There was no such thing as classics, history, and collections of classics in the Han Dynasty, but it is undoubtedly confirmed that classics are more important than historical studies. Classics is a well-deserved first-class knowledge, while historical studies are not enough to discuss. Sima Qian and his "Records of the Grand Historian" were famous in later generations, but in the Han Dynasty, it was nothing more than that. Wang Yun denounced it as a slander of books, which was not personal anger, but the consensus of most scholars in this era.

China is known for its long history and established historians very early, but history mainly records the words and deeds of the monarchs. The so-called "Left Historian" records the words and the Right Historian records the events. Even the later Twenty-Four Historians were mainly kings, princes, generals and ministers. Liang Qichao called it a record of the flow. Although it was suspected of being harsh, it also hit the nail on the head. The purpose of history is to provide reference for the emperor, and by the way, discredit opponents and prove their legitimacy. What is the truth is actually not important. When necessary, the truth can even be distorted, so Hu Shi said that history is a little girl who can dress up. It is hard to say whether this sentence is his original intention, but it is so popular, which means that everyone agrees with this view.

Sun Ce is not a major in history, but he hates it deeply. The significance of history is record and reference. If the historical materials from the beginning are fake, there is naturally no record, and there is no reference. He hopes that scholars can face reality and study with a realistic attitude, and eliminate those obviously forged records as much as possible from the beginning of historical materials.

When he met Wang Can, Xie Cheng and others, he focused on this point and took Li Ru's "Personal Experience of the Ji Si Disaster" as an example, hoping that the historical books they wrote could withstand the test. Of course, it is impossible for later generations to experience the history of previous lives, but they need to have rigorous logic and a cautious attitude. There is one point of evidence and one point of words. Those who should have doubts can be ignored, but they cannot be used at will.

Before Sun Ce finished speaking, Lu Cui praised it very much. "What the king said is actually the sage's wooden bell, which has opened up a generation of style. Learning the law and family law have been a disaster for a long time. In order to seek one's own selfishness, the bad habit of tampering with classics must be eliminated. This is not the case. Scholars follow the old days and dare not be the first in the world unless they are the king."

Wang Can, Xie Cheng and others curled their lips at the same time, not even looking at Lu Cui.

Sun Ce looked at Lu Cui's passionate face and wondered secretly, why did Cai Yong accept such a person as his disciple? This person has a low character, is stubborn, is profit-oriented, and can only be a dog forever, and cannot become a real person. However, his younger brother Lu Zhao is a general in the personal guard camp. Now it is time to need a good dog, so he is at the right time.

"Wen Mok, when did you come to Xiangyang?"

Seeing Sun Ce smiling, Lu Cui felt a big stone in his heart. He had been away from Yecheng for a long time, and had been in Xiangyang for half a year, but he had never dared to see Sun Ce. "Since he left Yecheng in October of the previous year, he has been traveling in the Central Plains and gaining knowledge. He came to Xiangyang in early July this year to ask Master Cai for help."

Sun Ce nodded slightly. October of the previous year was when he took Liaodong and Taishici defeated the Xianbei in the Eastern Region. "Why leave Yecheng?"

Lu Cui smiled bitterly. "The king doesn't know that the Jizhou family has gained power and excluded the people of the Central Plains. Even the Ruying clan cannot protect themselves. I, a Chenliu person, cannot gain a foothold. I want to repay the envoy Yuan to know the kindness of the encounter but cannot, so I have to take care of myself. I heard that Master Cai was speaking in Xiangyang, so I came to re-list in the door wall to receive my career, thinking about returning home in the future, giving me a few children to support myself, which is not in vain to Master Cai's teachings."

Sun Ce didn't say anything else. He didn't believe that Lu Cui would be alone and support himself, but there was no need to say it out loud. He said a few more words to Wang Can and Xie Cheng.

History books say that Wang Can looks ugly, but Sun Ce thinks it is not that serious. At most, he can only be considered mediocre in appearance. Han people value color and are standard face control. It is very important to have a good face regardless of gender. Wang Can was originally quite decent, but it would look ugly if he stood among a group of handsome guys. He himself cared about this, and his reaction was often too extreme, and his temperament was a little impatient.

But he was really talented, especially his memory. When he learned that Sun Ce asked them to talk about Wang Mang, he simply memorized Wang Mang's passage. Not only did he memorize the biography in "Book of Han", but he also memorized the relevant historical materials. In front of Sun Ce, he talked freely, listing the historical events of Wang Mang from birth to death, supplemented with relevant evidence, which is simply a chronicle of Wang Mang.

Sun Ce had a feeling that if Wang Can hadn't been ugly, he would have been Cai Yong's son-in-law. He was so similar to Cai Yong, especially with his strong memory. No wonder Cai Yong gave him half of his collection of books.

After listening to Wang Can's oral chronicle of Wang Mang, Sun Ce noticed a problem. The resistance Wang Mang encountered was very limited before and after the ascension of the throne, almost all of them were Liu's royal family, and did not cause any real trouble to him, including Liu Yan, Liu Xiu and other powerful men in Nanyang. The Red Eyebrow Army was the Red Eyebrow Army. A major event happened before the rise of the Red Eyebrow Army: the Yellow River was changed to the third year after Wang Mang officially ascended the throne.

