Once people had hope and were organized, their strength would be very great. Lu Zhou's people were like this now. They were used to following orders. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were in charge of planning. The two of them did not want to spend time to cultivate the independence of these people. It would not be good for the current construction.
Not to mention the current era, even in their time, there were also many people who didn't need to think about their own matters. As long as others took the lead, they would follow suit.
If the commoners really understood the true meaning behind everything they did, there would be no need for two people to do anything else. The current situation was not bad. The commoners gathered together to work and eat together. Those who had children at home also sent their children to school.
The teacher that Old Man Pi found had not come yet. He would not leave until after the 15th. Now, the children were learning Chinese Pinyin. This thing was very useful. In fact, there were things to teach pronunciation, but these things needed to be replaced with Chinese characters.
In order to know how to pronounce a Chinese character, one needed to know other Chinese characters. In this way, one would know what the Chinese character was if they used that Chinese character to spell it. This was really frustrating. If the Chinese character that was used as Pinyin was difficult to spell, they would have to find out how to pronounce it.
There were only 26 letters in Pinyin. As long as one remembered the rules, it would be fine. Of course, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had put a lot of effort into this Pinyin. After all, the two of them could speak many dialects. However, it was very difficult to get the correct pronunciation.
The two of them could only use Er Ya's book to compare and mark the Chinese characters one by one. This was not a small project. When Li Xun saw these things, he became interested again. He pulled Zhang Xiaobao and said, "Xiao Bao, this thing is good. Hurry up, get all the words we can see. I will learn this in the future.
Xiao Bao, if you really get these things, your family will make a great contribution. Hurry up, hurry up. It's best if you can get a book like Er Ya's. Then, you can check whatever words you want. There will be pronunciations, explanations, and some allusions. "
Li Xun immediately found the use of this Pinyin. It was really convenient. As long as one memorized the 26 special words and mastered the rules, it would be fine. The masters of the Zhang family were really extraordinary. They had such a good thing.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were still comparing the Pinyin given by Er Ya. When they heard Li Xun's words, they stopped.
"Don't stop, write. I don't know how. When I learn it, I will help you. Hurry up, what is this?" As Li Xun spoke, she found something with a drawing on it. Needless to say, one look at the drawing and she knew it was done by Wang Juan.
"This is to learn the words by looking at pictures. We did it before, but it was not so comprehensive. Now that we have Pinyin, we can use this instead. Children need to cultivate their interests. Tell them stories, and then they will read the stories themselves. It's just right for them to learn the words by looking at the stories.
As for using this Pinyin to make a book of Er Ya's, please forgive us for not being able to do that. We don't have so much time to write a dictionary. No, what you are asking for is not just a dictionary. It's the same as Ci Hai. If we really want to make that thing, Cuckoo and I will not be able to do anything else in our lives. Whoever has the ability can do it. "
Zhang Xiaobao explained how to learn the words by looking at pictures and rejected Li Xun's proposal very straightforwardly. He and Wang Juan were not that great. There were so many civil officials in the imperial court. Let them do it. There was strength in numbers. It should be very fast to get hundreds of people to specially proofread this.
He and Wang Juan just wanted to make some simple teaching materials for the children to use first, and then let others do the work in the future. Besides Pinyin, the two decided that the next step was to do mathematics. They took out Arabic numerals and used them. In fact, there were some simple numerals here.
Usually, they were used for bookkeeping, but this was very irregular. Some bookkeeping was done by circle, while others were done by region. If one wanted to understand all of these bookkeeping in the Great Tang, one would have to learn many, many convenient bookkeeping methods of others.
How could this be? They had to be unified, especially the language. They had to use the official Er Ya's. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan decided to keep the local dialects and let these people learn 'Mandarin'. In the end, the language was not the most important. The most important thing was to be able to communicate and communicate smoothly.
Li Xun lowered his head and thought for a while. He gritted his teeth and said, "I have decided. I will not play these days. I will learn this Pinyin thing from the two of you. When I learn it, I will write to others and let them do it. I plan to sleep for four hours a day and use the rest of the time to learn. I will eat four or five meals a day. I will definitely not exceed two hours."
