Datang: Let you supervise the country and become an emperor through the ages

Chapter 98

"Because you have always looked at problems and only looked at the appearance. Many internal things have been selectively ignored by you. If you don't follow your wishes, you will start to mess around and make some deadly advice!"

"I'm not afraid to tell you, it's not that I hate your character, it's really your own flaws that restrict your abilities!"

Wei Zheng was shocked, and looked at Li Shimin in disbelief. He didn't expect Li Shimin to be here and raise such a sharp topic.

It is true that Wei Zheng has always been critical of Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui's ability to govern as Chancellors.

From Wei Zheng's point of view, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui both benefited from sharing hardships with Li Shimin earlier, so they can be the best officials.

At that time, Wei Zheng stood in the camp of Prince Li Jiancheng. It was later that Li Shimin valued his talent and recruited him as an official.

But Wei Zheng's rank has always been outclassed by Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.

Originally, Wei Zheng thought that Li Shimin still had concerns about himself, so he didn't want to promote himself to be a minister after Du Ruhui passed away, but now it seems that this is not the case.

"Your Majesty, I don't understand..." Wei Zheng was really stubborn, still holding on.

Li Shimin sneered again and again, walked directly down the steps, snatched "Dream of Red Mansions" from Wei Zheng's hands, opened a page casually, pointed to the contents of the book, and asked solemnly.

"Have you read the book and seen the punctuation marks here? The punctuation marks here can be used to break sentences!"

"With it, anyone who is literate can easily understand the meaning of a sentence. Whether it is the words of a saint or my decree, as long as we have these, no one can misinterpret the meaning at will!"

"And this punctuation mark was created by you, an ignorant prince! Open your eyes and take a closer look. Do you really think that these are useless?"

Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda and Li Gang were frightened by the excited Li Shimin, but at the same time they were all so nervous that they didn't know what to say.

After all, Kong Yingda and Li Gang have seen the beauty of punctuation just now. Wei Zheng is not a fool. After thinking about it for a while, he knew the problem, but because of his personality, he kept silent.

Seeing this, Li Shimin knew that it was just a punctuation mark, and he was afraid that it was not convincing enough, so he simply pointed out everything.

"You all say that this book is useless, but in my opinion, this book is full of treasures. Look at the paper of this book. This is called printing paper. It is specially used for printing books, and it can also be used for printing. write."

"Either you are a great Confucian or an important minister of my court. The paper used for the daily books is half as good as the paper printed in the book in front of you? Have you ever seen this kind of paper in the market?"

"I tell you, the crown prince has already built a top-notch paper-making workshop in the Tang Dynasty in Tiance Mansion, and the paper used in this book is made from his paper-making workshop!"

"Look at the printing technology used in this book. Have you ever seen such exquisite printing? Do you know what this printing technology is called? How long does it take to print such a book?"

"Tell you, this is all created by the prince. Now his printing workshop can print tens of thousands of copies of a book like this in a day. How dare you criticize the prince in front of me!"

Every word Li Shimin uttered hit Wei Zheng's heart hard, making Wei Zheng dizzy and shocked.

He really didn't expect that there were so many things behind a "Dream of Red Mansions", and they were all related to the prince. Kong Yingda and Li Gang were also shocked.

"Your Majesty, you mean that this papermaking workshop and printing workshop are both masterpieces of the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince has created papermaking and printing technologies that are more advanced than what I, the Tang Dynasty, currently have?"

Wei Zheng was embarrassed, he couldn't believe it, and he didn't want to believe it, but he could only ask Li Shimin.

"Or else?" Li Shimin glanced at Wei Zheng contemptuously, "Let's read Zheng Guoping every day. The books on your bookshelf must have cost a lot to buy!"

"But let me tell you, the market price of this "Dream of Red Mansions" printed by the prince is only [-] yuan, and on the first day of opening, you can buy such a book with only [-] yuan!"

"What, fifty coins? Your Majesty said that this book only costs fifty coins. How is this possible!"

Although he hated Dream of Red Mansions deeply, Wei Zheng did not deny that Dream of Red Mansions was beautifully bound, and thought in his heart that this book would cost at least a few bucks to buy.

But now I heard that such an exquisite book only costs [-] yuan, although it is only a promotional price, but the market price is [-] yuan, which shocked Wei Zheng and others again inexplicably.

Seeing the shocked expressions of the three old guys in front of him, Li Shimin was completely speechless.

These are all old stubborn people looking for trouble for nothing, scolding until now, have not read the book, do not know how much the book is worth, it is simply stupid to read.

"You guys, let me tell you what's good about you!" Li Shimin looked sad, "I see you talking about Confucianism all the time, I never thought that you don't even have a basic understanding of other speeches and books, and you dare to talk about it." Argue with me!"

"If the guides of my highest school in the Tang Dynasty were all stubborn and unreliable people like you, how can I make progress in the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Shimin's words were very serious, and Wei Zheng and others blushed instantly. They thought they were all standing on the moral high ground, but they didn't expect that they would be the clown in the end!
From this point of view, the prince is not ignorant, but has learned too thoroughly, and has already begun to apply what he has learned.

Especially as Li Shimin said, the prince created more advanced papermaking and printing techniques than the current Datang, then the entire Datang will undergo earth-shaking changes in the future!

And when I think that I am very likely to be unable to participate because of my stubbornness, let alone the uncomfortable feeling.

Kong Yingda and Li Gang were the first to fall to their knees, "Your Highness, I was wrong in waiting, because I was too one-sided."

Wei Zheng also panicked, and quickly fell to his knees, "Your Majesty, I was wrong too. I finally understand that I am short-sighted. The crown prince is not a plaything. Compared with the crown prince, I am really ashamed!"

Seeing the two great Confucian scholars, the most stubborn imperial censors in the court, kneeling in front of him and admitting his mistakes, Li Shimin would be lying if he said he was upset.

It's really not easy. I actually took advantage of my son's invention to repair these old stubborn people, and let Wei Zheng admit his mistake. Li Shimin couldn't say how happy he was.

But Li Shimin still had a solemn expression on his face, and he said coldly: "How many of you really know that you are wrong? Why don't you think so? It seems that I have to tighten the strings for you so that you don't forget your identities! "

Suddenly, when they heard Li Shimin say such words, the expressions of the three important officials of the Tang Dynasty kneeling below suddenly changed...

(End of this chapter)