Chapter 184: There is no way to write it down! There are no rules and regulations!
While the outside world was treacherous, Qin Luoheng was calm in prison.
He curiously looked at the prison of Tingwei Mansion, but found a strange man in a cell not far away.
This man actually wrote on the wall.
It is not written in Qin Zhuan, but in another font.
Official script!
Qin Luoheng's eyes changed slightly.
After living in the Qin Dynasty for so long, this was the first time he saw someone writing official script, and the writing was extremely square. If he remembered correctly, there was only one font recognized by the court, which was Qin Zhuan, and the rest were all unofficial scripts.
.
Where did this person learn official script?
Vaguely, he felt that this person was not writing, but creating his own font. To be precise, this person might have invented official script.
Qin Luoheng wanted to ask, but didn't know how.
In the end, I just watched quietly.
Late at night.
The man stopped writing, straightened his messy hair, and lay in the prison, but his eyes were still staring at the writing on the wall, as if thinking about how to improve it.
Sudden.
The sound of footsteps was heard outside the prison.
Father Lang walked in.
He looked around and walked straight to the prison where Qin Luoheng was staying.
Qin Luoheng hesitated when he saw Lang's father.
Ye smiled and said: "I am the jailer of Tingwei Mansion. I have some friendship with other jailers, so I was able to come in. Qin Shizi, you have committed a serious crime this time. I actually don't want to get involved, but this guy Lang has been here all the time."
The chatter in my ears is really annoying, so I just came in to take a look."
Qin Luoheng said respectfully: "Thank you for your concern, please. Could you please tell Lang Hefen that I am fine in prison, so that they don't have to worry about me? I don't want you to suffer any consequences because of me."
Implicated.”
Ye nodded and said: "That's what I said too, but these two guys didn't listen at all. Now that they have met you, they should be able to rest assured."
"But I can't do anything about you."
"When I came in, I asked the superiors. There are many people paying attention to your case. The Huang family should not dare to do anything behind the scenes. According to the information I know so far, you actually have a chance of survival."
"But I can't guarantee the final verdict."
Qin Luoheng said gratefully: "The superior has his heart, and I understand in my heart."
Ye Wei raised his head slightly and asked: "If you have anything you want to ask, or if you want to take something with you, you can tell me and I will help you take it out."
Qin Luoheng thought for a while and said a few words, mainly to Bo Shu, so that she didn't have to worry and that she would be fine.
At the end of the day.
He couldn't help but ask about the origin of the weirdo next to him.
Ye looked back, pondered in his mind, and said uncertainly: "The prisoner over there seems to be named Cheng Miao. I have asked about him before. In the sixteenth year of Qin Shihuang's reign, Han had not been destroyed at that time. He
He is the county magistrate of Xiagui County."
"When the Han Dynasty was destroyed, he was selected by the current internal affairs officer Shi Teng to join the support camp and served as a grain commander. He was responsible for the import and export of grain. However, he was imprisoned just one month after joining the army."
Qin Luoheng's face showed a strange color.
Qin's destruction of Han is almost a certainty, and it is also the best opportunity for officials, big and small, to take advantage of their military exploits. Is this person so short-sighted that he can make mistakes at that time?
Ye guessed what Qin Luoheng was thinking and shook his head: "He did not break any military regulations or the law. His crime was that he wrote the wrong place name."
Hear the words.
Qin Luoheng understood immediately.
The official text of the Qin Dynasty was seal script, and Cheng Miao probably wrote official script. There is a big difference between seal script and official script, especially when the Qin State still used large seal script. Cheng Miao could recognize official script, but other officials could not, and mistakenly thought he wrote official script.
Wrong place name.
So Cheng Miao was jailed.
Qin Luoheng said: "This is not a big mistake, right?"
Ye said: "At that time, during the war, Cheng Miao was the commander of grain and fodder, responsible for the supply of grain and grass on the front line. Because of the problem with the characters, the grain and grass that was originally supposed to be sent to Yiyang was sent to Nanyang. The difference between the two places was more than 300 miles.
