Chapter 310： between kings and ministers

Beijing Palace Study Room

Holding a book with several pages in his hand, the emperor said to Jiang Zhennan, "Aiqing, the Hanlin Academy has compiled the "dictionary" you mentioned. Come and see, is it like this?"

Jiang Zhennan took the book from the emperor, flipped through it, and then frowned slightly.

Because this "Dictionary" only contains some words and some simple pictographic explanations, which is far from the dictionary proposed by Lin Yuelan.

Lin Yuelan once said to him: Two thousand years later, there will be a book called "Dictionary", which is a must-have tool for men, women and children of that era to recognize and check characters. As long as you don't know the words, you can look it up with the book, and it will be clear at a glance.

However, this book only contains some words, but people can't recognize these words in their hands, so in this way, the words included are not very meaningful.

Seeing Jiang Zhennan frowning, the emperor said with some doubts, "Jiang Aiqing, what, is there any doubt about this Dictionary?"

Jiang Zhennan shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, this "Dictionary" is far from the "Dictionary" that the master said!"

When the emperor heard this, he immediately asked curiously, "Oh, so what does the "Dictionary" look like in that master's mouth?"

Immediately, he thought of the letters that Jiang Zhennan had mentioned to him, and asked, "Jiang Aiqing, I remember, what letters you mentioned back then? Could it be that those letters are really so useful?"

He is a wise man, and he is very attentive to anything that is beneficial to the country and the people.

It's just that Jiang Zhennan mentioned the alphabet to him at that time, but when he thought that people who read and read before did not rely on those letters, so he didn't take it to heart, and just ordered the people of the Hanlin Academy to collect all the characters. .

The corners of Jiang Zhennan's mouth twitched slightly. It was obvious that the emperor took this matter very seriously at that time, but he didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, he thought that the letters were of little use.

However, after all, he was the emperor, so Jiang Zhennan couldn't say anything.

He just said, "Your Majesty, now that everyone knows each other, almost all of them rely on one-to-one preaching. After some characters are generally known, they can only be recognized by the shape and some image characters. In this way, it will cause those who want to People who can read and read can't afford the expensive teaching fees."

The emperor nodded and said, "That's right!" This is a common phenomenon in the world.

To study in a poor family, one must dedicate the entire family's financial, material and human resources to provide a scholar.

Some people can find a good job if they can read a few words, such as shopkeeper or accountant.

However, people who can read and write in the whole country are, after all, a minority. The common people were deceived by others because they did not know how to read, and there were countless cases of people signing contracts of prostitution, which also led to the loss of a large number of people.

Because of the strong men who were slaves, the government could not recruit them as soldiers, but the army needed people, so they could only recruit from the illiterate peasants.

As a result, the development of agriculture will result in the absence of strong men who do farm work, which in turn results in only women, old and young workers left in the countryside, and there are no strong men, which greatly reduces agricultural yields.

In short, this series of reactions is illiterate, resulting in poverty of the country and the people.

As the king of a country, the emperor, of course, considers such important matters of people's livelihood.

If it is true that everyone in Longyan Country can be literate, why should his country not be rich and strong?

So, before, he ignored it too much.

Seeing that the emperor really listened to this time, Jiang Zhennan immediately became very serious and said, "That master once taught the minister 26 letters. She told the minister that all the characters in the world can have these 20 characters. Six letters are used to form spelling. As long as people are taught to spell and read these twenty-six letters, then the ability to recognize characters will be multiplied with half the effort.”

The emperor listened, his eyes lit up, and he said with great surprise, "Jiang Aiqing, are these twenty-six letters really so magical?"

Jiang Zhennan nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I have personally experienced the wonders of these twenty-six letters, so I dare not deceive the Emperor."

The emperor immediately asked, "Then what exactly are these twenty-six letters? Jiang Aiqing, come and listen right away!"

Jiang Zhennan said, "a, o, e,..."

He repeated all the twenty-six letters.

The emperor followed curiously, "Ah, oh, false,..."

After the emperor recited it again, he said even more curiously, "Haha, the recitation of these twenty-six letters is not bad!"

But then he said doubtfully, "But how do these twenty-six letters form Pinyin to recognize characters?"

The emperor has completely aroused curiosity, and Jiang Zhennan taught the emperor everything he had learned from Lin Yuelan.

The monarch and minister stayed in the study for a whole day. In the middle of it, an **** came to invite him to dinner, but the enthusiastic emperor refused directly. The real thing was sleeplessness.

In the evening, when it was time for dinner, the old **** was worried that the monarch and minister would really be starved. After all, they stayed in the study for a day without eating.

