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

Chapter 224 The matter of the dictionary, the merit lies in the future

Keenly caught the sly look in Cheng Yaojin's eyes, Li Fu rejected Cheng Yaojin's proposal very simply.

"As I said just now, a dictionary cannot be made overnight. Even if it is done, the Tiance Mansion already has dedicated personnel to do these things, so I don't need Duke Lu to worry about it."

Others don't know, how does Li Fu not know, once the dictionary comes out, it will definitely be a huge profit product.

That's why Li Fu would not entrust such a profitable business to Cheng Yaojin. He is a prince, and there is no one around him to do these things for him, so why give the money to outsiders?
"Hey, that's, that's..." Hearing Li Fu's words, Cheng Yaojin was slightly disappointed, but he wasn't entangled.

When Li Shimin heard the words, he got up and set the tone, "The matter of the dictionary that the crown prince said is of great importance. At this time, let the crown prince's Tiance Mansion have full authority to deal with it. Prince, you need to pass it well, what help do you need , just let go and do it!"

Li Shimin's words are equivalent to delegating power to Li Fu. He is very clear about the meaning of the dictionary to Datang and him, so naturally he fully supports it.

"Ah Fu, you have to work hard. You must compile the dictionary as soon as possible, and when the time comes, compare Li Tai's "Kuo Di Zhi"!" Princess Jinyang also waved her small fist to encourage Li Fu.

Li Fu smiled slightly, but his eyes rarely ignited a small flame. Once in this world, let alone becoming an emperor through the ages, it is good to leave something for this world. After all, no one doesn't like their own reputation.

However, Li Fu still wants to be lazy. This kind of thing, whether it is Tiance Mansion or East Palace, is actually not suitable for editing.

Firstly, there were not enough suitable manpower, and secondly, Li Fu didn't want to fill in such a laborious and time-consuming task with his own people, so Li Fu, Li Shimin and others thought of a good place as soon as they left.

Li Fu went straight to the Chongwen Museum.

Now that we know that compiling a dictionary is a huge project, we need enough scholars to do it.

In Li Fu's eyes, the rotten Confucians in Chongwenguan are the most suitable for the tedious work of compiling dictionaries.

In the end, when Li Fu arrived at the Chongwen Hall, he unexpectedly discovered that Kong Yingda and Li Gang were already waiting at the gate.

"His Royal Highness is here, welcome from a distance, please come inside!" Kong Yingda and Li Gang greeted them very enthusiastically, and after exchanging pleasantries, they asked straightforwardly: "I heard that His Highness has something important to discuss with me, what is it?"

"Huh?" Li Fu was confused by Kong Yingda and Li Gang, how did these two know that he had something to do with them?
Obviously he didn't show any words, and he just came to Chongwen Museum. Why do they seem to know what they are looking for?
Seeing Li Fu's surprised face, Kong Yingda explained: "His Royal Highness, it was His Majesty and I who mentioned that you are coming to Chongwen Museum, but did not say what you are coming for."

Hehe, Li Er is really a roundworm in my stomach. I guessed that I would come back to Chongwenkan right away, so I would save myself trouble.

So after Li Fu entered the living room of the Chongwen Museum, he straightforwardly explained the matter of compiling the dictionary to the two great Confucian scholars, "It's just such a thing, I need your help!"

After Li Fu said that, he got up and bowed to the two great scholars, but he waited for a long time, but he didn't get any response.

Li Fu raised his head curiously, and saw Kong Yingda and Li Gang sitting on chairs with dumbfounded expressions on their faces, as if they hadn't recovered.

"Two masters, you are..." Li Fu was a little puzzled, was he shocked?This psychological quality is too bad, anyway, it is almost 160 years old!
"Ah, oh, I, it's okay, it's okay, oops, I'm rude, I made His Royal Highness laugh."

"Yes, yes, I was just too shocked just now. I really didn't expect that His Royal Highness would think so long-term!"

"Fortunately, I'm still complacent about promoting the learning of Pinyin, but I didn't expect His Royal Highness to think of how to further improve the learning of Pinyin."

"Exactly, if this dictionary comes out, it will be even easier for us teachers!"

Both Kong Yingda and Li Gang were smiling and their eyes were full of excitement.

After all, their specialty is not only teaching people to read and write sentences, they are better at things that are more powerful than reading and writing sentences!
"You two masters are great talents, I'm just offering some superficial opinions." Li Fu said with a modest smile: "I just feel that although the students know characters through pinyin, they don't know much about the knowledge in the classics. I think it's a pity. .”

"That's why I want to speed up their literacy process, and let the masters have more time to teach and explain the classic content in the classics, so that the masters can fully display their talents!"

Li Fu's rainbow fart made Kong Yingda and Li Gang feel relieved, and they couldn't stop laughing, and then cooperated with Li Fu's actions very much.

"What the prince said is very true. You can tell me more about the method of searching characters by radicals that you mentioned just now."

"The matter of the dictionary will last for thousands of years. Since the prince is willing to entrust me with such an important matter to compile, I will be willing to drive for the prince, and I will definitely live up to the prince's trust!"

What Li Fu was waiting for was what they said, so he took out the manuscript he had prepared a long time ago, and showed Li Gang and Kong Yingda to the manuscript, explaining in detail how to compile a dictionary.

After Li Fu left, the entire Confucianism and gentlemen in Chongwen Hall and Hongwen Hall, and even the students with excellent knowledge, were mobilized by Kong Yingda and Li Gang.

Since then, Hongwenguan and Chongwenguan have suspended their studies, and everyone has devoted themselves to the huge project of compiling dictionaries.

After a full month of hard work, Datang's first dictionary finally came out!

As soon as the dictionary came out, it was placed on Li Shimin's dragon case.

At this time, the initial version of the dictionary didn't even have a cover or a name, but even so, Li Shimin was happy enough.

Even when he was holding the dictionary, his hands were trembling, and he flipped through it as if he had found a treasure, and asked while flipping through it, "This is the dictionary compiled by Chongwen Library and Hongwen Library after a month of compilation?"

"Exactly!" Kong Yingda and Li Gang were also excited, "Under the guidance of His Royal Highness, I compiled the dictionary day and night, and finally lived up to the entrustment of the Prince and His Majesty, and compiled the dictionary!"

"In the future, as long as students who have this dictionary, no matter what kind of characters they encounter, they can quickly look them up through the dictionary."

"In the dictionary, we also specially annotated the meaning and source of each word."

"It is no exaggeration to say that owning such a dictionary is equivalent to owning an index book. With it, learning any knowledge is no problem!"

(End of this chapter)