"Your Majesty, please take a look at the homework of these three!" Kong Yingda handed over the homework of Qin Huaiyu and the other two. The fat one immediately stepped forward, took it, and handed it to Li Shimin.
"Cheng Chumo, Qin Huaiyu, Yuchi Baolin?"
Li Shimin looked at the three names strangely. He flipped through them and couldn't help but be surprised. Clearly, he had also discovered something strange.
"Beloved Official Qin, Beloved Official Cheng, Beloved Official Yuchi, the three of you should also take a look!" Li Shimin said.
The three suspiciously took the xuan paper from Pande's hands. When they saw their sons' names on the xuan paper, their expressions couldn't help but change. They looked at Kong Yingda with unkind eyes.
After all, the three of them were children. Even if they had made a mistake, they wouldn't say anything if they were punished directly. But how could they bring it to the main hall and report it to the imperial court?
"Teacher Kong, you've gone too far this time!" Cheng Yaojin threatened, baring his teeth.
Even Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde were dissatisfied, but because they were in the main hall, they didn't say anything.
Kong Yingda smiled bitterly and said, "Duke, please calm down. Please take a look at the homework in your hands."
They flipped through the twenty sheets of xuan paper, but the three couldn't find anything wrong with them.
"There's no problem! This is Qin Huaiyu's handwriting?! There are enough pages! "Qin Qiong said doubtfully.
"There's definitely no problem. This old man still doesn't recognize his own son's handwriting." Cheng Yaojin slapped the xuan paper in his hands loudly.
Yuchi Jingde also nodded. There was no problem. There was no mistake at all.
"Duke, you didn't see wrong. This is indeed the handwriting of the three young masters. Back then, even the scholar from the Imperial College didn't find anything wrong with it. Until we saw this! "
Kong Yingda handed over another stack of leaflets and a wooden board. However, the wooden board was very strange. It had a handle, and the ground was densely covered with text.
Li Shimin and Qin Qiong looked at the leaflets in their hands, speechless for a long time.
"This is what you wanted us to watch."
Li Shimin was speechless as he raised the brochure in his hand. The words "Mo Family's Mo Skills Exhibition" were eye-catching.
Kong Yingda's face couldn't help but turn red. However, he didn't have time to care about this right now. He pointed at several identical leaflets and said, "These leaflets are exactly the same as the three eunuchs' homework. It can be seen that the three eunuchs' homework wasn't written by themselves, but printed out."
"Print it out?" Li Shimin frowned. After thinking for a while, he suddenly realized the mystery behind it. He picked up the jade seal in his hand and imprinted it on the advertisement several times. Sure enough, the handwriting was very similar to the words on the advertisement, but there was no pen.
Kong Yingda nodded and picked up the template with several numbers. He smiled bitterly and said, "But his seal is much bigger and cheaper."
"That's true!" Qin Qiong's expression was a bit awkward. His own child had cheated and even managed to hide it from them. This matter had even reached the Emperor, making the three of them lose face.
"This brat, we'll teach him a lesson when we get home!" Yuchi Jingde said angrily.
"We have not taught our child well. Please forgive us, Your Majesty." Cheng Yaojin's mind turned, and he hurriedly asked for forgiveness.
"Please forgive us, Your Majesty!" Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde also hurriedly asked for forgiveness.
Li Shimin was instantly put in a difficult position. Qin Qiong and the other two were all eunuchs. How could he punish them for such a small matter? Kong Yingda was also a descendant of the Kong Family and a famous scholar. It was difficult to deal with both sides!
"The three eunuchs have misunderstood. This Old Man did not come here to complain about the three young masters. Instead, I came here to ask for merit from the three young masters." When Kong Yingda said this, the imperial court was immediately in an uproar.
What was going on? Kong Yingda, this stubborn old man, had finally caught evidence of Qin Huaiyu and the other two cheating and had already reported it to the Emperor. Why did the tables suddenly turn and ask for merit from the three of them? Could it be that Kong Yingda had also fallen and lost his backbone?
"Chancellor Kong, don't joke around. In order to avoid his studies, the unfilial son actually thought of such a whimsical method. He is simply too daring. If he caused trouble, he must be severely punished. Otherwise, how can he become a talent in the future?" Qin Qiong said sternly.
"Eunuch Eunuch, please calm your anger. This one is not joking. It is precisely because the three young masters wanted to avoid their studies that they were able to coincidentally invent this invention that benefits millions of students and enlightens tens of thousands of people." Kong Yingda said.
"Benefits millions of students and enlightens tens of thousands of people!" Everyone in the imperial court was stunned. This turn of events was a bit too big!
"That's impossible!" Cheng Yaojin's big nerves were stunned again. His own child had cheated and it was even reported to the court. It was related to all the students in the world and enlightened tens of thousands of people. This responsibility was simply too big!
"It is definitely not an exaggeration!" Kong Yingda said sternly, "Everyone here is also someone who often writes. Everyone should know that to write twenty words, it would take at least an entire morning. Do you know how long it would take to use a wooden board? "
Under the puzzled gazes of the officials, Kong Yingda picked up the engraving board and adjusted the ink according to Meton's method on a stack of blank rice paper.
"Peng peng peng … peng peng peng!"
After twenty sounds, twenty sheets of rice paper had been printed.
"Twenty breaths!" Everyone opened their mouths wide in disbelief.
"There are more than tens of thousands of poor students in the world. Most of them have no choice but to copy books and read by themselves in order to pursue their studies. If we use this engraving printing technique and print large amounts of books, wouldn't that be good news for all the students in the world? How many students would benefit from it? "Kong Yingda was so excited that his face was flushed red.
"That's right! When I was young, how could I afford to buy books? The first Analects of Confucius was personally copied by me. It took me three days and three nights to copy it! "A minister recalled the difficult times of his childhood and couldn't help but sigh.
"That's right. In order to buy a book, my mother sold books for an entire month before she was able to buy it. My poor mother's hands were stung by the needles until they turned red."
A minister said with tears in his eyes.
… … …
More and more ministers realized the benefits of engraving printing and couldn't help but become excited.
One by one, they couldn't help but step forward to test the engraving printing technique. After laying down the rice paper and brushing the ink on it, they lightly pressed the ink and printed out a brochure for the ink technique exhibition.
"Damn brat!" Kong Yingda looked at the freshly printed brochure and couldn't help but gnash his teeth at Meton.
Kong Yingda originally wanted to ask for the template of Qin Huaiyu and the others' cheating, but Meton firmly said that in order to avoid being exposed, the three of them destroyed the brochure after printing it. Only the template of the brochure was left. It was up to him to take it or not!
With no other choice, Kong Yingda took the only template and went to Taiji Palace.
Seeing the ministers of the empire helping Meton print the brochure, Kong Yingda didn't need to think to know what Mo Jiazi was planning. He wanted to advertise the ink technique exhibition in the imperial court.
If the later generations were to know about this, their jaws would drop. The first brochure in the world was truly heaven-defying.
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