Kou Ji did not explain the secrets to Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng in detail. He only needed Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng to understand the importance of hiding the money flowing into the Song Dynasty.
After explaining the matter to the two of them.
Kou Ji accompanied the two of them to drink some farewell wine, and then watched them get on their horses and drive away in the direction of Dali.
After they left, Kou Ji got on the carriage and quietly returned to the Kou mansion.
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For most people in the Song Dynasty, if they wanted to fully implement Mongolian education, they could only rely on robbery to maintain it without using money from the treasury.
But for Kou Ji, this is not the case.
Kou Ji had many ways to help the Song Dynasty get enough money to fully implement Mongolian education.
For example, through Yizijiaozipu, plus Yinjiaozi, or super Yinjiaozi.
Another example is through donations.
If you put together a bunch of nominal names and call on all businessmen in the world to donate, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money.
If you are a little rougher, you can also manipulate taxes.
All in all, there are many ways.
But no matter which method is used, there are certain disadvantages.
For example, Super Hair Jiaozi.
Although it can earn millions of dollars in a short period of time, the disadvantages are also huge.
If there are too many over-issued Jiaozi, the credibility of Jiaozi will be greatly reduced.
It may end up like the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, losing credibility and being completely thrown away.
What followed was a frenzy of runs.
If the court does not have enough money to deal with it, it will eventually cause a civil uprising.
What's more important is that in this era where one person dominates, if those in power get a taste of the sweetness of having sex, they will go crazy and have sex indiscriminately.
Jiaozi is very likely to become a major drawback to the country's subjugation.
Donations also have their drawbacks.
It's okay for dignitaries to donate money once or twice, but they will never agree to it if they are asked to donate money in the long term. Therefore, the main force in donating money is the wealthy businessmen, who are chasing profits. If the court wants them to donate money in the long term, it is inevitable.
Open a hole in other aspects. Once a hole is opened, businessmen have countless ways to make the hole bigger. This move is absolutely harmful to the court. More importantly, corruption can easily arise in the process of donating money.
Other methods also have the disadvantages of other methods.
Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen came up with a truly perfect solution.
That is, after the promotion of elementary schools is stabilized, county schools and government schools will be promoted.
Elementary schools are free, county schools charge fees, and the same is true for government schools.
Use the money from county schools and government schools to subsidize elementary schools.
Thus achieving a cycle.
In order to ensure that each private school does not disrupt this cycle.
In future imperial examinations, student status will be included.
Those whose families have private schools, or students who come from private schools, who want to take the imperial examination must enroll in a county school or a government school.
As a result, private private schools among the people will be greatly reduced, and so will the number of private schools.
The money sent to them will flow into the hands of the court.
Those local gentlemen who were well-educated in poetry and calligraphy had to enter the imperial academy if they wanted to make a living.
The imperial court could not only rationally allocate educational resources, but also supervise and influence private opinion.
Kill two birds with one stone.
But the implementation of county schools and government schools is a matter for the future.
At this stage, without income subsidies, the court must find its own way to raise money in this area.
Going out to grab money is definitely a matter of killing three birds with one stone.
Once you get money.
Second gain.
Three good soldiers and strong generals.
Although some troops will be lost in the middle.
But in comparison, you get more.
Kou Ji doesn't care about money.
What Kou Ji valued was the land and elite soldiers and generals.
Once the imperial court had land, it could immigrate on a large scale.
Continuously extract tenants from wealthy families.
In order to prevent the loss of tenants, wealthy families must bleed.
There was no master-slave contract in the Song Dynasty, only a master-servant contract.
The rich and powerful have no control over the freedom, life and death of their tenants.
If the court imposes additional restrictions on the master-servant contract.
Reduce the penalty for defection by tenants and increase the penalty for wealthy families who treat their tenants harshly.
In order to prevent the loss of tenants, the wealthy family will have to spend more blood.
The imperial court has more elite soldiers and generals, and the benefits are even greater.
Suppress powerful forces at home and seize cities and territories externally.
If a wealthy family occupies land and does not give it to the common people, then the court will clear out a piece of land and give it to the common people.
