easily replenished." Li Xiu explained with a smile at this time, this method of the library was also specially designed by him for the family, but he didn't want to push it too hard before, so as not to break the family's net, but now he has no such concerns.
Regarding Li Xiu's explanation, Li Shimin also nodded thoughtfully, during this time, he also slowly walked out of the death of Empress Changsun, and this provocation of the family gave him a new goal, so the whole person was also full of motivation.
Seeing Li Shimin's excitement, Li Xiu was also happy, but then he suddenly thought of Li Chengqian, and he couldn't help but sigh at the moment, compared to Li Shimin, the situation on Li Chengqian's side was really worrying.