Chapter 1022: Six Years of Tang History
I don't know if I don't ask, and I'm shocked when I ask.
A history of the Tang Dynasty has been delayed for seven or eight years.
Calculate the time, when the Bai Song Dynasty crossed into this world, the imperial court had already begun to urge the compilation of the history of the Tang Dynasty.
However, the most important part of the development of Tang history, the framework of the Xuanwumen Incident, has always been an open case.
As early as six or seven years ago, it was the time when the Xuanwumen incident was the most fermented among the people.
Soon after Li Shimin ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to suppress popular discussions, and the simultaneous means accompanying the high-pressure policy was to revise the history of the Tang Dynasty as quickly as possible, and to guide public opinion in a direction favorable to Li Shimin.
As a result, Li Shimin did all the difficult work well, but he stagnated for several years on a seemingly simple matter.
The attitude of the historians towards the historical text has a persistence that transcends life and death, and the officials and literati responsible for revising the history of the Tang Dynasty have changed batch after batch.
Either they are resolutely opposed and refuse to cooperate, or they are all kinds of excuses and delay indefinitely.
I heard that Li Zhan, the king of Shu, was transferred from the Secret Edict Division to persuade those literati to cooperate.
As a result, Li Zhan not only did not move those historians, but was moved by the persistence of the historians, and cooperated with the historians to fool Li Shimin for six years.
Not long ago, the problem of Tang history was finally exposed, and Li Shimin also lost patience, and learned that Li Zhan and the historian deceived him, killed Li Zhan in a fit of rage, and executed all the people involved.
Bai Song was so shocked when he heard Li Zhan's story that he couldn't speak.
The people of the secret edict said that Li Zhan died of old age, but he did not expect that he was executed by order of the emperor.
In Bai Song's heart, Li Zhan is just an amiable old man, although he is in charge of the Secret Edict Division, but in his bones he is a good old man's image, he is not suitable for managing the Secret Edict Division at all, but he is definitely an old man worthy of Bai Song's respect.
This is the emperor's uncle, he didn't even think about the slightest affection when he was about to die, he said that he would kill him, even if he didn't kill him, his body would not have two years to live, just such a person, Li Shimin couldn't bear it?
Now, Bai Song suddenly realized, no wonder when he met Li Zhan in Youzhou in the early years, the old man would be particularly interested in the Three Kingdoms, and often came to ask about the real history of the Three Kingdoms.
Bai Song thought that this matter was just a small talk, but he didn't expect that his mood would become heavy after listening to the story.
What he cares about is not the historical text, but his current situation.
Behind the seemingly beautiful scenery, I don't know how many knives will be on my neck.
One day in the future, maybe Li Shimin will do it to himself like he did to Li Zhan.
When the time comes, all this scenery will disappear, and everything will be a thing of the past.
In the past, Bai Song didn't care about these at all, and firmly believed that even if he couldn't fight the emperor, he could go away and live in seclusion in the mountains and forests.
But now, Bai Song found that he was too deeply involved in the whole world, although he is now getting stronger and stronger, especially in terms of personal combat power, he is no longer afraid of anyone, but there are too many things involved, and the more weaknesses will be exposed.
This is not something that can be changed by personal strength, and those people or things that are involved with you may become your own bonds at any time.
If you want to completely get rid of the future threat, you can only remove Li Shimin from power and sit on it yourself.
Bai Song felt that as long as he was determined enough, it was not impossible.
But Bai Song couldn't be the emperor after all, because he couldn't be as ruthless as Li Shimin, and he couldn't stretch out his knife to his relatives without hesitation.
Therefore, Bai Song fell into a deep worry and couldn't extricate himself.
While Bai Song was pondering, a small sobbing sound came from his side.
Yuying didn't know when she was crying, Tian Ruoyun was quiet on the side, and she was whispering something again.
Bai Song asked, "Why are you crying?" ”
Tian Ruoyun replied anxiously: "I don't know, and she won't say anything when I ask her." ”
As soon as the words fell, Yu Ying suddenly knelt in front of Bai Song: "If you are really a big man in the imperial court, please avenge these tragic deaths." My father and my family were also implicated in this incident, and I was the only one who was sold into slavery...... Woowoo woo ......"
"Your family is also implicated in this?"
Bai Song was a little stunned, why was there all the people around him who were related to Tang history.
"My father is a historian compiled by the imperial court, and he wants to visit the world to collect historical documents from all over the world, and sometimes when he sees his father drunk, he will say to himself that the historical documents collected from visiting the world are useless, and that the pen in the hands of their historians has long been not controlled by history."
"I see." Tian Ruoyun said suddenly.
Then I saw Yuying crying bitterly, and she also rubbed the corners of her eyes and begged: "Xianggong, I know that you are a good official, you are only vicious on the surface, but in fact you are a person with a sense of justice, you can help Sister Yuying avenge her grievances, they are all wronged." ”
"Redress? Who do I seek revenge? Looking for the Emperor? Bai Song rolled his eyes, "This matter is the emperor's intention, and redressing grievances is tantamount to rebellion!" ”
One sentence pulls them back to reality.
Yes, it is the emperor who wants to rewrite history, and redressing grievances is tantamount to opposing the emperor.
The two women also lost their momentum in an instant, and they didn't know what to say in a daze.
Everyone in the audience was depressed, and the atmosphere was very depressing.
Seeing this situation, Bai Song couldn't do anything.
He is not a saint, he will not break his stable and prosperous life in order to pursue justice in the hearts of literati, now as long as he listens to the emperor's orders, he is fragrant and spicy, and the Tang Dynasty is sideways everywhere.
The old gentleman's family has already prepared a thank-you banquet, and someone has already come to shout that they can eat.
The middle-aged head of the family also came to invite, everyone took their thoughts back from their sadness, and was about to go to dinner, when suddenly the door was rushed open by the scholars outside, and a group of scholars swarmed in.
The scholars all blushed and held back a wave of anger, and shouted loudly when they came in.
"I said, how dare this old immortal come back, it turns out that there are people from the court to support him!"
"This old immortal has completely surrendered to the imperial court! He only speaks for the court, only for the silver, and he is no longer the original Confucian! ”
"For the sake of the wealth of the whole family, he did not hesitate to sacrifice his own disciples, which is simply a shame for our Hangzhou literati!"
"Whew! This family dares to get out of Hangzhou City! ”
"Yes, get out of Hangzhou City!"
A group of people were so loud that the middle-aged head of the family was stunned, looked at Bai Song and asked, "Childe, are you from the imperial court?" ”
Bai Song hesitated for a moment, and saw that the middle-aged family master's expression gradually became cold, and he no longer had his previous enthusiasm.
Then I heard the screams of a maid: "The old lady has jumped into the well!" ”