"studio?"

Li Shimin was a little confused about this noun in later generations. Li Mu also said it was easy, but fortunately it was not difficult to explain, saying, "The studio is where I work on weekdays. When I work, I don't like being disturbed, so I cleaned up a few rooms and opened them, right next to it."

Li Mu led the way in front and led Li Shimin and the other two to his studio. Several carvingmen were at the door of the studio. They saw Li Shimin and others, but they didn't recognize him. They looked up and lowered their heads to work. They were just craftsmen, and they had never seen any officials except the officials of the Ministry of Works. Moreover, today Li Shimin and others were all ordinary clothes and could not tell their identities. They could only judge from their demeanor that they were nobles.

The craftsmen all leaned against the wall, for fear of making the nobles unhappy.

Although Li Shimin came for the new plough, he was very curious when he saw these sculptors knocking and beating, so he stopped. When he stopped, the others also stopped. Li Mu had just opened the door of the studio. When he turned around, he saw that the three of them were watching the sculptors carving movable type, and hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, the studio is here, you come here."

When several craftsmen heard Li Mu call him "Your Majesty", they realized that the noble man in front of them was the emperor. They all quickly put down the tools in their hands and knelt in front of Li Shimin.

"You are equal," Li Shimin pointed to the movable type engraved on the ground and said, "What are you carving?"

A craftsman stuttered and replied, "Reply, your Majesty, we are just following the orders of the Marquis, and I don't know what the Marquis wants to use for."

"Li Mu?"

"Ah, Your Majesty, this..." Li Mu smiled embarrassedly and said, "This is a small invention of me, its main function... Uh, didn't you let me practice calligraphy? I thought that practicing calligraphy is not a matter of one day or one night, and I was afraid that I would not practice well within three months, so I came up with this method. With this thing, I don't need to practice calligraphy, and you can still understand my memorials."

"Oh?" Li Shimin frowned slightly and said, "How to use this thing?"

"I will demonstrate for you." Li Mu squatted down and picked up a few engraved movable characters. It was the first sentence of the Thousand Characters text, "The heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow, and the universe is vast and vast." Li Mu arranged it in order, then went back to the studio to take out the paper and ink, apply the ink on the movable characters, and then covered the paper on it, pressed gently, and the eight words were clearly left on the paper.

"This is a rubbing!" Li Shimin suddenly realized that although there was no printing technique in the early Tang Dynasty, inscriptions were popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and there was a rubbing technique. Li Shimin pointed to Li Mu and said, "It seems that you are lazy, let you practice calligraphy, and you are just thinking about taking advantage of your mistakes!"

"Your Majesty is wronged!" Li Mu immediately cried out and said, "Your Majesty, after I fainted from the anger that day, I came back to reflect on this matter, thinking that Your Majesty said something reasonable, and cultural affairs are also the foundation of the country. I just thought, what can I do for cultural affairs? I have no idea and do not understand the meaning of the scriptures. It is impossible for me to be as noble as Confucius. But I am unwilling to give up and I am unwilling to give up. After thinking about it, I thought of this solution."

"I think that if you want to prosper culture and education, the first thing you need is 'books'."

"Book?" Li Shimin said in confusion: "Why did you suddenly mention the book?"

"Your Majesty, why are most of the people who pass the imperial examinations aristocratic exams aristocratic family? It is because the geniuses have received good education since childhood. They have a collection of books, and they can read books when they are still young children, but the poor children do not have this condition. If this situation can be changed and the poor children can also read books early, the chances of the poor children will be greater."

"The thing I invented can change the dilemma of copying books. You see, although these movable characters are engraved in a thousand-character text, I can change their order and turn them into any article. I just need to apply ink and then use a light brush to print as many pieces as I want. I can print the Four Books and Five Classics, or I can print the Thousand-character text. With this thing, I can break the situation where the gentry monopolizes books, and let everyone in the poor family in the world have books to read!"

Li Shimin understood and was shocked. He didn't expect that this small movable type could have such great use and said, "You are right, why didn't anyone think about it before?"

Li Ji smiled and said, "This kid is dedicated to making such a clever little cleverness. Have you forgotten the horseshoe?"

"Yes, yes!" Li Shimin touched his hands and said, "This thing has the same effect as a horseshoe!"

Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I have read it wrong. This kid is indeed a talent. Anyone who wants to study in the future will count on him and will make a fortune again."

"No, no, no." Li Mu waved his hand repeatedly and said, "You misunderstood me. I didn't think about using it to print books to make money."

"Oh?" Li Shimin was quite surprised and said, "Why is this?"

Li Musurong said: "Your Majesty, I named this set of things as movable type printing. This movable type printing technology can print a large number of books in a short period of time. This is a good side, but it also has a bad side. Your Majesty, what impact will it have if there are people with bad intentions and those who use it to print something that is not conducive to Your Majesty and the Tang Dynasty spread widely?"

"I think that movable type printing should be in the hands of the court. The court should set up a special yamen to manage this matter. Everything Your Majesty wants to print is done by this yamen. Not only can you print books to enlighten the people's wisdom, but your Majesty's policies can also be spread throughout the world. There is no need to worry that aristocratic families and others use this technique to confuse people's hearts. Only in this way can you make good use of this movable type printing technology and make it reflect its true value."

Li Shimin nodded, looked at Changsun Wuji, and said, "What do you think the auxiliary machine?"

Speaking of the matter, Changsun Wuji also became serious, thought for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, although what Li Mu said is correct, this movable type printing technique is like a horseshoe, which is very easy to imitate. Even if it is the special management of the yamen, it may be difficult to keep it confidential."

Li Mu said: "This is easy to solve. Since movable type printing technology is difficult to keep confidential, it is not confidential. However, it can be imposed on all counties and counties in the world. Anyone who publishes books without permission from the government will be considered illegal. If there is printing demand among the people, the government can help print it. In this way, the court can also earn an extra income."

Changsun Wuji nodded and said, "This is a perfect solution."

Li Shimin was overjoyed and said, "Since that's the case, as you said, set up a sealing supervisor, and belong to your Ministry of Works, and are specifically responsible for this matter. You can come up with a charter and come to the memorial tomorrow. For specific matters, you must also ask the Secretary of Fang, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, etc. to discuss it together."
Chapter completed!