Jia Changchao knew that Zhao Zhen was now a man of his word in the court, and also knew how much power Kou Ji had in the court.

So after hearing what Kou Ji said, he solemnly said to Kou Ji: "Kou Longtu really wants to revise the phonology book?"

Kou Ji stared at Jia Chang and said, "If I don't want to revise the phonology book, what should I do with you?"

Kou Ji's words shattered all Jia Changchao's doubts and worries.

Jia Chang stood up and bowed deeply to Kou Ji, "But I will be sent by Kou Longtu."

Kou Ji laughed and said: "Okay, the officials lent me part of the garden in Ruisheng Garden to wait for the book. The people who revised the history took the deer and orchid flowers respectively, leaving the peony flowers empty.

You can just take someone to write a book in the peony wand later.

With the necessary manpower and money, I will send someone over later."

Jia Changchao cupped his hands and said, "Here..."

Kou Ji doesn't like to be sloppy in doing things, and the same goes for Jia Changchao.

After agreeing on the matter, Jia Changchao left the Kou Mansion and returned to Taixue to sort out a series of his phonological books.

Kou Ji took a car into the palace and went to Zhao Zhen to ask for someone.

To translate Dashiwen's books, a group of new scholars and a few officials who are proficient in Dashiwen are enough.

But writing books on phonology requires people who are proficient in phonology.

Almost all officials in the Song Dynasty had some understanding of phonology, and many were proficient in phonology, but not everyone was suitable to participate in writing books.

Kou Ji still hopes to dispatch some professional academic talents from Zhao Zhen, rather than those who strive for fame and fortune.

A complete and unified phonology book is only a prototype in the eyes of Jia Changchao and other people who have studied phonology intensively, but in the eyes of Kou Ji, it is a finished product.

Therefore, writing phonological books requires time and energy for Jia Changchao and others to study with concentration, and there are still many obstacles in the process.

But in Kou Ji's eyes, there is no obstacle at all.

As a later generation, Kou Ji's first education began with phonology.

He has the complete phonology in his mind.

From time to time, he can share some of his phonological knowledge with Jia Changchao and others.

Jia Changchao and others will surely be able to compile a complete set of phonological books soon.

With the help of Kou Ji, Jia Changchao and others compiled phonological books, and they were just taking the credit.

Besides Jia Changchao, it was naturally Kou Ji who had the final say as to who should receive the credit.

When Kou Ji entered the palace, Zhao Zhen was enjoying the cool air in the imperial garden.

Wang Zeng reported to Zhao Zhen on the preparations for spring tax collection.

After Kou Ji arrived, Wang Zeng stopped reporting.

Kou Ji saluted Zhao Zhen, "I have seen the official family..."

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Fourth brother, you don't have to be polite."

Kou Ji bowed his hand to Wang Zeng again.

Wang Zeng returned the gift with his hand.

After completing a set of etiquette.

Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Jixiao and asked: "The fourth brother entered the palace, but what trouble did he encounter because of the revision of the historical annals?"

Kou Ji smiled and said: "The money, food, manpower, and government officials have provided us with enough money. There will be no trouble in revising the history books for the time being. I came to the palace this time because I have other important matters to discuss with the officials."

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he became interested and said, "What is it that deserves Fourth Brother's personal visit to the palace? Wang Aiqing is here too. If you tell me, Wang Aiqing and I will go over it carefully."

Wang Zeng hurriedly bowed and said: "I don't dare. Everything is decided by the officials."

Kou Ji glanced at Wang Zeng with some surprise, and secretly sighed in his heart, Zhao Zhen is really powerful now, and has already forced the prime minister of the inner court to say complimentary words.

Kou Ji sighed in his heart and smiled at Zhao Zhen and said: "I recently discovered something interesting, so I want to compile it into a book, and I would like to ask the government to lend some people."

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Zhen and Wang Zeng both looked at Kou Ji.

Zhao Zhen asked suspiciously: "What interesting thing?"

Kou Ji smiled and said: "Yinyun!"

Zhao Zhen and Wang Zeng looked at each other, with a trace of doubt on their faces.

