Change the Tang Dynasty Li Yuanba

Chapter 25 The Lively Grand Meeting ([-])

After seeing off the soldiers of the Xuanjia Army who entered the palace on their horseshoeed horses, looking at the excited Meng Huhu and the burning iron furnace, Li Cha, whose mind was full of the method of frying steel, suddenly had an idea an idea.

The steel frying workshops of the later generations are hot and dangerous. Although Li Cha knows the theory, he has never tried it himself. He just took this opportunity to try it out by himself, and by the way, give it to this old brother Meng who always helps him. gifts.

Greeting Meng Huhu and waiting for him first, Li Cha began to make molds beside him, and after finishing, he called out to the busy blacksmith Lao Jia: "Brother Jia, come and help me, I'll make something. "

In fact, the most primitive steel frying process is not complicated.Sprinkle ore powder on the melted molten iron and keep stirring until the flame on the molten iron turns blue and stop, a pot of molten steel is completed.

Li Cha carefully poured the smelted molten steel into the finished mold, and the initial prototype was ready.Then Li Cha instructed the blacksmith Lao Jia to polish and dip it in fire, and for the first time, a three-edged thorn, a murderous weapon banned by later generations of international conventions, showed its appearance in the land of Datang.

Picking up the three-edged thorn, Li Cha inspected it, was very satisfied, and handed it to Meng Huo beside him: "Brother Meng, thank you for helping me all the time. This little toy is a gift for Meng Hu. Thank you, brother, give it a try."

Meng Huo took a deep breath when he saw the three-edged thorn, the three sharp edges were shining with blue light, and the three thick blood grooves led directly to the handle.Holding it in your hand can give people a chilling feeling.

Meng Huo casually threw the three-edged thorn towards a big tree next to it, and the three-edged thorn was firmly inserted into the big tree, penetrating three points into the tree.Meng Huhu and all the blacksmiths who watched were stunned.

"Brother Li, you said this is a toy given to me? This toy is too scary." Meng Huo said in shock.

"That's right, it's a toy for Brother Meng. In the future, when Brother Meng goes up the mountain to hunt a bear or a tiger, it will be more convenient. No matter what kind of body this thing is stabbed into, the three-fork-shaped wound will never It will heal, but I can only watch it bleed to death. So, this thing is very useful for killing a bear or a tiger, but forget it for people, it hurts the peace of the world, and it is too cruel." Li Cha explained.

Now that his experiment of frying steel was successful, and the small gifts were sent out, Li Cha said goodbye to Meng Huhu and the blacksmiths and went home to write to his second brother the specific methods and precautions for papermaking, printing and steel frying.

After Li Cha left, Meng Huo didn't say a word, rode on the cloud of smoke for thousands of miles, and galloped in the direction of the palace with three-edged thorns.

Meng Huo thought that Li Cha said the triangular thorn was a toy, it was just because it was too cruel, and he thought it was because Li Cha was a soft-hearted scholar and couldn't bear it to appear on the battlefield against the enemy.

But men like Tiger Meng who have killed countless soldiers on the battlefield have no mercy when facing the enemy. It hurts Tianhe to say that what they pursue is to kill the enemy.It's a pity that such a murderous weapon does not appear on the battlefield.

In fact, Meng Huhu really misunderstood it. In Li Cha's eyes, the three-edged thorn was really a toy he made to test the method of frying steel.Because Li Cha has an engineer shovel with more functions in his mind.The reason why the triangular thorn disappeared in later generations was not actually banned by an international convention, but simply because it was replaced by an engineer shovel.

Chang'an City, Tai Chi Palace, Tai Chi Hall, Grand Court Meeting.

When the emperor Li Shimin sat firmly on his throne, a young eunuch stood on the high steps and shouted loudly: "The court meeting has begun, and all the ministers will see you."

Li Shimin on the dragon bed accepted the courtiers' invitation with peace of mind and said solemnly: "Everyone who loves you is flat, and has a foundation to play, and no reason to retreat." In fact, this is nonsense. There has never been a court without a reason when.

