Spoiling History: Starting From the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 509 Version Iteration

Kong Ming's question is more like a sigh.

After all, if you read the classics, you must recite the Spring and Autumn Annals.

Li Kui's system was able to enrich Wei, and Wu Qi made Chu strong by reforming the law.

Zou Ji and Sun Bin made the system strong and made Qi powerful and led the world.

Shen Buhai used governance skills to command his ministers and made the country strong.

In the end, Shang Yang took the sixty years of reform as a lesson and changed the Qin system, and served as the minister to Xiaogong and opened the imperial cause for Qin.

Although Sang Hongyang was used to reform the system during the reign of Emperor Xiaowu of the Western Han Dynasty, the final gains and losses can also be put on the salt and iron debate to make it clear, rather than simply banning it.

Therefore, at this moment, Kong Ming patted his thigh and shook his head while sighing:

"Why ban it?"

No one could answer this question. Pang Tong touched his chin and made a guess:

"The younger generation talked about Zhezong with regret, saying that he showed his martial arts outside and promoted reform inside."

"Huizong was neither brave nor persistent, so..."

Many people understood this, and Fa Zheng followed the guess and said:

"Is there something strange about Zhezong's early death?"

Pang Tong shook his head and said:

"It is probably unknown in the future, but from the fact that Zhezong was 25 years old and had no son to pass on the throne, I am afraid that his body..."

"No son, it really can't work."

Pang Tong's pretentious sigh made Kong Ming's breathing disordered for a while. Who doesn't know that he is sighing that he currently has only one daughter and one adopted son.

With just a glance at Pang Tong, Kong Ming said to himself:

"The nobles in the south had previously requested that Lord Xuande appoint a teacher to teach the Han family. Master Ju has received the true teachings of Shi Yuan, or..."

The master Ju was referring to Pang Tong's son Pang Hong, whose courtesy name was Master Ju.

Seeing Pang Tong's eyes suddenly widen, Kong Ming smiled, and then remembered the doubt that he had almost forgotten just now:

"Wait, Zhezong has no son, and Song Taizu also has no son?"

No one could answer this doubt, but some people's actions are often faster than their thoughts. At this time, everyone in Chang'an, Han Dynasty, saw a line of words swaying and floating on the light screen:

〖Li Shimin: Zhao Da, where is your son? 〗

Zhao Kuangyin in Bianliang City was speechless, so he turned his eyes to Zhao Guangyi kindly:

"Good brother, where is Rixin?"

Zhao Kuangyin's eldest son died young, and his second son Zhao Dezhao, whose courtesy name was Rixin.

Zhao Guangyi suddenly felt that the hall was airtight and quite stuffy.

Trying to forget what Guangmu had said before, "persecution of clan members", Zhao Guangyi said carefully:

"Your Majesty forgot? In the sixth year of Kaibao, my nephew Rixin was appointed as Xingyuan Yin and Shannan West Road Jiedushi, and is now in Hanzhong."

"Oh." Zhao Kuangyin patted his head as if he had just remembered this.

Then he stood up slowly in front of everyone, and calmly moved the chair behind Zhao Guangyi, just blocking Zhao Guangyi and the hall door.

"It was hot just now, so it's better to cool down here, Guangyi, don't worry about me."

Zhao Guangyi nodded heavily, indicating that your Majesty, where you want to go is up to you.

Li Shimin in Ganlu Hall stood in front with a pen. Seeing that there was no new text after a while, he shook his head regretfully, threw the pen aside and walked back slowly.

Empress Changsun rolled her eyes at her husband and said angrily:

"Your Majesty actually exposed people's shortcomings."

Li Shimin didn't care and said confidently:

"I am reminding him. After all, his brother is harboring evil intentions. I am an outsider who can see clearly."

Empress Changsun was surprised:

"There are not many people who talk about Zhao Er in later generations. How can he harbor evil intentions?"

Li Shimin was stuck for a moment, but he did not give up and insisted:

"I just know it."

Sun Simiao, who was closest to the emperor and empress, looked at Li Shimin meaningfully after hearing this, and then turned his head without commenting.

[However, the title of "Xiangshan Yelu" almost tells you that the book is "not authentic" in the title. It can be popular for a while, naturally not only because of the record of the royal palace.

This is to talk about the author of "Xiangshan Yelu" Monk Wenying.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, there was a Wuyue Kingdom in the Jiangnan region. The ruler was the Lin'an Qian family, who was very good at changing their attitude according to the situation.

He served mainly in the Later Jin, Later Han and Northern Song dynasties, and was considered a genuine slave of the Three Families. Therefore, he lived a pretty good life. At that time, the King of Wuyue, Qian Chu, was known as the King of Qiantang.

During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, Qian Chu's son Qian Weiyan married Ding Wei's daughter, and the two families became in-laws.

Ding Wei was the prime minister during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, but compared with his business ability, Ding Wei's skill in flattering and vying for favor was unique.

This funny guy once had a meal with Prime Minister Kou Zhun, and used the excuse that Kou Zhun's beard was stained with rice grains as an excuse to comb the old prime minister's beard. While combing, he praised Kou Zhun for his integrity as an official, just like this straight beard, leaving behind the allusion of "flattering".

