The big man has a living father

Chapter 83: All the masters are out! ( updates a day, please subscribe)
Wannian County Government Office.

A group of people in Confucian robes sat upright.

Everyone's face was gloomy.

Mr. Lu, who was sitting in the main seat, was spitting and speaking passionately.

"The moment of life and death for Confucianism has arrived! It has arrived!"

"He, Huo Hai, has quietly researched a new font and has already promoted it in the military. There is even a new pronunciation to go with this new font!"

"We only understood a few words, and one meat was changed into bacon, so how many things did he change?"

Some of the more conservative ones pondered: "Mr. Lu, it seems that this is nothing. After all, the fonts have been changed several times in ancient times, and the meanings of the characters have also changed a lot."

It was the first time that Mr. Lu felt that he was sitting in the main seat and giving a lecture in front of a group of scholars, and his heart was filled with excitement.

When he heard someone holding an opposing opinion, his eyes rolled: "Do you know how much money the Huo family has? Just like how he deceived the miners, he is now using money to pave the way and promote his words. How many people will learn them in the future?"

“There are no more than 400,000 true readers in the world who can read most books without any hindrance.”

"Among them, we Confucians are the largest, accounting for 30%, or 120,000 people."

"The other hundred schools of thought are not a big threat to us at all. Although there are many people who follow the Huang-Lao Dao, they are scattered... This is the first time we have encountered a challenge since Master Dong succeeded in [removing the hundred schools of thought]."

"Don't forget that the population of Chang'an is far more than 120,000. If Huo Hai can train 50,000 people who know his handwriting, he will be the largest force besides us."

Mr. Lu has already used his imagination to the utmost to exert its destructive power. When the number of 50,000 came out, everyone present changed their expressions.

Indeed, the Huo family is too rich. If Huo Hai spends money to pave the way for himself, aiming for the status of a grandmaster and becoming Huozi, who can stop him?
After all, people can't resist money.

Everyone looked at each other and started communicating with each other.

Indeed, by using money to pave the way and pushing things forward, people like Huo Hai may become new masters.

Become Huozi.

At this moment, in the corner, Dong Zhongshu looked at everyone and couldn't help shaking his head.

fifty thousand?

Dong Zhongshu looked at the thing in front of him, a book called "Children's Six Lessons Combined Edition" in which he didn't recognize half of the words.

Dong Zhongshu still remembers how he learned to read when he was a child.

I remember how many words I learned in the first month.

It took me a full month to learn the first sentence of "Cangjie Book"!

Because those words are too difficult to write.

Dong Zhongshu still remembers the word "Jie" in the first sentence of the Cangjie Book, and he wrote it with such passion that he wanted to die.

However, most of the words in this "Children's Six-Lesson Combined Edition" are so simple that they are outrageous!

Dong Zhongshu had already seen the future at a glance.

Even if they are studying Cangjie script, ordinary children learn seal script when they learn the first sentence, while those who learn simplified characters may have learned only the tenth sentence.

Besides, Cangjie's book is so difficult to learn, and this six-lesson combined edition looks like poetry, so I guess you can learn it just by singing it?
But why did Huo Hai change the word "meat"? What was his intention? Did he really want to overthrow Zhou Li? Did he really want to implement Mohist Xia Li?

Dong Zhongshu decided to ask Huo Hai about it, since Huo Hai was going to give a lecture to the Crown Prince tomorrow.

Not long after this, Dong Zhongshu no longer thought that Huo Hai was here to accompany the prince in his studies. It was clear that Huo Hai was specially hired by Emperor Wu to teach the prince. What he learned were all things that the prince loved to learn. The prince loved to learn so much that he almost didn't remember anything about the Confucian classics.

At this time, Mr. Lu raised his arms and shouted: "We must go to war with Huo Hai! We must expand the scale of the library, expand the scale of lectures, let more children learn Confucianism, we must make Wannian County full of literary atmosphere, and truly destroy Huo Hai's conspiracy!!!"

