Datang: Wrong start into the bridal chamber, the bride is Jinyang

What is justice in the Pentateuch?

"Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Zhouyi", "Spring and Autumn"!

All of them are Confucian classics, especially the book "Book of Changes", the sacred book of Confucianism, the head of the Six Classics, known as the source of the Dao!

Most of the things in it are metaphysics or theology, which are not only bitter and difficult to understand, it takes a lot of effort to learn, and most of them are useless things.

There is naturally a reason why Li Shimin and others respect Confucianism exclusively, and that is, starting from the Eastern Han Dynasty, they wanted to restore the old system of the Han Dynasty and rejuvenate the Tang Dynasty.

These people rarely think about the disadvantages of Confucianism.

No one dared to mention it before. After all, it is considered a disgrace to the world. If it is said, it will offend a large number of people, and many people will not be able to say it.

Most of the famous students and bachelors are Confucianists, so naturally they don't dig their own roots.

Like Fang Jun said, although it is not the first one, but I have to say that daring to say it in front of Li Shimin is definitely considered audacious.

After thinking for a while, Li Shimin smiled and said, "I know that Fang Yiai loves to study things, but I didn't expect it to be so! It's not surprising that you have such views on Confucianism and learning things. It's just that my Tang Dynasty can be like this? I can only choose what I can, It is natural to choose people of insight!"

"What is a man of insight? If he can write poems and recite two poems, he can be regarded as a man of insight?" Fang Jun shook his head and said, "If Your Majesty thinks so, then Fang Jun has nothing else to say today. Now, it’s just a casual remark! If His Majesty thinks it’s wrong, I hope you will forgive me!”

Li Shimin couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the words, and said, "Good boy! Then what do you think is a man of insight? Can you read poems and articles? Can you recite poems and write, can you read?"

"That's it! It's not!" Fang Jun said lightly: "Being able to read and write is naturally considered a man of insight. However, this is just the most basic thing! For me, literacy is not difficult!"

"Why is it not difficult?"

Li Shimin looked at him and said, "Do you know how much effort and time people in the world have spent on literacy? Nowadays, most of the people in the Tang Dynasty are vulgar farmers. How many people can read? It is a great kindness in itself for me to reopen the imperial examination and open up the way of speaking to select scholars. Take it! How can it be so simple for your Fang Yiai to say it!"

Fang Jun frowned and said, "Your Majesty, where is the source of people's difficulty in literacy?"

"Oh?"

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others stared at him.

Li Shimin thought for a while and said with a smile: "Where is it? Of course it is justice in the Five Classics, it is naturally in the Confucian classics, and it is naturally in the Analects! How much money do you have for a copy of the Analects of the Tang Dynasty? Not everyone is as rich as your Fang Yiai, There is no shortage of food and clothing!"

"When I re-open the imperial examination to select scholars, it is natural to select people of insight who can read and write articles! According to what you said, writing articles is only the foundation. However, only when you can write articles can you think about other issues! Only by knowing the crux of the Tang Dynasty can we effectively govern the Tang Dynasty! Only then can we... bring peace to all generations! Investigate things? Even if we can meet them, so what? How can we govern the Tang Dynasty? How can we continue the great Tang Dynasty? Tang Qianqiu will last forever!"

Hearing what he said, Fang Jun just wanted to laugh, thought for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, if I know how to learn how to read and write, it can reduce the cost of reading and literacy for scholars in the world by more than ten times. Can it be said that learning is effective? And I Also know one thing, can make the sword of Tang Dynasty ten times sharper, more than ten times tougher, make the crossbow of Tang Dynasty stronger, can kill the enemy from a hundred feet away, can it be said that the sword is useful?"

"Fang Yiai, you must know that you can conquer the world on horseback, but you can't rule the world on horseback!" Li Shimin was amused, and smiled, feeling that this kid was a bit stubborn.

"However! You said that you will be able to reduce the cost of reading and literacy by ten times... If this is true, I can win your trust!"

