Chapter 671 Discuss the General Trend of the World
Chapter 671 On the General Trend of the World
Because the prices of these books are slightly lower than the market price, especially the "Thousand Character Essay", which is cheaper than many enlightenment books, and she prints in large quantities without hiding any secrets, Shu, Lianghu, Jiangnan and other places, all her Yuzhou merchants
Wherever the team can go, they will take this book as a souvenir and sell it everywhere.
Such a large amount of dumping made Zhao Hanzhang gain the favor of many scholars, and also made her name more firmly remembered.
Aristocratic families monopolize knowledge, but nowadays, there are not many aristocratic families who consciously monopolize knowledge. Most of them simply cherish the books handed down from their ancestors and do not want to spread knowledge to others.
They don't want to pass on their own knowledge, but they are still willing to pass on other people's knowledge.
Therefore, later, when various enlightenment books such as "The Analects of Confucius" and "The Analects of Confucius" came along with "The Thousand Character Essay", they were not only willing to keep a printed copy from Zhao's Bookstore, but were also willing to explain it to them with some handouts.
But Zhao Hanzhang thought it was not enough.
She needs more talent and prestige.
She was also very courageous and went to the bookstore directly to dig out several agricultural books, books on craftsmanship, and military books.
Now Zhao's bookstore and paper mill have opened in Chen County.
Unlike other workshops, bookstores and paper mills currently only exist in Xiping and Chen counties. Books from other places mostly come from these two places.
Zhao Hanzhang handed the book to the bookstore and said: "Publish it, publish three thousand copies of each copy, and give it to the steward of Zhenbao Pavilion."
The steward of Zhenbao Pavilion will ask various merchants to send them out.
When it comes to fishing, naturally you need to catch the fish you use as bait.
But this was not enough. While watching her people working hard to dig dams and canals, Zhao Hanzhang wrote a sincere letter to the emperor.
No place is spared from natural disasters. Starting next year, places north of the Central Plains will face wave after wave of disasters.
Including the Bingzhou and Jizhou areas occupied by Liu Yuan.
Even the biggest disaster is in Jizhou.
The drought started in Youzhou and Jizhou, and the locust plague also started in Youzhou and Jizhou. The migratory locust army would move west and south from Youzhou and Jizhou, and no grass would grow wherever they passed.
The disaster will affect Bingzhou, Sizhou, Yongzhou and Qinzhou, as well as the northern area of Yuzhou. The people of the six states and the Han people in northern Yuzhou will suffer terribly. They have been suffering from food shortages for several years. This time, not even a tenth of the Han people will survive.
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Logically speaking, Zhao Han would not be able to get a favor, but at that time, Zhao Han became ruthless. Not only did he forcibly requisition grain, grass and horses, he also forced military service, and mobilized a large army to attack the south. Taking advantage of the severe locust plague in the Central Plains, he directly destroyed the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
So Yongjia only had five years.
But now, the King of Donghai died two years early, and the emperor also moved the capital away from Luoyang. She didn't know what her next fate would be.
But people can move, and Luoyang can change owners, but natural disasters will not change.
So she has to take precautions. Not only does she take precautions, but the emperor should also ask all states to take precautions.
But what she wanted to write about was not just about natural disasters. Even if she wanted to compete in the world, she didn't want to usurp the emperor's position. She hoped that he could still sit in that position firmly.
As long as he is around, the world will be temporarily stable.
So Zhao Hanzhang wrote to the emperor about the general trend of the world, telling him that although Liu Yuan is ambitious, you also have me and General Gou Xi, and he cannot defeat him for the time being, so we should take this opportunity to develop agriculture, appease the people, and accumulate grain.
Fortify the city wall in case Zhao Han attacks southward again one day;
He also told him that you are the co-owner of the world. The people are still suffering from famine, so we can't spare time, but it doesn't matter. Let's appease the people first and let them farm with peace of mind and store more food. When we are strong, we can attack the north in one fell swoop.
Wrest back the lost ground.
Going around and around, it is still the same, appease the people more, store more food, and save more money.
Zhao Hanzhang wrote his own suggestions, hoping that the emperor would issue an edict to appease the people of the world, especially the people of Yanzhou, and eliminate their fears. They would do less corvee and less tax, cultivate more fields, and store more grain, just in case...
Zhao Hanzhang wrote a lot eloquently, and finally handed the excerpt to the bookstore and said to them: "Carve it out, print more, and send it to various schools, so that they can appease the people when they support the construction of water conservancy projects in various places, and encourage people to teach farming.
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The bookstore was dumbfounded after receiving the booklet and asked, "How many copies of this should be printed?"
Zhao Hanzhang said: "Let's have a thousand copies first."
The bookstore breathed a sigh of relief. It printed quite a lot, but he was quite afraid that it would be uneconomical to print too little.
The craftsmen carved according to the folds, and Zhao Hanzhang couldn't help but worry, "In the future, if I have any official documents that I want to announce to the school, I will have to carve them page after page like this, which not only consumes time but also consumes materials."
Fu Tinghan said: "Movable type printing requires a lot of literate people. It cannot be widely used yet. Let's wait for another two years."
He said: "In two years' time, the first batch of students will graduate. They know most of the characters and can work in bookstores."
Zhao Hanzhang touched his chin and said, "In three years, haven't they finished recognizing the characters?"
Fu Tinghan raised his head and looked at her.
"Okay, I was too hasty, okay, then I'll wait another two years, but has the bookstore mastered movable type printing?"
Fu Tinghan said: "Hu Jin tried wooden movable type and clay movable type. I asked people to find tin, lead and copper for him and let him try them one by one."
Regarding movable type printing, Fu Tinghan and Zhao Hanzhang both know the general principles, but it is not easy to make it. After all, whoever does it knows the details.
He can only leave it to Hu Jin and his craftsmen to study it. It's up to them to see what they can achieve.
"Nowadays, clay movable type can be used, but because there are not many people who are literate, typesetting is quite difficult. Currently it is only available in Xiping, and no one can do it here in Chen County." Fu Tinghan said: "I will let Hu Jin
Train two of them and send them here to Chen County respectfully."
Zhao Hanzhang was about to say this, but Fu Tinghan unexpectedly picked him up. She glanced at him approvingly and asked: "What do you think I would like to open a bookstore in Luoyang?"
"Not very good," Fu Tinghan said: "I can help you build a paper mill, but I really can't squeeze out the bookstore with manpower."
Bookstore craftsmen are the most difficult to find and train.
Zhao Hanzhang could only feel sorry, and then continued to stare at the young people in the school in a daze. These were all talents, and they were needed in all walks of life.
It took the bookstore two days to carve the booklet, and then began polishing, inking, and printing...
When Zhao Hanzhang's excerpts were sent to Yuncheng, the printed manuscripts were also placed in schools in various counties and counties. At the same time, they were circulated out of the schools, copied and sent everywhere.
Her students were very fond of her true story. After reading the excerpt, they immediately understood what she meant. When they were sent out to support the construction of water conservancy, they worked while telling the servants and day laborers that the envoy was building water conservancy at this time.
s reason.
Tell them that the envoy wants to make farming more convenient for everyone, so that they can respond more to natural disasters in the future. In order to allow you to save more food, the envoy will reduce taxes...
However, the focus of outsiders was different from that of Zhao Hanzhang and his students. They immediately focused on the first half of Zhao Hanzhang's views on the general trend of the world.