Zhao Zhen laughed heartily in the palace, and Kou Ji angrily scolded his mother in the house.

Kou Zhun arrived at Kou Ji's study not long after Chen Lin left.

"The old man heard that the official family has beheaded the people of the nine clans of the Liu family?"

After Kou Zhun entered the study, he found a place to sit down and asked casually.

Koji nodded.

Kou Zhun asked, "What about Liu Heng?" ”

Kou Ji sighed, "When I was escorted back to Beijing, I encountered a big flood in the Yellow River, and people and boats were washed away. ”

Kou Zhun was stunned for a moment and pouted, "The official family really gives you face......

Kou Ji smiled bitterly and did not speak.

Kou Zhun said with a strange expression: "The problem you have been worried about has been solved, why are you sad?" ”

Kou Ji sighed: "The condition is that I have a pair of children. ”

Kou Zhun was stunned for a moment, then slapped the table and roared: "He wants to be beautiful!" ”

Kou Ji said frankly: "At present, only the marriage letter sent by God has been sent, and when the official family has a prince, I am afraid that the marriage letter of Xiao Nan will be sent." ”

Xiao Nan is not the name that Kou Ji gave to his daughter, nor is it a milk name, but a generic name for a little girl by the ancients.

Kou Zhun snorted coldly: "He wants to send his daughter to my Kou family, and let my little cub of the Kou family spoil it, and the old man has nothing to say." But he wanted to make Xiao Nan the princess, but the old man would never agree. ”

Speaking of this, Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji and said, "You are not allowed to agree......"

Kou Ji nodded solemnly.

Kou Zhun snorted: "The palace is a nest of right and wrong, and if you send your daughter to the palace, you will be punished." ”

Kou Ji agreed with Kou Zhun very much, and said, "Obey my grandfather's orders. ”

Kou Zhun's face softened a little, "Since Liu Heng's problem has been perfectly solved, the old man doesn't have to stay in the mansion to watch you, and you don't have to stay in the mansion and not even show your face."

The old man heard that the phonological books you presided over the compilation were very beneficial to the education of our Great Song Dynasty.

You've been in the house for a long time, and you haven't gone to the place where the book is compiled, so I'm afraid the people below are a little lazy.

Now that you can go out, you should go over and keep an eye on it. ”

"Yes......"

Kou Ji agreed.

Kou Zhun didn't say anything more, went out of Kou Ji's study, told Kou Zhong to pack up his things, and moved back to the Wenchang School to live.

After Kou Zhun left, Kou Ji went out of the study and saw Kou Tianci playing with Liu Heng's son Liu Boxu.

The young Liu Boxu didn't know that the Liu family had been destroyed, let alone that his father had been wiped out from the sea of people.

He was having fun with Kou Tianci.

The two of them held a small family dog and kept having fun in the small garden not far from the study.

Now that there are more iron-eating beasts in the house, and they are raised in one place, Kou Tianci does not dare to go to the big bamboo garden to toss the iron-eating beasts.

Iron-eating beasts have been domesticated and rarely hurt people, but that doesn't mean they don't hurt people.

Kou Tianci had tossed the Iron Eater before, and the Iron Eater was in a hurry, and the Iron Eater raised his slap and called at him.

Thanks to the timely intervention of the guards who followed him, he was spared.

The guard broke his arm because of this, and it took more than a month to recover.

Since then, Kou Ji has forbidden Kou Tianci to go to the Great Bamboo Garden to toss the iron-eating beasts.

If Kou Tianci really wanted to play, Kou Ji would let people bring out a few non-aggressive cubs for him to play, but the big iron-eating beast, Kou Ji did not allow Kou Tianci to touch.

The small iron-eating beast has to go to the big bamboo garden often to hug it, which is very annoying.

Kou Tianci didn't bother to deal with them anymore, and recently became obsessed with playing with the little yellow dog.

The little yellow dog was hugged from Zhang Zhibai's mansion.

Zhang Zhibai is an official and poor, and the family guards in the house are mostly old servants who have lost their teeth, and they can't prevent thieves at all, so they have three domestic dogs in the house.

