Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 59 Digging roots!

Walk into the backyard.

Li Chengqian's eyes were immediately attracted by the carved blocks.

The so-called woodblock printing is an improvement on seals and ink rubbings of stone tablets. Solid wood with fine texture, such as jujube wood and pear wood, is selected and sawed into pieces of wood. The words to be printed are written on thin paper and pasted on the wood board. Then, according to the strokes of each word, it is carved into positive text with a knife one stroke at a time, so that each stroke of the word stands out on the board.

Woodblock printing originated in the Sui Dynasty and was also widely used after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. However, it was mostly used in unified imperial examinations, or in printing and copying poetry collections, historical records, etc.

Convenient, fast and efficient.

There will be no omissions in the text, which can ensure that the printed books and test papers are uniform and clear.

In addition to these carved blocks, there are also boxes of various sizes, each of which has an extremely solemn seal on it.

Su Chen casually opened a box and handed a square wooden block with six characters engraved on it to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian stared at the small wooden block in his hand in confusion. After taking a closer look, he asked in confusion: "Brother Su, what are you going to do with these things?"

“Printed textbook.”

"Textbook?"

Li Chengqian frowned in thought, then looked at the small wooden block in his hand, expressing his incomprehension.

Su Chen pointed at the woodblocks and said with a smile: "Although the efficiency of these woodblocks is good, the printing speed is too slow. After switching to movable type printing, the efficiency will probably increase by about ten times."

"In other words, as long as these movable type blocks are carved, thousands of books can be printed in a short period of time."

Typography?
Is it ten times more efficient than woodblock printing?
Li Chengqian couldn't help but applaud and exclaimed, "Ten times the efficiency of movable type printing is simply unimaginable. Brother Su's every move is amazing!"

This tenfold efficiency alone is enough to make Su Chen a leader in the printing industry.

but.

Li Chengqian was a little puzzled.

"What does this have to do with our teaching and educating people?"

"That's a big deal."

Su Chen opened another box with a smile, "As the saying goes, if you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools."

“Teaching and educating people is impossible without books.”

Li Chengqian took a look and saw countless weird drawings and symbols in it, which made him feel overwhelmed at the first sight.

Li Chengqian: "Books are important, but we also need teachers."

"good."

Su Chen pointed at the things in the box and asked, "Prince, have you ever heard of Hanyu Pinyin?"

Li Chengqian: "???"

His face was full of question marks, which almost made Su Chen laugh.

Su Chen patted Li Chengqian on the shoulder and said, "Let me introduce you to the crystallization of two thousand years of wisdom."

“Hanyu Pinyin.”

Su Chen opened another box, inside which were neatly arranged printed books.

Su Chen picked up one and threw it to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian opened the book and saw that the first page was printed with a series of scribbles.

Afterwards, Li Chengqian quickly flipped through the book and discovered that the content inside was "three hundred thousand".

The so-called "Three Hundred Thousand" refers to the enlightenment books that Tang Dynasty scholars read when they were children, namely Three Character Classic, Hundred Family Surnames, and Thousand Character Classic.

The fonts were printed very clearly, but what puzzled Li Chengqian was that no matter whether it was the Three Character Classic, Hundred Family Surnames, or Thousand Character Classic, there were strange symbols of different shapes on each font.

Those were the scribbles in the second box that Su Chen had just opened.

“When a person is born, his nature is good.”

"These six characters can be spelled out completely by the initials and finals on the font."

"in short."

"You only need to learn the 26 letters above, understand their initials, finals and tones, and then you can read these words!" By recognizing these scribbles, you can then read these words?

Li Chengqian fell into deep thought.

Su Chen said calmly: "I have visited some private schools in the city in the past two days. Their teaching methods are extremely backward."

"It is mostly through the teachers' words and deeds that I can clearly recognize each character."

"For example, the most basic ones were taught and recited by private school teachers over and over again, and then passed on to every student."

"What if we first taught these students how to read the pinyin alphabet, and then marked all the books they need to learn, such as the Three Character Classic and the Hundred Family Surnames, with pinyin? What do you think would happen?"

Li Chengqian was very familiar with teaching by example.

I suffered a lot from this when I was young.

I always remember it on the first day but forget it on the second day, not to mention how to write it.

If you remember the twenty-six letters and are familiar with the pinyin letters, then the words under the pinyin letters will no longer be unfamiliar words, but Chinese characters conveyed by the pinyin letters.

In other words, even if you don't recognize the characters, you can still recite them based on the pinyin on them?
Li Chengqian was lost in thought, the light in his eyes becoming stronger and stronger, and he unconsciously used a little strength in his hands holding the book, causing the paper to deform.

"Once this is successful, tens of millions of people in the Tang Dynasty will be able to learn to read through these pinyin without the need for a teacher..."

"No, no, they still need teachers. At least they need to learn these Chinese pinyin first. Secondly, this can only be used for enlightenment!"

"For some obscure books, they still need famous teachers to teach them, but they can understand simple notices and documents. In this way, even in the most remote places, they can know the will of the current emperor!?"

“The situation where the imperial power does not extend to the countryside may be rewritten?!”

"hiss!"

Li Chengqian's scalp tingled and he couldn't help but shiver.

The book in my hand is not just a book of three hundred thousand, but a blessing for tens of millions of people in the Tang Dynasty! It is also the strongest weapon used by the royal family to weaken the aristocratic families!
This is a big deal!
Li Chengqian swallowed his saliva and said, "Brother Su, do you know that if I want to promote this thing, I, the prince, can't do it alone."

Su Chen: "Just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't do it."

"???"

Li Chengqian's eyes suddenly widened, "No!"

"You want to involve him as well?"

"Otherwise, how can we say it is digging up roots?"

"..."

Li Chengqian staggered and sat down on the ground with a bitter look on his face.

What a good root digging.

Really dug up the roots of the five surnames and seven families!

but.

Li Chengqian suddenly stood up and said, "This plan is a little bit wrong!"

“Even if everyone in our Great Tang could be literate, some profound books are still difficult to understand. Without a famous teacher, it would be difficult for them to break out of the encirclement of the Five Surnames and Seven Famous Family Members!”

"That's another matter."

Su Chen smiled slightly, "If you want to listen, I can describe it to you..."

"stop!"

Li Chengqian quickly raised his hand to interrupt Su Chen.

He had every reason to believe that when Su Chen came up with this plan, the subsequent measures had already been prepared.

So scary…

Do not!
Too bad!
Li Chengqian put the movable type in his hand into the box and closed the box heavily.

"This matter involves too much, I have to think about it carefully."

(End of this chapter)