Zhao Zhen laughed heartily in the palace, while Kou Ji was so angry that he cursed his mother in the house.
Kou Zhun arrived at Kou Ji's study shortly after Chen Lin left.
"I heard that the officials have executed the members of the nine Liu clans?"
After Kou Zhun entered the study, he found a place to sit down and asked casually.
Kou Ji nodded.
Kou Zhun asked, "Where is Liu Heng?"
Kou Ji sighed, "While being escorted back to Beijing, there was a flood in the Yellow River, and both people and boats were washed away."
Kou Zhun was stunned for a moment and curled his lips, "The officials really give you face..."
Kou Ji smiled bitterly and said nothing.
Kou Zhun said with a strange expression: "The problem you have been worried about has been solved, why are you looking sad?"
Kou Ji sighed and said, "The condition is that I have a pair of children."
Kou Zhun was stunned for a moment, then slapped the table and stood up, shouting angrily: "He has a beautiful idea!"
Kou Ji said frankly: "Currently, only the marriage certificate sent by God has been sent. When the official family has a prince, I am afraid that the marriage certificate of my little girl will be sent."
Xiaonan is not the name Kou Ji gave his daughter, nor is it a nickname, but a general term used by the ancients for little girls.
Kou Zhun snorted coldly: "He wants to send his daughter to my Kou family to be spoiled by my Kou family's brats, and I have no objection. But he wants to make my daughter a prince's concubine, and I will never agree to it."
Speaking of this, Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji and said, "You are not allowed to agree..."
Kou Ji nodded solemnly.
Kou Zhun snorted: "The imperial palace is a den of right and wrong. If you send your daughter to the palace, she will suffer."
Kou Ji very much agreed with Kou Zhun's words and said: "I will obey my grandfather's orders."
Kou Zhun's expression softened a bit, "Now that Liu Heng's problem has been perfectly solved, I don't have to stay in the house to watch you, and you don't have to stay in the house without even showing your face.
I heard that the phonological books compiled by you were very beneficial to the promotion of education in the Song Dynasty.
You've been at home for a long time, and you haven't gone to the place where the book is compiled. I'm afraid the people below are a little lazy in their work.
Now that you can go out, you should go over and keep an eye on it."
"yes……"
Kou Ji agreed.
Kou Zhun said no more, left Kou Ji's study, told Kou Zhong to pack his things, and moved back to Wenchang Academy.
After Kou Zhun left, Kou Ji came out of the study and saw Kou Tianci playing with Liu Heng's son Liu Boxu.
The young Liu Boxu didn't know that the Liu family had been destroyed, let alone that his father had been lost in the sea of humanity.
He was having fun with Kou Tianci.
The two of them were holding a small domestic dog, and they were having fun in the small garden not far from the study.
Now that there were many iron-eating beasts raised in the house, and they were kept in one place, Kou Tianci did not dare to go to Dazhu Garden to torment the iron-eating beasts.
Iron-eating beasts have been domesticated and rarely hurt people, but that doesn't mean they don't hurt people.
Kou Tianci had been tossing the iron-eating beast before, and when he got anxious, the iron-eating beast raised its palm and called to him.
Thanks to the timely action of the guards following him, he escaped death.
The guard broke his arm as a result, and it took him more than a month to recover.
From then on, Kou Ji prohibited Kou Tianci from tormenting the iron-eating beasts in Dazhu Garden.
If Kou Tianci really wanted to play with them, Kou Ji would ask someone to bring out a few non-aggressive cubs for him to play with, but Kou Ji would not allow Kou Tianci to come into contact with the big iron-eating beasts.
The small iron-eating beast often has to go to the Dazhu Garden to be held, which is quite annoying.
Kou Tianci was too lazy to talk to them anymore, and had recently become obsessed with playing with little yellow dogs.
The little yellow dog was picked up from Zhang Zhibai's house.
Zhang Zhibai was a poor official, and the housekeeper who guarded the house was mostly an old servant with toothless teeth. He couldn't guard against thieves, so he kept three domestic dogs in the house.
