Time soon reached noon, and General Yunxi asked the young eunuch to put back the memorials he had just approved, and went to Kunning Palace for dinner.
Things happened faster than Yunxi thought. Less than two months later, Xie Jin sent the draft of simplified Chinese characters to Yunxi. Yunxi read it from beginning to end, focusing on the things he had never seen before.
When I asked Xie Jin what the word was and why it was so simplified, Xie Jin answered one by one.
Although Yunxi was forced by Zhu Yuanzhang to practice good calligraphy, his ability to identify characters or calligraphy was not high. In this matter, he could only trust these professionals. When he repeatedly asked Xie Jin for his opinion,
The answers they received were all "I think it has been simplified to the best. Even if I give you a few more months of work, it will not be more concise." After that, he said: "In this case, I will immediately issue an order to implement simplified Chinese characters."
He immediately ordered the Da Neijing Factory to start carving the simplified character fonts. After carving, he used these new fonts to match the old character stencils used before, and printed a book comparing unsimplified Chinese characters and simplified characters, and printed nearly three thousand copies.
Each prefecture, state, county, and administrative center of the enfeoffed vassal states in the country must have at least one copy, and larger places must have two copies.
He even prepared many copies for the foreign countries, and when these foreign countries came to pay homage during the Chinese New Year, each country would be given a few copies.
At the same time, imperial edicts prohibiting officials from using unsimplified Chinese characters and stipulating the use of Chinese characters in imperial examinations were also issued throughout the country and widely publicized.
Many people in the local area who are determined to take the imperial examination want to scold their mothers, and they do scold them in front of their relatives and friends, but scolding can only vent their emotions and has no practical effect. Anyway, the imperial court has made a decree and has no intention of taking it back. Unless you don't take the exam,
They passed the imperial examination, otherwise they had no choice but to accept it. After being scolded, they could only copy the books with matching characters from the yamen, and practice the simplified characters again and again after returning home.
But when they took the first imperial examination after this incident, the candidates were surprised to find that because the simplified characters had fewer strokes, using simplified characters was much faster than using the original characters, and it also saved ink. Their attitude immediately changed.
Make an eighty-degree turn and support simplified Chinese characters.
Fast writing speed means that they have more time to think about how to write articles; saving ink means that they can save some money. You know, ink was not cheap in ancient times. Some scholars from poor families practiced daily in order to save ink.
Calligraphy is written with a brush dipped in water, and the paper is also used repeatedly. This is one of the reasons why Yunxi immediately promoted it in local private schools after he invented the pencil. It can save time and money, and scholars
Of course, simplified characters are supported.
However, Yunxi quickly forgot about it after giving the order, because he had more important things to do.
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"Seriously, Your Majesty, why did you choose today to hold the wedding? I finally took a day off from work. Originally, I wanted to go hunting with Jiujiang in the countryside, but since Your Majesty decided today is the day to hold the wedding, I can only wait at home to attend.
Wedding!" Xu Zengshou complained at the Duke's residence in Wei.
"Shut up!" Xu Huizu said immediately: "Zengshou, you want to cause trouble to our family, don't you? Today is a happy day for His Royal Highness Princess Changshan, and Your Majesty loves Her Royal Highness Princess Changshan very much. You say such things on such a day,
If anyone listens to it, it will be a disaster!"
"Our family is already big enough to attract trouble. If you bring another disaster to our family, you want to force your eldest brother to kidnap you and bring you into the palace to plead guilty to His Majesty!" Xu Huizu said very harshly.
Xu Yingxu also advised: "Fourth brother, eldest brother is right. Your Majesty has always doted on the eldest princesses, and he will not be happy to hear you say this. I know you are impatient to attend such a wedding, but everyone else is going,
It won't work if you don't go. It's just a day's work, just be patient, and you won't hold a wedding every holiday."
Hearing Xu Huizu reprimanding him so severely, Xu Yingxu also tried to persuade him. Xu Zengshou did not dare to refute, but could only mutter: "Is this at home? I will definitely not say it outside."
"It won't work at home!" Xu Huizu said again. Who knows if there are any Jin Yiwei or servants assigned by the town secretary in their family?
"Yes, brother." Xu Zengshou agreed again, his tone of voice was very respectful, but his expression was still not good.
Xu Huizu wanted to scold him again, but suddenly someone came to inform them to attend the wedding. Xu Huizu immediately stood up, asked his servants to adjust his clothes, and then turned to look at the men in his family who were qualified to attend the wedding (his wife had already gone
Waiting in the palace) Check whether your clothes are neat and whether your hat is on. Then you take your family out of the mansion and wait at the entrance of the palace.
When describing the wedding of Yunlan and Xiancai, I mentioned that all the officials and nobles who were qualified to attend the wedding were waiting outside the palace gate. When the prince-in-law entered the east gate to greet the bride, he welcomed the princess out and then went with him to the princess mansion. So Xu Huizu
I took my family and waited in front of the imperial city gate for a long time, waited for the driver to come out of the gate, and then followed the driver to Princess Changshan Mansion.
When they arrived at the place, they ordered the women to go home and rest, while the men went to the front yard to wait for the banquet.
Of course, the seats at the banquet were first divided into civil and military parts, and then arranged according to official titles or titles. Xu Huizu and Xu Zengshou both had hereditary titles, and being brothers, they were assigned to the first table; Xu Yingxu did not have a hereditary title.
, can only sit at the next table.
While waiting for the prince-in-law Xiao Yong to come out to toast, Xu Zengshou had been chatting with Li Jinglong beside him. While chatting, he looked around and suddenly asked Li Jinglong: "Jiujiang, Uncle Geng (Geng Bingwen) didn't come today?"
"Old man Geng is getting older and his health is a little worse. He heard that he seemed to be ill again, so he asked Geng Xuan to come." Li Jinglong said this, and then said: "You should know this. A few days ago, Geng
I have taken sick leave and haven't been to the Governor's Mansion for a few days. Your eldest brother has presided over the meetings these days. Why, Yun Gong didn't tell you at home?"
"Oh, oh," Xu Zengshou hesitated a few words without answering directly.
However, Li Jinglong didn't care about his answer, and said in an envious tone: "Your Majesty originally appointed Geng and Yungong as co-presidents of the Governor's Mansion. Now that Geng is ill, everything is handled by Yun Gong. Yun Gong is the right one."
You're as good as a governor! Your family's title is also the first, which is really enviable."
Li Jinglong said it in an envious tone, but Xu Zengshou was obviously stunned after hearing this. (To be continued)