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

Chapter 213 Chinese Pinyin
Li Zhi, who is seven years old, is the cutest, even the most adorable age at this time, especially because he is afraid of Li Shimin, he speaks timidly and slowly, which almost melts the hearts of the people around him. !

The eldest grandson Pingting and Princess Jinyang looked at Li Zhi with doting eyes. The imperial concubine almost wanted to hold Li Zhi in her arms. smile.

"Young slaves are so pitiful. The gentlemen of Chongwenguan and Hongwenguan are all vicious, especially that Li Gang, everyone hits the palm of the hand, and he is beaten three times. I hate him the most!"

Hearing Li Zhi talk about studying, Princess Jinyang couldn't help but complain to her eldest grandson Pingting. When Li Fu heard this, she raised her eyebrows slightly and smiled lightly.

He has traveled to this world, and he has never been to a serious school, and he has never been to Chongwen Museum and Hongwen Museum.

In his eyes, it was a place where a group of rotten people stayed, either lifeless or a pool of stagnant water, that kind of place was not suitable for him.

If he had that time to torture himself, it would be better to stay at home and sleep. Looking at Li Zhi in front of him, he knew that it was not a good place.

Li Shimin was the only person at the scene who didn't feel sorry for Li Zhi. After drinking, Li Shimin's expression became more serious. Hearing Li Zhi complaining about his husband, his expression became even uglier.

"Zinu, the gentleman in Chongwenguan treats you fiercely, that's because he has demands on you, but as long as there is something you don't understand, you must ask the gentleman, or you will never know?"

Li Zhi was frightened by Li Shimin's fierce look, so he could only nod his head violently, but his watery eyes were full of hesitation.

"You child, just say what you want, why are you crying?" Li Shimin finally softened his heart when he saw Li Zhi brimming with tears.

"Father, the things taught by the master are too difficult, especially the recognition of characters. The master clearly said that, but he said that what I said was wrong. If you want to hit my palm, I don't even want to learn it!" Li Zhi pouted, and finally Speak your heart out.

Seeing that Li Zhi was about to cry, Li Fu didn't laugh at the little kid, on the contrary he was more sympathetic.

Because Li Fu knows very well that literacy in this era is simply a kind of torment, because there is no Chinese pinyin!

Hanyu Pinyin was officially promulgated after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The Latinization of Chinese Phonetic Alphabet originated from the Western missionaries who came to the dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty. It is a spelling method created for the convenience of learning Hanzi.

However, in the Tang Dynasty, there was no pinyin alphabet, and there was no help from foreigners to find a way. Therefore, people in this era learned Hanzi and used Chinese phonetic notation, which is easy to produce some different ways of notation.

The first is the straight phonetic method derived from "Shuowen Jiezi" by Xu Shen in the Han Dynasty. Although this method is simple and easy to understand, it has great limitations.

After all, there are tens of thousands of Chinese characters, and it is very easy for a certain Chinese character to have no homonym, such as 'lose', and there is no homonym to annotate at all.

In addition, although some characters have homophones, those Chinese characters used for phonetic transcription are often more difficult to understand than the phonetic characters.

Especially the Chinese characters in this era are not simplified characters, which greatly increases the difficulty of learning. Once you encounter a teacher with a strong accent, it is easy to cause even more terrifying learning difficulties.

Because of this, when they heard Li Zhi's cry, Changsun Pingting, Li Mingda and others all had sympathetic expressions.

"That's right, father, literacy is too painful. Even we still don't know many characters!"

Both Li Shimin and the imperial concubine looked helpless, but facing this situation, Li Shimin could only harden his heart and scold them.

"Absurd. Although literacy is difficult, it is better than illiterate. You must know that you have to endure hardships to become a master. You still have the opportunity to study in Chongwenkan. Some people don't even have the opportunity to study!"

When Li Fu heard Li Shimin's words, he didn't make any complaints, he just sympathized with Li Zhi in his heart.

【Alas, it is indeed the case. Nowadays, many children from poor families can't even afford to read books, but Li Zhi still finds it difficult. 】

[It can be seen from this that the number of illiterate people in Datang today must be a terrifying number. 】

[From a certain point of view, Li Zhi and Mingda were born in the emperor's family, which is indeed their good luck. 】

It was rare to hear Li Fu standing on his side, and Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction, but when he heard what Li Fu was thinking next, Li Shimin's eyes froze instantly.

[In other words, you should be able to use the Chinese pinyin to learn literacy now, as long as you get the Chinese pinyin out. 】

[Yes, sort out the initials, finals, phonetic symbols, etc. Literacy is just like playing! 】

Hanyu Pinyin?Initials?Final?Phonetic symbols?What is this all about?Li Shimin couldn't understand what Li Fu said at all.

But he could more or less feel that the Chinese pinyin that Li Fu said could make it easy for people to learn to read, which made Li Shimin full of curiosity about the Chinese pinyin.

However, in Li Shimin's heart, he still had certain doubts about this Chinese pinyin. Is that thing really so magical?
[Chinese Pinyin is usually composed of initials and finals. There are 23 initials and 24 finals! 】

[Any Chinese character, through the combination of initials and finals, plus the corresponding number of tones, can get the correct pronunciation. 】

[For example, the word 'Bo' that Li Zhi just asked is a combination of initial consonant b and final consonant o. The word wave is the first sound, which means bo. Look, isn't it too simple to spell it out in Chinese pinyin! 】

In his heart, Li Fu easily spelled out the word 'Bo' that Li Zhi couldn't figure out just now.

These contents fell into Li Shimin's mind like thunder, making Li Shimin extremely anxious.

It turns out that this pinyin is really so amazing!It can be spelled out with only a simple combination and certain tones. If all Chinese characters can be spelled in this way, once it becomes popular all over the country...

The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more his scalp tingled. Based on his perception, Li Shimin was basically sure that something big would happen in Datang.

He believes that as long as the pinyin is done properly, those old guys in Hongwenguan and Chongwenguan will definitely go crazy.

Li Shimin's heart was full of excitement, but he didn't say it right away, because he knew that if he wanted to do this thing well, he couldn't rush it.

Then Li Shimin arranged for Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde to go to Nanzhao to 'borrow food', but he didn't make it known to everyone.

Even Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde's departure from Beijing was specially arranged by Li Shimin, just saying that they went to Lingnan to prepare for military affairs.

The imperial court has begun to open warehouses to release grain, and the Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for coordinating and arranging relief. Li Shimin can finally breathe a little easier.

But he knew that the contest between him and the family had just begun...

(End of this chapter)