"What happened? Who did it!"
In Shouning Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Han Cheng and asked, with an irrepressible chill in his voice.
Such a masterpiece, a treasure of China, was destroyed like this?
In the end, only four hundred copies were handed down?
From more than 22,800 volumes to 400 volumes!
There is no need to say anything else. Just looking at the huge quantitative gap, you can know how this masterpiece has been ruined!
How heartbreaking!
“The Yongle Dadian was copied once during the Jiajing period, but the whereabouts of the original version is a mystery.
In this regard, there are many speculations in the historical circles.
One of the more popular guesses is that he was buried along with Emperor Jiajing.
The Yongle Ceremony was originally a sacrificial burial for the commending emperor.
Because after Emperor Jiajing passed away, he was not buried quickly, but waited for a long time.
At that time, the work of copying the Yongle Grand Ceremony was in progress and was not over yet.
Therefore, some people think that this is waiting for the completion of the copying work of Yongle Dadian.
However, later on, only 8,000 copies of the Jiajing manuscripts were left, so some people thought that they might be in a hurry to bury them and did not complete the copying.
However, I think it is wrong to speculate that the copy has not been completed.
Because by the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there were still eight thousand volumes of Jiajing manuscripts.
Because the time span in between was too big, and it also went through the most dangerous and chaotic chaos in the late Ming Dynasty.
The Yongle Dadian is made of paper, which is difficult to store and can be easily damaged.
There were only eight thousand volumes at the beginning, but it is not very likely that until the Qianlong period, there were still eight thousand complete volumes..."
"Jiajing really did this?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Han Cheng and asked, somewhat excited.
Han Cheng shook his head when he heard this and said: "It's just a most likely speculation. The actual situation has not been recorded in later generations.
Anyway, since then, the whereabouts of the original Yongle Dadian has become a mystery.
The Jiajing manuscript has been circulated for some time, but the original copy has never appeared. "
"boom!"
Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the table angrily.
"Bullshit! What a waste of a good thing!" Zhu Yuanzhang yelled angrily.
"What a wonderful thing! How many people's hard work! He was actually used to be buried with him?
Damn it!
Damn it!
This is a crime!
By doing this, wouldn't he be afraid that his ancestors would chop him alive with a knife when he got down there? "
Zhu Yuanzhang was really angry.
In his opinion, such things should always remain in the world and be passed down.
If possible, let more people see it.
Only in this way can it achieve its due value.
It turned out to be good now, so Jiajing was buried with such a good thing!
When a person dies, he dies, ashes return to ashes, dust returns to dust, dead people will look at nothing!
It won't do anything except waste stuff.
I originally thought that this guy organized manpower to copy the Yongle Ceremony because he was really afraid that the Yongle Ceremony would be damaged, so he did so.
Who would have thought that it had such a purpose!
This guy is such a bastard! !
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he wanted to beat someone.
"Lanting Preface", a good thing known as the best running script in the world, was taken to the grave by Li Shimin, who loved Wang Xizhi's calligraphy.
As a result, now, Yongle Dadian has also been buried in the grave by his descendants.
Thinking about this matter makes people feel extremely uncomfortable!
This unfortunate thing, why don't you learn from the good ones, but choose to learn from the bad ones?
"What about the remaining 8,000 volumes? Why were they destroyed into 400 volumes?"
Zhu Yuanzhang calmed down and looked at Han Cheng to ask again.
Han Chengdao: "The Yongle Ceremony encountered another catastrophe during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.
It's the old man who is known as Shiquan.
During his reign, he also compiled a similar book and named it Sikuquanshu.
However, before the people at Sikuquan Library began to repair the book, they first compiled and published the Yongle Dadian in their possession.
Through this incident, many important documents were indeed recovered.
But for Yongle Dadian, it was also a catastrophe.
Because Qianlong gave the guiding ideology when he asked people to compile it.
That is to insist on Confucianism as orthodox and believe that "the essence has been exhausted and the dross can be discarded", and all opera, Buddhism and Taoism will not be compiled.
In addition, we will be merciless about any words that involve violations and will be deleted.
Just these things will cause damage to many things.
Your Majesty, you don’t know how many perverted actions the Tatars have done in order to confine people’s thoughts and brutally suppress the Chinese people.
One of them is extremely famous, called Literary Inquisition.
The Literary Prison has been around for a very long time, starting from Shunzhi and almost accompanying the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty.
The number is beyond imagination! The scope of involvement is unprecedented.
There are nearly two hundred documented cases of literary inquisition.
There were more literary inquisitions than those in many previous dynasties combined!
