Chapter 970 Chapter 970, attracting people
"Look, this is the dictionary your elder brother marked out."
After several months of sorting, Yan Wenxiu marked all the characters in the "Zihui" book used by Daxia literati with pinyin.
Daohua flipped through it casually and asked in confusion, "Why are you showing it to me?"
Xiao Yeyang: "Wen Xiu wants you to check if he made any mistakes. If not, he will send this dictionary and the pinyin alphabet to the capital."
Hearing this, Daohua felt a headache: "Such a big book, how long will it take me to check it?"
Xiao Yeyang smiled and pinched Daohua's shoulder: "There's nothing we can do. Wenxiu and I are both your disciples, and no one else knows this pinyin, so you have to check it."
Daohua said languidly, "Am I asking for trouble?" Having said that, he still asked, "Is it urgent?"
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "Don't worry, take your time. After a while, I plan to have Wen Xiu return to the capital and have him meet the emperor in person to report the matter of Pinyin."
"Perhaps, I can use this dictionary to attract a group of talented people to Xiliang."
As he spoke, he shook his head and sighed, "There are too few erudite people who teach and educate people in Xiliang."
Daohua had an idea in mind. Although Xiao Yeyang said there was no rush, she didn't like to procrastinate. When she had something on her mind, she wanted to solve it quickly, so she checked the "Vocabulary" early.
After Xiao Yeyang found out, he asked Yan Wenxiu to return to the capital in early August with the annotated "Dictionary" and pinyin alphabet.
"Let's go back now so Wen Xiu can come back soon."
Capital city, imperial palace.
The emperor looked at the dictionary and pinyin alphabet table submitted by Yan Wenxiu with a very serious expression.
The "Zihui" used in Daxia today was compiled by the previous dynasty. The emperor has always wanted to compile a Daxia dictionary, but unfortunately it has never been realized.
The emperor did not immediately draw a conclusion on whether Pinyin was useful or not. Instead, he summoned more than ten scholars from the Hanlin Academy and asked them to learn Pinyin from Yan Wenxiu.
Thinking that it was his niece-in-law who came up with pinyin, he thought about it and called a few officials from the Imperial College to learn it together, including Yan Wenjie.
After Yan Wenjie received the news, a hint of ecstasy flashed across his eyes.
Since his sister and Fang Shuo divorced, although Lord Fang had never made things difficult for him in the Imperial College, the way his colleagues looked at him, the words they talked about him in private, and the vague alienation and exclusion made him feel very uncomfortable.
He knew why his elder brother came back this time.
Compiling a dictionary, even if he was just an assistant, with this job, he could leave the Imperial College.
The emperor's order was urgent. After receiving the news, Yan Wenjie told his superiors and went to the palace to report.
Lord Fang looked at Yan Wenjie's hurriedly leaving back and couldn't help but frowning. At the same time, he felt a little regretful.
When the second son wanted to take his concubine to take up his post, he and his wife should have really stopped him.
Although he and his wife did not like Yan Yile's character and personality, the Yan family was a rare and good relative.
Now that the two families are in such a quarrel, it is really not what he wants to see.
Why.
It’s such a pity for the Yan family!
After more than half a month of study, the Hanlin Academy's Shujishi and the Imperial College officials all agreed that pinyin annotations were much simpler and easier to learn than using words with the same pronunciation but different tones.
The emperor also learned pinyin and realized its importance. He immediately put the matter of compiling a dictionary on the agenda.
Originally, the emperor wanted to appoint Yan Wenxiu as the person in charge, but Yan Wenxiu did not want to stay in the capital and bury himself in compiling books. He wanted to govern the land and do something concrete and practical for the people.
This time when I went to Beijing, in addition to reporting the Pinyin issue to the emperor, I also wanted to report on the work results of Ganzhou Wei Jianfu.
The emperor looked through the achievements of Ganzhou Prefecture in the past three years, thought for a moment, and looked at Yan Wenxiu: "Does Yeyang want to fully establish prefecture, state, and county government agencies in Xiliang?"
Yan Wenxiu nodded. "After three years of hard work, most of the unstable factors in Xiliang have been eliminated. Now, no one will object to the establishment of prefectures, states, and counties."
