Datang Longya

Chapter 423 Meeting the Envoys
"Come to the Academy of Arts tomorrow, let's discuss these things together. I really can't figure it out, old man. Have you ever thought that you are planning to change the entire Shilin by yourself?"

Although "changing the vernacular" and "adding symbols" both sound reasonable, but he alone thinks it is useless, and the entire scholarly circle must find it useful before it can be implemented.

Leng Feng shook his head: "I don't intend to change Shilin by myself, but"

"Force them to change themselves!"

Some things cannot be effective simply by "promoting", and Leng Feng didn't want to waste his time explaining to them. With this time, he might as well live a leisurely life and let the printing house print books according to this standard later.

People are cheap, if you tell them that it is useful, they may not believe it, and they may not change it.But if they find that the books in their hands are printed in vernacular, and there are exclamation marks at the end of sentences, they will have the opportunity to slowly force themselves to adapt.

Once they get used to this kind of reading, they can naturally use this way of writing when they write again.

(Isn’t it the same for the writers of later generations? They are not allowed to write below the neck-neck-down, so they have to stop writing?)
Leng Feng smiled slightly: "Mr. Han, you can trust me on this matter. Those scholars, I will let them adapt to these changes."

Walking out of the study, Leng Feng said to Lao Li: "Go to the book printing shop tomorrow, and let them prepare the symbol modules for printing."

Lao Li nodded and took note of Leng Feng's words.

Early the next morning, Leng Feng prepared his speech and went to the Academy of Arts. The great Confucians in the Academy of Arts were the first targets he persuaded.At the beginning of the establishment of the Academy of Arts, he had discussed with those great Confucian scholars. No matter what, they discussed everything. Everyone had their own vote, and the minority obeyed the majority.

Therefore, if he wanted to start with the book printing house, he had to initiate a meeting of all the great Confucian scholars to get a result.

Unexpectedly, all the great Confucians supported Leng Feng's proposal. Only Mr. Yu Huanzhi said that the old sayings, as a kind of cultural inheritance in the Central Plains, cannot be abolished just because the vernacular is popularized.

In their view, the popularization of vernacular is very good. The most direct impact is that books are no longer exclusive to intellectuals. What they are doing now is to promote education and strive to achieve "there is no white man in the world."It is already very difficult for the world to have no white people. It is simply impossible for people all over the world to say "Zhihuzheye" into words.

The meeting lasted all morning. Leng Feng and the Confucians not only reached a consensus on "popularizing the vernacular and symbols", but also discussed which books should be printed.

Encyclopedia of Zhenguan!As a work similar to a dictionary, it is more suitable for the common people than the Four Books and Five Classics. Although it needs to overthrow what was written before and change it into vernacular, but compared to the role it can play in the future, this is not worth mentioning. up.

At noon, Leng Feng wanted to have lunch and leave, but he received a letter from Tang Jian, saying that the emperor wanted to meet Soga Jiro in advance?This one is not to be missed!
So Leng Feng hurriedly edited a letter and sent it to the palace, telling Li Shimin to remember to ask himself to join in the fun when he received the Japanese envoys.

Suga Jiro was confused. Since they came to Tang Dynasty, they were not welcomed by them. Even though they arrived in Chang'an, they still couldn't be valued by the Tang emperor. Why did they suddenly change?

Just this morning, Tang Jian, the minister of Honglu Temple, actually found him, and after accepting the credentials he modified without authorization, he even arranged for his people.These are not the key points, the point is that Tang Jian said that the emperor will receive him the next day?

This. Happiness came too suddenly!
Looking at the envious eyes of envoys from various countries around him, Sogajiro decided to perform well in tomorrow's interview, and strive to leave a good impression on the Emperor of Tang Dynasty.

Early the next morning, there was a routine court meeting, but there was really nothing to discuss, and many ordinary courtiers were drowsy.

But the smarter ones looked at the general vigilantly, full of energy.

There must be something big happening today, why do you say that?Because either he didn't go to court, or he was late, Gong Guogong actually went to court on time today, and sat in his seat solemnly, chatting and laughing with Li Jing and others.

Yes, it is serious!Gong Guogong can sit honestly in the court hall, even if he is talking to the people around him, but this is already in the category of "serious".

So, something big is bound to happen!

Moreover, it will be a major event that can make the Duke of the Kingdom of Jin take it seriously!
When the sun rose, Li Shimin said to Tang Jian: "Tang Jian, has the Japanese envoy arrived?"

Tang Jian stood up on duty: "Your Majesty, the Japanese envoys have already arrived at the gate of the palace this morning when they were ugly, waiting to be summoned by Your Majesty."

Li Shimin nodded: "Then announce it."

Tang Jian took the order and left, and it was a long time before he took Sogajiro into the hall.

Soga Jiro is an envoy of a small country, so he can only wait outside the palace gate, not to mention that he does not have a high status, so it is impossible to enter in a walking chariot or sedan chair.

Today he was wearing wooden clogs, and it was a long way from the palace gate to the Taiji Palace, the journey was a bit sour.

After entering the palace, Sogajiro bowed every few steps, until he reached almost the position of the second-rank minister, he stood still: "The envoy of the small country, Sogajiro, has seen His Majesty the Emperor of Shangguo. His Majesty the Emperor is in good health."

This kind of greeting is very Chinese and polite, but Li Shimin did not treat him with a pleasant face, but sneered: "Isn't the envoy of the kingdom of the sunrise greeting the monarch of the kingdom of the sunset? Why did you change your words today?"

During the period of Emperor Sui Yang, the Japanese envoys greeted Emperor Sui Yang in this way. It is really hard for Emperor Sui Yang not to jump up and kill the envoy himself.

Soga Jiro explained: "Your Majesty the Tang Emperor, the national book was written by the Emperor of Japan. My short-sightedness, madness and arrogance are also the problem of the Emperor. The villain really dare not say that."

It's the first time I've seen someone who sells himself like this, Leng Feng couldn't help it, he burst out laughing, Li Jing looked at Leng Feng, and also wanted to understand where the joke was, in the end, it turned into the laughter of the whole court.

Li Shimin also smiled, but still pretended to be majestic and said: "I read your letter of credence, why does it look like you wrote it? Could it be that you, an envoy, can still change your emperor's letter?"

After all, Li Shimin didn't say the word "Heaven-Emperor", which is disrespectful to God, what's more, when he said those two words, he always felt a feeling of being inferior to others.

Damn the country of Wa, first it is "sunrise and sunset", and then it is "heaven-emperor".

(End of this chapter)