mtl008 Chapter 430: Wild History is Too Wild
Chapter 430: Wild History is Too Wild
[In the 52nd year of Qianlong's reign, Emperor Qianlong found many errors in the Siku Quanshu when he was reading it in the Mountain Resort, so he ordered a review. In the 56th year of Qianlong's reign, Emperor Qianlong found errors again when he was reading it again in the Mountain Resort, so he ordered a review to correct the errors.
Under the direct supervision of Ji Yun and others, the Siku Quanshu was finally completed. At this time, it was already the ninth year of Jiaqing.
This cultural project has gone through more than 30 years of hard work.
Ji Yun made significant contributions in this regard, played an important role and occupied a leading position, and is a well-deserved master in the academic world. 】
＜Emperor Qianlong was amazing! He discovered errors in the book twice. [Like]＞
＜Um, the comment above…do you have any misunderstanding about Emperor Qianlong?＞
＜Ah… didn’t he say before that he learned tens of thousands of poems, but only one of them was included in the Chinese textbook for middle school students, and the last sentence was suspected to be written by Ji Xiaolan [laughing and crying]＞
＜No, Qianlong was an emperor after all. His literary accomplishment and knowledge were definitely higher than many people. You can tell from the tens of thousands of poems he wrote [covering face] I want to laugh at him, but don’t condemn him with one blow.＞
＜It took more than 30 years to compile the Sikuquanshu, and I remember that the Yongle Dadian was completed in just a few years.＞
＜What was Ji Xiaolan’s role? Chief editor?＞
＜Anyway, I just don’t like the Siku Quanshu…＞
＜After the book was compiled, were all the rare copies destroyed?＞
＜The Qing Dynasty always did this, it was their favorite thing to do.＞
[Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di: Damn the Qing Dynasty people!]
[Wang Anshi, 4th year of Song Xining: I do not agree with their writing method.]
[Su Shi in the fourth year of Song Xining: Was the Siku Quanshu circulated in the market after it was compiled?]
[Yu Qian, Ming Jingtai Year 6: Definitely not.]
[Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao: How many tens of thousands of poems did he write?! I admire you, I admire you...]
[Emperor Jiajing of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houcong: Look at how old he lived. It would be fine if you could live to that age.]
[Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty Aisin-Gioro Hongli: ...! ]
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"He..." Du Fu said in confusion, "Emperor Qianlong wrote tens of thousands of poems but was still ridiculed by later generations... Was it because of the content of the poems or some other reason?"
"Well, if you say he has no talent, he has written tens of thousands of poems. If you say he has talent, it seems that later generations don't think very highly of him." Li Bai stretched and raised his head and said, "Then show us what his poems look like?"
"Yeah, I'm also curious about what kind of poems such an emperor poet would write."
Gao Shi and others also echoed this.
It didn't take long before a selection of Emperor Qianlong's poems appeared on the screen.
The person sent onto the light curtain was from the Daoguang period.
Along with the bursts of laughter, everyone understood something important.
That means it was difficult for Emperor Daoguang to suppress the people.
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Emperor Daoguang was so angry that he didn't know what to do. Of course, he didn't feel bad about allowing the people of the Qing Dynasty to laugh at his grandfather, but his current situation was very passive.
Across the vast land, wherever you look, the south is full of rebels.
The current situation reminded him of the situations at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty and at the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty.
"Oh God! The Qing Dynasty cannot perish in my hands!"
"Why! Who else in the world can I trust?! Who can I entrust my trust to?!"
"Where are the loyal, good and wise ministers?!"
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[Speaking of Ji Yun, another impression we have of him is that he is also a writer! In middle school, we learned one of his articles, "The Stone Beast in the River", which comes from Ji Yun's "Notes from Yuehui Thatched Cottage".
Here is a brief introduction to the story between Ji Yun and his work "Yuehui Thatched Cottage Notes".
The creation time was more than ten years after Ji Yun served as the chief editor of "Siku Quanshu". After reading the whole book "Yuehui Caotang Notes", it is not difficult to find that there is an inextricable relationship between this book and "Siku Quanshu", and it even has a certain degree of influence on Ji Yun's creation.
In the 54th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign, Ji Yun was over 60 and began to write books. During this period, the Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature was about to be completed, and Ji Yun had relatively more free time, so the writing environment was more relaxed than before.
In the late Qing Dynasty, when the feudal imperial power was supreme, the autocratic system reached its peak. Emperor Qianlong was even more stubborn and arbitrary. As a court official, the greatest danger was the emperor. Although Ji Yun's "Notes from Yuehui Thatched Cottage" created during this period also exposed the darkness of officialdom and described the friendship between relatives and friends, it also compromised with the imperial power.
