"Don't worry about this, I've already told the people below," Li Wenchong said with a smile, "Don't you really think that those people in the Royal Construction Office are fools and would even make such a mistake?"
"I don't think they are fools, I'm worried that they stick to the 'rules' too much. I've always heard that the royal family has a lot of rules and that no matter what they do, they have to be particular about it. If you give the order and bring the drawings, they might even change it.
If you don't change it, you just copy it... If you do that, the problems you create will be huge."
"How is that possible? I asked them to make it for use, but they just made it and can't use it. How can that be done?"
…
While talking, the two of them arrived at Brother Can's yard soon.
Brother Can is a boy and Li Wenchong's only son, so when Butler Zhou supervised the design drawings, he specially arranged the two courtyards to be closer to each other.
As for Brother Can, when he grows up in the future, he will have his own privacy...
This is simple. Anyway, Li Wenchong will only have one son like Brother Can in the future, so Housekeeper Zhou directly allocated part of the outer courtyard into Brother Can's yard.
It's just that Brother Can is young now, and the outer courtyard is sealed off, so the temporary space for activities is only the inner courtyard.
Even this part is not small, it is two or three times as big as the one in Jinling.
Even the study room was built directly into a large one. I collected books from all over the world early and stuffed them into it.
Gu Qingling looked at so many bookcases and was very surprised: "Why so many books?! Why do I feel that besides the books in Jinling, there seem to be other places here."
With that said, Gu Qingling took a book from the bookcase.
As expected, it is not a Jinling publication. The books in Jinling are all horizontal, with punctuation marks and various illustrations.
Especially children's books are mainly based on pictures.
But the book in Gu Qingling's hand is mainly text, vertical, and without punctuation.
"Where did this book come from? There are no punctuation marks, and you have to break up sentences when you read it. Are you sure Brother Can can really understand it?"
Li Wenchong took a look and said: "I don't know, I asked the people below to collect them. All the books they think are good are given to a special gentleman for review. If there are no problems, they are sent here. Things like punctuation marks are basically
Only you in Jinling use it, and there is also the "Da Ming Daily". There are basically no earlier collections of books like this..."
However, Li Wenchong also had to admit that with punctuation marks in the book, the book would indeed become much easier to read.
He had already suggested to Emperor Mingguang that it was being tried out by newspapers and a small number of internal publications. But the royal family's current collection of books was mainly from the past, that is, the old version with vertical layout without punctuation.
Emperor Mingguang also considered the issue of reprinting, but the workload was too large and he did not take action for the time being.
"What's the point? Let's make it for bookstores all over the world." Gu Qingling smiled and said, "Everyone in the world wants to benefit. As long as Your Majesty is willing to let go, inscribe a word, or mark 'Royal Collection', 'Royal Recommendation'"
' or 'Products Recommended by Prince Chong', etc., it would be suitable for Zhaotianxia Bookstore to publish it. I can guarantee that the royal family does not have to spend a penny or any effort, and there will definitely be many people grabbing it."
Royalty is a golden sign.
Once this sign is established, who doesn’t want to get a piece of the pie?
What's more, who has more books in the world than the royal family?
Just take out a few good books and you can have literati from all over the world flocking to you.
Gu Qingling: "I think publishing is not a problem. What you are mainly worried about is probably shaking the foundation of scholars all over the world and fearing a backlash from those scholars, right?"
Li Wenchong nodded: "You guessed it right. Brother Huang asked me to take it easy and don't make too big a fuss about your plan to build an academy. If the royal collection is published, the impact will only be greater. And I'm also worried about this.
Doing it may affect your long-term plans."
"It may have some influence, but... I don't think this is a bad thing." Gu Qingling thought for a while and said, "Since it is the royal collection, then there are no people from scholarly families in the world who peek into the royal collection? There must be some.
, then you can exchange with them and exchange the royal collection with them for their family collection..."
"Wait a minute, aren't we talking about printing the royal collection of books? Why are you talking about exchanging books with those aristocratic families again?" Li Wenchong frowned slightly, feeling that Gu Qingling's steps were a bit too big, and he was afraid of hurting his balls.
"Then do you think they want the royal collection?"
"I definitely want to," Li Wenchong said affirmatively. "The royal family has been collecting all the books in the world for more than a day or two. Naturally, there are some secret collections of books in hand that others want. Some of the books in the collection can only be seen by our royal family members. If there are some books in the collection that are not obtained by the emperor's brother,
Even if you allow me to do so, I can’t flip it around at will.”
"That's right. Since you hold the secret treasure in your hands, you can definitely lure them into taking the bait."
"However, you have overlooked an issue. Not all collections of books can be published. In other words, not all collections of books can be 'exchanged.' The publication I just mentioned refers to most of the collections that can be opened to the public..."
The books that were originally circulated on the market had limited printing due to the influence of printing technology in the early years.
Some people really can't buy books, or are reluctant to spend the money, so they copy them by themselves.
You copy mine, I copy yours, copying back and forth, and mistakes and omissions appear unconsciously.
Therefore, the book that falls into the hands of some people is likely to be wrong.
How can you take the imperial examination if you hold the wrong book?
This is one of the reasons why it is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son. It is also why many people want to visit famous teachers and study in famous large academies. Studying in a large academies may not necessarily lead to success, but it can ensure that the books you read will help you learn.
What you got is correct.
Only under the right premise can you get closer to the imperial examination and have more hope of showing your talents in the imperial examination.
After the advent of movable type printing, Li Wenchong also considered the idea of collecting royal books, hoping to print more "correct" books so that students all over the world could get the correct versions and learn correct knowledge.
After hearing Li Wenchong's explanation, Gu Qingling knew that Li Wenchong had misunderstood what he meant.
"You seem to have misunderstood. What I said about printing the royal collection's books means the same thing as what you said about printing the royal collection's books. Those that can be published to the world must be visible to everyone in the world." Gu Qingling said, "But not all of them.
The books in the Craftsman’s Workshop can be read by everyone. Just like the internal publications published by my Craftsman’s Workshop, many of which involve patented technologies, aren’t they also not open to the public? There are three types of books in the Craftsman’s Workshop.
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"If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten it. Sorry, I misunderstood."
"It's okay, I didn't explain it clearly. You're afraid that I might misunderstand, so it's right to explain to me. What if we have different ideas and talk for a long time, but then it's all in vain?"
Gu Qingling said with a smile, "Publishing the royal collection does not take one day or two. We are not in a hurry. We can first design a system of books, which ones can be printed for the people, which ones can be printed for the ministers of the DPRK, and which ones can be printed by the emperor."
Instead of grading the published...several layers, divide the collection into different areas, and then select books based on the weight of these areas..."
