"Cough, that's not it."
Lu Jia came back to his senses and quickly waved his hand.
Ignoring the identity of the little prince, his words just now were really impeccable.
However, Rome wasn't built in a single day. It was impossible for Ying Zimo's words to make all the scholarly disciples support the Legalism.
"It's fine. Actually, I came here today because of something else.”
Ying Zimo nodded.
The Confucians of today were different from the Confucians of later generations who had been castrated.
Whether they were idealistic or pedantic, it was not possible to change their minds with just one conversation.
"What does the Little Lord want to do?"
Lu Jia was stunned.
"Here, this is the bamboo forest."
Ying Zimo stretched out his hand and pointed, then added,""All of them have to be cut down and broken. I'm going to use them to make something fun.”
Something fun?
Everyone looked at Ying Zimo.
His eyes were filled with confusion.
Just because you want to make something fun, you cut down all the bamboo?
"This little highness must be joking. This place has expended a lot of the crown prince's effort, how can he just cut it down like that?”
"If the bamboo forest is cut down, where should we go to give lectures?”
"Absolutely not. This is a matter of burning the zither and cooking the crane!”
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Hearing Ying Zimo's outrageous request, the scholarly faction members began to clamor.
Some persuaded him nicely, while others were agitated, expressing their desire to live and die with the bamboo forest.
In their eyes, bamboo was a noble and pure plant that could cultivate one's character.
It even rose to the level of faith.
"Little Lord, are you going to make a toy? I can chop a few back."
Lu Jia put on a smile.
There were only two ways to deal with a devilish brat. One was to give him a good beating, and the other was to lower his status and coax him.
He decisively chose the latter.
"It's not to make toys, but to do something big, so it has to be the entire bamboo forest.”
Ying Zimo shook his head and said,""Do you know what the greatest use of this bamboo is? It's used to carry knowledge."
"Little Lord, do you mean that you are going to use these bamboos to make bamboo slips?”
Lu Jia was stunned.
"Your Highness, although bamboo doesn't grow in Xianyang, bamboo slips are supplied everywhere. If you really need a large number of bamboo slips, you can order the city where they are supplied to produce them.”
Chunyu Yue clearly misunderstood.
They thought that Ying Zimo was in a hurry to chop the bamboo because he wanted to record something.
"That's not the case. Bamboo slips are too troublesome. How much knowledge can a 3,000 jin bamboo slip record?”
Hearing his words, Ying Zimo shook his head.
Not making bamboo slips?
Was the bamboo scroll too troublesome?
Chunyu Yue really didn't understand Ying Zimo's intentions.
However, he still told the truth." Three thousand catties of bamboo slips can record about seventy to eighty thousand words. If the words are written smaller, it can barely record a hundred thousand words.”
"If we cut down all of this bamboo forest, there would only be about three thousand jin of bamboo."
After conversion, one jin of bamboo slips could only write a few dozen words.
A catty of paper?
Ying Zimo said seriously,"
"Does Senior Chun know that I can make him record a hundred or even a thousand times more words than the bamboo slips with these three thousand catties of bamboo? This is enough for the entire Xianyang to use for several years.”
"And this thing is as thin as a cicada's wing, even lighter than silk.”
These outrageous words caused the bamboo forest to instantly fall silent.
Everyone's mouth was wide open, unable to say a word.
Paper?
What Ying Zimo said was beyond their understanding.
Silk cloth could be used to exchange for food. It was a very extravagant thing to use it to write. Many people did not have new clothes to wear for years.
It's even better than silk cloth. Can it be made with bamboo?
"What is paper? Is it really that magical?"
"This is absolutely impossible!"
"His Majesty, the First Emperor, uses over a hundred catties of bamboo scrolls every day.”
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"Moreover, the significance of paper is not limited to this.”
" This thing is cheap," Ying Zimo continued." It's also extremely light and cheap. The common people can afford it.”
"If I can obtain this item, wouldn't the Confucian school's goal of educating the world become ten times easier?”
Fu Su, Chunyu Yue, and Lu Jia felt as if they had been struck by lightning.
"That's right. If there really is such a thing, then there's no need to carry a few hundred jin worth of books.”
"Ordinary people can afford it?"
Their hearts were already in turmoil.
"Little Lord, can you really make paper?”Lu Jia took a deep breath.
If the paper really existed, he could chop off his head, let alone the bamboo forest.
This was a divine weapon that would benefit the country and the people for thousands of generations.
"Naturally, we only need to find some craftsmen to make paper. It will only take a month at most.”
"Since this is the place where you are lecturing, I won't take advantage of you. I'll arrange another place for you to be satisfied.”
"It's just nice to fulfill everyone's dream of educating the people.”
Ying Zimo had already planned everything out.
After saying this.
No one stopped him.
He allowed the Embroidered Uniform Guards to enter and begin cutting down the bamboo forest.
The scholars swallowed their saliva.
The Little Lord's guards were a little scary. If they had not agreed just now, they would not be chopping bamboo but people.
"Everyone, I hope you can consider my suggestion. Great Qin and the people of the world need you.”
"We will go to other places to give lectures, so we won't trouble Little Lord.”
Neither Lu Jia nor Chunyu Yue agreed to Ying Zimo's suggestion immediately.
After becoming the Little Lord's subordinate, it was not easy to leave.
Ying Zimo was only eight years old. As soon as the First Emperor returned from his eastern tour, he would lose the power to govern the country.
Moreover, although Ying Zimo's words were reasonable, he did not have a good reputation outside.
They gave up the bamboo forest not entirely because they believed in the existence of paper.
"Then everyone, take care."
Ying Zimo didn't try to persuade her, and directly got into the carriage with Ying Yinman.
Humph.
When the imperial examination system came out, all the scholars in the world would probably have to drill into it no matter what.
When the time comes, we'll see if you agree or not.
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