Chapter 3 Meeting the Dean by chance

Carefully putting away the dagger, Jiang Qi left the dormitory. It was originally a difficult task to find such scrap information in history books, but Jiang Qi is now famous in historical circles across the country.

University, not to mention, New Ming History itself is considered a popular research direction, and popularity means that almost all papers on various entry points in this direction have been written.

Therefore, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be the kind of seniors who intend to find a new way, tearing apart all these scraps, crushing them, interpreting and researching them, just for a paper.

Never underestimate a student's perseverance towards graduation.

Jiang Qi started searching all the way to the library, and soon found his target.

"A summary of the life of the famous Jurchen general Dorgon, author. Li Tong?"

Jiang Qi looked at the thesis title in front of him and couldn't help smacking his lips. Unexpectedly, he also caught a big fish, which turned out to be the thesis of his own dean.

It seems that New Ming History is indeed popular.

Thinking like this, Jiang Qi began to read this paper. Originally he only needed to see the final fate of Dorgon, but Jiang Qi started from the beginning and read the first Jurchen warrior bit by bit.

He had a hunch that if he wanted to solve the strange things in his life, it might not be as simple as finding Dorgon's tomb and inserting a knife into it.

Consider him your opponent!

With this kind of half-hearted idea, Jiang Qi looked at it very seriously.

I have to say that this is indeed a great paper. It is well-written and has a clear narrative. In addition, this paper is not technical at all. In just one hour, Jiang Qi finished reading it.

All in all, this Dorgon was a typical grassland general, but he was rarely brave and strategic. Li Tong gave high evaluations in terms of personal force and command of troops in battle.

What Jiang Qi wanted to find was the fate of Dorgon and the location of his tomb, which were also explained in detail in the paper.

In Kyoto, the specific location is in the tomb garden of Emperor Ming Zhu Cixi!

It was not enough for Zhu Cixiang to simply let the sorcerer open the altar to protect his soul forever. He even buried Dorgon's ashes in his own mausoleum. In this way, even after Zhu Cixiang died, no future emperor would dare to do so.

Dorgon overturned the verdict because it meant offending Zhu Cixiang's peace of mind!

In the era when the country was governed by filial piety, no one would dare to do this.

This shows how much Zhu Cihong hated Dorgon and didn't even give him a chance to stand up!

"call"

After reading the paper, Jiang Qi let out a breath and rubbed his eyebrows in embarrassment. The place was found, but how to get there and when to get there became new problems.

Jiangbei is not close to Kyoto, with the Yangtze River in between. What's more, Jiang Qi, as a new student, would not be able to apply for a long leave without a valid reason.

Jiang Qi estimated that this trip might not last for a week.

But the question is, how should we go?

It's definitely not possible to ask for leave directly, you have to think of other ways.

But for a while, Jiang Qi couldn't think of any good solution. It was noon, so he turned around and walked towards the cafeteria.

After all, the world is big and the food is the biggest.

When Jiang Qi arrived at the cafeteria, he saw someone who surprised him.

"Teacher Li?"

Jiang Qi called out to the little old man in Mao suit in front of him, who was none other than Li Tong, the dean of his history department.

"Hmm? Come for dinner?"

Li Tong turned around and saw Jiang Qi, nodded to him and asked with a smile.

Generally speaking, as the dean, no matter how friendly Lao Li is, he would not bother to say hello to all the students. However, Jiang Qi is the top scholar in liberal arts, so he still gets this preferential treatment.

"Let's have some together, teacher's treat."

With that said, Li Tong walked into the cafeteria with his hands behind his back, and Jiang Qi followed suit, wondering whether to ask for leave directly from the dean.

After entering the cafeteria, Jiang Qi naturally did not have the eyesight to ask the dean to prepare the meal himself. After asking the dean about his taboos, he went to the window to line up.

Li Tongxin enjoyed the filial piety of his students with peace of mind. When Jiang Qi came back and saw the paper he had tucked away, he nodded with satisfaction.

It wasn't until Jiang Qi put the paper on the table and saw the title and author of the paper that Li Tong became even more satisfied.

"Are you interested in Dorgon?"

Jiang Qi was stunned when he heard this and said: "I am mainly interested in Zhu Cixiang and want to understand why the master of ZTE has such a unique attitude towards Dorgon."

Li Tong said with a smile: "For this point, the most mainstream theory in the historians is that Dorgon once caused too many obstacles during the Northern Expedition in the three years of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Zhu Cihong's move should be to vent his anger, and also

To deter the grasslands.”

"Is it possible that it has something to do with someone?"

After Jiang Qi heard this, he spoke softly and asked tentatively.

"oh?"

Hearing this, Li Tong waved his hand and said, "Tell me what you think."

He is very happy to see his students have unique viewpoints. Even if the viewpoint is shocking or whimsical, it is still better than being a yes-man.

"Is it possible that Dorgon killed someone very important to Zhu Cixiang, and Zhu Cixiang's punishment of Dorgon was also revenge?"

Jiang Qi picked up the disposable chopsticks, broke them open and handed them to Li Tong opposite.

Li Tong listened to Jiang Qi's words and closed his eyes slightly. He tapped the plate with the chopsticks in his hand. After a while, he raised his head and said, "It's not impossible."

Just listen to this famous scholar in the contemporary history circle continue to say: "There is a record in the actual records that the Emperor Zhengwu often drank outside the Taiji Hall in his later years, maybe in memory of him."

"However, there are no more records in official history. Maybe you can look for unofficial history."

Li Tong smiled and gave his opinion. Jiang Qi's point of view was somewhat logically unreasonable. You must know that the Jurchens were only repelled at that time, not destroyed. They were still a force that cannot be underestimated on the grassland.

Would Zhu Cixiang, the master of ZTE who single-handedly extended the life of the Ming Dynasty for three hundred years, really treat Dorgon so cruelly just to vent his anger on someone and avenge him?

You know, this is likely to make all the tribes on the grassland die in despair, or anger the remaining Jurchen tribes on the grassland. It is likely to be another war.

This doesn't seem like something a brilliant emperor would do.

However, Li Tong did not object to Jiang Qi's views, but instead gave suggestions.

History is all about bold assumptions and rigorous verification. Anyway, Jiang Qi was just a freshman, so he had plenty of time to make trial and error.

Taking a step back, what if Jiang Qi really found the evidence?

"Thank you teacher for your guidance."

Jiang Qi smiled and nodded, but he was a little confused. A doubt kept in his mind.

Why is there no record in the history books about the owner of the dagger, whom Zhu Cixi called his wise brother?

Even if there is no special relationship with the emperor, a commander is still considered a senior general and is qualified to be recorded in history books.

But no matter how hard Jiang Qi searched, he couldn't find the name "Jiang Qubing". He just deliberately raised the topic, but even Li Tong, the Ming Dynasty historian, didn't respond.

What was the reason why this young general who had a close relationship with the emperor was missing from the annals of history?

"Eat first, don't think about it, don't be in a hurry."

Li Tong's voice interrupted Jiang Qi's thoughts. Seeing Jiang Qi mechanically put rice into his mouth, he knew that this kid didn't listen.

Seeing Jiang Qi like this, Li Tong thought for a while and said, "Go to my office after eating. I have something to ask you."

"It has something to do with Ming Wuling."

Jiang Qi raised his head suddenly.

Wuling Mausoleum of Ming Dynasty is Zhu Cixiang’s mausoleum!
Chapter completed!