Li Jiantai was the president of the Imperial College chosen by Liu Junxin. Before that, he was the Imperial College Priest. His hometown was Shanxi and a Jinshi.

However, although he was just a principal, Li Jiantai's family was a famous local high-ranking family in Shanxi. The Li family owned millions of property. Just looking at Li Jiantai who had taken fifty wives and concubines before and after, you can tell how rich he was. Without the accumulation of family for generations, relying solely on his salary as the principal, even if he had the ability to sting money in Shanxi, he would not be able to marry fifty wives and concubines.

Liu Jun naturally knew Li Jiantai's little wealth. This year, when the court recovered the arrears and collected the deeds, the Li Jiantai family made a big comeback. The arrears and deeds paid alone amounted to more than 200,000 silver dollars. The more land and real estate in the family, the more tax they paid naturally.

After Liu Jun became emperor, he also listened to Li Jiantai in the hall to preach and explain the scriptures and books to him and all officials, answer questions and explain the principles of governing the country and ensuring national security. He, a serious principal who was a Jinshi, still has some practical information.

Otherwise, Liu Jun would not have chosen him as the first president of the Beijing University in preparation for the establishment.

The Imperial College is different from the Imperial College. In the future, Jinshi who came from the imperial examination, and even those who were also from the Juren, had to go to the Imperial College for further study and further study, and then after internship, they could enter the officialdom of the officialdom.

Therefore, as the principal, he will be full of talents all over the world, and young new officials will be his students.

"How about it?"

Liu Jun looked at Li Jiantai while drinking tea.

Li Jiantai has a very good face, five long beards, and very elegant. He is holding the Chinese character pinyin table that Liu Jun wrote after spending a long time. It contains the alphabet, initials, finals, tone symbols, and some explanations.

There are seven or eight pages in total, but Li Jiantai watched it for a long time.

"Better than backcut."

Li Jiantai expressed his judgment with a professional perspective.

"I wonder who did this?" Li Jiantai asked. As the former Imperial College Priest, he admired the method of using the word Yi Ren as the pinyin, and was preparing to criticize the author, but he actually used the word Yi Ren as the pinyin, which was too disgraceful to me. Can't we use Chinese characters or simply create a set of similar symbols for pinyin? Why do we have to use Latin letters?

However, he couldn't figure out who presented this set of things for a while. If the other party was a person he couldn't afford to offend, it would be a disaster that came from the mouth.

Seeing him like this, Liu Jun smiled softly.

But he didn't hide it, and there was nothing to hide.

"This is what I wrote."

Li Jiantai almost spoke out in surprise. He looked at the emperor in a bit of incredible way, and then immediately lowered his head. His first reaction was that the emperor bragged. His second reaction was that the emperor must have robbed others of his credit.

Although this pinyin method has some shortcomings, such as using the pinyin characters of Yi Ren, he can still see the value at a glance. This is simply a creation that can be made famous in history. How could the emperor create it?

It must have been studied by a master of Suru Yinyun, and then the emperor took away his credit for it.

But he certainly didn't dare to say this, and he didn't even dare to reveal his suspicious tone.

"Your Majesty's natural resources, these Chinese characters have a high pinyin language."

Then Li Jiantai asked the second question, "Your Majesty created the method of pinyin of Chinese characters, is he going to use Dadu dialect as a common official dialect?"

Liu Jun nodded. Since most people have such a wide range of ordinary words, from the perspective of the court, we should naturally choose this ordinary and highest language to promote it, so that it can be more efficient.

"In the future, the Dadu dialect will be called Beijing dialect, which will be popularized throughout the world, or Mandarin. In the future, whether it is the world, whether it is grassland or islands, it will be popularized."

However, this is a long-term task. Even if the court vigorously promotes popularization, it will not be possible for a while. But it is absolutely true to go in this direction. Liu Jun’s plan is to create this pinyin table by himself. Then let Principal Li Jiantai take the lead and improve it first.

"Give you a task to perfect this Chinese pinyin, and then write a dictionary with it. It's called the Great Chinese Dictionary."

Dictionary is a good tool for literacy.

In ancient China, it was also called the book of characters, which had both dictionary and dictionary functions. The earliest book of characters should be considered Erya before the Warring States Period. Later, Erya notes were also announced in the Han Dynasty, and the court even specially established Doctor Erya.

Liu Jun is now preparing to compile a large Chinese dictionary in combination with Chinese pinyin and simplified characters.

Provide Chinese characters with phonetic rhyme, meaning explanation, example sentences, usage, etc.

He hoped that all students in schools would be able to have a large Chinese dictionary by then. Liu Jun remembered clearly that when he started studying by himself in later generations, the dictionary would be of great help.

