Zhao Ji rushed to Yongcheng because she was feeling unwell, where she was going to recuperate for a period of time.
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Ying Zheng actually didn't care about her departure, because it made no difference whether she was in Xianyang or not. Anyway, she never came to see him, and he didn't want to see her at all. After sending Zhao Ji away,
Ying Zheng lived with Zhao Kuo for more time. At this time, Zhao Kuo was also busy doing his own things. Zhao Kuo suddenly discovered that he had forgotten something very important.
That is punctuation marks. In this period, there were actually punctuation marks. Unfortunately, the punctuation marks in this period were not mature. Probably because of this, many articles can be interpreted differently. Zhao Kuo probably inherited it
Because of the memory of his original body, he never felt the sense of disobedience until Zhao Kang was pretending to read in the yard. Zhao Kuo woke up from his strange segmentation. Why didn't he come up with a modern one?
What about punctuation?
Zhao Kang was sitting in the courtyard. He was forced to hold the book helplessly and started to read: "Mencius said: Generals from heaven will descend to great powers, and they will be here, and people will..." Zhao Kuo was sitting in the house.
Inside, he suppressed his urge to whip Zhao Kang, recalled the punctuation points he knew, and began to take the test. While he was taking the test, he heard Zhao Zheng's scolding, and then King Qin left
When he came in and saw what his father was writing, he didn't interrupt and sat next to his father.
Zhao Kuo was annotating his horse service book. He wrote a paragraph, then added a comma, then a period, and finally added exclamation marks, question marks, pauses, colons and the like. After
With his simple test, he felt that this was still feasible and would definitely be useful if popularized. In this era, there had not yet been such a large number of annotations for ancestors as was the case later.
Later, scholars were keen to annotate the books of their ancestors. As a result, because each school's annotations were different, and the paragraphs and chapters were different, many schools emerged, fighting against each other, and distorting the doctrines of their ancestors.
Even tampering with it, Zhao Kuo feels that if punctuation can be promoted, it will not only facilitate today's readers, but also facilitate future generations, who can better understand the ideas of their predecessors.
Ying Zheng sat aside and frowned as he looked at the strange symbols written down.
Zhao Kuo wrote more and more, and even wrote the Aite symbol. He thought for a moment and found that the symbol was of no use, so he deleted it again. It was not even a punctuation mark... After he finished writing, he raised his head
, looking at Zhao Zheng on the side, he pointed to what he had written and said: "Look, this is a comma... this is a period..." He explained their role to King Qin again, and King Qin seriously
Listen and nod your head from time to time.
King Qin also instantly understood Zhao Kuo's thoughts. Indeed, Lu Buwei also had to spend a lot of time segmenting the memorials from various places, because today's symbols have not yet been formed and have not been fully promoted, so there will be a large number of
Paragraphs are connected together and there is no way to distinguish them, and paragraph division has always been a big problem in reading. When Ying Zheng was reading a book when he was young, he could not understand what the text wanted to express because of the paragraph division.
Meaning, now, my father seems to have thought of a good idea.
"Father... having this symbol will make it easier to study and the children in the school."
Zhao Kuo suddenly had another idea in his mind. What if the Chinese characters were simplified or even the pinyin was worked out in advance? He remembered that when he first knew the characters, he started learning from the pinyin. Thinking about this, he looked at
Looking at the expensive paper in front of me, it would be great if the cost of the paper could be reduced and the promotion rate could be better. It is really not easy to do this on bamboo slips.
At this time, King Qin finally finished reading all the symbols. He happily talked with his father. The two chatted for a while, and then Ying Zheng asked: "Father, I have something to ask you.",
Zhao Kuo nodded, continued busy with what he was doing, and said, "Well, you can ask."
"Father, I originally thought I had the ability to govern personally, but when I followed the Prime Minister to handle government affairs, I realized that I was far inferior to the Prime Minister. If I were asked to do those things, I would never be able to do it. You once said,
A king must not only have ambition, but also have ability. I also want to be a capable king, but I don’t know how to increase my ability, how to become as good at government affairs as the prime minister, how to become able
As good at military affairs as you are..."
Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, then stopped what he was doing. He looked at Ying Zheng seriously and said, "What kind of king do you think is capable?"
"Good at domestic affairs, proficient in military affairs...benevolent and righteous and loving the people?"
"Your idea is too ridiculous!" Zhao Kuo reprimanded him mercilessly. Zhao Kuo said: "Different positions have different standards for capable people. If a soldier is proficient in carpenter's work, then he is considered to be a carpenter.
Is he a capable soldier? If a general who leads troops to fight is proficient in poetry and music, can he be considered a capable general?"
"For a king, the most important ability is to be able to judge a person's virtues and shortcomings, and put them in the position that best suits them..." Zhao Kuo said, and then persuaded: "You have to do it
The purpose is not to let yourself have abilities like Lu Buwei or me, but to get more people like Lu Buwei and me, and put them in positions that suit them. You have to distinguish who can use it and who cannot.
Use it to stay away from villains and stay close to virtuous ministers..."
"This is the most important ability of a king. As long as you can do this, you are a qualified king. Even if you don't know how to fight or handle government affairs, it doesn't matter. As long as you let people who can fight do it.
You go to war and let people who are proficient in internal affairs govern the country for you, that's it... Zheng, look at the kings of the world." Zhao Kuo sat down, his expression became very serious, and Ying Zheng also
I sat in front of him and listened to his words.
"Among the kings in the world, there are people like King Yan. Think about such a king. I heard that he is tyrannical, beats his ministers, is capricious, does not listen to the advice of his ministers, and loves to show off. He never wants to govern the country. Every day
They all think about how to enjoy themselves, constantly assigning people to serve as corvees, and do not regard the common people as their own subjects, allowing the officials to oppress them. After a defeat, they will leave the fault of the defeat to the ministers, and even have to execute him. This way
You cannot be a king, and you will surely perish!"
"There are people like King Qi. If you think about such a king, I heard that he had no opinion. After his mother passed away, he never dealt with domestic affairs again. He spent all day mourning his mother in the palace, and he also
He doesn't know how to employ people, so he appoints a greedy villain called Hou Sheng, and allows such a villain to invade Qi and harm the people...Such a king will perish sooner or later!"
"There are people like King Zhao who love talents as much as their lives, but don't know how to use them. He always rewards the new ministers, but neglects the original ministers. His mind is on collecting talents.
Instead of appointing talents, he is too obsessed with power and even persecutes his own prince for the sake of power. Such a king may not be able to let the country be destroyed, but it will definitely not be strong!"
"There are people like the King of Wei. He is afraid of his younger brother. When appointing talents, he looks at his family background rather than his ability. He is irritable and eager for success. He can never persist in doing things. He will give up if he does not see the results. He will even give up for the sake of success.
A king who kidnaps his own great sages and gives them to other countries in order to gain territory is extremely unvirtuous, and he will surely perish."
"There are also people like King Han, who governs the country with Shen Buhai's teachings. He does not believe in his ministers. He is arrogant, always self-righteous, focusing on himself, and never considers others... fatuous
Without Dao, a king like him will perish sooner or later!"
Ying Zheng listened carefully, nodded from time to time, and firmly memorized these negative teaching materials. Zhao Kuo then said: "Zheng, you should take others as a warning, and never imitate them. You have to see
Think about the mistakes of others and then think about your own behavior. If one day you find that your behavior is similar to these kings, you must correct it immediately!"
Zhao Kuo quickly handed over the punctuation marks he had made to Lu Buwei. Lu Buwei did not dare to neglect. After carefully watching these symbols, he was very surprised. Chinese punctuation marks originated very early, as early as oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions.
In this era, the germination of punctuation marks has already appeared. It can be said that punctuation marks have been produced in our country since the birth of writing.
