Of course, if we just use paper to replace expensive bamboo slips and silk, it will still be far from being able to spread knowledge.
Never underestimate the nobles and various schools of thought. If paper is simply used as a new carrier of writing, they will benefit the most, not the ordinary people.
Maybe the amount of knowledge in the hands of the people will increase, and the poor children 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 various schools of thought.
Most of today's knowledge is monopolized by nobles and various schools of thought. The knowledge they possess, combined with the manpower and material resources they possess, requires people to copy bamboo slips in large numbers, thereby attracting more followers or disciples and allowing the paper to reflect Be a tool in their hands.
Therefore, Zhang Ji asked Jade Tiger to collect a large amount of jujube and pear wood.
The textures of jujube wood and pear wood are relatively fine, and the wood is moderately soft and hard. It is not only highly carving but also has a certain degree of wear resistance.
The most important thing is that the cost of jujube wood and pear wood is not high and can be found everywhere.
As for the reason why Zhang Ji purchased jujube and pear wood, it was to further break the monopoly of printing technology.
The emergence of printing replaced the manual copying of books, saving a lot of manpower and copying time. A wooden engraving plate can print a large number of articles and books in a short period of time. It is perfectly combined with paper, which has replaced bamboo slips and silk as the new carrier of writing, further tearing apart the cultural monopoly structure that has been opened up by paper.
With low-cost paper and printing technology that can print large amounts of text in a short period of time, Zhang Ji only needs to contribute all the books and classics collected at home, which can greatly slow down the monopoly of knowledge.
Of course, such methods cannot completely solve the situation of knowledge monopoly, and Zhang Ji knows this well.
The number of classics and books held by those real nobles and scholars is unmatched by the Zhang family in Anyi. They can still produce a large number of outstanding talents.
But Zhang Ji has done everything he can. Paper and printing will open a dilapidated door for ordinary people, build a rugged and steep road, and light a light that illuminates the direction. This is what he can do All arrived.
However, even doing this is not an easy task.
He also needs help from hundreds of schools of thought.
Fortunately, this is an era when hundreds of schools of thought contend. With the Mohist emphasis on craftsmanship and the idea of "universal love", they will definitely make great efforts to ensure the spread of papermaking and printing, as well as the success of Zhang Ji, the founder. 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, the source of all this, will definitely be one of their methods. Just a small incidental means.
Zhang Ji's existence threatened their interests and status, and this was Zhang Ji's method of death.
But in this era when a hundred schools of thought contend, in this era when all schools of thought are still very strong, Zhang Ji can definitely get the protection of all schools of thought.
Moreover, it would not be just the Mohist school of thought that protected Zhang Ji. Confucianism, with education as one of its basic ideas, would not sit idly by and watch something happen to Zhang Ji.
At least the Confucianism of this era is not the cannibal school of thought in later generations, nor are the Confucian scholars of today who are those self-righteous Confucian scholars of later generations who believe that "everything is inferior but only reading is good." What's more, this matter is indeed conducive to the development of Confucianism.
No matter what the purpose is, they will choose to protect Zhang Ji.
Not to mention other schools of thought, such as Taoism, Yin-Yang school, famous schools, political strategists, farmers, and Legalists, which are just after Confucianism and Mohism. In order to catch up with Confucianism and Mohism, they will also vigorously spread and use papermaking and papermaking techniques. Typography.
Technologists, immortals, doctors, Zen masters, calligraphers and painters, historians, novelists, and Buddhist schools, which are very small in scale and may even be annexed and cut off at any time, 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 troubled era of seven kingdoms competing for supremacy, if there is one thing that all schools of thought are fully cooperating with and have the acquiescence of the most powerful people, then no matter how big or numerous it is, The nobles worked together and could not stop it, they could only swallow the bitter pill silently.
This is Zhang Ji's confidence.
But speaking of it, Zhang Ji's original purpose was actually just to gain the attention and protection of the Mohists through papermaking and printing, and he never thought about breaking the knowledge monopoly.
But when he suddenly realized the possible consequences of his behavior, Zhang Ji hesitated.
Maybe it’s out of the desire to gain fame and fortune for oneself, or maybe it’s because of the overwhelming sense of historical responsibility as a time traveler…
But no matter what the reason was, whether it was public or selfish, Zhang Ji finally made such a choice, chose to "impulsely" and embarked on this difficult road.
In fact, he never understood why Zhan Lu chose to recognize himself as the master.
He is so beautiful, he is also greedy for money, he also wants to hold great power, and he also wants to leave a name in history.
He has very strong selfish desires and is definitely not a "benevolent" person worthy of this sword of benevolence.
But Zhan Lu finally chose him. In his hands, the rust and dirt used to hide himself on the sword faded away, and he chose to shine with his brilliant light in Zhang Ji's hands.
But now, he seems to understand why Zhan Lu chose him.
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PS: Recently, the unfair concepts in a certain book have aroused quite a lot of public opinion. I believe everyone may have heard about it. It is not convenient for me to elaborate on it here. If you don’t understand, you can check it online.
This incident itself definitely has nothing to do with a young man with upright views like me, but there are rumors that because of this incident, there is a high possibility of a large-scale cleanup.
Sharp-eyed book friends will probably find that many of the chapter names in this book sometimes look inexplicable, but in fact they have been secretly deleted by the backend... Sometimes they even secretly delete a large section of my content, causing it to be inconsistent with the number of words I marked. …
So we were thinking that we should restrain ourselves a little recently and let some of the plots go for a while, instead of being the "chicken" that was killed for the monkeys with distorted views. I hope everyone can understand.
PPS: Since the second infection of Yangkang, I haven’t stopped coughing. It’s a dry cough without phlegm. I want to cough when my throat is itchy, and I cough until I feel sick and short of breath. Starting today, I even have coughs due to coughing. And I have a headache...so sometimes updates may be very late...
