Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 77 Conceal the meaning but simplify the form! (for collection)
The next day.

After the dynasty was over, Ying Teng went to the Imperial Physician's Office.

Xia Wuqi, the imperial physician who reminded Yingzheng of the "Wang Negative Sword" in the past, is now over seventy years old, and his hair and beard are completely white. Since last year, he has written many times to resign, but he has never been approved by the first emperor. Still staying in Tai Hospital, but basically half-retired and half-retired.

Over the years, Xia Wu has trained many outstanding imperial physicians.

The palace seldom disturbed her anymore.

But this time it was different from the past, Ying Teng went straight to Xia Wuqie.

Soon.

A healthy, vigorous, quiet and serene old man, with a wooden stick, a wide robe with big sleeves, and a bamboo crown, came out from the back of the hall. When he saw Ying Teng, he quickly bowed and said, "The imperial physician Xia Wu has also seen Zong Zheng."

Ying Teng helped Xia Wuqi up, and said, "Doctor Xia doesn't need to be so polite."

"Physician Xia has been in the palace for nearly 40 years. Actually, I shouldn't bother you. It's just that this matter is so important that I have to ask the old doctor to help."

Xia Wuqi frowned, and didn't dare to really ask.

Ying Teng seemed to have guessed Xia Wuqie's thoughts, and said with a calm face and heartbeat: "Your Majesty is fine, it's just that the officials of the Yushi Mansion recently found several prescriptions engraved on a wall when they were cleaning the imperial prison, so they wanted to Ask Imperial Physician Xia to identify one or two."

"If the prescription is effective, it will also benefit the world."

"Imperial order? Prescription?" Xia Wu's cloudy eyes rolled, full of suspicion.

He certainly didn't believe Ying Teng's words.

However, after so many years in the palace, he is well versed in how to deal with things.

Since Ying Teng was unwilling to tell the truth, it could only mean that he was not qualified to know.

Xia Wuqie nodded and said: "That's fine, if there is a new medicine to cure diseases, it will be a blessing to the world."

"I am Xia Wu and I should follow it."

Ying Teng nodded slightly, and took the initiative to lead the way.

On the road.

Ying Teng took the initiative to say: "Physician Xia, these prescriptions are not from the Qin seal script, but from the official script, which is even different from the official script compiled and sorted out by the Character Survey Office in the past, so I may have to wait for the official script from the Character Survey Office later." Officials sort out these clerical scripts in order to get the complete prescription."

Xia Wuqie nodded, and said: "Prescriptions are related to life, so we can't be careless."

"Doctor Xia is really sensible," Ying Teng said.

After a quarter of an hour's journey, the two arrived at Yushifu.

In the side hall, Yu Shi Qi Ji had been waiting for a long time, and there were several imperial physicians standing in the hall.

Seeing Ying Teng, everyone in the hall quickly saluted.

Ying Teng raised his forehead slightly, and asked Qi Ji, "How long is Cheng Miao and Wang Cizhong?"

"I'm already on my way here, I don't think it will take long." Qi Ji said, and said with a smile: "These two people are very keen on the reformation of characters, and they must be very excited to hear that there is a newer official script coming out, and it may be more exciting than expected Come faster."

Ying Teng didn't change his face, and continued to ask: "Has the stone wall of the imperial prison been removed, or has it been damaged?"

Qi Ji said solemnly: "Last night, the Yushifu summoned dozens of Mohist disciples overnight to dismantle the stone wall with inscriptions, and also asked someone to copy it in advance. Just now, the officials of the Character Survey Office have conducted a comparison, and the stone wall has not suffered any damage. There is no damage, and there is nothing missing from the writing on it."

"Zongzheng can rest assured."

heard.

Ying Teng's face softened slightly.

Hearing the conversation between the two, Xia Wuge's expression changed slightly.

He originally thought that what Ying Teng said earlier was just an excuse, but he never thought that it really came from prison.

a time.

He was even more curious about the prescriptions on the stone wall.

He looked around, went to several imperial physicians, and asked, "Have you ever seen the prescriptions on the stone wall?"

"Mr. Xia, we've seen it all." A middle-aged imperial doctor wearing a bamboo crown said in a deep voice, taking out a bamboo slip from the case beside him, and said: "The prescriptions are written on it, but I'll write it later." Most of them are Qin seal scripts, but this one is recorded in official script, although we know some, but not many."

"And the prescription is related to the follow-up preparation and decoction. It must be precise, and there is no room for mistakes. Even a word difference may be wrong."

"This is what you told me to wait, Mr. Xia."

"I didn't dare to have the slightest ambiguity when faced with this unfamiliar prescription, which is why Zongzheng invited you here."

Xia Wuqie nodded.

He opened the bamboo slips on the case, looked at the contents above, and couldn't help frowning.

He didn't know most of them.

At this time.

He showed a look of understanding, knowing why Ying Teng said these words were different from the past.

The official script in the Great Qin Dynasty was only an auxiliary script, not standardized, and relatively rough and unscripted. Although it was widely used by the people, the scripts in different places were actually quite different. Even for the same character, there might be more than a dozen ways of writing it in Chu alone. Not to mention the entire Great Qin Dynasty. Although the Character Survey Office has been busy with the reformation of characters these years, the progress has not been as smooth as expected.

The writing in the world is complicated and chaotic.

The reformation of characters involves many things, not only the purpose, strategy, character survey and writing paradigm, but also the difficulty of being accepted by the world.

But because of this, there is no room for carelessness.

What's more, it also involves prescriptions.

He has been in the palace for so many years, but he has often heard that officials were punished for typos.

Cheng Miao, the current director of the Character Survey Office, wrote Qin Zhuan into official script due to carelessness, but the escort soldiers only recognized Qin Zhuan, so that they misread the characters and sent the grain and grass to the wrong place, causing several soldiers to starve to death. , Cheng Miao was eventually imprisoned.

At this time.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the hall.

Xia Wuqi raised his head and followed the prestige, and saw two white-haired old men, clothed with bamboo sticks, walking lightly into the hall, at the same time, a voice came out, "Cheng Miao is here, the stranger Where is the official script now?"

Ying Teng frowned, but suppressed his dissatisfaction, and said, "Cheng Miao, you are an official of the Character Survey Office. This clerical script is related to several prescriptions. You have to carefully examine them."

"If one word is wrong, it may harm many people."

heard.

Cheng Miao's complexion changed suddenly, and he bowed deeply immediately: "I have met Zongzheng, and I, Cheng Miao, am obsessed with characters. Over the years, I have read millions of characters, and no one in the world knows more about official script than me."

Cheng Miao looked confident.

Ying Teng raised his forehead slightly and said, "Do you want to look at the stone wall, or the transcript?"

"It should be a stone wall." Cheng Miao said bluntly.

Ying Teng glanced at Qi Ji.

Qi Ji gave instructions to the outside of the hall, and soon, a few small officials carried a stone wall into the hall. This stone wall is very large, with a radius of one zhang, but the actual engraved characters are actually half a zhang. The radius was less than that, but Yushifu was worried that it would be damaged during the transportation, so he deliberately removed the complete stone wall.

Cheng Miaochu took a few glances, and there was a look of surprise in his eyes.

"This is indeed official script."

"Take the simplest pen and take the shape of a rectangle."

"It's just that this official script seems to be more concise than the current official script."

"The meaning is kept but the shape is simple, and it is easy for people to recognize."

"It seems to have formed a school of its own!"

"It's weird."

Cheng Miao was also amazed at the moment.

(End of this chapter)