Chen Xianzhang looked at the symbols on the rice paper and was a little confused.

I don't know.

Except for a sentence reading, Chen Xianzhang has never seen the rest of the symbols, and after a careful look, he found that the symbols in the table made by His Royal Highness the Prince are a little different from the traditional punctuation.

For example, people's names.

The traditional one is to add a "丨" before and after the person's name, and if it is a place name, it is "||".

However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wrote down that there is no special name, and there is no special place name, if the name of the person and place that needs to be specially explained, or the words with special meanings, are all included with "".

And there is a special book title number ".

Chen Xianzhang said weakly: "Your Highness, I am afraid that this thing will have to be promoted throughout the country in order to be gradually adapted by readers." ”

It's too complicated.

Zhu Jianji said with a smile: "Lone knows, in this form given to you, the use of various punctuation marks is recorded in detail, you take it back first, and tell Lone's will, this system, not only in the Guozijian implementation, all over the country, government schools, must implement this punctuation system, to change the bad habit of reading articles in the past need to read people to break sentences, from now on, an article will have its own paragraphs and sentences, which can greatly reduce the difficulty of reading comprehension, but also reduce the time of reading." ”

Chen Xianzhang nodded, "As long as it can be widely promoted, everyone is familiar with this system, and it is not difficult." ”

Zhu Jianji hummed.

Said: "The matter of punctuation, you and several officials of the Guozijian carefully discuss the implementation plan, in addition, this move will also be implemented in the court, and the Guozijian will send people to various departments to teach officials, so that all officials can master this punctuation system, so you need to master the people of Guozijian first, so that you can teach others...... Well, forget it if you are too old, such as an old man like Yu Shaobao, it is too difficult for them to learn a new punctuation system from scratch. ”

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This is embarrassing, so the old officials are exempted.

There are not many old officials in the DPRK and China anymore.

Chen Xianzhang immediately received the order.

Zhu Jianji picked up a booklet from the bookshelf and handed it to Chen Xianzhang, "This is a set of rhyme book system developed when he was studying with Zhang Peng before he was alone. ”

Chen Xianzhang was shocked, "Your Highness wants to re-repair the rhyme book?" ”

That's a big deal.

Zhu Jianji shook his head, "What do you mean by rebuilding the rhyme book?" Lone this is a re-creation of a complete set of perfect rhyme book system, and our commonly used flat water rhyme, cut rhyme, is a completely different system, otherwise how can Lone say that what you are going to do next will go down in history. ”

Chen Xianzhang hurriedly opened the booklet and took a look.

Stunned.

What is it?

I don't know.

He was greeted by A, B, C, D, G, K, M, and F......

Each symbol has a character on it that is pronounced in a standard pronunciation.

For example, the first A, the target is the word "ah".

The second b, the target is the word "wave".

Twenty-six in total.

In the later pages, it is divided into three parts: initials, finals and tones, and this whole set of rhymes is listed in almost detail, which is breathtaking.

Chen Xianzhang's scalp was numb when he saw it.

What the hell is this......

With his talent, it can naturally be seen that this will be a set of rhymes that far exceed the cut rhyme and the flat water rhyme.

It is a new rhyme that creates ancient and modern.

Your Highness is a great talent!

Zhu Jianji said with a smile: "Under the governance of the Ming Dynasty, it will surely move towards a new future, when the country's military, economy, industry and agriculture have developed, then it is bound to need more talents, how to get talents?" Reading, of course. But in the future, the Ming Dynasty does not need so many eight-share imperial examination jinshi, but needs more professionals from all walks of life, and this gap is very large. And the country is rich and strong, so it is natural to let more people be able to read, so this is the first fire burned by the reform of orphan education, in the ideal of loneliness, the next few decades after the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the wisdom of the whole people, at least to reach a literacy rate of about seventy percent. ”

Literacy is a big undertaking.