Phonology was familiar to both of them, and they had studied it systematically, so they didn't think there was anything special about it.

Kou Ji suddenly mentioned phonology. What did he plan to do with phonology?

The two of them had doubts in their hearts, but they did not ask any questions. They just stared at Kou Ji suspiciously and waited for Kou Ji's next words.

Under the gaze of the two men, Kou Ji smiled and said: "Although there is Mandarin in the Song Dynasty, local accents are still spoken in various places. There are many contradictions between the local accent and the Mandarin dialect.

So there are always many conflicts.

For this reason, trouble often occurred.

I have encountered similar things before, so I was thinking about whether it would be possible to mark the text with phonemes, compile it into a book, and transfer it to Mongolian studies.

Over time, people in various places will inevitably learn Mandarin in addition to speaking their local dialect.

By then, many conflicts in official circles due to local dialect and Mandarin will no longer exist.

For this reason, I consulted the Imperial Academy to offer wine to Jia Changchao.

Jia Changchao had a lot of research on phonology, so after I made this suggestion, he told me.

The imperial court compiled phonological books, which not only corrected official pronunciation, but also promoted education.

Jia Changchao said that when Mongolian children first learn literature, they always learn the wrong pronunciation of many words because of the local pronunciation of Mongolian teachers in various places.

Over time, it becomes a habit and is difficult to break.

Once phonological books are available, such mistakes can be avoided.

In addition, when children first learn literature, there will always be situations where they can read but not write, and they can write but not read, which makes education difficult.

If you read phonological books, you can avoid such troubles.

More importantly, once the phonological books came out, it would be much easier for the court to implement education.

As long as the children learn phonology, they can learn more words and understand more books by relying on phonology books without the guidance of their teachers.

If the imperial court established elementary schools in various places and only taught simple characters and phonology, I believe that the number of literate people in the Song Dynasty would increase rapidly."

After Kou Ji finished speaking, the expressions of Zhao Zhen and Wang Zeng completely changed.

If the phonological books compiled are really as good as Kou Ji said, then it will definitely be a great thing for the Song Dynasty.

It is no exaggeration to say that hard work lies in the country and benefits will last forever.

Education has been implemented in all dynasties, but only a handful of people have been educated and literate.

Education is difficult to implement, mainly because the cost of studying is high and the requirements are high.

When teachers in private schools in the countryside teach young children, they not only charge tuition that is unbearable for poor people, but sometimes they also look at the children's aptitude and do not teach those who are too stupid.

Coupled with the expense of pens, ink, paper and inkstones during the study period, many poor families simply cannot afford it.

However, once the phonological books mentioned by Kou Ji come out, young children can learn part of it by themselves while learning from their teachers.

This will greatly reduce the expenditure required for young children to learn.

In addition, if the imperial court could provide money to promote elementary education throughout the Song Dynasty, the cost of elementary education for young children would be further reduced.

When the time comes, there will naturally be more people studying and more people literate.

The great promotion of enlightenment is no longer an empty talk.

Kou Ji said very little, but with the vision, identity, and status of Zhao Zhen and Wang Zeng, they could think of more.

Wang Zeng stared at Kou Ji and asked solemnly: "How do you ensure that the imperial court will establish Mongolian schools throughout the Song Dynasty?"

Kou Ji said frankly: "Yi Zi Jiao Zi Pu has never done much to help the imperial court from its establishment to the present. It is when the imperial court promotes Mongolian education that it contributes.

It is difficult for me to educate people in the Song Dynasty. In the final analysis, it is still because of money problems.

As long as we pay enough money, we can let everyone in the Song Dynasty read the book.

It is not difficult to learn without paying a penny."

When Zhao Zhen and Wang Zeng heard what Kou Ji said, their expressions changed completely.

Zhao Zhen stood up slowly, stared at Kou Ji and said in a deep voice: "Fourth brother, there are tens of millions of children in the world. The cost of educating tens of millions of children is a huge amount.

Although Yizijiaozipu had money, the money was deposited by others, not the imperial court's money.