However, this is far-fetched. In short, the Qian family and Ding Wei were a strong alliance, and they were considered a powerful family in the Northern Song Dynasty.

It should be noted that the monks in the Tang and Song dynasties were more like an identity. They did not necessarily need to eat, chant, and observe the precepts and rules. On the contrary, they could wander around the homes of nobles, generals, and wealthy merchants. In a sense, they were somewhat similar to the celebrities of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Monk Wenying was a famous monk in Qiantang in the early Northern Song Dynasty. As a result, he became the teacher of Qian Weiyan's two sons, and was eventually recommended to Ding Wei by Qian Weiyan. He got on the road to becoming a prime minister and successfully mixed into the "Beijing circle".

This identity added some authenticity to Wenying's "Xiangshan Yelu", which was also one of the important foundations for its widespread dissemination at that time.

This is just like when Kong Rong suddenly jumped out and said that Cao Cao stole Yuan Shao's concubine during the Three Kingdoms period.

There is a celebrity as a guarantee, and the news is explosive enough. And considering Cao Gong's character, it's not impossible, right?

With Monk Wenying first getting the first hit, the story surrounding the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty during the Song Dynasty also began to be improved.

During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, Cai Dun, a scholar of Zhilong Tuge, wrote "Kuizhou Zhibi", which also recorded the sound of the candle shadow and axe, and swore that the great fairy who told Zhao Da's fortune was actually the ancestor Chen Tuan. This is Version 1.0.

Chen Tuan's birth year cannot be verified. We only know that this Taoist leader in the early Song Dynasty claimed to be born in the twelfth year of Xiantong, Yizong of the Tang Dynasty. If calculated this way, he died of illness in 989 and lived about 118 years. Since they are just joking, let's do it first. Believe it or not.

Version 1.2 appeared during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty. The book "Yang Wengong Tan Yuan" stated that this great immortal was not Chen Tuan, but Zhang Shouzhen, the heavenly master of the Zhengyi Sect. The fortune-telling of Zhao Da was not just an empty talk but possessed by a god.

Let's not talk about possession by gods. According to official historical records, Zhang Shouzhen, a Taoist priest, died in 1176. Not to mention telling Zhao Kuangyin's fortune in his early years, there was a gap of 216 years between the founding year of the Northern Song Dynasty in 960, and the difference in time was even greater.

Later, there were more and more versions. When Shao Bo of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote "Shao's Hearing and Seeing Records", he included this incident and solemnly annotated that the incident was taken from "Taizong's Records", "National History·Dao Shizhi" and "Fu Ruizhi". The official history of the Ministry.

Later, when Li Tao compiled "Xu Zizhi Tongjian Changbian", he simply combined the two statements into one and officially upgraded it to 2.0.

The elements of inviting gods, fortune telling, candle shadows and ax sounds are all perfect.

Moreover, Wen Ying's earliest recorded words "do it well and do it well" were changed to "do it well", making it easier to understand and more imaginative. 】

"So is this true or false?"

After listening to the long list of book titles, Zhao Kuangyin was already a little dizzy.

He knew Qian Chu, whose nickname was Huzi, and he was quite well-behaved. Just like the attack on Li Yu at this time, Qian Huzi was very well-behaved as he was giving people and money and food.

However, when Jiangnan is pacified, this Qian family may really become the King of Qiantang. In this case, it still needs...

Wait, Zhao Kuangyin shook his head slightly and said, "What is the King of Qiantang?" The first question that needs to be solved is naturally, how did he die?

He doesn't quite believe that his younger brother can kill him, not because he believes in brotherly love, but because he clearly knows how much his younger brother weighs:

It can only be suppressed with one hand. Even if his brother holds an axe, he is confident of knocking it over with his bare hands.

So Zhao Kuangyin thought about it for a while and put his hope in Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu was a little confused for a moment, looked at the official's eyes and said thoughtfully:

"Judging from the fact that Monk Wenying was able to serve as a disciple of the prime minister, and that although there have been many changes by later generations, they have not been refuted, it may be true."

Then Zhao Pu saw that Zhao Guangyi, who was facing away from the official family on his left, had a sad look in his eyes, so Zhao Pu pondered for a moment and said:

"But after looking at these multiple reports, what the reporters said are all based on what Wen Ying said without any other solid evidence. Therefore, this statement is also suspected of being false."

Zhao Pu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhao Guangyi, and a look of gratitude appeared on his face.

This statement made Zhao Kuangyin frown completely.

He pulled out a newly found jade ax from his waist and knocked it on the chair, leading Song Guanjia to say dissatisfiedly:

"Is that a real work or a fake one?"

The grievances in Zhao Pu's heart almost overflowed, and then he almost felt blessed and said in his heart:

"The authenticity of this statement is still unknown, but Taoists like Chen Tuan must be suspected of deceiving the world by falsely claiming to have a long life."

Seeing that the official was really deep in thought and did not continue to ask questions, Zhao Pu also wiped his sweat and felt that the time passed so slowly.

