The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 837

"Puff! Vomit..." In Ganlu Palace, before Yang Tong drank the tea in his mouth, his taste buds were filled with strange and strange smells. When he saw the black stuff in the cup, he was completely dumbfounded.
Weird smell, followed by disgusting vomit.

"Husband?" Wei Fengwu on the opposite side had no idea what happened, and was really frightened.

Yang Tong got angry, "What the hell is this?"

"Kung fu tea."

"What the hell is Kung Fu tea?"

"Uh." Wei Fengwu said with a tinge of apology on his face, "Kungfu tea is locust powder, but everyone says the name is ugly, so it's called Kungfu tea. This is a tribute to you from the ministers of the court."

"So, I'm the first to drink this stuff?" Yang Tong quickly rinsed his mouth.

"It should be." Wei Fengwu couldn't help but said, "Now the whole city is collecting locusts and sending them to the palace."

"Eat the whole one deep-fried, isn't it delicious? Why do you want to imitate other people's aphrodisiac? I don't need it." Yang Tong, who wanted to cry but had no tears, felt like he was committing suicide.

Wei Fengwu gave her husband a blank look, and said: "I heard that the supply of locusts is in short supply now, and restaurants and pharmacies are rushing to buy them, especially brothels and Chuguan, which charge high prices, and the price changes more than ten times a day. The locusts are now so Expensive, who would be willing to fry it?"

Hearing Wei Fengwu say that the whole city is 'fried locusts', Yang Tong was also drunk.He smiled wryly: "I found that I still underestimated men's pursuit of men!"

"Pfft" Wei Fengwu burst out laughing, and said with a blushing face: "As the saying goes, there are three kinds of unfilial piety, and the greatest thing is to have no descendants. If he is cut off in his own generation, he will be a sinner of the family through the ages, and he will not even be allowed to enter the ancestral grave after death! Having no heirs and having no heirs is a more tragic thing than death! Therefore, a house full of children and grandchildren, with luxuriant branches and leaves, has been the symbol of thousands of families since ancient times Pursuit, now I have finally found a low-value recipe, can everyone not ask for it? Husband does not know, I heard that many childless people in Guanzhong set up shrines and worship incense. Thank you, Husband and the two The gods announced the 'Fairy's Prescription'."

"..." Yang Tong was completely speechless, but no matter what, this is a good thing for the Sui Dynasty, on the one hand, it will have the effect of exterminating locusts;

On the other hand, there are few commodities and few products these days, and there are too few ways for ordinary people to make money. The appearance of sky-high price locusts can be regarded as creating a way for ordinary people to make money. This is definitely an unexpected harvest.

Seeing Yang Tong's strange expression, Wei Fengwu smiled coquettishly and said, "Husband, do you want another drink?"

"No, no, I don't want this stuff even if I'm killed, just fry it and eat it in the future."

"But that's not what the prescription says."

Fearing that he would continue to be poisoned, Yang Tong saw no one around, and said ghostly, "This prescription is fake."

"This is the prescription prescribed by Master and Yuan Tiangang, how could it be fake?" Wei Fengwu's hands froze.

"This is a recipe I came up with. The purpose is to let people eat locusts to extinction, so that there will be no locust plagues. There will be locust plagues in the future, but it is a disaster of locusts." Yang Tong shook his head. People in this era are too simple.

"This!"

Wei Fengwu was stunned, and the expression on her face was very exciting. When she thought of her husband's character, she felt that he could really do such a thing. She put the teapot on the table and asked: "This matter, master and Does Yuan Tiangang know?"

"do not know."

"Well, if they deny it, wouldn't it disappoint the world and cause chaos?" Wei Fengwu worried.

"There are only a few people who know them. If they go to the city and say that they are Zhangchou Taiyi and Yuan Tiangang, the common people may believe it, but if they say that this prescription is false and cut off people's wish for a child, they will probably be punished. People beat me up."

"Well, what they said is obviously true."

"Now people think that this prescription is true, so it is true. This is belief. If you break other people's belief, then you are the enemy of life and death for everyone."

"This is really crazy." Wei Fengwu was shocked.

"Human nature is so crazy." Yang Tong laughed and said, "If they dare to overturn the case and guarantee that those suffering from childlessness will beat them up violently, this is the public opinion that cannot be violated. So they can only pretend I don't know."