"Then you can learn it yourself. If you want to learn it, you can't let us sleep for four hours a day, right? We are still young. Lack of sleep will affect our health. "Wang Juan said discontentedly.
"Oh, then the two of you can sleep. I will go find a few smart people who followed me. When the time comes, we will learn it by ourselves." Li Xun just remembered that the two of them were involved. After saying this, he got up and left, ready to find someone to learn it with him.
When he walked out, the two of them realized that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan both knew this. Why couldn't they learn it separately? As long as they slept separately, there would always be someone to learn it with, right? He shook his head. It was better to find someone to do it according to the two of them. After all, the two of them called each other childhood sweethearts. They had to do things together.
After Li Xun left, Wang Juan looked at the picture book and thought for a while. She said to Zhang Xiaobao, "People nowadays don't seem to know so much about physiology and health. Should we teach it to them? Especially those young officials who don't know how to take care of their bodies."
"There are some here, right? Those pornographic pictures and women before they get married are always told what to do by their families. If you make it into a proper book, I think it will be easy to be attacked by others. "Zhang Xiaobao said.
"Nowadays, those postures are just pictures. It's not systematic at all. For example, why can't physiology work? Some people still use sticks and bamboo pieces to go to the toilet. Our family uses paper, but many people still do the same. There are so many people in the toilet using the same bamboo piece. Do you think it'll spread germs?"
Wang Juan was a little disgusted when she talked about this. Zhang Xiaobao could still bear it. He thought for a while and said, "Then don't talk about physiology and health. Just talk about hygiene. We don't have to do it ourselves. Let those people in the hospital do it. As long as someone goes to see a doctor, let the doctor tell them how to pay attention to hygiene.
As for the paper, it needs to be improved. We don't need good paper. When the time comes, we can use lime to sterilize it. That's a problem. No wonder children nowadays die so easily. In fact, they just don't pay attention to certain aspects. Change has to be done slowly. "
"Yes, not only children, but also adults. Some people pay attention to hygiene. It makes sense. If they don't even have a good life, who has time to pay attention to those things? Only the rich can think about it. Let's write down this matter first. We'll think about it after we finish a small book of pinyin. This time, let's organize 500 words. We can't afford to tire ourselves out with more."
Wang Juan felt that just when they were about to do one thing, a new thing came up. It seemed that they would never be able to rest. In fact, she understood that it was not that she and Zhang Xiaobao couldn't rest, but that they didn't want to use so much knowledge that they didn't want to get. That would be a loss.
Zhang Xiaobao rubbed his eyes and wrists. He said, "Yes, it's tiring. But since we can contribute to this era, we have to work hard to do it. Whether it's to promote the course of history or to reflect the self-worth of life, we're here once. If we don't do something, we'll be sorry for ourselves.
In the future, we'll find more people to help us. There are so many people in the Inner Courtyard. I don't want to tire myself to death. I want to live for a few more years and see my ideas recognized and learned by others. I want to see the birth of a strong motherland. "
Wang Juan took a deep breath. She was moved by Zhang Xiaobao's words. People lived their lives for this. Enjoying material things was more of a spiritual sustenance. If you had the opportunity to work hard but didn't work hard, that would be the biggest regret.
With the motivation, the two of them wrote faster. Wang Juan was more familiar with using a brush to pinyin the Chinese characters. Zhang Xiaobao was better than the average person, but it was still tiring for his wrists.
When the two of them came up with three hundred pinyin characters, Li Xun rushed over with a group of people who served him. They were more clever and could read at the same time.
"Listen to me. From today onwards, you have to learn well. Whoever learns the fastest and can teach others will be rewarded. If you don't learn well, wait to be whipped."
Li Xun was usually good to his servants. Today, for his great dream, he had to use some threatening means and at the same time, motivating them.
There were a total of six people who came with him. When they heard the Marquis's words, they nodded and said that they must learn well. If they could learn as much as they could, they could teach others.
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