……

This time Xiang Xu learned his lesson and said in a flattering manner: "Sir, if you leave early, tell the Imperial Guards to inform me."

Huo Hai held up the chair and said, "No problem."

When he arrived at the entrance of the Prince's Palace with the chair, Huo Hai saw Liu Che and Wei Zifu both standing at the entrance of the hall.

Huo Hai was puzzled: "Your Majesty, Queen, why are you coming to the Prince's Palace so early in the morning?"

Liu Che: "What do you mean it's so early in the morning? I'm staying in the Prince's Palace."

Huo Hai: "Hey, the cuckoo has taken over the magpie's nest!"

Liu Che had also read the idiom collection: "Reverse the Tiangang, reverse the Tiangang!"

Empress Wei Zifu covered her mouth and smiled: "Your workers were too slow to install the floor heating in your Majesty's palace, so your Majesty moved to the Prince's Palace."

In fact, Wei Zifu felt that the North Palace was warmer and much better than the Pepper Palace, so she simply took Liu Ju to live in the Prince's Palace and decided not to go back.

Liu Che was probably too old to suffer from the cold at night, so he slipped over here, saying that it was normal for a couple to live in their son's house.

Huo Hai laughed: "It's mainly because the workers are too stupid. The masters who first learned how to make and install floor heating pipes had to take in apprentices. Only by taking in apprentices can they make more money. After all, the prince has a share in this industry."

According to Huo Hai's observation, whenever money was mentioned, Liu Che would generally not say much.

but!

Liu Che glanced at Huo Hai and said, "Really? I heard that you sent all the skilled workers to install floor heating in Qing Ke's Princess Mansion?"

Huo Hai was stunned for a moment: "This is unfair, Your Majesty. When masters teach apprentices, they can't use the palace's engineering as an experiment to practice, right? So they use the Princess's Mansion to practice first!"

Liu Che: "But from my observation, the principle and structure of this floor heating is actually quite simple. As soon as Master Dong explained it that day, I understood it. Why does it take so long for an apprentice to learn it?" Huo Hai laughed awkwardly: "Your Majesty, you must be joking. Who is Master Dong? He can understand the principle at a glance, but others may not be able to understand it even after studying it over and over again for several months."

"Your Majesty, what knowledge and insight do you have? You can understand it at a glance, which shows that Your Majesty is born with wisdom and intelligence. However, those stupid new workers need to learn to read first, then slowly learn the principles, and then actually operate. It will take a long time to learn all these things."

At this time, a voice came from behind Huo Hai. Dong Zhongshu said in a deep voice: "Master Huo, why do workers have to learn to read when they learn to install floor heating?"

Liu Che also reacted: "Yes, why do we have to learn to read? Just learning the installation will not affect the installation process."

Huo Hai firmly opposed this statement: "Your Majesty, this is not the case!"

"If the workers are illiterate, then this skill will be passed down by word of mouth, which is bound to lead to mistakes and omissions, and it will be basically impossible to spread. Over time, maybe the winters are not so cold in some years, fewer people will learn, and one or two old masters will die accidentally, then won't the floor heating be lost?"

"But if they learn to read instead of crafts first, and write down the process of floor heating production and installation in a book, then even if there is no teacher in the future, someone as smart as Master Dong can learn it by reading and thinking more."

"What's more, every worker may make improvements to the floor heating according to the actual situation."

"If there is no standard written operating method, then everyone will improve their own version of floor heating. Over time, some will improve, some will regress, and the product quality will vary."

"With written operating procedures, everyone can submit their improvements to modify the next version of the general operating procedures. Over time, the floor heating system will continue to improve, and perhaps it will be so useful that we can hardly imagine it now."

"And the word progress is the key."

Why is it that in history there are always eye-catching technologies that were developed thousands of years or even earlier than the West, but did not usher in a technological explosion?
It was because the literacy rate was not high at that time that records could not be made.

It is impossible to record anything, let alone summarize or conclude it.

