Zhao Zhen laughed happily in the palace, Kou Ji cursed his mother in the house angrily.
Kou Zhun went to Kou Ji's study shortly after Chen Lin left.
"The old man heard that the officials had already killed the members of the Liu Clan?"
After Kou Zhun entered the study, he found a place to sit down and asked casually.
Kou Ji nodded.
Kou Zhun asked, "Where is Liu Heng?"
Kou Ji sighed, "While escorting back to Beijing, the Yellow River was flooded and people and boats were washed away."
Kou Zhun was stunned for a moment, and curled his lips, "The officials really give you face..."
Kou Ji gave a wry smile and said nothing.
Kou Zhun said with a weird expression: "The problem you have been worried about has been solved, why are you frowning?"
Kou Ji sighed: "The condition is my sons and daughters."
Kou Zhun was taken aback for a moment, then he slapped the table and roared: "He wants to be beautiful!"
Kou Ji said frankly: "At present, only the gift of marriage has been sent. When the official family has a prince, I am afraid that the marriage certificate of Xiaonan will be sent."
Xiao Nuan is not Kou Ji's name for her daughter, nor is it a nickname, but a general term for little girls in the ancients.
Kou Zhun coldly snorted: "He wants to send his daughter to my Kou's house and let my Kou's little boy spoil him. The old man has nothing to say. But he wants to make Xiaonian a prince, and the old man will never agree."
Speaking of this, Kou Zhun stared at Kou Ji and said, "You are not allowed to agree..."
Kou Ji nodded solemnly.
Kou Zhun snorted: "The palace is a nest of right and wrong. If you send a girl into the palace, you are going to suffer."
Kou Ji very much agreed with Kou Zhun's words and said: "Follow the orders of my grandfather."
Kou Zhun's expression eased a bit, "Since Liu Heng's problem has been solved perfectly, the old man doesn't need to stay in the house to look at you, and you don't have to stay in the house without showing up.
The old man heard that the phonology books that you presided over the compilation are very beneficial to the promotion of education in the Song Dynasty.
You stayed in the house for a long time and didn't go to the place where you compiled the book. I'm afraid the people below are a little bit lazy in doing things.
Now that you can go out, you should go over and stare. "
"Yes… "
Kou Ji agreed.
Kou Zhun stopped talking, and went out of Kou Ji's study room, instructed Kou Zhong to pack his things, and moved back to the Wenchang Academy.
Kou Ji left the study after Kou Zhun left, and saw Kou Tianci playing with Liu Heng's son Liu Boxu.
The young Liu Boxu didn't know that Liu's family had been destroyed, let alone that his father had been wiped out with the crowd.
He is having fun with Kou Tianci.
The two held a small family dog, and they strayed endlessly in the small garden not far from the study.
Now that there are too many iron-eaters in the mansion, and they are kept in one place, Kou Tianci dare not go to Dazhuyuan to toss the iron-eaters.
Iron-eaters have been domesticated and rarely hurt people, but it doesn't mean they don't hurt people.
Kou Tianci had tossed the iron-eater before, and the iron-eater was anxious, the iron-eater raised his slap and called at him.
Thanks to the timely action of the guards who followed him, he was spared.
As a result, the guard broke his arm and raised it for more than a month.
Since then, Kou Ji has forbidden Kou Tianci to toss the iron-eater in the Big Bamboo Garden.
If Kou Tianci really wants to play, Kou Ji will ask someone to hold a few cubs that are not aggressive for him to play, but Kou Tianci is not allowed to touch the big iron-eaters.
Small iron-eaters, it is quite annoying to go to the big bamboo garden to hug them frequently.
Kou Tianci didn't bother to talk to them anymore, and recently became obsessed with playing with little yellow dogs.
The little yellow dog was hugged from Zhang Zhibai's mansion.
Zhang Zhibai was a poor official, and the guardian of the mansion was mostly an old servant with a tooth loss. He couldn't guard against thieves, so he raised three domestic dogs in the mansion.
