Datang: God-level son-in-law, salted fish will become stronger

If books can be popularized in the world.

Datang's politics, economy, and culture will have a qualitative leap, and he will also become a veritable emperor through the ages, and his name will go down in history.

Li Er thought to himself, and his eyes fell on Qin Mu who was beside him, but this bastard was quite difficult to deal with.

If one wanted to acquire papermaking and printing techniques, it would take a lot of effort, after all, Qin Mu was a stickler.

He will never do anything that is not beneficial.

Chapter 137: Special Symbols

in the library.

All the officials picked up one book after another to look through. Both the printing clarity and the paper quality were excellent, and a faint fragrance of ink wafted from it from time to time.

"University", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Analects", "Mencius", "The Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Book of Changes", "Spring and Autumn"...

All kinds of books, everything.

It seems that all the books in the world belong to these twenty big libraries.

Originally extravagant and expensive paper books have become extremely common and ordinary in this library.

"Master Kong, take a quick look. This book is different from the usual ones. There are some incomprehensible symbols between the lines."

Lu Deming opened a copy of "Spring and Autumn", and looked at the contents inside and said in doubt.

"Special symbols?" Kong Yingda frowned, closed the book he was about to open, and hurried over, "Look, old man."

Kong Yingda took "Spring and Autumn" from Lu Deming and watched it carefully.

"Tsk hiss..." Kong Yingda groaned, and said angrily, "Why do you add these ugly symbols to such a good ancient book? It's really insulting to the ancient book, and I'm so angry."

"Maybe it's about the printed version. Let's look at other books."

Lu Deming said that the two of them turned over different books with their hands up and down, but without exception, this special symbol was mixed in every article.

At the same time, other ministers also discovered these symbols, all of them looked puzzled.

"Oh, why is such a good book mixed with such redundant and useless symbols? Whose idea is this? It's a waste of money."

"Where are the craftsmen who printed these ancient books? They should really be sent to death row. These twenty-odd libraries of ancient books were destroyed because of these mistakes."

"I'm so angry! Who would dare to blaspheme the Four Books and Five Classics like this?"

Some old scholars were even more furious, and their anger rushed to the sky.

These books are sacred and inviolable to them.

Li Er listened to the many ministers who were arguing endlessly, his brows were frowned, and he said with a flick of his sleeves: "Auxiliary machine, go and see, what are they arguing about there! Let them be quiet, and read as much as they want, how noisy is it?" .”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Changsun Wuji was about to go over.

I saw the Eighteen Scholars of Prince Qin's Mansion and many civil servants coming towards them angrily with books of sages in their hands.

"Your Majesty, take a look, it's insulting, it's insulting!"

"Your Majesty's warehouse full of ancient books has been destroyed. This is an unforgivable crime."

The crowd rushed forward, shouting.

Xu Gongqing on the side looked at the civil servants who turned from joy to anger, his face was livid, and he didn't know why.

"My son-in-law, what's wrong with these adults? Why are you so angry?"

Xu Gongqing came to Qin Mu's side and asked softly.

"It's okay." Qin Mu was unmoved, and replied flatly, "They just don't understand the meaning of punctuation marks, and they think it's something evil, and it's up to you, Mr. Xu, to show it."

"That's it?" Xu Gongqing's eyes widened in disbelief.

He didn't expect these small punctuation marks to provoke such great anger from these great scholars.

Are these scholars so small?

"Isn't it okay to ask about such a small matter? As for being so angry?" Xu Gongqing raised his brows and said helplessly.

Qin Mu snorted softly, and pondered: "They are self-righteous, and they are masters of Confucian classics. What they don't understand is naturally not a good thing, and they can't resist thinking about it."

While the two were talking, Kong Yingda and the others had already walked to Li Er's side.

An old pedant from an aristocratic family handed a copy of Chunqiu to Li Er's eyes, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, take a look, there are some evil symbols in this fine ancient book, it is really puzzling."