Even in works like "Qimin Yaoshu" and "Compendium of Materia Medica", the authors would specifically say that they heard it from others and wrote it down regardless of whether it was true or false.

Not to mention that some of them are wrong and fake.

Just say, what percentage of the total number of truly powerful technologies of the same era is heard? Ten percent? Three percent? One thousandth?

If the inventors of each technology in Qi Min Yao Shu could read and write by themselves, would there still be Qi Min Yao Shu? Shouldn't it be a thousand times more powerful "Encyclopedia of Science and Technology"?
When Liu Che heard this, he thought it was true: "It's quite interesting. This theory is really true if you think about it."

Dong Zhongshu was also convinced.

Obviously, this is true.

Liu Che: "In this case, we must let future generations remember this theory, remember why workers need to learn to read, and the universal operating methods... Then the floor heating company will be called Universal Floor Heating."

When Huo Hai was thinking about using the name Liu Che had given him to make more money, he heard Liu Che continue: "The tables, chairs and benches will be called General Furniture, and the carriage shop will also be changed to General Carriage."

"These general technology representatives are all combined into one big company..."

Huo Hai: "Group?"

You've learned things pretty quickly here!

Liu Che: "Group? What a good name, let's call it General Motors Group."

Huo Hai complained: "Your Majesty, you just want to embezzle my property shares, right?"

Liu Che's face was red but his heart was not beating: "What do you mean by embezzlement? I didn't say I took a share."

Huo Hai: "Your Majesty, there are 360 ​​professions in this world, and all of them belong to the emperor. How do other people make a living?"

Liu Che rolled his eyes: "There are 360 ​​professions in this world, and all of them belong to you, Huo Hai. How do other people make a living?"

Huo Hai smiled: "That's different. Every trade belongs to your Majesty. Others dare not covet it or learn from it. But in these trades, there are always those who are brave enough to learn from me and follow me."

Liu Che was stunned for a moment.

Huo Hai has actually been waiting for others to learn from him.

As long as you don't study in Chang'an, it's okay to study somewhere else.

Industrial technology cannot develop in just one city.

It is impossible that Chang'an entered the era of electrification fifty years later, while the frontiers of the empire were still in the slavery era and had not had time to truly enter the feudal era?

The great development of industry can never avoid the word "stealing and learning".

Although Huo Hai wants to protect the rights of inventors and creators and stimulate more people to conduct research, it is more important to attract more money into the pool at this start-up stage.

Besides, it is impossible for the first person to learn to master the technique and make the same product as Huo Hai. Even if he has mastered the technique, Huo Hai can still update and iterate the product.

Liu Che suddenly realized what Huo Hai was going to do. After this winter, when the ice and snow melt and spring returns to the earth, that will be the time when the flowers of industry will flow down the river.

At this time Liu Ju rubbed his eyes and got up.

Wei Zifu asked someone to bring milk to Liu Ju. Liu Che also felt a little cold after the hall door opened, and prepared to put on his clothes.

Dong Zhongshu looked at Huo Hai and said, "Master Huo, I have a question for you."

"Why change the meat into bacon, change the cooking method, and change the name? This is the real cuckoo taking over the magpie's nest."

Huo Hai was puzzled: "What the hell, when did I change?"

Dong Zhongshu explained the origin of the meat. Huo Hai's mouth curled up: "Did I change it? Would you Confucian scholars prefer to eat meat with maggots or bacon? Why don't you observe it yourself in private?"

"You say no with your mouth, but your body is very honest."

"Master Dong, this is not called usurping the magpie's nest, this is called progress."

(PS: At present, people call this elementary school textbook compiled by Li Si "Cangjie Book". Later, someone forged Cangjie Book and said it was left by Cangjie who created Chinese characters. Therefore, the elementary school textbooks are habitually changed from Cangjie Book to Cangjie Chapter.)
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I just happened to catch up with the time to write about building the framework. It seems that writing a book is not that easy. It will be fun later!
(End of this chapter)