Chapter 198 The power of movable type
Leisure time always passes quickly. After the Lantern Festival, Chongwenguan began to give lectures, and Wei Renshi began his daily life of listening to lectures in Chongwenguan.
It was so fast that life was so fast, and before I knew it, the weather was getting warmer and warmer.
In the capital, you can see the willow trees green from afar. When people stand in the distance, the ground is already hazy and green. When they walk closer, they can't see clearly.
The fur in winter was finally able to take off and put on a thicker spring shirt.
A group of people appeared in front of the Chongwen Pavilion, happily, dancing and smiling, gathering around several carriages, escorting the carriages slowly over.
Looking forward were several old men with gray hair, with excitement between their eyebrows, red light on their faces, and they couldn't even stop their smiles.
Such a group of people caused passers-by to stop and stood on both sides of the road and looked lively.
When the old men in front saw everyone watching, their smiles on their faces became even more joyful. If they were to add a big red robe to him, it would feel like they were getting married.
Everyone and the carriage stopped in front of the Chongwen Pavilion.
"Everyone, please come in." The current old man is Mr. Gao, the owner of Chongwen Museum. Judging from his appearance, I am afraid that the identities of those people will not be much lower than his, and they should be all bachelors.
"This method of printing movable type is really amazing. If it weren't for this method, it would take several years for so many classics to be stereotyped. After that, there would be only one set of stereotypes, and the speed was limited, and it would take several years. Now, we only need to prepare a few more sets of movable type. Three or five craftsmen form a group of their own and manage a set of movable type, and they can print it day and night. After so many years, how many books should be printed? Who among the students in the world needs to worry about not having books to read!" One of the scholars looked at the carriage and sighed: "I must meet this Wei County man."
Everyone went into Chongwen Hall together, and the carriage entered through the side door.
But it is said that Wei Renshi is listening to an article explaining by Liu Zhao carefully. Wei Renshi has also learned this article in later generations, and now he has a new understanding after listening to the explanations of the ancients.
However, just as he listened with relish, the door was pushed open. Mr. Gao stood at the door and waved to Wei Ren.
Wei Renshi stood up and bowed to Liu Zhao. Liu Zhao nodded and asked him to go out.
When he got outside, Gao Xueshi grabbed Wei Renshi and said, "Renshi, you have already printed a batch of books before, which are the most commonly used books among the Imperial College and the two museums. Many scholars at that time learned about this matter, and felt that you gave this method a lot of contributions to the scholars in the world, so they all wanted to see you and come together today. Come with me."
After saying that, Mr. Gao took Wei Renshi back.
Later, I saw several old men talking together. Wei Renshi also saw familiar faces. Who would it be if it wasn’t Xue Shi Zhang?
Xue Shi Zhang also saw Wei Renshi, came first, and smiled and said, "I know that you are not an ordinary person. Once this move is made, all students in the world will know your Wei Renshi's name."
Wei Renshi smiled without saying a word, and said first: "Student Wei Renshi, pay homage to all the bachelor's."
"The Wei County man is indeed a genius. He first developed the method of improving wasteland and silting dams. Now he has offered such useful movable type printing method. It is really God bless the Tang Dynasty!" An old man stroked his beard and said in sighing.
As soon as he finished speaking, another person said, "Since ancient times, we have been engraved with carvings. If you need to print, you must first carving them. It is time-consuming and labor-intensive. The carvings are extremely easy to be damaged. After printing a few times, they need to be re-engraved and not easy to preserve. After several years, they will be damaged, making it difficult to print books. This method of printing movable type greatly improves the efficiency of printing. Now, the classics that were originally published took several years to be published, but now all have been printed in less than two months! With the art of printing movable type, the court can publish books on a large scale. Students in the world have books to read. Who doesn't appreciate the kindness of the court? This move can make the court win the hearts of all the scholars in the world!"
"Yes, the contribution of Wei County men this time is better than the previous achievements in improving the desert fields." Xue Shi Zhang also nodded and said with a smile.
"You bachelors are praised." Wei Ren gave a tribute and said, "Students cannot afford to praise you all bachelors."
"Haha, know, don't be humble. Today I am here just to see the person who gave the method of printing movable type with his own eyes. I have already reported this matter to Your Majesty. I think Your Majesty will give you some rewards soon." Gao Xueshen smiled and said, "I am here today to distribute the published books to all students. But you don't have to copy the books and listen to the lectures in the future."
"Hahahaha, I am happy, so I came here to join in the fun." said another scholar next to me.
Mr. Gao sent a group of students in Chongwenguan, and then asked someone to move the brand new books from the carriage, and then distributed the textbooks to each student as needed.
While everyone was happy to watch the students receive the books, Zhang Xueshi came to Wei Renshi and whispered: "These people are all great scholars today. If they have them to show their merits for you, your Majesty's reward will not be too light this time. But you must be careful, I will think about you and advise you not to accept the actual position given by Your Majesty."
Wei Renshi was stunned, but saw that Mr. Zhang had already walked by him again and went forward to talk to the other bachelors.
Wei Renshi thought about it carefully, but couldn't understand why Mr. Zhang wanted to remind him like this.
So I decided to wait until after the school was over, and then go to Mr. Zhang’s house to ask clearly.
After handing out books to the students of Chongwenguan, the bachelors began to go to the Imperial College and Hongwenguan again, and were going to send the required books to the students there.
Wei Renshi had no intention of continuing to listen to the lecture, and was thinking about Mr. Zhang’s explanation in his heart.
After a break, Wei Renshi rushed out of Chongwenguan before Fan Zhiyi and the others left together, and got on the carriage and went to Zhang Xueshu's house.
Wei Renshi often visited Mr. Zhang's home, so the doorman recognized him, so he didn't need to communicate with him, so he put Wei Renshi in.
When Mr. Zhang saw Wei Renshi coming in in the hall, he immediately smiled and said, "I knew you would definitely come up. It turns out that there are things you can't understand!"
"Look at what you always say, I am not a god in heaven, how can I figure out everything?" Wei Renshi smiled and asked, "I would like to ask Mr. Zhang for advice!"
Xue Shi Zhang smiled and said, "The advice you have offered before is not to be the second strategy of land, or the horseshoe later, and the current movable type printing are all techniques made by farmer. Now you are a county man, and you will generally not be promoted to you so quickly. So you will definitely be with you. But since it is the credit of the art of farmerer, you will naturally have to give you relevant actual positions. The only relevant actual positions are the Ministry of Works, among the Five Supervisors. The Ministry of Works will naturally not be with you, so it is most likely to be with you a real position within the Five Supervisors."
Chapter completed!