When Li Zhi resigned from office, he had already worked in the Nanjing Ministry of Justice for more than two years. Because he was an honest and honest official and efficient in his work, he had quite an official reputation at this time and stood out even more among the Nanjing official circles.
Lin Yuntong, the Minister of Punishment in Nanjing, asked someone to persuade him: "Why not wait a few months until the current exam is over and the court may commend him before leaving."
Li Zhi replied with a letter to thank Lin Yuntong, and stated his thoughts: "To occupy the place where he was not appointed is to be a neglected official, and Zhi would not dare to do so; to be grateful for favors is to be greedy for honor, and Zhi will not do so;
If one hears a reputation in the court and then goes away, it is just to catch the name, and Zhi cannot do it. If you go away, you will go away, so how can you care about anything else?"
Lin Yun had the same surname as Ruyu and his nickname was Tuizhai. He was over seventy years old. He had been petitioning for an official position since the fourth year of Longqing. At that time, he submitted five petitions in succession before he was approved. However, this year he was reinstated by the imperial court and appointed to the Nanjing Ministry of Punishment. He recommended
I tried several times but didn't turn it down, so I had no choice but to take the job.
After seeing Li Zhi's letter, Lin Yuntong appreciated and sympathized with it. He attached a memorial to the imperial court with the opinions of the Nanjing Ministry of Punishment, allowing him to resign. At the same time, he himself wrote another letter requesting to become an official.
This time Mr. Tuizhi took advantage of Li Zhi - Zhang Juzheng had absolutely no reason to allow Li Zhi to resign and let a man in his seventies continue to work. Soon the court's reply came and both resignations were approved.
Lin Yuntong's approval to become an official is different from Li Zhi's resignation. A retired veteran cadre enjoys the same treatment as Chiyi, and there is no shortage of rewards. In comparison, Li Zhi is much more embarrassed. He didn't say anything and was still criticized.
Colleagues and friends looked at him sympathetically and said, "Come and see the lunatic." After all, he was close to the fourth rank in the civil service, which made people admire him.
After completing the resignation procedures, Li Zhi felt very disappointed again. He said to Feng Bangning: "I am afraid of the constraints of being in an official position, but I am reluctant to let go of the official position. It is both painful on the outside and painful on the inside. I am a person who will always be miserable."
Feng Bangning made a comforting expression and said: "Brother, resigning from office is different from being dismissed from office. There is still a day to come back after being dismissed from office. If you resign at a young age, there will be no chance of coming back again in the future, so there is no need to twist it."
Li Zhi laughed angrily, glared at Feng Bangning and said, "Are you trying to comfort me?"
Feng Bangning pushed him onto the carriage and called: "Brother, stop talking nonsense? This newspaper office is waiting for you to open." After saying that, he quickly told the coachman to move quickly.
The daily newspaper is opposite Qingliu Bookstore. It used to be a bookstore. Because the boss saved some real estate and returned to his hometown to become a country squire? When it was sold, it was bought by Feng Bangning.
When Li Zhi arrived, he saw two tall horse-tying stones outside the gate facing the street. The black gates were inlaid with large copper nails, and they were neatly decorated everywhere.
When I walked in, I saw that the third large house [Bayi Chinese Website www.81zw.xyz] covers an area of nearly four or five acres. There is a spacious yard in front of the main hall, and there is actually a garden behind the house. Li Zhi was surprised:
"Brother Xian, how much money did you spend?"
Feng Bangning smiled and said, "Brother, don't worry about this. I'll take you to see the machine." After saying that, he led him to the second room where the workers worked.
Li Zhi followed Feng Bangning and entered the typesetting workshop first. Upon entering the door, there were two rotating typesetting trays of amazing size. Li Zhi asked Feng Bangning: "But the type selection tray invented by Wang Zhen?"
Feng Bangning gave a thumbs up and said: "Brother is really awesome. It's just the wheel selection plate, but it's different from his method of selecting characters. I bought it at Tianji Pavilion."
When Li Zhi walked up to take a look, he saw that the character selection plate was different from what was recorded in the "Nongshu"? The roulette wheel invented by Wang Zhen used a large roulette wheel with a diameter of seven feet, and placed the candidate characters in the grid according to the rhyme pattern?
Turn the wheel to pick the word.
Feng Bangning: There are two roulette wheels here. One side has full characters, and the other side has common characters. And there is not one big roulette wheel on each iron axis, but seven roulette wheels. Each roulette wheel is marked with the initial sound, rhyme, and part.
For first-class characters, the worker sits in the middle of the two axes. He can choose characters based on initial consonants, rhymes and rhymes, and partial characters.
Li Zhi looked at it and was surprised: "What is this sound?"
Feng Bangning said with a smile: "Nowadays, there are four different phonetic notation methods for characters: zhiyin, pronunciation, and fanqie. It is difficult to learn it and it is inconvenient to find the characters."
"This is the movable type checking roulette sold by Tianji Pavilion. It is easy to learn and is most suitable for typesetting - I bought it for six hundred taels of silver. I have only trained the first batch of workers in the past two months."
