Fahai travels through Tang Sanzang

In fact, after the destruction of the ancient heaven, it was not that Bai Ze had never appeared in the Three Realms.

It is said that when the Yellow Emperor visited the seaside on his eastward patrol, he encountered Bai Ze. There is a book record saying: "Ze Beast" was patrolled by the Yellow Emperor. As for the east coast, Ze Beast came out. He could speak and understand the essence of all things, so as to warn the people. Get rid of harm in time.

The meaning is that once the Yellow Emperor went on a hunting tour to the coast of the East China Sea, a beast appeared. It could speak human language and understand the emotions and principles of all things. It was used to warn the people and eliminate harm to the society at that time.

In addition, the last time Bai Ze appeared in the human world, he also told the emperor about the situation of monsters in the world, a total of 11,520 kinds. The Yellow Emperor ordered people to record it. This is the "Baize Picture".

It's just that this "Baize Picture" has been lost in the world.

The reason why the human kings back then were able to come to their door one by one and "discuss" with the great demons of the Three Realms was because of the existence of "Baize Picture". Why did Bai Ze never hide out? In fact, there is also this aspect After all, as soon as the "Baize Picture" came out, the demon clan of the three realms had no secrets in front of the human king.

But there was nothing Bai Ze could do about it. Although the human race's historical records stated that the Yellow Emperor encountered Bai Ze by chance during his eastward patrol, only those involved knew that it was the Yellow Emperor who led the army specifically to capture him.

Bai Ze fled all the way from Beiju Luzhou to the coast of the East China Sea. However, he still did not escape the Yellow Emperor's pursuit.

It's not that his magical powers don't work in front of the Yellow Emperor, it's just that they are no match for the gods. When Emperor Xuanyuan controlled the fate of the human king and searched for Bai Ze's whereabouts in the Three Realms, it was difficult for him to hide.

After all, this Xuanyuan Huangdi is not only one of the three holy emperors of the human race, he is also the king of the world, the true king of humans.

Even the gods in heaven must obey his orders when they come down to earth.

Even if God Haotian descends to the mortal world, the two parties are still brothers. At most, Emperor Xuanyuan Huang would call God Haotian brother. In fact, their status is basically the same.

At that time, Heaven was in dire straits waiting to be renovated. Haotian also acted cautiously in the Three Realms and was about to work hard to rebuild Heaven.

In fact, the Heavenly Court and the Human Race basically developed together at the same time. They can also be regarded as natural allies. Therefore, the Heavenly Court and the Human Race signed a treaty of mutual offensive and defensive assistance. However, this treaty was made by the Great Master of Xuandu at that time in the name of the Human Religion. Signed by the human race.

Later, several human kings only knew about this matter, and still reached cooperation with Heaven. Until the end of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period, Dayu established the Xia Dynasty, and Yinglong and other gods either returned to Heaven or returned to West Kunlun. The human king could not reproduce the glory of his ancestors, so the cooperative relationship between the two parties gradually came to an end.

Of course, Heaven's help to humans is not free.

During that period of time, many masters from the human race were recruited to heaven, which was considered as reward.

Because of the past between Bai Ze and Huangdi, Bai Ze has become one of the auspicious beasts of the human race. Therefore, there are rumors that Bai Ze only appears when "the king is virtuous" and can ward off all evil spirits in the world. .

Now that Bai Ze has appeared in the world again, it is difficult not to think that it is for Li Shimin.

Now that Bai Ze's identity has been inferred, everyone must report all the information about Bai Ze, sort it out, and conduct targeted analysis.

Moreover, Li Shimin also invited Yingzhao, who was also one of the top ten demon commanders in the ancient heaven, and was a colleague of Bai Ze.

Moreover, both parties are demon commanders who are close to the human race. Of course, the relationship between them must be closer, and this is actually the case. When they were serving in the Heavenly Court, Bai Ze, Yingzhao and Bi Fang had actually always been with Emperor Fuxi. He works under his command, and Emperor Fuxi is the biological brother of Empress Nuwa, and the human race is empress Nuwa, so of course Emperor Fuxi will be close to the human race. As the saying goes, Bai Ze, Yingzhao and Bifang are naturally on the side of Emperor Fuxi. From this standpoint.

"If it's Bai Ze," Yingzhao thought for a while, but said it bluntly to Li Shimin, "If it doesn't sincerely surrender, even with force, it won't last long. When Emperor Xuanyuan wanted to recruit Bai Ze as a human priest, Bai Ze Don't obey Huang Di's words. If you don't obey, you will be killed."