, directly causing the Yiyang garrison to run out of food and starve to death for ten days."
"Although the laws of the Qin Dynasty were detailed, no relevant criminal provisions could be found, so the military inquisitor informed the state judge about the matter. The judge's servant gathered ten judges in Guanzhong for discussion, and the final reply was: Cheng Maozhi
The crime has no provisions in the law and no precedent in the case, so the Tingwei Mansion must decide the punishment at its discretion."
"He was also sent to Xianyang from Xiagui County."
"The Tingwei at that time was now Prime Minister Wang Wan. Regarding his situation, the old Tingwei thought hard for several days and finally drafted a penalty order: Cheng Miao, the Prime Minister of Xiagui County, should not write in an unofficial style.
Writing official documents resulted in the army being deprived of food for ten days, and three soldiers died of starvation, and were sentenced to prison pending execution."
"Then......"
Before Ye started to speak, a voice came from the prison nearby.
Cheng Miao's poem is very eloquent:
"Then I asked Lao Tingwei, what is the official calligraphy style?"
"Since the beginning of writing in the Qin State, has there ever been any explicit regulation? I have also served in the government, and I have read official documents. There are eight books in the world. Why does this old Tingwei alone want to convict my writing style?"
"Then Lieutenant Lao Ting is called the iron-faced law enforcer. What is the result?"
"After checking the official documents of the government, he just changed the word 'non-official script' in the penalty order to 'non-recognized script'. Isn't this also deceiving me?"
"I'll ask Old Tingwei again."
"The Qin government seeks practical results. If it is useful, it will be recognized. All the calligraphy styles I have written in the past have been recognized by the government. Doesn't this mean that it has been recognized by the government? Why does he want to impose temporary restrictions now?"
"In the end, Wang Wan directly convicted me, saying: 'Cheng Miao's writing caused misunderstanding, so he is guilty.' Of course I refused to accept it. I asked him again. I didn't write the wrong word. If I made a mistake, I should treat it as a mistake."
What sin do I have to do?"
"This old guy directly slapped the case and said, 'I am the one responsible for starving the soldiers to death. This is a fact. The one who admits his mistake is guilty, but the one who wrote is not guilty. He should be put in jail first, and he will report it to the King of Qin for his decision.' Then he imprisoned me in the court.
Wei Mansion."
"There is no written code! There are no rules and regulations!"
"I, Cheng Miao, am not guilty!"
Hearing Cheng Miao's inspiring words, Qin Luoheng felt a little ashamed.
So stubborn!
Cheng Miao first called Wang Wan "Old Tingwei", then he started to call Wang Wan by his first name, and later he called him "Old Tingwei". This was really frustrating.
immediately.
Qin Luoheng sensed something was wrong.
asked:
"its not right."
"Wang Wan will not trick Cheng Miao on this matter. Since he promised to report it, he should have reported it. Why is Cheng Miao still locked up in there?"
Ye showed a hint of embarrassment.
He whispered: "After the old prime minister reported it, Prime Minister Lu was deposed."
"At that time, the Prime Minister's Mansion was in chaos. The real responsible organization suddenly became the Tingwei Mansion. The memorials of Wang Wan and Tingwei were backlogged in the Prime Minister's Mansion. The next Prime Minister who took office was Huang Jingxiu. This man did not have much talent and he did not serve for long.
So he took the blame and retreated."
"Then the prime minister was replaced by Wang Wan."
"By that time, the memorial had been backlogged for more than a year. After thinking about it for a long time, Prime Minister Wang sent the matter of Cheng Miao back to Tingwei's Mansion and asked Li Stingwei to handle it. At that time, the Qin Dynasty was attacking Zhao, and Tingwei
All the energy of the Wei Mansion was focused on that, and the matter was shelved again."
