...... as it should be"

Kou Jishu said with a smile.

Jia Changchao is right, whether they can use simplified characters or not, and whether they can implement simplified characters, is not up to them.

Zhao Zhen, the first person in the Great Song Dynasty, said that it may not be counted.

This matter needs to be discussed with Zhao Zhen and the three Zaifu of the inner court, and it will be regarded as a decree and implemented.

"You continue to compile the book here, deduce the simplified characters, and I will go to the official family and the three Zaifu of the inner court to discuss this matter."

Kou Ji is not the kind of person who likes to drag mud and water, since he agreed to do this, he will do it immediately.

Although he doesn't want to see Zhao Zhen now, he has to go.

When Kou Ji was about to leave, the old Confucian said with a smile: "If you implement simplified characters, you have to bear the infamy, and the old man can bear it." ”

Kou Ji smiled: "No, I can afford it, if I can't afford it, I'll look for you again." ”

The old Confucian wanted to get up and salute Kou Ji.

Kou Ji smiled and left the place where Jia Changchao and the others were discussing.

Out of the place where Jia Changchao and others were discussing, Kou Ji did not rush into the palace, but went to the place where Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Wen Yanbo and others studied Da Shiwen.

Entering the garden, Kou Ji turned around and wanted to leave.

Why?

When he entered the garden, he saw a fellow holding a book of great food texts reading through it.

He has been studying the Great Food Literature for almost a year, and he can't read through the Great Food Literature books, but he can read them all in half a year, of course he doesn't want to see this guy.

Kou Ji is in the Great Song Dynasty, and he is a smart person who is praised by everyone.

But is he really smart?

Only he knows.

Compared with Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu, Wen Yanbo, Fan Zhongyan and other outstanding people who were picked out one by one, he is really not smart.

His wisdom was based only on prophets and great knowledge, not because he was wiser than men.

If his wisdom had been the best of the best, he would not have been able to make a living by falsification in the Hereafter.

It is precisely because of this that in terms of learning things, his speed is not as fast as Han Qi and others.

The guy at the gate of the garden, among Han Qi and the others, is not the smartest, he can only be regarded as a middle-level.

He can still read through the Great Food Literature.

The others estimate that they have already reached a certain level of learning about the Great Food Literature.

Kou Ji didn't want to go in and humiliate himself, so he swayed around the door for a while, ready to leave.

Just didn't take a few steps, but was bumped into by Fan Zhongyan, who was about to go out on an errand.

"Sir?!"

After Fan Zhongyan saw Kou Ji's figure, he immediately chased him out.

Kou Ji stopped, turned his head and stared at Fan Zhongyan with a smile.

Fan Zhongyan saluted Kou Ji and said, "Sir, you haven't been here for a while. ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "Recently, some government affairs have been busy. ”

Fan Zhongyan said in a deep voice: "As a privy envoy, Mr. naturally has a lot of military affairs to deal with, and students can understand. ”

Without waiting for Kou Ji to continue speaking, Fan Zhongyan continued: "There is one thing to tell sir. ”

Kou Ji gave a look that was willing to hear it.

Fan Zhongyan said in a deep voice: "It has been half a year since the new scholars learned the Great Food Literature, and now they are just barely reading through the Great Food Literature. The students would like to ask Mr. to speed up the progress and let them take control of the food as soon as possible.

The officials sent by Honglu Temple to teach Da Shiwen only listened to Mr.

The student raised the matter with them several times, but they did not agree.

I hope the gentleman will give them a command. ”

The corners of Kou Ji's mouth twitched, and he said seriously: "I have already handed over this matter to you, you can just watch and do it." When I go back, I will send a message to the officials of Honglu Temple, and let them listen to your orders. ”

"Sir, what's going on with the translation?"

"Waiting for you to learn the Great Food Literature ......"

"This Enke is the most fair one since the founding of the Song Dynasty, so the new science and technology scholars recruited this time are all talents, and they learn very quickly.

Sir should prepare in advance. ”

"Then I will command that the book that you are about to translate be sent here."

