Historian.

The sacred position that has been handed down since ancient times, the official position inherited from the legend of Emperor Cangjie of Shi, has a high status, especially the history of Suwang Ji Zhao and the history of Luo's family, which has created today's atmosphere.

Tai Shi Ling.

From generation to generation, the official positions that were recorded for the Han Dynasty.

In a corner of the palace, Sima Qian knelt quietly in the corner.

Sima is a generational historian who has been handed down from the pre-Qin period, and he is not only a person, but also bears the glory of the ancestors of the past dynasties.

As the twilight drum sounded, he left the palace, the harem was not something he could enter, and someone else would record it.

Then he met Luo Qing.

Luo Qing rode in a very simple carriage, without half a cent of gorgeous decoration, and when he saw Sima Qian appear, Luo Qing walked out of the carriage, dressed plainly, sorted out the folds on his clothes, and said solemnly: "Qing has seen Taishi Ling." ”

"Move to see Childe."

Sima Qian was still embarrassed, and then asked with some doubts: "Childe is here to find relocation?" ”

Luo Qing nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

When Sima Qian heard this, he waved his hand and said loudly: "Son, please come into the mansion to talk." ”

The two walked into the hall together, sat down separately, Sima Qian asked Luo Qing about his intentions, Luo Qing did not answer, but said: "Taishi Ling said last time that you wanted to write an unprecedented general history, because of the hurry, you didn't ask carefully, would you like to tell Qing today?"

Luo's history has been recorded for thousands of years, and I really want to know what this unprecedented history book looks like. ”

Luo Qing was really curious, after all, if he dared to boast about such a Haikou in front of Luo's, there must be something.

Sima Qian's face couldn't help but show joy when he heard this, for historians, writing a history book that can be passed on to future generations is probably the highest pursuit of life.

"Childe, this history book written by Qian is very different from the past history books, and the historians before Bang Zhou are chronicles and are not systematic.

Historians matured on the day of Bang Zhou, with chronology and country.

In particular, all the countries of Bangzhou and Zhou have historians, each of whom remembers his own affairs, and each remembers the year of the monarch's name, which is very easy to sort out the chaotic history books, and can corroborate each other's major events in the same period.

However, the records of people are often not perfect, and if you want to understand a person, you need to read a lot of history books.

The history books written by Qian are mainly people, and in one article, from life to death, all are written! ”

When Luo Qing heard this, he only felt that his entire scalp was about to explode, as if a layer of fog had been peeled off in front of him, and he was surprised and excited: "It can still be like this, Taishi Ling is really a great talent, this method of remembering history, I am afraid that it will be imitated by future historians." ”

When Sima Qian heard Luo Qing's praise, he stood up and walked to the corner, took out a thick stack of paper from the cabinet and handed it to Luo Qing.

While handing it over, he said: "Qian is going to record the emperor chapter as this book, the princes' families are the families, and the ministers are the biography, and then make a comment on this life and make a history book that knows the ancient and modern."

The history of the world is all in Luo's, please allow Gongzi to move into Luo's historical collection room. ”

Luo Qing took over these neatly arranged papers, and immediately saw three big characters - "Zhou Benji".

Sima Qian said: "Qian is ready to start compiling seals from the legendary five emperors, and the Son of Heaven of the Three Great Dynasties of Yu Xia, Yin Shang, and Bang Zhou respectively made this record, and the posthumous Son of Heaven and the false Son of Heaven also made this record, such as Emperor Suwang and Empress Gao. ”

Hearing this, Luo Qing stopped flipping through the catalog, and said solemnly: "Taishi Ling, the ancestor King Su can appear at the same time in Zhou Benji and Luo Shi's house, but King Luo Wen should not be in this book." ”

Sima Qian was stunned for a moment, but this was a matter of people's ancestors, and it was not elevated, so he agreed.

Luo Qing closed the thick stack of paper and said solemnly: "Tai Shi Ling, if you want to complete this history book, I am afraid it will be difficult for you alone, and the sheer number of historical materials of the Luo clan is unimaginable."

If you want, you can go to Zhaocheng to study history, and the family will send countless people to assist you in completing this epic work. ”

"Willing to move!"

Sima Qian replied immediately, his whole person was almost instantly stunned by the sudden surprise, it was like he was going to buy a lottery ticket to reward himself, but he won five million!

Enter Zhaocheng to repair history!

Sima Qian now just wants to go to worship the ancestors' gods immediately, tell them that the Sima family is out, and the Luo family personally invited the Sima family to go to Zhaocheng to repair history, except for the Luo family, the first historian in the world is our Sima family!

Luo Qing smiled with satisfaction, Sima Qian was cultivating history in Zhaocheng, it was impossible not to be influenced by the Luo family, and the repaired history books must be huge, and it was reasonable to store them in Zhaocheng.