Even if the imperial court used it, it would still have to spend money from the treasury to make up for it.

Otherwise, Yizijiaozipu would be over before Meng Xue could be promoted.

I am not stingy, I also want everyone in the Song Dynasty to be literate.

But I, Da Song, don’t have enough money now.”

Kou Ji stared at Zhao Zhen and said: "If you don't have any, go and rob! We in the Song Dynasty have many soldiers and horses, and our neighbors also have a lot of money. With the money from our neighbors, it is enough to support the young children of our Song Dynasty to study."

The more people in the Song Dynasty who were educated and literate, the lower and lower the cost of education became.

One day, we in the Song Dynasty will not have to go around plundering, but we will also be able to enable the young children in our Song Dynasty to study."

"Rob?!"

Zhao Zhen was slightly stunned.

Wang Zeng frowned and said: "A lot of people will die in the war..."

Kou Ji stared at Wang Zeng calmly and said: "As a privy envoy, I naturally know that many people will die in a war. But I, the Song Dynasty, want to carry out a large-scale education and do not have enough money. Besides robbing, what else can I do?

Wouldn't it be worthwhile to exchange the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of our Song Dynasty for the qualifications of reading and literacy for ten or a hundred generations?

Looting is only temporary, but promoting education is a century-old plan.

And if we really went to plunder, so many people wouldn't die.

With the current military strength of the Song Dynasty, few people in the world can be our opponent."

Seeing that Zhao Zhen and Wang Zeng were silent, Kou Ji continued: "The money we robbed can not only support the children of our Song Dynasty to study. Those soldiers who participated in the war will also get a lot of money from this."

money.

Children from wealthy families are unwilling to serve as soldiers.

Therefore, most of the soldiers who serve as soldiers are children of poor families.

Poor families can also become rich through this.

Hexi, Xingqingfu and other places are the best examples.

Those children from poor families in the army could not survive in the hinterland of the Central Plains, so they had no choice but to serve as soldiers and beg for food.

They were allocated hundreds or thousands of acres of fertile land in Hexi, Xingqing Prefecture and other places, and the whole family was lifted out of poverty."

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he no longer hesitated, "Then go and rob it. As long as it doesn't harm the people of the Song Dynasty, I don't care who it harms."

Wang Zeng hurriedly tried to persuade him: "Officials, you should think twice about this matter before making a rash decision. It is easy to send soldiers and horses out to fight, but when soldiers and horses go out to fight, they need a lot of food, wages and equipment.

expenditure."

Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji. He believed that Kou Ji had raised this matter and would definitely give a solution that would satisfy everyone.

Kou Ji said calmly: "The soldiers and horses sent out are out to be robbers. They are to rob money and food for themselves. What do they want to do with the luggage and food? They eat meat when they win, and they eat bran when they lose."

.All the imperial court needs to pay is some military equipment.

At present, firearms have gradually entered the military.

Those swords, guns, swords and halberds replaced by the army will be useless later.

Instead of piling them in the warehouse waiting to get moldy, it is better to distribute them to the soldiers for use."

Kou Ji not only wanted the money of his neighbors, but also used his neighbors to turn the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty into tigers and wolves who ate flesh and drank blood.

Wang Zeng's brows knitted together, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "Can I use someone else?"

Kou Ji was slightly stunned.

Wang Zeng sighed and said: "It is more practical to let others risk their lives to grab money than to risk our own lives to grab money."

Kou Ji thought that Wang Zeng would not agree with this matter, but he did not expect that Wang Zeng actually said such words.

Kou Ji stared at Wang Zeng strangely.

Wang Zeng curled his lips and said: "Don't look at me like that, I'm not a corrupt scholar. I only see the people of the Song Dynasty, because all my food and clothing expenses are paid for by the people of the Song Dynasty.

Others haven’t provided for me, so I don’t care whether they live or die.”

Kou Ji grinned when he heard this, and so did Zhao Zhen.

Through three wars, the Song Dynasty established its current situation of hegemony in the world.

Zhao Zhen knew clearly that the road to a strong country was inseparable from war.