He continued to speak.

"Gewu, how can it be possible to govern the world on horseback? Gewu is just a convenience for the people!" Fang Jun sighed: "Take reading and literacy as an example. It's really simple, but some people don't Do it. Or, don’t know how to do it! Your Majesty, if no one does it all the time, then future generations may never do it!”

"I have one thing. It is an act of investigating things, but it can make people all over the world have books to read, and all people can read books! It can make the entire Analects of Confucius reduced to waste paper, and anyone can own it! It’s extremely simple, and it can be done with three or five tricks! However, no one has achieved such a major event so far. Isn’t this a big joke in the world?”

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were startled.

"Oh? What are you talking about? Tell me carefully?"

"Is there such a big thing?"

Fang Jun nodded and said: "It's very simple to do! Weichen once counted the Chinese characters in the world, and it was only three to five thousand characters! If Weichen ordered a craftsman to carve these three to five thousand characters on a wooden seal. Take out these three to five thousand wooden seals, and each word is arranged according to the Analects of Confucius! Splash ink on it and brush it with white paper! Isn’t a chapter of Analects coming out? With this wooden seal, how many Analects of Confucius are needed, so directly As much Analects of Confucius as you splash ink, you can have as much as you want! Wouldn’t the so-called valuable Analects be reduced to waste paper?”

Everyone was stunned.

Boom!

There was an instant silence in the room.

Li Shimin looked at each other with Fang Xuanling, Xiao Yu and others, and they looked at each other, stunned and unbelievable.

Fang Yizhi, Wei Shuyu and Mrs. Lu were also stunned, their mouths opened wide, as if they realized something.

"This this……"

Quan Wangji behind Li Shimin also looked at Fang Jun, feeling a little creepy for a moment.

This person is a bit more intelligent than a monster!

"Studying things first!"

Fang Jun saw that everyone was silent, so he continued: "Since ancient times, the investigation of things has always been the first priority! With the investigation of things, there are all things in the world, there are sharp swords, there are Quyuanli, and there are all kinds of utensils. Only ceramics, chopsticks, and lamps! Everything in the world is inseparable from gewu, and so is Confucianism! I gewu can solve things that Confucianism has been unable to solve for hundreds or even thousands of years! The so-called literacy It’s a man of insight, and it’s just a joke! Your Majesty’s reopening of the imperial examination is good, but it’s actually a waste of money!”

Listening to his taunt, the room was dead silent again.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

Dumbfounding.

Li Shimin thought for a while, and asked Fang Xuanling and Gao Shilian, "According to what he said... is this possible?"

Fang Xuanling and Gao Shilian's whole bodies were shocked, they opened their mouths, and they didn't know how to speak.

Is such a thing possible? ...

Isn't that an ironclad thing?

Engraving and printing, isn't that how it's done.

But why has no one thought of it?

Both of them were a little shocked.

After a moment of silence, Fang Xuanling said dumbfoundedly: "Your Majesty! This method...maybe you can try it. But I don't agree with what this son said! If you can recite poems and make right answers, you can be regarded as a man of insight! Investigating things, in fact Wait a minute!"

"In other words, the method Fang Yiai said can indeed solve the problem of the Analects of Confucius, and it can indeed solve the problem of Tianxia Wenwen!"

Li Shimin said with a serious face: "With this method, the Analects of the World is no longer a manuscript, but as many as you want! This method... is it really possible? Shiwen, auxiliary machine, what do you think? Is it true? Can it? This is my top priority in Tang Dynasty!"

Chapter 160

Nowadays, most of the Analects of Confucius are controlled by the gentry, who can read and write, they can be regarded as high-class people among the people.

That's why Fang Jun's two poems were suppressed in Datang, which made many people breathless.

Datang has five surnames and seven hopes!

Why are there five surnames and seven hopes?

Why are there Shandong gentry?

