Chapter 68: New paper presents old law
"Teacher, do you want to change your clothes when you go to see your father?" Fusu asked, looking at his dirty look.
"What clothes are you changing? Are you stupid? Are you stupid? Who can tell your contributions when wearing them so cleanly? Doing things requires you to be a good person, and you will have to work hard even if you are not successful." Li Chen said earnestly. (ps: Please refer to Song Xiaobao if you are stupid.)
Xianyang City, Afang Palace
"Your Majesty, Mr. Fusu and Hou Ronglu asked for a meeting." Zhao Gao leaned over to the First Emperor and said softly.
This time is the time when the First Emperor reviews the memorials. At this time of day, there are mountains of memorials piled up in front of the First Emperor. If the sound is loud, it may disrupt the First Emperor's thinking.
"Well, Xuan and the others come in." The Emperor of Shi responded faintly.
After Zhao Gao turned around and left, the First Emperor put down the memorial in his hand and gently rubbed his right shoulder with his left hand. It was not easy to pick up and put down the bamboo slips every day.
If Li Chen saw this scene of picking up and putting down the memorial, he would definitely say it.
Damn, isn't this a job of moving bricks?
"You kid dare to come to see me. Do you know how much trouble you have caused me?" The First Emperor looked at Li Chen and pretended to be angry.
"Your Majesty, Mencius said: If the heaven gives great responsibilities to this man, he must first destroy the country, take his wife and daughter, rob his cattle and sheep, and enslave his body." Li Chen looked at the First Emperor and said without showing any weakness.
As soon as Li Chen finished speaking, he saw several gazes in the room falling on him.
Liuzi: "Brother, run quickly, I can't hold back Mencius's coffin board."
Fusu: "Teacher, Niu Pi, teach me."
Zhao Gao: "This guy is crazy, and he dares to talk nonsense in front of His Majesty."
First Emperor: "What is the original work? I forgot."
"Hmph, I think this is not what Mencius said, it is what you, Li Zi, said." The First Emperor snorted lightly.
"It should be said, otherwise Your Majesty will send Lord Zhao to Mencius's place to ask. After Lord Zhao finds Mencius, just ask him to come back with a dream." Li Chen said.
"What?" Zhao Gao was a little confused. He didn't say anything. Why did he send him to find Mencius? This is to send me away. It's so cruel.
"Good and smooth." The First Emperor cursed with a smile.
"Fusu, do you think?" The First Emperor looked at Fusu. Although his clothes were a little dirty, his face was full of determination. It seemed that he was no longer as soft as before, and the First Emperor was very pleased.
"Father, I think that if friends come from afar, they will be punished even if they are far away." Fusu pondered for a few seconds, as if he had made up his mind and said firmly.
The Emperor of Shi rubbed his forehead and felt a little painful. He was a little suspicious about whether it was right or wrong to ask Fusu to worship Li Chen as his teacher.
"Tell me, what's wrong with me?" The First Emperor decided to spread the topic, otherwise he would be able to make himself angry.
"Your Majesty, do you want to see if I have a treasure?" Li Chen looked at the First Emperor and said carefully.
"I haven't seen anything, what can you have?" The First Emperor felt that dealing with Li Chen was even more troublesome than reviewing a cart of memorials.
"Your Majesty, look," Li Chen said, and took out the pages bound by Liu Zi from his arms.
Zhao Gao left and took the pages, and carefully presented them.
"Swish, swish, swish."
First Emperor flipped it first, then seemed to have thought of something, picked up the brush beside him who reviewed the memorials and tentatively wrote it on the book.
"Huh."
"It is white and smooth, with clear and unshakable handwriting. Is this thing used to write?" After picking up the pen, Shihuang said to himself.
"My dear, this thing is silk." The First Emperor asked uncertainly.
Li Chen made this white paper, white and smooth, and looks a bit similar to silk. It is just thicker and harder.
"This thing is paper." Li Chen said.
This is the first time that paper has appeared in the territory of Daqin. In order to avoid some trouble, the books Li Chen took from the earth will be copied onto the bamboo slips before reading them.
After all, if you are careless, it is very likely that a certain TV news will report this way several years later: "According to our reporter, the burial objects in the tomb of the First Emperor include gems, swords, maps, calligraphy and paintings, and fifth-grade geography books of the People's Education Press."
"Paper is a writing object that replaces bamboo slips and juanbu." The first emperor's intelligence was extraordinary. The moment he came into contact with paper, he had already guessed the use of paper.
"Yes, this thing is for writing, and of course it can also be used to do something else, such as wiping your butt." Li Chen hesitated for a moment and said calmly.
The poor Qin people basically used bamboo grafts to scrape shit. The conditions did not allow it, and Li Chen also recognized it. But the TM family still used one again, which was unacceptable. At least it had to wash it.
As for some nobles and wealthy people, they use Juan cloth to wipe their butts. This Juan cloth is soft and delicate and very comfortable to apply. Although it is true that they are comfortable, ordinary people can’t even afford to use Juan cloth to make clothes, let alone apply their butts. The high price of Juan cloth is, even wealthy people, shit is a luxury.
When he thought of the difficulty of the old Qin people fighting with shit, Li Chen became more and more interested in popularizing the method of applying paper to the butt.
"You bastard, you are insulting your kindness." The First Emperor cursed.
"How much does this thing cost?" After pondering for a few seconds, the First Emperor asked with anticipation.
"You can use some bark, rotten fishing nets, and hemp ropes to make one knife, and one knife can make sixty pages." Li Chen explained.
"Are you lying to me that such a strange thing is so cheap." The First Emperor was a little surprised and asked hurriedly.
"I dare not say anything in vain. This thing is indeed cheap. This Fusu saw it with his own eyes." Li Chen said.
"Yes, the teacher said it's right." Fusu nodded, indicating that the teacher said it's right.
"The manufacturing process can be time-consuming and laborious." The Emperor asked immediately. He thought that since the materials are cheap, the manufacturing process is naturally extremely troublesome.
"It's okay, it's not considered hardship or simple." Li Chen said.
"Yes." The First Emperor responded. After Li Chen said this, the First Emperor felt relieved and thought: It must be extremely difficult to make this thing, and Li Chen said so ambiguously.
Xianyang City, Prime Minister
"Your Majesty, Xuan Li Xiang quickly enter the palace." Zhao Gao held the imperial edict and proclaimed the sermon.
"Mr. Zhao, this is the point. Is there anything wrong with Your Majesty?" Li Si approached Zhao Gao and asked. Both of them were confidants of the First Emperor and were both Legalists who were the main scholars. The private relationship was pretty good.
"From today, Mr. Ronglu will really soar into the sky." Zhao Gao lay in Li Si's ear and muttered softly.
Xianyang City, Afang Palace
"Li Xiang, this is the first volume of paper from the Qin Dynasty. I will hand him over to you. You will copy the Qin Rule on it and present it to the ancestral temple in the future." The First Emperor handed over this paper of special significance to Li Si and asked him to do something meaningful.
When the old law carried by this new book is worshipped in the ancestral temple, it means that the new law will be followed in the court.
Chapter completed!