Chapter 66: The First Emperor of the Ages

In the back garden, Wang Jian didn't know that Chen Yuanyuan was making trouble in the barracks. He lay comfortably on the bamboo collapse, Yao'er obediently fed him grapes, and for a while, Wang Jian didn't know what joke Yao'er told Yao'er, which made Yao'er tremble

Wang Qianqian on the side is not affected by the two, she is worthy of being a talented woman known as the brocade book, her temperament is elegant and refined, as long as she is free, she holds a book to read, as if immersed in the world of the book, quiet and peaceful.

Wang Jian spit out the grape skin and asked, "What do you see?" ”

Wang Qianqian raised her head and smiled sweetly, she replied: "Brother Jian, the folk girl is reading Sima Wengong's "Zizhi Tongjian". ”

"Oh?" Wang Jian became interested, "Then did you see anything?" ”

Wang Qianqian naturally knew that Wang Jian was asking about his experience, so he replied: "The people dare not talk about it. ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"That folk girl can say," Wang Qianqian thought for a moment, "Sima Gong is worthy of his nickname Wenzheng, but there are some places where it is written unfairly. ”

"Oh? How so? Wang Jian was also very surprised, but she didn't expect that she was not only amazingly beautiful, but also very unique: you must know that "Wenzheng" is the name that Wenchen has dreamed of for thousands of years, she called Sima Guang with Wenzheng, presumably she admired Sima Guang very much, but what she said was not the same.

"There are many 'Chen Guang said' in this book, presumably to pass on the emperor, but his evaluation of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is too bad, saying that he is extremely hungry for internal poverty and luxury, and the punishment is heavy, in order to expel the Xiongnu, the people are tired, and thieves are everywhere...."

Wang Qianqian was halfway through speaking, only to realize that history is strikingly similar to today's situation, and she was at a loss to say that she was at a loss for words: "The people's girl should die!" ”

Wang Jian didn't care, and then her words said: "I also said that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did the same thing as Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Yang of Sui, but I was lucky not to get their fate, and I scolded them all as long as they were emperors who opened up their territories and forged ahead, right?" ”

Wang Qianqian knew that he had said the wrong thing, and he didn't know how to end it for a while.

Yao'er is still sensible, she pulled Wang Qianqian up and said: "Sister Qian, our emperor is different from ordinary emperors, just treat him like a big brother, you don't have to move to die, Sister Yuanyuan also beat him." Then you say, how many times will Sister Yuanyuan die? ”

Wang Jian glared at her when she heard Yao'er say something about him.

Yao'er didn't care, and stuck out her little tongue at her cutely.

This is the second time Wang Qianqian has heard Yao'er talk about Chen Yuanyuan, and she only feels that she is a strange woman: she dares to beat the emperor.....

Wang Jian took Wang Qian's cold little hand, asked her to sit down beside her, and said with a smile: "You can say anything in the future, you don't have to hide between us, and we don't have to be afraid of committing any taboos, okay?" ”

Wang Qian nodded shyly, and his little hand twitched, but Wang Jian grabbed it tightly.

Wang Jian's thief just didn't let go, and then she said: "Sima Guang failed in the party struggle, so he was too subjective and conjectural when he wrote "Zizhi Tongjian". He first subjectively determined that Wang Anshi's change was wrong, and then when he wrote Zizhi Tongjian, he selected the parts that were beneficial to him in the historical materials and exaggerated and exaggerated, not even historical materials, for example, during the period of Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, the prince was in turmoil, and his father was affected and lost his head, so he used the past to satirize the present, and wrote a novel about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty killing the prince, but Sima Guang used the novel as a material and also wrote it into "Zizhi Tongjian", isn't it ridiculous? ”

"Also, writing Emperor Yang of Sui is also full of mistakes, Emperor Yang of Sui made three expeditions to Goryeo, and under Sima Guang's pen, more people died in the battle against Liaodong than those who went out at that time, isn't it ridiculous?"

Yao'er in her arms couldn't help giggling, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Yang of Sui were both big names to her, and she couldn't understand the affairs of the court, but she had heard the story of Sima Guang smashing the cylinder, and now she heard Wang Jianzuo a ridiculous and ridiculous attack on Sima Guang, and she laughed even more.

"Our master is the emperor himself, Sima Guang said that the emperor is not, isn't he looking for scolding?"

