The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 294 Wang Xizhi’s Mission

Wang Xizhi came to the palace of the Han Dynasty very uneasy.

To be honest, when I came to Yecheng, I knew to some extent that I would definitely meet Liu Tai.

There is no way that Liu Tai's rise to fame was, to some extent, based on his father's failure, coupled with the Langya Wang family's status in the Jin court.

Therefore, Wang Xizhi understood that as long as he came to Hebei, Liu Tai would be someone he could not avoid.

But Wang Xizhi didn't feel that he had any status, which was enough for him to march into Yecheng with his heel, and Liu Tai recruited him as his back heel. In the final analysis, the Langya Wang family is important, but I am insignificant.

Therefore, Wang Xizhi really didn't think there was anything about him that could attract Liu Tai's attention, so he needed to send someone to look for him.

At this moment, Wang Xizhi felt a little uneasy, because as soon as he entered Yecheng, the whole situation was completely out of control.

Even though he was prepared to meet Liu Tai before coming to Hebei, Wang Xizhi was still nervous when he actually faced him.

Liu Zhao took Wang Xizhi to Liu Tai's study, while Liu Tai was writing.

When Wang Xizhi came in, Liu Tai raised his head and said to Wang Xizhi, "Wang Xizhi, you are here, how about you come and meet me?"

As Liu Tai spoke, he greeted Wang Xizhi warmly. Wang Xizhi's expression changed slightly when he heard Liu Tai's words.

To be honest, Wang Xizhi didn't expect that he would encounter such a difficult problem when he first started.

Wang Xizhi couldn't help but stepped forward, took a look and said that Liu Tai's calligraphy in front of him only had the word "天下".

If it is agreed, even if Liu Tai is in front of him, Wang Xizhi will have a hard time opening his mouth. Even if he comes from the Jin court, he still has to be virtuous.

But if he couldn't tell the truth, Wang Xizhi felt that he was afraid that he would have to report it to his father. .

Therefore, Wang Xizhi said decisively, "The king's handwriting is majestic and majestic, and its momentum is extraordinary. It cannot be compared with that of ordinary people!"

"Hahaha!" Liu Tai heard Wang Xizhi's words and said, "Add one word to this, only one word!"

Wang Xizhi took the pen from Liu Tai, looked at the word "天下", was stunned for a while, rolled up his sleeves, and wrote the word "安" solemnly.

But look at the word "安", and then look at the word "天下"... For a moment, Wang Xizhi had the urge to break his writing hand.

Because Wang Xizhi discovered that if he did not write the word "安", Liu Tai's writing of the word "天下" would be neat.

But after the character An was written, although Liu Tai's character still had the momentum, compared with his own character An, it can only be said to be uniquely ugly.

"I have restrained myself very much. The King of Han probably won't think that the compliment I just gave him was just a hypocritical politeness!"

Wang Xizhi couldn't help but feel uneasy, and he didn't want to deny Liu Tai face, but picking up a pen and writing was as natural as eating and drinking.

I wanted to write it as a bad thing, so I thought about it, but how to write a bad thing, I didn't have this impression after I was ten years old.

Wang Xizhi felt that he had written this word, and compared it with the word "天下" written before, Liu Tai recalled what he said...

Liu Tai probably didn't think that he was humiliating him. Wang Xizhi couldn't help but sweat broke out on his forehead when he thought of this.

It's not that Wang Xizhi is afraid of death, it's just that he feels that it would be too frustrating if he died like this.

However, Liu Tai didn't understand Wang Xizhi's inner drama at all. On the contrary, Liu Tai felt that the calligraphy he wrote could be framed and passed down in the future. This was the calligraphy jointly written by himself and Wang Xizhi.

Maybe hundreds of years later, Li Shimin will take over the world. It would be so interesting to see that he can write with Wang Xizhi, but he can only carry Wang Xizhi's original handwriting into the grave alone.

As for my handwriting being worse than Wang Xilai's, isn't that a matter of course?

After all, this is China's only calligraphy saint for thousands of years. If he feels ashamed because he thinks his handwriting is worse than Wang Xizhi's, Liu Tai feels that no one in China can hold his head up!

"Not bad, not bad, your calligraphy is very good!" Liu Tai looked at Wang Xizhi and said,

"Chu Hui has explained your matter to me. Your filial piety is commendable, so I naturally have no need to stop you from fulfilling your filial piety."

"Xizhi thanked the King of Han!" Wang Xizhi couldn't help but salute Liu Tai when he heard Liu Tai's words.

For Wang Xizhi, if he was recognized by Liu Tai in Hebei, the matter of moving his father's grave would naturally go smoothly.

