Chapter 188
"Ji Chang, send someone to cut bamboo, I want to make paper!"
After returning to his own era, Guan Ping immediately rushed back to Xiangyang without stopping and gave Ma Liang the method of making paper roughly described by Qiushan.
Papermaking in this era has begun to become popular, and people are becoming more and more accustomed to writing on various papers.
But now there are two main factors that hinder the spread of paper -
First, wars continued at the end of the Han Dynasty. The improved papers of Cai Lun and Zuo Bo were promoted very slowly after the chaos in the Central Plains. They could only be used among a group of nobles and nobles. Now the Central Plains clans do not understand the coins minting. Years of war have returned to the primitive social model of bartering, and naturally lack enthusiasm for improving and promoting papermaking.
Second, the cost of paper is still too high now.
Although fiber paper is cheaper than silk, it is a luxury to use tree bark to make large-scale paper. It is for the upper class to use it, but the lower class should forget it. Anyway, they are not able to read.
I heard from Qiushan that papermaking has been fully promoted in later generations and has even become the only writing tool. It can be used by ordinary people in troubled times, which shows that this technology must have made great progress.
He was afraid that he would forget the key links in the process, so he quickly repeated the handwriting he wrote on Qiushan's heart and scrape.
Ma Liang was stunned when he heard this. It took him a long time to realize that Guan Ping really wanted to make paper.
He couldn't help but smile:
"Frankly, what do you want to do if you created this?"
Guan Ping said seriously:
"Ji Chang, don't want to laugh, I want to do big things."
When Sima Fu and Cao Zhi heard about this, they came to watch curiously.
I heard that Guan Ping has more convenient and cheaper papermaking methods that are enough to make paper into the hands of ordinary people, and I feel quite surprised.
Especially Sima Fu, he immediately smelled the business opportunity.
Guan Ping’s method of making paper is to use bamboo. Most bamboo is in the south of the Yangtze River. If you control the bamboo forest and keep this technology a little confidential for a while, wouldn’t it be a big profit and a lot of money?
"But there is another question...what do ordinary people buy paper?"
The world has been in chaos for twenty-five years. In these twenty-five years, the people have either been displaced, fought at home, or farmed among the fields. They don’t know the words, and it is really a waste to use these papers.
"Although the world is in chaos, there will always be a day to calm down.
As for what people buy paper, I have an idea - with paper, I will carve the templates again, just like a seal, and then I can print a large number of scriptures..."
Seeing that Cao Zhi and Sima Fu looked disapproving, he immediately said:
"Poetry scrolls, commentary, and history books can be printed one by one, so that future generations can know what is happening today, and Zijian's poems and prose and Shuda's high theory can be recorded one by one.
If the people can read and understand the truth one by one, wouldn’t we be more than 100,000 yuan in helping us, and we might not lose to the heroes of the Central Plains.”
This...this is true.
All of us are smart people, and we never believe that the Northern people are born smarter than the Southern people.
The northern aristocratic races are very knowledgeable, but it is not because the north is well developed and has many opportunities to study. The famous teachers and academic style have gradually formed a large number of talents. Any one of them is a erudite scholar.
Ma Liang was not very enthusiastic at first, but he thought that it could greatly improve the knowledge of the children of Jingzhou. He suddenly became enthusiastic, but he was a little anxious and said slowly:
"But in the barbarian land, how can there be so many scriptures and texts for study? Those scriptures and poems are treasures of the Central Plains clans and cannot be shown easily, so we..."
Speaking of this, Cao Zhi couldn't help laughing and stood up.
"I have memorized the Three Biography of the Spring and Autumn Period since I was a child. Even if there are any omissions, the famous scholars in the Central Plains are my friends. I will ask for advice on writing books, who wouldn't want to teach me? Even if I give them their collections to me, what's the difficulty?"
Sima Fu also nodded quickly and said:
"Yes, after my generals, I have collected military books "Taigong", "Wuzi" and "Sunzi". My brother Zhongda is a top-notch military master. If Ji Chang wants it, I can also borrow it to Ji Chang to print the book, and as long as I leave the name of my Sima family, I will do it."
Sima Fu felt that he had no chance to be an emperor, but this knowledge was realized and celebrities were extremely important in the future. If Yunshan's papermaking and printing techniques were indeed accessible, then such a convenient means in the future would be able to be promoted quickly to the world, but not just one or two people could stop it.
Instead of fighting, it is better to take the opportunity to make a profit from it. Mastering this is to master the hopes of scholars all over the world. Selling books alone can make him a fortune, and at least three or four generations of people have no worries about food and clothing.
As for the people who will come back to the future...
Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, which is not something Sima Fu can consider.
Everyone hit it off, Guan Ping quickly assigned tasks to everyone--
Ma Liang was in charge of paper and found a skilled craftsman to prepare the carving board.
When Cao Zhi collects books, he at least first prints out his own poems and prepares for a large amount of printing.
Sima Fu was responsible for teaching and cultivating the children of Jingxiang, and was preparing to teach everyone to read in the army like a ecstasy, and then slowly promote it by the soldiers. If the army can become a university, then the retired soldiers can also lead the whole line with the point and gradually popularize knowledge.
Everyone was excited to speak, but Cao Zhi looked a little sad.