Recently gave birth to cubs.

After class, Kou Tianci took two of them back home.

The little guy has a big face, and he is used to going everywhere.

In order to take care of him, some people also raised some rare pets in the house for him to take away.

Now in Bianjing City, there is also a joke.

That is, 'where Kou Tianci passes, the chickens and dogs are not left'.

Zhang Fu lost two puppies, and he didn't check them, so he sent someone to the Koufu Courtyard and asked Kou Ji for the money for selling the two puppies.

Kou Ji knew Zhang Zhibai's personality, knew that he was the kind of person who broke a penny in half and spent it, and also knew that he sent someone to ask for dog money, not pretentious, so he happily settled the money.

After all, it was his son who did the black hand first.

However, it is okay to take some kittens and puppies on weekdays, and if you grow up and take a few girls home, it will not be good.

With Zhao Zhen's temperament, knowing that Kou Tianci came nonsense before he got married, he would definitely get Kou Tianci to be confined and spanked in Zongren Mansion.

Kou Ji felt the need to teach his son.

"You two, come over to me!"

Koji shouted at the two people playing in the small garden.

The two little ones were stunned at first.

Kou Tianci was the first to react, he took one of the legs of the little yellow dog, and ran out of the small garden with the little yellow dog's miserable wail.

Liu Boxu was well-behaved, and after looking back at Kou Tianci, who had run away and was gone, he hugged his little yellow dog and walked in front of Kou Ji step by step.

Kou Ji looked at the direction in which Kou Tianci disappeared, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "Am I that terrible?" ”

Just as Kou Ji was muttering, Liu Boxu had already walked in front of Kou Ji.

Liu Boxu saluted Kou Ji obediently, "Shibo ......"

"Hmmm......"

Kou Ji sighed secretly in his heart, but his face quietly agreed.

He wanted to teach Kou Tianci whether it was fake, and his real purpose was to talk to Liu Boxu.

Liu Boxu is still young, and he has been staying in the Kou Mansion, so he doesn't know that the nine clans of the Liu family have been executed.

He took Liu Boxu out of Liu's mansion, and Zhao Zhen did not pursue the matter, and no one came to ask him to ask Liu Boxu.

Liu Boxu is as if he doesn't exist.

Kou Ji stared at Liu Boxu and said, "You have also reached the age of entering school, Tianci has been reading for more than half a year, and you can't waste it." In a few days, I will find a time to talk to Zhang Gong, and in the future, you will go to Zhang Gong's mansion with Tianci to study. ”

Liu Boxu was stunned for a moment, and said seriously: "The eldest lady invited me to ...... husband, just in the house."

Kou Ji nodded and said, "I know about this matter, but your father has an important errand to do temporarily, and your two mothers and relatives have also followed." Before leaving, they entrusted you to me, and I will naturally urge you to go to school, and you will listen to me in the future. ”

When Liu Boxu heard this, he was stunned.

After a long time, tears welled up in my eyes.

"Daddy...... Mother......"

Liu Boxu was very well-behaved, but he just stood there and burst into tears, without shouting or screaming.

Kou Ji looked distressed and slowly took him into his arms.

Liu Boxu lay in Kou Ji's arms and cried for a long time, and the sadness in his heart was difficult to alleviate.

Kou Ji was not very good at comforting the child, so he could only take him and found the little sister of the Xiang family, and the little sister of the Xiang family comforted him.

It is a good hand to comfort the child to the little sister of the family.

Not long after Kou Ji handed over Liu Boxu to the little sister of the Xiang family, the little sister of the Xiang family laughed at Liu Boxu.

Subsequently, the little sister of the Xiang family took Liu Boxu to find Kou Tianci, and not long after, a hearty laugh sounded in a small garden.

After hearing the hearty laughter, Kou Ji's heart relaxed a lot.

"I've been in the house for a long time, it's time to go to Ruisheng Garden to have a look......

Since he was not in the upper court, Kou Ji did not change into official clothes, and directly wore a plain clothes and arrived at Ruisheng Garden.

