Hongyi's ancient and strange theories made all the cultural people in the room deaf, and no one spoke for a long time, and they were all silently savoring.

Ji Kaisheng benefited from the compilation of the book "Chinese Studies and Western Studies", and belonged to the first group of people who came into contact with the shocking ideas of the little prince earlier, so it was easier to understand, so he silently observed Tan Qian's performance with a teacup.

Yang Yongjian is upright by nature, and when he heard about the new vocabulary of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation for the first time, he was full of consternation, but in view of the three or four days of contact, he already knew that this young master was unfathomable, and if he couldn't figure it out for a while, he had to concentrate on research, so he couldn't rashly seconded or opposed.

Min Xu is flexible and thoughtful, and his knowledge is not bad, although he was stunned, he subconsciously thought that what Xuan Ye said must be reasonable, even if it didn't make sense, he had to take refuge in it now, so he sat there and did something thoughtful, sometimes nodding, sometimes pondering, and exerting his ability to read and remember. (In the official history, Min Xu, as a Shunzhi Yiwei Kejinshi, was an official to supervise the imperial history.) There is no significant political achievement of him in the historical books, but when he was a student in Guangxi, he compiled a book of "Cantonese Narratives", describing the mountains and rivers, which is quite elegant. It can be seen that he likes miscellaneous things, is good at collecting and sorting, and must be well-read and memorized-Hongyi language. ）

Zhu Zhixi has learned and can be regarded as an emperor, but he also listened to Hongyi's remarks, seemed to have some understanding, and even was empowered, but he was unclear in many details, so he lowered his head and pondered and savored it.

Tan Qian, as a person of history, in his early years, was because the late Ming historians took things out of context and acted arbitrarily, and lost the original face of history, so he gave up the imperial examination and specialized in Ming history. Therefore, in his eyes, the truth of history is more important than anything else. It is precisely what Xiao Xuanye said, so that the laws of history are revealed, this is really Daigo empowerment! Especially the shocking words that frankly said that the Qing Dynasty could not last forever made the old talker suddenly have an urge to become a confidant!

As for what Xuan Ye said about the Chinese nation, it was three or four hundred years later, but it can be confirmed from the long river of history. Indeed, the Han nation was only gradually established after the two Han Dynasty became strong, and further along, there were only a few thousand miles of Huaxia, and even the Yandi clan was a barbarian. Therefore, the current Manchu people are emperors, and in a few hundred years, they may be Han Chinese, and at that time, there may be no difference between Manchu and Han.

As a remnant of the former Ming Dynasty, Tan Qian is unwilling to accept the reality, what he cares about the most is the so-called "barbarian rule of China", but if the historiographical problem of the ancestors of the Manchurians is also the old Chinese people, and the current Manchus also want to admire the sinicization, the biggest mental obstacle will gradually be resolved. Xiao Xuanye's words are just a good medicine to resolve the entanglement here.

Hongyi waited for a while, in fact, he didn't have the luxury of hoping that he could achieve any "broad agreement" here today, and the spark of thought sometimes just needs a little spark, and with the help of popularity, it can ignite the prairie fire. After seeing that everyone tasted it, Hongyi spoke again:

"Mr. Tan, why is your life-length work called "Guoyi"?"

"Oh, the one who [1] is also negotiating. The purpose of the old decay is to compare the official cultivation of the Ming Dynasty's "Actual Records" [2] mistakes, and to supplement the history of the Chongzhen Dynasty that has not been recorded. However, biases and omissions are inevitable, and I hope that people who read history can discuss and distinguish forgeries, so it is named "Guoyi". Tan Qian replied truthfully.

"It's a discussion, then Xuan Ye has a few words, I don't know if I can tell him honestly?"

"But it doesn't hurt for the prince to say it, the old man listens to it!"

"Do people in history, whether they are officials or people, need to have some basic skills?" Hongyi asked knowingly.

"It's nature. Tang people Liu Zhiji and Liu Zixuan can be described as historians. The 'three longs' of 'historical talent, historiography, and historical knowledge' proposed by him are the necessary abilities of people who are in history like us. ”

"So what are the three chiefs?"

"The three elders, the historian believes in it. Good history must have three lengths: talent, learning, and knowledge. Scholars, proficient in historical materials; Those who know are also well-chosen; Talented, exquisite writing [3]. It is for 'three long' also. Among the three longs, historical knowledge is the most important. The crux of this lies in being faithful to the facts of history and writing straightforwardly. "Tan Qian is also a good teacher, and he is clear and clear.

"Xuan Ye has been taught. But in addition to that, I think there are two more points to add! ”

"Oh? Which two points? Tan Qian didn't expect that a little two-year-old child would be ashamed to speak out about the exposition of his predecessors in historiography and make a supplement. Disdainful, but also curious.

"Xuan Ye is not talented, I thought that I could add 'Shi De' and 'Shi Yi'!"

"Steven? Shi Yi? What is Steven? What is the meaning of history? Tan Qian, on behalf of all the people present, asked questions urgently.

