With the steady development of various affairs, Zhao Xun began to turn to the construction of education. In Zhao Xun's view, what is most needed now is three items, one is the popularization of Arabic numerals, which is more convenient than the current Chinese characters. The second is Chinese pinyin, which is the basis for speeding up juvenile literacy, which is more convenient than letting children memorize complex characters, and the next one is the use of punctuation.

Speaking of which, Zhao Xun is extremely uncomfortable with books that have no punctuation now. It's very inconvenient to read. Also, the books printed vertically also made Zhao Xun's head as big as a bucket, which was extremely awkward. Looking at it, I can't find it.

Today, the director of the Department of Knowledge and dozens of officials were all gathered by Zhao Xun to discuss education reform.

Yu Jing, director of the Department of Knowledge, didn't know what Zhao Xun was summoning them to do, speaking of which, although Zhao Xun attached great importance to this aspect, he paid little attention to him. Yu Jing was no longer as before, she was extremely prejudiced against Zhao Xun, and even began to surrender to Zhao Xun. To be honest, Yu Jing now sees the difference between the people under the rule of the Xiaoguo Army and the past. People everywhere regard Zhao Xun as a good person of the first rank in the world, what else can he Yu Jing say? What's more, the other party also recovered the Eastern Three Mansions, and the pressure on the Northern Zhuhu didn't dare to breathe, Yan Kingdom now, who can compare?

Although Yu Jing has no intention of opposing Zhao Xun now, his refutation of Zhao Xun many times in the past has also made some people dislike him. There are even some people who have a lot of complaints about him, and Yu Jing can only smile bitterly at this.

"Ladies and gentlemen, from today onwards, your Department of Knowledge will be changed to the Department of Education, which will be dedicated to education. Education is the foundation of the country and the foundation of people's wisdom. ”

"Of course, I didn't summon you here today specifically for the purpose of changing your name. I have a few ideas that I would like to discuss with you. You are all virtuous and talented people among the literati in Youzhou, and you are also a model for the literati in the entire Youzhou and northern Hebei regions. If you have any comments, you will be asked accordingly. ”

"I beg the Governor to command!" Yu Jing took the lead in saying.

"The first one, this is it!" As he spoke, Zhao Xun wrote down the nine simple numbers from one to nine in front of everyone.

"What is this?"

"I call him a number!" Zhao Xun said the man corresponding to each number, this is very simple, no different from a man. There was nothing surprising about the people present, because you can also draw a few numbers at random and say that he corresponds to the man.

But immediately after Zhao Xun said the numbers after ten, these people realized that these simple nine symbols can make up all the numbers, and more importantly, they are simple and clear.

Subsequently, Zhao Xun talked about addition and subtraction and multi-digit addition and subtraction. These people are not stupid, and they still understand this simple and clear way of counting.

Yu Jing couldn't help but sigh: "Governor, in this way, the record number will be clear, simple and clear." Moreover, it is easy to learn and understand, and can be taught to elementary school children. ”

"Since you have said so, in the future, this number will be added to the teaching system, which is a must-learn."

If you look at any report in the future, Zhao Xun will not recalculate it by himself.

"The second one, I call it Hanyu Pinyin." As he spoke, Zhao Xun asked the guards to bring some of the alphabets he had marked.

For these incomprehensible symbols, Yu Jing and others still waited for Zhao Xun to explain.

Zhao Xun then gave a detailed introduction to Hanyu Pinyin, which is not complicated by numbers, as long as it is read out, and then it is understood.

Hanyu Pinyin has played a great role in popularizing literacy and primary education. It can make beginners quickly distinguish Chinese characters, especially teenagers, and do not have to force rote memorization of unfamiliar words.

However, Hanyu Pinyin is a system that only writes and reads pronunciation, and cannot replace Chinese characters. Articles written entirely in Hanyu Pinyin are difficult to understand, so it is not a formal way of writing, but only a reading aid.

