The opening inventory of the top ten young emperors

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was very dissatisfied.
This was the second time Tianjuan had mentioned this matter. Last time, Tianjuan said that a man named An Lushan would rebel, but when he checked later, he found that there was no such person.

He also said that he would marry his son's wife and make her his imperial concubine. So since Tianjuan said this, he felt that the way his son and daughter-in-law looked at him at the family dinner was not right.
Later on, there were many times when his sons came to the banquet alone and never brought their families with them.

This made him feel very uncomfortable, but he couldn't say anything.
In addition, Tianjuan also said that he would be forced to become the emperor in the future. Thinking that these sons below would do such disrespectful things in the future, he felt even more uncomfortable.

As a result, he rarely even held family banquets recently. Even the joy and satisfaction brought by the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai last year has diminished a bit.

He had finally calmed down recently, and his son, daughter-in-law, and concubines no longer looked at him in such a strange way, but today Tian Juan said so again. He said that he had caused the Tang Dynasty to decline, how could he accept it?

Tianjuan was vague in his explanation, but left him guessing, causing discord among his clan and suspicion among the imperial harem. It was really hateful.

So he couldn't bear it any longer and immediately posted a barrage.

【V@虎头蛇尾李三郎: What nonsense are you talking about? Under my rule, the Tang Dynasty was thriving, how could it go from prosperity to decline?】

After posting this, he still felt unsatisfied, so he endured the pain of losing points and posted another one:
【V@虎头蛇尾李三郎: I have checked and there is no such person as An Lushan. Why are you talking nonsense? 】

There is no such person as An Lushan?
Lei Xiaomeng thought about it and seemed to remember seeing it before when he was looking up information. An Lushan was an orphan, and later became the godson of the Jiedushi of Youzhou, which is how he rose to prominence.
Moreover, when he became the godson of the Jiedushi of Youzhou, he was already very old, probably thirty years old.

However, An Lushan is very famous, so even if this "Li Sanlang" is just cosplay, he should have some historical knowledge.
What’s more, there is no such person as An Lushan. This is nonsense.

Lei Xiaomeng was about to reply to him, but before she could, she saw a few more comments floating above the video.

[@Anxious old uncle: The Heavenly Scroll is not nonsense. An Lushan is a sinister and cunning man. We must be on guard against him? ]

[@子控凶残老父: This guy just found godfathers and godmothers everywhere to make himself rise to prominence. Later, he even found a concubine in her twenties as his godmother. Otherwise, why would you trust him so much? ]

【V@天下只有大智慧: Your Excellency's love with the imperial concubine can be regarded as a good story. A horseman rides through the dusty world and the imperial concubine smiles, but no one knows that it is the lychees that are coming. This poem has been passed down through the ages and is a testimony to your Excellency's love with the imperial concubine. 】

【@斧光烛影皇太弟: An Lushan was a rough man, but he was also very thoughtful and good at flattering people. Otherwise, he would not have taken charge of the three military governors and rebelled against the Tang Dynasty. 】

【@十全老人拷贝怪: How can you compare with Emperor Taizong? If I were you, I would be ashamed to be buried in the imperial mausoleum. It is a pity that the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty ended in your hands. It is really a lesson for future emperors like me! 】

Well, it seems she doesn’t need to reply, her fans have replied for her.

Lei Xiaomeng saved herself the trouble and just liked these comments. And it wasn't just her, she saw that these comments received a lot of likes.
Except for "Great Smart" which only received two, the rest received at least four likes.

This wave of comments was so lively that other emperors before Emperor Xuanzong were dazzled and itched in their hearts. Some emperors even found new ideas from this comment.
It has to be said that as emperors, their average IQ level is higher than that of others.
So after this wave of barrage, another barrage appeared on the video.

【V@Super IQ Chunibyo Disease Patient: This @Anxious Old Uncle, is he our ancestor, Emperor Yongle? Make several copies of your treasure ship blueprints and your navigation logs, and save them in multiple places to avoid losing them later.】

A moment later, the anxious old uncle also posted a comment.

