Zhao Ji rushed to Yongcheng because of her unwell, and she wanted to go there to recuperate for a while.

Ying Zheng actually didn't care about her departure, because it was no difference whether she was in Xianyang or not. Anyway, she never came to see her, and she didn't want to see her at all. After seeing Zhao Ji away, Ying Zheng lived with Zhao Kuo for more time. At this time, Zhao Kuo was also busy doing his own thing. Zhao Kuo suddenly realized that he had forgotten something very important.

That is punctuation marks. In this period, there are punctuation marks. Unfortunately, punctuation marks in this period are not mature. Perhaps because of this, many articles can be interpreted differently. Zhao Kuo probably inherited the original memory, so he never felt that sense of incongruity. Until Zhao Kang pretended to be studying in the yard, Zhao Kuo woke up from his strange segments. Why didn’t he create modern punctuation marks?

Zhao Kang sat in the courtyard. After being forced, he held the book helplessly, shook his head and began to read: "Mencius said: Heaven is the general, surrendering to this, and the man is also..." Zhao Kuo sat in the house, pressing down on his impulse to try Zhao Kang, and recalling the punctuation he knew and began to take the test. When he was doing the test, he heard Zhao Zheng's scolding. Then, the King of Qin walked in and saw what his father was writing. He did not disturb him and sat next to his father.

Zhao Kuo was annotating his horse's uniform book. He wrote a paragraph, then added a comma, and then a period, and finally added exclamation marks, question marks, censors, colons and so on. After his simple test, he felt that this was still feasible and would be absolutely useful if it was promoted. In this era, there was no such situation as in the future that he made a lot of annotations for his ancestors.

Later, scholars were keen on annotating books by ancestors. As a result, because each school had different annotations and different sections and chapters, many schools appeared, conquering each other, distorting the theories of ancestors, and even tampering with them. Zhao Kuo felt that if punctuation marks could be promoted, it would not only facilitate today's readers, but also facilitate later people and better understand the ideas of their predecessors.

Ying Zheng sat aside, looking at the strange symbols written, and couldn't help but frown.

Zhao Kuo wrote more and more, and even wrote the Aite symbol. He thought for a while and found that the symbol was useless, so he deleted it again. It was not even considered a punctuation mark... After he finished writing it, he raised his head and looked at Zhao Zheng beside him. He pointed to what he had written and said, "Look, this is a comma... this is a period..." He played their role in explaining to the King of Qin again. The King of Qin listened carefully and nodded from time to time.

The King of Qin also instantly understood Zhao Kuo's idea. Indeed, when Lu Buwei handled the memorials from various places, he had to spend time in segmenting. Because the symbols have not yet been formed and have not been fully promoted, a large number of segments will appear to be connected and there is no way to distinguish them. Segmentation has always been a big problem in reading. When Ying Zheng was young, he couldn't understand the meaning of the text because of segments. Now, his father seemed to have thought of a good idea.

"Father...with this symbol, it is convenient for reading and children in the school."

Zhao Kuo suddenly had an idea in his mind, what if he was simplifying Chinese characters or even making pinyin in advance? He remembered that when he first learned about the text, he started learning from pinyin. He thought about these and looked at the expensive paper in front of him. If the cost of the paper could be reduced, the promotion rate would be better. It would be really not easy to do these on bamboo slips.

At this time, the King of Qin finally finished reading all the symbols. He happily started talking to his father. After chatting for a while, Ying Zheng then asked, "Father, I have something I want to ask you for advice." Zhao Kuo nodded, continued to be busy with his own affairs, and said, "Well, you ask."

"Father, I thought I was able to take charge of the government, but when I followed the Prime Minister to handle government affairs, I realized that I was far inferior to the Prime Minister. If I had to do those things, I would never be able to do it. You once said that a king should not only have ambition, but also has the ability. I also want to be a capable king, but I don't know how to increase my abilities, how can I become as good as the Prime Minister, and how can I become as good as the military as you... "

Zhao Kuo was stunned and then stopped what was in his hand. He looked at Ying Zheng seriously and said, "What kind of king do you think is capable?"

"Good in internal affairs, proficient in military affairs...benevolence, righteousness and love the people?"

"Your idea is too ridiculous!" Zhao Kuo scolded him mercilessly. Zhao Kuo said, "The standards of capable people are also different in different positions. If a soldier is proficient in carpenter work, is he considered a capable soldier? If a general who leads troops to fight and is proficient in poetry and music, can he be considered a capable general?"

