Chinese is the lingua franca of the second domain, and English is the lingua franca of the fourth domain, neither of which can be counted as the lingua franca of the federation, which really confuses Jiang Mubai.

There is a well-known classic in Chapter 28 of "The Book of Rites: The Mean": Today, the book is the same text, the car is on the same track, and the line is the same.

As early as the nominally unified Eastern Zhou Dynasty, there were capable people who realized the importance of unifying writing, language, and thinking, and that order was not needed from economic development to state management, and the fundamental source of human order was communication.

Such a simple truth, someone said it clearly and thoroughly more than 2,000 years ago, how could the top level of the federation not understand it?

It is unreasonable to say that the policy cannot be implemented due to the limited level of technology.

Even if civilian technology is regressing in great strides, it is not difficult to unify the language.

It would be wrong to say that there is a shortage of teachers who have slowed down the popularization of the lingua franca.

The federal government has people, guns, money, and means.

First, introduce corresponding policies and formulate incentive mechanisms, such as making the lingua franca a compulsory subject in important examinations such as the entrance test for higher education institutions, the recruitment test for urban managers, and the entry test for state administrative departments; For example, the establishment of a lingua franca level test, so that citizens who are proficient in the lingua franca can enjoy special treatment such as extra points in the test, priority entry, and welfare improvement.

After the policy was promulgated, language teacher training bases were built in the core cities of various states, and lingua franca teaching radio stations were established to open up lingua franca learning channels for civilians.

Then find linguistic experts to tout the lingua franca, find novel writers to create moving stories in the lingua franca, find film and television crews to shoot lingua franca movies, and finally launch a series of celebrities of various styles and speaking standard lingua franca, in the process of subtlety, the concept of "lingua franca is a superior language" is implanted in the hearts of the new generation.

In the absence of war, within twenty years the language could be unified within the borders of the Federation.

But more than 70 years later, the inhabitants of the six federal territories still speak different languages.

"Why?" Jiang Mubai asked out loud.

"What I'm going to say next is all personal opinions, not all right, but I don't think I'm too wrong." Xu Qiansuan paced back to the dining table, and suddenly the conversation changed, "Is there any wine in the house?" ”

"There is only liquor for cooking vegetables, what, you want to cook wine and talk about heroes?"

"No, no, no, after drinking, I'm talking about wine."

"Wait."

Jiang Mubai took the wine, Xu Qiansuan took two drinks, and said with the smell of wine: "It's not that the top level of the federation has not thought about unifying the language, in fact, since the establishment of the federation, the process of popularizing the lingua franca has never stopped. ”

"Before the New Spiritual Calendar, there were more than 200 countries and regions in the world, thousands of languages, hundreds of which were common languages or lingua franca in fixed areas, and tens of thousands of speakers."

"After the establishment of the federation, the small languages quickly declined, and a sociolinguist at Tenkyo University who focused on the study of 'Esperanto' made a statistic that 30 years after the establishment of the federation, the folk dialects that existed as informal languages have disappeared by 60 percent."

"In other words, it is not that the top level of the federation does not have the idea of a unified language, but that the six regions are fighting their own battles and promoting and popularizing their respective lingua franca in their respective regions."

"Why is this happening? To clarify this, we must first talk about the origin of the federation and the strange form of government of the federation. ”

"Please." Jiang Mubai tilted his head slightly and listened patiently.

"'In the first year of the new spiritual calendar, the aura recovered, global changes occurred, natural disasters occurred frequently, and talented people came out in large numbers, and the international situation that had originally moved from bipolarization to multipolarization suddenly took a sharp turn, turning into a confrontation pattern of one superpower and many powers, and confrontation between all parties'. These are the exact words of Professor Cai, the old professor of the Department of History. ”

After Xu Qiansuan finished retelling, he thought for a while and continued: "There are not many records of this history, I think the federal government deliberately erased the details, leaving only a vague framework. The new pattern that Professor Cai said did not refer to the military strength of the various powers at that time, nor the economic strength and scientific research capabilities, but the number and strength of monks in various countries. ”

"The second domain we are in, that is, the former Huaguo, is one of the 'one superpower and many powers'. Martial Saint Wang Chao, Yuan Emperor Zhao Cao, Overlord Xiang Tianwen, Izumo Sword Sect Ji Yun, and Supreme Council Mr. Shen Da are all Chinese......"

"Wait." Jiang Mubai suddenly interrupted.

Zhao Cao, Xiang Tianwen, Ji Yun, all right, and Mr. Shen Da of the Supreme Council, eighty percent of them are Shen Liunian in the list of rumors!

