The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 86 Descendants of Emperor Shun
Flipping through the sets of books on the table, Chen Jingke also had to admire the ancient craftsmen.

In just two or three months, I have mastered the woodblock printing technique proficiently, and the printed books are neat, clean and tidy.

These books are all works of the printing house under the name of the Ministry of Industry, mainly the Nine Classics and "Plague and Pests".

Although Buddhism and Taoism were strong in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Confucianism could only rank third, but Confucianism was still used to govern the country.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty used the Ming Jing Department to select scholars, and the Tang Dynasty inherited the Sui system, and stipulated that the Nine Classics should be the content of the Ming Jing Department's examination.

This kind of core book is naturally the first choice for Li Shimin to print and distribute in large quantities, and in order to determine a unified standard, he published the annotated edition of Hongwenguan.

But if anyone really thinks that he published the Nine Classics just to create more scholars, he is very wrong.

Cheng Huailiang looked left and right, saw no one around and lowered his voice, "I heard that there is going to be a big quarrel in the court because of the Nine Classics."

Chen Jingke was not surprised, and said: "I guess the people who are arguing are basically people from the noble family."

Cheng Huailiang said: "Yes, mainly people from the gentry. Their reason is that each school has its own strengths. Doing so is disrespectful to the sages, and it is also unfair to the students."

Chen Jingke sneered: "These people dare to say anything when they are shameless. The lack of unified standards is the biggest unfairness to ordinary students."

Qin Yan said: "Who makes the influence of the gentry so great? They say it is black, it is black, and they say it is white, it is white. I don't know if the saint can withstand the pressure this time."

Yuchi Xunyu said: "I heard from my family that His Majesty is determined to do this. Even Kong Siye has come forward to support it. The gentry's noise may not have much effect."

Kong Siye is the son of the state, Kong Yingda, the right concubine son of the prince, and the official descendant of Confucius.His goal is to return to the original, to restore the original features of Confucianism, for which he was often criticized by the gentry.

Qin Yandao said with a smile: "Kong Siye has long been dissatisfied with the gentry's misinterpretation of Confucius' works. This is a well-known fact. He is one of the hosts of Hongwen Museum's revision of the Nine Classics."

"It's just that the books in the past were all copied by hand. The gentry relied on the crony forces all over the world to control the right to annotate the classics. Even Your Majesty has nothing to do. It is difficult to disseminate the Nine Classics revised by the Hongwen Museum."

"The emergence of printing has fundamentally reversed this situation. It is said that the Ministry of Industry Press can print [-] sets of the Nine Classics every day, and the imperial court sells these books to scholars at extremely low prices."

"In the past, scholars who wanted to learn the Nine Classics could only ask the gentry for help, but now they can buy the books and study them at home, out of the control of the gentry."

"This is simply asking for the lives of the gentry, and they will definitely not sit still. Just wait and see, the excitement is still to come."

Another point he didn't say is that the emperor had long been dissatisfied with the gentry headed by the five surnames and Qiwang, and ordered the compilation of "Clan Chronicles" in the sixth year of Zhenguan.

Now that there is a way to dig out the roots of the gentry, naturally they will not let it go.

Cheng Huailiang shook his head and said: "I'm afraid things will not be that simple. And the nobles do have the qualifications to be proud. They have a long heritage and a profound family history."

Chen Jingke sneered and said, "Who's ancestors haven't produced capable people yet? If we really have to trace back, we are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and I am still a descendant of Emperor Shun."

Hearing this, Cheng Huailiang and the others were all surprised, and said, "Are you really a descendant of Emperor Shun?"

Chen Jingke said affirmatively: "There can be fakes. In ancient times, there were eight surnames Ji, Jiang, Si, Yao, Ying, 妘, 妫, and pregnant. Most of my Chinese surnames originated from these."

"Shun has two surnames, one is Yao and the other is Gui. The surname is Yao because he was born in Yaoxu, and the surname is Gui because he lives in the water...My Chen family originated from the surname Gui."

