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- Hearing what Xu Jingzong said, Li Shimin waved his hand and said with a smile: "Jingzong, you misunderstood me. {[}"
Xu Jingzong hurriedly said in fear: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for my stupidity."
Li Shimin said: "Jingzong, I ask you that the things recorded by the historians of all dynasties were not allowed to be seen by the emperor. Why is this?"
Xu Jingzong replied: "Historians do not pretend to be beautiful or conceal evil, and serve as a warning to those who come after them. If the master sees it, he will definitely be angry, so he will not dare to offer it."
Li Shimin laughed loudly and said: "How can the past emperors compare with my mind? I read the history of the country myself just to know the bad things in the past and to take warning for the future. What do you think?"
Xu Jingzong sweatdropped after hearing this. He was not sure about Li Shimin's attitude, as if he was hinting at something in his words, but since Li Shimin asked to read the records of martial ethics, "you must know the bad deeds in the past to take warning for the future."
Of course he obeyed your will.
At that time, Xu Jingzong ordered people to recruit Wude Shi. The person responsible for compiling Wude Shilu was Chu Suiliang. Chu Suiliang was the son of Chu Liang, the eighteenth scholar of Tiance Mansion. He specializes in calligraphy and has a good relationship with Changsun Wuji, so he was recommended to the National History Museum to edit books.
When Chu Suiliang met Li Shimin, he objected: "Your Majesty, the historian records the good and evil words and deeds of the king, so that the king will not dare to do wrong. I have not heard that the emperor can take it for himself."
Li Shimin said: "This record of martial virtue is the work of Emperor Wude. I have not yet ascended the throne, so there is no harm in reading it."
Chu Suiliang did not dare to say anything after hearing this. Li Shimin immediately read it hastily. Xu Jingzong and Chu Suiliang did not dare to speak and waited aside.
Half an hour passed. Li Shimin pushed away a large stack of bamboo slips, pointed at the Wude Record and said: "This is about the Xuanwu Sect. There are so many words, so why are you so secretive?"
Xu Jingzong and Chu Suiliang looked at each other after hearing this. Xu Jingzong said: "This is an oversight by a minor official. Please tell me how to write it, Your Majesty."
Li Shimin said: "What's so difficult about this? In the past, Duke Zhou killed Guan Shuxian and Cai Shudu to pacify the Zhou Dynasty, and Ji Youzhu Ya to save Lu. I killed Prince Yin, and the King of Qi also wanted to preserve my country in the Tang Dynasty and pacify the country." Sheji has benefited thousands of people. Why should you, as historians, be kept taboo by me? You can get rid of the rhetoric and write down the facts."
After speaking, Li Shimin put down the bamboo slips. Get up and leave.
After Xu Jingzong and Chu Suiliang sent Li Shimin off respectfully, they stayed in the museum relatively speechless.
Half a day later, Chu Suiliang asked Xu Jingzong: "What do you mean by your majesty saying that you should get rid of the rhetoric and write down the facts directly?"
Xu Jingzong heard this and said: "Your Majesty's intention is of course straightforward and there is no need to hide it."
After hearing this, Chu Suiliang breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's okay, it's okay. Killing brother and brother, forcing father to abdicate, how can it be blocked by everyone in the world. Your Majesty can face the matter directly, and he is not losing his magnanimity." "
Xu Jingzong looked at Chu Suiliang and said, "Brother Chu, if you really write like that, the heads on your necks will no longer be there."
Chu Suiliang's expression changed and he said, "Brother Xu, I don't understand what you mean."
Xu Jingzong picked up a scroll and said, "Brother Chu. I want to ask who are the two most famous historians since ancient times?"
After hearing this, Chu Suiliang said: "If you don't think of Tai Shigong, then Confucius!"
Xu Jingzong nodded. He smiled and said: "Tai Shigong wrote historical records in a straight and straight manner, and did not make taboos for the venerable; but when Confucius wrote the Spring and Autumn Period, the history was the skin, and the rituals were the bones and blood, in order to support the rituals, determine the names, contain praise and blame, and punish the evil and persuade. Goodness makes rebellious ministers and traitors fearful. This is also a small statement of great justice. You said that at the end of the two men's history writing, Taishi Gong offended the emperor and was punished by corruption, but Confucius became famous throughout the ages and was praised by future generations in the Spring and Autumn Period."
Chu Suiliang shook his head and said, "Brother Xu, I don't understand what you are referring to."
Xu Jingzong sneered and said: "King Hui of Wei once asked King Wu of Zhou about his crusade against Shang Zhou. Is it okay for a minister to kill his king? Mencius replied: Anyone who harms benevolence and righteousness is just a husband. I have heard that Zhou killed a husband, but he has not heard of regicide. Ye. This is the Spring and Autumn style of writing."
Chu Suiliang was also a smart man and said at once: "I understand, what Brother Xu means, what Your Majesty said has been changed to a more literal description. We can write the events of Xuanwu Sect truthfully, but the writing style is ambiguous." To praise or criticize.¡±
Xu Jingzong nodded and said: "What you said is absolutely true. What Brother Chu says below can only reach your ears and mine, not the ears of others, otherwise you and I will be ruined."
