Chapter 94 National History
At the end of the test, the bell finally rang. As required before, the scholars blew the last ink marks and handed the test papers to the temple people. After everyone finished the papers, the bell rang again. The temple people picked up the test papers and went to the palace. The test papers would be marked there, and then handed over to the doctors and the civil servants to correct them. There were not many doctors who knew literacy, but there were many civil servants who were having a good meal in Yingdu. These people would finish the papers within two months, and then decide whether to accept them based on their scores and daily conduct.
When Xiong Jing returned to his sanity, Song Yu and Qu Sui were both there. The two of them took the draft of national history compiled to let Xiong Jing decide. Naturally, the historians were inseparable from the national history, so it was not three people who discussed it, but five people who discussed it together.
"I would like to say to the king: I think that the Chu people and the Zhou people were close friends, and helped Zhou attack Shang, but the Zhou emperor did not reward him. It was unfair." How to deal with the relationship with the Zhou people is the biggest problem in history books. Qu Sui was a prince's clan, so he naturally stood on the side of the Chu people. "There was no longer a disrespectful thing to confer the Chu people fifty miles away from him. King Zhao went on two southern tours to attack the Chu people, and it was the destiny of the Chu people. The ancestors of King Wen of the destroyed Deng and the Xi Nu, the book should be hidden, and there are also...
Even if he stands in the position of the public, Qu Sui can't say anything. Xiong Jing understands that it is a regicide. The Chu State has a tradition of regicide, especially the elder brother kills young nephews.
"What else?" Xiong Jing looked at him with a smile.
"Report to the king, it's gone." Qu Sui's Adam's apple shook and he finally swallowed up what he wanted to say.
"If you don't say me," Xiong Jing's smile became brighter. "The ancestor Yan took his brother Hong's position, the ancestor Wu King killed his nephew and seized the throne, the ancestor Cheng King killed his brother and seized the throne, and the ancestor Mu King killed his father..."
"King..." The king was a barbarian act. Qu Sui wanted to cover up and say it out in order to erase it in history books, but Xiong Jing said it out so nakedly. He felt that his heart seemed to explode, so he immediately bowed his head and bowed.
"These things are all recorded in "Jiaowu", so why should we hide them?" Xiong Jing said, and the left and right nodded repeatedly, but Xiong Jing said again: "Qu Qing is ashamed of this, but I am proud of it."
"Ah?!" The crowd stared at Xiong Jing, his mouth could almost be stuffed with goose eggs.
"Before the ancestor King Mu, the Chinese people called us the barbarians of Chu, but they fear our Chu; after the ancestor King Zhuang, the Chinese people praised us the Chu, but how many people were afraid of our Chu?" Xiong Jing asked. "Deng is extremely important. Deng Hou is the king of Deng, the king of Deng, and Cai, and Zheng are very close. If we do not kill Deng Hou and seize the country, how can our Chu expand northward? If the wife of Xihou is really beautiful, what's wrong with the ancestor King Wen? The stranger can only blame Xihou for not being able to defend his own woman."
Speaking of this, Xiong Jing laughed again. He suddenly remembered a famous saying, saying, "If you think about this kind of thing, you will feel excited."
"King?!" The crowd was stunned, and Mi Xuan's face behind him immediately turned red.
"I read "Jiaowu", and I felt that my Chu State had lost the heart to enter since his ancestor Zhuang. King Wu and King Wen were so happy. Later, I learned etiquette and law, and began to be restrained and could not do anything." Xiong Jing continued to express his opinion regardless of the change of everyone's expression. "There are also the nobles of Yingdu who learned the poems and songs of the Central Plains, but no longer had the courage of his ancestors.
What's wrong with killing a lord? I'm not killing Fu Chu because he kills a lord. The king of Chu must have a strong man in it. How could a sheep sit in the position of a wolf? A wolf leads a flock of sheep and can definitely beat a group of wolves led by a sheep..."
"King, if this is the case, the State of Chu will be in chaos." Song Yu used to rob the wife of Xi to be a child's word. Now when talking about regicide, he finally made an advice.
"It will be a turmoil because of disobedience, and disobedience is because of unfairness." Xiong Jing retorted. "From my time, if the eldest son is not brave, he will not be allowed to ascend the throne; or, the state affairs are all entrusted to the ruling prime minister, and the ruling prime minister is selected by the foreign court and removed by the foreign court. From then on, the king will not directly involve government affairs."
"King, what we are talking about today is the national history." The topic is getting farther and farther away. The Right Historian doesn't want the King to say too much about the future.
"Then let's discuss the history of the country." Xiong Jing turned around: "My thought is: As the Zhou Dynasty's capitation, no matter how it conceals it, the affairs of the ancestors are all ugly things. But if we do not as the Zhou Dynasty's capitation, but as the barbarians, these are good things. What's wrong with the ancestors' King Wen? Did he kill the Chu people? Or did he rob the Chu girl in his own right?"
"The king thinks that Chu is a barbarian?" Although I heard of it, it was the first time that Song Yu heard Xiong Jing talk about it directly.
"Of course, it's a barbarian, and you still have to be a poor barbarian." Xiong Jing Taixi. "I don't do a good barbarian, but I just learn some rituals and music, and even end up in such a situation."
"Why is the king proud of barbarians and not ashamed of barbarians?" Song Yu shook his head repeatedly after being stunned, unable to accept Xiong Jing's statement.
"I only see whoever is afraid of me when I am a barbarian, that is true respect; after learning rituals and music, I become timid and fearful of war like a tiger. Everyone talks about Chu and laughs at me in the Chu people." Xiong Jing said regretfully. He asked again: "Can the Grand Tutor know why this is?"
