I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 427 First Draft of Ming History
"Let's set off the boat!"

Several official ships set out from Nanjing, and some of them will carry Liaodong officials along the Yangtze River to Shanghai County, where they will transfer to naval warships and head to Liaodong.The remaining official ships all followed the Grand Canal, heading to Hebei, Shanxi, and Shandong respectively.

Following these official ships, there were also many merchant ships moored at the pier.

As the rule of the Ming Dynasty became more and more stable, these merchants no longer needed to be mobilized by the court and began to actively expand business in the newly occupied lands.Even in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, there are some far-sighted businessmen who are preparing to go to Liaodong first to seize the market share there.

Liaodong is bitterly cold, and the land is vast and sparsely populated.As long as they go now, they will definitely be able to easily occupy a place, and the government will support them.

Business opportunities are like fighter opportunities. As long as we can establish a foothold in Liaodong first and wait for the court to develop Liaodong in two years, there will be countless money.

However, such far-sighted businessmen are currently limited to large businessmen, because small businessmen themselves lack funds and will not do such risky things even if they unite into a chamber of commerce alliance.

When the Liaodong official ship came to Shanghai County, it had not been seen for several years. The place had become increasingly prosperous. It was backed by the Yangtze River waterway and adjacent to the Zhoushan fishery. Not to mention the merchant ships for trade, there was an endless stream of fishing boats going back and forth.

It is said that Shanghai was a small fishing village a hundred years ago. This is pure nonsense. Shanghai had already established a county government as early as the Ming Dynasty.

Just at the beginning of last year, in view of the increase in merchant ship trade activities between Shanghai County, mainly trade to and from Japan, and now Luzon and Ryukyu trade have been added.After careful discussion, the imperial cabinet finally decided to open a port in Shanghai and establish the Shanghai Shipping Department.

This is more than 100 years earlier than another time and space!

But it is normal. In another time and space, Shanghai could not open as a port because the Qing Dynasty closed the country to the outside world. Shanghai opened as a port after Yi Ya... haha.

Be careful.

Zhu Yijiong was reading the manuscript sent by the Academy of National History: "Is "History of the Ming Dynasty" actually completed so quickly?"

Although the manuscript of "History of the Ming Dynasty" submitted by the Academy of National History is only a first draft, the contents have indeed been completely edited.

Xiao Renfang, the supervising official of the National History Academy of the National History Academy, said bluntly: "The history of the Manchu Qing Dynasty began to be compiled in the Shunzhi period. If we were to seek truth from facts, we should have completed it long ago!"

This is a clear statement that there are problems with the "History of the Ming Dynasty" compiled by the Manchus. It cannot be said to be based on a reply, but it is also inconsistent throughout the text.The Academy of National History spent a lot of time and energy just checking and filling in the gaps and wiping the Manchus' butt.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty began to compile "History of the Ming Dynasty" in the second year of Shunzhi, and it was not completed until the early years of Qianlong's reign. It lasted 94 years. How could it be possible that such a long period of time was really just compilation of history?

In the final analysis, the Manchu Qing Dynasty wanted to maintain the sanctity of imperial power, but also wanted to discredit the former Ming Dynasty and elevate the Manchu Qing Dynasty's legitimacy.

"The Qing Dynasty's revision of the Ming History was too elaborate!" Zhu Yijiong was noncommittal. So many people in later generations criticized the "Ming History". They were not all following the trend. The "Ming History" was indeed very problematic.

The most famous one is undoubtedly the "Ming History Zhang Xianzhong Biography": "The generals ranked their merits by the number of people they killed, and it was strange that they killed a total of [-] men and women."

The True Undead Killer Onishi King!

Zhu Yijiong then started to read it carefully. At present, this "History of the Ming Dynasty" can only be regarded as a first draft. It is mainly based on the Manchu and Qing Dynasty revisions. The Academy of National History rechecked the gaps and filled in the omissions before bringing it to the emperor for review.

There is no problem with Lao Zhu at the beginning, because it was written by Shunzhi and Kangxi at the beginning. These two works were used to elevate the Ming Dynasty to set off the legitimacy of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. Kangxi's political purpose can be seen from the rule of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

In other words, it was not the Ming Emperor who was bad, but all the Ming ministers who were bad.

Zhu Yijiong nodded slightly and continued reading. The Jianwen era name had been restored, and it was Wanli who restored it.Hongguang of the Nanming Dynasty granted him the posthumous title of Emperor Huizongrang, and the posthumous title of Zhu Biao was also restored.

Zhu Di's Chengzu was also changed back to Taizong. Chengzu sounds more majestic than Taizong, and indeed has a higher status, but this is Jiajing's fooling around, which is equivalent to taking away Lao Zhu's sacrificial incense and labeling Zhu Di as a rebellious minister. The thief denies his achievements as Taizong.

