Ancient promotion routine

Ever since the private salt communication incident with Turks, Lord Ruiguo ordered Zhou Qihui to reflect at home. Although the emperor did not find out about the Zhou family, he did take the opportunity to punish a lot of ministers affiliated with the Zhou family. Zhou Qin didn't understand. , Your majesty is killing chickens and monkeys.

Zhou Qin was able to reach this point in the court, except for the fact that the Zhou family had a queen, it was because of Zhou Qin's scheming, the emperor was jealous of the family, this was something Zhou Qin knew all too well.

Now what the Zhou family has to wait for is the opportunity. Sooner or later, the vacant seat in the court will be filled. Zhou Qin naturally has a way to train new ministers from the family.

"Father, what do you want me for?" Zhou Qiye stepped into the study and saw his father holding a booklet in his hand.

"Come here and have a look. I'm going to send these people to the list for this election." Zhou Qin held in his hands the children of his favorite Xinde family. This time the Zhou family was damaged, so he naturally had to take action .

"I know all of these people. Among them, I am more familiar with Zhou Jin and Zhou Qi. These two people are prudent and witty. They are good candidates. However, the emperor is usually jealous of our Ruiguo government. Father is going to Where do you recommend these people?"

Zhou Qiye is fair to Ruiguo. From his point of view, the Ruiguo mansion should be resting and recuperating. It is not appropriate to touch the emperor's pain at this time. As the queen, the aunt has already made the Ruiguo mansion an outstanding representative of the family. Taking advantage of the opportunity to eliminate the emperor's hostility can actually make progress by retreating. On the surface, the Ruiguo government is inferior, but in fact it can weaken the power of other families, highlighting the indispensability of the Ruiguo government.

"I understand what you mean, but the two places of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Officials really have to be filled. This time I will ask Chen Guogong to recommend them on his behalf." Seeing that the eldest son pointed out that the two are also his favorite people, Zhou Qin felt rather Satisfied, he has made up his mind.

But it was unexpected that the emperor did not issue the edict of recommendation for a long time this time.

The palace, the imperial study.

"Eunuch Xu, what do you think these ministers are planning to think I'm blind?" The emperor looked at the recommendation papers in his hand, and his heart was really in shock. He managed to get rid of the influence of those aristocratic families, how could he possibly come back again? Take what they say people.

Eunuch Xu was grinding on the sidelines, only catering to the emperor's wishes, not much to say.Whether it's the ministers or the emperor, for him, he will lose if he speaks too much, and he can't comment on the affairs of the court.

"Hey, look at you, you can't hit a stick for a long time, so where is the prince?" The emperor wanted to find someone to talk to. In this palace, only the prince occasionally dared to speak the truth.

"A few days ago, Mr. Zhang asked the prince for some yellow paper, and today the prince seems to have gone to the Ningguo mansion." Eunuch Xu said, if the emperor wants to know something, he can't say he doesn't know.

Moreover, the prince sent someone to say hello when he left the palace, the emperor is probably already forgetting about this busy work.

"Hey, today's young people like to run outside all day, but they can't stay at home." The emperor didn't say much, but just sighed with emotion like the elders in ordinary people's homes.

Eunuch Xu heard this and smiled. The prince seemed to be pleasing the emperor recently. He came to pay his respects every morning, unlike other extremely princes who only came to visit the emperor in the harem on the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year.

When the prince left the palace, the emperor was thinking about him in his heart. Eunuch Xu sent someone to spread the word, only saying that the emperor mentioned him, but there was no rumor that the prince would go back.

This made the crown prince a bit puzzled, but the people in this palace were really interesting. The crown prince would think of the past, when the wife was still ill. Except for a few people in the east palace, how could anyone report the news so diligently? Eunuch Xu came here to sell himself a favor.

Since he couldn't refuse the favor that came to his door, he had no choice but to accept it.

"Prince, Duke Ning's mansion is here." Liu De's words broke the prince's contemplation.

The prince looked at the signboard of Ningguo Palace and asked, "Can you not disturb Ningguogong?"

He didn't come to Weifu to visit today, but he was just curious about what new things Zhang Yanjin was tossing about recently. Zhang Yanjin seemed to seldom do useless work. The batch of papers he asked for must be something new.

For the ideas that pop up in Zhang Yanjin's mind from time to time, it seems that they can always open people's eyes. Since the prince has a guess, he wants to come and explore it.

