Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 76 Wu Guogong?
Li Fei felt that it was not enough to have his godmother Yang Guifei as the most backing, Tang Xuanzong had to believe that he valued him. To please his godmother Yang Guifei, he also had to please Tang Xuanzong, after all Tang Xuanzong was the biggest existence in the world.

A winter has passed. When he handed over movable type printing to Xiao Ruoshui, he thought about dedicating it to Tang Xuanzong three months later. Now is the time.

Before presenting movable type printing, Li Fei notified Xiao Ruoshui and Cao Xiaozhong in advance, so that they also had a preparation.

Royal Palace.

In the past few days, the craftsmen sent by the Ministry of Industry used the cement, tiles, squat pits, etc. they brought in to build a bathroom next to the Daming Palace.

It has to be said that the Ministry of Industry is very efficient, especially when it comes to the construction of the palace, the efficiency is even higher.

In just two days, the toilet has been built, and even the sewage pipes have been buried.After Tang Xuanzong tried it out, he was very satisfied and ordered to build one for every palace.

When Li Fei entered the palace, the craftsmen sent by the Ministry of Industry were building bathrooms one by one, digging soil to install sewage pipes. As for where the sewage is discharged, these are not matters that Li Fei cares about. The special squatting pits, tiles, porcelain toilets, etc. are ready and sent, and the rest is none of his business.

"Can movable type printing really reduce the cost of books several times?" Tang Xuanzong asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have already experimented. Not only can the cost be reduced, but the printing speed is also faster and the quality is better. It will allow more ordinary people in Datang to afford books and ensure a steady stream of talents in Datang. , Your Majesty, the country will always be prosperous." Li Fei opened his eyes and said something against his will, all the words of Jiangshan's eternal prosperity are deceptive, he knows that the Tang Dynasty's prosperity is still a few years away, but there is no way, Tang Xuanzong likes his words.

"Li Fei, you really surprised me. First it was cement, and now movable type printing has been invented, so that more people can afford to read books. This is really a great achievement." Tang Xuanzong laughed happily.

"Good! Good! I will definitely reward you!"

Although Tang Xuanzong believed that the Tang Dynasty had already reached its peak under his rule, if more people could afford to read and read, wouldn't it be more representative of the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and let scholars all over the world sing praises to him ?

The emperor has to do things to please the scholars in the world!
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Fei didn't care much about the reward but not the reward. The important thing is to coax Tang Xuanzong well, so that his position will be more stable, and no one can move him.

The next day, Tang Xuanzong commended Li Fei's achievements on the spot in the court hall, and handed over the technology of movable type printing to the Ministry of Industry, and asked the Ministry of Industry to announce this technology to all states and counties, and printed them on a large scale, reducing the price of books in the world. , so that more people can afford to read books.

This achievement of Li Fei not only pleases Tang Xuanzong, but also pleases the scholars all over the world.

Although those who can read and practice calligraphy are more or less wealthy, but two or three hundred Wen for a book is still too expensive. How many families with some petty bourgeoisie have lost all their property and become poor just to provide for a child to study.

The so-called hard study for ten years is a huge investment.

Even if you go to the battlefield to become a general, you still need to know some words to understand military books and be a good general. It can be said that Li Fei's movable type printing can reduce the cost of books in the world by several times. In the eyes of most people, it is a greater credit than cement.

"Your Majesty, the public development of movable type printing in Yuhang County is dedicated to the imperial court. It is a great contribution to the imperial court and to the people. It should be rewarded!" Immediately, courtiers who were born as Jinshi came out to speak for Li Fei and commend Li Fei's achievements.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty nodded his head. In his eyes, it is a credit to renovate the new-style 'thatched cottage'. Now it is a great credit to present movable type printing, and it should be rewarded heavily.

The rewards are nothing more than gold and silver and promotion and title.

Thinking of promoting Li Fei and adding titles, Tang Xuanzong hesitated for a while. Some gold and silver must be rewarded, but it is impossible to reward only gold and silver. So whether it is a promotion or a title.Let's get promoted, Li Fei is already a member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice Wailang, and he is still under 17 years old. He is too young, and his ability is always lacking.But add a noble, Li Fei is already the Duke of Yuhang County, and if he adds a noble, he will be the Duke of the State.

How long has it been since Li Fei came to Chang'an City? In less than a year, he has already been granted the title of Marquis, and he was promoted from Marquis to Duke of the County. If he is added to the title of Duke now, isn't it too fast?
Tang Xuanzong was the former holy king. Although he hesitated, he quickly made a decision.

It's better to add a title, even if it is a Duke, it is always just a false name.As Yuhuan's adoptive son, Li Fei is also his adoptive son, and he should still be the Duke of the country.

"Li Fei dedicated his movable type printing technique, plus he made great contributions to rectifying the imperial palace, so he deserved a reward, so he was made the Duke of Wu, and another thousand gold was rewarded——"

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Yuhang County is still young. He has been named a Marquis in less than a year since he entered Beijing. Then he was promoted from a Marquis to a Duke of the County, and now he is promoted to a Duke of the State. In such a short period of time, I am afraid that the people will criticize me. Think twice. Your Majesty!" It was Wang Chi who jumped out.

Hearing that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty wanted to grant Li Fei the title of duke of the country, Wang Chi immediately turned pale with fright, how could he stand still.Li Fei is so rampant when he is the Duke of the county. If he becomes the Duke of the state, he will pay it back.Besides, he had a grudge against Li Fei, so how could he be willing to watch Li Fei easily be granted the title of duke of the country.

Apart from hatred and hatred for Li Fei, there is also jealousy!
Thinking of him, Wang Yu, who has worked so hard for so many years, and now he is the Minister of the Household Department, and his title is just a dispensable Viscount. How did Li Fei become the Duke of the State so easily!

The prime minister, Li Linfu, gave Wang Ji a stern look. In fact, Li Linfu didn't want Li Fei to be promoted to the title of Duke so soon. Li Fei was too young, and his promotion was too fast, which was absurd.

However, Li Linfu would not stand up to object, because Li Fei stood behind Yang Guifei after all. Although Li Linfu was the prime minister, he would never offend Yang Guifei openly.

Except for Wang Yu and Li Linfu who didn't want Li Fei to be made Duke, Yang Guozhong didn't want to.

At this moment, Yang Guozhong's complexion was darker than Wang Ji's, and there was a surge of anger in his heart.

At the beginning, Li Fei was just a wild boy he brought to Chang'an City. Somehow, he used some means to coax his sister, Concubine Yang Gui, to accept his most adopted son, and let him easily become a Marquis, and later became his equal. The Duke of the county, if he was named Duke Wu again, wouldn't he be standing on his head!
Yang Guozhong couldn't imagine that now that Li Fei was standing behind him in the court hall, if he had the title of duke, wouldn't he stand directly in front of him all of a sudden, that kind of scene is too scary!

Yang Guozhong gritted his teeth, and wanted to stand up and strongly oppose it, but he and Wang Hao have been fighting more and more recently, and are trying to find ways to bring down Wang Hao. After all, Li Fei is his "nephew" in name, if he stands up and opposes , not only can't get over it on the face, but also seriously offend Li Fei, and even make his sister Yang Guifei dissatisfied for a second. At such a critical juncture, doing so is not good for him, so he has to bear it.

Yang Guozhong endured it, and finally did not stand out.
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(End of this chapter)