Chapter 793: Old People and Old Things
The old man opened his notes and said slowly:
"The dynasty has had dozens of catastrophes over the years, and some of them are destined to fail to become climates, such as the Red Flower Society, the Guangtian Uprising, and the Dragon Gang's entry into Beijing.
Some of these people use their beliefs to deceive others, and some are willing to fall into the grass, in the final analysis, they are nothing more than a rabble, and if they gain a little power and wealth, they will get carried away, stirring up the people's livelihood, and in the end, most of them will be recruited or exterminated.
In addition, the struggle in the court cannot hurt the fundamentals, regardless of the prince's seizure of succession, the usurpation of power by relatives, and the interference of eunuchs in politics, at most it will cause chaos in the officialdom and the court.
No matter who gains power, the situation will be stabilized again, and what can really be called a danger to society is what is hidden inside.
Fields, Taxes, Rulers...... These imperceptible things are more likely to evolve into deep-rooted stubborn diseases, which seem harmless on the surface, but in fact push the dynasty into the abyss all the time, and by the time they react, they are already terminally ill.
How many dynasties throughout the ages have died on the word "corruption", the people take food as the sky, but the land is in the hands of a few people, they take it by skill, and the officials and businessmen collude to weave a vast net to present the so-called 'peaceful and prosperous era' to the emperor.
It wasn't until the rebels invaded the imperial city that the emperor suddenly realized that he was blinded, and the world was not what he thought it was, but it was too late. ”
Speaking of this, the old lady stopped talking, shook her head and smiled:
"When I'm older, I start nagging unconsciously, let's continue to talk about the dynasty.
After all these years of research, I have found several great figures, the first of which is Emperor Shun.
Although archaeology in recent years has pointed to him seeking to usurp the throne, the flaws are not concealed, and Emperor Shun undoubtedly laid the cornerstone of the dynasty's thousand-year inheritance.
Without him founding the Qingwen Pavilion and drastically rectifying the rule of officials, it would have been impossible for him to dominate the world and all countries to come to the court.
And the most admirable point is that before he died, he actually passed the throne to his imperial brother, who later became Emperor Wan.
According to the wild history, Emperor Wan has always been at odds with Emperor Shun, after the other party got up, he personally led the army to suppress it, and later Emperor Shun ascended the throne, and he left the capital to go out to the domain.
The love and hate of their brothers are unknown to outsiders, and the open-mindedness of Emperor Shan Chongshun really deserves the title of 'Emperor of the Ages'. ”
When the old lady said this, she handed the note in her hand to the king, who respectfully took it and read it carefully.
The book is full of records of Emperor Shun's life, and even hobbies and rumors are listed, and it can be seen that the old man loves this emperor very much.
"Suspected of having an affair with a wet nurse......"
When he saw this sentence, Wang Quanquan subconsciously read it, and at the same time, a picture appeared in his mind:
As the army marched south, posting notices and handing out leaflets along the way, a young man stood in the middle of the procession, smiling happily at the notices.
The old lady then said:
"I have always had doubts, according to the historical records, Emperor Shun was infatuated, and he only accepted one queen in his life, and as for the wet nurse, eighty percent of them were false."
"Not necessarily, maybe the queen is very much like his wet nurse."
Wang Quanquan said casually, he didn't have any evidence, but he just couldn't help but want to discredit the emperor.
The old lady nodded thoughtfully, picked up another notebook, and continued:
"The second great emperor of the dynasty should be given to the female emperor Wanyue, but later I found an even more amazing emperor, which is the Emperor Wan mentioned before.
Emperor Wan is the eighth son of Emperor Sheng'en, after ascending the throne, he did a lot of icing on the cake, because Emperor Shun's halo is too strong, so that later generations pay little attention to Emperor Wan, only when he is a decent Ming Jun. ”
Wang Quanquan's heart couldn't help but move, and an inexplicable sense of familiarity came to him, and he asked:
"What's so special about Wandi?"
