Chapter 31 Common Language
As soon as Bi Maokang said, most of the representatives of the envoys from various countries and vassal states showed shock and established a new world pattern. This was indeed a bit big.
If officials from other countries say this, most people will definitely sneer at it. Is it a joke that the new world pattern can be established just as you want? When other countries do not exist!
However, when officials of the Ming Empire said this, the effect was different. Because the Ming Empire had the ability to establish a new world pattern, most people showed a look of shock. The Ming Empire was really so determined!
Of course, some people also showed confused expressions. Some were not good enough to learn Chinese and didn’t know what this new world pattern meant. Some people didn’t understand Chinese at all and didn’t know what Bi Maokang was saying. It would be strange if they were not confused.
Bi Maokang ignored everyone's shock and confusion. He continued as if nothing had happened: "Next, please invite Lord Huangdao Zhou, the Imperial College Priest of the Ming Empire, to tell you the importance of a common language."
After saying that, he gave a slight bow and turned around and walked towards the backstage.
People who understand Chinese look forward to looking at the left and right backstage directions, waiting for Huang Daozhou to appear, while people who don’t understand Chinese are even more confused. What is this person doing? He just goes down with a few words that he doesn’t understand!
Soon, Huang Daozhou walked up to the front from Shi Shiran from the left backstage and said with a smile: "Maybe, there are still a large number of people who don't know what Lord Bi was saying just now. Is Lord Bi playing the piano to a cow?"
Many people in the audience began to look around when they heard this. When they saw the confused expressions of those who did not understand Chinese, they couldn't help but chuckled.
Especially Schvira, who was sitting in the front row, I don’t know if it was to show off that he understood, or if Huang Daozhou’s words were really funny, he actually laughed out loud without any image!
The Duke of Useda next to him frowned and asked coldly in Spanish: "Earl Schvira, what are you laughing at?"
When Schvira heard this, she held back her smile and explained in Spanish: "Just Mr. Huang just told a joke."
Useda couldn't help asking: "What joke, so funny?"
"Uh" Schvira is so embarrassing. How can he explain this to Useda? As soon as he explains, he just tells Useda clearly that I am laughing at you!
Fortunately, Huang Daozhou on the stage spoke again at this time. He raised his hand and said, "Okay, I won't play the piano with the cow. Now I will tell you the importance of a common language. Please pull out the books under each brand and turn to the second page."
Upon hearing this, Schvira immediately looked at the triangle brand with his name written on it and exclaimed: "This is actually a book!"
Indeed, the rectangular pieces cushioned under the brand look too much like a wooden board, because the surface is printed with realistic wood grain. If you don’t look closely, you really won’t be able to tell that this is a book.
He curiously picked up the famous brand, pulled out the mat below, and opened it. It turned out to be a book. The title of the famous brand was printed with the title, a row of Chinese characters and a row of Portuguese characters, all of which were the same, that is: to establish a new world pattern!
Seeing Schvira's actions, Useda couldn't help but draw out the books under his name brand. The one printed on it turned out to be a row of Chinese characters and a row of Spanish. However, he was also deeply attracted by the name of establishing a new world pattern.
Without Schvira teaching, he immediately opened the book. The first page was a world map, the same as the one on the stage, but it was reduced many times.
The second page is the main text. The half-page on the left is pure Chinese characters, he can't understand any of them, but the half-page on the right is pure Spanish. He can naturally understand it. The title is: The importance of a common language. The speaker translated it was not Huang Daozhou, the Imperial College Priest of the Ming Empire, but Huang Daozhou, Minister of Education of the Ming Empire!
These are naturally all done by Zhu Cijiu. He had high hopes for this meeting, so he took great pains to prepare for this lecture.
Don’t underestimate this lecture. It seems that just a few people are speaking on stage, but it’s not that simple.
First of all, Zhu Cijiu, the huge world map alone, had been drawing for several days. He had a blurry outline of the world map of later generations in his mind. However, the specific size is not that easy to determine, and the territory of various countries is not the same as that of later generations. He also had to check the maps of various countries one by one. The difficulty can be imagined.
Then, the content of the speeches of Bi Maokang, Huang Daozhou and others was not thought of by themselves. Zhu Cijiu summoned them to the study room one by one and gave them to Zhu Cijiu for careful guidance. Then they went back to write the manuscript and handed it over to Zhu Cijiu for personal review. During this period, Zhu Cijiu spent a lot of effort.
Finally, the books placed on everyone's desk can be printed in just a few strokes. There are not only Chinese characters on it, but also the characters from other four countries. I don't know how much to prepare for the small lead characters used for printing. Moreover, the translation of each sentence requires consideration, which took Zhu Cijing a lot of time.
If the official position of Huang Daozhou is literally translated as the Imperial College of the Ming Empire, it would be funny. People don’t know what the Imperial College does, and why the wine is sacrificing, or what kind of wine is sacrificing. No one can understand these two words literally translated!
Zhu Cijing thought for a long time, but finally decided to change it to the Minister of Education of the Ming Empire. This way, the meaning is very clear. Of course, the Ming Dynasty does not have the Ministry of Education now. However, according to Zhu Cijing's idea, many government offices in the court will definitely be reorganized in the future. This is what I will skip this here.
Back at the lecture scene, as soon as Huang Daozhou finished speaking, a burst of awesome and a sound of flipping books rang out in the whole class. In fact, those present could understand Chinese. Needless to say, the vassal states, they learned all Chinese now, including Spain, Portugal and the Holy Roman Empire. Many of these people learned Chinese in the Ming Dynasty, and some of them studied in Chinese schools in the continental region.
In short, now, learning Chinese has become a fashion for countries around the world, especially the allies of the Ming Dynasty. However, this fashion has not yet formed a trend, a trend, and the task of the Huang Daozhou is to turn learning Chinese into a trend.
When everyone opened the book, he vividly told it in combination with the content of the book: "Language is a tool for communication between people..."
From the beginning of knotting, he talked about the formation of languages in various countries, and the limitations and difficulties of exchanges between countries before the Age of Discovery. He also talked about the economic, cultural and even military exchanges between countries after the Age of Discovery, and talked about the importance of a common language from all aspects.
Finally, he concluded that Chinese is the most suitable common language for all countries in the world.
Because Chinese is the oldest and most comprehensive language, no matter what it is, it can be expressed accurately in Chinese;
In addition, the Ming Empire was vast and had many vassal states. Just based on area, the areas that spoke Chinese accounted for at least 20% of the world;
Also, the population of Chinese is the largest. Now the Ming Empire and all vassal states account for nearly 40% of the world's population;
Also, the technology of the Ming Dynasty is also the most advanced in the world. If you want to learn the technology of the Ming Dynasty, you must first master Chinese;
Also, now, the products of the Ming Dynasty are also the most popular all over the world. If you want to do business with the Ming Dynasty, how can you not learn Chinese?
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Chapter completed!