Lu Jing saw the unwillingness in Tang Zezhong's eyes, so he included him in the list of must-be eliminations, and at the same time secretly wondered in his heart, who was targeting him, and what thoughts did the emperor have in mind when he punished Tang Zezhong lightly.

Although the crisis has been temporarily resolved, I don't know what the situation of Qinglin Academy and Yangzhou is at the moment, and Tang Zezhong's participation in the performance is somewhat true and somewhat false.

If the punctuation marks are not recognized by the imperial court, sooner or later someone will take advantage of this matter to deal with them.

So Lu Jing suggested to Emperor Yuanyong: "Enlighten the emperor, Weichen suggests that punctuation should be introduced in the official documents of the imperial court!" ”

"What you think!" Emperor Yuanyong said in a deep voice.

Lu Jing replied: "When the minister was in Suzhou, he heard a case from someone, there was a gentry in Suzhou, and when he was dying, he made a will: the property of a son born to Yu Huo 80 was completely paid to his son-in-law, and outsiders did not interfere. ”

Because of this will, the son of the gentry and his son-in-law went to court, and both considered themselves heirs.

His son-in-law said: 'I have eighty years to live, and I have a son who has been born, and the property of the family is completely paid to my son-in-law, and no outsiders are allowed to interfere. ’

His son said: 'The remaining eighty years of life, the birth of a son, the property of the family, is paid in full, and the son-in-law is not allowed to interfere with outsiders.' ’

The presiding judge also felt embarrassed by this will, and was unable to judge the case for a while. ”

"If punctuation is introduced, the sentence is clear and unambiguous."

Seeing that Emperor Yuanyong nodded, Lu Jing said again: "Please ask the emperor to give the minister a pen and paper, and the minister will write a sentence, this sentence is also different due to the different sentences, and there are many interpretations." ”

Emperor Yuan Yong nodded, and asked people to carry a table, on which were placed pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Lu Jing wrote: "When it rains, I don't stay with guests." ”

Lu Jing found Peng Chu, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and after greeting him, he asked, "May I ask what Master Peng means by this?" ”

Peng Bo said: "When it rains, keep guests, stay, I don't stay, even if you want to keep me, I won't stay." ”

After Lu Jing smiled and thanked him, he walked up to Yang Shi in the Ministry of Rites and asked, "I wonder if Lord Yang and Master Peng mean the same thing?" ”

Yang Shi shook his head and said: "As the official understands, this sentence was written by the master, even if it rains, he will not keep guests." ”

After Lu Jing thanked him, he asked Fu Chun in the Household Department: "I don't know how Master Fu understands?" ”

Fu Chun smiled: "It's raining to keep guests, don't you stay?" Stay! ”

Then Lu Jing asked Lin Ruhai again, and Lin Ruhai knew what Lu Jing meant, so he made a different interpretation: "It's raining, keep guests, don't stay or not?" ”

……

Then Lu Jing showed everyone that if the sentence is broken in different places, the meaning of this sentence will be different.

After the display, Lu Jing said to Emperor Yuanyong: "Emperor Qi, this matter was originally the experience of the ministers, and the ministers originally wanted to keep the guests, but the guests mistakenly thought that the ministers were chasing the guests, so they resigned by themselves. ”

"This is still the case in life, the official documents of the DPRK and China are very important, especially some policies, if they are misinterpreted, they will affect the people of a county or even a prefecture."

Emperor Yuan Yong did not say whether he was committal, but turned to the book and asked, "What are your so-called punctuation marks, and how to use them?" ”

When Lu Jing heard this, his heart suddenly relaxed, and he hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, the minister divides punctuation into three categories, namely dots, markers, and symbols, among which dots are used for pauses of different lengths in sentences, or to express tone, and markers are used to indicate the quality or function of words in sentences, and if they meet, they are used to annotate, avoid, and replace. ”

"Periods have periods, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, pauses, semicolons, colons, and if the meaning of the sentence is sufficient, the full stop is recorded; If you don't have enough, write a comma; Although the meaning is insufficient, but it is glued with the previous sentence, the score is marked; If the intention is not enough, add a sentence, then remember the colon; Those who are surprised and admire the language will remember the exclamation mark, and the question will be marked with a question mark. ”

"Markings include quotation marks, parentheses, dashes, ellipses, accents, book titles, spacers, hyphens, and proper names; The symbols include annotation number, concealment number, void number, slash number, identification number, substitution number, bead number, and arrow number. ”

When citing a reference, put quotation marks before and after the sentence; In addition, parentheses are placed before and after the sentence...... Where the two sections are connected, add a connecting sign ......"

After listening to Lu Jing's detailed introduction, Emperor Yuan Yong nodded and asked the ministers: "Taking advantage of today's court meeting, you are all one, in the future, your recitals, official documents issued by the imperial court, do you want to introduce these punctuation?" ”

Guo Si, the co-organizer of the university, hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, if you add points to the official document, you can more accurately convey the will of the imperial court, and the old minister thinks it is beneficial and harmless." ”

"The minister also agrees with this matter, and after adding points, the meaning of the sentence is clear, and it is clear at a glance, and the minister thinks that it should be implemented as soon as possible!" Feng Yanji stood up and said.

Li Qian, Chen Ju, Xu Jingnian and others also realized Emperor Yuanyong's thoughts, and expressed their approval of this proposal, although there was no shortage of opponents, but most of them expressed their support.

Emperor Yuan Yong's eyes raised slightly, glanced at everyone, and then said to Lu Jing: "In this case, you should clearly write down the classification and usage of punctuation, and I will make people discuss it before promoting it." ”

"Wechen obeys!" Lu Jing bowed calmly.

Emperor Yuan Yong said: "Continue the discussion!" ”

Lu Jing saw that the emperor did not let him retreat, so he stayed in the middle and found a position in the back to stand still, observing the gods of the Great Rao to see if he could find any clues.

After returning home, Lu Jun and Lu Jing's uncle and nephew entered the study to discuss the affairs of the court.

"You can doubt the object in your mind?" Lu Jun asked with a worried face.

"No clue!" Lu Jing shook his head and said, since entering Beijing, except for the Qionglin banquet, he passively and Xu Chengjing have made a move, and he has not offended anyone else, and not many people know about the affairs of Hangzhou, except for Qi Zhe, Guo Cong, Su Youzhi and others.

It has not been a month since he was promoted, and it is impossible for those who are jealous to deal with him, and he can go to Yangzhou to learn about his affairs in the academy, he must have premeditated to deal with himself.

Lu Jun nodded and said: "Suo is in the court and there is no danger, but if you behave like this at the court meeting today, I am afraid that it will attract the attention of more courtiers, and there are advantages and disadvantages. ”

"Second uncle, rest assured, my nephew will definitely learn this lesson!" Lu Jing said solemnly, he originally wanted to be a low-key person, but people kept making things happen to him, and he was getting more and more high-profile.

"Check that Tang Zezhong carefully, I guess there is a mastermind behind him!" Lu Jun said with a solemn expression.

"Second uncle don't worry, my nephew will definitely find out who is behind the scenes!" Lu Jing persuaded that since someone wants to deal with him, he will not be soft.

"After a few years, I will return to Hangzhou, you should be more attentive in Beijing, and discuss with Brother Ruhai in case of trouble!" Lu Jun explained.

After sending Lu Jun away, Lu Jing summoned Lu Zheng and asked him to focus on investigating Tang Zezhong's interpersonal relationships and life affairs, and at the same time sent Ran Yangzhou to investigate the matter and find out what the situation in Yangzhou was.