The population of the Song Dynasty was limited.
If you take away a part, you will lose a part.
There will come a time when all the tenants in the hands of wealthy families will be removed.
At that time, a wealthy family with more than a dozen members will have hundreds of acres of fertile land in their hands, and it will be up to you to see how you can grow it.
If the land cannot be cultivated, the court's taxes must be paid.
In the end, we can only continue to supplement by ourselves.
After the subsidies were provided for a long time, the family's financial resources were depleted, and the only option was to sell the land.
The problem of land annexation will be easily solved.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji planned deeply and thought long-term on the issue of cultural reform, so it naturally took a long time.
It's just the beginning now.
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After Kou Ji returned to Kou's mansion, he went back and forth to his mansion, Ruisheng Garden, and the palace every day.
He doesn't need to pay much attention to the wars in Jiaozhi and Dali.
With Cao Yongli, Chen Yaozi, Zhong Shiheng, and Zhu Neng here, all war affairs can be handled properly.
He doesn't need to worry too much.
He now needs to accompany Zhao Zhen to keep an eye on the promotion of elementary education in various places, as well as the process of compiling and translating books in Ruishengyuan.
Under his guidance and supervision, the process of compiling and translating the book was very fast.
Time flies and it’s May.
The first edition of the simplified phonology book was officially compiled.
After Kou Ji got the whole book, he reviewed it carefully and was still very satisfied.
The first edition of the simplified phonology book compiled was very similar to the dictionary in Kou Ji's impression.
The difference is that the first edition of the simplified phonetic phonetic book uses the original phonetic symbols instead of alphabetical pinyin.
The alphabetical pinyin used in later generations was adapted by several linguists on the basis of phonetic symbols after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The arrangement of the text and some abbreviations are also different.
The text is arranged vertically.
The simplified characters produced by Jia Changchao and the great Confucian scholars are somewhat different from the simplified characters of later generations.
But it does not affect reading.
Kou Ji tried to identify it and found that it was very smooth, so he took the book and entered the palace.
After Zhao Zhen saw the phonological book, he did not rush to read it, but quickly summoned all the civil servants of the dynasty into the palace.
Seeing this, Kou Ji immediately sent someone from the palace to Ruisheng Garden to get more phonological books.
After the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty gathered together, the phonological books that Kou Ji sent for were also delivered to the palace.
After the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty arrived, Zhao Zhen ordered Chen Lin to distribute the phonological books to them.
After receiving the phonology book, the Manchu court officials quickly read through it.
I just opened it, and Man Chao Wen Wu looked very unfamiliar.
Because they learned traditional Chinese characters, when they first read simplified characters, it was naturally not so smooth.
As time went by, and after the Manchu dynasty had watched the civil and military forces for a long time, they gradually overcame this obstacle.
Can easily identify the corresponding simplified characters for each traditional Chinese character.
This is the benefit of Chinese characters.
Chinese characters are derived from hieroglyphics.
Therefore, no matter how the Chinese characters change, as long as the main shapes remain unchanged, the simplified and traditional characters can be easily distinguished.
Jia Changchao and the great Confucian scholars were all well-educated in poetry and calligraphy, and there were many literary masters among them.
They know where the main shape of each word is, and they also know where the key stroke of each word is.
Therefore, the simplified characters they compiled actually had little difficulty in identifying them for the scholars of the Song Dynasty.
The civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty had different expressions after reading the phonology book.
Some were shocked, some were regretful, and some had complicated expressions.
After Lu Yijian and the others finished reading the phonetic book, they carefully put it into their sleeves and saluted Zhao Zhen together.
"I would like to congratulate the official family!"
Seeing this, other civil servants also paid tribute to Zhao Zhen and congratulated him.
Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Why?"
Lu Yijian cupped his hands and said: "The official family has been promoting Mongolian learning all over the world. If it is paired with this phonological book, it will definitely lead to great enlightenment. I can see the benefits of this book at a glance."
Simple, easy to learn, and easy to read.
