After staying here for several days, Wu Shu had a general understanding of Zixiao Temple and also learned a lot about Chen Jingke.
For example, the printing shop in the outer courtyard, such as movable type printing.
Of course she knew that printing caused such a big stir, and it was widely rumored that it was invented by Sun Simiao.
When she arrived at Zixiao Temple, she found out that it was created by Chen Jingke. She only said it was created by Sun Simiao to protect him.
Not only that, he also improved movable type printing, which is said to lower the cost of printing and make books more affordable.
Coupled with the previous fire kang and the like, this young man is simply a genius.
So what new plan does this talented Taoist boy have? She is very curious.
"Okay, if you are of any use to me, just give me my instructions."
Chen Jingke said: "This is not the place to talk, why don't we go inside and talk?"
"please."
The two of them came to the small courtyard where Wu Shu lived.
"Sister, you are back." Wu Chang, who was guarding here alone, quickly came up to greet him and said to Chen Jingke: "Master Chen is well."
Chen Jingke nodded and returned the greeting.
Wu Shudao: "I have something to say with the real person, you go and play by yourself first."
Wu Chang said a little disappointed: "Oh, let's talk first."
From the time she entered Zixiao Temple to now, she has never left this small courtyard. There is basically no one to talk to except Wu Shu, so loneliness is inevitable.
Chen Jingke could roughly guess this, and thinking that when Wu Shu went to help her work in the future, she might not even have anyone to talk to, so she said:
"If you don't object, I will send two Kun (female) Taoist boys who are knowledgeable in medicine to come over later and take turns taking care of Mrs. Wu for you. In this way, you can also go out for a walk and relax."
Wu Chang's eyes suddenly lit up and he looked at his sister expectantly.
Wu Shu pondered for a moment before saying, "That's how I'd like to thank the real person."
"That's great." Wu Chang lost his composure in happiness. Wu Shu glared at him and quickly stuck out his tongue and said, "You go and talk about business, I'll make tea for you."
After saying that, he turned around and left with light steps.
Wu Shu had no choice but to say: "My sister-in-law is ignorant and makes the real person laugh."
Chen Jingke said: "Children are innocent, which is good."
He himself didn't notice that he might not be as old as Wu Chang now, so it was very strange to hear these words coming from his mouth.
Wu Shu glanced at him lightly. This little real man spoke in a very old-fashioned way.
When they came to the room and sat down, Chen Jingke did not beat around the bush. He placed the Yuyun Note in front of her and said, "This is a book written by me. The new plan is also related to this book. Madam Wu might as well take a look at it first."
Even though he thought of many possibilities, Wu Shu was still surprised when he said that he had compiled a book.
Are you planning to write a book and biography at the age of eleven?
I took the book and saw the title, Yuyun Note.
This kind of name is usually used when annotating a certain book, but what kind of book is Yuyun and why have I never heard of it?
When I opened the cover and saw the preface, I realized that it was used to notate Yupian and Qieyun.
The preface also says that he invented the Pinyin alphabet, which can give phonetic notation to all words. As long as you master those dozens of Pinyin letters, you can spell all the words in the world.
Wu Shu's first reaction was that he was brazen.
But when she saw the pinyin letters, what was left was a deep shock.
"Is this pinyin... really your creation?" After saying this, he realized that what he said was wrong, and quickly added: "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that this is too unbelievable."
Chen Jingke said: "It's nothing, I would have doubted it. I did not create the pinyin alphabet out of thin air, but modified it by referring to other countries' characters."
Wu Shu breathed a sigh of relief. Even though this was an exaggeration, it was easier for people to accept than creating something out of thin air.
"There are two kinds of writing in this world, one is hieroglyphics and the other is phonetic writing. What we use is hieroglyphics..."
Chen Jingke explained the characteristics of the two writings and finally said: "The pinyin alphabet was created by me based on the phonetic writing of a destroyed country in the West."
Wu Shu said in surprise: "It turns out that there are such differences in the writing in the world. It is really a genius idea to use phonetic notation for our writing."
Chen Jingke said modestly: "I'm sorry, it was just an accidental thought."
Afterwards, he introduced her to "Yun Yun Zhu" in detail and tried to teach her how to spell some words.
Wu Shu showed great learning ability and quickly figured out the usage of Pinyin, and then praised Chen Jingke again for his great merits.
In fact, the current "Yuyun Zhu" already has the prototype of a modern dictionary. What it lacks is the index function. Yihe and others' purpose is to add this function.
Chen Jingke told Wu Shu about this plan and said: "...as long as there is such a dictionary and combined with the reading of the previous sentence, the difficulty of reading and literacy will be reduced several times and dozens of times."
"At that time, all scholars from ordinary families and even scholars from poor families will be grateful to us."
Wu Shu naturally understands the role of a dictionary, and is sure that the person who compiles the dictionary will leave his name in history, but she, who was born in an aristocratic family, has more considerations:
"I'm afraid that doing this will completely offend the noble clan."
Chen Jingke said disdainfully: "So what? They are not willing to see the advent of printing, but they are helpless when it comes to His Majesty's printing of the Nine Classics, and they even praise him against his will."
Li Shimin behaved openly and openly, promoting the teachings of sages and educating the world. Who dares to openly oppose it?
Anyone who opposes this is forgetting his ancestors, betraying the learning of the sages, and being a hypocrite. He will also offend scholars who are not from a noble family.
Although the gentry were powerful, the proportion of scholars who were not from the gentry was even larger, and the gentry did not dare to force them to side with the imperial court.
The trump card is that three years later, the imperial examination will use the Nine Classics as the standard, forcing the nobles to learn it. If you don't learn from your family, even if you write lavish articles, it will be useless.
You yourself have learned it, how dare you object to other scholars learning it?
This was what Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did when he deposed hundreds of families, and the court did not issue any relevant decrees at all.
Confucianists were given priority to be promoted to officials, and then descendants of other schools switched their allegiance to Confucianism. Within a few years, hundreds of schools of thought had disappeared.
It can be said that this is a conspiracy, and the nobles have no choice but to rebel.
Of course, the reason why Li Shimin's action went so smoothly was because he had the handle of the knife in his hand.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were two groups in the world, one was the Guanlong military aristocratic group, and the other was the gentry group.
The nobles held the power of public opinion, and Guan Longjun held the sword. The two sides fought fiercely for their own interests.
However, the lethality of the knife handle is more intuitive, and the court is always controlled by Guan Long.
Yang Sui and Li Tang were both from Guanlong Jungui. They represented the interests of the Guanlong Group and would naturally gain the support of Guanlong Jungui.
Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty left the nobles alone and actually wanted to attack his ally Guan Long Jungui first. This was really an attempt to kill himself by setting up a lantern in the toilet.
Then Guan Long rebelled, the nobles did not support him, and the Sui Dynasty fell.
Li Shimin learned his lesson, united the Guanlong group, and then used Guanlong to fight against the gentry.
So this is not a struggle between the royal family and the gentry, but a struggle between Guanlong Jungui and the gentry.
Later, the queen usurped power and seized the country. In order to consolidate her power, she introduced the power of the gentry into the center of the court, and jointly sent the Guanlong Army Group to the mourning hall.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao and Zhu Wen brought an end to the gentry clan, clearing the biggest obstacle to the rise of the imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty.