After knowing the history that Sima Qian was going to repair, Luo Qing immediately took out his own record of the matter of the prince Liu He, and handed a note full of words to Sima Qian, Luo Qing said solemnly: "Taishi Ling, this is the matter recorded by Qing about the prince Liu He. ”

Sima Qian took a look, was silent for only a moment, and said directly: "It's very fair, the prince has not been killed, and it is okay to sympathize with him, and he can enter history with a little refinement." ”

Luo Qing stared at Sima Qian tightly and said, "Tai Shi Ling, he is the future emperor, and he is not a benevolent person. ”

He is the future emperor, the most powerful man in the world, he is also ruthless, he is a murderer, aren't you afraid of death?

Falling into the hands of Liu He may usher in a rather miserable future, can this also be ignored?

But Sima Qian is really a person who has the style of ancient orders, and the addition of a sword cannot change his will, and he has a strong love and hatred and is not afraid of the powerful, and he is a rare natural historian.

He raised his head and said, "Don't say that he is the future emperor, even if it is the current emperor, so what?

Mistakes and merits will be recorded in history.

Emperor Liu Dan is the only husband in the world, and I have witnessed the process of his troubles in the world, and I will definitely write a special book, so that the kings of the next thousand years will take it as a warning.

But I will not diminish his merits in the slightest, and I will write even a sentence clearly.

Will there be any changes that have already happened?

The words written down are like a great river that can never be changed.

Mencius said that the township is not subject to death, I said that it is better to die than to change a pen, the history of the history is clear, all in this stroke, this is the burden given to the historian by God, how can it change because of people!

My people can die, but the history books are there! ”

Luo Qing clapped his hands and smiled when he heard this: "Historians write history, they are most afraid of a cowardly word, they don't dare to write that they don't dare to write, rather than this, it's better not to be a historian, and go to the palace to be an eggless eunuch."

If you have the courage to do so, you will surely make a history book that is unique in the past.

Without further ado.

Taishi Ling will go to Zhaocheng with Qing, life is short. ”

Sima Qian's age is indeed not small, and the compilation of this history book even takes several years, after all, every word has to be written down with a pen, which is still because of paper, if it is a bamboo slip, it will take longer to complete such a huge workload.

When Sima Qian heard this, he immediately said: "Tomorrow, I will ask the emperor to resign, and this post of Taishi Ling will be handed over to my son." ”

Historians have been fathers and sons since ancient times, and the same is true for the compilation of historical books.

Following.

In the Changle Palace, Liu Xun looked at the resignation in front of him in shock, and he even found it hard to believe that this was Tai Shiling's resignation.

How can there be any historians who resign?

Liu Xun asked suspiciously: "Ling Shi, what does this mean?" ”

Sima Qian raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to go to Zhaocheng to write history, write about the ancient times, write about the rule of three generations, write about the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty, and write about the prosperity and decline of my Han Dynasty."

The minister has to write until you reign, and compared with such a feat, an official position like Taishi Ling, who only needs to write straight, is not very important. ”

Just need to write straight, Sima Qian thinks that simple things are not what many historians dare not do!

Sima Qian's voice echoed in the hall, Liu Xun's ears were buzzing, writing the history of the past is a trivial matter, but if he heard it correctly just now, Sima Qian still wants to write contemporary history?

Write about yourself, the emperor who is sitting on the throne?

"Tai Shi Ling, do you want to write me?"

"Exactly!"

"How are you going to write it?"

"The minister said, but he is writing straight, and he has merits and demerits, all of which are on it."

Liu Xun smiled, pretending to be angry and said: "The emperor is supreme, and people in the world even want to avoid the emperor's name, how dare you accuse the monarch of his father's faults?" ”

Sima Qian bowed deeply, and then said loudly: "The minister will not accuse His Majesty of the fault, but the pen in the minister's hand and the history of the pen are passed down by the Emperor Suwang."

As long as you have a public heart, there is no person in this world who cannot be written, and there is nothing that cannot be written.

Your Majesty is the Ming monarch and the minister said this, even if it was Emperor Liu Dan sitting in front of the minister, the minister still dared to say so. ”

What a guts!

A pure literati is more heroic than the generals who have fought on countless battlefields!

Liu Xun put away his anger, and then laughed and said: "I am not afraid, above the green history, I must be under the Holy King, a first-class king."

I agreed.

Taishi Ling can go to Zhaocheng as much as possible, and he will definitely spread the prosperity of my Han Dynasty in the annals of Zhaozhao. ”

Sima Qian slowly bowed out of the palace and walked out of the hall, the sun shone on his body, warm, and it was not until this moment that Sima Qian suddenly felt a pressure.

The ancient times have passed, and even if it is the information left by Luo's, I am afraid that there will not be too much.

However, 1,800 years since the Shang and Zhou dynasties must be well written.

Under the steps, Luo Qing was looking at the majestic palace with his hands in his hands, he was also leaving here and returning to Zhaocheng.

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In the previous chapters, the author emphasized countless times that the Xia civilization is a strong ancestral worship of the civilization, this worship makes the Xia civilization of the record of history unusually cautious, after the hereditary system was roughly eliminated, the historians continued to pass on in the form of hereditary, they are professional and noble spirit, to be true and not afraid of death, the largest of which is the family of historians is the Chinese royal family today, until now they still maintain the habit of writing history, with traditional pen and paper, the Xia people call it inheritance. -- General History of the World: Ancient Chinese Civilization

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