GBP Chapter 1183 When the ancients turned bad, what chance did this official have?
Chapter 1183 When the ancients turned bad, what chance did this official have?
Regarding the excuse Yang Shaofeng came up with, Heizhi Tangyuan just twitched the corner of his mouth and complained, "Rather than saying that a notorious bandit got lost, it's more like he's avenging Chunwei's descendants—anyway, the Xiongnu themselves admit to being Chunwei's descendants, so if you insist on claiming kinship, they're still our close cousins."
Yang Shaofeng suddenly felt that black sesame dumplings were quite shameless.
Weren't the Xiongnu driven westward by the Han Dynasty?
And then, you, the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty two thousand years later, actually want to launch a western expedition under the banner of avenging the Xiongnu?
Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but complain, "It would be more accurate to say that we recovered the territory of the Yuan Dynasty."
Black Sesame Dumpling chuckled dryly, but then saw Chen Zhong, that damned eunuch, leading two Imperial Guards, running towards them and shouting, "Your Highness, Prince Consort, the Emperor wants you two to return to the palace immediately."
When Chen Zhong ran up to the two of them, he saw Yang Baobei being held in Yang Shaofeng's arms and his eyes lit up. He said, "What a coincidence! The higher-ups said that Her Highness the Princess should bring the little county princess into the palace as well."
Yang Shaofeng, his face dark and sour, glared at Chen Zhong and asked, "Hurry back to the palace? Does my husband know why?"
Chen Zhong nodded and replied, "It was Xue Xiang, the Minister of Rites, who impeached the Imperial Son-in-Law!"
What?
Yang Shaofeng was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the black sesame dumplings and said, "Have I offended Xue Xiang recently?"
……
When Yang Shaofeng and Heizhi Tangyuan hurriedly arrived at Fengtian Hall, Emperor Zhu, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen and others all looked like they were waiting to see a show, and Xue Xiang glared angrily at Yang Shaofeng.
Yang Shaofeng was somewhat bewildered by Xue Xiang's gaze and couldn't help but ask, "I heard that Minister Xue intends to impeach me?"
Xue Xiang snorted coldly and said, "Your Highness, you've misunderstood. I'm not impeaching you, but I've already submitted a memorial to impeach you!"
Yang Shaofeng was even more bewildered, but Xue Xiang snorted again and asked Yang Shaofeng, "May I ask, Your Highness, was it you who pushed for this matter of getting the Koreans and the short, ugly men to speak and write Chinese?"
"Did you also give them the 'Hongwu Zhengyun' and let them each build their own community schools?"
"Your Highness is foolish!"
"I don't know what you were thinking, making Koreans and short, ugly people speak Chinese and write Chinese characters!"
"Either you're thinking of the easiest way to do it, or Yang Siyi has kicked your head in the head!"
"..."
Ok?
Xue Xiang unleashed a barrage of insults, even managing to verbally attack two people with a single sentence, leaving Yang Shaofeng completely dumbfounded.
"No, wait a moment."
Yang Shaofeng held up his palm, looked at Xue Xiang, and asked, "What's wrong with letting the Koreans and the shorty speak Chinese and write Chinese characters?"
Xue Xiang snorted coldly and said, "Of course that's wrong!"
"Whether they are Koreans, short and ugly, or any random vassal state, as long as they learn Chinese characters, they can understand the Four Books and Five Classics and study the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art."
"Your Highness, you are so eager to ban the seas and prohibit the export of books on arithmetic, physics, and many other subjects, but little do you know that your idea of having barbarians learn Chinese characters is the biggest problem!"
Yang Shaofeng was slightly taken aback, but Xue Xiang solemnly bowed to Emperor Zhu and said, "Your Majesty, I request that you issue an edict to abolish Yang Shaofeng's chaotic policy of making barbarians learn to speak and write Chinese characters!"
As Xue Xiang finished speaking, Emperor Zhu, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, and even the ministers in the court all showed very gratified smiles.
Should!
That’s right!
You, Yang, are usually the one causing trouble for others, but now you're being scolded to your face and you can't even react.
Just as Emperor Zhu and the others were secretly pleased, Yang Shaofeng frowned and said, "What does Minister Xue think?"
Xue Xiang stroked his beard and said, "In my opinion, the Ministry of Rites should convene scholars from various vassal states to formulate their respective scripts based on the 'Universal Phonology' section of the Hongwu Zhengyun."
"Firstly, we intend to represent its sound, but discard its meaning."
"Secondly, abolish its idioms and colloquialisms, and abolish its ability to form words."
Xue Xiang paced back and forth a couple of steps and said, “Let’s take the word ‘physics’ as an example.”
"The so-called 'physics' means that if one can recognize Chinese characters and understand the meanings of the two characters 'thing' and 'principle,' one can understand the meaning from the words and know that it is about the principles of all things."
“When drafting the regulations for the domains, a few domain terms should be randomly selected so that they are not related to things or to reason.”
“Even though they are all cows, bulls, cows, big cows, calves, and beef should each have a specific term to avoid any association with cows.”
"Take drums for example. There is a term for each of the following: big drum, small drum, flower drum, and hand drum. Each term is not related to drums."
"For example, the numbers one, two, three, four, etc., each from one to ten has its own character, eleven has nothing to do with ten and one, and twelve has nothing to do with eleven."
"..."
Yang Shaofeng suddenly felt his brain wasn't working properly, and in Yang Shaofeng's eyes, Xue Xiang's whole person was distorted into a big "six".
What kind of person is this sixth brother?
Just as Yang Shaofeng was secretly questioning his life, Xue Xiang sneered again, "The officials in the Ministry of Rites were originally a bunch of idiots, or perhaps they were so afraid of being tormented by the Prince Consort that they dared to agree to let the various vassal states learn Chinese and write Chinese characters?"
Xue Xiang bowed to Emperor Zhu once again: "Your subject requests to ascend the throne and issue an edict to hold those fools accountable!"
Seeing Yang Shaofeng's bewildered expression, Li Shanchang stepped forward with a smile and asked, "What does the Prince Consort think?"
Yang Shaofeng wondered what I thought.
I don't really pay attention to it.
What I was most worried about was the diffusion of technology—civilization and technology always spread from the high end to the low end, and this process is almost irreversible.
My plan is to wait a few years until I'm completely free to deal with the Koreans and the short, ugly ones, and then persuade Old Deng and Little Deng to establish overseas fiefdoms, sending the princes of the Zhu family far away. I can then take the opportunity to carve out a piece of territory for myself.
All the things we've done so far, including getting Koreans and short people to speak and write Chinese, were all preparations for this plan.
Old Harden and Young Harden are even planning to be assigned to overseas fiefdoms.
By then, no matter how much civilization and technology spread, it will ultimately remain "rotten in the pot."
But who could have imagined that Xue Xiang, that old scoundrel, would act unconventionally and come up with the insidious plan of "severing the roots of language," directly cutting off the possibility of cultural and technological dissemination at the language level?
Damn it, when these ancient natives get wicked, there's really nothing I can do!
While inwardly cursing, Yang Shaofeng bowed to Emperor Zhu and said, "Your Majesty, I second Minister Xue's proposal!"
"After the court session, I will summon the envoys from various vassal states to discuss matters concerning their languages and writing systems."