By the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, my country's punctuation marks had developed greatly. Many types of punctuation marks appeared, including paragraph numbers, chapter numbers, connection numbers, heavy text numbers, combined text numbers, barbs, and proper names. Colons, hooks, and various forms of sentence readings, etc., but these cumbersome punctuation do not play the desired role. Just like the cumbersome writing of this era, they all need to be improved.
Zhao Kuo's change was not a big deal, not even a big change, but it was good for promotion. Lu Buwei praised it repeatedly. As for what he was thinking, probably only he himself knew.
In the first year of King Qin, except for Wei and Chu, all other countries chose to cultivate themselves, because after the war, all countries suffered huge losses, and they needed time to recuperate and recover.
The State of Qin put all its thoughts on building channels, because Zheng Guo once told Lu Buwei that after the channel was successfully built, it would at least double Qin's grain production. Lu Buwei's eyes widened. Now Qin's national power can be barely used.
Three hundred thousand troops came to the war and ensured their supplies. If the output doubled, what would that mean? Qin could invest five to six hundred thousand troops on the battlefield?
When Lu Buwei thought of this scene, he couldn't help but be excited. If Qin could really mobilize an army of 500,000 to 600,000 people, who in the world could stop Qin?
Even if the six countries unite, they will not be Qin's opponent!
In the midst of the busyness and beautiful longing, the first year of King Qin gradually came to an end. The cold winter came to the world again, and every year the cold winter always takes away some people. No one can guarantee that they can
After surviving this cold winter, this time, bad news seemed to have come to the State of Zhao. When the cold winter came, Zhao Wangdan, who was patrolling the channels around the people, suddenly fell off the carriage and was eagerly sent away by the ministers.
Returned to Handan.
Zhao Wangdan was not very old. From that day on, he suffered from high fever for several consecutive days. His forehead was hot and his face was red. The imperial doctors were so anxious that the whole country of Zhao fell into an inexplicable panic.
At this time, Prince Yan, who had just grown up, stayed with his father all day long and took care of him personally. His behavior made many people praise him and think that he was a filial son.
After suffering on the hospital bed for more than two months, King Zhao became more and more painful. He suffered from the pain day and night. He often wailed in pain. However, this did not help. He gradually felt alive.
Time passed, and after suffering tremendous torture, even death no longer seemed so terrible.
King Zhao was lying weakly on the bed. He looked at his son and kept calling his name. It wasn't until Yan came to his side that a tear streak appeared on King Zhao's cheek. "I'm dying, Yan.
I am leaving..."
"Father... No, you will be fine, Dad."
"Yan, Yan..." Zhao Dan said weakly: "That good friend of yours, Guo Kai, is not a trustworthy person. You have to execute him. You have to execute him! Mr. Xinping, Mr. Kong, Mr. Pang, Wu'an
People like you are the pillars of the Zhao Kingdom, you can trust them completely, you can trust them completely, you have to treat your elders like... treat your elders like... well..." King Zhao couldn't help but feel pain.
Called out.
"Father!!" Yan looked at his struggling father and shouted, "I know, I know, father, I will do what you say."
"Yan..." King Zhao started to cry, and he said: "How should I go to see Lord Mafu? I forced his son away. How should I see Lord Pingyuan? How should I see Lord Pingyang? They must all
I told my father what I have done... How can I go to see them..." King Zhao cried loudly, Yan kept wiping his tears, and said helplessly: "Father, please don't say that.
, you will get better, you will definitely get better."
"Yan... I'm sorry for Ma Fujun... Both of them, I'm sorry for them... And Sheng, brother... I'm... Well... I'm very sorry..." King Zhao said intermittently
As he continued, his breath became weaker and weaker.
"Father!" Zhao Yan watched his father gradually close his eyes and couldn't help but speak to wake him up.
"I have left all my talents to you... I have left them to you... Reuse them, reuse them... Treat them like your elders... Treat them well... Ma Fujun.
..Mafujun...Ma.."
Zhao Wangdan gradually stopped talking, tilted his head and fell into a deep sleep.
February of the second year of the reign of King Qin.