More importantly, people who learn simplified Chinese characters will not have many obstacles in recognizing existing characters.
As long as you understand its shape and understand its meaning.
Simplified characters can be easily distinguished from existing characters."
Zhao Zhen laughed loudly and said: "Is it really as good as Aiqing said? Do all Aiqings think so too?"
"I agree with Prime Minister Lu's words!"
In the Chui Gong Hall, there was a chorus of approval and not a single person opposed.
But are simple-character phonology books really so good that you can’t go wrong?
Actually it is not.
They are mainly phonological books with simplified characters, compiled by a group of great Confucians.
They are generally an important fighting force against the imperial court's fuss over writing.
Now they have all been bribed and will not jump out to go against the imperial court.
Naturally, the civil servants would not touch Zhao Zhen's brow.
Some officials who objected because they were opposed did not dare to speak out.
Because among the great Confucian scholars who compiled simplified phonology books, some of them served as mentors to some of them. They also read through the works of some of these great Confucian scholars, and were considered half of their disciples.
There is no way to stand up and object.
Of course, the more important thing is.
Those who object cannot enter the Chui Gong Hall.
Because long after the news of the imperial court compiling simplified characters spread, Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji had already started to frighten the government and the public.
Everyone in the government and the public knew that Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji were willing to kill even if they dared to promote simplified characters.
They have no reason to risk their own lives.
Zhao Zhen saw that there was no objection from the civil servants of the court, so he couldn't help but said: "Isn't there any disadvantage in the simple character?"
Hearing this, Kou Ji rolled his eyes.
He felt that Zhao Zhen was just looking for trouble.
"But there are disadvantages..."
Wang Zeng slowly left work and whispered something.
Zhao Zhen asked hurriedly: "What harm does Wang Aiqing think?"
Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "The simplified characters have been perfected on the basis of retaining the glyphs, and cannot be deleted any more. If you encounter a taboo character, without a pen, it may become another character.
One word mistake often means a completely different meaning.
It had a great influence on my official documents and imperial examination articles of the Song Dynasty."
Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment and realized that the problem Wang Zeng mentioned was indeed a big problem.
The official documents and imperial examination articles of the Song Dynasty were not in vernacular, but in classical Chinese.
Often if one word is wrong, the meaning of the entire sentence will change instantly.
If you encounter a taboo word and there is a stroke missing, or a certain stroke is missing, and it becomes another word, then it is very likely that another meaning will appear.
After Zhao Zhen pondered for a long time, he said: "The simplified characters are already considered as missing characters and are already taboo, so there is no need to deliberately avoid taboos. From now on, the names, posthumous names, and temple names of the members of the royal family will all be based on the existing ones.
Word entry.
People all over the world, every year, there are always some people who will be imprisoned because of taboo words.
Most of them are unintentional mistakes.
There was no way to solve this problem before, so I had to let it go.
Now that we have simplified characters, let us use simplified characters to solve this matter and save the people from the pain of prison."
"The official sage!"
Wang Zeng praised loudly.
All civil servants in the dynasty also bowed in admiration.
As Zhao Zhen said, scholars all over the world are always imprisoned because of taboo words.
And there are a lot of them.
When students are studying, they don’t need to know other words, but they must know the taboo words first, so as not to get into trouble if they don’t look them up for a while.
Now Zhao Zhen has generously eliminated the taboo aspects of simplified characters, which can be regarded as a good policy.
After this matter spreads, it will definitely gain a lot of goodwill.
Zhao Zhen, amidst the congratulations of the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty, said: "The birth of phonological books can be said to have contributed to the country and benefited the future. Officials and great Confucian scholars who participated in the compilation of phonological books should also be rewarded.
Sanzai and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will discuss it and draw up a promotion list for me based on the merits of the compilation officials, and I will promote them.
As for those great Confucians who have little fame and fortune, I will go to Ruisheng Garden in person later and ask them what they want."
After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, Kou Ji said with a smile: "The officials and the great Confucians must want to leave their names in the phonological books."
Zhao Zhen was slightly stunned and said: "Then list their names on a separate page. Just after my preface."
