Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1616 History Museum
The revision of "Tongguang Quanshu" has already begun, and Shao Shude paid attention to and guided the whole process.

The first batch of selected books are the collections of Chang'an and Taiyuan.

In the early Tang Dynasty, palaces were built in Chang'an, the western capital, Luoyang, the eastern capital, and Taiyuan, the northern capital, to collect archives and books.

After the Anshi Rebellion, most of the books collected in Luoyang were lost.After the rebellion of Huang Chao and Qin Zongquan, almost everything was lost.

Some books in Chang'an collection are lost.

Relatively speaking, Taiyuan Book Collection suffered the least loss.

After the founding of Daxia, they began to errata, proofread, and copy books in Chang'an and Taiyuan, in order to realize the collection of books in Luoyang—the first job of the "five elders" was to go to Chang'an to copy books.

Later, Zhao Kuangning, Wang Shifan, Xie Yanzhang and others presented more than [-] volumes of books and copied them again.

The other descendants followed suit, thinking that this would win the favor of the saint, and dedicated many books at once.

Although warriors don't like to collect books very much, and many of the books presented are defective, it is undeniable that they still greatly enriched the imperial court's treasury.

After mutual confirmation, errata, and proofreading, many books were completed, and then each copied a part and sent them to Sijing for collection.

It can be said that the relevant work started more than ten years ago. Not only was a new transcript stored in Luoyang, but there were also proofread transcripts in Beijing, Nanjing, and Xijing.

But these books are far from enough for Shao Shude's appetite.

What he wants to compile is an encyclopedia. Although not every book is eligible to be selected, the larger the base, the better.

For now, the fastest progress in "Tongguang Quanshu" is still in the classics and history books.

This kind of book has a large amount of printing and many private collections, so it is not easy to be completely lost. After errata and proofreading, it can be included in "Tongguang Quanshu" as part of the catalogue.

It is worth mentioning that when collecting books, not only the original ones are included, but many derivative versions are also collected as appendices below the original ones.

For example, scriptures have annotations, and these are collected.

History books have a category of historical reviews, and if the level is high enough, they are also collected—Shao ​​Shude’s comments on "Historical Records", "Han Shu", "Dongguan Han Ji", "Later Han Shu" and so on are included in it with a straight face.

Of course, not only the history books that existed before, but also the history books compiled by Guochao will be included in "Tongguang Quanshu" after completion.In addition to the "Book of Tang", which is still being compiled, as official history, records (history books of the separatist regime) will also be included——

On this day, Shao Shude came to the Xijing History Museum under the jurisdiction of Zhongshu Province to inspect the progress of the compilation of chronicles.

"Records of the Bohai Kingdom", "Khitan Khan Chronicles", "Uyghur Spring and Autumn", "Nanzhao Records (Changhe Attached)", "Karasha Experience"...

"Have all the books and files from these places been brought back?" Shao Shude asked after flipping through them casually.

"Your Majesty, all the books have been shipped back." Standing in front of him was the official historian Wei, who said that the guests of the former prince were sent to the Xijing History Museum because of their repeated slander, and were hated by the empress. To be honest, this ending is good.

"Are there many books in Nanzhao?" Shao Shude asked.

"Not many." Wei said: "Nanzhao has no written language, and those who are proficient in Chinese are inherent, but most of them are high officials in the court, so they don't have much time to compile history. The ministers and others found some recorded questions of the monarchs and ministers, and compiled them. I wrote this "Nanzhao Veritable Records."

"What about Khitan and Bohai?"

"There are fewer Khitans. There are only some things written in Uyghur and Chinese in a godly way. They are inconsistent and full of mistakes. I read them several times, reasoned and confirmed them, and wrote some. Later, I visited the Khitan descendants and recorded them. There is an old legend in the family, and after corrections, it is designated as "Khitan Khan Chronicles". It can only go to this level."

Shao Shude understood.

It is the limit of what can be done to complete the lineage, birth and death years, children's situation, and what he did during his reign of the Khitan khans.It is also fortunate that the time in the past is not long, and many things have not had time to disappear in the long river of history, so I can write more.

