Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Li Chengqian had just sat up straight when he saw Du He striding in with a roll of paper, a smile on his face.

"You all should step back."

Li Chengqian waved to the musicians.

"Your Highness, Prince Consort, I will take my leave."

A group of musicians saluted Li Chengqian, then took their things and left silently. When they passed by Du He, they saluted again.

After Du He watched them leave, he walked up to Li Chengqian and handed him the paper with his ideas on movable type printing.

"Your Highness, this is the idea of movable type printing. That's all I can think of. The rest will depend on you and the people at Chongwenguan to slowly figure it out."

Li Chengqian took the paper, then spread it out one by one and looked at it carefully.

At the end he sat up straight, patting the cushion and shouting with joy.

"Hahaha, that's great! Du He, you're so awesome!"

“This movable type printing is so detailed!”

He originally thought that Du He was only providing some rough ideas, but he didn't expect that Du He had already sorted out the entire process.

can not imagine!

How did Du He accomplish such a complicated movable type printing technology all by himself in just a few days?

He is worthy of being his number one military advisor.

This ability is stronger than all the Wei king's aides combined.

Du He frowned and reminded: "Your Highness, studying movable type printing is not as troublesome as compiling a dictionary. You need to review government affairs normally."

"And keep it secret. Those involved cannot leave the East Palace until the movable type printing technology is finalized."

In order to prevent Li Chengqian from finding excuses to be lazy, Du He had no choice but to remind him more often.

Li Chengqian waved his hand and smiled, "Don't worry, I have already explained it clearly to the scholars of Chongwenguan, and everyone is looking forward to it."

"Let's go to Chongwen Hall now. Let's tell them in advance and have everyone go back and prepare some clothes to change into."

After Li Chengqian stood up, he limped out of the side hall.

Behind.

Du He was very pleased to see Li Chengqian's energetic appearance.

This is the lame...

"Ah~ It's always a weak point that gets attacked!"

Du He sighed secretly in his heart.

The Tang Dynasty was also an era that paid great attention to image. Under the same or similar conditions, people with good image were more likely to be favored.

Xi Junmai is a living negative example.

What’s the use of having ability? If he’s not good-looking, he was still sent by Li Chengqian to guard the gate.

What's more, Li Chengqian was lame and had no royal dignity when he walked, which made him even more despised than his ugly appearance.

If the fight for the throne really reaches a white-hot stage, Li Tai's followers will definitely make a big fuss about this point.

I don’t know if old Mr. Li can still be as wise as he is now!

Who can guess the heart of an emperor?

When Li Chengqian saw that Du He hadn't caught up, he turned around and shouted, "Du He, what are you doing standing there? Come here!"

"Oh, here it comes."

Du He came to his senses and hurriedly followed.

There's no use thinking so much.

We should help Li Chengqian build momentum and get the common people to support him.

"The people are water, and the king is the boat. Water can carry the boat, but it can also capsize it."

Li Shimin believed this sentence as the ultimate truth of life.

...

Inside Chongwen Hall.

Li Chengqian announced to them his plan to research movable type printing.

"That's great, I can get reward money for my meritorious service!"

The group of Chongwenguan scholars were very excited.

The lecturer Liao Jun narrowed his eyes and said, "Your Highness, Prince Consort, I was drinking with a good friend yesterday and heard him bragging that the Prince of Wei's Palace was also compiling books."

"After some inquiries, I found out that they were sorting out the relevant information on flood disasters, and they also started today."

Liao Jun stroked his beard and spoke without any literary bearing.

"Your Highness, Prince Consort, should we at Chongwenguan compile a copy as well? To grab the credit from them?"

The camps are different, and each serves its own master.

Now that they are on board the big ship of the Eastern Palace, their fates are tightly tied to it; only if the prince continues to gain power can they enjoy the good life.

He used to pay attention to the character of literati, but what was the result?

Even though he is full of knowledge, in the end he is still not taken seriously and is thrown aside and discarded.

After receiving a large sum of money for compiling pinyin and dictionaries, he became more open-minded.

How much is the character of a scholar worth? Can it buy a big house?

Can you let the old and young in the family live a good life?

Since you can't do it, you might as well be an ordinary person!

Li Chengqian was moved when he heard Liao Jun's suggestion.

"Du He, what do you think of Master Liao's suggestion?"

He quickly turned his head to look at Du He, wanting to hear his opinion.

Du He shook his head gently and said, "This cannot be done."

what!

Vetoed?

What no one expected was that Du He actually rejected Liao Jun's proposal.

Du He said seriously, "What the Prince of Wei's Palace wants to do is insignificant compared to our innovation of printing technology. There is no need to lose sight of the main point and assign people to do this trivial task."

"Besides, the King of Wei proposed it first, and His Majesty also knows that if we rashly take the credit from the King of Wei, it will make His Majesty unhappy."

"It's a waste of time and it doesn't please your majesty. It's not worth it."

Taking credit for others’ work is a big taboo.

If the prince really snatched the credit from the King of Wei, Li Shimin would think that he was narrow-minded and did not have the magnanimity to accommodate his brothers.

This is not what a crown prince should look like!

Li Chengqian suddenly realized.

He smiled and said to Liao Jun: "Mr. Liao, I have already felt your kindness, and you have also heard the analysis of the Prince Consort. This matter cannot be done."

"We don't care about the outside voices. We just do our own thing."

Li Chengqian's words were very sophisticated and would not make Liao Jun feel embarrassed.

Liao Jun nodded, cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

He was just making a suggestion, and it was up to the prince to decide whether to accept it or not.

After chatting for a while, Li Chengqian suddenly raised his hand high, and the scene became quiet.

Everyone turned their eyes to Li Chengqian, waiting for his next instruction.

Li Chengqian looked around and then raised his voice and said, "Everyone go back now, prepare some clothes to change into, and say hello to your family members in advance."

"Starting tomorrow, we will officially perfect movable type printing. Before the task is completed, no one can enter or leave the East Palace at will!"

"As ordered!"

Everyone shouted in unison, their faces full of excitement.

The meritorious service project is about to begin again!

"Your Highness, Prince Consort, we will take our leave first."

They bowed to each other, then left Chongwenguan in groups of three or five, chatting as they walked.

Li Chengqian also said to Du He: "Du He, go sit in the main hall. You won't be so relaxed when things get busy."

Du He smiled and nodded.

Li Chengqian seems to...become normal!

Or maybe this is his true self.

...

Wude Hall.

Li Tai, who knew shame and then became brave, personally led a group of scholars from the Literature Museum to review the materials.

Not far behind him, Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining, Zhang Xuansu and Li Baiyao were all there. Each of them was holding a book, stroking their beards and reading carefully.

The spy leader Wei Suan tiptoed up to Li Tai and whispered in his ear.

"Your Highness, Prince Wei, I just received news that the Crown Prince is innovating printing technology."

"We haven't found out what they are doing yet. They are very tight-lipped."

"But the people involved found out that they were Du He and the scholars from Chongwenguan."

Li Tai raised his head suddenly, stood up slowly, and motioned Wei Suan to go out and talk.

outside the hall.

Li Tai frowned, put his hands behind his back and asked, "Wei Suan, send someone to get the news at all costs. If you can master the printing technology that the prince and his men have innovated, I will give you a great achievement!"

"As you command, I will go and make the arrangements first."

Wei Suan came quickly and left quickly.

Li Tai stayed there for a long time, and finally he whispered: "Prince, I will not lose to you!"

Then he turned around and strode into the hall.

For the following period of time, the Crown Prince and the King of Wei worked hard, and the court fell into a brief period of calm.