Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

Wei Zheng had a strange expression on his face: "Remember!!"

What the hell is this? Why are you so awkward and still washing ducks? ?

"Then repeat it." Li Tai said with a smile.

"Afogo, Abo thorn... wash the duck." Wei Zheng repeated slowly, frowning.

It seems nothing unusual!

Outside the door, Li Shimin, who raised his hand and was about to push the door, was stunned when he heard this unclear sentence.

Avogo?Why did Able stab Avogo?

Wash the duck?Why wash ducks?

Doesn't Wei Zheng like to be jealous of celery?

"Since the teacher has already learned it, it is the pinyin method.

The so-called pinyin method is very simple, that is, to spell out words with vowels.

The teacher can write a word at will, and the students can spell the word out. "

"Then try spelling the word 'vowel'." Wei Zheng said casually.

"Yiwu'an - Yuan, Yiyin - Yin, vowel."

Li Tai spelled slowly, and at the same time wrote the pinyin of the two characters on the paper.

This can really split the word and express it with 26 vowels.

"Then you try the word 'poor'?" Wei Zheng's face is no longer suspicious, but has become much more cautious.

"Qiong, poor," Li Tai wrote on the paper again.

Li Shimin outside the door slowly frowned.

poverty?who is poorWei Zhengqiong?Or Li Taiqiong?

Wei Zheng's expression changed, from cautious to incredulous, and finally to horrified.

He tried many words in his mind, each of which could be spelled with these 26 vowels.

It's unbelievable, it's exquisite.

In fact, there was a similar dictionary in the Eastern Han Dynasty - "Shuowen Jiezi"

However, this "Shuowen Jiezi" was compiled based on radicals.

This will have a disadvantage. You know the character and can write it, but you don't know how to read it.

Therefore, reading and recognizing characters in the Tang Dynasty was a matter of rote memorization.

You need to remember how to read, how to write, and what it means.

Pinyin can make up for this shortcoming.

As long as you learn 26 vowels, you only need a dictionary.

Then all the characters can be looked up, so that reading, writing, and interpretation can all be understood.

To learn without pinyin, you need at least a copy of "Shuowen Jiezi" and a knowledgeable teacher to teach you to read, write, and interpret.

After having Pinyin, all you need is a "dictionary" and how to pronounce the 26 letters.

You learn it by yourself.

It is definitely easier to memorize 26 letters than to memorize thousands of words by rote.

This greatly simplifies the difficulty of learning and popularizing Chinese characters, and minimizes the cost of reading and literacy.

This method can be passed on for countless years, and this achievement alone can be called a saint.

Thinking of this, Wei Zheng trembled with excitement.

"From the road to simplicity, the vowels, Miao Ah, it's too fast!!

No, as a teacher, I have to tell His Majesty quickly that these divine books can really educate all peoples. "

When Li Shimin outside the door heard the words 'educate the people', he couldn't bear it anymore and pushed open the door.

Seeing the extremely excited Wei Zheng at a glance, he knew that Li Tai had created something extraordinary.

"Old minister... the old minister has seen..." Wei Zheng was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly.

"Aiqing, calm down first." Seeing that Wei Zheng was so excited that he couldn't even speak clearly, Li Shimin quickly comforted him.

After finishing speaking, he turned to Li Tai and said, "Emperor, what happened again?"

"It's okay, Erchen is just teaching the teacher to recognize the pinyin letters."

"Huh?" Li Shimin frowned, why did it seem to be the other way around?

Wei Zheng took two deep breaths and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, old minister, you can acquire 26 vowels, which can educate all people."

"Maybe I can learn it?" Li Shimin didn't have the slightest doubt, but just gave Li Tai a look.

The eyes seem to say that there is such a good thing, so hurry up and get it out.

Wei Zheng quickly refused, saying: "The old minister is just learning, and he can't pronounce the vowels correctly, so please ask His Highness to teach you!"

"Eh~" Li Shimin's face twitched.

It's outrageous.

I wanted to find a teacher for Li Tai, but it turned out that Wei Zheng was astonished by the science within a day.

The most outrageous thing is that I am the emperor and even the father, and I have to learn from my son... What is this called?

"Cough." Li Shimin didn't speak, but directly ordered: "Qingque."

"My son understands."

Li Tai quickly glued the paper with 26 letters on the side table to the wall.

