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Is Chapter 97 Comparable?

Li Shimin's roar made the minds of the two Great Confucians of the Tang Dynasty buzzing, and the two who were so arrogant just now were all stunned for a moment.

When they reacted, they immediately stared at the punctuation marks in the book, pondered carefully, and soon their eyes lit up.

"Hiss... These things called punctuation marks are really interesting."

"Well, that's true. With their sentence breaks, it seems that the meaning of the article is easier to understand."

"It's really amazing, it's just that there are so many little tadpole-like dots, and it's not so tiring to read and punctuate sentences."

"No wonder even servants who only know how to read can easily understand a book. It's because of this!"

"In this way, if we also use these punctuation marks in our scriptures, then the students of Chongwen Hall and Hongwen Hall will not be so difficult to teach!"

Although Kong Yingda and Li Gang are pedantic, they are both smart people, and they suddenly realized it under Li Shimin's advice.

At the same time, they soon had their own insights into the magic of punctuation.

"It's wonderful, it's really wonderful. A while ago, the old man was arguing with Mr. Li. If someone with a heart deliberately misinterpreted it, I'm afraid a new school of Confucianism will be born."

"However, if all the Confucian classics are now uniformly segmented, using these punctuation marks, and then printing, the world will no longer be able to misinterpret the words of the saints! Wonderful!" Kong Yingda's face showed ecstasy.

And Li Gang snatched "A Dream of Red Mansions" from Li Shimin's hands, and quickly flipped through the contents of the book.

"From this point of view, there is really another world in this book. I am short-sighted. Your Majesty is right, Your Majesty is right!"

"I and others underestimate the young people of this era. Your Majesty and ministers are confused. Please tell your Majesty who wrote this book and who is able to invent such miraculous punctuation marks?"

Li Gang knelt down on the ground, his eyes full of eagerness. In his opinion, the person who can invent punctuation marks is definitely not an ordinary person in the market. At this time...

"Hmph, what a bunch of nonsense, Mr. Li, how can such a commonplace article be able to enter the hall of elegance?"

Just when Li Gang and Kong Yingda had changed their views on "Dream of Red Mansions", a piercing voice sounded in the hall.

Li Shimin frowned, and when he turned his head, he saw Wei Zheng, the imperial historian, rushing into the imperial study with a menacing look.

"Wei Zheng, why are you here?" Seeing Wei Zheng's appearance, Li Shimin knew that he also came for "Dream of Red Mansions".

It is true that "Dream of Red Mansions" is now so popular in Chang'an City that almost all dignitaries have more than one copy in their homes, and almost all scholars are discussing its contents. How could it be hidden from Wei Zheng, an old stubborn man?

"Your Majesty, I have a mission to play!" Wei Zheng bowed his hands and saluted, then knelt down on the ground with a righteous expression on his face.

"Let's talk." Li Shimin waved his hand and returned to his dragon chair.

"Qizou Your Majesty, this "Dream of Red Mansions", as far as I know, was compiled by the prince!" Wei Zheng got up, grabbed the book from Li Gang's hand, and raised the book and shouted loudly.

"As the crown prince of a country, the prince doesn't think about the political affairs in the court all day long, but always thinks about these common things in the market. He neglects his studies and leads to chaos among the students in Chang'an. It is really an unforgivable crime!"

"Nowadays, in Chang'an City, almost every student has a copy of "Dream of Red Mansions", but this book is all about the family's infidelity and the dirty things in the backyard!"

"Nowadays, everyone knows that "Dream of Red Mansions" was written by the crown prince. The crown prince is so stubborn, isn't he disgracing the face of the Tang royal family?"

Kong Yingda and Li Gang heard Wei Zheng's loud cry, and they couldn't help but immediately change their expressions.

"Doctor Wei, you are serious. Was this book written by the crown prince?"

"It's still fake. It's clearly on the cover of the book, and the signature is the crown prince's name!" Wei Zheng raised the book vigorously, Li Gang and Kong Yingda finally saw it clearly this time, and the two old masters immediately changed sides.

"Hmph, it's disgusting that the crown prince of a country actually writes such filthy language!"

"When the old man taught him back then, he still dismissed it. Now it seems that he is really stubborn, stubborn, and ridiculous!!"

Wei Zheng got the affirmation of the two contemporary Confucian scholars, and when he spoke, he became more confident, and in front of Li Shimin, his tone became tougher than before.

"Your Majesty, please issue an order immediately to severely reprimand His Highness the Crown Prince, and never allow the Crown Prince to go astray!"

Li Shimin frowned. He had just finished talking to Li Gang and Kong Yingda, and Wei Zheng came to disrupt the situation again. He didn't understand. Have these guys really seen "Dream of Red Mansions"? Why are both of them so prejudiced against "Dream of Red Mansions" ?

It is obviously a good book, both in terms of the story and the philosophy contained in it, it can be called a masterpiece.

Especially from it, you can see the big from the small, and the big family described in the story reflects the feelings of the society and the country. How come these old ministers say it becomes heinous?Even the crown prince also suffered!

What puzzled Li Shimin the most was that, even if the content of the book is open to question, how come no one sees the external benefits of this book?
Punctuation marks, book printing paper, and printing, these guys who are all about reading and reading, are they stupid in reading and can't see good things?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin became angry, "Then according to what Zheng Guogong said, the book written by the crown prince is crooked, so come and tell me, what is not crooked?"

With confidence in his mind, Wei Zheng faced Li Shimin directly. He was confident that he was on the side of reason this time, and he didn't need to be afraid of the emperor's censure.

"Qizou Your Majesty!" Wei Zheng cupped his hands and said proudly, "As King Wei did, compiling Kuo Di Zhi is the right way, otherwise it is a crooked way!"

Li Shimin's eyes narrowed slightly, Wei Zheng was really being a bit nonsense, actually comparing Li Tai and Li Fu.

Is that comparable?Is there any comparison between Li Tai's "Kuo Di Zhi" and Li Fu's "Red Mansion Dream"?

Was "Kuo Di Zhi" really compiled by Li Tai?Wei Zheng's brain is really funny, a collection of opinions from a hundred schools of thought, countless people's hard work, in the end Li Tai just signed it, and it became Li Tai's work, really Li Shimin didn't know anything!

Even if "Kuo Di Zhi" is very classic, but this is not a reason to compare with Li Fu!

"Wei Zheng, I have high hopes for you in vain, you have let me down so much!"

"Do you know why you and Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui have been officials in the same dynasty for so long, but you can only be a doctor?"

(End of this chapter)