Datang: Let you supervise the country and become an emperor through the ages

Chapter 214

Outside the Chongwen Hall, Li Shimin paced like a tiger, walking slowly, and came to the door. As soon as he entered the Chongwen Hall, he heard the sound of reading books coming from inside.

Looking at the Chongwen Museum in front of him, Li Shimin's heart throbbed inexplicably.

This is the imperial family of the Tang Dynasty, a top institution dedicated to collecting books and teaching the disciples of the imperial family.

The princes and princes' sons in the court are all eligible to study in the Chongwen Hall, and the masters who teach here are all great Confucianists in the world, such as Kong Yingda and Li Gang.

Therefore, in Chongwen Hall, apart from the sound of reading, there are also roaring sounds from time to time from tempered masters such as Kong Yingda and Li Gang.

Li Shimin was very familiar with this kind of voice, so it was actually very rare for him to come here.

Because Li Shimin really had no human rights at all in front of great scholars like Kong Yingda and Li Gang.

Even now, facing Kong Yingda and Li Gang, Li Shimin was unknowingly short by a head, so Li Shimin basically couldn't see these old guys as long as he could.

But today, Li Shimin came here to show off his skills because of the fetish of "Chinese Pinyin".

"Your Majesty, see Your Majesty, Your Majesty is coming, come quickly and see Your Majesty!"

Kong Yingda, a group of great Confucian scholars, was taking a break between classes, when they saw Li Shimin's figure suddenly, they came out to pay homage.

"My dear friends, hurry up, I miss you, so I came to visit you." Li Shimin said with a smile, and entered the hall of Chongwen Hall with everyone.

Everyone sat down as guest and host. As soon as Kong Yingda's butt touched the stool, he immediately got up and cupped his hands at Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, I was just talking about King Jin."

Li Shimin frowned, only to hear that Li Gang also stood up, "Your Majesty, I heard that the King of Jin cried to His Majesty, saying that we masters don't know how to teach lessons, and that it is difficult to learn to read in the Chongwen Museum. Dare to ask Your Majesty, can there be such a thing?" ?”

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard the words, he knew that the empress dowager must have sent someone to inquire, and he couldn't help shaking his head secretly in his heart.

Women are really troublesome, they almost ruined my event!

Li Shimin didn't hide anything, he nodded with a smile and said: "Young slaves have mentioned to me that children are ignorant, and the masters laughed at them!"

Kong Yingda laughed, "Literacy is like sailing against the current, but if you find it difficult to even read, how will you know the books of sages? If you can't even read the books of sages, how can you govern the country and the world?"

What Kong Yingda said sounded quite satisfactory, but what Li Gang said next was not so pleasant.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for my rebellion. Prince Jin's talent is dull, and he has no talent at all on the way of literacy. There is no shortcut except hard work, so please be sympathetic to the old ministers, Your Majesty, and don't be fooled by King Jin."

"Huh?" Hearing Li Gang's words, Li Shimin's expression changed instantly.

Li Zhi is the son of his direct relative, a nobleman of the Tang dynasty. Li Gang actually dared to say that he was stupid, and even said that Li Zhi was bewitching himself. How could Li Shimin endure this?

"Master Li's words, I'm afraid he was overthinking it." Li Shimin's tone became very rude.

"Literacy and hyphenation can be very simple, but you people insist on doing some weird reading methods, coupled with your own accents, this makes literacy even more difficult !”

"Masters, you don't look for the reason from yourself, but blindly judge that it's the student's fault. It's biased!"

"Huh?" Li Gang's original intention was actually to beat Li Zhi, but he didn't expect to attract such a big backlash from Li Shimin, and his expression changed for a while.

On the other side, Kong Yingda also felt that Li Gang's words were a bit too much, which was equivalent to indirectly scolding the entire Li Tang royal family, but after hearing what Li Shimin said later, he immediately became sympathetic and turned his head directly on Li Shimin.

"Then according to His Majesty, the literacy rules taught by the ancestors are probably all wrong!"

"It's ridiculous. That minister dares to ask His Majesty for advice. I don't know what His Majesty said, the simpler method of literacy?"

As we all know, the current identification rules of Chinese characters, such as the straight phonetic method and the phonetic notation method, have been passed down from generation to generation since the ancient Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and most of them were created by Confucian masters.

Li Shimin said that the method of literacy taught by the masters is too complicated, which is tantamount to denying Confucian knowledge, which is tantamount to slapping Confucianism in the face. How can Kong Yingda and other great Confucians bear it?

The old masters are all people who accept death, regardless of Li Shimin's identity, they are all like fighting cocks, staring at Li Shimin to see what Li Shimin can say.

If Li Shimin can't tell, then they have to talk to Li Shimin, and let Li Shimin admit his mistake no matter what!

This group of great Confucians are also getting used to it. In the usual situation like this, Li Shimin's final result is to calm down and admit his mistakes, but today Li Shimin is not right. He just wants to have a good fight with these great Confucians!

"Everyone, it's actually easier to use the pinyin method to learn characters than your method." Li Shimin's tone was firm, and Kong Yingda and others were stunned at once.

Pinyin, what is this?Could it be that Li Shimin invented it himself to fool them?
All the great Confucians still stared at Li Shimin, as if they wanted to wait for Li Shimin to break something out.

"If you want to use the pinyin method to learn characters, you must first learn the initials and finals, and then use the combination of the initials and finals, and add the tones to learn the characters. It is definitely a hundred times more convenient than the straight phonetic method and other methods of literacy!"

Li Shimin casually took a pen and paper from the table, and while writing, he explained the combination of initials, finals, and tones to everyone.

Seeing the dense combination of initials and finals written on the white paper on the desktop, the expressions of Kong Yingda and Li Gang changed quickly.

They originally thought that Li Shimin was lying to them to fool them, but they didn't expect Li Shimin to be serious!

This pinyin method is so miraculous, it is absolutely impossible to come up with nonsense, and if you really use this method to learn characters, it is indeed infinitely better than those straight phonetic methods!
Kong Yingda and Li Gang, a pair of Confucian scholars who are almost 160 years old together, looked at each other, and they both saw deep shock in each other's eyes.

"Come on, let me give you another example!" Li Shimin saw the shock in the eyes of the Confucian scholars, so he struck while the iron was hot.

"Everyone, please take a look at the word 'Kong' of Confucius as an example. If you directly combine the initial consonant k and the final consonant ong, and then supplement it with the third tone, you will be a Confucius..."

Seeing Li Shimin interpreting the pronunciation of the word "Kong" so easily, Kong Yingda, Li Gang and others were completely dumbfounded...

(End of this chapter)