Ganquan Mountain is located in the north of Yunyang County 30 miles, because the mountain has a clear spring and gets the name, even in the middle of summer and June, this place is still very cool, so Qin established a palace here, called "Lin Guang Palace".

Lin Guang Palace can not only take refuge in summer hunting, because it is not far from the north and Shangjun, but also can train troops to deter Rong Di, feast on the feudal domain, Qin Shi Huang arrives at Lin Guang Palace in May and June every year, and returns to Xianyang and Zhangtai in August and September.

According to the emperor's habit of not leaving behind government affairs wherever he goes, many decisions are made here every year.

This year is no exception, Qin Shi Huang's car has just driven into Lin Guang Palace, let Hu Hai and other princes entertain themselves, so he immediately summoned the accompanying court lieutenant Li Si, CRRC Fu Ling Zhao Gao, and Taishi Ling Hu Wujing.

After winning the feudal and county discussions, Li Si has surpassed the left and right phases and has become the real chief assistant of the empire. When the emperor agrees on the national policy, he often asks him directly, and after the monarch and ministers reach a consensus, they notify the prime minister and the imperial doctor......

And today, the emperor asked him to go to Lin Guang Palace together, and summoned him immediately after arriving, so what happened, Li Si also had a little spectrum in his heart.

Look at Zhao Gao, Hu Wujing, the three major calligraphers of the Qin State on the left and right, and they are all together.

The two respectfully invited him forward, and Li Si was not polite, and after smiling slightly, he took the lead in entering the hall.

Qin Shi Huang was dressed in a swarthy "Xuan", standing in the hall with his hands in his hands, and at his feet was a white silk, which was full of many words, and the emperor was staring at these words at the moment, silent.

"Your Majesty!"

The three of them bowed down together, Qin Shi Huang turned around, did not talk nonsense, and said bluntly: "Since the king of Zhou Ping moved eastward, the princes have not unified their politics in the past, and they have harmed themselves with evil rituals and pleasures, and they have all gone to their classics, so they have different clothes, different voices, and different shapes. ”

"For example, today's countries, five miles are different customs, ten miles are different sounds, Zong Zhou Yayan is no more, and it is difficult to return. That's it, but the text is the same, the big seal has been changed, and Qi, Chu, Yan, and Sanjin have their own systems. ”

He looked at Li Si: "Tingwei, you are a famous calligrapher in the world, you have been an official in the Chu State, you know Chu characters, and you have worshiped Xun Qing, you have learned the Sanjin script from him, and you have been to Jixia for several years, and you are no stranger to Qi characters." If I'm not mistaken, when I was fighting with Yan Guo, it was Tingwei who translated Yan Guo's letter into Qin Seal for me, so let's take a look at these words today! ”

Li Si promised, and then moved to the north of the main hall, stepped on the Yan character under his feet and said: "Your Majesty, after the Yan people are called the duke, the surname Ji is a big country, it is best to retro, I have learned Yao Shun Zen Rang, and even the text is often antique." What can be emulated is not the big seal, but the more ancient inscription. ”

"Eating the old is not good." Qin Shi Huang was the most contemptuous of the Yan people.

After that, Li Si moved to the hall again, looked at the text of Zhao Wei and Han and said: "In the land of the Three Jin Dynasty, the folk customs are impatient, and they eat on the machine, and even the text is impatient, they simplify the big seal too much, the horse is not like a horse, the tiger is not like a tiger, and people from other countries can't understand it at all." ”

Then there is the Chu character, Li Si has no mercy on the words of the homeland, and said coldly: "The Chu character is different from the Central Plains, like a bird and an insect, so it is called a bird and insect seal, and in the past hundred years, its writing has become more and more elegant and sloppy, elusive. ”

Finally, he pointed to those Qi characters and said: "Qi is a good Confucian, influenced by the wind of Zou Lu, Qilu characters are more square, but they are somewhat similar to Qin Seal in shape, but it is specific to the comparison......"

Li Si shook his head with a smile, and then waved at Qin Shi Huang: "In short, the shape of the Six Kingdoms characters is extremely disordered, with fewer such as horse characters, more than 20 kinds of writing, and more than 100 kinds of writing, all of which are difficult to distinguish. ”

"As the court commander said, now the six kings have been convicted, and the six kingdoms have been turned into counties, and one decree is the law. However, recently, the local guards and officials have reported that the six countries have different languages, and the decrees of Xianyang must be translated into the local language when they are issued to the localities, so that those officials selected on the spot can understand them......"

