The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1055: The Historian's Final Song [Please subscribe*Please vote]

After all, novelists are a complex group, with good and bad mixed together. However, it is different for historians. Those who can become historians of a place must be famous scholars in the local area.

The biographies written by these people have their own traffic and audience.

Novelists are eager to be given material to spread.

The reason why historians dared to confront the king and his ministers was not only because historians themselves were the most united group of people, but also the existence of novelists.

Cui Zhu's regicide allowed the world to see the character and unity of historians.

But it’s different with novelists, their history books are too wild.

If you dare to kill all the historians who write official history, you will have to endure the brutality of novelists.

Those people don't care about whether it's right or wrong, they only care about whether it's wild or not.

Cui Zhu killed Shi Jun three times, and now he is still short of one more Tai Shi Ji?

Apart from the fact that historians from all over the country went to Qi State, he also wanted to kill all the historians, leaving only novelists who could only write unofficial history. He wondered if he could withstand the novelists' wildness.

Therefore, the relationship between historians and novelists is not as rigidly antagonistic as people imagine, but rather a symbiotic relationship.

Official history can be changed, and the consequence is whether the official history can withstand the wildness of unofficial history.

The status of historians is also the highest among all the schools of thought.

No matter which of the Hundred Schools of Thought, the goal and hope is to become a king, and the historians themselves are one of the schools that are crowned with the title of king, and the Grand Historian is generally called the Lord of History.

This is something that none of the hundreds of schools of thought can do.

Therefore, historians never sought status, position or status, because from the moment they became Grand Historians, their titles were equivalent to those of feudal lords.

After they had no desires or ambitions, their only interest and hobby was to record official history and pass on the correct historical records. They would also wait for the monarch to make a mistake, and then write down the truth themselves and make their names known through the ages.

They are the most fearless group of people, and are even waiting for the king to kill him, giving him the opportunity to go down in history.

"It is not difficult to write a biography of Bingzhou's founding heroes. Many of my relatives and friends are happy to do so." The attendant said with a smile.

As Yan Yan proclaimed himself emperor, his status among historians rose infinitely, making him the undisputed number one historian of the time, no longer the abandoned pawn who was exiled.

"It's not just those powerful people in Bingzhou!" Yan Yan shook his head.

"Who else?" the attendant asked puzzledly.

"The great Mohist master, the hero Jing Ke, do you think he is worthy of historians writing a separate biography for him?" Yan Yan asked with a smile.

"Master Jing Ke?" The attendant was stunned.

Jing Ke did not receive any salary from Bingzhou, and among the Mohist school members, only Master Ban and Master Xu served as Nine Ministers or positions with equivalent ranks to Nine Ministers in Bingzhou.

If both Master Ban and Master Xu could be included in the biographies, then as their leader, Jing Ke was obviously also qualified to be included in the biographies.

Not only Jing Ke, the life of the previous leader of the Mohist School, the Six-Fingered Black Knight, was also quite legendary.

What's more, Jing Ke's battle record was too terrifying.

Single-handedly charging into an army of hundreds of thousands and killing King Dayuezi, this feat would be recorded in other historical materials even if it was not included in a separate biography.

Therefore, there must be countless people who are curious about how Jing Ke did it. I am afraid that people all over the world will be curious about the situation at that time and Jing Ke's mood changes at that time.

The purpose of historians recording official history is not only to leave traces of people's past, but also to advocate correct values. Jing Ke's behavior is absolutely admired by people all over the world, and he is also a well-deserved representative of bravery in the Central Plains of China.

"So, the great man Jing Ke also needs to have a separate biography?" The attendant asked this question, but he actually had the answer. He even planned to go find Jing Ke himself and write a separate biography for him.

"Yes, I think the chronicle style should not only record the heroes and legendary generals of the world, but also the heroes of the world. After all, the chivalry of the Mohist School today is the greatest chivalry, serving the country and the people. Such a concept is worth spreading throughout the world."

"If the wandering knights in the world are not restrained, they will become violent and violent, and become fierce knights; the knights who act rashly and wantonly will only bring harm to the local area."

"Therefore, if historians can establish correct values ​​for the knights-errant all over the world and let them know what a knight is, then the historians will have done a great deed."

Yan Yan continued to deceive.

"That's right. If not only the knights-errant, but also the merchants and people in the streets can establish the correct values, they will be blessed with immeasurable happiness!"

By analogy, the attendant can think of more things.

If these biographies were compiled into a book and he were to preside over it as the chief editor, it would be the first chronicle-style history book in the world, and he would also become the historian with the highest literary achievement in the history of historians.

"A masterpiece of historians, a poem without rhyme. I wonder what the historian thinks of this evaluation?"

Yan Yan looked at the attendant with a smile.

"Hiss~" The attendant took a breath of cold air. This evaluation was too high.

It is fine if it is just a poem without rhyme, it is just so-so. The popularity of Li Sao and Book of Songs was not that high in the contemporary world. But it is regarded as the masterpiece of historians. Which historian can refuse this evaluation?

It is a masterpiece, never before seen and never to be surpassed.

I’m just about to tell all the historians that I’m the number one historian!
"Your Majesty, rest assured. I will handle this matter myself. If I leave it to others, I will not be able to rest assured. Whoever dares to stop me, even my own brother, I will kill him!" said the attendant with a firm look.

Anyone who cuts off my path, kills my father, my enemies, and even my brothers must die!

As for my previous plan to only write biographies of Jing Ke and a few people in Bingzhou, forget it. I am worried about other people coming.

"In fact, it is not impossible to write a general history in the chronicle style!" Yan Yan continued.

The attendant's eyes lit up. This was more than just a general history. He felt that it could not only be in the chronicle style, but could also incorporate the country style, chronological style, record of words style, and so on.

This will be a magnum opus of history that will transcend the times!
And he will become the swan song of historians, the greatest historian of all time!
Dong Hu, Tai Shi and the other four brothers had to stay aside.

He has a place in Confucianism, history, and the Confucian Temples of all schools of thought.

Even the military strategists, Taoists, Mohists, and diplomats, who were indebted to him, would erect portraits of him beside their ancestral temples to worship him.

He does not need a separate temple in the ancestral hall of other families. As long as there is a statue standing in the temple, there will always be descendants who will ask who he is.

"So, let's not write these unofficial histories in the future. It's too cheap!" Yan Yan stated his purpose.

He was really afraid that this guy would treat his side job as his main job. Things written by the person himself, even if they are unofficial history, can easily be regarded as official history.

As for those who write novels, they all know that an outline may exist at the beginning, but in the end, everyone will be on the road of letting themselves go and will never be able to pull back.

Therefore, Yan Yan was really afraid that this guy would act recklessly and even his main business would be affected.

It would be better to find something for the other person to do, so that he won't cause trouble in front of me all day long, making me want to kill him several times but having to hold back.

(End of this chapter)