When they arrived at the door, they flashed their waist signs, and the guards hurriedly got out of the way and let Kou Ji into the garden.

As soon as he entered the garden, Kou Ji was stunned.

In the past, the Ruisheng Garden, which was deserted and deserted, has now become very lively.

There is the sound of reading, and there is also the sound of noise.

There are also figures constantly walking through the middle of the garden.

What's more, Kou Ji saw some great Confucians, pulling the eunuchs who maintained the garden, and indulging in songs.

You must know that in the Great Song Dynasty, except for a few eunuchs in important positions, most of the eunuchs were looked down upon.

The courtiers of the Chinese dynasty did not hide their contempt for eunuchs.

The Confucians didn't bother to talk to the eunuchs on weekdays, let alone pull the eunuchs to sing indulgingly.

Perhaps, those who engage in academia will be more pure?

With this in mind, Kou Ji bypassed the great Confucians and eunuchs who were indulging in singing, and walked towards the place where the noise came from.

As he approached the place where the noise came from, Kou Ji could hear some of the conversation intermittently.

He was the author of two phonological books.

It's noisy for the literal meaning of a word.

They are arguing about the word 'big'.

There is no disagreement between the two on the original meaning of the word 'big'.

The disagreement lies in the regional meaning of the word 'big'.

One of the officials believed that the word 'big' in some places in Qinchuan was a kind of title for elders, meaning the same as father and father, and that it should be written in the book when compiling the book.

Another official thought that the phonological books they wrote would be used throughout the country in the future, not in Qinchuan, so similar dialects should not appear in the books.

The two quarreled over this.

It's been arguing for five days.

Kou Ji knew a long time ago that the ancients were very rigorous in their writing.

But he didn't expect that the ancients would be strict to the point of paranoia.

In this regard, Kou Ji did not feel that there was anything wrong, but was very pleased.

Phonological books are the prototype of dictionaries.

It is a must-read for generations of readers in the future.

It should indeed be rigorous.

When Kou Ji appeared in front of the two, the two were already arguing.

Seeing Kou Ji, the two hurriedly saluted.

"Xiaguan has seen Kou Longtu."

Kou Ji smiled at the two and nodded, "No need to be polite......"

One of them saluted Kou Ji again and said, "The two officials are vulgar, let Kou Longtu see the joke." ”

Kou Ji shook his head slowly and said with a smile: "What we are doing now is to benefit the people, so naturally we can't make a mistake." It doesn't matter if we're arguing now, as long as we can make up for the mistakes, it's all worth it. If we are negligent, or unwilling to care, we reveal a little mistake and are pointed out, and then others will laugh at all of us. ”

"Korontu teaches ......"

The two bowed and replied.

Kou Ji smiled and asked, "I have been delayed for some time because of some political affairs, and I haven't come for a long time, can you eat and live well?" ”

The two hurriedly said: "There are eunuchs and palace ladies in the garden to take care of them, and the lower officials and others eat well and sleep well." ”

Kou Ji smiled and nodded, "That's good...... Where is Jia Changchao? ”

"Jia sacrificial wine is in the garden, discussing with a few Confucians."

"I'll take a look......"

Kou Ji hurried to the place where Jia Changchao and the others were discussing.

As soon as I entered the discussion place, I saw a bunch of people staring at a thick stack of paper in a daze.

Kou Ji made a rough estimate, and it was a foot and a half thick.

"It's ......"

Kou Ji couldn't help but let out a sound, attracting everyone's attention.

The group of people hurriedly got up and saluted Kou Ji.

Someone arched his hand from afar, and someone bent down deeply.

Naturally, the great Confucians who came to participate in the compilation of phonological books were the officials who had been mobilized from all over the country to participate in the compilation of phonological books.

"You don't have to be polite, I see that you are worried, but what difficulties have you encountered?"

Kou Ji waved his hand and asked.

Jia Changchao bowed to Kou Ji and said, "What Kou Longtu sees now is the herb of the phonological books that we have sorted out day and night. It contains all the Chinese characters and their approximate meanings, but the specific meanings of the characters, as well as the phonetic annotations, are still being compiled and have not yet been entered into them.

