Hearing Xu Jingzong say this, Li Shimin waved his hand and said with a smile: "Jingzong, you misunderstood what I meant. ”

Xu Jingzong hurriedly said in panic: "Your Majesty, please forgive Weichen for being stupid." ”

Li Shimin said: "Jingzong, I asked you that the emperors did not let the emperor see the things recorded by the historians of the previous dynasties, why is this?" ”

Xu Jingzong replied: "The historian is not false and beautiful, does not hide evil, and is a precept for the latecomers." If a man sees this, he will be angry, so he will not dare to offer it. ”

Li Shimin laughed and said: "The emperor of the past, how can he compare with my mind, I look at the history of the country myself, just to know the bad things of the past, to be the ring of the future." What do you think? ”

Xu Jingzong listened to the sweat dripping, he couldn't get Li Shimin's attitude, as if he was hinting at something in his words, but since Li Shimin opened his mouth to see the actual record of martial arts, 'You must know the bad things in the past, and come as a ring for the future'.

Of course, he obeyed the king's will.

At the moment, Xu Jingzong ordered someone to admit Wu Deshi, and it was Chu Suiliang who was responsible for compiling the Wu Deshi record, and Chu Suiliang was the son of Chu Liang, the eighteenth scholar of Tiance Mansion. He was skilled in calligraphy and had a good relationship with his eldest grandson, Wuji, so he was recommended to the National History Museum to repair the book.

When Chu Suiliang saw Li Shimin, he objected: "Your Majesty, the historian remembers the good and evil words and deeds of the people, so that the people dare not do wrong, and Weichen has not heard of the emperor who can take it himself." ”

Li Shimin said: "This record of martial virtue, the book must be the matter of Emperor Wude, I have not yet ascended the throne, so it is okay to read it." ”

Chu Suiliang didn't dare to say anything more when he heard it, Li Shimin immediately read it hastily, and Xu Jingzong and Chu Suiliang didn't dare to speak on the side, and waited on the side.

Half an hour passed. Li Shimin pushed away a large stack of bamboo slips, pointed to Wude Shilu and said: "This is the matter of Xuanwu Gate." There are many whispers, what are you doing to hide them? ”

Xu Jingzong and Chu Suiliang glanced at each other when they heard this. Xu Jingzong said: "This is the negligence of Weichen. Please show me, how to write? ”

Li Shimin said: "What's so difficult about this, the former Zhou Gong punished Guan Shuxian, Cai Shudu to An Zhou, and Ji Youlu to save Lu's teeth." I killed the hidden prince, and the king of Qi also wanted to save the world of my Tang Dynasty. You can go to the superficial rhetoric and write straight to the point. ”

After speaking, Li Shimin put down the bamboo slip. Get up and go.

After Xu Jingzong and Chu Suiliang sent Li Shimin off, they stayed in the museum and were relatively speechless.

Half a day later, Chu Suiliang asked Xu Jingzong: "What does it mean that His Majesty said to go to the floating words and write things directly?" ”

Xu Jingzong listened and said: "The meaning of His Majesty is of course straightforward, and there is no need to hide it. ”

Chu Suiliang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it and said, "It's okay, it's okay." Killing his brother and killing his brother, forcing his father to abdicate, how can the world be blocked. His Majesty can face it head-on, but it is also open. ”

Xu Jingzong looked at Chu Suiliang and said, "Brother Chu, if you really write that." The heads of the two of you are gone. ”

Chu Suiliang's face changed and said, "Brother Xu, I don't understand what you mean. ”

Xu Jingzong picked up a scroll and said, "Brother Chu." I asked who were the two most famous historians since ancient times? ”

Chu Suiliang listened and said: "Don't go out of Taishi Gong, Confucius!" ”

Xu Jingzong nodded. said with a smile: "Taishi Gong wrote historical records, emphasizing straightforward writing, not for His Holiness; However, Confucius wrote the Spring and Autumn Period, history is the skin, etiquette is the blood and bones, in order to be a blessing, a name, praise and disparagement, punish the evil and persuade the good, so that the rebellious ministers and thieves are afraid, which is also the meaning of the words. You said that in the end of the two people's cultivation of history, Taishi Gong offended the Son of Heaven and was corrupted, while Confucius was famous through the ages, and the Spring and Autumn Period was praised by future generations. ”

Chu Suiliang shook his head and said, "Brother Xu, I don't understand what you mean. ”

Xu Jingzong sneered: "King Wei Hui once asked King Wu of Zhou about the crusade against Shang, can the ministers kill his king?" Mencius replied: A person who harms benevolence and righteousness is just a husband, and he has not heard of killing a husband. This is the Spring and Autumn brushwork. ”

Chu Suiliang is also a smart person and said: "I understand, what Brother Xu means, the change of the floating words that His Majesty said, and write it directly, we can write the things of Xuanwumen truthfully, but in terms of penmanship, it is full of praise and disapproval." ”

Xu Jingzong nodded and said, "What you said is extremely true. Brother Chu's following words can only enter the ears of you and me, not the ears of others, otherwise you and I will be ruined. ”

