After dinner, the fourth prince took Zhao Yao for a walk in the yard.
After taking a walk and eating, the fourth prince began to teach Zhao Yao the Li family calligraphy.
Although the Li family's characters look strange, they are simpler to write than today's characters. Besides, the Li family characters evolved from the current characters. They are easy to recognize and not difficult to learn.
After studying for an hour, Zhao Yao recognized a lot of Li family characters.
The fourth prince was very happy to see Zhao Yao learning quickly.
"Fourth brother, the Li family characters are not difficult, but the Li family characters are so strange and ugly." Zhao Yao still thought the simplified Chinese characters of Zhao Yao's world in his dream looked good.
The fourth prince smiled and said: "It is indeed strange and ugly, so there is no rumor about the Li family name. Only the Li family knows it."
"Fourth brother, I think the Li family's characters should be a unique code of the Li family, not words." Zhao Yao looked at the weird Li's characters he just wrote and said with a smile, "For those who don't know the Li's characters You will think this is some kind of ghost talisman."
"You are right, this is the secret code of the Li family."
Speaking of secret codes, Zhao Yao suddenly thought of Morse code.
Morse code is more like a code than Lijiazi, and you can communicate through Morse code in the future.
Seeing Zhao Yao frowning and thinking, the fourth prince asked, "What's wrong?"
"Fourth brother, besides the Li family, do other aristocratic families also have their own writing?"
"It used to be there, but now it's gone." The fourth prince said, "Since the book was written in the same text, no one used those characters anymore, and they gradually disappeared. The reason why the Li family's characters can still be used today is because the Li family must learn from the Li family's characters, and the Li family must copy books in Li family characters every year.”
Zhao Yao looked surprised: "Why is there such a rule?"
"Because the Li family wants to pass on the knowledge they know and the books they have acquired from generation to generation. These will always be the foundation of the Li family." The fourth prince said warmly, "If one day, someone takes away all the books in the Li family, they will He won’t recognize the Li family’s book collection either.”
"But doesn't the Li family hide many original original books?"
"The Li family hides these original books in a very secret place." The fourth prince said, "The Li family will not let these original books be lost or snatched away."
After hearing what the fourth prince said, Zhao Yao finally understood why the Li family collected books.
"It turns out that this is why the Li family created their own characters."
"The ancestors of the Li family are very foresighted. Over the years, the Li family has collected more books than the Kong family."
"Does the Kong family have its own characters?"
When the fourth prince heard Zhao Yao's question, he couldn't help but chuckle: "My silly tenth brother, most of the characters we are learning now were created by the Kong family."
"Ah?" Zhao Yao was surprised when he learned about this kind of thing for the first time, "So that's it."
"Many of the books we read now were compiled by the Kong family." The fourth prince was amused by Zhao Yao's stunned look, "In this regard, the Li family is not as good as the Kong family."
"But, fourth brother, didn't your grandfather teach in Taixue?" Zhao Yao pretended to be innocent and said, "Isn't the Li family better than the Kong family in this regard? The Kong family didn't teach in Taixue. "Speaking of which, when Grandpa Huang first established Taixue, he only invited the Li family to teach, but not the Kong family. So far, none of the teachers in Taixue is from the Confucius family.
The Confucius family had their own academy. The Confucius family only studied in their own academy and could not go to Taixue to study. In fact, many people in the Kong family want to go to Taixue to study, but they dare not violate the rules of the clan and go to Taixue to study.
"The Kong family has its own academy, but they look down on Taixue."
On the surface, the Kong family and the Li family are harmonious, but secretly they are so fierce with each other that no one looks down on the other and no one is convinced by the other.
The Li family was not as good as the Kong family in the previous dynasty. However, in the Zhou Dynasty, the status and influence of the Li family were higher than that of the Kong family. For the past twenty years, Kong Taichang's family has been trying to compete with the Li family, but unfortunately they have not succeeded.
The Kong family secretly complained about the Li family, saying that the Li family were lackeys of the royal family and only trained officials for the royal family and did not do literature well.
The Li family thought the Kong family was funny. Back then, the head of the Kong family violated the ancestral precepts and not only supported the bastard King Yun to seize the legitimate heir, but also wasted no time on human life and did many unjust things for King Yun. Compared to their Li family, their Kong family is more like lackeys.
The Kong family was so reviled by the Li family that they couldn't refute even if they wanted to. Although the previous head of the family had been removed from the Kong family, the head of the family back then was a genuine member of the Kong family.
The former head of the family will always be a pain in the hearts of the Kong family and a shame to the Kong family. As long as the head of the family is mentioned, the Kong family will be unable to hold their heads up.
Zhao Yao noticed that when his fourth brother mentioned the Kong family, there was a flash of disdain in his eyes.
"Ah, Taixue is the highest university in Zhou Dynasty. Many people can't get into it. Why do the Kong family look down on Taixue?" Zhao Yao pouted dissatisfied and said, "If you have the ability, the Kong family can get into Taixue."
"The Kong family doesn't bother to take the Imperial Examination."
"I don't think so." Zhao Yao said, "The Kong family definitely want to go to Taixue, but Taixue doesn't want the Kong family."
"The Kong family is a noble family and they look down on academics."
"Pretend to be noble, I think the Kong family must also want to be officials." Zhao Yao curled his lips and said, "None of the scholars want to be an official, and then honor the ancestors. Those who say they are not interested in being officials are actually pretending to be noble, because they want to I can’t be an official.”
The fourth prince was a little surprised. He didn't expect his tenth brother to understand this aspect.
