324. Here comes another Propaganda Division
Month.
Frosted, icy clean.
Three or five round, two or eight missing.
Jade is Qiankun, and silver is the palace.
If the mirror is like a hook, it is still like a ring.
The young woman of the Lan boudoir was worried, and Yusai recruited people to complain.
The Han family is in the shadow of the pond tonight, and Mu Mu Jinbo is not singing.
In order to satisfy the vanity of King Rong Xuan'er, Zhao Mengqi had no choice but to be a literary thief again and stole a poem by Yang Shen's 17th order.
It's not very amazing, but it's also above the level, which makes everyone here praise.
Among them, the Shaoqing of Zongzheng Temple is particularly eager, "His Royal Highness is talented and magnificent, his words are endless and his meaning is infinite, the loop is circulating, endless, and it is easy to come to it but it is natural, which makes people love it endlessly."
This guy is really a master of sycophancy.
Immediately, Taichang Cheng Xie Changyuan also sighed, "His Royal Highness's work is beautiful, and the style implication can also be done as you like, sometimes bold as a big river to the east, sometimes graceful like a small bridge flowing water......":
Liu Mengyan was the champion twelve years ago, and Xie Changyuan was also a jinshi in that subject, both of whom had very good talents, and their careers were smooth, and they belonged to the new school in the court, and they had a lot of room for growth.
However, whether they can really enter the center of power in the future depends on the mind of the next emperor.
Enterprising people naturally have to try to establish a good relationship with the successor to the throne in advance.
But King Yan rarely appears in the court now, and he doesn't like to feast and socialize, and many people come to ask for a meeting, but they often return in vain.
Since it is not easy to get in touch with King Yan, then take a roundabout strategy and start from his biological father, King Rong.
King Rong has no ambitions, but he can also guess the intentions of the courtiers, and he is also happy to gather people's hearts for his son, anyway, he never talks about political affairs, only about the wind and snow, and there is no danger of breaking taboos.
Zhao Mengqi naturally knew about this situation, and he also knew that forming gangs and factions was the norm in politics, so he had no resistance to oppose it.
For talented and virtuous people like Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu, Zhao Mengqi will try to put them in the pocket, and those who generally take the initiative to take refuge will not ignore them, and they can just maintain a harmonious relationship through the people of King Rong and the Qian family.
What kind of person is Liumengyan, Zhao Mengqi knows it in his heart, but he won't show it, and he has no intention of shouting and shouting to kill, the so-called make the best use of things, make the best use of people, and the villain is not useless at all, it depends on where it is used and how it is used.
As for Xie Changyuan, Zhao Mengqi had no impression, and roughly remembered that he later surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, perhaps forced to follow the trend of the times, but he was definitely not hard-boned.
After politely saying a few words to the two, Zhao Mengqi greeted the others for a while, and was about to find an excuse to leave, but after seeing Wang Yinglin, who was in charge of the office of the Zhejiang West Pacification Division, an idea suddenly popped into his head.
Wang Yinglin is smart by nature, he passed the Six Classics at the age of nine, and he was promoted to the Jinshi at the age of nineteen, and he also passed the very difficult erudite Hongci course at the beginning of this year.
He is erudite and talented, dabbling in hundreds of schools of history, astronomy and geography, familiar with the history system, and good at research, and is a top excellent scholar.
Isn't that a great candidate for a new textbook?
Wouldn't it be a waste of talent to let him be an ordinary administrative official......
Zhao Mengqi thought about "abducting" him to the right path, so he said, "During the Dragon Boat Festival, I made the first three words on a whim, which I felt quite interesting."
"Three-word poems? The Han Dynasty was the most prosperous, but recently it is rarely used, because this style is not easy to shine, but with the talent of His Royal Highness, it must be a masterpiece." Wang Yinglin was intrigued.
Zhao Mengqi smiled, "I don't dare to take advantage of the masterpiece, just change the taste, and listen to me."
