Chapter 1526

It wasn't just Gao Yang; she thought the same way.

"How should I move regarding the interpretation and annotation of the classics?" Wu Zhao asked.

"Your Majesty, this is not difficult; directly abolish the Pei family's right to annotate, promote another great Confucian, use his interpretation as the standard answer for the imperial examinations, and then promote it to the world through the Da Qian Daily!"

In the end, it still required the Da Qian Daily to curb the Pei family's right to annotate.

"This Da Qian Daily should be born now, right?" Wu Zhao asked, her face full of expectation.

Gao Yang had said before that with two moves, he would directly destroy the Pei family, meaning that once the Da Qian Daily came out, the Pei family... would be completely obliterated!

"Your Majesty, do not be impatient; the birth of the Da Qian Daily and the manipulation of public opinion require a flashpoint; movable type printing and blood curses alone are not enough."

"Your subject boldly suggests that Your Majesty can set up a sacrifice at the Zhu Que Platform, burn bamboo paper to sacrifice to heaven in public, and the ashes after burning will fall into a gold basin without black smoke."

Wu Zhao looked thoughtful, "You want to use me to legitimize bamboo paper? Then launch the Da Qian Daily, publish the sacrifice of bamboo paper to heaven in it, and promote it thoroughly throughout Da Qian?"

"Exactly!"

"Then what should I say when I sacrifice to heaven?"

"Your subject has already thought it out for Your Majesty; Your Majesty can say in public, 'Bamboo paper is pure, reaching the ears of heaven; if bamboo paper attracts ghosts, it damages the literary veins of my Da Qian scholars and stifles their literary fortune, I shall meet the King of Hell first'."

Wu Zhao nodded, understanding Gao Yang's meaning.

"Then should the mulberry paper be burned?"

"Naturally, burn it."

"Because Your Majesty wants to promote bamboo paper, you must suppress mulberry paper; looking at it now, it's not enough, so we can just use the sacrifice to heaven to let it ferment!" Gao Yang said with a smile.

Wu Zhao frowned.

"Prime Minister Gao, I understand your meaning, but how does this suppress mulberry paper? Even if both are burned, what is there to make an issue of?"

Gao Yang's eyes were deep as he stared at Wu Zhao.

"Your Majesty, you misunderstand; because the results of burning mulberry paper and bamboo paper are completely different—mulberry paper emits billowing black smoke after burning!"

"This point can be used to make an issue!"

As soon as these words were out, Wu Zhao and Shangguan Wan'er looked at each other, puzzled.

"Prime Minister Gao, why does bamboo paper have no black smoke after burning, while the Pei family's mulberry paper emits black smoke?"

Gao Yang's eyes were deep as he gave an answer that left Wu Zhao extremely stunned, "Because of the Pei family's conscience."

"The Pei family's conscience?"

Wu Zhao looked stunned, her noble face, white to the point of transparency, full of doubt; she stared at Gao Yang with her phoenix eyes and asked, "Prime Minister Gao, how is this to be explained?"

"In order to show off their status, the Pei family deliberately mixed silk into the pulp when making this mulberry paper, even if it was just scraps."

"The purpose is simple: this way, it makes the mulberry paper look luxurious, and because silk is hard to rot, it can extend the life of the mulberry paper!"

"But once it burns... it will have billowing black smoke!"

Wu Zhao became interested.

She did not speak, just signaled for Gao Yang to continue.

Gao Yang picked up the tea brought by the palace maid and moistened his lips, saying, "From the perspective of the subject of chemistry, the main component of silk is silk protein, and its molecular structure contains a large amount of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and other elements."

"Once ignited, the silk protein will react at high temperatures, and the carbon elements will form extremely tiny carbon particles, which is the main component of black smoke!"

"At the same time, sulfur and nitrogen will generate irritating odors like sulfur dioxide and hydroxides at high temperatures."

"Your Majesty, has your subject explained it clearly?"

Gao Yang asked tentatively.

Wu Zhao frowned.

She was listening in a fog, completely bewildered.

"I recognize every word, but combined, I don't understand; but I understand your meaning, which is that the Pei family's mulberry paper is mixed with silk, so it emits black smoke when burned."

"Then will bamboo paper not generate black smoke?"

Gao Yang shook his head and said, "No, the main component of bamboo paper is cellulose; it oxidizes completely when burned, generating carbon dioxide and water, and the ashes are gray-white."

"Your subject didn't mix in any silk; that's too expensive."

Wu Zhao: "..."

She never expected that the Pei family's conscience would actually become a major reason for their death; this Living Yama... is truly ruthless!

Gao Yang explained these principles, and only then did she understand, but what about the common people who didn't know the truth?

Wu Zhao could almost imagine the scene; it would definitely be extremely explosive.

At that time, what would be linked to the talk of ghosts and gods would not be bamboo paper!

"So, is the quality of mulberry paper actually better than bamboo paper?" Wu Zhao thought of a question and suddenly spoke.

Upon hearing this, Gao Yang hurriedly said with a straight face, "Your Majesty, your subject has never been so shameless as to say the quality of bamboo paper exceeds that of mulberry paper; at the morning court that day, your subject added some other tricks to the mulberry paper, so in fact... it wasn't very fair!"

"Bamboo paper must have alum added, otherwise the quality is extremely poor and it doesn't preserve well; bamboo paper is just to challenge the monopoly of the noble families, lower the cost, bring mulberry paper back to a normal price, and coexist in the world."

Upon hearing this, Wu Zhao stared at Gao Yang with her phoenix eyes in disbelief.

Even she had been deceived at the morning court that day!

If the Pei family knew this, they would probably be angry enough to vomit blood.

The Living Yama... is too insidious!

"I understand; I will do as Prime Minister Gao says, and then launch the Da Qian Daily!"

Gao Yang nodded, but then continued, "Your Majesty, besides the comparison of burning mulberry paper and bamboo paper, there is one more thing Your Majesty can publish in the Da Qian Daily."

"As long as this is published, it will definitely detonate public opinion and make the Pei family doomed forever!"

Wu Zhao thought of the words the Pei family used at the morning court to make Gao Yang take action, and she said uncertainly, "Lord Gao, can those words really detonate the public opinion of the world?"

Gao Yang smiled and said extremely confidently, "Your Majesty, it will wrap the fire." **CHAPTER 1528**