Pointing to the 26 vowel letters with a brush, I read it again.

Li Shimin frowned as he watched Li Tai repeat the awkward vowels again.

On the other hand, Wei Zheng urged Li Shimin to speak.

"Your Majesty needs to pronounce the vowel. Try it, Your Majesty."

"Ah..." Li Shimin frowned and read the vowels.

"After learning the vowel alphabet, all characters in the world can be pronounced in the form of vowels." Wei Zheng explained from the side.

Li Shimin looked at the two vowels under Zhang's 26 letters.

I fought silently in my heart, and it really worked.

Try another word, although it is a bit awkward, but carefully distinguish, it is really okay.

This is really not incredible, is this also science?

Science is awesome! ! !

With this thing, words and knowledge can be more widely popularized.

Chapter 45 Fooling Others Is a Real Stupidity

"I know!" Li Shimin looked at Li Tai with complicated eyes.

"Aiqing, go out first, I have something to say."

Wei Zheng was taken aback for a moment, then he understood something and said: "The minister will leave."

"You guys go out too." Li Shimin said to the Imperial Forest Army.

"Yes." Yu Linjun looked at each other, then walked out and closed the door behind him.

After listening to the door being closed with a 'squeak', Li Shimin asked impatiently.

"Which great god in the scientific world created the vowel letters?"

"It's the god of vowels, Zhou Youguang." Li Tai flickered from the corner of his eyes very calmly.

As the saying goes, flickering becomes natural, after many times of flickering, Li Tai has become very calm.

"Hmm." Li Shimin didn't have any doubts, but frowned tightly thinking about something.

Then he asked, "Does the emperor know who are the most numerous people in this world?"

"The lower class?" Li Tai replied without hesitation.

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "This world is full of fools."

Li Tai instantly understood that most feudal dynasties had to implement the policy of obscuring the people.

Ideologically, the power of the king is granted by God to ensure the authority and orthodoxy of the king.

Control the people at the bottom and fix the people on the land so that they cannot gather people to rebel.

Deprive the lower classes of their right to speak.

The second is that poverty will cause the people to live in hardship, thus pinning their hopes on the next generation and increasing the population.

Therefore, most of the feudal dynasties implemented a policy of ignoring the people.

But this also has its disadvantages. The corruption of the ruling class will lead to the failure of the policy of obscuring the people.

People without a voice will make the local ruling class decay faster.

When the policy of fooling the people is completely ineffective, others can also fool the people, and shouting "Huang Tian Dang Li" can also pull up a team to rebel.

"Does the emperor think that this thing can spread?" Li Shimin asked with a frown.

"Of course it can spread." Li Tai replied without thinking.

"Why, could it be that the emperor doesn't know how to fool the people???"

Li Shimin frowned and asked.

Li Tai rubbed his temples and explained.

"Father, my son knows why he is fooling the common people.

And I also know that emperors have been doing this since ancient times.

But there's one big problem with this.

Father and Emperor are fooling the people, Confucianism is fooling the people, Taoism and Buddhism can fool the people.

Even those with bad intentions can raise their arms and shout to fool the people into rebellion.

People's hearts are easy to change, and the country is easy to change. This will not work. "

"Is the emperor going to be tricked??" Li Shimin said impatiently.

Li Tai thought for a while and said.

"Instead of fooling the people, it is better to guide the people.

Let the people understand what it means to defend the country; let the people understand what it means to work hard, and let the people know right from wrong.

Gather the hearts of the people, guide the hearts of the people, and always stand where the hearts of the people want. "

"For thousands of years, there has never been such a precedent." Li Shimin was a little skeptical, after all, there has never been a precedent for guiding the hearts of the people.

Li Tai explained slowly.

"Of course it can, the will of the people is invincible in a hundred battles, and no one can defeat you.

There are also many benefits. If the people understand what it means to defend their home and country, they will not follow the rebellion.

If the common people understand what heaven rewards hard work, they will not think about being a monk and begging.

If the people understand what the laws of the Tang Dynasty are, they will not break the law and commit crimes.

In addition to this, when natural disasters and man-made disasters occur, the people of Tang Dynasty will spontaneously donate money and efforts.

If the enemy country invaded, they would be extremely loyal and willingly serve and sacrifice for Datang.

To fool the people is a kind of real stupidity, but to control and guide the people is what a wise man does. "

This is actually a bit like faith.