[@Anxious old uncle: Zhengde boy, right? I'll ask them to make a few more backups for you. But you have to work hard and don't die too early, do you hear me?]

Ahaha! The grandparents and grandchildren are chatting.
Not bad, not bad. This way, the popularity of her live broadcast room will increase.
What does the group owner fear the most? Isn’t it that no one speaks in the group?
The same goes for videos. The most feared thing is that they have no popularity. Once the popularity increases, the popularity of the live broadcast room will naturally increase slowly.

Suddenly, Lei Xiaomeng thought that he should create a group for these fans who love to speak, or for V users, so that everyone can communicate more freely.

Although the comments on the video are very lively, the original inventory is still going on in an orderly manner.

The Anshi Rebellion of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was only mentioned briefly, and then the matter was brought back to Emperor Renzong of Song.

[Although Zhao Kuangyin's method was commendable when it was first implemented, by the time of Emperor Renzong, the Song Dynasty had already been established for sixty or seventy years, and this method had already gone too far.]

[Due to the remote control of the emperor and his generals, there are often situations where "the generals do not know their soldiers, and the soldiers do not know their generals." 】

[The command lag and failure caused by this situation will lead to many wars being lost due to improper command.]

What happens if the general doesn’t know his soldiers, or the soldiers don’t know their general?
What kind of war is this?

The emperors of the Tang Dynasty all found this statement incomprehensible, while the emperors after the Song Dynasty, especially the emperors of the early Ming Dynasty, sneered at it.

Otherwise, how do you think the Song Dynasty fell?
Speaking of it, the economy of the Song Dynasty was indeed good, but it was too weak.

It would be nice if I remembered what the old lady said before, that my ability to make money is half as good as my ability to fight a war.
Zhu Yuanzhang was indignant.

What’s the use of being able to make money? In the end, you will still give away a lot of gold and silver to foreigners.
If you are rich but cannot protect yourself, you are just meat on the chopping board!
Instead of doing this, it is better to make yourself stronger and rob others!
【At this time, Song Renzong had already realized this drawback and highly praised the "knowing how to adapt" mentioned in this military book, which originated from the ideological theories in military books such as "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. 】

【From this point of view, Song Renzong was undoubtedly extremely wise and calm, and he foresaw the situation that the Song army would face in the future. 】

[So, if the ideas and theories reflected in this book were used well from this time on, not to mention the Liao Dynasty and the Western Xia Dynasty, even the Jin Dynasty and the Mongols would not have invaded the Central Plains as they did later. ]

[It's a pity. Throughout the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, there were no major wars. First, the two countries negotiated with the Liao Kingdom, their old enemy in the north, and the Song Dynasty increased the annual tribute to the Liao Kingdom. As a result, the two countries lived in peace for more than half a century.]

[Later, when the Western Xia was founded, the Song Dynasty did fight several wars with Li Yuanhao of the Western Xia. However, although the Western Xia won more than it lost, it was never able to truly invade the Song Dynasty.]

[Later, the Song Dynasty, because of its prosperous economy and wealth, had money to continue to support the war, but the Western Xia, because of its small size and poverty, could not even allocate money for the war. So it could only negotiate with the Song Dynasty and become a vassal again.]

[Of course, there were benefits to not fighting anymore. The Song Dynasty allocated annual tribute to Xixia just like it did to other vassal states. Although there were still small-scale frictions between the two countries later, they have basically been at peace since then.]

【So looking at the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, it was all about buying peace with money. But all in all, it cost much less than fighting a war, so it was a good deal.】

[So, although the book "Wu Jing Zong Yao" was a very advanced martial arts textbook in the world at that time, and many generals also studied this book. However, in the end, the theories in the book were not put to much use for half a century.]
[After Emperor Renzong of Song, many emperors forgot about this book and paid less attention to it. Naturally, it was buried in the long years.]
[Until the end, when foreign aggression came, few people could think of this long-forgotten masterpiece. As a result, in the end, the mountains and rivers withered, foreign aggression was rampant, and the country was destroyed and the family was ruined! ]

It turns out that it’s just paper talk!
What a shame for such a good book.

