Tang Xicheng understood what Yang Biao meant. Confucian classics families hold the most rare classics resources in this era. Under the influence of the imperial examination system and the institutional process of entering the Imperial College, these generations have carefully protected the families who passed down the classics, which is equivalent to holding the key to the official career.

exclusive pass.

This is their most important bargaining chip in the Han Dynasty - monopoly on official career.

But now, Liu Qi is now releasing these precious resources that they have carefully protected for more than a hundred years to the people.

Things are rare and valuable, and the preciousness of the annotations of family scriptures lies in their rarity and non-replicability. But now, the sudden advent of the printing industry will completely interrupt the cultural monopoly mechanism of these Shilin families.

Tang Xicheng calmed Yang Biao's chest and said: "Mr. Yang, actually you don't need to be too angry. Your Majesty promotes papermaking and workshops, and wants to publish scriptures. That's his business, and we can't control him... But

If we don’t print the scriptures and interpretations passed down from generation to generation in our family, so what? Can Your Majesty force me to print them?”

Yang Biao's face showed a look of pain: "Your Majesty is forcing us to hand over the seal on our own initiative, and the sooner the better. If we don't seal it now, in ten or twenty years, even if you

If you want to take it out and print it, I'm afraid no one will be willing to print it for you... Sigh!"

Tang Xicheng was puzzled: "What, why is this? Mr. Yang said this, I forgive my nephew for not understanding it clearly."

Yang Biao grasped Tang Xicheng's hand and said: "My dear nephew, you are still too young. You are not as calculating as His Majesty, let alone as vicious as him... When your father, Dian Gong, was still alive in the past, he worked with Cai Bozhe and others to set the right balance."

The text of the Six Classics was erected outside the gate of Taixue. At that time, the Ancient Classics School and the Modern Classics School were arguing over which style of writing should be used for the Six Classics inscriptions, which almost led to great changes in the entire scholarly world!"

What Yang Biao is talking about refers to Tang Xicheng's father, Tang Xidian, who together with Cai Yong and others corrected the text of the Xiping Stone Classic in the fifth year of Xiping, and established it outside Taixue for the world's scholars to copy.

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"At that time, the Xiping Stone Classics came out, and the Six Classics stone tablets finally decided to adopt Jinwen style. It can be said that it established the orthodox status of Jinwen style in the Six Classics academic circles. Now that His Majesty wants to publish the scriptures and spread them around the world, what kind of royalties have been set up?

system,"

"He was the first to promote the classics of Cai Yong and the Jingzhou School. Just imagine, my nephew, if the scriptures he first published and promoted to the world, as they become more popular, they will be sought after by thousands of people and regarded as orthodox scriptures.

The representative of... At that time, the scriptures in the Xiping Stone Classic were copied and read by scholars all over the world. The more they spread, the more they spread, and the more they were spread, the more correct they were. The Six Classics in other scripts gradually became side stories. This is the reason!"

Tang Xicheng scratched his head in distress: "What Mr. Yang means is that if we don't print the scriptures, once the scriptures of other schools are spread to the world through printing and gradually become recognized by people all over the world, then our various schools will

The hidden scriptures will gradually turn into heresy... In this case, why do we keep our own scriptures to ourselves?"

Yang Biao straightened his body and said: "This is exactly the reason. I, the Yang family of Hongnong, have studied Ouyang's "Shangshu" for generations. However, the "Shangshu" is also divided into modern and ancient texts. Our scriptures are not printed, but theirs are popular.

Within a few generations of this world, the Yang family's scriptures will not be recognized by the world, and they will be useless documents."

When Tang Xicheng heard this, he broke into a cold sweat.

He hesitated for a long time and said: "We are not willing to publish the scriptures. I think other schools of scriptures will not easily print them, right?"

Yang Biao shook his head and said: "If you don't take it out, that's fine, but as long as one person takes it out, there will be countless people following... Cai Yong took more than 24,000 volumes.

The collection is published and printed. If Liu Ziyang’s words are true, Liu Qi paid him the so-called...what kind of tax?"

