moon.
Frost and ice.
Three to five are round, and two to eight are missing.
Jade is the universe, and silver is the palace.
It's like a mirror, like a hook, like a ring, still like a jue.
The young lady in the orchid boudoir adds to her worries, and the people in the elm block complain about leaving.
The Han family is shadowing Echi this evening, and Mu Mu Jinbo's song has not yet been finished.
In order to satisfy Rong Wang Xuan'er's vanity, Zhao Mengqi had no choice but to become a literary thief again and stole a poem by Yang Shen.
It's not very amazing, but it's still above the standard, and everyone here praised it.
Among them, the young minister of Zongzheng Temple, Liu Mengyan, was particularly enthusiastic. "His Royal Highness is of great talent and brilliance. His words are complete and his meaning is infinite. He circulates and circulates smoothly. He can pick it up at his fingertips but it is completely natural. It makes people love him endlessly."
This guy is really a master of flattery.
Immediately afterwards, Taichang Cheng Xie Changyuan also lamented, "His Royal Highness's jade is sitting on a jade, and the style and implication can be arbitrary. Sometimes it is bold and bold like a big river flowing eastward, sometimes it is graceful like a small bridge and flowing water...":
Liu Mengyan was the top scholar twelve years ago, and Xie Changyuan was also the top scholar in that subject. They both had very good talents, and their official careers were smooth. They belonged to the new sect in the court and had great room for advancement.
However, whether they can truly enter the center of power in the future depends on the wishes of the next emperor.
Enterprising people will naturally have to try to establish a good relationship with the successor to the throne in advance.
But now King Yan rarely appears in court, and he doesn't like to party and socialize. Many people come to see him, but they often return without success.
Since it is not easy to get in touch with King Yan, we will adopt a roundabout strategy and start from his biological father, King Rong.
King Rong had no great ambitions, but he could guess the intentions of his courtiers, and he was happy to win people's hearts for his son. Anyway, he never talked about political affairs, only romance, and there was no danger of violating taboos.
Zhao Mengqi is naturally aware of this situation, and he also knows that forming cliques is the norm in politics, so he has nothing to resist and oppose.
For people as talented and virtuous as Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu, Zhao Mengqi would try to keep them in his pocket. Generally, those who came to him on their own initiative would not be ignored. It happened that he could maintain a harmonious relationship through people from King Rong and the Qian family.
Zhao Mengqi knew what kind of person Liu Mengyan was, but he would not show it, and he had no intention of shouting and killing. As the saying goes, making the best use of everything and making the best use of people's talents, villains are not useless at all, it just depends on where they are used. , how to use it.
As for Xie Changyuan, Zhao Mengqi had little impression. He briefly remembered that he later surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty. Perhaps he was forced to follow the trend of the times, but he was definitely not strong-minded.
After politely speaking to the two of them, Zhao Mengqi chatted with the others for a while and was about to find an excuse to leave. However, after seeing Wang Yinglin, the secretary general in Zhejiang Province, doing his work, an idea suddenly popped into his head.
Wang Yinglin is intelligent by nature. He mastered the Six Classics at the age of nine and was promoted to Jinshi at the age of nineteen. Earlier this year, he also passed the very difficult exam of Erxue Hongci.
He is erudite and talented, has dabbled in classics, history, astronomy and geography, is familiar with the anecdote system, and is good at textual research. He is a top-notch outstanding scholar.
Isn’t this an excellent candidate for compiling new teaching materials?
If he were to be an ordinary administrative official, wouldn't it be a waste of talent...
Zhao Mengqi thought of "snatching" him to the right path, so he said, "During the Dragon Boat Festival, I made the first three words on a whim, and I thought it was quite interesting."
"Three-character poem? It was most prosperous in the Han Dynasty, but it is rarely used in recent times. This is because this style is not easy to be brilliant, but with your highness' talent, it will definitely be a masterpiece." Wang Yinglin's interest was aroused.
Zhao Mengqi smiled and said, "I don't want to take it seriously as a masterpiece. I just want to change the taste and let me read it."
"It's the middle of the day, and the afternoon is fierce. Rain doesn't rain, and the sky doesn't rain. Fans can cool down the wind and cool down the heat. The river is endless, and the water is boundless."
