What exactly did Zhu Qiyu write that made Yu Qian, who rarely praised him, praise him so much?

It's actually not complicated.

It is a book called "A Case for Reducing Strokes in Chinese Characters". It contains a comparison table between simplified and traditional Chinese characters. Zhu Qiyu made a large-scale streamlining of traditional Chinese characters.

There are 2,000 daily-use words in this book, which were written by Zhu Qiyu himself. The purpose is to simplify the burden of learning words.

Mr. Lu Xun once fiercely advocated simplified Chinese characters and even wanted to abolish Chinese characters.

In his famous book "Kong Yiji", he also mentioned four ways of writing fennel to vigorously criticize the difficulty of orthographic writing, which caused the slow spread of cultural knowledge.

Mr. Lu Xun's fierce advocacy was, firstly, a matter of luck. Secondly, wasn't it a way of asking for the upper hand and getting the upper hand? If you want to open a window, just shout to lift the roof?

For example, a melancholy turtle, such a short line.

Let Zhu Qiyu write it, but he is too lazy to write it.

So when he was in Zhu's review, he had already begun to subconsciously use simplified Chinese characters when reviewing.

But it was not that the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty could not understand.

Because simplified Chinese characters themselves were widely used in the Ming Dynasty, but they were not called simplified characters, but common characters.

For example, the book "Water Margin" that Chen Xun got from had a lot of common sayings and words in it.

Zhu Qiyu did not act aimlessly, he did it randomly, and plunged into a dead end in dogmatism.

Not everything can be applied mechanically.

He copied calligraphy from inscriptions on inscriptions such as "Yueyi Tie", "Gaozhen Stele" and "Begging for Leave", the popular calligraphy records from the Song and Yuan Dynasties "Mu Lian Ji", and the popular Kyoto novel "Quan Xiang Ping Hua Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Common words in "Water Margin" and so on.

These common words were not coined by him.

For example, "Begging for Leave" is written by Wang Xianzhi, and "Preface to the Holy Religion of Collection of Calligraphy" is written by the famous calligrapher Wang Xizhi. Can you say that Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is not good?

Therefore, the promotion and use of vulgar words has a huge cultural foundation.

Apart from official documents, orthographic writing is rarely used in private publications.

"Water Margin" uses a large number of common characters, which is convenient for the printing masters to engrave and for the common people to read.

"Your Majesty, it's really... it's... it's really a deviant approach and a new approach!" Yu Qian solemnly put the "A Case for Reducing the Strokes of Chinese Characters" into his sleeves and looked at the Ming Emperor with a smile.

He went to Jiuzhou outside the mountains, and His Majesty became more and more comfortable in handling state affairs.

The ideas are clear and there are many methods.

"Your Majesty, what should we do if someone objects?" Yu Qian asked a question with a smile.

Why is Traditional Chinese the so-called Traditional Chinese? Isn’t it just for the purpose of monopolizing knowledge?

The right to interpret knowledge lies in the hands of a group of corrupt scholars. Aren't the illiterate people the targets of being taken away from them?

Zhu Qiyu said cheerfully: "That itself is a list of vulgar characters. This is based on the principle of voluntariness. Whoever wants to use it can use it. If he objects, just use the traditional form. If you want to save effort, just use the vulgar character list."

"I didn't say that I would abolish orthographic characters and would rather use vulgar characters. It's not that I can't understand it."

Zhu Qiyu did not plan to abolish traditional Chinese characters immediately. That would be unrealistic, so he followed the state of encouraging vulgar characters and allowing orthographic characters.

You can use whatever you want, I won't delay you, and you don't delay me either.

What is used for rural literacy?

Of course it was piles of sand and branches. Pens, inks, paper and inkstones were very expensive and luxurious consumables in this era.

Therefore, for rural areas, the use of common characters will greatly reduce the difficulty of literacy and increase the downward spread of culture.

"Your Majesty is wise." Yu Qian said with some emotion. His Majesty is really interesting. On the surface, he is indeed willing to use whichever one he wants.

But when they are actually used, they will probably choose vulgar characters, which are simple and easy to use and everyone understands them. Of course, there are definitely many old scholars, but can they influence the vulgar characters used by people all over the world?

It's too difficult.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "Quan Xiang Ping's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, and Tang Sanzang's Pursuit of Buddhist Scriptures from the West. These have all been engraven by officials on a large scale. After reading books and knowing characters, it is natural to read some stories, even if I give them to the people.

A pastime during leisure time."

Education is combined with fun, combining work and rest.

The things he mentioned are all from the Jingben popular novel collection. The Ming Dynasty Palace has many ancient and modern collections. Take out a few books and make some slight changes to use them.

The Bureau of Liturgy of the Ming Dynasty had a Han Jing Factory, a Dao Jing Factory, and a Fan Jing Factory. The three factories had thousands of workers including engravers, engravers, mounters, and folding craftsmen.