Recently had a baby.
Kou Tianci took two of them back home after class.
The little guy has a lot of face and is used to wherever he goes.
In order to take care of him, some people also raised some rare and exotic pets in the mansion for him to take away.
Nowadays, there is a joke in Bianjing.
That's where Kou Tianci has gone, the chickens and dogs will not stay.
Zhang's mansion lost two puppies, but did not investigate it, so he sent someone to the Kou Mansion's courtyard and asked Kou Ji for the two puppies.
Kou Ji knew what Zhang Zhibai was, he knew that he was the kind of person who broke a penny into two, and he also knew that he sent someone to ask for dog money instead of pretending, so he settled the money happily.
After all, it was his son who took the black hand first.
But on weekdays, it’s fine to take some kittens and puppies hand in hand. If you grow up and take a few girls home, it’s not good.
With Zhao Zhen's temperament, he knew that Kou Tianci had been messing around before getting married, and he would definitely take Kou Tianci to the clan mansion to confine him and spank.
Kou Ji felt that it was necessary to teach his son.
"You two, come here!"
Kou Ji yelled at the two people playing in the small garden.
The two little guys were taken aback first.
Kou Tianci was the first to react. He carried the little yellow dog's leg and ran out of the little garden amidst the miserable howling of the little yellow dog.
Liu Boxu was rather well-behaved. After looking back at Kou Tianci who had run away, he hugged his little yellow dog and walked in front of Kou Ji step by step.
Kou Ji looked at the direction of Kou Tianci's disappearance, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "Am I that scary?"
Just as Kou Ji was muttering, Liu Boxu had already walked in front of Kou Ji.
Liu Boxu cleverly bowed to Kou Ji, "Shi Bo..."
"Ok… "
Kou Ji sighed secretly in his heart, but said calmly on his face.
He wanted to teach Kou Tianci to be fake, and his real purpose was to talk to Liu Boxu.
Liu Boxu was still young and stayed in the Kou Mansion. He didn't know that the Liu Clan had been banned.
He took Liu Boxu out of Liu's mansion, Zhao Zhen did not pursue the matter, and no one came to ask him for Liu Boxu.
Liu Boxu seems to be nonexistent.
Kou Ji stared at Liu Boxu and said: "You have reached the age to enter school. Godsend has been studying for more than half a year. You can't leave it alone. After some time, I will find a time to talk to Zhang Gong. Godsend went to Zhang Gong's mansion to study together."
Liu Boxu was stunned for a moment, and said seriously: "My aunty invited me a husband, right at the house..."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "I know about this, but your father has important errands to do temporarily, and your two mothers followed. Before they left, they entrusted you to me, so I naturally want to urge you. If you go to school, you will also listen to me in the future."
Liu Boxu was stunned when he heard this.
After a long time, tears appeared in his eyes.
"Father... Mother..."
Liu Boxu was very well-behaved, but he kept crying and didn't yell or yell.
Kou Ji looked distressed and slowly took him into his arms.
Liu Boxu lay in Kou Ji's arms and cried for a long time, but the sadness in his heart could not be relieved.
Kou Ji is not very good at comforting the child, so he can only take him and find the little sister Xiangjia, and the little sister Xiangjia comforts him.
Little sister Xiang Jia is a good hand to comfort her children.
Not long after Kou Ji handed Liu Boxu to Xiang Jia's younger sister, Xiang Jia's younger sister amused Liu Boxu.
Afterwards, the little sister of Xiang Jia took Liu Boxu to find Kou Tianci. Not long after, a hearty laughter rang out in a small garden.
After Kou Ji heard the hearty laughter, his heart relaxed a lot.
"I've stayed in the mansion for a long time, so I should go to Ruishengyuan to have a look..."
Since it was not the upper dynasty, Kou Ji did not change into official uniforms, and went to Ruishengyuan in plain clothes.
When they reached the door, they flashed their badges, and the guards hurriedly stepped aside and let Kou Ji into the garden.
