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Qian Qianyi was afraid that Zhao Han might misunderstand something, so he went to the General Military Mansion to ask for an audience the next day.

He was taken into a courtyard in a daze, only to see that the courtyard was full of people. In addition to Zhao Han, Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua and others, there are also Chen Maosheng, Liu Rushi and many celebrities, and even famous actors and actresses from various places.

"Mr. Yushan came just in time. Let's sit down and discuss things together." Zhao Han said with a smile.

The guards brought a stool and Qian Qianyi sat forward, not sure what meeting was being held today.

Zhao Han explained: "I want to standardize the languages ​​​​of various places. Is there any way Mr. Yushan can implement this?"

Qian Qianyi replied: "Just gather scholars and revise the correct rhyme."

Zhao Han shook his head and said: "It's not about elegance and elegance, it's about allowing scholars to communicate with Guizhou leaders and provinces."

"That's impossible!"

Qian Qianyi was so frightened that he immediately stood up, raised his hands and said, "Headquarters, doing this is tantamount to eradicating common sayings in various places. Forcibly promoting it may cause big trouble."

"well!"

Zhao Han sighed.

Zhao Han had already been working on standardizing languages ​​in various places, but the more he learned about it, the less he dared to issue orders.

Forcibly promoting a local language as "Mandarin" not only eliminates dialects in various places, but also overturns China's thousands of years of phonological rules.

This is going against the scholars all over the world!

In ancient China, there has always been "Putonghua", namely: Yayan, Zhengyin, and Mandarin.

The correct pronunciation of the past dynasties is the same as the pronunciation of Luoyang Taixue.

The reading pronunciation of Luoyang Taixue is also called Zhongyuan Yayan.

It is not a Henan dialect, but a set of pronunciation rules that regulate pronunciation through fanqie.

As long as you learn this set of rules, no matter you are from Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, or Kunming, or whether your dialect has four tones, five tones, six tones, or seven tones, everyone can communicate very smoothly!

This set of rules only restricts sound categories, not sound values.

Therefore, the reading pronunciation in each place will be very different, but they are all in common with each other.

This set of pronunciation rules has been an important factor in maintaining the unification of China for two thousand years, and its great role is not inferior to the unification of words. It can integrate local dialects into the same system. In ancient societies without radios and televisions, this was the most convenient and effective means of phonetic notation.

What Zhao Han has to do now is to break it!

Having said so much, you may not understand it, and it must be explained more intuitively.

Modern Chinese is a secondary institution: Mandarin-Dialect.

In ancient times, it had a three-level structure: the rules of Yayan - the reading pronunciation of various places - the local dialects.

Chen Maosheng suddenly said: "Forcibly promoting it is not impossible. Don't we opera singers remember it?"

"Not bad." All the famous opera actors present agreed.

Regardless of the north or south, all operas across the country are recited in authentic Mandarin.

Zhao Hanxiao asked: "If it is to be promoted forcefully, should the elegant dialect of the Central Plains be the correct pronunciation, or the old dialect of Jiangzuo be the correct pronunciation?"

"It doesn't matter." Everyone laughed.

There are two authoritative books in the Ming Dynasty, one is called "Hongwu Zhengyun" and the other is called "Jiaotai Yun".

Due to different authors, "Hongwu Zhengyun" favors the Jianghuai dialect, while "Jiaotaiyun" favors the Chinese dialect.

Li Banghua suddenly said: "Let's take "Hongwu Zhengyun" as the standard. In the early Ming Dynasty, the Jianghuai dialect was used in a wider area."

"You really want to do this?" Qian Qianyi was horrified.

Zhao Han said: "I do not want to abolish Yayan, but use Jianghuai dialect as the criterion so that people everywhere can communicate in the language."

Qian Qianyi said: "Three years of education will be implemented in the main town. From now on, there will be scholars everywhere. Everyone will be proficient in reading pronunciation, and naturally everyone will be able to communicate without hindrance. Why should we forcefully promote Jianghuai dialect?"

Zhao Han explained: "I plan to compile a dictionary and recreate the method of cutting the yin (pinyin). In this way, children in elementary school can cut the yin on their own in two or three months and learn new words by themselves through the dictionary."

"How can there be such a relaxing method in the world?" Qian Qianyi could not imagine it at all.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "How will you know if you don't try it? First determine the model tone. How many tones should it be? Should I keep the entrance tone?"

This question stunned everyone.

Qian Qianyi said bravely: "Let's do seven tones. As for the entrance tones, we should keep them to ourselves."

Zhao Han teased: "Did Emperor Chongzhen speak with a deep voice?"

"No." Li Banghua and Qian Qianyi shook their heads at the same time.

"Then keep the entrance voice." Zhao Han said with a smile.

The preservation of the Ru tone has nothing to do with the emperor, but that except for some areas in the north, the Ru tone was present in all dialects across the country.

In later generations of Mandarin, there is no entering tone.

Mandarin has four tones, and the "zhengyin" promulgated by Zhao Han in the future may have seven tones.

Zhao Han couldn't promote it according to the Mandarin of later generations, because no one except him could speak that stuff.

Zhao Han asked: "Who wants to be the editor and president of 'Datong Zhengyin'?"

No one answered.

This stuff is so nonsense that no one has a clue and dare not take over the porcelain job easily.

Liu Rushi suddenly raised his hand and said, "How about... I be the president?"

Zhao Han looked at Qian Qianyi with a smile: "What do you think, Mr. Yushan?"

Qian Qianyi knew that he couldn't run away, so he said without tears, "Then I will recommend myself."