"Liu De, you and I go in, and the others are waiting outside." The crown prince thought for a while, then walked straight into the Ningguo mansion, Liu De followed behind, and signaled the Ningguo mansion not to make a big noise. They only found a young servant to lead the way to where Zhang Yanjin was.

"This one needs to be dug deeper, and this one needs to be flatter and of the same height, so that the printing will not be uneven."

When the prince entered, he saw that the yard was full of desks, and everyone was looking at the things in their hands intently.

"Shhh" the prince stopped Liu De from shouting, he stood quietly in the yard, looking at the stereotypes beside him.

After Zhang Yanjin checked the biopsy in the carpenter's hands, he found that the prince was already standing there.

"Prince," Zhang Yanjin saluted but was supported by the prince.

"I'm going on tour in a micro-clothes today, you can just call me Brother Li." The prince smiled.

"This can't be done, can't be done.".Where Zhang Yanjin dared to call the future prince a brother, he quickly waved his hand.

If this is shouted out, the old emperor knows how to settle accounts with himself.

"Since this is the case, then don't call me if you don't call me, just don't tell me who I am, so as to save these people from feeling uncomfortable, I think what you are carving seems to be a book?"

The prince pointed to the wooden board next to it. Although the words seemed a little strange, they were not difficult to read, but they seemed to be reversed.

"Please come inside." Zhang Yanjin led the prince to the small house next to the yard.

If the prince stands outside, sooner or later someone will find out. Last time the prince came to Ningguo Duke's mansion, many people probably know the prince.

If the uncle knew that the crown prince was coming, the whole family would have to go up and down to greet him, and then he wouldn't have to do his own work, and he would have wasted half a day just exchanging greetings.

"Please look, Prince, this is the three-character scripture we carved." When the first batch of finished products came out, the prince came to the door. Zhang Yanjin just wanted to ask someone to refer to them to see if these finished products are in line with the current usage habits of Wei people. .

"These are all written by the same person, and the font size of each book is exactly the same. It seems that the person who copied it seems to have a solid foundation." The prince flipped through the Three Character Classic handed over by Zhang Yanjin. What surprised the prince was that the typesetting and copying work are exactly the same, which is a bit rare.

"This is not a copy, it's a photocopy." Zhang Yanjin smiled mysteriously.

There are no two identical leaves in the world, but the same leaf can be copied with the same template.

"What is copying?" Hearing this novelty, the prince recalled that he had never mentioned it in the books he had read. It is naturally impossible for the prince to think that he knows everything, but since he does not know, he wants to know it.

"This copy is the engraving book I just told you, Prince. How long do you think it will take to complete the copying of this book?" Zhang Yanjin asked, pointing to dozens of Three Character Classics on the table.

"The whole book of the Three Character Classic has 2000 characters. If someone who is good at transcribing it, it will take about an hour to complete it. In addition, the fonts of your dozens of Three Character Classics are the same, and it may take about three days to complete the transcription. " said the prince.

"I didn't ask someone to copy these books, but I got them from photocopied books." Zhang Yanjin said again, "These books cost me the cost of binding in just two hours."

Hearing this, the crown prince said anxiously, "You haven't said what the copied book is." Zhang Yanjin's words made him very curious. He could finish these dozens of three-character scriptures in two hours. There is really such a miraculous thing in this world. .

"I engraved these words on a wooden board, then smeared ink, and then covered the paper, and the words were naturally copied onto the paper. The time required for a piece of paper is only two or three breaths, and dozens of books are complete. In addition to the drying time of the ink, if it is windy, it will take less than two hours."

Engraving and printing are a bit like photocopiers, so Zhang Yanjin called the process of making these books copying.

"How many templates of books do you have in your hand now?" The crown prince asked Zhang Yanjin. If this copied paper book can be widely disseminated, it would be a great thing for scholars in Wei. Although the crown prince had no shortage of books since he was a child, he knew The preciousness of those books is that it is difficult for a poor family to have a noble son because the money required for reading is too much.

Zhang Yanjin couldn't help admiring the crown prince knowing the usefulness of this engraving and printing so quickly.

"The only thing I can carve now is the Three-Character Classic, and the hundreds of surnames are still being made." Zhang Yanjin replied.

"That's great, my father will be very happy to hear this good news. Zhang Qing is indeed a pillar of our great Wei." The prince said excitedly, Zhang Yanjin is really talented, from coal mines, road construction, to snow All the medicines amazed him.

"I want to tell my father about this news, do you agree?" the prince asked.

The crown prince naturally admired Zhang Yanjin, although he had to get Zhang Yanjin's consent, although he was a crown prince, he was a humble person.