After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 242 Editing History Is a Serious Business
"Zhu Di said in the memorial that he asked you to write a history of the Yayoi era of the Japanese country." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Isn't your previous "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" written very wonderfully? Arrived in the country of Wa."

"Today's Daming urgently needs to use your ability to write books."

Zhu Yuanzhang reused Luo Guanzhong and arranged him in the Ministry of Officials, originally for balance.Let him promote officials in the Southwest to contain the Huaixi Party.But now, this matter has to be put aside.

In order to conquer the grand plan of the Wa country, let's slow down the containment first.

Everything has a priority.

"The emperor asked Luo Guanzhong to write the history of the Yayoi era in the Japanese kingdom?"

The officials were dumbfounded when they heard the words.

As we all know, writing history is a very rigorous, even serious matter.

Just like the Imperial Academy edited "Yuan History", it takes a lot of historical materials to write a piece of historical fact.Even some of the history, but also personally visit the parties, or ask some local old people.

Everyone is doing everything possible to present the real historical events before the eyes of future generations.

And Luo Guanzhong has no experience in editing history, he is just a novelist.

If you really want to edit history, the emperor should let the scholars of the Imperial Academy do it instead of finding a novelist.

And let the people of Ming Dynasty help compile the history of the country of Japan?

What's more, the emperor asked him to write the history of the Yayoi era of the Japanese country. The Yayoi era has been more than 500 years ago, which is too long.Even some people in the court who don't know much about Fanbang culture have never heard of the name Yayoi.

Furthermore, the culture of the Japanese country is relatively backward.

The history of the Yayoi period 500 years ago may not have any written records for the world to refer to.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid I don't have the ability to edit the history of the Japanese country." Luo Guanzhong still has a clear understanding of his own level, "I can't do such serious things as editing history. If you want to edit history, you should go to the Imperial Academy." That’s right. The “Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms” I wrote before is just a popular novel and cannot be read as a history book.”

"Besides, the emperor still asked his ministers to write the history of the Wa country, so he is even more powerless."

"The history of the Yayoi era of the Japanese country, I am afraid that there is no historical material in the native country of the Japanese country. I can't fabricate a piece of history for them out of thin air."

In addition, there is another reason why Luo Guanzhong can't say it, that is, he doesn't want to go to Wa country for field investigation.He had told Liu Bowen and others before that he didn't like Fanbang women.

I was worried that after the emperor sent him to the country of Wa, he would marry him a girl from the country of Wa.

However, it turned out that he was thinking too much. Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of letting him go to Japan for field research. "Who told you to write it so rigorously? We asked you to write the ancient history of Japan in the same way as "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Writing history in the way of writing novels?" The crowd was shocked again.

"That's right, let's use the method of writing popular novels." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Anyway, there are no historical records of the Yayoi period in the Wa Kingdom. Whoever writes it first, and writes it well so that the general public in the Wa Kingdom can accept it, then it is The real history. The culture of the Japanese country is generally backward, and if you write it at your level, they will be amazed after seeing it, and will not doubt its authenticity."

"In this case, I can give it a try." Luo Guanzhong said.

"In the history of the Wa Kingdom, you should focus on describing what happened after Xu Fu led three thousand boys and girls to the land of the Wa Kingdom. The scene should be as magnificent as the Three Kingdoms, and each character should have distinctive characteristics." Zhu Yuanzhang said, " After having the characteristics, it is possible for the people with some surnames in the Wa Kingdom to take over, and those figures in history are their ancestors."

"That is to say, for every important surname in the Wa country, a virgin boy and girl should be regarded as the ancestor."

"Your Majesty, I heard that there are many surnames in Japan." Luo Guanzhong lamented, "If each surname were assigned an ancestor, there might be too many characters, which is equivalent to writing a group portrait."

"Isn't your "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" also like this, and you wrote it very well." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Let's go and write, we trust your level."

"After the court is over, you can go back and write the book with peace of mind. You don't have to come to court again. Try to finish the first book within a month."

"Your Majesty, I may not be able to do it!" Luo Guanzhong said, "One month is too short."

"Then we don't care about it." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Why, don't you just want to write a few thousand words a day?"

"Minister, obey the order." Luo Guanzhong had no choice but to agree after hearing the words.

"After I went down, I immediately went to the Wenhua Palace to search for relevant historical materials. I was completely unfamiliar with the humanities of the Wa Kingdom before, and I didn't even know what surnames they had, so I had to check the information."

"It is estimated that there are no such historical materials in the Wenhua Palace." Shi Naian said, "Because the Wa Kingdom is a small country of Fanbang after all, I will definitely not record some uncommon surnames in the Wa Kingdom. Some of the more important ones Last name, there should be a corresponding record."

"That's right." Luo Guanzhong sighed, "There are so many characters with names and surnames to write about, even naming them is a difficult problem."

"By the way, isn't that gentleman a pedant of heaven and man? He must know the names of people in the Wa Kingdom very well." Luo Guanzhong said, "I beg your Majesty, I want to ask that person for advice and ask him to provide me with some advice. The name of the Japanese country."

"Okay, let's take you to see him next time." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

As soon as I said the words, I regretted it: who is Mr. Qin, and how can he easily let others see him?Just now I heard him say that he was just asking for the names of people in the Wa country, and he agreed without thinking carefully, but now he wants to regret it but can't say it.

"I actually have the chance to meet that Mr. Qin!!??" Luo Guanzhong was excited when he heard the words, "Every one of the strategies he offered to the emperor for governing the country is astonishing, surpassing ordinary people like us by a few level."

"What does he look like, what kind of immortal wind is he?"

In the entire court, he is the first 'outsider' who can see Mr. Qin.

Even Liu Bowen, Gao Qi, Song Lian and other great scholars, as well as Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong and other important officials had no chance to meet him.

In the past, the emperor sealed Lujia Village very well, and the people in the court hardly saw Mr. Qin.Everyone only hears their names but does not see their people, and only people in the royal family and those authorized by the emperor can enter.

It is really a great honor to be willing to take him there now!

After the courtiers dispersed, Zhu Yuanzhang called Wu Feng, the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, to the front, and asked him to lead a team of Jinyiwei to Goryeo to protect the safety of King Yan and deal with the assassination of Japanese ninjas.

And after Luo Guanzhong went to court, he also started to get busy, going to Wenhua Hall to read ancient books.

(End of this chapter)