It is because of monopolizing knowledge and monopolizing the channels of Jinshi, Li Shimin has always wanted to suppress the arrogance of the Shandong gentry, and he has been excluded many times.

But no matter how he squeezes them out, the gentry is still a gentry. In this world, only the disciples of the gentry can be scholars, have talents, and be able to govern the country.

So in the later period, after Li Shimin passed away, the excluded Shandong gentry re-emerged and took control of the Tang Dynasty again, and the prestige of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs also climbed to its peak.

Li Shimin is well aware of the troubles of the gentry, and he is afraid that the gentry will threaten the imperial power and sway the imperial power, so he has been trying to limit their development.

But so far, nothing has been done, because at this time, even high-ranking ministers such as Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, etc., have a deep sense of inferiority when facing powerful families. Shandong gentry with high social status got married in an attempt to change their families.Not to mention other people, there are many who try to achieve the goal of climbing the dragon and the phoenix through buying and selling marriages.

Why can't it be changed?

That is knowledge.

Whether it is strengthening the imperial examinations, suppressing the powerful and noble families, or compiling the "Clan Chronicles" to elevate the status of the common people, it is of little use.

The gentry is that gentry, which did not change until the Song Dynasty.

An important sign of the change is the emergence of movable type printing, which interrupted the monopoly of knowledge and allowed poor students to have the opportunity to read and write and become a scholar.

Li Shiminxiong has a general plan, and he can naturally see the problem of Datang, so he has always asked Fang Jun how important this matter is.

Seeing the emperor's inquiry, Changsun Wuji and Xiao Yu looked at each other with solemn faces.

Changsun Wuji said: "Your Majesty! Maybe you can give it a try!"

"That is to say, you can't be sure?" Li Shimin said.

Changsun Wuji nodded and said: "Fang Consort's proposal is really amazing, but we have to try it out. I feel that the wood engraving is somewhat rough!"

"Wood doesn't work, so just use something else! Just use clay, which is fired like ceramics!" Fang Jun said: "This is one of the solutions to the problem after all. As long as you think about it, you can naturally Solve these problems! Of course, the most important thing is not this, but the act of investigating things! Focusing on investigating things is not to eliminate people of insight, let alone eliminate Confucianism! And the integration of the two is not a bad idea? Of course, how to integrate them specifically, micro The minister doesn't understand, and His Majesty needs to consider it!"

"Good boy!" Li Shimin said with a smile: "Haha, you turned around and turned back here again. It can be seen that you really have a lot of experience in Gewu! Put aside Gewu for now, and now I want to see your roommate. Is this method feasible or not! Haha, come, find Master Seal!"

"Yes!"

Li Shimin couldn't bear it, and immediately called some seal masters, felled some wood, and then started to make wooden movable type.

It is much more difficult to make movable clay type, and there is no need for it for the time being. If wooden movable type is not enough, then clay movable type will do.

The person was brought to him soon, and after hearing Li Shimin's request, the seal master was stunned for a moment, without hesitation, he immediately picked up the knife and pen to carve characters.

It didn't take long for a row of characters to be carved, and Li Shimin directly ordered someone to pour ink into it and brush it lightly.

Sure enough, a line of characters appeared on the white paper.

"It's doable! It's really doable!"

"This is..."

"Haha, this is asking knowingly! This is not feasible, what is feasible? Isn't that what the seal is like? This Fang Yiai just thought a little more and used it on the Analects of Confucius! In this way, it is indeed very good At least it can solve the price of the Analects, so that poor students can also read and write!" Li Shimin laughed excitedly.

In order to build the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin was thirsty for talents. When vigorously implementing the new imperial examination policy, he also issued five edicts to various places, asking officials at all levels to recommend real talents to the court.

He knew the importance of Fang Jun's move.

"Create peace for all generations!" Li Shimin stared at Fang Jun and said with a smile: "Fang Yiai, you still made peace for all generations! Yes, this move is a great act of kindness. With this thing, why worry about Tang Dynasty?" Don’t you have the talents to govern the country?”