As soon as he entered the garden, Kou Ji was stunned.
Ruisheng Garden, which was deserted in the past, is now very lively.
There are reading sounds and noises.
There are also figures constantly walking through the garden.
More importantly, Kou Ji saw some great Confucian scholars, pulling the eunuch who maintained the garden, and singing indulgently.
You know, in the Song Dynasty, most of the eunuchs were looked down upon except for the eunuchs in very important positions.
The Chinese ministers of the DPRK did not hide their contempt for the eunuchs.
The big Confucians usually disdain to talk to the eunuchs, let alone pull the eunuchs to sing indulgently.
Perhaps those who engage in academics will be more pure
With this thought in mind, Kou Ji bypassed those great scholars and eunuchs who indulge in singing, and walked to the place where the noise came.
When approaching the place where the noise came from, Kou Ji heard some of the conversation intermittently.
Is the official of two books on phonology.
Noisy for the meaning of a word.
What they are arguing is a'big' word.
There is no difference between the two on the original meaning of the word'big'.
The difference lies in the regional meaning of the word'big'.
One of the officials believed that the word'big' was used in some places in Qinchuan. It was a name for elders, meaning the same as father and father. When compiling the book, it should be written in the book.
Another official thought that the phonology books they wrote would be popular throughout the country instead of Qinchuan, so similar dialects should not appear in the books.
The two quarreled endlessly.
Have been arguing for five days.
Kou Ji knew a long time ago that the ancients were very strict in writing books.
But he did not expect that the ancients would be rigorous to the point of paranoia.
In this regard, Kou Ji not only felt that there was nothing wrong, but was very pleased.
Phonological books are the embryonic form of dictionaries.
It is a must-read for future generations of scholars.
It should be rigorous indeed.
When Kou Ji appeared in front of the two, the two were already blushing.
Seeing Kou Ji, the two hurriedly saluted.
"The lower official has seen Kou Longtu."
Kou Ji smiled and nodded to the two of them: "You don't need to be polite..."
One of them saluted Kou Ji again, saying: "The two officials are vulgar, let Kou Longtu see a joke."
Kou Ji slowly shook his head and smiled: "What we are doing now is for the benefit of the people. Naturally, we can't make any mistakes. It doesn't matter that we are noisy now, as long as we can fill in the mistakes, everything is worth it. If we are negligent, or not Willing to care about, reveal a little mistake, and be corrected by others, when others laugh, it is all of us."
"What Kou Longtu taught..."
The two replied, bowing.
Kou Ji smiled and asked, "I was delayed for some time due to some political affairs, and I won't come for a long time. Can you eat and live well?"
The two hurriedly said: "There are eunuchs and Gong'e in the garden to take care of them. The lower officials and others can eat well and sleep well."
Kou Ji smiled and nodded, "That's good... Where is Jia Changchao?"
"Jia Jijiu is in the garden, discussing with a few great scholars."
"I'll see..."
Kou Ji rushed to the place where Jia Changchao was discussing matters.
As soon as I entered the discussion place, I saw a bunch of people staring at the thick stack of paper in a daze.
Kou Ji roughly estimated that it was a foot and a half thick.
"this is… "
Kou Ji couldn't help but uttered a sound, which attracted everyone's attention.
The crowd hurriedly got up and saluted Kou Ji.
Someone arched their hands far away, while others bent down deeply.
It is naturally the great scholars who came to participate in the compilation of phonological books, and the officials who stooped down to participate in the compilation of phonological books.
"You don't need to be polite, I see you frowning, but what difficulties have you encountered?"
After Kou Ji waved his hand, he asked.
Jia Changchao bowed to Kou Ji and said: "What Kou Longtu sees now is the herbs of the phonological books we compiled around the clock. It contains all the Chinese characters, as well as their general meanings, but the specific meanings, and The phonology is still being compiled and has not been entered yet.
Just enter the simple meaning, it is so heavy.
