Chapter 039: The Battle of the Three Kingdoms
"Lord Xiao Yao, according to what you said, the students of the Great Qin Academy will learn the theories of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy. The theories of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy are extremely profound. Even if you spend your entire life, you might not be able to understand even 10% of them.”Grandmaster Dreamlore asked.
Ying Liang glanced at Grandmaster Xiaomeng and said,"This is indeed a problem."
"But it's easy to solve. First, no matter which academic it was, students had to learn how to read before learning.”
"Secondly, before you learn the common words, you won't learn too much about the Hundred Schools of Philosophy.”
"Third, I will divide the schools into villages, towns, counties, cities, and the most advanced capital university, the Xianyang Imperial College.”
"With the village as a unit, all five-year-old children, regardless of gender, can learn. The village school mainly taught some common words and the concept of being a person. Usually two years."
"The township school is a place where students from the village school can learn more about the academic world. Here, they are only learning the basics of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy. Usually three years."
"When you arrive at the city-level academy, you will have to undergo an assessment and selection. Here, you will further study the various schools of learning, usually for five years.”
"After leaving the city-level academy, they are basically fifteen years old. At this time, the students can choose to continue to study in the capital's Imperial College, or participate in the Empire's basic local official examination. Those with outstanding results can go to the local officials.”
" The final students who come to the Imperial College to study the Hundred Schools of Philosophy will be given a choice. They will choose a specialized school to train in. The one teaching the students now will be the successor of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy. Generally, it was four years. Students who graduated from the Imperial College could directly take up official positions in the central government.”
" Moreover, students will be able to think when teaching, and they'll be able to understand the teachings of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy faster. It'll be easier for the Hundred Schools of Philosophy to pass on their teachings.”
"In just fourteen years, a batch of descendants of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy will appear. It will be much faster than your individual teachings, right?”
"But, there are two problems?" Grandmaster Dreamlore said.
"Oh, let's see if we can solve it.”Ying Liang said.
"Firstly, where did the students come from? Secondly, the theories of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy were all recorded in bamboo slips. If he were to teach students, just copying and engraving bamboo slips would be a huge challenge. If these two points were not handled properly, the legacy of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy would be a joke.”Grandmaster Dreamlore said.
"Well... It was indeed a problem, but it was easy to solve.”Ying Liang said after thinking.
"As for the source of students, we can give an order within the empire. If children of the right age go to school, the school will take care of their daily meals, and they can reduce taxes by a certain proportion. For example, village schools can reduce taxes by 10%, township schools can reduce taxes by 20%, city schools can reduce taxes by 30%, and finally, the capital's Imperial College can reduce taxes by 50%. This way, there will be no shortage of students.”
"As for the problem of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy's bamboo slips, that has already been resolved. Zhang Han, bring it up."
Everyone saw Zhang Han holding a few rectangular objects with the words " The Analects of Confucius " written on them.
After receiving the book from Zhang Han, Ying Liang said,"This is the paper that I invented in cooperation with the Gongshu family. It can be used to replace bamboo slips for recording.”
After saying this, Ying Liang turned to the scholarly faction's Master Xun and said,""Although Confucius of the Confucians didn't write much, his disciples compiled the daily words of Confucius and wrote the 'Analects of Confucius.' I believe that it should be considered a relatively important book in the Confucians.”
"That's right, that's exactly the case. Every day, Confucian scholars study the Analects of Confucius and learn the words of Confucius.”Master Xun said.
"Then can you tell me how many bamboo slips are needed to record the entire Analects of Confucius?”Ying Liang asked.
"The Analects of Confucius doesn't have many words, but it still requires close to twenty bamboo slips.”Master Xun sighed. Because of the endless production, the Confucian teachers would usually read the " Analects of Confucius " on bamboo slips while the students would record it. A lot of time would be spent on recording it.
Looking at Master Xun's melancholy face, Ying Liang raised the book in his hand and said,""The scholarly 'The Analects of Confucius' requires twenty volumes to be recorded on bamboo slips, but it only requires ten sheets of paper. At the same time, I can 'copy' nearly a thousand copies of such books in a day.”
"What is it? This is impossible." Zhang Liang exclaimed.
Looking at the surprised Zhang Liang, Ying Liang said,""Oh, I wonder why the Third Head of the scholarly faction feels that it's impossible?”
Zhang Liang calmed himself down and said,"I'm sorry. I'm sorry for being rude."”
"This student is usually responsible for teaching the Confucian students and copying the 'Analects of Confucians'. In addition, this student also takes time to copy the' Analects of Confucians'. Not to mention the material resources required to record the bamboo slips, just recording it takes three days. Even if you use a silk cloth to copy it, you still need a day to complete it.”Zhang Liang looked at Ying Liang and asked.
"I wonder how Lord Xiao Yao managed to copy 1,000 copies of the 'Analects of Confucius' in a day?”
Ying Liang looked at Zhang Liang for a moment and said,""Alright, I originally wanted to wait for a period of time, but now that the third head has asked, let's talk.”
"The method is very simple.”
"Movable-type printing?" The Hundred Schools of Philosophy looked at each other.
"That's right, it's the 'movable type printing technique'.”Ying Liang said.
"May I ask what movable type printing is?”Zhang Liang asked.
"Alright, I'll explain it to you today.”Ying Liang said.
"Actually, when I read the books, I found that the bamboo slips were very inconvenient. Firstly, it was inconvenient to carry them around. Secondly, it was inconvenient to preserve, and Thirdly, it was inconvenient to record, as each bamboo slip could only record less than 20 words.”
"Therefore, I found the Gongshu family and invented paper. Each piece of paper can record more words, and at the same time, it won't be interrupted when I'm thinking.”
"The movable type is because of the corresponding death word.”
"In the beginning, I chose a piece of wood to carve the article and print it, but this piece of wood is useless because it can only print this article.”
"From what I can see, this kind of printing technique is very costly to Great Qin, so I'll carve the words that are commonly used. I'll carve every word in an article and then print them. This way, the words can be used frequently.”
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