Li Zhi carefully looked at the phonetic notations for the initial sounds and rhymes, and saw that they were all strange symbols that looked like radicals. After asking Feng Bangning about the pronunciation, he had a preliminary grasp of it in less than a quarter of an hour. He tried spelling a few, and all of them were in harmony.
The harder Li Zhi worked, the more frightened he became, and finally he went crazy and shouted loudly: "What a great talent, with superb exegesis and all-inclusive ability to invent this phonetic notation method - this method can be famous forever, why not
Borrowing from the unknown?"
After hearing this, Feng Bangning looked at him strangely and said with a smile: "Brother is joking, what's so difficult about this? I haven't thought about it yet, but if I do, I can invent it."
Li Zhi couldn't tell clearly from this unlearned and unskilled man, and he wanted to vomit blood after hearing these words. He said to Feng Bangning: "My dear brother, don't print newspapers for now, first print this phonetic notation method - no one in the world knows how to do social studies
No need, but the name of Qingliu Bookstore will surely be resounding throughout the world!"
Feng Bangning smiled after hearing this and said: "Brother, you can compile books, but I can't; I can do business, but you can't. Who is that? Go to the printing room and get the "Disciple Regulations"."
After hearing this, Li Zhi asked again: "What is the Disciple Regulations?"
Feng Bangning said: "This is a book compiled by the Hanlin Academy in accordance with the emperor's order. It is imitated in the style of Wang Yinglin's "Three Character Classic" and is composed of four chapters connected together. It is specially used for children's education. I heard that the sample book will soon become popular all over the world. I am my godfather.
Get me a copy so I can get the upper hand."
While he was talking, someone nearby brought the "Disciple Regulations" and gave it to Li Zhi. Li Zhi unfolded two pages and first called out "wonderful!" When he wanted to take a closer look, Feng Bangning said, "I'll give this copy to my elder brother. I'll take it when I have time."
Look slowly, the phonetic notation is at the back."
Li Zhi quickly turned to the back and saw that the last dozen or so pages were printed with new phonetic notation methods. He asked, "You bought it from Tianji Pavilion. Can Tianji Pavilion still allow you to sell this method?"
Feng Bangning pointed to the last few lines of the book and said, "Brother, please read it."
When Li Zhi looked at it, he saw that the last line read: "This phonetic notation method has been bought out by Rishenglong Tianji Pavilion with ten thousand gold to benefit the world. If you have a wonderful method to help the world, Tianji Pavilion is always waiting, the price is fair, and you will not be deceived."
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When Li Zhi saw it, his mouth twitched wildly. He smiled bitterly and said, "Are all businessmen now so caring about the world?"
After hearing this, Feng Bangning curled his lips and said, "Brother, please don't let them fool you. There are hundreds of bookshops in the world. He sells phonetic notation, not roulette making. Waiting for someone who is willing to use phonetic notation to figure out the roulette,
If we use it first, we will defeat him already - then, who dares not to buy this roulette?"
Pointing at the roulette wheel, he said: "How many kilograms of iron does this thing use? They dare to sell it for 600 taels! Are there any bookstores in the world who dare not buy it? Brother, look at this "Disciple Regulations". This is movable type printing. Compared with
How about engraving?”
Li Zhi was surprised again when he heard this. He pointed at the book and asked, "Is this printed with movable type?"
Feng Bangning said: "Brother, come and take a look at this movable type. This is not wood or copper type, but lead movable type. After a while, you can go to the printing room and have a look. There are many more organs inside. I don't know if Tianji Pavilion has maintained it."
How many craftsmen are working on this thing every day."
After saying that, he cursed: "Damn it, Tianji Pavilion sells roulette type, and Rishenglong sells ink. Except for paper, I can buy it myself. Rishenglong has made all the good money!"
Li Zhi laughed and said, "The ink used here is different?"
Feng Bangning shook his head and said: "That's the hateful thing about Ri Shenglong's business today - if we don't use his ink, the typeface won't be able to be hung with ink! I have already found several ink-making masters, and I have to research the formula.
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Li Zhi laughed loudly after hearing this and asked: "Doesn't Tianji Pavilion sell this ink-making formula?" Feng Bangning shook his head and said: "Ri Shenglong's business is domineering. I asked several times and they all said that Tianji Pavilion doesn't have this method - if
I have this method, but I don’t want to sell it. How about making ink and selling it?”
Li Zhi listened and said with a smile: "Then you have invested a lot in making this newspaper. Can you get your capital back?"
Feng Bangning smiled bitterly after hearing this and said: "Brother, you don't know something. Since Tianji Pavilion started selling this new printing press this year, as I said, everyone has to buy it - no matter how much it costs, it will save money than engraving! After this engraving,
, I can only carve paintings or do other things to make a living."
"Whether I want to be in the newspaper business or not, I have to buy this set of printing machines. Fortunately, Qingliu Bookshop is used to using movable type - some people specialize in engraving. Once they have learned all this and can print books, this year will pass.