"But Qingquan, your method is really magical, as long as you remember the pronunciation of these letters, then just mark these letters together next to each word, so that not only can you read things a lot faster, but you will not be able to read rare words." Li Er took the just-written finals table in Zhang Nan's hand, and looked surprised.

"Yes, Your Majesty, if you can add this thing to the "Shuowen", wouldn't it be true that ordinary people can check the words they don't know by themselves when they meet them? People who can read and write like this will go up greatly. Kong Yingda said with a look of surprise.

The "Shuowen" in Kong Yingda's mouth is the abbreviation of "Shuowen Interpreting Words". Shuowen Jiezi, referred to as "Shuowen". The author is Xu Shen. It is the first Chinese character book to systematically analyze the glyphs of Chinese characters and study the origin of characters, and it is also one of the earliest dictionaries in the world. For the first time, a specific explanation of the "Six Books" was given.

Shuowen Jie Zi is the first Chinese dictionary arranged by radicals. The original book was written from the twelfth year of Emperor Yongyuan of the Han Dynasty to the first year of Emperor Jianguang of An, and has now been lost, and most of the versions that have been handed down to this day are the Song Dynasty version, or the annotated version of Duan Yu of the Qing Dynasty.

"Master Kong said well, just mark the pronunciation of the words in the "Shuowen", so that you can not only check how to write the words, but also know what the pronunciation is, it is really a double win, but this "Shuowen" book is not something that ordinary people can have, so this literate person will rise, and the minister still feels that it is a little impossible." Fang Xuanling stood up and said.

"This ...... It's really a problem, eh, I don't know how long it will take for our people in the Tang Dynasty to learn the words of the sage. Kong Yingda sighed and said, after all, Kong Yingda is the grandson of Confucius, and of course he is also a firm inheritor and promoter of Confucian culture, so Kong Yingda is always thinking about being able to educate the people.

Li Er also nodded noncommittally, at this time Li Er was thinking about Zhang Nan's statement that he would replace the status of the family in the court by teaching the people to read and write, in fact, although Li Er felt that what Zhang Nan said was quite feasible at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he would understand the big problem in Zhang Nan's method.

Li Er knew that the books and culture in the hands of the family were their foundation, but if Li Er really wanted to vigorously promote education, the family would most likely help Li Er to implement it, because the reason why the family is a family is not only their influence in the court, but more importantly, they have gone through a hundred years of foundation.

It is almost impossible to shake the foundation of the family by teaching the people to read and write.

The rise of the Shi clan originated in the Western Han Dynasty, developed in the Wei and Jin dynasties, flourished in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and died out in the Song and Ming dynasties. It can be seen that he has developed for nearly a thousand years, and has been deeply rooted in the feudal dynastic system at that time, accompanied by the rise and fall of the dynasty.

A ruler who wants to build a strong dynasty can't do without their help, only they have the money, power, and strength to assist you and help you win the world. Then you have to ensure that you will sit on the throne of the emperor in the future, and you must find benefits for them and protect the inheritance of their family.

There are many such examples in history, such as the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, all parties fought for the world with the help of the family, the manor economy prevailed, coupled with the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, the emergence of the successive generations of the learned from the successive ministers, the family and the royal family to manage the world, without the family, the emperor is the commander of the light pole, and there is no call for the strength of the country.

For another example, before the Tang Dynasty, the big families ruled the world with the emperor, not that there is a saying called "the king and the horse, the world together", it is the truth that the family and the emperor are evenly matched, and the two rule a country together. Of course, in the eyes of the big families, the interests of the family are higher than the interests of the state, and it is not uncommon for them to seek benefits for the family, annex land, collect taxes, buy and sell officials, and challenge the imperial power.

Another example is the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties, the big families have soldiers, food and territory, and they have challenged the imperial power many times, such as Wang Dun, Hengwen and Huan Xuan, and even Shi Chong and Wang Kai are rich, arrogant and arrogant.

Even if your emperor is high, holding the country's million-dollar military power and controlling the country's finances, the power of their life and death is in your hands. But I'm afraid that most of the millions of troops in your hands are supported by the big families, and seventy or eighty percent of the ministers above the court are the cronies and children of the big families, so you can't do anything even if you go to heaven and earth.

To put it bluntly, it is simply impossible to press the family to death, the imperial power needs the family to maintain, and the family needs the imperial power to help them absorb enough nutrients to develop their own family, there is a delicate balance between the two, Li Er wants to kill the family, it is simply impossible, unless Li Er does not want to be the throne. Or maybe he wants to see Datang change its country name.

Therefore, Li Er didn't want to be able to completely replace the family by relying on the talents cultivated by the academy, Li Er just wanted to cultivate a group of grassroots officials who were loyal to him, so as to compete with the family's power in the court, so that when he encountered something, he would not fall into a disadvantaged position.

When Li Er thought of this, he felt a little emotional, but soon Li Er put all these ideas behind him, and now the academy has not been established, and it is all in vain to think about these problems.

Then Li Er asked: "Qingquan, what do you think of this thing that helps people to read and write, on the number of literate people in my Tang Dynasty." ”

"This, this is very simple, what Master Kong said is not bad at all, with this thing, the literacy rate will definitely rise, there is no doubt about it." Zhang Nan said with a look of course.

But where would ordinary people have the money to buy books? In addition, some books are simply solitary, and you can't buy them or read them. Fang Xuanling hurriedly said.

"What Mr. Fang said naturally makes sense, but Mr. Fang should not forget one thing, that is, our "Datang Daily", we can mark this pinyin in the article on "Datang Daily", so I think even if the people can't afford to buy books, they can recognize a few words." Zhang Nan said with a smile.

"That's right, why did I forget this "Datang Daily"." Li Eryi clapped his hands and said with bright eyes. Then Li Er said: "Come on, spread my will, and quickly order the craftsmen to make this pinyin movable type, I want to see these pinyin appear on our "Datang Daily" in the future." ”

"Let's not worry, these eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, what do you say are you in a hurry, even if it's all printed, the people don't know it." Zhang Nan hurriedly reminded. Li Er is good at everything, he is an urgent person, as long as he thinks of anything, he has to do it immediately.