Wei Fengwu didn't understand it very well, and she didn't bother to understand it. She said helplessly: "Now everyone is sending locusts to the palace. What should I do? Throw them away?"

"This locust is a good thing. Not only can it not be thrown away, but the locust should also be regarded as a tribute."

"Taking locusts as a tribute?" Wei Fengwu's red lips parted slightly, even more shocked.

"A letter of tribute locusts, so I don't worry that there will be no buyers for the locusts." Yang Tong said: "The locusts have become food and medicine, and they are almost extinct after being eaten by humans. How can there be any locust plagues? People will also sell them because of the locusts. , an additional way of income. The most important thing is that locusts are really good for the human body, the more you eat, the better your body will be.”

Wei Fengwu suddenly said, "Is this your purpose?"

"Yes." Yang Tong looked at the dark Kung Fu tea and said with a smile, "I don't know how to eat this stuff. I will send out any locust powder that is sent to the palace. I guess they eat it with a frown and have to pay for it." Thank me."

"How cunning."

"Cunning is a must-have quality for an emperor!" Yang Tong was not ashamed, but proud, and said very seriously: "At present, the two of us know, you must not tell it, otherwise, it will be over."

"It's related to the plan of exterminating locusts for generations to come, I won't say it." Wei Fengwu nodded in satisfaction when she heard it, and sweetly gave her husband an autumn spinach.

Yang Tong's heart skipped a beat, and he pulled Wei Fengwu into his arms, aimed at her red lips and kissed her.

For a long time, the lips are divided.

"This Kung Fu tea seems to be really useful." Wei Fengwu's beautiful big eyes narrowed into crescent moons, moist with water.

"It seems to be true. Could it be that locusts really have an aphrodisiac effect?" I don't know if it's a psychological effect or something, but Yang Tong raised his head to pay tribute.

"Don't..." Wei Fengwu pulled away his hand that was walking on her body, her pretty face was rosy, she rested her chin on his shoulder, and whispered in his ear: "Why don't you take a rest?"

Yang Tong suppressed the fire in his heart, and looked at her playfully, "It's not dark yet, so anxious?"

"You bad guy!" Wei Fengwu, whose face turned red, punched him on the back, left her husband's embrace, and tidied his clothes carefully.

Just when the couple was getting tired of sweetness, someone outside the palace reported, "Qi Zuo Sheng, His Royal Highness Tang Wang and the chief officials of the three provinces are seeking an audience."

Yang Tong was a little strange, but he still said, "Xuan."

"Here."

Listening to the footsteps going away, Yang Tong told Wei Fengwu, "Pack the Kung Fu tea into several portions, and I want to give them all away."

"Okay." Wei Fengwu covered her mouth with her slender fingers, with a smirk in her eyes.

. . . . .

Not long after Wei Fengwu left, Yang You, Li Jing, Huangfu Wuyi, Yang Gongren, Wei Yunqi, Yang Shanhui, Yang Shidao, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda, Pei Renji... Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Yu Chigong, Xue Wanjun and others Entering the hall, they saluted one after another: "See Your Majesty."

"Everyone sit down and talk, come, serve tea, serve Kung Fu tea." After everyone was seated, more than a dozen court ladies entered and filled a cup of Kung Fu tea for the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.

Yang Tong's tea is of course authentic green tea. He took a sip and felt the rich tea fragrance, and said with a smile, "Although the taste of Kung Fu tea is a bit weird, it is a good medicine for curing diseases. It has the effect of dispelling wind and relieving cough. Everyone should drink it, drink it in one breath, and it will lose effect when it cools down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Looking at the big thick 'cup', everyone was very grateful.In their urgency, they only bought a little, fearing that the stock would be out of stock, so they carefully drank according to the standard.But the Holy Majesty gave them so much, which is really too generous.

Everyone picked up teacups as big as bowls and plates, raised their heads, and drank them all in one gulp. In an instant, everyone changed color and expressed different expressions.

Yang Tong's eyes were dull, and he was shocked with deep admiration. He only tasted a small sip, but he vomited it out on the spot. This so-called Kung Fu tea can be called a murderous dish...

However, these guys actually drank down a large bowl. He really couldn't imagine how everyone could bear it. At the same time, he realized once again that as a man, he still underestimated men...

