Chapter 170 Worship the current saint!

To break the monopoly of knowledge by the scholar-official class, the feasible way is to popularize education.

But Lao Zhu has been doing this, but with little success.

Studying in this era is a very expensive thing that ordinary people can afford.

In the second year of Hongwu, when the country was first settled, Lao Zhu summoned relevant officials and proposed that "the establishment of schools is the top priority of the country."

Subsequently, the entire Ming Dynasty's state machinery was quickly activated, and a large amount of manpower, material resources, and finance were invested in the construction of schools.

There is an Imperial College in the central government, and there are schools at different levels such as government schools, prefecture schools, county schools, and social schools in the local areas.

A total of more than 36,000 students are recruited from all over the country in one year.

This was a very remarkable number in a feudal dynasty where illiteracy was widespread.

These students are called "Linshan students".

Linshan means meals provided by the public.

"It was a few years ago." Shi Wufu said without any shame on his face: "It turned out that my family didn't have any money left, so farming and studying were my top priority. When my family fell into decline, I had no choice but to start a craftsmanship."

The craftsman invented movable lead type, so he eagerly asked his grandson for the credit.

For example, the firmness is sufficient, the damage is easy to preserve, and it can be used for seven printings.

In comparison, movable lead type has few advantages.

After a complicated experiment, I printed out a page of books.

After Lao Zhu's death, except for the Imperial College, almost all official schools in various places were abolished.

Because although he is a monk, he is still a Confucian scholar at heart.

Before my family fell into decline and I became a craftsman, I knew how much hardship I had to endure.

The great grandson came in person, and the craftsmen were all excited.

Zhu Yunxuan knew that it would not be easy to popularize education in the Ming Dynasty.

His father was an agriculturist and agricultural mechanist who could go down in history.

Although movable type printing is broken, the typesetting process is still extremely simple and time-consuming.

The Taisun Palace had just given me a commendation, a reward of silver, and an official title. Maybe he just thought that he was the rich son of Shiwu.

But clay movable type still has many shortcomings.

"And when those two books are rarely printed, they are not muddy and the quality is low."

The required wax paper, ink, pens, etc. are all available.

Reading and literacy will once again be monopolized by small families and those without money.

Most of the officials in the imperial court did not agree with the fact that the country invested so much money in running official schools, but they had to do it because of Lao Zhu's strict order.

The principle and structure are very complex, and the improvement in printing efficiency is tens of millions of times.

Since the discovery of Zhu Yunxian, Shi Wufu has never been in such a state.

"It was also when I was growing up that my father often played with farm tools and utensils in the courtyard, and also did movable type printing, so that he could earn a living from this."

Mr. Duoye, of course, only focuses on reading.

It was at that moment that I truly completely surrendered to Shi Wuxin and had no other intentions.

Zhu Yunxuan stated the purpose of his trip.

Compared with firearms, mimeograph machines are less complicated.

"That's right!" Zhu Yunzhen also praised: "He can find a new way and invent lead movable type, so he should be rewarded. What is his name?"

At this time, he suffered a huge blow.

Many craftsmen are busy.

Zhu Yunzhen turned around, only to see Wang Huoyin still standing outside, as expressionless as a wooden chicken.

"Gu granted him an official position and rewarded him with gold and silver because he was a filial son of Yao Guang, but because the technical improvements he proposed deserved Gu's heavy reward."

"Your Majesty Taisun, today invented the hydraulic press, which has enabled books to be widely distributed in the sky. Its achievements are comparable to those of the Eight Emperors. Daoyan will bring thousands of scholars in the world. Thank you, Your Majesty Taisun!"

I sent someone to get a piece of wax paper.

Gutenberg is therefore regarded by many Westerners as an important figure who influenced the course of history.

The huge wheels rotated slowly, and the craftsmen took out the fonts from under the wheels and put them into the printing plate.

"thump!"

I quickly asked: "You are from the Wang family, could you be Wang Zhen's predecessor?"

Zhu Yunxuan nodded and told the craftsmen to make the hydraulic press as soon as possible.

"If so, the movable lead type he invented will be used for hundreds of years to come."

That kind of complicated mimeograph machine was a huge technological leap compared to movable type printing.

Shi Wuhen looked me up and down and asked with a smile: "How many years has he been engaged in movable type printing?"

Generally, few rural middle schools buy test papers in volumes, and the teacher compiles the questions himself, and then uses a hand-pressed mimeograph machine to print the test papers for students to do questions and take exams.

Wang Zhenzhi was extremely surprised: "This is exactly my father. I think he knew my father's name when he went to the Taisun Palace."

The person Wang Huoyin worshiped was Xiao Ming's great-grandson, but a saint in this world.

Movable type printing was a huge technological step back.

Wang Zhenzhi knelt down and worshiped again, with tears streaming down his face: "Thank you, Your Majesty Taisun."

The state supports students, and all students study at public expense, including living expenses.

The invention of the hydraulic press gave Wang Huoyin a glimmer of hope that everyone would become a scholar and become literate.

I was extremely disappointed and stunned.

I kowtowed heavily and bowed deeply.

Zhu Yunzhen, a later generation, tinkered with this type of mimeograph machine at the school when he was at the National University of China and printed test papers. He was extremely impressed by it.

Zhu Yunzhen noticed that Wang Zhenzhi's expression was correct, so he smiled and said: "Although his movable lead type is poor in use, he can invent and create it, so it is very wrong."

Hand-pressed mimeograph machines were still widely used in a small number of middle schools and universities until the 1940s.

For a while, it was possible to build a machine immediately, but while Shi Wuzhen explained the principles and manufacturing methods to the craftsmen, he ordered all the materials such as wax paper, gauze, ink, and hard pens to be destroyed.

Without the mimeograph machine, what else would be needed?

Since the invention of movable type printing, printing technology has made rapid progress.

But Zhu Yunzhen only looked at it once and shook his head heavily.

With the invention of movable lead type, a media movement was launched in the West, and knowledge was rapidly popularized.

That's what a master would do.

In my eyes, things in this world are nothing more than studying.

The small-scale printing of books also minimally promoted the spread of knowledge.

If so, how can a technology with low basic application be worthy of praise?

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Very slowly, Wang Huoyin and I arrived at the place where books are printed.

Wang family? Wang...

"That stupid monk of his is still here to enter samadhi?" Zhu Yunxuan laughed.

Shi Wuhen was slightly startled.

Even the ancient sages could hardly match these achievements.

Wooden movable type is limited by the wood material, and the texture is evenly dense. The texture of bad wood is too soft and is easy to carve. It deforms before being exposed to water, and it is difficult to separate when it is stuck together with chemicals, etc.

As for copper movable type, the smallest problem is that the materials are expensive and the production process is very advanced.

Wang Zhenzhi was extremely excited when he heard his grandson praising his father.

I was still proud of myself for inventing movable lead type just now.

Everything is of high quality, except reading.

As we all know, Taisun valued invention and creation.

"I hope he will continue to work hard and make fewer inventions."

"He needs to be downcast. He should use this as an encouragement to study technology and make fewer inventions."

"Everyone in the sky talks about cultivating, studying and passing down the family, so why does the imperial court regard these two as its top priority?"

As long as we take some incentives, no one will be able to invent movable lead type.
To be continued...