Just the simple meaning of typing, it's so heavy.

If the specific meaning and phonological annotation are entered, I am afraid that it will be three times thicker.

We are writing phonological books for the purpose of edification.

However, if it reaches a thickness of more than four feet, after it is implemented, I am afraid that it will not be easy to carry, and the people will not be able to afford it.

Eventually, it is likely to be included in the collections of wealthy families, not the common people. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he was a little surprised.

According to the habits of most scholars in the Great Song Dynasty, they wrote books without considering the problem of thickness at all.

Because when they were writing, they never thought of giving the book to the people for them to see.

From the very beginning, they were aimed at those who read books.

In this era of sparse readers, every reader is very valuable.

Not to mention the scholars who have a meager property, the poor scholars, as long as they don't give up on themselves, it is still easy to make some small money.

Copying books, writing letters, etc., can earn some money.

Therefore, everyone who reads books has money.

When writing books, there is no need to think about whether the reader can afford to buy the book.

It is very rare that Jia Changchao and a group of great Confucians can take into account the problem of the people buying books while writing books.

It can be seen that a large part of them are really dedicating themselves to the people, not just for their own fame.

"You are virtuous and can think for the people of the world, and the people of the world should thank you."

Kou Ji said with emotion.

After a great Confucian heard Kou Ji's words, Zhengse said: "We write books in order to promote education and seek benefits for the people, so naturally we can't ignore the reactions of the people after reading the books."

Previously, the old man had sent his protégés to take this stack of things out to find some people to see and observe their reactions.

When they saw such a thick book, they all had fear in their eyes.

Some people may not like to read, and some people may be because the books are too thick and the pockets are shy.

But whatever the reason, if what we have written is not recognized by the people, it means that there is a defect in what we have written.

If there is a flaw, we have to fix it.

If we don't change it, we might as well not write a book. ”

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the Confucians nodded in response.

Kou Ji once again felt the rigor and paranoia of the ancients in writing books.

Kou Ji nodded solemnly and said, "That makes sense......"

Speaking of this, Kou Ji stretched out his hand to Jia Changchao and said, "Bring me the herbs you have written, and I'll take a look." ”

Jia Changchao nodded, and ordered someone to pick up the herbs on the table and hand them to Kou Ji.

Kou Ji picked up the herb and looked through it carefully.

Jia Changchao and the great Confucians wrote very meticulously, so meticulous that Kou Ji read it carefully for a long time, and he couldn't find any mistakes.

The only thing that gave Kou Ji a headache was the lack of punctuation, and he looked a little uncomfortable.

After Kou Ji looked at it for a long time, he put down the herbs, stared at Jia Changchao and the Great Confucians, and said, "You have worked hard in recent days......

Jia Changchao and the Confucians were stunned when they heard this, and shook their heads one by one.

Why did Koji say this?

That's because he saw the hard work of Jia Changchao and the Confucians in the herbs.

Every word, as well as the words that each word extends, the meaning, and the source, they are all annotated without error.

You know, it may be simple to verify the origin of a word.

It is possible to verify the origin of many words, but it takes time to look through a lot of books.

Jia Changchao is not very old, but most of the Confucians are old.

They can complete the compilation of herbs in a very short time, and there must be a huge amount of work every day.

Kou Ji was very concerned about this matter, but no one in Jia Changchao and the Great Confucian Dynasty cared about it.

After Jia Changchao finished reading the herbal book of the phonology book in Kou Ji, he couldn't wait to ask, "What does Kou Longtu think?" ”

Kou Ji put down the herbs of the phonology books and muttered, "Your books are very rigorous, there is nothing wrong with them, I don't have many opinions......

When Jia Changchao and the Great Confucian heard Kou Ji's words, their faces showed a look of disappointment.

Kou Ji paused and continued: "Have you ever considered dividing the words and a word in the phonological book into two books? ”

When Jia Changchao and the Confucians heard this, they were all stunned.

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "We write phonological books, mainly to make Mengtong and the people literate. The key is to let them know the words and understand the meaning of the words.

