Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then looked at Wei Zheng and said suspiciously: "Literacy? Not a reader? ”

Because for Datang, if a person can be literate, he must have basically read a book, and Datang's literacy teaching also starts with enlightenment books, such as thousand-character essays. As you become more literate, you will naturally read more books, because in the process you have to understand what the word means.

This is also the reason why Li Shimin was so shocked after Wei Zheng said it.

"Yes, Huo Gang invented a pinyin literacy method, which is very easy to read, and they concentrated on literacy, and completed the literacy work for all residents in about a year." Wei Zheng said directly.

"Pinyin literacy? Did you get this back? Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked, "What's the difference between this and a reader?" ”

Weichen mentioned it to Huo Gang, but he asked Weichen to come back, saying that this thing could be given to His Majesty, and someone would be sent to send it later, and the minister came back by himself, as for the difference with the reader, it was very big. For Datang readers, literacy is the foundation, but what you need to read is the most important thing, so there is a saying that you have been studying hard for ten years. ”

"And the literacy of the Han is very simple, that is, the use of pinyin literacy, to tell people the correct pronunciation of the word, and then by knowing this group of some daily words, so that ordinary people what does the word mean, those words are their daily use, for the people, although it is easy to do a thousand words, but let them understand the book, or need a special gentleman." Wei Zheng said seriously.

"This ...... What's the use? Li Shimin didn't think about it carefully, but asked directly, Wei Zheng had been there for so long, he must know the usefulness of this method, and Li Shimin didn't bother to think about it himself, so it was better to ask directly.

"Your Majesty should have read the newspaper just now, and Your Majesty should have found that the articles in the Han newspapers were very ...... It's very straightforward and a waste of paper. Wei Zheng said.

"Indeed." Li Shimin nodded, just like in their opinion, the articles of this Han newspaper belong to irrigation, and many articles can be very concise, but they did not write them very straightforwardly.

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he immediately reacted, "You mean that the reason why the newspapers of the Han Dynasty use this kind of vernacular text to write articles is to make them understandable to all the people?" ”

"That's right, that's what the Han means, because ordinary people can see and understand, which means that these people can directly understand the thoughts of Huo Gang, the supreme leader of the Han Dynasty, if it is put in our Datang, it means that all the people can understand Your Majesty's thoughts." Wei Zheng nodded very dryly.

Li Shimin instantly understood the benefits of this, which means that the people can understand a lot of truths, which they didn't understand originally, but Li Shimin can let them understand, where did the folk rumors come from? Isn't it because they don't know what it means, and then they start spreading it indiscriminately?

"That's true, and what else?" Li Shimin continued to ask.

"Also, if all the people are literate, then it will be more convenient for the people to communicate with each other, Your Majesty, you should know that if everyone is literate, sometimes some people are not easy to be deceived."

"And the most critical point is that after literacy, it reduces the cost of reading for the people, if everyone is literate, then there are some smart people from poor families who can directly learn by themselves, the number of people in the world is the largest, if the people in the world can be literate, even if one out of 100,000 people can learn by themselves, then Your Majesty can also get a large number of talents!" Wei Zheng said seriously.

"That's true, if they figure out the meaning of some words, although it is a little difficult to read, it is much better than not even knowing the words, so that the probability of the children of the poor family will be greatly increased, in this way, the entire official system of Datang will not be in the hands of the family gate valve, and it is logical to weaken the influence of the family gate valve on Datang."

"Even, if there are millions of poor people in Datang, then the gate valve family doesn't even need me to operate, they will decline by themselves and let themselves appear in the dominant position." Li Shimin said thoughtfully, he didn't hide his idea of weakening the family gate valve at all, at least not in front of Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng stood there silently and did not speak, he had already understood Li Shimin, many times Li Shimin was arrogant, but I have to say that his overall idea was that he was a qualified emperor, although his throne was not right, but the matter had come to this, Li Shimin was the best choice.

And in that situation at that time, from the perspective of a third party, Wei Zheng could be sure that Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng would have a fight, and Li Jiancheng might not be a good emperor, but two people would fight, and there would be only one result of failure.

These things can't be changed, but now as long as Datang is doing well, Wei Zheng is already satisfied, "Your Majesty, and the benefits are not only this." ”

"Oh? What else? Li Shimin immediately asked.

