Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

【The beautiful women in these paintings clearly show the popular aesthetic trend during the Xuanzong period.

The women in these paintings have curved eyebrows, plump cheeks and plump bodies. They don't mind the so-called red and green match shit. They not only wear heavy makeup, but also use rouge, black ink, and flower ornaments. The main theme is open and unrestrained.

This kind of aesthetic may seem out of place in modern times, but for the Tang people at that time, warriors showed their power thousands of miles away and foreign countries came to pay homage to the nine heavens.

There was only one aesthetic standard in that era, and that was the "prosperous Tang standard" of these beautiful women.

From the perspective of aesthetics, the Tang Dynasty did show what a confident big country mentality is.

Therefore, it is no wonder that the "plumpness is beauty" that lasted for less than 50 years became one of the most well-known business cards of the Tang Dynasty. 】

The people in Ganlu Hall were also fascinated for a while.

After all, when people talked about the Tang Dynasty, they often talked about its territory, its generals, its literary talent, and its prestige beyond the Great Wall.

However, the theory of aesthetics was put forward so directly for the first time.

For example, Empress Changsun mostly admired the exquisite gauze clothes and the leisurely and relaxed demeanor in the paintings called "Qiluo Figures".

For example, Li Chenggan was overwhelmed by the words floating on this narrowing light curtain, which explained that the plumpness of the Tang Dynasty was not fat but the healthy beauty of the long body covered by loose clothes, or praised the unrestrained use of colors by the Tang people, or there were many smiling words in the texts, such as "The Tang people should not understand what the moon in foreign countries is rounder".

Or like the Yan brothers, they carefully studied this era, which was decades later than this time according to later history, to see what strengths they could learn in painting techniques.

Li Shimin frowned slightly, and looked back at Fang Du thoughtfully. As expected, the two old subordinates also frowned slightly, with faces full of hesitation.

"Great power mentality..." Repeating these four words, Li Shimin suddenly remembered the sigh of the younger generation for the defeat of Gao Xianzhi during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong.

I still remember that when later generations discussed the romantic figures of the Song Dynasty, they talked about Yelu Dashi, and used him as a benchmark to divide the history of Asia. It was said that after Gao Xianzhi's defeat in Talas, China lost the right to speak in Central Asia, until Yelu Dashi defeated the foreign Seljuk Empire head-on with Hu Tongmu Hanfeng, but China was still in chaos at that time, and the Western Liao Dynasty was eventually unable to support itself and gradually disappeared in Central Asia.

"The standard of the prosperous Tang Dynasty... the mentality of a great power... the right to speak in the world..."

Li Shimin murmured, and suddenly a question came to his mind:

"Who gave the name of Asia?"

No one could answer this question, but Li Shimin seemed to have seen another battlefield that was equally cruel and invisible.

Moreover, this battlefield seems to be able to get a glimpse of clues from the history books. After all, the Xiongnu who once fought against the powerful Han in Mobei were not exterminated, but where are the Xiongnu now?

This discovery also made Li Shimin feel that his blood was boiling. After all, he was only in his early thirties and had time and energy to make long-term plans.

Unlike the Ganlu Hall, there were many sighs about the so-called prosperous Tang Dynasty standards in the Huagai Hall of Yingtian Prefecture. The more they sighed, the more they looked at the pictures. After all, there were many turmoil in the six or seven hundred years between them, which was difficult to compare.

At most, it made Zhu Yuanzhang pull his beard a little uncomfortable, because he always felt that although Tang and Ming were listed as great powers in the mouths of later generations, their styles seemed to be quite different?

But soon this idea was temporarily thrown out of his mind, because the sword hanging in this hall a moment ago was finally brought up. 　　　　【We have received a sword before, but that was an eight-sided jade Han sword, and the one in front of us is obviously a Ming sword.

After all, when it comes to the Han sword, there is a name for it, which is "the last battlefield sword". Although this name is arbitrary, it is a good sentence to explain the difference in the use of the Han sword and the Ming sword.

After all, since the Tang Dynasty, soldiers on the battlefield have been able to choose many weapons that are better than swords, not to mention that firearms were made in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, since the Tang Dynasty, the saber has gradually withdrawn from the battlefield sequence and began to develop in the direction of wearing as a spare. The Ming sword is no exception. Looking at this scabbard, it is obviously much more gorgeous than the Han sword. Take it out and take a look... Well, you can still see the inscription on the sword, which was made in the ninth year of Hongwu. Let's name it Hongwu Sword for the time being. Tsk, I have to say that apart from its practicality, this Ming sword is really beautiful. 】

Although the words are not very pleasant to hear, Zhu Yuanzhang still has a lot of smiles on his face. After all, he doesn't have many opportunities to use this saber now. He mostly wears it and plays with it. If so, it is the same to give it to the younger generation for appreciation.

However, the Ming emperor still had to be modest:

"During the more than 30 years of Hongwu, how many swords have been made? Even if only one or two of them are left to future generations, it can be considered numerous. It is not arbitrary to give our sword the name of Hongwu."

But the younger generation seemed to have heard his sigh and began to answer faintly.

[As for why it is called Hongwu Sword, it is of course because the current Ming sword leader, Yongle Sword, is named so. ]

So Zhu Yuanzhang's smile suddenly faded, and Zhu Di subconsciously shrank his head, although he didn't quite understand why he did this.

[There are not many ancient Chinese swords in existence today, but if we talk about the representative works of ancient swords, the Yongle Sword is unavoidable.

This sword was given as a gift to the Dharma King of U-Tsang in the 18th year of Yongle, and later it flowed into the hands of the Qing court after several twists and turns. Later... As we all know, the Eight-Nation Alliance looted countless treasures from China, and the Yongle Sword was one of them.

After flowing overseas, this sword went through many twists and turns, and finally appeared at an auction and was bought by the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, becoming the top of its collection.

However, it should be noted that this sword was a gift from Yongle, not Zhu Di's personal sword, so its preciousness should be discounted.

But even so, it is undoubtedly one of our treasures, and I sincerely hope that it can be recovered in the future. 】

〖How many Chinese treasures have been lost.

Many foreign museums have their treasures from China, which is both ironic and sad.

Zhu Di would be so angry if he knew about it.

Forget it, Zhu Di didn't get angry when Zhu Qizhen knocked on the door, and Zhu Youjian didn't get angry when he hanged himself on a crooked tree. A gifted sword is not a sword, so it's not that bad.

It would be best if the national treasure could be brought back, but I don't want to buy it back. Why should I redeem it if it was stolen? I lost my face and my inner self.

Instead of buying it back, it is better to temporarily store it abroad to warn future generations not to forget the national humiliation and not to follow the footsteps of the Qing Dynasty. 〗

Zhu Biao heard clearly that when later generations talked about this sword, their tone was flat and the words on the screen were also a bit heartwarming.

Turning his head to look, he could not see his father Emperor Hongwu's expression clearly, but Zhu Biao looked down and could see that his father's hands were clenched tightly, and the veins were exposed.