It seriously restricts thought, blocks the way of expression, and hinders scientific progress and development.
Before the Qing Dynasty, all kinds of science and technology appeared in all Chinese dynasties, which brought many positive impacts to society.
Various technologies emerge in endlessly.
Even if some courts do not encourage technological research and development, at least they do not deliberately suppress it.
But it was only in the Qing Dynasty that all kinds of official suppression took place.
Adopt various policies to obfuscate the people.
Not only has technology stagnated, it has even experienced a huge setback!
As for the later battles with foreigners, many people still used cold weapons such as swords and guns.
The firearms he owns are basically old-fashioned things.
The level of firearms is still not up to the level of the Ming Dynasty.
This is the result of the Tatars' crazy ignorance of the people and their continuous suppression of the development of science and technology.
When they conquered the world, firearms played an important role in it. However, later on, they will continue to say that they conquered the world by riding and shooting.
The reason for this is to make many people ignore firearms and not pay attention to firearms.
In this case, even if there is a rebellion among the people, it will be much easier for them to suppress the rebellion without using firearms and relying only on cold weapons.
Did the rulers of the Qing Dynasty really not know the power of technology?
they know.
While the people are madly ignorant and restricting the development of science and technology, they themselves are studying technology crazily.
Just like Kangxi.
This person has mastered a lot of astronomical knowledge, is proficient in calculus, and can also solve advanced functions.
After him, Yongzheng, Qianlong and others also hired missionaries to teach them the latest knowledge from Europe.
They attach great importance to these things, but are extremely afraid of these things circulating among the vast lower classes.
While they themselves are eager to learn, they continue to publicize these skills to the outside world.
Technology is nothing to talk about.
In doing so, they seriously hindered scientific and technological progress.
As for them, mastering this thing means little.
Because they are only mastering it and will not expand the scale, nor will they let these spread among the people, nor will they think of using them to enhance their strength.
In this case, it is equivalent to guarding a treasure mountain without using it, which is meaningless.
Otherwise, it would not have caused them to lag so far behind when they ruled.
Moreover, the development of ancient science and technology in our area was described as so-called craftsman technology after the West gained the right to speak.
All kinds of slander and belittling.
As a result, many people in later generations misunderstood our ancient Chinese technology, and unconsciously felt that they were inferior to others.
The Tatar literary prison is extremely perverted.
Someone was killed because he wrote a poem "Qingfeng is illiterate, so why is he flipping through the book randomly", which was considered to be a satire on the barbarians of the Qing Dynasty.
Someone was thought to have a treacherous mind and was beheaded because of the phrase "a man who will make a difference" in his article.
For another example, during the Yongzheng period, someone served as an examiner in Jiangxi. When setting the question, he used a sentence in the Book of Songs, "Weiminzhi". Then some people said that he did it on purpose. The word "Weizhi" was to cut off the head of the word "Yongzheng"... …
The Literary Prison has reached the point of being perverted. You can imagine how many things in the Yongle Canon were tampered with, deleted, and destroyed when they were compiling them. "
Is this still possible?
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened.
I was shocked by the operations of the Qing emperor.
Even a being like him feels that these guys are really perverted and can really be far-fetched.
To what extent do they have to have low self-esteem, and how much do they care about their barbarian origins, to kill people just because they are illiterate?
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help curling his lips when he heard Han Cheng say that the Tatar emperor was crazy about banning technology, but he was also crazy about learning.
I think these people are really hypocritical and useless, and they don't have a big heart at all.
When Han Cheng said that these various Chinese inventions and creations were slandered by the West as craftsmanship, his chest heaved.
I feel that these thieves are so shameless!
It seems that I really want Daming to fight out as soon as possible!
Strong ships and powerful cannons blasted open their country gates.
Go to sea!
Must go to sea!
"Actually, when it comes to the Literary Prison, it's not just the Qing Dynasty that's famous, but you, my father-in-law, are also famous."
Han Cheng suddenly remembered something and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said.
Zhu Yuanzhang, whose chest was heaving, couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and he looked a little confused.
What was Han Cheng talking about?
"When did we start going through the Literary Prison? Why didn't we know?"
Han Cheng said: "Your Majesty, it is true that you didn't do it, but you couldn't resist someone who wanted you to do it. People behind you said that you did it, so didn't you just do it?
Anyway, it is their consistent principle to blackmail you.
It's as if Your Majesty is said to have done this, and then those emperors of the Qing Dynasty would not be so bad when they did it again.
For example, your Majesty, when you were on a private visit incognito, you met an old woman, and when she talked about you, she was called an old man by the name of an old man.
