Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 694: Who Wins and Who Loses
"Dad, what do you mean by backward times?"

Zhao Dezhao's question left Zhao Kuangyin speechless.

The Zhao Song officials had been watching the light curtain for so long that they naturally understood the word "era".

In other words, this feeling is particularly strong every time I read Zhuge Liang's stories about pacifying Cao and reviving the Han Dynasty, and every time I see Emperor Taizong of Tang boasting about his maritime affairs, and then think back to the relevant records in the Records of the Three Kingdoms and the Book of Tang that I have read.

As for the meaning of the word "backward", there was no need to explain, so Zhao Kuangyin became more silent.

Even though we have witnessed all kinds of "wonders" in later generations, we are fortunate to have the opportunity to look up at the universe and understand the huge gap of thousands of years.

But understanding does not mean being able to accept it, especially when one is aware of some of the ills of the times in which one lives.

"Liu Qing, how many bones does one person have?"

Zhao Kuangyin suddenly asked.

So Liu Han's expression suddenly became conflicted.

For him, it was good to be an invisible person here in the past two times. He could broaden his horizons and think about medical skills, and he could also boast that Jian was in the emperor's heart.

Although what he got today was somewhat like a long drought before a rain, Liu Han also felt that the government would definitely ask him more questions, and sure enough...

If an official had asked this question in the past, he might have answered "three hundred and sixty-five".

But now that the barrier has been clearly broken by future generations, Liu Han naturally knows how to answer, or to tell the truth:

"Sir, I am studying pharmacology, so I don't know the exact number of bones, but I have heard from my family that it is about two hundred."

"More than two hundred."

Zhao Kuangyin pondered for a moment and suddenly felt a little emotional:
"Two hundred and a bit more, the difference from three hundred and sixty-five is almost a hundred."

As for other fallacies listed by later generations, Liu Han knows them without having to ask him.

After all, when he was a military general, the most common thing he saw was indeed all kinds of corpses.

After stripping off the clothes and removing the flesh, there is no difference between black and white bones. There is no difference in the number of ribs. Basically, we can only guess whether it is a boy or a girl based on the size of the skeleton.

I have heard that some old folks can determine whether a child is a boy or a girl based on the slight differences in the waist bones. Could this be what later generations call pelvic differences?

"Liu Qing." Zhao Kuangyin's eyes suddenly became distant and he asked a question:
"If I order you to compile and correct the errors in the medical books of the previous dynasty, and give you the imperial guards to help you dissect the bodies of criminals, write down their meridians on paper, and count their bones as the basis of medicine..."

Before Zhao Kuangyin could finish his words, Liu Han stepped out:

"I will not refuse even if I die!"

"I don't want you to die. If you don't want to, you don't have to leave your name. You just need to check the number and edit and preserve the things that are circulated throughout the world. I will do it."

Zhao Kuangyin could no longer hear what Liu Han said.

He just looked at the light curtain on the top of the hall, and suddenly recalled Zhou Shizong's destruction of Buddhism, and he had a sense of sudden enlightenment.

Song Ci hid the real number and recorded the false number, fearing the power of the emperor and the law of the ancestors. What if the power of the emperor collides with the law of the ancestors? Who will win and who will lose? Zhao Kuangyin suddenly wanted to try it.

Perhaps the Northern Song Dynasty Reforms recorded in later generations can give him an answer. After all, Wang Anshi once said, "Natural disasters are not to be feared, and the teachings of ancestors are not to be followed."

This was a minister who was a descendant of his younger brother, but when he thought of his younger brother's own son, Emperor Zhenzong of Song who had performed the Fengshan ceremony, Zhao Kuangyin wanted to shake his head. At this moment, he even remembered the words from the Book of Songs that almost everyone knew.

"Although the Zhou state is old, its destiny is to be renewed."

……

"Sun Yaowang..."

Li Shimin spoke subconsciously, but was met with Sun Simiao's contemptuous gaze:
"Your Majesty, have you not read the book I presented to you the other day?"

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was a bachelor, so he nodded:

"I'll watch it later today..."

Sun Simiao nodded. He was not too surprised by this. After all, the book he presented was indeed a bit thick. So he simply explained:
"That volume is thick because most of it is drawn by Minister Yan."

"The texture of the human skin, the location of the internal organs, the shape of the skeleton, the position of each bone, etc. are all marked, including the total number of bones."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. It is not three hundred and sixty-five."

After hearing what Sun Simiao said, Li Shimin was relieved a little, but when he thought about what he said again...

How about finding a time to eat and watch it with Guanyin?
[In addition, there are some more ridiculous and almost superstitious records in "Xi Yuan Ji Lu", such as "A tiger bites a person's head at the beginning of the month, the body in the middle of the month, and the feet at the end of the month; a cat bites a mouse in the same way", "A man who drowned lies on his back as a servant and a woman lies on her back" and so on.

However, on the whole, Xiyuan Ji Lu undoubtedly summarizes the wisdom of the working people at that time.

Moreover, because Song Ci broke through the traditional approach of traditional criminal justice books that "just tell stories and let the readers understand the principles themselves", he compiled a complete set of effective forensic examination methods, making it the first specialized work in the field of forensic medicine with a guideline nature in human history.

Therefore, since its inception, Xi Yuan Ji Lu has become a must-read standard for scholars to hear cases and decide cases.

With Song Ci setting an example, imitations soon appeared on the market. Two of the more famous ones at the time had similar names, namely "Pingyuanlu" and "Wuyuanlu".

Later, when the Ming Dynasty was compiling the Yongle Encyclopedia, it was specifically commented on that "Pingyuanlu" was still okay, but "Wuyuanlu", which was written in the Yuan Dynasty, was a complete patchwork. The case conclusions and theories cited were basically excerpted from "Xiyuanlu" and "Pingyuanlu". There were only two new discoveries in the whole book. One was the difference between hanging and strangulation, and the other was the famous silver hairpin poison testing commonly used in modern costume dramas.

But everyone who has studied chemistry today knows that using silver hairpins to test poison has considerable limitations. The fundamental reason is that the ancient purification methods were not effective. Arsenic extracted from arsenic sulfide minerals inevitably contains a large amount of sulfur, which will undergo a sulfide reaction when in contact with silver, causing it to turn black.

In addition, human sweat contains various ions, among which chloride ions and sodium ions are good conductors of electricity. When silver comes into contact with sweat and air at the same time, it will form a temporary primary battery, which will accelerate the oxidation reaction and produce black silver rust.

Moreover, the protein of most people also contains sulfur. Some sulfur ions will be excreted from the body with sweat. When they come into contact with silver, they will undergo a sulfide reaction to produce black silver sulfide, which is basically the same as a drug test.

These junior high school chemistry contents are not closely related to what we are talking about today, so I will not go into details.

In short, although there were many copycat works at that time, their quality was basically difficult to compare with Song Ci's works. Therefore, later generations simply took the essence of the copycat works and added them to Xiyuan Ji Lu. After revisions from generation to generation, Xiyuan Ji Lu became more and more perfect.

As the Ming Dynasty restored China, its flourishing culture began to accelerate cultural exchanges with neighboring countries, and the name of this Southern Song prison official finally began to spread around the world.

(End of this chapter)