“……”

Kou Ji chatted with Fan Zhongyan for a while, and then decisively left the place.

And I swore faintly in my heart that if I could not come in the future, I would not come here.

Kou Ji left Ruisheng Garden, returned to the Fushang Courtyard, changed into official clothes, and entered Bianjing City in a carriage.

When I arrived at the gate of the palace, I showed my waist card and entered the palace unimpeded.

When I arrived at the palace, I inquired and learned that Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian were in the Shishitang, so I rushed to the Shishitang.

Kou Ji originally thought that when they saw Zhao Zhen again, the two would become very embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door of the capital hall, Zhao Zhen's voice rang out.

"Fourth brother, I'm about to send someone to summon you."

When Zhao Zhen called his fourth brother, his tone was still the same as before, without the slightest change.

Kou Ji listened and let out a sigh.

Zhao Zhen did not estranged him because of Liu Heng's affairs.

As soon as the thought rose in Koji's mind, Koji banished it from his mind.

It's obviously his biggest loss in this matter, right?

Why do you want to take care of Zhao Zhen's mood?

Kou Ji muttered a few words in his heart, saluted Zhao Zhen, and said, "The official family wants to summon the ministers, but I don't know what happened?" ”

Zhao Zhen let out a long sigh and said, "The Annan Army is in trouble!" ”

Kou Ji was slightly stunned.

Zhao Zhen said indignantly: "They actually attacked the land of the three cities of the Li Dynasty in Jiaozhi without my permission, it is simply bold. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, his face changed, and he also became indignant.

"Bold indeed! The minister then sent a document to Chen Yaozhi, asking him to lead the soldiers and horses to ask the Annan army to see if they were still the subjects of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

"All that they have taken must be confiscated. If they give in, they will continue to provide them with bread and grass, but if they continue to make trouble, they will cut off their bread and grass. ”

“……”

Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji, you say a word, I say a word, where is the Annan army.

All kinds of ways to punish the Annan army came out of their mouths, but they did not say a word about ordering the Annan army to withdraw from Jiaozhi.

Lu Yijian and the three of them sat on the side, watching Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji sing and harmonize, and the corners of their mouths twitched together.

Lu Yijian and the others originally thought that Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji would be estranged because of Liu Heng's affairs.

Now that they see the two of them like this, they understand.

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji Junchen are still the same as before.

The face is thick, the heart is black, and the friendship is deep.

Where did the two of them sing and shout for a long time, what is the purpose?

The purpose was to use a reasonable excuse to transport the gold, silver and jewelry looted by the Annan army in Jiaozhi back to Bianjing.

To be more precise, the two are looking for excuses to reasonably launder the stolen money robbed by the Annan Army.

As soon as Zhao Zhen spoke, Kou Ji understood what Zhao Zhen meant.

There was no need for rehearsals, and the two sang and acted in harmony.

"When I am a sister, I have to set up a memorial arch...... Shameless ......"

Lu Yijian and the three of them scolded in their hearts.

The three of them knew about the Annan army's handover.

The three of them did not have the slightest opinion on this.

Because the Annan army went out of Jiaozhi, whether they destroyed Jiaozhi or Jiaozhi exterminated them, it was good for the Great Song Dynasty.

If the Annan army destroyed Jiaozhi, the Great Song Dynasty would be able to get a piece of territory for nothing.

If Jiaozhi destroyed the Annan army, the imperial court could also take advantage of the situation to remove the last soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty who did not obey the orders of the imperial court.

Now the Annan army has robbed three cities in Jiaozhi, and also plundered countless gold, silver and jewelry.

It is also a matter of course for the imperial court to accept the seizures in their hands according to the rules.

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji hid their heads and tails in a matter of course, and the three of them naturally looked disdainful.

But disdain is contempt, but the three of them did not make a sound.

Why?

Because Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji did this, they had their intentions.

The intention was to appease the other vassals, as well as to deal with the envoys sent by Cochin to complain.

Lu Yijian and the three felt that with Kou Ji's temperament, when comforting the Jiaozhi envoys, they might do some other things.

For example, ask people if they want weapons and armor......

