Great Tang Southern Emperor

"This is..." Li Shimin seemed to realize something.

"This is movable type printing." Li Zhen took out a movable type and handed it to Li Shimin: "The cost of engraving and printing is too high. You can't make a single word wrong. If you make a mistake, the entire engraving will be useless, and every book will be destroyed." A large number of engraving blocks are required. Once the printing is completed, these engraving blocks are useless, which is a great waste. The advantage of movable type printing is that even if a character is engraved wrong, it will only be discarded and replaced. That's it. After one book is printed, the next book can be used again, which greatly saves the cost. What's more, Haier's printing machine can print one page in two breaths, which speeds up the printing speed , it can be said that it has been improved by a hundred times."

Li Shimin held a movable type, his eyes sparkled: "Don't say it is a hundred times, even if it is ten times, the father is satisfied. Hahaha"

"Ten times is definitely not a problem." Li Zhen assured.

"Zhen'er, you are indeed the lucky star of the father. Hahaha." The excited Li Shimin couldn't help but hugged Li Zhen and circled in the air.

"Father, this matter needs to be kept secret." Li Zhen solemnly suggested.

Of course Li Shimin knew to keep it secret, but he still asked Li Zhen: "Oh? Shouldn't everyone celebrate the success of printing? Why keep it a secret?"

Li Zhen rolled her eyes: "Is the father a fool when he is a child? If this matter is spread too early, it will be used by some people. Why not wait until enough books are printed before publicizing it. At that time, even if others want to object or want to Utilize, we have so many books and we will definitely not be afraid of them."

"Who are some of the people that Zhen'er is talking about?" Li Shimin asked seriously.

Li Zhen looked around, and Li Shimin waved back the eunuchs and maids beside him: "You all go down, don't spread the matter today, otherwise you will be punished severely."

"Yes."

"Can we talk now?" Li Shimin asked again as the bow eunuch stepped back.

"Baby is just an analogy, such as a family."

"Why is it an aristocratic family?"

"Since ancient times, the aristocratic family has been a cancer, a leech that lives on the court and the people and sucks blood." When mentioning the aristocratic family, Li Zhen was furious: "The Western Han and Qin dynasties were better, but in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor should also know that the Eastern Han Dynasty is the only one who knows the truth. Emperor Wu overthrew Wang Mang by relying on the aristocratic family. Since then, the aristocratic family has become the ruler of the court at the top, and controlled countless lands below. The reason why there was a Yellow Turban Uprising at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was that the land annexation of the aristocratic family was too serious. If there is no way to survive, it is better to give it a try than this, and this is how the Yellow Turban Uprising swept the world."

"Isn't the Yellow Turban Uprising caused by the emperor's stupidity?" Li Shimin asked deliberately.

"Father, although the child is still a child, please please don't put me with those children, please?" Li Zhen rolled her eyes fiercely.

"Hahaha" Li Shimin was overwhelmed by Li Zhen's appearance, and kissed Li Zhen on the face with a 'baji': "Okay, Zhen'er has grown up, and can share the worries of the father."

"I was able to share my worries for my father." Li Zhen wiped her face, drooling a lot: "My father said that the Yellow Turban uprising was caused by the emperor's stupidity. My child does not agree with this. Is it the foolish Emperor Hui of Jin? Was there any major common people's uprising during Emperor Hui of Jin's time?"

"This is also the case, let's continue."

"After the death of Emperor Han Ling, the family went into a frenzy. The Yuan family represented by Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, the Cao family and Xiahou family represented by Cao Cao, and the Jiangnan clan represented by Sun Wu began to compete for the world, and the families who had no intention of competing for the world began to place bets. A powerful family will bet on two sides or three sides, such as the most representative Zhuge family, where the three Zhuge Liang brothers each defected to one side? And it was the Sima family who finally established the Jin Dynasty. Doesn’t that explain the problem?”