If there really is an underworld, Lao Zhu and Zhu Di can work together to beat Jiajing into a pig's head.Xiao Renfang did not leave, but stood and waited below, watching the emperor constantly flipping through the manuscripts of "History of the Ming Dynasty". Although he did not make many movements to write and comment, it still made him nervous.

He personally led a team to supervise the reconstruction of the first draft of "History of the Ming Dynasty", and also consulted a large amount of historical documents. He even went to Beijing in person last year, which shows that he poured his heart and soul into it.

Zhu Yijiong was still reviewing manuscripts above, and lunch was served directly in the palace. Xiao Renfang, as the supervisor of national history, had to stay and wait for review, so he also received food from the emperor.

After eating, the emperor continued to review the manuscript, and Xiao Renfang stood for half a morning before finally being allowed to sit down.

Quickly passing by the Mingbao Sect, without even looking at this guy, you can tell that the Manchu Qing Dynasty definitely did not criticize him, and may even have saved a lot of face for him.

After all, this was the Ming Dynasty, when the only one who was called the emperor ushered in an era of dazzling human stars. The Manchus did not dare to mention him too much for fear of knocking down the sanctity of imperial power.

Skip Baozong and go to his son Xianzong. The original "History of the Ming Dynasty" was compiled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so Chenghua Liting was deleted and avoided. As a result, Xianzong was far less famous than his father and son in later generations.

This edition of "History of the Ming Dynasty" was compiled and edited by the New Ming Dynasty, which naturally affirmed Chenghua's achievements, and his political achievements were also re-edited.

However, two views have been put forward regarding Concubine Wan Gui's murder of the prince, and even Hongzhi almost died at the hands of Concubine Wan Gui.

One is that it is fictitious, and the other is that it may be true.Both have their basis. The former is based on hearsay. After the original author wrote it, he deliberately added at the end: I heard it from an old eunuch.

The excerpter deleted this sentence, so it became the official history.

However, when Xiao Renfang went to Beijing for a field trip and read relevant records and private diaries written by the historians themselves, they all said that there were many princes in Chenghua, but until Concubine Wan Gui gave birth to a child, there was only one prince.

Zhu Yijiong thought for a while and wrote Zhu Zhu: "Seek truth from facts, right and wrong, and leave it to future generations for evaluation!"

Since you don’t understand it, just write it all in and leave the rest to future generations to figure out!

I started reviewing "History of the Ming Dynasty" in the morning and still haven't finished reviewing it until evening.When Zhu Yijiong read the biography of Emperor Zhengde, he couldn't help but look strange: "In the great victory of Yingzhou, so many people really died? And the Mongols just retreated like this?"

Xiao Renfang was well prepared and replied: "I also felt that there were some problems, so I checked the historical records, and personally went to Beijing to consult with several generals in northern Xinjiang. This record should indeed be written correctly, and it was even written by Wuzong. The emperor saved some face."

"Why is this?" Zhu Yijiong asked doubtfully.

"The Biography of the Tatars in the History of the Ming Dynasty" records: "In the winter of the 12th year, the little prince entered the army from Yulin with [-] horses, and surrounded the commander-in-chief Wang Xun in Yingzhou. The emperor was lucky to have peace in the sun, and personally deployed the troops, supervising the generals to come to the aid, and fought to the death. The enemy Wait for a while. Attack again tomorrow. From Chen to You, we fight more than [-] enemies. The enemy is lured to the west and chases to Pinglu and Shuozhou. It is windy, dark and foggy, and the day is dark. The emperor returns and declares victory in the court. In later years, I violated the border, but I didn't dare to enter."

This means that the Ming army was besieged by the Tatars in Yingzhou from the beginning.Then Wu Zong came, and Wang Xun of the Ming army was forced to take the initiative to fight.

After fighting for a day, the Tatar troops temporarily withdrew and ceased fighting, but the losses were certainly not heavy.Otherwise, they would not have attacked again the next day, but heavy fog suddenly appeared in the middle of the battle. Both sides did not dare to fight again and temporarily retreated.

The fog lasted for two days. Wang Xun took the initiative to lead his army to act as a decoy, but was divided and surrounded by the Mongols. Wu Zong brought reinforcements from the rear and started a head-on battle with the Tatars.

The total number of troops participating in the war at that time should have reached 10. Seeing that they could not break the city, the Tatar troops immediately withdrew.

However, the Ming army was all infantry and could not catch up with them. The battle in Yingzhou ended just like that.

The great victory at Yingzhou was indeed not considered a victory, but rather a tie, because the Ming army did not leave the Tatars behind, and the Tatars did not conquer Yingzhou, and both sides suffered casualties.

To put it bluntly, they are typical heavy cavalry of the Song Dynasty. No one can do anything against the iron pagoda of the Jin Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)