Chapter Ninety-Four: A History of the State
In the middle of the day, the bell for the end of the exam finally rang. As previously requested, the scholars blew the final ink and handed the test papers to the temple people. After everyone has handed in the papers, the bell rings again, and the temple people pick up the test papers and go to the palace, where the test papers will be named, and then handed over to the doctors and scribes for correction. There are not many literate doctors, but there are many scribes who eat dry food, and these people will finish the papers within two months, and then decide whether to admit them based on their grades and daily conduct.
When Xiong Jing returned to bed, Song Yu and Qu Sui were there, and the two of them took the compiled draft of the national history to let Xiong Jing decide. The history of the country is naturally indispensable to the historians, so it is not discussed by three people, but by five people.
"Tell the king: The minister thinks that the Chu people are related to the Zhou people, and they help the Zhou to cut down the merchants, and they are meritorious but Zhou Tianzi is not rewarded, which is really unfair." How to deal with the relationship with the Zhou people is the biggest problem in the history books, and Qu Sui is a prince, so he naturally stands on the side of the Chu people. "After that, it is disrespectful to seal my Chu people with a viscount of fifty li; King Zhao made two southern tours to defeat the Chu people, and it was the mandate of heaven for the Chu people to kill him. The matter of King Wen of the first monarch destroying Deng, and the matter of Xinu, should be hidden in the book, and there is ......"
There are some words that Qu Sui can't say even if he stands in the position of the clan. If he can't say anything, Xiong Jing understands, it is a murderer. The Chu State had a tradition of killing kings, especially the eldest brother killing his young nephew.
"What else?" Xiong Jing looked at him with a slight smile.
"Tell the king, it's gone." Qu Sui's throat trembled, and the words he had to say were finally swallowed again.
"If you don't say I'll do it." Xiong Jing's smile became brighter and brighter. "The first monarch extended the throne of his brother Hong, the first monarch Wu Wang killed his nephew to seize the throne, the first monarch Cheng Wang killed his brother to seize the throne, and the first monarch Mu Wang killed his father......"
"The King...!" Killing the monarch is a barbarian act, Qu Sui wanted to hide it and say it, in order to erase it from the history books, but Xiong Jing said it so nakedly, he felt that his heart seemed to burst, and he immediately bowed his head.
"These things are recorded in the "Han Zhu", why hide them?" Xiong Jing nodded again and again, not wanting Xiong Jing to say again: "Qu Qing is ashamed of this, and I am proud of it." ”
"Huh?!" A dry man stared at Xiong Jing, his mouth almost stuffed into a goose egg.
"Before the first monarch King Mu, the people of China called me a barbarian of Chu, but they were afraid of my Chu country; After the first king of Zhuang, the people of China praised my Chu country, but how many people were afraid of my Chu country? Xiong Jing asked. Deng State is extremely important, Deng Guojun Deng Hou has a very close relationship with Cai State and Zheng State, and if he does not kill Deng Hou and seize the country, how can my Chu State expand to the north? If the lady who is waiting for her is really beautiful and moving, why not grab it from King Wen first? You can only blame the woman who can't keep herself. ”
Speaking of this, Xiong Jing smiled again, and he suddenly remembered a famous saying, saying: "This kind of thing, I feel excited when I think about it." ”
"The King?!" The people were all dumbfounded, and the little face behind them immediately turned red.
"I watched "梼杌", and I only felt that my Chu State had lost the heart to enter since the first monarch and queen. King Wu and King Wen opened and closed vertically and horizontally, how fast. After that, he learned the etiquette and began to tie his hands and feet, and he couldn't do anything. Xiong Jing continued to express his opinion regardless of everyone's color change. There are also the nobles of Yingdu, who have learned the poetry and songs of the Central Plains, and no longer have the courage of their ancestors.
What's wrong with killing kings? I didn't kill him because he killed the king. The king of Chu must be strong, how can he let a sheep sit in the position of a wolf? A wolf leading a flock of sheep will surely be able to defeat a flock of wolves led by a sheep......"
"Great King, if this is the case, the country of Chu will be in chaos." Song Yu's words before snatching Mrs. Qi were regarded as children's words, but now when it comes to killing the king, he finally speaks to admonish.
"It will be chaotic because of disobedience, and disobedience because it is unfair." Xiong Jing retorted. "From me onwards, if the firstborn is not valiant in his martial arts, he will not be allowed to ascend to the throne; Or, state affairs are entrusted to Ling Yin, and Ling Yin is elected by the foreign dynasty and dismissed by the foreign dynasty. From then on, the king was not directly involved in government affairs. ”
"My lord, what we are discussing today is the history of the country." The topic is getting farther and farther away, and Right Shi doesn't want the king to say too much about things in the future.
"Then discuss the history of the country." Xiong Jing said: "My idea is: with the identity of the Zhou Dynasty, no matter how you hide it, the things of the ancestors are ugly, but if you don't use the identity of the Zhou Dynasty as a feudal country, but as a barbarian, these are all good things." What was wrong with what King Wen did before? Did he kill the Chu people? Or did Ming rob Chu Nu? ”
"The king thinks that the state of Chu is a barbarian?" Although he had heard about it, Song Yu heard Xiong Jing talk about it directly for the first time.
"Of course it's a barbarian, and it's a poor barbarian." Xiong Jing Taixi. "I don't do a good barbarian, but I just learn some etiquette and music, so that I end up in such a situation."
"Why is the king proud of barbarism, and not ashamed of barbarianism?" Song Yu shook his head again and again after being sluggish, unable to accept Xiong Jing's statement.
