Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 725: Extraordinary People and Extraordinary Events
"How many talented people are there in China?"

In the Xuchang government office, Cao Cao heard the sigh of the handsome man next to Liu Bei and agreed with him.

Although I don't know what the rhythm of the Yuan opera is, I only need to read "Autumn Thoughts" twice to understand what folk tunes are.

It is neither vulgar as the common people, nor elegant as the lofty ones. Scholars compose songs about the common people, and talented men sigh over the sorrows of ordinary people.

The Tongguan nostalgia has elevated this folk tune to the level of elegance.

Cao Cao naturally understood poetry and prose. When he read Wen Tianxiang's "Crossing the Zeroing Ocean" just now, he also marveled at the man's strong will and noble aspirations.

As for the Qinyuanchun written by Wang Yanwu, although he did not think highly of its tone as Guangmu said, he also admitted that its wording was quite exquisite and gorgeous.

But no matter what, Song lyrics and poetry still have similarities with Han poetry. On the contrary, Yuan opera is more eclectic.

The entire "Tongguan Nostalgia" has only 44 words. Cao Cao read it silently several times in his mind and still felt that not a single word could be changed. The conciseness of the words and the profoundness of the artistic conception are worthy of a great master of his generation.

However, Cao Cao still had some complaints and puzzlement about this praise from later generations:
"The rise and fall of a country is the same as the rise and fall of a country. Those who go along with chaos will inevitably perish. The people suffer because of this."

"Everything will prosper if it is in line with the principles of governance. How can the people suffer in a well-governed society?"

"If prosperity and destruction are both painful, then what difference does order and chaos make?"

When Cao Cao saw Zhang Fei, his eyebrows immediately tended to stand up, and then Liu Bei gestured to interrupt him, making the reckless general turn his face away angrily.

"What do you think the people are?"

This question should have been very simple, but Liu Bei's specific question made Cao Cao silent for a moment. Combining with Zhang Yanghao's life experience, he also understood something:
"Are all the people common people?"

Liu Bei nodded, but his expression showed a bit of sadness:
"In later history, Sun, Cao and Liu were all gone, and all came under the Sima family."

"The Sima family inherited your descendants' extravagant style. Although the world is united, their governance can be considered prosperous compared to ours, but the people suffered more. The Sima family did not cultivate virtue, and internal and external troubles arose for hundreds of years."

Cao Cao listened quietly, and saw that Liu Bei's face was somewhat relieved again:
"And Meng Deding doesn't know that uprisings have never ceased in every dynasty since then."

"And after thousands of years, people from later generations finally established the Dynasty without an Emperor."

Cao Cao looked somewhat puzzled:
"uprising?"

"It's similar to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which later generations called the Peasant Uprising."

"Isn't this rebellion?"

"The people are also human beings, and you are also a human being. Meng De was able to avenge his father and whip Xuzhou. How can the people not rise up when they have no way to survive?"

These words made Cao Cao even more silent.

In his understanding, officials and powerful people are the people, not the common people in the world.

And if what Liu Bei said is true, it is no wonder that the theory of light curtain praises all the things related to the welfare of the people.

Moreover, the Yellow Turban Rebellion became the Yellow Turban Uprising... For a moment, Cao Cao had a lot of imagination.

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In the Huagai Palace, the leisurely mood that Guanguangmu had before had disappeared, and suddenly there were many more things that required him to work hard.

At this moment, he wished that the young man would finish his words sooner so that he could ask Sun Simiao in detail for any suggestions on how to prevent his sister from getting into trouble. He even wanted to get through the three months earlier, waiting for Zhang Zhongjing mentioned by Wu Hou to arrive, so that he could ask for detailed advice on how to prevent fatigue and harm to the body for his son.

There is also what the young man said about the stressful government affairs after the prime minister's position was abolished.

