Chapter 49 Pinyin
Ying Zheng sat upright on the imperial steps, waiting for them to finish arguing, waiting for both factions to die down, and waiting for this conflict that had existed since the Qin Dynasty and the Six Kingdoms to be put aside.
He knew what the problem was, but he couldn't solve it.
However, now with the papermaking and printing technologies provided by the immortals, the cost of books has been greatly reduced, and the Qin Academy can also recruit more students.
The Qin Dynasty also had an academy. Although it was not as famous as the Jixia Academy, it also cultivated some indispensable talents for the Qin State.
Just at this moment, a eunuch hurried into the main hall. The palace staff were well-trained and would never enter to disturb the court meeting unless it was an important matter.
The officials in the hall were still arguing, but they seemed a little absent-minded. Compared to the genuine feelings they had just put their whole heart into it, they were now arguing with their mouths while worrying about what the eunuch was going to say next.
This determines whether they will continue arguing or immediately change sides and become allies.
"Your Majesty, the immortal said: After the court meeting is over, pass a message to her, there is something to discuss." The eunuch's message was very accurate, even imitating Wei Shengxue's tone of voice.
But what she meant was that she wanted the eunuch to tell Ying Zheng after he was done with his work.
The eunuchs serving before the emperor knew how much His Majesty valued the immortals, so they went straight in to report without even waiting for the court meeting.
Does the immortal have something to discuss with you?
The noise of the quarrel below became quieter, with only one or two rebuttals floating out intermittently. All the court officials pricked up their ears, trying to figure out what the brainstorming immortal was up to.
The immortal always brings many unheard-of but extremely practical secret techniques, but she usually only thinks of solving them after seeing them. This is the first time that she has taken the initiative to seek out His Majesty.
Could it be that someone is causing trouble for the Immortal? !
Who is so brave?
Yeah, who is so brave?
All the dandies in Xianyang were warned by their elders that they must not offend the immortal, and no one else was qualified to cause trouble in front of the immortal.
So what is the reason?
Everyone turned their attention to Meng Yi who was standing beside His Majesty.
Your Majesty, my beloved minister who accompanies you in all your affairs, you must know the whereabouts of the immortal.
Meng Yi looked at Ying Zheng, and seeing no sign of objection, he addressed the question everyone was concerned about: "The Immortal is traveling to Dongwai City today to attend the maternity and children's hospital opened by the Grand Master's granddaughter. The hospital has adopted over thirty orphaned children, as well as several women who have lost their homes."
Listening to the description, it seems unremarkable and is something that many big families would do.
Especially in families with generations of military generals, the women in the family will set up one or two Ci'en Halls and raise some children. On the one hand, they can cultivate people who know the family well, and on the other hand, they believe that the innate pure energy of the children can dilute the evil spirits on the battlefield.
Fusu glanced at his father and asked the eunuch, "What is the matter, Immortal?"
The eunuch replied, "The immortal wants to set up a factory. Your Majesty, please allocate a piece of land to her."
A factory run by the immortal himself?
Before, she had just abandoned the technology and left it alone, but now she actually came in person to ask for the land. Could it be that this factory can produce magic pills?
Biu, biu, biu... pairs of eyes lit up.
Ying Zheng said without hesitation: "Zhanshi, send a map to the immortal."
Zhanshi asked whether he wanted to send a map of the area surrounding Xianyang or the entire country?
Ying Zheng pondered for a moment and asked him to send them all over together.
Since they didn’t send the map, does that mean the immortal doesn’t know the boundaries of the earth?
Although he was a confused immortal, he definitely had some skills. It would be better for them to be generous and leave a good impression on the immortal.
He then ordered the eunuchs, “Please invite the immortal here.”
The important issues to be discussed today have all been resolved, otherwise they wouldn't have been arguing back and forth for so long.
"Yes." The eunuch took the order and left.
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Wei Shengxue was thinking about the textile factory. After attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Maternity and Child Health Hospital, she returned to the Xianyang Palace and asked Princess Yang Zi how long the court meeting would take to end.
Princess Yangzi never participated in court affairs. If the immortal was not a female immortal, and her father had not wanted to find a female housekeeper for her, she would not have had the opportunity to step out of the palace and run around.
It would be better to ask the palace maids and eunuchs than to ask her about this matter.
But there are so many coincidences in the world. As soon as he finished asking, the eunuch who delivered the emperor's decree came outside the door.
"Greetings, Immortal! May your path to immortality be boundless." The eunuch bowed upon entering, then spoke of the emperor's will, "Your Majesty invites you to the Zhangtai Palace for a conversation."
Under normal circumstances, Ying Zheng would have come here by himself, but this time she took the initiative to find someone. Considering that some things required cooperation from various departments, she simply chose the main hall of Zhangtai Palace.
Before the eunuch arrived, he was told that if the immortal was unhappy, he should immediately report his crime and then find a way to pass on the news. So while he was speaking, he was constantly sensing the immortal's emotions.
Wei Shengxue didn't realize there was anything wrong at all. Upon hearing this, he got up and went out, calling Princess Yang Zi.
Although she was a princess of the Qin Dynasty, she still had to learn spinning and weaving. She could barely be considered a semi-professional, which was more vivid than Wei Shengxue's empty talk.
The Hall of Longevity is very close to the Zhangtai Palace. You just have to walk through two palace roads and then go through a door to get there. The whole walk takes about half a quarter of an hour.
Before the Qin monarch and his ministers could come to a conclusion, a palace attendant's drawn-out announcement came from outside:
"The Immortal has arrived—!"
…
It has been nearly half a year since the immortal came to the world, but he has always kept a low profile. Even during the rare opportunity of autumn hunting, he encountered an accident and only showed up a few times from beginning to end. Moreover, not everyone can accompany him.