"I can't see anything from the official history alone, but I can replace it with a local chronicle, and with a little scrutiny, his life doesn't seem to be so simple."
The old lady handed over the note, and the royal authority opened it as usual, and the first sentence of the opening chapter was a little unbelievable:
Today, when the North suddenly invaded, a righteous man surnamed Zhao rushed into the battlefield and broke the enemy's armor, and Yu Wanjun took the head of the general from it - taken from the fragment 35 of "Yan's Military Records".
The young man was slightly stunned, and the old lady said softly:
"There's more to come."
The king's authority continued to look down, and the next became more and more terrifying:
The Northern Turks gathered 300,000 troops to invade the territory, Emperor Shun drove north, there were immortals who came with swords, traveled in the sky, fought demons for 300 rounds, and won - "Yan's Military Records" fragment 206.
The sword immortal demarcated the territory with one sword, and the alien race did not dare to cross it since then - the fragment of "Yan's Military Records" is two hundred and twelve.
"This ......"
Wang Quanquan knew that the ancients liked to exaggerate, but it was too ridiculous to fly away.
The old man calmly added:
"That person should be the legendary sword god Zhao Zhiyi, coincidentally, he has the same surname as the swordsman who entered the enemy alone back then."
"You mean they're the same person?"
The old lady nodded and said:
"Not only that, but I even suspect that he has something to do with Emperor Wan. During the period from Emperor Sheng'en to Emperor Shun, the dynasty's armaments developed rapidly, not only creating firearms that were hundreds of years ahead of the West, but also artillery with an astonishing range.
These are inseparable from the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry at that time, and that Shangshu had a close personal relationship with Emperor Wan.
Many local government chronicles have also appeared in the figure of the eighth prince, whenever the country is in danger, he will appear, and it seems that there is an immortal body, and he can turn evil into good fortune when he returns. ”
"Even so, you can't assume that he has anything to do with immortals, right?"
Wang Quanquan didn't know why he had a feeling of weakness, as if his underwear had been ripped off, which made people look good.
The old lady seemed a little tired, leaned back in her chair and said:
"There is one thing you may not know, not long ago, the emperor's tomb was stolen, and several experts went to participate in the restoration.
According to their speculation, it is very likely that the tomb of the Ten Thousand Emperors was stolen this time, and there were many rare antiques missing in it, but the scroll was left behind, and the contents were varied, including many ordnance construction drawings.
And the most striking thing is that the coffin was not destroyed, but the body was gone. ”
When Wang Quanquan heard this, he subconsciously spoke:
"Feather Dengxian?"
The old man nodded, "That's why I boldly guessed whether this emperor would have anything to do with the immortals, after all, he is the same as Emperor Shun, there is only one lady in the harem, and he sleeps in the same place in life and dies, and there should be only one clothed mound." ”
In the end, the old man sighed, relying on those sporadic records, he couldn't get a glimpse of the whole picture, which may be the sorrow of historians.
……
Wang Quanquan read the notes carefully, and some of them always made him in a trance.
But after a trance, he couldn't remember anything, and when he looked at it a second time, the familiarity was not so strong, and it seemed that there was a force in the dark that was stopping him.
It was not early, he closed his notes and got up to say goodbye, the old lady was also tired at this time, and smiled a little tiredly:
"Young man, if you have any questions in the future, just come here, it's been a long time since I've met a young man like you who is interested in history."
"The younger generation can't ask for it."
The king also smiled with kindness.
Leaving the Zhou family, he was not relaxed, but his doubts were heavier than before.
Compared with the cold words, those emperors of thousands of years ago seemed to have flesh and blood in his heart, with an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
Could it be that he is the reincarnation of some emperor?
Wang Quanquan thought like this, and suddenly there was a sudden brake in his ears.
In the next second, he flew out on his side...... (End of chapter)