"Feng Lao is good!"

"Mr. Feng came out for tea again?"

A thin old man on the street with a newspaper smiling and smiling to deal with the greetings that came from time to time on the road, as an old man who is just barely literate, Feng Linhai has suffered a lot in this life, in his early years, he relied on the family heirloom Feng family knife technique to break through the rivers and lakes, settled in Bianliang in middle age to do business, and in his later years, he barely made some old books, and if he wants to live a stable life, he has to look at the face of the yamen officials.

But all this has changed since the last movement to overthrow the emperor.

In the overthrow of the emperor, Feng Linhai turned the resentment he suffered in this life into infinite strength, organized the young people around him to storm the palace, smashed the gentry, and won a lot of fame.

Qin Xianao went out of the mountain to clean up the world, and divided the Great Song Dynasty into three parts, Feng Linhai was still a little frightened, he was afraid that the court would settle accounts after the autumn, he wanted to go to Lingnan to hide, but he was too old to go to Lingnan for a long time, and he went to Lingnan, which was hot and humid in the summer, and bitter and cold in the winter.

The most important thing is that Qin Xianao is still there.

Qin Xian is proud of not dying, he is not afraid of Feng Linhai.

"If you arrest Lao Tzu, don't leak the rumors, once the rumors are leaked, it's a big deal that the world will overthrow the emperor again. ”

It is with such confidence in his heart, Feng Linhai settled down peacefully, and sure enough, the court seemed to have forgotten this matter, and the current officials in the imperial court yamen saw him Feng Linhai, not only did not speak ill of each other, but politely breathed, so that Feng Linhai was more at ease. Every day, I drink tea, talk about newspapers, and talk about the proud things in life, so comfortable.

"Qin Gongzi is a good person, this time the newspaper, the secret of reading and learning that he announced is for people who want to read and make progress. I'm afraid it's priceless. Feng Linhai sighed, "And he also set up a textbook compilation team, this ......"

"I heard that Sima Guang wrote a history tome called "Zizhi Tongjian", it would be good if he went to write the "History" textbook, Sima Guang wrote history, this junior high school "Language" should invite Wang Anshi to be the leader of the textbook compilation team, or Su Dongpo, or Cheng Yi?" Feng Linhai thought about it, and was suddenly stunned for a moment.

"What kind of list to post. Hey, no, isn't this Pravda?"

Feng Linhai stepped forward a few times, and after coming to the crowd in front, he looked at the list posted on the wall.

"This "Truth Handiwork" hasn't been published for a long time, and today it's actually ......" Feng Lin Hailian read excitedly.

"Qin Xianao advocated vernacular writing, and the people of the world cheered......"

This is an essay on the consequences of substituting vernacular for ancient texts, and the essay begins with a story. The author heard from many distant Western businessmen that there are many countries in the West that also have writing. Moreover, their writing is the phonetic script advocated by Qin Xianao, not the ideogram of my Great Song Dynasty.

These Western countries also use vernacular Chinese, but the country is not only not as rich and powerful as the fairy country in Qin Xianao's "Journey to the Immortal Country", but it is far inferior to my Great Song Dynasty, and its Li people live as well as a dog in the Great Song Dynasty.

Later, the article discusses the harm that vernacular literature can bring from various aspects. It is believed that the ancestors and sages of all dynasties chose the ancient language, not because they did not know that the vernacular language was easier to promote, but because they fully considered the harm of the vernacular language, and this is an expedient measure.

"I have never heard that a Bai Ding is smarter than a Confucian scholar!"

"I haven't heard that you can be more successful if you don't learn than if you study hard!"

"I haven't heard of it. What is easy to get is often more precious than what is hard to get!"

......

Reading Bang Wenfeng, Lin Hai's heart involuntarily tightened.

"I forgot, if it weren't for this reminder, I really forgot. ”

Feng Linhai wandered the rivers and lakes in his early years, did business in middle age, settled in Bianliang in his later years, saw all kinds of people in his life, and also saw many businessmen from the West who came to the Great Song Dynasty to do business.

"I also asked about the writing of their country, those Western countries, there are also written languages, and their writing does not seem to have the same ancient writing as our Great Song Dynasty, and their country is ......."

Feng Linhai's mind echoed the yearning and envy on his face when those businessmen talked about the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty.

"They say that my Great Song Dynasty is the most prosperous country in the world, and its prosperity far exceeds that of all the countries they have seen, and it is ......"

To see whether a person is rich or not, sometimes you only need to look at his overall temperament, movements, demeanor, and manners.

Feng Linhai is also very good at this aspect, and the Western merchants he observed, although some of these merchants themselves are very rich, but from their behavior and habits, Feng Linhai can see that their country is not rich.

"They envy the prosperity of my Great Song Dynasty, and even more envy the culture of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Their country also has writing, but their country can't even afford to use brushes and rice paper, and the porcelain of my Great Song Dynasty can only be used by nobles in their country......"

"All this may not be because their country uses vernacular Chinese, there is no ancient language, there is no ancient literature of the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no Confucian Four Books and Five Classics......"

The more Feng Linhai thought about it, the more worried he became.

......

