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"Follow... order." Qian Qianyi was weak.

A piece of toilet paper is useful, so Qian Qianyi found it useful?

Zhao Han looked at Liu Rushi: "Do you want to compose Datong Zhengyin?"

Liu Rushi replied: "I am also familiar with opera, and the correct pronunciation is not behind others."

Zhao Han then said to several famous opera actors: "After Mr. Yu Shan has made up the correct pronunciation, you can sing the opera against it. If you feel something is wrong, just say it and let them revise the compilation."

"Yes!"

Those famous opera actors were very happy, they never imagined that they would be able to participate in such a big event.

Zhao Han said: "Everyone else should step down, Qian Qianyi and Liu Yin don't leave for now."

Everyone bowed and said goodbye.

There were only three people left in the yard. Zhao Han said to Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi: "The achievements of the Emperor Qin are the most important in the same text. What you have to do is to speak with the same voice. You should understand how important it is? A hundred years later, all the famous scholars and scholars have passed away, but the two of you have left your name in history."

"Dedicate yourself to the best of your ability, and die after death!"

Liu Rushi's blood boiled with enthusiasm. As a woman, she was finally able to do great things.

Qian Qianyi said: "I will definitely do my best."

Zhao Han smiled and waved: "Come here, let me show you some letters."

Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi walked over, and Zhao Han untied the white cloth on the blackboard, only to see some messy symbols written on it.

Latin alphabet.

The method of pinyin must be implemented, and original symbols can be used. In the late Qing Dynasty, some people created their own symbols to develop pinyin.

However, Chinese self-created symbols are inevitably born out of radicals, which can easily lead to some misleading.

Therefore, mainland China uses the Latin alphabet for pinyin, and Taiwan uses imitation of Japanese kana for pinyin. In fact, both use the same principle.

And this principle comes from the traditional Yayan, which is the set of reading pronunciation rules that are compatible with various dialects.

Zhao Han pointed to the blackboard: "These are initials, and these are finals."

Those who have learned the slicing method of elegant words can understand it now. Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi immediately understood what those letters were for.

Zhao Han didn't even need to explain the meaning of the two words initials and finals.

Sound, rhyme and mother are themselves phonological terms.

Seeing their reactions, Zhao Han was instantly happier. It was easy for the scholars to accept, all they had to do was forcefully memorize the pronunciation of the letters.

"Read it yourself," Zhao Han said.

Next to each Latin letter, there are Chinese phonetic notation, and Zhao Han also wrote several examples of the combination of sounds and vowels.

The two looked at the Chinese phonetic notation for a while, and Zhao Han wrote the four tones of modern Chinese: "Here are the tones. I created four by myself, and you created the remaining three by yourself."

Qian Qianyi randomly selected a few Chinese characters, tried to use pinyin to cut the sound, and suddenly sighed: "Although it is superficial, it is really easy for Mongolian children to learn. But it has deviated from the method of proper rhyme. will perish."

Zhao Han said: "Language, like characters, has been changing since ancient times, and the direction of change is from complex to simple. I not only want to simplify the phonetic rhythm, but also simplify Chinese characters. If there are multiple ways of writing, choose the simplest and most reasonable one. .”

Qian Qianyi said with emotion: "The ambition of the general town can only be glimpsed today."

Zhao Han doesn't engage in forced simplification, but just chooses simple characters as standard characters.

For example, "wu" and "wu" have been in common use for hundreds of years, with exactly the same meaning and usage, why not use "wu" as a standard glyph?

Liu Rushi looked at Zhao Han's leaving voice, and said to himself, "A really great man!"

Qian Qianyi pretended not to hear, he didn't dare to provoke this strange woman again, and he was even more afraid of offending that great man just now.

Chapter 331 [Return to the South]

In the blink of an eye, it was the spring of the 13th year of Chongzhen, and it had been a month since Qian Qianyi received the errand.

Beijing.

Hou Xun, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Fang Kongshao, Xiong Wencan, Li Fengshen... all these "criminal ministers" walked out of the prison in unison.

They were released relatively late, because their family members rushed from the south, carrying money all the way to the Ministry of Punishment to redeem them.

The imperial court was completely out of money, and Chongzhen was trying to figure out a way, and one of them was to punish officials with money to atone for their crimes.

The effect of making money is not bad, and it has not attracted too much criticism.

Because many of the criminals in the imperial prison were imprisoned for screwing things up, or even imprisoned for inexplicable accountability.

"Your precious, farewell!"

Li Fengshen bowed his hands to everyone and got into the carriage hired by his son Li Wen.

Lu Xiangsheng also cupped his fists and said, "Farewell!"

Lu Xiangjin, Lu Xiangsheng's younger brother, hired a carriage with Li Wen, and they were going back to Jiangnan together.

"Ugh!"

Sun Chuanting shook his head and walked in another direction.

