Chapter 20 Let's start with punctuation

Zu Dong came to see Li Guanqi and asked him, he was excited, and he opened his mouth to hit Lu Yunhai hard: "Yichen is foolish and ......"

But Li Guanqi didn't let him finish his words, and as soon as Zu Donglai spoke, he spoke again, "Forget it, Lu Yunhai is a six-grade petty official, and it's not worth thinking about the two of us, an emperor and a prime minister." I think it's good to be like this, so I casually demote him to a county to be a magistrate. ”

Zu Dong was choked back after saying half of the words, and he almost didn't choke, but when he heard Li Guanqi's disposition, he didn't have any opinions, although foreign officials are often much richer than Beijing officials, but it is also a pleasure to belittle Lu Yunhai to go to a place where he can't be poorer. He replied, "The minister obeys." ”

Li Guanqi said again: "Didn't you just say that there was a drought in Lingnan? He was relegated to Lingnan, a broken place where birds don't, and let him talk to the local natives about finance, money and food. Remember to find him the poorest county. ”

Zu Donglai was really overjoyed, and he thought of Li Guanqi for himself, it seems that this Lu Yunhai really doesn't recruit Li Guanqi to see. I was happy in my heart, and I brought it out on my face, and said with a smile: "The emperor can rest assured, the minister must find him a county where birds don't." ”

Li Guanqi also laughed, and said, "Okay, this Lu Yunhai is so decided." I have one more thing to discuss with you. ”

"Your Majesty, please command." Li Guanqi made himself happy with what he did, and Zu Donglai was also happy to give face to the emperor.

"I fancy a person in the household department, it turned out to be a scribe under Lu Yunhai, named Zhao Pu, I want to use him, but he is a person with no merit, do you think this should be done?" Li Guanqi said slowly.

As soon as he heard that Li Guanqi wanted to use people, Zu Donglai immediately became vigilant in his heart, before the emperor sealed a He Ziming, but it was a guard, and He Ziming split the python in public, and he couldn't say anything, but this Zhao Pu himself had to be careful, so he considered the words and said: "The children of the ancestors of my Daqian Dynasty must go through the imperial examination to enter the office, and since the founding of Taizu, there has been no example of cloth clothes entering the office. ”

"Oh." Li Guanqi's face was a little uncertain, "That means I can't use it if I want to?" ”

Zu Donglai didn't want to leave a bad impression in Li Guanqi's heart because of this, so he said: "Of course, if the emperor wants to make a special conscription, it is not impossible, but it is not appropriate to confer a title above the fifth grade, so as not to let the world think in vain." ”

Li Guanqi smiled lightly and said: "I didn't plan to make him such a big official, so let him replace Lu Yunhai and Huainan Qing Officials." That's it, you can get someone to do it. ”

"Obey." Zu Donglai thought about it, the official position of the head of the household department was indeed a small official like a sesame mung bean in his eyes, and it was estimated that he would not pose any threat to himself, so he pushed the boat to sell the emperor's favor, and stood up again and said: "If the emperor has nothing else to do, please let Rong Chen retire." ”

Li Guanqi shook his head and said, "You can't go yet." I have another very important thing for you to help me do. ”

"Please ask the emperor to command." Zu Donglai had no choice but to sit down again.

Li Guanqi said with a little embarrassment: "That's the case." I don't like to read very much, and I didn't feel any inconvenience when I was a prince before, but now that I am an emperor, this twist and turn seems to be very difficult. Do you have any good ways to teach me? ”

Zu Donglai was stumped by this question on the spot, and said in his heart: If you can't learn it yourself, what can others do? But as a courtier, you can't say to your face that the emperor is low-educated, because he has always only been knowledgeable. I had to say: "The emperor is humble and thirsty for knowledge, which is a blessing in the world." What the minister can do is to find a few great Confucians for the emperor to accompany the Son of Heaven to study. ”

Li Guanqi said: "You may not understand what I mean. I still know the words that should be recognized, but when I break a sentence, I often make the meaning of the text unclear, resulting in ambiguity and misunderstanding. ”

Li Guanqi actually wanted to take the opportunity to introduce punctuation, because his ancient texts were originally half-baked, and if there were no punctuation, it would be a headache for him to understand the strings of Chinese characters.

Li Guanqi is definitely going to change the law, since other things can't be changed at the moment, it is better than nothing to push out the punctuation marks first.

Zu Donglai is not a stupid person, listening to Li Guanqi's tone, he knew that he already had some ideas, so he said: "The saint is very knowledgeable, and he is beyond the reach of his ministers." I hope the emperor will make it clear! ”

Of course, Li Guanqi has knowledge about punctuation in his stomach, but he will never take it out directly, first, it is too ostentatious, and second, he still wants to use this opportunity to drag down some of Zu Donglai's energy. So he deliberately said: "My idea is to use some symbols to break sentences, but they are all just ideas, and the specific things have to be done by you." ”

After a slight pause, Li Guanqi continued: "If you don't finish a sentence, there should be a pause in the middle, what symbol should be used to represent it; What symbols should be used when you say it's finished; What symbols should be used to express doubts; What about strong feelings? Li Guanqi threw a series of questions to Zu Donglai, these questions are actually the level of primary school students, but it is still difficult for people who have never been exposed to punctuation, Li Guanqi believes that these are enough for Zu Donglai to spend a lot of brains.

Zu Donglai was indeed a little confused by this series of problems, but he was also a learned person, and he immediately knew that if he could realize these things of the emperor, it would definitely be a sensational feat in the literary world, and maybe it would be possible to leave a name in history. So I happily accepted the assignment and planned to go back and invent well.

When Zu Dong came and left, Li Guanqi found that the time had reached noon unconsciously, and his stomach was a little hungry, so he ordered Tang Mao to pass on the meal.

To say that the work efficiency of Qin Minzhong, the head of the household department, is really high, Li Guanqi's lunch has not been used up, and Yue'er came to report that Qin Minzhong asked to see him.

Judging from the information he has obtained so far, Qin Minzhong's work ability is still very outstanding, and the key thing is that he has no faction, and all he thinks about is the imperial court, which is why Zu Donglai wants to attack him. So as soon as Li Guanqi heard that Qin Minzhong asked to see him, he quickly asked someone to serve the food in a food box and take it to the Qinzheng Palace, where he wanted to eat with Qin Minzhong.

Qin Minzhong was standing outside the door of the weeping flowers and looking at the ground with his eyes, he was actually also a stomach, the first emperor died, Zu Donglai was in power, wars continued, natural disasters were frequent, and there were more and more places for the court to spend money, and he was still haggard or overstretched.

The emperor is young and doesn't know what kind of master he is, and this time he is just tempting to see him alone. Suddenly, I thought that I should take the opportunity to recommend Lu Yunhai, and my mind was running around in a wild way. Hearing the rumor, he hurriedly stepped into the courtyard, bowed down and walked into the Qinzheng Palace, took a step forward and bowed his head and said: "Qin Minzhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, is ordered to see the driver!" Sincerely, St. Ann. ”