When everyone heard this, they could probably imagine the scene where Emperor Xuanyuan put the Xuanyuan Sword on Bai Ze's neck and asked him to choose between death and obedience.

As expected of the Holy Emperor Xuanyuan, he is indeed domineering.

Just thinking about this scene in his mind, Li Shimin was already feeling itchy. He wished he could lead the human army right now to conquer the three states and unify the world.

"and after?"

Fahai rarely encounters things that he has never understood before. Of course, he will be curious about the subsequent development. After all, as far as they know, Bai Zeke has not joined the human race or worked for the human race.

"Bai Ze still refused to obey. Faced with the tough attitude of Emperor Xuanyuan, it also showed its character - it would rather die." After all, Yingzhao is an insider and one of the witnesses. When Emperor Xuanyuan conquered Chiyou, At that time, he also contributed a lot of effort. Later, when "recruiting" Bai Ze, Yingzhao also put forward many constructive suggestions to Xuanyuan Huangdi, helping Huangdi successfully intercept Baize on the coast of the East China Sea.

"But the result is obviously not the case." Li Chunfeng knew that there would be a follow-up to this matter. If Bai Ze was killed by Huangdi, who is this person now? But it is also true that Bai Ze did not join the human race and become a human priest.

"Xuanyuan Huangdi cared about talents, so of course he didn't kill Bai Ze because of this, but in exchange for letting Bai Ze save his life, Xuanyuan Huangdi made Bai Ze swear that when he meets the human king he thinks he can assist in the future, he must Go out of the mountain and worship under the command of the human king and serve the human race."

"This," Li Shimin said from the side, "whether you agree or not depends entirely on Bai Ze's own will. This condition has no binding force on Bai Ze at all."

Yingzhao smiled and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, you don't know. Bai Ze has always refused to make promises easily. Once he makes a promise, he will definitely fulfill it."

Xue Rengui on the side said: "Whether he approves or not, doesn't it all depend on Bai Ze's mouth? Who knows what he is thinking in his heart?"

Yingzhao then said to Xue Rengui: "If that's the case, it's hard for me to explain it. But Bai Ze also thought that such a promise was not very convincing, so he took the initiative to present "Ten Thousand Demons" to Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi. "Illustration". It is the "Baize Picture" managed by the kings of the past dynasties.

As soon as this picture came out, the demons knew that Bai Ze's sincerity meant that Bai Ze had renounced the demon clan and made it clear to Emperor Xuanyuan. Even if I don't meet a human king worthy of my assistance in the future, then I can't help the demon clan. Come to deal with the human race.

Although there are considerable discrepancies between the Yingzhao dialect and the historical records, the writing is what it is, and both Fa Hai and Li Shimin are very clear about this.

The former is because his third disciple, Sha Wujing, is a rare "novelist" in the Three Realms today, but as long as the articles and storybooks written by him are in short supply in the Three Realms.

Of course, Fa Hai had read the novels written by Wu Jing. After all, whenever Wu Jing's new works came out, they would be sent to the master as soon as possible. Fa Hai was also amazed by Wu Jing's Spring and Autumn style of writing. Especially some of the things that happened on the westbound journey, the beginning and the process are obviously different, but the ending is always the same.

This kind of writing style that mixes truth and falsehood, and combines virtuality and reality, is also the characteristic of Wujing's writing. It can be seen that this seemingly honest monk with thick eyebrows and big eyes is actually not honest at all.

As for the latter, Li Shimin, he was very concerned about his image among historians because of the fact that he killed his brother and forced his father. He was eager to know how those historians would record him in the history books.

Before the Tang Dynasty, no king had done such a thing.

Even the most stupid emperor did not interfere with the historians recording the facts, and the historians have always regarded "writing straightly" as their glorious tradition and paid attention to seeking truth from facts.

And before the Tang Dynasty, the emperors of all dynasties also recognized the ethics of historians, and were willing to give them a certain special status for this purpose without intervening in the revision of national history, especially their daily records. look.

Even the existence of daily records would make emperors pay attention to their words to a certain extent. They were afraid that historians would record some of their bad words and deeds.

Generally speaking, the historians of the past dynasties were taught by disciples.

As disciples of the human sect, they were able to withstand the emperor's pressure to a certain extent. Otherwise, they were just ordinary historians, and they might not be able to ignore the emperor's aura and write straightly.

Li Shimin finally broke this unspoken rule.