Anyway, it's not once or twice that Kou Ji sells weapons and armor from the Great Song Dynasty.

Previously, when the Great Song Dynasty rectified the military system, he was very generous and sold part of the eliminated armor to Yuanshan Kingdom at a high price.

When the martial artists sold weapons before, they were all sneaky, and those who were caught had to lose their heads.

Kou Ji is good, and he sells it in large quantities in an open and honest manner.

Lu Yijian and the others not only couldn't shout and kill Kou Ji because of this, but also had to pinch their noses and praise the Kou family for selling well.

Can it be bad?

10,000 sets of armor of the Dragon God Guard were sold to Yuanshan Kingdom, and the money obtained was equipped with 10,000 Imperial Forest Guards, and there was a surplus of 100,000 Guan.

Not only did the imperial court not pay a huge amount of money when the army changed its armament, but it made 100,000 yuan as a result.

You must know that when the imperial court changed its armaments in the past, it was all burning money.

Often a set of armaments is replaced, and the savings of the imperial court for more than ten years will be spent cleanly.

The imperial court will also follow suit.

But now the imperial court not only did not spend money, but also earned.

Lu Yijian and the others had no reason not to praise Kou Ji.

Anyway, those eliminated armor will also be moldy in the warehouse, and if you reforge it, it will cost a lot of money.

Now it's easy to exchange them for money, for new armaments.

It's a great deal.

As for whether the other vassals would pose a threat to the Great Song Dynasty after they took the armaments of the Great Song Dynasty, Lu Yijian and the others were not worried at all.

With Kou Ji's black heart, it is absolutely impossible to do something that sacrifices himself for others.

It is estimated that Kou Ji should want to sell all the armor of the Great Song Dynasty and use the money in exchange to equip all the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty with muskets and artillery.

Just when Lu Yijian and the three of them were secretly thinking in their hearts.

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji had already finished acting, and Zhao Zhen was very sincere to Lu Yijian and the others: "Lu Aiqing, what do you three think?" ”

Although Lu Yijian and the three of them didn't pay attention to the words of Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji, the three of them were already old rivers and lakes and knew how to deal with the situation in front of them.

Immediately, the three of them bowed their hands together and said: "The military affairs are now under the control of the Privy Council, and the officials and Privy Counsellors feel that what is done is appropriate, so they will do it, and the ministers have no objections." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is very good, then I will give Chen Yao an order and let him have full authority to deal with this matter." ”

After saying this, Zhao Zhen instructed people to draft an edict, and after stamping the seal, he sent someone out of the palace.

After that's done.

Kou Ji arched his hand slightly and said: "The minister entered the palace this time because of an important matter, and he had to discuss with the official family and the three of them. ”

The eyes of Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian all fell on Kou Ji.

They all know that Kou Ji generally doesn't speak, and opening his mouth is a big deal.

Kou Ji saw that the four of them were staring at him, and he didn't sell it, so he said bluntly: "When compiling the phonology book, I encountered some difficulties, so the minister had a proposal to discuss it with the official family and the three of Lu Gong. ”

Kou Ji talked about the difficulties he encountered when he was about to compile a phonological book, and at the same time explained his own solutions.

After listening to Zhao Zhen, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai, the four of them had different expressions and different concerns.

Zhao Zhen was the first to speak: "Are simple characters really easier to learn than existing words? ”

Kou Ji didn't say anything, and instructed Gong E to take pen and ink, and use some existing simple characters to write a word.

I picked up my pen again and wrote an article in traditional Chinese characters.

Kou Ji picked up two words, showed them to Zhao Zhen, and said with a smile: "You have been reading poetry and books since you were a child, and you should understand a truth, that is, the more strokes there are, the more difficult it is to write and remember."

Simplified characters are to reduce the strokes of words without losing their shape, so that the words become easier to write and remember.

In the past, it took time to write one word, but after simplification, it is possible to write two words.

In the past, it took time to memorize one word, but after simplification, you can memorize two words.

The benefits of simplified words are self-evident.

