After being bound to the learning system in my mother's womb, I became the empress

Chapter 376 Dayong Dictionary
The Qisheng Taoist priest gave a semblance of a performance, but no, after the practice, the sun was still blazing in the sky, the sky was clear, and there was no sign of rain.

After waiting for another long time, the sky still did not change color, and not a drop of rain fell.

Everyone whispered.

Wei Shengjing stood up and said: "Taoist Master, didn't you swear in front of His Majesty yesterday that you could pray for rain? What's the result? Where's the rain?"

Before Master Qisheng could speak, he raised his hands to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, Master Qisheng has committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. You must not forgive him lightly!"

Immediately afterwards, some people came forward to support Microshengjing.

These people are not necessarily on the side of Wei Shengjing, but they are dissatisfied with the Master Qisheng and want to use this opportunity to get rid of him.

The Taoist priest Qisheng accurately predicted future disasters several times, but after all, he offended the interests of some people.

Of course, there are also people who are simply afraid of Taoist priests, fearing that the emperor will trust him too much and will follow the old path of the previous emperors who practiced Taoism and refined elixirs, and neglected government affairs.

The emperor looked at the Taoist priest who was there and asked, "What do you say, Master?"

Priest Qi Sheng glanced at Wei Sheng Jing and said, "My lords, I am too impatient. I am praying for rain on Canglan Dao. How could this rain fall on Jiangnan Dao?"

Everyone: "..." What he said seems to make sense.

The Taoist Qisheng said: "Pindao has successfully prayed for rain. In a few days, news will come from Canglan Road."

A few days later, news came from Canglan Road.

On the day when Qisheng Taoist priest opened the altar to pray for rain, it rained in Zhuozhou!
Although it only rained for a quarter of an hour, it greatly alleviated the drought.

Following Zhuozhou, it also rained in Yan, You and Ji.

The continuous rains falling in various places indicate the end of the drought.

However, the impact of the drought is far from over.

In the imperial study, the emperor summoned several important ministers including King Rui, Right Prime Minister Lin Jian, and Secretary of Household Affairs Zheng Juncai to discuss the state affairs.

King Rui said: "The drought in Canglan Road can be solved so smoothly this time, thanks to your majesty's wisdom and strategizing. I would like to thank your majesty on behalf of the people under your rule."

He said and bowed deeply.

Emperor: "Brothers, you and I don't have to say these polite and complimentary words."

He walked to the large map with his hands behind his back, and his eyes fell on the northwest part of the map, with a worried look on his face.

“Although the drought in Canglan Road was barely overcome this time, the problem of water shortage for local people has still not been solved.

"I remember that there was a drought on Canglan Road in the third year of Jingyu, and it was accompanied by a locust plague. Just a few years ago, another drought happened.

"If this problem is not completely solved, it may happen again in the future."

The emperor turned around and asked, "Do you have any idea how to avoid this problem permanently?"

No one spoke for a while.

The water shortage on Canglan Road is due to the dry climate and lack of rainfall.

The climate is determined by God, how can it be changed by manpower?
Unless the people are moved away, what else can be done to solve the problem?

At this moment, Jiang Hai, the chamberlain's chief chamberlain, came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Xiling, a scholar from the Literature Museum, wants to see you."

The emperor's expression changed, and he directly issued the summons without letting the important ministers in the study retreat.

Lin Xi entered with the servant, followed by two people, Ji Heng and Hua Rui.

The two leaders of her book editing team.

It has been nearly a year since the Bachelor of Literature examination ended last year.

After returning to the academy, Lin Xi divided the 24 bachelors, including herself, into two groups.

One group is responsible for compiling the book, and the group leader is Ji Heng.

Another group is responsible for compiling history, and the group leader is Hua Rui.

A year later, their book revision has been quite fruitful. This time, she is here to report the progress to the emperor.

They need to let their bosses know that they are doing something, rather than just living with their salary.

"Daughter of the people, please see your majesty." Lin Xi saluted the emperor, and Ji Heng and Hua Rui behind him also bowed in obeisance.

The emperor stepped forward and gave him a weak hand, "Three bachelors, please get down quickly."

Lin Xi straightened up and said straight to the point: "The daughter of the people came here this time to report two things to His Majesty."

Emperor: "Oh? Which two things?"

Lin Xi: "The first thing is to report to Your Majesty the progress of the 24 bachelors of the Literature Museum in writing books and compiling history."

The emperor is interested.

Writing books and compiling history has always been time-consuming, at least three to five years.

It has only been a year, and Xiling has come to report the progress to him?

Did it really produce results, or was it just a false report of progress to win praise?

Lin Xi: “In the past year, Minnu, led by the other 23 bachelors, has written two books.

"One is the Dayong Dictionary, which collects all the current words of Dayong, uses alphabetical pinyin to mark the pronunciation, and provides rich explanations for each one.

"With this book in hand, even children who have just entered school can read all the texts in the world."

The emperor was shocked when he heard this.

"What did you say? In just one year, you led people to compile a dictionary with all the words in the world?"

Zheng Juncai, Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs: "How is this possible?! Compiling a dictionary is such a difficult and complicated task? It may not be possible to complete it in ten years, let alone one year."

Everyone else also had expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Lin Xi: "As long as you are willing to do it, what is impossible in this world?"

As he spoke, he motioned to Ji Heng behind him to come forward.

"This is Mr. Ji. The book box he is holding contains the Dayong Dictionary. Your Majesty and all your lords can take a look."

Unable to wait for Jiang Hai to bring the book box up, the emperor stepped forward, took it from Ji Heng's hand, and opened it.

A fresh scent of ink hits your nostrils.

The emperor carefully took out the book inside.

This dictionary is much thicker than an ordinary book, as thick as two bricks stacked together.

It feels quite weighty in the hand.

But it was the weight of this pressing hand that made him feel more at ease and more convinced that Xiling was not telling lies.

The book cover is green and smooth to the touch, with the four characters "Dayong Dictionary" clearly written on it.

Turning it over, the paper was light yellow, with many small regular scripts clearly printed on it.

Lin Jian and others came over to take a look.

A group of grown men gathered around this small book, filled with disbelief. From time to time they would gasp or exclaim.

Many questions were also raised.

"Huh? Why are the words on it arranged horizontally from left to right? It looks strange."

"What's the pinyin? What's the radical?"

"Why are there some tadpole-like symbols between these words?"

……

Ji Heng stepped forward to answer everyone's questions one by one.

Like them, he had many unclear points at first, but after Dean Xiling's explanation, he understood the beauty of doing so.

"These tadpole-like symbols, called punctuation marks, are used to break sentences. With these punctuation marks, sentences can be better separated and ambiguities will not arise..."

(End of this chapter)