Chapter 9: Su Boheng's Evaluation

Su Boheng's life has come to an end.

It's just that he is still trying to read the historical materials of the Yuan Dynasty, and now he has mastered Mongolian, Tibetan, and even Uighur languages in quantity, so that he can integrate all kinds of information and fill it into his own "History of the New Yuan".

This Yuan history is the continuation of Su Boheng's life.

The reason why Su Boheng worked so hard was because in Su Boheng's view, this was a great work that was not inferior to the first four histories.

As far as the level of historiography is concerned, the later official histories have such and such problems, which are not enough for them to be juxtaposed with the first four histories, but in Su Boheng's view, the most important thing is that later historians have not innovated much in historiography.

Sima Guang's general knowledge of governance is famous in history. It is not only Sima Guang's historiographical level, but more importantly, Sima Guang's innovation in the system.

Similarly, the first four histories are of a relatively high level, and a complete set of official history systems have been formed. After that, all the imperial courts followed behind, not to mention the groundbreaking.

Now Su Boheng's part is different.

Under the ideological guidance of He Xi, Su Boheng's historiography broke through the original style of biography and other forms, and added a lot of content to the special history of economy and politics. It even occupies more than a third of the entire length.

Of course, this is also because the Yuan Dynasty was short, but there are many differences from the traditional Central Plains Dynasty, and many things in the Yuan Dynasty are actually not Chinese traditions, but from other civilizations in the Western Regions.

For example, the high-ranking officials and nobles of the Yuan Dynasty and the Hui merchants partnered to do maritime trade business, and they were all on the table, and even made a lot of tricks. This is also the point where the Hui merchant family occupies a place in the political arena of the Yuan Dynasty, and even forces the Confucian faction to fight for life and death.

It is not easy to write about these differences and changes in traditional China one by one, and naturally it will take a lot of space.

Originally, these changes were not noticed by traditional historians, or they were not paid much attention to.

However, Su Boheng also lamented that his body was no longer enough for him to complete this magnificent masterpiece. Fortunately, he has his own mantle heirs. Huang Guan's abilities in all aspects are very good, especially in academics, Su Boheng seems to be very spiritual.

With Huang Guan here, it is enough to complete this history book.

In this way, he can also be blind under the nine springs.

When Su Boheng thought of his disciple Huang Guan, Huang Guan also came to see him.

Huang Guan was thoughtful, he loved Su Boheng very much, and he was indeed like a master and a father, but his attitude towards He Xi was not so respectful at all. Without him, anyone with a discerning eye in Beijing can see that He Xi is a powerful minister.

And he is a very powerful minister.

Since ancient times, the Chinese have been respectful of the powerful subjects.

After all, there is nothing good for the ministers? What has done well is nothing but Cao Cao and Sima Yi. Such a person is not willing to be contacted by orthodox scholars and doctors. Even if you have to make contact, you don't want to follow them to do some dirty things. ended up in a gorgeous end.

At least wait for the usurpation, after all, don't you be a second minister?

And if one is not good, he will follow He Xi to kill the nine clans. So why bother?

It's just that He Xi's article made Huang Kan incomprehensible. After thinking about it, he came to consult his teacher.

Huang Guan asked Su Boheng to read an article, and Su Boheng read it almost word by word, was silent for a while, and said, "Ready, tear down the previous manuscript and rewrite it."

Huang Guan never expected Su Boheng to react like this, and said, "Teacher, why is this? Wasn't the previous manuscript all your hard work? Why did you suddenly knock it down?"

Su Boheng was not distressed, the words he wrote before can be said to be his painstaking suffering. But he still made up his mind and said, "The article is written at the right time, you have to understand this, Song Lian's article is above me, and he also cares very much about his own words. But he left behind a piece of like Yuan history. Why is that? Because Emperor Taizu needed this Yuan History at that time. And now it's the same, I didn't expect that He Xi would dare to do such a big reform? But I'm sure that

As soon as this article came out, today is completely different from before, and my new Yuan history has also become the old Yuan history. Even if it is written, it is only the tail of the old history. and not the coffin nails of the old times."

"If you can be the first in the world, why do you have to be the second."

The most important thing in historiography is the idea of the historian. And not the article is impartial. Just as I am about to say it, the history of the Ming Dynasty in history is the most complete and the best written. But the evaluation is the worst. It's because there are too many things that have been changed in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

It has been repaired for more than 100 years.

It can be said that there is no one before and no one after us.

Why is the historical record the swan song of the historian, and there is also the historiographical spirit of Taishi Gong in it.

Su Boheng also understands this. When he looked at this history book, he felt that He Xi's new thought had brought a difference to historiography, so he determined that this history would be written on top of the previous history books.

Now, with the acumen of a historian, Su Boheng feels that Chinese history has reached a critical point. This specific key point, whether it is this war or this reform, but from today onwards, history will be very different.

Huang Guan said, "Teacher, disciple is worried, will He Xi be a Wang Mang?"

He Xi and Wang Mang also have similarities. The first is the relationship between He Xi and the royal family, He Xi can be regarded as a relative, and Wang Mang is also a relative. And He Xi is an independent branch of Confucianism, and no matter how many people slander He Xi now, they cannot deny He Xi's status as a great master in Confucianism. And Wang Mang is supported by the Confucians all over the world.

Back then, Wang Mang did not usurp the throne, and the world was unsustainable.

This is also the black history of Confucianism. It is also the swan song of the radical school of Confucianism.

And what did Wang Mang's fate look like?

Huang Guan had to worry about whether He Xi would end up with Wang Mang, would their master and apprentice end up desolate because of this book.

Su Boheng laughed and said, "You haven't gotten along with He Xi, He Xi is a very strange person. He seems to be very demanding in life, never drinks cold water, never gets tired of eating, but never pays attention to money. He just wants to do things, he doesn't want to be an official, I guess with his thoughts, even if the emperor gives it to him, he won't do it." Look at the book

Huang Guan said, "In this way, wouldn't He Xi's fate be even worse?"

Huang Guanyan's implication is that He Xi has the ambition to be the emperor, and there is the possibility of a successful turnaround, but now, He Xi does not have this idea, and when Zhu Xiongying attacks him in the future, won't He Xi die?

Su Boheng didn't answer, but sighed and said, "Maybe, but it's not important."

"Is the world a world of one man? No, the world is the world of the people of the world, and the affairs of the world are managed by the people of the world. This truth couldn't be more obvious, and it can even be said that the sages of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period have already explained it clearly. Don't you know? No, yes. It's nothing more than what you can't do, what you don't dare to do. I don't know what to do?"

"Now and when will everyone see what to do? He Xi may be ruined and cut off his children and grandchildren. But will the Hereafter be willing?"

"If a person has never seen the light, he doesn't care how dark it is, but if someone sees the light, then it is very difficult for them to accept the darkness."

"I'm old. I can't see what kind of ending He Xi will have. But I hope that you can uphold the conscience of a historian and write down everything you see, so that future generations can know what He Xi did."

"Success or failure."

Su Boheng looked at Huang Guan and said, "Do you understand?"

Huang Guan was silent for a while, then saluted Su Boheng and said, "Disciple understands."

Although He Xi's many practices have been criticized by many people, but the people of the world are not without eyes, after He Xi's series of reforms, the world has become better or worse, the answer is, of course, better.

The Chinese are the most practical, as long as they can be used, as long as they are useful, no matter how deviant this theory is.

This is also the reason why He Xi is respected and accepted by many people.

He Xi's reform is natural

is problematic. But there are too many flashes of idealism in it.