"But what should this thing be called?" Fang Xuanling looked at the crowd and said.

"It should be called wooden movable type!" Fang Jun said: "If it is done well, it is wooden movable type! If wooden movable type is not easy to use, use other. Or use clay movable type. In short, more than 3000 different movable types are made. The Analects are arranged in a single swipe! You should be able to swipe a lot! You can swipe as many as you want! You can just swipe any book you want!"

"..."

Everyone was shocked by his statement.

Although most people are aware of seals and engraving printing, but such a practice like his, did not expect.

How come no one thought of it?

Obviously it's that simple, it can be broken with one click, just a little trick.

Similar to Qu Yuanli, it is obviously extremely simple!

Looking back seriously, everything this Fang Yiai does seems to be extremely simple and can be done at will, but no one has been able to do it for thousands of years. If Li Shimin hadn't asked at this time, he probably wouldn't have said it. .

Is this the way he said to think about problems?

How do you see the world?

Li Shimin and the others couldn't help thinking deeply.

"Okay! Haha, this is excellent! Fang Yiai, you have made a great contribution! Not only to my Tang Dynasty, but also to the people of the whole world!" Li Shimin laughed excitedly and said: "In the future, If the Analects of the Tang Dynasty is passed on, then all the poor disciples in the world will have to thank you, Fang Yiai! I, the Tang Dynasty, have finally produced a remarkable person!"

Fang Jun laughed, and said with a smile: "This thing is just a casual remark..."

"Haha, another casual remark? The more you remark, the better!" Li Shimin laughed and said, "Perhaps, we should learn how you view everything in the world. Putting things first? I should also think about what to do As! Should the investigation of things really be the first priority? How should the governance of the country be based on the investigation of things? Shi Wen, Auxiliary Machine, Fang Qiao, you all need to think about this matter! If it is really convenient for the people, why should I worry about the world? Daxing? My Great Tang will last forever!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Changsun Wuji and others hurriedly responded.

Li Shimin turned his head to look at Fang Jun again, and said with a smile: "At first, I considered that you are young, so you should not be promoted too quickly, so as not to attract people's envy. But I didn't expect that you still have such talent today. I am afraid I can't suppress it now." Stop you! Haha! Tell me now, what advice do you have?"

Chapter 161 This son...is a dragon and phoenix among men

"The remonstrance is gone! I have already said what I can say!" Fang Jun shrugged and said, "What should be done is really worth thinking about. It's just that Weichen has always felt that investigating things is not about inferiors, but superiors and superiors." Wait! Anyone who is convenient to the people, who is convenient to others, is the best! If you talk about it in a small way, you can make curved plows and wooden movable type. But if you talk about it in a big way, as long as you make it big, you can move mountains. Pingyue, it is not impossible to reclaim land from the sea! It’s just that it will take thousands of years to do so!”

In fact, Fang Jun has been thinking all this time, what is wrong with ancient China?Was it the wrong way from the beginning?

Obviously it is the greatest civilization on earth, it is obviously one of the four ancient countries, and it obviously has the most glorious history on earth, but in the end it suffered a hundred years of humiliation.

If it hadn't been opened by the big ships and cannons of the West, perhaps this land would have been stagnant, even if the dynasty was lower and the nation was sinking, it was the same.

It was wrong from the start.

The mistake started with Dong Zhongshu in the Han Dynasty.

Even though Fang Jun can make one or two things to change Datang, he knows that these things are not as useful to this land as he imagined.

The most important thing is the change of thoughts and concepts. Only when these changes can the world change and the whole nation will be fully awakened.

If not, then everything is nonsense!

Fang Jun didn't go deep into it, after all, some things are more dangerous and need to be subtle.

Li Shimin may not realize how dangerous what Fang Jun said is now, but after a long time, he will definitely be aware of it.

National awakening is no small matter.