The summer is hot, the heat is rising, everything seems to wilt, the sun shines like a stove, and the piercing eyes are hot.

Zhao Si skimmed his eyes and sighed as he landed on Bingjian, who was constantly melting the cold air.

"It's so hot......"

The flowers are in full bloom, and Yu Ji leans on the recliner with a big belly and looks at the flowers with interest.

The First Emperor was very interested in holding a simple version of the cat teasing stick to tease Amber.

Amber accompanied the First Emperor with perfunctory and boredom to play games to satisfy the First Emperor's childlike innocence, and quietly leaned closer to Bingjian.

Tigers are also afraid of heat......

Zhao Si took the bound first issue of "Science and Nature" from the palace people.

Flip to Table of Contents......

Annotation and parsing of punctuation marks

Magical nature

Refraction of sunlight

The principle of the rainbow

The power of nature

Water, ice, snow

The catalogue was added at the request of Zhao Si.

"Science and Nature" is the face of the general public, it must be simple and clear enough, in fact, in order to open the sales and detonate the hot spots, Zhao Si also plans to refer to the shock body of the UC editor.

However, it seems to be a little too advanced for this era, so it is not used.

It is worth mentioning that this book "Science and Nature" uses punctuation.

Well, modern punctuation......

And the first article is the use and analysis of punctuation.

Well, sentence breaking in ancient times is a profound science, and strictly speaking, sentence breaking can be regarded as a kind of knowledge monopoly in this era.

Ordinary people get an article, will not break the sentence, even if every word is known, I am afraid it is extremely difficult to read, the most important thing is that the article is such a thing, the sentence is wrong, often its meaning is very different, it can be said that the difference is thousands of miles.

What people can make from what they cannot know......

Sometimes, for the analysis of the ancients, I am afraid that the ancients themselves will have to crawl out of the coffin board and say that you have misunderstood what I mean.

For example, Master Confucius himself can be said to be quite affected.

Once it is monopolized, it is actually not considered to be learning.

I've read the Analects all my life, can you know the Analects better than I do?

It sounds like a joke, but it's actually reality.

Even if Confucius himself is resurrected, I am afraid that he will be branded as a fallacy.

Zhao Si doesn't like not to have punctuation, so basically what he writes, except for short sentences, is generally left blank, and if it is an article, it is naturally in accordance with the habit of the previous life to add punctuation.

Zhao Si has long had the idea of implementing punctuation, but he has always been unable to pull his hand.

Well, compared to other places, the craftsman bureau was the first to use punctuation, and it has been used for a long time.

After they read the article written by Zhao Si, they took the initiative to raise this matter.

After all, there is no room for sloppiness in scientific research......

Scientific research to seek truth from facts, there is no sentence break is quite inconvenient, Zhao Si's simple and clear sentence break symbol was quickly adopted by them, and now the internal materials of the craftsman bureau are all punctuated marks, of course, they still use the standards of this era as always, and are currently only used and circulated internally.

Anyway, popular science books are going to be published, Zhao Si thought about it, and simply popularized punctuation.

Regarding the lack of punctuation, Zhao Si can be said to have endured it for too long.

He was by the side of the First Emperor, and he had to help the First Emperor deal with government affairs every day, and he had long hated the twists and turns of thousands of words without a single punctuation mark and relying on his own broken sentences.

Opening "Science and Nature", Zhao Si looked at it.

Well, the big vernacular...... It's easy to understand, and there are punctuation breaks, which makes it even simpler.

It's just a little bit, like ,。!? "This kind of punctuation is actually better for horizontal rather than vertical text.

In this era, bamboo slips were popular, limited by the material, so they were written from top to bottom.

As for why it is a right-to-left vertical version, it is because of the writing habits at this time.

Generally speaking, bamboo slips are generally compiled into a book after they are written.

That is, when writing, in most cases, it is written with bamboo strips that have not yet been weaved.

Normally, these bamboo strips are piled up on the left hand, and when writing, they are taken from the left side and written with the right hand, and after writing a piece, check that there is no problem, they will be braided with a rope by the way, one by one, until the writing is just finished.

So it reads from top to bottom, right to left.

It's a good thing to have a sentence break symbol, it's really much simpler to say it or not, and you don't have to worry about someone having comprehension problems because of sentence breaking.

However, it's really not very pretty......