As Tianjuan introduced "Wujing Zongyao" step by step, Zhu Houzhao gradually recalled the fragmented memories about this book.
He seemed to recall that a few years before his father's death, he had wanted to reprint and revise some of the books in the inner study, which seemed to include this set of "Wujing Zongyao".

Otherwise, he would not have been able to see this set of books from hundreds of years ago so easily in the inner study.
However, it is said that this set of books was not the one that Song Renzong had supervised and compiled at the beginning. After the Jin army occupied Bianjing, the original printed version of this set of books was burned.

The set of books currently stored in the Imperial Palace was reprinted based on copies after the Song Dynasty moved south.
Because it had been kept in the corner of the palace for too long, going through three dynasties and hundreds of years, it had long been eaten by rats and insects, and some pages were even missing.

The book he translated a few years ago looked newer and should be the part that his father had already reprinted.
It's a pity that after his father passed away, he was angry with those old ministers and rarely went to the study. He even put many useful things in the Leopard Room. He didn't take this set of books because he was not interested in it.
Naturally, the matter of reprinting this set of books was also put out of mind.

Now that he remembered it, if this set of books was really so useful, it was not impossible for him to continue what his father had left unfinished.
Those old ministers must be very happy, thinking that he can finally do something real!
Zhu Houzhao curled his lips when he thought of this.

They can think whatever they want, he will be a great general in the future anyway. It is not bad for him to read more military books, he wants to let them see that he can also pacify the world on horseback and govern the country and the people on foot like Chengzu.

By the way, now we have to add one more thing, which is to go out to sea to suppress the Japanese pirates.

No matter what, we have to find the blueprints of the treasure ship first, and also find Zheng Sanbao's ship log.
He just couldn't believe that books from the previous dynasty hundreds of years ago could still be found in the Forbidden City Study, but the drawings from decades ago were just gone?
Even the ship's log was gone.

How could such a coincidence happen?
Unless someone doesn't want the imperial fleet to go out to sea!
But why don't these people want the imperial fleet to go out to sea?

In addition to Zhu Houzhao, there is also Zhu Yuanzhang.

Although he felt that the Song Dynasty was so weak that it angered the people, he had heard about its wealth. Even after the Song Dynasty moved south, it was still rich for a while.
You can even buy peace with money, and it is more cost-effective than fighting a war. How can the Hongwu Emperor, who is looking for money everywhere to raise military pay and supplies, feel?
Could it be that the people in the Zhao family are better at making money than the people in the Zhu family?

This time he decided to set up the International Trade Department, and he also asked people to check the trade volume of the Yuan Dynasty before the maritime ban and the Ming Dynasty. You wouldn't know until you look at it. After looking at it, you find it even more confusing.

Because in the years before and after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the overseas trade volume of both the Mongols and the Ming Dynasty did not exceed 100,000 strings of cash, which was really insignificant to the country's finances.

Therefore, even before the Tartars were driven out of the Central Plains by him, the Mongols had already implemented the policy of sea ban.
Therefore, after he founded the Ming Dynasty, when he could no longer bear the harassment from the Japanese, in order to save manpower and energy, he banned all seas and concentrated on dealing with the Mongols who were still eyeing the Central Plains.

Looking at the account book presented by the Minister of Revenue, Zhu Yuanzhang glared at him fiercely and said, "Are you sure that before the maritime ban, the annual overseas trade of our Ming Dynasty was only a few tens of thousands of guan?"

[Okay, let's just talk about Wujing Zongyao and the two inventions recorded in this book. During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, there was another great invention that really appeared at this time, which was movable type printing.]
[During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, Bi Sheng, a commoner, invented movable type printing based on woodblock printing. This invention can be said to be hundreds of years ahead of other countries.]