Xiong Wencan led his son straight to his in-laws' mansion.He and the cabinet minister Yao Minggong are fellow villagers, and they were married very early.Xiong Wencan was appreciated by Yang Sichang, largely because of Yao Minggong's recommendation.

Xiong Wencan has already made up his mind to say goodbye to his in-laws and leave Beijing.

Fang Kongzhang, Fang Yizhi, Hou Xun, Hou Fangyu, two father and sons walked slowly.

"How is the situation in the south?" Hou Xun asked.

Hou Fangyu replied: "Jiangzuo, Jiangyou, Guangdong, and Fujian are all controlled by Zhao Han. Huguang is divided into two, and the area south of the Yangtze River is changed to Hunan Province."

"It seems that Zhao thief has already planned to occupy the whole Huguang," Fang Kongzhang said with a smile, "In the future, it will be re-divided. Only the south of Dongting Lake will be called Hunan."

Hou Xun shook his head and sighed: "I've been in prison for three years, things have changed and people have changed, and the current situation has become so corrupt." He stopped and turned around, and asked, "Brother Qianfu, are you planning to go back to your hometown to join that bandit Zhao?"

"Let's talk about it later." Fang Kongxuan answered ambiguously.

The two of them had nothing to say, they walked together for a while, and then parted ways.

After parting, Hou Fangyu said to his father: "The thieves are raging in Henan. Everywhere is forming villages to protect themselves. Our family is also recruiting troops to form villages."

"Let's talk at home!" Hou Xun said.

The gentry and aristocratic families in Henan have completely entered the mode of troubled times.

Often one or several families build stockades and arm their slaves, not seeking to kill thieves, but only seeking to protect themselves.When the rogues came, they would send food. Under normal circumstances, as long as there was enough food, the rogues would not bother to waste their energy in attacking.

another street.

Fang Yizhi said to his father: "Uncle has become the prefect of Shizhou."

"Zhizhou Wei?" Fang Kongzheng confirmed.

Fang Yizhi explained: "Zhao Han changed Shizhouwei to Shizhoufu, and the government was located in Shizhou (Enshi), and Badong and Jianshi were also included under it. Shinan, Rongmei, Shiliang, Jin Dong and other chieftains were all converted to native land, and some chieftains were revoked."

"Didn't the chieftain rebel?" Fang Kongxuan asked in surprise.

Fang Yizhi said: "From the summer harvest last year until now, Zhao Han's Datong army has been fighting with the chieftain of Shizhou for seven months."

Fang Kongyan sighed and said: "Tie Zhao is still in a hurry, reforming the land and returning to the country requires a long-term operation, how can it be done overnight?"

Fang Yizhi said:

"It's different this time. After Zhao Han occupied Shizhou, he immediately allocated land to the military households in Shizhou, Jiannan and other guards. He also allocated land to the surrounding Sinicized Miao people (mostly Tujia) and declared that the entire Shizhou The government exempted the land tax for three years, and encouraged the Han and Miao people to open up wasteland."

"After gaining the allegiance of the Sinicized Miao people, they used these Miao people as guides to cut off the disobedient chieftains around them and forcibly reform the land to return to the local people. With the Han people as the main officials and the Sinicized Miao people as the assistant officials, they were ordered not to discriminate against the Miao people, and the Han and Miao people were promoted everywhere. One policy."

"Their farmers' associations are very powerful. Among the Miao people, farmers' associations have also been formed. Those Miao people who can't even speak Chinese, because they don't have to do corvee because of the distribution of land and tax exemption, they all help in turn. The government is going to beat the toast."

"After fighting for half a year, almost all the soldiers under the little chieftain ran to Zhao Han's side."

There are many ethnic minorities in Enshi, most of whom are descendants of the ancient Ba people, but they were collectively called Miao people and Tuman in the Ming Dynasty.

A large number of ethnic minority compatriots, including military households everywhere, are living in dire straits.

Allocate fields for them, bring them sweet potatoes and other crops, exempt them from grain tax for three years, and exempt them from various corvees.The revolutionary enthusiasm was immediately ignited, and some small chieftains did not need the Datong army to do anything, and the native soldiers and native people killed themselves.

After half a year, there were only six chieftains left in Dawang, Sanmao, Labidong, Mucen, Xiping, and Tangya. Huang Yao left 2000 regular soldiers and 2000 peasant soldiers, and slowly cooperated with the magistrate in the conquest.

These are actually small chieftains, and each chieftain can have hundreds of soldiers under his command.Conquering chieftains is similar to exterminating bandits. The slowness of the fight is purely due to the difficulty of walking. In real battles, they are often defeated with one blow.

Fang Kongzheng sighed: "Your uncle has been assigned."