Idioms, you can wait for them to learn the words, and then learn them. ”

Jia Changchao and the Great Confucians fell into contemplation one by one.

Kou Ji picked up the stack of herbs again, split them in two, and said, "The most important thing is that if we separate the characters from the words, the thickness of the book will be halved.

The fear of books and the price of buying them will also be halved.

As long as the people know the words and know the benefits of literacy, they will naturally no longer be afraid of books.

Some poor people, with a little savings, can also afford to buy a book of lyrics. ”

Generally speaking, the phonological books written by Jia Changchao and the great Confucians are like a combination of a dictionary and an idiom dictionary.

Koji now divides them into dictionaries and idiom dictionaries.

After Jia Changchao and the Confucians thought about Kou Ji's words together, they glanced at each other and nodded their heads.

Jia Changchao said solemnly: "This move is feasible...... But even so, the thickness of the book is still not easy to carry and easy to read. ”

Kou Ji put down the herbs in his hand and said with a smile: "Maybe you can consider using simple characters." ”

Jia Changchao and the Confucians were stunned again.

The simplified characters are not original to later generations.

So Jia Changchao and the Confucians are no strangers.

Some of them occasionally use simple characters when they dance and ink.

The most widely used simplified characters are taboo characters.

For example, Kuang, Yin, Heng, Zhen and other words.

When the readers came across these words when they were dancing and writing, they either bypassed them and replaced them with other words, or they were missing a stroke, or they used simple words.

It's just that even if people usually use simple characters, they are very rare.

Kou Ji had to use simplified characters in the phonological book he had written, and he had to renovate almost all the original characters.

Such a big change.

Jia Changchao and the great Confucian people did not dare to speak up easily.

Seeing that Jia Changchao and the Great Confucians fell into silence, Kou Ji ordered someone to take the pen and write down a few words.

It was then written again in simplified Chinese.

The benefits of simplified Chinese characters were more intuitively revealed in front of Jia Changchao and the Confucians.

"Simple, easy to learn, more pen and ink, but also more paper-saving, when printing, even if the word engraving is smaller, the arrangement is more meticulous, it will not be blurred.

If you use simple characters, the thickness of the book can be reduced by two-thirds at once. ”

Kou Ji showed the benefits of simplified Chinese characters very intuitively, and Jia Changchao and the Confucians naturally saw it clearly.

But they look at me, I look at you, and no one speaks.

After a long time.

A very old Confucian sighed and laughed self-deprecatingly: "The old man vaguely remembers that when the old man was reading and reading, he encountered a very difficult word to write, and after learning it more than ten times, he still lost a stroke when he wrote.

For this reason, I was not beaten by the gentleman of the private school.

So far, when the old man writes that word, he still has one less stroke.

Before the old man became famous, many people used this to blame the old man.

After the old man became famous, many people said that this was the old man's special habit, and the old man left it alone to distinguish the authenticity of his calligraphy and paintings.

Actually, there is not so much special meaning.

The old man just can't write it well.

If the old man had learned the simple words, he might not have been hit by the board, and he would not have written it incorrectly so far. ”

Speaking of this, the old Confucian looked at the others and said with a smile: "The purpose of our book is to benefit all the people and benefit hundreds of generations. Now the word has become a simplified word, and it is still a word, and the meaning is still the same.

It does not affect our learning, much less the minds of the sages.

At the beginning, it wasn't like this.

This proves that it is not set in stone.

The sages can change, and so can we.

The sages changed the word in order to benefit all the people and benefit a hundred generations, and we are also for this.

Therefore, the old man agreed with Korontu's idea. ”

When Jia Changchao and the Confucians heard this, they smiled bitterly.

Jia Changchao gritted his teeth and said, "Elder Fu, I also agree with Kou Longtu's idea. After all, the benefits of simplified characters for the promotion of education are very significant.

But this matter is not up to us. ”

The old Confucian looked at Kou Ji, "Kou Longtu is the chief official who compiled the phonology book this time, and he edited the book before, but you are nowhere to be seen, is it time for him to contribute now?" ”