"In the middle of the day, noon. The rain is not rainy, and the mist is not dark. Fan to cool off and cool off. The river is eternal, and the water is endless.
The bridge is crossed, and the trees are like camelinates. Yuwa calamus, Jinlin li. Dragon boat racing, rhino swinging. Yin thunder drums, floating clouds blowing.
Together, they are revealed. The fog is advocated, and Yu is followed. Fight for each other. Chu Manji, a prostitute.
The shadow shines on the hairpin, and the foam splashes. The mountains are purple, and the sun is not shining. The scales are worn, and the toad is hooked. There is no waste, and there is no rest.
Bang [Expression] 艛, Rong Rong.
Strong, still children's play. Xiao Qi Ji, [Expression] Wave System."
Wang Yinglin nodded along with the rhythm of the poem while listening, and couldn't help but praise after listening, "This poem is catchy and back to basic, making people feel like returning to the Dragon Boat River.
Seeing that Wang Yinglin was "hooked", Zhao Mengqi began to raise the line, "Wang Gan has won the award, and the others are nothing, but I think the three-word style is not only smooth, but also short and concise, easy to remember."
"Indeed." Wang Yinglin nodded yes.
Zhao Mengqi continued, "I have an idea, can we use the three-character style, like a thousand-character text, to write an enlightenment reading, what do you think?"
"Three words and a thousand words?" Wang Yinglin was surprised, and seemed to be touched in his heart.
"Well, for example, at the beginning of human beings, nature is good. Sex is similar, Xi is far away. If you don't teach, sex is migration. The way of teaching is to be specialized. Starting with this, it integrates the literary history, astronomy and geography, human ethics, loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness of China over thousands of years, so that readers can have a basic concept of the events of China through the ages."
Zhao Mengqi followed the temptation and planned to guide Wang Yinglin to write the three-character scripture in advance.
"At the beginning of human beings, nature is good ......" Wang Yinglin seemed to be in a trance, and always felt that these sentences were familiar.
"Wang Ganban, Wang Ganban, what do you think?" Zhao Mengqi woke him up.
Wang Yinglin subconsciously said, "Great goodness!"
Zhao Mengqi also said, "I have made people improve the printing technology, the efficiency has been greatly improved compared with before, and the cost has also dropped a lot, if Wang Ganban can compile it, and then print it into a book, so that everyone in the world can have a copy, then it will definitely be able to improve the culture and education of our dynasty as never before."
"Huh? Written by the minister?" Wang Yinglin was a little confused, and always felt that something was wrong.
Zhao Mengqi didn't wait for him to figure it out, and continued, "Wang Gan is extremely knowledgeable, of course, it's up to you to write it, and then add punctuation marks, as well as pinyin, with such teaching materials, enlightenment education will become easier, and one teacher can teach hundreds of students......
"Wait, what's this pinyin?" Wang Yinglin had been brought into the ditch by Zhao Mengqi's words, and he really began to think about compiling the Three Character Classic.
As for punctuation, with the emergence of some new editions of books, many people have some understanding, but pinyin has not yet been heard.
"It's used to mark the pronunciation of the text, you see......"
Immediately, Zhao Mengqi took out the pen and paper he had with him, and explained while writing, not only Wang Yinglin listened seriously, but others were also very interested in joining in, and when they had doubts, they also asked questions directly, and Zhao Mengqi answered them immediately.
In ancient times, the earliest method was the straight phonetic method, that is, "a certain character is read like a certain word", "a certain character is pronounced like a certain word", and "a certain character sounds a certain word", giving a homophonic or near-phonetic word.
Later, with the development of the times, there was a phonetic syncopation, that is, reverse cutting, "so-and-so cut", "so-and-so anti", that is, to take the initials of the previous word and the finals of the last word.
In this way, to distinguish and stipulate the correct pronunciation of the text, it is necessary to rely on rhyme books, and rhyme books are also of many types, all of which are large tomes, in fact, it is difficult to remember.
