The sky is getting warmer and warmer, in the capital, the willow trees can already be seen in the distance, people stand in the distance to see, the ground is already hazy and green, go closer, but there is no clear seeing. The fur in the winter has faded and changed into a spring shirt.

A group of people appeared on the street, happy, dancing with their eyebrows and smiling, gathered around several carriages, and escorted the carriages slowly over. In front of them were several gray-haired old men, their eyebrows were full of excitement, their faces were also red, and they couldn't hold back their smiles. Such a group of people provoked passers-by to stop and stand on both sides of the road to watch the excitement. The old men in front of them saw everyone watching, so the smiles on their faces were even more joyful, if they were to add a big red robe, it would feel like marrying.

Those people gathered around the carriages and walked through Suzaku Street to the Suzaku Gate.

The guards guarding the Suzaku Gate saw a large group of people coming towards this side from a distance, and they became a little nervous, and they walked out of the gatehouse one after another and stood in front of the Suzaku Gate. When those people walked in a little more, they were surprised again. The general of the prison gate, who had already heard the news and came out, widened his eyes, and after confirming the comer, he quickly let go of the hand that had already held the weapon, and hurriedly greeted him with a big stride, ran to the front of the group of people, and bent down with his hands in fists very respectfully: "The last general will meet Master Li, Master Yan, and Master Kong!" I don't know if the three elders are ......"

"Hehe, hurry up and report to Your Majesty, just say that the old minister is waiting for the heart of the world's scholars and has come to meet Your Majesty!" Li Gang stroked his beard and smiled, and smiled at the prison general.

"The heart of a scholar in the world?!" The general of the prison gate looked at the carriages behind the three of them in a daze, there were as many as seven or eight. The general of the prison gate has the responsibility of sentencing, but the three people in front of him have to give three points even when the emperor sees him, and he doesn't dare to check the carriage! However, looking at the joy on the faces of these three old men, and the joy of those who hugged the carriage, it should be a good thing? Among those people were people he knew well. Most of them are bachelors in the Guozijian and Hongwen Pavilion, and there are also people from the Ministry of Rites, all of whom are scholars, and they don't know what to do.

"The last general will go and report in person!" The general of the prison gate clasped his fists again and saluted. Then he turned around and hurried into the palace.

Li Gang, Yan Shigu and Kong Yingda stood in front of the Suzaku Gate and waited, Yan Shigu smiled and stroked his beard and said: "Nowadays, the classics used in Hongwenguan and Guozijian are all broken by punctuation. It's all clear. If Lord Laokong led a group of scholars to re-annotate the classics, if they were to republish them in various schools and implement them, they would not have to worry about misinterpreting the meaning of the sages in the future, and they would not need to worry about future generations misinterpreting the meaning of today's people. ”

"According to the old man, the method of movable type printing is really the greatest good, if it were not for this method, so many classics today, just the stereotype would take several years. After that, it was printed, but there was only one set of stereotypes, and the speed was limited, and it took several more years. Nowadays, as long as you prepare a few more sets of movable type, three or five craftsmen can form a group of their own, operate a set of movable type, and they can be printed day and night. How many books should be printed after all these years? Students all over the world, who still needs to worry about having no books to read! "Li Gang is old. Now it is a happy event, happy in the heart, the spirit has become excellent, and the face has been smiling at the moment. Rubbing his beard, he said.

"It's a pity that this son hasn't returned yet, it is said that Shuo Fang's matter is over, Liang Luoren and Li Zhengbao have already entered Beijing, what else can Shuo Fang do need this son to stay?" Kong Yingda is also very happy, he is a descendant of Confucius, and he can't wait to see everyone in the world learning Confucianism. Now that there is movable type printing, and the results are outstanding, scholars all over the world can have Confucian classics to read, where can they not be happy.

"Shuo Fang Chuping, I still need to deal with the aftermath of this son, and I am on the verge of the Turks, so I must beware of the Turkic invasion." Yan Shigu said, and then sighed again: "This son is proficient in the way of things, and he is so clever and strategic, the most rare thing is to still keep a piece of pure heart, it is really my blessing of the Tang Dynasty!" The day this son returns from Shuofang is the time when His Majesty counts his merits and rewards them. Thirty people quelled the rebellion against South Vietnam, shocked Feng An, and contributed the method of punctuation and sentence breaking and the method of training soldiers and forging the body. Now this son has the method of pinyin and the art of movable type printing, and he did not use the sword to recover Shuofang, and made miraculous achievements, but he had to be rewarded. Reward for a number of merits, Your Majesty's reward will definitely not be thin, I only hope that it can stick to its nature, don't get lost! ”

"This son is smart, different from ordinary people, rare in the world, his mind is mature, he is not an undetermined person, and he doesn't have to worry too much about it." Li Gang said with a smile: "Moreover, with Your Majesty and you, the master, watching and guiding from the side, why worry." ”

As he spoke, the general of the prison gate had already run over, and when he arrived in front of the three of them, he saluted and said, "Your Majesty is waiting for the three adults in the Taiji Palace!" ”

The three of them nodded, then gestured backwards and led the carriages into the imperial city.