Zhao Han explained to Liu Rushi: "I don't despise women, nor do I despise Liu Jun's talents. But if I forcefully promote Datong Zhengyin, I will encounter a lot of resistance. If a woman is the CEO, those who resist will have another excuse. . Mr. Yu Shan is different. He is a literary master and a leader of scholars. I believe that scholars all over the world will be convinced by him."

Qian Qianyi wanted to scold his mother.

Scholars all over the world are so convinced that this set of orthodox pronunciation is being forcibly promoted, and I don’t know how many people will be scolded.

No one will hate Zhao Han, and their anger will be directed at him, Qian Qianyi!

Local dialects are like different systems.

Traditional Yayan means formulating a set of rules to make these dialect systems compatible, but they must be converted into corresponding reading pronunciations.

The Datong Zhengyin that Zhao Han plans to implement uses one dialect system as the standard and covers all other dialect systems.

The third-level language structure is simplified into the second-level language structure.

Not only can people from all over the world use a unified language, but it can also double the learning speed of children.

Apart from being depressed, Qian Qianyi was also a little excited.

As the editor and president of Datong Zhengyin, he must have been scolded bloody in his life. But if it can be successfully promoted, a hundred years later, he will leave his name in history and be hailed as the master of Zhengyin by future generations!

Infamy in front of you, good reputation behind you.

Zhao Han smiled and said: "Mr. Yushan, I will give you fifty yuan, and you can recruit fifty great scholars, preferably those who are proficient in phonology. You can compile Datong Zhengyin together. Remember, each province must choose a few , it cannot be limited to Jiangnan, otherwise what will be produced is Jiangnan Zhengyin.”

Qian Qianyi wanted to die when he heard this. He said with a grimace: "The tone of voice in each province is different, so we have to fight!"

Zhao Han said with a smile: "If you can't fight, just use "Hongwu Zhengyun" as the criterion, Jianghuai dialect as the model, and follow the elegant dialect of the Central Plains."

"Follow... your order." Qian Qianyi was weak.

Every piece of toilet paper has a use, didn’t Qian Qianyi find a use for it?

Zhao Han looked at Liu Rushi: "Do you want to make up Datong Zhengyin?"

Liu Rushi replied: "I am also familiar with opera, and my correct pronunciation is not lagging behind others."

Zhao Han then said to several famous opera actors: "After Mr. Yushan compiles the correct music, you can sing the opera according to the situation. If you feel something is wrong, just say it and let them revise it again."

"yes!"

Those famous opera actors were very happy, and they never imagined that they could participate in such a big event.

Zhao Han said: "Everyone else, please step back. Qian Qianyi and Liu Yin don't leave for now."

Everyone bowed and left.

There were only three people left in the yard. Zhao Han said to Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi: "The most important achievement of Emperor Qin is that the books are written in the same text. What you have to do is to speak in the same voice. You should understand how important it is, right? Qian Qian A hundred years later, all the famous scholars and scholars have passed away, but you two have left your name in history."

"Dedicate yourself to the end of your life and die!"

Liu Rushi's blood boiled. As a woman, she could finally do great things.

Qian Qianyi said: "I will definitely do my best."

Zhao Han smiled and waved: "Come on, let me show you some letters."

Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi walked over, and Zhao Han untied the white cloth on the blackboard, only to see some random symbols written on it.

Latin alphabet.

The pinyin method must be implemented, and you can create original symbols. In the late Qing Dynasty, some people created their own symbols for pinyin.

However, the symbols created by the Chinese are inevitably derived from radicals, which can easily lead to some misleading.

Therefore, mainland China uses Latin letters to pinyin, and Taiwan uses imitating Japanese kana to pinyin. In fact, both use the same principle.

This principle originates from traditional Yayan, which is a set of pronunciation rules that are compatible with local dialects from all over the world.

Zhao Han pointed to the blackboard: "These are the initial consonants and these are the finals."

Those who have learned Yayan's phonological method can understand it as soon as they hear it. Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi immediately understand what those letters are for.

Zhao Han didn't even need to explain the meaning of the two words initial consonants and finals.

Sound, rhyme, and vowels are themselves phonological terms.

Zhao Han was even more happy when he saw their reaction. It was easy for the scholars to accept it. They only needed to forcefully remember the pronunciation of the letters.

"Read it yourself." Zhao Han said.

Next to each Latin letter, there are Chinese phonetic notations, and Zhao Han also wrote several examples of phonetic and vowel combinations.

The two read the phonetic notation of Chinese characters for a while, and Zhao Han wrote out the four tones of modern Chinese: "These are the tones. I created four of them myself, and you can create the remaining three."

Qian Qianyi randomly selected a few Chinese characters and tried to use pinyin to pronounce them. He sighed suddenly and said: "Although it is superficial, it is indeed easy for children to learn. But it has deviated from the method of correct rhyme. Once this correct pronunciation is popularized, in time, dialects everywhere will It’s gone.”

Zhao Han said: "Language, like characters, has been changing since ancient times, and the direction of change is from traditional to simple. I not only want to simplify the pronunciation, but also simplify the Chinese characters. If there are multiple writing methods, choose the simplest and most reasonable one. .”

Qian Qianyi lamented: “We can only get a glimpse of the town’s aspirations today.”

Zhao Han does not engage in forced simplification, but only selects simple characters as standard characters.

For example, "无" and "无" have been used in common for hundreds of years, with exactly the same meaning and usage. Why not use "无" as the standard glyph?

Liu Rushi looked at Zhao Han's leaving voice and said to himself: "What a great man!"

Qian Qianyi pretended not to hear. He didn't dare to provoke this strange woman again, and he was even more afraid of offending the great man just now.