Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Chen Yin's study room is very spacious and the layout is very simple, except for a low table, there is an incense burner in the corner and three walls of books.

In fact, in the Tang Dynasty, thread-bound books had not yet become popular. Therefore, the so-called book wall is not densely packed with one book after another as people are familiar with in later generations.

The "book" these days is actually a large sheet of paper with words written vertically, which is rolled up when not in use to form a volume. This is also the origin of the word "juan" in "reading and breaking ten thousand volumes". On the bookshelves on the three book walls of Chen Yin's study, there are a lot of books in this way, and there are some bamboo slips mixed in, which seem to be quite precious ancient books.

Li Xin didn't pay attention when he was in his study before. After all, when he was free, he didn't bother to read Tang Dynasty books that were vertically typesetting and read from right to left. As a later generation, he could only express that Things are too strenuous to read, and the horizontal typesetting from left to right is more in line with his habits.

Now in an unfamiliar environment, in a special state of mind, Li Xin noticed this problem for the first time, and thought to himself: Sooner or later, we should find a way to promote thread-bound books, and by the way, we have to convert the book from left to right. Promote horizontal layout.

Do not underestimate this change. The development of society has a very important relationship with the way information is transmitted. In fact, a large part of the speed of social development that seems to take off in later generations should be attributed to the profound changes in the way of information transmission brought about by the advancement of science and technology.

It is precisely because of the development of networks and computers that any new breakthrough in science will become the consensus of all mankind in the shortest possible time, which is of extraordinary significance to the evolution of human society.

Of course, no matter how capable Li Xin is, it is impossible to build a computer under the current conditions of Datang. However, it is still possible to slightly change the way people are accustomed to reading and make it more scientific and efficient. Within Li Xin's ability. Even if such an improvement is very small, it will still have a non-negligible positive impact on the progress of the entire Tang Dynasty over time.

Well, I have to admit, Li Xin was distracted. Under strong psychological pressure, human beings are actually very easy to lose their minds, which may be regarded as a special psychological protection mechanism to some extent. And the source of all Li Xin's psychological pressure was actually the middle-aged man kneeling behind the low table.

The man was about forty years old, less than fifty years old, but some white hair had been mixed in the pure black hair, which made people think of the snowflakes just beginning to fall on the black ground. His eyes are not big, his eyebrows are thick, but not slanted, so he doesn't give people a sharp feeling, but has a kind of wisdom and restrained temperament.

When Li Xin was looking at Chen Yin, Chen Yin kept his head down on the book in his hand, as if he didn't notice Li Xin's arrival at all.

Li Xin hesitated for a moment, and decided not to drag his status as king of Chu in front of his future father-in-law. Immediately, he knelt down respectfully, bowed in accordance with the rules for juniors to meet elders, and then got up and said: "Junior Li Xin , Meet Lord Chen Yin."

Chen Yin hummed imperceptibly, then slowly raised his head and glanced at Li Xin, and said, "Oh, it turns out that it is His Royal Highness Chu, why are you free to come to my house today? What's the matter?"

Uh, Li Xin's eyebrows twitched slightly.

Is there anything you don't understand? He said it as if he didn't know anything, if I didn't come today, you might have something to force me to come.

Even though he was a little dissatisfied, Li Xin still had to speak honestly: "Uh, Miss Chen came to our Chu Palace as a guest yesterday, but for some reason, she missed the curfew time, so she spent the night in the guest room of the Palace. Afraid that Mr. Chen Yin might misunderstand, this junior came here to explain it to him, and hope he will see clearly."

This is of course not the real situation, but considering the identity of the person who accepted this rhetoric, it seems necessary for Li Xin to beautify the real situation to a certain extent. If he told the truth, he was afraid of being kicked out on the spot, so it would be difficult to clean up.

However, Chen Yin listened to Li Xin's words quietly, without any expression change from beginning to end, making it impossible for people to guess his inner thoughts at all. This is probably the basic skill that mature politicians must master.

After Li Xin finished speaking, he lowered his head, quietly waiting for Chen Yin's answer.

"Is it just these little things?" Chen Yin asked calmly.

Uh. After his daughter didn't come home all night, is this how a father should react when he hears someone else's explanation of this matter?

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, and said unexpectedly: "This junior doesn't think it's a trivial matter."

Chen Yin suddenly smiled lightly, and said: "Don't act obedient in front of me, and don't think that I don't know about the things you went to play with You Lan before. If it wasn't for the fact that you were still low-key and didn't make any trouble For the sake of scandal, I will not indulge you two like this."

Sure enough, the matter between himself and Chen Youlan could not be hidden from this one of the most powerful people in the empire.

Li Xin also expected this kind of situation, put down a stone in his heart, and said with a sigh of relief: "Thank you, Mr. Chen, for being enlightened."

Since Chen Yinming knew that Chen Youlan had a personal relationship with Li Xin but did not stop it, does this mean that Chen Yin did not reject Li Xin?

Chen Yin looked down at the book in front of him again, and said indifferently: "You're welcome, and don't misunderstand. The reason why I pamper you is not because of you, but because of You Lan."

Li Xin's smile froze on his face. This was not the reply he was expecting.

He didn't reply, but secretly said in his heart: No matter how you Chen family speak, you all have the same style? You have to belittle me with a gun and a stick first, right? what's wrong

"If it weren't for His Majesty's great plan, I would never have agreed to marry You Lan to a guy like you who is almost a weak crown, but he has no official position, and he only relies on his ancestors to eat and die." Chen Yin looked at Xiang Li Xin, "Your Lan is really wronged by marrying you. Fortunately, Youlan doesn't reject you, which alleviates the crime in my heart a little, so I turn a blind eye to you two, understand? If Youlan really doesn't like you, the old man would have already reported to His Majesty and canceled your engagement."

As one of the most powerful people in the empire, he does have the ability to change Li Shimin's will, and it is much easier than Li Xin.

Li Xin was sitting upright, looking at Chen Yin without fear, his heart began to burn with anger, what's going on? Why do you hate this old man the more you look at him?