"Next is the former Sui Dynasty. The former Sui Dynasty was basically destroyed by the family." Seeing that Li Shimin wanted to speak, Li Zhen interrupted him and said, "My child knows what the father wants to say? But the father can't deny that all the princes are behind There is an aristocratic family to support it, among other things, isn’t the wife of the old general Cheng Cheng from the Pei family? And Mrs. Pei married the old general when he was in Wagangzhai.”

Li Shimin: ""

"Zhen'er, is this your own idea?" Li Shimin stared at Li Zhen seriously: "Did no one teach you?"

"Yes, father, this is all summed up by the child." Li Zhen said with a guilty conscience, it seemed that she had gone too far.

"So you want to suppress the family, right?"

"Father is wrong. It is father who wants to suppress the family." Li Zhen corrected Li Shimin's words.

"Nonsense, how could the father restrain the family?" Li Shimin also felt a little guilty. He said that since he took the throne, he has been restrained by the family. Whenever he wants to issue a government order, the family will always make trouble for him. I have long wanted to clean up the aristocratic family, but after all, I have only been on the throne for three years, and the foundation is not stable. In addition, these aristocratic families are impeccable, so I can't act rashly. Besides, these aristocratic families have survived for thousands of years. If they have no real skills It's impossible. If they are really forced to unite and resist at that time, it's really not certain who will destroy who.

Chapter 19 Business Theory

Chapter 19 Business Theory

"I found out that the reason why the aristocratic family is so crazy is because they have books in their hands, that is to say, they have knowledge. But because papermaking and printing are too backward, the cost of books has not come down." Li Zhen ignored the guilty conscience. Li Shimin continued: "In this way, poor scholars have no books to read if they want to study. Without books, it is impossible to become talented, and poor scholars have no talents to use. The emperor can only use the children of the aristocratic family. This is why the aristocratic family dares to be so rampant. s reason."

"But it's different now." Li Zhen patted the printing machine beside him: "Now that we have this, the speed of printing books will be greatly increased, and the cost of books will also be greatly reduced. The price of books will drop, and the chances of becoming a talent for poor students will increase." It will increase greatly. No matter how large the population of the family is, it will definitely not be able to compare with the humble scholars. As long as there is one out of a hundred scholars from the poor family, the family will no longer have the confidence to be arrogant. Of course, this is not what the family wants to see. That's why Hai'er suggested that the royal father wait for a while, and when we have printed enough books, we will have the confidence to fight even if the aristocratic family unites."

"" Li Shimin looked at Li Zhen with complicated eyes. He really didn't expect that a three-year-old doll could see things so thoroughly.

"Father, why are you looking at the child like this?" Li Zhen felt terrified at the sight, and asked timidly, she didn't seem to say anything too outrageous, right?

"It's nothing." Li Shimin came back to his senses, what was he thinking?My own son has received the inheritance of a fairy, isn't it normal to be a bit miraculous?Wouldn't it be weird if he acted like a normal kid?

"But Zhen'er, there is still one problem to be solved." Li Shimin frowned, picked up a piece of bamboo paper, folded it lightly, and the bamboo paper broke from it like a biscuit: "Look, the bamboo paper is too old, Rice paper is too expensive, how to solve this problem?"

"The co-author Father didn't listen carefully to what the child said, did he?" Li Zhen turned her head away angrily: "The child is angry and ignores the father."

"Zhen'er, did the father say something wrong?" Li Shimin was puzzled, but seeing that Li Zhen was still angry, he quickly hugged Li Zhen and apologized: "Good Zhen'er, it was the father's mistake. I didn't remember to listen to Zhen'er." If so, but Zhen'er, you also know that Royal Father has so many things to deal with all day long, and it's normal to forget one or two things occasionally, so Zhen'er should be considerate of Royal Father."

