Chapter 78: The court of Daqi quarreled
Emperor Jingxuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "So that's how it should be."
He said, how could future generations leave such a big loophole, it would be rigorous to write both numbers.
He Zheyan in the skylight had already stood up. In order to give Chao Chao a more intuitive understanding, he went to the bookshelf and looked through an old agreement. He took it out and showed it to Chao Chao.
"Like this, it won't be changed, right?" He wrote a few words on the blank page while speaking, "In fact, there is another way to express numbers, which is lowercase Chinese characters. It's actually not that difficult. We use Arabic numerals and lowercase numbers more often in our daily lives. They are convenient to write and remember."
Seeing Chao Chao trying hard to write down all the numbers, He Zheyan smiled and moved the notebook away a little.
"Don't worry, the teachers will teach you these things gradually when you go to school. It's fine for us to just familiarize ourselves with them today."
Chao Chao nodded, and the people under the sky also breathed a sigh of relief.
Their memory is limited, and they won't be able to handle learning too much at once.
Then they thought that they would be able to study with Chaochao in the future, and they became happy again. In this way, even if they cannot afford the tuition and cannot enter the school, they can still become learned people.
Emperor Jingxuan also thought about this problem, and not only him, but also many ministers present.
Many of them had a sense of crisis. Da Qi was a feudal dynasty that was still implementing a policy of keeping the people ignorant. They believed that knowledge should be in the hands of a few people so that they could rule the people and maintain their position as emperor.
But now, because of the appearance of the sky curtain, this status quo has a tendency to be broken, which makes those in power very uneasy.
"Your Majesty, this won't work. If everyone in the world could read and write, wouldn't it be chaos?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, we need to come up with a set of rules for this matter as soon as possible. The more books the people read, the more ideas they have. If this continues, I'm afraid they won't obey the court's call."
This matter touched upon the interests of many aristocratic families and royal relatives, and they were all obviously getting anxious.
Of course, there are a small number of people who think differently.
"Your Majesty, I don't think so. In later generations, everyone can read and receive nine years of instruction, but there was no turmoil there, right?"
But such words were quickly rejected.
"How do you know there's no chaos over there? We've only been watching Tianmu for a few days, and our sights have been lingering around Chao Chao. We still don't know what the situation is outside over there."
"That's right. We haven't seen what will happen in the future, but at this critical juncture in Daqi, it is definitely not a good time to let all the people learn to read and write."
The noise soon became one and the number of dissatisfied people was obviously increasing.
Emperor Jingxuan looked at them quietly without saying a word, and on the surface he seemed to not care about the matter at all.
After a long while, he looked at the Grand Tutor who also said nothing but closed his eyes as if in a trance, and asked in a deep voice, "Grand Tutor, what do you think about this?"
The sound was not loud, but the hall suddenly became quiet.
The Grand Tutor walked out of the queue and said, "Your Majesty, my opinion is not important. No, everyone's opinion is not important. The canopy is hanging in the sky, and we cannot make it disappear. People in the world can see it by looking up, and we cannot make them close their eyes. It cannot be stopped anyway, so what can we do even if we are not happy?"
Could it be that all those people are blinded? Or order everyone not to look up? Is it possible? You can hear it even without watching it.
The hall grew increasingly peaceful, and everyone's breathing seemed to have become much lighter.
Those who had just been arguing until their faces turned red, now felt a little powerless.
Yeah, there's really nothing they can do.
We can only find ways to deal with it after the chaos really happens.
Emperor Jingxuan closed his eyes. He didn't speak before because he thought of this.
As expected, it is too early to say whether the sky curtain is a blessing or a curse for Daqi.
Yu Kangsheng pondered for a moment, then stood up and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, for ordinary people, their wishes are very simple, just to have enough food and warm clothes. Although Tianmu taught them to read and write, it also gave us the clue to produce 10,000 kilograms of grain per mu. As long as we find the sweet potatoes, the people will have hope for their lives, so why would they risk their lives to cause chaos?"
The Grand Tutor nodded slightly and said, yes, the people’s needs are just that simple. They don't even care who is in power, as long as they can live a good life, why would they rebel? Reading and writing can even help many people understand things better.
Emperor Jingxuan was stunned, and the Sinong Temple in the main hall was also a little surprised.
Unexpectedly, Yu Kangsheng, who has always been unhurried about finding sweet potatoes, would be the first to say such a thing.
He immediately stepped forward and said, "I second the motion."
Emperor Jingxuan looked at the sky outside the palace and suddenly waved his sleeves. "Your words make sense, my dear minister. Pass on my order to send more people to find the location of the sweet potatoes as soon as possible. Also, pay more attention to other high-yield grains. If you find any, you will be rewarded handsomely."
"yes."
On this day, everyone in Daqi was very excited.
Although the wealthy and powerful families were still worried, most of the ordinary people were as excited as if it were New Year's Day about what they had learned and memorized. Many of them couldn't sleep all night because of this.
Another person who slept late was Chao Chao.
So when she woke up the next day, she was late again.
Chao Chao was still a little dazed as he sat on the bed. Not fully awake yet, his mind began to replay the knowledge he had learned yesterday.
Not only did she learn numbers, her eldest cousin also explained to her the algorithms of addition and subtraction, but he didn't say much. My eldest cousin said he was worried that she wouldn’t be able to digest it, and said we should take it slowly.
Unfortunately, my eldest cousin and brother Yuanyuan have both gone home. I heard that they have to go back to school today and are very busy.
Thinking of this, Chao Chao still felt a little lost.
But she quickly cheered up and thought, it’s okay, she still has her dad, mom, grandparents, housekeeper Ji, Aunt Zhao, Aunt Fu and so on. Now she has so many people who love her and she is not alone at all.
Chao Chao got out of bed energetically. Just as he went to the bathroom to brush his teeth, Jian Yunsang came in.
"Awake?"
"Sorry, Mom, I'm late again today." Chao Chao felt a little guilty. She seemed to be getting lazier and lazier recently. This was not okay and she must change it in the future.
Jian Yunsang smiled and said, "It's okay, we're not in a hurry. Brush your teeth first, and then finish breakfast, and Mom and Dad will take you out."
Chao Chao quickly rinsed her mouth, washed her face, took Jian Yunsang's hand and walked out, "Go out? Mom, are we going out today?"
(End of this chapter)
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