Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chengdu New Palace, June.

On the terrace, Liu Chan is playing chess with Lu Zhi, and the censer on the table burns sandalwood, and the fragrance lingers in it.

Monarchs and ministers sat facing each other, while the chess pieces were falling, the cool breeze of early summer blew in from time to time.Around two or three close ministers, surrounded by left and right, watching the game between the two.

Liu Chan, who was busy with military affairs in recent months, had a rare time to take a rest and invited Lu Zhi, Qiao Zhou, Zhang Shao and other close people into the palace to play.

Liu Chan clamped the black pieces with two fingers, looked relaxed, watching the situation on the chessboard, waiting for Lu Zhi to make a move.

With a tangled expression on Lu Zhi's face, he threw the ball to admit defeat, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty's chess skills are superb, and I'm willing to bow down."

Liu Chan casually threw the sunspots into the chess box, and said disapprovingly: "Chess is not a small way, how can it be praised. Shi Ying has been in Han for a few months, but can he still adapt to the life of a big man?"

Lu Zhi smiled slightly, and said: "Thank you for your majesty's care. Dong Shizhong is friendly and often invites ministers to his home as guests. Zhuge Shizhong is young and promising, treats people with respect..."

Lu Zhi almost praised Liu Chan's closest ministers, except that Liao Li was missing.Liu Chan is also well aware of this, Liao Li's character is arrogant, few people are willing to associate with Liao Li.

After a pause, Lu Zhi took out the memorabilia from his bosom, presented it to the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, I have investigated the barbarians in Wenshan and Hanjia counties. Since the return of Yak and Qiang, the western frontier of the Han Dynasty has been quite peaceful. , but there are still some evil savages in the mountains who will not follow. Your Majesty conquers the western frontier and can defeat the evil savage tribes in the mountains."

Liu Chan took the memorial and said with a wry smile: "It seems that he will be busy with the military again on the rest day."

While shaking his head, Liu Chan spread out the memorial and opened it.

The faces of Ji Han's close officials around him were not very good-looking. As Liao Li said, the new servant of Lu is a person who is diligent in official duties, and he is still working when he is resting.This person shouldn't be in the palace as the prime minister's right-hand man, how could he serve as a courtier in the palace!
Liu Chan looked at it for a while and saw that Lu Zhi had a clear understanding of the situation of the barbarians in Wenshan and Hanjia Counties. He nodded and said, "Shiying has not been in Shu for a long time. It is very good to have such a view." ,

"Don't dare!" Lu Zhi said modestly.

While speaking, Liu Chan handed the memorial to his attendants and said, "Let Xiang Pingyi take a look. If there is no problem, this time we will join forces with the Ge people to conquer Wenshan Qiang."

"promise!"

During this campaign against western Sichuan, Liu Chan transferred back Xiang Yu, who was born in Qingyi Qiang and knew the young people in the western frontier well, for consultation.

As for the Ge people, they are native ethnic groups in western Sichuan.In the Wenshan and Hanjia areas of the Han Dynasty, not only the Qiang people lived, but also the local Ge people lived there.

The Qiang people originated in the northwest region, migrated southward along the foothills of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and met the Ge people, a local ethnic group.In order to compete for living space, the two clans fought each other for decades.During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Qiang people became the main ethnic minority in the western Sichuan area, and the Ge people walked into the western part of Wenshan Mountain in the mountains.

This time, in order to deal with the rebellion against the Qiang people, the Han Dynasty deliberately united with the Ge people and the Qiang people who were close to the Han people to fight together.And Lu Zhi was in charge of collecting information on the barbarians in Wenshan County for military use.

Liu Chan further urged: "Wenshan and Hanjia counties are cold in autumn, let the guards separate the guards as soon as possible to form the new three guards, and transfer them to Chengdu to listen to the order. We must set off to conquer Wenshan Qiang next month."

"promise!"

Dong Yun hesitated for a while, and also reported: "Your Majesty, Yin Li, the envoy of Eastern Wu, has passed Jiangzhou and will arrive in Chengdu in a few days. He said that this trip is to congratulate His Majesty on the capture of Guanzhong on behalf of Lord Wu, and return to the old Congratulations to everyone, there are also big gifts such as jewelry and jade."

"Oh?" Liu Chan said with some disbelief: "I have been in contact with Wu for many years, and most of them are gifts from me. Today, it is rare for Sun Quan to send gifts to me. I am afraid that Sun Quan has other plans."

Dong Yun nodded, and replied, "My minister is also very strange about this. I have been in contact with Wu several times. Every time Wu gives a gift, it is always a request to the big man. This time the Eastern Wu sent an envoy, maybe it is Sun Quan wants to let me make a covenant with the Han Quanxin Mausoleum."