"Later, Li Si dealt with the matter and decided to apply for pardon from His Majesty. But by chance, Ting Wei's Mansion was sorting out the writing, so Li Si Ting asked him a few questions, wanting to hear his opinion on the writing, and also revealed the small seal script
It will serve as the unified script of the Qin Dynasty."
"result......"
"Cheng Miao directly said, 'The small seal script is not as good as the official script.' He also proposed that from now on, the world should use the official script as the basis, with the small seal script as a supplement. The small seal script is used for official documents, scripts, and contract documents. Its utility is only for confirmation, while the official script can be used for everything else."
In this case, the utility lies in quickness and convenience.”
"He also said that Li Tingwei's calligraphy is flashy and should not be used as a model for the world."
"Then......"
"I've been locked up until now."
Hear the words.
Qin Luoheng's mouth twitched slightly.
If you don't do it, you will die.
Cheng Miao is going to die this time.
His imprisonment for more than ten years was not unjust at all.
Hearing Ye's words, Cheng Miao showed displeasure and said: "The unification of writing in the Qin Dynasty was originally pragmatic and simple. If there is a more simple official script, instead of using the second best Xiaozhuan, isn't this a waste of time?"
"What's wrong with me?"
"Since the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, writing in the world has been based on convenience, and eight writing styles have been developed, which are the eight styles recognized by the world, namely large seal script, small seal script, carved symbols, insect script, imitation script, signature script, Shu script and official script."
“The name of official script is taken from ‘Zuoli (official)’s book’.”
"It's just that no one compiled it uniformly in the past, so the official script was different from place to place, and even the official script written by everyone was different."
"In the past ten years, I have sorted it out."
When it comes to official script, Cheng Miao has great spirit.
He said: "The official script is a calligraphy created by subordinate officials to write quickly. The change of the official script is that the pictograms of the ancient seal scripts are changed into strokes. The simplest pen is used in the shape of a rectangle. Not only is the writing fast, but it is also
Easy for people to recognize.”
Qin Luoheng was thoughtful and took the initiative: "Master, can you give a one-word example to explain it?"
Seeing that someone was interested in official script, Cheng Miao looked happy. Without any hesitation, he directly washed away the ink stains on the wall with clean water, then wiped it with his clothes, and wrote three "an" on the wall.
Character.
He said: "Little brother, please look at this. This is the character "安" in the big seal script. Its shape is like a woman and a man embracing each other on the corridor."
"Next to it is the character An in small seal script. It takes the shape of the woman under the house. Although the man has been omitted, the image is still there. The pillars of the house are touching the ground, and the long skirt of the woman in the house is swaying, which is like a pictographic body."
“Look at the official script ‘An’ again.”
"I only take the roof as my idea. The shape of a woman is simply a kneeling seat. The horizontal line is a long case, and the crosses under the case are the feet."
"The meaning exists but the form is simple."
"Qin seal characters are complex in shape, difficult to read and easy to read, and difficult to confuse."
"Official script is easy to read, so isn't it more applicable than Qin Zhuan?"
"If the whole world uses official script, it will be very convenient for beginners, and the world's knowledge no longer needs to be hidden in deep houses. For such a simple truth, Li Si pretends not to know and completely negates the official script. It is simply unspeakable!"
Qin Luoheng couldn't laugh or cry.
Cheng Miao's resentment towards Li Si seems to be very deep.
However, he didn't care about these, he was more concerned about official script.
If, as Cheng Miao said, popularizing official script would be of great benefit to beginners all over the world, official script would be much less difficult to read and write than Qin Zhuan. This change would undoubtedly significantly reduce the cost of learning.
Daqin now needs to reduce the cost of learning.
But official script alone is not enough.
Literacy is the foundation of a student.
The difficulty of literacy can be reduced by relying on official script, while punctuation can be used to break up text.
If the text is written in official script, supplemented by punctuation, and paired with paper, the cost of learning will undoubtedly be greatly reduced. Not only will everyone in the world be able to afford school, at least those who can afford to read will not just It's limited to a small area.