If I come back to do this a hundred years later, I'm afraid I can only write a thin volume.

"The Uyghur situation is similar. They recorded some by themselves. They used Turkic language in the early years, and later used Uighur language, but they heard a lot of them. Moreover, their calendar is different from that of the Central Plains. There are many exaggerated and praising words in the records, which do not conform to the national standard. The principle of compiling the history of the court, so part of it was removed.” Wei said continued: “In the end, we can only compile the deeds of Khan and Kedun in the past dynasties. We also selected some Uighur celebrities and major events over the years to enter, and after the book was completed, it was named "" Uighur Spring and Autumn Annals."

"There are few books in Shule. After the Uighurs moved to the west, there is no habit of recording. The former ministers and others directly used the "Kalasha Experience Record" written by Liu Qu, a living roomer."

Liu Qu is so empty?Shao Shude's head was full of question marks.While compiling the daily life record, actually found time to write the "Kalasha Experience Record"?
Wei said that he carefully looked at Shao Shude's face, saw that he was silent, and added: "The History Museum has sent people to the west to visit the elders in Shule, trying to add some content." Wei said again.

"Yes." Shao Shude agreed, and said again: "All the original materials collected from various places are proofread and copied, and sent to Sijing for safekeeping and not to be leaked. These compiled books shall prevail."

Although taking away all kinds of books from them is tantamount to breaking the roots of civilization.But to be honest, it didn't thrive at all, and it might not hold up. "Tongguang Quanshu" helps other countries to correct and correct historical records. For them, it is actually a great thing. At least later generations can understand the past of their ancestors through these few words. Many histories of Nanzhao were written by Tang people. "Southern Man" came to understand.

"I obey the decree." After listening to the request of the saint, Wei made it clear and immediately responded.

"Celebrity anecdotes and biographies, who is in charge?" Shao Shude picked up another "Biography of Talented Women of Tang Dynasty" and asked.

"Your Majesty, this is compiled by the minister." The former prince Zhan Shi and the current historian Cui Xie immediately stepped forward and said.

Like Wei Shuo, he offended the queen and was in a situation of distribution.

"This book is... interesting." Shao Shude said expressionlessly.

The Feng sisters are mentioned in the book.It is said that their husbands all died in the chaos of the nest, and their family wealth was empty, so they could not be buried.At that time, the sage led an army to kill the thieves and returned victorious. He met two daughters on his way, and they knelt down on the ground and asked her.

The Feng sisters said in unison: "I am weak and cannot take revenge. You have killed tens of thousands of thieves, and the world admires you. You sincerely sent me a second coffin to be buried in my hometown. Please be a gentleman."

"The emperor hired her. Xuan said no, so I asked myself to be my concubine."

Shao Shude thought to himself that Chunqiu's brushwork is amazing, and he wondered how many things in history have been fooled by such embellishments.

Da Feng was considered half-forced, Xiao Feng was raped by him, her husband was not dead at that time, but in the history books, it was written like this...

It also mentioned Zhao Yu, the empress of Ming Xian.

At that time, the world was in chaos, and the people had to change their sons to eat. Seeing this situation, Zhao Yu wept repeatedly and couldn't help himself.

Husband He Gongya wanted to follow the bandits to make trouble, and his white wife Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu angrily reprimanded that "rebels bully the sky and harm the people, which is not blessed by God", and he does not want to "become a thief with himself".

Gong Ya was furious, slammed the door and left.

Zhao Yu was familiar with the art of looking at Qi, and when he saw the canopy on the top of the emperor like a cloud, he knew the true destiny of the Son of Heaven, and he told the prince to follow the thief.

The emperor killed Gongya, relieved the people in the upside down, and wanted to hire Zhao Yu.

Yu said: "Will I marry again? I would rather not be a servant."

God forbid, please.

Yu said: "Please treat the people kindly in the future."

God swears to God.

Zhao Yu asked to serve as a concubine, and returned with the emperor.

After Shao Shude finished reading, the expression on his face couldn't hold back anymore.These images are majestic and upright, are they writing history?

"I know that your majesty is upright and fearless. However, since ancient times, he has been taboo. The names of Empress Zhao, Concubine Feng Shu, and Feng Zhaoyi..." Cui Xie said cautiously.