The kind of Chaofeng who only thought about peace talks and not war could not make the Song Dynasty stronger.

Only with fists can we build a truly powerful country.

Wang Zeng's attitude towards the war was exactly what Zhao Zhen wanted.

Kou Ji heard Wang Zeng's words and said with a smile: "In the beginning, it was natural to use others. But as the war continues to change, it is inevitable that our people will also be involved.

I’m just telling you what’s going to happen in the future.”

When Wang Zeng heard this, his eyes widened and he shouted: "What's the use of talking about what's going to happen in the future? Others are going out to help me, Da Song, fight hard now. Even if they try their best, I don't care."

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Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji laughed loudly when they heard this.

Wang Zeng hummed to Kou Ji: "You are here to write the book, and the implementation of education must be left to me. You can't have all the credit taken by you alone."

Kou Ji glanced at Zhao Zhen with a smile.

Zhao Zhen understood and said with a smile: "Then the implementation of education will be left to Wang Aiqing."

The king once saluted Zhao Zhen and said: "I obey your order."

After a pause, Wang Zeng asked: "When will it start?"

Zhao Zhen thought for a moment, looked at Kou Jida and said, "How long does it take to compile a phonetic book?"

Kou Ji smiled and said: "Around October..."

Wang Zeng looked stunned, "It's only been half a year, but you are so confident."

Kou Ji smiled and said, "Prime Minister Wang, just wait and see."

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Since the book will be completed around October, Wang Aiqing should start preparing to promote the Mongolian education now. When the book is completed, the Mongolian education in various places can be established accordingly.

Once it is spent, it will be temporarily paid out of the national treasury.

If the national treasury is not enough, you can petition me and I will allocate funds from the inner treasury and Yizijiaozipu to provide support."

Wang Zeng nodded slowly.

Kou Ji laughed at the side and said: "The official family, the person I want..."

Zhao Zhen said sternly: "When I get back, I will send the phonology doctors from Taixue and Imperial College. If there are not enough, I will tell the world and invite all those who are proficient in phonology to come to the capital."

Kou Jidao: "Then I will just wait for good news from the officials."

As soon as the affairs were settled, Kou Ji left the palace.

In the following days, Kou Ji was busy compiling phonological books and translating food books.

Matters concerning foreign wars were dealt with by the Privy Council, so the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty did not know about it.

Wang Zeng did not go out and talk nonsense.

Therefore, few people knew about Annan's army entering Jiaozhi.

When Chen Yaozi, the powerful official of Kaifeng Prefecture, was transferred from Bianjing City, it caused some turmoil, but it was not big. The Manchu Dynasty civil and military officials paid attention to it for a few days and stopped paying attention to the matter.

Also leaving Bianjing City with Chen Yaozi were the group of people from Baghdad.

Zhao Zhen had already agreed to allow their army to rush to Jiaozhi through the Song Dynasty. Their thoughts had already flown to Jiaozhi, and naturally they had no intention of staying in Bianjing anymore.

Kou Ji studied hard for a day and just stretched out from the study, Kou Zhong appeared in front of Kou Ji.

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment and asked, "Uncle Zhong, are you okay?"

Kou Zhong nodded slowly but said nothing.

Kou Ji understood and led Kou Zhong into the study. After sitting down, Kou Zhong said in a deep voice: "Master, there is a letter from the west. I have found out the news about those barbarians.

There were 50,000 barbarians in total.

More than 2,000 of them have no tongues.

There are still more than 20,000 fully equipped soldiers and horses, and most of the rest are slaves."

When Kou Ji heard this, he was thoughtful.

The barbarians in Kou Zhong's words were those big cannibals from Baghdad.

Kou Ji had already guessed that there were a lot of cannibals, but he didn't expect that there were as many as 50,000 people.

Among them, there were actually two thousand Mamu guests.

Based on their numbers, Koji could probably tell that the young man named Gargamel brought some of the elite men of the Caliphate.

After all, the caliphate has been reduced to a puppet. He doesn't have many soldiers and horses at his disposal, and even fewer horses and horses to retain.

