Guan Zhuofan re-seated and said in a deep and clear voice: "What the Queen Mother instructed is exactly what the minister wants to play." ”

Cixi stretched out her right hand, took her index finger and tapped it on the table in front of Guan Zhuofan, and said: "It's not me who 'instructed', it's me who estimated what you mean - I haven't fully figured out this matter, which is the joint." ”

Guan Zhuofan smiled slightly and said, "Rong Chen will give the Queen Mother another example - well, let's take the United States as an example." ”

"The United States?"

"Yes."

After a pause, Guan Zhuofan said: "Back to the Queen Mother, the founding of the United States has only been ninety years since its founding, and ninety years ago, there was no American country in the world, but there were already Americans. The Americans were not Native Americans, but immigrants from all over Europa. Among them, there are English, French, Irish, German, Italian, and so on. Native Americans are called Indians, but they don't matter. ”

"The people of England, France, Ireland, Germany, and Italy have come together to form a new great race, and this is the 'Americans.'"

Speaking of this, Guan Zhuofan stopped.

Cixi said softly "um" and said: "This situation, as you said, let's take Manchu, Han, Tibetan, Mongolian, and Hui, and create a new ethnic group - 'Huaxia people', which is very similar. ”

"The Queen Mother Shengming! The full name of the United States of America is called "United States of America", and the word "United States" means "the unity of England, France, love, virtue and Italy into one United States". The national seal of the United States has two sides. They are all engraved with words, and the front is engraved with the four characters of 'all are one'. ”

"What about the other side?"

"Back to the Queen Mother." God bless state affairs'. ”

All are one, God bless the affairs of the state. All are one, God bless the affairs of the state.

Cixi silently recited it twice in her heart.

The national seal of the United States is engraved with other words, but it has little to do with what I want to say today. inevitably shifted the focus, Guan Zhuofan won't talk about it.

After a while, Guan Zhuofan estimated that she had almost digested it. He said: "If they are Americans, they are not called 'English', but 'English'; Not called 'French'. and called 'French', and the rest of the people are the same. ”

"Hmm."

"The most important thing is that although English, French, Romantic, German, and Italian people are mixed, the American court has explicitly designated English as the 'official language'. It means that in private, what you like to say is naturally as you like. However, on the table - including government documents, court discussions, school teaching, temple preaching. and so on, but can only speak English and write English characters. ”

The words "official language", the royal sister listened to it in her ears, and felt a little disobedient, but it did not affect her understanding.

"The minister asked the Queen Mother to think about it, if the American court did not do this, but the English people spoke English and wrote English characters; French descent speak French and write French characters; Isn't it a mess for Germans to speak German and write German characters -- each blowing his own trumpet and singing his own tune? As time goes on, people of all descents will go their own way, and what else is there to talk about 'uniting the people into one'? Not to mention any 'God bless state affairs' - if it doesn't fall apart, it will be 'God blessed'! ”

Cixi nodded silently.

If China wants to follow the example of the United States, then which kind of language should it use to make this "same language"? Which kind of word is the "same word"?

In other words, which "language" should be used as the "official language"?

It's a no-brainer - there is no second option.

Cixi muttered, "If we do this...... There are about a few more joints to be opened. ”

After that, he turned his head, looked at Guan Zhuofan, and smiled faintly.

Guan Zhuofan said: "Yes." The minister is bold and vainly merciful, and the 'joints' that the Queen Mother said are about the following. ”

"Well, you say."

"The first joint—what would the Manchurians think?"

"Hmm."

"The minister thinks that the establishment of Han dialect as the 'official language' is by no means a change in the ancestral system, on the contrary, this move is to imitate the ancestors of Mo Lie, respect it, and carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future."

"Oh? That's what you say...... Fresh! ”

"The Empress Dowager Mingjian, I entered the customs, set the world, and the system of rules and regulations was inherited from Zhuxia. Confucius said, 'If Yi Di enters China, then China will be.' For this situation, there is also a saying about the minister's own, which is called 'total sinicization'. ”

"'Full Sinicization'?"

"Yes,'Full Sinicization'! These words, when taken to the outside world, or by the Han people, seem to be a little taboo, but the truth is true, in front of the queen mother, the minister is presumptuous. In fact, this is where the ancestors were brilliant! Otherwise--the minister will commit a taboo again-Ming Taizu said, 'Since ancient times, the Hu people have no national fortune for a hundred years', if we were also foolish like Meng Yuan at the beginning, we would have rushed back to Baishan and Heishui a long time ago! ”

Cixi's heart shook when she heard this, and her eyes were blazing.

"In terms of speaking and writing, it was the Manchus who spoke Chinese and wrote Chinese characters -- the imperial court never asked the Han people to speak and write Chinese characters! To this day, among the Manchurians, this is full of words and words...... Well, don't talk about others, the ministers are presumptuous, and take the ministers and ...... The Queen Mother, uh, come on, this Manchu text, the minister is ashamed, he can neither say nor write, the Queen Mother ......"

