The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket! novel Chapter 1147

Chapter 1147: Chapter 970, Captivating

"Look, this is the ’Dictionary’ annotated by your elder brother."

After several months of work, Yan Wenxiu had marked all of the characters in the ’Dictionary’ used by Daxia literati with phonetic annotations.

Daohua glanced through it casually and asked with confusion, "Why are you showing me this?"

Xiao Yeyang: "Wenxiu’s intention is to have you check if there are any mistakes. If there aren’t any, he is ready to send this ’Dictionary’ along with the phonetic chart to Beijing."

Hearing this, Daohua felt a bit of a headache coming on: "Such a big book, how long will I need to check it?"

Xiao Yeyang, with a smile, pinched Daohua’s shoulder: "Can’t be helped, both Wenxiu and I are your disciples, and no one else knows this phonetics system. It has to be you who checks it."

Daohua, a bit deflated, remarked: "Am I making trouble for myself?" Though she complained, she still asked, "Is it urgent?"

Xiao Yeyang chuckled: "No rush, take your time. After a while, I plan to have Wenxiu return to Beijing to personally meet with His Majesty the Emperor Uncle and report on the phonetics system."

"Perhaps with this ’Dictionary’, I can even attract a group of talented individuals to Xiliang."

Saying this, he shook his head and sighed, "There are simply too few erudite scholars devoted to teaching and nurturing students in Xiliang."

Daohua got the picture. Even though Xiao Yeyang said there was no rush, she didn’t like to procrastinate. With something on her mind, she would want to resolve it quickly. She aimed to get the ’Dictionary’ checked as soon as possible.

After learning this, Xiao Yeyang let Yan Wenxiu take the annotated ’Dictionary’ and the phonetic chart back to Beijing in early August.

"Going back now, Wenxiu can return sooner as well."

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Beijing, Imperial Palace.

The Emperor looked at the ’Dictionary’ and phonetic chart submitted by Yan Wenxiu, his expression very solemn.

The current ’Dictionary’ used in Daxia was compiled by the previous dynasty. The Emperor had long wanted to compile an exclusive Daxia dictionary, but unfortunately, it had never been realized.

The Emperor did not immediately conclude the usefulness of the phonetics system and instead summoned more than ten Hanlin Academy junior scholars to learn phonetics with Yan Wenxiu.

Thinking that the phonetics system was invented by his niece-in-law, and after some thought, he also called some officials from the Imperial College to learn along, among them was Yan Wenjie.

When Yan Wenjie received the news, a wild joy flashed in his eyes.

Ever since his sister divorced Feng Shuo, although Lord Feng had not troubled him in the Imperial College, the way his colleagues looked at him, the private discussions they had about him, and the subtle ostracism and exclusion had been very uncomfortable for him.

He knew why his elder brother came back this time.

Compiling a dictionary, even if he was just an assistant, this task would allow him to leave the Imperial College.

The Emperor’s order was urgent, and after telling his superior, Yan Wenjie went straight to the Imperial Palace to report.

Lord Feng, watching Yan Wenjie hurry away, couldn’t help but furrow his brows and at the same time, felt some regret.

When his second brother wanted to take a concubine with him on his post, he and Madam should have stopped it.

Although he and Madam did not like Yan Yile’s character and behavior, the Yan Family was a hard-to-come-by good match.

The current tension between the two families wasn’t what he hoped to see.

Sigh...

It’s truly a pity for the Yan Family!

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After more than half a month of study, the Hanlin Academy junior scholars and the Imperial College officials unanimously agreed that phonetic annotations were much simpler and easier to learn than using homophones with different tones to annotate sounds.

The Emperor also learned the phonetics and recognized its importance. He immediately put the compilation of the dictionary on the agenda.

Originally, the Emperor wanted to appoint Yan Wenxiu as the person in charge, but Yan Wenxiu did not wish to stay in Beijing to immerse himself in compiling the dictionary. He wanted to govern a place and do concrete things for the people.

In addition to reporting on phonetics, his visit to Beijing this time was also to report the achievements of the Ganzhou Guard’s work in building the prefecture.

The Emperor looked over the political achievements attained by Ganzhou Prefecture in nearly three years and thought for a moment before looking at Yan Wenxiu: "Does Yeyang plan to comprehensively establish prefecture, province, and county administrative structures in Xiliang?"

Yan Wenxiu nodded: "After three years of effort, most of the unstable elements within Xiliang have been eliminated. Now, establishing prefectures, provinces, and counties will not meet opposition."