First Minister of Ming Dynasty

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Zhang Ximeng took over the task of rebuilding the history of the Song Dynasty as he wished.

This has also become the first important mission since the official operation of Menxia Province.

Zhang Ximeng brewed for three days, and then called several key officials from the province to come over.

Song Lian and Liu Ji all came naturally. In addition, Gong Bosui participated in the history of Tuo Tuo Xiu and was invited too... He was a bit prominent among this group of people.

Liu Ji couldn't help laughing and said, "To be able to make history twice and span two dynasties, Gongzhen is the only one from ancient times!"

Gong Bo was stunned, and suddenly smiled bitterly: "Mr. Bowen is joking, I participated in the revision before, Song history, Liao history, Jin history, now Song history has been abolished, I don't know whether Liao history and Jin history are also required. Abolish?"

Gong Bosui said again: "The Yuan court was absurd. At the beginning of the country's establishment, the old customs of the grasslands were used to govern the country. Later, the imperial examination was held to select scholars and become officials in the dynasty. Later, when he became a minister, he thought of cultivating history, which is also an explanation for the three dynasties. However, due to the rush of time, when I was compiling history, I had no time to scrutinize it carefully. Most of the time, I could only copy the historical materials of the previous dynasty.

Instead, Liu Ji smiled and said, "It's not necessarily right for you to say that. Although it's not well done, it still retains a lot of real things. If you revise history with your heart and wantonly distort and tamper with it, future generations will be affected, but it will cause difficulties. "

Gong Bosui smiled bitterly, "Mr. Bowen has extraordinary knowledge. What should we do, we still have to listen to Zhang Xiang's wishes."

The big guy set his eyes on Zhang Ximeng.

But don't just look at these few people's work. Under Zhang Ximeng, there are a lot of Lingshi, and there are as many as 20 people in charge of writing.

In order to build history, the number of people is still increasing wildly.

Since in order to review officials and in charge of evaluation, you must be professional!

Therefore, Menxia Province theoretically aims to gather talents from all over the world.

There are those who understand writing, those who understand laws, those who understand mathematics, those who know astronomy and geography, and those who are familiar with military affairs... After all, only in this way can they cover everything.

With the current scale of Menxia Province, it can be regarded as worthy of the specifications of the top yamen, otherwise why should it compete with Zhongshu Province?

Now that so many capable people are gathered together, they are all listening to Zhang Ximeng's orders. The feeling of commanding the world and taking charge of the world comes naturally.

But these mundane things are nothing to Zhang Ximeng at all.

He just pondered a little, and then said to the big guy: "The history of the past dynasties was all the conclusion of the previous dynasty. In Daming, if this rule is followed, the history of the Yuan should be firstly cultivated, or even the history of the Song that the Yuan Dynasty cultivated should be recognized. In the end, we wanted to overthrow Song Shi and start repairing from Song Shi, do you understand the intention?"

This time, Song Lian immediately said: "Zhang Xiang has said more than once that the Zhao and Song Dynasty was the juncture of China's prosperity and decline. If I don't revise the history of the Song Dynasty, I can't figure out the root cause of the rise and fall of China. If we can't do this, we have to do it."

Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "That's it, so the first thing I want to say is that in cultivating history, it is natural to write straight and write the truth of the past. But the historical materials are complicated, and the same thing can be recorded by different people and have different conclusions. In our history, we must have opinions and standpoints. That is to say, when dealing with historical materials, we must have opinions and make choices. I don’t want the big guys to tamper with the historical materials and talk nonsense, but I also ask the big guys to understand a little bit. How to establish a country and how to rejuvenate China... This question should always be placed in our hearts, so we can read the history of Zhao Song and cultivate our historiography. Do you understand what I mean?"

Everyone was terrified. Zhang Ximeng said it straightforward enough. If he didn't understand it, he would be a fool.

A dynasty, after hundreds of years, people and things are as numerous as the hair of a cow, like beads, scattered over time.

The person who cultivates history is to pick out the beads one by one and wear them into a string.

This is a great test of the skill and ingenuity of those who practice history.

If you have to choose the Song Dynasty to use its troops abroad, how to win, and then choose how well the Song Dynasty weapons are developed, and then choose to write about the generals and compile them into biographies, and then write about how much the Song Dynasty invested in food, goods, weapons, etc., and take 70% of the finances. Raising soldiers…

Written here, there is not a single false statement, and a wrong historical data is not quoted... But the people who cultivate the history definitely have bad intentions. Because anyone who sees this will subconsciously feel that the Song Dynasty is a strong country with iron and blood, and there is no disadvantage in using foreign troops.

But that's certainly not the case.

And this is the great thing about cultivating history. Under certain circumstances, it can unknowingly influence people's thoughts.

Zhang Ximeng has only one requirement for revising the history. After reading this volume of Song History, you should be able to understand roughly why Zhao Song declined, why China is not as good as before, why there is the shame of Jingkang and the hatred of Yashan.

Obviously, the off-the-beaten-track Song Shi obviously couldn't do this.

Even if Zhang Ximeng couldn't grasp the history of this time, he would make a joke about himself.

"This time, in addition to the official revision of history, we also need to revise some popular reading materials, students' reading books. We need to clearly write the framework of thousands of years of history and tell our young students."

Zhang Ximeng glanced at Song Lian, "Have the Hanlin Academy been busy with this matter for a long time?"

Song Lian smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest with Zhang Xiang, I have prepared for a long time, and even published several editions. But the effect is not very good."

"why?"

"The main thing is not to take the imperial examination." Song Lian said honestly: "We now have business, law, and martial arts, but there is no special history... Zhang Xiang, do you want to invite Your Majesty to add another history?"