The bridge is horizontal and the trees are like shepherd's purse. Yuwa Chang, Jinlin Li. Racing on dragon boats and swinging rhinoceros. Yin thunder drums and floating clouds blow.
When Mi Qi came out, he exposed the enemy. Ai Nai advocated, Yu Hao continued. They fight for each other and control each other. Chu Manji, Bayu prostitute.
The shadow shines on the hairpin, and the foam splashes on the sleeve. The mountains are purple and the sun is shining. The scales are worn by the clouds, and the toad hooks are decorated. There is no waste of joy, and rest when you are tired.
List [Expression] 艛, Pan-Rong descent.
A handsome old man, still a child's play. Effect Qi Gan, [expression] wave type. "
Wang Yinglin nodded along with the rhythm of the poem while listening. After listening to it, he couldn't help but praise, "This poem is catchy and returns to nature. It makes people feel like they are back on the banks of the Dragon Boat Festival, with the gongs, drums and trumpets of the dragon boat ringing in their ears." The sound of the five-colored dragon boats competing with each other in pursuit of the wind and lightning appeared in my eyes."
Seeing that Wang Yinglin "took the bait," Zhao Mengqi began to raise the thread, "Wang Qian won the prize, and the rest is nothing, but I think the three-character pattern is not only smooth, but also short, concise, and easy to remember."
"That's true." Wang Yinglin nodded in agreement.
Zhao Mengqi continued, "I have an idea. Is it possible to write an enlightenment reading in three-character style, like a thousand-character essay? What does Wang Qianban think?"
"A three-word, thousand-character essay?" Wang Yinglin was surprised and seemed to be touched in his heart.
"Well, for example, in the beginning, human beings are inherently good by nature. Their natures are similar, but their habits are far apart. If you don't teach, your nature will change. The way to teach is to be professional. Starting from this, we will summarize the thousands of years of Chinese literature, history, astronomy, geography, Human ethics, loyalty, filial piety, justice, etc. are all integrated so that readers can have a basic concept of China's history through this article."
Zhao Mengqi followed the guidance and planned to guide Wang Yinglin to write the Three Character Classic in advance.
"At the beginning of human life, nature is good..." Wang Yinglin seemed to be in a trance, always feeling that these sentences seemed familiar.
"Wang Qianban, Wang Qianban, what do you think?" Zhao Mengqi woke him up.
Wang Yinglin subconsciously said, "Great kindness!"
Zhao Mengqi added, "I have improved the printing technology, which has greatly improved the efficiency and reduced the cost. If Wang Qianban can compile it, it will be printed into a book, so that every child in the world will have a copy." , which will definitely improve the culture and education of our dynasty like never before."
"Ah? Written by Chen?" Wang Yinglin was a little confused, always feeling that something was wrong.
Zhao Mengqi did not wait for him to figure it out and continued, "Wang Qianban is extremely knowledgeable. Of course it is your turn to write it, and then add punctuation marks and pinyin. With such teaching materials, enlightenment education will become easier. One teacher can teach hundreds of students..."
"Wait a minute, what is this pinyin?" Wang Yinglin was already thrown into the ditch by Zhao Mengqi's words and really started to think about compiling the Three Character Classic.
Regarding punctuation marks, with the emergence of some new editions of books, many people are aware of them, but have not heard of pinyin.
"It's just used to mark the pronunciation of words, you see..."
Immediately, Zhao Mengqi took out his pen and paper and explained while writing. Not only Wang Yinglin listened attentively, but others were also very interested and joined in. When they had questions, they directly asked questions, and Zhao Mengqi answered them immediately.
In ancient times, the earliest straight phonetic method was used, which means "a certain character is pronounced like a certain character", "a certain character is pronounced like a certain character", "a certain character is pronounced like a certain character", etc., to give a word with homophones or close pronunciations.
Later, with the development of the times, the Qieyin method appeared, that is, fanqie, "someone cut" and "someone fan", which means taking the initial consonant of the previous character and the final rhyme of the following character.
As a result, to distinguish and determine the correct pronunciation of words, you have to rely on rhyme books. There are also many types of rhyme books, and they are all large, which is actually difficult to memorize.