【I think everyone is familiar with woodblock printing, which is to carve the content of a page of a book on a piece of board, and then apply ink to print it.】

Movable type, printing?
What is printing?
When Ying Zheng heard this word, he felt it sounded familiar, but suddenly he didn't quite understand it.

Book?
Aren't books carved on bamboo slips? Could it be that they were written with ink instead of carved?
If this goes on for a long time, won’t the ink disappear?

Is it printed on silk?
In this case, how much would the book cost?

No, he remembered, it was paper! It was the paper made by the papermaking technique in the secret book that the old lady showed him before. Printing was also in the secret book.

He always thought of using paper to write memorials, but he forgot that this paper can also be used to print books!
Ying Zheng was feeling excited when he heard a loud "bang". He looked hurriedly and saw that the "cannon" he had just ordered to fire had already dropped gunpowder more than ten feet away.

This time, the craftsmen added fuses wrapped in gunpowder to the gunpowder barrels. Some of the fuses were long, and some were short. He had already fired several of them before, and the barrels with short fuses exploded in the air before they reached the designated location.
Some of the fuses were too long and did not explode when they hit the ground. Some even extinguished the lit fuse and ultimately failed to explode.

Only with this, the timing and length of the fuse are matched just right, and it explodes just as it reaches the target location.

"Write down the length and range of the fuse!" Ying Zheng ordered, "Try again!"
"Yes!" the clerk responded and immediately took out a bamboo stick and wrote down the relevant data.

Because of the importance of the Heavenly Scroll, Ying Zheng asked them to record the relevant contents on silk. As for the rest, the scribes still needed to use bamboo slips.

So, if this printing technology and papermaking technology were used together in his Great Qin...
Qin Shihuang's eyes suddenly became bright.

[Although this method has met the basic requirements of printing, if a single character is carved incorrectly on the entire board, the entire board will be scrapped and will need to be re-carved.]
[This also led to an increase in printing costs. Students from poor families could not afford to buy books at all, so they could only copy books by hand or borrow books to read.]

For a moment, Qin Shihuang wished he could immediately read again what he had recorded in the heavenly scroll.
Before this, he had only looked at gunpowder and papermaking, and just glanced at printing without delving into it in depth.
So this is called printing? Or letterpress printing!
[However, after Bi Sheng invented movable type printing, it was only necessary to prepare the already engraved character library before printing. For commonly used characters, engraving a few more characters would be sufficient.]
[And it can be typeset and printed at any time, which increases efficiency several times. ]

At this moment, a bullet screen appeared above the video:
[V@The Emperor of the Unified World, Long Live the Dragon: If I use this printing and papermaking technology, can I also print books on paper? ]

Finally, His Majesty the First Emperor couldn't help it and immediately sent out a barrage of inquiries.

How should I answer this? If it was the Qin Dynasty, they certainly had not invented paper that could be written on. This "Zulong Majesty" is just as into the play as the previous "Li Sanlang".
However, in view of his fervent admiration for the great "Zulong Majesty", Lei Xiaomeng still replied honestly:
[Of course, this is not technically difficult and can be achieved in your time. The emergence of paper means that books no longer need to be in the form of heavy bamboo slips. They are lighter and easier to store. You don't have to use a carriage to drag bamboo slips around when you go out! ]

After Lei Xiaomeng answered, he also liked it. But it is obvious that "Zulong Majesty" is very popular. Not only did she reply to his comments, but other fans also volunteered to answer his questions.

[@Anxious Old Uncle: His Majesty the First Emperor? Is that the real His Majesty the First Emperor? Paper was invented later and is very useful, but it didn’t exist during the Qin Dynasty.]

