After leaving Zhangtai Palace, Ying Shu went to the Shangshu Office.
"I've been waiting for you to see the minister!"
"Um!"
Nodding, Ying Shu looked at everyone: "From today on, the Shangshu Office has completed its mission and will be disbanded!"
"Zhao Gao has returned to the palace and continues to serve as the governor of CRRC!"
"Hi, go to Tingwei Mansion!"
"Chen Ping will stay with me for now. As for Cheng Miao, he will follow me into the palace tomorrow!"
"promise!"
Everyone nodded in agreement, and Yingshu looked at Fusu and said, "The eldest son of the emperor should also go back. His Majesty has another appointment for you!"
"promise!"
.........
Everyone left separately, and only Zhao Shu, Cheng Miao and Chen Ping were left in the room.
At this moment, Cheng Miao spoke up and said, "May I ask, Your Majesty, what is the purpose of your Majesty's summons?"
"Could it be that I was imprisoned in the first place..."
"It has nothing to do with this!"
After taking a sip of the hot tea brought by Chen Ping, Ying Shu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that you have some insights into writing!"
"Your Majesty, you plan to change the text!"
"It will be of great use to you!"
Hearing this, Cheng Miao and Chen Ping looked at each other, their eyes full of excitement. They were both scholars and scholars, so they naturally knew the current situation in the Central Plains.
"The writings of various countries have been passed down for a long time, which is very detrimental to the empire. The reform of writing is imminent!"
Chen Ping sighed with emotion, then raised his hands in the direction of Xianyang Palace and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"
"I was imprisoned because of a miscarriage of writing, so reforming the writing system is a great blessing to the world!" In the same way, Cheng Miao also raised his hand in the direction of Xianyang Palace: "Your Majesty is wise!"
At the same time, Cheng Miao was also extremely excited.
He is just a small official, so he is truly lucky to be able to participate in it!
"Let's go back to our house first!"
Ying Shu glanced at the two of them, and he knew in his heart that neither Cheng Miao, Xi, nor Chen Ping had purchased any property in Xianyang.
Except for Chen Ping who lived in his house, Xi and Cheng Miao had always lived in the official post in Xianyang.
"promise!"
A night without words, the couple loved each other.
The next day.
Ying Shu was in the courtyard. After finishing his martial arts practice, he washed up and took Cheng Miao to Zhangtai Palace.
"My son, I pay my respects to my father. Your Majesty, the Emperor, will live forever—!"
Compared to Wang Wan and Li Si, Zhao Gao and the other two were calm, but Feng Chang, Hu Wujing, and Cheng Miao who were following behind Ying Shu were shocked.
"Your Majesty, Cheng Miao, pays homage to your Majesty. Your Majesty, the Emperor, will live forever—!" At Ying Shu's reminder, Cheng Miao also woke up, suppressed his composure, and quickly saluted the First Emperor.
"No courtesy, stay on your own!"
"promise!"
After the ceremony, Hu Wujing and Cheng Miao kept their eyes on Yingshu, while Yingshu smiled and greeted Li Si, Wang Wan and Hu Wujing.
"Shu has met his teacher, Zuo Xiang, Feng Chang!"
"I've been waiting to see you, Your Majesty!"
After greeting each other, the First Emperor stood up in person, greeted Cheng Miao, raised his hands towards Cheng Miao, and said: "Sir, you made a mistake in the case. I knew it was too late. I dare you to forgive me!"
The First Emperor knew clearly that if he wanted to employ people, he had to be willing.
Cheng Miao was imprisoned due to a wrongful conviction. This was a problem for the empire's legal system, and it was also a problem for him as the emperor. Naturally, he owed Cheng Miao.
Seeing the First Emperor like this, Cheng Miao was horrified and hurriedly bowed to the ground: "Your Majesty changed the writing system. This is the achievement of eternity!"
"I am a minor official who was first promoted by the emperor to participate in the restructuring!"
"Now that I can contribute to Chinese civilization, I am so lucky. How dare I have a personal grudge against myself because of a wrongful conviction!"
At this moment, Cheng Miao was so moved that his eyes suddenly turned red.
These words of the First Emperor made him feel that he was not so aggrieved by being imprisoned.
The First Emperor helped Cheng Miao up and said in a solemn tone: "My special move is to appoint Cheng Miao as the Supervisor of the Censor. The matter of supervising the reform of the writing system is under the supervision of the Censor's Office!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
.......
After a while, they sat down again.
The First Emperor took a sip of tea and said to the ministers: "It was the Right Prime Minister who initiated the reform of the writing system and the writing of the same text."
"Today's court will be dedicated to discussing this matter."
"It's just that the imperial court is the busiest at the moment, with the national government as its top priority. It needs to arrange everything in the fifty-one counties. The right prime minister and the left prime minister will lead the country. The right prime minister will make the overall decision on the reform of the writing system."
"He is served by three people: Hu Wujing, the chief minister, Zhao Gao, the magistrate of the CRRC, and Cheng Miao, the censor."
"Cheng Miao is dedicated to this matter and is responsible for the daily affairs of the restructuring."
"promise!"
At this moment, everyone nodded.
Above the main hall of Zhangtai Palace, there were only two left ministers, Wang Wan and Ying Shu, who were relatively relaxed and belonged to the audience.
Seeing the First Emperor nodding, Li Si also stood up and said: "The three of them are masters of calligraphy. They must be deeply aware of the disadvantages of different calligraphy and writing!" "
"Today, there are at least seven kinds of writing in the world, and there are at least eight or nine ways of writing among officials and people."
"The words have different sounds, the characters have different systems, and the writing styles have different shapes."
"Speeches with different voices are the most difficult thing to unify. Even if there are elegant words, it is difficult to unify countless local languages."
"Therefore, let's leave aside the unification of words!"
"At this time, it is imperative to reform the text!"
"What the Prime Minister said is true!"
At this moment, Hu Wujing and Cheng Miao spoke in unison, and Zhao Gao nodded repeatedly on the side. He didn't feel deeply about this. After all, he had been in Da Qin and wrote in Da Zhuan.
After taking a sip of hot tea, Yingshu spoke and said: "What the right prime minister said is true. The unification of words is imperative. Anyone who dares to stand in the way will be killed!"
"However, any erroneous words or sounds should also be corrected!"
"The empire promotes Mandarin, but as a Qin official, you must speak Mandarin. Use this as a performance assessment!"
"At the same time, all the schools and classrooms in the world must teach students Mandarin!"
"You can speak local languages, but if you want to communicate in the empire, you can only speak in official languages!"
"It may be difficult at first, but the court must persevere. In ten, twenty, even fifty, or one hundred years, the situation will be greatly improved!"
Having said this, Yingshu looked at the First Emperor and Li Si and said: "So, while reorganizing the text, we should also set up the imperial official language!"
“Take this opportunity to promote it!”
.......
"Um!"
The First Emperor nodded, and then turned to Li Si and said, "Mr. Min is right. The empire should implement official language. This matter will be discussed later. Prime Minister Zuo, please continue!"
"promise!"
Nodding in agreement, Li Si said impassionedly: "There are three major axes in character reform." "The first is to verify the total number of characters in the seven countries and determine one by one whether each character has entered the new system."
"The scale here needs to be carefully considered."
"Second, use the Great Seal Script as the benchmark to uniformly reform the scripts of the other six countries."
"Third, we need to determine a clear and simple calligraphy style so that the strokes of any character can be seen clearly."
"Maybe people don't know this word, but they can definitely see it clearly!"
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