Time passed, and Cheng Yi's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Okay, it's a good word, indeed, it's time to use the vernacular, it's time to pull out the chaos!" Cheng Yi laughed heartily. Yang Shi also raised his eyebrows, revealing a look of enlightenment. "Father?" asked the middle-aged man on the side. Cheng Yili ignored him, and instead looked at Yang Shi: "Neutral, what do you think?"

"I think the article is well written, but it only says the benefits. Yang Shi said, Cheng Yi nodded, waved his hand and motioned for him to continue.

"Although Qin Xianao only said the good, how could he not know the disadvantages? So I thought about Qin Xianao's actions all the time and found a characteristic. Yang Shi said, "That's what he has been advocating, no matter which one of its tenets is a word 'simplify', simplify, get rid of everything that is unnecessary and even hinders our thinking." ”

"What a simplification. Cheng Yi's eyes sparkled and nodded, "You have reached the root, so what should you do with this article?"

"If I'm not mistaken, we should oppose this article, but we don't need to be too vehement. Yang Shi smiled, "I don't know if what I said is correct." ”

"Those who know me are neutral. Cheng Yi laughed, "Qin Xianao just wants us to oppose it, you were right just now, what Qin Xianao has done again and again is nothing more than to remove the burden of thinking." ”

"We use ancient dialects to write articles, and we pay attention to refining words and sentences, paying attention to rhyme, and artistic conception everywhere...... All this hinders the mind and hinders the spread of the Word. It's like a person going up a mountain and carrying a thousand pounds of heavy loads, so it may be a hammer of the strength of a person going up the mountain, but ......"

"But if you keep carrying a thousand pounds on your back like this, you will eventually tire people out and make people unable to walk. "Yang Shi interface.

"That's the truth. Cheng Yi clapped his hands and laughed. "Because the choice of words and sentences, rhyming duality have been integrated into our bones, so once what we write cannot reach the ultimate literary conception of beauty, we often prefer not to write the Tao into the book, but only to teach and preach the Tao orally. It was true that the word should not be preached. is very correct, but the current situation is different, or Qin Xianao thinks that the situation is different, and this world forces us to no longer be broomsticks. ”

"The aura will be dispersed, and we are too far away from successfully cracking the secret of immortality, at this moment, Qin Xianao thinks that he should no longer be confined to the view of the portal, and must concentrate the power of the whole world to push the Dao forward. ”

Therefore, he thinks that Dan has gained. It's time to take it out and share it. ”

Therefore this is the same word, although he declares it to the whole world, but ...... It really means to 'preach.' Cheng Yi said.

"Ancient texts are a stepping stone, knock on the door, you can throw it. Yang Shi's eyes lit up and said, "Qin Xianao's meaning is that the imperial examination still uses ancient texts, but we do scholarship and write articles into books." Spreading the world should no longer pay attention to the choice of words and sentences, but should focus on making the meaning clear. It is shown without ambiguity so that those who are really interested in it can understand it. ”

"That's why I said that what Qin Xianao wants is that we are against it. Cheng Yi said with emotion, "We are against it, he Qin Xianao agrees, and in the end, it will be done by giving up one step, and the imperial examination will use ancient Chinese." Do learning in the vernacular. ”

"The imperial examination uses ancient texts, which can select talents, and these talents have been cultivated by ancient texts, just like carrying thousands of catties forward, once they let go of ancient texts. Doing learning in the normal vernacular, at this time, it is like carrying a thousand pounds of burden, how can you not run fast?"

Cheng Yi smiled heartily when he said this: "Qin Xian is a true devil, the burden on the shoulders of a scholar is too heavy, although I have always felt it, but I don't dare, I never dare to think about it." ”

"Yes, who dares to have the slightest doubt about the traditions handed down by the sages and the ancestors of the past dynasties?" Yang Shi also sighed with emotion, "It is precisely because I dare not doubt the ancestors that I can't imagine that people sometimes should carry heavy burdens, and sometimes they should travel lightly in order to make a career." ”

"But he Qin Xianao dared, although this person is a devil, but the devil also has the benefit of the devil, that is, he can break the rules and regulations and point straight to the avenue. Cheng Yi sighed with emotion and smiled at Yang Shi, "Neutral, please go and invite Ah Zhu and Ah Bi to come." ”

"That's as it should be. Yang Shi responded.

......

Bianliang Prime Minister's Mansion.

Sima Guang, Sima Kang, father and son were also reading the "Declaration of Consistent Words" in the newspaper.

"Father, Qin Xianao's words are consistent, he said it beautifully in this article, but don't say that it is obviously out of place, just say that there is no ancient text, use vernacular Chinese, vernacular is what everyone can say, isn't it that as long as you can write, you are a scholar?" Sima Kang frowned slightly, "Learning is not difficult, how can it be used to select talents?"

"Why not?"

Sima Guang's gaze stopped at the newspaper, and said lightly: "Kang'er, your vernacular writing is not bad, but can you write Qin Xianao's level, if you are asked to serialize a novel similar to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", can you do it?"

Sima Kang was stunned for a moment, and then his face was a little gloomy.

"Kang'er is naturally not as proud as Qin Xian. ”

Because of the appearance of vernacular in the newspaper, their father and son, as a person with bull's ears in the academic world, naturally could not make people see jokes in this regard, and they have been practicing secretly, and this exercise also feels that it is very difficult to write vernacular literature well.

