Chapter 223 Volume 2: Fang Xuanling kills the thief in the main hall!

Author: Going to Drunk People

Chapter 223 Volume 2: Fang Xuanling kills the thief in the main hall!

In the Taiji Hall, when Fang Xuanling and others arrived, they all looked at the memorial on Li Er's desk and were a little confused.

What's going on?

It's only been quiet for a few days, and it's coming again?

"Your Majesty, these memorials?" Fang Xuanling asked.

Li Er waved his hand and said: "These are all lies made by the noble officials. They say that someone is destroying the stability of the Chang'an market and selling an extremely cheap paper, which makes those who rely on paper-making workshops have no way of living.

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"Your Majesty, what you said makes no sense!" Yuchi Jingde heard this and immediately stood up and said, "With the price of that paper in the past, I would have to stay away from it even if I saw it! Let alone other people?

The release of this cheap paper can be regarded as a blessing to scholars all over the world."

"Wu Guogong's words are quite right." Changsun Wuji rarely agreed with Yu Chigong's words. "Now that I have learned about this, I went to the street to take a look. Those who could not afford to read in the past bought books.

Scholars who could not afford paper returned home with a full load and a smile on their faces.

The old minister also asked a few people, and they said that although the quality of the paper is a little different, it is cheaper, and it is not difficult to write on."

From the moment he knew the price of paper, he knew that this was a hugely profitable business. Since the Changsun family had the opportunity to participate, how could he give up?

Money, everyone is short of it.

When Fang Xuanling heard this, he also said: "This is indeed a good thing that benefits scholars all over the world."

As a servant of the court, if you think that Fang Xuanling only values ​​the benefits, you would be looking down on him.

Like Wei Zheng, he valued the cheap paper's ability to revitalize culture and education.

If the culture and education of the Tang Dynasty could receive a qualitative improvement when he came to power, it would be far beyond what a small amount of wealth could compare with.

Of course, he would be willing to make money on the way.

No one has a grudge against money.

As for Yuchi Jingde, well, this guy is just a troublemaker. It doesn't matter whether he makes money or not. As long as it makes him happy, he will do anything he can.

However, it would be wrong to say that Yuchi Jingde was as simple as he appeared on the surface.

This guy's ability to force Li Yuan to abdicate is evident.

In his entire life, he really rested on his credit book, which was enough for him to last three generations.

"Indeed." Li Er nodded and said, "Such cheap paper is indeed a blessing for students all over the world."

On this point, even Li Er agrees.

Like Fang Xuanling, he really doesn't care whether he makes money or not, but the impact of the matter itself makes him care.

Regarding the price of paper in the past, Yu Chigong said that he would always take a detour whenever he saw it. This was indeed an exaggeration, but it also fully demonstrated how expensive paper was.

It is precisely because of expensive paper that the path to study is extremely difficult for students all over the world.

Nowadays, cheap paper has been praised by many students as soon as it came on the market, precisely because they saw hope.

This is what Li Er values.

As long as there are more scholars in the world, can the gentry still monopolize knowledge and the court like they did in the Sui Dynasty?

"It's a good thing." Wei Zheng stood up and said, "But it does make those craftsmen who rely on paper-making workshops lose some income."

He is such a person, as long as there is a problem, he will point it out.

So everyone secretly believes that no one should be teammates with him.

There is no way, this guy may shoot at his own people at any time!

And it's always full of firepower.

Who the hell can handle this?

"No, where are you from?" Yuchi Jingde immediately asked.

Others shut up.

You asked a question about loneliness.

Wei Zheng is neither of them. He only talks about the law and reason. If you talk about this with him, it is just playing the piano to an ox.

"Did I make a mistake?" Wei Zheng said without fear at all, "This paper has indeed benefited scholars all over the world, that's true. But it has also cut off the livelihood of those paper-making workshops.

Could it be said that the scholars in the world are the subjects of the Tang Dynasty, and those who open paper-making workshops are not my subjects of the Tang Dynasty?"

"It's not like we won't let them sell it!" Yuchi Jingde said angrily, "You just let them sell it!"

"Can it be sold?" Wei Zheng said angrily, "If they sell paper worth ten cents and a knife for a day, the whole family will hang themselves that night!"

Yuchi Jingde was also angry: "Then what are you talking about! If the imperial court has to issue a document and all the paper has the same price as them, the scholars in the world will not jump up!"