If the immortal's appearance was surprising, then Ying Zheng's attitude was a bit terrifying.
"My fellow Daoist is here. I'll have someone fetch the map for you."
The last time I heard him speak in such a gentle voice was when Lu Buwei was still alive. The King of Qin, who was suppressed by his father-in-law, often showed his gentle and harmless side to others.
Wei Shengxue naturally wouldn't feel anything. Ying Zheng had always treated her in this way, it was just that he wrote more this time.
"No need. I haven't checked it yet." She stopped him. The system said it would give the most suitable address, so let it go. Anyway, she would rely on it to choose a location when she went around.
Then she looked at Ying Zheng and said, "Fellow Daoist, let's learn about the spinning machine that can spin fifty spindles at a time."
Ying Zheng had no idea about weaving. He only knew that the output should be much greater than the current output of the Qin Dynasty. So he looked at the Shaofu standing below. His subordinate, Dongzhi Lingcheng, was in charge of this area.
The Shaofu was already stunned by the output and was still calculating based on his professional instincts.
Fifty spindles?
How many Daqins are there?
Oh, one at a time.
"Immortal, please teach me the magic of spinning!"
The overly excited Shaofu didn't see the look the king gave him, but just looking at his reaction, one could tell that this must be a miraculous technique.
With both system tasks and merit income, Wei Shengxue had no intention of keeping it for himself. What's more, these drawings were all dug out by the system. Interstellar only had the external drawings obtained by archaeology, and the internal structure was all supplemented by interstellar technology. That kind of spinning machine could not be built here.
"Prepare a carpenter, and perhaps a blacksmith. Go to the Hall of Eternal Life tomorrow to get the blueprints." She thought for a moment and added, "Prepare a few more. We also need to build the friend loom."
A water-powered spinning machine must be equipped with a suitable loom to give full play to its advantages. Otherwise, a lot of yarn will be spun but the weaving efficiency cannot keep up, and the yarn will just pile up in the corner and rot like debris.
After finishing the serious business, Weishengxue thought of the terrifyingly high illiteracy rate in Daqin, opened his mouth but didn't continue.
With this illiteracy rate, it doesn’t seem like we can pick out professional talents.
But she didn't say it, but there was a problem here that needed to be solved urgently.
"Immortal." Someone among the ministers stood up and saluted.
Wei Shengxue looked over and saw a somewhat unfamiliar man. Judging from his official uniform... she made a simple judgment based on her lack of common sense, thinking that he was of lower status than Li Si but higher than Zhao Gao.
Somewhat unfamiliar means that I have seen him before, but I have never spoken to him, nor have I heard Ying Zheng mention him.
She turned to look at Ying Zheng and asked with her eyes: Who is this?
"The one who manages the academy." Ying Zheng explained without mentioning his official title, as she wouldn't know him even if he did.
This explanation was very suitable for Wei Shengxue. She understood it as soon as she heard it. It was probably similar to the Minister of Education in the interstellar space.
Combining what she had encountered today, she thought for a moment and asked, "Are you asking me about expanding the educational community?"
The Daqin version of the Minister of Education was stuck, and the words that were about to come out were blocked on the tip of his tongue. He didn't want to ask about this, but it sounded more important and more difficult than what he was going to say.
The old hand who had been immersed in the officialdom for many years came in and said, "Yes, that's right, this is what I want to ask."
In fact, after paper was invented, the literary style in Xianyang City became much more prosperous than before. Paper, which was easy to write and transmit, played a role in the dissemination of books that was beyond everyone's expectations.
The bamboo slips that once required several ox carts to pull now only require a few slightly thicker books.
It was only after paper came out that many court officials came to realize that there were so few books in their homes that they couldn't even fill an entire bookshelf.
In order to fill the bookshelves and prevent visiting guests from seeing the bare study, they had to exchange books with others, which inadvertently promoted the backup and dissemination of books.
At that time, woodblock printing had not yet been spread, so Ying Zheng arranged for people from the Craftsmen's Office to produce it, but they were asked to keep it strictly confidential. The craftsmen involved in the production were not even allowed to go out of the courtyard gate.
So these court officials were unaware that a technology that complemented papermaking was being born.
Wei Shengxue didn't have much to say about expanding education. She was just thinking about literacy in the maternity and child hospital.
"In combination with pinyin, print more literacy books, and start professional division after students have learned simple characters." Her goal is still to gain more technology.
Pinyin?
What's this?
According to what the immortal said, it should be something to help people recognize words.
The ancient pronunciation methods for beginners, such as the analogy method, the reading method, the direct sound method, the four-tone method, and the fanqie method, had not yet appeared, except for the analogy method. Therefore, people at that time really did not know how to add pronunciation to characters to assist in recognizing them.
When Wei Shengxue was learning the local language, he was nearly driven to tears by the long, unpunctuated passages without phonetic notation. Finally, he found relief by forcing the system to generate a phonetic notation similar to that of later generations.
I have to say, it’s really useful.
Wei Shengxue raised his hand and used his spiritual power to draw in the air, listing the 23 initials, 24 finals and 16 whole syllables, and then demonstrated how to use them several times.
"good!"
Everyone present here relied on rote memorization to get through the literacy stage. Although the results were similar, the time and energy consumed were incomparable.
If they had used this method to learn to read...
"Your Majesty, this method can be implemented in the academy first!"
The first person to jump out was not the Confucian leader of education, but Li Si, the leader of the Legalists.
The Qin Academy is almost becoming the Legalists' headquarters. What's the difference between promoting it in the academy first and directly giving Pinyin to the Legalists?
The Confucians, the mortal enemies of the Legalists, immediately became restless. With Chunyu Yue as the representative and other Confucian disciples in the court as the supporters, a new round of verbal battle between the Confucians and Legalists began.
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