"Kang'er is not as good as Qin Xianao, but how many Qin Xianao are there in this world?" Sima Kang said in a deep voice, "Although the vernacular is not easy, but compared to the ancient Chinese, he is a lot easier, right?" And the child's meaning is not that the vernacular is not easy to write well, but once the vernacular is used to test a person's level, he will lose his ...... Lost ......"

"Humph!"

Sima Guang's face sank, of course he knew what Sima Kang wanted to say.

The biggest impact on readers without ancient texts is nothing else, that is, their disguises are peeled off, and people who are not good at reading ancient texts are not very good at reading ancient texts, so they can pretend to be forced and appear to be very knowledgeable.

But once you don't use ancient Chinese, use vernacular Chinese, at this time, as long as you are literate, everyone can come to evaluate whether your article is good or not, whether your knowledge is high or not, how to pretend to be forced?

"Father, as Qin Xianao said, when you really use the vernacular, it is the most test of a person's skills, and the child is not afraid, and there is nothing to fear. A trace of confidence flashed in Sima Kang's eyes, he Sima Kang has been reading poetry and books since he was a child, and he followed Sima Guang to compile "Zizhi Tongjian", it can be said that the knowledge in the stomach is comparable to few in the world.

"Children are not afraid of such real materials, but what about other readers? Will they agree?"

"Kang'er, do you think that without the ancient texts, there will be fewer conditions to make them superior?" Sima Guang's voice was flat, "Do you think this Qin Xianao can't even think of it?"

Sima Kang looked at Sima Guang suspiciously.

"You forgot the book "Principles of Ethics", Sima Guang said in a deep voice.

"Principles of Ethics?" Sima Kang's eyes flashed suddenly, "Principles of Ethics" is all in the vernacular, and everyone can understand the vernacular, but this book is more and more obscure and difficult to understand, and Sima Kang has only read half of it now.

"Father, what do you mean?"

"Qin Xianao is right, it should be implemented to be consistent with words!" Sima Guang raised his head, his eyes flashed brightly, his knowledge has reached the level of Sima Guang, writing ancient Chinese forty years ago is not much different from the vernacular, since ancient Chinese and vernacular are very easy to write, naturally I can't feel the benefits of vernacular Chinese, but ......

"The first part of the "Principles of Ethics" is a child, as long as you are literate, you can read it, but if you write it in ancient Chinese, ......"

"And at the back of this "Principles of Ethics", the further back you go, the more you look at the headache, and the vernacular is written with a headache, if it is written in ancient Chinese, ......"

When he thought that the entire "Principles of Ethics" was written entirely in ancient Chinese, Sima Guang felt his scalp tingle.

The Analects of Confucius is the simplest of Confucius's writings, but this Analects has been annotated by countless sages for thousands of years, and no one dares to be sure that their commentary is Confucius's original intention.

If "Principles of Ethics" is written in ancient Chinese, it will be impossible for Sima Guang to understand it in a few years, and even if he understands it, he will only say that he Sima Guang thinks so, and Sima Guang's understanding may not be what the author wants to express.

"I didn't think the ancient texts were so bad before, but ...... reading this "Declaration of Consistency of Words and Words", Sima Guang compared the content of the newspaper with his own feelings when he read "Principles of Ethics" and his feelings when he read "The Analects of Justice", and he felt more and more that if he wanted to "preach", he felt that if he wanted to "preach", it was urgent to be consistent with words.

"It's just to fool the common people, a few ancient texts, plus Confucianism, the hundred schools of thought are completely enough. ”

"If it is just to preach the way of one family, to run an academy, like we are now, to recruit disciples and protégés, and to preach through lectures, it is enough!"

"But if you want to expand your influence and spread your word all over the world, it is urgent to be consistent in words!"

"And Qin Xianao this time, what is he going to do?" Sima Guang's eyes were as bright as stars, "What Qin Xianao wants to do is to be the first grandmaster of the ages, he wants to be Qin Shi Huang, he wants to break the fence built between the sects, so that the Tao of each family and faction can be exchanged and circulated without hindrance from now on, which is a major event like Qin Shi Huang unifying the world, unifying words and scales." ”

Sima Kang's eyes widened, and then his eyes lit up: "I understand, is it really necessary......

"Sixty years of catastrophe are coming in the blink of an eye. Sima Guang shook his head with a wry smile, "If we can't integrate the power of the entire martial arts world and still work independently, how can we crack the longevity formula? But how easy is it to let all the factions unite to decipher the longevity formula together?"

Qin Xianao must have also seen this, so he did not forcibly match the various factions, but advocated the vernacular literary movement, it is a donkey or a horse, pull it out and slip away, just like his "Principles of Ethics", write a book and publish it to the world, so that no one will erase your merits, since this is the case, the views of the sects, there is no need to be too stubborn, maybe you can really twist the martial arts world into a rope. Sima Guang was silent.

"Is this really going to work?" Sima Kang was dazed.

Sima Guang also had a trace of confusion in his eyes, although he 'understood' Qin Xianao's original intention, but would it not be self-defeating to do so?

"There's no need to rush to reply to this matter, I'll write a letter to ask Cheng Yi and Lu Gong later, and see what they think!" Sima Guang rubbed his forehead, Qin Xianao always didn't let people worry. (To be continued.) )