"I have a special request that I hope Your Majesty will approve!”
Seeing Ying Zheng's strange expression, Su Han quickly changed the topic.
It was unknown which scammer had caused the originally dignified and domineering First Emperor to suddenly awaken a little of his black-bellied nature.
Although Su Han was able to avoid it every time, Meng Yi, this honest man, had been shot many times because of this.
It was definitely Wang Jian's responsibility!
"Sir, please speak!"
As expected, the First Emperor quickly regained his composure when he heard about the serious matter.
"The reason why Great Qin's paper making and printing arts could progress so quickly is because of the contributions of these craftsmen!”
" At least, I never thought of using water power to drive the punching machine to greatly increase the efficiency of hammering and beating!”
" If we can further develop this kind of hydraulic machinery," Su Han said in a deep voice," not only in the paper mill, but also in daily irrigation and grinding, armament manufacturing, and even copper and iron smelting, the efficiency will be greatly improved!”
"Very good!"
"Since it's Mr. Su's request, then please judge them according to their merits and confer them titles!”
The First Emperor thought of the flying waterwheel machinery he had seen when he was inspecting the paper mill. It was indeed much better than traditional handwork, and he nodded in satisfaction.
Although he didn't know much about technology, it must be extraordinary for a prophet like Su Han to mention it.
Moreover, Great Qin already had a special case where farmers could donate 1,000 Stones to become Nobles, so it wasn't too ridiculous to add a special case for craftsmen.
The First Emperor clearly remembered that Su Han had mentioned many times that even in the future, craftsmanship was very important.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Thank you, Mr. Su!"
When they heard that their improvements to the hydraulic machinery could be converted into nobility, the craftsmen were instantly overjoyed and bowed to the First Emperor and Su Han.
After all, even though Blacksmiths were not at the bottom of Great Qin, they were second to last. In terms of living comfortably, they were not as good as the merchants at the bottom.
In Great Qin, a Noble title was not only a symbol of status, but also a corresponding reward and glory. Once this news spread back, it would definitely become the glory of the entire family and the envy of countless people.
Especially Su Han.
Although these hydraulic machines were personally built by them,
However, if it weren't for Su Han's bold and unrestrained guidance, no matter how hard they racked their brains, they would never have thought that the endless and powerful river water could be used to help make paper.
"Your Majesty, since Mister Su is so good at this, right, science and technology, and can make Great Qin's craftsmen even more powerful, why don't you let him take on the position of General and manage the craftsmen of the world?”
Wang Jian happily closed the military book in his hand and smiled as he spoke.
"Old Buxiu, you actually dare to trick me!
When we return to Xianyang, I will definitely kidnap all your beautiful granddaughters and leave none of them behind!”
Looking at the First Emperor who was obviously moved, Su Han knew that his carefree days might be greatly reduced. He immediately gave Wang Jian a middle finger in his heart.
This old fellow had bragged about his granddaughter a lot when he was drunk. He would definitely teach him a lesson when the time came.
"A general who doesn't even enter the nine ministers is too aggrieved, Mr. Su!”
The First Emperor smiled and waved his hand.”
" Your Majesty is brilliant!!"
Hearing that he still had a free time, Su Han's mood immediately improved a lot. He opened his mouth again and said,"After the new paper books are published, the imperial court can use the excuse of better spreading knowledge to take all the books from the people into the imperial court.
In order to encourage them, he could promise to return several times the original copies of the book to them after the Imperial Court had revised it!”
" In this way, any book that is not approved by the Imperial Court can be classified as an illegal publication, and the destruction of it will be justified. No matter how much trouble the Confucians cause, it will be impossible for them to gain the approval of the majority of the people.”
"After all, most people seek shelter from the Confucians only because they want to study more. The Imperial Court can do even better!”
"Moreover, the greatest pursuit of Confucian scholars is to learn martial arts and sell them to the imperial family. Only His Majesty can give them this!”
"To put it in a more vulgar way, as long as paper books are popularized, what will the Confucians have to fight against the Imperial Court?”
"Without the moral high ground, how to deal with the scholarly faction is all up to His Majesty!”
Su Han chuckled.
Ying Zheng's eyes lit up immediately.
The difference between paper books and bamboo slips could be seen by anyone. Even he, the first emperor, was amazed, let alone the people who loved books.
Collecting folk books to promote academic knowledge, and when the time came, they would return the original books and give a few sets of new paper books. The imperial court could be said to have given them enough sincerity.
Under such circumstances, the imperial court would only be able to arrest those who hid books with good reason.
Moreover, since it was a new book published by the imperial court, it must be written in the Qin language. With the attraction of easier reading of paper books, the enthusiasm of the people to give up the original six dynasties and learn the Qin language naturally increased.
Once most of the scholars were won over by the Imperial Court, the so-called great Confucians of the Confucian Sect would immediately become rootless trees, making it much easier for the Imperial Court to deal with them.
Unless the Confucians could also come up with new inventions that could compete washi books, the Imperial Court would definitely win this battle of learning channels and the promotion of the written language!
"This should be the conspiracy that Mr. Smith mentioned in the past!”
"Zhen is looking forward to the reaction of those old pedantic people!”
Ying Zheng said with an expectant look.
"Your Majesty, after this paper book appears, the scholarly faction will definitely try their best to get their hands on paper and printing. Thus, these workshops must be on high alert!”
Wang Jian cupped his hands and added.
"Of course!"
"The old Grand Commandant will be in charge of this matter. Anyone who dares to covet or leak secrets, no matter who it is, will be arrested!”
Ying Zheng said with a fierce look in his eyes.
This was related to the future stability of the Great Qin Empire, and the core of the struggle for the dominance of the country was definitely Ying Zheng's reverse scale, which he would never allow anyone else to touch.
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