Scholars of this era, whether they were writing articles, poems or lyrics, all paid attention to rhythm, so phonology must be mastered. If you make mistakes in this during the imperial examination, you will lose your reputation.
However, even if you just memorize the "Reconstruction of Guangyun in the Song Dynasty" that was popular at this time, it is an extremely difficult task. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a kind of torture. Therefore, it is not easy to become a qualified scholar.
Zhao Mengqi did not completely copy the pinyin symbols of later generations, but made some improvements based on the style of Chinese characters. Except for himself, who was not used to it, others saw it for the first time and did not notice the difference.
After telling it for a long time, Wang Yinglin was worthy of being a man of profound knowledge and strong memorization. He had already understood the general secret of it and praised it repeatedly.
"Dashan, with twenty-six simple and easy-to-remember runes, composed of more than thirty initial consonants and dozens of finals, and supplemented by four tones symbols, you can spell out any word. It is really great." convenient!"
The Chinese pronunciation at this time is still quite different from that of later generations.
, the number of initial consonants and the number of finals are much higher, so the phonetic notation cannot be copied by later generations.
Zhao Mengqi provided this idea, but the specific work still needs to be improved by real scholars.
"If you want to truly implement pinyin, you must rewrite a rhyme book. No, you should integrate the dictionary into it. Not only will you not only give each word a phonetic notation, but also give an explanation, so that people can understand a word more comprehensively. words, so we can call it a "dictionary"! "
Everyone was surprised, "Dictionary!?"
"Dian" is not used casually. The original meaning of the word "dian" refers to important documents and books with exemplary value.
The content of classics is something that people should believe in and abide by, so it is extended to common principles and norms, which is further extended to systems and legal principles, and then to etiquette, rituals and ceremonies.
Wang Yinglin's eyes couldn't help but shine. If he could compile a classic, his name would go down in history and he would be admired through the ages.
But he also understood that this matter was not only complicated, it also required a lot of people, it would definitely take a long time, and most importantly, it would cost a huge amount of money and food.
Even King Rong said, "This is a work that will benefit the present generation and will benefit the future. I'm afraid it won't be easy to accomplish. There are a lot of Chinese characters."
Zhao Mengqi laughed and said, "It's actually not difficult. In fact, the number of commonly used characters we use should only be around a thousand. We should first compile a commonly used version, because it is mainly used by beginners."
"Your Highness is right, but I think it's complicated." Wang Yinglin suddenly realized.
Zhao Mengqi thought for a while and then said, "After the commonly used dictionary is compiled, we can compile another commonly used dictionary, and then we can compile an encyclopedia or something."
"Encyclopedia?" Wang Yinglin thought about it for a moment and read the meaning of the text. "Your Highness, you mean a class book? When I was preparing for the Erudue Hongci exam, I compiled a lot of information and compiled a class book, which was divided into astronomy, geography, official system, and food. The twenty-one chapters can be used by scholars to find allusions, but they are still far from being truly perfect. After all, I am limited in my ability."
"That's what it means, but it's not for scientific examinations of too advanced knowledge, but to incorporate knowledge from other industries. It should be concise and easy to understand, with practicality as the main purpose..."
Zhao Mengqi continued to elaborate on his thoughts, "In addition, I also plan to imitate the model of the imperial palace newspaper and publish a public newspaper that publishes imperial decrees, current affairs news, cultural exchanges, etc...."
The more people listened, the more shocked they became. They were stunned by King Yan's fantastic ideas.
It turns out that King Yan did not only prefer military affairs, but also had so many unique insights and plans in civil affairs.
Zhao Mengqi felt thirsty, drank a whole bottle of wine, and continued, "I am going to set up a literary and propaganda department to be responsible for the above affairs, and I would like to ask Wang Qianban to do this promotion!"
"This?" Wang Yinglin was not mentally prepared and couldn't help but hesitate.
But both Liu Mengyan and Xie Changyuan's eyes were glowing red at this time.
Mother, who doesn’t know now that all these newly established government offices are the direct lineage of King Yan, and those who can be in charge of any of these departments will be the ministers of King Yan after he succeeds to the throne!
