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On the entire island, only the Dutch and slaves remained.

No one to shave their heads, no one to mend their shoes, no one to clean up their shit.The castle and ghetto stinks, and the little arable land is lying waste, and the slaves are useless.

If this continues, even if the Dutch don't starve to death, they will have to be suffocated.

"Bring a pen." Zhao Han said.

Li Xiangjun immediately brought a pen and paper.

Zhao Han wrote down an order and handed it to the female officer in charge of ceremonies: "Let the cabinet be transferred to the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion."

This order is very simple, let Li Dingguo go to the north to train a cavalry division after the spring of next year, and Huang Fei will be transferred to Taiwan to take over the post of division commander.

There are reasons why things happen for a reason.

It was his teacher who transferred Li Dingguo to the south, with the most Fujian and Guangdong native places.

Transferring Li Dingguo back to the north means expanding the army again!

Cavalry is very important in fighting on the grasslands. Currently there is only one pure cavalry division, so Zhao Han decided to train a second one.War horses are enough. There is an official horse farm in Liaodong, and the Mongolians on the grassland have often gone south to sell horses in the past two years.

Before, there was not enough food, and the large number of immigrants consumed too much, so the army had to save some money.

Next year, it will be slowed down. In Shandong and Henan provinces, the land tax reduction and exemption period has passed, and the land tax will be collected in full next year.Moreover, the Datong Bank in the north, and the money and food exchange points are gradually spreading, the population of Shandong and Henan provinces is also enriched, and more and more abandoned land is reclaimed.

Shandong and Henan have recuperated for several years, and finally blossomed and borne fruit.

Zhao Han even guessed that the actual population of these two provinces must exceed the previously reported numbers, and many people who hid in the mountains came out again.

In addition, each division of the Datong Army will increase to 11000 people next year.

The increase of 1000 people can probably be understood as a regular engineering unit.In addition to doing engineering work, they also occasionally act as civilian husbands, helping to transport luggage and so on. They are also in charge of military convoys-before they were paid to recruit farmers and soldiers to do things.

This kind of arms is also available in the Ming Dynasty, and they are selected from the army surplus.

For those military households in the Ming Dynasty, the eldest son was a soldier and had military membership.The other brothers in the family are designated as military surplus, and they can find things to do on their own.But if there is a war, some soldiers will have to be recruited to help the main soldiers carry armor, help the main soldiers wash clothes, etc., and even serve as auxiliary soldiers.

In addition, another [-] elite troops were selected from each army, and recalled to Nanjing to serve as the imperial guards, bringing the number of emperor's imperial guards to [-].

After the military reform next year, together with the newly formed cavalry divisions, the number of regular troops nationwide will be close to 25.

If you count the patrolling soldiers (armed police) in the provinces, excluding the urban police force, the total strength is about 40.Like the police, most of the inspectors are veterans. They are mainly slightly disabled and slightly older soldiers. Their combat effectiveness is not inferior to that of the regular army.

In the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, the number of patrolling soldiers is very large. To put it bluntly, it is to prevent the remnants of chieftains from causing chaos!

To continue to expand in the north, to be honest, Zhao Han is not enthusiastic because the time is not ripe.

If you look at Zhu Yuanzhang's previous Northern Expeditions, you will know that in the first two hurricanes, due to the unstable foundation in the north, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately stopped after learning the lesson.At that time, the north was completely destroyed, and there was not much population at all. All the military supplies had to be transported from the south, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive.

As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang immigrated to farmland in large numbers, and after eight years of running the north, he began the third Northern Expedition.This is much easier, the population in the north is more substantial, and it is also convenient to collect civilian husbands and military rations on the spot.

The situation Zhao Han was facing at this time was similar. The population in the north was too small, and even if the grasslands were knocked down, it would be difficult to hold them.Even if it could be defended, troops would have to be stationed on the grassland, and rations would have to be transported from the south. The huge amount of money and rations consumed could drive Fei Chun to death.

For today's plan, while training cavalry, develop the north.

When the cavalry has finished training and the north has slowed down, it is the real time to go north to the grassland.

"Your Majesty, the brothers and sisters of the Zhu family are here. Are you summoned?" the female officer reminded.

Zhao Han said: "Let them come in, and call Concubine Tian to the Royal Garden."

Tian Xiuying arrived first, and the brothers and sisters of the Zhu family had to walk slowly through the Forbidden City.