"Okay, there's no need for you two to argue." Fang Xuanling saw this and said, "The matter in the papermaking workshop can be easily solved."

"How to solve it?" Xiao Yu asked.

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "In the final analysis, the quality of the paper on the market, which costs ten cents per dollar, is still a bit poor. Its audience is students from poor families and ordinary people. In fact, the share of papermaking workshops has not been greatly damaged."

This is true.

Even among them, no one uses paper that costs ten cents and a knife.

It’s not like we don’t have the conditions, so there’s no need to dig and search about it.

"Fang Fushe still didn't see the crux of the problem." Xiao Yu said, "I have seen this paper that costs ten cents and one knife. In the final analysis, the technology is still immature. When the technology matures, it is difficult to say that it will not be better than today's paper."

Better paper.

Except for the color difference, this paper is much better than today's paper in other aspects."

Nodding, Fang Xuanling said: "This is indeed something that needs to be considered."

After finishing speaking, Fang Xuanling looked at Li Er and said, "Your Majesty, why not take this opportunity for the imperial court to come forward and acquire these papermaking workshops? Even if there are any accidents in the future, these workshops can be preserved."

Li Er nodded, this is indeed a method.

When Wei Zheng heard this, he said no more.

When he saw this piece of paper, he had anticipated this situation and discussed this with Fang Xuanling.

This is the best solution after they discussed it.

Of course, there are actually some unknown things here.

To put it bluntly, this paper was made by Li Chengqian and they can accept it.

If this thing was made by Murong Shun or Murong Fuyun, who would dare to sell it in Chang'an joints? Just look at what kind of faces they will have.

How could the important cultural and educational weapon of the Tang Dynasty be influenced by others?

Li Er will not allow anyone to interfere with such huge interests!

"Things in the papermaking workshop are all trivial matters." Li Er said, "The important thing is how to deal with these memorials."

Li Er really didn't care about the papermaking workshop.

The key is that nearly a hundred officials of the gentry in Chang'an have submitted memorials. Tomorrow, when the court meets, there will inevitably be another fierce battle.

Who among the people doesn’t understand?

Even Yuchi Jingde knew that the nobles could never give up.

When such cheap paper came on the market, for the nobles, it was just a hoe, enough to dig out their roots!

"Anyone who dares to stop this move that benefits the country and the people will be punished!" Fang Xuanling said immediately.

This sentence, full of murderous intent, made everyone stunned.

But after a second thought, everyone understood and immediately agreed: "Yes, it is a move that benefits the country and the people. Anyone who dares to stop it will be punished!"

During their tenure, if they can push the culture and education of the Tang Dynasty to its peak, even a hundred years later, they will be added to the history books!

Even though many of them are closely related to the scholar family, when it comes to their own political opinions, I'm sorry, that kind of relationship is not enough...

When Li Er heard this, although he didn't show anything on his face, he was determined in his heart.

The reason why he called these people here was just to get their attitude. After all, it would be difficult for him to fight against the entire noble clan by himself.

The key point is, regardless of whether those noble officials have other abilities, a group of them resigning at every turn really gives him a headache.

This is why he has to do this.

If there were more scholars in the world, how dare these guys threaten to resign?

That's an official position. It was originally a carrot and a trap, but he was belittled by these guys several times, which made Li Er unhappy for a long time.

After receiving the answer, Li Er asked everyone to retreat and returned to the harem.

As soon as everyone walked out of the Tai Chi Hall, Fang Xuanling said: "Everyone, such cheap paper must be the beginning of the prosperity of literature and education in the Tang Dynasty. I seem to be able to hear the sweet sound of thousands of students reading, which is like a prosperous era.

Beautiful view!”

When everyone heard this, they smiled and agreed: "It is indeed a beautiful scene in a prosperous age."

After playing a riddle, everyone dispersed.

Everything that needs to be understood is understood, so what else is left to say.

When Fang Xuanling returned home, she immediately invited Wang Dequan to her house.

Tomorrow is a tough battle, so of course we need to make more preparations.

In the harem, Li Er's hearty laughter alarmed Queen Changsun.

"What makes His Majesty so happy?"

After Li Er sat down, he hugged his eldest grandson and laughed: "You really got it right!"
To be continued...