Suddenly, Ma Biao felt like he was in the wrong place.

What level of official is Taishi Lingna?

Previously, that was an official with six hundred shi.

Now, he is an official from the fourth rank.

Although the official position is not high and there is no real power in his hands, no one dares to offend Taishi Ling easily.

In the words of literati, it means that the mouth is on me, and I can say whatever I want.

But when it comes to Tai Shiling, the pen is in my hand, and I can write whatever I want.

History is written by the victors, but there is no need for victors now.

Therefore, two years ago, Wang Buxu personally ordered that no one except the Taishi Bureau could read, inquire about, or tamper with historical books.

Whatever the Taishi Bureau records it as, that’s what it looks like.

At the same time, in order to prevent people from the Taishi Bureau from messing around, the emperor set up an official position called Taishi to supervise the censor.

The official rank is the sixth grade and there are ten personnel, who are directly responsible for the emperor. Their duty is to squat in the Taishi Bureau to read the history books and pick out those records with obvious subjective ideas.

The Taishi Supervisory Censor personnel are rotated every two years to allow personnel to move around and prevent fraud.

Although there is still no guarantee of 100% impartiality, this system is already the best.

And the emperor set an example by not even reading the recorded history books himself, nor asking the Taishi Supervisory Censors about the contents recorded. In this case, who among the ministers below would dare to take this risk?

Therefore, if they want to make their records look better, the only way is to establish good relationships with people in advance.

However, having only heard about it and never met him, Ma Biao today could not imagine that Tai Shiling was such a person.

He just told the truth about his experiences over the years. He was not without scheming, but he was completely focused on how to weaken the Xiongnu.

But in Tai Shiling's view, everything he did was a representative of far-sightedness, and every step he took was wonderful and amazing.

Well, a cultured person is a cultured person, and their perspective on looking at things and their way of speaking are different.

Although I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart, it still sounds very comfortable.

After all, you are lucky enough to be included in the annals of history, but now that you have reached this point, who doesn’t want the record about yourself to be more beautiful and legendary?

"Taishi Ling, is there anything else you want to know?" Ma Biao asked a little embarrassedly. If people give him such face, he can't make others dissatisfied, can he?

"Well, let me think about it carefully!" Sima Xin stroked his beard and closed his eyes slightly.

Ma Biao is easy to talk about. He has already explained it in detail today. It doesn't matter if he still has any doubts next.

Next, Ma Biao will definitely return to Luoyang with the team. It will take at least three or four months for him to understand these details along the way.

In this case, why not learn about other aspects?

right!

Just learn about other aspects!

"Can you tell us about the Huns in detail, including their system, monarch, power, some major relationships, fighting methods, living habits, etc." Sima Xin asked with gleaming eyes.

The Xiongnu had the same problem as the Western Regions. They did not have their own writing, so there was no way to record some of their cultural heritage.

Although they have no culture at all, they look like a group of savages.

But this matter must not be viewed this way.

A barbarian with no culture, fighting against Zhu Xia for hundreds of years?

Although Zhu Xia can be regarded as winning more and losing less, after all, he has been here for hundreds of years, and it would not sound good if he told it, right?

Since the previous ones can no longer be found, we simply stop looking and start recording from what we know now.

According to the records of the Xia and Pre-Qin Dynasties, the Han Dynasty was the regime that mobilized the most troops against the nomadic peoples in the north.

Although it was the big man who finally destroyed them, you also used the most troops.

Our ancestors could easily defeat the enemy, but now you have to use several times more troops. Doesn't this show your incompetence?

Therefore, Sima Xin thought it would be better to give a biography of the Huns.

This will allow future generations to have a detailed understanding of all aspects of the Xiongnu and understand their true strength.

In short, even in my own writing, the Xiongnu is not weak at all, and he cannot be weak, otherwise wouldn't the big man be even weaker?

At this point, Sima Xin is still relatively rational.

Unlike some people who always like to portray the enemies as weak and noobs, any one of them is a sharpshooter. He goes up and shoots enemies with bullets. In a short time, the ground is full of enemy corpses.

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And where did the image of the emperor come from?

It does not rely on word of mouth. Word of mouth can only be passed on for a hundred or two hundred years at most, and by this time it is already very vague and no longer reliable.

Later generations’ understanding of a dynasty and a person is based on these official history books, or those officially approved by the government.

So, can you now realize how important a good historian is?

Sima Xin's awareness in this regard is quite good.

He planned to use Yun to strengthen the Xiongnu's strength, so as to tell future generations why the Han Dynasty sent out such large-scale troops and why it mobilized troops to do this.

We are not messing around, but after careful consideration, we feel that we must do it this way.

In this way, looking at it this way, is the emperor very discerning?

Isn’t that wise?

Although the emperor doesn't look at these things, he can't help but want to take a look at them one day...

"Let's start with the Chanyu of the Xiongnu..." After all, I have lived in the Xiongnu for so many years and I have heard many Xiongnu legends. No one knows whether they are trustworthy or not, but some things can still be believed.

For example, Maodun Chanyu killed his father and became a self-reliant man. This is absolutely true. The civil strife of the Xiongnu in recent times was caused by the uneasiness of the Donghu people and the desire of revenge by Touman Chanyu's old tribe.

Soon, Ma Biao told them everything about the two Chan Yu's characters, conduct, and some of their grievances and resentments.

Sima Xin nodded from time to time to record some key information, and would prepare the draft later.

"When it comes to the Great Chanyu of the Xiongnu, we have to mention the current Xiongnu Great Prince Luo Tanjizhou. This person's mind is absolutely unique among the Xiongnu, and his wisdom is not comparable to that of ordinary people. There are many Xiongnu

He came up with all the strategies, but it's a pity that he met His Majesty. If he had another opponent, I'm afraid he really wouldn't be a match."

"The previous civil strife of the Xiongnu was quelled by Luotangjizhou's plans. If we hadn't suddenly appeared and interrupted Lutantanjizhou's plan, in another three to five years, the Xiongnu would not have turned into a piece of iron, but at least it would not have turned into a piece of iron.

It will be easily broken up."
Chapter completed!