The year 1943 finally came.

On 2 February, the Battle of Stalingrad ended, and 90,000 German troops, including Marshal Paulus, were captured.

On 11 February, Eisenhower was appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe.

On February 18, Song Meiling gave a speech to the U.S. Congress.

This year's Spring Festival has just passed, and on the first day of the Lunar New Year, there is a sudden solar eclipse. Partial solar eclipses can be seen across the country, and even total solar eclipses can be seen in the Northeast, which inevitably gives birth to all kinds of bizarre rumors.

One of the most popular theories among Japanese people is that Japan is about to fall – and the sun represents Japan.

Zhou Hexuan is now deaf to what is happening outside the window, and is devoted to the study of Ming history. His desire to survive is still very strong, Lao Jiang is obviously really angry this time, if he runs around, the soldiers at the gate of the Zhou Mansion will definitely dare to shoot him.

But Zhou Hexuan does not regret that all the plots in "Human City" are not made up at random, but are adapted from the facts that have happened. "Ta Kung Pao" sent a total of four reporters in Henan, and Zhou Hexuan read the news sent back, which was shocking and made Zhou Hexuan not vomit or be unhappy.

In mid-January, Ta Kung Pao had just resumed publication and once again published news about the disaster in Henan.

This time, it was war correspondent Zhang Gaofeng who wrote the article, and he described in detail the situation of the victims in Henan eating poisonous weeds, dry firewood, and white mud, and disclosed Tang Enbo's ugly behavior in Henan. At the end of the article, Zhang Gaofeng also quoted the content of the telegram of the Central News Agency: "Although the 31st year of the requisition in Henan Province was carried out quite smoothly despite the serious disaster. He also commented: "According to the person in charge of the Provincial Land Management Office: 'The requisition situation is extremely good, and the people everywhere have sold up all their property and contributed to the country. These four words are all written in blood, and they are full of blood and tears. ”

Wang Yunsheng, editor-in-chief of Ta Kung Pao, is also not afraid of things, and wrote an editorial at the end of this news: "The victims of the disaster in Henan sold their land and even starved to death, and they still took the national tax, so why can't the government expropriate the assets of the wealthy and restrict the purchasing power of the ordinary wealthy?" Looking at Chongqing and thinking of the Central Plains, it is really emotional! ”

As a result, Ta Kung Pao was suspended for three days, and reporter Zhang Gaofeng was arrested by Tang Enbo on charges of "leader of the Communist Party."

Zhou Hexuan made several phone calls to Lao Jiang to ask for his release, but to no avail.

It was not until a few months later, when the Japanese army attacked the Central Plains on a large scale, that Tang Enbo's troops were crushed, and Zhang Gaofeng regained his freedom in the chaos.

Duanmu Yuliang came to Chongqing, temporarily lived in the Zhou Mansion, and became Zhou Hexuan's full-time book borrower.

Since Zhou Hexuan wants to study the history of the Ming Dynasty, his own collection of books is definitely not enough, and he must search for historical materials in many ways. It is easy to copy books, but when it comes to Zhou Hexuan's status, the more you copy books, the more cautious you must be.

"Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is impossible to copy, the tone is too frivolous, and the subjective color is too strong. This book is only suitable for popular science literature on history, and it is to make people laugh when it is regarded as a historiographical treatise. During the Republic of China, there were already people who engaged in historical science popularization, and they were extremely successful, that is, Cai Dongfan's popular romance of the past dynasties, and even Taizu praised it when he read it.

Then only "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" remains.

As soon as it came out, the book was adopted as a textbook by many universities in the United States, and has become a must-have book on the desks of countless scholars, writers, officials, and entrepreneurs in China. In the TV series "In the Name of the People", there is a copy of "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" on the bookshelf of Gao Yuliang's office, and Gao Xiaofeng is also loved by Gao Yuliang because he has read "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli".

However, although "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" is a historical classic, it still has shortcomings that are difficult to hide.

The original author, Huang Renyu, was very serious when writing the book, citing various historical sources. It is a pity that the citation of these historical materials is not serious, he only uses historical materials that conform to his own views, and discards all historical materials that do not conform to his own views, and even pinches off the head and tail, distorts and cuts.

For example, Mr. Huang Renyu interpreted Li Zhen's original words in his evaluation of Hai Rui in reverse, deliberately distorted Li Zhen's attitude of praising widows and observance, and took Li Zhen's views on Cai Wenji's evaluation and Li Zhen's philosophical thoughts out of context.

The average reader may not care, but professionals are sure to find the difference. Even if no one says anything, as long as Zhou Hexuan copies it out as it is, it will inevitably mislead readers about their understanding of history.

Fortunately, there are many libraries in Chongqing, such as the National Central Library, the National Peking Library, the National Compilation Library, the Central University Library, and the Fudan University Library. Zhou Hexuan asked Duanmu Yuliang to borrow a few materials for him every week, and then nested in the Zhou Mansion to study slowly, and thought about the revision of "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli".

At this time, there were two books on Zhou Hexuan's desk, namely Xie Guozhen's "Examination of the Party and Social Movement in the Ming and Qing Dynasties" and Rong Zhaozu's "History of Thought in the Ming Dynasty". He hadn't calmed down to study like this for a long time, thanks to Lao Jiang's disguised house arrest, which wiped out Zhou Hexuan's impetuousness.

The study of the history of the Ming Dynasty during the Republic of China was still in the stage of confusion and exploration before the 30s, but it had already begun to study the urban life, party and social movements, academic ideas and foreign policies of the Ming Dynasty. After the 30s, the study of Ming history began to combine with Marxism and Western new historical theories, and deeply explored the political structure, class changes, taxation system, and workers' and peasants' economy in the Ming Dynasty.

To put it mildly, at least one-third of today's experts in the study of Ming history belong to the disciples of the Zhou family, and these people's methods of governing history are all learned from Zhou Hexuan.

During the Spring Festival, when Zhou Hexuan's paper on Shen Wansan was discussed, countless experts in Ming history rejoiced, because Mr. Zhou finally began to study Ming history.

Also thanks to the research of these experts in Ming history, Zhou Hexuan is now very easy to find information, and constantly adjusts and modifies "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli", but the theme framework and the big historical ideas in it have not changed.

"Dad, is it useful for the country that you write this?" Zhou Weilie leaned on the table and asked, he went back to Chongqing for the Spring Festival, and he was going to Kunming after the Lantern Festival.

Zhou Hexuan asked rhetorically: "Why do you think these things are useless?" ”

Zhou Weilie said: "Even if you write history into flowers, you can't let the country collect an extra grain of grain, and you can't make an extra cannonball for the country, what use can it be?" ”

"Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall. Haven't you heard of that? Zhou Hexuan said.

Zhou Weilie said: "That's for the individual. ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "The country is the same. Do you think that the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was fought like this because of China's backwardness in science and technology? No, it's because something is wrong with the government. The unstable structure of the regime and the lawless implementation of policies caused by these reasons were even more serious than the damage caused by the Japanese invaders to China. When we study history, we are summarizing the pros and cons of ancient regimes. If today's government can make the most of its strengths and avoid its weaknesses and choose the best, it will be far more useful than making a few shells and growing a few catties of grain. ”

Zhou Weilie seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to understand. He held his father's manuscript and read it for a while, but he was not interested in it, except for Hai Rui and Zhang Juzheng, he had never heard of other historical figures.

"I'd better go study math." After Zhou Weilie finished speaking, he slipped away.

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