If you enter the specific meaning and phonology, it will be three times thicker.
I am waiting for books on phonology and rhyme for the purpose of education.
However, if it reaches a thickness of more than four feet, after implementation, it may not be easy to carry, and the people will not be able to afford it.
Eventually, it is likely to be included in the collections of wealthy households, rather than the hands of the people. "
Kou Ji was a little surprised when he heard this.
According to the habits of most scholars in the Song Dynasty, they write books without considering the issue of thickness at all.
Because when they were writing the book, they never thought of sending the book to the people for the people to watch.
From the beginning, they targeted those scholars.
In this era when scholars are scarce, every scholar is very valuable.
It is not mentioned by scholars with low wealth, and it is very easy for poor scholars to make some small money as long as they don't give up on themselves.
Helping people copy books, write letters, etc., can make some money.
Therefore, scholars have money.
When writing a book, there is no need to consider whether the scholar can afford the book.
It is very rare for Jia Changchao and the great Confucian scholars to take into account the people's purchase of books while they are writing books.
It can be seen that a large part of them are really making contributions to the people, not just for their own fame.
"You guys can consider for the people of the world, and the people of the world should thank you all."
Kou Ji said with emotion.
After hearing Kou Ji's words, a big scholar said seriously: "We wrote the book to promote enlightenment and benefit the people. Naturally, we can't ignore the people's reaction after reading the book.
The old man had already sent his protégés to take this pile of things out to look at some people and observe their reactions.
When they see such thick books, they all have fear in their eyes.
Some may be because they don't like to read books, and some may be because the books are too thick and they are shy.
But regardless of that reason, as long as the things we produce cannot be recognized by the people, it shows that there are defects in the things we produce.
If there is a defect, we have to correct it.
If we don't change it, we might as well not write a book. "
As soon as this was said, the rest of the great scholars nodded in response.
Kou Ji once again felt the rigor and paranoia of the ancients in writing books.
Kou Ji nodded solemnly and said: "It makes sense..."
Speaking of this, Kou Ji stretched out his hand and said to Jia Chang: "Bring your herbs over and let me take a look."
Jia Changchao nodded and ordered the herbs on the table to be picked up and handed to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji picked up the herb and looked through it carefully.
Jia Changchao and the great scholars wrote the book very meticulously, so meticulous that Kou Ji looked at it for a long time, and couldn't pick out the mistakes.
The only thing that makes Kou Ji feel a headache is the lack of punctuation, he looks a little uncomfortable.
After watching for a long time, Kou Ji put down the herb and stared at Jia Changchao and the great scholars and said: "You have worked hard these days..."
Jia Changchao and the great scholars were taken aback when they heard the words, and they shook their heads one after another.
Why did Kou Ji say this
That's because he saw the hard work of Jia Changchao and the great scholars in the herb.
Every word, as well as the word, meaning, and origin of each word, they are all annotated without error.
You know, it may be simple to verify the origin of a word.
It is possible to verify the origin of many words, but it takes time to look through a large number of books.
Jia Changchao was not very old, but most of the great Confucians were very old.
They can complete the herbal editing in a very short time, and there must be a huge workload every day.
Kou Ji was very concerned about this, but Jia Changchao and the great scholars did not care about it.
After Kou Ji finished reading the phonology books, Jia Changchao couldn't wait to ask: "What is Kou Longtu's opinion?"
Kou Ji put aside the notes of phonology books, and muttered: "You are very rigorous in writing books, there is no mistake, I don't have much opinion..."
When Jia Changchao and the great scholars heard Kou Ji's words, their faces showed disappointment.
Kou Ji paused and continued: "Have you ever considered dividing the characters and a word in the phonology book into two books?"
Jia Changchao and the great scholars were all taken aback when they heard this.
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "We write phonology books mainly to make Meng children and the people literate. Let them know the words and understand the meaning of the words, that is the key.
After they have learned the words, they can learn them again. "
Jia Changchao and the great scholars fell into contemplation one by one.
