Four hundred and fifty-nine I am Cao Cao, who are you?
That night, Empress Changsun finished reading the first chapter of "Three Kingdoms". It took an hour and a half, and even His Majesty Li Er came to eat. His Majesty Li Er didn't find it strange. After quickly, he finished the meal and entered the room, waiting for Empress Changsun to wake up. After a while, Empress Changsun whispered: "Why is it gone?"
His Majesty Li Er laughed in silence. This was the same as his previous feeling. The thing written by this kid was really exciting and made people unable to extricate themselves. He had to read it together, for fear that if he missed a little chapter, he would not be able to connect the subsequent stories, so he could not stop at all.
Empress Changsun also discovered the charm of the Three Kingdoms. This is indeed not a historical book. It has many inconsistent with the records of the official history "Three Kingdoms", but the general direction is correct. Chen Shou only mentioned it in a short stroke, but Suning used easy-to-understand language to add bricks and tiles, turning it into a whole chapter from one sentence, which is rich and colorful. There are also some things that have not been recorded in history, such as the Three Heroes fighting Lu Bu, which is also true, such as Cao Mengde's alone in pursuing Dong Zhuo, such as Sun Jian's struggle to fight Dong Zhuo but secretly hiding the imperial seal in the end, and Wang Yun's plot was eliminated and Wang Yun died tragically, etc., one by one, Empress Changsun felt that she had fallen into Suning's series of plans...
After reading these chapters, Empress Changsun suddenly felt that the dull names in the history books suddenly became colorful and vivid. They seemed to be right in front of them, waving their weapons, stepping onto the stage of history, and staged a series of heroic and shocking stories. In short, after reading them, even after reading them, even a woman, she was deeply fascinated by it, especially when she saw the beauty Diao Chan's poor beauty, she couldn't extricate herself and she actually cried.
"A man is incompetent, but he wants a weak woman to take on his own country and then insult his beauty. His Majesty, these people are extremely shameless. In the past, he thought that Wang Yun was a good minister who was loyal to the king and patriotic country. Now he found that he really deserves to be a shameless person!" Empress Changsun put down her manuscript and was crying when she saw His Majesty Li Er sitting upside and looking at her with a smile. Without thinking, she threw herself into his arms and cried and condemned the men. Although His Majesty Li Er was helpless, she had to comfort Empress Changsun.
Indeed, in these chapters, Suning wrote a detailed account of Wang Yun's series of plans to eliminate Dong Zhuo. Indeed, Dong Zhuo was eliminated by Wang Yun's plan, but there is no character Diao Chan in the official history. It's just a concubine of Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo. He was afraid that Dong Zhuo would know that he was going to kill him, so he agreed.
But this is not a bloody case caused by a woman. For example, why does the history books talk about the secret of affair between Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo? For example, things like affair that only Lu Bu and that concubine know, one more person knows, and why is it written in the history books openly? Obviously, this is a thing that is known to everyone, and who knows it? Wang Yun! Then it is very likely to infer that this matter is inseparable from Wang Yun and others. Even if it is not Diao Chan, she is still another miserable woman.
His Majesty Li Er accepted the story written by Suning. This was not a historical book, but it ruthlessly beat the true faces of the so-called literati and officials who were called for the country and the people. Suning intentionally or unintentionally wrote these literati and officials with a hypocritical and kept talking for the country and the people, but secretly engaged in unknown activities. However, between the lines, he also expressed his disgust for political struggle. His Majesty Li Er smiled slightly and understood part of Suning's meaning.
After comforting Empress Changsun for a moment, His Majesty Li Er took out the manuscript and read it again, and couldn't help reading it again, and then sighed: "It's really a good article. Although I don't know what it is, I really want to see what happened later. Guanyin Bi, you said that we have read the "Three Kingdoms" as well, why are you still so obsessed with this book?"
Empress Changsun was speechless, obviously not coming out of Diao Chan's miserable fate. His Majesty Li Er smiled helplessly and frowned. This book is not simple, not simple. This kid Suning must be preparing for some big moves. This book may be just a prelude, so easy to understand. Is this kid trying to let the whole world know it? Is it necessary to prepare for papermaking and printing at this time?
The next day, His Majesty Li Er recruited Suning into the palace. The manuscripts with Suning were ten chapters from the 11th to the 20th chapter of the Three Kingdoms. When His Majesty Li Er saw this manuscript, he felt itchy. He would ignore what he said for the time being. Read it first and then tell Suning to hand over the manuscript immediately, and then ask Suning to take care of himself.
Chapter 11 and Chapter 20 tell the story of the development of power before the Battle of Guandu. It is also the story of Cao Cao defeating Liu Bei and occupying Xuzhou, then being bitten by Lu Bu, finally killing Lu Bu, driving away Liu Bei, and repelling Yuan Shu's harassment. It is until the end of the story of Xu Tian's siege and the edict of Yilang. Chapter 20 ends, and there is no follow-up.
It is obviously more sensitive to writing these chapters to the emperor, because Suning admires Cao Cao more. On the contrary, he was extremely disgusted with the short-sighted Dong Guojiu and others, and naturally had nothing to say to them. However, because it involved Emperor Xian of Han, the most unlucky puppet emperor in history, and His Majesty Li Er himself was the emperor, Suning had to do it with caution. The reason why he wrote it for the emperor was to get the emperor's approval. The emperor could read it and had read it. This was the best advertisement and there was no need to pay the advertising fee.