"No," Fang Yizhi explained, "the more Zhao Han employs people, the more he values ​​them, the more he will be assigned to drudgery. Once the job is done, he will definitely be promoted. If my uncle can manage the Shizhou Mansion properly, it is very likely that he will be promoted in the future. He was promoted directly to the chief envoy."

Fang Kongxuan asked with a smile, "Why do you understand so well?"

Fang Yizhi said: "Uncle has written many times to ask the child to seek refuge with Zhao Han as soon as possible. Now that the father is released from prison, there is no need to worry about the future. The child is going to Ji'an Mansion."

"Let's go together, I also want to visit Jiangxi." Fang Kongxuan was completely disappointed with the court.

The father and son didn't go very far, and suddenly came galloping.

"Fang Yushi," the pedestrian (emissary of the emperor) dismounted and said, "Your Majesty has an oral order, please Fang Yushi stay in the capital for a while, choose a day to read the edict of appointment, and give Shang Fang a sword."

Hearing this, Fang Kongxuan was so angry that he almost wanted to scold Chongzhen on the spot.

I was imprisoned for more than a year, and my family members were asked to pay money for atonement, and I was about to be rehabilitated just two blocks after I was released from prison?

If you really want to reuse Lao Tzu, won't you just return to office?It's purely to earn an extra amount of redemption money!

Fang Kongxuan agreed immediately, and found an inn in the outer city of Beijing, and the father and son fled early the next morning.

Lu Xiangsheng sat in the carriage, silent all the way.

In the city of Beijing, starvation is everywhere, and beggars can be seen everywhere.

After leaving the city, the fields were barren, and many noble lands were covered with weeds.

"Why?" Lu Xiangsheng couldn't believe it.

Lu Xiangjin explained: "Honorable gentry are increasingly exploited. There was a severe drought this spring, and many tenants did not want to farm anymore, and they ganged up as thieves. If it weren't for Hong Dushi (Hong Chengchou) who went to suppress the thieves, the people would not dare Going out of the city, brother Yu brought silver to the north this time, and was almost ransacked by thieves several times."

Lu Xiangsheng was speechless, he didn't know what to say.

In ancient times, land rent was basically not divided into shares, and fixed rent was paid.

Regardless of whether the weather is good or weather is natural or man-made, the tenant farmers have to pay so much rent, at most they ask the landlord to pay less.Now that there have been catastrophes in successive years, the grain produced in the fields is not enough for the farmers to pay their rent. Who the hell wants to farm the land?

Northern Zhili is better. Many prefectures and counties in Henan can already be described as ten rooms and nine empty spaces.

Not all starved to death, but a large number of people fled famine to other places, or simply rebelled. Anyway, whoever grows food is an idiot.

Lu Xiangjin said: "The price of rice in Beijing this spring is seven taels of silver for one stone."

Lu Xiangsheng was dumbfounded when he heard that, no wonder Chongzhen was willing to release the guilty minister, as long as he paid the atonement money, he would be released.This is being forced to the point of no choice. If the prison is not emptied quickly, the prisoners will not be able to afford food.

Lu Xiangjin smiled and said to Li Fengshen: "Shanghai opened a port and built a seaport, and the sea ban has been completely lifted."

"It's a good thing." Li Fengshen said with a smile.

Li Fengshen and Li Wen's father and son are from Shanghai, and their family also engaged in some trade, smuggled to maritime merchants through fishermen.

But after all, it belongs to Southern Zhili, and the smuggling in Shanghai is strictly investigated. In addition, it can be transported to the north by the Yangtze River, so the smuggling phenomenon in Shanghai is far less than that in Guangzhou.

If Kaihai does business casually, it will be a source of income for the Li family.

Li Wen said: "Father, if the child wants to join Jiangxi, father should go too."

Li Fengshen shook his head: "I have been imprisoned for several years, and I don't want to be an official anymore."

Life in the imperial prison in the late Ming Dynasty was pretty good. As long as enough money was given, the jailers generally would not treat them harshly.

It's true that Chongzhen often has convulsions, and throws a bunch of them in every now and then. He may be restored to power one day, so it's best not to easily make enemies with these criminals.

The people went south by boat and passed through Xuzhou all the way before returning to the world from hell.

There is famine everywhere in Shandong!

When they were in Taoyuan Shuiyi, they met a group of scholars, and some even dragged their families to the south.

Lu Xiangsheng went over and asked, "Does my friend want to move south?"

A scholar bowed his hands in return: "In the north, there is nothing to be a scholar. If you go to the south, you will have the opportunity to display your ambitions. Mr. Zhao must be the founding lord of the country! Mr. Zhao's song "Bonus to the Monarchs" is Write it for me and other northern scholars to read!"

The rapid spread of this poem is naturally inseparable from Xu Ying's contribution.

Xu Ying has moved to live in Huai'an Prefecture, and in various counties along the canal, she goes to schools to distribute promotional materials.

Every month, there are scholars who go south together to seek refuge in Mingzhu.