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"The grand ceremony is cancelled?" Everyone in the Dudu's mansion was surprised.

Zhao Han said: "Issuing documents internally and posting notices externally, that's enough. It's just to establish yourself as a king, and it's not about enthroning and proclaiming emperor. Let's keep everything simple. Save money and food, and send it to Shandong. "

There is no one to persuade, but to obey.

Although Zhao Han brainstormed and was willing to accept various opinions, once a decision was made, the nine bulls couldn't pull it back.

Various decisions, not quite right, often appear out of place.

Zhao Han is willing to correct some mistakes.

There are some mistakes, and he is determined not to correct them. Zhao Han always believes that he is right.

The officials of the Dudu Mansion have long been accustomed to this.As long as it wasn't something particularly outrageous, after Zhao Han made a decision, they didn't even bother to persuade him.

It is obviously not a big deal to establish yourself as a king without engaging in rituals.

"Don't attack Henan. A piece of white land, millions of hungry people, it will be a quagmire," Zhao Han sighed. "Don't attack Jiaodong again. Next year, we will only attack two places. One is to attack the Grand Canal in Shandong." Along the route, one goes to Sichuan along the Yangtze River."

Li Banghua said: "The southern Sichuan salt field must be taken."

"Taking the southern Sichuan salt field, and then attacking Chengdu in the north, there is another important grain-producing area." Xu Nianzu said.

Zhao Han asked: "Who would like to be an envoy to subdue Chieftain Shijie (Qin Liangyu)?"

Xu Nianzu cupped his hands and said, "I wish to go."

"Do you know General Qin?" Zhao Han asked.

"I don't know." Xu Nianzu said.

Zhao Han suddenly laughed: "Then you can go."

Xu Nianzu asked: "What conditions can you offer Shi Jie Tusi?"

Zhao Han replied: "First, the chieftain of Shijie was changed to Tuguiliu, and will be changed to Shizhu County in the future; second, the old lady is old and probably won't live for a few years, so she was made the magistrate of Shizhu County; third, the land The policy remains unchanged, each of the Ma family and the Qin family retains 3000 acres of land; fourth, if members of the Ma family and Qin family still want to join the army, they can temporarily form the Shizhu Independent Regiment. The number of troops must not exceed [-], and must We will install missionaries, and we will provide food and salaries for soldiers."

Xu Nianzu said happily: "Since this is the case, I will be able to persuade Chieftain Shi Jie to surrender!"

Zhao Han is poor and crazy now, with more than enough money, but food is always stretched short.

There are too many places that need food. This year, the southern provinces suffered from floods. In the first half of the year, Guangdong suffered from droughts throughout the province.Even the grain merchants in various provinces don't have much grain in their hands, but ordinary people's homes are still stockpiling some.

Facing the famine, Fei Ruhe and Zhang Tieniu confiscated grain from grain merchants in Shandong.

But how much can the grain merchant have?

Under normal circumstances, the sum of the grain stocks of all grain merchants in a certain place, through high price screening of customers, can maintain some people in the city to live until the grain harvest season next year.As for those who have no money to buy high-priced food, they will starve to death!

In other words, even if all the grain from the grain merchants was confiscated, it would not be enough to save all the people in the city, let alone save those outside the city.

Zhao Han is trying his best to mobilize food and clothes, and transfer and organize officials to move to Shandong.

When sending troops next year, Zuo Liangyu must be attacked first!

Although Zuo Liangyu's territory was also severely affected by the disaster, the area along the Grand Canal can barely support it.

As for the attack on Sichuan, there are no more than two goals: grain from the Chengdu Plain and silver from the saltworks in southern Sichuan.

After discussing the details again, everyone went to work on their own.

Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi then met with them and brought the first version of Qieyin (Pinyin) plan.

Qian Qianyi reported: "After repeated discussions and revisions, the original set of seven tones was finally changed to five tones, namely: Yinping, Yangping, Shang, Qu, and Ru."

