Chapter 118 Brother Emperor, Times Have Changed (1/4)
On the first page of "Simplified Chinese and Seal Script Comparison Table", the title contains two characters: strokes, and the content is 一,丿,丨,丶...
On the second page of "Comparative Table of Simplified Chinese and Seal Script", the title says radicals, the content is 钅,犭,宀,?...
The third page of "Simplified Chinese and Large Seal Script Comparison Table" is the mutual comparison between simplified Chinese characters and large seal scripts. One simplified Chinese character can often compare with three or four large seal scripts.
The First Emperor looked through it very carefully.
About a cup of tea time, the First Emperor closed the book.
The First Emperor thought carefully for a while and said: "Cheng Xi, is this the writing you invented?"
"I'm just a mover. These are the words in my dream."
"Whatever you say." The First Emperor clapped the books in his hands, looked at Ying Chengyu with a look of astonishment, and said: "To create a kind of writing by oneself, it is still divorced from the current writing system.
Outside."
"It seems now that Li Si praised you when he said, 'I've never seen anyone like you, I've never known anyone like you in history, I've never heard of anyone like you.' Not only was there no exaggeration, but he actually underestimated you. If this word is published
In the world, you are the sage who surpasses the sages of the past generations and rivals the ancestors of Cangjie."
Ying Chengqiao narrowed his eyes and said, "Brother, you don't need to praise me, just say 'but'."
"Haha, you are such a bastard." The First Emperor shook his head and laughed.
"However, you have overlooked a very important issue. The unification of writing must be done, and it must be done as soon as possible. Who should do it? You and me? No, it must be done by those who are literate.
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"Your simplified Chinese characters go from strokes to radicals, and then from radicals to simplified characters. This simplified character progression from shallow to deep, layer by layer, is simpler than the characters of the Seven Kingdoms. It is more difficult for people who are not familiar with writing to learn than the characters of the Seven Kingdoms.
Text is much simpler.”
"However, who will teach these illiterate people?"
The First Emperor paused for a moment, seeing that there was no change in Ying Chengyu's face, and he had no intention of interrupting.
He frowned and asked himself: "They are the scholars I mentioned before. I can chop off the heads of those scholars, but I cannot force them to learn your simplified Chinese characters and spread them to the world."
"Cheng Xi, the world is too big. If your simplified characters want to become the unified script in the world, you must have a group of people who have thoroughly learned your simplified characters."
"It will take at least five years to train this group of people. These five years are the five years when the world has just been unified. They are too important for Great Qin. I can't afford to wait, and Great Qin can't afford to wait."
"Brother Huang, do you mean to stop me from promoting simplified Chinese characters, just like you used to stop me from promoting movable type printing using paper?"
The First Emperor patiently explained: "Why did I stop you from promoting movable type printing and paper in the first place? It's because once you promote it, everyone in the world will be able to read and practice calligraphy, and the people's wisdom will be greatly expanded, and the people's wisdom will make the people strong."
"The Book of Lord Shang says: If the people are strong, the country will be weak; if the people are weak, the country will be strong. When the people are strong, the country will be weak. Only when the people are weak, the country will be strong."
"It is difficult for powerful people to rule. When they start to think about whether the decrees issued by the court are right or wrong, it means that their obedience to me will be greatly reduced."
"How can Qin people like this go on the battlefield and not be afraid of death? Qin people are afraid of death, how can the Qin Dynasty dominate the world? You have read more books than me, you should understand this truth."
Ying Chengyu sat on the ground opposite Ying Zheng, rarely sitting upright.
"The Tao Te Ching says: In ancient times, those who were good at governing would not make the people wise, but would make them stupid. The people are difficult to govern because they are wise. Therefore, if you govern the country with wisdom, you will be the thief of the country. If you do not govern the country with wisdom, the country will be blessed.
Lao Tzu believes that those who were good at governing the country in ancient times did not make the people wise, but made the people ignorant. The reason why people are difficult to manage is because they know more. Therefore, if you open up the people's wisdom, you are a traitor to the country. If you do not let the people be wise, you will be a great country.
blessing."
If Ying Fusu were here, he would definitely be shocked.
In his eyes, his uncle, who only knew sophistry, actually had such a side.
But the First Emperor did not show the slightest surprise, but was quite used to it.
He smiled and said something.
"It's been a long time since I've seen you so serious. It seems like you really care about this matter. Go on, I'm listening."
"Guanzi" says: The king is wise, trustworthy, the officials are serious, the officials are honest, the farmers are stupid, and the merchants and workers are willing. This is what the five types of people in a strong country should look like: the king is wise, the ministers are trustworthy, and the officials are honest and solemn.
The farmers are ignorant, but the merchants and craftsmen are willing to do things."
"Here, Guanzi also believed that it would be better for the country if the people were ignorant. Confucius said: The people can instruct them, but they cannot let them know. Confucius said: The people can instruct them, but they cannot be allowed to know why they are asked to do what they do."
The First Emperor raised his index finger upside down and knocked on the table, interrupting Ying Chengyu's words again.
"Cheng Yu, what you said today is a little off track. You only need to convince me to implement your simplified Chinese characters, and there is no need to go into details. I know what you said, and this is what I have always done - make the country strong from the poor.
Weak people and strong country.”
"It's easy for me to convince Brother Huang to implement simplified Chinese characters. Isn't it because Brother Huang is afraid that it will be difficult to spread Simplified Chinese characters without the first batch of people who can understand Simplified Chinese characters?"