Liu Tai stretched out his hand, stopped Wang Xizhi, and said, "Don't thank me yet!"

Wang Xizhi's expression changed because he had no idea what Liu Tai wanted to do next.

But Liu Tai said to Wang Xizhi, "Do you have a position or title in the Jin Dynasty now?"

"The King of Han thinks highly of me." Wang Xizhi smiled bitterly at Liu Tai,

"My father was defeated in Changping and surrendered to the Han Dynasty. How could I have a place in the Jin court? I didn't even have a chance to register for the Jin court's imperial examination."

To be honest, Wang Xizhi also knew why he was deprived of the opportunity to register.

Because I didn’t say what my talent was, and just relied on my own handwriting, none of the examiners could recognize me.

And now that you have recognized yourself, should you live it for yourself or not?

Therefore, the clan arranged for others to take the exams, and told themselves that the Langya Wang family was unique in the world and did not need to do such hard work like others. Even if Wang Xizhi wanted to resist, what could he do?

Liu Tai heard Wang Xizhi's words and said, "Since you are here to move your father's coffin, I will naturally not stop you.

And I appreciate you, but if you are allowed to become an official in the Han Dynasty, you will definitely be expelled from the Langya Wang family and you will fall into a situation of disloyalty and unfilial piety. This is definitely not what I want to see..."

When Wang Xizhi heard Liu Tai's words, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. With such a Jin court and such a family, it doesn't matter if I am filial and loyal.

However, Wang Xizhi felt quite warm in his heart when he heard Liu Tai thinking about himself from his own point of view.

Liu Taize continued, "So, why not make a deal between you and me."

"Deal..." Wang Xizhi was stunned when he heard Liu Tai's words. He didn't expect Liu Tai to actually say this!

"Well!" Liu Tai looked at Wang Xizhi and said solemnly,

"I hope that all sincere people in the world can read thousands of books, and I hope that everyone in the world can be astonishingly talented and literati, and that everyone can take the exam and climb the dragon."

Wang Xizhi didn't know why, but when he heard Liu Tai's words, his body couldn't help but tremble, and even his legs felt inexplicably shaking at this moment.

Liu Tai's eyes fell on Wang Xizhi, he smiled and said with a bit of sunshine,

"But the current writing is too difficult to learn, seal script is difficult to learn, official script is difficult to learn, even regular script, which is called vulgar characters, is just as difficult to learn. What I need is to make it simpler so that people can see the meaning of the words at a glance, but But very concise characters, for example, why can't '一' be written directly as '一'? It is so simple that ordinary people can understand it clearly at a glance!

Only in this way can everyone be able to study and take exams.

And I need someone who can help me simplify all the words, so that everyone in the world can learn them! "

At this moment, Liu Tai looked at Wang Xizhi with some earnestness, and his words were with some urgency.

Wang Xizhi looked at the "一" and "一" written by Liu Tai on the rice paper and couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

Wang Xizhi never expected that Liu Tai, who was completely crazy and had just met him for the first time, would actually say this to him!

Wang Xizhi could clearly feel that if this were to happen, it would completely unearth the foundation of aristocratic families. Especially for a country like the Jin Dynasty, which was dominated by aristocratic families, there might even be large-scale political turmoil.

However, this is a big man here. He seems to be disliked by the Jin court, and the Langya Wang family is thrown out...

I am from the Langya Wang family. Even if I have a little hope in the Jin Dynasty court, I will not be arranged to come to this big man north of the Yellow River. Instead, I will continue to be my noble son in the Langya Wang family...

Wang Xizhi showed a bit of a wry smile and said to Liu Tai, "Xizhi first came here, why did the King of Han have such great trust?!"

Yes, even Wang Xizhi is only an eighteen-year-old boy now. He has no idea why Liu Tai is so interested in him.

You must know that although I am not considered a disgusting person in the Jin court, even the Langya Wang family is still a little transparent.

At most, Zhou Wei had a little fancy for him, but even so, the environment of the Jin court destined him to have a bumpy career.

But Wang Xizhi didn't expect that Liu Tai would be so interested in him when he just arrived here.

Liu Tai said calmly, "First of all, you are loyal, filial, affectionate and righteous, why can't I reuse you?

Secondly, you were abandoned by the Jin court and King Langya. You are the best candidate to simplify Chinese characters, and you are also suitable to dig the graves of aristocratic families.

Thirdly, although I have only met you once, and I only saw you write the word "安", I guess you are also someone who pursues stability in the world like me!

So I believe that you are the companion I have been looking for to realize my dream! "

Wang Xizhi listened to Liu Tai's words, and for a moment he didn't know where to put his hands.