"The king was concise, I knew why." Song Yu was helpless. He might not have been able to understand the truths that Xiong Jing said, but he could not accept it as a civilized man who turned him back into a barbarian.
"Since the Taifu knows why, why do you object? The greatfu wants Chu State to be destroyed like Lu State?" Xiong Jing asked again. "The country is about to be destroyed. If the country is destroyed, I will not teach Chu people to be brave and brave, but instead teach Chu people to be ritual and music. Is this right?"
"However, the king wants the soldiers to be brave and trustworthy, but the barbarians have no faith." The Right Historian followed Xiong Jing during the war, so he brought up the letter.
"The Chu people do not deceive the Chu people, but why can't the Chu people deceive the Qin people?" Xiong Jing asked back.
"The diplomatic relations between all countries are based on faith." The right historical member was surprised.
"Did you see it?" Xiong Jing asked with a smile. The Right Shi was thinking about the current intrigues between the various countries, and immediately disappeared.
"The other is details, and the position is more important than everything else." Xiong Jing held his hand on the manuscript of the history of Chu. "The position of the State of Chu is the barbarians. The king of barbarians, the strong ones, naturally there will be monarchs from time to time. The people of Chu only believe in the people of Chu, so they can naturally kill the Duke of Deng to destroy the State of Deng. The ancestor Zhuang was deceived by the people of Zhou, and learned rituals and music, and practiced Zhou rituals. The State of Chu became mediocre, and the Wu army entered Ying.
The ancestor King Huai believed in the Youshis and Qin people of Wei, and was captured by the Qin people. He refused to cede land and finally died in Xianyang, which was a great shame for our Chu people. The ancestor King Xiang did not want to make progress, forgot the hatred of the previous king and took the daughter of Qin, which would be difficult for Yan and Ying. The father ascended the throne, was exhausted from the east, but he did not forget to restore Ying every day. However, the defeat was already completed, and he could only destroy Lu, and eventually died on the battlefield and did not humiliate his ancestors."
"What I said is correct?" After Xiong Jing said that, he looked at Song Yu and Zuo Shi. What he said was actually common sense.
"What the king said is true." These things are still the same, but from the perspective of barbarians, it is a history of heroes being deceived. The reason why the bad kings of Ling, Huai, and Xiang are not good is because they have learned the rituals and music of the Zhou people and forgot the virtues of their ancestors' bravery. Anyway, the blame is all for the Zhou people, and the Chu people have fallen into their trap.
"King, if this history comes out, the people of Lu must criticize it." Qu Sui fully agreed with Xiong Jing's perspective, but he took into account the people of Lu.
"Then don't publish books in the name of the court, but in the name of the private one." Xiong Jing said. "Is there anyone in the State of Chu who dislikes the Zhou rituals? All the whole country is a Confucian scholar?"
"Of course not." Qu Sui immediately denied it. The State of Chu did not advocate Confucianism. It was a habit of the scholars and nobles who studied the Book of Songs in Zhou Li and Ya Yan, which was the habit of King Zhuang of Chu after King Zhuang of Chu, rather than truly believing in Confucianism. "I understand."
"Since you are publishing a book in the name of a private person, the Qin and Chu hatred should be written more deeply. How did Zhang Yi deceive the ancestor Huai? If you imprison Huai, how would the ancestor Huai rather die than cede the land; and Bai Qi's identity disappeared, he was not the descendant of my Chu people's office, he was the descendant of the Qin people. During the war in Yan and Ying, the Qin people drowned hundreds of thousands of Chu people. Yes, they even **** the Chu girl, and they ate their meat after rape and killing..."
Xiong Jing said with gritted teeth. Before he finished speaking, he said, "King, there is no such thing! Bai Qi's troops are disciplined and have robbed the people of their wealth and massacred the people of Chu, and have never robbed the Chu women of their flesh."
"This is not a question of whether there is or not. It is a matter of position, do you understand?" Xiong Jing was very impatient when he was interrupted.
"I don't understand. How can I make up something that has not happened?" The Right Shi shook his head repeatedly.
"I said there is, it's there!" Xiong Jing scolded, "You don't want to compile this book? I'll compile it! The Qin people killed the Chu people, and they abducted their wives and daughters, and then killed them. After the killing, they were roasted and eaten by the fire. I pity my Chu girl, who was raped by the Qin people in the day. Yin was roasted at night. Bai Qi also liked to eat the brains of young girls the most. He marched and fought, and used countless brains, so he had to use the brains of a boy or a girl..."
"Why should you do this, the king?" Qu Sui, who supported Xiong Jing the most, couldn't stand it anymore.
"Why not?" Xiong Jing was a little angry. "I haven't said that the Qin people inserted the wooden stick into Chu's lower body and cut off their breasts."
"The king is so swaying, why is Zi Jing so much?" Song Yu brushed his sleeves, and his eyes were full of blame and regret when he looked at Xiong Jing.
"I..." Xiong Jing was speechless. He stood up and bowed to Song Yu, saying, "Xiong Jing has been taught. I just want to inspire hatred from the people of Chu. Only hatred can arouse the murderous intention of the people of Chu."
"Zi Jing is afraid of death?" Song Yu asked. Seeing Xiong Jing shook his head, he said again: "If you are not afraid of death, why should you slander the Qin people with a villain? Zilu died of a pedantic slander, although he was a pedantic slander. Zi Jing used the slander of the Qin people with a villain. So what if he wins?"
"Indeed, people cannot bite dogs, they can only slaughter dogs." The matter of Yiyi has been coiling around Xiong Jing's heart. Whenever he thinks of him, he grits his teeth with hatred, even regardless of his identity as a king, he arranges some disgusting jokes that he doesn't want to hear.
Chapter completed!