As soon as these words came out.
Lu Yijian and the other three were stunned for a moment, then looked regretful.
They only remembered to pay attention to phonological books just now, but every book has a preface before publishing it.
The person who writes the preface will naturally follow the author of the book, and together with the book, he will become a celebrity in history.
They didn't check for a while and let Zhao Zhen take advantage. How could they not regret it?
If they really ask for a preface to a book, Zhao Zhen might give them three copies of the book and let them write the preface.
But now that Zhao Zhen has spoken, it's hard for them to speak again.
After Zhao Zhen made the decision, Kou Ji handed over his hands and said: "The official sage... Speaking of which, after this book was written, it has not been named yet..."
Zhao Zhen, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai became energetic again.
Kou Ji did not give them a chance to speak. "I discussed with the scholar and drafted several names for the officials to decide on. Among them are "Ruishengyuan Zi Collection", "Quan Zi Collection"... and
"Tian Sheng Dictionary"..."
When they heard the first few names, Zhao Zhen, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai all looked indifferent.
But when there were four words in "Tian Sheng Dictionary", all four people's expressions changed.
Zhao Zhen's face showed ecstasy, while Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai looked sad.
Zhao Zhen laughed loudly and said: "It's called "Tian Sheng Dictionary"!"
Kou Ji bowed and said: "I obey your decree..."
Zhao Zhen stood up with a big smile and said boldly: "The Ministry of Rites will count how many Meng children there are in the world as soon as possible, and the Ministry of Industry will arrange for craftsmen to print this book as soon as possible. I want everyone in the world to have a copy of this book."
I will pay for the cost of printing the book.
Even if I eat chaffy vegetables, I will let all Meng Tong in the world get this book."
The civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty saluted him again.
"The officials are kind, and I, on behalf of the people of the world, would like to express my gratitude to the officials for their kindness."
"Hahaha...it's all gone..."
After saying this, Zhao Zhen left Chui Gong Hall with a big smile.
The civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty left Chui Gong Hall with the "Tian Sheng Dictionary" in their arms.
Kou Ji left relatively late, mainly because he had agreed with Chen Lin on the time for Zhao Zhen to inspect Ruisheng Garden.
When Kou Ji left the Chui Gong Hall, a slightly sarcastic voice slowly sounded.
"Does Privy Kou want to be crowned king?"
Kou Ji raised his eyes and saw Lu Yijian's old face.
Beside him were Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai.
Kou Ji glanced at Lu Yijian and said calmly: "Why did Prime Minister Lu say this?"
Lu Yijian stared at Kou Jida and said: "Once the "Tian Sheng Dictionary" is spread, it will definitely become the best book in the world. As the editor-in-chief of this book, you have made a great contribution. With your status, it is no longer enough to show your power without being crowned king.
Credit.
I have already discussed with Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai, and I am going to give you a title in the memorial to express your merits."
Hearing this, Kou Ji glanced at Wang Zeng and asked, "Does the Prime Minister think so?"
Wang Zeng snorted and said: "Become a king? Don't even think about it."
Zhang Zhibai gave a bitter smile and said: "Kou boy, don't listen to Mr. Lu. He just feels unhappy, so he deliberately scares you."
Hearing this, Kou Ji stared at Lu Yijian and said with a half-smile, "But is it because he didn't get the credit?"
Lu Yijian snorted coldly.
Zhang Zhibai sighed and said: "Kou boy, the three of us are not greedy for credit. With the status of the three of us, unless we make a big mistake, we will basically not be shaken. We will not move even if we have made great achievements. It is nothing more than
It's just a few more false posts.
So we don’t value credit.
What we really value is the opportunity to leave a name.”
Wang Zeng nodded and said: "I am afraid that I will only come across such a wonderful book like the Tiansheng Dictionary once in my life. If I cannot leave my name on it, it will be a lifelong regret."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said: "You can't win over the official family, so what's the use of talking so much. Even if I leave you the opportunity to leave your name, the official family won't do it. Do you still want to take the credit of writing a book?
.”