"Well, let's do this first..." Shao Shude said vaguely: "Next year, send people to the Yili River Valley and Suiye to reedit the "Feng Wu Zhi" and "Geographic History" there."

"Yes." Cui Xie responded.

In addition to official history, recorded records, and biographies, there are also miscellaneous notes and local chronicles, which will be included if they can be included.If there are none, they have to be edited by this dynasty, such as those about the Western Regions.

Shao Shude had received the news before.

When he left Gaochang, Fu Cunshen, Yang Liang, and Shao Siwu sent troops for the second time to attack Persia.

The Persians were also unlucky.

Last year, heavy troops chased after Shao Shude, but they failed to catch up. The only result was that they drove away Shao Shude, incorporated the Turkic and Yangmo tribes, and regained the lost ground.

The Persian army stayed until the first month of this year before leaving, and went back to counter the rebellion.

If you don't suppress the rebellion, you will die!Last year, troops were drawn out to recover the lost ground. In the first place, they made compromises with rebel officials, generals and even the enemy country, and there were endless hidden dangers.The war in the east has come to an end, so it is natural to rush back to the west to eliminate future troubles forever.

As a result, when the battle was raging, the Oghuz suddenly went south in April and plundered all parts of Persia.

The Persians were furious, but also helpless.It's all the fault of that "Xude Shai Khan", who set an example for the nomadic tribes and inspired their courage. Now all cats and dogs want to bite Persia.

So he divided his troops and attacked the tribes of Oguz.

In May and June, the three groups of troops under Daxia attacked again and plundered Persia.

The North Road Fu Cun Examination Department played quite smoothly.

They besieged Talas.When the Persian army came to help, Xia Luqi smashed the front and killed more than [-] people in the battle. The power shocked Talas, and the enemy was defeated.

The army besieged January, broke the city, and took all his people away.

In the direction of Suiye, Shao Siwu gathered more than [-] cavalry, attacked near Shashi, beheaded [-] in a few months, and plundered all directions, gaining a lot.

Yang Liang led the army of Khotan and Shule to attack Bahana, and once again plundered a large amount of grain, cattle and sheep, gold and silver, women and children and returned.

At the end of July, he encountered more than [-] elite main forces led by the Grand Vizier Jayhani of Persia.The two sides fought several consecutive battles between Turmgan and Hajistan, and each had a win or loss.

At the end of August, Xia Jun gradually withdrew from Rahana, and the Persians rose up to pursue them.

Yang Liang personally led the army to cut off, defeated the culprits and beheaded more than [-] levels.The Persians were terrified and did not dare to pursue them.

In the battle, Yang Liang charged very bravely, was hit by several arrows, and almost died.

The soldiers wept bitterly, and Yang Liang scolded angrily: "Come back quickly! Don't let Persia have the merit of killing my general."

Fortunately, after returning to Shule, Yang Liang recovered miraculously.

Xu Shi realized the disadvantages of multi-line warfare, and the Persians sent envoys to Shule to discuss peace.

Yang Liang didn't dare to be good at it, so he sent someone to escort the envoy to Chang'an, and he should have just reached Yanqi by now.

Shao Shude is quite satisfied with the war in the west.

The Persians are currently in a strategic dilemma.There is no national strength, but it cannot be exerted.This year they obviously gave up on the north, and the prime minister personally led the army to attack Yang Liang's side. As a result, one hundred thousand people faced more than [-] Xia soldiers, but they still couldn't win the battle, and even suffered a little loss. The loss should not be light.

But Persia has not been weakened to a certain extent, and they cannot be freed up to deal with the internal rebellion-they have probably dealt with part of the internal rebellion from last winter to the end of today's spring-after next summer, they have to continue Come on, keep grabbing.

Shao Shude left after looking at the "Song (Music) Xiangguo Anthology Collection", "Emperor Xia Brave Generals" and "Guanbei Gaoshi Biography" that were in the state of editing in the History Museum.

If you are good at martial arts, you will be able to improve your literary skills.

For a long time to come, his energy will be focused on this aspect.

(End of this chapter)