The emperor was silent for a moment. "Then do as Ye Yang reports. I will hand over Xiliang to him for governance. I believe he can give me a satisfactory answer."
Yan Wenxiu did not participate in the compilation of the dictionary, but the emperor noted his contribution.
The task of compiling the dictionary was finally entrusted to an old scholar from the Hanlin Academy, and Yan Wenjie was also transferred to the Hanlin Academy. At the same time, the pinyin alphabet began to circulate among literati on a small scale.
Yan Mansion.
When Zhu Qiyun learned that her husband was transferred to the Hanlin Academy, she thanked God several times.
The fourth sister's divorce affected her husband the most. In just a few months, he lost a lot of weight.
"I was able to be transferred to the Hanlin Academy this time thanks to my eldest brother's help. He will be returning to Xiliang soon. Should we prepare some extra things for my eldest sister-in-law and eldest sister to take with them?"
Zhu Qiyun and Yan Wenjie discussed it.
Yan Wenjie thought for a moment and said, "Let's prepare more. Big Brother and Big Sister don't lack anything, but this is also a token of our appreciation."
Zhu Qiyun nodded and started to draw up the list.
After a while, Yan Wenjie continued, "I might be quite busy from now on. You'll have to take care of my parents and my fourth sister."
Zhu Qiyun paused, then forced a smile: "What are you talking about, my husband? Taking care of my parents is what I should do as a daughter-in-law."
Yan Wenjie sighed in his heart. Qiyun only mentioned his parents and did not mention his fourth sister.
This is not Qiyun's fault. No one would have no grudges against their sister-in-law who divorced and returned home.
Yan Wenjie felt a headache when he thought of his fourth sister who had divorced and returned home.
Zhu Qiyun: "Now my parents are living with my fourth sister in a farm on the outskirts of the city. I will send people to deliver things to them from time to time. My husband, don't worry about the family affairs."
"This is a rare opportunity to enter the Hanlin Academy. My husband, you must seize it."
Now the eldest wife still remembers the kindness of her family to the second wife, but no matter how great the kindness is, it cannot withstand endless demands.
She has been married into the Yan family for so many years, and it has always been the first wife who has been helping the second wife, and whenever something happens to the second wife, it is the first wife who helps to resolve it.
When her fourth sister divorced this time, she could clearly feel her uncle and aunt's dissatisfaction and impatience with the second wife, otherwise, they would not have prevented her parents-in-law from living in the house.
If the second wife continues like this, the first wife will get annoyed sooner or later.
Thinking of Yan Yile, Zhu Qiyun really couldn't feel any sympathy.
In her opinion, everything that happened to her sister-in-law today was her own fault.
I hope this divorce can make her change her temper!
In mid-November, when the first snow fell in the capital, Yan Wenxiu set out for Xiliang.
Despite the cold weather, Yan Zhigao and Madam Li personally sent their son to the city gate.
Yan Wenjie and Zhu Qiyun also came.
After Yan Wenxiu said goodbye to Yan Zhigao and Madam Li, he walked over to Yan Wenjie and patted him on the shoulder: "Work hard in the Hanlin Academy. The Second House still depends on you to support it."
Yan Wenjie looked a little ashamed: "The second house has caused my uncle and brother a lot of worry."
Yan Wenxiu said, "We are one family, so we should keep separate opinions." After a moment's thought, he added, "Study more with Academician Du. He is very knowledgeable."
After saying goodbye to his family, Yan Wenxiu got on a carriage and left.
Not long after leaving the capital, we encountered a group of carriages and horses.
"But Lord Yan's carriage?"
After the Pinyin spread in a small circle, some people who were well-informed received the news and came to find us.
The people in the Hanlin Academy were busy compiling a dictionary and had no time to teach others, so everyone turned their attention to Yan Wenxiu.
Yan Wenxiu lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at the people who stopped the carriage. He knew at a glance that these people were scholars. The head of the carriage smiled and said, "I am Yan Wenxiu."
Someone immediately stepped forward and said, "We are teachers from Baichuan Academy. We heard that Master Yan invented the Pinyin annotation method, so we came here specifically to ask for his advice."
Yan Wenxiu: "The Pinyin annotation method was not invented by me. It was discovered by chance by the Weiyuan Palace. If you want to learn it, you can come with me to Xiliang."
(End of this chapter)
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