Great Qin's son-in-law

Chapter 22 Officials, where the people hang their lives!
With the contract in hand, Lang Chang breathed a sigh of relief.

He returned to his place, picked up his handwriting slips, walked to Qin Luoheng's place, and said embarrassedly: "Qin Shizi, I took advantage of you in this transaction. The handwriting slips used to sell for three yuan in the market. Recently, the market price in the city has generally risen, and the calligraphy slips have reached five yuan."

"I didn't mean to take advantage of you."

"only."

"The cost of learning Chinese and literacy is too high, and the family can't afford it."

"My father was promoted to a doctor this year. In the past, the ranks were issued according to the 'unrenewable' title. Originally, the family didn't have much money left. In addition, the whole family moved to Xianyang and spent a lot of money on the way. I really don't know. There is no other way, so I came up with this method.”

"I also ask Qin Shizi not to blame him."

Qin Luoheng said lightly:

"I actually read your mind."

"I have learned characters privately, and I know the cost of learning very well, so I can understand what you do, but as Ling Shi said, we will be officials and officials in the future. You can show shrewdness now, but officials are There can be no bias, when you are an official, I doubt whether you can stick to the way of being an official."

"I thought about rejecting you directly!"

Lang frowned, puzzled and said, "Then why did you agree in the end?"

Qin Luoheng smiled and said:
"Because you do all this not for personal gain, but to better master knowledge. We are in the school room, and what we need to master is the way of being an official."

"But what is an official?"

"The people hang their lives!"

"As historians, as comrades, if we can't even solve our own problems, how can we solve the difficulties of the world's leaders?"

Lang blushed, his face was red and white, and finally he nodded to Qin Luoheng and said:

"Brother, I am convinced."

"You are definitely not the only one who can speak well in the school, but you are the only one who can make me so ashamed at the moment, and I won't take advantage of you. If someone troubles you in the future, I will stand up for you, and I will say goodbye If you don’t have the skills, you are definitely good at fighting.”

heard.

Qin Luoheng's face twitched.

Got it!
White is lyrical.

Although Lang studied in the school for a period of time, the social habits of the village are still there, and there is still a strong sense of worldliness about him.

but.

This is the true face of Qin people.

Because of the bond.

Because of this, Qin Luoheng and Lang became friends.

Soon.

A gong sounded outside.

Class begins.

Ling Shiku returned to the classroom.

In front of him was still the big wooden board, but the three characters '灋', 'punishment' and 'fa' that were originally written on it had been scratched off by a fake historian when class was over.

There is no word on it.

Ling Shiku said with a cold face:

"In this class, we will learn the characters on the "Yushu"."

"I know that many of you are not interested in being civil servants. You only want to go to the battlefield, kill the enemy and make meritorious service, and then get promoted to the rank and title. Many of you even think that 'books are enough to remember names and surnames are not enough to learn!' "

"Is that so?"

"No!"

"If you are a military official, you must also be able to read and write."

"You think that being able to remember names is enough, but how many characters do you know and how many words can you speak?"

"Three or five hundred."

"But how many characters are there in the world, who among you knows?"

"But today, if you lead the army under the unification, the soldiers under your command must come from all over the world."

"There are those from Guanzhong, and some from Zhao, Wei, Yan, Chu, Qi, and Han. You have been in the school and learned to read, but those soldiers have not. If they say their names, you can really remember them. , Is it right?"

"Before the world was unified, the six countries and my Qin had different characters and pronunciations."

"According to the detailed investigation by the Character Survey Office, since the reform of Lord Shang, the number of Qin characters has actually gradually increased, and the number of common characters has increased to 350. Before the unification, there were probably more than [-] Qin characters."

"After the unification of the world, the Character Survey Office spent several years consolidating the scripts of the six countries, and then added the Qin characters. Among them, there are more than [-] new characters from the six countries."

"The total number of Chinese characters is nearly [-]."

"However, the shape of Qin characters is complicated, the characters of the six countries are simple, and the combination of characters will inevitably cause an imbalance between complexity and simplicity. Therefore, after the unification of the world, the first emperor ordered the censorship office to simplify Qin characters."

"That's how Xiaozhuan came into being!"

"Even though the Character Survey Office expends energy to simplify the characters, there are still more than [-] Qin characters."

"Don't know how to write? How do you deal with soldiers with all kinds of strange names, and how do you deal with all kinds of documents and files? If you don't know how to write, even if you are given a copy of "Sun Tzu's Art of War", who of you can read it completely? Who can understand what it means?"

"Qin officials can't read?"

"Wouldn't that make the world laugh at me!"

Shi Ku coldly glanced at everyone, and no one dared to look at him.

Qin Luoheng sat upright.

Also felt some pressure.

Ling Shiku was right, there were really too many characters in the Qin Dynasty, and no matter whether they were civil officials or military officials, their daily work was almost centered around household registration.

Civil officials have household registration, tax collection and so on.

Military officials recruit soldiers, interrogate criminals, etc.

It is no exaggeration to say something.

Nearly [-]% of the officials in the Qin Dynasty worked around household registration.

As a Qin official, knowing all kinds of strange names is almost the basic skill of a Qin official, and this is also the most important homework taught in the school.

This is also the beginning of politics! ! !
back.

Ling Shiku has written a lot of words on the wooden board.

All from "Yushu".

"Yushu" involves many daily things.

After a while, the wide wooden board was filled with words. Some of these four-character words related to the category of civil officials, and some related to the category of military officials, covering almost all aspects.

Qin Luoheng raised his head and looked at the wooden board.

I saw the words 'Chengguo Guanfu', 'Gateway (yue)', 'Qianbaijin Bridge', '囷(qun) House Yuan', 'Leather beetle (du)', 'Warehouse grain' written on it. , 'Louis (bei) Yayue', 'Money Yuyan (mao)', etc.

After finishing writing, Ling Shiku said:

"When I'm talking, you just read it. When you read it smoothly, you will copy these words on the handwriting slips. After you memorize them all, I will explain the meaning of these words."

Done.

Ling Shiku began to teach loudly.

Qin Luoheng followed suit.

However, he didn't follow along blindly, but opened the calligraphy slip while reading, wrote these words on it, and marked the straight pronunciation.

The Qin Dynasty did not have a pinyin for later generations.

So if you want to read, you can only use the straight phonetic method.

It is to recognize some of the most common characters based on daily life, and when you encounter an unknown character, when teaching Lingshi, you will use common characters with the same pronunciation to mark the unknown character.

It is this method of learning.

It was only then that the later generation's "literacy and recognition half" was formed!
In the school room.

There was the sound of reading loudly.

(End of this chapter)