Luo Guanzhong's description of the history of Xu Tian's siege also focused on vilifying Cao Cao, writing about the miserable experiences of Emperor Xian of Han, which inspired people to disdain and disgust for the behavior of Cao Cao's powerful ministers. However, in fact, Suning still agrees with the interpretation of Cao Cao in the movie "Bronze Bird Platform" starring Chow Yun-fat. Cao Cao never proclaimed himself emperor in his life, and it was already the greatest loyalty to the Han Dynasty. At least when Cao Cao was alive, Emperor Xian of Han was still the emperor, and the Han Dynasty still existed. No one dared to proclaim himself emperor. Even if Cao Cao died and Cao Pi became emperor, Emperor Xian of Han still allowed Emperor Xian of Han to survive as the Duke of Shanyang. It was not until Emperor Ming of Wei that Emperor Xian of Han died.
On the other hand, another Cao Cao-like character Zhao Kuangyin came with a yellow robe and became emperor. Perhaps out of guilt towards the Chai family, he decided that the descendants of the Zhao family could not harm the ancestors of the Chai family. The situation of the yellow robe was clearly visible at a glance and he had to do it.
Suning believes that when Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin reached the point where they were, there was actually no way out. Peacefully give up power? Returning power to Emperor Xian of Han or the young master of the Chai family? Then the system established by Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin and those promoted talents will be in a catastrophe!
In fact, even if Cao Cao was willing to return power, his civil servants and military generals would not be willing. The same thing happened twice in history. Cao Cao did not proclaim himself emperor, but Zhao Kuangyin did not. He proclaimed himself emperor.
However, because Zhao Kuangyin was the emperor and treated literati with kindness, everyone was willing to beautify and praise him. Cao Cao treated aristocratic families and had an attitude of opposing attacks, and the Wei Dynasty existed for a short time, so people vilified Cao Cao more. After the publication of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", this vilification reached its peak out of the need for loyalty to the emperor.
The sympathy for Cao Cao and the sigh of Emperor Xian of Han are the main themes of these chapters, and they do not tend to have any feelings. Apart from the sarcasm of Dong Guojiu, the other emotional collisions are not sharp. His Majesty Li Er read ten chapters in one breath, savored them, and then looked at Suning deeply. After a while, he asked: "Wei was the orthodox Han Dynasty. I agree with this. I also agree with Cao Cao's identity as Emperor Wu of Wei, but how did I read another meaning from your stories? Let's talk about it?"
Suning understood that His Majesty Li Er meant that the Cao family dynasty was orthodox. I agree, they were the emperors. I agree, don’t have any worries, don’t think that I’m testing you, just say it with confidence.
Damn, if I believe you, the sun will hit the west side!
"I think that what Cao Cao said is also what he said in his heart. If Cao Cao had not, I would not know how many people in the world would have been called alone or a king. I agree that if Cao Cao had not wiped out Yuan Shu, it would have been an unknown whether the Han Dynasty could maintain its superficial rule. Cao Cao's existence has lasted for at least decades of life. Cao Cao never became emperor until his death. I think this is Cao Cao's greatest loyalty to the Han Dynasty. His son Cao Pi was called emperor before Cao Cao's bones were cold. It can be seen who was a loyal minister and who was a rebellion. Of course, it is all relative to the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Xian of Han was not too incompetent. During the palace chaos, Dong Zhuo came to rescue the emperor. The young Emperor Liu Bian was so scared that he could not even say anything. However, the young Emperor Xian stood up to scold Dong Zhuo. From this point of view, it can be seen that Emperor Xian is much stronger than Emperor Shao. This is why the so-called edict to eliminate Cao Cao. However, no matter how many things have happened, Cao Cao never claimed to be the emperor. But I would like to ask Your Majesty, what would Your Majesty do if Your Majesty was in Cao Cao's position back then?!"
Suning suddenly asked a question, which made His Majesty Li Er stunned. After a while, his face was gloomy and gloomy. After a lot of time, His Majesty Li Er's expression eased and he sighed: "If it were me, I would definitely force Emperor Xian to abdicate and proclaim himself emperor."
Suning said: "That's why I said that Cao Cao was at least a hero. As for whether he was a Han minister, at least, before Emperor Xian of Han had the intention of killing him and put it into action, he was still a Han minister. I thought that when he reached this point of Cao Cao, he had no way out. He either became emperor or returned to power. How many times have he done in history? The act of becoming emperor is common, but Cao Cao neither became emperor nor returned to power. Instead, he died with the title of King of Wei. I think this is Cao Cao's last loyalty."
His Majesty Li Er frowned and thought for a while, and finally nodded helplessly: "What you said makes sense, I can't refute it. Forget it, as you said, many things in ancient and modern times are just a joke, you have a thorough understanding of these things! I am not as good as you."
Suning said: "Your Majesty is too good. I only had this idea when I read the history books about this history. I wanted to write a book that everyone in the world can read in a simple and easy-to-understand way. This is not all official history, but also my fiction. Therefore, I must not use it as a history book, but only as a pastime after dinner for folk entertainment and discussion. I call it a novel."
"Novel?" His Majesty Li Er thought for a moment: "There seems to be a novelist in the pre-Qin schools, all of whom are heard and self-compiled. Do you want to revive the novelist in this way?"
Suning shook his head and said, "It's not the case. Whether the novelist exists is of little use to the Tang Dynasty. However, I think writing books in a simple and easy-to-understand way can help the people educate the people. Most of the books nowadays are obscure knowledge, and there are almost no books for people to entertain after dinner. It is difficult to learn the poems of Ziyue, but it is much easier to tell some stories and listen to some stories."
His Majesty Li Er smiled and said, "Let's not talk about the others. I have made great progress in reading for several months. I have learned a lot of strategies from the pharmacist. This book is used. Many chapters made me excited. I can't help but recall the days when I fought on the battlefield. These stories are interesting to read, and I can't help but continue reading. Compared with the obscure Confucian classics, it is really much better."
Isn't this the meaning?
Chapter completed!