civilwarnovels Chapter 274 Su Dingfang
Chapter 274 Su Dingfang
Chapter 274 Su Dingfang
Although Tubo was powerful at this time, it was actually nothing to Datang.
Historically, when Tubo attacked Datang, the main force of Datang was not used, and Niu Jinda led the vanguard and was defeated.
Songtsen Gampo was frightened, so he immediately withdrew his troops and sent envoys to apologize.
Later, throughout the Tang Dynasty, Tubo never sent troops to Tang Dynasty again.
Many people think that it was because of Princess Wencheng's entry into Tibet that the peace between Tang and Tubo was brought about.
In fact, it was nonsense at all. Songtsan Gampo's marriage proposal was rejected before.
Later, when he was defeated by Datang, he sent envoys to apologize in fear, so he still had the courage to ask for marriage.
On the contrary, Li Shimin felt that Songtsen Gampo had a good attitude of apologizing, and offered to make a marriage proposal.
In Lin Xuan's view, this is simply a disease.
It's understandable if you can't fight and get married, but if you beat him, you still get married, it's not because of illness or something.
Throughout history, peace cannot be bought in exchange for friendship.
Later generations also praised Princess Wencheng's entry into Tibet, saying that she had made great contributions to the peace between the two countries.
In fact, Songtsan Gampo was already terrified of being beaten, and he didn't even have the guts to invade Datang.
After Songtsan Gampo's death, Tubo also went downhill, so how dare they provoke Datang.
If Songtsen Gampo proposed marriage at first, Li Shimin agreed that Songtsen Gampo would still invade Datang.
It can be seen from this that peace is fought and has nothing to do with women.
"Why are you so confident?" Li Shimin was a little surprised.
Lin Xuan was very surprised when he learned about Tubo.
He made many investigations, but he didn't understand why Lin Xuan knew so much about Tubo.
"Your Majesty, I believe in the soldiers of the Great Tang. No matter who comes to attack, the soldiers of the Great Tang can win the battle!" Lin Xuan said flatteringly.
He can't tell Li Shimin that he came here through time travel.
Although Li Shimin was a little puzzled, Lin Xuan's words made him very happy.
And now the most important things are Western Turks and Xue Yantuo, and they don't care about Tubo anymore.
Seeing that Li Shimin didn't continue to ask questions, Lin Xuan quickly took out the printed papers and said with a smile, "I have one thing I want His Majesty to look at!"
Li Mu quickly took it and handed it to Li Shimin.
After reading it, Li Shimin frowned, and asked, "What is this? I can't understand a word."
He thought it was some kind of secret, but he knew it was printed when he saw the words.
He knew all those words, but he didn't know what they meant when they were connected together.
A smile appeared on the corner of Lin Xuan's mouth, and he told Li Shimin about movable type printing.
"what!"
Li Shimin stood up in surprise, a little unbelievable.
Lin Xuan nodded with a smile, and said: "With movable type printing, not only can books be printed quickly, but the cost is also very low. At most ten years, a large number of poor children can be cultivated!"
Li Shimin is the emperor after all, although his heart is still not calm, his face is no longer as surprised as he was at the beginning.
Li Shimin did it dumbly, and murmured: "So that's how it is!"
He finally figured out why Lin Xuan raised that condition with the Cui family.
According to what Lin Xuan said, the cost of a set of books should not exceed [-] Wen at most, and even with the profit left to the Cui family, it would not exceed [-] Wen at most.
Many people think that a dictionary with so many characters will only sell for [-] characters, and a set of books is similar to a dictionary, which is a bit too expensive.
In fact, it doesn't count that way.
Dictionaries sell for [-] characters, and it is not profitable to remove the cost, and this is the price in Chang'an.
If it is shipped to other places, it will not be the price.
But the price of the books has already included the cost of shipping, that is to say, no matter where you buy books in Datang, the price is at most three hundred yuan per set.
Although this price is still very expensive, after all, the previous books are ten times cheaper.
Although many people still cannot afford it, as long as one tenth of the people in the world can afford it, there will be no shortage of officials after the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin came back to his senses and said: "The Cui family can't agree. Although 500 million guan is a lot, it won't hurt the five surnames and Qiwang."
This matter involved the foundation of the family, and the Cui family knew that the books were sold so cheaply that they might directly reject them.