Although he himself felt that the number of government affairs was not too many, but judging from his meaning... was he the only one who was special?
But the emperor of Ming Dynasty would definitely not go against his own will and reinstate the position of prime minister. So how to set up the position and how to divide the power so that his descendants can smoothly assist in governing the country would be another difficult task.

Moreover, all previous speculations about Ming history were overturned because of these events, which made him even more upset, and his comments on the light curtain were even more impolite:

"Zhang Yanghao was able to write good articles and hold imperial examinations. He could be called the leader of Yuan Dynasty literature and art. However, he did not accept the salary from the Yuan court and died because of the Yuan court."

"How could those scholars forget the Hu-Yuan Rebellion, the death of Zhang Yanghao, the fact that there had been no imperial examinations for decades, and the fact that when the civil servants were promoted, they had to serve as dogs for the Hu people in a short time?"

"We don't want them to be dogs. We want them to be judged by their talents in the imperial examinations and to be given official positions. Why do they not want to do that?"

This was indeed a very impolite statement, but everyone knew that their Majesty was just like this, so everything was as usual. Empress Ma stood up and advised:

"If you want to remedy a disaster that lasts a hundred years, how can you spend more than ten years?"

"If it were easy now, this young man wouldn't have emphasized Chongba's achievements."

"After all, Emperor Hongwu was an extraordinary man, and what he accomplished was extraordinary. How could it be easy?"

These words immediately made Zhu Yuanzhang sit down obediently, and Zhu Biao looked at his mother with admiration.

The only person in the world who can control a father is a mother, but it is also difficult for him to imagine what the Hongwu Dynasty would be like if he lost his mother.

Because of this, Zhu Biao secretly made up his mind not to let his mother suffer any misfortune.

However, he had also read this Tongguan nostalgia. How could this poem be so highly praised by later generations?

[Although the crown prince of the Yuan Dynasty died, a great country still needed an heir. Finally, Kublai Khan made a designation across generations, and Temur, the son of Crown Prince Zhenjin, was promoted to the heir of the Yuan Dynasty.

Later, after Zhu Biao died, Zhu Yuanzhang did the same thing. In this respect, the behavioral logic of the two founding monarchs was the same.

Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to Han etiquette and laws. Kublai Khan worked hard to promote sinicization throughout his life and also attached great importance to Han etiquette and laws. The system of primogeniture is indeed the most consistent with Han etiquette and laws.

The good news about Kublai Khan is that he is luckier than Zhu Yuanzhang, but the bad news is that it is not much better.

After Kublai Khan's death, Temur successfully ascended the throne. He was Emperor Chengzong of Yuan. His days as emperor were somewhat similar to those of Zhao Guangyi. To put it simply, the wealth left by the previous emperor was too huge, so he could basically do whatever he wanted.

When Emperor Chengzong of Yuan was in power, he would reward generously whenever he felt like it, and he didn't even need a reason to do so. For example, as soon as he ascended the throne, he awarded his three sons-in-law 120,000 silver coins for no reason.

There were countless similar incidents during the reign of Emperor Chengzong of Yuan. The family fortune accumulated by Kublai Khan during the Kaiyuan period was squandered by this great grandson in just ten years. According to the History of Yuan Dynasty, the rewards for daily festivals during the reign of Emperor Chengzong of Yuan were several times more than those during the reign of Kublai Khan.

Later generations speculated that the reason why Emperor Chengzong of Yuan spent money so lavishly was more because he was in poor health and lacked dignity, so he could only win people's hearts with money. Apart from that, he asked his concubines for help when he had questions about domestic affairs and asked his ministers for help when he had questions about foreign affairs. When the money left by Kublai Khan was spent, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan simply kicked his legs and passed away.

Because Kublai Khan promoted Han law, his children and grandchildren all read Han history, including Yuan Chengzong's wife Bulughan.

As for this queen, her husband was seriously ill, she had to take care of all state affairs, there was no crown prince yet, and the territory was vast.

The script I got was Wu Zetian's? 】

(End of this chapter)