"Report to Your Majesty, I have my own report." Following a burst of voices, an old minister with gray hair but a refined bearing stood up.He is Kong Yingda, a great contemporary Confucian in the Tang Dynasty, the right concubine of the crown prince, and Kong Yingda, who also served as the son of the country, Siye, and a regular attendant on horseback riding.To put it simply, he is the teacher of Prince Li Chengqian.

"Kong Aiqing, please tell me." Li Shimin said.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Yesterday, Weichen received two articles that His Highness the Crown Prince got from folk folks, namely the "Three Character Classic" and "Disciple Regulations". After careful study by Weichen and others, they found that these two reading materials are simple Understandable, catchy, profound meaning, a rare enlightenment reading.

"Oh, this is a major event that benefits the people and the country. Hurry up and let me have a look." Li Shimin said excitedly after hearing this.

If Li Cha saw Li Shimin's expression at today's court meeting, he would definitely look down on him.It's obviously arranged by myself, and you still look excited. I didn't see you so excited yesterday.

Before leaving yesterday, Li Cha specifically asked Li Shimin.Don't assign all things to him, give credit to whomever you like, just don't disturb his quiet life, no, Li Shimin intends to assign this credit to Prince Li Chengqian.

"Well, yes, they really are two rare enlightenment articles, and they should be vigorously promoted." Li Shimin nodded after pretending to turn a few pages.

"Report to Your Majesty, while His Royal Highness obtained these two enlightenment reading materials, he also obtained two strange things from this folk wonderman. Please move your Majesty to take a closer look." Kong Yingda took out a small blackboard from his side, A few pieces of chalk and a piece of wet rag said to Li Shimin on the high platform.

"Okay, then I will come down to see what the strange things are." After Li Shimin walked off the high platform, the officials also surrounded him, wanting to see what these two things were for.

"Your Majesty, this dark wooden board is called a blackboard. These sticks of plaster are called chalk. As for their uses, Your Majesty will know after looking at them."

After Kong Yingda finished speaking, she picked up the chalk and began to write on the blackboard.After finishing writing on the blackboard, he picked up a damp cloth and wiped off the words, and then wrote a few words again.Then he said, "Your Majesty, that's what the blackboard and chalk are for."

Li Shimin didn't speak, he wanted to see the reaction of the officials.But he found that the officials were all there inexplicably, with a look of incomprehension, and just about to speak, he heard a loud voice:
"Oh, Your Majesty, this is a good thing. I will use this blackboard to write memorials in the future. After I make a mistake, I can just erase it and rewrite it. I don't have to rewrite it because of a typo. Good thing, really good thing. "It's not the incarnate demon king Cheng Yaojin who is talking.

Cheng Yaojin's words directly made Li Shimin laugh: "Hehe, you Cheng Yaojin, how many blackboards will you carry to court in the future? How many words can you write on that blackboard?"

"Hehe, Your Majesty is right. It seems that this is still a useless thing. Even if it is a big blackboard that can write memorials, old Cheng can't resist it. What kind of strange thing is it? It's useless at all." Cheng Yao Jin said angrily.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, this is the blessing of scholars in the world, the blessing of the world. With this fetish, I don't know how many poor scholars can read and write with peace of mind." At this moment, a thin old man with a full face Said excitedly.

Needless to say, the only ones who can really see the usefulness of the blackboard and chalk are probably only the quick-witted people, and those poor students who can't afford pens, ink, paper and inkstones when they are studying.The one who spoke was Wei Zheng, who came from a poor family.

"Kong Aiqing, you have made great contributions to this matter, whether it is the enlightenment books, or the blackboard and chalk. It should be vigorously promoted." Li Shimin said.

"My Majesty, this matter is a major event that will benefit the present and benefit the future. I believe that it needs to be presided over by someone with both virtue and talent. I believe that it is most appropriate for the Crown Prince to come down to handle this matter." .”

Li Shimin was naturally the first to think of Prince Li Chengqian for such a matter of gaining a good reputation, and Kong Yingda was just the person he brought up to raise this matter.

But what Li Shimin didn't expect was that the spoiler came out as soon as Kong Yingda finished speaking.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think it is not possible. His Royal Highness is in charge of the East Palace, and he has exhausted his mind. There is no more time to preside over this matter. It is best for someone who is more skilled in this aspect to preside over it. I think Wei Wang Li Tai It's more appropriate." Li Tai's teacher, Minister of Rites Wang Gui, came out and said.

