Hearing this, Xun Yu immediately nodded and said, "I didn't think enough about it."
Zhao Feng said: "Then it's settled, just let Zilong take the lead. From now on, he will be responsible for patrolling the grassland and ensuring that the Xianbei people will always surrender to the Wei Dynasty."
Zhuge Liang also said: "Zilong's victory in the various armies sent by His Majesty greatly boosted the morale of all the soldiers. Zilong and Fengxiao should be heavily rewarded to encourage other soldiers."
"That's right."
Afterwards, the rewards for Zhao Yun and Guo Jia were decided, and Zhao Feng suddenly changed the topic and said: "Everyone, it is easy to conquer the world, but it is difficult to conquer the world. We have conquered the grassland, but how can we ensure that these Xianbei people will always submit to the Wei Dynasty in the future?"
Zhuge Liang immediately smiled and said: "I have thought about this problem repeatedly. In the past, generals like Meng Tian and Huo Qubing attacked foreign enemies on the grasslands, but there were still foreign enemies who refused to surrender, so force cannot solve this problem."
"After all, we can't slaughter them all. We still have to count on them for cattle, sheep and horses, and Zilong has brought many Xianbei children with him this time. This method can only be useful temporarily, but it cannot be used forever.
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"You have to know that after a tribe changes its leader, it will not care about the life and death of these hostages. Therefore, I feel that if we can use Confucianism to teach these children, and after they have learned it, they can go back and become the leaders of each tribe. If things go on like this, the Xianbei people will gain
Enlightenment must be willing to respect us as masters.”
"Of course, some auxiliary things are needed here. For example, the system must be formulated in a high-pressure manner. Nobles who have not studied in the court are not allowed to be tribal leaders, and Xianbei children who are not good at school and cannot pass the examination cannot be leaders."
"This will ensure that their leaders are more likely to accept our culture, know the shame of robbing others, and know the glory of self-reliance."
"Then, colleges will be opened in the grasslands, and those who excel in studies can serve in various tribes. The court can give them generous salaries and even privileges, so that the Xianbei people can advocate Confucianism."
"Such as this, with a multi-pronged approach, the Xianbei people will definitely be tamed."
However, as soon as Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Xun Yu pointedly raised the biggest question: "Kong Ming's idea can be called perfect, but to accomplish this thing, a large number of books are needed, and today's books are almost all
It’s about being praised and written down.”
"And most of them are written slips, which are clumsy and difficult to transport. It is difficult to open more academies in the Wei Dynasty. It is even more difficult to open academies on the grasslands now."
Zhuge Liang nodded and said with a smile in his eyes: "So, it depends on your Majesty. I am afraid that your Majesty will not be able to do this kind of thing until later."
Hearing this, Zhao Feng began to think deeply. The advancement of technology is an accumulation process.
To obtain a large number of books, the best solution is printing. The reason why printing has not appeared yet is that the cost of making paper is too high and the quality of the paper is not good.
However, Zhao Feng knows how to make paper, which requires extremely simple materials.
Immediately, Zhao Feng ordered people to transport paper-making materials from various places.
First, some mulberry wood was also transported to Xuchang, and then materials such as carambola vines and yellow trees were transported.
The texture of the mulberry branches is uniform. After soaking for a long time and fading, the white part inside is taken out, boiled in a large pot, dried in the sun, boiled once or twice, and finally fished out.
At this time, the mulberry branches are no longer soft. After hammering them in the pulp tank, add water, and then use potions prepared with carambola vines, astragalus and other materials to increase the viscosity and solidify.
Then use a bamboo curtain to scoop up the pulp, which is the original shape of the paper.
The paper at this time is like a soaked cotton blanket, strong and well-proportioned. After careful roasting, paper can be condensed on it.
The craftsman then spaced it apart and the paper was formed.
This kind of craftsmanship has reached the level of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The key lies in the configuration of the mysterious potion.
After the paper was formed, Zhao Feng tried it and found that it was extremely absorbent. When the brush was dropped, the ink solidified immediately and would not flow away. Moreover, the paper was also very flexible and could be folded and unfolded freely.
Of course, just making paper is not enough, Zhao Feng also needs to create movable type printing.
The essence of this movable type printing is that the character blocks are independent things and can be used multiple times by directly grinding and polishing the character blocks.
The key to creating this kind of block lies in the writing level of Yin script. However, Confucianism in the Han Dynasty was respected and this Yin script became popular. Among them, Cai Yong and others are represented, and they can be said to be the pinnacle figures.
Therefore, Zhao Feng summoned several more people to the court, and after careful selection, all the words were made into inscriptions.
Soon, the Analects was first attempted to be printed in batches using movable type printing.
Zhao Feng even did the work himself. After all the character blocks were typed, Zhao Feng immediately dipped a brush in ink and applied it on the character blocks. Then he prepared to cover the paper and smoothed the ink on the character blocks with his hands.
, and printed it on paper.
There was very little ink, and it was completely dry after Zhao Feng blew it a few times.
The craftsmen immediately copied the gourds and painted the ladles, and started making them one after another. There were hundreds of copies of the Analects. After they were bound, the handwriting on them was neat and clear, making it clear that they were treasures handed down from generation to generation.
Just when the Wei Dynasty printed the first batch of books, Zhao Yun finally returned to Xuchang with the Xianbei prisoners.
In Xuchang, Zhao Feng has asked Zhuge Liang to arrange the academy. When these Xianbei children arrive, they will be arranged there, and then they will be assigned tutors.
The eldest son of the leader of the Murong tribe heard that he would study in Xuchang in the future. He had long admired Han culture, and he immediately became excited.
However, he looked around and asked in confusion: "Didn't you say that you want to learn the Analects of Confucius? Why are there no books?"
The son of the leader of the Tuoba Tribe smiled: "The Great Wei Dynasty must not have that much money to buy sheepskins. If you think about the Analects of Confucius, it requires a lot of sheepskins. I think it must be the master's oral lectures."
However, soon, several strong men came in from outside, each carrying a pile of paper. The paper was slightly yellowed, flexible, light, and as thin as cicada wings.
"What is that?" All the Xianbei children stared wide-eyed.
"Could this be the flatbread that Han people eat? But isn't this flatbread too thin?"
In fact, paper appeared a long time ago, but it is extremely stiff and not flexible, and it takes a lot of money to make, and the better papers are in the hands of aristocratic families.
So when these papers appeared, no one would have thought that they were paper, and that they could be written on.
However, the tutor knew the wonderful use of this paper. He couldn't put it down and picked up a stack of paper, then asked people to distribute it and said: "Everything you learned today must be written down on this paper, otherwise you will be punished."
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The Xianbei children below immediately started talking: "How do you write this thing? One bucket will break, give us the sheepskin!"
I was not in a hurry when teaching. I picked up the brush and wrote a line of words on it. The handwriting was neat and clear, and the ink condensed on the paper without flowing, which was very beautiful.
The key is that the ink has not penetrated into the lower one.