Many Tufu people in the countryside, because they couldn't remember the words when they were learning to read, they regarded them as stupid people and blocked them from the door.

The people in the countryside are also unable to remember the words because they have too many strokes, so they are afraid to read.

If the words could be simplified, both the former and the latter would be reduced.

The number of readers will also increase.

What's more, we are about to promote Mongolian learning, and phonological books are one of the most important books.

When simplified, it can save the imperial court a lot of money.

As long as we save an extra amount of money, we can charge an extra Mengtong.

Once the imperial court succeeded in implementing simplified characters, it spared no effort to promote education.

Maybe one day, everyone in the world will be literate. ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, his breathing suddenly became short.

The promotion of indoctrination, in any dynasty, is a merit that can be written about.

It's just that the previous dynasties, even though they worked hard to implement education, did not achieve much.

The previous dynasties did not achieve the feat of literacy for all people in the world.

If only he could make the whole world literate.

Then he can really straighten his waist and discuss the level with Emperor Qin and Han Wu.

Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and asked in a deep voice, "If I spare no effort to carry out indoctrination, how long will it take and how much will it cost?" ”

Kou Ji thought for a moment and said, "Siye has no vassals, the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and decades of hard work. ”

What is the most important thing about procrastination?

Money!

As long as the money is in place, there is no education that cannot be carried out.

The Great Song Dynasty is not a later generation.

There was no democracy and no freedom in the Great Song Dynasty.

As long as Zhao Zhen persuaded the Manchu Dynasty to be civil and military, he could hang reading with everything of the people, and let all the people participate in the study of writing through various means.

Reading is free, and there is a subsidy.

If you don't study, you will be taxed heavily, served hard labor, and even more seriously lose your head.

Do you learn or not?

No one dares not to learn.

No one will complain about it.

Why are there no complaints?

Because scholars have a unique status in the Great Song Dynasty, as long as they are individuals, they can see it.

People don't read, it's not that they don't want to read, it's that they can't afford to read.

As long as the imperial court solves the problem of not being able to read, the people will not hesitate to send their children to Mengxue to study.

Very few people with ulterior motives are difficult to jump out at this time.

The imperial court spared no expense to let you read and write, and let you be a master, are you still not happy?

The court cut you down, and no one cried out for you.

The court cut down the troublemakers, or sent them out to do hard labor and be vanguards, so naturally there would be no complaints.

So, the key to everything is money.

And it is impossible for the imperial court to put all the taxes of the imperial court into it in order to promote indoctrination.

So the solution given by Kou Ji is to borrow chickens to lay eggs.

Use the money of the vassals to support everyone in the Great Song Dynasty to study.

What the Great Song Dynasty has to pay is time and soldiers.

In exchange for hundreds of thousands of people in exchange for the opportunity for everyone in the world to study, Zhao Zhen felt that this deal was very cost-effective.

He was almost on the verge of making a decision.

Lu Yijian coughed and said, "Official, Kou Shumi's proposal for this matter is feasible. Even if I can't make everyone in the Song Dynasty literate, I can make half of the people in the Song Dynasty literate.

But it didn't happen overnight.

The official family still needs to be talented, and it must not be publicized too early. ”

Wang Zeng nodded and said: "If it is publicized too early, but it is not done, then the official family will lose its trust in the world." ”

Zhang Zhibai echoed: "The official family just needs to do this matter, and there is no need to say it." ”

After listening to the words of Lu Yijian and the others, Zhao Zhen pondered slightly, and said, "I know ......."

After that, Zhao Zhen didn't speak again.

Indoctrination was one of the goals he and Kou Ji had set a long time ago.

The aim was to lay the groundwork for a radical change in the literary system.

If people are to associate the implementation of education with the reform of the literary system, it may increase the resistance, and it is indeed difficult to make a public announcement.

The reason why he lost his temper was that the blueprint drawn by Koji was too attractive.

After Zhao Zhen was silent, Lu Yijian stared at Kou Ji and said, "Continue to talk about the simplified characters......"

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

Lu Yijian asked, "How can you be sure that with the use of simple characters, the thickness of the phonological book will be reduced by two-thirds." ”

Don't wait for Koji to speak.

