7"If the king dares to say such things, it proves that the king has his own way. This is the way in which this king has been studying sentence breaking for several days. After Li Tai finished speaking, he put a piece of paper marked with punctuation marks, and ordered the eunuch to distribute it to everyone. The names and usages of these punctuation marks are clearly indicated below.

Li Shimin took the paper from the eunuch's hand and looked at it carefully. Then he stood up happily, laughed and said to everyone: "This move of Li Tai, the king of Wei, is the blessing of the world's scholars. From now on, when people all over the world study, they will not be as troublesome as before. ”

At this time, Pei Lin and Wang Yushi, as well as those who had prejudices against Li Tai, also closed their mouths. After all, they know, what to say to themselves in the face of the facts? It's all pointless. On the contrary, he will belittle himself and make Li Tai even more famous.

"Father, although this punctuation mark is good, it can only make it easier for people to understand the meaning of the article. If the reader doesn't know how to read, no matter how good the punctuation is, it won't help. Li Tai continued.

This punctuation mark added to the book is really helpful in reading and understanding the meaning of the text. But what can you do to make everyone in the world learn to read and write quickly? Li Shimin looked at Li Tai and asked.

Erchen studied a way of marking words. Just mark each word with this special symbol at the top of it. Knowing words will no longer be a hassle. Li Tai said.

"Then this special symbol, must be very troublesome to learn? If learning it is more difficult than learning words, then King Wei's move will be a bit more than a snake. Pei Lin stood up again and questioned Li Tai.

Pei Lian's questioning made everyone agree very much, so they nodded in agreement. After all, if you need to spend a lot of effort to learn these annotations, it is better to learn Chinese characters directly.

"May I ask the Prime Minister, how many Chinese characters are there in the world? How many do you recognize, the Prime Minister? Li Tai walked slowly and walked to Pei Lian's side. Qian looked up at Pei Lin and asked.

Pei Lin was a little embarrassed at this time, if he wanted to say how many Chinese characters he knew, it was estimated that he still knew it. But when I asked him how many Chinese characters there were, he really couldn't give an exact number. Even if it's approximate, it's just as unspeakable.

Looking at Pei Lian, who had an embarrassed expression, Li Tai continued: "The Jade Chapter written by King Gu Ye in the Southern Dynasty is recorded to contain a total of 16,907 characters, and the Chinese characters we usually need to use are only about 3,000. Because as long as you know 3,000 words, you can read the world's books. I don't think the Prime Minister knows more than 3,000 words. ”

was called at by a child in front of him, which made Pei Lian's face really impossible to let go. So he opened his mouth and said to Li Tai: "The words that this official knows are not as many as three thousand, I don't know how many words His Royal Highness King Wei knows." ”

"As the saying goes, if the mountain is no longer high, there will be a fairy, and if the water is not deep, there will be a dragon. This also shows that age does not distinguish between young and old, and knowledge is the key to a person's value. Although this king did not dare to speak, he recognized more than 16,900 words. But knowing 16,5600 words is definitely not a problem. Li Tai said to Pei Lin with his head held high.

"King Wei said this well, waste wood is useless to live a hundred years old. Ganluo is twelve years old and can hang the prime minister's seal. It can be seen from this that this knowledge has nothing to do with age. Xu Maogong said with a smile.

"King Wei's words are inevitably a little too big, I'm afraid that there are very few people here who are literate more than a few thousand. Even the current emperor is average. How dare you say here that you know 16,5600 words. It's a big deal. Wang Yushi didn't believe that Li Tai could know so many words anyway. So he thought that the opportunity to suppress Li Tai had come, so he jumped out and said to Li Tai.

In fact, Wang Yushi returned it in his words and gave Li Tai a set. That is, if Li Tai really knows 16,5600 characters, it means that he is more powerful than the current emperor. On the contrary, if Li Tai can't know so many words, then he is not ashamed to bully the king. No matter which one he did, it was not a good thing for Li Tai.

Looking at Wang Yushi's smug expression, Li Tai said angrily: "Bold Wang Yushi, you dare to slander the current emperor." My father is an emperor through the ages, and his martial arts are unmatched. How can they only recognize a few thousand Chinese characters? You are insulting the reputation of the current emperor, what crime should be punished according to the law of the Tang Dynasty. ”

This frightened Wang Yushi, he didn't expect that he would not become a minister by stealing chickens, but he lost a handful of rice. Let Li Tai find the handle in his painting, so he hurriedly knelt on the ground and said to Li Shimin: "The emperor should not listen to the provocation of King Wei, the minister has no such intention." ”

But at this time, Cheng Yanjin cooperated with Li Tai and said: "According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, anyone who slanders the royal family should be punished with death." It is a person who openly slanders the saint of today in the court, and in the end, the sin of the nine clans should be cured. ”

What can scare Wang Yushi this time is that the three souls are separated from the body and the seven spirits do not exist. kept kowtowing to Li Shimin, saying that he didn't mean it. Li Shimin came to Mingjun through the ages, how could he really cure the crime of Wang Yushi. So he opened his mouth and said to Wang Yushi: "Let's write it down this time, you can step aside first." ”

Seeing that Wang Yushi retreated to the side, Li Tai spoke up again: "Father, since someone has questioned the knowledge of his son. Then ask him to come forward to test Erchen, if Erchen is tested by him. The son is willing to accept the sin of deceitful king. ”

To say that Li Tai is not a person without a target, in the previous life because of Li Tai's personal hobbies. There is a deep study of traditional Chinese characters. Otherwise, it is impossible for people who are accustomed to reading simplified Chinese characters to have such an understanding of the traditional Chinese characters used in Datang.

It can be said that the current Li Tai has more than 16,900 words in his mind, but at least more than 22,000 words. That's why he is so confident that Wang Yushi will test him.

At this time, Wang Yushi had already been scared out of the sky, and he still had the ability to deal with Li Tai. But it doesn't mean that if Wang Yushi doesn't come forward, no one will consider him. After all, Wang Yushi is not the only one who doesn't believe it, even the current emperor Li Shimin also doesn't believe that Li Tai will know so many words.

"This matter will be done by the official, I don't know what King Wei thinks." At this time, Pei Lin walked out and said to Li Tai.

"Since Prime Minister Pei is from this Yaxing, it is naturally difficult for the king to shirk. However, this king has a habit that knowledge will not be taken out for free. How about we make a bet between ourselves. Li Tai looked at Pei Lin with a smile on his face and said word by word.