Chapter 164: History Compilation
He Xi immediately became interested and said, "What can Mr. Yao do?"
Yao Guangxiao said: "Su Boxheng is a gentleman, and a gentleman will never utter a bad word. Moreover, even if he quits, he will not make a big fuss, or even say something bad about us. He also has a sense of guilt in his heart. This kind of guilt Feeling is where you can start.”
"Sir, I have said that you should make more friends and fewer enemies. This is truly a golden match. Ten thousand people have ten thousand thoughts, and it is a big problem to make them all agree. Not to mention these scholars, The more you read, the more thoughts you have. The harder it is to be of the same mind."
He Xi sighed and said, "Yes."
The more knowledge a person has, the more thoughts he has. It is difficult to simply obey anyone's orders. And if you want to achieve great things, you need these people. People who know nothing, have no ideas of their own, and are single-minded will not be of great use.
Yao Guangxiao said: "Therefore, using different methods to deal with different people can be used by me even if they are enemies. What's more, Mr. Su can't be called an enemy."
He Xi heard Yao Guangxiao's words and suddenly felt that many things were connected. The masters of military operations, the most intelligent ones, can mobilize the enemy's deployment to our advantage. Yao Guangxiao believes that because of people's designs and plans, even the enemy is within my calculations.
They seem to be very different, but the core is the same.
He Xi said: "The plan will be settled."
Yao Guangxiao said: "Sir, do you know where Mr. Su's heart is?"
He Xi said: "I would like to hear the details."
Yao Guangxiao said: "It's just a name. Mr. Su, from a famous family, has great writing credits, classics and calligraphy, and is first-class in the world. How can he be different from Master Song? It's just that the difference in reputation is too far. There is no way to do this. . This is how people's fate is. Sometimes, if you don't meet the storm, it's hard to be a dragon. Although Old Master Su doesn't say it, I know that he feels sorry for it. "
"If there is one thing that can make his name go down in history. A hundred years later, he can still surpass Old Master Song, then Mr. Su will definitely do it."
He Xi also understood.
People always have weaknesses. If they are not found, it is because they are not looking in the right direction. Or maybe they haven't thought about this person thoroughly. Su Boheng is elegant and easy-going, a gentleman, and loves to support his younger generations. There is nothing wrong with him.
It can be said that he is clean and well-educated, but he may not have no heart problems.
Here Yao Guangxiao does not mean that Su Boxheng's level is higher than Song Lian's. However, many times, how much difference can there be between the first place and the second place, or even the tenth place?
Even in the same echelon, scholars look down on each other, and this is also the reason. Everyone is roughly on the same level, and there is no strict division. Who can tell clearly who is superior and who is inferior.
The reason why Song Lian became famous was certainly because of Song Lian's real ability, but also because of Zhu Yuanzhang's support.
But this kind of opportunity can be encountered but cannot be sought. Su Boheng was about the same age as Song Lian, and now he is also old. When everyone gets old, they will think about the things behind them. This is also normal.
Su Boheng is naturally very clear about this. It is estimated that a hundred years later, Song Lian will still have a place in youth history. As for Su Boheng, except for some people who like to dig through old papers, no one knows who he is.
Time is also destiny.
Su Boheng could certainly enlighten him, but if he really wanted to do it, he couldn't even think about it.
It's just that He Xi couldn't think of anything that could make Su Boheng famous and put Song Lian in trouble.
He Xi asked: "What kind of things can make Old Master Su overpower Mr. Song?"
Yao Guangxiao said: "It is something that adults today have not done, repairing the history of the Yuan Dynasty, and now it can be done. It is just the right time."
After hearing this, He Xi stood up excitedly and said, "Yes, I actually forgot about this."
The matter of repairing the history of Yuan Dynasty has actually been arranged for a long time. Even Mingjiantang has made a lot of preparations. But it still hasn’t started. The reason is very simple. The obstacle to the revision of history is not the matter itself. It's the political obstacles.
That is the debate over whether the Yuan Dynasty was orthodox or not.
He Xi had never thought of breaking up before. I want to leave some room for each other. Because of this, there was no beginning. But many things have already begun. For example, compiling a specialized history of the Yuan Dynasty, for example, collecting historical materials of the Yuan Dynasty, talking to the surrendered ministers of the Yuan Dynasty, and obtaining first-hand information.