"There is also this pinyin literacy method, the textbook compiled by Huo Gang has made a standard pronunciation method for the pronunciation of each word, and the Han official calls this Mandarin, which means to popularize the common language of the world."

"The words read according to this pronunciation mean that the accents of all the people in the world are the same, so there is no dialect, which is of great benefit to the communication of the world."

"For example, when I say that people from Guanzhong go to Jiangnan, they can still speak the same pronunciation and speak Mandarin, and everyone can understand it."

"Maybe this generation will have some dialect accents, but all the children learn pinyin literacy, when the future generations grow up, it doesn't take much, only four or five generations later, the world's accent is naturally unified, everyone speaks Mandarin, which is like writing, and a unified accent is conducive to communication in the world."

"There are also Turkic people like the Han Dynasty, the Loulan people, and the Yanqi people who have just joined, and some of these people from other countries even have their own languages and scripts, and Huo Gang is obviously preparing for this."

"And for us Datang, these are also things that should be prepared for a rainy day." Wei Zheng bent down and saluted.

Li Shimin stood there for a long time before he sighed: "Yes, this kid is such a genius, he can often see the future several steps after taking one step, and many of his plans are not excellent now, but they have laid a very solid foundation for the future of Dahan." ”

"Referring to his age again, in the next few decades of the Han Dynasty, it will inevitably swell to no less than the huge land area of the former Western Turks, and the Han Dynasty will inevitably be a powerful country in the future, Xuan Cheng, you say, is the Great Tang a threat to me?"

Li Shimin's gaze turned over, Wei Zheng was silent for a while, and after a long time, he spoke: "Your Majesty, I don't dare to say anything else, but I dare to say that when Huo Gang is still in power, Dahan will definitely not pose any threat to Datang, and he is sincere in forming a brotherly alliance with Datang." ”

"Oh?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, even Li Shimin, who married Changle, did not have this confidence, and he didn't know where Wei Zheng came from such confidence.

"Because he didn't just say once that the world is too big, so big that he may not be able to say that the world is in his pocket in his lifetime, in this case, why does he want to fry with the Tang Dynasty from the same root?" Wei Zheng said seriously.

"What about Huo Gang a hundred years later?" Li Shimin asked again.

"With all due respect." Wei Zheng said.

"Tell me, when did you Xuancheng stop speaking outright? You've never said anything. Li Shimin couldn't help but smile, do you Wei Zheng still have a time when he doesn't speak out? You're afraid it's not the Wei Zheng I know.

Wei Zheng also smiled, and then spoke: "The minister also learned one thing in the Han Dynasty, that is, straightforwardness can also be divided into different ways of speaking, and the same can achieve the goal, one can choke people to death, and one can make people very comfortable to accept opinions, since this is the case, the minister does not mind changing it, so that His Majesty can receive the minister's opinions very comfortably." Huo Gang calls this emotional intelligence. ”

"What the minister wants to say is that after a hundred years of Huo Gang, the Tang Dynasty and the Han Dynasty can only be developed by themselves, and Huo Gang once instilled a theory in the minister." Wei Zheng thought about it, and he couldn't help but think of the shock he felt when he first communicated with Huo Gang about this issue.

"Oh?" Li Shimin said curiously.

Huo Gang said that the essence of human beings is selfish, and similarly, many of people's creations and inventions come from competition. What does Your Majesty think of this? Wei Zheng asked with a smile.

Li Shimin thought for a while, and then nodded: "Although it is straightforward, it speaks the essence of human nature, as for creating inventions...... Indeed, after the goods of Dahan came in, as far as I knew, the processing speed of many silks in our Datang Jiangnan seemed to be faster and more exquisite. ”

"Not bad." Wei Zheng couldn't help but admire, and then continued, "That's what Huo Gang said, Huo Gang said that the development of technology comes from competition, if two countries with equal national strength compete with each other, if these two countries are in hostility, then these two countries have the fastest development speed in weapons and equipment, this is competition." ”

"If it is two commercial firms, then the products of the two commercial banks will become more cash with each other, the production speed is faster, the cost is lower, and the finished product is better and more advanced."

"And this kind of competition is very beneficial for a country."

"Not bad." Li Shimin thought about it seriously, it is indeed such a truth, think about it, the biggest enemies of the Sui and Tang dynasties are all Turks, so whether it is the former Sui or the Tang Dynasty, the priority now is cavalry!