Chapter 37 Co-authoring a book
Zhao Yuanxi was amused again. Finally, she made a bowl of noodles for herself and gave half a bowl to each of the two little ones. All three of them were full and satisfied.
After returning to the main hall, Zhao Yuanxi took a pen and spread out a piece of white paper in front of him.
But the hand holding the pen did not move for a long time, and finally waved towards Jang Geum helplessly, "Jang Geum, I have to ask you for a favor!"
Jang Geum was confused, "Queen Dowager, please give your orders."
"I have two articles here. I will recite them and you will write them."
Zhao Yuanxi was helpless. She also wanted to write "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic" by herself, but her ability did not allow it!
Fortunately, she has a good memory! She can't write, but she has no problem memorizing.
Jang Geum took the pen from Zhao Yuanxi and said, "Your Majesty, please speak!"
Relying on his memories from his previous life, Zhao Yuanxi recited the entire "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic".
There are more than two thousand words in total, filling up ten pages.
At first the two kids were still playing, but when they heard what their mother was carrying, the chess pieces in their hands became boring!
Fusu had read more books than Ziying, but he had never heard of such an article. His face was full of curiosity, "Grandmother, did you write this?"
Zhao Yuanxi took a big gulp of water and shook his head. "This was written by two great gentlemen."
Fusu nodded in agreement, "They are very powerful. Can the Great Mother summon them?"
Although Fusu was still young, he already had a love for talented people.
Zhao Yuanxi patted his head and smiled, "If they are not in this world, I can't invite them."
It will be a thousand years before they appear.
Fusu's shoulders slumped immediately. "It's a pity that I can't see them. If my father knew about them, he would definitely summon them to Qin."
Zhao Yuanxi thought about how Ying Zheng had taken advantage of Han Fei in history, and nodded in agreement. If he met a talented person he liked, given his adopted son's character, he would really do everything he could to get him.
However, Ying Zheng is currently only interested in the world, and his attitude towards educators who can educate the people is probably lukewarm.
In this way, Ying Zheng was like a picky eater who only picked what he liked, without caring about the health of the unified Qin State.
However, Zhao Yuanxi did not know how to govern a country, so naturally she could not comment on the good or bad of Ying Zheng's administration. She just used history to infer that the Qin Dynasty was destroyed by Qin II because of the messing around of Hu Hai and Zhao Gao. Zhao Yuanxi did not believe that Ying Zheng had no responsibility at all.
Zhao Yuanxi didn't think about it anymore. He took the two articles written by Jang Geum and copied them again personally.
As she copied, her thoughts wandered again.
Copying books is really boring!
How can copying be faster than printing?
She copied one copy in order to learn to read, but if she really wanted to promote these things, she had to rely on printing!
Zhao Yuanxi felt as if he was standing on the shoulders of giants. He easily came up with the solution to the problems that his predecessors had found through countless trials and errors.
Yes, movable type!
Sure enough, laziness is a major driving force for human progress. Zhao Yuanxi laughed foolishly.
No matter how much she thought about it, she still had to copy what she needed to copy. After copying, she had a preliminary grasp of the Qin Dynasty's writing system and was at least no longer semi-illiterate.
"You, send these two articles to Mr. Chunyu and tell him they are for his reference."
Zhao Yuanxi breathed a sigh of relief and stretched himself. Seeing the two children sitting there leisurely, he grabbed Ziying and smiled maliciously, "Ziying, do you like the book that your eldest mother copied for you?"
Ziying opened his eyes wide, as if frightened, and struggled in her arms.
Zhao Yuanxi laughed mischievously. Seeing Fusu standing beside him, he hugged one of them in each hand and kissed them left and right. "Aren't you happy?"
Ziying's face was full of question marks. He felt that his eldest mother was so scary. Then he saw Fusu who was also laughing. Both his eldest mother and eldest brother were so scary!
In the following time, Ziying will witness the more terrifying side of his mother.
After finally finishing both books, Zhao Yuanxi assigned the two children a task in the afternoon: to copy the two articles themselves!
Fusu was used to copying books, so this was easy for him. But it was different for Ziying. After copying only a hundred words, he started complaining that his hands, feet and eyes were sore!
Zhao Yuanxi glanced at the time and said calmly, "You have two hours left. If you haven't finished copying in two hours, you won't be able to make it to dinner today! Also, don't beg your brother, I'm watching you!"
"Mother..." Ziying almost burst into tears out of grievance.
Zhao Yuanxi was merciless. "You promised me to teach you. Have you forgotten, Ziying?"
Ziying sniffed and began to feel regretful.
How can a child not do homework? Zhao Yuanxi, who is already an adult, felt no emotion at this moment.
In Canglang Pavilion, Chunyu Yue, who was sorting out Confucian classics, received two articles sent by the Queen Mother.
It only took a few breaths of time for me to go from casually flipping through the book at first to being amazed at the end.
The student kneeling beside him saw Mr. Chunyu's look of great joy and asked curiously, "Sir, what book did the Empress Dowager send that made you so happy?"
"Take a look at this!" Chunyu Yue distributed the book to everyone.
These students were all outstanding in the Qin Palace Academy. It was impossible for them not to be dissatisfied when they were suddenly sent to Yongcheng by the King of Qin.
No matter how polite the Liyang Palace was to them, or how much they gave them, it still couldn't eliminate their desire to return to Xianyang, until Chunyu Yue arrived.
They originally wanted to continue studying with him, but they didn't expect that a great scholar like Mr. Chunyu would invite them to write a book together.
What a surprise this was for them!
As for Chunyu Yue's previous mention of writing a book, it was the Queen Mother's order, so they didn't actually take it to heart.
If the Queen Mother had the ambition to write books, why would she have been moved to Yongcheng by the King?
They previously thought that Mr. Chunyu had to give face to the Queen Mother because he was staying here temporarily.
But these two articles!
A trace of disbelief arose in everyone's mind. Not only did the Queen Mother ask Mr. Chunyu to write a book, but she herself was also involved!
"The books the Empress Dowager wants are books that can educate the people. These two articles are examples of this. We should read such books."
Seeing that they all looked troubled, Chunyu Yue snorted coldly, "Could it be that all of us combined are still no match for the Queen Mother?"
Everyone present claimed to be extremely talented, so how could they withstand such stimulation?
A handsome young man stood up and said, "I would like to work with you on this book."
Chunyu Yue finally nodded in satisfaction, "What's your name?"
"My student Zhang Cang greets you, sir."
Seeing this, everyone stood up and took an oath.
Chunyu Yue clapped his hands and laughed, "With talents like you to help me, I will definitely not disappoint the Queen Mother or the people of Qin."
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