Li Tai, king of Wei, was talented, extremely intelligent, loved literature, worked on official scripts, and collected tens of thousands of volumes of books.He is the most beloved son of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty.It is not wrong to say that Li Tai is the most suitable person to preside over this matter.

"Okay, let's discuss this later. Do you have anything else to say?" Li Shimin was in a good mood, but immediately disappeared after hearing Wang Gui's words.Sure enough, as Li Cha said before, even if his sons don't fight for those around them, they will always push them to fight.

"Report to Your Majesty, I have a book to play." Duan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Princess Gaomi's son-in-law, came out and said.

"Please tell me, Duan Aiqing." Li Shimin, who was disturbed by Wang Gui, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, said in a dull mood. He already knew what Duan Lun was going to say, and he was the one who arranged it.

"Your Majesty, what I said is closely related to the students all over the world. Thanks to His Royal Highness Wei Wang's unparalleled intelligence and extensive reading. The skilled craftsmen of our Ministry of Industry, under the tireless guidance of His Royal Highness Wei, finally improved the papermaking technology and printing technology .”

Duan Lun took out a few sheets of paper and two wooden movable type templates.Then he said: "This is the improvement we have achieved under the wise guidance of His Royal Highness King Wei."

The paper is still uneven, but it is obviously better than the paper used by Datang now.There is no way, the emperor just sent the new technology of papermaking to the Ministry of Industry yesterday, it would be great to be able to make such paper in such a short period of time.

What really attracted the attention were the two wooden movable type templates. The military general didn't feel much about these, but none of the civil servants in the court were well-read poems and books, and they didn't want to leave their works famous through the ages.

When you hear that the printing technology has improved, why not worry?Didn't they all stare at the two wooden movable type templates intently, waiting for Duan Lun's explanation?

I saw Duan Lun, who was surrounded by civil servants, spread the ink evenly on the two wooden movable type boards, and covered the paper. After taking it off, although the handwriting was a bit blurred, he could barely make out what was printed.

Afterwards, Duan Lun removed all the wooden movable type on the template.Picking and picking, I took out a few wooden movable type from my pocket, arranged them on the wooden boards, painted them with ink, covered them with paper, took them off again, and the two different pages of the book were printed.

The civil servants around were in an uproar.They all understood that in the eyes of these civil servants, this printing technique may be more important than their lives, and this is their chance to truly leave their names in history and live forever.

Before the ministers could speak, Duan Lun said first: "Your Majesty, this is the magic of movable type printing. His Royal Highness Wei Wang said that there is a lot of room for improvement in both papermaking and movable type printing. It's just that our Ministry of Industry There is a lack of research funds, and I hope His Majesty can allocate funds for the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry to continue to improve. Similarly, I believe that such a major event must be presided over by His Royal Highness King Wei who is both virtuous and talented."

"Report to Your Majesty, such a major event that is beneficial to scholars in the world should be supported, and the minister will review it."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, these meritorious deeds are in the present age and will benefit the future. They should be supported and reconsidered."

"Report to Your Majesty, this move is the beginning of the rise of the children of the humble family, and should be supported, and the minister will reconsider."

All the civil servants were chattering, and they all reconsidered. Simply put, His Majesty must pay to perfect the papermaking and movable type printing.

"Okay, I got it, I agreed to this matter, how much money you need from the Ministry of Industry, I will make a report later, and I will approve it. As for who will preside over this matter, we can discuss it later." Li Shimin said directly.

Li Shimin has already assigned some credit to his favorite son Wei Wang Li Tai, but because of the performance of Wei Wang's teacher Wang Gui just now, he doesn't want the court officials to fight for a certain prince again, so he also put this Let's talk about it later.

As for the art of frying steel, Li Shimin did not show it here.The Royal Ordnance Division has been working overtime to smelt refined steel, and even the triangular thorns are constantly being produced. Since his direct troops have not completely replaced all the equipment, Li Shimin has no plan to publicize this art of frying steel.

　"If there is a book to start playing, there is no book to retreat from the court." This sentence should come from Tang Xuanzong.But Lao Yu really couldn't find a way to go to court in the early Tang Dynasty, so let's do it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)