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2226 Chapter 2231
"My lady has a solution?" Xiao Zetian looked at Su Li expectantly.

"Tsk, there is a way, but I have to tell you that there are conditions!" Su Li smiled slyly, "I'm not in my position, I don't seek a job. As for Queen Qin, she is just a woman in charge of the harem. It’s not right, I want you to make me a female minister, so that I can help you govern the country.”

"Female look?" Xiao Zetian smiled, "Want to be an official?"

"Yes, it's the female prime minister! With Master Su Yu's reputation and talent, it's more than enough to be a prime minister!" Su Li raised his eyebrows proudly.

Xiao Zetian nodded immediately: "Yes, yes, what the lady said is right, with the talent of a lady, it is possible to be a king!"

Su Li giggled and thumped Xiao Zetian's chest: "You will be the king, I don't want it, I just want to be a lady."

"Okay, Prime Minister of the Lonely King! Tomorrow, when we go to court, we will formally appoint our female prime minister." Xiao Zetian smiled and saluted Su Li. The couple laughed together. Su Li took out a booklet from his arms and put it on Xiao Zetian. In front of him, he said: "If you want the country to be strong, you must develop the wisdom of the people. If you want to enlighten the wisdom of the people, you need to study."

Xiao Zetian opened the booklet given by Su Li, and saw "Handbook for Elimination of Illiteracy" written in two fonts.

One of the fonts is a traditional Chinese character that Xiao Zetian often recognizes, and the other looks like it lacks arms and legs, and has very few strokes.

"This is the "Literacy Handbook" of common characters I compiled to eliminate illiteracy and promote simplified characters." Su Li opened the book and explained: "Your Majesty, don't you think the characters we use now have too many strokes and are too similar Is it complicated, is it not good for learning? I simplified all the fonts and changed them into simple ones. This "Literacy Handbook" contains [-] characters that are usually common, and it is mainly for learning simplified characters. Traditional characters only need to be recognized. It is required to be able to write. After studying this "Literacy Handbook", you can achieve reading barrier-free."

It was the first time for Xiao Zetian to see this simplified character, and he found it very interesting, so he flipped through it carefully, and said: "This simplified character is very interesting, the strokes are much less, and it is very similar to the traditional character. It is not difficult to learn the two characters together. .”

"Well, traditional characters are too difficult, which is not conducive to the promotion of the whole people. In addition, in the school I plan to build in the future, all learn simplified characters and vernacular Chinese." Su Li said.

"Oh, what is this vernacular?" Xiao Zetian heard the new term for the first time.

"The vernacular is a more colloquial way of expression. In the future, students will not focus on learning anything, but will use colloquial expressions. Even rural women and children can understand what they write. This is conducive to cultural development. Popularization and promotion, not just elite education for a few, is conducive to generally improving the cultural level of the whole people." Su Li explained.

Then Su Li sighed and smiled: "In fact, there are many illiterates in the southeast region, and the people's wisdom is not yet developed, which is also good. If my set of simplified characters and vernacular Chinese is promoted in a place where the culture of the Central Plains is prosperous, it is bound to encounter resistance from many old scholars. But here is different, there are not even a few scholars here, everyone is a blank sheet of paper, what you teach them is what they are, and no one will jump out to obstruct it. So the people in this place are not civilized, it is not all a bad thing, at least In this case, it’s a good thing.”

Xiao Zetian thought for a while, and said: "No one understands education better than Mrs. Su Yu, the dean of the two colleges. Since my wife thinks this will affect the future of Qin, then I will do it according to my wife's wishes. I will fully support it for my husband. I'm curious, I don't know how the Qin Dynasty will develop in your hands when the lady becomes a female figure."

(End of this chapter)