Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

[Li Jing's status in the Song Dynasty was already relatively transcendent.

The Book of War ranks among the Seven Books of the Martial Arts, and I rank among the Ten Philosophers of the Martial Arts Temple. There is never a shortage of incense and sacrifices.

The Song Dynasty played the same game of using culture to control military force. Regardless of whether you can fight or not, you must read the military books.

Therefore, Li Jing's reputation in the Song Dynasty was quite famous, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was like thunder.

But why is it that when we talk about the history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties in modern times, we are more familiar with Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong who are posted on the door during the Chinese New Year, while Li Jing is invisible?

Without him, it is really because Li Jing's status is too high at this time.

We all know Tang poetry, Song lyrics, Yuan operas, and Ming novels.

Unlike Tang poetry and Song lyrics, which focus on self-expression, Ming Dynasty chapter novels have a more commercial component.

After the great success of Journey to the West, a novel about gods, demons, legends and monsters, booksellers in the Ming Dynasty spent a lot of money to hire people to write Journey to the East, Journey to the South and Journey to the North one after another, which were well received. The Romance of the Gods is also a follow-up to this genre.

Water Margin brings out the well-known stories of the generals of the Hu family, the generals of the Yang family, the generals of the Xue family, and the generals of the Yue family.

There are more imitations of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, starting from Chronicles of the Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to Taizu Song's Three Journeys to the Southern Tang Dynasty, from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the Song Dynasty.

From this context, we can actually see that what was the most important thing in novel creation after the Ming Dynasty? Follow the trend.

As for the two novels The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties and The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties which tell the history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the owner of the father-in-law can only say:

Good news: It's sewn.

Bad news: It’s all sewn.

I learned Water Margin in terms of characters, Journey to the West in terms of settings, and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms in terms of narrative structure.

The first is to make the characters Chinese.

For example, in the settings of the Eighteen Heroes in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the first hero Li Yuanba is the Buddhist protector Golden Winged Dapeng Diaolinfan, the third hero Pei Yuanqing is the reincarnation of Nezha, the sixteenth hero Qin Qiong is the Pojunxing Linfan, and the seventeenth hero Wei Chigong It's the Black Killing Star Linfan.

And Li Shimin is the Ziwei star descending to the earth, Wei Zheng and Xu Maogong are the left phase star and the right phase star in the heaven respectively.

The warlords' fight turned into a battle between gods. If according to this setting, Dou Jiande, who almost defeated Li Shimin, was the reincarnation of Emperor Gouchen, then Li Yuan should be the Jade Emperor Linfan?

The plot setting is more magical.

For example, Li Yuanba's two hammers weighed eight hundred kilograms, and he rode a BMW thousands of miles away. In the battle of Zijin Mountain, one man killed 1.2 million troops.

Qin Qiong's mace weighs 130 kilograms, and Yu Chigong's two steel whips weigh 120 kilograms. Your weapon does not weigh a hundred kilograms and you are embarrassed to say hello to others.

There is also a linkage in Speaking of Tang San. Li Jing personally invited the Monkey King and Mother Lishan to destroy the enemy, which makes people ponder whether the Sui Dynasty violated the laws of nature.

In terms of narrative structure, due to the great success of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, latecomers said that hero dramas basically have to have a strategist setting.

In early opera novels, because Zhuge Liang used Taoist methods, Chibi borrowed the east wind and Jianxing Wuzhangyuan borrowed his life, so the position of military advisor gradually overlapped with that of Taoist priests, and those who came after him basically imitated the same.

In the end, it was Li 𪟝 who was unlucky.

In the Wagangzhai camp in the early story, from the perspective of popularity, there was only one Li 𪟝 who could afford this position.

So the general became a strategist who knew magic, and the word maogong was too difficult to write, so he became maogong.

In the end, the dignified British prince turned into the demon Xu Maogong in the novel.

And inserting a real Tota King Li Tianwang into this kind of demigod story, in order to prevent the story from collapsing, Li Jing naturally wanted to cut off his presence as much as possible.