Zhao Han nodded and said, "That's good. Five tones are more concise and easier to promote than seven tones."

If you compare the tones of modern Chinese, Yangping is equivalent to one tone, Yinping is equivalent to two tones, Shang tones are equivalent to three tones, and Qu tones are equivalent to four tones—just equivalent, not absolutely, and there are some differences.

The symbols are also formulated: Yinping (ˉ), Yangping (ˊ), Shangsheng (ˇ), Qusheng (ˋ), and Rusheng (o).

Liu Rushi said: "The Qieyin has been set, but the correct pronunciation of the text is still being fabricated, mainly because the tones of certain texts are controversial."

"Yes, take your time to determine the pronunciation of the text. You come from different places, and it's normal to have disputes about the pronunciation," Zhao Han said. "As you determine the pronunciation, make up a dictionary at the same time."

Qian Qianyi is very obedient now, and asked, "What instructions does the governor have for compiling the Dictionary?"

Zhao Han said: "First, it is easy to understand, try to compile it in vulgar language and avoid using classical Chinese; second, it is easy to search, and it takes a long time to search for a word."

Qian Qianyi said: "It is easy to compile popular texts, but it may be difficult to make them easy to search."

Zhao Han took out a pen and paper, and demonstrated in person: "One is to search by phonetic notation, and sort according to the initials and finals; the other is to search by radicals, to sort by horizontal and vertical strokes. If there is no specific radical, it is sorted by the number of strokes alone."

After Zhao Han finished explaining in detail, both Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi couldn't help being amazed.

Compared with the existing search rules, this set of search methods not only doubles the efficiency.For some complex and rare words, the retrieval efficiency may be hundreds or thousands of times higher!

Really, you can look up a word for a day if you look up rare characters in ancient times.

Zhao Han also said: "When compiling the dictionary, the simplest folk characters are selected as the orthographic characters. If there are other ways to write this character, they will be listed later. The content of each character is divided into: orthographic, phonetic, interpretation, For example. Interpretation can be divided into: original meaning, quotation, metaphor, escape, etc. Each word meaning must be given an example to let people know how to understand and use it.”

Zhao Han is tantamount to laying down the rules for compiling a dictionary, and the rest is action.

Simply took it out, Zhao Han wrote a set of punctuation marks, and said: "Today's sentence breakers are nothing more than commas and sentence circles, which are extremely unfriendly to beginners. You can add book title marks, question marks, quotation marks, colons, etc. I plan to print the new version of "Datong Collection" next year. Vertical printing is not conducive to digital writing, and it wastes paper when printing."

Qian Qianyi carefully understood those punctuation marks, nodded and said, "These sentence breaks are excellent."

Liu Rushi asked: "Will all books in the future have to be printed horizontally?"

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Folk books are not mandatory, but government official documents, official printed books, and school textbooks must use horizontal rows."

Except for very bad customs that must be forcibly corrected, Zhao Han generally does not force anything when he promotes new things.He just let the government do it first, and with the power of the government, guide the people to carry out reforms.

Take horizontal printing as an example, private booksellers must follow suit.

Because of horizontal printing, you can save paper and reduce the cost of books!

Zhao Han glanced at the clock, it finally had a minute hand.This is great progress, at least 15 years ahead of Europe.

"It's almost evening, stay for dinner." Zhao Han said.

Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi naturally would not refuse, and happily followed him to the back house.

Zhao Han said as he walked, "Have those petitioners harassed the Imperial Academy yet?"

Qian Qianyi smiled and said, "I've been there a few times, but no one paid any attention, so I won't go anymore."

"A group of rotten Confucians are full of food." Zhao Han said contemptuously.

Qian Qianyi said flatteringly: "It's just a corrupt Confucian, how do they know the deep meaning of the governor?"

Walking to the back house, Fei Rulan was reading a book, sitting in the shade of a tree and enjoying herself leisurely.