"How do you know the Kong family wants to be officials?"
"Fourth brother, who in the world doesn't want to be an official?" Zhao Yao felt that he was underestimated. He glared at the fourth prince and said, "The ancestors of the Kong family still want to be an official, otherwise how could they lobby everywhere. The Kong family If they don’t want to be officials, then they should just stay in their hometown and teach.”
The fourth prince smiled and said: "It seems that you have been studying well with Mr. Xiao during this period."
"That's not true." Zhao Yao smiled proudly, "By the way, these people are called Gu Ming Diao Yu. Fourth brother, am I right?"
"Yes, that's very true." The fourth prince praised Zhao Yao, "The word fishing for fame is very good." Indeed, there are many people in the Kong family who are fishing for fame. "I have made great progress in my studies during this period. I must continue to study well with Mr. Xiao."
"Fourth brother, I can't study hard every day, but I will study hard every few days." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "I can't stand it if I study hard every day. But, I will study hard every few days." It’s good to study, I can still do it.”
"You, how can you bargain for studying?"
"Anyway, I don't like studying every day." Zhao Yao said with a puffed face, "Besides, I'm not smart at studying. If I study hard every day, I won't be able to bear it."
Listening to Zhao Yao's self-aware words, the fourth prince smiled helplessly and fondly at Zhao Yao and said, "Then you should study hard every few days."
"Fourth brother, it's getting late, I'm going back first." Zhao Yao stood up and said to the fourth prince, "Fourth brother, I will come see you tomorrow and continue to learn Li family calligraphy."
"good."
"It's fun to learn the Li family's calligraphy." Zhao Yao waved to the fourth prince and immediately left Xingde Palace with Tongxi.
He wanted to say hello to the Eighth Prince, but seeing that it was getting late, he had to give up. Besides, I can see the myna tomorrow morning.
Zhao Yao hummed the music of Zhao Yao's world in his dream and jumped back to Kunde Hall.
Seeing that her son was finally back, Liang Zhaoyi quickly asked him what he was doing in Shang Fanling after school in the afternoon.
"I am going to improve paper." Zhao Yao said, "I suggest that they put some things like bamboo, mulberry bark and rattan bark when making paper. The paper made from these things will be very good."
"Really?" Liang Zhaoyi said expectantly, "Then I'll wait."
"When it's done, my concubine, you will be surprised."
Liang Zhaoyi remembered something and said hurriedly: "By the way, Shang Fanling's father-in-law Han personally sent some clay. What do you want the clay for?"
"Be a dear." Zhao Yao said with a mysterious face, "Concubine, I still have something to do, so I'm going to the study first." After that, he ran to the study in a hurry.
Liang Zhaoyi asked Tongxi: "What on earth is he going to do?"
Tongxi shook his head and said, "Your Highness did not tell this slave."
"Mysterious."
"Empress, what your Highness made must be extraordinary, just wait." Tongxi thought of the two iron rings that His Highness had made before. At that time, he thought that the two iron rings were useless, but he did not expect that the two iron rings would be of great use. From then on, he never dared to underestimate what His Highness had made.
"Okay, then I'll wait." Liang Zhaoyi said with a gentle smile, "I won't disturb him."
As soon as Zhao Yao returned to the study, he wrote down what he had in mind about movable type printing.
In order to create movable type printing, he had to create "characters". First, make the clay into embryos of the same size, then carve words on them, and then bake them hard. When printing, apply ink directly.
Zhao Yao took a quill and drew the clay embryo, muttering: "It will take a lot of carving. I don't know how many words there are now."
"No matter what, let Shang Fanling's people carve out all the characters that are usually used. This will make printing much easier."
After a while, Tongxi walked in with ginseng soup.
"Your Highness, it's getting late. It's time for you to take a bath and rest. But you have to drink this bowl of ginseng soup first."
"I'm already fine, why do I still need to drink ginseng soup?"
"This is a tonic soup. Your body still needs to be replenished." Tongxi coaxed, "This is the ginseng prepared specially for you by His Highness. If you don't drink it, wouldn't you be feeling sorry for His Highness?"
"Yes, hundreds of years of ginseng." Zhao Yao said, took the ginseng soup and drank it in a big gulp.
Tongxi glanced at the painting on the table and asked curiously: "Your Highness, what are you painting? Are they words?"
"The secret, you will know it when Shang Fanling makes what I painted." After Zhao Yao drank the ginseng soup, he went to the side hall next door to take a bath.
The next day, after school at noon, Zhao Yao did not go to Lanyuan Pavilion, but returned to Kunde Hall.
Eunuch Han sent a eunuch who was good at carving to Kunde Hall, named Xiaofengzi.
Xiao Fengzi was waiting at the entrance of Wende Hall before noon.
Zhao Yao took Xiao Fengzi back to Kunde Hall, and immediately handed Xiao Fengzi what he had drawn yesterday, and told Xiao Fengzi his request.
"Your Highness, don't worry, I will produce all the words as you requested."
"First find out a few words and show them to me." Zhao Yao solemnly explained again, "Remember, the specifications of these words must be exactly the same, otherwise it will be useless even if you find them."
"Yes, Your Highness."
"Then I'll trouble you."
When Xiao Fengzi heard this, he said with a panic look on his face: "Your Highness, you are speaking harshly."
"Then you go back first and come to me after you finish it." Zhao Yao smiled and said to Xiao Fengzi, "If you do well, I will reward you."
When Xiaofengzi heard this, his expression became very excited; "Your Highness, I must do a good job!"
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