I recently gave birth to a baby.
After class, Kou Tianci took two of them home.
The little guy is so proud that he gets spoiled wherever he goes.
In order to take care of him, some people even kept some rare and exotic pets in their houses for him to take away.
Nowadays, there is a joke in Bianjing City.
That is, "Wherever Kou Tianci has passed, no chicken or dog will be spared."
The Zhang family lost two puppies, but they did not check, so they sent people to the Kou family courtyard to ask Kou Ji for the money for selling the two puppies.
Kou Ji knew Zhang Zhibai's character, and knew that he was the kind of person who would break a penny in half and spend it. He also knew that he sent people to ask for dog money, and he paid them happily without any pretense.
After all, it was his son who did the dirty trick first.
But on weekdays, it’s okay to just take a few kittens and puppies home. If you grow up and take a few girls home, that would be bad.
With Zhao Zhen's temperament, if he found out that Kou Tianci was acting mischievously before they got married, he would definitely take Kou Tianci to the clan's mansion to be put in solitary confinement and spanked.
Kou Ji felt that it was necessary to teach his son.
"You two, come here!"
Kou Ji shouted at the two people playing in the small garden.
The two little guys were stunned at first.
Kou Tianci was the first to react. He picked up one of the little yellow dog's legs and ran out of the small garden amidst the little yellow dog's pitiful wails.
Liu Boxu was well-behaved. After looking back at Kou Tianci who had run away without a trace, he hugged his little yellow dog and walked step by step to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji looked at the direction in which Kou Tianci disappeared, and the corner of his mouth twitched, "Am I that scary?"
Just when Kou Ji was muttering, Liu Boxu had already walked up to Kou Ji.
Liu Boxu bowed obediently to Kou Ji, "Shibo..."
"Um……"
Kou Ji sighed secretly in his heart, but his face calmly agreed.
He wanted to teach Kou Tianci a lie, but his real purpose was to talk to Liu Boxu.
Liu Boxu was still young and had been staying in the Kou mansion. He had no idea that the nine Liu clans had been executed.
He took Liu Boxu out of Liu's house, but Zhao Zhen did not pursue the matter, and no one came to ask him for Liu Boxu.
It was as if Liu Boxu did not exist.
Kou Ji stared at Liu Bo and said: "You have reached the age of entering school. Tianci has been studying for more than half a year, so you can't waste it. In a few days, I will find a time to talk to Mr. Zhang. From now on, you will follow
God sent us to go to Duke Zhang’s house to study together.”
Liu Boxu was stunned for a moment, and then said seriously: "My aunt has invited a husband for me, and he is at my house..."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "I know about this, but your father has some important errands to run at the moment, and your two mothers also followed him. Before they left, they entrusted you to me, so I naturally have to supervise you.
If you go to school, you must listen to me in the future."
Liu Boxu was stunned when he heard this.
After a long time, tears appeared in my eyes.
"Dad...Mom..."
Liu Boxu was very well-behaved. He just stood there weeping and didn't yell or yell.
Kou Ji looked distressed and slowly took him into his arms.
Liu Boxu lay in Kou Ji's arms and cried for a long time, and the sadness in his heart could not be relieved.
Kou Ji was not very good at comforting children, so he could only take him with him to find the little sister of the Xiang family, who comforted him.
Xiang's little sister is really good at comforting children.
Not long after Kou Ji handed Liu Boxu over to the little girl of the Xiang family, the little girl of the Xiang family made Liu Boxu laugh.
Afterwards, the little sister of the Xiang family took Liu Boxu to find Kou Tianci. Not long after, hearty laughter rang out in a small garden.
After Kou Ji heard the hearty laughter, he felt a lot more relaxed.
"After staying at home for a long time, it's time to go to Ruisheng Garden to have a look..."
Since he was not going to court, Kou Ji didn't change into his official uniform. He just wore plain clothes and went to Ruisheng Garden.
When he arrived at the door, he showed his waist badge, and the guards quickly moved out of the way, allowing Kou Ji to enter the garden.