Speaking of this, Guan Zhuofan stopped talking.

Cixi sighed slightly: she can speak, but she can't write.

These two, one is the central head assistant who leads the government, and the other is the supreme Queen Mother, together with the Manchu Wen, especially the so, and the rest of the Manchus, whether they are clan relatives or ordinary Eight Banners, not to mention.

After a while, Guan Zhuofan continued: "From the beginning of the country to the Qianlong Dynasty, when writing an edict, it will be full of Han and Han; After the Qianlong Dynasty, there were more and more cases where edicts were written only in Chinese characters. To this day, the Queen Mother also knows that, except for the most important one, most of the edicts are no longer Manchu. This is not a disobedience to the ancestral system, but the use of Manchu to write edicts, which is really no longer necessary -- the people who receive the edict cannot understand it, the people who issue the edict cannot read it, and even the people who can write the edict are getting fewer and fewer -- what are you still tossing about? That's not taking off your pants......"

Guan Zhuofan spoke so vigorously that he almost slipped his mouth, but finally stopped in time and swallowed the next few words.

Cixi turned her head, looked at him playfully, smiled, and said, "How is it?" The word in the back, does it taste good? ”

Guan Zhuofan was embarrassed, his face couldn't help but redden, he snorted, and said, "Minister...... Ridiculous. ”

Cixi took the chopsticks and tapped them lightly on the back of his hand and said, "Zhengchuan Meal, say anything!" ”

Guan Zhuofan was even more embarrassed, and was thinking about whether to get up and fight Qian'er or something, but the royal sister relieved him: "Okay, I won't squeeze you, you can continue to talk." ”

Guan Zhuofan settled down and said: "Yes, what the minister means is that Han has a de facto 'official language', and what we need to do now is to turn darkness into light, so that it can be promoted nationwide, and it will be spread to Mongolia, Tibet, and Hui." As for the Manchu and Han countries, this matter has actually had a tacit understanding and has already become a fact, and there will be no problems, although the Queen Mother can rest assured. ”

After a pause, Guan Zhuofan said again: "If you really think that the four words 'official language' are too eye-catching, then it is okay to use other names, such as 'lingua franca' or 'Mandarin'." ”

"'Lingua franca'?" Mandarin'? ”

"Yes."

"Well, that's interesting, and let me think about it. This is the first joint, then, what about the second? ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, the minister thinks that this second joint is - if Han is the 'official language', then what should I do with Manchu?"

"Well, what do you say?"

"The minister is presumptuous, just reply a joke to the Queen Mother - just do it."

"Cool-mix (do)?"

"Yes. The meaning of the minister is: as before. ”

"As always?"

"Yes. Manchu was originally the 'Chinese language', and in the future, it will naturally still be the 'Chinese language' -- the position of this 'Chinese' is naturally higher than the position of the 'official language', and the most important edict is still a combination of Manchu and Han, nothing has changed, even if someone has an idea about making Han the 'official language', what can they say? ”

Cixi understood what Guan Zhuofan meant: Offering the Manchu language high in the name of "Chinese" seems to have the weight of nine dings, but in fact it is "overhead". After all, the Manchu language is just a beautiful ornament, governing the country and the people, harmonizing Manchu, Han, Mongolian, Tibetan, and returning to the "Chinese people", it is the Chinese dialect.

"Okay, this is the second joint, is there a third?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, there is. The minister thinks that this third joint is Mongolian, Tibetan, and Hui, how do you think that the imperial court has designated Han as the 'official language'? ”

Cixi nodded and said, "Well, some people, such as the Hui people, will say, why do you ask us to speak the language of the Han people, but not the Han people to speak our language, this seems unfair?" ”

Guan Zhuofan smiled and said, "Queen Mother Shengming, there may indeed be someone who says so. This is, of course, very easy to refute: the Chinese dialect is naturally Chinese; Tibetan and Mongolian dialects are also Chinese dialects -- Tibetan dialect is the language of the Tibetan aborigines, and Mongolian dialect is the language of the Mongolian natives. ”

"But the 'mother tongue' of the Hui people is Arabic, Arabic is not a place in China, Arabic, how can it not be regarded as Chinese, right? Hui people speak Chinese, it is Chinese who speak Chinese; Han people speak Arabic, but Chinese speak foreign languages, what is the reason, Chinese and Chinese speak, but speak foreign languages? ”

Cixi "Gege" smiled coquettishly: "What kind of Chinese foreign language, you can go to talk about crosstalk!" ”

The Queen Mother smiled. However, there was a situation in which the minister wanted to give a reply to the Queen Mother: The 'Hui people' in Xinjiang and the 'Hui people' in Shaanxi and Gansu are not the same thing, and they do not speak the same kind of language -- the 'Hui people' in Xinjiang do not speak Arabic. ”

"Oh? And this difference? I don't know—what is the matter? ”

*(To be continued......)