【@子控凶残老父: Qin Shi Huang? I finally saw the real person. Paper was very common later, but you didn’t have it then! Hahaha, you didn’t have anything then, after all, it was almost 2,000 years ago.】

【@Pig Man Wants to Build a Golden House: Qin Shi Huang? It is said that later generations will refer to you and me as Qin Shi Huang and Han Wudi. I am proud of that! I know about paper. It was invented not long ago in my Han Dynasty. But it should not be very common and it is also very expensive. I am reluctant to use it! 】

【V@逍遥散人玉真仙子: The First Emperor? His Majesty the First Emperor! A handsome man eight feet tall, ahhhh, I saw the real person! 】

【V@虎头蛇尾李三郎: Your Majesty the First Emperor? Nice to meet you! 】

【V@鞠躬尽瘁李二郎: Qin Wang Ying Zheng, His Majesty the First Emperor? It is a great honor to meet you! 】

【V@天下只有只有大智慧: Your Majesty the First Emperor! I heard that you never had a queen in your lifetime? Is this true?】

[V@Super IQ, serious patient with chuunibyou: Qin Shi Huang, it is said that Xu Fu also built a large ship when he went out to sea. Can it be compared with the treasure ship? ]

【@穷途末路刘亭长: King Qin, I will definitely make you regret it! I want to establish the Han Dynasty in the future! 】

【V@十全老人绘怪: Your Majesty? Is it really you? The paper problem is not important, you can't see it anyway! You should pay attention to the issue of offspring, you died in the second generation! 】

Lei Xiaomeng really didn't expect that "Your Majesty Zulong" would be so popular. Almost half of the fans who had spoken before responded. As a result, the barrage was so dense that it almost covered the top of the video.

So much so that the story of the heavenly volume seemed a little weak under the cover of these barrages.

[For this reason, the cultural level of the Song Dynasty has grown exponentially since then. After all, with the advent of movable type printing, the cost of printing books has become increasingly cheaper.]

[This also means that more and more people can afford to read books, buy books, and read books. This also led to an explosive growth in the level of literature and art in the Song Dynasty.]

[It seems that, considering this point alone, there is a reason why six of the Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song emerged during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song! ]

But, in fact, there are still fans who care about the real things.

As the video came to an end, with beautiful background music, the video inserted some shots of the application of movable type printing, as well as related shots of modern printing machines printing newspapers and other related text materials.
There are still fans who pay attention to the direction of the video.

[V@鞠躬尽瘁李二郎: Does movable type printing also use wood blocks for printing? Do you cut the wood blocks directly into small characters and then retypeset and print them?]

Lei Xiaomeng responded immediately:
[Of course not. If you use wood to make movable type, once the wood is stained with ink, it will become uneven because it is not on the same wood.]
[Perhaps this is also the reason why, after so many years of woodblock printing, craftsmen have been slow to further develop printing technology! ]

[Although Bi Sheng also used wooden boards to carve the fonts at the beginning, he later discovered this problem and switched to using clay, which immediately solved the problem.]

"Glue?" Just these two words suddenly enlightened Li Shimin, and he immediately understood. He ordered his attendants, "Go, go to the Ministry of Works immediately, and try to make movable plates with glue."
"Yes!" The servant immediately took the order and left.

At this time, Li Shimin felt refreshed and extremely happy.
After listening to the Heavenly Scroll for so long, in addition to learning about many subsequent historical events, this was his biggest gain.

If movable type printing had really been popularized at this time, wouldn't it have been a prosperous scene in his Tang Dynasty?

He felt very happy when he thought that everyone could buy and read books.

Among the Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties, is this the sixth from the Song Dynasty?
Oh, with this movable type printing, there will be no Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, there will be eight great masters, no, it is possible to have eighteen great masters!

Not only him, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang also felt groggy after hearing the story of the Anshi Rebellion in the heavenly volume.
At this moment, he was reminded by his ancestor, and he immediately told Gao Lishi beside him: "Go, find a craftsman to make movable boards with clay. We really want to make it possible for all the scholars in the Tang Dynasty to read books."

"Yes!" Gao Lishi responded and quickly left to give orders.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang looked at the heavenly scroll with indignation.

Humph, I married my own daughter-in-law and caused the Tang Dynasty to decline!
Now that I know this, there is no way I will let this happen!
Tianjuan, let’s wait and see!
(End of this chapter)