Chu Suiliang said solemnly: "I understand, and it will never be spread."
Xu Jingzong said: "Your Majesty attaches great importance to this record of military virtues, so we can be realistic about the Xuanwu Sect, but the rest can be both praise and criticism. For example, when Jinyang raised troops, we can say that it was His Majesty who strongly advocated the raising of troops. , but the Emperor hesitated a lot at that time, and was even forced by His Majesty and Liu Wenjing to take action, thus putting this mastermind behind.?Put it to Your Majesty. "
Chu Suiliang said: "This is too false. When Jinyang raised troops, His Majesty was only sixteen years old. How could he promote this matter? Everyone knows that it was the Supreme Emperor who made the decision."
Xu Jingzong said: "As the saying goes, those who know are inconvenient to talk about, and those who talk about it don't need to know. As long as the few we know keep silent, when time goes by and the knowers who are inconvenient to talk about die, only the history books will be left. Think about the works of Confucius. In the Spring and Autumn Period, some people say that Confucius is not right?"
Chu Suiliang hesitated and said: "Even if you blame your majesty for being the mastermind behind Jinyang's army, what's the use in praising or criticizing him?"
Xu Jingzong said: "Of course it is useful. It is not only the initiative to raise troops in Jinyang, but also the credit for marching westward to capture Chang'an. It must also be attributed to Your Majesty. In addition, he must defeat Xue Ju, level Li Gui, retreat Li Chongjiu, and destroy Wang Shichong. All must be remembered by Your Majesty. As for the achievements of the Supreme Emperor, Princess Pingyang, Li Xiaogong, Liu Hongji, Chai Shao and others, they are briefly mentioned, but they only take away the light of Your Majesty. Especially the incident of Princess Pingyang cannot be recorded in detail, only the violent death. That¡¯s it, even the achievements in pacifying Guanzhong can¡¯t be written too much.¡±
Chu Suiliang said: "Brother Xu, I still don't understand. What's the point of giving your Majesty so much credit?"
Xu Jingzong said with a proud smile: "You see His Majesty has made so many great achievements. Of course the Supreme Emperor intends to pass the throne to His Majesty. The Crown Prince and King Qi were really afraid after hearing the news. As the saying goes, great achievements shock the Lord, and the Crown Prince, the second King of Qi, They did not make any proper contribution, so they colluded to exclude and frame His Majesty in front of the Supreme Emperor. This matter was of course false and true. After the Crown Prince and King Qi murdered His Majesty many times, His Majesty finally couldn't bear it and killed the Crown Prince at Xuanwu Gate in order to protect himself. Chasing the king of Qi. Just like Zhou Gong killed Guan Shuxian and Cai Shudu; Ji Youzhu Ya, people will only say that Zhou Gong and Ji You Anbang Sheji, who will criticize them for killing their own brothers? "
"But Duke Zhou and Ji You, after killing Guan Shuxian, Cai Shudu and Shuya, did not have their own emperors!" Chu Suiliang couldn't help but say.
Xu Jingzong forced a smile and said: "That's nothing. His great achievements will shock the Lord. You see, His Majesty has made so many great achievements, but the Emperor did not appoint Your Majesty as the Crown Prince. This is wrong. And the Crown Prince is so unvirtuous, but he can It is also the fault of the prince to inherit the throne. Of course, if your majesty is respected by all his ministers, he will naturally become the emperor."
"This is just what Wang Mang and Yang Jian said. According to what you said, once the history books are completed, then later people can think that as long as they have made enough contributions to the country, they can kill their brothers, force their fathers to abdicate, and let the powerful overtake them. On top of etiquette. If every descendant of the Tang Dynasty can think so, will the country still have peace for a day? You are tampering with the history books by doing this. No emperor in history has dared to do this. You are the first sinner in the history!"
"Confucius wrote the Spring and Autumn Period in order to punish evil and encourage good, so as to make rebellious officials and traitors fearful. However, when you wrote the Records of Military Virtue, you were twisting your writing and concealing evil, so that the evildoers would gain a good reputation. If your history compilation is passed down to future generations. , it will cause disaster for thousands of years!"
Chu Suiliang spoke so impassionedly that spittle flew straight into Xu Jingzong's face.
Xu Jingzong smiled and did not raise his sleeve to wipe it, but let him "spit on his face".
Xu Jingzong said slowly: "Then what do you want me to do? Your Majesty has inherited the throne. This is a fact. How do you want the world to see your Majesty? How do you want future generations to see your majesty? Your Majesty comes to the country in person today. The History Museum is here to interrogate this matter. You say that I am the number one sinner throughout the ages. If I don¡¯t become this sinner, then can you and I still live? It doesn¡¯t matter whether we live forever or not. Being able to live is what the two of us want. On the contrary, if we are like this If the Record of Martial Arts is successfully completed, Your Majesty will be overjoyed and we will be prosperous and wealthy."
"How about Brother Chu? You can choose between two paths. One is to be Sima Qian, the other is to be Confucius. Which one do you choose?"
Chu Suiliang sneered after hearing this: "Don't slander Confucius, okay? At least what he did is thousands of times better than what we are doing now!" (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster! - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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