"Meet Your Majesty!"

"No gift, sit down."

The brothers and sisters of the Zhu family were quite cautious, Tian Xiuying greeted them warmly, and personally pulled Aimi Zhu to sit down.

Zhao Han asked, "How about work and study?"

Zhu Cihong replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I am the Chief of the Ritual Department in Jiangning County. Last year, the county government gave me a worrying evaluation. Cijiong is studying at Jinling University. Last semester, he was ranked No. 60 in the whole grade. Cizhen has no intention of becoming an official. , and don’t want to study, he is currently an apprentice in Cifang Publishing House, and he plans to open a bookstore to get by in the future. As for Aimee, he is a math teacher at Xuanwuhu Primary School

Xuanwu Lake Primary School is already in the outer city, and it is estimated that when Aimee Zhu applied for the job as a teacher, she was not admitted to the school in the city.

Being a teacher is the occupation that is most easily accepted by society for today's highly educated women.After all, Fei Rulan, who is a queen, was also a teacher at Luling County Girls' School.

After Zhao Han finished listening, he looked at Zhu Cizhao with a smile: "Your ambition is to open a bookstore to live?"

Zhu Cizhao replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, it is enough to read miscellaneous books every day."

Zhao Han said: "Then there is no need to open a bookstore yourself. There are countless miscellaneous books to read in the library buildings of the Imperial Academy and Qintian Academy. You can choose one by yourself and become a librarian."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhu Cizhao was overjoyed.

After chatting about some gossip again, Zhao Han asked, "Why do you want me?"

"I dare you, Your Majesty, please give me a marriage for my third younger brother." Zhu Cihong described the situation at home.

Zhao Han asked Zhu Cijiong: "What does the woman's family do?"

Zhu Cijiong replied: "She is from Anhui, her family is in business, and an uncle is a magistrate in Shanxi."

"No wonder I dare not marry my daughter to you," Zhao Han asked, "Do you agree with each other? Is the woman willing?"

Zhu Cijiong quickly said: "Yes, Xiaomei is willing. We both decided to end up privately... We hit it off and often read books together at school."

"As long as the woman herself is willing, it's okay to give her a marriage," Zhao Han said, "Let's do this together. Does Cihong have a woman he likes?"

Zhu Cihong replied: "I have asked someone to make a matchmaker. She is the daughter of the owner of a grocery store outside the city."

Zhao Han asked Zhu Cizhao again: "What about you?"

Zhu Cizhao seems to be very salty, usually likes to read miscellaneous books, and has no other hobbies, not even a sweetheart.He shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about getting married yet."

"Then we'll talk about it later." Zhao Han was too lazy to be a matchmaker.

Finally looking at Aimee Zhu, Zhao Han asked, "Where is Aimee? Is there a man you like?"

Aunt Zhu said, "Report to Your Majesty, there is nothing."

Auntie Zhu is the one who is most worried about getting married, because the brothers and sisters went south, and it is because she was married to Zhao Han by Chongzhen.There is no way to publicize this matter, and there is no intention to keep it secret, but it has long been known to the world.

The princess of the former dynasty almost married the emperor of the current dynasty, who would dare to marry after eating a bear's heart?

Zhao Han thought carefully, and it was really not suitable for a minister's son to be married.But folk men can't marry at will, and I really don't know what to do about it.

Moreover, Zhao Han felt a little awkward, purely from a man's point of view, if he stood up to marry Aimi Zhu, it would be as if he had given himself a green hat.

After thinking about it, not knowing what to do, Zhao Han said, "When you have someone you like, I will give you a marriage."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Auntie Zhu was neither sad nor happy, she had already gotten used to it.

At noon, the Zhu brothers and sisters were left for dinner, and Tian Xiuying invited them to visit the Imperial Garden in the afternoon.

When leaving the Forbidden City, Zhu Cihuang scolded: "You are 19 years old, and you are really an old girl if you don't get married. Your Majesty bestows a marriage on you, and you should accept it. Why do you answer so casually? After I go back, I will Let a matchmaker help you find someone, you can always find someone who is both talented and virtuous, and then you can't push back."

Auntie Zhu smiled wryly, "Brother, have you forgotten that Mr. Li back then?"

"Why are you mentioning him? It happened three years ago, don't you remember it?" Zhu Cihong said depressedly.