With the Chinese Pinyin, simplified Chinese characters, and a large Chinese dictionary, Liu Jun believes that the literacy rate of the people will be quickly improved. As long as you complete the three-year education in junior high school and have this dictionary in the future, you don’t have to worry about not being able to recognize all the characters.

Liu Jun is even planning to compile another dictionary in the future, not a simple dictionary, but an encyclopedia dictionary with encyclopedia elements.

The Yongle Ceremony of the Ming Dynasty and the Siku Quanshu of the Qing Dynasty actually had a strong guiding function of cultural consciousness. When both dynasties were studying, they forbiddenly destroyed many books.

Although Liu Jun did not intend to compile a set of Siku Complete Books, editing an encyclopedia can still play the role that the court needs. According to the court's intention, it is actually an explanation of many things with an official attitude.

The Han Dynasty had the final right to interpret, which was very important.

But now, it’s better to take your time and practice an encyclopedia dictionary, which is unprecedented and may take five or ten years. But if you only practice a Chinese dictionary, it would be relatively simple.

Liu Jun also gave a lot of suggestions and directions for this dictionary.

For example, check characters by radical or pinyin.

The most famous calligraphy book in history should be the Shuowen Jiezi in the Han Dynasty. It pioneered the radical arrangement method and comprehensively interpreted the meaning, shape and pronunciation of the characters.

But Liu Jun did not want the Chinese dictionary to be just a copy of the Chinese dictionary. He asked to add pinyin search, add pinyin and pronunciation for each character, and add example sentences. Under each character, some commonly used phrases and explanations should be added.

The Chinese dictionary will be a detailed dictionary that provides a comprehensive explanation of the shape, sound and meaning of the characters.

"Da Chinese Dictionary? Simplified Chinese characters?"

Li Jiantai felt that he could not keep up with the pace, so Liu Jun handed him two more memorandums, namely the dictionary and the simplified Chinese plan.

He quickly looked carefully. No matter whether the emperor did it himself, since the emperor took it out, it means that the emperor attached importance to it. Li Jiantai looked at it very seriously and quickly understood the emperor's requirements.

When Chinese pinyin and simplified characters are implemented together, it will be more effective if you compile a large Chinese dictionary to cooperate, it will be more efficient.

The emperor's intentions are very obvious. These are all necessary to cooperate with the three-year primary school compulsory education in the mainland, which will begin next year and the five-year compulsory education for children in the border areas.

Even the Chinese Pinyin and Beijing dialect will definitely be the key teaching content of the Beijing Normal University next year. Since Mandarin is to be promoted, it must start with officials and students.

"Since you think it's good, that's good. Chinese pinyin, simplified Chinese characters, Chinese dictionary, and promotion of Mandarin will be left to you to coordinate. Whether you want people or money, you can mention it, and I will fully meet it. I only have one requirement, hurry up. Get these things done as soon as possible. Once the year passes, I will be the first to promote Mandarin and simplified Chinese characters in the Beijing University of Science and Technology. The dictionary must also produce results within one year."

"A year is too short, and it takes at least ten years for such a dictionary."

"Ten years? Ten years of daylily has become cold, and I can't wait that long."

Li Jiantai felt a toothache. This Chinese dictionary can tell at a glance that the project is huge and how can it be completed in one year?

"Five years, please give me five years."

Liu Jun snorted coldly, "This is not a vegetable market, and I am not bargaining with you. At most, only one year is available. I think one year is enough. If you want someone to give you money, you need money. As long as you have sufficient manpower and material resources, can't you compile a book in a year?"

"I will first use the treasury to scatter one million silver dollars, set up a special yamen to be responsible for the inter-pinning of Chinese pinyin and Chinese characters, and write a Chinese dictionary."

When Li Jiantai heard about one million silver dollars, he couldn't help swallowing. He compiled a book and actually drank one million dollars. He thought that the emperor said that he would try his best to satisfy his manpower and material resources, and probably only gave him tens of thousands of silver dollars, but he didn't expect it to be one million.

"Don't be rushing to be happy. This million is not only for these purposes, but also for the future promotion of Mandarin and Simplified Chinese characters. After the Chinese dictionary is finished, you still have to think about compiling a Chinese encyclopedia dictionary."

"As for people, you will try to satisfy you. In fact, you are the one who has the least shortage of people. When the school starts next year, there will be tens of thousands of students in the school. At least these people are also scholars, and it is more than enough to let them be your assistants. Then you mobilize students and distribute tasks. With so many assistants, a dictionary is enough for a year."

Li Jiantai hurriedly said, "But these are all students."

"Students are naturally learning-oriented, but they can also take some time to help compile dictionaries. Can't they even get this time?"

Liu Jun knew best that students have always been the cheapest labor force. In later generations, those professors worked on projects and applied for a lot of money for project funds. Then they just took their students as free labor force, and at most they gave them a allowance, and the rest were all in their pockets.
Chapter completed!