Zhu Zhanji felt that as the emperor's grandson, he came to Yang Shaofeng's house to eat and drink and pack his behavior, which was not very good, and it was not suitable for Li Yu, a foreign minister, to see, so he simply packed a lot of food and went back to his yard, leaving Yang Shaofeng to face Li Yu who suddenly came to the door.

And Yang Shaofeng was not surprised that Li Yu came to see him early, and even the gifts sent by Li Yu were accepted in full, without the slightest politeness.

Except for the so-called "Goryeo Gongnu".

Although Li Yu did not directly indicate it on the gift list, the meaning of the words was that he would send four Gaoli tribute girls to Yang Shaofeng's mansion to wait, as if Yang Shaofeng's family did not have Gaoli tribute girls, it would be out of qualification.

Yang Shaofeng hurriedly rejected Li Yu's good intentions.

According to the record of "The Ruling and Opposition Servants", Guo Zhengyi, a scholar in the Tang Dynasty, broke Pyongyang and obtained a Goryeo white jade named Yusu, and because of her beauty, she was very pampered. Guo Zheng's porridge with syrup water overnight had to be cooked by Yusu - Guo Zhengyi was later poisoned by Yusu.

In addition to the matter of Yusu, there is another thing that makes Yang Shaofeng have no good impression of the so-called Goryeo Gongnu.

Zhu Laosi's killing of 3,000 palace maids, even Mi Qing, who has always been keen on discrediting the Ming Dynasty, failed to make up such an outrageous thing, but it was recorded in North Korea's "Li Dynasty Record".

After rejecting Li Yi's so-called Gaoli Gongnu, and inviting Li Yi to taste a pig-killing dish, Yang Shaofeng asked with a smile: "The prince of Zhongning didn't experience the taste of the Ming Dynasty in Shuntian Mansion, why did he come to a small place like Yangjia Zhuangzi?" ”

Li Yi smiled: "The champion is too modest. If the Yang family and Zhuangzi have become a small place, then what is Seoul? However, Zhongning did come this time because he wanted to ask Zhuangyuan Gong for advice. ”

Yang Shaofeng said with a smile: "Lord, please say, if Yang can help, he will definitely not refuse." ”

Li Yi nodded, bowed his hand to Yang Shaofeng again, and then said, "Then Zhongning is welcome." ”

After thinking about it for a while, Li Yi said: "I live in the East China Sea and have always admired the culture of the Central Plains. It's just that I, the Korean people, are reckless and dull, can't learn the Central Plains script, have their words but no words, and Zhongning also has a lot of sympathy for this.

Now that Zhongning has come to see the champion prince, he wants to ask the champion for advice, how can I let the Korean people be able to read and write like the people of the Central Plains? ”

Yang Shaofeng was immediately laughed at angrily - okay, isn't it a day or two since you want to toss your own text with your stick? This Da Ming hasn't cooled yet, so he wants to play with his own words?

Sure enough, it's something that can't be raised!

Yang Shaofeng was secretly pondering, but Li Yu continued: "Zhongning thought, can you find a way to phonetize Chinese characters?

Even if the people are blunt and can't learn Chinese characters, as long as they can learn Zhuyin, they can read Chinese characters according to Zhuyin, isn't it much more convenient? ”

Seeing that Yang Shaofeng still didn't understand, Li Yu couldn't help but sigh and said: "Zhuangyuan Gong was born in the Ming Dynasty and grew up in the Ming Dynasty.

For example, literacy, the people of the kingdom are born to speak Chinese, as long as there is a gentleman willing to teach, it is always much easier to learn Chinese characters.

And North Korea is in a foreign land, and the pronunciation is different from that of China, even if you are taught by a gentleman, it is always much slower to learn, and you don't know how much effort it takes to cut words. ”

As soon as Li Yu said this, Yang Shaofeng probably understood what was going on.

The Chinese characters are very magical, and the people of the Central Plains Tangkou are also very magical - probably from the day when the Chinese characters were studied by the ancestors, that is, Mr. pointed to a certain character and told you how to read it, and then it was natural to know.

If you have to say how those illiterate children learn Chinese characters, what should you do if you encounter Chinese characters you don't know and don't have a husband?

I'm sorry, there was no such thing as a Xinhua dictionary in ancient times, and there was no consonant vowel and other things that could help you learn, some were the method of cutting rhyme and reading the law, or the method of direct note.

The direct note method is the same as writing a lot of English letters next to the English alphabet today, for example, in "Erya" there is "'Zhao' note 'Zhao', basically those who know the word Zhao can know Zhao."

The so-called reading method, for example, material, reading Ruocai, basically know that the material and the is the same homonym.

Of course, this method is not without flaws, such as how to do it when you encounter a difficult reading? This is where the syncopation method comes in.

The so-called cut rhyme method, basically is the gong-ancient red cut, take the g initials of the ancient word plus the ong finals of the red word, it becomes the gong, the east word De red cut, take the D initials of the German word, when the word De Lang cut, take the d initials of the German word plus the ang finals of the Lang word, it becomes dang.

For example, 窡, straight voiced cut, straight zh and voiced uo, you can know that the pronunciation of this word is zhuo.

The crux of the matter, however, is that the prerequisite for any of these methods is literacy – how do you get illiterate people to become literate through these methods?