Auntie Zhu said, "It's not that I can't forget it, it's that I'm frustrated."

At that time, Zhu Cihong was still studying at Jinling University, and Mr. Li came to Nanjing to visit relatives.Once, Zhu Cihong took Zhu Aimee and met Mr. Li while visiting a bookstore.

Talented and beautiful, fall in love at first sight.

After Mr. Li left Nanjing, he still kept correspondence for a long time, saying that others would not dare to marry the princess of the former dynasty, but he, Mr. Li, would dare even if he ransacked his family and wiped out his family, and would return to Nanjing soon to propose marriage.

Suddenly, the communication was cut off, and there was no more audio.

There is a high probability that Mr. Li explained Aimi Zhu's identity when he asked his parents to send someone to propose marriage, and then everything came to naught.

Aimee Zhu has been waiting for a letter from the other party for a year, two years... just last year, a letter finally came, but Mr. Li has already married a wife, so she told Aimee Zhu not to wait any longer.

Since then, Aimee Zhu no longer trusts men, thinking that men are big pigs.

Zhu Cijiong suddenly said: "It's fine for my sister to marry His Majesty, anyway, Dad agreed at the beginning."

Zhu Cizhen became anxious immediately: "How can that be done? My mother is His Majesty's concubine, so is my sister also His Majesty's concubine?"

"That's right, it's out of order." Zhu Cijiong scratched his head, looking not very smart.

Chapter 665 [Cangjie Pavilion]

Wei Cizhen is really heartless and doesn't worry about her sister's marriage at all. She happily ran to the Imperial Academy to work as a librarian and completed the entry procedures. Zhu Cizhen became familiar with the huge amount of library collections. The librarian is not only responsible for organizing , Maintenance, borrowing books.The book classification mode is still the method of quartering the subsets of classics and history, and religious works are listed separately in the form of appendices.

Weici was assigned a master named Qin Daiwen

, Teach him how to manage books systematically and formally.

This is the bibliography of the library." Qin Daiwen threw a large tome, "Not to mention memorizing all of them, at least there must be impressions everywhere.When you get a copy, you can immediately think of its location, and then follow the map to find the book and open the catalog. The opening chapter is a general introduction, which roughly introduces the situation of the Hanlin Academy. It also specifically stated that it was "ordered by His Majesty the Emperor of the People's Republic of China"

As for science books, literature books, and art books, they are all classified into the "Zi" department in the Classics and History Sub-collection.These are Zhu Cizhao's favorite miscellaneous books, so I skipped over to read "Zi Bu Zong Shu".

For several days in a row, Zhu Ciyi did nothing else but memorized the catalog of books. On this day, hearing the quarrel downstairs, Zhu Cizhen frowned and asked, "Teacher, the library building should be quiet. Why are there always people arguing outside?"

Devon laughed

"It's the people in the Cangjie library. They quarrel every day. They don't talk about it in their office. When they encounter any disagreements, they will go to the library building. Most of them want to borrow some ancient books.

Cangjie Hall is a relatively young institution in the Imperial Academy, specializing in the study of the development and changes of writing. Currently, it is mainly divided into two categories: oracle bone and gold and stone. These people make noise from outside the building to the building, and from downstairs to upstairs.Zhu Ciyi listened intently, and finally understood what they were arguing about, and then felt a violent shock.

A group of people who study characters actually want to revise "Shuowen Jiezi"!

There was a gray-haired scholar who was the most excited. His name was Guo Zongchang, and he was a famous epigrapher.He came to Beijing as a tribute, and lived in Beijing for a few years before he was alternated as a low-level official.I was really unhappy with my work, so I went back to Shaanxi to study knowledge. Li Zicheng and the others who were recruited by the Manchu Qing dismissed it.

It wasn't until after the oracle bones were excavated that Zhao Han ordered the establishment of the Cangjie Museum and recruited experts in gold and stone from all over the world to study together.

"The Six Books Divide the False and the Real," said Guo Zongchang,

Avoid appearances as facts, refer to things as they should be, but things without reality.

, righteous meeting, for borrowing.

Yuan Bian said: "Mr., the younger generation probably agrees with this statement, but the order does not need to be changed, let alone agree with it." Sir, the evolution sequence of the four books of pictography, knowing, borrowing, and pictophony.

