Chapter 499: Code
History books are always mixed with personal feelings.
But the so-called fairness is that if a general kills 10,000 enemies, it cannot be recorded as 9,000; if he gets lost when encountering the enemy and is defeated, it cannot be recorded as a victory; tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people fight for several days and only kill a dozen enemies. This is the injustice of history books and has become a joke.
Sima Qian's historical records would naturally be mixed with personal emotions, and would be greatly biased towards the ideology represented by Luo. He would use excellent writing skills to elevate the image of certain people and things, but he could not write blindly.
Even if it is not written, there should not be any lies in history books!
This is Sima Qian's ethics as a historian.
Luo Qing said immediately: "Just like what King Su did, bury them in the dust of history, only reflect them in certain books, and then put them aside, so that they will not be passed on to the most ordinary people."
Sima Qian nodded slowly and said, "When can it be decrypted?"
Luo Qing stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the utensils in the room, and said calmly: “Wait until the world can accept it.
Until these horrors never come back again.
Until the ghosts and gods are completely defeated by humans.
Until the world no longer believes in these things.
It’s time for all the truth to come to light again.”
No one can guarantee whether these things will be circulated again once they appear. People's worship of sacrifice comes from the bottom of their hearts.
The Shang Dynasty's human sacrifices sound extremely horrifying, but only horror can become popular on a large scale and make the group believe it without a doubt.
What consequences will occur once this information is made public?
When encountering some weird emperors and some treacherous alchemists who say that human sacrifice can lead to immortality and that human sacrifice can lead to becoming gods after death, the emperor of the Shang Dynasty became an emperor in this way. There is basically no need to guess what the emperor will do.
When times are turbulent and order is disrupted, the Shang Dynasty's belief in human sacrifice is a natural breeding ground for cults. If a dynasty that has lasted for six hundred years endorses human sacrifice, the consequences will be extremely terrible.
Sima Qian heaved a long sigh upon hearing this and said, “Sir, you are right, this is probably the only way.
Qian would use the pen in his hand to make people ignore these terrible things without changing the history of the Shang Dynasty. Shang Tang was still the sage king who overthrew Xia Jie, and Shang Zhou was still the tyrant. All the people in the world opposed him, and God abandoned him and chose King Wu to come to the world to punish him.
But how should the Su Wang be recorded?
The King of Su is like the sky! "
King Wu is the son of Haotian, King Su and Haotian are two sides of the same coin, and the final result is that the elder brother is my nephew?
Luo Bai pondered for a moment and said, "Su Wang and Shang Huang Tian are still different. What is on earth belongs to the earth, and what is in heaven belongs to heaven. Just write it according to the saints."
Sima Qian nodded to indicate that he understood, and now he just wanted to leave here as soon as possible.
When my eyes fell on every place and every artifact, it felt like a thousand years had passed. Merchants were wielding bronze swords and bronze hammers, smashing the offerings into meat paste, and then sharing the food among themselves.
A strong smell of blood reached Sima Qian's nose across thousands of years of time and space, making him feel nauseous and want to vomit.
The shadow cast by this was too great for him. He had always believed that the rule of the Three Dynasties was like that of the Zhou Dynasty, which ruled the world by establishing a complete civilization. He did not expect that the Shang Dynasty actually relied on terror to maintain its rule.
Standing in the sunshine again, even though there was still a cold wind around him, Sima Qian felt a warmth spreading through his body from all directions, and his previously pale face became rosy.
He turned around and looked behind him, still feeling frightened.
After visiting the silo, Sima Qian was sent to live in the outer city and given a few days to prepare. Luo Qing began to prepare a large editing team.
About five days later, Luo Qing took Sima Qian to a hall.
This palace is located in the outer city. Because the inner city cannot accommodate such a large palace, the exterior of the palace is very magnificent, and its various decorations are also full of Luo's style.
The mural style inherited from the ancient Zhou Dynasty, as well as various totems and stories of sages, and various phoenixes are carved on the pillars, in the murals, and on the roofs.
There were about five hundred people sitting neatly in the hall, both men and women, because the men in Zhaocheng were preferred warriors, and proportionally there were more women here, accounting for about 70%.
Most of the men and women were between 30 and 50 years old. They were all dressed meticulously and had thick calluses on their slender fingers, which were obviously caused by holding pens for many years. Even the expressions on their faces were similar.
So many people were sitting in the hall but no sound was made, except for the rustling of pages turning. To them, knowledge was everything, and the family had assessments for them.
Although the family will provide support for them and will keep them even if they are not given important positions, becoming a parasite who only eats and waits for death is the most shameful and unacceptable thing for these people.
