Chapter 69: History Books Are Hard to Repair
"At the beginning of the show's expedition, there were meteors falling into the camp at night, and clouds were like bad mountains during the day. You wrote it. ”
"Prime Minister Qiyu, exactly." A historian nodded in reply.
"When Su Chen, the general of the expedition to the west, conquered the Dayue clan and the Qiang clan, he encountered a blizzard and hail, which led to the direct surrender of the two clans, which was also written by you?" The prime minister continued to ask.
"Exactly."
"Da Sima Liu Xiu happened to encounter bad weather in several battles and won without a fight, all of which you wrote?" The prime minister's face revealed murderous aura.
"Not bad."
"Ridiculous! During the reign of Gaozu, the great Sima Liu Xiu had a lot of military achievements, and the art of war was outstanding, and he was invincible, and it was all because of good luck in your pen? ”
The prime minister threw the history books that the historians had trimmed on the ground.
"It is the duty of you historians to let future generations know the truth of history, not to see the stories you have written. The Stone of the Outer Heavens, the Blizzard and the Hail, have you eaten the art of war of Da Sima? ”
The prime minister was a little annoyed.
Now His Majesty wants to revise the history books of the dynasty, and he is responsible for it.
But how did these historians write?
They don't study history at all, and just write based on their wishful thinking.
"The prime minister, the ministers and others referred to the history books at that time and some books left by Sun Youquan's imperial history, from which they got the general Su Chen, who was the general of the expedition to the west, and at that time, the western expedition was indeed the 'favor of heaven'." A historian said stubbornly.
It's not that they scribble, that's what they found in the materials they found.
"Nonsense!" The prime minister roared.
Su Chen, the general of the expedition to the west, spent more than half a year in the west, and spent countless grains, grasses, and ordnance.
Because it was a long-distance battle, the climate and weather were not suitable, and the casualties were bound to be very heavy, and it was very likely that the situation after the previous dynasty's successful conquest of the Xiongnu.
After the general went west, he returned to his hometown directly, if it was really as written by these historians that there were less than 100 casualties, Su Chen could be directly dismissed?
It must be that General Zhengxi, although he won a great victory against the Dayue clan and the Qiang clan, saw the cruelty of the war, and one by one his colleagues died in front of his eyes.
The grief in my heart was unbearable, and I finally chose to return to my hometown.
General Zhengxi is really a man of temperament!
It's all because General Zhengxi left a deep lesson to the Qiang and Dayue clans at the beginning, and even now, these two clans are in awe of the new dynasty to the extreme.
"Ben Xiang personally went to the leaders of the Qiang clan and the Dayue clan to verify that the Qiang clan and the Dayue clan were both killed and injured at the beginning, and the royal family of the Dayue clan was the only one left in the 'Shabo Temple'."
"If they all surrendered voluntarily in the first place, why did these two tribes suffer so many casualties?"
The prime minister angrily criticized the historians present.
Only war can make those aliens completely surrender, and only by beating them painfully can they be in awe for hundreds of years.
The historians did not dare to speak.
The words of the victim at that time are still very informative.
"Prime Minister, but according to the letters left by Sun Youquan's imperial history......"
"The relationship between Sun Youquan Yushi and General Zhengxi is not harmonious, which is shown by the information left by many courtiers at that time, and there have been many times in the history books that Sun Youquan Yushi impeached General Zhengxi."
"Therefore, Sun Yushi's description of the general of Zhengxi is inevitably biased." Cheng said to the historians.
"As historians, you must have the ability to distinguish between truth and falsehood. For example, the great Sima Liu Xiu, the military book he left behind was regarded as a classic by the generals, how could it be that he had never really fought a war once, and he was lucky every time, and you really dared to write it. The prime minister hated iron and looked at these historians.
The art of war of the great Sima Liu Xiu is known as the most classic art of war in the new dynasty, how is it possible.
"You take the history books back and re-repair them, Your Majesty and the original appearance have a limit to their patience, if you wait for the nonsense in the history books again, don't blame the original appearance for not being emotional."
The prime minister flicked his sleeves and left.
After the prime minister left, the historians present looked at each other.
"How should we fix this history book?" A historian said with some difficulty.
The materials and documents they can find are all things like 'meteorites falling from the sky' and 'general Zhengxi asking for punishment from heaven', and there are really not many records about the war scenes.
"How can it be repaired, the general of the expedition to the west has spent countless times. After the end of the Western Expedition, he felt the ruthlessness of the war and resigned and went into hiding. ”
"The great Sima Liu Xiu, who has fought countless battles, is like a god and a soldier saint in the world. After the death of Emperor Gaozu, he was riddled with injuries and had no choice but to resign and return to his hometown. A historian said.
How can it be modified, of course, according to the prime minister's expectations.
These are also the most acceptable sayings in the world, "Stones from the Heavens" and "Please Punish from the Heavens" can only exist in the wild history, and people don't believe in those at all.
"We are historians, how can we make up history?" A historian said with a frown.
"Compared with what Chen Yushi said, the historical books that we have revised according to various documents are more like they were compiled." A tall and thin Goshi said.
Hearing the words of the tall and thin imperial history, everyone was a little silent.
It is true that the history books they have edited before are too bizarre, even if the events they have verified are like that, they still can't really believe it.
"The prime minister has given us an ultimatum, if we can't fix the history books again, I'm afraid you will all have to return to your hometown." Chen Yushi said with a bitter face.
"Then revise the history books according to Chen Yushi's words."
"But I don't have a specific record of the war scenes, how can I write them?" Some historians have raised questions.
The records they found were all very bizarre.
"If you were the one who led the troops at that time, how should you fight?" Chen Yushi asked.
The rest of the historians are all black lines on their faces, they are historians and civil servants, isn't it a joke to let them lead the troops?
"What Chen Yushi means is to let me and others bring into the situation of General Zhengxi and Da Sima at that time, and guess how they led the troops?" Someone asked.
"Yes, that's what it means."
Although they are historians and ministers, they have read a lot of history books, and they are also familiar with the content of those generals who led troops to fight in the history books.
Even if it is definitely not possible to actually lead troops, it is not completely impossible to talk about troops on paper.
What they are doing now is just talking on paper.
"If it were me, I would ......"
"The general of the expedition to the west is to conquer foreign races, and he can borrow the combat methods of the previous dynasty when he went out to conquer the Xiongnu."
"Although I have not read Da Sima's military book, I have heard that the military book mostly records how to overcome bad weather. At that time, Da Sima went on the expedition, and he must have encountered a lot of bad weather. ”