The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 119 Group confrontation
After living here for several days, Wu Shu has a general understanding of Zixiao Temple, and also knows a lot about Chen Jingke.

For example, the book printing workshop in the outer courtyard, such as movable type printing.

She naturally knew that the printing technique caused such a big commotion in the first place, and it was widely rumored that it was created by Sun Simiao.

She didn't know that it was Chen Jingke who created it until she arrived at Zixiao Temple, and she said it was Sun Simiao's creation only to protect him.

Not only that, he also improved movable type printing, which is said to lower the cost of printing and make books cheaper.

Coupled with the previous heated kang and the like, this young man is simply a genius.

So what's the new plan for this talented Daoist boy?She is very curious.

"Okay, if there is a place where I can be used, the real person can tell me."

Chen Jingke said: "This is not a place to talk, why don't we go inside and talk?"

"Please."

The two came to the small courtyard where Wu Shu lived.

"Sister, you are back." Wu Chang, who was guarding here alone, rushed up to greet him, and said to Chen Jingke, "Really Chen is well."

Chen Jingke nodded in return.

Wu Shu said: "I have something to say with the real person, you go and play by yourself first."

Wu Chang said a little disappointed: "Oh, let's talk first."

From entering Zixiao Temple to now, she has never even left this small courtyard.Apart from Wu Shu, there is basically no one to talk to, so loneliness is inevitable.

Chen Jingke could roughly guess this point, and when she thought that Wu Shu would help her with work in the future, she might not even have anyone to talk to, so she said:
"If you don't object, I'll send two kun (female) Taoist boys who know medical skills to take turns to take care of Mrs. Wu for you. This way you can also go out for a walk and relax."

Wu Chang's eyes lit up immediately, looking at his sister expectantly.

Wu Shu pondered for a while before saying: "That's how I thank the real person."

"Great." Wu Chang was so happy that he lost his composure. Wu Shu glared at him and stuck out his tongue, "You guys go talk about business, I'll make tea for you."

After speaking, he turned around and left with light steps.

Wu Shu had no choice but to say: "Sister She is ignorant, and the real person laughed."

Chen Jingke said: "Children are innocent and innocent, which is very good."

He didn't even notice that his physical age might not be as old as Wu Chang's now, so it was very strange to say these words from his mouth.

Wu Shu glanced at him lightly, this little real person spoke so old-fashioned.

When they came to the house and sat down, Chen Jingke didn't beat around the bush, and put Yu Yunzhu in front of her and said: "This is a book written by me, and the new plan is also related to this book. Lady Wu might as well take a look first."

Even though he thought of many possibilities, Wu Shu was still surprised when he said that he brought someone to compile a book.

Are you ready to write a book at the age of 11?

After receiving the book, I saw the title of the book, and Yu Yun noted it.

This kind of name is usually used as a note for a certain book, but what kind of book is Yuyun, why have I never heard of it?

Only when I opened the cover and saw the preface did I realize that it was for the phonetic notation of Yu Pian and Qie Yun.

The preface also said that he invented the phonetic alphabet, which can phoneticize all words.As long as you master the dozens of pinyin letters, you can spell all the characters in the world.

Wu Shu's first reaction was to speak out loudly.

But after she saw the pinyin letters, all that was left was a deep shock.

"This pinyin...was really created by you?" After speaking, he realized that his words were wrong, and quickly added: "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that this matter is too incredible."

Chen Jingke said: "It's nothing, I would be skeptical if I changed it. I really didn't create these pinyin letters out of thin air, but modified them with reference to other languages."

Wu Shu heaved a sigh of relief. Although this is exaggerated, it is easier to accept than creating something out of thin air.

"There are two kinds of writing in this world, one is hieroglyphs and the other is phonetic writing. What we use is pictographic writing..."

Chen Jingke explained the characteristics of the two languages, and finally said: "The phonetic alphabet was created by me based on the phonetic characters of a certain extinct country in the West."

Wu Shu was surprised and said: "It turns out that there are such differences in the characters in the world. It is a genius idea to use the phonetic method to annotate our characters."

Chen Jingke said modestly: "I have won the prize, but I just thought of it by chance."

After that, he introduced "Yu Yun Zhu" to her in detail, and tried to teach her to spell and read some characters.

Wu Shu showed a super learning ability, and quickly figured out the usage of pinyin, and then once again praised Chen Jingke's great merit.

In fact, the current "Yu Yun Zhu" already has the prototype of a modern dictionary, and what is missing is the index function. The purpose of Yihe and the others is to add this function.

Chen Jingke told Wu Shu about this plan, and said: "...As long as there is such a dictionary, and with the reading of the previous sentence, the difficulty of reading and literacy will be reduced several times and dozens of times."

"At that time, all scholars and even poor scholars from ordinary families will be grateful to us."

Wu Shu naturally understands the role of dictionaries, and she is sure that those who write dictionaries will leave their names in history, but she is more considerate as a nobleman:
"Doing so may completely offend the gentry."

Chen Jingke said disdainfully: "So what? They still don't want to see printing, but they are still helpless in the face of His Majesty's publication of the Nine Classics, and even praise against their will."

Li Shimin's behavior is aboveboard, and he preaches the teachings of the sages to educate the world. Who would dare to oppose it openly?

Whoever opposes it will forget the ancestors, is a hypocrite who betrays the learning of the sages, and will offend scholars who are not from the gentry.

Although the gentry is powerful, the proportion of scholars who are not from the gentry is larger, and the gentry dare not force them to the court.

The trump card is that three years later, the Mingjing section of the imperial examination will use this edition of the Nine Classics as the standard, forcing the gentry to learn it.

You have learned it yourself, do you still dare to oppose other scholars to learn it?

That's what Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did when he deposed Baijia, and the imperial court didn't issue any relevant decrees at all.

It's just that the Confucianists were promoted as officials first, and then the successors of other schools switched to Confucianism one after another. In a few years, hundreds of schools disappeared in sevens and eighties.

It can be said that this is a conspiracy, and the gentry have no choice but to rebel.

Of course, the reason why Li Shimin's actions went so smoothly was because the handle of the knife was in his hands.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were two groups in the world, one was the Guanlong military aristocratic group, and the other was the gentry group.

The gentry held the power of public opinion, and the Guanlong army held the sword, and the two sides fought fiercely for their own interests.

But the lethality of the knife handle is still more intuitive, and the court has always been controlled by Guan Long.

Both Yang Sui and Li Tang were from Guanlong military nobles, they represented the interests of the Guanlong Group, and they would naturally gain the support of the Guanlong military nobles.

Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, ignored the gentry, and wanted to take the knife on his ally Guan Longjungui first.

Then Guan Long rebelled, and the gentry did not support him, and the Sui Dynasty perished.

Li Shimin learned his lesson, united the Guanlong Group, and then used Guanlong to fight against the gentry.

So this is not a struggle between the royal family and the gentry, but a struggle between the Guanlong army and the gentry.

Later, the queen usurped power and seized the country. In order to stabilize her power, she brought the power of the gentry into the center of the court, and jointly sent the Guanlong army and noble group into the mourning hall.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao and Zhu Wen put an end to the gentry, clearing away the biggest obstacle to the great prosperity of the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)