Daqin: Check in at the beginning of 18 and ask Zulong to abdicate

As he spoke, Ying Zigao neatly transcribed the invitation in regular script.

Seeing the handwriting written by Ying Zigao, neat and orderly, round and generous, everyone present couldn't help but shine!
"Your Majesty, such a font must be carved quickly and accurately!"

The leading craftsman said hurriedly.

While talking, I found a jujube board, picked up the tools and carved it with my heart.

It took less than a moment for the new engraving to be carved.

Looking carefully at the engraving, Ying Zigao said seriously: "Good job. Just print 500 more copies according to this new engraving!"

Soon, five hundred copies of regular script were printed according to the order.

Looking at the clear, orderly and brightly colored text on the printed edict, Ying Zigao nodded in satisfaction.

Early the next morning, Ying Zigao brought the printed edict to the morning court.

Shown to the ministers.

"The glyphs of each edict are exactly the same, not bad at all!"

Looking at the clear characters on the edict, Yu Huatian couldn't help being surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, it is rare to find such a scribe who can write characters like this!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, such books must be properly rewarded and reused!"

Liu Bowen also said hastily: "I implore Your Majesty, send this scribe to my side!"

The Minister of Rites frowned slightly as he looked at the printed edict.

Although he was satisfied with the effect of the transcription, he couldn't help but feel dissatisfied when he saw the horizontal and vertical characters.

Although such a font looks very comfortable, it is not the Xiaozhuan that has been passed down for a long time!

It is absolutely impossible to change the glyphs casually!

Immediately stood up, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, I think this font is not very suitable!"

Ying Zigao asked seriously: "What's wrong with this font? What doesn't fit?"

"Your Majesty, this font is horizontal and vertical, and it is quite different from the long-spread Xiaozhuan and Dazhuan!"

The Minister of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly said: "The small seal script and the big seal script are passed down from generation to generation by the sages of the past generations, and the scholars of the past generations have studied hard. They must not be changed easily!"

"Ai Qing, let's not talk about the fact that the practice has been passed down from generation to generation!" Ying Zigao said patiently: "Just objectively talk about how the new glyph compares with the old glyph?"

"Your Majesty, these fonts are indeed horizontal and vertical, and the fonts are regular, easy to write and easy to recognize!"

Minister of the Ministry of Rites said with a serious face, "Your Majesty, the shape of this character should not be changed easily! Xiaozhuan and Dazhuan are handed down from generation to generation by sages, and scholars all over the world have practiced hard since childhood.

Changing it rashly, I'm afraid it will cause inconvenience to scholars all over the world..."

Ying Zigao also knew that if things like changing the writing style were eagerly promoted, it would make readers unaccustomed to it.

It will make some old-fashioned scholars feel dissatisfied.

After a little thought, I decided not to force the promotion.

Thinking of this, Ying Zigao said seriously: "I didn't create this new typeface for the purpose of being used by scholars all over the world."

Hearing this, the ministers couldn't help being surprised, and the Minister of Rites asked curiously: "Your Majesty, what is your purpose?"

"It's for the convenience of printing!"

Ying Zigao said: "The edicts you see are not written one by one by the scribes, but printed!"

The Minister of Rites hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, what is printing?"

The ministers who participated in the court meeting couldn't help being taken aback, and several ministers from the Ministry of Rites asked anxiously: "Yes, Your Majesty, the humble minister is also bold, and I implore Your Majesty to clarify!"

Ying Zigao hurriedly said: "Printing, simply put, is to carve the characters on a wooden board, apply special ink, spread the paper on it, press evenly and lightly, and the characters will be printed on the paper!"

"So that's how it is!" Liu Bowen said hurriedly and earnestly: "It turns out that the printing is the same as the seal! Your majesty is wise, and my humble minister is absolutely inferior!"

Yu Huatian also hurriedly said: "Your Majesty can create such a clever copying method. It really amazes me!"

"Your Majesty, with such a brilliant means of printing, there is no need to summon many scribes to copy a book stroke by stroke in order to copy books in the future!"

The left servant of the Ministry of Rites said excitedly: "Not only can the high labor costs be saved, but the speed can also be greatly improved!"

"It can also free many scholars from the heavy copying work and engage in other jobs!"

The right servant of the Ministry of Rites also hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there are not many scholars in Daqin! There is a shortage of scholars in rural schools, academies, and libraries!"

"Your Majesty, this printing is of course a very significant new initiative."

The Minister of Rites still said with a serious face: "But I insist that the font should not be changed easily!"

Unexpectedly, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites was still insisting on this question, Ying Zigao couldn't help feeling a little impatient.

Seriously, he said: "I told you, this regular script shape is being created, not to let people in the world write according to this shape! It will not force people in the world to change their writing habits!"

"Your Majesty, I am afraid."

The Book of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly said: "But I still have the courage to ask Your Majesty the purpose of creating the new font!"

"I created this regular script font just to make it easier for craftsmen to engrave and print!"

Ying Zigao patiently explained: "Xiaozhuan characters are in the shape of small seal characters, and the strokes are curved and changeable, so it is very inconvenient to carve!
In order to make it easier for the engraving craftsmen to carve, improve efficiency and reduce mistakes, I changed the font into this horizontal and vertical regular script! "

"So that's how it is." Only then did Shang Shu of the Ministry of Rites understand, and he hurriedly said, "I understand! If I'm rude, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"I told you, the speaker is not guilty!" Ying Zigao said indifferently.

As he spoke, he said with a straight face: "We will not enforce the promotion of regular script fonts in the form of government orders!
Scholars all over the world can write in whatever font they want, and the government will not impose any restrictions or interference! "

"Your Majesty is wise!" The officials breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said loudly!

"Ai Qing, weren't you worried about the duplication of books in the library yesterday?"

Ying Zigao immediately said to the Minister of Rites: "I have decided to use printing methods to print the library one by one and bind them into volumes! So that they can be properly preserved and passed on to the world!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

The Minister of Rites and the officials immediately became excited, fell to their knees and said loudly!

After dismissing the officials, Ying Zigao couldn't help but feel secretly proud.

Of course, he will not forcefully promote regular script by means of administrative orders.

But he has a lot of ways to make regular script popular among scholars all over the world!