"Huh?"

"Brother Xu, have you ever heard of Ying Yuan?" Jiang Mubai asked with the mentality of trying it out, he rummaged through a few bookcases, but he couldn't find the name.

Xu Qiansuan didn't think about it, nodded and replied: "I've heard of it, Tianyuan Sword Sect, fighting mad demons, oh, he has a more powerful identity." ”

Unexpectedly, Brother Xu had really heard of Old Man Ying, Jiang Mubai was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "What identity?" ”

"The world's most wanted criminals were jointly offered by the Federation, Tiantang, and the Papal States of Rohmon." Xu Qiansuan looked serious, and did not mean to joke at all.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem—"

Jiang Mubai, who was holding a wine glass to hide his nervousness, was very worried, he was worried that if he coughed too much, he would crack the two ribs that were almost healed.

Old man Ying, you are too unreliable!

Friend?

The big guy who teamed up to put you on the wanted list of 10 billion bounties is also an old friend?

"Brother Jiang, what's wrong with you?" Xu Qian's eyes were suspicious.

"It's okay, it's too exciting, 10 billion, tsk."

"Haha, in fact, the joint bounty is just to show attitude, if someone can really win the Tianyuan Sword Sect, how can they care about a mere ten billion?" Xu Qiansuan chuckled lightly twice and said, "However, the Tianyuan Sword Sect has disappeared for many years, and all his deeds have been circulated before my father was born, and the Federal Mansion deliberately blocked the news related to him, so there are not many people who still remember him now." ”

"Does anyone know where he went?" Jiang Mubai had the answer in his heart, but he wanted to hear the wrong answer, because he had not yet determined the specific time of Ying Yuan's ascension and fall.

"Some people say that he died in the Demon Domain, some people say that he crossed the Endless Sea to start a sect, and some people say that he retreated and cultivated in order to break through a higher realm, these are just rumors." Xu Qiansuan paused for two seconds and sighed, "Are you particularly interested in the Tianyuan Sword Sect?" ”

Jiang Mubai immediately changed the topic: "Fortunately, just ask casually, you go on to say, what does this have to do with the lingua franca of the Federation?" And what does it have to do with the Resistance? ”

"Oh, the confrontation pattern of one super and many powers lasted for ten years, the new spirit calendar lasted ten years, the demon tide broke out, the first all-out war began, hundreds of countries perished, major powers and powerful countries also faced crises successively, either split, or regime subversion, in the context of global turmoil, Mr. Shen Da united many heads of state and top monks to form a supreme council and establish a federation."

"The political system of our federation is the state council system, with the Senate and the House of Representatives in each of the six regions, and the twelve presidents of the House plus the chief Mr. Shen Da are the highest decision-making level of the federation, which is what we call the supreme council."

"Below the Supreme Council is the Territorial Council, then the State Council, and then the Magistrates. The Confederation was founded as a wartime confederation, which is why such a strange form of government was born. Only when the governors of each state have the right to enact their own laws and regulations can they better manage the local population. ”

This was a reluctant move to ensure unity in wartime, and it stands to reason that after the end of the war, the government should be reorganized, the language and script should be unified, and the new policy should be vigorously promoted. However, for unknown reasons, after the end of the Second Total War, the thirteen members of the Supreme Council stopped the process of unification and went their separate ways. ”

"One of the more plausible arguments is that the internal struggle of the Federation has never ceased, and that the members of the Supreme Council want their mother tongue to become the lingua franca of the Federation. Because of this, the Izumo Sect can enjoy a transcendent status, because the Izumo Sword Sect is also the sixth realm of law cultivation, and the power of the Dao, Mr. Shen Da does not want to lose his support, and the other members of the Supreme Council hope to use his power to pry Mr. Shen Da into the chief position. ”

Of course, this is just unfounded speculation and cannot be taken seriously. As for the rebels, Professor Cai said that those rebels were all rebels who split from the major powers of the predecessor of the Federation, and their means of resisting the Federation were not just low-level fighting and killing. In order to maintain their legitimacy, the Federation will not recognize the countries they have formed under any circumstances, let alone open diplomatic and trade routes to them. ”

After Xu Qiansuan finished speaking, he raised his glass and drank bitterly, and then took a breath.

"Brother Jiang, I've told everything I know, do you have anything else you want to ask?"

"No, no."

Jiang Mubai shook his head, in fact, he still had many questions hidden in his heart, but he didn't ask again, because he needed some buffer time to slowly digest what he heard tonight.