Chapter 77:

Xie Zheng suffocated at Zhuyuan, before he had time to figure out how to go next, there was someone in the palace.
Emperor Chengjia looked for him.
Xie Zheng was surprised. At this time, the emperor father should be still discussing matters in the imperial study room, suddenly looking for him... is it related to the government?
You have to go and see if it is right or not.
Go all the way.
Hurrying back to the palace, and just entering the imperial study, Xie Zheng had no time to kneel down in the future. The Emperor Chengjia behind the imperial table waved his hand impatiently: "Don't give me a gift, get up and talk."
Xie Zheng got up at the order and swept away, and found that apart from a few bachelors, all the rest were old men from the Hanlin Academy.
what happened? It is not these old men who are discussing in the Imperial Study Room on weekdays.
Xie Zheng was suspicious in his heart, not showing up on his face, and calmly saluted the ministers present: "Everyone is safe."
All the ministers returned their salutes one after another: "His three are safe."
The seated Emperor Chengjia waved his hand: "Okay, the greetings are over, hurry up and talk about business."
Xie Zheng turned back: "My father is looking for a minister, but what instructions do you have?"
"Look at this first." Emperor Chengjia motioned to Deqing. The latter was aware, and he touched the booklet from nowhere and presented it to Xie Zheng.
Xie Zheng took it over and took a look. It was an old issue of Dayan Monthly. .
He was puzzled: "What's the problem?"
"I'm just looking for you if there is no problem." Emperor Chengjia looked at an old man with a long beard and thin, "Say old Xu."
This old man is Xu Conghuai from the Imperial Academy. I saw him stand up and bowed his hands towards the upper seat: "Then the old minister will throw the bricks to attract jade." Looking at Xie Zheng, "The old minister is ashamed. I originally thought that the "Dayan Monthly" was not in the elegant hall, but later I learned that there is an explanation The article and the North Korean government column thought it was a superficial article... I only looked through it after listening to colleagues' discussions a few days ago."
Xie Zheng nodded: "Master Xu doesn't need to care. The original intention of the "Monthly" is to relieve people's boredom and understand current affairs for the people. It will not be a big problem if you don't read it."
"No, no, your Highness is too modest. It's an old minister—"
Emperor Chengjia was not angry: "I'm done, I'll be polite after talking about business."
"Ah...Yes!" Master Xu gave a dry laugh, and finally turned to the topic. "The old minister read the "Monthly" and found that the articles and verses in it were different from what they had seen in ordinary days. The words were still those words, but they were obviously much more obvious. After careful study, I found that there are many more symbols in it. Except for the two similar to the sentence reading, the other symbols are unheard of... Your Highness, do these symbols have specific meanings?"
Xie Zheng raised his eyebrows: "Of course."
Mr. Xu hurriedly asked, "Can you explain it in detail?"
Xie Zheng complied with kindness, and opened an article at will, pointing to the punctuation above: "These symbols are called punctuation, marks and periods. Periods include periods, periods, commas, question marks, exclamation marks, semicolons and colons ( Quoting 1), sentences, pauses, and commas are not much different from our usual sentence reading. Question marks and exclamation marks are used to express the tone and intonation. For example, this, called question mark, is used at the end of a question to indicate that the sentence contains questions or rhetorical questions..."
Not only did Master Xu listen carefully, but the other adults also came over curiously.
Emperor Cheng Jia looked at the head squeezed under the steps, touched his chin, and walked quietly down into the crowd.
"...That's roughly it." Xie Zheng rarely said so much, and felt a bit dry after speaking.
Master Xu nodded again and again: "It is indeed clearer after adding it." He thought for a while and asked, "But how do ordinary people know these meanings? Will adding rashly make everyone misunderstand?"
Xie Zheng asked him back: "When Mr. Xu read the monthly magazine, did he feel difficult?"
Master Xu thought about it and shook his head: "It's really never."
"It can't be compared like this," an old man stood up, "Master Xu, you have read poems and books, and it is really not difficult to understand. Ordinary people are already less literate, and when they encounter these complicated symbols, wouldn't it be even more difficult to understand? ?"
"Master Huang, you didn't know the meaning of these punctuation marks before, do you understand?"
Lord Huang got stuck.
"This is the meaning of punctuation. Punctuation is to make it easier to understand the meaning of the sentence, rather than to make the article more complicated. With the appropriate segmentation, you can understand the meaning in the context. If you don't understand the meaning of punctuation, Read a few more articles, and you will know it naturally."
Master Xu thought for a while and stood up: "A good poem and verse is beautiful in rhythm and contrast. If punctuation is added, wouldn't it destroy the beauty?"
Xie Zheng really thought about this question, and was stunned by the girl. He coughed lightly: "Master Xu is too worried, and the special genre should be treated specially. Punctuation marks are used for the convenience of reading, and there is no need to force them everywhere."
Everyone looked at each other.
Master Xu asked: "Then this punctuation seems a bit tasteless?"
Chicken ribs? Ignorant humans!
Xie Zheng almost turned out Zhu Yuan's words of scolding him. He paused and asked instead: "On weekdays, the court orders are issued. Do officials from all over the country need to break sentences and guess what they mean?"
"This is natural. The imperial decree is of great importance. If you don't figure it out carefully, what should you do if something goes wrong?"
Xie Zheng glanced away and saw Emperor Chengjia in the pile of people, startled, and said to Deqing behind him: "Father Deqing, can I borrow a pen and paper?"
Deqing looked at Emperor Chengjia, who waved his hand: "Go."
Everyone found out that Emperor Chengjia stepped back and confessed.
"Eh, leave me alone, go on, go on~"
Fortunately, the little soon delivered paper and pen.