That said, the transformative significance brought by Hanyu Pinyin is also very great.

"What do you think?" Looking at these people, he didn't speak for a long time, and Zhao Xun couldn't help asking.

Yu Jing then said: "Most of the Metropolitan Governors are talented, but the implementation will not be completed in a while, we still have to teach the masters of the academies, and then we will compile teaching materials......

Zhao Xun smiled: "This is only for children, beginners only use, for those who have read countless books, naturally do not use." When it comes to compiling textbooks, let's make these two basic textbooks for the Enlightenment Academy. The Chief Secretary will cooperate with all the things that are needed. ”

"What else is down there, the Grand Duke? I only now realize that the Metropolitan Governor is the real talent! Yu Jing sighed.

"Me? When it comes to knowledge, I don't miss you a little bit, and I still have self-knowledge of this. As for these, these are just some of my thoughts on weekdays, and they are not considered to be learned. Zhao Xun shook his head and smiled.

Seeing that Zhao Xun could admit his shortcomings in front of everyone, Yu Jing also admired in his heart. If it were anyone else, they would have preached themselves out of the way a long time ago.

"The third thing is about everyone!" This time, Zhao Xun only put down a few dotted circle symbols.

"Punctuation!"

"Any word or sentence has a pause before and after, and has a certain tone of sentence, indicating a relatively complete meaning. The pauses before or after or in the middle of a sentence are expressed as time intervals in spoken language, and punctuation marks in written language. ”

"Just like we speak, a sentence can extend several meanings."

Saying that, Zhao Xun briefly explained the meaning of this bunch of symbols.

"It's like these two symbols! I asked, okay? You answer, okay. The two words, with these two symbols respectively, express different meanings. But when writing, with these two symbols, it is clear at a glance. ”

Also, in the ancient poems, some verses have obvious intervals, which can also allow beginners to understand well in segments. What do you think? ”

Yu Jing opened her mouth and said with a wry smile: "For the people of the world, it is a great thing. For those who study knowledge, it can be ...... "Studying knowledge hard, just these few punctuation points, can make many people on a par with them in some aspects."

"Since you think it's possible, do it! The major event of benefiting the country and the people, it is to be remembered in the annals of history forever, haven't you thought about passing on your name to all generations? Zhao Xun said with a smile.

Suddenly, the eyes of these officials of the Department of Education lit up. Even Yu Jing, who had always been silent, suddenly breathed a lot heavier.

"It's done! This kind of thing, how can you not do it! If you want to remember the annals of history, the Metropolitan Governor is the real chronicle of remembering! ”

Seeing these literati looking at him with enthusiastic eyes, Zhao Xun couldn't help but say, "What? Questions? ”

"Grand Duke, go on!" Yu Jing spoke.

"You think I'm a saint, where did I get so many things, that's all there are three, you just promote them. Remember, education is the real benefit of the country and the people, and it will last for generations. He is a merit that no one can erase and no one can take away from him. ”

In the end, Zhao Xunyou mentioned that the Department of Education was responsible for changing the vertical version of the book to a horizontal version. When Yu Jing asked Zhao Xun what the meaning was, Zhao Xun replied, looking comfortable, and suddenly made several people speechless. But then again, when you look sideways, it's comfortable.

The reason why the vertical version is because it was written with bamboo sticks in ancient times and became a bamboo slip book, and he didn't write it vertically, so there was really no way. But paper books are naturally different.

In the next ten days, officials from the Department of Education were discussing with Zhao Xun about the problems, where they needed to be supplemented and improved, and they were all slowly advancing. There are many people who are easy to do, and after Yu Jing's publicity, some literati who are not in the Xiaoguo Army have also come to participate. Zhao Xun's prestige was also advocated by Yu Jing, and gradually spread in the literati system. Even those who are dissatisfied with Zhao Xun have to accept the subtlety of these ideas.