All the officials in the main hall were dumbfounded.
If it wasn¡¯t surprising that Zhao Chen directly came up with a set of punctuation marks before, then this time he directly came up with a simplification of the entire text, which is simply shocking!
Kong Yingda was already sluggish. He was a great scholar, came from the Confucius family, and was a teacher of the prince. Naturally, he knew how difficult it was to simplify Chinese characters, because writing a Chinese character in this way was established by convention over a long period of time, stroke by stroke. Changes in the word are likely to affect the understanding of this word.
But now Zhao Chen said, he simply simplified it?
Li Shimin was also a little curious: "Mr. Zhao, please bring it up quickly and let me take a look."
This memorial was handed over directly, and Zhao Chen said calmly: "Your Majesty, these are some of the Chinese characters that have been simplified so far. The complete simplified Chinese characters have been placed in the Zhao Manor, and people can pick them up directly."
And when Li Shimin opened the memorial, he only saw the same word written on the left and right sides.
The one on the left is Ti and the one on the right is Ti. Both of them are the same Ti character.
There are other simplifications. For example, the capital one is one. All the simplifications and traditional Chinese characters correspond to each other.
After reading it, Li Shimin was also shocked: "So the font can be so simplified?"
The simplification of these Chinese characters really surprised him. These simplified characters looked very similar to the traditional characters, and they were just right. Without several years of careful study and simplification, it would have been impossible to do it.
The ministers in the hall all looked at Li Shimin, and Li Shimin breathed a long sigh of relief: "Mr. Zhao, I now understand your Datang literacy plan. If you promote this simplified Chinese character, it will be much easier."
The other ministers in the hall had increasingly curious expressions on their faces. Li Shimin also understood them and waved his hand directly, and the eunuch took the memorial down for circulation.
When Kong Yingda and the others saw the simplified Chinese characters on the memorial, their eyes widened, and the entire hall was buzzing with discussion.
"How is this possible? How can this word be so simplified?"
"If the words are simplified like this, the difficulty will be greatly reduced."
Kong Yingda also looked at it with a shocked look on his face, then raised his head to look at Zhao Chen, who was not far away.
Is this really what the consort came up with?
This merit is truly comparable to that of a saint!
Kong Yingda knows very well that if this simplified Chinese character is promoted nationwide, the literacy rate of Datang will be greatly improved.
Kong Yingda was right. These simplified Chinese characters were simplified after the founding of the People's Republic of China in order to carry out nationwide literacy campaigns. Therefore, the difficulty of learning simplified characters was greatly reduced.
These simplifications of Chinese characters are the best simplifications that many scholars have brainstormed and discussed.
But at this time, some courtiers objected and said: "Your Majesty, this simplified font does not have much beauty at all. In terms of beauty, it is not as good as the original font."
Zhao Chen smiled: "What's so difficult about this? The original font can be retained, such as in calligraphy exhibitions, and the simplified Chinese characters can also be used universally. This is not a contradiction."
After finishing speaking, Zhao Chen looked at the original minister again and asked with a smile: "Now I have solved your second question. If you add simplified Chinese characters and punctuation marks, the learning difficulty will plummet. Can you Learn Chinese characters?¡±
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The minister was speechless, but he still argued: "It's still difficult. Don't forget to pronounce it, Prince Consort. There are different pronunciations for ten miles, and the pronunciation of the same word is extremely different. Have you considered this, Prince Consort?"
As soon as these words came out, the other ministers also nodded. Yes, this is also a big problem. What Chang'an said here is completely different from what it said in Jiangnan.
Zhao Chen folded his fan and said, "That's a good question, but I'm ready."
Originally, the minister was a little proud when he asked this question in a hurry, but when he heard Zhao Chen say this, his eyes almost bulged out: "Is this all ready?"
"Of course, otherwise, what would I do if I came to court?"
Zhao Chen said with a smile, that minister felt like he had seen a ghost.
The other ministers next to him also acted as if they had seen a ghost. Those ministers who had previously opposed were all speechless.
Kong Yingda couldn't help but said: "Consort, what else have you come up with? Stop showing off."
Zhao Chen laughed: "Simple, since there are different pronunciations in ten miles, can't we just change them to the same sound?"
Some ministers said: "Damn, this is a big mistake. If only one language is preserved, what will happen to the other languages? What's more, it is very uncomfortable to force local people to speak the language of other places, and the resistance is unimaginable. "
Zhao Chen said leisurely: "I didn't say that I would remove all languages, but add one more, Mandarin."
mandarin?
All the ministers were stunned, and Zhao Chen said: "Add an official language, and then promote it to all parts of the country. From now on, you can use Mandarin to communicate when you go out, and use dialects when communicating with locals. Isn't this a perfect solution? And for Mandarin, I have prepared Here¡¯s the initial consonant list.¡±
Seeing Zhao Chen take out the form again, all the courtiers around him began to twitch. Why do they always feel like the prince-in-law has taken everything into consideration?
Even this time, they were a little numb. Although they didn¡¯t know what the initial consonant list was, it should be similar to the previous punctuation marks, and it was also a small way to assist in learning Chinese characters.
Even the first minister was completely stupid. How come these problems were not a problem at all in front of the prince-in-law?
Zhao Chen continued: "Your Majesty, to promote the literacy program of the Tang Dynasty, it needs to be matched with nine-year compulsory education. Government-run schools should be opened in every city and even county for children to learn, instead of relying solely on aristocratic families. By establishing private schools and hiring teachers, more children can learn knowledge, and literacy in the Tang Dynasty can be started from childhood."
Li Shimin¡¯s eyes lit up, this is a good idea.
And the expressions of those officials from the aristocratic families changed wildly. Zhao Chen¡¯s proposal was digging into the roots of the aristocratic families!
Originally, the most important local power of aristocratic families was the control of education, but now the method proposed by Zhao Chen is equivalent to directly cutting off the educational rights of aristocratic families.
The other children from poor families who are not from aristocratic families can still go to school, and they enter government-run schools.
If this continues, their local credibility and prestige will decline sharply.
So cruel!
Fang Xuanling also secretly praised in her heart that Mr. Zhao's move should be the cultural move he mentioned for the first time, targeting the aristocratic family.
And Zhao Chen continued: "After the school is opened, the teaching materials students learn can be re-edited. In addition to the subset of classics and history they have learned before, they can also learn more new knowledge, such as physics, chemistry, and the most important Of, politics." (Remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com