It will give people a very abrupt feeling......

"Just be practical...... Zhao Si pinched his nose, ugly is ugly, but the effect is obvious.

Punctuation is popularized first, and when paper is thoroughly popularized, it is time to promote horizontal writing.

The Chinese characters are basically written from top to bottom and from left to right, so changing the vertical version to the horizontal version from left to right actually does not have much impact on the writing.

The vertical version is suitable for bamboo slips, and the paper is more suitable for horizontal version.

After all, the horizontal version is from left to right from top to bottom, falling in rows, and after writing a line of words, it is not easy to stain the ink when writing with a brush, or because the ink contaminates the sleeve.

"Hmm...... It's worth updating! Zhao Si nodded.

Times have changed, the materials for writing have changed, and there is no need to be conservative after popularizing the world.

Zhao Si briefly read it and handed it to the First Emperor, who looked at it with great interest.

This look, it's still exciting......

The First Emperor wasn't really interested in these things.

However, because of Zhao Si's requirements, the book "Science and Nature" must be easy to understand and focus on popular science.

Although Zhao Si emphasized that this is not a book or a theory, it ...... That's a publication all over the world!

The kind that can still be signed!

With official help and promotion, and Zhao Si's promise, who dares to slack off?

Therefore, the draft of the first edition of Science and Nature was actually not good, and there were a lot of show-off elements in it, and there were some private goods mixed in...... The writing was too high, and Zhao Si was dissatisfied, so he asked them to call it back and rewrite it, and repeatedly emphasized that it must be easy to understand, and it should be the kind that children can understand.

After being ordered by Zhao Si'er to be a guest in person, this version of "Science and Nature" was born.

Let's put it this way, the current edition of "Science and Nature", as long as they can know the words, children aged eight or nine can understand it, and those with stronger hands-on ability can even reproduce most of the interesting little experiments.

And it is a pure vernacular, the kind that is more vernacular than "Water Margin".

Popular science articles and scientific research articles are two different concepts.

Most people can read the former with relish, and most people can't understand the latter when they connect the words.

Of course, the First Emperor is energetic......

This is also too easy to understand, but the analysis and experiments are aimed at many common phenomena in life.

For example, the three forms of water, the formation of rainwater...... What artificial rainbow, small hole imaging ......

I can't understand the scientific research papers, but the first emperor read the popular science articles with relish.

"It's kind of interesting......" the First Emperor gave his own evaluation.

"The characters used in this sentence break are good, so that the article is clear at a glance, and you don't have to bother breaking the sentence." The First Emperor returned Science and Nature to Zhao Si.

"In this case, it is better to promote it among officials, so as to reduce the situation of unfavorable communication between the upper and lower levels." Zhao Si said casually.

"Yes!" The First Emperor nodded.

"You're going to get this article in a book? How many copies are printed? The First Emperor asked again.

"10,000 copies, don't worry about the engraving, the craftsman bureau has already made it, you don't have to bother with the craftsman, the rest is nothing more than labor and materials, the craftsman bureau has a paper mill, and it can produce it by itself." Zhao Si opened his mouth and said.

"Ten thousand copies? So much? The First Emperor raised an eyebrow.

"You don't have to pay for it from the treasury, do you?" Zhao Si smiled.

"It's all my money!" The First Emperor knocked on Zhao Si's head.

"Then you are the eldest father, I am the grandson, isn't your money my money?" Zhao Si said with a smile.

"You're quite bold...... the first emperor glanced at Zhao Si, this kid is waiting to inherit everything he has in his words, but the first emperor is not disgusted, on the contrary, he is even a little pleased.

"Print as much as you want, and if you need the cooperation of the courtiers, you can figure it out yourself, but you can't waste time, and finish your five-year plan first." The First Emperor spoke.

"Where is this for a while? It would be nice to have one before your great-grandson is born, and I guess the rest of the details will be corrected in time. Zhao Si sighed.

To plan this kind of thing, the most taboo leader makes a decision as soon as he pouts his head.

You have to know what your subordinates are capable of...... If it is not good, it is easy to do bad things.

Can he get rid of Tang Seng and his apprentices? He doesn't have the ability.

But can the rush to refuse, can the officials refuse? Can you say that you can't do it when the leader assigns a task?

The most taboo thing is not to say that it can work, but in fact it can't, so you can make up for it from somewhere else.

