If you don’t ask, you won’t know. If you ask, you will be shocked.
A history of the Tang Dynasty has been delayed for seven or eight years.
Counting the time, when the Bai Song Dynasty traveled to this world, the imperial court had already begun to urge the compilation of the history of the Tang Dynasty.
However, the most important period in the development of Tang history, the framework of the Xuanwumen Incident has always been an unresolved matter.
As early as six or seven years ago, it was the time when the Xuanwumen incident was the most fermented and discussed among the people.
Not long after Li Shimin ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to suppress public discussion. Along with the high-pressure policy, the simultaneous method was to compile the history of the Tang Dynasty as quickly as possible to guide public opinion in a direction favorable to Li Shimin.
As a result, Li Shimin had done all the difficult work, but he was stuck on a seemingly simple thing for several years.
Historiographers had an attitude that transcended life and death in their attitude towards historical texts, and the officials and writers responsible for compiling the history of the Tang Dynasty changed batch after batch.
Either they are firmly opposed and refuse to cooperate, or they make various excuses and delay indefinitely.
I heard that Li Zhan, the king of Shu, was transferred from the secret edict department to persuade the literati to cooperate.
As a result, instead of persuading the historians, Li Zhan was moved by the historians' persistence and cooperated with the historians to fool Li Shimin for six years.
Not long ago, the issue of Tang history was finally exposed, and Li Shimin lost his patience. When he learned that Li Zhan and the historian had deceived him, he killed Li Zhan in a rage, and also executed all the people related to the case. The homes of those involved in the case were confiscated.
There is no exception.
Bai Song was so shocked when he heard Li Zhan's story that he couldn't speak.
The people in the secret edict said that Li Zhan died of old age, but they did not expect that he was executed on the order of the emperor.
In Bai Song's heart, Li Zhan was just an amiable old man. Although he was in charge of the Secret Imperial Examination Division, he had the image of a good old man at heart. He was not suitable for managing the Secret Imperial Examination Division at all, but he was definitely an old man worthy of Bai Song's respect.
This was the emperor's uncle. He didn't even think about the slightest affection when a person was about to die. He would kill him whenever he wanted. Even if he didn't kill him, his body wouldn't have two years left to live. Even for such a person, Li Shimin couldn't bear it.
No more?
Now, Bai Song suddenly realized that no wonder when he met Li Zhan in Youzhou in his early years, the old man was particularly interested in the Three Kingdoms and often asked about the true history of the Three Kingdoms. It turned out that he was responsible for compiling the history of the Tang Dynasty, and he visited the world to understand.
The unofficial history is probably to avoid Li Shimin's various questioning.
Bai Song thought this was just a casual chat, but he didn't expect that he would feel heavy after hearing the story.
What he cares about is not the historical text, but his current situation.
Behind the seemingly beautiful scenery, there are countless knives on his neck.
One day in the future, Li Shimin may do the same to him as he did to Li Zhan.
When the time comes, all this scenery will disappear and everything will become a passing cloud.
In the past, Bai Song didn't care about this at all. He firmly believed that even if he couldn't defeat the emperor, he could go far away and live in seclusion in the mountains and forests.
But now, Bai Song found that he was too deeply involved with the entire world. Although he was getting stronger and stronger, especially in terms of personal combat power, he was no longer afraid of anyone, but he was involved in too many things and exposed his weaknesses.
There will be more.
This cannot be changed by personal power. Those people or things that are involved with you may become your own obstacles at any time.
The only way to completely eliminate future threats is to oust Li Shimin and replace him.
Bai Song felt that as long as he had enough determination, it would not be impossible.
But Bai Song could not be the emperor after all, because he could not be as ruthless as Li Shimin, and could not extend the knife to his relatives without hesitation.
That's why Bai Song fell into deep worry and couldn't extricate himself.
While Bai Song was deep in thought, a small sob came from his side.
Yuying cried at some point. Tian Ruoyun whispered calmly on the side and asked something in a low voice.
Bai Song asked: "Why are you crying?"
Tian Ruoyun replied anxiously: "I don't know either, and she won't tell me if I ask her."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yuying suddenly knelt down in front of Bai Song: "If you are really a big shot in the court, please avenge these people who died tragically. My father and my family were also implicated in this matter. They were all executed, and only
I was sold into slavery alone... wu wu wu..."
"Is your family also implicated in this?"
Bai Song was a little confused because he was surrounded by people related to Tang history.
"My father is a historian outside the imperial court. He travels around the world to collect historical documents from various places. Sometimes when he sees his father drunk, he will talk to himself and say that the historical documents collected by traveling around the world are of no use. He also says that the historical documents in the hands of their historians are useless.
The pen is no longer controlled by history."
"That's it." Tian Ruoyun suddenly said.
Then when she saw Yuying crying, she rubbed her eyes and begged: "Ms. sir, I know you are a good official. You are just a vicious person on the surface, but in fact you are a person with a sense of justice. Please help Sister Yuying redress her injustice. They are all
Unjustly accused.”
"Redress of grievances? Who should I go to to redress grievances? To the emperor?" Bai Song rolled his eyes, "This matter is the emperor's will. To redress grievances is tantamount to treason!"
One sentence brought them back to reality.
Yes, it is the emperor who wants to rewrite history, and redressing grievances is tantamount to going against the emperor.
The two women also lost their momentum in an instant, and they were confused and didn't know what to say.
Everyone in the venue was depressed and the atmosphere was very depressing.
Seeing this situation, Bai Song was helpless.
He is not a saint, and he will not break his stable and prosperous life in pursuit of justice in the hearts of scholars. Now as long as he listens to the emperor's orders, he is a popular drinker, walking sideways wherever he goes in the Tang Dynasty.
The old gentleman's family has prepared a thank-you banquet, and someone has already come to say that he can eat.
The middle-aged head of the family also came to invite. Everyone recovered from their sad emotions. When they were about to eat, the door was suddenly opened by scholars from outside, and a group of scholars swarmed in.
The scholars all turned red in the face, holding back their anger, and started shouting loudly when they came in.
"I asked how this old man dares to come back. It turns out he has the support of someone from the imperial court!"
"This old immortal has completely surrendered to the imperial court! He only speaks for the imperial court and only for money. He is no longer the great Confucian he was before!"
"To sacrifice one's own disciples for the sake of family wealth is simply a shame to us Hangzhou literati!"
"Bah! This family dares to get out of Hangzhou City!"
"Yes, get out of Hangzhou City!"
The group of people was so loud that the middle-aged head of the family was stunned. He looked at Bai Song and asked: "Sir, are you from the imperial court?"
After Bai Song hesitated for a moment, he saw that the expression of the middle-aged family leader gradually became colder, and he no longer had the previous enthusiasm.
Then I heard a maid screaming: "The old lady jumped into the well!"
