() In the main hall, there were only Emperor Chongzhen and Wang Chengen, and no foreign ministers were present.
If there were foreign ministers, even if Emperor Chongzhen asked, they would not dare to express their opinions. Wei Zhongxian had just fallen, and what happened to eunuchs who interfered with politics.
Wang Cheng'en thought for a while and reported back to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I remember that when Your Majesty first came to the throne, he issued an edict asking his ministers to: The chapter memorials are too long to be read at a glance. From now on, all yamen must present chapters and chapters concisely, and their words must be concise." If you don’t give a thousand, if the meaning of the words is not fully understood, you might as well play it again.”
After a short pause, he expressed his opinion: "I think that your Majesty's intention is to improve efficiency, but Mr. Guanzhong's method makes up for the mistake in the sentence. After all, ordinary people do not have your Majesty's talent. If there is a conflict between officials or It is a pity that when an official understands His Majesty's intention, he does something wrong because of a mistake in the sentence."
Wang Chengen looked at Emperor Chongzhen and nodded slightly, so he made his own conclusion: "Mr. Zhong's method is consistent with His Majesty's requirements. This is just my humble opinion."
"Yes, I can immediately see the wonder of Mr. Zhong's method." Emperor Chongzhen smiled and praised Wang Cheng'en. After thinking about it, he said: "My eldest companion went to tell Wen Tiren, the Minister of Rites, to come to see me. I want to promote this method, so I have to Seek advice from the Minister of Rites."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen bowed and retreated.
Emperor Chongzhen sat on the royal chair, placed the two memorials side by side, and read them carefully again. A smile appeared on his face: Mr. Zhong has a great talent and ideas one after another. But his literary talent, Haha, I smiled and shook my head. This is such a vernacular. It is impossible for Tong Sheng to write such a memorial, if Tong Sheng is qualified to write it.
After a while, Wen Tiren, the Minister of Rites, was summoned to have an audience. Before he came, he was still thinking about something. His Majesty has been very unhappy recently, and nothing bad will happen to him.
After arriving, I found that Emperor Chongzhen's face was relaxed and he was smiling slightly, so he knew that it was not something bad.
When he saw Wen Tiren coming to see him, he recalled the conversation he had with Zhong Jinwei and how they rescued the driver together, and he couldn't help but have the idea of joking with Wen Tiren: "Do you know why I, Chuanqing, came here?"
It is definitely not related to the administration of officials, building captives, and Qin Wang's army. It is impossible for His Majesty to smile at these things. So what is it? It makes His Majesty happy, and I have not heard of any happy events in the court.
Wen Tiren thought about it and combed through the possibilities. Suddenly he remembered that Zhong Jinwei had woken up and happened to be related to him, so he let himself come.
"Your Majesty, is Zhong Jinwei awake?" Wen Tiren asked tentatively.
"Haha, Aiqing is really smart, and he guessed half of it right." Emperor Chongzhen smiled and praised Wen Tiren, and then continued: "Mr. Zhong not only woke up, but also gave me two ideas, one of which involves the Ministry of Rites. , so I send you a message to come over and discuss things."
Oh, this kid actually woke up. Yes, I should have many allies in the future.
"I don't know what your idea is. Your Majesty, can you let me have a look at it?" Wen Tiren bowed and said.
Wang Chengen had been standing aside and watching the conversation between the monarch and his ministers. He was also happy that Emperor Chongzhen was in a good mood. It was rare for his master to smile!
Before he could finish his sigh, he heard what Emperor Chongzhen said and hurriedly stepped forward to receive a memorial and forwarded it to Wen Tiren.
Wen Tiren was very curious, wondering what weird ideas that strange Zhong Jinwei would come up with. When he opened the memorial, he saw lines of beautiful handwriting. He couldn't help but be stunned. Why did the writing look like that of a woman? But immediately
I woke up: I had seen Zhong Jinwei's handwriting on the so-called blackboard. How could the ugly font be compared with this? It should have been written by his maid.
When Wen Tiren looked at the specific content, he immediately discovered that it was related to some symbols used to break sentences in the article. There were different symbols to distinguish the end of sentences, questions, connections, etc.
To be honest, he himself disdains the use of these things. Sentence segmentation has been the basic skill of scholars since ancient times. But judging from His Majesty's intention, he values these things and wants to promote them, otherwise he would not have asked himself to come.
After thinking about it, there are indeed some misunderstandings that occur due to sentence segmentation issues, or deliberate misunderstandings to achieve one's own goals. For example, when segmenting the words of a saint, the sentence is segmented into a reading that is beneficial to oneself. If there is a set of symbols
If we standardize it, it may reduce a lot of ambiguity. There are not only miscommunications in some important official documents or corresponding important matters, but it seems that it is necessary to promote it.
Thinking of this, Wen Tiren put the memorial together, then bowed to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, I think that Mr. Zhong's set of symbols can be used to convey official documents or important matters, and can ensure the correct transmission of meaning. Therefore, I sincerely request your Majesty to implement it.
This method."
Hey, Emperor Chongzhen didn't need to speak, Wen Tiren said what he was thinking first, what a genius. Wang Chengen thought to himself on the side.
"So, your Ministry of Rites has agreed to promote this set of punctuation marks?" Emperor Chongzhen confirmed.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wen Tiren thought, this set of things has no immediate interests for everyone, and it is not difficult to promote it.