In the Taiji Palace, Li Shimin sat on the throne, and the three of them saluted below.

"A few elders came together, I don't know why?" In the face of these old men, Li Shimin's attitude was very good, and he asked with a smile: "I just heard Fan Xing say that the three elders said that they came with the hearts of the world's scholars, and I was very curious, I don't know why the three elders said this?" ”

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, Kong Yingda took a step forward, bowed down and said: "Back to Your Majesty, as early as a few months ago, Lord Yan got a set of Chinese character rhyme from his protégé Xia Hongsheng, after the old minister and others studied together, they all felt that this rhyme is simple and easy to learn, accurate pronunciation, easy to grasp and spread, if it is used for the implementation of official dialect, it can make me speak with the same sound and the same language in all places, and there is no difference in the world rhyme. The old ministers and others did not dare to implement it rashly, so they first ordered Xia Hongsheng to teach the students of Guozijian and Hongwenguan, thinking that the experiment had now passed a few months, and the results were remarkable, and the ministers thought that it could be handed over to His Majesty to implement the world. ”

"Oh? The rhyme method of our dynasty follows the "cut rhyme" of the former Sui Dynasty, and since the former Sui Dynasty, it has been implemented in many ways, but after all, it still cannot be pushed away among the people. When Li Shimin heard the three words Xia Hongsheng, his heart moved, but his face did not reveal anything, and said: "What is the difference between this set of rhymes and "Cut Rhyme"? ”

This method is called the method of pinyin phonetics, with 23 tones, 24 rhymes, and other syllables, they are combined, and different combinations are supplemented by four tones, which can accurately note and interpret Chinese characters. Students only need to learn to recognize these syllables, and in the future, they will be able to pronounce them in syllables, which are different from Chinese characters, so as not to be mixed. At the beginning, it was tried in Guozijian, and it only took two or three days for the students to master it. Xia Hongsheng taught his 800 soldiers in this method, and the 800 people were all white, and it didn't take more than ten days to learn this method. After ten days, you will be able to read the book with this sound. Kong Yingda said to Li Shimin.

"Ten days?!" Li Shimin was taken aback: "Master Kong is saying that those Bai Ding soldiers taught in this way, and it only took ten days to learn how to read?!" ”

"Exactly, those white ladies learned to read and write in ten days, and they learned to write in the rest of the month." Kong Yingda said.

"Good! All right! Li Shimin was overjoyed and walked down from the throne excitedly: "Where is this method, I want to see for myself!" ”

"Hehe, Your Majesty, don't worry, with Your Majesty's talent, this method will be learned in less than half a day." Li Gang said with a smile next to him: "The old ministers and others brought the hearts of the world's scholars, but they are not talking about this rhyme. ”

Li Shimin was stunned: "Oh? Could it be that the three adults have something else that surprises me? ”

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, bowed down and asked: "Please move your majesty to the courtyard, and let the old minister wait for your majesty." ”

Li Shimin nodded, the four of them went out of the Taiji Palace, and saw seven or eight carriages coming under the steps outside the hall, Li Shimin looked at the three of them, and saw that the three of them were overjoyed, so they hurriedly walked down in person, and those below immediately visited him, Li Shimin let them calm down, and then ordered someone to lift the curtain of the carriage.

Immediately, there was a smell of ink, and I saw a book neatly placed inside, Li Shimin reached out and took out a book, and after opening it, he saw that the books printed were Confucian classics, the difference was that there were more punctuation marks on it, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and turned around and said: "This, this is a classic book that is rebuilt with punctuation marks?!" How did it get out so quickly?! ”

"This is the heart of the world's scholars brought by the old ministers." Li Gang said with a smile, and then looked at Kong Yingda.

Kong Yingda took a step back and bowed: "The old minister congratulates Your Majesty, from now on, the Tang Dynasty students will no longer have the pain of having no books to read, and Your Majesty can accept the hearts of the world's scholars!" ”

"Kong Qing, what the hell is going on, come quickly!" The look of surprise in Li Shimin's eyes continued, and he opened those books one by one, but saw that there was a residual ink fragrance on them, all of which were newly printed.

"Since ancient times, they have been engraved with engraving, if you need to print, you must first engrave the plate, which is time-consuming and laborious, and the engraving plate is very easy to be damaged, and it needs to be re-engraved after several printing, and it is not easy to preserve, and it will be damaged after a few years, making it difficult to print the book." Kong Yingda explained to Li Shimin: "The movable type printing technology offered by Xia Hongsheng has greatly improved the efficiency of printing, and now it took several years to publish the newly revised classics, but now it took less than three months to print all the newly revised classics!" With the art of movable type printing, His Majesty can print books on a large scale, and all students in the world have books to read. This move is full of the hearts of the world's scholars! ”

"What?!" Li Shimin's mouth grew in surprise, and he looked back at the classics in the carriages, which took several years to print, and it was completed in less than three months?! It's Xia Hongsheng again!

Li Shimin's face suddenly became gloomy, and he gritted his teeth. (To be continued.) )