"That's right." The First Emperor sighed deeply and said, "Your eyes have looked too far and you are out of touch with this era. The simplified Chinese characters you designed are really too simple. If you don't say it, I won't understand it."
It's seen as words."
"This is indeed the best script for people in the world to learn calligraphy, but it is destined not to be spread. Not many scholars in the world will spread it for you. I plan to use Li Si as the main character, with the Doctoral Department as the supplement, to simplify the big seal script into the small seal script. Promote it to the world, and since
Therefore, everyone in the world must write in small seal script when writing books, and the books are the same as the characters."
Half a step ahead is a genius, one step ahead is a madman.
And Ying Chengyu had to be at least a hundred steps ahead of the Qin Dynasty.
These hundred steps are two thousand years.
"What if I tell Brother Huang that I can see further than Brother Huang imagined?" Ying Chengyu chuckled and said, "If I cultivated a group of people who can read simplified Chinese characters, Brother Huang would still let me
Li Sichuang Xiaozhuan?"
Have you trained a group of people who can read simplified Chinese characters?
If this is true, if this simplified Chinese character is distributed in various places, it will be much easier for people to learn this character than to learn the characters of our seven countries.
It takes five years to fully understand this text, but it takes years to recognize it. In this way, Da Qin can make a decision at least three years in advance.
The First Emperor's eyes widened in disbelief.
He squeezed Ying Chengyu's hand hard and said in a serious voice: "How many people have you taught? If I don't make small seal scripts, just the number of your Chang'an Junfu is not enough!"
"Brother Emperor, didn't you just ask me how Tunliu was defeated? I was indeed defeated by Guo Kai's 5,000 men, and I didn't lie to Brother Emperor. But even though I was defeated, not one of the 50,000 people died."
Ying Chengyu held out five fingers.
"Can fifty thousand elite Qin warriors who have mastered simplified Chinese characters take on the role of spreading simplified Chinese characters?"
During the Qin Dynasty, the world's population was between 25 million and 30 million.
The ratio of fifty thousand people to the total number of people in the world.
It's between 1:500 and 1:600.
In other words, to achieve the goal of universal literacy in simplified Chinese, it seems very difficult for one person to teach 500 or 600 people.
But in fact, this is not how it should be calculated.
First of all, the First Emperor's requirement that books be written in the same text does not mean that everyone in the world can understand simplified Chinese characters.
That is tantamount to enlightening the people's wisdom and strengthening the people, which is inconsistent with the idea of weakening the people that the First Emperor has always implemented.
The purpose of the First Emperor's letter was to make the people of the Six Kingdoms stop thinking about the Six Kingdoms and work together to maintain the rule of the Qin Dynasty.
To achieve this, the proportion of people who understand simplified Chinese characters can be controlled within a certain range.
This range is that the original number of literate people in the world can be increased by about three to five times - as long as the Six Kingdoms script is suppressed, it will be a success.
To achieve this, 50,000 people are enough.
"Enough! Enough! Enough!"
The First Emperor looked extremely excited and said "enough" three times in a row.
Compared to those scholars, the First Emperor trusted the elite men of the Qin Dynasty more.
He has peace of mind when the great Qin warriors promote simplified Chinese characters for him and win over the people.
"Well defeated, well defeated!"
The First Emperor walked around the study room excitedly.
"If you were undefeated, how could you hide 50,000 warriors in front of Lu Buwei! Cheng Xi, how did you manage to lose the battle without killing a single soldier? No, no! Qin Law stipulates: When a general is captured and killed, his bodyguards
They were all executed. How come none of your soldiers were killed? Were you deliberately captured by Guo Kai?"
It was the Battle of Tunliu in which 5,000 Zhao troops defeated 50,000 Qin army elites that sent Guo Kai's power, popular support, and royal family's respect in the Zhao Kingdom to their peak.
As soon as the Battle of Changping happened in this battle, the resentment accumulated in the hearts of the Zhao people.
Guo Kai became a national hero of Zhao State and held great power in Zhao State from then on.
Could it be that Guo Kai's rebellion against Zhao was controlled by Cheng Yu?
Ying Chengyu looked at the First Emperor, who was gradually coming out of his excited state. As soon as wisdom took over the high ground, he was driven down by shock.
"Everyone takes what he needs. I will be my No. 1 Dandy in the Qin Dynasty, and he will be his No. 1 God of War in the Warring States Period."
It turned out to be what Cheng Yu did...
How far can Cheng Xi see?
Defeat and destroy Zhao, this kind of strategy is unheard of!
How could Cheng Yu be able to conclude that Guo Kai could rise to prominence?
Can Zhao Wangqian be sidelined?
Can you order the assassination of Li Mu?
Can you betray the Kingdom of Zhao and ask for Rong Xie?
Is there any way to predict the future?
The First Emperor was still shocked.
Ying Chengyu didn't take this matter to heart at all.
The world has been settled, and it’s time to change the emperor’s mind.
The people are weak and the country is strong?
No!
The people are prosperous and the country is strong!
The policy of obscuring the people must never be allowed again!
"This is not important. Let's talk about the previously disconnected topic. I don't agree with the theory of various schools of thought that the people are weak and the country is strong. I think they are all wrong."
Ying Chengyu was very regular, tapping the table again and again, and said with a smile: "Brother Emperor, times have changed."