In addition, the plots of the Sui and Tang Dynasties mostly focused on competing in the Central Plains, while Li Jing's fight in the south did not belong to the main stage, so it was even more downplayed.

The setting of the Eighteen Route Rebels against the King in the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties is basically copied from the Eighteen Route Princes in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Moreover, there is also a reincarnation of revengeful mandarin ducks in the romances of the Sui and Tang Dynasties: Yang Yuhuan is the reincarnation of Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang, and Li Longji is the reincarnation of Yang Guang's beloved concubine Zhu Guier.

The two reincarnated for hundreds of years not only to renew their relationship, but also to avenge Li Tang who destroyed the Sui Dynasty.

This vulgar plot is also sewn from The Romance of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. It can only be said that our ancestors have a lot of imagination. 】

Li Shimin's heart has never been as turbulent as now:

Damn it, I really want to see this Journey to the West with my own eyes...

Although ruling the country with literature is Li Shimin's main job now, no one would read some fantasy novels to relax in their free time.

After all, the source of this light curtain is Searching for Mind.

Although I have never read this Ming Dynasty novel, from Li Shimin's own perspective, the quality of Sou Shen Zhi is quite uneven, and most of them are short stories, which are not satisfying at all.

As for a long novel with a coherent plot and excellent quality, Li Shimin couldn't even imagine how good it would be...

Qin Qiong, on the other hand, did not expect to have his own name:

He has become a door god.

Posting door gods is also a traditional custom. As far as Qin Qiong knows, the door gods painted by people in the Tang Dynasty include Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Shen Tu Yu Lei, but it seems that the two brothers have not appeared yet.

Not as good as General Medicine.

Yuchi Jingde's envy was undisguised, and he even felt a little resentful in his heart.

In terms of honors and favors, we are all Dukes of the country. How come one is the marshal of the heaven and the other has to guard the gate for the common people?

Qin Qiong was keenly aware of the old brother's thoughts. Looking at the two pictures of door gods displayed on the light screen that were far different from theirs, he whispered:

The duties of a door god range from protecting the safety of the people to guarding the country's gates. Why not?

Only then did Yuchi Jingde get rid of any resentment in his heart.

And immediately, Li Yuanba's performance made everyone dumbfounded.

If you tell them that there is a fierce general who marches long distances, rides into the battle alone, and beheads nearly a hundred enemies, they will praise him as a really fierce general.

But no one believed Li Yuanba's record at all, and it was obvious at a glance that it was nonsense.

But who is this Li Yuanba?

Fang Xuanling searched his mind and couldn't remember such a person.

Or our brother Wei Wanghuai.

Du Ruhui judged:

Xuanzong even wanted to avoid the word Xuan because of the Qing emperor, and King Xuanba of Wei might have changed his name to Yuanba because of this.

And Du Ruhui also quickly figured out a story logic:

Who can control Yuan Ba's martial arts?

Most likely he died young like King Wei Huai.

Otherwise, if one person beheads 1.2 million people, he may not be able to conquer the earth, and it won't even take a year.

The plot that followed was dizzying for everyone.

Su Dingfang thinks there is no one who rides a horse and uses a hammer? And what kind of horse must be able to carry eight hundred kilograms of weapons?

Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde said that when we were in battle, we mounted our horses to cross the sword, and dismounted to hold our swords. How could we use maces and whips at the same time?

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui deduced that this Pei Yuanqing might be Pei Xingyan, who was known as the enemy of ten thousand people.

Then there was a commotion. Nezha was the third son of General Medicine Master. So General Li Jing was actually Pei Xingyan's father?

Yuchi Jingde also said carelessly:

Then Pei Xingyan was killed by Wang Shichong. General Medicine Master once accompanied his Majesty to defeat Wang Shichong. Can this be regarded as revenge for his son?

Su Lie also joined in the ridicule of Li Jing:

The old general could actually invite Mother Lishan? When I go back tonight, I'll offer a pagoda to the Heavenly King first!

