Chapter 22: Worrying about the Country and Not Forgetting to Get Rich (Part II)
Misunderstanding, isn't it? Well, let's make it clear. Li Zhen knew it in his heart, and was not frightened by Li Shimin's inaction, paused for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Father, the son has an idea in the book, and the people have experimented with it and found that it is feasible, and the son does not dare to hide it, so he has come to report to his father." As he spoke, he took out a piece of music and a book from his big sleeve, raised them high above his head, and said: "Father, this is the Analects printed with things conceived by his sons. ”
Li Shimin looked at Li Zhen, didn't say a word for a long time, and most of the time he waved his hand, signaling the little eunuch who was accompanying him to hand over the things presented by Li Zhen, and didn't look at Li Zhen's fold first, but first flipped through the book, but just looked at it so casually, Li Shimin's face immediately appeared with a look of surprise - the full text of the "Analects" is not long, that is, about 4,000 words, printed into a one-foot-long, eight-inch wide book, that is, about 30 pages, but the words on it are elegant and elegant, soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, and have a deep and serene rhyme. With Li Shimin's hobby of calligraphy, he immediately recognized that this regular script was the handwriting of Yu Shinan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but after a second look, the word was obviously not written with a brush, and his suspicion suddenly rose, put down the book, looked at Li Zhen and said: "How did this book come about?" ”
Hey, it's done! Li Zhen was secretly proud in his heart, but his face was full of respect and said: "Back to his father's words, since his son entered school, he often heard that his father's edict ordered the people to be educated everywhere, and his son thought so, but his son thought that it was both education, and there must be a book, if it was all copied by hand, it was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the fallacy was inevitableErchen has set up a printing house that can print books on a large scale, and this book is a sample. Li Zhen paused, peeked at Li Shimin's face, and then said: "Erchen asked someone to write a sticker because he wanted to copy the words a few years ago, and he specially asked someone to ask Yu Shangshu to write a sticker. Li Zhen talked freely and explained the cause of the incident in detail, which immediately aroused Li Shimin's curiosity.
"Oh? How long did it take to print this book? How much can be printed at one time? Li Shimin groaned for a moment and asked.
Hehe, the old man has taken the bait! Li Zhen was secretly refreshed in her heart, and hurriedly replied: "Back to my father's words, if there is a facsimile, it will be based on the "Analects", if it is calculated by printing a thousand copies at a time, the time required is only one and a half months, but even if it is printed more than 10,000 copies, the time required is not more than three months, as long as the typesetting is completed, the number of prints can be unlimited, no matter how many can be printed. ”
Li Zhen said is already a very conservative estimate, in fact, in terms of the scale of the printing plant that Li Zhen has built so far, the time required to print 10,000 copies of the "Analects" is two and a half months, but this is it, it still frightened the ministers, and all the important ministers did not believe that there was such a thaumaturgy in the world, although they did not dare to interrogate Li Zhen in detail in front of the king, but they privately discussed in their own voices, and the buzz in the hall immediately became loud.
Even though Li Shimin's vision was broad, after listening to Li Zhen's words, his brows furrowed, he looked at Li Zhen suspiciously for a while, and asked in a deep voice: "What Zhen'er said is true?" ”
"Back to my father's words, what my son said is true, and I don't dare to lie and coax my father." Li Zhen replied respectfully.
In Li Shimin's impression, Li Zhen has always been calm and reliable, especially in the past few years, Li Shimin was deeply impressed by the fact that he had tinkered with those new furniture, and at this time he saw that Li Zhen said so surely, although Li Shimin did not believe it all, but after all, he believed a little, and after a little groaning, he didn't ask more about it, turned his head to look at the important ministers who were talking about it, and said with a smile: "I think this book is acceptable, you may wish to try it." ”
Li Shimin made an order, and the little eunuch who had his own attendant handed over the book to the important ministers, starting from the left servant shooting room Xuanling, one by one, the big guys are all knowledgeable people, and naturally understand that if this book can be printed as Li Zhen said, it is an extremely beneficial thing for the imperial court to educate the people, and naturally everyone praises it. Listening to the cheers in his ears, Li Zhen enjoyed it quite a lot, but before Li Zhen was intoxicated, the old man's next sentence made Li Zhen break out in a cold sweat - "Zhen'er, what do you think about the rule of law?" ”
Damn, the old man really asked, damn it, it doesn't matter who is the editor-in-chief, anyway, Lao Tzu can't take his turn, let's just wait for the book to come out and print. Li Zhen has considered the possibility of his father asking this question before he came, but he was still shocked into a cold sweat, without him, this question is really difficult to answer, although this hall is full of important ministers, it is difficult to ensure that there is no eyeliner of those brothers, if Li Zhen answers wrong at this time, then the words will be passed out as soon as they come, and it really comes to that time, even if Li Zhen does not want to participate in the succession, I am afraid that the brothers will not let him go, but the problem is that the old man Chrysostom has been opened, and he has to answer if he doesn't answer, right?