"Forgive Father." Li Zhen turned around with a smile: "Father, have you forgotten? Grandpa said that besides those elementary books, there are two other gifts to give to Emperor Tang. The first is printing, which is The one in front of me, and the other one is papermaking.”

"Oh! That's right, that's right." Li Shimin finally remembered: "Look at your father's memory, you can forget such important things, you are really confused."

Li Zhen took out a stack of paper: "Father, this is papermaking."

"Leave it to the father." Li Shimin took over the papermaking skills and said to Li Zhen with a smile: "Zhen'er, you have helped the father a lot this time. Tell me, what reward do you want?"

"The grandfather gave this to the emperor, and the child cannot ask for a reward."

"That's right. But after all, you put in a lot of effort in it. It's hard to justify not rewarding you, so you can just talk about it. What do you want?"

"Hmm!" Li Zhen thought about it, and at this time, she should be agreed to tell her plan: "I want to earn a little money in business? I wonder if my father can agree?"

"Why do you think of going into business?" Li Shimin asked, frowning. The Tang Dynasty also pursued a policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business. In this era, businessmen were looked down upon as professions. Officials and merchants cannot wear silk and a series of decrees that discriminate against merchants.

"My child knows what my father thinks. Businessmen are looked down upon by others, but have you ever thought about it, since businessmen are looked down upon by others, why do so many high-ranking officials and dignitaries secretly engage in business? Even the royal family has different opinions." Few people are doing business, right?" Seeing what Li Shimin wanted to say, Li Zhen said first: "Everyone knows it well, Father, don't use those foolish words to fool children."

"Hehehe" Li Shimin smiled awkwardly: "It's just ten businessmen and nine traitors. If we don't restrict them a bit, I'm afraid the world will really be in chaos."

"Do some restrictions, I agree. Not only merchants need to be restricted, but even scholars, farmers, and workers." Li Zhendao: "The concept of scholars, farmers, and industry and commerce was proposed by Guan Zhong. , There is no distinction between superiority and inferiority. But some people deliberately misinterpret the meaning of their ancestors, saying that they look down on businessmen, but they wear clothes made by craftsmen, live in houses built by craftsmen, and look down on merchants but buy from merchants. Countless goods come here, don’t you become a whore and set up an archway?”

"I don't know that the city, agriculture, industry and commerce are indispensable. This is like a person. The scholar represents the human brain and controls the operation of the country; the agriculture is the foundation of the country, that is, the bones. It is the agriculture that supports the foundation of the country. ;work is the muscles of a person, and only when the muscles are strong can they have strong combat effectiveness; as for commerce, it is the blood of a person, which needs to circulate, otherwise people will die. Father, can you imagine what would happen if there were no merchants? ?”

"This..." Li Shimin was left speechless by Li Zhen's words. Thinking about it carefully, what Li Zhen said was very reasonable, but it makes sense. I don't have the guts.

Seeing Li Shimin's expression, Li Zhen sighed: "Father, my son knows that the concept of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce has been formed for thousands of years, and it will not happen overnight to break it, so my father just hopes that my father will let me try it." .”

"That's fine." To be honest, Li Shimin was persuaded by Li Zhen, so it would be good to let Li Zhen have a try: "But what kind of business is Zhen'er going to do?"

"This kid won't tell you." Li Zhen said mysteriously.

"Hahaha" Li Shimin finally couldn't help laughing when he saw Li Zhen's adorable appearance.

After laughing, Li Shimin's face became serious: "Zhen'er, you can just tell Father, you must never say this in front of outsiders."

"My child knows, after all, these words are definitely treasonous words in the eyes of some moralists." Li Zhen pouted and said, "Although they have been wearing clothes made by craftsmen and buying goods from merchants."

"Hahaha" Li Shimin was amused by Li Zhen again, and couldn't help but despise the words and deeds of some moralists.

"Okay, my father still has things to deal with, and my father has also taken this printing machine away, so I won't play with you."

"Congratulations to send the emperor."