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Chapter 71 The protection of various schools of thought and the reason why Zhanlu chose the master (read more!)

Of course, if only paper is used to replace expensive bamboo slips and silk, it is far from being able to spread knowledge.

Never underestimate the aristocrats and schools of thought. If paper is simply used as a new carrier of words, they will get the most benefits, not ordinary people.

Maybe the amount of knowledge in the hands of the people will increase, and the children of poor families who have no worries about food and clothing will also get more knowledge, but this will instead widen the gap between them and the nobles and schools of thought.

Most of today's knowledge is monopolized by nobles and schools of thought. The knowledge in their hands is combined with the manpower and material resources in their hands. They completely send people to copy a large number of bamboo slips, so as to attract more followers or disciples, and let the paper reflect become a tool in their hands.

Therefore, Zhang Ji asked Jade Tiger to collect a large amount of jujube and pear wood.

The texture of jujube wood and pear wood is relatively fine, and the wood is moderately soft and hard. It is strong in carving and has a certain degree of wear resistance.

The most important thing is that the cost of jujube and pear wood is not high, and they can be found everywhere.

As for the reason why Zhang Ji purchased jujube wood and pear wood, it really promoted knowledge and further broke the monopoly of printing.

The emergence of printing has replaced the manual copying of books, saving a lot of manpower and copying time.A wood engraving plate can print a large number of articles and books in a short period of time. It is perfectly combined with paper that replaces bamboo slips and silk as the new text carrier, further tearing apart the cultural monopoly pattern that was opened by paper.

With cheap paper and printing technology that can rub a large number of characters in a short period of time, Zhang Ji only needs to contribute all the books and classics in his home collection, which can greatly reduce the situation of knowledge monopoly.

Of course, such means cannot completely solve the situation of knowledge monopoly after all, Zhang Ji knows this well.

The number of classics and books held by those real nobles and schools of thought is incomparable to those of the Zhang family in Anyi, and they can still produce a large number of outstanding talents.

But Zhang Ji has done everything he can do. Paper and printing will open a dilapidated door for ordinary people, build a rough and steep road, and light a lamp to illuminate the direction. This is what he can do. It's all here.

However, even to do this, it is not an easy task.

He also needs the help of various schools of thought.

Fortunately, this is an era of contention among a hundred schools of thought. With the emphasis on crafts and the idea of ​​"universal love", the Mohists will definitely make great efforts to ensure the spread of the two crafts of papermaking and printing, as well as Zhang Ji, the pioneer. life safety.

The nobles will not give up so easily. In order to monopolize knowledge and consolidate their own status and interests, suppressing or even eliminating papermaking and printing will definitely become one of their methods, and the assassination of Zhang Ji, who caused all this Just incidental tricks.

Zhang Ji's existence threatened their interests and status, and this was Zhang Ji's way of killing them.

But in this era of contention among a hundred schools of thought, in this era when a hundred schools of thought are still very strong, Zhang Ji can definitely get the protection of a hundred schools of thought.

Moreover, Mohism is not the only school of thought that protects Zhang Ji, and Confucianism, which takes enlightenment as one of its basic ideas, will not sit back and watch something happen to Zhang Ji.

At least the Confucianism of this era is not the cannibalistic school of the later generations, and the Confucian scholars of today are not those Confucian scholars who are pretentious in later generations who think that "everything is inferior but reading is high", not to mention that this matter is indeed conducive to the development of Confucianism.

No matter what the purpose is, they will choose to shelter Zhang Ji.

Not to mention other schools of thought, such as Taoism, Yin-Yang School, Famous School, Strategist, Farm School, and Legalism, which are only after Confucianism and Mohism, will also vigorously spread and use papermaking and Mohism in order to catch up with Confucianism and Mohism. typography.

Fang Jijia, Immortal School, Physician, Chan School, Calligrapher and Painter, Historian, Novelist, Gemologist, these are extremely small schools that may even be annexed and cut off at any time, so they will spare no effort to support Zhang Ji .

As the largest nobles in the world, the seven royal families would also be happy to see such a situation for political purposes.

At least in this era of contention among a hundred schools of thought, in this chaotic world where the Seven Kingdoms are vying for supremacy, if there is one thing that is promoted wholeheartedly by a hundred schools of thought and has the acquiescence of the biggest authority, then no matter how big or numerous it is The nobles joined forces and could not stop it, they could only swallow the bitter fruit silently.

This is Zhang Ji's confidence.

But speaking of it, Zhang Ji's original purpose was actually to gain the attention and protection of the Mohists through papermaking and printing techniques, and he never thought about breaking the monopoly of knowledge at all.

But when he suddenly realized the possible consequences of his behavior, Zhang Ji also hesitated.

Maybe it's out of the idea of ​​fighting for fame and fortune for oneself, maybe it's the overwhelming sense of historical responsibility as a time traveler...

But no matter what the reason was, no matter whether it was out of public interest or selfishness, Zhang Ji finally made such a choice, chose "on the spur of the moment", and embarked on this difficult road.

In fact, he has never understood why Zhanlu chose to regard himself as the master.

He is very beautiful, he is also greedy for money, he also wants to hold power, and even wants to be famous in history.

He has a lot of selfish desires, and he is definitely not a person with "benevolence and righteousness" in his heart who is worthy of this sword of benevolence.

But Zhanlu chose him in the end, chose to remove the rust and filth of the sword used to hide himself in his hands, and chose to bloom his brilliant light in his hands.

Now, he seems to understand why Zhanlu chose him.

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PS: Recently, the unfair concept in a certain book has aroused quite a lot of public opinion. I believe you may have heard of it. It is not convenient for me to elaborate here. If you don’t understand it, you can check it online.

This matter itself certainly has nothing to do with a young man like me who has three upright views, but there are rumors that because of this matter, there is a great possibility of a large-scale Internet cleanup.

Sharp-eyed book lovers should find that many chapter names of this book sometimes seem inexplicable, but they are all secretly deleted by the backstage... Sometimes even a large section of my content is secretly deleted, resulting in a discrepancy with the number of words I marked ...If someone finds it, please leave a comment to remind me, and I will change it.

PPS: Since the second infection of Yangkang, I have not stopped coughing. It is a dry cough without phlegm. I want to cough when my throat is itchy. I cough until I feel sick and short of breath. Today I even have a cough And a headache... so sometimes the update can be very late...

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