It cannot be said that Wang Mang is not wrong, nor can it say that the Red Eyebrow Army is the only force, but the blow to Wang Mang by the Yellow River breaking was fatal. This was not only a major economic loss—the Yellow River breaking destroyed Jizhou and Qingxu, but it was very unfavorable to Wang Mang in public opinion. Even because Wang Mang himself was severely injured—the broken Yellow River breaking was definitely not a symbol of destiny, and Wang Mang came to power by relying on destiny. Before this, floods had occurred in Shandong many times, and Wang Mang used this as a reason to prove that the destiny of the Han Dynasty had ended and the Xin Dynasty should be established. As a result, his Xin Dynasty had just been established a few years ago, and the Yellow River broke the route, which undoubtedly slapped him in the face.

Compared with other rebellions, the famine caused by the Yellow River breach created millions of hunger people, and these hungry people formed the Red Eyebrow Army. The Red Eyebrow Army had no organization or command of famous generals. They were just driven by hunger and traveled westward, like locusts passing through the border, and were invincible. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the Central Plains region was still a well-deserved economic center, and the impact of the Yellow River breach was extraordinary. Even now, Sun Ce was in the Jiangnan region, the economy of the Central Plains was still large. If the Yellow River was redirected again, he would be in tears and would not be able to relieve himself for at least ten years.

However, in the "Book of Han", the Yellow River diversion was intentionally or unintentionally downplayed, and the reason for the Yellow River diversion was not unexpectedly attributed to Wang Mang's reversal and his crimes were brought to heaven.

Sun Ce felt more and more that it was necessary to rewrite the history of Xinmang and restore the truth at that time as much as possible.

As Cai Yan said, Xie Cheng is still young, only fourteen years old this year. I don’t know if it is late or malnutrition, but he looks very thin. He didn’t say much and sat quietly aside. Sun Ce didn’t ask much. The Xie family and the Sun family have a lot of connections. Xie Xianying was sent to Chang'an Prison by him. Xie Xianying and Sun Quan’s marriage has been in trouble again. I don’t know what the situation is.

After the reception, Sun Ce kept Xie Cheng and asked about the situation of the Xie family. Xie Cheng knew that this was a good opportunity and did not dare to neglect it. He said in detail two points: one was that his father Xie Ying had been released, but he did not dare to go back to Jiangdong; the other was that his sister Xie Xianying was already nineteen years old and had not yet gotten married. The Xie family didn't know what Sun Quan meant, and other families were unwilling to take the initiative to cause trouble, and it was delayed after a while.

To be honest, Sun Ce had forgotten the Xie family. The Xie family was never his target. He was also a little surprised to learn about the situation of the Xie family. He immediately made arrangements and asked Xie Yan to report to the General's Mansion to assist Yang Xiu in doing things. As for Xie Xianying's marriage, he also had a good arrangement. Yuan Yao was not young, so it was suitable for Xie Xianying. When he talked to Yuan Quan, Yuan Quan was worried about Sun Quan, and Sun Ce sneered.

"You don't have to worry about him. He was already confused by the Hu girl. How could he remember Xie Xianying? You send a letter to your uncle and uncle and arrange for Boyang and Xie Xianying to meet. If they can get a talk, the matter will be decided. If Zhongmou had any objection, he would come to me. He wanted to marry him at the beginning, but when the other person agreed, he regretted it. Now that he has delayed the other person for so long, is there any reason?"

Yuan Quan was also amused and laughed. She knew the conflict between Sun Ce and Sun Quan very clearly, and she couldn't say who was responsible for it. However, she also felt that it was not very likely that Sun Quan would marry Xie Xianying again, and Yuan Yao was suitable. The family background of the Xie family was not a problem. As for Xie Xianying's appearance, she knew it would not be too bad. She also heard Feng Wan and Huang Yueying say that even if it was not a stunning appearance, it was a middle-class person, and it was enough to match Yuan Yao.

When Xie Cheng heard about Sun Ce’s arrangement, he cried happily and was very grateful. The shadow on the Xie family’s head finally disappeared. He immediately gave Sun Ce the contact information of Xie Yan in Chang'an. Sun Ce arranged someone to notify Yang Xiu and asked him to make Xie Yan an official. The General’s Mansion in Chang'an is an empty shell, with only Yang Xiu, and it’s better to have one more Xie Yan help. Xie Yan was originally a follower of Yuan Shao, but now being rebelled is also a sign.

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Wang Can sorted out historical materials, Sun Ce determined the compilation policy, and the compilation of Xinmang History kicked off. Although Xinmang only had fifteen years, there were many problems and could not be written in a day or two. Sun Ce decided to walk on two legs. One was to follow the formal method of compilation of historical periods, with Cai Yong as the main method, Wang Can, Xie Cheng and others as the auxiliary, take it slowly and work hard; the other was to solve the urgent problem in front of him, and Lu Cui wrote critical articles on Ni Heng's articles.

I have to say that Lu Cui is really a good dog, and he bites people ruthlessly and accurately. He ignored Ni Heng, but pointed directly at Kong Rong behind Ni Heng. He said that after Kong Rong became a saint, he had close contacts with party members at the beginning. When he was a child, he came to Li Yinglongmen. Later, when the party and corruption incident broke out, Zhang Jian went to the door and stopped. Kong Rong once took in Zhang Jian. He was a standard party member. His later career experience was also a model of party members. When he was a Situ, he was ordered to be a greedy person. He favored party members and only selected eunuchs' children, but ignored the children of party members. Later, he served as the prime minister of Beihai, and acted as a blessing, and was killed and seized. It was all in his thoughts, and there was no law in the court.
Chapter completed!