As soon as he entered the garden, Kou Ji was stunned.
The deserted Ruisheng Garden in the past has now become very lively.
There were sounds of reading and noises.
There are also figures of people constantly walking through the garden.
More importantly, Kou Ji saw some great scholars pulling the eunuchs who were maintaining the gardens and singing to their hearts' content.
You must know that in the Song Dynasty, except for a few eunuchs in important positions, most eunuchs were looked down upon.
The civil servants in the DPRK did not hide their disdain for the eunuchs.
The great Confucians usually didn't bother to talk to the eunuchs, let alone lead them to sing to their heart's content.
Perhaps, academic people will be more pure?
With this in mind, Kou Ji bypassed the great scholars and eunuchs who were singing heartily and walked towards the place where the noise came from.
As he approached the place where the noise came from, Koji could hear some conversations clearly intermittently.
They were two officials who wrote phonological books.
Fighting over the meaning of a word.
What they were arguing about was the word "big".
In terms of the original meaning of the word "big", there is no difference between the two.
The difference lies in the regional meaning of the word "big".
One of the officials believed that the word "da" in some places in Qinchuan is a name for elders, which means the same as father or father. When compiling a book, it should be written in the book.
Another official believed that the phonological books they wrote would be popular throughout the country, not just in Qinchuan, so similar dialects should not appear in the books.
The two were quarreling endlessly.
We have been arguing for five days.
Kou Ji knew a long time ago that the ancients were very rigorous in writing books.
But he didn't expect that the ancients would be so rigorous that they were almost paranoid.
In this regard, Kou Ji not only did not feel that there was anything wrong, but was very pleased.
Phonological books are the prototype of dictionaries.
It is a must-read for generations of scholars in the future.
It really should be rigorous.
When Kou Ji appeared in front of the two of them, they were already quarreling and blushing.
When they saw Kou Ji, the two of them hurriedly saluted.
"The official has seen Kou Longtu."
Kou Ji smiled and nodded at the two of them: "No need to be polite..."
One of them bowed to Kou Ji again and said: "The two lower officials are vulgar, making Kou Longtu laugh."
Kou Ji slowly shook his head and said with a smile: "What we are doing now is to benefit all people, so naturally we can't make any mistakes. It doesn't matter that we are quarreling now, as long as we can make up for the mistakes, everything will be worth it. If we are negligent or not
If we are willing to care about it, expose a little mistake, and be corrected by others, then it will be all of us who will be laughed at."
"What Kou Longtu taught you is..."
The two bowed and replied.
Kou Jixiao asked: "I have been delayed for some time due to some political affairs, and I have not been here for a long time. Can you guys eat well and live well?"
The two people hurriedly said: "With the eunuchs and maids in the garden taking care of me, I and others will eat well and sleep well."
Kou Ji smiled and nodded: "That's good...where is Jia Changchao?"
"Jia Jijiu is in the garden, discussing matters with some great scholars."
"I'll go take a look..."
Kou Ji rushed to the place where Jia Changchao and others were discussing matters.
As soon as I entered the meeting place, I saw a bunch of people staring at a thick stack of papers in a daze.
Kou Ji made a rough estimate and found that it was a foot and a half thick.
"This is……"
Kou Ji couldn't help but speak out, attracting everyone's attention.
Everyone quickly stood up and saluted Kou Ji.
Some people arched their hands far away, and some people bent down deeply.
Those who were handed over were naturally the great scholars who came to participate in the compilation of phonological books, and those who were bent over were the officials mobilized from various places to participate in the compilation of phonological books.
"You don't have to be polite. I see that you are frowning, but what difficulties have you encountered?"
After Kou Ji waved his hand, he asked.
Jia Changchao bowed to Kou Ji and said: "What Kou Longtu sees now is the herbal phonology book that we compiled day and night. It contains all the Chinese characters, as well as their general meanings, but the specific meanings, and
Phonological annotation is still being compiled and has not been included yet.