"I only see that when I am a barbarian, who says who is afraid, that is true respect; After learning etiquette, he became submissive and fearful of war, and everyone laughed at me when they talked about Chu State. Xiong Jing said regretfully. He asked again, "Do you know why this is?" ”
"The king is smart, and he knows why in his heart." Song Yu was helpless. He may not be able to ignore the truths that Xiong Jing said, but he can't accept it at all if he makes a civilized person turn back into a barbarian.
"Taifu knows why, but why is he against it? Does the master want the Chu State to be destroyed like the Lu State? Xiong Jing asked again. The country is about to die, don't teach the Chu people to be brave, but teach the Chu people to be courteous, is this right? ”
"However, the king wants his soldiers to be brave and faithful, but the barbarians are untrustworthy." Right History has been following Xiong Jing during the Great War, so he brought up the letter.
"Chu people don't bully Chu people, but why can't Chu people bully Qin people?" Xiong Jing asked rhetorically.
"The diplomatic relations of all countries are based on faith." Right Shi sighed.
"Did you see that?" Xiong Jing asked with a smile. Right Shi thought of the current deceitful of all countries, and immediately lost his voice.
"National history, everything else is details, and the position is more important than everything." Xiong Jing held his hand on the manuscript of the history of Chu. "The position of the state of Chu is barbarianism. The king of barbarians, the strong live in it, and naturally there are king-killing things from time to time. The Chu people only believe in the Chu people, so they can naturally kill Deng Hou and destroy the Deng Kingdom. The first king Zhuang was deceived by the Zhou people, learned etiquette and music, and learned Zhou etiquette, and the state of Chu fell into mediocrity, and Wu Shi entered Ying.
King Huai of the first monarch was captured by the Qin people because of his belief in the Wei travelers and the Qin people, and refused to cede the land and finally visited Xianyang, which was a great shame for my Chu people. The first king of Xiang did not want to forge ahead, forgot the hatred of the first king and took the daughter of the Qin State, it should be difficult for Yan Ying. When his father ascended the throne, he was tired in the east, but he did not forget to recover day by day, but the defeat was completed, and he could only destroy Lu, and finally fell on the battlefield, not dishonoring his ancestors. ”
"Am I right?" After Xiong Jing finished speaking, he looked at Song Yu and Zuo Shi, what he said was actually common sense.
"The king's words are correct." Things are still these things, but from the perspective of barbarians, it is completely a history of heroes being deceived. The reason why these bad kings such as King Ling, King Huai, and King Xiang are not good is because they learned the etiquette and music of the Zhou people and forgot the virtues of the ancestors' bravery.
"King, if this history is published, the Lu people will attack it." Qu Sui completely agreed with Xiong Jing's angle, but he took care of the Lu people.
"Then don't publish the book in the name of the official of the imperial court, but in the name of a private person." Xiong Jing Road. "Could it be that there is no one in my Chu State who does not like Zhou Li? The whole country is Confucianism? ”
"Of course not." Qu Sui immediately denied it. The state of Chu did not advocate Confucianism, and scholars and nobles studied the poetry of Zhou Li Yayan and poetry, which was the habit of King Chu Zhuang after that, rather than true belief in Confucianism. "I understand."
"Since the book is published in the name of a private person, Qin Chu's enmity should be written deeper. how Zhang Yi deceived the first king and the king, if he imprisoned the king, how the first king would rather die than cut the land; Also, Bai Qi's identity is hidden, he is not my Chu people's office, he is the Qin doctor, during the Yan Ying War, the Qin people drowned hundreds of thousands of Chu people, yes, they also ***** Chu women, and after raping and killing, they still eat their flesh......"
Xiong Jing gritted his teeth and said, and before he finished speaking, he said: "King, there is no such thing!" Bai Qi's department is strictly disciplined, although he robbed the people's property and slaughtered the Chu people, he never raped the Chu women to eat their flesh. ”
"It's not a question of having or not, it's a matter of position, you know?" Xiong Jing was impatient when he interrupted.
"I don't understand. How can something that has not been made up is made up? Right Shi shook his head again and again.
"I said yes, yes!" Xiong Jing scolded, "Don't you want to make up this book?" I'll make it up! The Qin people killed the Chu people, kidnapped their wives and daughters, and killed them after rape. After killing, go to the fire, and bake a light meal. Pity my Chu girl, she was raped by the Qin people during the day, but she was roasted at night. Bai Qi also likes to eat the brains of young girls, he marches and fights, and uses countless brains, and it is necessary to make up for it with the brains of boys and girls......"
"Why should the king be like this?" Qu Sui, who supported Xiong Jing the most, couldn't listen to it anymore.
"Why not?" Xiong Jing was a little angry. "I haven't said that the Qin people inserted wooden sticks into the lower bodies of Chu women and cut off their breasts."
"The king is swinging, why is Zijing here." Song Yu flicked his sleeves, and his eyes were full of blame and regret.
"I ......" Xiong Jing was speechless, he stood up and waved at Song Yu, and said, "Xiong Jing has been taught." I just want to arouse the hatred of the Chu people, and only hatred can arouse the killing intent of the Chu people. ”
"Zijing is afraid of death?" Song Yu asked. Seeing Xiong Jing shaking his head, he said again: "Even if you are not afraid of death, why slander the Qin people with the act of a villain?" Zilu died of a knot, although pedantic, but a gentleman. Zijing slandered the Qin people with the act of a villain, what if he won? ”
"Definitely. Man cannot bite a dog, only a dog. The matter of Yiyi has always been coiled in Xiong Jing's heart, and every time he thinks of him, he grits his teeth with hatred, so much so that he disregards the identity of the king and makes up some disgusting jokes that he doesn't want to hear.
"The history of the country is compiled in the words of the king, how the Qin army and the Qin people are, should be based on the facts, and should not be fabricated and slandered." Song Yu finally said.