Although he said he was making a mountain out of a molehill, he was very happy in his heart.
Jiang Pengji said, "According to what you said, none of the scholars who entered the Jinling Pavilion dared to scold me?"
"Humans have a face, and trees have a bark. Not everyone is as shameless as those people," Feng Zhen said with a sinister smile. "The scholars of the world have received favors from our lord, so it's naturally inconvenient for them to reprimand you. As long as you don't do anything that infuriates the heavens and the people, your reputation should be fine. "
She established the Jinling Pavilion and gave favors to the scholars in the world. As long as the scholars still had some dignity, they would not easily fall out with Jiang Pengji.
Jiang Pengji pinched her chin. She felt that Feng Zhen's words made sense.
"Since I'm doing you a favor, I'll do it to the end."
Feng Zhen was surprised. "What idea did my lord come up with this time?"
Jiang Pengji took out a booklet from her sleeve. Feng Zhen took it and looked at it. The four words "Da Xia's Rhyming Book" were written neatly on the cover.
Feng Zhen smiled bitterly after reading it. "I'm already in my thirties. Why would I still need to read Da Xia Yun? Keep it for yourself, my lord. "
The so-called "Da Xia Rhyme Book" was basically the ancient version of pinyin, similar to the "Qieyun" and "Guangyun" that the livestream viewers were familiar with.
The creator of Great Xia Rhyme was Prime Minister Huangfu of the previous dynasty.
The phonetic transcription of the 《Great Xia Rhyming Book》 was divided into two types: Straight Phonetic and Reverse Cut. Straight Phonetic was to use homophones to transcribe the phonetic of a word, while Reverse Cut was to use two commonly used words to transcribe the phonetic of a word. For example, the direct pronunciation of "Kang" is the transcription of "Kang", and the reverse is "Ke" and "Ang".
Thanks to this' Book of Rhymes of the Great Xia Dynasty ', after the Great Xia Dynasty split up, the official language of the five countries became the same.
Otherwise, there would be different dialects in the world, and it would be impossible for them to communicate properly!
Children had to memorize the initial consonants and final consonants in the Da Xia Rhyming Book for the sake of learning in the future.
However, the scarier part was that there were 49 initial consonants and 181 final consonants in Da Xia Rhyming Book!
Before Meng Tong's enlightenment, he had to memorize 230 common words.
In layman's terms, before teaching a person how to read, the person must have a certain level of literacy.
He had to memorize 230 commonly used words in Great Xia Rhyming Book before he could use these words to mark the pronunciations of other words.
Children's enlightenment was slow, and it was difficult for the common people to develop their wisdom. The difficulty of phonetic transcription was also a huge obstacle.
Jiang Pengji said, "You'll know once you open it."
Feng Zhen was suspicious. He lifted his hand and opened the book. He discovered that the title page also had the words "Da Xia Dynasty's Rhyming Book" written on it. There were also strange symbols beside each word.
He was puzzled and raised his head to look at Jiang Pengji's face. He realized that she was looking at him with a face full of expectation.
Feng Zhenan suppressed his emotions and flipped through a few more pages.
It was filled with familiar words, but there were tiny symbols around each word.
He was puzzled. Could it be that the secret lied in these symbols?
Feng Zhen thought about it and began to carefully search for the similarities between these symbols. Indeed, he really did find some patterns.
The more he searched, the more frightened Feng Zhen became.
It was rare for Langzi to put his heart and soul into something, and the audience in the live broadcast room was also writing at a great speed.
Why?
They all knew that Jiang Pengji came from the interstellar world of the future, but she had never spoken a word of her hometown. She didn't even write the word "hometown."
How could he miss out on such a rare opportunity?
This was a good opportunity to study the language of the future!
Jiang Pengji saw that Feng Zhen had followed suit and drawn the symbols. She smiled and squinted her eyes. She knew that he had figured out the trick.
She said, "A few days ago, you told me that Feng Yi complained that Meng Tong of the Golden Scale Academy was tormented by the Da Xia Dynasty's Rhyming Book?"
