The textbooks of pinyin, Xia Hongsheng has already written them, and the poor scholars who have been found in the past few days have also begun to learn. They have a good foundation in the end, it is not difficult to learn, and they learn quickly. After learning, I feel more and more that the method of pinyin phonetic pronunciation is simpler, more intuitive and clearer than the straight pronunciation method in the text interpretation and rhyme, and it is easier to master. Therefore, Xia Hongsheng's talent and reputation are finally truly convinced. Since ancient times, literati have been light, even if they have heard of Xia Hongsheng's name, they feel that it is just luck, and it just so happens that a few good poems have been preached. But now I understand that it is a real talent and a real thing, after all, this kind of phonetic method is not something that some cleverness and luck can make up. Of course, Xia Hongsheng will not really feel how powerful he is because of this, he understands in his heart that these are just things that he borrowed flowers to offer Buddha and moved from the later life, not his own talents.

Because it is not his own thing, Xia Hongsheng will never feel proud of these things, but in the eyes of everyone, it has fulfilled Xia Hongsheng's reputation of being proud and humble.

"Brother Xia, how do you pronounce this overall pronunciation syllable?" A scholar asked Xia Hongsheng with the paper in his hand.

"Brother Xia, why should the above two points be omitted after these three pinyin? Why don't you add" The other two people also came over and asked.

Xia Hongsheng looked at them with a more serious expression, and suddenly his head was big, you just follow the study, why are there so many questions!

These literati are actually the best to coax, give him face, pick him up, he will feel that you look up to him very much, respect him very much, so in order to repay your respect, you can often do the things you ask for very well. So in the past few days, Xia Hongsheng has been very polite to these people, and he has not put on the shelf of being a four-grade official at all, and he is also called a certain brother and a certain brother with these scholars. made these scholars feel more face-saving, so they became more attentive to Xia Hongsheng's affairs. But there will be such an overly real situation, but Xia Hongsheng didn't expect it.

"Childe, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down." At this time, a guy came over. relieved Xia Hongsheng.

Xia Hongsheng hurriedly said to these scholars, and then left by himself. When I hurried to the main hall, I saw Li Chengqian sitting there with a man who looked to be about twenty or thirty years old.

"I don't know if I can keep up, you said you needed someone that day. This is a person I went to visit Chang He a few days ago and saw a person who defected to Chang He. After chatting a few words in my spare time, I just remembered that Jingshi needed someone here, and I saw that he was also a scholar, and he went to defect again, and there was nothing to do, so I asked General Chang for someone to come over. Seeing Xia Hongsheng appear, Li Chengqian said straight to the point.

"Yes! Of course you can keep up! Xia Hongsheng did not refuse now, and after thanking Li Chengqian, he turned to the man and politely bowed his hand. Asked: "In Xia Hongsheng, I don't know what Your Excellency is called?" ”

"Lord Xia is too polite, how dare you be greeted by Lord Xia." The man stood up and saluted Xia Hongsheng respectfully, and said, "In the dismounted week, the word bin king." Now, he is just begging for food under General Chang's door. ”

"Ma Zhou?! Are you Ma Zhou?! Xia Hongsheng's eyes widened in surprise, wow, the early Tang Dynasty is a famous man, it turns out that he is still a doorman of Zhonglang General Chang He! I've found a big guy, if I can dig it up. Isn't that like having an extra think tank around me in the future?

Seeing that Xia Hongsheng seemed to be taken aback, Li Chengqian and Ma Zhou didn't know why. Ma Zhou looked down at himself, and then arched his hand and asked, "Why is Lord Xia so surprised?" Could it be that you have heard rumors about Zhou? ”

"Huh?" Xia Hongsheng was stunned for a moment, and quickly waved his hand. Then he went up again and grabbed Ma Zhou's hand very affectionately, and said with a smile: "Where, where!" Just by looking at Brother Ma's face, I know that Brother Ma must be a person full of economic talent, real talent and real learning, and great ambition in his chest. Therefore, I am happy to be able to make a strong brother! ”

Xia Hongsheng laughed, Ma Zhou twitched, and turned his head to look at Li Chengqian: "His Royal Highness the Prince, this ......"

Li Chengqian was also confused, he didn't know what was wrong with Xia Hongsheng, and asked, "This, Jingshi, do you still know how to meet?" ”

"Hahahaha, where, where!" Xia Hongsheng smiled wryly: "Just looking at Brother Ma's lofty spirit, extraordinary bearing, and integrity, I expect that there will definitely be something to do in the future." ”

"Hehe, then I'll borrow Lord Xia's auspicious words!" Ma Zhou smiled and saluted Xia Hongsheng again: "Thank you, Lord Xia." ”

Xia Hongsheng chatted with Ma Zhou for a while, and found that Ma Zhou really talked extraordinary, could see the essence of problems, and was often able to grasp the key points quickly, and the opinions he put forward were also very unique, and he was indeed a talent.

led Ma Zhou to the back to get acquainted with those scholars, and asked those who had learned some first to teach Pinyin to Ma Zhou. Xia Hongsheng himself left the mansion, prepared some gifts, and took them to Yan Shigu's mansion.