Zhang Ximeng raised his brows, "Forget it, don't add it alone... For our country, history should be a basic subject. In all future exams, history will be added. As a compulsory course, even martial arts is no exception."

After Zhang Ximeng finished speaking, Liu Bowen immediately patted his hands and praised, "I agree with Zhang Xiang's proposal. History is also an easy subject to learn. As long as you are interested, you can get enough historical materials, and you have the right mind and work hard, you can achieve something. Achievement. You don't need any famous historians, the world is famous."

Song Lian coughed lightly: "Brother Bowen, what you said is a bit over the top. Isn't our Prime Minister Zhang not a famous historian, and the world's most famous scholar? How can we look at the rise and fall of thousands of years, we still need to rely on Zhang Xiang's big money!"

Liu Bowen glared at Song Lian, don't you understand what I mean? I mean that we don't need those old Confucians to control history, right and wrong, merit and demerit, all these must be in our hands!

Zhang Ximeng waved his hand, but did not let the two of them fight, but pondered: "After all, in the final analysis, this time is not only a history cultivation, but also an education for the common people. And a proper history education can lay the foundation for hundreds of years in my great Ming Dynasty. The foundation of the year must not be sloppy!"

When everyone heard this, they were shocked again. Zhang Ximeng raised Xiu Shi to such a level. Is it nonsense?

Obviously not.

History is collective memory, and collective memory is the best criterion for distinguishing between you and me.

What is Huaxia and what is Yidi?

Why is it that when barbarians enter Huaxia, China becomes China, and when barbarians leave China, barbarians become barbarians!

It is not blood, but the education, the language used, the words written, the common memory engraved in the head, the consistent rules of doing things, and the mode of thinking that influence the relationship between people.

A village, a county, maybe you can talk about blood, and the family is naturally cordial.

But when the population scale reaches tens of millions or even more, the same historical memory becomes precious.

This is also what Zhang Ximeng, Liu Bowen, Tang He and others have mentioned repeatedly.

It is also the reason why Zhang Ximeng said to write history.

And this time, they are real, they are going to fall on black and white... Once the history books are repaired, right and wrong are clear, right and wrong are clear.

There are pros and cons, right and wrong, people who study history, who should learn from, and what kind of values ​​should be established, needless to say.

And with a solid identity, a strong cohesion.

This is absolutely enough to ensure the unshakable strength of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years.

When Zhang Ximeng said this, everyone naturally understood it and was very emotional.

"The importance of historical writing is unusual. After the big guy goes back, he will think for a while, and then he will officially start work."

The big guys agreed immediately and went down to prepare.

And just in the past few days, Qian Tang came from Peiping.

After seeing Zhang Ximeng, he immediately saluted and said, "Zhang Xiang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent a lower official to Beijing, and the matter of the merit camp is handed over to Duke Yue Guogong."

Zhang Ximeng was stunned, "Prince Yue? Can he be busy?"

"Should be able to be busy. He has someone on secondment from Changlu Salt Field."

"Who?"

"Jiang Ke!"

Zhang Ximeng's brows twitched again and again, but he didn't say anything. Hu Dahai really knew people with discernment.

"Since that's the case, you have solid knowledge, let's study history together!" Zhang Ximeng nodded in agreement.

Qian Tang said again, "Zhang Xiang, in fact, I would like to recommend someone else."

"Who?"

"This person's great-grandfather was an official in the Song Dynasty, and he once joined the Diligent King's army of Prime Minister Wen as a staff member. His father was admitted to the Yuan Ting Juren. His own talent is ten times that of an official."

Zhang Ximeng thought for a while, and said, "Since it is the Qin King's army who has participated in Prime Minister Wen's army, it is worth recruiting. What is this person's name?"

"My name is Wu Bozong!"

Zhang Ximeng frowned slightly, "Why do I seem to have heard of it."

"That's right, he was in the Yingtian Township Exam, and he just passed the Jie Yuan exam!" Qian Tang said, "I wonder if Zhang Xiang can be promoted exceptionally!"

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "Our province is the most disciplined place, and we can't just break the rules... Well, let him report to the Hanlin Academy first and be a reviewer. Then we'll be seconded from the Hanlin Academy, and it'll be fine."

Qian Tang quickly agreed, "Thank you Zhang Xiang. Actually, Wu Bozong admired Zhang Xiang's knowledge for a long time and wanted to follow him."

Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "To study history together, to get along day and night, and to put business first."

Qian Tang agreed again and hurried off.

Soon it was time for the official start of construction. Among all the officials who were cultivating history, in addition to Zhang Ximeng, Song Lian, Qian Tang and others, there was also an old man in his 80s.

This person's name is Bao Xun.

Song Lian has a very good relationship with this old man, and especially recommended him to Zhang Ximeng.

Bao Xun also smiled and said, "I have heard about Zhang Xiang's name for a long time. In the past, the old man passed the Yuan Ting Township Exam, but never entered the official position. Later, he passed the Jinshi examination, and the Yuan Ting called me into the Hanlin, but I never entered the official position. Now Zhang Xiang is a historian. , the old man only asks to study ink to serve, but also to Zhang Xiang's approval!"

Zhang Ximeng laughed loudly, "I'm about to gather talents from all over the world to make history books!"

While he was talking, suddenly Guo Ying came, and he was carrying a scroll of imperial edict.

"Zhang Xiang, Your Majesty has given me a golden pen. I invite you all to cultivate history and educate the common people!"

Hearing the golden pen being rewarded, all except Zhang Ximeng widened their eyes, where is it?