Elegy of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 64

There is a vast amount of data on the history of the Tang Dynasty, and there are even some strange novels such as "Taiping Guangji" that reflect life from the side.Therefore, I dare not write randomly. I will basically delete all the plots that do not reflect the characteristics of the times.

Recently, I am preparing an expansion piece about the deep logic of scholar-bureaucrats and officialdom in the Tang Dynasty. It is expected to be online in two days.

Many people say that you shouldn't think so much about how cool the history is, and you can just do whatever you want.

In fact, what I want to say is, why do authors who write books have such low requirements for themselves?

What can obviously be found out is that they are unwilling to work hard, and then make up things by themselves, taking it for granted to construct historical scenes and social relationships, and then say that historical materials are in the way of their own business.

Obviously, those scholar-bureaucrats could not have connected with the protagonist before he became prosperous. As a result, because they were unwilling to delve into the plot and work hard to polish the plot, they directly introduced these things that obviously violated the social laws of the time.

Anyway, the readers don't understand me. Although my combat power is only 20, the readers only have 5. 20 against 5, crushing the game.

So it doesn't matter how I write it, as long as they are cool enough.They don't think about it when they're happy, and it doesn't matter.

Who would have trouble with silver?

Do you have such thoughts in your heart?
In fact, it is possible to write an interesting article by truly restoring the historical truth, and it will even become more interesting as you go later.

The flaw is not in the historical facts. The historical truth is there. What is missing is just the author's own awe and respect for history.

Respecting the logic of the historical environment is the most basic element.For example, take the official system of the Tang Dynasty.

The official system of the Tang Dynasty is really interesting, and the so-called scholar class is also very interesting.Here we can see many basic rules for the operation of society in the Tang Dynasty, as well as the hierarchical "ceiling" hidden rules.

As a result, a class of officials named "Qingliu" finally emerged. Their lifelong goal was to "be an official". They were born to be an official. If they were not an official, they would go home and idle in order to "raise their hopes."

The more I understand this passage, the more suffocating I feel.

Famous Tang Dynasty poets such as Wang Wei and Du Fu belonged to this class, and Li Bai spent his entire life as an official in order to squeeze into this class.

In the society at this time, everyone is not equal in life, and the upward channel is completely locked.There is a suffocating despair.Many people with good names left in history books (such as Zhang Jiuling) insist on things that have far-reaching influence and great harm to the nation.

When I was writing this book, I was also adjusting my view of history, striving to look at the limitations of history objectively, jumping out of the basket of "good and evil", and not randomly labeling historical figures.

For example, it is basically impossible for everyone to revolve around the protagonist in some cool novels of the Tang Dynasty.Everyone has a class label on their face. If there is no war, basically they can only be at the top of their own class.

For each class, the upper limit that can be reached is fixed and benchmarked.

I don’t think the story of a dragon slayer turning into an evil dragon, or even turning into an evil dragon before slaying the dragon, is very interesting, so I might as well not write it.I want to use a new perspective to describe this era of burning oil.

For example, for the scholar-bureaucrat class, even the clothes they wear need to have any extra accessories, they must conform to the internal rules formed by the "Qingliu" before they will be recognized and accepted by this class.And if you are not of this class but use these clothing accessories rashly, you will be despised by the people at that time.

For example, if you meet a poet (almost all poets in the Tang Dynasty were officials, or were on the way to seek an official position), and you are not a member of the scholar-bureaucrat class, then... others will not speak to you, and it is impossible to say a word have.

Tang poetry is very beautiful, these are ugly, but they are the truth of history.

Therefore, it is necessary to restore such an era that once appeared and was brilliant.There is no need to obliterate the original taste of history just because of the pursuit of "super cool".

The specific situation is hard to say in one word, let’s talk about it when the expansion pack is online.

Please follow up and stop raising books.

(End of this chapter)