A few days later, Lu Ning and his party returned to Jinyang City. Gu Yong, Sima Lang, Zhang Ji, Guan Ning, Cai Yong, Hua Tuo, Zhang Ji, Tian Feng, Ma Jun, Mi Zhu and others came to the city gate to greet each other. After returning to the official residence, Lu Ning said, "It's been more than half a year since I haven't seen everyone, so why are you not used to it? Are you all okay?"

Sima Lang smiled and said, "Brother, we are all well. The entire economy is in a virtuous cycle and the administration is clear. There are no major violations of laws and regulations. Of course, there are still small ones, so we will stop them in time."

Guan Ning said: "Ziyi, the first part of the compilation of the Chinese Dictionary is basically completed. We first created a simple and easy-to-use book, which contains about 25,000 commonly used Chinese characters. As for the complete Chinese Dictionary, we want to wait until this volume is completed before re-editing it. Then we have time to include all Chinese characters, but the working time span may be very long and cumbersome. We want to let you pass the picture first to see if there are any errors or inappropriate parts. If you need to modify it, you can revise everything after it has not been printed now."

Good, it's so amazing. It's just a few years ago. I guess you're working overtime all day and night. This great scholar of the world is really well-known. "Master, Mr. Cai, thank you for your hard work. You have done a great job for my Han nationality, created conditions for the popularization of my culture, and improved the cultural quality of the Han nationality, and also worked hard for the rejuvenation of the Han nationality. As for letting me read it? This is a bit difficult. Everyone knows, I can't understand the traditional Chinese characters you made? Master, aren't you kidding me? I think it's better to avoid it."

Cai Yong glared at Lu Ning, you are just ignorant, you don’t take time to study, you are all magnanimous, and you still don’t even know the words. Isn’t this a joke? “Ziyi, don’t worry, we accept your suggestions, add simplified Chinese characters to the back of each character. Most of the simplified Chinese characters in this compiled dictionary are said by Yan'er. She said that you taught her to know them, and you should be able to understand them."

After hearing this, Lu Ning laughed. Now you old stubborn people have begun to accept simplified Chinese characters. If you can use simplified Chinese characters for editing ancient books, then Lu Ning will have a book to read. "Since that's the case, I'll take some time to read it in the next few days, and then hand it over to Deheng and others to print 500,000 copies."

When Sima Lang heard this, he said, "Be good, is it necessary to print 500,000 copies? How much does it cost? "Brother, what are you doing when you print 500,000 copies? You won't be suddenly merciful and give it to all the scholars in the world for free, right? This is different from your usual style. Besides, 500,000 copies are too many, which is a lot of expenses."

Damn, I think it's beautiful and give it for free, but Lu Ning doesn't do this stupid thing. Even if I give it to those scholars, they will also scold Lu Ning, and they will not accept Lu Ning's affection. Can Lu Ning do such a loss-making business? "Who said that it's going to give it for free? It's for sale and to make money, otherwise who will bear the expenses? Let the government office pay for the money, that's not OK. I have no obligation to pay the scholars in the world. The government office pays all the people in the jurisdiction. The scholars have to pay for the people in my jurisdiction. There is no reason, and I don't have this right."

When Cai Yong heard this, you kid is really a wealthy fan. He always thinks about making money. Can't you do some good things for the scholars in the world? "Ziyi, you asked Jincheng Book Garden and Jincheng Daily to sell it for normal operation. We have no objection. Why do you even make money from books now? This is something that educates the people. It is good for popularizing culture. What's wrong with asking your government office to pay some money? Will the people disagree? Aren't you jealous of money?"

You said it simply, that's a big fee. Why do you have to let the people pay for the bill? It makes no sense. "Old man, don't be angry. I only have the obligation to pay for the people in my jurisdiction, and I have no obligation to pay for the scholars in other jurisdictions. The people pay for the taxes of the government offices. They must be used on the people. It really doesn't work for me to pay for the scholars in other counties and prefectures. Besides, if you give them to people for free, how many people will cherish them? If he wants to use them, he has to spend money to buy them, so that he will cherish this book. Then he will throw it around. Besides, if it is not sold, we will have no taxes. If there is no tax, how can you recycle the fees for dictionary? Who will pay your copyright fees? Who will pay for all kinds of paper, printing fees, and labor fees? You will never let me pay? For so many years, I have not even received a half-cent salary. I usually spend my own money on treating you to drink and have dinner. I have never spent a penny on the government office. You should be very clear about this, but I also want to support my family. You will never want me to do corruption and abuse of power, right?"

When Gu Yong heard this, what are you saying, what are you still paying? Isn’t this nonsense? "Lord, you are in charge of such a large territory, what are you still paying? Are they all yours? What are you kidding?"

Damn, what is Lu Ning? Then didn't Lu Ning become a corrupt person. "Yuan Gan, what you said is wrong. I manage such a large territory, so I am also a working person. I am working for the people in my jurisdiction. I only have the right to manage the taxes in my jurisdiction and have no ownership. The taxes belong to the whole people, not me personally, and it is not now, and it will never be possible in the future. Like you, the rights in my hands are authorized by the people. We are all working for the people. The real master is the one. There are people, not owned by anyone. Let me give you an example: Even the emperor should be a worker. He is dealing with affairs for the people of the world. He must work hard to work for the people of the world, so he will have a certain salary. His palace expenses should also have a measurement issue. It cannot be said that everything in the world, such as land, country, people, wealth, etc., is the emperor's, that's wrong; if the emperor does not handle affairs for the people and eats, drinks and plays all day, then what is the difference between him and robbers and corruption?"

It was shocking, and the civil and military officials under Lu Ning were all speechless, which was too shocking for them to accept. This was contrary to traditional Confucianism, contrary to traditional etiquette, and contrary to the laws, systems, customs, codes, and court systems of the court.

After a long time, Cai Yong said, "Ziyi, how could you say such a ruthless word? This is a serious crime to destroy the nine clans. Your remarks are completely nonsense, so don't say anything again in the future."
Chapter completed!