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Chapter 739 Engraving and Printing

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    Huang Mingyuan asked Xiong Kuohai to come in with a stack of books and put them in front of everyone.

    Rongbi and others were surprised just by seeing these thread-bound books.  Today's books are all in volumes, and the pages are not stapled together.

    Rongbi flipped through these books and had to say that Huang Mingyuan really thought of a good way. It was really convenient to staple the books up like this.

    Then he opened the contents, and all the books were "The Analects of Confucius". However, Rongbi read a few books and became more and more surprised. He turned around and met Huang Mingyuan's smiling face.

    Rongbi had never been so absent-minded before and asked stammeringly: "Thisthisthese books"

    "Rong Gong wants to ask, how come these books are exactly the same, with the position and size of the characters unchanged?"

    "right."

    Huang Mingyuan said: "These books are all written by one person, but they were not written, but printed."

    "Printed?"

    "Mr. Rong, I have never seen anyone rub inscriptions on inscriptions."

    Rongbi nodded.

    Huang Mingyuan said: "One truth."

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? off and on.  Seeing the sheets of white paper being filled with words in the hands of the craftsmen, one after another, Rongbi held them up as if they were sacred objects, with piety in his eyes.

    "The auspiciousness descends from heaven and spreads the path of sainthood."

    Huang Mingyuan knows the impact of printing on modern people, and he may have directly changed the mode of cultural communication.

    From this moment on, unified standard books appeared.

    Rongbi touched the engraving, not caring that the ink on the engraving was all over his hands, and kept marveling.

    "It's truly a divine thing."

    Rongbi pointed to a small square on the carving board and asked: "Why is this thing embedded in the board?"

    Huang Mingyuan explained: "A large board is often engraved with thousands of words, and it is easy for errors to occur due to various reasons. Usually, if an error occurs, the board will be scrapped, and the previous efforts will be in vain. Especially for  It's a pity. I had the wrong text chiseled out and the correct text inserted, so that I could save boards and not be afraid of mistakes."

    Rongbi nodded and said in admiration: "Your Majesty is really wise and wise."

    Huang Mingyuan originally wanted to invent movable type printing in one step, but later discovered that in ancient China, movable type printing was actually not as popular as block printing. Block printing has always been the most important printing method because of its convenience, speed, and suitability for large-scale use.  Way.

    In fact, woodblock printing had been invented by Huang Mingyuan a long time ago, but he was worried that this advanced cultural communication method would be coveted by others, so he never dared to use it.

    After the engraving and printing technology took shape during the Han Dynasty, it began to be improved and widely promoted in the Tang Dynasty. It gradually prospered during the Five Dynasties, and this was the cultural prosperity of the Song Dynasty.

    It can be said that woodblock printing has directly impacted the cultural monopoly of aristocratic families, making cultural dissemination more convenient and faster. In the long run, it will be of great benefit to the entire society, but for many aristocratic families, it can be said to be a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh.  .

    Although woodblock printing was promoted in the Tang Dynasty, it was only used to print some almanacs, Buddhist scriptures and the like.  It was not until the Five Dynasties period that Feng Dao saw that there were all kinds of printed books but no Confucian classics, so he suggested that the emperor print Confucian classics. It took four dynasties and twenty-two years to complete the printing work.

    The Tang Dynasty did not print Confucian classics. It would have been impossible without the obstruction of aristocratic families.

    Nowadays, the power of the aristocratic family is even more powerful. Huang Mingyuan does not dare to compete directly with the opponent. This is an impact on their cultural lifeline.

    "Rong Gong thinks that if I start printing, can it satisfy the needs of the entire Fengzhou people? There is no need to print any classics. I only need to print a literacy book to meet the people's literacy needs."

    Rongbi nodded and asked in agreement: "After all, printing a book is time-consuming and laborious. If you want to popularize it on a large scale, the choice of this book is very important. Do you have a goal?"

    "What do you think of "The Thousand-Character Classic", Mr. Rong?"

    "The Thousand-Character Essay" was compiled by Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty, who selected a thousand non-repeating Chinese characters from Wang Xizhi's calligraphy works and ordered his minister Zhou Xingsi to compile them.

    ""The Thousand Character Essay" covers most of the texts that need to be used. It reads in rhymes and is catchy. It is indeed the best choice."

    Rongbi also had to admire Huang Mingyuan's meticulous and thoughtful thinking.

    "If this kind of auspiciousness becomes widespread, it will definitely benefit people all over the world and make themHave you ever thought about dedicating it to Your Majesty so that everyone in the world can enjoy its benefits?  "

    Huang Mingyuan smiled bitterly after hearing this. He had known that the old man Rongbi would make this suggestion.

    "Rong Gong, do you think Huang Mingyuan can compete with the world's famous families with his own strength? It's not that Huang Mingyuan is hiding his selfishness, but Huang Mingyuan really doesn't want to end up as the enemy of the whole world."

    Rong Pi was a little attentive after hearing this. Although he was upright, he had been a local official for many years, so he didn't understand what Huang Mingyuan meant.

    Originally, the right to interpret and disseminate culture was in the hands of aristocratic families. Huang Mingyuan's intervention was destined to lead to a major reshuffle of the entire cultural class. How could these aristocratic families be so willing?

    ¡° The ability of aristocratic families to share the world with the royal family relies on their monopoly on knowledge. Even if the engraving and printing technology benefits the world, those aristocratic families cannot deal with the emperor, and they will definitely attack Huang Mingyuan.

    Rongbi also knew that Huang Mingyuan could not be forced.

    And Huang Mingyuan knew Rongbi's character well, so he dared to reveal it to Rongbi.

    "Alas, it's hard to envoy you."

    Although Rongbi knew that Huang Mingyuan was in trouble, he was still a little depressed seeing that something like this, which would be of great benefit to the world, could not be spread.

    "Don't worry, Mr. Jung. Everything happens from scratch. Engraving and printing are better than manual writing. It is inevitable that it will become a trend. We will popularize it in Fengzhou first, and it will surely spread all over the world in the future."

    Rongbi believed Huang Mingyuan's words very much and said, "This will make you care about all the people. This thing will definitely leave its name in history."

    Rongbi picked up another book, touched the paper as white as snow, and was reluctant to let go.

    "Your Majesty, it would take at least tens of thousands of books to be printed in Fengzhou. This paper is a huge expense."

    "Don't worry, Mr. Rong, Mingyuan has his own way."

    Rongbi also knew that Huang Mingyuan had great energy, so he stopped asking questions. With books and papers, Rongbi felt that he really needed to consider Huang Mingyuan's proposal.

    Huang Mingyuan not only invented printing, but also improved papermaking.

    Although paper has been invented since the Western Han Dynasty, it has been relatively expensive for hundreds of years because of the time required to make it.  Although it was no longer as rare as in the Han Dynasty, ordinary people still couldn't afford it.

    Huang Mingyuan used bamboo as raw material to make bamboo paper, and invented processing technologies such as adding alum, adding glue, powder coating, sprinkling gold, and dyeing in the papermaking process. The quality of the paper produced is getting higher and higher, and there are more and more varieties.

    Huang Mingyuan has achieved the level of original industrial paper production through assembly line production, greatly reducing the cost of papermaking.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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