Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 717 Don’t Ask
A commoner ascended the throne, and the army on the right side of Huai River won the world.

He has begged for food, recited scriptures, led troops, and been a king.

He successfully commanded his generals to attack Dadu in the guise of an emperor, thus ending the Hu Yuan dynasty.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, his life was full of ups and downs, but the further he went and the higher he stood, the fewer people were around him. The only one who could be truly caring was his own sister.

Just like Xu Da, he regarded him as a brother, but Xu Da strictly observed the etiquette of a subject.

Although his son would occasionally challenge him, he was also very shrewd and sometimes he did not dare to give him advice easily.

But this situation seemed to be eased after the light curtain appeared. After all, the ancestors who wrote on the light curtain did not need to curry favor with him, nor were they afraid of his identity. After all, they were either ministers of the Ming Dynasty or emperors.

The relaxed and equal consolation of the three people actually calmed Zhu Yuanzhang down a lot.

Emperor Zhaolie was right. Even if the Hu people gained power again, there were still people who did the same thing as he did. And judging from the appearance of this young man, that person did much better than him.

Feeling the gaze of the girl beside him, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and gave her a reassuring look, then said excitedly:

"Every dynasty has learned from the past. How fortunate we are to be able to learn from the history of the old Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Biao understood what his father said, but when he saw the leisurely look of Emperor Taizong of Tang on the screen, he suddenly thought of a question:
Did Emperor Taizong of Tang know about the Crown Prince’s rebellion?
[After the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty officially completed its unification.

As a short-lived dynasty with a vast territory, the History of Yuan Dynasty gave a relatively definitive evaluation of the Yuan Dynasty:

"Both implementing Han laws and preserving national customs" means that the degree of sinicization is very low.

Although the Yuan Dynasty had a vast territory, for a long period of time, it did not attach importance to agriculture, did not hold imperial examinations, and was overly dependent on Buddhism. These were all obvious problems.

However, the conclusion that the degree of Sinicization is too low is our evaluation from the perspective of a latecomer. At that time, no one would think this was a problem.

After all, Mongolia at that time was truly the scourge of God. It launched three expeditions to the West, and the traces left by it have not disappeared to this day.

In the east, he first destroyed Western Xia and then Jin, and finally gradually conquered the Song Dynasty and achieved unification.

As the defeated, conquered and annexed party, it would undoubtedly be difficult for the Southern Song Dynasty to be convincing if it claimed that it had institutional and cultural superiority and asked the victorious Mongols to learn from it.

This is like Jie Li Khan was captured by Li Jing, tied up and sent to Chang'an. When he presented the captives, he told Emperor Taizong of Tang that although he was defeated, Changshengtian was not defeated! If you want to be a strong country, you must learn our Turkic culture!

Li Shimin was considered broad-minded for not beheading Jie Li on the spot, let alone actually learning from him?

Of course, we all know that Li Chengqian learned very well later on, but that’s another story.

In short, although the Mongol Empire had already split and disappeared at that time, for the Mongols, their grassland system was still superior, and learning the Han system was simply a fantasy!
Even Kublai Khan, who was considered a "traitor" by several major khanates, said bluntly: If the Han people only focus on studying and reciting poems, what's the point?
It was not just Kublai Khan. Xie Fangde, a patriotic poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, also denounced him: "Those who mislead the world with their academic knowledge are all scholars who have passed the imperial examinations!"

Xie Fangde passed the imperial examination in the same year as Wen Tianxiang. He later stubbornly resisted the siege of the Yuan army in Xinzhou. After the fall of Xinzhou, he changed his name and lived in seclusion. Later, when he came to the Yuan Dynasty, he was invited to serve as an official but refused. In order to please his superiors, the officials in Fujian forcibly sent Xie Fangde to Dadu. As a result, Xie Fangde chose to starve to death.

Even the stubborn people of the Song Dynasty denounced the imperial examination system as a detriment to the country. So how could the Mongols be made to believe that the Central Plains system was superior?
It is no wonder that the anti-Sinicization faction in Mongolia is so determined. It is not that they do not trust you, but that you are too disappointing. 】

In the Xuchang government office, Zhang Fei poked Cao Cao with great interest:

"Old Cao, do you know who Emperor Wen of Wei is?"

For Cao Cao, thinking about the title of King of Wei that he had chosen when he first intended to be king, and recalling his earlier remarks that Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's words were all lies, these things were not difficult to guess.

Or maybe Liu Bei had laid out all the truth in front of him from the beginning, but he just didn't want to believe it. And the title of Emperor Wen of Wei... bestowing the posthumous title of Wu on his father but enjoying the posthumous title of Wen alone, does seem like something that Cao Pi, who was at a loss as to what to do, would do.

Shaking his head, Cao Cao was more interested in something else:

"Zi Huan...Why did Cao Pi say that?"

This matter is a bit early, Zhang Fei thought about it and said:

"It seems that he doesn't want to build a mausoleum for himself, saying that there is no mausoleum in the world that has not been robbed."

Cao Cao nodded honestly. If what Zhang Fei said was true, the mausoleum that he had worked so hard to build was also robbed. And from what he had just heard, even the remains of the founding monarch of the Song Dynasty could not be found. However, when talking about this matter, he was more concerned about another thing:
"My son died young and didn't want to build a tomb. Can he be buried in peace?"

Zhang Fei restrained his smile, tried to recall and said:

"I think there should be... After this light curtain ends, there is still a playback function. Can't I show it to you later?"

Cao Cao's expression became less gloomy, and he bowed earnestly and said:
"Thank you, General. I wonder where you will be buried a hundred years later?"

Cao Cao then noticed that Zhang Fei's expression suddenly became strange, and finally he shook his head and replied:
"A real man dies on the battlefield, why would he seek a safe place?"

"What about Yun Chang?"

"...Old Cao, I advise you not to ask."

……

"What's wrong with writing essays for the imperial examinations? What's wrong with writing poems and lyrics? What's wrong with studying literature?"

As expected, the first person to stand up and complain was Li Yu.

However, the refutation of this is much simpler, or in other words, the problem throughout the Song Dynasty has always been the debate between civil and military affairs, so both Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu now think very clearly:

"Don't write about peace before it comes." Zhao Kuangyin sighed.

Zhao Pu bowed and said:

"Don't be impatient, Mr. Li. What the people here are sighing about is what they know about the results of the Song Dynasty using culture to control military power."

"As a gentleman, in times of chaos, you should take up your sword to serve your country and bring peace. After peace is achieved, you can study and discuss the truth and carry forward the lost knowledge."

"Otherwise, the enemy has a mace, but I have a skull. How sad it would be."

Li Yu's face suddenly looked a little strange. After all, no matter how he listened to it, this statement seemed to be more in line with the situation of the Tang Dynasty in Jiangnan.

He was not a stupid man, so he was well aware of the private criticisms against him in Jiangnan, but Li Yu felt that he was helpless.

Perhaps, when it was first known that the Song Dynasty did not want the Tang Dynasty to exist in Jiangnan, something should have been done, but later it was obviously too late no matter what was done.

However, he was still able to express some doubts appropriately:
"The Tang Dynasty fell because it did not cultivate military governance, and the Song Dynasty is repeating the same mistake?"

So Li Yu saw that all the officials and prime ministers looked at him sideways, and Master Kong Jiong nimbly took a step back.

(End of this chapter)