"For kings, the most important ability is to judge a person's virtues and shortcomings, and put them in the position that suits them best..." Zhao Kuo said, and then persuaded: "What you need to do is not to have Lu Buwei or my ability, but to get more people like Lu Buwei and me, and put them in the position that suits them. You want to distinguish who can use it and who can't, stay away from villains and get close to wise ministers..."

"This is the most important ability of a king. As long as you can do this, you are a qualified king. Even if you can't fight or deal with government affairs, it doesn't matter. As long as you let those who can fight to fight for you, and those who are proficient in internal affairs govern the country for you, that's fine... Zheng, look at the kings in the world." Zhao Kuo sat down, his face became very serious, and Ying Zheng also sat in front of him and listened to his words.

"The kings in the world have people like the King of Yan. Think of such a king. I heard that he was tyrannical, beat old ministers, was capricious, did not listen to the advice of the ministers, and was easy to show off. He never thought about governing the country. He always thought about how to enjoy it every day, constantly dispatched the people to perform labor service, did not regard the common people as his own people, and allowed officials to oppress them. After the defeat, he would throw the fault of the defeat to the ministers and even executed him. Such a king is something you cannot do and will definitely perish!"

"There are people like the King of Qi. Think of such a king. I heard that he had no opinion. After his mother passed away, he never dealt with domestic affairs again. He mourned his mother in the palace all day long, and did not know how to use people. He appointed a greedy villain called Housheng, and allowed such villain to invade Qi and harm the people... Such a king will sooner or later die!"

"There are people like King Zhao who love talents as much as their lives, but they don't know how to appoint them. He always rewards the new ministers, but neglects the original ministers. His mind is to collect talents rather than appoint talents. He is too obsessed with power and even persecutes his vassal for power. Such a king may not allow the country to be destroyed, but it will definitely not be strong!"

"There is a person like the King of Wei who is afraid of his younger brother. When appointing talents, he looks at his family background rather than his ability. He is irritable and eager to achieve success. He never persists in doing things. He has to give up if he cannot see the results. He even kidnapped his great sages for his territory and gave them to other countries. Such a king is extremely unvirtuous and he must be destroyed."

"There are people like King Han who use Shen Buwei's doctrine to govern the country. He does not believe in his ministers. He is arrogant and arrogant, always self-righteous, takes himself as the center, and never cares about others... Incompetent and incompetent, a king like him will perish sooner or later!"

Ying Zheng listened carefully, nodded from time to time, and firmly remembered these negative teaching materials. Zhao Kuo then said: "Zheng, take others as a warning, and never imitate them. You must see other people's faults and think about your own behavior. If one day, you find that your behavior is somewhat similar to these kings, you have to correct it even if you do it!"

Zhao Kuo quickly handed over the punctuation marks he made to Lu Buwei. Lu Buwei dared not neglect. After watching these symbols seriously, he was very surprised that Chinese punctuation marks originated very early, and punctuation marks had already emerged in the era of oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions. It can be said that punctuation marks have emerged since the birth of text in my country.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, punctuation marks in our country had developed greatly, and many types of punctuation marks appeared, including paragraph sounds, chapter numbers, connection numbers, heavy text numbers, combined text numbers, barb numbers, special names, colon numbers, hook numbers, and various forms of sentence reading. However, these cumbersome punctuation marks did not play an ideal role, and just like the cumbersome texts of this era, they all need to be improved.

Zhao Kuo's changes were not a big deal, or even too big, but this was conducive to promotion. Lu Buwei praised it repeatedly. As for what he thought of in his heart, probably only he himself knew it.

In the first year of King Qin, except for Wei and Chu, the rest of the countries chose to cultivate themselves, because after the war, all countries suffered huge losses, and they needed time to recuperate and recover.

Qin focused on the construction channel, because Zheng State once told Lu Buwei that after the successful construction of the channel, it could at least double the grain production of Qin. Lu Buwei's eyes were straightened. Now Qin's national strength can barely use 300,000 troops to enter the war and ensure that their materials are doubled. If the output of Qin doubles, what does it mean? Qin can invest 500,000 and 600,000 troops to the battlefield??

Zhao Wangdan gradually stopped talking, he turned his head and fell asleep.

February of the second year of King Zheng of Qin.

Zhao Wangdan died of illness.
Chapter completed!