Although Dian Man is only nineteen years old, he is also tall and tiger-headed.

In this era, there is a lot of time due to Professor Dian Wei's full time. Therefore, even if he has not yet reached the crown, he is still a well-deserved fierce general.

In Dian Man's heart, he has always been respectful and afraid of Dian Wei. However, for Wen Zhao, he has great reverence.

Since he was a child, he can be said to have grown up listening to Wen Zhao's deeds. To be able to become Wen Zhao's personal soldier today, he was naturally overjoyed and agreed.

After dealing with the matter of Dianman, Wen Zhao once again set his eyes on Sima Yi.

Today's Sima Yi is eighteen years old and has grown into a beautiful man.

Although it is the same as in history, Sima Yi's experience has been the same. However, there are several top strategists who take turns to teach, and the current Sima Yi is not necessarily weaker than the one in history.

Looking at Sima Yi, who is a talent, Wen Zhao naturally likes it more and more. After all, this is a top talent who can compete with Zhuge Liang.

And Sima Yi's vision can't even be compared to Zhuge Liang. If Sima Yi can be cultivated, it will definitely be a great help for Wen Zhao to fight in the Quartet in the future.

Turning his head to look at Sima Lang, Wen Zhao said, "Boda, Ah Yi is eighteen years old. In the past, I recruited him as a scholar, but you think Ah Yi is too young, so he let him study first. ”

Now Ah Yi has succeeded in his studies and has won praise from several military advisors. I want to take it with me and train it for a few years, what does Boda think? ”

As soon as he entered the room, Sima Lang had already guessed Wen Zhao's intentions. Especially after the completion of the expedition, he confirmed the matter.

In the past, he didn't want to put his eggs in one basket, hoping that his younger brother Sima Yi would be able to find another promising prince to serve as soon as possible.

However, since he followed Wen Zhao over the years, he has witnessed the development and growth of this force, and he has also witnessed the vigor of this force, and he is also very optimistic about Chen Xu's future.

In particular, after Chen Xu recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, united with the Yingchuan Chen family and the Dongwuyang Chen family, and established the clan ancestral hall, he got rid of the identity of the head of Qian.

More importantly, the Sima family has received a lot of favors from Chen Xu over the years. Wen Zhao also spared no effort in the cultivation of Sima Yi.

The one who drips water should be rewarded by the spring. What's more, scholars pay attention to the death of scholars as confidants. If Sima Lang rejected Chen Xu, it would be a bit excessive.

Sighing slightly, Sima Lang stepped forward and said, "Ah Yi is already an adult, and it is better to ask for his opinion on this matter first." ”

At this time, Sima Yi has long lost the impulse of previous years.

After several years of growth, his Qi cultivation kung fu has become more and more outstanding. Sima Zhongda, who was forbearant and moody in history, has now begun to show some hints.

"Ah Yi, I want to recruit you as the Sima of the other departments of the General's Mansion, I wonder if you are willing to serve as the commander?"

Chen Xu's words made everyone in the room shocked and inexplicable. Even Sima Yi himself was a little moved on his face.

Sima Nai, the official position of the general's mansion, is higher than a thousand stones.

The number of soldiers under his command varies from time to time and is not fixed. But all the people who can serve as Simas of other departments are almost all cronies of the general.

No matter how smart Sima Yi is, at the age of only eighteen, he served as the Sima of the other department of the General's Mansion. This kind of grace is a little too appalling.

It must be known that even if Dian Man is Dian Wei's son, he only started as a pro-soldier and was not granted a substantive official position.

Sima Yi calmed down for a moment, bowed down and saluted: "How can Yi be so virtuous, he is so loved by the general?" The position of Sima in other departments, Yi is afraid that it will be difficult for Yi to take on it. ”

Wen Zhao stepped forward, stroked his back and said, "When I saw Ah Yi for the first time that day, I knew that you were definitely not a thing in the pool. I have seen your growth over the years. ”

"I believe that you will definitely be able to hold the position of Sima of the General Mansion."

After finishing speaking, Wen Zhao no longer asked Sima Yi's opinion, and directly asked people to take out the seal ribbon and hand it to Sima Yi himself.

Sima Yi couldn't refuse, so he had to receive the seal. It's just that in his heart, his gratitude to Chen Xu is getting stronger and stronger.

Now the princes are still cultivating and recuperating, but Chen Xu is ready to popularize education.

As a descendant of Huaxia who has crossed over, he naturally knows something about the four major inventions that Huaxia is proud of.

The compass car invented by Ma Jun can already replace the position of the compass. However, due to the large size of the guide car, it is cumbersome to manufacture. If the guide car is damaged, it is not easy to repair.

Therefore, Wen Zhao moved the theory of the compass in later generations, and then let people use magnets and iron needles to study the simplest compass.

The gunpowder among the four major inventions is still too far away for Chen Xu now. Therefore, Chen Xu did not think about the matter of gunpowder at all.

However, the two major inventions of China, papermaking and movable type printing, were able to accelerate the spread of knowledge, and break the monopoly of the scholars on knowledge, so that the poor people also had a bright future.