"Is this really unreasonable, is this the unification of the six kingdoms under Qin, or the unification of Qin under the six kingdoms?"

Qin Shi Huang was quite displeased with this, and waved his sleeves and said: "Whether it is a Mo, a Confucian, or a Legalist, they all say that the world is set to be one, but speaking of which, what is true unification?" ”

"It's just like the Zhou room, under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. And then rule it with its customs? ”

His ambition did not stop there, he shook his head and said, "I not only want to destroy the Six Nations and one territory. ”

"I should be the law of the day, so that the zhang, ruler, and inch of Jiaodong are consistent with Xianyang, and the bell, stone, and bucket of Huiji are the same as those of Bashu."

"I will get off the track in one day, and the width will be six feet, so that officials and merchants from all over the country can come and go unhindered."

"Now, I also need a text, so that the letters of the thirty-six counties are all in Qin, and there is no need to translate and recopy, so that a Yuyang County official can also understand my edict. In this way, it is truly unified! ”

Zhao Gao took the lead in sycophernating: "Unified weights and measures, cars on the same track, books on the same text, this is an unprecedented feat since the beginning of heaven and earth, Your Majesty is far-sighted and admired." ”

Qin Shi Huang also announced the purpose of summoning the three people: "If I want to stop those who do not cooperate with Qin Wen, from the first month of the next year, there will be officials who use the languages of the Six Kingdoms, and those who violate the first offense will be punished, and then they will be dismissed!" ”

He also said: "The calligraphy of the three sons is exquisite, famous all over the world, and today, he will follow the example of the Zhou Shi "History Chapter", and simplify the more than 3,000 words of the Qin seal, and use the catchy chapters and sentences to write on the simple script. Then as a model, send 36 counties, so that officials, schools copy and practice, will make the Qin character in the counties, exterminate the six different characters! ”

Li Si, Zhao Gao, and Hu Wujing promised that they were no strangers to the "History Chapter", which was a literacy textbook written by King Taishi of Zhou Xuan, and Qin Shi Huang meant that they should each use Qin Seal to compile a literacy textbook suitable for all ages and promote the world......

"Your Majesty, Chenhefu is here to call for his life!"

Just after the three of them were ordered to retreat, a loud voice sounded outside the hall, but it was Zhonglanghu Lingheifu, who was ordered to go to Yunyang County the day before yesterday, came back!

……

After getting permission, Heifu hurriedly entered the palace, and Qin Shi Huang looked at him and said, "Cheng Miao, the subordinate minister, is not dead yet?" ”

"Your Majesty is benevolent, Cheng Miao is fortunate not to die."

As he spoke, Heifu also offered a silk cloth and a simple slip in his arms.

"Your Majesty, this is Cheng Miao's self-presentation!"

"Only now?" Qin Shi Huang sneered: "When Fan Yu rebelled ten years ago, what was he doing. ”

Qin Shi Huang didn't want to take it, but Heifu kept holding it, and he also saw the six languages covered in the hall, and secretly said that he came at the right time, so he lowered his head and said:

"Your Majesty, Cheng Miao knows that he is guilty, so it took him ten years to do a great thing that is beneficial to the country!"

Then, Heifu put Cheng Miao in Yunyang Prison for ten years, and combined with the shorthand style of the Qin officials' record of the case, the matter of 3,000 words of Cheng Lishu was not leaked to the emperor.

Qin Shi Huang's attitude was a little slower, this matter was done by Cheng Miao before he was imprisoned, and because of this, he spared Cheng Miao's life, wanting to see what kind of results he could make.

But the First Emperor is not a patient person, this time he sent Heifu to inspect, if it is effective, it is fine, if it is not, Cheng Miao is afraid that he will live a real prison life.

He took the silk book and bamboo slips brought by Heifu, but saw that they were written in seal script and official script.

