After January, the spring list was released.

After the most important imperial examination in history, the folk literati seemed very quiet.

Whether it is in the exam or unsuccessful, everyone's mood is very stable, and it can even be said to be a little heavy.

Among the many candidates, there are some cases, which are nothing more than those who have a family background in Chang'an City.

Of course, Lin Xun also came to the Beiding Mansion for the first time to report the good news, and he also passed the test.

Although he was ranked in the examination, he received a notice from the imperial court to let him stay in Chang'an to be dispatched, apparently to be assigned to a certain place to serve as an official.

Bai Song was not in the palace today, and went to the palace early in the morning.

It was a point in time, two months after he had accepted the assignment.

Today he wants to show Li Shimin the editing process of "History of the Tang Dynasty".

In the past two months, Bai Song has not worked the words in the book at all, he has a book of "History of the Tang Dynasty" that does not coincide with this era, and today he will excerpt some of the content and bring it to the palace.

Li Shimin was very attentive in inspecting the history of the Tang Dynasty, and he was more attentive than reviewing the recitals, so that Bai Song waited outside, and read a book for a whole day before coming out of the apse.

Li Shimin had a calm face, obviously not very satisfied with the content presented by Bai Song, because there were many obvious errors in it, and the most critical content of the Xuanwu Gate was not mentioned at all.

Li Shimin put the manuscript on the table, sat down and said to Bai Song: "I have read it, the errors in it have been revised by myself, you don't seem to be too careful, and many obvious errors and omissions on it have not been seen." ”

Bai Song has already said: "Your Majesty, the minister is really difficult, the minister has only been in Chang'an for a few years, and he has little understanding of the past more than ten years ago, and for the major families, various events are also hearsay." The information collected by the predecessors is too messy, just a trivial matter, and there are several versions of the story collected together, and it is really time-consuming to compare them one by one. ”

Li Shimin nodded, he didn't care much about these trivial things, even if he really wrote it wrong, it didn't matter, his most important thing was the matter of Xuanwumen.

"Do you have a summary of the things about Xuanwu Gate? Why is it not mentioned? ”

Bai Song smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the minister has read some information, and the content that the emperor likes is really a little lacking in truth. ”

"Huh?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and looked at Bai Song's gaze condensed.

The so-called content that the emperor likes is actually some stories rewritten by Li Shimin himself.

And the story written by Li Shimin is naturally completely from his point of view, highlighting his innocence and coercion.

This kind of story is too fake and bizarre for no one to believe at all.

In the face of Li Shimin's questioning, Bai Song also smiled and replied: "Your Majesty, the minister has collected a book, the content of which is deeply liked and trusted by the people in the Jiangnan area, and now this story has been accepted by the people in the Jiangnan area, if it can be revised according to this story, it may be more realistic." ”

After speaking, Bai Song presented the Sui and Tang Dynasty heroes that had been prepared long ago.

Li Shimin looked at the title above, and frowned: "The Legend of the Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties?" Isn't this a novel? ”

"Exactly."

"Literature and history are based on novels, isn't it a joke?"

"The minister suggested that the emperor read it first and then weigh it, recalling that the most widely circulated "Three Kingdoms" has replaced the content of the history books in the hearts of the people, and the people think that the stories in the Three Kingdoms are true stories, so what does it matter if it is a history book?"

Li Shimin thought for a while, nodded and said, "You wait here, I'll take a look at it." ”

After speaking, Li Shimin returned to the apse again, lit the candle, and began to read.

Bai Song waited all night, he slept in the palace twice, and only saw Li Shimin come out of the apse in the afternoon of the next day.

The emperor attached great importance to the history of this period, and after staying up for nearly two days and one night, he did not show the slightest fatigue, but was very excited, and when he came out, he asked, "Who wrote this book?" I want to reward him heavily! ”

"This book is a folk storyteller."

"Mr. Storyteller?" Li Shimin was surprised, "What's it called?" ”

"Wang Xiaohua, people have been waiting outside the palace for two days."

"Oh?" Li Shimin sighed lightly and immediately beckoned, "Then what are you waiting for?" Gather them quickly. ”

"King Xuan's little flower enters the palace."

An old eunuch shouted.

Soon, Wang Xiaohua came to the front of the hall slowly with a tired body, knelt down and saluted, her legs were shaking: "Ginseng...... See the Emperor. ”

"Give a seat."

Wang Xiaohua stood outside for two days, feeling like she was dying, and finally sat down, and almost fell asleep directly from this seat.

Fortunately, when she met the emperor, Wang Xiaohua relaxed at all, and listened to the emperor's words with a strong spirit.

"I didn't expect that there would be such a young and promising strange person in my Tang Dynasty, and my life actually jumped on the page and entered your book! Tell me about it, how did you and you hear about the story in this book? ”

"Back to the emperor, the grass people visited the people, collected the stories of the Sui and Tang dynasties in the world, and conceived the book after their own understanding."

"Why didn't such a masterpiece appear in the world early?"

"The people mostly regard the emperor as evil, and the legends of the heroes of the Sui and Tang dynasties are mostly based on facts, which is contrary to the folk comments. As early as two years ago, it was really Lord Bai who came to Jiangnan, and at that time there were many rumors in Jiangnan, and it was Lord Bai who encouraged the grass people to make the book public and return justice to the world. ”

Bai Song answered: "This book is the closest to the truth from the beginning, just because I am afraid that the folk literati will not accept it, so I put on the skin of the novel, and it is precisely because of the advent of this book, coupled with Wang Xiaohua's continuous preaching, that some people in the people began to correct the emperor's name." ”

"Good! Good! Good! Li Shimin laughed out loud, "Hahaha, Bai Song, Bai Song, I didn't expect you to make such a great contribution to me, but you didn't even mention it, what?" Are you afraid that I will not reward you? ”

"Your Majesty, if I wasn't forced to do it, I wouldn't want to say this. Mr. Xiaohua only wants to tell the story, and he doesn't want to accept any fame and fortune, so he hasn't mentioned it. ”

"I understand your dilemma, and I will disassemble and include the content of this book in the history of the Tang Dynasty in the future, and these stories are most in line with my heart."

Bai Song arched his hand: "This is brand new content, so the emperor will have to wait a little longer to get stuck in the corrected version." ”

"Don't worry, I believe in your abilities, just let it go. As for this Mr. Wang Xiaohua, since I have already come to the palace, I can't turn a blind eye to your merits, what do you want, just ask. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister was fortunate enough to see a woman in the palace, and he was shocked at the first sight, and under the notice of Lord Bai, he knew that the other party was the emperor."

"Oh? But it doesn't matter, whoever it is, as long as it's not my concubine, I will allow it. ”

"Princess Danyang."