The significance of the four great inventions of ancient China was very far-reaching.
He had made a huge contribution to the development of science and technology at that time, and it had continued to this day.
The emergence of paper making technology had completely changed the way people recorded words.
There was no longer a need to use a knife to carve on a stone or bamboo piece. He only needed to use a pen to gently write down the words.
Moreover, the paper was thin and light, and it was small in size. It recorded a lot of content, which accelerated the spread of words and culture, allowing more people to be able to read and learn culture.
Therefore, the art of making paper was a very great invention.
However, in the early days, the technology of paper making was not as advanced as modern times. The paper produced was not only expensive, but the quality was also very poor.
This undoubtedly greatly delayed the use of paper at that time and wasted a lot of time.
If he could have optimized the paper making technology during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Empire and produced low-cost, high-quality paper in advance, it would undoubtedly greatly speed up the application of paper and promote cultural development.
"And printing."
The art of printing was also one of the four great inventions. The printing technology at that time was very backward, and they used engraving printing, and the quality of the engraving was very poor.
Engraving printing, as the name implied, was to engrave the entire page of the text that was to be printed in advance and then print it one page at a time.
Every time he printed new content, he had to first carve out an engraving according to the content, which was time-consuming and laborious.
If he wanted to carve a book, he would need to spend a lot of time and manpower.
Not to mention that the quality of the engravings was very poor. Sometimes, the engravings that took a lot of time to engrave would wear out after a few prints.
The content of the carving would also be blurry, and there would even be situations where the brush was missing.
Therefore, printing books was still a time-consuming and expensive thing at that time. This also led to many people abandoning printing. Instead, they let people copy the words one by one to achieve the goal of copying books.
This also led to the extremely high price of ancient books. Humble students had no chance to read at all.
If he had optimized the printing technique during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Empire and created movable type printing and better engraving, the cost of book printing would have been greatly reduced.
Moreover, it could greatly increase the efficiency of printing books, allowing more people to have the opportunity to read.
Once he allowed countless Humble Class students to study, his position in the hearts of scholars would probably be comparable to Confucius!
If countless scholars in the world respected him, then he could not think of a reason why he should not be the emperor.
"The strategic significance of paper making and printing is too important. It must be optimized!”
Li Ke was deeply aware of the influence of paper and printing on ancient scholars.
He wasn't the only one. Many people below the post had also realized this when they saw someone proposing to improve the four great inventions.
"The ancient people paid great attention to kindness. A drop of kindness was repaid with a spring. If you can make a large number of poor students afford to study, it will be a kindness for these scholars!”
"Building Lord is the great benefactor of these scholars. He will definitely receive their full support!”
"Yes, as long as the OP allows more people to study, then the OP will have more supporters among the scholars!”
"As long as you control the scholars in the world, the world will naturally be in the hands of the building lord.”
"If that's the case, then Li Shiming has no choice but to pass the throne to the Tower Master. Otherwise, it won't be difficult for the Tower Master to overthrow the Great Tang and establish a new dynasty.”
" The optimization and improvement of paper making and printing techniques are too important. Their strategic significance is unparalleled!”
"At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the influence of the aristocratic families was still very large. The five surnames and seven Wangs were the leaders among them. Books and scholars were all in the hands of the five surnames and seven Wangs.”
"The five surnames and seven Wangs are indeed arrogant. Even the princes can't marry the daughters of the five surnames and seven Wangs.”
"The five surnames and seven Wangs have the capital to be crazy. Who asked them to have so many books? The emperor still had to rely on them to govern the country.”
"OP can rely on the improved and optimized paper making and printing techniques to cultivate and rope in a large number of poor students while suppressing the five surnames and seven Wangs!”
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In the past dynasties, it was the generals who conquered the world and the scholars who ruled the world.
Where did scholars come from?
From the five surnames and seven looks.
The Five Surnames and Seven Wangs had produced countless court officials. Taking the Cui family, one of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs, as an example, in the Tang Dynasty alone, there were a total of 29 prime ministers!
There were countless high-ranking officials of other grades.
This was why they dared to look down on the Li Imperial Family!
The reason for this was because the technology of paper making and printing was backward at that time, resulting in the scarcity and high price of books, which led to their monopoly on books and words.
Humble students could not afford to study. Those who wanted to study had to become people with five surnames and seven surnames.
From then on, the five surnames and the seven Wangs formed a powerful family, so that Li Shimin, the emperor of the ages, could not do anything to them.
"It might be a big problem for Li Shi Min, but for me, punishing the Five Families and Seven Wangs is a piece of cake.”Li Ke's eyes were filled with confidence.
It was nothing more than three steps.
First, he had to break the monopoly of the five surnames and the Seven Wangs on books.
Through improved and optimized paper making and printing technology, a large number of books would be printed first, causing the Five Families and Seven Wangs to lose their monopoly on books and cut off one of their hands.
Second, break the monopoly of the five surnames and seven surnames on scholars.
The first step was to print a large number of books. With these books, more Humble Class students who did not belong to the five surnames or the Seven Wangs and had nothing to do with the five surnames or the Seven Wangs could have the opportunity to study. This would break the monopoly of the five surnames and the Seven Wangs on scholars.
This cut off the other hand of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs.
Third, through the first and second steps, the most powerful hands of the five surnames and seven Wangs had been cut off, greatly reducing their influence.
The final trump cards of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs were the high-ranking officials in the imperial court. At this time, Li Shimin, the emperor, was needed to take action.
Without the monopoly of books and scholars, the ministers of the five surnames and seven Wangs were no different from other ministers. Li Shimin, the emperor, naturally had no qualms about fighting.
With these three steps, the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs could be directly swept into the trash heap of the era.
"This is the power of advanced technology!”
Li Ke's eyes flashed with wisdom as he became even more determined.
He had to use the remaining time to learn as much knowledge and techniques as possible!
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