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Chapter 136 The Book of Rhymes
Open schools, teach students, popularize knowledge, and break the monopoly of aristocratic families.

When Ji Chuan, Zhou Xu, and Liu Yi heard about Li Chongjiu's plan, their first reactions were all the same.

Zhou Xu stood up first, bowed to Li Chongjiu, and said: "The general's move is a blessing to my humble family. On behalf of the eight thousand people in Huaihuang Town, I am grateful for the general's move."

After Zhou Xu congratulated, Liu Yi also stood up and congratulated Li Chongjiu, but he didn't respond, as if he didn't care.

As for Himekawa humming twice, a natural sense of superiority flowed out.

"Ji Canjun, what do you think?"

After several months of work assessment, Ji Chuan has joined the army as the secretary of Yingyang Mansion.

Ji Chuan pondered for a while, then said: "Reporting to General Lang, I heard a story about a man who was hungry and happened to have a pond of fish in front of him. He refused to go into the water to catch the fish, but instead made a net by the lake. Two days later, When the net was finished, I starved to death by the pool.”
I didn't expect Himekawa to tell stories.What he meant was very clear. Li Chongjiu wanted to cultivate talents from poor families, and the cycle took too long. Just like the story, he starved to death before the fishing net was tied.

Ji Chuan said seriously: "If the general wants to recruit talents, he must get them from aristocratic families. If you cultivate poor families, it will take a long time and you will go far."

As soon as Ji Chuan finished speaking, Zhou Xu stood up angrily, and said: "It's nonsense, among the poor families, there are heroes. Back then, Emperor Wei Wu only promoted talents, and Cao Wei was there when he promoted the poor family. Don't you know that? "
Ji Chuan laughed twice, and said: "I didn't expect you to be so stupid and know one or two allusions. Let me tell you, Cao Mengde was just a temporary act, and his son still chooses people with the ninth rank of integrity?" ?”

Ji Chuan cupped his hands to Li Chongjiu, and said sternly, "My master said, the people can let them know, but they can't let them know. If you teach poor families to read, in the future the unruly people will be cunning, and they will definitely fight against the general. It will be difficult to govern at that time."

Hearing what Ji Chuan said, Zhou Xu was so angry that he couldn't speak, while Liu Yi sat far away, watching the fire from the other side.

Hearing what Ji Chuan said, Li Chongjiu couldn't help laughing: "I've heard another saying, that is, the people can let them know, and they can't let them know."

Ji Chuan was taken aback when he heard Li Chongjiu's words, obviously he had never heard such a sentence before, and said: "General Lang, this is a mistaken judgment."

Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "As the saying goes, if a sage says something, future generations will understand it. I am not arguing about the meaning of the scriptures. The reason why I established the Mongolian Museum was not to replace the aristocratic family with a poor family. Such a lofty goal is only because my daughter grows up. It’s over, and several classmates are required to study together.”

"At the same time, the officers and men don't know how to read or write, so they will be restricted in their promotion in the future. Now these people are brigade leaders, and they can be upright. If they are promoted to captains and generals, don't they understand military orders as well?"

Himekawa nodded immediately.
Li Chongjiu thought about it for a while, and said to Zhou Xu: "Now the county is learning pronunciation and literacy, is it Fanqi Zhuyin?"

Zhou Xu said respectfully at the moment: "That's not true. Although there are Qieyin books in the county school, there are very few people who know them. Only when you have a certain level of literacy can you use them to read books. Our county school is usually taught in Nanliang Composed by the Zhou family, the thousand-character prose is recited in rhymes as enlightenment."

Li Chongjiu was surprised at the moment. It turned out that the thousand-character script became popular in the north and the south so early. It seems that the great unification of the Sui Dynasty has contributed a lot.
But at this time Zhou Xu spread his hands and said: "But this time I came to Huaihuang Town in a hurry, and the Analects I brought with me was not among the chaos."

"Besides, in this town, I am afraid that there is no other paper except for a few general books."

Li Chongjiu couldn't help sighing when he heard that, in this era of movable type printing, no, even engraving printing, I don't know if there is an era.

Books are really a high-end product. In addition to aristocratic families, there are also county schools and government offices, who will collect books.Among other things, in the entire Huaihuang Town, pens, ink, paper and inkstones are also scarce, and there is not enough food and clothing. Who cares about these.

Hearing this, Himekawa even showed a mocking expression.

Li Chongjiu immediately asked: "Can you recite the thousand-character essay?"

Zhou Xu showed a smug expression, and said: "Report to the general, and remember a few things."

Li Chongjiu thought for a while, and said: "Thousand-character prose is catchy, as a rhyme, it is perfect, but I have a simpler method."

Li Chongjiu thought about it for a while, and first ruled out pinyin, such a high-tech of later generations, and said: "Like Master Lu, I heard that there are nearly two hundred rhymes in total, divided into flat tones, upper tones, and lower tones. Come on, it's really annoying."

"We use the Fanqie method to get the sounds from the upper characters and the rhymes from the lower characters. Well, we will determine more than [-] sound categories and more than [-] rhyme categories to make a rhyme book. Let you handle this matter."

Hearing this, Zhou Xu felt cold, pointed at himself, and said: "The general is really down, what virtue and ability can I have, can write books and establish the world, and it is the work of great Confucians to establish words."

Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "I still have me, just go ahead and ask me if you don't understand. If this matter can be accomplished, your achievements will be in the present and the benefits will be in the future."

Zhou Xu originally looked as if he lacked confidence and wanted to decline, but as a scholar, he still couldn't resist the temptation of saying that the merits in the present age and the benefits in the future, so ITA agreed to give it a try for the time being.

Ji Chuan looked at Li Chongjiu, a little surprised.

As far as he knew, Li Chongjiu came from a poor family. He was just a young thief before, and he came to join the army in Huaihuang Town. How could he be so knowledgeable.

So without mentioning it, and the matter of setting the rhyme book, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like a general move.

According to Himekawa, this simplified rhyme book should be a way to promote teaching and let the children of poor families learn to read and write, a faster way to get started.According to this, it only takes a short time for children from poor families and generals in the army to be able to read and write. Of course, it is not so fast for them to write.

However, if this matter can be achieved, then for the common people, it can indeed be described as hard work in the present and benefit in the future. It is really ambitious.

Is this intentional, or is it purely a coincidence? Could it be that he really did not have the idea of ​​replacing the aristocratic family with a poor family as he said.

Ji Chuan didn't know why, so he cupped his hands and said, "Since the general needs talents, I still have one or two classmates, so I might as well introduce them for the general."

Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "It's troublesome."

Himekawa nodded after hearing this, and hurriedly went to write the letter.

In fact, since the opening of Huaihuang Town, Li Chongjiu wanted Su Su to find some helpers for him among his former classmates.

You must know that under the Hefen family, there are still a few big cows.

Unfortunately, due to the remoteness of Huaihuang Town and the fact that Li Chongjiu came from a poor family, no one agreed.

This time Sun Erniang recovered from illness, Su Su said that she was going to visit some old friends to see if she could win over Li Chongjiu.

It's just that the only person beside Li Chongjiu who can be called a historical celebrity is Tanzong.

(End of this chapter)