Guo Zongchang said: "Why don't you agree? From the research of oracle bone inscriptions, based on the research of the sages of the past dynasties, there must be texts in the world first, then there are characters, that is, pictographic characters, and then there are combined characters (knowledge). There are pictographs in the form of borrowing. This is a matter of course. In the book, borrowing should be at least the third, not the sixth in "Shuowen"! M

The word "text" is particular.

Pictographs, or individual characters, are "text" in a narrow sense.Such as day characters, such as month characters.The sun and the moon add up to make Ming, and "Ming" is a combination of characters, also known as knowing characters, which belong to "characters" in a narrow sense.Text and characters coexist and develop, collectively referred to as "characters".

This theory became clearer and more obvious when people were studying oracle bone inscriptions, and scholars have begun to feel the development of characters.

Fan Qin is smoothing things over

"Don't fight any more, the order doesn't matter."

I have encountered something," Xiang Yuanfa said. "I admit that among the six books, pictographic and knowing meaning should be ranked first. "Shuowen" really needs to be squeezed out, but the four books after pictographic and knowing

, but it should be developed in parallel, and there is not necessarily a priority. Even if it is really necessary, the phonetic sound can be ranked ahead of the fake confession. In order of priority, it is time to recognize more oracle bone inscriptions, and sort out and summarize the identification methods of oracle bone inscriptions.

Guo Zongchang said: "Oracle bone inscriptions should be studied, and the sequence of character creation should also be debated. Clarifying the order of word creation is also a good way to sort out and summarize the identification of oracle bone inscriptions!" When Xiang Yuanbian agreed with Guo Zongchang's point of view, the two quarreled The most vicious person, Wei Ci, who joined forces to persuade the fight, half understood, only felt that these people were unpredictable. Sure enough, the scholars in the Imperial Academy were very powerful. These people walked past Zhu Cizhao, and there was a young man The man stopped and asked, "New here? A bit strange."

Wei Ci nodded and said, "He's new here.

The young man said: "My name is Chang Liuliang, and my name is Zhuang Sheng. From now on, I will bother you by borrowing books.

Zhu Cizhao asked: "Your Excellency is also a scholar of the Imperial Academy?

Lu Liuliang smiled and said, "Where is my knowledge enough? I am a graduate student of Jinling University. I am not in school at ordinary times, and I study oracle bone inscriptions with Mr. Guo.

"So that's how it is, disrespect and disrespect." Zhu Cizhao hurriedly handed over Lu Liuliang, who was chatting with Zhu Ci here, and he was dizzy from the group of people arguing.What is there to argue about?There is no way to win or lose now, so it is better to study a few oracle bone inscriptions and use the evidence of oracle bone inscriptions to slap your face in the future.

While chatting, a young watchman from the Imperial Academy rushed to the library, panting, "Another oracle bone has arrived!

Everyone ran back quickly, and this time they brought some oracle bones in the three luo baskets, so that Guo Zongchang, Xiang Yuanzhi and others could see each other.This kind of oracle bone has no tortoise shell, only animal bones and teeth, and the characters are engraved on it. Compared with the previous oracle bone inscriptions, this kind of oracle bone font is more slender, and more primitive and simple. Unfortunately, there is no carbon fourteen detection at this time, otherwise, they You will know that this kind of oracle bone is 200 years earlier than the Yin Ruins oracle bone, and the time is probably in the late Longshan culture.

The two kinds of oracle bones are in the same line. Guo Zongchang held a magnifying glass and said: "This kind of oracle bones must be older, or they were made during the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors.

"It must be so." Xiang Yuanbian nodded.

Liu Liang suddenly said: "Is the writing really made by Cangjie?

Everyone was speechless.

After studying oracle bone inscriptions for a long time, we can be sure that Chinese characters are not created by Cang Yan, but by generations of ancient people who have been constantly creating and developing. "Hanlin Academic Journal". And abandon the controversy,

Leave it to the outside world for comment, and then I will continue to do research! "Guo Zongchang first agreed.

The three brothers Huang Zongxi, Huang Zongyan, and Huang Zonghui are all researchers now.

Huang Zongxi served as the deputy director of the Geography Museum of Qintianyuan (the director is Gu Yanwu), and also had research tasks in the Mathematics Museum and Planetarium.Huang Zongyan is a Ph.D. from the Mathematics Hall of Qintian Academy, and Huang Zonghui is a bachelor from the Cangjie Hall of the Imperial Academy.

The three of them are called "Three Yellows of the Capital"