Chu Suiliang said solemnly: "I understand, I will never spread it." ”

Xu Jingzong said: "Your Majesty attaches great importance to this record of martial arts, so we can write realistically in the matter of Xuanwumen, but the rest are both positive and negative." For example, when Jinyang raised troops, we can say that His Majesty was the main force to raise troops, and the Emperor Taishang was quite hesitant at that time, and even all of them were forced by His Majesty and Liu Wenjing, so he had to raise things, so as to push the merit of this plan to His Majesty. ”

Chu Suiliang said: "This is too false, when Jinyang raised the army, His Majesty was only sixteen years old, how can he promote this matter, everyone knows that this matter is the emperor's idea." ”

Xu Jingzong said: "It is inconvenient for those who know to talk, and those who talk don't need to know." As long as we know a few people are closed, after the age has passed, the inconvenient knowers will die, and only the history books will be left behind. Think about Confucius's Spring and Autumn Period, but some people say that Confucius is not right? ”

Chu Suiliang hesitated: "Even if you push the merit of Jinyang's rebellion to His Majesty, what is the use of praise and disapproval?" ”

Xu Jingzong said: "Of course it is useful, not only the merit of the first plot of Jinyang's army, but also the credit of the westward march to capture Chang'an, but also on the body of His Majesty, and then add the breaking of Xue Ju, Ping Li Rail, the retreat of Li Chongjiu, and the destruction of Wang Shichong, all of which must be on His Majesty, as for the merits of Emperor Taishang, Princess Pingyang, Li Xiaogong, Liu Hongji, Chai Shao and others, one stroke, but the light of His Majesty." Especially the matter of Princess Pingyang, it is not possible to record it in detail, just say that it is a violent pawn, and even the merits of Pingding Pass cannot be written too much. ”

Chu Suiliang said: "Brother Xu, I still don't understand. What does it mean to give His Majesty so much credit? ”

Xu Jingzong smiled proudly and said: "You see that His Majesty has made so many great achievements, of course the Emperor Taishang intends to pass the throne to His Majesty, the prince and the king of Qi are really afraid after learning the news, it is the so-called high merit and shocking the master, and the prince and the king of Qi have not made a proportionate contribution, so they colluded to exclude and frame His Majesty in front of the emperor." After the prince and the king of Qi plotted to kill His Majesty many times, His Majesty finally couldn't bear to kill the prince in Xuanwumen and chase the king of Qi in order to protect himself. is like Zhou Gong punishing Guan Shuxian and Cai Shudu; Uncle Ji Youyu, people will only say that Zhou Gong and Ji You'an Bang Sheji, who would criticize them for killing their brothers? ”

"But Zhou Gong and Ji You, after killing Guan Shuxian, Cai Shudu and Shuya, they don't have their own son!" Chu Suiliang couldn't help but speak.

Xu Jingzong laughed and said: "That's nothing, the merit is high." You see that His Majesty has made so many great contributions, but the Emperor Taishang did not appoint His Majesty as the crown prince at the beginning, which is not right, and the prince is so unvirtuous, but he can inherit the unification, which is also the prince's fault. His Majesty won the admiration of all the ministers, and of course he naturally became the Son of Heaven. ”

"This is just Wang Mang, Yang Jian's words, according to what you say, the history books are completed, then later generations can think that as long as they make enough contributions to the society, they can kill their brothers and kill their brothers, force their fathers to abdicate, and let power override the etiquette system. If every descendant of my Datang can think so, then will the country still have a day of peace? You are tampering with the history books by doing this, no emperor has dared to do this throughout the ages, you are the first sinner in the ages! ”

"Confucius wrote the Spring and Autumn Period in order to punish evil and persuade good, so that the rebellious ministers and thieves were afraid, but you wrote a record of martial virtues, but you are writing a crooked pen, you are hiding evil, so that the evildoers will have a good reputation, if your history is passed on to future generations, it will be a disaster for a thousand years!"

Chu Suiliang spoke generously, and the spit in his mouth flew straight to Xu Jingzong's face.

Xu Jingzong smiled, did not raise his sleeves to wipe, but let him 'spit on his face'.

Xu Jingzong said slowly: "Then what do you want me to do, Your Majesty is already inheriting the throne, this is already a fact, you have to let the people of the world see Your Majesty, you have to let future generations see Your Majesty." His Majesty personally came to the National History Museum today to inquire about this matter. You say that I am the first sinner of the ages, and I will not be this sinner, so can you and I still live? It doesn't matter if it's eternal, it's what the two of us want to be alive. On the contrary, if we cultivate this martial virtue record well, Your Majesty will be overjoyed, and we will be glorious and rich. ”

"How is Brother Chu? There are two paths you can choose, one is to be Sima Qian, and the other is to be Confucius, which one do you choose? ”

Chu Suiliang sneered when he heard this: "Don't slander Confucius, okay?" At least he did a thousand times better than what we do now! (To be continued......)