Wang Zeng stroked his beard and said, "It should be a fuss about the size of the matter." ”

Kou Ji nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, the existing characters have a lot of strokes, and if they are printed too small, they will inevitably be blurred." Therefore, if you want to show it clearly, you must use a certain size of words.

But the abbreviation is different.

Few strokes.

Even if the printing engraving is reduced in multiples, it can be seen clearly. ”

As he spoke, Kou Ji took the two texts he had written, took them back a little distance, and said to Lu Yijian and the others: "I'm standing here, the three of you look at the existing characters, and some of the words can only see an outline and a rough outline. But the simple words can still be seen very clearly. ”

Kou Ji put down the two texts, took two pieces of paper, and wrote two articles with very small words with a millipen, and handed them to Lu Yijian and the others.

"Words of the same size, strokes of the same size, simple characters, after being reduced, are still clearly visible. But some of the strokes of the existing characters have overlapped into a ball. ”

Lu Yijian and the three of them took a look, it was really.

After reading it, Zhang Zhibai frowned and said: "Although small characters can reduce the thickness of books, it can be read for a long time, which is harmful to the eyes." ”

Kou Ji heard Zhang Zhibai's words and nodded slowly.

What Zhang Zhibai said is indeed there.

If you read too much small print, you are indeed prone to myopia.

Kou Ji said to Zhang Zhibai: "This book is only used for Mengtong and Mengxue, and it is a book to assist Mengtong in reading, and it is not specially given to Mengtong for practice. It is impossible for Mengtong to write this book.

And it's just books like this, and the rest of the books can't do that. ”

Zhang Zhibai sighed: "It is easier to save money by printing books in small print, and some booksellers may not let go of this opportunity to make profits." ”

Kou Ji nodded and said: "Therefore, the books that Mengxue should be printed by the imperial court and checked by the imperial court, and will not be handed over to booksellers for profit." ”

Wang Zeng frowned and said, "I'm afraid that the world's scholars will not agree." They have become accustomed to using the existing script, promoting simplified characters, and they will definitely make trouble. ”

Kou Ji said frankly: "Jianzi is based on the evolution of the existing text, taking the form of the existing text. It is far easier to understand simple characters than to understand existing words. If you want to learn, you will be much faster.

Moreover, the implementation of simplified characters does not mean that readers should abandon the old characters.

At the turn of the old and the new, we can go hand in hand.

This will not affect the career of the reader.

Even if they make trouble, they can't make any big trouble. ”

Lu Yijian pursed his lips and said, "I'm afraid that someone has bad intentions and takes the opportunity to incite trouble." ”

Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said, "This matter is inevitable. However, the implementation of indoctrination is the good governance of the imperial court, and we should not be afraid to move forward because someone will make trouble.

Instead, we should rise to the occasion.

Once the implementation of the abbreviation is successful.

Daxing education is no longer an empty word. ”

"If this happens, it can indeed bless a thousand years. There's no reason why we shouldn't. ”

Wang Zeng pinched his chin and said solemnly.

Zhang Zhibai nodded.

On the contrary, it was Lu Yijian who did not express his position.

Kou Ji looked at Lu Yijian and said, "Lu Xiang thinks this matter is inappropriate?" ”

Lu Yijian glanced at Kou Ji and said lightly: "The old man is afraid of being scolded." ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he laughed and said, "I'll bear the infamy." ”

Lu Yijian pouted and said, "That old man has nothing to say. ”

After Lu Yijian's voice landed, Zhao Zhen said: "The implementation of education is for my great Song Dynasty society, even if there is infamy, I should bear it." ”

"Officials shouldn't be infamous for this......"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

Lu Yijian and the three of them spoke in unison.

Zhao Zhen pursed his lips and said faintly: "Don't the three Aiqing think that when I implement Jianzi, the more infamy I bear, and after the benefits of Jianzi are revealed, the more praise I will bear?" ”

Lu Yijian and the three of them stared at Zhao Zhen with stunned expressions.

Kou Ji shook his head with a smile and didn't speak.