"Who is the Virtuous? The author's mind is also. Hongyi first made an opening argument, which was concise and to the point. Then I hurriedly searched in my mind for the remaining words and phrases after reading the "General Principles of Literature and History" by the Qianlong Dynasty historian and writer Zhang Xuecheng [4].

"Xuan Ye thinks that when writing history, after Liu Zixuan's 'talent, learning, and knowledge', he must pursue an attitude towards history, that is, to emphasize the moral cultivation of historians, that is, 'historical virtue', to do 'do his best and not benefit others', to conform to the original appearance of the old history, and not to be mixed with the prejudice of people in history, that is, to respect historical facts and withstand the evaluation of future generations. [5]”

After Hongyi finished speaking, he bowed his head and was silent, not because he said it wrong, but because he felt that he had finally committed all the bad deeds of the traverser - he took out the remarks of everyone in later generations in advance to give himself a façade, he was very embarrassed, and he almost blushed! Don't be ashamed! There's no way, since you've deceived the world and stolen your name, let's continue to be brazen!

"The noble ones of history are righteous. The so-called historical meaning refers to history, which enables those who read history to understand the meaning and perceive the inevitability of historical development. In Xuan Ye's view, Zheng Qiao [6] has historical knowledge but no historiography, Zeng Gong [7] has historiography but not historical law, and Liu Zhiji has historical law but no historical righteousness. To be a historian knows its meaning, it is not the same as a story, but only to seek the end of the article. Confucius did "Spring and Autumn", and said that his affairs were Qi Huan and Jin Wen, his literature was history, and his righteousness was Confucius who claimed to have taken it. Therefore, how can the way of a historian's writing not seek the righteousness? Today's scholarly atmosphere, too much is recruited, too little is played, like a mulberry cannibalizing leaves,

And not the thread. Hongyi put his mind on the main academic thoughts of Zhang Xuecheng a hundred years later, and laid out the bottom tone.

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Silence, deathly silence, even Hongyi could hear his uneasy conscience beating rapidly. The others were not too shy to speak, but too surprised to speak. They knew that Hongyi was majoring in international politics back then, and history was also somewhat involved. What's more, he is also very interested in Chinese history, so he naturally secretly added a lot of extracurricular knowledge.

After a long time, Hongyi suddenly remembered Ji Kaisheng's remarks about Zhu Zhixi's remarks that day, and said again as if he had won a treasure:

"It is precisely because of the old gentleman's virtue and noble history that you have been able to accumulate 26 years of unremitting efforts, change the manuscript six times, and write a 100-volume masterpiece "National Legend". Unexpectedly, two years later, in August of the fourth year of Shunzhi, your manuscript was stolen. Actually full of grief and angry rewriting. After another four years of hard work, the new draft was finally completed. For more than a year, you have visited the relics of the late Ming Dynasty, the old ones, collected the Ming Dynasty relics, posthumous texts and relevant historical facts, and experienced the relics of the previous dynasty on the spot, supplemented and revised. After the book was completed, you also signed the name 'Jiangzuo Relics' to convey the pain of the loss of the country, so that this painstaking masterpiece could be completed. Isn't this the culmination of Shi De and Shi Yi! ”

After Hongyi finished speaking, he stood up, bowed deeply, and then stared at Tan Qian's face, observing his expression from shock to sadness, from sadness to sadness, from sadness to joy, zuihou finally went from being unable to hide his joy to "having relatives in his heart"!

"Lord Belle, Tan Qian has been taught!" Finally, the old talker on the side finally suddenly realized, stood up suddenly, bowed deeply, and bowed to the two-year-old child.

Lord Belle? The old talker has changed his name? Hongyi was overjoyed when he heard this!

It's done again!

This person who reads books is the most arrogant.

The self-proclaimed "Jiangzuo relics" talked about the relocation, and never forgot the orthodoxy of the dead Ming, so Hongyi came to a true source; Geng was enchanted by the barbarians of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it was difficult for Hongyi to use a move to datong shijie. After the first two moves, although Tan Qian was a little awake, but based on his disdain for the Manchurian barbarians, he still retained his "theoretical confidence and road confidence" in his own knowledge.

Therefore, Hongyi resolutely armed himself with the "advanced culture" of the next hundred years, used the advanced to attack the backward, and used the electronic ignition to impact the drilling wood for fire, just like the awakening brought by the British ships and cannons two hundred years later.

The next thing naturally came naturally, and a room full of cultural people were in full swing. More than an hour later, under the chairmanship of Xiao Xuanye, the academic seminar reached the following basic consensus:

First, Tan Qian agreed to join the Lin State History Academy of the Qing Dynasty, and served as an editor, specializing in revising the history books of the former Ming Dynasty, including his own "Guoyi".