"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. After the promotion, memorials, official documents and other official content, including announcements, etc., need to use this set of punctuation marks. As for folk poems, songs and articles, there is no need to require it." Emperor Chongzhen
When Wen Tiren confirmed that he had no objection, he told him the matter.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wen Tiren cupped his hands and said.
After giving this order, Emperor Chongzhen lowered his head and looked at the remaining memorial on the imperial table, and said nothing for a while.
Wen Tiren waited for a while, but found that Emperor Chongzhen had no intention of showing him the remaining Zhong Jinwei's ideas, so he wanted to resign.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen raised his head and spoke: "I think your dear wife must have seen what happened these days. What do you think?"
Wen Tiren was stunned for a moment, thinking that he wanted to show him his second idea, but instead he asked for his opinion on the past few days. He lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, I think that what Mr. Zhong said can be summed up
.”
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he became interested and seemed even more concerned.
"It's a famous saying of Yue Wumu: Civil servants don't love money, but military generals don't care about death. Then what happened a few days ago would never have happened."
Yes, my civil servants don’t love money, and if the military generals are willing to die, then they will be rampant in building captives. Emperor Chongzhen sighed in his heart.
However, just sighing is of no use. Emperor Chongzhen asked Wen Tiren: "Do you have any good ideas for your love?"
"I believe that those in high positions should lead by example, follow the example of others, advocate clean government, suppress corruption, promote promising officials, strictly enforce laws, and give full play to the role of the Supervisory Council, and things will get better."
Emperor Chongzhen was slightly disappointed, which was expected, but also unexpected. It was expected because most of the remarks were the same old tunes, and everyone said so. What was unexpected was that those in high positions should lead by example and lead by example. Integrity is something that no other minister dares to say.
"I love that you live a poor life and you are an honest minister. I am very pleased. I have never rewarded you for your efforts in rescuing the driver before. This time Mr. Zhong has woken up and recommended several people to me. I am very satisfied and he has also given me a reward." I have come up with two strategies, and I would like to reward them both." Emperor Chongzhen stood up and said to Wen Tiren with a smile.
"It is my duty as a minister not to be rewarded."
"I would like you to join the cabinet and help me with my administration. How about that?"
Entering the cabinet is the ultimate goal of every civil servant. Only after joining the cabinet can one hope to become the top leader of the cabinet. At that time, one person will be under one person and above ten thousand people, and one's political ambitions can be realized. Thinking of this, Wen Tiren bowed He cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, it is the duty of an minister to take care of the king's worries. It's just that cabinet ministers follow the rules and need to be recommended by the court."
"Don't worry about this, Aiqing. Aiqing has a great advantage. I use this to promote Aiqing to the cabinet. I'm sorry that they have nothing to say." Emperor Chongzhen said with confidence.
Seeing what His Majesty said, Wen Tiren stopped refusing. Suddenly he remembered something and asked Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I just mentioned Mr. Zhong's award. I don't know how to announce his origin to the ministers?"
Emperor Chongzhen smiled: "I have discussed this with Mr. Zhong and said that he is a descendant of the Song Dynasty and came from overseas. He missed his homeland and came back specially."
"How can I get to the palace and be saved?" Wen Tiren still had questions.
"Oh, I haven't thought about this too much. Does Aiqing have any ideas?"
Wen Tiren did not think about it in detail and said: "Your Majesty, I met Mr. Zhong who came to the capital because of his fame. After talking with him, I learned that he was knowledgeable and knowledgeable, so I introduced him to your Majesty. When I arrived in the palace, I happened to meet an assassin who was trying to kill me, so I was saved." I wonder if it’s possible to use the skill of driving?”
"Haha, what I love makes sense, and it is indeed the case!" Emperor Chongzhen burst out laughing when he heard this. After saying this, he became happy.
Emperor Chongzhen was in a good mood after solving another problem. When he saw the memorial on the imperial table, he said casually: "Mr. Zhong has another plan. Please read it and see what you think." After saying this, he motioned to Wang Chengen to hand over the memorial. Forward to Wen Tiren.
Wen Tiren thought about what Zhong Jinwei's idea was. Depending on the emperor's intention, this memorial should be more important. If the conversation was not pleasant, he might not be able to see it. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be a little curious.
At first glance, I felt the same as Emperor Chongzhen. The entire memorial was written in vernacular and I despised it. However, regarding the content, the more I read, the more serious and serious I became.
Although the vernacular does not have any literary skills, it excels in its straightforwardness, and with the help of punctuation marks, the meaning of the entire article is clear at a glance, and there is no misunderstanding.
The most important thing is the content inside, which is shocking and refreshing.
Since ancient times, the monarch and his military commanders have always used defense. Prevention is better than using it. So when a foreign enemy invades, the generals' abilities cannot be fully utilized, and the war is ruined. This strategy uses the method of monitoring the generals. When it comes to soldiers and military supplies, the lifeblood of the generals is pinched without restricting their performance, and there are layers of supervision and mutual supervision to prevent their corruption. Wonderful! Wonderful!
However, he immediately realized that there was a big flaw in this memorial. He immediately wanted to mention it to Emperor Chongzhen, but he felt that it was a bit inappropriate and was in a dilemma.
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I accidentally posted it after 12 o'clock, so I sent it today.