Xu Gongqing on the side blushed.

Good guy, this has just been a little bit of work, and it has become evil again.

He really convinced these people, as if he had a serious illness.

Li Er took over Chunqiu, his brows were furrowed, and he watched carefully, his face became darker the more he looked.

Why does Qin Mu always like to do some weird things?

A good book of sages, with all the bells and whistles.

"Qin Mu, aren't you going to explain it to me and all my lovers?" Li Er turned around with a corner of the book in his hand, and looked at Qin Mu cockily, "It's a good ancient book, why are there some old books in it?" People can't understand the symbols, do these symbols have any secrets?"

Xiangcheng saw that Li Er was about to start working again, and he was about to step forward.

Qin Mu pulled her back, shook his head, then looked at Li Er, and pondered: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be so alarmed, it's just some punctuation marks, if the adults don't understand, just ask for advice humbly, why bother to be surprised?" first?"

Qin Mu scanned the crowd with indifferent eyes and sharp words.

Immediately afterwards, Xiangcheng looked at Xu Gongqing who was at the side, and said calmly: "Old Xu, please explain the meaning of these symbols to Your Majesty and all the adults."

"Don't impose your malice on others if there is something you don't understand."

As Xiangcheng said, he looked at the official of the family who said it was evil, his eyes were piercing.

The official of the aristocratic family looked at Xiangcheng for a moment, and lowered his head unconsciously, not daring to look at him.

Qin Mu and Xiangcheng couple sang together, looking at Li Er and the civil and military people in the courtyard.

The air in the courtyard unconsciously became a little colder.

"Hehehe..." Changsun Wuji hurried out to smooth things over, "Xu Cunzheng, please explain to everyone what these symbols are for, so that the ministers can dispel their grievances."

Hearing this, Xu Gongqing turned to look at Qin Mu, who nodded at him.

Immediately, Xu Gongqing took out a book of punctuation analysis.

"Your Majesty, my lords, this is not a symbol of heresy, but a symbol invented by the son-in-law to assist written language."

"These punctuation marks are an essential part of written language and are used to indicate the pauses, tone, and nature and function of words in a text."

"Pauses before and after a sentence or in the middle, in spoken language, are manifested as time intervals, and in written language, they are represented by punctuation marks, which can help people express their thoughts and feelings accurately and understand written language."

Hearing what Xu Gongqing said, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, very curious, and immediately surrounded them.

Li Er gradually calmed down, and said lightly: "Go on, what do these symbols mean?"

"It's Your Majesty." Xu Gongqing nodded and continued: "Punctuation marks include periods, question marks, exclamation marks, commas..."

A full stop, a kind of dot at the end of a sentence, mainly expresses the declarative mood of a sentence.

Question mark, a kind of dot at the end of a sentence, mainly expresses the interrogative tone of the sentence.

......

Li Er and the Chinese officials in the courtyard became more and more startled the more they heard it, and they were deeply involved. They never thought that this small symbol could have such a huge meaning and function.

Chapter 138: Crazy Great Confucians

Until Xu Gongqing finished explaining.

Li Er and the civil servants also did not come back to their senses, and were still immersed in Xu Gongqing's words.

Shocking, shocking, unbelievable...

It was hard for them to imagine how Qin Mu researched the punctuation marks.

After Xu Gongqing's explanation, they looked at the books in their hands.

Bring punctuation marks into the book, the meaning is self-evident, and it is self-evident without needing to talk about it.

The sentence that was originally unclear and obscure suddenly became clear, and the whole article became extremely smooth and clear.

"Your Majesty, this is the meaning of these punctuation marks that the son-in-law filled in these books. I wonder if you understand, Your Majesty? If not, I will explain it to you again."

Xu Gongqing looked at Li Er in a daze, and whispered beside him.

"No need." Li Er shook his head, his expression a little ugly.