In the twentieth century, literacy eradication in China took decades, and in the era of the Ming Dynasty, when reading was more difficult, it was impossible for a generation to complete literacy.

Therefore, Zhu Jianji did not dare to think that the whole people would be enlightened.

Before he died, seventy percent of the people in Daming could be literate, then he would have succeeded.

And to achieve this, three things must be done.

Punctuation mark.

Reform of rhyme.

Traditional simplified.

Among them, punctuation marks are the simplest, which is mainly to simplify the problem of sentence breaks in reading comprehension, after all, ancient texts are jerky, and sentence breaks can basically only be understood by the reader himself.

With a complete set of punctuation, this problem is solved.

The reform of rhyme is to abandon the complex flat water rhyme and cut rhyme, and use a simpler Chinese pinyin method to make it easier and simpler for people to get started with reading.

But that's certainly not enough.

It also has to be simplified in traditional Chinese.

Because traditional Chinese characters are too difficult to read, and they are difficult to write.

When these three operations were implemented and successful, the Ming Dynasty had enough economic strength to develop agriculture enough to feed the explosive population, and it was able to promote national literacy.

Therefore, in the next few years, what Chen Xianzhang has to do is the most important thing.

Zhu Jianji said slowly: "Chen Xianzhang, this punctuation system, rhyme system, are just a system of throwing bricks and attracting jade, and what you really want you to do is a major event of merit through the ages." ”

After a pause, "This matter, in this era, it will be difficult for you scholars to do it, but you don't have to worry, Lone will often come to Guozijian to give advice." ”

Chen Xianzhang asked, "Your Highness, what is the matter?" ”

Zhu Jianji said slowly: "Pingshui rhyme and cut rhyme, both have a rhyme book, so this new rhyme method created by Lone, naturally have to get a rhyme book out, well, no, Lone doesn't plan to call it a rhyme book, but call it a dictionary." ”

He has not yet ascended the throne, and he has no year name.

Called Jingtai Dictionary?

After thinking about it, what does it mean, there is no need to earn this face for Lao Zhu.

Said: "This dictionary is called Xinhua Dictionary." ”

Chen Xianzhang looked dazed, "Why is it called Xinhua Dictionary?" ”

Zhu Jianji laughed and perfunctorily past.

He really doesn't know why Xinhua Dictionary is called Xinhua Dictionary, probably the dictionary of New China?

I haven't studied it, so I really don't know what it means.

Said with a smile: "After this dictionary is compiled, it will be a primer for future readers to read and recognize words, the foundation of all reading, and the foundation that will determine the future glory and prosperity of my Ming Dynasty. ”

Chen Xianzhang only felt a little enthusiastic when he heard this.

However, Zhu Jianji's next sentence made him feel a lot of pressure, "Chen Xianzhang, this is not a dictionary that copies existing words, but an innovative dictionary, to simplify most of the words, such as the word sword, it can be simplified like this——"

Zhu Jianji picked up the pen and wrote the word "sword" on rice paper.

Chen Xianzhang was dumbfounded.

Nee asked, "All the words should be simplified?" ”

Zhu Jianji asked rhetorically, "Otherwise?" ”

Chen Xianzhang was stunned for a while, then his face suddenly flushed, and he knelt down and saluted: "Minister, you must not be trusted by His Highness!" ”

He only now really understood what a big deal he was going to do.

This will be a monument in the history of reading.

Once it's done......

He Chen Xianzhang is likely to be the same as Cangjie, and his real name will go down in history.

Zhu Jianji said with a smile: "Don't be busy making a statement, this matter is not as simple as you think, even if Lone asks you to find dozens of people in the country, it will take at least a few years, and in addition, Lone will correct you at any time, so this merit will not be yours alone, it is our entire team!" ”

Of course, Lao Tzu has to hang the title of editor-in-chief.

You, Chen Xianzhang, are just a deputy editor-in-chief.

Chen Xianzhang said with a smile: "Weichen remember His Highness's instructions!" ”