Li Zhen pondered for a moment and said: "Back to his father's words, the sons think that it is necessary to govern the canons, but the sons think that it takes a lot of time to govern the canons, and the matter of educating the people is urgent. It may be better to publish the Five Classics of the Book of Songs, the Book of Songs, the Book of Rites, the Book of Rites, the Book of Changes, the Five Classics of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Nine Chapters of the Ming Arithmetic Department, Zhang Qiujian, Xiahouyang, Zhou Ji, the Five Classics, the Chronicles, the Three Equal Numbers, the Fixation Technique, and the Ancient Collection. ”
Li Shimin asked who should be the chief editor of the classics, but Li Zhen answered that it was not asked, it was purely a change of concept, but the words were quite insightful, especially the concept of putting forward the Four Books and Five Classics is even more refreshing, after all, the so-called scriptures at this time are very vast, far more than the books Li Zhen said - Tang Keju is the Nine Classics: "Zhou Li", "Etiquette", "Rites", "Zuo Chuan", "Ram Biography", "Gu Liang Biography", together with "Zhou Yi", "Shangshu", "Book of Songs", called "Nine Classics", as for all kinds of biography, There are many more, and even the Nine Classics have dozens of different versions.
Li Shimin naturally knew the root cause of Li Zhen's concept of stealing, but seeing that Li Zhen didn't want to say it, Li Shimin didn't think much of himself, smiled, didn't ask any more, looked around at the ministers and said, "What do you think Zhen'er said?" ”
How is it? What else? The meaning of Li Shimin's words has long been clear that he agrees with Li Zhen's views, and the ministers will not force themselves to stop it, and besides, this matter is also a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and the ministers will naturally not speak out against it.
"Your Majesty, the minister has a few unclear matters to ask His Royal Highness the King of Han." In the midst of the praise, the secretary and supervisor Wei Zheng stood up and said loudly.
Li Shimin nodded with a smile and said, "Yes." ”
Damn, why did this old man jump out again? As soon as Li Zhen saw that Wei Zheng, who was famous for his direct advice, stood up, he couldn't help but feel a little weak in his heart - when Li Zhen made out the new furniture in front of his head, Wei Zheng once said that those new furniture were arrogant and luxurious, and he did not advocate generalization, and even said that there should be no such thing in the palace. If it weren't for the old man's own use and said good, I was afraid that all the new furniture in Li Zhen's hands would be rotten in his hands, and now seeing Wei Zheng stand up again, Li Zhen was really a little angry, but in front of the old man, he couldn't do it, so he had no choice but to salute respectfully: "Lord Wei, please say something, Xiao Wang should know everything, and say everything." ”
Wei Zheng is upright, and he is famous all over the world for daring to offend Yan Zhizhi, as long as he is reasonable, even if Li Shimin is angry, he will not be afraid, he should still say it, and Li Shimin will not be able to come to the stage, at this time, seeing Li Zhen's respectful attitude, Wei Zheng also seems to have no feeling, and asked calmly: "The old minister has three things that are not clear, one of them: What is the source of the four books and five classics of the Han Wang's clouds?" Second, if a book is printed, how is the price calculated? Third, who is in charge and how is it controlled to ensure that it is correct? ”
Wei Zheng's question was extremely sharp, but it was right to the point, and for a while, the praise of the hall immediately stopped, and the attention of the big guy was all focused on Li Zhen's body, and the hall was a little quiet......