I was careless, what I said just now was a little too hasty, and I didn't think about it deeply, and now I feel a little embarrassed.

Immediately afterwards, Li Er turned his head to look at the official of the aristocratic family, and pondered: "Master Cui Zhao, do you understand the meaning of these punctuation marks?"

Cui Zhao was startled, with sweat dripping from his forehead, he hurriedly said, "I understand, I understand."

Immediately, Li Er glanced at the civil servants again, and scolded: "What about you? Do you understand Qin Mu's good intentions? From now on, you should all be more modest, and stop accusing others unscrupulously with your stinky airs of literati and great scholars."

"Before things are clarified, think about it more, settle down a little more, and don't always impose malice on others."

Hearing Li Er's reprimand, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and said in unison, "Your Majesty's lesson is that I know my mistake."

Everyone was helpless for a while, obviously the big guys questioned it together just now.

That's fine.

Li Er made himself clear in an instant, and even accused them from the commanding heights of morality.

It's really serious and shameless.

You can't do this when you are an emperor. Only state officials are allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps.

Immediately afterwards, Li Er looked at Qin Mu and Xiangcheng, with a smile on his face, "Hehe, you two, don't be as knowledgeable as them, just rely on your knowledge when you have nothing to do, and make a fuss."

Xiangcheng ignored Li Er, his eyes fell on Cui Zhao, and he said coldly: "Master Cui, don't you even have the basic courtesy to apologize to others for doing something wrong? Why did you say that the symbol developed by the son-in-law is Evil talisman? Is this your confidence and ignorance as a Confucian?"

"Ah?" Cui Zhao hadn't recovered from Li Er's reprimand, and was reprimanded by Xiangcheng again.

What a face and eyes.

Cui Zhao stepped forward and cupped his hands, faltering and saying: "My son...my son-in-law, the old man has eyes that don't recognize Mount Tai, so please don't blame me, my son-in-law."

Now everyone can see that the son-in-law is not easy to mess with, and this Xiangcheng princess is even more difficult to mess with.

It doesn't matter who you are present, as long as anyone dares to question Qin Mu, he must hate you.

Qin Mu glanced at Cui Zhao without saying a word, he was just a little guy who was being used.

"Kong Yingda." Seeing that the crowd stopped talking, Li Er called out.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is here." Kong Yingda blushed and ran over.

It's really embarrassing, just now his voice was also very loud, but fortunately there was Cui Zhao who didn't know how to live or die as a backer.

Otherwise, this old face will be lost today.

Li Er stroked his beard, and pondered: "What do you think of Qin Mu's research on this punctuation mark? Is it beneficial to the development of Tang literature?"

"Hehe..." Kong Yingda smiled awkwardly, "Your Majesty, if the old minister says it is not beneficial, I am afraid that all the ministers in the court will not agree."

"Papermaking, printing, punctuation marks... Today's son-in-law really shocked the old minister."

As he said that, he took two steps forward, came to Qin Mu, and bowed deeply, "My son-in-law, I apologize to you for your arrogance in the past few days and your ignorance today. Your contribution to Tang literature is shocking." Gu Shuojin, please forgive the old man who is blinded by a leaf, and cannot see Mount Tai with his eyes."

Hearing Kong Yingda's words, all the civil servants who questioned him just stood up and bowed their hands.

"My son-in-law understands righteousness deeply, I admire you, please forgive us for being rude."

At this time, no one questioned Qin Mu anymore.

As Kong Yingda said, papermaking, printing, punctuation...

Each of these things is an existence that shocks the past and shines today.

Qin Mu calmly said, "My lords, you don't need to be too polite. Today, Qin Mu has something to ask. I wonder if your lords can agree."

"My son-in-law, if you have anything to say, just mention it, the old man will not hesitate to do so."

"My son-in-law, you are too polite. We are very grateful for your contribution to Tang literature alone."

"It is our blessing to be able to work for the son-in-law."