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[Popular Science Short Video Collection Series 8. ]

[Nine, Short Video: Why didn't the usurper kill all the historians and write his own history books? ]

[Why didn't the emperors or powerful officials in ancient times write their own history books to cover up the scandals after killing the historians? ]

[For example, the Sima family. ]

[This is because many of the historians in ancient times followed a spirit that the king's actions must be recorded. ]

[Your Majesty, as long as you do this, I, as a historian, must record this matter intact in the history books. ]

[Even if the king wants to kill me, I have to do this. ]

[So most of the historians before the Tang and Song dynasties recorded history with this spirit of writing truthfully. ]

[There is such a classic story in Zuo Zhuan. 】

[During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a minister of Qi State named Cui Zhu. 】

[There was something unknown about his wife and Qi State's monarch, King Zhuang of Qi. 】

[After Cui Zhu realized that his head had turned into the Ordos grassland, he planned to kill his monarch, Duke Zhuang of Qi. 】

[The power of Qi State fell into Cui Zhu's hands. 】

[Although Cui Zhu had obtained the power of Qi State, he was particularly afraid that the history books would leave him with the bad reputation of regicide when recording himself. 】

[So, he found the historian Tai Shi Bo who was in charge of recording in Qi State at that time. 】

[Cui Zhu told Tai Shi Bo that you can't write it as it is, otherwise I will send you to meet Duke Zhuang of Qi! 】

【As a result, Tai Shi Bo turned around and wrote in the history book: Cui Zhu killed his king. 】

【Cui Zhu saw that this old guy was really stubborn! 】

【He killed Tai Shi Bo immediately. 】

【What to do after Tai Shi Bo died? 】

【In the Spring and Autumn Period, historians were inherited by the family. 】

【So, Cui Zhu found Tai Shi Bo's younger brother Tai Shi Zhong and asked him to replace his brother's work of recording history books. 】

【In order to make Tai Shi Zhong surrender, Cui Zhu deliberately brought him to the body of his brother Tai Shi Bo. 】

【Tell him that if you don't listen to me, your brother will end up like you! 】

【As a result, Tai Shi Zhong took the pen and still wrote down the fact that Cui Zhu killed the king. 】

【After Cui Zhu saw it, he killed his second brother Tai Shi Zhong. 】

【Then the third son of the Taishi family was found. 】

【Under various threats and inducements, the third son of the Taishi family still wrote down the fact that Cui Zhu killed the king in the history book. 】

【Then we can imagine the fate of the third son. 】

【Until the fourth brother Taishi Ji. 】

【Cui Zhu finally couldn't hold it anymore. He thought, you Taishi family can write whatever you want. 】

【I understand, even if I kill your whole family. 】

【You Taishi family can'twill yield. 】

【So it is the spirit of the historians to write truthfully that allows us to see many true histories today. 】

【In other words, even if Cui Zhu killed the entire family of Taishi at that time. 】

【Other historians would also record truthfully. 】

【At that time, after hearing about the experience of the Taishi brothers, Nanshi was ready to replace the Taishi brothers and continue to write truthfully. 】

【As a result, on the way to his death, he heard that Cui Zhu had changed his mind. 】

【Nanshi changed his route and went home. 】

【So these historians who were not afraid of power and did not care about life and death, with their truthful writing, let us see the true history of later generations. 】

[...]

"Cui Zhu's killing of historians is more famous than his killing of his emperor'"

"Thanks to these upright historians, the truth was preserved."

"If they dare to kill all the historians, they will know how wild the unofficial history is! The official history records: Sima Zhao killed the emperor in the street, and the unofficial history records: Sima Zhao wanted to have sex with the emperor in the street, but the emperor refused, Zhao wanted to force it, and the emperor collapsed and died."

"Hahaha, Sima Zhao is furious, you are slandering me!"

"......"

The ancients admired the historians for writing truthfully and not fearing life and death.

Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng was very touched by the quality of historians in the Warring States Period.

After all, it was the closest in time.

Those historians did not hesitate to sacrifice their lives to record the true historical facts.

Of course, the historians did this for a purpose.

The greatest honor for any historian is to be killed by the emperor or a powerful official while writing history books.

This way, they will be remembered forever.

Western Jin Dynasty.

When Sima Zhao saw this scene, he was so angry that his teeth itched.

"These damn historians! They are like stones in the toilet, smelly and hard!"

"Let them change history, they would rather die than obey." (To read the violent novels, go to Fulu Novel Network!)

Speaking of this, he was helpless.

After all, we can't kill all the historians. If there is no official history, then unofficial history will have a chance to come to the fore.

When that time comes, I don't know how unofficial folk history will be.

【Later, everyone realized that being a historian is really a high-risk profession. 】[]

【If the emperor gets a little jealous one day, these honest historians may be punished. 】

【Then there came a rule to protect the historians, which said "the emperor is not allowed to read history himself." 】

【That is to say, the emperor himself cannot read the contemporary history recorded by the historians. 】

【There are two main types of historians in ancient times. 】

【One is the daily record official. 】

【Mainly responsible for recording the words and deeds of the emperor himself. 】

【Another type is the embassy historian who records court affairs. 】

【According to the regulations, thisThe emperor himself could not read what the two types of historians recorded. 】

[This can protect the historians and record history fairly. 】

[To ensure that the kings and officials of later generations can observe the real historical events and find more historical experience to urge the dynasty to develop better. 】

[So whether it is the emperor or the powerful minister, they often cannot see what the historians wrote. 】

[Of course, there are also kings who do not follow the rules. 】

[The most famous one is Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin. 】

[The official who recorded Li Shimin's daily notes at that time was Chu Suiliang. 】

[Li Shimin was very curious. Chu Suiliang wrote and recorded every day. What did he write about me, Li Shimin? 】

[So, he asked Chu Suiliang for the daily notes. 】

【Chu Suiliang said: I have never heard of any king who would personally look through his own daily records. This is not in accordance with the ancient system and the rules. There is no need to look at it. 】

【Li Shimin said again: What if I do something wrong, do you Chu Suiliang have to record it? 】

【Chu Suiliang immediately replied: This is my duty. I will record everything you do truthfully. 】

【This is all at once. 】

【Li Shimin was completely unable to sit still. 】

【The ministers beside him quickly tried to smooth things over with Chu Suiliang, saying that Your Majesty, you don’t have to worry. 】

【As the saying goes, no one is perfect. The moon is sometimes missing a corner. Even if he doesn’t record it truthfully, people in the world will remember these things in their hearts. 】

【As soon as these words came out. 】

【Li Shimin gave up the idea of ​​reading the daily records. 】

【The daily records after the Song Dynasty can be said to have completely changed. 】

【It was common for emperors to read the daily records and the records in later generations. 】

【In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di even changed the records of Zhu Yuanzhang's Taizu (Qian). 】

【...】

Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin curled his lips.

"I just want to read the daily records, but I can't?"

As an emperor, he was most afraid of things he couldn't control, which naturally included the content recorded by the historians.

Because he was afraid that something bad would be secretly recorded by the historians.

He always felt that he was at the back of the sword and was uncomfortable.

But after watching this video, Li Shimin completely gave up the idea of ​​watching the daily records.

If he didn't watch it, he would still have a good reputation. If he watched it, it would inevitably make future generations suspect that the content had been tampered with.

Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very upset at this moment.

The fourth brother actually dared to change the Yuan Dynasty of Taizu Shilu!

"You are so brave, the fourth brother!"

Zhu Yuanzhang shouted angrily, and pretended to beat the Yan Wang Zhu Di who was not far away with his slippers. .