Centennial plan, education first. Chen Xu, who came from later generations, firmly believed in this matter.

Therefore, he had long been thinking about printing a large number of books so that everyone in the world could read and write.

In this way, it can also fulfill the promise made to Chen Hu in Chenjia Village: in the future, every child of the Chen family can read and write.

The process of movable type printing is not complicated, and there is no problem with making clay or copper or iron into the shape of Chinese characters.

However, although Chen Xu knew the art of papermaking, he did not know the detailed process. Even if the Eastern Han Dynasty Caihou paper has begun to be popularized, its cost is still a bit high compared to later generations.

If you can't make cheap paper, even if you have movable type printing, expensive books, ordinary families want to buy, but it's not realistic.

Papermaking first appeared because the ancient ancestors and above silkworm cocoons were drawn and woven with silk, and the remaining evil cocoons and sick cocoons were made of silk cotton by bleaching method.

After the bleaching is completed, there will be some residues left on the mat. When the number of bleaching is too much, the residue on the mat will accumulate into a layer of fiber flakes, which can be peeled off after drying, and can be used for writing.

This is the oldest papermaking technique and the origin of papermaking.

It was not until the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Emperor period that a more stereotyped papermaking process was formed after Cai Lun's improvement. The paper made by this method was later called 'Caihou paper'.

This kind of paper uses tree bark, broken fish nets, rags, hemp and other raw materials to make plant fiber paper suitable for writing, so that paper has become a commonly used writing material.

Compared with the previous paper, Caihou paper is very cheap, and the quality of the paper has also improved a lot. Because the raw materials are easy to find, Caihou paper is gradually becoming popular.

However, in Wen Zhao's view, the Caihou paper of the Han Dynasty still looks a little rough, and the cost is still too high.

In order to improve papermaking, Chen Xu gathered many craftsmen who used to make paper, and asked them to use wheat stalks and rice stalks as raw materials to improve Caihou paper.

After several years of research, those craftsmen finally made an extremely significant breakthrough in papermaking. Not only has the quality of the paper improved a lot, but the cost has also become cheaper.

Wen Zhao held the piece of paper in his hand, which was as white as snow, and his face showed an ecstatic look.

The appearance of this kind of paper, coupled with the fact that over the years, Chen Xu has secretly made people produce many movable types of different sizes and specifications, and he can print a large number of books in a short period of time.

Wen Zhao couldn't wait to gather several important advisers to discuss the matter of universal education.

Prior to this, whether it was the improvement of papermaking or movable type printing, Wen Zhao was carried out in secret, and everyone did not know about it at all.

When Wen Zhao took out the paper as white as snow and tens of thousands of movable types of different sizes, everyone stood on the spot.

Since the construction of the Chen ancestral hall, Chen Ji's body has actually begun to slowly improve. During this time, he also stayed in Pusaka, and Wen Zhao often took time to visit him.

This time, Chen Ji was also called over by Wen Zhao. He stroked the smooth and delicate paper with both hands, and a look of fascination appeared on his face.

After a long time, he exclaimed: "Wen Zhao's move is a good deed to educate all the people and benefit all generations, and the merit is immeasurable." ”

Tian Feng, Chen Gong, Cheng Yu, Sima Lang, Chen Qun, Zhong Xuan, Zhang Yu and others also opened their mouths to praise.

They all thought that Chen Xu, who was born as a martial artist, would be able to think about it so long-term. Quietly, such an earth-shattering event was done.

Only Jia Xu's face did not change, and Li Ru and Sima Yi frowned slightly.

As a prince, Chen Xu naturally has always paid attention to the people under his command.

Seeing the actions of the three of them, he couldn't help but ask, "The three of you are worried, but do you think this move is inappropriate?" ”

Jia Xu was still silent, but Li Ru said: "Although the lord's move can be remembered for centuries and respected by the world's poor people, it will also offend many families." ”

"Why?"

Li Ru said: "The lord can know that since the Han Dynasty, why have the big families been able to control the government and control the locality? ”

Chen Xu said: "The education received by the children of the family is far more than that of ordinary people. In addition, their family has a relationship in the court, so they will naturally have the opportunity to become a leader. ”

"Over the years, the family has become more and more powerful, and various relationships have become more and more complicated, which has gradually controlled the central and local governments."

To put it bluntly, in the Han Dynasty, it was precisely because of those big families that they monopolized knowledge and recommended each other's family children, which made it difficult for ordinary people to become prominent and the power of the family became more and more powerful.

Speaking of this, Chen Xu was suddenly shocked in his heart.

If he really popularized papermaking and movable type printing, he would break the family's monopoly on knowledge. This matter is not what those big clans want to see.

It was only at this time that he knew why Jia Xu was silent and why Li Ru frowned.

As for Sima Yi's thoughts, he was a little puzzled.

Because Sima Yi was originally from a famous family, if Wen Zhao popularized education, the impact on their family would definitely not be too small.

Without a monopoly on knowledge, the Maison cannot endure.