"Don't worry, I've told the people below," Li Wenchong said with a smile, "Don't you really think that the people in the Royal Building Office are fools, and you can even make mistakes in this matter?"
"I don't think they are fools, I'm worried that they will obey the 'rules'. I've always heard that royal rules are quite a lot, and they have to pay attention to whatever they do. If you give the order, take the drawings and maybe they won't even change them, just copy them... If that happens, the things created will be a big problem."
"How could it be? I asked them to make it for use. They only make it but cannot use it. How can they do it?"
...
While they were talking, the two of them arrived at Can Ge'er's yard in a short while.
Brother Can is a boy and Li Wenchong’s only son, so when Mr. Zhou was supervising the design drawings, he specially arranged the two yards closer.
When Brother Can grows up in the future, he will have his own privacy...
This is simple. Anyway, Li Wenchong would only have one son like Can Ge'er from now on, so Butler Zhou directly set up a part of the outer courtyard into Can Ge'er's courtyard.
However, now Brother Can is young and the outer courtyard has been sealed. The temporary space for activity is only the inner courtyard.
This part is not small, two or three times the size of Jinling.
Even the study room was built directly, and books were collected from all over the world early and stuffed them in.
Gu Qingling looked at so many bookcases and was very surprised: "Why are there so many books?! Why do I feel that there seems to be other places here besides the books in Jinling."
As he said that, Gu Qingling picked up a book from the bookcase.
It is indeed not a Jinling publication. The books on Jinling are all horizontal, with punctuation marks and various illustrations.
Especially for children's reading materials, they mainly focus on pictures.
However, the book in Gu Qingling's hand is mainly written, vertical, and punctuation marks.
"Where is this book published? There are no punctuation marks, and you have to break sentences when reading it yourself. Are you sure Brother Can really understand it?"
Li Wenchong took a look and said, "I don't know. Any books they thought were good for were handed over to the specialist for review. No problem, they were sent here. Punctuation marks are basically only used by you in Jinling, and the "Da Ming Daily" is also available. Such books as earlier collections are basically not..."
However, Li Wenchong also had to admit that with punctuation marks on the book, the book does look much easier.
He had already suggested to Emperor Mingguang to come over, and the newspaper was being tried, and there were also a small number of internal publications to be tried. However, the royal collection of books is mainly the old version, which is the vertical layout without punctuation.
Emperor Mingguang also considered the issue of reprinting, but the project volume was too large and it was not moved for the time being.
"What's the matter? I'll give it to the bookstores in the world." Gu Qingling smiled and said, "The world is prosperous and profitable. As long as Your Majesty is willing to let go, write a word, or type a word "Royal Collection of Books", "Royal Recommended" or "Prince Chong's Recommended Supplies" and other words, it is appropriate to recruit Tianxia Bookstore and they will publish it. I can guarantee that the royal family does not have to pay a penny and work, and there will definitely be many people snatching it."
Royal, but gold sign.
Once this sign is up, who doesn’t want to share the pie?
What's more, who can have more books in the world than the royal family?
Just taking out a few good books can make literati from all over the world flock to you.
Gu Qingling: "I think printing is not a problem. What you are mainly worried about is that it is to shake the foundation of scholars all over the world, and is afraid of attracting the rebound of scholars, right?"
Li Wenchong nodded: "You guessed it. The emperor asked me to take it easy for you to build a college and don't make a big deal. If you print the royal collection, the impact will probably be even greater. And I am also worried that doing so may affect your long-term plan."
"The impact may have some impact, but... I don't think this is a bad thing." Gu Qingling thought for a while and said, "Since it is a royal collection, then those scholarly families in the world who have no peek at the royal collection? There must be, then you can exchange it with them and exchange the royal collection with them for their family's collection..."
"Wait, aren't we talking about publishing royal books? Why are you talking about changing books with those aristocratic families?" Li Wenchong frowned slightly, feeling that Gu Qingling's steps were a bit big, afraid of getting them.
"Then do you think they want a royal collection?"
"I'd definitely think," Li Wenchong affirmed, "It's not been a day or two for the royal family to collect books in the world. Naturally, there are some secret books that others want. Some books can only be seen by our royal family members, and some books cannot be turned around without the permission of the emperor's brother."
"That's right. Since you have the secret treasure in your hands, you will definitely be able to attract them."
"But you overlooked a problem: Not all books can be published, that is, not all books can be 'exchanged'. What I just mentioned refers to most books that can be opened to the public..." It turns out that books circulating on the market were limited in printing due to the influence of printing technology in the early years.
Some people really can't buy books or are reluctant to give up the money, so they will copy them themselves.
You copied mine, I copied yours, copied it over and over again, and there were errors and omissions unknowingly.
Therefore, books that fall into the hands of some people are likely to be wrong.
How to take the imperial examination if you hold a wrong book?
This is also one of the reasons why it is difficult for poor families to have noble children. Many people want to visit famous teachers and study in famous colleges. Studying in large academies may not necessarily lead to success, but it can ensure that the books you see and what you learn are right.
Only when the right premise can you be closer to the imperial examination and have more hope of showing off your talents in the imperial examination.
After the movable type printing technology came out, Li Wenchong also had the idea of ​​royal collection of books, and wanted to print more "correct" books, so that students all over the world could get the correct version and learn the correct knowledge.
When Gu Qingling heard Li Wenchong's explanation, he knew that Li Wenchong had misunderstood his meaning.
"You seem to have misunderstood. What I said about publishing the Royal Collection is the same as what you said about publishing the Royal Collection. If you can be published and printed to the world, it will definitely be read by everyone in the world." Gu Qingling said, "But not all books can be read by everyone in the world. Just like the internal publications published by My Craftsman Workshop, there are many patented technologies, so isn't it also not open to the public? The Craftsman Workshop's books are divided into three types."
"If you don't say it, I'll forget it. Sorry, I misunderstood."
Chapter completed!