Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 752: Come with me to meet Mr. Chen Fu

The carriage started and drove on a flat road. The smooth road allowed the people on the carriage to sit comfortably, even if they were reading a book, they would not be affected by bumps.

At this time, Chang Can and Huan Yi were both looking at the books in their hands, with similar expressions, both frowning and sullen.

Zao Song watched with a smile on the side, but didn't speak.

After a while, Chang Chu put down the "Analects of Confucius" in his hand, sighed and said, "It's no wonder that those who have seen the books rubbed by the engraving method don't think highly of them, let alone carry them along. Going back, it turns out that the book printed from the engraving block has lost a lot of charm and has many defects."

As he spoke, he recalled the stains and double images on some lines in the book, and couldn't help but shake his head.

Zao Song asked curiously: "Why, there is no book engraved and rubbed in Changju? That's not right, you don't know that in the current Youzhou, the books made by this method are almost flooded ! I'm afraid it's not uncommon in Jizhou, right?" At the end of the sentence, he looked towards Huan Yi.

The latter also put down the book in his hand, nodded, and said with emotion: "This engraving method is to rub the characters first, and then rub them together. It is no different than when copying, when the seven emotions and six desires of human beings are integrated into it, and the writing is full of spirit. The connection between the strokes actually contains the charm, so not only the content of an article can inspire wisdom, but the words can also convey beliefs. In comparison, the ones that have been rubbed in advance are really inferior."

He put down the book in his hand, and said: "However, this book is much better than the ones circulated in Jizhou. Some engraved books in Jizhou have ink blobs on almost every page. If you dye a large area, you won’t be able to see clearly at all, so it seems that this engraving method is still in progress.”

"Haha," Zao Song laughed when he heard this. He shook his head and said, "Although the engraving method of that generation county has been continuously improved and become clearer. For example, the two books you are looking at were just printed half a month ago, but The engraving methods in other places are getting more and more chaotic and bad, why do you think it is?"

Chang Quan was stunned when he heard this, not knowing what it meant, but Huan Yi had already understood it. He took a look at the book and asked, "Has there been a copycat already?"

After hearing this, Chang Zhen also understood.

Sure enough, Zaosong nodded and said: "That's right. You said that the paper mill of Chen's Paper is tightly guarded and cannot be copied if others don't have the recipe. But this carving is different. There is actually nothing unexpected in it. That rubbing Everyone has seen the printed version, it is nothing more than a change of the seal, so it should not be too easy to imitate."

Huan Yi frowned and said: "Things are not that simple. I heard that when rubbing, the ink and paper required, how to prepare them, the strength required to press the engraving, the duration, and even the materials needed to engrave the engraving , tools, there are details in them, and it is not so easy to make rubbings."

"So," Zaosong helplessly spread his hands, "you see, the books in Jizhou become more messy the more they are printed. In my opinion, Chen Fujun's initiative will be ruined sooner or later by these private printings. The person who made the seal cannot hold it for long, so you don’t need to pay too much attention to the engraving method.”

"Having said that, I still feel that there is still danger here," Huan Yi frowned, recalling the scene in Jizhou, "Those books in Jizhou were made of hemp paper and poor paper. I'm afraid they didn't go through the printing process when they were made After careful proofreading, I couldn't see that they had done good ink rubbing, but after all, it saved a lot of manpower, and therefore printing a book didn't cost much money. At most, I had to invest more in engraving, so the price of this book was It’s not expensive, so many people from poor families are rushing to buy it, but the problem is that there are many errors and omissions in the book. Once it spreads and these children from poor families believe it to be true, wouldn’t it be misleading people?”

Zao Song looked free and easy, and smiled unabashedly: "This is not something that you and I can consider, let Da Sima, Jiangdu King, and the court have a headache." Several people were talking, and outside Suddenly there were bursts of noise, and the carriage they were riding in stopped.

"What's going on?" Zaosong opened the car curtain and looked outside, only to see a group of people gathered on the road ahead, surrounded by several carriages and horses. There were at least 20 people gathered together. , were quarreling, and some of them were even more emotional, speaking in high voices, and their faces were red, as if they had exhausted all their strength.

"What's this for?"

After a few questions, a servant came to answer them, and one person said: "It seems that people from several local clans said they were going to gather together to file a complaint on behalf of the county, but they were stopped by the county captain. theory."

"This is an appeal to a higher level!" After hearing this, Zao Song's eyes lit up with excitement, "Didn't I say that Daijun's governance is very good? I didn't expect such a thing to happen. I thought it was an exaggeration. Let's go. Let’s see, maybe we can give you some ideas and maybe change the situation of these people.”

Huan Yi narrowed his eyes and nodded with a smile, but he knew very well in his heart that Zaosong's suggestion was not out of good intentions, but because he wanted to see Chen Zhi make a fool of himself, because once the effect of Dai Jun's governance was spread, others would be the first to do so. Time is about to compare with other counties in Youzhou. The most ugly one is Wang Jun, and Wang Jun's subordinates can't hold their heads up either.

In addition, the current situation in Dai County looks like a great governance scene. If the inside and outside are the same, it means that in the past half a year, the power of Chen Zhi's command must have expanded and become more tyrannical!
"In contrast, it was recently heard that Sima Wang was trying his best to win over Duan Bu Xianbei in order to increase his combat power. At the same time, he was still recovering from the prestige turmoil caused by the failure of the four parties to siege Jicheng. I heard that Pingzhou was even more concerned. After several turmoils, even Goguryeo had abnormal movements, which required the great Sima to send troops to suppress them. Therefore, after more than half a year of recuperation, it is difficult to say how much strength he has recovered, let alone the changes in the grassland. It’s hard to say how much appeal it has.”

Thinking this, Huan Yi followed Zao Song to the edge of the crowd, watching and listening.

The group of people glanced at the three people and stopped paying attention. They continued to argue with the county captain. Their voices became louder and louder, and the situation gradually got out of control.

And the county captain didn't scold him with harsh words, but tried to persuade him with kind words, and even called him honorific.

After listening for a while, Huan Yi and the others understood the reason for the matter, and were about to talk in a low voice when Zao Song spoke first——

"Gentlemen, your request is very reasonable in my opinion. Daijun Yamen should give a response. So, I will go to Daixian with you and find Chen Fujun and let him make a judgment. "

　Thanks to "Tianyuanzhihai" for the reward!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)