Hearing this, Liu Chan sneered and said, "Don't worry, see Yin Li first and see what he has to say. Sun Quan has a good plan to make me believe in the mausoleum alliance with the great Han."

When Dong Yun was about to take the opportunity to speak again, Liu Chan waved his hand and said, "Take a rest today, and we will discuss the envoy Wu's matter later."

"promise!"

"Xiu Zhao will play chess with me." Liu Chan greeted.

Before the words finished, the attendant approached him and said, "Your Majesty, Da Honglu has something to ask to see you."

Liu Chan looked at the black and white pieces on the chessboard, shook his head and said, "It seems that today, it will be difficult for me to play chess with Zhu Qing."

"Forget it, come and take down the chessboard. Xuan, Da Honghe enters."

"promise!"

Not long after, Du Qiong came from the corridor, saluted and said: "Chen Du Qiong pays homage to Your Majesty!"

"Free gift!"

Liu Chan raised his hands slightly and said, "Du Qing is going to the palace today to seek an audience, is there something important?"

Du Qiong took out the memorabilia from his bosom, offered it with both hands, and said respectfully: "I follow your majesty's edict to implement the etiquette and law of the lineage. I have achieved something, and I am here to report it to your majesty. Secondly, I think that the great man has inherited the orthodoxy of the later Han , and follow the etiquette and laws of the Han Dynasty. This is the old minister, please Your Majesty to compile the history for the later Han Dynasty, and set up a historian for our Han Dynasty to record the history of our Han Dynasty."

Du Qiong's request to compile the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty was not groundless, but Cao Wei started the work of compiling history when Cao Pi ascended the throne, and his compiling history contained special political reasons.

Before the Han Dynasty, Cao Pi commended the scholars who resisted the eunuchs in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, and they were called "24 sages". surroundings.At the same time, Cao Pi's compilation of national history also had the intention of highlighting Cao Cao's achievements and endorsing the legitimacy of the regime.

Now that the big Han conquered Guanzhong, Ji Han, who claimed to be the heir of the Eastern Han Dynasty, naturally wanted to write history for him to counter Cao Wei's false propaganda.

Another point is that the Han Dynasty did not have a historian responsible for compiling the history of the country.Historically, both Cao Wei and Sun Wu had a history of building up their country, but the historical materials of the Shu Han were pitifully scarce.

Zhang Fei, who is known as the enemy of ten thousand people, has records only after entering Shu, and Guan Yu's records are pitifully few, which shows that the Shu Han "does too much".When Chen Shou compiled "Three Kingdoms", he could only paste the content of "Ji Han Fu Chen Praise", most of which were ministers who did not know the specific deeds.

The root cause of these things that the Shu Han lacked was that the Shu Han court originally belonged to a grassroots team with an incomplete system.

After Cao Cao welcomed the emperor, no one in the Xuchang court understood the official etiquette of the court. Ying Shao, who was under Yuan Shao's tent, formulated the formal official etiquette according to the old system. It can be seen that Cao Cao was also a grassroots team in his early years.

After conquering Guanzhong and overcoming the accompanying capital Chang'an, the Shu Han obtained a large amount of court rituals.That's why there was the court meeting in April, and the Shu Han of the Caotai team was on the right track.

Now Du Qiong's request to revise history is just a normal etiquette system of a dynasty.

"Your Majesty, what Da Honglu said is very true. When the minister was against the Wei Dynasty, he had many histories and thought it was orthodox." Lu Zhi responded and said.

Liu Chan watched Du Qiong's memorabilia for a long time, and said slowly: "I ordered you to act too frequently on behalf of me, and to deduce the etiquette, and it really did not disappoint me. From now on, Qing will transfer to Taichang, and take charge of the etiquette of the Han Dynasty. If you want to study the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty, can someone Pick a recommendation?"

Du Qiong glanced at Qiao Zhou, and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, I think Qiao Yunnan can take on this job. He is proficient in ancient and modern scriptures, and knows astronomy. He can be a historian and write the history of the later Han Dynasty."

Liu Chan's eyes fell on Qiao Zhou, and he asked, "Are you willing to take on this important task? To be impartial, to write history for the later Han Dynasty."

Qiao Zhou, who was unremarkable and eight feet tall, knelt down and said: "How dare I refuse to obey."

"Okay, I will appoint you as Taishi Ling, in charge of astronomy and national history." Liu Chan said in a deep voice.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Qiao Zhou responded.

Taishi Lingben has no duty to compile history, but only to record astronomy.Sima Qian's revision of history was private, so he did not dare to report it to the court, but it was made public after his death.

Ji Han was originally a grass-roots team, and the Jiuqing hadn't been fully equipped yet, and there was a shortage of manpower.Now that history is to be compiled, it makes sense for Qiao Zhouyi to serve as a heavenly official and succeed as a historian.

(It's a pity that there are no monographs on the history of the Shu Han~)