"Could it be that these two emperors, brothers of the Northern Song Dynasty, were really brothers and sisters?"

Queen Changsun was able to sort out the relationship, but now that she knew there was no god in the sky, she became more distrustful of such so-called immortal records, so she felt that the relationship between brothers and sisters should be a good story.

Li Shimin snorted. Now he felt that the words "brother, friend, brother, brother and respectful" were particularly harsh, so he just asserted:

"There must be something fishy about Zhao Da's early death!"

If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't meet, he would have wanted to take Zhao Da for a drink.

When the emperor is inferior to him, his lifespan is inferior to him, and when brothers fight, they are inferior to him.

And now that I see future generations calling me "Zhao Da" one after another, it seems that my Erfeng is not too harsh.

Good man!

Du Ruhui thought of another thing:

"If you say so, then the three emperors of the Song Dynasty who died were not the descendants of Zhao Da?"

"I won the world, gave up my brothers, and ended up with the country being destroyed. I don't know how Zhao Da feels at this time."

Li Shimin heard this and immediately said:

"Don't you know if you just ask?"

Du Ruhui didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Thinking that His Majesty's previous questions had not been answered in the end, he still shook his head and said:

"Just wait until the curtain of light is over before you can comfort me."

Fang Xuanling felt very suspicious: Are you sure these are words of comfort?

On the other side, Pei Xingjian pestered his master with great interest and asked:

"Since there is no Qilin, can Master, like that great fairy, see how long I will live?"

Isn't this simple? Li Jing raised his head and thought about it, and said with certainty:

"Died of illness at the age of sixty-four."

Pei Xingjian was stunned for a moment, and his face fell:

"Master lied to me!"

Li Jing suddenly felt a little pain in his head and wanted to go to Dr. Sun to ask for some heat-clearing pills to relieve the pain.

In Han Chang'an, Kong Ming and Pang Tong looked at each other and almost sighed together:

"How can a book be written without research?"

"The younger generations wrote books and established their opinions, but they actually took this theory of gods and ghosts as their guide?"

In a sense, the two of them clearly saw the negative impact of the low price of paper.

All kinds of random remarks without verification are recorded in the book, resulting in uneven quality.

Jian Yong was quite disapproving and smiled and said:

“If we talk about worshiping the words of gods and ghosts as the standard, who can compare with the Book of Magic Jin?”

Kong Ming and Pang Tong were immediately speechless.

Jian Yong planned in his mind that he couldn't write the books that annotated the words of saints, but he could imitate the novels and compile the witty and witty words, right?

And I can also remember some incredible conjectures, such as what later generations said about the good wife of the Cao thief... Well, I just need to note that none of them are historical facts to avoid confusion for future generations.

Over there, Zhang Fei scratched his head in confusion:

"The three surnames...are they not slaves of the three surnames?"

[However, in the iterative upgrades of "Candle Shadow Ax Sound", Li Tao, who finally completed version 2.0, still maintained a basic skeptical attitude.

In the "Continuation of Zizhi Tongjian Changbian", he even made his own annotations and questioned this anecdote, such as the conflict between generations of versions, the fact that Zhao Guangyi's stay was beyond the standard, and the fact that Zhao Kuangyin was actually dead On the 21st, Da Xianer asserted that it was on the 20th, which did not match the time of the first edition.

The UP owner himself is more inclined to think that this matter may not be that complicated at first.

In the final analysis, Wen Ying was just a monk. After experiencing the extermination of Buddhism and the turmoil in the late Tang Dynasty, Buddhism itself was already in decline, and they urgently needed the legal support of the new dynasty.

It is a pity that Chai Rong is quite sober and has always had a hostile attitude towards Buddhism. Zhao Da usurped his country and inherited Buddhism, so Buddhism in the early Song Dynasty was quite helpless.

It was not until Zhenzong wanted to destroy Mount Tai, and in order to facilitate this trip, he began to promote the Book of Heaven, and incidentally supported Taoism, that the wary attitude towards religion in the early Song Dynasty was finally lifted. Monk Wenying was able to sneak into the prime minister's house, and he recorded the earliest version of Zhao The great fairy whom I encountered called myself "Zhen Wu", which was an ambiguous name between Buddhism and Taoism.

Later, whether it was changed to Chen Tuan or Zhang Shouzhen, it was essentially Buddhism and Taoism competing for the right to speak of the legal system. Judging from the result, Buddhism was completely defeated.

However, the sound of the candle shadow ax is not a complete rumor. What is worth pondering is the note at the end after Li Tao included this rumor:

"More details need to be investigated" was Li Tao's conclusion.

"It's important to take care of life. It's important that we can't record it in actual records or official history. It's okay," was Li Tao's lament.

Li Tao called the lack of historical data from Zhao Dashan's death to Zhao Er's accession to the throne "unrememberable", which confirmed that Zhao Er had fine-tuned the historical data.

Even so, judging from some remaining records in the history of the Song Dynasty, it is still difficult for Zhao Er to escape the suspicion of brother-killing. 】

Zhao Guangyi felt a flash of light on his back and sweat appeared on his forehead.

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