Wanli 1592

Chapter 988 phonetic notation

Since the Nanyang Incident and Cardinal Alexander's departure from Burma, Matteo Ricci has become much quieter.

He no longer dragged him to preach when he saw someone like before, but stayed quietly to translate some western books for him according to Xiao Ruxun's request.

Matteo Ricci hopes that this will impress Xiao Ruxun, let him see that he is still very useful, gain his trust, and then restart his missionary plan.

As a result, before he could finish his efforts, Xiao Ruxun left and went to the Central Plains, and then came back briefly, and then mobilized the whole of Myanmar to gather a hundred thousand troops to fight.

Matteo Ricci was in cold sweat on his forehead.

Is Xiao Ruxun trying to rebel against his emperor?

Is it to create opposition?This is rebellion, right?
Matteo Ricci felt that it seemed impossible to use a separate territory to fight against the entire powerful central government. Xiao Ruxun's death was doomed, he would die, Myanmar would be destroyed, and the meaning of his continued stay was not Also gone?

In the end, before he could make up his mind to leave Myanmar, news of Xiao Ruxun's success came back.

He succeeded in the rebellion, successfully defeated the central government and entered the capital, and even established a new government to rule the huge China!
This is simply an incredible miracle.

He was shocked for a long time, and when he regained his sanity after the shock, an imperial order brought him a huge surprise.

The Great Qin Emperor Xiao Ruxun summoned Matteo Ricci, a missionary from Taixi, and asked him to go to Beijing to meet the emperor.

Ricci rekindled the flame of hope in his heart.

This enlightened general, who has a strong interest in science, is even willing to hire the Portuguese to produce guns and artillery for him, and is willing to invest a lot of manpower and material resources to improve people's livelihood, is now the emperor.

Will China be as open as Myanmar?

It would be a huge stimulus for the whole of Europe if it could.

Matteo Ricci arrived in Beijing with great excitement and met Xiao Ruxun who had been away for a long time.

Xiao Ruxun didn't talk about old feelings with him, but told him directly that he wanted him to learn Chinese characters.

Without any hesitation, Matteo Ricci immediately revealed his own way of learning Chinese characters and the way he passed on to other missionaries, that is, using the alphabet of their hometown as a phonetic learning method for Chinese characters.

There is no doubt that Matteo Ricci is a learning genius. Da Ming and Xu Guangqi failed to make good use of Matteo Ricci, leaving endless regrets to history. This time, Xiao Ruxun will not let go of this opportunity. Matteo Ricci did something he always wanted to do.

Matteo Ricci's learning ability and memory ability have always been talked about by people. If such a talent is not used to contribute to education reform, Xiao Ruxun himself will not let him go.

From Matteo Ricci's point of view, if Xiao Ruxun can be useful when Xiao Ruxun needs it, then one day he will be able to gain Xiao Ruxun's trust and the qualification to preach.

You know, Xiao Ruxun is now the emperor, and in China, the emperor can do anything.

At least according to Matteo Ricci's experience over the years, the authority of the Chinese emperor far exceeds that of the monarchs of European countries.

The monarchs of those countries cannot be mentioned in front of the Chinese emperors. The Chinese emperors are called the Son of Heaven, who exercises power on behalf of the heavens and is the son of the heavens. However, the European monarchs have a god on their heads, and they are the believers of the gods.

European aristocrats have their own territory, and the monarch can’t just dictate. Although there are aristocrats in China, the land in China belongs to the emperor, and everything belongs to the emperor. They can only receive the corresponding salary, but they cannot control the piece of land. and the people of the land.

This is unimaginable in Europe, but it actually exists in China.

From this point alone, Matteo Ricci can affirm that the power of the Chinese emperor far exceeds that of the European monarchs.

Of course the same is true.

Therefore, if he can get Xiao Ruxun's trust and permission, he can spread his religion and achieve his ideals in any piece of land in China.

Therefore, he tried his best to please Xiao Ruxun even more than before.

In front of officials from the Ministry of Education, Matteo Ricci explained in detail the pronunciation of some letters in his hometown, and then explained some pronunciation annotations of his official dialect for this season.

After Zhu Yuanzhang established his capital in Nanjing, he adopted Nanjing Mandarin as the official language used throughout the country. The Mandarin of this season sounds somewhat similar to the modern dialects of Jiangsu and Zhejiang and Hokkien, and influenced China until the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China.

Later, Emperor Yongzheng determined that Beijing Mandarin was the correct pronunciation of the country. Beijing Mandarin was a fusion of Beijing dialect and Nanjing dialect plus some transliterated Manchu. On this basis, modern Mandarin was formed. However, throughout the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Nanjing Mandarin had quite important position.

Xiao Ruxun didn't need to change the pronunciation of the national Mandarin at this time, so he asked Matteo Ricci to submit his plan to the officials of the Ministry of Education for review, and let the officials mark it based on their understanding of Nanjing Mandarin and the pronunciation of Latin characters.

Everyone did it, and sent consultations to some well-educated people in the imperial court, asking them to participate together, and then discussing their respective plans to determine the most formal pronunciation plan.

Matteo Ricci will play an irreplaceable role in it.

After the plan is confirmed, a group of Mongolian children will be recruited to do a teaching experiment, and then relevant talents will be trained to gradually promote the new literacy plan to the whole country.

Teach them to recognize the pronunciation of Latin letters, memorize this pronunciation, and then learn Chinese characters and Nanjing Mandarin by comparing the pronunciation. In this way, children can be exposed to Nanjing Mandarin from an early age. Unite.

This plan has aroused considerable controversy in the court. Some people think it is very interesting and can be tried. Some people think that this requires a longer-term plan, and some people are opposed to it. Doing phonetic notation of our Chinese characters is tarnishing the things handed down from our ancestors.

They dare not argue about political issues, but when it comes to this kind of cultural transmission, some people start to move.

For this reason, Xiao Ruxun specially held a court meeting and expounded his views at the court meeting.

"It cannot be said that Xiyi's products are necessarily bad, but our products must be good. In fact, we are indeed inferior to Xiyi in many places, and even places we have not set foot in, Xiyi has already begun to set foot in.

In the pre-Qin period, we did not have strong cavalry, so it was very difficult to deal with the Xiongnu. Later, Zhao Wuling King Hufu rode and shot, enhanced the combat effectiveness of the Central Plains army, and defeated the Huns. This is also learning from the barbarians. Zhao Wuling still has such courage. We no?

Let’s not talk about it, let’s say that the bird guns and Fran machine guns we use now are all made by the Fran robots. The Fran robot warships are big and strong, and can carry more artillery. Let’s I have it too, but it is obviously not as good as others, but so what?

Now the quality of our bird guns and Fran machine guns is no longer inferior to that of Xiyi. The quality of the new flintlock guns is also amazing. The new warships can carry fifty or sixty cannons. The machine sailors occupied Luzon.

Regardless of whether it is from Xiyi or not, as long as it is beneficial, we should take it and learn it. After learning it, we will become our own and continue to develop. Sooner or later, we will do better than Xiyi, so what's wrong with that?
Don't always stick to one place and one thing, open your eyes to see the world, see this vast world, there are many things we have never been in contact with, we have to understand, touch, understand, and learn one by one , Xiao Gui Cao Sui, who is self-proclaimed, has long been unable to adapt to today's world. "

(End of this chapter)