Just entering the simple meaning is so profound.
If specific word meanings and phonetic notations were entered, it would probably be three times thicker.
We write phonological books for educational purposes.
However, if it reaches a thickness of more than four feet, it may not be easy to carry after implementation, and people will not be able to afford it.
In the end, it is very likely that it will be included in the collections of wealthy families, rather than in the hands of ordinary people."
Kou Ji was a little surprised when he heard this.
According to the habits of most scholars in the Song Dynasty, they did not consider the issue of thickness at all when writing books.
Because when they wrote the book, they never thought of sending the book into the hands of the people for them to read.
From the beginning, they were targeting those who read books.
In this era when there are few scholars, every scholar is valuable.
Not to mention the scholars who have a small family income, it is still very easy for poor scholars to make some small money as long as they don't give up on themselves.
You can earn some money by copying books for others, writing letters for others, etc.
Therefore, all scholars are rich.
When writing a book, there is no need to consider whether readers can afford the book.
It is very rare for Jia Changchao and other great Confucian scholars to take into account the issue of people buying books while writing books.
It can be seen that a large number of them are really making contributions to the people, rather than just becoming famous for themselves.
"You wise men can consider the people of the world, and the people of the world should thank you."
Kou Ji said with emotion.
After hearing Kou Ji's words, a great scholar said seriously: "We write books to promote enlightenment and benefit the people. Naturally, we cannot ignore the people's reaction after reading the book.
Previously, I had sent my disciples to go out with this pile of things to look at some common people and observe their reactions.
When they saw such a thick book, they all had fear in their eyes.
Some people may do it because they don’t like reading, while others may do it because the books are too thick and they are short of money.
But no matter what the reason is, as long as what we create cannot be recognized by the people, it means that what we create has flaws.
If there are flaws, we have to correct them.
If we don’t change it, we might as well not write a book.”
As soon as these words came out, the other great scholars nodded in response.
Kou Ji once again felt the rigor and paranoia of the ancients in writing books.
Kou Ji nodded solemnly and said: "It makes sense..."
At this point, Kou Ji stretched out his hand and said to Jia Chang: "Bring over the herbal medicine you have written and let me take a look."
Jia Changchao nodded and ordered someone to pick up the herbs on the table and hand them to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji picked up the herbs and read them carefully.
Jia Changchao and the great Confucian scholars wrote the book in such detail that even Kou Ji couldn't find any mistakes even after reading it carefully for a long time.
The only thing that gave Kou Ji a headache was the lack of punctuation, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
After looking at it for a long time, Kou Ji put down the herbal medicine, stared at Jia Changchao and the great scholars and said, "You have worked hard these days..."
Jia Changchao and the other scholars were stunned when they heard this, and they all shook their heads.
Why did Kou Ji say this?
That's because he saw in the herbal medicine the hard work done by Jia Changchao and the great Confucians.
They annotated every word, as well as the words, meanings, and origins of each word without any mistakes.
You know, it may be very simple to verify the origin of a word.
It is possible to research the origins of many words, but it takes time to look at them and read a lot of books.
Jia Changchao was not very old, but most of the great Confucians were very old.
They can complete the compilation of herbal medicine in a very short period of time, so they must have a huge workload every day.
Kou Ji was very concerned about this matter, but no one from Jia Changchao or the great Confucians cared about it.
After Kou Ji finished reading the rhymes and herbal books, Jia Changchao couldn't wait to ask: "What do you think of Kou Longtu?"
Kou Ji put down the manuscript of the rhyme book and muttered: "You are very rigorous in writing the book. There is no mistake at all. I don't have many opinions..."
When Jia Changchao and the other scholars heard what Kou Ji said, their faces showed disappointment.
Kou Ji paused and continued: "Have you ever considered dividing the characters and a formed word in the phonetic book into two books?"
When Jia Changchao and the great scholars heard this, they were all stunned.
Kou Ji said solemnly: "We write phonological books mainly to make Meng children and common people literate. Letting them know the words and understand the meaning of the words is the key.