Wang Jianhu said with a grimace: "Bold, am I such an unreasonable person?" ”

Yao'er said with a smile: "Hehe, the slave is wrong, the emperor's brother is the most sensible, and he is the emperor of the world!" ”

Wang Qianqian also smiled gracefully, and she said: "Then Brother Jian thinks, who is the first emperor through the ages?" ”

Wang Jian straightened his sitting posture, "I don't need to talk about Qin Shihuang's merits, King Qin's sweep of Liuhe is just one of them, and more importantly, he has also formulated a set of systems that have been running to this day, and I am emulating in the Ming Dynasty." However, Qin Shi Huang is still a little worse than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in my heart, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is a great emperor, he can really be regarded as an emperor of the ages. ”

Wang Qianqian was puzzled, he didn't expect Wang Jian's evaluation of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to be so high, you must know that Sima Guang wrote Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty as a tyrant like Qin Shi Huang in the "Zizhi Tongjian", in particular, their crown prince did not end well.

She was puzzled: "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty can certainly make contributions to the north of the Xiongnu, but why do you have such a high opinion of him?" ”

Wang Jian said: "If it is just to expel the Huns, Tang Taizong and other emperors of later generations have done it, I am confident that I will be able to do it in the near future, but it is his vision that makes me admire it even more!" ”

"Vision?" Even if Wang Qianqian is well-versed in the past and the present, he is limited by this era, and he does not know what his vision is, let alone what it means to open his eyes to see the world.

Wang Jian nodded seriously, and he said, "Just like the people you have seen like John Tang, they are from the other side of the world, but have you heard of what kind of world it is?" Have you ever seen one? ”

Wang Qianqian shook his head.

Yao'er said: "Brother Emperor, the slave maid heard that those people are red-haired ghosts with green eyes, who can eat people. ”

Wang Jian smiled "haha": "You have also seen Tang Ruowang, do you think he looks like a ghost who can eat people?" ”

Yao'er thought for a while and shook her head, she had seen this Tang Ruowang many times, and she had fooled her before, asking her to believe in the Lord or something, and asking her to donate money to build a garden. In addition to the unfavorable words of the Ming Dynasty, Tang Ruowang is not much different from the Han people, and he is also a cultivated person, and he doesn't look like he can eat people at all.

Wang Jian continued: "Isn't that, Tang Ruowang was able to come to Daming thousands of miles away, which proved his ability and perseverance. But have you ever heard of a Ming man who went to their kingdom? Not a single one! I haven't been to their country, I haven't seen their civilization, but I say that they are barbarians, just because they look different from us, and they slander them as ghosts and monsters. ”

Wang Qianqian listened quietly, frowning slightly, and also pondering.

"Despite his extravagance and recklessness, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty explored and conquered all the worlds known to himβ€”the Western Regions in the west and the South Seas in the south. He broadened the horizons of the Chinese people, let us know what the other side of the world is like, and in the following hundreds of years, and even thousands of years, they have been firmly incorporated into the territory of China. ”

"But Emperor Yongle of this dynasty also sent the Three Treasure Eunuchs to Nanyang, what is the difference between them?"

"Chengzu is not as good as Emperor Wu of Han, because Emperor Wu of Han not only saw it, but also conquered it!"

Wang Jian said solemnly: "Shallow, you have to remember that the world you know is not the whole of the world, the world in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" is, the real world is much bigger than you think, and it is much more exciting, and the land there is more than a dozen Ming lands combined!" On the other side of the sea, there are vast grasslands, towering mountains, wild bison, roaring lions, tall unicorns, and most importantly, on the other side of the sea, there are countless warships piloted by the red-haired ghosts and green-haired ghosts in your mouths, galloping on the sea! ”

Yao'er was fascinated when she heard this, and she longed: "The slave maid really wants to go and see it." ”

Wang Qianqian looked at Wang Jian with admiration, and asked stupidly: "Brother Jian, how do you know so much, have you ever been there?" ”

Wang Jian smiled mysteriously: "I haven't been there either, but I've seen it, I'll tell you later!" ”

Wang Qianqian naturally couldn't understand what it meant to "haven't been but seen it." She was also moved by Wang Jian's words, and she only listened to her heart, but soon she calmed down again. She was afraid that Wang Jian would follow the old path of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so she persuaded: "Brother Jian, blindly conquering is only afraid of working the people and losing money." ”

Wang Jian said: "Well, don't worry, although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is also reckless, he can still maintain the situation because he can use people," Speaking of employing people, Wang Jian's eyes lit up, and blurted out: "You will be my personal secretary in the future." He realized more and more that this was a good idea: the intelligence of the secret agents in the East Factory was too cumbersome and delicate, and Wang Chengen was old and less energetic than before, and Qi'er was often away from him on secret missions, neither of them was a suitable candidate. Although Wang Qianqian still has some bookish spirit, he is more than high, and he is not sophisticated. can experience the great changes in the family, presumably she also understands some of the truth that when the water is clear, there is no fish, otherwise she would not criticize Sima Guang, the model of literati in the past dynasties. Moreover, with Wang Qianqian, a Confucian scholar, coordinating in the middle, it will be much easier to deal with those old stubborns in the Jiangnan court in the future.