Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

"Why is His Royal Highness King Chu free to come to Yamen today?" Xiao Yu sat in the office and said cheerfully to Li Dao, "I thought you and Lao Fang were busy promoting that set of punctuation marks."

Li Xin said with a wry smile: "The main thing is Mr. Fang's contribution, and I don't have much to do with the boy."

It has been seven or eight days since Fang Xuanling visited the Chu Palace last time. During this period, Fang Xuanling wrote several articles in succession to introduce the functions of punctuation marks, and changed all these articles to horizontal typesetting in order to match the use of punctuation marks. For a time, it attracted countless criticisms and caused a lot of trouble.

There is no way, there are many people who follow the old ways in this world, especially those who benefit from the old things, such as the traditional aristocratic families. They originally held the right to speak, spent a long time building themselves into academic authorities, and regarded themselves as masters of truth. Now that there are "rebels" like Li Xin and Fang Xuanling who attempt to challenge authority and completely change writing habits, they will of course be outraged, and they have written countless articles to refute horizontal typography and punctuation.

But it's also a bit ridiculous to say. Although these so-called masters of literature and Taoism can write colorful articles, they always make people feel dumbfounded after reading them through. For example, they say that writing vertically is the way of heaven and earth, and writing from top to bottom reflects the spirit and philosophy of Confucianism, while writing horizontally fundamentally destroys the style of writing and makes the article eclipsed. Also, they think that punctuation will destroy the beauty of the article and so on. All in all, just some concepts in the clouds.

Regarding this, Li Xin and Fang Xuanling could only smile helplessly.

Whether it's these so-called academics or the liars of later generations, it seems that their paths are similar. They are all good at fabricating some seemingly advanced concepts, which make people feel confused, and finally use some bullshit arguments to coax people into accepting their views.

Who is Fang Xuanling? After going through so many wars, his determination was naturally extremely firm, and he wrote several articles seriously to refute the so-called masters of these aristocratic families. At the same time, there were also some people who were well-versed in writing and dao who took the initiative to stand up and support Fang Xuanling. Some of them, like Fang Xuanling, really appreciate punctuation, while others deliberately hold different views from them in order to help suppress traditional elites.

As a result, this punctuation debate gradually evolved into a verbal battle between the two parties, and the fight was inextricably linked. Among other things, in the past month, there have been a lot of unhappy banquets in Chang'an. The reason is that the issue of punctuation marks was discussed at the banquet. These literati who are easy to get ahead, plus drinking again, plus the fact that men in the Tang Dynasty are a bit good at martial arts this year, it is not strange to perform a full martial arts every now and then, even when they go to court every day. Some officials looked miserable with bandages on their heads.

Xiao Yu had heard about these anecdotes long ago, so he brought them up as a joke.

"Although punctuation marks are good, it's useless to just talk about it." Xiao Yu looked at Li Xin and said, as if explaining why she hadn't moved for so long, neither supporting Fang Xuanling nor traditional aristocrats.

Li Xin smiled silently. He knew that Xiao Yu's position was quite special.

Xiao Yu was the seventh son of Emperor Liang Ming of the Southern Dynasty, the half-brother of Xiao Cong, Emperor Jing of Xiliang, and the younger brother of Empress Xiao of the Sui Dynasty. He has a noble status, and he is a member of the big family in terms of blood, but he happens to be mixed with Li Shimin, so he looks a bit like a Guanlong nobleman. Therefore, he will not be the first to express his opinion on many things.

However, Xiao Yu has actually explained his attitude to Li Xin - he supports punctuation marks, otherwise he would not say that punctuation marks are "good". But at the same time, he also saw that it was meaningless to just write articles and talk about it, so he kept silent and waited and watched.

If Li Xin understood correctly, Xiao Yu was also reminding him that it was time to come up with something really useful.

"Xin came today because I have something to show Mr. Xiao." Li Xin said with a smile.

When Xiao Yu heard this, an appreciative smile appeared on his face, and he asked with great interest, "What is it?"

Li Dao said, "The economic theory that Mr. Xiao asked me to write before, I already have the first draft, and I asked Mr. Xiao to review it." He took out something from his sleeve and gently put it in front of Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu didn't rush to do it, but stared at the thing in front of him for a long time before holding it in his hand and flipping through it strangely. After a while, he asked, "Is this a book?"

Li Xin nodded with a smile and said, "That's right, it's a book."

The "book" that Xiao Yu is holding in his hand at this moment is not a volume or album that Tang people are familiar with, but a thread-bound book, about a circle bigger than the palm of a hand, half an inch thick, just enough to hold it in his hand effortlessly Feel free to browse.