You can wait until they learn the words to form words before learning them."
Jia Changchao and the great scholars fell into deep thought one by one.
Kou Ji picked up the pile of herbs again, divided it into two, and said: "The most important thing is that if we separate the characters and the formed words, the thickness of the book will be reduced by half.
People's fear of books and the price of books will be reduced by half.
As long as people know Chinese characters and understand the benefits of literacy, they will naturally no longer be afraid of books.
Some poor people can afford to buy poetry books if they save a little money."
In layman's terms, the phonological books written by Jia Changchao and the great Confucian scholars are like a combination of a dictionary and an idiom dictionary.
Koji now divides them into dictionaries and idiom dictionaries.
After Jia Changchao and the other scholars thought about Kou Ji's words, they looked at each other and nodded.
Jia Changchao solemnly said: "This is feasible...but even so, the thickness of the book is still not easy to carry and easy to read."
Kou Ji put down the herbs in his hand and said with a smile, "Maybe we can consider using simplified Chinese characters."
Jia Changchao and the great scholars were stunned again.
Simplified Chinese characters are not unique to later generations.
Therefore, Jia Changchao was no stranger to the great Confucian scholars.
Some of them occasionally use abbreviated characters when writing.
The most widely used simplified characters are taboo characters.
For example, words such as Kuang, Yin, Heng, and Zhen.
When readers come across these words while writing, they either go around and replace them with other words, or there is a missing stroke, or they use simplified characters.
However, even if readers usually use simplified characters, they are very rare.
Kou Ji wanted to use simplified characters in the phonological books he compiled, and almost had to renovate all the original characters.
Such a big change.
Jia Changchao and other great scholars did not dare to say anything easily.
Kou Ji saw that Jia Changchao and the Confucian scholars fell into silence, so he ordered someone to take the pen and wrote a few words.
Then I wrote it again in simplified Chinese.
The benefits of simplified Chinese characters were more intuitively revealed to Jia Changchao and the great Confucian scholars.
"Simple and easy to learn, it saves pen and ink and paper. When printing, even if the characters are engraved smaller and arranged more carefully, they will not be blurry.
If simplified characters are used, the thickness of the book can be reduced by two-thirds at once."
Kou Ji presented the benefits of simplified Chinese characters very intuitively, and Jia Changchao and the great Confucian scholars naturally saw it clearly.
But they looked at me and I looked at you, but no one spoke.
After a long time.
A very old scholar sighed and said with a self-deprecating smile: "I vaguely remember that when I was studying and literacy, I encountered a very difficult character to write. After learning it ten times, I still lost a stroke when writing it. .
For this reason, I was not criticized by my teacher at the private school.
To this day, when I write that word, I still miss one stroke.
Before I became famous, many people used this to criticize me.
After I became famous, many people thought that this was my special hobby and that I set it aside alone to identify the authenticity of my paintings and calligraphy.
Actually, it doesn't have that much special meaning.
I just can't write it well.
If I had learned Simplified Chinese characters back then, I might not have gotten into trouble, and I wouldn't have written it wrong until now."
Having said this, the old scholar looked at the others and said with a smile: "The purpose of our writing is to bless all people and bless all generations. Now the characters have become simplified characters, but they are still characters, and the meaning is still the same. .
It will not affect our knowledge, nor will it affect the thoughts of sages.
When the word first started, it was not what it is now.
This proves that it is not static.
The sages could change, and so can we.
The sages changed their names in order to bless all people and bless generations, and we do the same.
Therefore, I agree with Kou Longtu’s idea.”
When Jia Changchao and the other scholars heard this, they smiled bitterly.
Jia Changchao gritted his teeth and said, "Fu Lao, I also agree with Kou Longtu's idea. After all, the benefits of simplified characters in promoting education are very obvious.
But this matter is not something we can decide."
The old scholar looked at Kou Ji and said, "Kou Longtu is the person in charge of compiling the phonological book this time. You were nowhere to be seen when compiling the book before. Isn't it time that you contributed some effort now?"