Your Majesty, when you return to Xu Da's house, you will become more and more angry and tremble with anger. Then you will send someone back to kill the old woman.
He also said that because your majesty was a monk, you couldn’t hear the words thief, bald, and monk, so you killed many people..."
"Fuck him!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and couldn't help but cursed.
These pieces of shit can really make things up!
"Then...will these be widely circulated in later generations?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang asked this question, he knew that his question was in vain, and it must have spread widely.
"Guang, when we talk about the Literary Prison of the Qing Dynasty, many people will think of the things you did, Your Majesty.
Although some people have proven through various historical books that these are all fabrications, there are still many people who have been misled..."
"Qiu! These bastards are so disrespectful!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang cursed angrily.
“During the Qianlong period, not only the remaining contents of the Yongle Dadian were revised, but also the Sikuquanshu.
The construction of Sikuquanshu is the collection and protection of Chinese culture, but at the same time it is a devastating blow.
Books and documents that they considered to be contrary to ethical standards, satirical and belittling their ancestors, inconsistent with moral principles, and endangering the rule of the dynasty were all banned.
It was a catastrophe of banning and destroying books.
Qianlong destroyed many Yongle ceremonies in the name of compilation and loss, which was the greatest damage suffered by Yongle ceremonies in the Qing Dynasty.
There will be greater catastrophes ahead.
In the tenth year of Xianfeng's reign, Western bandits invaded Peiping, and the old woman fled in a hurry with Emperor Xianfeng. Such a large capital was lost to others.
The Hanlin Academy was robbed and a large number of Yongle ceremonies were lost.
In the first year of Guangxu's reign, the buildings of the Hanlin Academy were renovated. After an inventory, it was found that there were less than 5,000 volumes of the canon, and many employees were guarding and stealing it.
In the 20th year of Guangxu's reign, another inventory was conducted and found that only 800 volumes were left..."
Speaking of these things, Han Chengcheng felt extremely depressed and humiliated.
During that period, what were the only things that China lost?
Countless Chinese treasures were destroyed and robbed by those bandits.
In the Sutra Cave of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, there are numerous scriptures, social documents, embroidery, magical instruments...the destroyed Old Summer Palace...
Many plundered Chinese treasures were openly displayed by the robbers in their museums...
"Infuriating! So damn annoying!! These thieves!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he cursed and felt extremely aggrieved.
"Forget it, forget it, Han Cheng, tell me about the rest of the things that the fourth child did, let alone the Yongle Ceremony."
After Zhu Yuanzhang scolded him, he weakly waved his hand to Han Cheng, indicating that Han Cheng did not need to say more at the Yongle Ceremony.
I originally thought that it was a very good thing that the fourth child created the Yongle Ceremony, but I never expected that what happened next would be so frustrating!
After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Han Cheng thought for a while and didn't say much about this matter.
He pondered for a while and said: "In addition to these, there is another very commendable thing when Emperor Yongle was in power, that is, the land area of the Ming Dynasty reached its peak."
Hearing Han Cheng talk about this, Zhu Yuanzhang regained his energy.
Since the Ming Dynasty had the largest territory, it was inevitable to expand externally, and the Ming Dynasty must have won many battles.
There is no need to say much about this matter, it must be very refreshing for people to know.
“When Emperor Yongle was here, he expanded the territory of the Ming Dynasty a lot, such as taking Annan.
In the second year of Jianwen, the Hu family, a powerful official in the Annan Chen Dynasty, launched a coup to overthrow the Chen Dynasty's rule.
Establish the Hu regime.
The Hu family implemented high-pressure rule in Annan.
Externally, there is a clear momentum of expansion.
For the Ming Dynasty, the suzerain country, the Hu family blocked the news that Annan had changed its dynasty.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty was in a period of crisis, and Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Di's uncle and nephew were fighting fiercely.
Didn't notice it for a while.
Annan has become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty as early as your reign.
What Hu did was obviously against the rules.
Seriously damaged the majesty of Ming Dynasty.
Later, Chen Tianping, the royal family of the Chen family, asked for help from the suzerain country of Ming Dynasty.
At this time, Emperor Yongle was firmly in power. Hearing Chen Tianping's account of Hu's actions, he became furious and immediately sent troops to escort Chen Tianping back to his country to ascend the throne.
On the one hand, this is to show the majesty of the Ming Dynasty. On the other hand, it also means to support a dynasty in Nan'an that listens to the Ming Dynasty.
But what happened next was something Emperor Yongle did not expect.
This Hu family was so audacious that he dared to set up an ambush, wipe out the escorting five thousand Ming troops, and kill Chen Tianping!