Compared with when he encountered obstacles and obstacles in the Jin court, when he came to Yecheng, Liu Tai invited him over and showed his approval without hesitation.

For Wang Xizhi, who was eighteen years old and had just been abandoned to the land of Hebei as an abandoned son, this was too lethal.

In Wang Xizhi's eyes, Liu Tai's whole body seemed to be bursting with brilliance, shining so brightly that he did not dare to look directly at it.

Liu Tai continued, "Master Yi, if you are accepted as a minister, the Jin court will slander you, and you will be stained. I will never tolerate this.

So in the future, you can exchange calligraphy with famous Northland masters and conceive of simplified calligraphy at the same time.

When you have achieved success in simplifying the font and presented it to the great Han Dynasty, I will invite you because of your meritorious service to the court and the world, so as to ensure your loyalty and filial piety.

As for your father Wang Kuang's move to his ancestral homeland, when I capture Xuzhou and you create simplified Chinese characters, I will move Wang Kuang's coffin to the ancestral homeland of the Wang family in Langya with the courtesy of a marquis. Do you think this is the arrangement? "

Wang Xizhi knelt down decisively after hearing Liu Tai's words, and tears flowed down from his eyes for some reason.

Wang Xizhi choked up and said, "I once didn't understand the encounter between Zhuge Kongming and Liu Huangshu, but now the King of Han has shown his kindness to Xi Zhi, and Xi Zhi is willing to dedicate his whole life to repay the king's kindness in knowing him!"

"Why did you get up and kneel down? I don't like this here!" Liu Tai supported Wang Xizhi and took off a jade pendant from his waist and said,

"Take this jade pendant, you are not my subordinate, I can't arrange manpower for you.

But this jade pendant is something I carry with me. With this jade pendant, you can pass through the Han Dynasty without hindrance. Even if you want to come to the Han palace to see me, the guards will not be able to stop you.

Next, if you complete the concept of simplified characters, I'm afraid it will be a long road. If you encounter any difficulties, just tell me. "

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wang Xizhi saluted Liu Tai solemnly after hearing Liu Tai's words.

"You came suddenly, but Wang Du was waiting at the door all the way!" Liu Tai couldn't help but said: "What a lucky guy."

"Brother Wang?!" Wang Xizhi heard Liu Tai's words and understood what Liu Tai meant, but said, "Xizhi will retire first!"

Liu Tai watched Wang Xizhi leave with deep thought in his heart.

To be honest, in Liu Tai's opinion, Wang Xizhi was more like Langya. The Wang family felt that the Jin Ting ship was a bit unsafe, so they asked Wang Xizhi to come here to set up an outpost.

However, for Liu Tai, no matter what the Langya Wang family's intentions were in sending Wang Xizhi here, Liu Tai didn't care even if he came to be a spy.

Because this is Wang Xizhi, the only Wang Xizhi throughout the ages.

The work of simplifying Chinese characters seems simple. It seems that people who have traveled through time can use simplified characters as traditional characters.

But the question is, can the common Chinese characters for time-travelers be written in two hundred, three hundred, or five hundred?

Don't forget to say, "Eat and wait to die, 龾龖龾飝鱴rough靐飍朤馫魶祥靐馫". For most people, they can probably only understand the first four words.

Therefore, what Liu Tai needs is a system of rules for simplifying Chinese characters, so that every Chinese character that can be simplified can find a system that corresponds to traditional characters and even rare characters.

With such a system, even if Wang Xizhi dies in the future, his successors will still be able to understand the rules of simplification of Chinese characters.

If in the future, Chinese characters need to be further simplified, such as from simplified to Wubi, it can also be used as a reference when building a computer language based on Chinese characters.

As for people with this kind of potential, for thousands of years in China, apart from Cangjie, at least Wang Xizhi was the most likely person to complete the rules of this system, because he had a different feeling for words, which no one else could do at all. Comparable spirituality.

Liu Tai took a deep breath. No matter what, he at least comforted Wang Xizhi first.

At this moment, a guard quickly ran to Liu Tai's side and said:

"Your Majesty, there is news from Taishan County that Wang Dun has rebelled against the Jin Dynasty!"

Liu Tai couldn't help but be startled when he heard this. He stood up with a groan and asked the waiter to take the letter into his hand and read it.

Liu Tai was silent for a moment and said decisively to his servants, "Send someone to summon Chu Hui, Cao Yi, Xi Canjun, Zhang Song, Yang Man, Xi Jian, and Wen Qiao to go to the Government Affairs Office to discuss important matters."

"It's an order!" the chamberlain said quickly.

Liu Tai himself also set off for the Government Affairs Office.

(End of this chapter)