"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner!" The old **** held the whisk and bowed to the emperor respectfully.

The emperor raised his head, looked at the late sky, and said with some doubts, "It's already so late!"

The old **** replied with a smile, "Yes, Your Majesty, it's already very late. It's time for dinner. I believe the General is hungry too!" He was reminding the Emperor that Jiang Zhennan had been with him in the study for a day. eat anything.

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then laughed "haha", stood up from the desk, and said to Jiang Zhennan, "Haha, Jiang Aiqing, you must be starving! Come on, have dinner with me!"

Jiang Zhennan didn't refuse either, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The two soon arrived at the dining restaurant, and the palace people had already put the food on the table.

Plates of delicate and delicious dishes and fruits are placed on the dining table. They look like flowers and smell very fragrant. Those who look at them will drool. After all, this is the emperor's food.

However, for Jiang Zhennan, these dishes and flavors, no matter how well they are made, are not as good as Lin Yuelan's 20%.

Her dishes are really full of color, flavor, and taste, making people want to eat them again.

The emperor looked at Jiang Zhennan staring at these dishes in a daze, and said strangely, "Jiang Aiqing, eat! Why are you so stunned?"

Immediately, he said in a good mood, "Recently, the imperial kitchen has a new cook, and it tastes good."

Jiang Zhennan picked up the chopsticks, picked up the nearest dish, put it in his mouth, chewed it, but frowned slightly, this taste is really far worse than Miss Yue'er.

Of course, it's much better than the dishes at the General's House, but because they took a lot of condiments from Lin Yuelan, they felt that any dish was not fresh, or that the taste was not enough, so they took it out and mixed it.

However, his favorite meal was not meat, but a bottle of chopped pepper sauce.

With this bottle of chopped pepper sauce, he can eat several large bowls of vegetables without any vegetables.

However, now eating these delicious delicacies that outsiders can't eat, he is like chewing wax.

Because, of all the dishes, none of them are spicy.

For him, who is used to eating spicy food now, it is a kind of torture.

Eat without speaking, sleep without speaking!

The two rulers and ministers were in silence and finished their dinner.

The two rulers and ministers came for a walk after dinner.

The emperor looked at the moon with only a crescent moon in the world, and sighed, "It's really ageing. I didn't expect that this year would pass like this."

Jiang Zhennan said immediately, "The emperor is not old at all, he is still very strong!"

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then laughed "haha" and said, "Jiang Aiqing, I remember that I haven't summoned you for a few months, and your mouth has become more and more eloquent! I remember that you used to Can you say that you are a boring master who never speaks. Now, you will compliment me!"

Jiang Zhennan said very seriously, "Your Majesty, this minister is just telling the truth!"

Looking at Jiang Zhennan's paralyzed face, the emperor thought it was very interesting, he nodded and said, "Okay, okay, tell the truth!"

But then he changed the subject and asked, "Jiang Aiqing, if I remember correctly, after this year, you should be twenty-five years old, right?"

Jiang Zhennan corrected himself very seriously, "Your Majesty, after the new year, in May next year, the minister will only be twenty-five years old!"

He didn't care about his age before, but since meeting Lin Yuelan, he has been thinking about his age every day.

After all, he and Lin Yuelan are twelve years younger than Lin Yuelan. Hearing Lin Yuelan calling out "Uncle", his heart is full of discomfort. If possible, he would prefer Lin Yuelan to call him eldest brother.

The emperor listened to Jiang Zhennan's serious correction of his age, stunned again, and then laughed "haha" again.

He didn't even know how many times he laughed, but he felt better.

Because he never thought that one day his capable men would even care about age.

However, he thought to himself that the reason that made him care so much about his age was that he was attracted to a certain girl, but that girl disliked his age.

The emperor's interest rose, and he secretly said, "Let me try it and know if this wood is tempted by any girl."

Then, he asked, "Aiqing, you see that you are almost twenty-five years old. You should have a daughter-in-law who will not take care of you, right? Do you have a girl in your heart? If not, why don't I give it to you? What do you think of appointing a good girl who is virtuous and virtuous?"

Jiang Zhennan immediately became a little stunned, and then he said with a fluctuating expression, "Your Majesty, have you promised the minister that you will not interfere in the marriage of the minister?"

He was afraid now, what if the emperor ordered him to marry him on a whim?

At that time, will he disobey the decree?

The emperor narrowed his shrewd eyes and asked sharply, "Then Aiqing, tell me, are you a girl who is attracted to you? If so, do you want me to give you a marriage plan?"