Now that the pinyin textbook has been compiled and other things are being prepared, Xia Hongsheng thought that he could print all these things so that they could be distributed to the three hundred people to use as textbooks. Three hundred is not a small number, so it is necessary to come to print in advance, Xia Hongsheng does not know the way, it is most appropriate to ask Yan Shigu for advice on this matter.

When he arrived at Yan Shigu's house, after Xia Hongsheng knocked on the door, the person who opened the door already knew Xia Hongsheng because Xia Hongsheng often came, and knew that Xia Hongsheng was Yan Shigu's student, so he let him in.

Yan Shigu was in the study, and when he arrived outside the study, after making a report, Xia Hongsheng went in.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw a few thick mule books on Yan Shigu's desk, and he was writing on the desk.

"Jingshi, you're here." Seeing Xia Hongsheng coming in, Yan Shigu put down the pen in his hand and said with a smile.

"Student meets Master Yan!" Xia Hongsheng respectfully performed a student salute, Yan Shigu has always been good to him, so Xia Hongsheng really respects and appreciates Yan Shigu in his heart.

Yan Shigu smiled: "What, I have free today, so I don't have to be busy in the army?" ”

"The student has resigned from his position as a special combat soldier and handed it over to Duan Zhan, the son of General Duan, to train. Today, the students are teaching their 800 soldiers to read and write. Xia Hongsheng replied.

Yan Shigu was not surprised, and said with a smile: "This old man already knows, in the past few days, the group of friends in your Hongwen Pavilion have been helping you find people everywhere, and they were bumped into by the old man, so they asked." But, O Jingshi, why do you have to teach these soldiers to read? They fought on the battlefield, relying on the strength and skills of killing the enemy, what does it matter if they are illiterate or not? ”

"Huiyanshi, since ancient times, there are so many classics on the art of war of soldiers, and many generals can gain experience from them and learn many methods and strategies for using soldiers. If all the soldiers of our Datang are literate and can learn those art of war, then aren't all our Datang soldiers generals? Xia Hongsheng bowed down and replied: "This is one aspect, and the other aspect, is that the students want to borrow these eight hundred people to try the effect of this thing." ”

As he spoke, Xia Hongsheng presented the pinyin textbook in his hand to Yan Shigu.

"Hanyu Pinyin textbook?" Yan Shigu looked at the big words on the first page, and then turned the page to take a look: "This is ......"

Xia Hongsheng walked closer and explained, "Master Yan, this is a rhyme book compiled by students. However, it is different from "Cutting Rhyme" and "Saying Words and Interpreting Words". You see, these things are called pinyin, which are the syllables that are used for phonics. Different syllables have different fixed pronunciations, and when we encounter a word, we spell it together with specific syllables to form the pronunciation of the word. As you know, our Datang is vast, and every place has a different dialect in each place. However, Mandarin is difficult to promote, and students believe that the reason why it is difficult to unify pronunciation is because there is no set of pronunciation methods that are easy to learn and master. So it was compiled out of the method of pinyin here, as long as you remember these syllables, no matter what words you see in the future, as long as you are marked with pinyin, no matter where people can spell out the pronunciation of the word according to pinyin. In this way, the pronunciation of the characters learned through pinyin can be unified. Moreover, pinyin is fixed, one-to-one, supplemented by tone, which can greatly reduce the difficulty of learning pronunciation and facilitate communication. After the students made this up, they wanted to do an experiment with the 800 people under their command to see how this method actually worked. ”

"Oh?!" Yan Shigu's eyes lit up: "Haha, the old man is re-annotating and breaking sentences on ancient books with punctuation marks, and he is dizzy at this time." Come, come, Jingshi, quickly inform the old man of this method, and let the old man change his mind! ”

Xia Hongsheng explained the pronunciation and usage of pinyin to Yan Shigu, and then gave several examples, Yan Shigu soon discovered the beauty of this phonetic method like that group of scholars, and was full of praise.

One morning plus one noon, all passed in Yan Shigu's study, and by the afternoon, Yan Shigu was already able to use pinyin by himself.

"This method of pinyin is really a great tool to promote a unified accent!" Although Yan Shigu was a little tired between his eyebrows, his eyes were indeed bright.

Xia Hongsheng thought so, and said, "There is one more thing that the student wants to ask Master Yan. ”

"Tell me about it?" Yan Shigu nodded.

"Students want to print this kind of pinyin textbook so that they can distribute it to those soldiers, and it will be easier to learn." Xia Hongsheng asked Yan Shigu: "Students can pay for the printing themselves, but they don't know who to go to." ”

"In the Guozijian, there is an organization that specializes in the printing of classics, and if you want to print it, you have to go to the Guozijian." Yan Shigu said to Xia Hongsheng: "But ...... It will take a long time, and I'm afraid you can't wait! (To be continued.) )