Emperor Yongle immediately became angry!
What is the Hu family? You dare to sit on his head and shit?
Immediately, a large number of troops were gathered to push Annan away!
Hu dared to do this because he had his own plans.
After analysis, he concluded that the Ming Dynasty had just gone through a great war, was unstable domestically, and needed to recuperate.
Faced with his behavior, Emperor Yongle would be furious, but he would not really fight with Annan.
As long as he withstands the first few waves of retaliation from the Ming army, the Ming Dynasty will definitely withdraw its troops.
As for whether he can hold on... he is very confident!
Annan Mountain is high and densely forested, and it is far away from the heart of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming army traveled a long distance and was easily acclimatized.
And if troops are deployed for a long time, there will be great pressure on logistics.
He was fighting on his own territory. No matter how powerful the Ming army was, they had to be honest when they arrived here.
But what he didn't know was that Emperor Yongle was determined to run Nanyang at this time.
He also overestimated his own combat power and underestimated the Ming army's combat power.
Emperor Yongle spent three months gathering an army of 300,000.
Mobilizing grain, grass and baggage, plus civilian husbands and others responsible for logistics, more than 500,000 people were mobilized.
It's called eight hundred thousand.
Let Zhu Neng take command and march straight to Annan.
Zhu Neng died of illness on the road, and Emperor Yongle did not return to his army. Instead, Zhang Yu's son Zhang Fu took command in Zhu Neng's place and continued the march.
The Ming army had just fought in the Battle of Jingnan, and it could be said that they had elite soldiers and strong generals, and every one of them was a tiger or a wolf.
After arriving in Annan, Hu's carefully constructed defense was quickly destroyed.
Later, it only took ten months to sweep through Annan and capture the entire territory of Annan!
Later, Emperor Yongle changed the name of Annan to Jiaozhi, established three divisions and fifteen prefectures...
Jiaozhi is 2,800 miles from north to south and 1,760 miles from east to west.
Among them, there were 3,120,000 obedient people and 2,875,000 barbarians.
After acquiring Jiaozhi, the Ming Dynasty's territory suddenly increased rapidly.
However, many people in later generations held a negative attitude when talking about Emperor Yongle taking Annan.
One of the main reasons is that it violates Your Majesty’s ancestral precepts in classifying Annan as a country that cannot be conquered - the land is not enough to provide supplies, and the people are not enough to make orders..."
Zhu Yuanzhang originally sounded very enthusiastic, but suddenly such a sentence came out of Han Cheng's mouth, which immediately made Zhu Yuanzhang feel as if he had eaten a fly.
Before Zhu Yuanzhang learned a lot of news from Han Cheng and knew how big and wonderful the world was, Zhu Yuanzhang found it quite reasonable when he learned from Han Cheng that he would create a country without conquests in the future.
But now, after learning so many things from Han Cheng and opening my eyes to the world, I feel a bit harsh when I hear from Han Cheng the ancestral precept of "a country without conquests" that he left behind.
I feel ashamed for what I did later.
What I thought was a good strategy at the time was really too stupid and can be described as short-sighted.
"Han Cheng, um... let's not talk about the country without conquests.
Isn’t this the case in history? We didn’t know overseas was so important. "
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand at Han Cheng, and his face turned red, which was rare for an old man.
Showing some embarrassment.
Han Cheng was a little confused by this.
What did you see? Is Zhu Yuanzhang still embarrassed? ? ?
Zhu Yuanzhang said this, so Han Cheng would naturally not hold on to this matter.
"Father-in-law, I think Annan is very important to us. If we have the opportunity in the future, we will definitely capture it and make it our homeland of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty will start a great voyage in the future. The start of the great voyage cannot be achieved only by relying on powerful naval forces. I also need to be in hand for some key points.
From now on, when the Ming Dynasty embarks on its great voyages, places such as the Southeast Asia and the West will definitely be the top priority.
Annan has a long and narrow terrain and, most importantly, a very long coastline.
It is conducive to the development of ocean trade and extends the tentacles of the Ming Dynasty into the Indochina Peninsula to intimidate many small countries in the Southeast Asia and even the West.
Make them all honest.
In history, Emperor Yongle's capture of Annan was not just a whim or a great success.
Instead, he had sufficient considerations, which were integrated with Zheng He's voyages to the West.
If Emperor Yongle had not taken Annan first and turned it into a place for the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He's voyages to the West would not have been so smooth, and places such as Nanyang and the West would not have been so good.
