Chapter 131 Papermaking and Printing just.
The imperial examination and the military examination are certainly relatively perfect systems.
However, there are still certain shortcomings.
At this time, the First Emperor Ying Zheng thought of two new problems.
The first question is,
At that time, if the same examination paper is used in all examination rooms throughout the Qin Dynasty, the examination papers can only be written on bamboo slips. Transportation will be a problem and a lot of manpower and material resources will be consumed.
The second question is,
If the examination papers are all written on bamboo slips, that is to say, the examination papers need to be copied by hand. The manpower of some counties is not enough to support this.
The First Emperor Ying Zheng thought for a moment, but still could not think of the answers to these two questions.
After thinking about this,
First Emperor Ying Zheng knocked on the door directly. After getting Zhao Che's consent,
He and Wang Jian walked in.
He bowed his hands and said, "Sir, I'm here again."
"Brother Coachman, you are here, sit down quickly."
After seeing the visitor, Zhao Che said something very enthusiastic.
He and this "Brother Coachman" were actually very close to each other, and they had a close friendship.
"Well, thank you sir."
The First Emperor, Ying Zheng, bowed his hands.
Subsequently,
He went directly to the topic and asked two questions on his mind.
"Sir, I would like to ask, if Daqin uses the imperial examination system to select talents, how should the problem of examination papers be solved? If bamboo slips are used and the examination papers are copied manually, will it be too wasteful of manpower and material resources??"
After the First Emperor Ying Zheng asked these two questions, he looked at Zhao Che with burning eyes.
"Brother Coachman, I didn't expect that you do ordinary work every day, but you are so concerned about the world and the affairs of the court."
Zhao Che was a little surprised after hearing the question from this "Brother Coachman".
"I remember what my husband said, everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world."
"Although I am just a coachman, I still want to ask sir these questions, because the prosperity of the Qin Dynasty is closely related to each of us."
First Emperor Ying Zheng continued.
At present, it is not yet time for him to reveal his identity.
After the First Emperor Yingzheng finished questioning,
Wang Jian, Young Master Fusu, and Ying Zheng all focused their attention on Zhao Che, waiting for his answer.
Indeed, this is an extremely sharp problem that urgently needs to be solved.
Zhao Che looked at the three of them and narrowed his eyes.
In fact, In the past two days, the god-level system gave him three new rewards, namely paper, papermaking and movable type printing.
Paper and papermaking technology only appeared during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Nowadays, during the reign of the First Emperor, there was no paper at all, and words were usually written on bamboo slips or silk.
Bamboo slips are very bulky and inconvenient to carry, and have many disadvantages.
"I have thought about this question. The examination papers should not be written on bamboo slips. They can be written on paper."
Hearing this, Zhao Che replied calmly.
The voice fell.
The first emperor Yingzheng, his son Fusu and Wang Jian looked at each other in confusion.
Moreover, all three of them were puzzled.
paper?
What is paper?
They were unheard of.
At this time, the curious Wang Jian scratched his head and said, "Sir, I would like to ask, what is this paper? Is it another name for silk?"
After all, nowadays, words can only be written on bamboo slips or silk.
Because silk was expensive, few people used it for writing.
After Wang Jian asked, Fusu and Ying Zheng also looked at Zhao Che curiously.
Because, the two of them actually have the same problem.
"If it's paper, this is paper,"
Zhao Che said and took out a piece of paper.
The paper is large, as thin as a cicada's wings, and very light.
What's even more rare is that this paper is as white as snow and has no the same time.
Zhao Che also took out a pen and wrote a few small words on the paper.
see.
The First Emperor Ying Zheng was stunned on the spot, and his whole person looked completely shocked.
This was the first time he had seen such a writing instrument.
His mood was naturally extremely exciting.
He couldn't wait to touch the paper.
Very light, almost weightless.
What's more important is that the black words written on this paper are as white as snow and are extremely easy to read.
Unlike the bamboo slips, when the black characters are written on the bamboo slips, it is difficult to read under the weak candlelight at night, and naturally it is very hard on the eyes.
at the same time,
The First Emperor Ying Zheng also brought the paper to his nose and smelled it.
It smells good.
There was a very fresh and pleasant fragrance on this paper, which made him very calm.
Isn't this paper thousands of times more useful than bamboo slips? !
His heart was experiencing an extremely strong shock.
and so.
When the imperial examination is held, the questions will be written directly on the paper instead of the bamboo slips, which directly saves the problem of transportation!
It is truly a divine thing.
In addition, the first time he saw paper was at Zhao Che's place.
In other words, the person who invented paper was Zhao Che.
The invention of paper has benefited every scholar in the world, and will also benefit every generation in the future.
Zhao Che, Zhao Che, How many surprises are there in you that I don’t know about? ?
"Sir, can you give me two pieces of this paper?" First Emperor Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Che with burning eyes.
"Naturally."
So, Zhao Che said and took two pieces of paper to the First Emperor Ying Zheng.
"Thank you sir."
The First Emperor Ying Zheng bowed his hands and said.
Young Master Fusu on the side also looked dumbfounded.
This was the first time in his life that he saw "paper". True.
Young Master Fusu felt that today's trip was indeed worthwhile.
Today, being here with Zhao Che is really an eye-opener.
"The master actually invented such a convenient writing instrument that can directly replace bamboo slips. The students admire it."
At this moment, Young Master Fusu did not make a sound, but was talking to himself in his heart.
At the same time, he was still looking at Zhao Che with admiration.
The old general Wang Jian also said cheerfully: "Sir, I also want a piece of paper. Can you give me one?"
"can."
Zhao Che nodded generously and responded.
"So, the emergence of paper can be used to produce examination papers for imperial examinations,"
"Another problem is that regarding the copying of the test papers, if the imperial examination is actually held, the copying of the test papers will also cost a lot of manpower."
"Actually, this problem is easy to solve. You can use movable type printing to directly print the test papers. In this way, you can directly omit the manual copying step."
Zhao Che answered the second question from First Emperor Ying Zheng.
The voice fell.
First Emperor Yingzheng, Wang Jian, and Fusu were once again deceived. There were countless big question marks painted on their faces.
Therefore, What is movable type printing? Here comes a brand new word.
Never heard of it?
Unheard of.
At this moment, Fusu lowered his head in shame. He felt that in front of Zhao Che, he looked like a bumpkin who had never seen the world.
but What he knows is that this movable type printing technology seems to be very magical. It can be "printed" directly, and the test papers will no longer need to be transcribed manually.
(End of this chapter)