"This tea is strong enough." Luo Shixin's eyebrows were knit together.

"I still have some here, everyone will bring some back later."

"Thank you, my lord." Everyone thanked again with smiles on their faces. Yang Tong has always been generous, and everyone didn't take it seriously, let alone know Yang Tong's sinister intentions. '

Yang Tong looked at a large circle of civil and military officials, and asked with a smile, "Why do you all enter the palace together?"

"Brother Emperor, I have something to report." Yang You got up and handed a thick book to Yang Tong, "This is the first draft of "Dictionary", please read it."

"The third brother came up with the first draft so quickly, and he lived up to my expectations." Yang Tong said pleasantly.

"This is not the work of my younger brother alone," Yang You said embarrassingly: "This "Dictionary" is organized by my younger brother, and the content is collected and organized by many scholars."

"It's not easy." Yang Tong looked at the "Dictionary" in his hand, and asked again, "Only this one?"

"More than that." Yang You shook his head and said, "I was worried that my work was not good enough, so I printed [-] copies and sent them to everyone to correct mistakes. The purpose is to gather the wisdom of everyone and make this Dictionary better." Even better. Besides Brother Huang, there are two hundred copies in my carriage."

Yang Tong immediately said: "Come here, go to the Tang King's carriage and fetch the main part of the Dictionary."

"Here." The guards outside the hall left immediately.

"My lord, what is "Alphabet"?" Kong Yingda asked curiously. Although Yang You was a son-in-law, he did it mysteriously, so Kong Yingda didn't know what "Dictionary" was?
Yang Tong said: "When we were young, when we read books, we often encountered difficult-to-recognize characters, characters with similar shapes, or rare characters. Whenever we saw similar characters, we would argue endlessly because we didn't understand them. Therefore, in order to facilitate future children's recognition For characters, I asked my third brother to collect characters from all over the world and use characters as a book. And compile homonyms together, write notes, number pages, and then compile three types of queries on the catalog: pronunciation, radicals, and difficult-to-check characters This method allows people to look up unknown characters in the shortest possible time.”

"With the gem "Shuowen Jiezi" in front, can this "Dictionary" work?" Kong Yingda hesitated.

I don’t blame Kong Yingda for saying that, it’s just because the influence of "Shuowen Jiezi" is too great. If Yang You's "Dictionary" has no bright spots, let alone talk about hard work, it will end up being the eternal laughing stock of imitation.

""Shuowen Jiezi" pays too much attention to the etymology. Those who are not educated will not understand it, and it will not be effective for enlightenment. The "Dictionary" of the third brother puts homophones together. If you don’t know the pronunciation of the characters, you can use the pronunciation to inquire; if you only know the characters but don’t know the pronunciation, you can use the radical strokes to inquire, so that you can find out the words that you can’t write or don’t know the meaning in the shortest time.” Yang Tong Walking down the dragon seat, he handed the "Dictionary" in his hand to Kong Yingda: "Try to find the word 'Kong'."

"Kong character, the radical is zi, and the strokes are four." After Kong Yingda finished speaking, he quickly flipped through the "dictionary", and soon found the word "Kong" in the radical of 'zi'.Then follow the page number prompts to find the page where the word "Kong" is located.

I see above it says:

Hole

Number of strokes: four;
Radicals: son;

Interpretation [-]: small hole, hole; such as: hole, hole, hole.

Interpretation [-]: surname, such as: Confucius, Kong Yingda
Interpretation [-]: The provincial name of peacock.Such as: Kong Gai (car cover decorated with peacock feathers); Kong Cui (peacock and kingfisher).

……

Kong Yingda read several forms and definitions of "Kong" and felt that it was too simple without any literary talent at all. After thinking about it, she found the word "Yang" and found that the word "Yang" is also so simple and direct.After looking for several words in a row, I found that this "dictionary" is just like a child learning words.

"The Code of Enlightenment?" Kong Yingda asked with a flash of inspiration.

Knowing that he had understood it, Yang Tong said with a smile: "The Dictionary is not a reading material for adults, but a book of enlightenment. As long as they know how to search, immature children can easily learn words they don't understand."

Kong Yingda's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "The search method of "Dictionary" is simple. As long as it is put into use, it can be perfectly matched with the rural schools with few masters and many students. With this book in hand, even if you are stupid, as long as you are willing to work hard Diligence can also make up for one’s weakness.”