In my opinion, this is a truly far-sighted move. "
In the past, Zhu Yuanzhang would have felt incomprehensible when he learned that Zhu Di had captured Annan.
But now, thinking about what Han Cheng said about overseas affairs, and thinking about the position of Annan on the globe, and the story of Zheng He's voyages to the West created by the fourth child, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly felt that the fourth brother Zhu Di's move was really good. Far!
Putting aside the matter of killing Zhu Yunxi and others after he abandoned his fourth son and became emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Zhu Di was really capable.
He is worthy of being the son of Zhu Yuanzhang!
The fourth child replaced Zhu Yunwen, and he did a good job!
If the fourth child hadn't risen up to resist, and still let that idiot Zhu Yunwen become the emperor, he would have ruined the iron-clad country that he had left behind!
"The Fourth Brother is right! What you said, Han Cheng, is also right!
This Annan really needs to be taken down!
This is really important for Daming’s future external operations! "
Zhu Yuanzhang said with his fists clenched.
And quickly recited it silently in his mind several times to deepen his memory, for fear that he would forget it.
This is an important reason why Zhu Yuanzhang likes to come and chat with Han Cheng whenever he has nothing to do.
Through Han Cheng, he can greatly broaden his horizons, know many things about future generations, and can continuously improve his plans for external actions.
"This Annan is so important, will it not be lost by future generations?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Han Cheng and asked.
After saying that, he shook his head again, feeling that he might have thought too much.
Not everyone is as talented and resourceful as Lao Si. In addition, Annan is located in a remote location. Over time, trouble will definitely occur.
Han Cheng also shook his head and said: "Throw it away, throw it away soon.
It was thrown away in the second year of Xuande's reign.
For many reasons, mainly the rule of Emperor Yongle, which seriously damaged the interests of the wealthy families in Annan, these people stood up to resist.
After taking Annan, it can be said that there has been a constant war here.
And because Annan was too far away, the Ming Dynasty did not collect enough tax revenue here.
The grain, fodder and other things needed for the soldiers and horses needed to be transported from the Ming Dynasty, which consumed a lot of money.
Let Daming be here all the time and continue to invest.
This made the North Korean and Chinese civil service systems dissatisfied.
In addition, the Tatars are still fighting in the north, so the idea of giving up here is getting stronger and stronger.
Of course, when Emperor Yongle was around, no one would dare to say this.
But as soon as Emperor Yongle passed away, many people couldn't wait to jump out.
Call for Annan to be abandoned.
In the second year of Xuande, Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji, who had been hesitant, finally made up his mind to abandon Annan.
The background at that time was that the rebels in Annan were getting stronger and stronger.
In the second year of Xuande, the main force of the Ming army stationed in Annan suffered another defeat...
Since then, China has completely lost Annan.
It also completely lost the opportunity to expand its territory to Indochina and face the Indian Ocean..."
Speaking of this, Han Cheng couldn't help but feel regretful.
If Zhu Zhanji persists and does not retreat, and can manage Annan well later, the impact on future generations will be immeasurable! !
such a pity!
His retreat gave China no chance to enter here again.
Lost a lot of strategically important places!
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Zhu Zhanji was retreating, he also felt unwilling.
What a shame!
As for why Zhu Zhanji gave up Annan, rather than his father Zhu Gaochi giving up Annan, Zhu Yuanzhang can understand it.
Many things happen and develop step by step.
Lao Si has been managing Annan for many years, so these policies can't be abolished just after his death, right?
After experiencing an emperor, several years, or even more than ten years, it can be said that he gave up again after reaching Zhu Zhanji.
“It’s true that one generation is worse than the other!”
Zhu Yuanzhang said a little annoyed.
"Your Majesty, please don't say that. This Emperor Xuande is known as the Ming Dynasty's Hexagonal God of War."
Han Cheng quickly corrected the mistakes in Zhu Yuanzhang's words.
Hearing Han Cheng's words, Zhu Yuanzhang's face couldn't help but twitch.
Ever since he was here with Han Cheng and heard about the Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chu and the Ming God of War Li Jinglong, he found that he could no longer look directly at these two words.
Especially the word "God of War".
This guy Han Cheng is amusing himself by making sarcastic comments here again!
"Han Cheng, if we have something to say, let's talk it over. Don't always say the opposite."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Han Cheng for advice.
Han Cheng was stunned when he heard this. He realized that this was Li Jinglong's sequelae, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, you misunderstood. This is the real God of War, not the other way around."
"Really?" Zhu Yuanzhang was doubtful.
"Really!" Han Cheng nodded vigorously: "I will tell you about his heroic deeds, and you will understand..."
(End of chapter)