The Old Ancestor didn't seem to have thought about this at all.

Of course, it cannot be said that it is completely unconsidered.

In fact, our ancestors have been thinking about how to make children grasp knowledge and literacy faster.

For example, from the Zhou Dynasty's "Historical Chapter", the Qin Dynasty's "Cangjie Chapter", "Calendar Chapter", "Fan Jiang Chapter", the Western Han Dynasty's "Urgent Chapter", the Northern and Southern Dynasties' "Thousand Character Text", the Tang Dynasty's "Mengxue", the Song Dynasty's "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Names".

Turning over the above textbooks tossed out by the ancestors in order to enlighten children, you can basically find that Li Fei Fei is written according to the knowledge that children should master, which can be said to be all-inclusive, from astronomy, geography, human ethics, morality, history to farming, sacrifice, education, etc., basically all-encompassing, all-inclusive.

What is more amazing is that in the three enlightenment books of "Three Hundred Thousand", there are 1,616 words in the "Three Character Classic", 576 words in "Hundred Family Names", and 1,000 words in "Thousand Character Text", adding up to a total of 3,192 words, but about 2,200 words that are not reused, and the new words account for 70% of the total number of words.

In other words, after learning "Three Hundred Thousand" and knowing all the words in it, you can basically read most of the books, even if you encounter words you don't know, you can also know them through the rhyme cutting method.

Amazing no?

So when Li Yi mentioned how difficult Chinese characters are to learn at the beginning, Yang Shaofeng was directly confused - Chinese characters are difficult to learn? No matter how difficult it is, it could be more difficult than that ghost drawing? Isn't that!

Then Yang Shaofeng pondered for a long time before asking, "The prince is wrong." The Maharaja's idea is good, but there is one of the most difficult questions, I wonder if the Maharaja has ever thought about it? ”

Li Yi arched his hand towards Yang Shaofeng and said, "Please advise the champion." ”

Yang Shaofeng said: "Even with Zhuyin, the words that the people don't know can be found and learned by paying attention, but what should I do with this Zhuyin?" Who will teach? Therefore, the most fundamental and most difficult problem to solve is the school. ”

Li Yi sighed and said, "How can Zhongning not know? It's just that North Korea is small and the people are outnumbered, even if they want to learn from the Ming Dynasty and build more schools, the national strength can't support it, but they are just expected to learn and sigh. ”

Yang Shaofeng snorted and said: "The meaning of the Maharaja, I understand it below, it is nothing more than the inability of the treasury to support it. It's just that in the official's opinion, if you want to solve this matter, it is really difficult to say that it is difficult, but it is easy to say that it is also very easy. ”

Li Yi got up and bowed to Yang Shaofeng and said, "Please teach me!" Zhongning has no teeth and never forgets! ”

Yang Shaofeng first asked Li Yu to sit down, and then shook his head and said: "Since ancient times, those who want to build a school must prepare more blue bricks and giant trees, otherwise they will not be able to support it, and it will occupy more manpower, which is why it is difficult to build a school, does the monarch think so?" ”

Li Yu nodded and said, "What the champion said is extremely true. ”

Yang Shaofeng said: "In that case, why not give up the blue brick giant tree?" ”

casually pointed in the direction of the Yang Family Zhuangzi School, and Yang Shaofeng continued: "When the Great King came, did you see my Yang Family Zhuangzi School from a distance?" ”

Seeing Li Yi nodding, Yang Shaofeng continued: "Don't hide it from the monarch, although my Yang family Zhuangzi School has used some more green bricks, but I have not used a boulder, nor a giant wood, from the beginning of digging the foundation to the final complete construction, it is only a few months." If Dajun doesn't believe it, let's go to the school together and go to the school, and you can know that Yang is telling the truth, and there is no half-truth. ”

Li Yu hesitated and said, "Can I build a school like this in North Korea?" ”

Yang Shaofeng nodded and said: "The materials used here are nothing more than cement, and now the construction of the capital of my Ming Dynasty is also being used in large quantities, and I can send some to Dajun at that time, which is enough to build a few schools." ”

"This can't work," Li Yu hurriedly waved his hand and refused: "The champion has a good intention, and he is loyal to Ning, but although North Korea is a small country, it will not let the champion prince worry about it and break his fortune, there is no such reason in the world." ”

No? You haven't seen how Zhu Laosi and Xia Laoli cheated me! If it weren't for the fact that this son had a way of making money, let alone the Wanguan family wealth, even if it was the Wanguan family wealth, let them clean the pit!

After complaining a few words in his heart, Yang Shaofeng said with a smile: "It's just some cement, and it's not worth anything, so you don't have to take it to heart." ”

Li Yi shook his head and said, "Even if the champion sends Zhongning some cement, what can he do?" No one in my country will use such materials, but it is just a waste of the good intentions of the champion.

And Zhongning wants to build more schools, and then find a simple way to make the people quickly literate, but it is not as simple as a few schools. ”

Yang Shaofeng said: "Yang still has a way, let the monarch set up more schools in North Korea, and there is a way to make the people quickly literate, even if the North Korean treasury is unable to support it, Yang has a way to solve it, but I don't know, the monarch is willing to listen to Yang's method?" ”

Li Yu was suddenly overjoyed, got up and bowed to Yang Shaofeng: "Please teach the champion!" ”