Feng Zhen vaguely guessed something. He secretly clenched his fists and suppressed the surging emotions in his heart.
"It's true."
"So I went back and found a copy of the Da Xia Dynasty's Rhyming Book. After studying it carefully, I discovered a big secret." Jiang Pengji smiled and squinted her eyes. She suddenly asked an irrelevant question, "You also know about the symbols that Mr. Cheng Cheng researched, right?"
Feng Zhen said, "Of course I know."
Because of the symbols, the celebrities gathered in Wanzhou were in a heated argument. Everyone had their own opinions on the matter of the symbols. The scene was like Shuraba.
Jiang Pengji said, "I was inspired by this. I was thinking, can I also use different symbols to represent different pronunciations?"
In her world, there was such a thing as Pinyin. The symbols used were completely different from what the audience in the live broadcast room knew.
Jiang Pengji didn't use the symbols given by the audience. Instead, she chose the interstellar language that she was familiar with.
"The Da Xia Dynasty's Rhyming Book is indeed good, but the threshold is too high. The mechanism is also complicated. It's extremely difficult for ordinary people to get started. If we use these symbols to mark the pronunciations, it'll be much easier. Children only need to remember a few dozen symbols to be able to practice Pinyin. "
Feng Zhen had a guess in his heart, but when he got Jiang Pengji's confirmation, he still couldn't believe his ears.
The obviously complicated Da Xia Dynasty's Rhyming Book could be simplified to this extent?
"Really … any word can be spelled out?"
"Won't you know if you try?"
Feng Zhen didn't believe it. He randomly took out two books, picked a few dozen words, and compared them with the symbols he'd sorted out.
After testing it out, it was indeed correct!
He blinked his eyes in disbelief. If this simple method of phonetic transcription could be popularized on a large scale, it would save a lot of time and energy!
It would also lower the threshold for people to study and give more people from poor families the hope of studying.
"I plan to personally go back to Wanzhou," Jiang Pengji said to Feng Zhen. Jiang Pengji said to Feng Zhen, "This brand-new Rhyming Book will be tested in the Jin Lin Academy for now to see how it works. If there are no problems, I plan to popularize these phonetic symbols in my own territory. "
Feng Zhen spent a lot of effort to force himself to calm down.
"My lord …"
Jiang Pengji said, "It's a long road to enlighten the people. The people can't read a word, but if they put their minds to it, they can memorize it in less than three days. When the time comes, the government will issue an order. One will be written in normal words, and the other will be marked with symbols. The people can use the phonetic symbols they've memorized to spell out the words one by one. Think about it, if that's the case, how much effort can the government save? "
The low literacy rate of the people indirectly affected the efficiency of the government's issuing of government orders.
Because they couldn't read, they didn't know what the government had issued.
Their eyes were blank, and they couldn't understand anything.
If they could spell out the words themselves, they would know what was written on the notice.
Even if they couldn't read the words, they could read them out.
Feng Zhen felt his mouth go dry. He stared at his lord blankly.
He didn't look like he was looking at his lord, but like he was looking at a god!
Seeing that Feng Zhen didn't respond, Jiang Pengji threw the Rhyming Book of Da Xia and said angrily, "Do you agree or not?"
Feng Zhen was stunned. How could he not agree to such a good thing?
Besides, the lord was the lord. She was the one who made the decisions. Why was she asking him?
Feng Zhen said, "Everything is up to you, my lord. Zhen … I'm willing to be at your beck and call, even if I have to die a thousand times!"
Jiang Pengji said, "Alright, let's agree. The affairs of Wanzhou are all in your hands."
Feng Zhen heard clearly what Jiang Pengji said and broke out in a cold sweat.
"Huh?"
Jiang Pengji said, "Didn't I say before that I want to go back to Wanzhou? I asked you if you agreed. You said that I would make the decision."
Feng Zhen looked at the government office filled with bamboo slips in a daze, then looked at his lord who was smiling brightly.
My life is over!
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