"King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty and King Zhou established the Zhou Dynasty. He found Duke Guiman, the descendant of Emperor Shun, and granted him the establishment of Chen Kingdom in Chendi."

"The descendants of Duke Manman of Gui took the country as their family, that is, the Chen family. There were four branches in total: one was the lineage of Gui Wan, who avoided living in Qidi; the other was the son of Duke Chen Ai Liu, who avoided living in Chenliu."

"One is Chen Yan, the eldest son of Chen Mingong, who lives in Yangwuhubu; the other is Chen Quanwen, the second son of Chen Mingong, who lives in Gushi."

"When Chen Quanwen's lineage was passed down to Chen Yinqi, because he had no children, he took Yingchuan Chen Shi as his heir, and then integrated into the Yingchuan Chen family... The former Chen was established by his descendants."

"My lineage is the descendant of Chen Yangong, who lived in seclusion in the former Jin Dynasty to avoid the chaos of Yongjia."

"So if you really want to go back, the gentry has nothing to be proud of. Those who come from more noble backgrounds are much more noble than them. What everyone respects is learning, not the blood of Lao Shizi."

The three of Cheng Huailiang were a little excited, they didn't expect such a big melon to come out of a casual chat.

Chen Jingke's identity has always been the object of investigation by interested people, after all, his appearance was too sudden.There was no trace before, as if it appeared out of thin air.

Now he finally has a seemingly reliable origin, although there is still a fog hidden in his body, but at least there are traces to follow.

So is what Chen Jingke said true?
He didn't know it himself.

How did he know so clearly about this inheritance relationship?I would also like to thank a wealthy businessman from my previous life.

Many wealthy people like to trace their ancestral home. There was a man with the same surname in his hometown who made a small success in business. He followed suit and spent 50 yuan to ask experts to help him find his ancestry.

The expert knows the true thoughts of the rich businessman very well. It doesn't matter whether he is a real ancestor or not. The important thing is that the ancestor must be prominent enough.

So after looking through various documents, I traced it back to the descendant of Emperor Shun, Guiman, and sorted out a complete line of inheritance.

Chen Jingke and that wealthy businessman belong to the "one Chen family", but they are far away from each other. They belonged to the same family 500 years ago.But in any case, it can be regarded as an ancestor.

Then, after some elders on their side discussed it, they solemnly wrote the expert's 'investigation results' into the genealogy.

That's why he knew such details, and even bragged about it with his friends-in fact, he knew very well that it was all nonsense, but who cares about the truth.

There is a saying widely circulated on the Internet: China has never distinguished high and low by blood, only pets talk about blood.

This cognition, on the one hand, is caused by cultural factors. Chinese civilization has been cultural identity rather than blood identity since ancient times.

On the other hand, in retrospect, whose family does not have a prominent ancestor?

Usually jokes are jokes, whoever really regards bloodlines as a standard will really become a joke.

After crossing, he also knew that his identity would be investigated, so he simply used this line again.

In order to be more reasonable, the content after the Eastern Jin Dynasty was deleted, and it was changed to seclusion due to the Yongjia Rebellion.

During the Yongjia Rebellion, a large number of Chen surnames did leave their homeland, especially those who went south. Most of the Chen surnames in the south migrated to the past during that period.

At the same time, other surnames were also moved. This historical event is known as the entry of eight surnames into Fujian.

Therefore, Chen Jingke's fabricated identity seems very reasonable and can withstand scrutiny, and no one can find fault with it.

As for where their family finally migrated to live in seclusion, this is a secret and cannot be said.

Knowing this secret, the three of Cheng Huailiang went home with a little excitement, and believed that their family would have some follow-up operations.

After Chen Jingke released this 'secret', he ignored it. He focused on "Journey to the West".

The previous plots have been completed, and there is only one finale left.

He is going to follow the standard routine of Shuangwen's novels, and have a great battle as the final ending.

As for who the enemy of this war is and how to proceed, it still needs to be carefully considered.

(End of this chapter)