He shook his head slowly and sighed:
"General Yun's method coincides with the heroes of the former Chinese. The emperor... Alas, the emperor had wanted to do such a thing, which is a pity."
"Clam?" Guan Ping really didn't know this story, especially because he didn't know much about the emperor who was imprisoned by Xu Du, so he asked Cao Zhi curiously.
Cao Zhi was well-informed and Sima Fu added from the side, and soon described a very tortuous past for the Han Dynasty to Guan Ping and Ma Liang, two countrymen.
Although the text carriers were not rich and popular enough at that time, the senior leaders of the Han army really realized that knowledge is power and wanted to teach soldiers.
At that time, the soldiers guarding the border had to start learning "Cangjie" at the request of their superiors and complete the minimum literacy. Only those who read and read can become officers.
With the promotion of Confucianism, some places even appeared in primary schools in the Han Dynasty. People's pursuit of knowledge and cultural atmosphere were quite strong, and the entire society showed a prosperous atmosphere with the progress of knowledge.
Although this learning atmosphere cannot cover the Jiangnan and the Western Regions, no matter how it is said that the developed Central Plains have begun to sprout, and everything has developed to a better place.
Guan Ping was stunned when he heard this, unable to believe that the man two hundred years ago actually started to do this - he dared to bet that the chaotic world in a thousand years later was almost at this level.
No wonder the great man was so strong back then...
"What after?"
"After?" Cao Zhi sighed helplessly, "Everything has changed since Wang Mang."
Wang Mang's chaos actually interrupted the meridians of the Han Dynasty, and various rules began to be destroyed little by little during the years of war.
Although Liu Xiu re-established the Han Dynasty, he relied heavily on the powerful people from all over the country, which greatly weakened the control of the Eastern Han Dynasty's court over the grassroots level, and the knowledge began to enrich the aristocratic families, and the people's chances of literacy began to become less and less. Even if someone in the army successfully practiced literacy, it would be difficult for everyone to continue to learn after returning home. At the same time, the channels for the rise became narrower and narrower, and the meaning of mastering knowledge was not great - anyway, it was just farming for landlords. What's the difference between generations? It's just nonsense.
This is not the most deadly. What is fatal is that the world was in chaos later, and heroes from all over the country rose together. In war, it was basically to constantly recruit men and recruit soldiers.
Do you expect the Qingzhou soldiers who surrendered by Cao Cao's subordinates who even robbed him of his own?
Do you expect those under Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, Ma Teng, and Gongsun Zan to study?
It is better to pick up the manure at the gate of the military camp if you have this time. Moreover, everyone knows that reading is so painful. It is already very tiring to fight and farm. Finally, there is a leisure time to create a taste of people as good as reading.
As a result, the method that had already been on track at the beginning of the founding of the Han Dynasty was quickly lost, and the illiteracy rate reached a very despicable level (and at that time, there were more than 400 officials and ministers in the court, how could there be less than ten people who had been given up, and most of them were full of food and retreating). When Guan Ping talked about this, Cao Zhi almost shed tears in his sigh and sighed.
"Just this, I don't believe that General Yun is a bad person." Cao Zhi became more and more excited. "Article is a major event in the country. After so many years of fighting and killing, only the general is willing to do this in the army! With this, I, Cao Zhi, admire me. The general said that I, Cao Zhi, will do whatever I say."
Guan Ping was also a little excited by Cao Zhi's statement.
It seems that my method is correct.
If we can reproduce the Han Dynasty, we have no choice but to do so!
"By the way, do you say the emperor wants to do this too?" Ma Liang asked in surprise.
Cao Zhi's face was quite dull and he sighed:
"Who said no."
Liu Xie may not have the courage to fight Cao Cao desperately, but he realized the importance of knowledge and talent when he was a teenager.
While Li Jue and Guo Si are still threatening his life at all times, the young emperor came up with a plan similar to the imperial examination:
On September 1895, more than 40 Confucian scholars were tested. The first place was given a doctor, and the second place was the prince's servant, and the second place was the second place.
Although the emperor was a strait team under the rule of the emperor and despite the situation at that time, Liu Xie divided the subjects and did not recommend the family, which was a very good attempt.
If this system can be maintained...
If you keep it going, the talents have all gone to the emperor, how could Cao Cao be willing?
After receiving Liu Xie, he abolished the wandering Imperial Academy and found a way to kill those who dared to speak to the emperor.
But without Taixue, how to deceive the people, Cao Cao thought about it and got inspiration from the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army under his command. He changed the unearthed model of teaching Confucianism before, and began to teach the art of room that the masses liked and the method of drinking urination and health preservation that still existed two thousand years later (can be able to practice the art of protecting women, either drinking urination or hanging on one's own), providing a large number of ancient recipes for later WeChat groups. The trend of talking about the mystery in the Wei and Jin Dynasties was therefore very prosperous.
Cao Zhi has been well-read in poetry and books since he was a child and regarded himself as a serious Confucian scholar. Naturally, he could not have any good feelings for Zuo Ci, Gan Shi, Feng Junda, and Dongguo Yannian who invites you to urinate. Seeing that Yunshan was in trouble, he still did not forget to popularize education, and tears couldn't help but shed tears.
Good man.
Good man.
Chapter completed!