Lu Yijian and the other three shook their heads when they heard this.
Lu Yijian said with a dark face: "I and others are not that shameless. I just want to write a preface or something."
Kou Ji spread his hands and said: "But the official family has already taken over this matter. I can't take down the official family and let you take my place, right? Even if I really take down the official family, do you dare to take my place?"
"
Lu Yijian and the other two were a little speechless.
Replace Zhao Zhen?
Tired of living?
Zhao Zhen is extremely excited and happy right now. Go up and pour some cold water on him at this time, so that he can come out to argue with you with his sword in hand.
Not to mention the three of them, Lu Yijian, even if Zhao Heng is alive now, he may not be able to suppress Zhao Zhen.
If Zhao Heng really pushed Zhao Zhen into a panic, Zhao Zhen might pick up a sword, place it on Zhao Heng's neck, and ask him, "Dad, are you tired of living?"
After all, Zhao Zhen is so domineering now that the three previous emperors of the Song Dynasty were probably not as domineering as him.
Seeing Lu Yijian and the others standing aside with ugly expressions, Kou Jic coughed lightly and said, "You don't have to stare at the Tiansheng Dictionary."
The three of them, Lu Yijian and others, all stared at Kou Ji.
Lu Yijian shouted impatiently: "What do you mean?"
Kou Ji said dryly: "There are still many books to be released in the future, such as "Tian Sheng Dictionary", "Tian Sheng Medical Scripture" and so on."
"dictionary?!"
Lu Yijian and the others automatically ignored the four words "Tian Sheng Medical Scripture" and their attention decisively fell on the "Tian Sheng Dictionary".
Seeing that they were so nervous, Kou Ji did not show off, and immediately said frankly: "In order to reduce the thickness of the phonology book, when we compiled the book, we divided it into two parts.
One is the "Tian Sheng Dictionary", which is just words, excluding words, and some famous words and sentences.
Later, a "Tian Sheng Dictionary" will be compiled and those words will be entered into it.
The combination of "Tian Sheng Dictionary" and "Tian Sheng Dictionary" is a complete written book."
Hearing this, Lu Yijian and the others said without hesitation: "After the "Tian Sheng Dictionary" is completed, I must inform the three of me that I will write a preface for it."
"It's not that easy..."
Kou Ji suddenly sighed.
Lu Yijian and the other three looked at each other and stared at Kou Ji.
"What do you want?"
Kou Ji suddenly grinned, "I haven't thought about it yet. I'll tell you when I think about it."
At this point, Kou Ji's soles were already greased.
Lu Yijian stared at Kou Ji's back and shouted loudly: "Kou Ji, if you dare to find someone else behind my back, I will fight you tooth and nail!"
"..."
Kou Ji stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
He turned around and glanced at Lu Yijian before continuing to walk out.
We galloped all the way to the outside of Jinshui Bridge, got on the carriage, and left Bianjing City.
Kou Ji didn't understand the thoughts of Lu Yijian and others at all.
It's just the preface of a book, what's there to grab?
He didn't care that he was near the water, so why did Lu Yijian and the other two care so much?
Of course, Kou Jicunchui is a full man and doesn’t know that an hungry man is hungry.
He didn't care, that's because he knew that many books that shocked the world, enlightened the world, and were passed down through the ages were leaked from Ruisheng Garden.
So he doesn't care at all about the prefaces of one or two books.
Furthermore, he himself has also written several books privately, which he intends to spread through the name of Big Cannibal.
The above preface was not written with him.
Lu Yijian and others were different. They could not write a book like "Tian Sheng Dictionary" by themselves.
Therefore, it is necessary to leave a name through the preface.
Why can't they get out?
It's not that they don't know enough, but they don't have enough energy and time.
Notwithstanding the speed with which the "Tian Sheng Dictionary" was written, it was because it took only a hundred great Confucians and more than sixty officials, plus the help of nearly four hundred great Confucian disciples, to produce it in a short period of time.
If one of them were to write it, or if one of the great Confucian scholars were to write it, it would be impossible to produce such a comprehensive and perfect book in such a short time.