Heifu also relayed on his behalf: "Cheng Miao thought that after Your Majesty left the country in one day, whether it was the central government or the county or county, there were more and more political affairs, and the circular seal script was too slow to write, and it was no longer suitable for busy government affairs. The official book made by Cheng Miao, based on the Qin seal, miscellaneous the shorthand writing of Qin officials from all over the country, with a square folding pen instead of a round seal book, Yunyang prison officials tried it, and found that it took a moment and a half to write the decree of 500 words in seal script, but it only took a moment and a half to write in the official book, but it only took a moment to ...... in the official book."

He had served in the grassroots government, so he knew that because of the unique legal system of the Qin State, even a small county temple had to deal with a large number of lawsuits every day, received many government decrees, and issued many edicts.

In the years when there was no printing, the only way was to copy, and the speed of copying directly determined the work efficiency.

Qin Shi Huang is also a person who pays great attention to efficiency, casting a golden man, building a palace requires rapid completion, sometimes the edict he issued the imperial history office is not copied in time, the emperor will be furious, let the sword and pen officials be laid off, a new batch.

Now I heard that Lishu can increase work efficiency by one-third, how can I not like it?

After reading Cheng Miao's self-presentation, Qin Shi Huang asked: "How many characters did Cheng Miao make?" ”

Heifu said: "A total of more than 3,300, each seal character, there is a corresponding official script......"

Qin Shi Huang muttered: "I want to make the world write the same text, so that the thirty-six counties will abandon the script of the Six Kingdoms, use the Qin seal, remove the old characters of the Six Kingdoms, and establish new characters, will it be inappropriate?" If these official documents are sent to the locality, will the officials be able to recognize them? ”

Heifu tried his best to promote this: "Cheng Miao has a word, a scribe, and a seal is also a Jiejie." He did not reinvent the characters, but only slightly modified them, and the glyphs did not change much. Moreover, the minister has heard a saying that the etiquette is simple. Since Shang Jun changed the law, Qin has been streamlining etiquette and removing cumbersomeness, so why can't the text be streamlined? ”

When the minister was in Nanjun, he found that the sword and pen officials in the county had long been using similar techniques to simplify the glyphs to make it easier to write and improve the speed. However, due to their different habits, there are often different shapes of text, which is not a good thing in the long run. It is better to block than sparse, it is better to use the small seal as the orthodox word, the edict, the document is used, the official book is used as the support, and the ordinary record is used, so that whether it is Jiuqing or the county, when dealing with government affairs, it is easy to make an appointment, and it can get twice the result with half the effort, why not? ”

These words dispelled the last trace of hesitation of Qin Shi Huang, and he bowed his head and said: "As Qing said, Cheng Miao was released from prison, came to Lin Guanggong to meet him, and awarded the official book to the sword and pen officer." After Tingwei, CRRC Fuling, and Taishi Ling made their respective seal book chapters, let everyone copy them in official scripts and distribute them all over the world! ”

After that, Qin Shi Huang sighed with emotion: "In the past, Cangjie made words to teach the heirs, and there are words in the world." Now there are subordinate ministers who have written official letters, so as to make appointments, Cheng Miao's sins back then can also offset ......"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Heifu wasted no time in bowing again: "The minister is inspired by Cheng Miao, and he also has an idea, which may be a help for His Majesty's book and writing!" ”

Qin Shi Huang laughed when he heard this: "Could it be that you also want to learn to make words?" First, there were subordinate people to make official books, and now, you also want to make a kind of black letter? ”

"Black ...... Boldface? ”

Heifu almost didn't vomit blood, this kind of font really existed in later generations, but he didn't play the idea of the font, but the carrier of writing......

In order to attract the attention of Qin Shi Huang, Heifu simply began to brag.

He pointed to the slips piled up in the hall with one hand, and picked up a piece of white silk with six languages written on the ground with the other, and said: "The slips are bulky, Your Majesty reads and plays one hundred and twenty catties a day, and the confessors are tired and tired from carrying them back and forth. Silk cloth is expensive, non-ministers dare not use it, and both have their own advantages and disadvantages. ”

Now, the minister wants to combine the advantages and disadvantages of the two, and make a material for His Majesty that is as light as silk cloth and cheaper than simple cloth. The book is written in the seal character, so that the concept of His Majesty's book with the same text is spread all over the world! ”

"The minister thought that this was no less than a big event of Cangjie making words at that time! I hope that Your Majesty will allow the ministers to overstep their duties! ”