manynovel Chapter 230
Chapter 230
"Okay!" Xiao Ran poured a small half cup for Empress Changsun.
"Yeah, okay!" Empress Changsun took the wine glass. The wine was indeed fragrant.
Li Lizhi also had a small half cup.
"Sixth Lady, do you want it?"
"A little bit, just a little bit." Princess Yuzhang also wanted to try it.
"Little sac~ and a little bit~" The little princess hurriedly said: "A little bit of a little bit~ just a little bit~"
The little princess stretched out her little hand to show Xiao Ran a little bit.
"Okay, okay!" Xiao Ran picked up the chopsticks and gently dipped them into the wine glass, "Mingda, a little bit."
The little princess stretched out her tongue and tapped it, smacked her lips a few times, frowned, "Not good~"
No longer thinking about it, picked up her fork and continued eating.
The little princess's children's chopsticks have now become forks.
Li Lizhi and Princess Yuzhang felt it and put down their cups silently.
The wine smelled very fragrant, but it was too strong and not suitable for girls.
"Little Langjun, it's too spicy!" Li Lizhi handed it to Xiao Ran.
Xiao Ran took it and poured it into his own cup.
Li Shimin also noticed this, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong.
The little princess was attached to Xiao Ran because Xiao Ran gave her a lot of things and doted on her.
Li Shimin didn't expect Li Lizhi and Xiao Ran to be like this.
He was already unhappy, and now he was even more unhappy with Xiao Ran.
Xiao Ran looked at the little princess with a doting look, which Li Shimin and Empress Changsun could feel.
So the little princess followed Xiao Ran, and the couple were very relieved.
When the little princess ate delicious food, she would feed Xiao Ran as soon as possible.
The relationship between the two was very good.
"Xiao Ran, what kind of world is yours?" Li Shimin was almost drunk and put down his chopsticks.
I want to talk about something I'm interested in.
"It's different from the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty's system is feudal monarchy, but ours is not."
"Feudal monarchy... It's not even autocracy." Li Shimin naturally knew this.
This was proposed by Han Feizi.
Han Fei's political ideal was to establish a unified feudal state with centralized monarchy. Facing the fierce struggle between the old and new forces and the separatist situation of the princes in the late Warring States Period, he summarized the historical lessons of the weak emperor and the powerful princes, and advocated the establishment of a unified feudal state with centralized monarchy.
Among them, the monarch has the supreme status and power, and is the only representative and master of the country.
"Autocracy requires a process. From the Qin Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, didn't the emperor's power become more and more powerful?"
"Do you know the Qin Dynasty?" Li Shimin thought that Xiao Ran knew about the recent events of the Tang Dynasty at most, but he didn't expect to know about the Qin Dynasty.
"This is natural. Isn't there a book? It's not difficult to understand!" Xiao Ran found an excuse.
Li Shimin also thought it was reasonable.
Xiao Ran's understanding of history did not surprise Li Shimin. Compared with understanding history, Xiao Ran's appearance here was more incredible.
Since they had traveled through time, Li Shimin didn't care about knowing some history.
Anyone who has read a little in the Tang Dynasty knows more or less about history.
"Do you know a lot about the Tang Dynasty?"
Xiao Ran nodded, "It's OK, but I don't know much. I know that the biggest obstacle to my uncle's autocracy now is the aristocratic family. This is also a headache for my uncle!"
"You also know about the aristocratic family!" Li Shimin became interested.
If Xiao Ran talked about the past, Li Shimin would not suspect that Xiao Ran was a time traveler.
He would not think of anything else.
"Know a little."
"What do you think?" Li Shimin was curious whether Xiao Ran would come up with any different ideas.
"Opinion, does my uncle want to ask me if I have a solution to this problem?" Xiao Ran picked up some food for the little princess.
"That's what I mean."
"No!" Xiao Ran was also very direct.
"Humph! I thought you, an outsider, had a different opinion!"
"I'm just an ordinary person. The aristocratic families have been a cancer for hundreds of years. So many people can't do anything about it. Do you expect me to do anything? Isn't this a joke? The aristocratic families have hundreds of years of foundation, and the Tang Dynasty has only been around for more than a decade. Uncle, you still want to get rid of him, this is unrealistic."
Li Shimin poured wine for himself and took a sip from the wine glass.
The aristocratic families are a headache for Li Shimin.
There is nothing he can do!
"I am also trying, isn't the imperial examination system?"
"That can only be regarded as barely suppressing the continued growth of the aristocratic families. After all, the court is basically made up of people from aristocratic families, and the imperial examination is also largely influenced by these people!"
Li Shimin picked up the chopsticks, and couldn't help but put them down when he thought of this.
Xiao Ran continued, "The cost of studying in the Tang Dynasty is too high. Ordinary people can only afford to eat, let alone study. Natural disasters happen almost every year."
"Many of those who take the imperial examinations are from aristocratic families. Even if they are not from aristocratic families, they must be related to aristocratic families to some extent.Therefore, my uncle should find a way to let more ordinary people read books. "
"In this way, the imperial examination will have a chance to choose. Otherwise, the imperial examination will still select the children of aristocratic families, but they are more outstanding through this selection."
Li Shimin felt that Xiao Ran was right. Reading in the Tang Dynasty was expensive.
Books are luxury goods, exclusive to the upper class.
"You also know a little about the Tang Dynasty. You should know that the Tang Dynasty is not rich now. After the war, the population production has not been fully restored, and many lands are still abandoned. I am willing but powerless, right? There is no money in the treasury, otherwise I would like to let more people read and learn to read."
Xiao Ran nodded, "I know a little, but I think there is still room for operation."
"Tell me!" Li Shimin stopped eating with chopsticks.
Empress Changsun did not interrupt, and Li Lizhi and Princess Yuzhang did not interrupt.
It is even more impossible for the two little princesses to eat with relish.
"Reading is expensive, on the one hand, it is because paper is expensive! I have improved technology that can improve efficiency and reduce costs, making paper cheaper. Does this reduce the cost of reading and writing? "
Li Shimin looked at Xiao Ran, "It has indeed been reduced, but not much."
"Books are expensive not because of the expensive paper, but because of the labor cost of copying. A book takes a long time to write, so the cost is relatively expensive." Empress Changsun explained with a smile.
Woodblock printing has existed since the early Tang Dynasty, but it was not proficient and was not widely promoted. Most books still rely on people to copy one word at a time.
Not only is it time-consuming and labor-intensive, but people are prone to mistakes.
All these make books expensive, so expensive that ordinary people can't even look down on books.
"What if I have a more efficient printing technology?"
"I know about woodblock printing. The time cost of engraving is not low. It is also time-consuming and labor-intensive. The advantage is that it can be printed in large quantities without errors."
It must have been checked repeatedly when engraving.
Li Shimin looked at Xiao Ran.
"Woodblock printing is not good, I have a better one. "
If it doesn't work, Xiao Ran will bring a generator over and sell Datang a copy machine.
It will copy all day long.
"Huh?" Li Shimin was surprised. He didn't expect such a pleasant surprise.