The Cui family only needs to explain the situation to the other families, and the other families are naturally willing to help them pay some money.
"Your Majesty, is it possible that the Cui family repented and stopped selling books?" Lin Xuan asked.
Of course not!
Eliminating the family's control over the court is Li Shimin's greatest wish.
Although the imperial examination reform proposed by Lin Xuan gave him hope.
But he understands that even so, in his lifetime, at most it will be weakened, and it is impossible to completely eliminate it.
Who knows if the descendants will continue to suppress the family after his death?
He is very clear about the ability and power of the family.
And it can be completed in his hands, why should it be left to future generations?
Lin Xuan said with a smile: "It doesn't matter whether the Cui family repents or not. I and the Cui family raised this condition because they wanted to use the Cui family's sales channels. If the Cui family repents, with the 500 million guan, they can quickly establish a network that spreads all over the country." Don’s sales channel.”
"Besides, I'm going to wait for the Cui family to agree, and after His Majesty has testified, I will first cooperate with the Cui family on paper. In this way, there will be a rift between the Cui family. Even if the Cui family does not agree, the Wang family will not be willing to pay the money. The Wang family will not come out, and the other families may not be willing to do so either. Does Your Majesty think the Cui family will come to contribute the money?"
This was indeed his idea, but he had another purpose, which he didn't tell Li Shimin.
After Lin Xuan left Datang, the aristocratic family would think that if he didn't do anything about the actions the aristocratic family did, the aristocratic family might really think he was easy to bully.
"When can books be printed in large quantities?" Li Shimin nodded and asked.
He admitted that what Lin Xuan said was reasonable, if the Cui family took out 500 million guan alone.The Cui family's background will be greatly reduced, and the title of the world's number one family may not be able to be maintained.
Moreover, he doesn't really care if the Cui family is not taken in. As long as there are a large number of poor children, he wants to clean up the family, and he has a lot of ways.
"Your Majesty, we still need an important material, lead. Most of the lead on the market is in Taoist temples. I have no choice." Lin Xuan said.
Don't look at him as Lord Hou, he went to the Taoist temple to ask for lead, but if he didn't give it to him, there was really nothing he could do.
Li Shimin nodded, and said, "I will order the Taoist temple to hand over the lead. What you have to do is to let the people of the world buy cheap books as soon as possible."
Lin Xuan nodded, as long as there is a lot of lead, printing books is not difficult.
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"Dingfang, sit down!" Li Jing looked at the profuse sweat in front of him and said with a smile.
Su Lie cupped his hands, sat down, and asked: "I don't know if the master has come here, what's the matter?"
Although Li Jing taught him the art of war, since Li Jing decided to hide his strength and bide his time, he was rarely seen.
Even when Su Lie came to visit during the holidays, Li Jing did not see him. Su Lie was a little puzzled as to why Li Jing would suddenly look for him.
Li Jing looked at Su Lie and sighed inwardly.He couldn't be more clear about Su Lie's talent.
Su Lie is talented, and he made great contributions in the battle to destroy the Eastern Turks.The future should be very good.
But Su Lie went so far as to loot with his troops during the battle to destroy the Eastern Turks.
Although he was named Zuo Wuhou Zhonglang General after the war, he has not been promoted in recent years and has been left idle.
Li Jing put away the thoughts in his heart and said with a smile: "Your Majesty asked the old man to recruit elite soldiers and generals from the sixteen guards to form cavalry. Although the old man is just a name, it is not a problem to transfer someone. Do you want to go?"
He helped Su Lie, partly because Su Lie was his apprentice.
On the other hand, he values Su Lie's future. After a hundred years, Su Lie will be able to take care of his son.
"Thank you teacher!" Su Lie bowed.
Although he has been on the bench for so many years, Su Lie's heart to make contributions is still hot.
Li Jing nodded, so many years of idleness made Su Lie more stable.
Su Lie was Dou Jiande's adopted son. After Dou Jiande's death, Su Lie followed Liu Heita.
After Liu Heita was destroyed, Su Lie chose to live in seclusion, and he was unwilling to surrender to Tang.
It was not enabled until Li Shimin ascended the throne.
But Su Lie was still arrogant, this can be seen from his daring to order troops to loot.
Li Jing was originally worried that Su Lie would complain about being left alone and would not agree.I didn't expect him to agree so simply.
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(End of this chapter)