As soon as Sima Qian entered the hall, he was overwhelmed by the academic atmosphere that filled the hall. He couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Sir, what are these?"
He actually guessed that these were probably the people that Luo had found for him to help him complete the history book.
But the moment he saw these people, Sima Qian suddenly doubted whether he could do it. These people seemed to be much stronger than himself.
If Luo Qing knew what Sima Qian was thinking, he would probably laugh.
Learning and innovation are different. Talents acquired through hard study are also different from natural geniuses. Sima Qian's talent is not something that everyone can possess.
Duke Ming of Luo wrote the Spring and Autumn Annals on Governing Power. Until the emergence of Confucius, no other member of the Luo family could write a Spring and Autumn Annals that was as good as the one on Governing Power. In the end, it was Confucius who wrote Respecting the King.
This is what the genius's spirituality brings. It can make the written words come alive and allow people to empathize.
Luo Qing clapped his hands vigorously, and everyone in the hall looked at Luo Qing.
Luo Qing straightened his clothes, his face solemn, and then he bowed deeply. He bowed very deeply, almost to the limit of a human body, showing his respect. "Gentlemen, Qing is polite."
Then everyone bowed in return, and the voices echoing throughout the hall said in unison: "Young Master, are you well?"
Luo Qing stood up and said loudly: "My fellow tribesmen, this is Taishi Gong.
You all were gathered together to compile a huge history book. Sima Qian was a man of great talent, so he will be responsible for compiling the history book in the future.
In the next few years or even ten years, you will all obey Taishigong and complete the compilation of the history book. This is the great cause of the family, and it is now handed over to you!"
The hall was very quiet, and everyone turned their eyes to Sima Qian with curiosity and inquiry in their looks.
This kind of thing doesn't happen often in the Luo family, and those who have done so have eventually become saints and been called sons.
Could this majestic, older man in front of me be the next one?
No one has questioned it yet. There has never been a problem with the host's choice. Besides, they will be together for several years. If he is really a coward, it will be revealed sooner or later.
No one can deceive the Luo family, and no one can get away with deceiving the Luo family.
Luo Qing stepped aside. Sima Qian thought about what he should say, so he took out the plan he had made in the past few days and said loudly: "You are all outstanding people in the Luo family. There is probably no need to say anything extra. I will just talk about what I may do in the future for the time being."
Luo Qingwenyan showed a smile of praise on his face. Sometimes the key to solving a problem is not to solve the problem, but to raise new questions.
When both parties were not very familiar with each other, if Sima Qian said some passionate words, it would only make people feel that they were flashy and empty.
At this time, you can directly throw out the problems that may be encountered in the future and let people think about them. If they can't think of the answers, they will naturally feel admiration for the person who asked the question, because people will instinctively think that the person who asked the question knows the answer to the question.
Sima Qian thought back to the books he had seen in the library, and recalled the tossing and turning in the guest room these days, and the grand ceremony he had conceived in his mind, and said aloud: "Gentlemen, the history book I want to create will start from the ancient Five Emperors and end with Emperor Yuanfeng.
The compilation of this history book is mainly divided into..."
Sima Qian reorganized the catalog of the classics that he had perfected in recent days. After all, he was the only one there before, but now with the support of the Luo family, many people and countries that could have been written about before will now be written about.
The number of volumes of the Annals will increase, and the number of volumes of the Family Histories will also be greatly increased. There are also various biographies. Previously, we only planned to build biographies such as Biographies of Assassins, Biographies of Merchants, and Biographies of Remarkable Women, but now it seems that various biographies can be added.
There are also many characters that I had not originally planned to write about, characters who had only appeared in other people's biographies before, but now they can all be written about, even if it is a joint biography.
This history book will become richer from a book that briefly introduces history, and will be able to more comprehensively reflect the characteristics of each period.
As long as this history book was finished, Sima Qian would be willing to die even if he could not become a saint.
Luo Qing was watching Sima Qian talking when his cousin came hurriedly to look for him.
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There is a saying in history that goes "Prosperous times bring about the compilation of classics." The "Records of the Grand Historian" displayed in the Royal Museum may not be as large in scale as other great classics, but it is already a famous classic listed among the "classics."
From the fact that Luo was able to privately build a ceremony of such a scale, we can judge that, at least in the 18th year of Yuanfeng, the Han Dynasty had restored not only agriculture, but also the economic conditions of the people, at least commerce had also recovered to a fairly high level.
Otherwise, a vassal state like the Luo family, which relied on commerce for its existence, would not have had such strong financial resources to do these cultural and artistic decoration works. ——"The Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"
(End of this chapter)
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