Pan Qimei finally stopped raising chickens and became interested in cooking.She has been keen on making pastries recently. Because she makes too many pastries, her servants and guards often take them home, and the officials of the Dudu Mansion occasionally share some.

"Greetings, ma'am!" Qian Qianyi cupped his hands in a bow.

As a woman, Liu Rushi also imitated the man's fist.As early as a few years ago, when she corresponded with literati and celebrities, she also referred to each other as "brother" and called herself "brother" in the letters.

Fei Rulan hurriedly got up to return the salute, calling the two to sit down.

Seeing two guests today, Pan Qimei was very happy. She brought out her own snacks and introduced: "This is called sweet potato candy. I bought some from the sweet potato harvest recently. Mix steamed French fries with glutinous rice flour, After compacting, cut into strips and steam thoroughly. Then press and steam again, take embryos and cut into pieces, deep-fry and boil sugar on top.”

"Thank you, Mrs. Pan."

After Qian Qianyi thanked him, he dared to reach out to take food when he saw Zhao Han was eating.

Liu Rushi put it in his mouth and chewed it, his eyes lit up immediately, and he exclaimed, "It's so delicious to make a mere sweet potato."

Qian Qianyi also praised from the bottom of his heart: "Madam Pan is ingenious, and can turn decay into magic!"

This thing is a real delicacy, and it will definitely be popular.

Pan Qimei smiled and said: "My husband provided the method, I just did it myself."

Qian Qianyi quickly flattered him again: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small dish. The governor governs the country well, and cooking is also a must."

Liu Rushi smiled and said: "I heard that when the governor was in Qianshan, he taught cooking skills in person. The chicken cut in red oil and white, chicken diced in the main town, etc., were all taught by the governor himself."

"Greedy, delicious." Zhao Han said with a smile.

Not long after, the princes and princesses came back from school and came to greet them with their schoolbags: "Uncle is well, aunt is well."

"Sit down." Zhao Han nodded with a smile.

Fei Rulan handed over the shredded potato candies: "You guys eat it too, Aunt Pan made it."

Auntie Zhu took a bite and immediately smiled: "This is delicious, I have never eaten it in the palace."

Palace?

Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi immediately looked at these children.

Zhao Han asked, "What have you learned today?"

Zhu Cihong replied: "I can know the Four Books, and I can also do arithmetic. Today I reviewed the Four Books and learned to use Fanbang numbers to do multiplication."

The Zhu Cihong brothers and sisters are very satisfied with their current life. They can make many friends in the school, and no one cares about them. It is much more free and interesting than being in the palace.

It's just that they miss their parents a little.

As for the teachers and students in the school, no one knows their identities for the time being.It can't be kept secret for long, the second and third princes are only eight years old, sooner or later they will leak their words.

After waiting for a while, the little girl hasn't come home yet, so she probably went to dinner with the Mathematics Association.

Zhao Han said, "Let's serve dinner."

Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi secretly observed, and they became more and more certain that they guessed that the princes and daughters were very well behaved when eating.

Chapter 356 [Qin Liangyu]

Xu Nianzu went to Sichuan by boat, and picked up another person on the way: Fei Ruhui.

Fei Ruhui's military position is battalion commander, commanding five hundred troops, the only female commander in the Datong Army.

Being able to visit Qin Liangyu made Fei Ruhui extremely excited, just like the feeling that fans are about to meet their idol.

The boat was loaded with [-] shi of grain and [-] jugs of good wine, and the speed was extremely fast at the beginning.After arriving at Xiling Gorge, the channel is tortuous, there are many strange rocks, and there are many beaches and rapids. It requires an old helmsman to lead the way, and a tracker must be towed at the key points.

If you don't pay attention, the boat will be destroyed and people will die.

Listening to the chant of the trackers on the shore, Xu Nianzu stood on the bow of the boat and said, "Battlemaster Fei, you have to be a little more reserved when you see that General Qin."

"I know," Fei Ruhui said with a smile, "Public is public, private is private, the reason is simple."