At this time, the books have been delivered, and they have been distributed to everyone one by one. Everyone searched according to the method Yang Tong said, and it was really simple and effective.

Yang Gongren said: "The biggest disadvantage of rural school is that there are many students and few teachers. During the limited class time, the teachers can't answer them one by one. Afterwards, the children who are playful by nature will forget all the answers. This "dictionary" is like a good teacher for rural school students, and it has a multiplier effect on their studies, and even at home, they can learn to read by themselves."

"Not bad." Wei Yunqi also said: "Although the "Dictionary" has simple explanations, it is enough for children who are just learning. Search online to solve the confusion in your heart."

"With this book, as long as you know how to inquire, the master will save you worry and trouble, and the students will be able to solve the confusion in their hearts immediately. If the "Dictionary" is popularized in the world, the number of people who can read will increase day by day." Wei Zheng said solemnly. Dao: "The "Dictionary" is the treasure of literacy. Only when students can read the characters can they further learn advanced knowledge. The number of people who benefit is far more than "Shuowen Jiezi". His Royal Highness Tang created this book and said it is the sage of words. It is not an exaggeration, the Holy One deserves a big reward."

"I don't dare to be so highly praised by Wei Shangshu." Yang You said modestly: "If you want to say that the hero belongs to the emperor's brother, if the emperor's brother didn't remind me, I would not do this thing."

"Humility is a good thing, but third brother, don't underestimate yourself. If you make this "Dictionary" perfect, it is no exaggeration to say that it is a 'sage of words'." Yang Tong laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. Bad, isn't it just a literary sage?Yang You compiled a far-reaching classic such as "Dictionary", which is also a book that confers gods!It's just that this first edition of "Dictionary" is very rough, and it's still far away from the realm of conferred gods.

"Brother Huang, don't worry." Yang You said solemnly: "Words are the source of all learning and the foundation of classics and meanings. Words are inseparable from every aspect, but the slightest mistake in the interpretation of words is a thousand miles away, so this "Dictionary" It’s fine if you don’t compile it, but since it’s compiled, the younger brother will naturally have to further scrutinize the interpretation of each word and the detailed explanation of each word, and strive for perfection. Otherwise, if you make a mistake, you will mislead your children and bring disaster to future generations.”

"Well said." Yang Yu said happily: "The compilation of "Dictionary" is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the project is huge. It can be completed without a spring of ingenuity and a quick pen. Since it is slow work and meticulous work, the third brother doesn't have to." In a hurry."

"Here." Yang You complied,
"My lord! Although the first draft of the "Dictionary" was relatively rough, there were no obvious mistakes. It can be seen that His Highness Tang Wang had already put in a lot of hard work when compiling it... If it is carefully crafted... it will not be possible without decades of effort , and with the development of the world, some words will derive new interpretations. This shows that after a thousand years, there will be no perfect "dictionary", only a better "dictionary."

Fang Xuanling, who couldn't put it down, said: "However, in today's world, there are too many people who need the "Dictionary" to learn characters, and we don't have so much time to wait and waste. In my opinion, this This "Dictionary" should be printed."

"Your Majesty, I also mean the same thing." Hearing this, Du Ruhui immediately stood up and saluted, "You can print this manuscript first, and it doesn't matter if you change to a better one in a few years."

Yang Tong smiled wryly and said, "I'm afraid that the people will say that we make black-hearted money."

"Your Majesty." Yang Gongren saluted and said, "Papermaking and printing have made the price of book paper so cheap that reading and literacy is no longer out of reach for ordinary people, and a "Dictionary" every few years is completely affordable. If the people have complaints in the future, they can replace the old with the new."

"Your Majesty, I second the proposal." Kong Yingda saluted loudly: "It is not a problem for this book to be used for enlightenment. We can't let the bright pearl be dusted, let alone delay the world's children because of a small group of people."

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

"..."

All the civil and military officials at the scene agreed with each other.

Yang Tong pondered for a moment, and then said to Yang You, "Third brother, hurry up and revise and perfect, and the secretary supervises the bachelor, and the academy bachelor is at your disposal. Try to print the second draft of the "Dictionary" into a book and publish it to the world before school in the next year. "

"Your brother obeys!" Yang You obeyed solemnly.

(End of this chapter)