＜Oh, it’s the stone beast in the river… I still remember the last sentence in it: “However, there are many things in the world that we only know one thing about, but not the other. Can we make a conclusion based on reason?”＞
＜I don’t really have much impression of “Notes from Yuehui Cottage”, but I still remember “Stone Beast in the River”. Is this article required to be memorized in its entirety?＞
＜By writing environment, are you talking about the literary inquisition during that period? I remember that literary inquisition was prevalent from the late Kangxi period to the late Qianlong period. It was indeed not easy for Ji Yun to write a book during this period.＞
＜But wasn’t Ji Yun someone that Emperor Qianlong valued very much? A favorite minister?＞
＜You must be mistaken. Wasn't Heshen Emperor Qianlong's favorite minister? There are rumors among the people that Heshen is the reincarnation of Emperor Qianlong's concubine who died early.＞
＜Hahaha, your unofficial history is quite wild [covering face] But I heard another version of the story, which said that Emperor Qianlong and Heshen had an affair, and Heshen found a male concubine, who was fair, tender and weak, and Heshen loved him very much. But when Qianlong found out about this, he was very jealous and directly ordered the male concubine to be driven away [covering face]＞
＜Oh my god, the unofficial history you read is so unofficial. Are these from Heshen’s biography? I remember that the book about him contained a lot of unofficial history.＞
＜Why can’t it be true? The ancients were very playful. Both men and women loved to find male lovers and keep actors and actresses.＞
＜Emperor Qianlong was indeed an emperor with impeccable civil and military skills in his early years, but a series of actions in his later years really lowered his status.＞
＜Writing a book at the height of feudal imperial despotism, how can you expect to write a book that criticizes imperial power? It’s good enough to preserve yourself.＞
[Heshen during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty:?! Ji Xiaolan's writings have been included in textbooks of later generations?!]
[Ji Yun during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty: What's wrong? No?]
[Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin: Literary inquisition is unacceptable.]
[Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty Zhu Houzhao: Unofficial history is so wild, I love to read it [eating melons]]
[Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty Aisin-Gioro Hongli: Guangmu is talking nonsense again!]
[Ji Yun during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty: I am loyal to Your Majesty and I have no second thoughts!]
[He Shen during the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty: I…I am the same! How come there are so many inexplicable unofficial histories!]
[He Shen during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty: Your Majesty is the greatest emperor of all time. Your achievements in civil and military affairs are far beyond the reach of other emperors.]
[Tang Taizong Li Shimin: ...Forget it.]
[Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che: I won’t say more.]
[Ming Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang: The Manchu Tartars are nothing but the greatest emperor in history! How dare you brag about it!]
[Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty Aisin-Gioro Hongli: Haha, I am too lazy to talk nonsense. Future generations will judge my merits and demerits, but...]
[Ming Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang:? ]
[Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty Aisin-Gioro Hongli: But I can change the evaluation of you in the history books...]
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Zhao Kuangyin was relatively lenient in dealing with literati, such as Li Yu, the former king of Southern Tang.
Even if Li Yu wrote more sad poems about the passing of spring and autumn, or used the past to satirize the present... Zhao Kuangyin still let Li Yu live well.
"I vaguely remember that there was also a great poet in the Song Dynasty who suffered from literary inquisition."
Zhao Pu: "It is Su Shi during the reign of Emperor Shenzong."
"Yes, it's Su Shi, that's him." Zhao Kuangyin was familiar with Su Shi. Su Shi liked to comment on the screen, had a deep relationship with his brother, was valued by the emperor, and was loved by future generations...
In short, Zhao Kuangyin envied Su Shi very much.
"It is obviously a terrible thing for a dynasty to have a literary inquisition." Zhao Kuangyin shook his head, "I hope this kind of thing will never happen again in my Song Dynasty."
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"Manchu Tartars!"
Zhu Yuanzhang cursed and was very angry about what the Qing emperor said on the screen.
Glancing around, he was the only person I could vent my anger on...
"Fourth!"
Zhu Di: “?”
The ominous feeling comes again...
Zhu Di took a step back, and Zhu Yuanzhang frowned in dissatisfaction, "Stop right there!"
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Ji Yun was terrified. Most of what was said on the screen was true, but it was too true...
In this social environment, if you want to save your life, you can't be too high-profile.
He Shen had a keen political sense. He knew that His Majesty would not be angry with him because of the unofficial history on the screen, but at the same time he felt that his good days might be coming to an end...