It is the largest book engraving and printing institution in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qiyu's other book was not written by him, but on arithmetic.

During the Yuan Dynasty, mathematics was at its peak, and there were many arithmetic handed down. Zhu Qiyu selected "Arithmetic" which was roughly equivalent to the primary school education of later generations.

Zhu Qiyu distributed only two publications to the people for the first time, namely Chinese and Mathematics.

It is just to make it easier for them to read and write, so that they can write things down to the point where they can understand them.

Zhu Qiyu has already taken the lead in preparing the textbooks for the first stage.

Yu Qian nodded and said: "Your Majesty, I have no doubts. All I need is an imperial edict. Jiuzhou outside the mountain can do it. It's a little more complicated here in the capital, and I will keep an eye on it personally."

"But once you start, there is no turning back."

There is no turning back when the bow is fired. Until now, Zhu Qiyu can take back his life with just one word, and bring this policy to an abrupt end with just one word.

But Zhu Qiyu was not afraid of taking responsibility. He shook his head and said: "Your body and name will be destroyed, but the eternal flow of the river will not be destroyed."

Even after everything of the conservatives was reduced to dust, nothing was harmed by the eternal flow of the mighty river.

Zhu Qiyu expressed his determination to resolutely implement the Farm Law.

Land annexation is an unavoidable problem for the dynasty. His collective farm law may lead to the collapse of the people and the government, and it is even more likely to be corrupted like the military settlement law.

But if he can stop the downward trend of the country even a little bit, he will do it.

Now that you are in this position, you must do something.

Zhu Qiyu said hesitantly: "Should we let King Yang return to Xuanfu? I always feel that someone has to suppress him. King Yang is like a tiger in a cage when he is in Beijing. He seldom speaks in the court, and he feels uncomfortable."

"I know a little about the wolfish ambitions of the Wala people. Only when King Yang is in the Xuan Mansion, I will feel more at ease."

Yu Qian looked around and said a little vaguely: "Your Majesty should talk to King Yang about this."

"When listening to what is said, it is advisable to make careful choices. The words and consequences should be reasonable. Even if they are humble, they must be obeyed. If the words are inappropriate, even if the prince is noble, he should not be listened to."

"In the civil and military yamen in Beijing, all matters involving internal and external military affairs and important affairs of the royal palace can be decided by your majesty, so there is no need to ask ministers."

What Yu Qian means is that when listening to advice, one should carefully select it. If it is reasonable, even a person who cuts grass and collects firewood must listen. If it is inappropriate, even if he is a noble prince, he must not listen.

In the civil and military yamen of Beijing, internal and external military affairs, and all important affairs of the palace are all the emperor's business and should not be asked of his ministers.

Who said this?

Of course it was not what Yu Qian said, but what Emperor Taizongwen Zhu Di told Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Di stipulated the scope of an emperor's powers and responsibilities, which things the emperor must do, and which things the emperor could leave to his ministers.

If a minister interferes with the emperor's scope, it is an act of trespass. If he is cut off, it will be a minor offense. The correct solution is for the whole family to suffer.

"Prince Yang said that we will discuss this matter after Shaobao returns to Beijing. It seems that Shaobao agrees with my idea?" Zhu Qiyu nodded.

In fact, in the eyes of most courtiers, the troops led by Yang Hong were an important force that could counter Yu Qian's command of the Beijing camp. This was also the reason for Yu Qian's vague words.

But in fact, Zhu Qiyu knew very well that to be on guard against Yu Qian, it would be more reliable to think about how to be a sage and a virtuous minister.

Suspicions come and go, and it is useless to waste mutual trust.

It is the right way to train your troops well, and one day you can level the Wala chariot, and then discuss the matter of counterbalance.

The most important thing is that it is not necessary. The interests of Yu Qian and Zhu Qiyu are highly consistent. They both want to reform the Ming Dynasty and make the Ming Dynasty great again.

If you are like-minded, there is no need to be suspicious. Don't be suspicious when you employ people, and don't use people who are suspicious. Since you choose to trust, Zhu Qiyu will not choose to doubt when things have not happened.

What if one day, Yu Qian really rebels?

Then Zhu Qiyu would admit that he was unlucky and admit that he had made a mistake. Or maybe he was even worse than Zhu Qiyu.

Even the servants, especially ministers like Yu Qian, are so cowardly, why should they be emperors!

Just wait for the kill.

"How did your Majesty think the battle for the capital went?" Yu Qian suddenly asked another question.

Zhu Qiyu said concisely and concisely: "Okay!"

"What's so good about it?" Yu Qian asked again.

"The good thing is that Ming Dynasty won, and it was a complete victory!" Zhu Qiyu said with great certainty.
Chapter completed!