Because he was too concerned about the "Xuanwu Gate" incident, his mind could never be at peace. He didn't know how the historians would record this day in the history books, and he didn't know how the historians would evaluate him. And he Everything he has done since he ascended the throne is to eliminate the negative impact that day brought to him.

How could he not care about how it was recorded in history books?

It's just that Li Shimin underestimated the ethics of the historians. After repeated tests, Li Shimin knew that it would be difficult for him to read the records of the historians through conventional means.

But if you use a strong one, I'm afraid it will arouse the rebellious psychology of the historians. By then, I'm afraid there will be one more piece of black material in the history books. This is definitely not something Li Shimin can tolerate.

But in the end, he still saw the records of the historians. He first made the History Museum, which was originally under the Secretariat, independent, and replaced the original work bureau's responsibility for compiling history. He placed the History Museum's Yamen under the ban and became an institution directly under the emperor. One of them, at the same time, he also ordered Fang Xuanling to supervise the compilation of national history as Shangshu Zuopushe.

From this move, we can see that Li Shimin's scheduling method is extremely proficient.

The historians originally thought that this move was because Li Shimin attached great importance to the compilation of history books, but they soon learned that the emperor's purpose was to read the history books.

This time, although the attitude of the historians was still firm, it was Fang Xuanling who was in charge of compiling history. This was Li Shimin's die-hard confidant.

When Li Shimin asked the historians why the emperor was not allowed to read the history of the country, Fang Xuanling, an old subordinate, had already guessed what his majesty was thinking.

It's just that some words are difficult to express openly. After all, this is a matter of agreement, especially with the example of "Sima Qian" in front of him, and it has become a moral integrity and moral character that later generations of historians will compete to inherit.

History serves as a duty, Shen serves as an exhortation, and a tree hears the wind;

The so-called straight penman does not cover up evil, does not pretend to be beautiful, writing is beneficial to praise and blame, and not writing does not harm admonishment;

It would be better to be a orchid and destroy a jade, than to be a poor person and ai Rong.

These are the moral and professional ethics that historians believe in.

However, under the system of feudal autocratic monarchy, historians have repeatedly suffered disasters. But this cannot make them succumb.

Of course, Fang Xuanling could not say these words in public. He only said: "I am afraid that some records in the history books will affect His Majesty's mood, so it is not convenient to take them out and read them."

Li Shimin was well prepared and said: "My intention is different from those of the past emperors. I am reading the history of the country now to have a certain understanding of some of my previous mistakes so as not to make them again. Aiqing can organize the history of the country in chronological order. Finished, bring it up.”

I have to say that Li Shimin's character of "taking history as a mirror" is still here. There is really nothing wrong with what he said, and even the historians have no room for refutation.

Moreover, the "chief editor" was Fang Xuanling, and Li Shimin finally got his wish and saw the history of the country.

However, the facts were not what he expected. The description of the day of the Xuanwumen Incident still made Li Shimin confused for a moment.

In fact, the records recorded by historians on that day are basically facts. There is no fabrication. But for Li Shimin, he actually wanted the historian to use the Spring and Autumn Period writing method to slightly beautify what happened on that day.

For example, borrowing the allusion "Zhou Gong punished Guan Cai"

When these words reached the ears of Xu Jingzong, who was majoring in national history, it caused a big commotion.

When he took it upon himself to significantly delete the truth from that year, although he won Li Shimin's favor, he also attracted Li Chunfeng's attention.

Xu Jingzong is not a disciple of the Human Religion. The reason why he became a major is actually because of his qualifications as the "Eighteen Bachelors of the Prince of Qin's Palace". However, compared with the dozen or so bachelors, he can't really be said to be a bachelor. Reuse.

But it wasn't until this moment that he realized how big a role he could play.

Xu Jingzong was not a historian who was a disciple of the People's Education, and of course he did not have the corresponding professional ethics of historians. However, because the disciples of the People's Education had no power, the compilation of the history of the Tang Dynasty was gradually marginalized. They even wanted to compile it secretly in private. "History of the Tang Dynasty".

The truth must always be recorded, and cannot just be covered up and buried in history.

But the changes in things are always so unexpected. Because the Tripitaka Saint Buddha returned from studying for scriptures, the fortune of the Tang Dynasty was at its peak. Li Chunfeng, the spokesperson of the Human Religion, took advantage of the situation and expressed the attitude of the Human Religion to Li Shimin.

"Even if His Majesty wants to use Xu Jingzong, our people's religion will have a history of the Tang Dynasty passed down to future generations." (End of this chapter)