These things proceed slowly but surely.
Fortunately, there is no technical threshold for compiling history. This can be done privately.
The person in charge of this matter has always been Su Boxheng.
It can even be said that He Xi did not want Su Boxheng to do this, it was Su Boxheng who wanted to do it.
Without him, compiling history, especially presiding over official history compilation, is a great honor for scholars. Since ancient times, there have been no more than twenty official official histories. There are only a few dozen names of people who compiled history.
As long as you can associate your name with this one thing. Su Boheng was afraid that he would not have a posthumous reputation, let alone Song Lian's compilation of Yuan history, which was a big stain that Song Lian would never be able to wash away.
Although anyone who knows it will understand that compiling the History of the Yuan Dynasty is a political task. At that time, the political significance of compiling the History of the Yuan Dynasty far exceeded the History of the Yuan Dynasty itself. This was the final judgment on Mongolia.
But over time, who cares?
Later generations of history readers will only think that the History of the Yuan Dynasty is the worst of the Twenty-Four Histories, and this one was compiled by Song Lian. No matter how Song Lian defended this point, it was useless.
If Su Boheng's history of the Yuan Dynasty can surpass Song Lian's history of the Yuan Dynasty, maybe Su Boheng's reputation will be higher than that of Song Lian in the future.
This was the subtle thought in Su Boxheng's heart. He Xi had absolutely no idea about it, but it couldn't be hidden from Yao Guangxiao's eyes.
Moreover, it is not without reason that Yao Guangxiao mentioned revising history at this time.
This is to separate another dispute, that is, the Huayi debate. Introduced into this, it may be said that it is the conflict between the Yuan Dynasty's legacy ministers and the Ming Dynasty's upstarts. Anyway, although the reform can really be announced to the world.
But Yao Guangxiao has already seen that there is a lot of commotion behind this, it is simply a big bomb. Since it is not like this, he doesn't care about more chaos.
Moreover, the scholar-bureaucrats were not unified on this matter.
After all, the Yuan Dynasty was more than twenty years ago. If we say that when the Ming Dynasty was first established, the majority of the civil and military officials of the Yuan Dynasty were the surrendered ministers of the Yuan Dynasty. After all, talents require a training cycle.
This is also something that can't be helped.
But more than twenty years have passed. Many old officials of the Yuan Dynasty grew old and died. The power to dominate public opinion has also been lost a lot. Let’s look at the public opinion on the matter of orthodoxy in the Ming Dynasty. It can be seen that in the early Ming Dynasty, people did not dare to say much, but before and after the Zhengtong Dynasty, some people criticized it, saying that it was a big mistake to use orthodoxy in the Yuan Dynasty. In the later period, it was even more Hold high the debate between Huayi and Huayi, otherwise the orthodox status of the Yuan Dynasty will be maintained.
Of course. This is another story.
However, there was criticism in the Orthodox Dynasty, which does not mean that there was no such trend of thought before Orthodoxy. However, what kind of person Zhu Yuanzhang is, who dares to find fault with him. Furthermore, during the Yongle Dynasty, it was a bit too sensitive to say that the Yuan Dynasty was not orthodox.
Emperor Yongle took a look and saw that the Yuan Dynasty, Dadu, was Beijing. Wasn’t the Yuan Dynasty orthodox? Suddenly the murderous aura in his eyes surged, and he said secretly: "Thief, do you think I can't read?"
Now that this issue has emerged, it will help divide the scholar-bureaucrat camp. In short, the more chaotic the opponent, the better.
He Xi said: "Sure enough, a great idea. Sir -----" He Xi originally wanted Yao Guangxiao to make a trip for him. But after thinking about it, I said, "It would be best for me to go there myself."
Go in person to show sincerity.
With Yao Guangxiao as the foreshadowing, He Xi's talks went smoothly in front of Su Boheng. Su Boheng was even more ashamed and gave He Xi a suggestion, saying: "Sir, don't think that the scholar-bureaucrats are one. In fact, there are not many scholar-bureaucrats in the world who are one. I also have some selfish motives for your reform. What your lord said The method of change is, firstly, too risky, and secondly, it is not conducive to the hometown. I don’t want to face old age, and the place of burial will not be peaceful. That’s why I came up with this idea. Sir, be magnanimous. I also have a small idea. , please sir, please listen."