Kou Ji picked up the pile of herbs again, divided it into two, and said: "The most important thing is that if we separate the words from the formed words, the thickness of the book will be halved.
The people facing the fear of books, and the price of buying books, will also be reduced by half.
As long as the people know the characters and the benefits of literacy, they will naturally no longer be afraid of books.
Some poor people can afford to buy a book of poems if they accumulate a little money. "
In layman's terms, the phonology books written by Jia Changchao and the great scholars are like a combination of a dictionary and a dictionary of idioms.
Kou Ji now divides them into a dictionary and a dictionary of idioms.
After thinking about what Kou Ji had said, Jia Changchao and the great scholars looked at each other and nodded one after another.
Jia Changchao solemnly said: "This move is feasible... But even so, the thickness of the book is still not easy to carry, not easy to read easily."
Kou Ji put down the herb in his hand and said with a smile: "Maybe you can consider using abbreviated characters."
Jia Changchao and the great scholars were stunned again.
Jianzi is not unique to later generations.
Therefore, Jia Changchao is no stranger to the great Confucians.
Some of them occasionally use abbreviated characters when they dance and use ink.
The most widely used simplified character is the taboo character.
Such as Kuang, Yin, Heng, Zhen and other characters.
When readers encountered these characters when they were dancing and writing ink, they either went around and replaced them with other characters, or they missed a stroke, or they used simplified characters.
It's just that even if people use simplified characters, they are very rare.
Kou Ji wants to use simplified characters in the phonology books he has compiled, and almost all the original characters are refurbished.
Such a big change.
Jia Changchao and the great Confucians did not dare to speak easily.
Seeing that Jia Changchao and the great scholars fell into silence, Kou Ji ordered the people to take the pen and write a few words.
Then I wrote it again in simplified Chinese.
The benefits of simplified characters were more intuitively exposed to Jia Changchao and the great scholars.
"Simple, easy to learn, less pen and ink, and less paper, when printing, even if the engraving of the characters is smaller and the arrangement is more detailed, it will not be blurred.
If you use abbreviated characters, the thickness of the book can be reduced by two-thirds at once. "
Kou Ji showed the benefits of simplified characters intuitively, and Jia Changchao and the great scholars naturally saw clearly.
But they look at me, I look at you, no one speaks.
After a long time.
A very old man sighed and laughed at himself: "The old man vaguely remembers that when he was reading and literate, he encountered a very difficult word. After learning more than ten times, he still lost a fortune when he wrote .
For this reason, I was not hit by the husband of the private school.
So far, when the old man writes that character, he still misses a stroke.
Before the old man became famous, many people used this to accuse him.
After the old man became famous, many people regarded this as his special hobby, and it was the old man who left alone to distinguish the authenticity of his paintings and calligraphy.
In fact, there are not so many special meanings.
The old man simply can't write it well.
If the old man had learned abbreviated characters at the beginning, he might not have been able to touch the board, let alone write it wrong so far. "
Speaking of this, the old Confucian looked at other people and said with a smile: "The purpose of our book is to Fuze Wanmin, Fuze Baidai. The current characters have become simplified characters, and they still have the same meaning. .
It will not affect our knowledge, nor will it affect the sage’s mind.
When the characters first started, they weren't what they are now.
This proves that it is not static.
The sages can change, and so can we.
The sages changed their characters in order to bring happiness to all people, and to bring happiness to a hundred generations. We are also for this.
Therefore, the old man agreed with Kou Longtu's idea. "
Jia Changchao and the great scholars smiled bitterly when they heard this.
Jia Changchao gritted his teeth and said: "Fu Lao, I also agree with Kou Longtu's idea. After all, the benefits of simplified Chinese characters in promoting education are very significant.
But this matter is not ours. "
The old scholar looked at Kou Ji, "Kou Longtu is the chief official who compiled the phonological book this time. Before editing the book, I didn't see you. Isn't it time to contribute?"