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Chapter 453 Hongwen Pavilion

"Your Highness, how can there be someone who is proficient in engraving as a general prisoner?"

"Those craftsmen who usually carve relief carvings for pavilions, lofts and platforms will do."

Shangguanyi obviously still didn't understand, but there must be a reason for His Highness to order so. At this time, he called someone to be the chief supervisor. Naturally, it was in the name of His Highness. He, a secretary of Hongwen Pavilion, did not have this face.

A general will give His Royal Highness face, but it may not necessarily give him face as the secretary of Hongwen Pavilion.

Naturally, someone there ran to serve as the supervisor, and Shangguanyi also went to Hongwen Pavilion to find all the people who could engrave seals here.

Li Zhi randomly flipped through the Four Books and Five Classics here. The so-called Four Books and Five Classics, the Four Books refer to "Great Learning", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Analects" and "Mencius", and the Five Classics refer to "The Book of Songs", "Book of Books", "Book of Rites", "Book of Changes" and "Spring and Autumn Annals".They are the main classics of Confucianism.

Of course, the Four Books and Five Classics at this time are still somewhat different from those of later generations, because Confucian classics are always changing and developing.

Li Zhi was flipping through a book of poetry, the one he was most familiar with. After flipping through it for a while, Shangguanyi brought a few people in.

"Your Highness, all the people you want are here, what else do you want?"

"Look for wood, it doesn't need to be too good, and then let someone make such a long and wide small piece of wood."

Li Zhi waited with his hands, and Shangguanyi nodded.

"Go to the prison and ask for some carpentry."

Naturally, Shangguanyi was busy here, and Li Zhi casually flipped through half of the "Book of Songs" at this time, and he no longer flipped through it.

"Master Shangguan, ask the people in Hongwen Pavilion to sort out the words in the book that are going to be used, sort out which words are used a lot, which words are used less, and which words are only used occasionally."

"Yes, Your Highness, this minister is going to prepare now."

"Well, you'll be busy with this these two days. While tidying up, let someone engrave on the small wooden blocks. The amount depends on the number of words in the book. You don't have to be too precise, it's about right."

"Also, the engraved words must be neat and tidy, and then sorted out."

"Your Highness, that's quite a lot."

"One book at a time, it doesn't take a while to finish it, and there is no need to engrave the repeated words."

"Yes, Your Highness, Shangguanyi has already remembered His Highness's instructions."

"By the way, there is one more thing. Since you have hired a carpenter who will be the prisoner, make a few more square cabinets, each with small squares, to store these batches of wood-cut movable type."

Shangguanyi still didn't understand why King Jin called it a woodcut type, but he agreed quickly.

When doing things for the royal family, you don't need to understand too much, just do as you are told.

After Li Zhi gave these instructions, he left. When he passed Changle Gate, he looked at the palace next to him. He didn't know how his aunt and cousin were doing in Xingyang, and when they would come back.

It's snowing now, so I probably won't be back soon, the journey is long and dangerous.

Li Zhi returned to Prince Jin's Mansion, and every day for these two days, Li Zhi went to the palace to meet his father and queen mother as usual, first went to the Ganlu Hall, and then went to the Lizheng Hall.

Li Zhi remembered the matter between himself and his sister Huang. When he went to Ganlu Hall for the past two days, he always unknowingly checked his father's complexion. On the surface, he was naturally concerned about his father, to see how his father looked.

In fact, it is to see if the emperor is angry with him because of this matter. The fact is that Tang Zong always looks very happy when King Jin is here these two days.

He likes to talk to Li Zhi about the things in Xingyang the most, and Li Zhi has even told Li Zhi about some of the incidents several times.

Sometimes Li Zhi couldn't make sense of it. His father was only excited when he heard some things once or twice. How come his father was still so happy after telling it four or five times.

Especially the part where he palmed Mrs. Zheng's family and punched Zheng's family. Li Zhi said it at least seven or eight times, and his father was still as excited as when he first heard it.

Did the ancients also like to watch faces slapped so much?
Apart from Zheng's affairs, Tang Zong and Li Zhi talked most about Hongwen Pavilion's book production. Li Zhi also went to Hongwen Pavilion every day for the past two days, and he was most concerned about this matter. When his father asked questions, he answered fluently.

The movable type used in the Book of Songs today is basically ready. Li Zhi specially stayed in Hongwen Pavilion for most of the day, letting a large house be vacated, and then personally demonstrated how to make a book with movable type.

Li Zhi printed five or six pages with his own hands, and the people at Hongwen Pavilion have naturally learned it.Shangguanyi naturally admired King Jin's method of printing calligraphy.

Li Zhi only heard him say that His Highness's move is comparable to Cang Jie's invention of characters.

Li Zhi didn't want to be praised so much, so he asked Shangguanyi not to say it again.

It's just that Lang, the secretary of Hongwen Pavilion at this time, is still excited and doesn't know what to say as a civil servant who wants to be the minister of the Tang Dynasty in the future.

Li Zhi only let him go to work, and walked out of Hongwen Pavilion by himself. It was getting late outside, and before he knew it, most of the day passed.

Li Zhi was about to leave Hongwen Pavilion and was about to go back to Prince Jin's Mansion, where several people had already chased a snow-white figure to this side.

"Ninth brother, you are here!"

"You guys, be careful."

Seeing Li Fu, Li Ming and Heng Shan running after the silver fox, Li Zhi quickly reminded them.

At this moment, looking at the figures of his younger siblings, Li Zhi smiled. Originally, the three princes and princesses who were born in the eighth year of Zhenguan hardly played together, but now they played together almost every day.

Among them, someone is naturally the most credited, the child who is only one month away from the same age, and a father, as long as they play, they will definitely be able to play together soon, but the introduction of Li Zhi is indispensable.

Li Zhi saw that Hengshan had caught up with Yinhu and hugged him, so he walked towards him.

"Hengshan, have these silver foxes behaved these few days?"

"Brother Huang, they are so good, especially when you feed them meat, because they are not vegetarian."

Li Zhi is also helpless, carnivores, there is no vegetarian.

Li Zhi stayed with his younger siblings for a while, then left here.

What Li Zhi didn't know was that Shangguanyi was still in Hongwen Pavilion when it was very late, and at this time, Emperor Taizong also came to Hongwen Pavilion in person, inspected the process of printing the book, and kept nodding his head.

"Your Majesty, this move to print books with movable type is really a shocking move. Your Highness can think of such a way. I really can't think of any words to praise Your Highness."

The courtier praised his son in front of him, and Shangguanyi, who had always been upright by nature, made Tang Zong very happy.

How can a father be unhappy when others praise his son.Tang Zong is the emperor, but for the princes, he is first of all a father.

"You seldom praise people!"

"Your Majesty, Shangguanyi really couldn't bear it this time, every word came from the bottom of my heart."

"Then what do you think of my many princes?"

"This minister dare not comment."

"No problem, you are my close minister. You have been working here in Hongwen Pavilion since the second year of Zhenguan. I have so many sons here when they were studying. You are one of the people who understand them best in the court."

(End of this chapter)