A group of people simply moved to the cafe next to it.
Xie Zheng wrote on paper directly on the Ji, and wrote a simple memorial, taking the application for additional printing of monthly volumes as an example.
Long sentences and short sentences are mixed, the whole text is gorgeous, and it reads heartily.
"His Royal Highness is a good literary talent!" Mr. Xu praised.
"Master Xu has a good reputation." Xie Zheng looked at the Master Huang, "Master Huang, what do you know after reading this article?"
Master Huang stared at the paper for a moment and wondered, "But if the monthly magazine is popular with the people, it needs to be printed?"
Xie Zheng nodded, lowered his head and added a few punctuation on the paper, and then asked: "Look again, Lord Huang, what is the difference."
Lord Huang bowed his head again: "Not all those words—"
"Not bad!" said Emperor Chengjia who came over, "It's much clearer."
Mr. Xu also stroked the long beard and nodded: "It is clear and clear at a glance, and there is no ambiguity. The punctuation is indispensable."
"In the past, I couldn't speak too much. I took this opportunity to suggest to the emperor and all the adults that the court decree, memorial and other office documents can be changed appropriately in the future. If the decree is clear and consistent, things can get twice the result."
Emperor Chengjia touched his chin and fell into deep thought.
The adults also looked at each other.
Xie Zheng continued: "You adults may feel that this is just a trivial matter, not worth mentioning. In my opinion, punctuation is a right-hand man for benefiting the country and the people and enlightening the people in the long run. Many people also throughout their lives. They can recognize a few words. If they don’t add punctuation, they will find it difficult to understand when they read the script and the interpretation of government affairs. If they add punctuation and precise words and sentences, people can easily understand the court order. ... Many things are not easy to be misunderstood, and the court can handle things smoothly."
Master Xu stroked his long beard: "If it weren't for the wife of the family to talk about the story in the monthly magazine, the old minister would still not be able to find the thoughtful move of His Highness..." He said with emotion, "Your Highness is sincere!"
Xie Zheng handed over: "Don't dare to be. If it weren't for the privilege of knowing a talented person, I wouldn't be able to make such a regular punctuation." This talented person is naturally Zhu Yuan.
It's not that Zhu Yuan took the initiative to suggest, but the method was indeed learned from him.
Some people are curious: "Who is so talented?"
Xie Zheng hesitated, and said calmly: "It's Mr. Page." The credit is not as conspicuous as the cement and monthly magazines, and the punctuation is silent, and it doesn't hurt to crown her head.
Everyone was at a loss.
"Mr. Page?" Master Huang frowned, "The old minister has never heard of it."
However, Emperor Chengjia's eyes lit up: "Mr. Peppa, for such a great achievement, deserve a reward." Then he said to Xie Zheng, "Where is Mr. Peppa? Quickly let him receive the reward."
Xie Zheng:...
"Don't dare to deceive the emperor, Mr. Page is natural and handsome, and he regards fame as dung. If the emperor wants to reward him, he will reward him with money. The son will pass it on for you."
Master Xu sighed: "No loss is the power to come up with punctuation..."
Emperor Chengjia stared at Xie Zheng.
Xie Zheng didn't change his face: "Or is my father reluctant to even this little money?"
Emperor Chengjia grinds his teeth: "Reward, nature deserves to be rewarded, come and take care of him."
After finishing writing a reward decree, Emperor Chengjia threw the pen away, scanned the crowd, and said: "Okay, you have a clear understanding of punctuation. When you go back, write a memorial and talk about how to teach. Popularity, how to apply."
"Yes."
When the adults retired, Emperor Chengjia immediately asked Xie Zheng: "Where is Mr. Pegg? His book, cough cough, such a talented person, should let him write more for the "Monthly"."
Xie Zheng helplessly: "Mr. Page is still writing." He thought for a while and said, "Mr. Jin Yong in the "Monthly" is his other name."
""Swordsman"?!" Emperor Chengjia was shocked, "this style of writing is completely different from his original style!"
Xie Zheng nodded: "Listening to what she said, the words serialized now seem to be written by others, she just wrote them according to memory."
"No wonder the style is so different--" Wait, Emperor Chengjia thought about something and asked, "Since Mr. Peppa is here, why didn't the storybook continue to be updated?"
Xie Zheng got stuck.
Emperor Chengjia squinted at him: "But you offended Mr. Page?"
Xie Zheng coughed slightly: "It doesn't count—"
"I know! You have a bad face every day. Which arrogant gentleman can stand you? Is it because you owe him his payment?"
"No--"
Emperor Chengjia slapped the table: "I don't care, now I order you to promptly let Mr. Page to continue the textbook of the last year! The monthly magazine under my name must not be sorry for the people, let the people feel regret!"
Xie Zheng:...
It's just a narrative, is it so serious?
"Don't hurry up?!" Cheng Jiadi now sees that his eyes are not eyes and his nose is not his nose.
"……Yes."
So, less than two days after the last marriage talk, cough, and meeting, Xie Zheng took the initiative to find Zhu Yuan again.
【Girl】
Zhu Yuan, who was writing and drawing in the room, stopped writing quickly.
[I see you here, come out]
Zhu Yuan looked around, put down the pen gently, and planned to run away.
[One thousand taels of silver, do you want? If I won’t come out, I’ll take it myself]
Zhu Yuan:...
She immediately grabbed the brush: [What are you doing? ] After a pause, I explained with some guilty conscience, [Xia Zhi was on the side just now~~]
Xie Zheng:...
This girl is extremely arrogant and can only be explained by a guilty conscience.
Do you want to ignore him?
Thinking of what Zhu Yuan said last time, Xie Zheng sneered. It seems that I have to meet a few times to cultivate feelings.