"There is nothing missing in the big policy, and the details are checked and filled in with their own court ministers, if you can figure out everything in the world alone, what is the use of the court ministers? You are young, it is the time to work hard, you should rush forward, how can there be a reason to look forward to the future? The First Emperor spoke.

"I understand the truth, it's just a few problems, maybe it's okay for the country, but it's also an unbearable weight when it falls on people, and what I can do is nothing more than be more meticulous and more serious, so that there will be fewer people who suffer." Zhao Si sighed.

In fact, Zhao Si is now able to fully understand.

There is no such thing as a good policy that takes all the boxes.

From the implementation of policies to their implementation, there will always be a variety of problems.

At the national level, it is not possible to take into account individual ......

There are always some people who have to bear the pressure of the times and finally be abandoned by the times.

Those who govern the country make trade-offs, not judgments about right and wrong.

"You're kind." The old god of the First Emperor leaned comfortably on the chaise longe.

"But it's better than your father~"

"What's the explanation?" Zhao Si asked.

"A country is a country, and a man is a man, and you know this better than him."

Zhao Si scratched his head and smiled.

In fact, there is one thing to say, and now the relationship between Fusu and the First Emperor has eased a lot because of Zhao Si.

At the very least, the First Emperor will no longer have a situation where Fusu's mood automatically drops by three points.

Well...... Now I can calmly listen to Fusu talk about his crooked reasoning.

As for Fusu, the way he spoke became a little more tactful, and it would not make the first emperor lose his life for ten years in three sentences.

I don't know what I think in my heart, but the first emperor still has a great prejudice against Fusu.

However, Zhao Si thinks it's a good thing, at least the first emperor is now not taboo to mention his father, and it is actually good to be able to scold him.

"I heard that you mentioned it to Li Si to release the slaves?" The First Emperor changed the subject.

"Hmm...... Slaves are not considered households, they can only be regarded as goods, but Daqin is just short of people, and the child thinks ......" Zhao Si was interrupted by the First Emperor before he finished speaking.

"Freeing slaves is not a big deal, but there must always be someone to serve you...... You wouldn't expect the Manchu ministers and dignitaries to cultivate their own fields, raise silkworms and weave cloth, and make their own fires and cook, right? The First Emperor looked at Zhao Si leisurely.

The release of slaves is indeed not a big deal, at least for the First Emperor.

The official slaves were subordinate to the Great Qin government, which was a matter of one sentence for the First Emperor, and the staff worked hard to register the slaves, and it was over.

As for private slaves?

Slaves cannot be regarded as human beings, but are in fact considered goods.

Aside from the perspective of personal feelings, the era of imperial power basically imposed strict restrictions on slaves, slaves and maids, etc., stipulating the number of people to be accepted and promulgating laws for the personal protection of slaves and slaves.

To put it bluntly, centralization is multifaceted.

Why is the Hao family strong? Isn't it just that there are too many personal vassals?

They have the power of life and death, and they are no different from the emperor in front of slaves, after all, slaves are property in legal theory, and they do not enjoy the right to be born as human beings, and they are no different from animals.

What the imperial power cannot interfere with is what he wants to interfere with.

Therefore, regardless of whether there is slavery or not, whenever the imperial power is strong, relevant decrees will inevitably be issued.

The First Emperor didn't mind the release of slaves and the strong interference of imperial power, but he didn't want Zhao Si to go against the logic of reality and naively think that there would really be no slaves in the world with a decree.

The capitalists did abolish slavery, but the workers at the bottom did not live as well as slaves......

"Nickname, servant? Sharecroppers?

In short, they must be registered and included in the scope of Great Qin's rule, and they can no longer be the same as before, and the Great Qin government has no right to interfere with them. ”

"Hmm...... If you can figure it out, you can figure it out. The First Emperor nodded.

It's good, it's not Fusu's stupid kindness.

Zhao Si's kindness and generosity are also obvious, but he is down-to-earth and knows what can be done and what cannot be done.

At the same time, Zhao Si's reasoning did not violate the basic logic of the matter.

Therefore, the First Emperor also believed that when he was really faced with the problem of choice, Zhao Si would not make a stupid decision.

Well, that's enough......

After the Shengsun plan is written and Zhao Si is appointed, he can slip away.

(End of chapter)