"Bad servant? Can a lowly servant solve this problem?" Yang Sixuan couldn't help being stunned when he heard Li Xian humiliating him, and then smiled contemptuously: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, exaggerated, right? If what His Highness the Crown Prince said is true, Wei Wei
I would rather honor that humble servant as a disciple and worship him as my teacher."
"Okay, this is what Yang Jijiu said, so let's make it a deal. I want to see how Yang Jijiu becomes his teacher after that cheap servant solves this problem." Li Xian was also calm when he heard this.
He smiled, and then ordered the craftsman waiting outside the palace to enter the palace to meet the saint.
A moment later, a young craftsman with messy hair came into the palace. With a nervous look on his face, he bowed to Empress Wu and said, "Little man Liu, Liu Sili has met the Queen of Heaven, the Queen Mother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"Huh? How can an ordinary humble servant like you find a way to solve the problem of insufficient scriptures?" Empress Wu couldn't help being surprised when she saw that the person who came was indeed an ordinary craftsman, and asked quickly.
"Yes, a small, small, small person can, can solve it." Craftsman Liu Sili was covered in cold sweat and stammered in reply.
But I heard Li Xian say gently: "Liu Sili, don't be nervous, just say it nicely."
"Yes, yes, thank you, Your Highness." Seeing Li Xian's encouraging eyes, Liu Sili immediately felt a sense of peace of mind, and his mood slowly calmed down. Although he was still nervous, he spoke much more fluently.
Empress Wu saw that everything of the craftsman was done naturally and was not done intentionally. She also saw the weathered look on the craftsman's face and his hands were calloused. She knew that the craftsman was an authentic craftsman and was determined not to fake it, so she asked:
"Liu Sili, you said you have a way to solve the problem of insufficient scriptures. What is it? Can you demonstrate it for me?"
"Yes, I obey the order. I wonder if the Queen of Heaven can give me a volume of books, paper, ink, a carving knife and other things?" Liu Sili saluted Empress Wu and then asked respectfully.
Empress Wu naturally agreed to this small request and immediately ordered that the other party receive what he asked for.
This time the book given by Empress Wu was just a poem with the number of crosses.
The craftsman Liu Sili looked at the poem carefully and asked Empress Wu to send an official to help him write the poem. Empress Wu casually designated Wang Bo to go forward. Wang Bo stepped forward and dipped it in thick ink.
, Hui Hao wrote the poem again.
Liu Sili took out a piece of wood and pasted it on the front of the paper where the ink was still wet. After a while, the ink fell on the board.
Liu Sili took out the chisel and cut away the areas without ink marks. He lightly brushed the ink on the board, then took a piece of white paper and pasted it on the board. After a while of patting and other movements, he took the paper off.
When they came out, they saw a piece of paper with ink stains appearing in front of everyone.
Liu Sili continued to throw the paper up, and then repeated the above actions. Soon, the second, third, fourth... paper with ink stains appeared in front of everyone.
Everyone present is a smart person. They can understand at a glance that if the number of words is small and the printing paper is small, there is no advantage. But if there are many chapters and many copies of such paper need to be repeated, the efficiency is incomparable than copying.
How many times faster, and there is another advantage here, that is, as long as you don't make mistakes the first time, you will never make mistakes, while copying may make mistakes every time.
"Haha, Queen Mother, Yang Aiqing, I wonder if printing scriptures in this way can solve the problem of lack of scriptures?" Li Xian saw that all the officials had a look of understanding, and he couldn't help asking Empress Wu and Yang Sixuan.
"This, this", Yang Sixuan didn't expect that the matter could be solved like this, and he couldn't help being shocked. Now when Li Xian asked him, he suddenly said in embarrassment: "I didn't expect that there are such geniuses in the world, such
It is an incredible method. Such a method can naturally solve the problem of insufficient scriptures. And the most important thing is that such a method can even be done by ordinary craftsmen and handymen. It is not easy to make mistakes. It is really ingenious, original and humble.
admire."
Although he was very unwilling, Yang Sixuan also knew that he was completely defeated in this round of confrontation. He was completely defeated and there was no room for counterattack.
In this way, not only him, but also the entire rear party behind him felt that his face was disgraceful. A small trick, an inadvertent method, and a lowly handyman actually helped Li Xian turn the tide and win this victory.
I don’t know whether the victory in the confrontation was Li Xian’s luck or their misfortune.
In fact, how can these people know? In fact, how could this idea be thought of by an ordinary craftsman? In fact, it was Li Xian who revealed this method to this craftsman based on the historical records of the engraving and printing technology invented nearly two hundred years later, and
Although this craftsman seemed to be just an ordinary handyman, he was actually absorbed by Li Xian's Tangmen Mingtang (in order to avoid Li Xian's taboo, the Xiantang was changed to Mingtang after Li Xian became the crown prince).
A talented person with a craftsman status. Although this person has a craftsman status, he is smart and studious. With the help of Chen Ziang, the master of Mingtang Hall, he has read poetry and books. However, due to his household registration, he has been unable to take the imperial examination, resulting in the inability to use his talents and learning.
After Li Xian learned of this situation, he passed on the printing skills he knew to Liu Sili so that he could show off his skills in the court. This would not only help Li Xian win this confrontation, but he could also take advantage of it.
Liu Sili left his craftsmanship and was granted an official position.
And this is exactly what happened. With just this trump card, Li Xian completely turned the tide of the battle and won the battle. Empress Wu was forced to agree to Li Xian's petition, agree to expand the school, recruit talents, and transfer all
All relevant matters were given to Li Xian with full authority. As a result, Li Xian immediately gained a huge reputation, especially those scholars who came from poor backgrounds but were quite intelligent. They were even more grateful to Li Xian because of Li Xian's words.
They saw the hope of studying and becoming officials, which made their lives full of light. Of course, Liu Sili, the craftsman who demonstrated the printing technique to Empress Wu, the prince and the courtiers, also broke away from his status as a craftsman and was awarded the title of Secretary of the Ministry of Industry.
Although this official position was only a seventh-level official, it still made him one of many officials, which could be regarded as changing his destiny.
After Empress Wu retreated from the court and returned to the palace, she was immediately filled with anger. She had been complacent and confident before, thinking that she would be able to stop Li Xian this time, but she did not expect that an unexpected craftsman would change the situation of the battle. However, when things happened
Now, even killing this craftsman is useless, because this method is very simple, as long as you think of it, even an ordinary craftsman can do it.
"Hmph, you are just trying to win people's hearts, and it is of no great use. I want to see how you can behave?" Empress Wu could not stop it, and now she could only wait and see what happens, but she was waiting.
The next time they have a chance to face off, Li Xian will never be able to win easily. (To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!