The fact that he could send two thousand Mamu foreigners to follow the young man to the Song Dynasty shows that he has great expectations for the young man's trip.

However, Kou Ji didn't care at this time.

He had decided to throw the young man and his men to Cochin.

Whether they can break out of the quagmire of Cochin depends on his thoughts.

After all, Jiaozhi would not only have troops from them and the Li Dynasty in Jiaozhi, but also the Annan Army of the Song Dynasty, and Cao Lili, who took advantage of the opportunity to fight against the autumn wind.

Kou Ji thought for a while and said to Kou Zhong: "There are fifty thousand barbarians, but only three thousand have been sent to Jiaozhi. The remaining 47,000 are stationed at the border of the Western Region. It's okay if they don't move, but it's troublesome if they move."

Send someone to tell Zhang Yuan and ask him to keep a close eye on those barbarians.

If those barbarians make any changes, please inform me immediately."

Kou Zhong nodded slowly.

Kou Ji said again: "Send someone to find Cao Yong again and let him contact the people of the Li Dynasty in Jiaozhi through maritime trade. Later, once the people of Jiaozhi go to war with those barbarians and need sophisticated soldiers and armor, I will give them a try." Song can provide some, but they have to give us enough benefits."

Kou Zhong nodded again.

Kou Ji said no more, and Kou Zhong left the study.

After Kou Zhong left, Kou Ji pondered for a moment, "I should send a letter to Chen Yaozi later and ask him to tell the Annan Army and ask them to use their connections to lure some more people out of the mountains and forests.

There was a three-way battle between them, with Cao Lili and Chen Yaozi watching from the sidelines. The war would definitely continue.

I don’t have to worry about selling the armaments of the Song Dynasty.

If necessary, we can raise prices and plunder them all."

Kou Ji, who had a dark heart, had already begun to plot against the Annan Army and the Li Dynasty in Jiaozhi before the war in Jiaozhi had completely started.

With Chen Yaozi and Cao Yong leading their troops and horses watching from one side, they were destined to be squeezed by Kou Ji, and it was impossible to resist.

The war in Jiaozhi started quietly, without any ripples in the Song Dynasty.

Nowadays, the eyes of the people of the Song Dynasty are focused on the imperial court's revision of books.

Time has entered April.

Zhao Zhen issued an order to summon the world's great Confucian scholars who understood phonology to come to Beijing and stated that they would compile a book about the blessings of Eisei.

Great Confucians from all over the Song Dynasty could not resist the temptation and rushed to Bianjing one by one.

After they learned about the role of phonological books from Jia Changchao, they devoted themselves to compiling phonological books without hesitation.

As Kou Ji said, compiling phonological books is definitely a blessing for EMI.

A group of great scholars simply cannot withstand the temptation of being famous for generations.

Each and every one of them spared no effort to help the imperial court compile phonological books.

Some invited friends, and some contributed some phonological books they had collected.

Everyone tried their best to contribute to the compilation of the phonology book, just to leave a name on it when the phonology book was completed.

The compilation of phonological books did not require much effort from Kou Ji.

He only went there occasionally and passed on some of his phonological knowledge to Jia Changchao and others.

Then help them solve some troubles they encounter.

Jia Changchao and others, with the help of Kou Ji, made rapid progress.

The peony garden in Ruisheng Garden has become a lively research place.

Those new scholars who returned to Bianjing were stunned after seeing the grand scene in Ruisheng Garden.

"Don't look at it. They have their errands, and you have yours."

Kou Ji stood at the door of Ruisheng Garden and said hello, while the new scholars who were staring in the direction of Peony Garden in a daze were slowly coming back to their senses.

Kou Ji led them into the Orchid Garden.

There were already several officials who knew the food culture waiting inside.

After Kou Ji led the new Jinshi into the Orchid Garden Hall, he had the door sealed.

The new scholars were confused.

Kou Ji stared at them and said solemnly: "I have not revealed to you what we are going to do before. Now that you have returned to Beijing, I should tell you the truth.

Before telling you the truth, there is one thing I must tell you.
Chapter completed!