"Your Majesty, the name of the so-called Tongwenguan comes from the saying that the car is on the same track and the book is the same as the text during the Qin Dynasty. During the Qin Dynasty, the scripts of various countries were not the same, so Qin Shi Huang also unified the characters, which is the basis of our current Chinese language. And since we can assimilate multiple languages into one, we can also translate them from foreign books. Therefore, the establishment of the Tongwen Museum specializes in translating foreign language works, so that I can also learn foreign language works, so that I can make the Tang Dynasty civilization more advanced. ”

"The sea is inclusive, and tolerance is great. If our Datang does not accommodate a civilization that is not as good as ours, then how can we show ourselves? Only by constantly absorbing China's seemingly inferior civilization can we truly become the sea. Therefore, the establishment of the Tongwen Museum can translate many foreign cultural works, and then let our Chinese culture take its essence and remove its dross, and really let us learn more things. ”

The so-called Tongwen Museum, in Jingwen's memory, is actually a kind of institution in the late Qing Dynasty to learn and translate Western scientific and cultural materials. And now Jingwen has also built yì Li Shimin to set up the Tongwen Museum, that is, a place to translate cultural materials from various countries. In this way, we can translate these materials, so that China can learn the corresponding things. As for the fact that it can also specialize in training translators to serve the country.

In ancient China, there were very few specialized translators, and they were all foreigners who came to learn Chinese characters. This situation did not change until the end of the Qing Dynasty, so Jing Wenjian set up this Tongwen Museum to specialize in translating and learning foreign languages, so that they could truly learn foreign cultures.

"Tongbunkan? Is it specialized in translating the West? Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen immediately said: "Your Majesty, not necessarily, you can also translate the languages of Turkic Silla, and even the eastern countries of Korea and Japan. This is also a translation agency specially set up by the imperial court, so that I can translate foreign materials and books. Then let the scholars of our country learn. Moreover, in the future, we will have a group of specialized translators, which will be of great benefit to foreign exchanges. In the future, my Datang will become stronger and stronger, and foreigners will come to my Datang, and naturally they will bring a lot of their cultural materials, and we need specialized translation talents. Otherwise, it's like this instrumental theory, I'm afraid that the translation is not very good, and in the end it can only make everyone confused. ”

Caesar was still speechless for a while, but he still pulled him.

"Tongbunkan? You can set one up! So which yamen is this Tongwen Hall placed underneath? Li Shimin said.

Jingwen thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, you might as well put it in Menxia Province." The status is similar to that of Kobunkan. ”

"No, how can this Tongbunkan be the same as Hongwenkan?" Li Shimin immediately stopped and said.

Li Shimin doesn't think that this Tongwenguan can have the same status as Hongwenguan, because Hongwenguan's status is different!

Hongwen Hall was originally called Xiuwen Hall, which was a place set up by Li Yuan, the ancestor of Tang Dynasty, for the descendants of high-ranking officials and the children of the royal family to study. This kind of place is actually the place where the second generation of the most senior officials of the Tang Dynasty studied, and even the prince studied in it, so the importance is self-evident. Although the Hongwen Pavilion does not seem to be of a high level, in fact, most of the Hongwen Pavilion has three or four officials concurrently, and they will definitely not let the low-level officials come to serve concurrently. So although this Hongbunkan does not look high-class. But in fact, it has a very high status. And if you can enter the Hongwen Pavilion, it means that you will be able to become the teacher of many future stars of the Tang Dynasty in the future, and you may even have the opportunity to become the teacher of His Royal Highness the Prince, and then in a few years you will be the emperor. Become an emperor. But it was the highest dream of countless ancient literati.

Therefore, Hongwenguan gave them such an opportunity, so the officials of Hongwenguan are very noble and have a very lofty status, and anyone who sees them must be respected. Li Shimin heard that Jingwen actually raised the status of the Tongwen Pavilion, who was responsible for translation, to the same level as the Hongwen Pavilion. This is obviously unacceptable.

"Your Majesty, wait a minute, I'm telling you why you want to be the same as Hongwenkan, now we'll talk about how to recruit the corresponding translators!" Jingwen said.

"Translation? This translation of our subject countries near the Tang Dynasty is still easy to get. But if it's a translation of a country in the Far West, I'm afraid this is a bit difficult! Li Shimin said.

At this time, Caesar took the initiative to say: "Emperor Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, if the Emperor Emperor is interested, my subordinates and our people who came to the East together, I think there are many people who are willing to serve the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty." They came to the East, and they all learned Chinese. And although they are not very proficient in Chinese at the moment, and they don't understand Chinese culture very well, I think this is only a matter of time. As long as they can stay here for a few more years, they should be able to learn a lot and translate good books. ”

Jing Wen immediately said: "Mr. Caesar is right, we might as well ask those merchants in the extreme west to help us recruit some foreigners who are willing to work for my Datang!" ”

"Let foreigners be officials? This ......" Li Shimin was very hesitant.

Although there were also foreigners in the Tang Dynasty who served as officials within the Tang Dynasty, those so-called "foreigners" were all people who had joined Chinese nationality. They joined the Datang nationality and settled in Datang, so it is not uncommon for them to be officials, and there are even so-called foreigners who have become prime ministers. These so-called foreigners are actually equivalent to China giving them some grace after they were conquered by China. And some of them are also people who have joined their nationality and are equivalent to their own country, so it is not surprising that they are officials. But if you don't join the Datang nationality, then appoint them as officials, which is obviously not good. Many official positions are not even available to locals, so why give them to foreigners! The emperor's grace was not so casual, so Li Shimin thought that it would not be appropriate to let foreigners become Chinese officials.

"Your Majesty, there are workarounds! Although we can't give foreigners the title of official, we can hire them at a high salary! Who stipulated that the people used by the court were all officials? We can hire foreigners to help us do things, can the civil and military officials still have opinions? At most, the wages of these foreigners are higher, but what can be the problem with that? People are urgently needed talents, and the salary is higher, so it doesn't matter. So there's nothing wrong with that. Jingwen said.

"High-paying employment?" Li Shimin was really speechless. (To be continued!)

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