The officials of the Ministry of Rites were all short of breath at this moment. They never dreamed that there would be a kind of writing in this world that was so concise and could be understood by them at a glance!
"If I guess correctly, this person should have the character benevolence!"
"That's right, I think so too. As expected, this character should be horse!"
"You actually guessed the same as I did. We have never studied these words, so why can we understand them?"
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The officials of the Ministry of Rites all showed doubts, and Xue Bingtian said solemnly: "These characters were created by His Royal Highness, what kind of simplified characters are they?"
"Simplified Chinese! Does it mean a simplified version of the font?
This kind of calligraphy is simple and easy to learn. If it can be popularized, I don’t know how many more literati will be born in the Ming Dynasty!"
"Haha! I don't think so. Think about it, if the threshold for learning writing is lowered, then many people with dull qualifications will become literati. Wouldn't it lower our status?"
"Master Li is right! This writing simplifies learning and is more convenient. However, cats and dogs can learn writing. This is not appropriate."
The officials said in a deep voice.
Xue Bingtian said: "Comrades, please don't forget that His Majesty wants us to obey His Majesty the Crown Prince and popularize writing among the people. This simplified Chinese character is just convenient for us."
"Well! Mr. Xue, I seem to understand what you mean. Let's just promote this simplified Chinese character to the common people, so that the common people can learn it separately from the characters learned by literati like us!"
"Wonderful! In this way, when we look for literati to promote writing, they won't have too much resistance!"
After hearing this, the officials said one after another.
Xue Bingtian nodded. Although his original intention was not like this, if he could successfully promote simplified Chinese characters, their Rites Department would not have any major problems.
"Master Xue, we will order people to print these words into books now, and then distribute them to various places, so that the literati can teach this kind of words to the people."
One person said.
"Don't worry, His Royal Highness just asked me to take a look at the simplified Chinese characters first. He said there are some good things, and he will show them to us in the morning tomorrow morning."
Xue Bingtian said in a deep voice.
"kindness?
Your Highness the Crown Prince has some good things!"
One person said.
For a while, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were looking forward to the good things Lin Fan said. They studied the simplified Chinese characters for a while, and then it was time for the morning court.
Lin Fan felt that he had just fallen into bed when someone picked him up, put on a four-clawed dragon robe, and headed to the palace.
On this day, Emperor Chongzhen did not sleep at all. He asked Wang Chengen to send people to keep an eye on the Hall of Supreme Harmony. He wanted to know the attitude of his son's first day in charge of the country and the attitude of the ministers in the court.
Above the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Lin Fan appeared, and all the officials knelt down to salute. Lin Fan was not polite and sat directly on the dragon chair, letting them level up.
this……
All the officials were stunned when they saw Lin Fan sitting so naturally. According to the rules, Lin Fan was the prince overseeing the country and should be standing, but he actually dared to sit on the dragon chair!
Ahem!
When Wang Chengen saw Lin Fan sitting there, he hurriedly winked at him and motioned for him to stand up. Lin Fan thought Wang Chengen was giving him a wink to tell him to sit upright.
Lin Fan straightened his body, gave Wang Chengen a handsome look, looked at the officials and said, "My dear friends, today the Crown Prince of Japan wants to show you something good."
After that, he asked someone to bring out the pinyin book that had been copied in advance, and all the officials had a copy.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites had long known that Lin Fan would bring out good things for them during the morning court, so they all looked at Lin Fan with great excitement and expectancy.
However, when they took the pinyin book and saw the pinyin symbols on it, they were all stunned.
"Your Highness, what is this?"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince?
Is this a ghost talisman?"
…
Ahem!
Du Buju, the Minister of Punishment, coughed twice and reminded the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette that talking nonsense at this time may cause more trouble for themselves, and asked them to be more honest.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites also heard what Du Buju meant, and they all shut up honestly. Lin Fan sat on the dragon chair and watched the officials study the pinyin book.
"My dear friends, what I give you is called Pinyin. There are twenty-six Pinyin letters in total. Each letter has a unique pronunciation."
"The combination of these pronunciations is the pronunciation of our Chinese characters. This thing has many benefits. If used properly, everyone in the Ming Dynasty can learn to write!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
kindness!
Hearing what Lin Fan said, Xue Bingtian, the Minister of Rites, was stunned for a moment. The good things His Highness the Prince said yesterday can provide greater help to their Ministry of Rites. Could it be that he meant this pinyin?
"Your Highness, does this Pinyin really have such magical powers?"
Xue Bingtian asked.
"Yes, I will teach you how to read these pinyin now."
Lin Fan said.
Then, he stood up directly, walked to the crowd of officials, and handed them the pronunciation of the twenty-six pinyin letters.
"My dear friends, come and see, this is ah, this is me, and this is uh, similarly, when we combine these pinyin together, it is the pronunciation of the Chinese characters."
"Just like this, when Te and ah are combined together, that's his pronunciation. Moreover, according to the difference in pronunciation level and pitch, the uses of words with the same sound can also be distinguished."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
All the officials recited the pinyin silently in their hearts and combined it silently in their hearts. After a while, each and every one of them had excitement in their eyes.
"Awesome! Your Highness, you are so awesome!"
"There are only twenty-six pinyin, but through different combinations, the pronunciation of the Chinese characters can be spelled out!"
"These twenty-six pinyin letters are truly a work of genius. Your Highness, you are not only the best in martial arts and martial arts, but also in terms of inventions and creations, no one can match them!"
All the officials praised him one after another.
Lin Fan returned to sit on the dragon chair. Although all the officials were praising him, he bet that these people were saying that Pinyin was particularly magical, but absolutely no one saw the true use of Pinyin.
"Your Highness, is this pinyin the same as the simplified Chinese characters you gave me yesterday, and do you want the people to learn it?"
Xue Bingtian said in a deep voice.
"Have you brought the simplified Chinese characters I gave you yesterday?"
Lin Fan asked.
"Reporting to His Majesty the Crown Prince, Simplified Chinese has brought you."
Xue Bingtian said.
"Now that you have brought it, take it out and show it to all your dear friends. After reading it, I will tell you what to do next."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice, what he will say next will definitely shock these people!