As Pravda continues to post in the bustling areas and transportation centers around Bianliang, more and more people have seen this article.

In the 11th century, in addition to the military, the cultural and economic status of the whole world was equivalent to the status of the United States in the world in the 21st century.

As the cultural and economic center of the Great Song Dynasty, Bianliang was the city with the most foreign merchants.

Many of the citizens of Bianliang City have crossed paths with Western businessmen, especially some businessmen have close contacts with many Western businessmen, and they also know the real situation in many Western countries.

This article talks about the fact that the West uses the vernacular, and the country is not as rich as the Great Song Dynasty.

The prosperity and strength of the country involves various factors such as economy, culture, customs, education, etc., and modern countries cannot figure it out, let alone the ordinary people of this era. And a simple comparison is the easiest.

The common people also have brains, and in comparison, in ancient Chinese, the Great Song Dynasty, which governed the country by Confucianism, is the richest in the world, and in the vernacular, countries without Confucian culture are worse than my Great Song Dynasty. Coupled with the analysis listed later in this article, although it is not clear, it looks very powerful, which seems to make sense.

"Qin Gongzi's advocacy of vernacular text is good, but he may really be a little unexpected. ”

"The easier it is to get, the less you will cherish it, the vernacular is too simple and straightforward, it is easy to get started, but if you want to really hone talents from it. Not necessarily, Qin Xianao himself is not good at poetry and songs, he himself grew up studying ancient literature, and he may not be able to expect that it is not a good thing that the vernacular is too easy. ”

"Where is boiled water as good as thick soup? Why are those Western countries not rich, that is, people are stupid, why are they stupid, they just use the vernacular, not the ancient Chinese. Because as soon as the ancient language is used, few people understand it. ”

"If what this article says is true. Then it's not good for us to replace the ancient text with the vernacular......"

......

A wave of worry and fear spread among the people of Bianliang and spread to the surrounding areas, and at the same time, Pravda was also spreading to the surrounding cities, and the articles of Pravda were constantly updated. Articles of different styles, long or short, appeared and circulated among the common people, and these articles in Pravda were all criticizing the replacement of ancient Chinese with vernacular texts and the overthrow of Confucian culture.

in the Royal Palace.

"Queen Mother. Now that the people in the city are talking about it, many people are afraid and worried about teaching in the vernacular, and secretly always say that this time Qin Xianao may have done something wrong. ”

"Yes!" Gao Tao smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth. The next officials also smiled.

"This time, Qin Xian's reputation has suffered a lot. ”

"Controlling the people with fame will inevitably suffer the same backlash, Qin Xianao is playing in the water like this, and it is normal for this kind of thing to happen. ”

"Well, it's still early, I heard about the division of land and the fight against local tyrants in Lingnan, and now Qin Xianao has not settled down, and I don't think the people in the world can wait too long......"

......

They whispered one by one, but only Sima Guang had a calm face. Gao Tao raised his hand, and the voice in the hall was quiet.

"He Qin Xianao manipulated public opinion with newspapers, and we also used Pravda to manipulate public opinion this time, which is called 'using the other way, giving back to the other', so that he can also taste the consequences of the people's criticism, but the prime minister ......" Gao Tao looked at Sima Guang, "You don't seem to be very happy, aren't you worried that something will happen again this time?"

"This time it's just a discussion about whether vernacular education should be implemented, and there will be no big incident, even if we lose, it's just a loss of some fame, besides, the article in Pravda, although the people guessed that it was the pen of the imperial court, might not guess us. If you lose, the loss is not big, and if you win, Qin Xianao's loss is big. Sima Guang said in a deep voice, "I'm just thinking, Qin Xianao really didn't think of our means this time?"

The hall was silent.

"Maybe it's a wise man's thousand thoughts, and there must be a mistake. An official laughed, and some officials also laughed: "Qin Xianao is not a god, he may really think that vernacular literature can make the country rich and strong." "Yes, if he thinks so, let his Lingnan implement the vernacular, we can't do that. ”

"Is that really the case?" Sima Guang shook his head in his heart.

Not long after, the officials left the palace.

"Master Sima, this time we can use Pravda to compete with Qin Xianao, why, do you still ask people to invite Ah Zhu and Ah Bi?" Zhao Zhan asked in a low voice, and one by one the officials looked at it.

"Without it, I want to inquire about Qin Xianao's intentions from Ah Zhu and Ah Bi. Sima Guang said lightly.

"That's it!" the officials dispersed.

"Junshi, I didn't think you would lie. Lu Gongzhu smiled lightly, and Sima Guang made a blank face: "The old man is not lying, but inquiring about Qin Xianao's true intentions is only one of the most trivial reasons. ”

......

In the mountains and forests, the boy in Tsing Yi plays Tai Chi.

"In the Sheng Dynasty, news came from the newspaper office, and Bianliang's Pravda was posted everywhere, and some ordinary people were worried and afraid, fearing that the replacement of ancient Chinese with vernacular would have unpredictable and terrible consequences. Guo Yuanyuan walked towards the Qin Dynasty, "There is a discussion in the city, you are good, and you are still in the mood to practice boxing." (To be continued.) )