Second, regarding the title of the book, Zhu Zhixi and Ji Kaisheng advocated changing the name to "Ming Shiyi", and Hong Yili overrode public opinion and insisted on the word "Guoyi". His reason is that the national narrative recounts the history of 317 years from the birth of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang in September of the first year of Yuan Wenzong's Tianli (1328) to the entry of Qing troops into Nanjing in May of the second year of Shunzhi and the fall of King Fu's regime. Although it is mainly based on the history of the Ming Dynasty, it also involves some of the Yuan history and the early Qing Dynasty. The historical facts should be carefully examined, and the materials have considerable reliability or reference value. The history of more than 70 years after Wanli, as well as the development of the Jianzhou Jurchen and the relationship between the Later Jin and Ming Dynasty, are particularly rare in other books. The historical facts of the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen Dynasty, compiled according to the oral materials of the Di Bao, Fang Zhi and the remnants of officials, also have important historical value. Therefore, the "country" in "Guoyi" cannot refer specifically to the Ming Dynasty, but as a part of Chinese history.

Third, in the future, after further revising the "National Legend" and supplementing the historical materials of the Shunzhi Dynasty to the present, the emperor will be asked to print it and broadcast it to the world.

Hongyi knows that the "remnants" of the dead Ming Dynasty, a long-standing and difficult problem in the history of the Kangxi Dynasty, have finally been driven into a big wedge by himself today!

[1] The word "榷" is very interesting, and the word "discussion" is often used now, but few people ask the root cause - 榷 [què] "noun"

The character is from wood from 寉 [hè]. The original meaning of "隺" is "long-necked (bird)". The word "wood" and "隺" are combined to mean "a kind of single-plank bridge that is as thin and long as a crane's neck, and can be lifted and lowered." "Its original meaning is: movable single-plank bridge (one end of the single-plank has a fulcrum, which is located at the city gate, and the other end is connected to the rope. The other end of the rope was mastered by the soldier on duty above the city gates). It is not a permanent fixed single-plank bridge, but a movable single-plank bridge that can be flexibly raised and lowered like a crane's neck, located at the gate of the city, and controlled by the soldiers who defend the city. Unfortunately, this is not pointed out in the ancient texts. If the slender single-plank bridge is horizontally erected on both sides of the ravine all year round, it has no chance to be erected, and the meaning of the "隺" in its name "榷" cannot be reflected. If it is a permanent wooden bridge, it is not necessary to make a single wooden bridge, it should be made a wide wooden bridge. The fact that "Yong" is a single-plank bridge reflects the fact that it is relatively lightweight and easy for manpower to control and lift. Due to the manpower of the controller, the businessman who wants to cross the "Ying" can only patiently negotiate the price of a bridge toll with the operator. Therefore, the ancients left the word "discussion", which initially meant that the amount of bridge taxes and fees could be "discussed", and later promoted to "discussion" of all issues. "榷" has the meaning of "tax", which is the source of this.

[2] Later generations unified it as "Ming Shilu".

[3] Mr. Feng Youlan, a famous philosopher and educator in China, said in the "Author's Preface" of "A Brief History of Chinese Philosophy" in 1947.

[4] Zhang Xuecheng, Qing Dynasty historian and writer. The word is real. Han nationality, Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) people. In the forty-third year of Qianlong (1778), he was a scholar and a classic of the official Guozijian. He has lectured at Dingwu Academy in Dingzhou and Lianchi Academy in Baoding, and majored in local history for the North and South Chronicles Museum. Zhang Xuecheng advocated the theory that "the six classics are all history", and the history of governing the economy and governing history has its own characteristics. The book "General Principles of Literature and History" has a total of 9 volumes (6 volumes of the inner part and 3 volumes of the outer part), which is a famous academic theoretical work in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, and is known as a masterpiece of historical theory together with Tang Liu Zhiji's "Stone".

[5] For details of this assertion, see "Shide" in Zhang Xuecheng's "General Principles of Literature and History".

[6] Zheng Qiao was a Chinese historian and bibliographer of the Song Dynasty. The word Yuzhong, a native of Putian (Putian, Fujian) of the Xinghua Army in the Southern Song Dynasty, is known as Mr. Jiayi. Zheng Qiao has written more than 80 kinds of works, but only "Jia Yu's Last Manuscript" has been handed down.

"Erya Note", "Poetry Discernment", "Six Classics and Mysteries" and "Tongzhi", etc. "Tongzhi" is Zheng Qiao's representative work. The book includes the "Twenty Strategies" of Zheng Qiao's life, among which "Insects, Plants and Trees" is an important ancient Chinese document dedicated to plants and animals.

[7] Zeng Gong (September 30, 1019 - April 30, 1083, August 25 of the third year of Tianxi - April 11 of the sixth year of Yuanfeng), the character Zigu, known as "Mr. Nanfeng". Han Jiangyou people. A native of Jianchang Nanfeng (now Jiangxi), he later lived in Linchuan (now west of Fuzhou City, Jiangxi). Zeng Zhiyao's grandson and Zeng Yizhan's son. In the second year of Jiayou (1057), he was a jinshi. He was a politician and essayist in the Northern Song Dynasty, one of the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties", and one of the "Seven Zengs of Nanfeng" (Zeng Gong, Zeng Zhao, Zeng Bu, Zeng Xu, Zeng Hong, Zeng Xie, and Zeng Dun). Outstanding contributions to academic thought and literary careers.