And the scholars of this era write articles, poems and lyrics, they all pay attention to rhyme, so phonology must be mastered, and if there is a mistake in this during the imperial examination, then wait for the famous Sun Mountain.
However, even if you just memorize the popular "Great Song Dynasty Rebuilding Guangyun" at this time, it is an extremely difficult task, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a kind of torture, so it is not easy to become a qualified reader.
Zhao Mengqi did not completely copy the pinyin symbols of later generations, but made some improvements according to the style of Chinese characters, except for his own unaccustomed ones, others are the first time to see, but they do not feel different.
After telling for a long time, Wang Yinglin is worthy of being a well-informed person, and he has understood the general mystery and praised it again and again.
"Great goodness, with twenty-six simple and easy-to-remember runes, more than 30 initials and dozens of finals, supplemented by four tones on the level, you can spell out any word, which is really very convenient!"
At this time, the pronunciation of Chinese was quite different from that of later generations
, the number of initials and finals are higher, so the phonetic cannot be copied from later generations.
Zhao Mengqi provided this idea, and the specific work still needs to be perfected by real scholars.
"If you want to really implement pinyin, you must rewrite a rhyme book, no, you should integrate the dictionary, not only to phonetize each word, but also to give a definition, so that people can more fully understand a word, so it can be called a "dictionary"!"
Everyone was amazed, "Dictionary!?"
The original meaning of the word "dictionary" refers to important literature and books with exemplary value.
The content of the classics is to be believed and obeyed, so it is extended to the common way, the norm, and then the system, the law, and the etiquette, rituals and ceremonies.
Wang Yinglin can't help but shine in his eyes, if he can compile a classic, it will definitely go down in history and be admired by the ages.
But he also understands that this matter is not only difficult, but also requires a lot of personnel, and it must take a long time, and the most important thing is that it needs to spend a lot of money.
Even King Rong said, "This matter is meritorious in the present and beneficial in the future, I am afraid it will not be easy to accomplish, there are a lot of Chinese characters."
Zhao Mengqi laughed, "Actually, it's not difficult, in fact, there should be about a thousand of our commonly used words, and the first thing to write is to write a commonly used version, because it is mainly for beginners."
"Your Highness is reasonable, but the ministers are complicated." Wang Yinglin was stunned.
Zhao Mengqi thought for a while, and then said, "After compiling a common dictionary, you can also compile a common dictionary, and then you can compile an encyclopedia or something."
"Encyclopedia?" Wang Yinglin pondered for a moment, and looked at the text, "What does Your Highness mean by a similar book? When preparing for the examination of erudition and macros, the minister compiled a lot of materials and compiled a class book, which was divided into 21 books, such as astronomy, geography, bureaucracy, and food, which could be used by scholars to find allusions, but it was still far from being truly perfected, after all, the minister's power alone was limited."
"That's what it means, but it's not for scientific research that kind of advanced knowledge, but to integrate the knowledge of other industries, and it should be concise and easy to understand, with practicality as the main purpose......."
Zhao Mengqi gushed his thoughts, "In addition, I also plan to imitate the model of the imperial court newspaper and publish a kind of public newspaper that publishes imperial decrees, current affairs news, cultural exchanges, and so on......
The more everyone listened, the more stunned they became, and they were stunned by these whimsical ideas of King Yan.
It turned out that King Yan did not only prefer martial arts, but also had so many unique insights and plans in literary affairs.
Zhao Mengqi said that his mouth was dry, and after drinking a whole pot of wine, he continued, "I am going to set up a cultural and propaganda department to be responsible for the above affairs, and I want to ask Wang Ganban to do this promotion!"
"This?" Wang Yinglin was unprepared and couldn't help but hesitate a little,
But Liu Mengyan and Xie Changyuan both had red light in their eyes at this time.
Mother, who doesn't know now that all these newly established government offices are the descendants of King Yan, and those who can be in charge of any of these departments are the ministers of King Yan after he succeeds to the throne!