There was no mandarin in ancient times. How did the emperor face the bombing of dialects in various places?

Every time you watch a costume drama, you will find that the characters in the TV series speak fluent Mandarin. If it is a modern drama, there is nothing wrong with it. I wonder if you have ever thought about a question when watching costume dramas? Was there Mandarin in ancient times? The answer is no, so how does the minister discuss state affairs with the emperor every time he goes to court? Local officials speak different dialects. Can the emperor understand them?

Although there was no Mandarin in ancient times, Mandarin was established in most dynasties. When we discuss a problem together, can't everyone understand it in one sentence?

The earliest Mandarin appeared in the Zhou Dynasty. Luoyi, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, is today's Luoyang. The official language is the dialect around Heluo today. However, officials all over the country are not Heluo people and can't speak Heluo dialect, so there is another official named "Xu Xiang" who is engaged in translation. Every few years, Xu Xiang, who comes from all over the country, goes to the capital to study Mandarin and goes back to teach officials from all over the country.

Policy implementation. The imperial court set up an institution called "Andrew Library" to promote Putonghua. After the notice of the imperial court came down, Yin Zheng Academy was established in all counties of Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi for teaching. In addition, it is also stipulated that if a scholar wants to be an official in the imperial examination, he must learn Mandarin, and it is forbidden to take an examination of a scholar if he fails to learn well. In this case, will many people study Mandarin in order to get into the exam? Otherwise, there will really be a joke that Hu Jianren doesn't understand Hu Jian dialect.

Not only the courtiers are required to speak Mandarin, but also the leaders. When I was a child, I had to learn four languages, Manchu, Chinese, Mongolian and Tibetan. This is equivalent to learning at least three foreign languages from an early age. This course is not easy at all. After all, I want to be an emperor in the future, but I can't be careless at all.

Although it seems that a lot of things have been done, it has no effect, and then it was gradually banned. By the time of the Reform Movement of 1898, Liang Qichao had an audience with Guangxu, and the emperor was still troubled by this problem. From this perspective, the Putonghua we are promoting now is still effective!