Chapter 369 His Highness the Crown Prince has gone too far!
"You are not very ignorant, because you are right. This library will make good profits in the future."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"Your Highness, Wei Chen will go back and distribute books to those children and teach them how to combine Pinyin and pronounce them."
Xue Bingtian said.
"Well! Let those children learn the Twenty-Four Filial Piety first, and then take the Twenty-Four Filial Piety to various places in the Ming Dynasty and let them teach those children to read the stories in it."
"Also, this book can only be used by them for one month, and it will be taken back after one month. All the books on the Twenty-Four Filial Piety will be put into the library, and then some deeds of Emperor Taizu will be distributed. The same is for one month.
It must also be taken back and placed in the library.”
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"His Royal Highness is very thoughtful. As long as the common people understand these two books, they will basically master the usage of Pinyin and simplified Chinese characters. The next step is to let them study in the library."
Xue Bingtian said.
"That's exactly what I mean. You can go down and do things now."
Lin Fan said.
Xue Bingtian accepted the order, left the palace, and began to organize the young people to learn how to combine Pinyin and how to read the story of the Twenty-Four Filial Piety based on Pinyin.
"This! So this is how the pinyin is used!"
"His Royal Highness the Prince is so awesome! At first, I learned Pinyin as an errand. Who would have thought that Pinyin could actually help me learn Chinese characters!"
"Although it is simplified Chinese characters, these simplified Chinese characters are very sound and can be interoperable with the existing characters of our Ming Dynasty. Moreover, this is a complete book!"
"Haha! We finally learned how to read a book, look! According to the pinyin prompts on it, I can read the story inside!"
"Great! I really want to tell my mother about this as soon as possible. He will be happy to know that I can study!"
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These teenagers were all excited and wanted to jump up. At this moment, their desire for knowledge was stronger than ever. They held the book "Twenty-Four Filial Piety" in their hands and couldn't put it down.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites present were all touched!
"This! I didn't expect these children to be so excited because they can read the words above!"
"When we were young, we learned writing by our husbands. Compared with them, we feel a little ashamed!"
"That's right, these children only learn simplified Chinese characters and can understand a book through pinyin. Wouldn't it be even more exciting if they could read a lot of books in the future!"
"Now I can understand why His Royal Highness did this. It is because His Royal Highness has love in his heart, and it is his love for the people!"
"Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's love for the people is unmatched by any of us. He is a benevolent and righteous king!"
"Hush! Don't say this nonsense. Our Crown Prince is still in charge of the country."
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The eyes of the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette were all wet. They saw these young people holding books and not letting go. Until noon, these children refused to go to eat.
As evening approached, they ate steamed buns and read a book. They finished reading the story of the Twenty-Four Filial Piety with the help of pinyin!
"I'm lying on the ice asking for help. I didn't expect there to be such a filial person in this world. Compared with him, I often get into trouble and bring shame to my mother. Wow..."
"Dong Yong sold his body to bury his father. Because of his filial piety, he moved the seven fairies in the sky, and finally achieved a God-given marriage. It seems that people with filial piety will be blessed!"
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These children were carefully recalling the story of the Twenty-Four Filial Piety. It was already getting late, and the officials from the Ministry of Rites asked them to go back first and continue studying tomorrow.
After these children returned home, they told their parents and relatives about what happened today. When their parents and relatives learned about it, they were so excited that tears filled their eyes!
"Could it be! Is there going to be a scholar in my family?"
The poor people finally saw hope.
Hope is the only thing Lin Fan can give to these poor people. After all, hope does not require money, but is an inner strength.
Gongshu Jing was stunned when he learned that the pinyin combination could make the text understandable!
"Oops! This Lin Fan is such a bastard. He actually wants everyone in the world to understand writing! Doesn't he know that this is ignorance! Is it a treasonous thing?"
Gongshu Jing said in shock.
Since the Qin Dynasty, the First Emperor of Qin burned books and harassed Confucian scholars to unify the writing system and make the world learn one type of writing. However, ordinary people could not learn the writing at that time because they were not qualified.
Moreover, Confucianism has a lot of rules, and people of low status will not be accepted if they want to learn writing. Gongshujia has existed since the Qin Dynasty, and the idea of status and inferiority is deeply rooted.
Especially during the Han Dynasty, when the status of literati was improved, poor people were even less likely to have access to writing, and they were not even allowed to learn.
This is just ordinary knowledge, similar to the knowledge of the emperor's mind, and only the emperor is qualified to learn it.
Lin Fan made it possible for all common people to read and understand words. Wouldn’t it be true that everyone in the world is a scholar?
At that time, if the status of scholars is reduced, will the world still be stable?
"Sir, what do you mean, is His Highness the Crown Prince doing something stupid?
Wouldn’t this be better?”
Hong'er said in a deep voice.
"That's right! This bitch, the prince, wants all the people in the world to learn how to write, haha! Those scholars will not let him do so easily!"
"Didn't he find some fifteen or sixteen-year-old children to learn Pinyin and use Pinyin to promote some simplified characters?
Then I will contact the literati and ask them to oppose the imperial court!"
Gongshu Jing said in a cold voice.
The next day, literati from all over the country knew about this matter, and for a while, there was an explosion in the literati circle!
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has gone too far! I, a scholar like Han Chuang, studied hard for ten years and endured countless hardships before I learned to read and write. He actually wants all the people in the world to learn to write!"
"Although it is simplified Chinese characters, it is still writing. If everyone learns this kind of writing, wouldn't the writing we learn have to be invalidated?"
"We absolutely cannot allow such a thing to happen! At this time, we should join hands and unite as one to ask His Highness the Crown Prince to abolish the simplified Chinese characters!"
"That's right! Not only should the simplified Chinese characters be abolished, but the teaching of writing to the common people must also be abolished!"
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The literati took to the streets to cause riots, and the governments everywhere tried their best to suppress them. However, the literati had a high status, and the officials did not dare to do anything to them.
In some places, there were scenes of literati smashing up government offices. In some counties, magistrates were injured or beaten to death!