"Royalty."

"Yes, it's a royalty. It won't be small if you think about it. Cai Yong is now the head of the country, with a detached status and no heirs at home. He has long been tied to the royal family. He wholeheartedly cooperates with His Majesty. In order to attract scholars from all over the world to publish books, Cai Yong must

I will give Cai Yong a large amount of royalties, which is good as I expected. I am afraid even hundreds of millions of dollars will not be able to stop it."

"You know, your Majesty is now the richest man in the world. As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards. There are so many scholars in the world, but not all of them have such a long-term vision. What's more, there are many wars nowadays, and people

They all live in poverty, and many scholars who hold scriptures are also living in poverty and precariousness. Once they hear that Cai Yong and the Jingzhou School have begun to print books to make money, there will definitely be people who sell books for their livelihood and fame. Once this head

opened……"

Speaking of this, Yang Biao coughed violently again.

"He's taking something from the bottom of the cauldron. Your Majesty is taking something from the bottom of the cauldron... If it is true as he said, the promotion of papermaking and printing was something he started preparing for when he entered Jingzhou, but he didn't come up with it until today... He wants to overthrow the ancestors."

How long have you been hiding your thoughts of control? We have all been fooled by him, we have all been fooled by him!"

Tang Xicheng was trembling all over, his face turned pale, and the corners of his mouth were trembling back and forth.

When I was young, I heard him say slowly and calmly: "Since Your Majesty is so unkind, we might as well replace him."

"What did you say?" Yang Biao looked at Tang Xicheng in surprise.

Tang Xicheng said in a deep voice: "Replace him!"

How could Yang Biao not have thought about this?

He really didn't want Liu Qi to be the emperor originally, but Liu Qi had too many supporters, and Liu Qi's every step of the plan was too thorough. Even though Yang Biao and others tried their best, there was no way to stop him.

But now, the matter is done, and Yang Biao has actually accepted it in his heart.

He had already given up.

But I really didn't expect Liu Qi to be so aggressive.

Yang Biao can still provoke Yang Biao to cut off his personal retreat, but Liu Qi now wants to cut off the foundation of their family.

"This matter is too big and not trivial. We need to be cautious and allow me to consider it carefully."

Although Liu Qi had already arrived at the door of the noble family with a big stick of sanctions, Yang Biao was still relatively mature and prudent, and neither agreed quickly nor refused.

The matter was too big and he must consider it carefully.

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After Yang Biao returned to the mansion, Tang Xicheng walked to the mansion by himself.

But after arriving outside the mansion, Tang Xicheng's mind was really confused and he felt restless.

He didn't want to go back home, so he went out for a walk.

Tang Xicheng was wandering around Luoyang City aimlessly in his casual clothes. Unknowingly, he came to the gate of Beigong.

Tang Xicheng glanced sideways at the palace, snorted heavily, turned around and left.

But after taking only two steps, he turned around and stopped.

Tang Xicheng looked into the distance and saw a man arguing loudly with Dian Wei in front of the main gate of Beigong.

"Dian Wei, Bei has been here to see your Majesty for three days. Why does your Majesty insist on not seeing him? Isn't Liu Bei your Majesty's minister?"

Dian Wei said righteously: "Don't misunderstand Tai Zhuling. His Majesty is busy with official affairs, so he has never had time to see Tai Zhuling. It's not that he insists on not meeting. Tai Zhuling will go back first. After your Majesty has finished what he is doing, he will come back in two days."

Japan will send someone to announce the Taizhu Order."

Liu Bei begged Dian Wei for a long time, but Dian Wei said that he had nothing to do.

In the end, Liu Bei had no choice but to say goodbye and prepare to leave.

Tang Xicheng watched from a short distance away, showing a thoughtful expression.

He originally wanted to go up and talk to Liu Bei.

But after taking two steps, he stopped again.

After lowering his head and thinking for a while, Tang Xicheng turned and left.

But even though he left, he remembered this incident in his heart.
Chapter completed!