The belief in Lishan Laomu began to flourish in the Han Dynasty, so everyone is familiar with it.

The remarks were so outrageous that Li Jing became anxious and argued with others.

Only Li Shimin was very interested:

It's a pity that later generations didn't tell me how heavy my weapons were and what the name of my good horse was.

When I first watched Sou Shen Zhi, I thought about how great it would be to be the protagonist.

For example, it is said in the story that the fox demon Azi can make a good woman's appearance, Li Shimin was very curious about how the changing appearance could captivate the country.

Now that he learned that his conquering the world was also written in such a story, Li Shimin was curious in every possible way.

I wonder how future generations will describe my heroic appearance in breaking the formation?

The Emperor of Tang Dynasty expressed great interest.

The only one in the hall who wanted to cry but had no tears was Li 𪟝.

When he saw the name of Xu Maogong, the right star of heaven descending to earth, Li 𪟝 had an ominous premonition.

After all, Zeng’s surname is indeed Xu, and Maogong has the same pronunciation as Maogong.

But at the time, I thought there was some taboo, or that the younger generation had committed a heinous crime.

As a result, he was labeled as a demon, so Li 𪟝 was extremely dissatisfied.

In the end, it took Li Shimin's words of comfort before he could rejoice:

Comparing Maogong to Zhuge Wuhou, I think he passed down the world with wisdom and tactics. With such a combination of bravery and wisdom, why regret it?

No wonder later generations also praised him for his loyalty, and all Li 𪟝's dissatisfaction disappeared immediately.

With the same treatment as Marquis Wu, what else can you be dissatisfied with?

After comforting Li 𪟝, Li Shimin burst into laughter because of the content of the light screen:

Yang Guang reincarnated as Yang Yuhuan?

The Romance of Emperor Yangdi?

This later generation of literati has strange and strange literary ideas. I wish I could show him to Yang Guang to see him in person!

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Kong Ming looked at the light curtain and had another idea:

For the common people, the historical records are still too obscure.

Therefore, although there are records of famous generals and good ministers, the people do not know their lives, and the stories passed down from word of mouth are inevitably distorted.

It may also be possible to use straightforward language to explain Wei Huo's life and talk about his achievements in destroying the Huns.

This is also one of the insights Kong Ming had during his recent class at Xiaotai School.

We won't have time to go to class until the next ten days, but the students are all eagerly awaiting it.

Why? Because it’s fun, and because the sages’ classics in other courses are too obscure.

The most typical ones are the arithmetic classics. Nine Chapters on Arithmetic is relatively good, and the pre-Han Dynasty added additional annotations.

The Zhoubi Suanjing, which requires a foundation in arithmetic and calendaring to be understood, has recently been annotated by Kong Ming himself, otherwise he would not be able to teach it.

Liu Bei also followed Kong Ming's thinking on this matter:

Recently in Chengdu, I see that what the people say when they are resting after tea and meals are all the things of gods and ghosts.

If there is something similar to the novel, it would be of great benefit to let the people know that Wei Huo relied on his studiousness and bravery to achieve great achievements, rather than the blessing of gods.

Pang Tong nodded in agreement:

Instead of asking ghosts, for example, study diligently, and instead of asking witches, it is better to be self-reliant.

It's just...it's quite difficult to read.

Regarding this, Zhang Song is full of confidence:

Now that the warehouse is in full swing, the people of Chengdu want to know the etiquette, honor and disgrace.

Last month, a young Taixue student asked me, saying that my father has more money now and wants to find a place where he can read.

According to what I see, at the beginning of next year at least, the word school that the military advisor said before can be opened.

The calligraphy school was Kong Ming's previous plan. As the name suggests, the school only teaches calligraphy, so the investment is quite low. However, Chengdu has to work hard now, so it has not been implemented yet.

Liu Bei smiled happily, patted his legs and said:

Then I'll write this down first.

Praising Wei Huo's achievements and stimulating his eagerness to learn and enlist in the army are also ways to support the Han Dynasty.