"That's good." Xu Nianzu smiled.

After several years in the army, Fei Ruhui's appearance plummeted.Darker, stronger, rougher skin, and callused hands.

Her husband is now the county magistrate of Shimen. The couple get together less often and leave more, and they only have one son.

If it weren't for the delay of more than a year in giving birth, Fei Ruhui would have already become the head of the regiment (commanding troops 1500) with his military experience.

When the boat arrived at Kuizhou's mansion, there was a loud cry of killing from the other side, but it was Zhang Xianzhong who was besieging Kuizhou city.

Zhang Xianzhong has captured the Nanyang Basin and recruited refugees to cultivate it.Although there was a drought, it was not serious. He didn't need to help the victims, and he didn't need to show compassion to the people.

This is equivalent to saying that both Zhao Han and Zhang Xianzhong are attacking Sichuan.

Zhao Han expanded on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and Zhang Xianzhong expanded on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Relatively speaking, Zhao Han was at a disadvantage. Wushan, Fengjie, Kuizhou, Yunyang, Wanxian, Zhongxian, and Fengdu, the throats of Sichuan, were all built on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Zhao Han didn't even have a stronghold to garrison troops, so he had to build a village on the deserted beach, otherwise he would have to go to the cities on the north bank.

All the way to Yunyang, Xu Nianzu looked at the terrain on both sides of the strait, and said to Fei Ruhui: "On the other side of Qutang Gorge, you can station troops and food at Daxikou (market town). After passing Qutang Gorge, Yunyang County must take it, absolutely not Leave it to Zhang Xianzhong. If Zhang Xianzhong takes Yunyang, he must quickly send troops to take Wanxian, otherwise our army will not be able to find a foothold in Sichuan, and the logistics transportation pressure will double."

Fei Ruhui said: "It's already winter, and Zhang Xianzhong is still here to attack Kuizhou. He must do it for Sichuan. If our army takes Yunyang or Wanxian, we must fight Zhang Xianzhong."

"Sooner or later, we will fight. The land of abundance in Sichuan, how can it easily fall into the hands of bandits?" Xu Nianzu actually had some slander, thinking that Zhao Han was too benevolent.

According to Xu Nianzu's idea, the army should be expanded to ten divisions this year.Or the regular army will remain as it is, and recruit [-] peasants and soldiers to fight, quickly penetrate Shandong, and take Beijing next year.

Break through Beijing, destroy the Ming Dynasty, ascend the throne and proclaim the emperor, and the world can be settled!

As for the livelihood of the people within the jurisdiction, it will be restored slowly after the reunification.The victims of disasters in Shandong and Henan, and even the refugees from the Jianghuai River, can be left to fend for themselves. If the people there die, they will slowly migrate from the south in the future.

Occupy Beijing as soon as possible, and destroy Li Zicheng and the Tartars as soon as possible. This is also the means of Zebei common people.

If Li Zicheng and Man Qing were allowed to dance around for two more years, wouldn't there be more deaths?

Zhao Han's answer was: "Slowly expand and take into account internal affairs. First, if you don't destroy people's livelihood, the area under your jurisdiction will prosper; second, you can practice the theory of Datong and twist people's hearts into one rope; third, you can promote officials quickly, reduce corruption, and maintain the status quo. The officials are enthusiastic; four can avoid new land occupation uprisings, what does it look like if there are people under our rule? Five can prosper industry and commerce, organize immigrants and resettle refugees need a lot of supplies, these are the government buys from businessmen. The businessmen make money, the government’s There will be more taxes. Immigrants and displaced persons can live in peace, and can generate new tax sources. The sooner this kind of thing is done, the better.”

Xu Fusheng could understand Zhao Han's explanation, but he didn't agree with it from the bottom of his heart. He still felt that the world should be pacified as soon as possible.

At the end of November, the fleet turned into the Long River on the other side of Fengdu County, and stopped at Nanbinli (Longhe Town, Fengdu County) along the river.