Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Qingji, who asked Zeng Shen and Zuo Qiuming to take charge of the compilation of "Wu Yun", still felt that something was missing.

That night, Qingji tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, thinking about things related to "phonology" all the time in his mind.

It wasn't until the sky turned white that Qingji had a flash of inspiration.

"I thought of it, a dictionary, it's a dictionary!"

"Your Majesty, what is a dictionary?"

Lying on the dragon couch with Qingji, Zheng Dan, who was still bleary-eyed, asked puzzledly.

"Dictionaries are masterpieces. With such a dictionary, why can't my great Wu culture be spread quickly and widely accepted by the world?"

Feeling very happy, Qingji immediately asked Zheng Dan to get up, put on a normal uniform for himself, and then summoned Prince Heng, Wen Zhong, Zeng Dian, Zeng Shen and other ministers to Zide Hall for discussion.

Qingji decided to let Wen Zhong and Zeng Dian be responsible for compiling a "Da Wu Dictionary" so that it can be passed down to the world.

"Da Wu Dictionary" is a reference book that provides phonology, meaning explanation, example sentences, usage, etc. for words. It mainly collects characters and also includes words.

In this era, there is no real dictionary.

China's first dictionary-like "Erya" was published after the end of the Warring States period.

In order to make the "elegant words" widely used, Qingji also took great pains.

"I have decided to compile a great book to show the prestige of the country and benefit all generations."

"Its name is "Wenwen Dadian". Since the book contract, all the books of classics and history have been collected by hundreds of schools. As for astronomy, topography, yin and yang, medical divination, monk Taoism, and skills, it has been compiled into one book."

"You, Bu Zixia, are in charge of compiling."

"promise!"

Bu Zixia immediately agreed.

The "Writing Canon" that Qingji is going to compile is similar to the "Yongle Canon" and "Siku Quanshu" in later generations, and it is the largest encyclopedia in the history of the world.

At this time, Zeng Shen put forward his own views.

"Your Majesty, why don't you copy all kinds of backup books from the Western kingdoms into the "Document Canon" and pass them on to future generations?"

"good."

Qing Ji nodded slightly, agreeing very much.

Bu Zixia glanced at Zeng Shen rather resentfully.

This guy is not a son of man.

Is it so easy to compile a "Compendium of Documents"?
The content of the original "Document Encyclopedia" includes scriptures, history, sons, and collections, involving astronomy and geography, yin and yang medicine, divination, Buddhist scriptures, Tibetan Taoism, craftsmanship, and agriculture, covering the wealth of knowledge in China for thousands of years.

Now, Bu Zixia and others still need to include all kinds of western book knowledge, which undoubtedly increases their workload.

It will take until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse to complete the compilation?

"Your Majesty, I have a merciless request."

"Say."

"If dozens or hundreds of people are working on such a masterpiece, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it, and it will take more than ten years, or even decades of time. I dare to say that at least two thousand scholars will participate in the compilation... ..."

Hearing Bu Zixia's words, Qingji couldn't help frowning.

Bu Zixia asked for two thousand scholars, which is not ordinary.

However, Qingji still respects Bu Zixia's opinion.

"Zi Xia, do you have any requirements for the scholars who participated in the compilation of the "Ben Wen Da Dian"?"

"Not much to ask for."

Bu Zixia said with a smile: "Most of them can read and write, they just need to be competent for the work of copying reputations."

"good."

Qingji thought it was no longer a problem.

After all, although Wu Guo's talent pool is already lacking, it's only relatively speaking.

There are still many scholars in the county school, county school, and rural school, who can be called up by Qingji.

……

The time has entered the 45th year of Wu Shihuang, that is, 469 BC, at the end of November in the lunar calendar.

Da Wu's "Yi Wen Ling" and "Yi Fu Ling" have been tried out in Lu State (Lydia).

Today, Lydians wearing Wu costumes, wooden crowns, or cloth belts can be seen everywhere on the streets.

Some of them were blond and some had black hair and black eyes. Now, without exception, they all wore the same style of clothes and tied up their hair, instead of wearing robes and disheveled hair as before.

But anyone who disobeyed the edict was stripped naked and paraded through the streets.

Those who violated it three times were directly beheaded.

Such a cruel decree caused the Lydians to obey, at least on the surface, they still obeyed.

In desperation, the Lydians exchanged the original coins for five baht from Wu, and then spent a few hundred more on a Wu suit...

Since Great Wu promoted Wuhua and forced them to speak Wu dialect and write Wu characters, government schools had been set up in various places, and Lydia people had to go to government schools to listen to lectures and learn Wu characters and Wu dialects.

They can still bear these things.

However, what the Wu army did next made the Lydians completely intolerable.

Lydia was once a powerful country, established around 1300 BC, and at its peak conquered the Thracians, Carians, Phrygians and Pavlagonians who had migrated to Asia.

Although the Lydians once had a plan to conquer the islands of the Aegean Sea across the sea, they finally chose to give up because of their lack of naval foundation.

It was not until 546 BC that the Kingdom of Lydia was destroyed by the Persians and became a vassal of the Achaemenid Dynasty.

However, a country that has existed for more than 700 years will not be easily destroyed.

Great Wu forcibly promoted Wuhua, arrested scholars who opposed him, and after retaining the backup books to meet Great Wu's native land, he burned all kinds of books of the Lydians and destroyed the historical relics of Lydian civilization .

All this finally made the Lydians unbearable, and they chose to rise up.

The rebels quickly captured Sardis, the capital of the State of Lu, and King Lu Wu Xiao was defeated. He hurriedly led his troops to flee to Cappadocia, and asked Wu Zhang, King of Liao, who was stationed there, to help him suppress the Lydians. rebellion.

At this time, in Wu Jun's central army tent, Wu Zhang saw his half-brother Wu Xiao in such a distressed state, he couldn't help shaking his head and said, "Brother 27, it's not that the widows are talking about you."

"Father gave you 6 horsemen and your family members. At any rate, there are [-] or [-] people. How could the capital be captured by mere Lydians?"

Hearing this, Wu Xiao said in embarrassment: "Brother Wang, you don't know something."

"The 4000 horsemen brought by the widow are scattered in various cities of Lu State. There are only three to [-] people in hand. Most of the rest are locals recruited in Lu State. Who knows that they suddenly became angry..."

"The incident happened in a hurry, and the widow can't care so much."

Facing Wu Xiao's remarks, Wu Zhang was deeply speechless.

"27th brother, King Lu! You made a fatal mistake."

"Now you have not only entrapped the widow, but also all the Wu people stranded in the city of Sardis. What do you want the widow to say about you?"