The Xue family was a double Jinshi, and his eldest son Xue Shiqian also became a Jinshi at the age of twenty-one. From then on, the Xue family became extremely prominent, and no one could surpass it. Unfortunately, good times did not last forever, in the fifty-first year of the Great Era,
In the nineteenth year of Huiming, Xue Haozhen and his son actually colluded with Daxing.
Once verified, it was obvious that the Nine Tribes were executed, not only the whole family was executed, but also the tombs of the ancestors of the Xue family were torn apart, and the blood from the beheadings at the Meridian Gate could gather into a river. However, these are naturally not recorded in the Jiaren Records.
At that time, Xue Haozhen had just been appointed as Tanhualang by Emperor Jiaren, so there was naturally only one or two sentences of description in the history books. Gu Chengyu also read about it from other history books and unofficial histories.
If you want to know more about it, you can only read other classics. Even if Huiming Records has compiled this matter, it will not be written in much detail. What's more, Gu Chengyu suspects that the Records have not yet started compiling this matter.
However, the reason why Gu Chengyu pays so much attention to this passage is not entirely because of Xue Haozhen's life. It is because the compilation official made a mistake here. This person wrote that Xue Haozhen's Tanhualang was from Jinshi. How big a mistake was this?
There must be no mistakes in the actual records. Of course, if the emperor has given instructions, that is another matter.
At that time, Xue Haozhen and his son made such a big mistake. In the later classics, officials did not dare to record it in detail, so this part of the information is very difficult to find. But it is not that there is nothing in the Wenhua Pavilion. If you don't search the classics carefully, you will make a mistake.
If Gu Chengyu hadn't checked out such a mistake and someone else had spotted it, he would have suffered a lot.
In fact, Gu Chengyu was quite interested in the collusion between the Xue family and his son and Daxing when he saw it. He read a lot of classics and unofficial histories and felt that there were some doubts in it. There were complete witnesses and physical evidence, but Gu Chengyu felt that these were too perfect. Yes
Yes, the chain of evidence is so complete that no one can find any doubts.
However, those are all ancient events. There were very few books recording this event at that time, and Gu Chengyu only had a vague outline. If there are detailed records anywhere, it must be Dali Temple.
At that time, this case was a joint trial of three departments. Logically speaking, the Ministry of Punishment and the Supervisory Office would also have relevant files on file. Gu Chengyu was somewhat interested in such an ambiguous case, but now he is still a little shrimp from the sixth grade.
However, confidential-level files cannot be checked.
The reason why he was interested was because after the Xue Mansion was executed by the whole family, his teacher succeeded him as the first assistant, and Xia Qing happened to be the second assistant at that time and served as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. He always felt that this matter was related to the two of them.
There is a relationship, but this is just an intuition.
He shook his head, it was better to deal with the matter in front of him first. He had a headache looking at the history book in his hand. He didn't know which official compiled it. He was afraid that he would offend someone. However, this was inevitable.
If he didn't verify it, he would have to take the blame.
Mark the errors here and mark the errors. This book will be copied again. Wait until tomorrow morning and report it to Zhang Hai.
"Master Gu! It's already time to distribute the value!" Gan Dianji saw that Gu Chengyu was still carefully collating, and he quickly stepped forward to remind Gu Chengyu enthusiastically.
In fact, he is on duty tonight, and no matter how late Gu Chengyu stays, it will not affect him. However, except for those who are on duty, the Hanlin Academy will also be locked when the time comes.
He also stepped forward to remind him out of kindness, fearing that Gu Chengyu would miss the time.
Gu Chengyu had just finished editing and found Gan Dianji standing in front of him, looking at him with a mocking smile. Only then did he realize that it was time to leave. Fortunately, he had already completed the editing. Wenhua Pavilion's
Books cannot be borrowed to read, so they must be completed in the Hanlin Academy.
If it is not completed yet, then Gu Chengyu will definitely be warned by Master Zhang tomorrow.
"I haven't realized that it's already time to recharge, but it has delayed Gan Dianji's time to eat. Today, I have troubled you to climb up and down to find books for me. When you are free, let's get together."
Gu Chengyu put away all the things he had brought. He would be able to deliver the work tomorrow, and he felt a little more relaxed.
"Lord Gu has really offended the lower official. Isn't this the official's duty? It's just time to go off duty, so it's not too late. It's still time for dinner." Gan
Dian Ji felt a little embarrassed every time he was so polite to Mr. Gu.
For a low-ranking official like him, who was only an eighth-rank official, Master Gu was so polite and showed no airs at all. Gan Dianji's favorable impression of Gu Chengyu doubled.
Gu Chengyu also sighed in his heart. Although Gan Dianji looked a bit wretched, he was quite enthusiastic and respected him. In the future, he would come to Wenhua Pavilion to read more often, and he would always be polite to others.
"It's getting late today, so I'll take my leave now and see you again another day." Gu Chengyu suddenly remembered that Ye Zhiqiu might already be waiting, and he had to hurry to the palace gate.
"Then I would like to send you off, sir!" Gan Dianji saluted and watched Gu Chengyu leave the Wenhua Pavilion.
Gu Chengyu walked directly outside the palace gate. He would take these books back to the Hanlin Academy tomorrow. Thinking of Ye Zhiqiu who might already be waiting, he also felt that this was a bit inconvenient.
After all, they will definitely be busy in the future. If they still take a carriage, the other person will have to wait, wasting time and delaying the meal. But Ye Zhiqiu is absolutely unwilling to let the government send another carriage.
A carriage took him there.
Ming Mo had already looked inside several times, but he didn't see his elders. If he went by the past, he should have arrived by now, so he felt a little worried.
"Sir!" Seeing Gu Chengyu coming over, he breathed a sigh of relief. Except for delivering food, he couldn't go inside, so he could only wait outside.
Ye Zhiqiu also raised the curtain and looked at Gu Chengyu. Today, Gu Chengyu planted a moment later than usual, and he was a little anxious to wait. He didn't know what had delayed Gu Chengyu, and he was ready to go back to look for it.
"Why is it so late today? But what's the matter?" Ye Zhiqiu looked at the pile of books in Gu Chengyu's hand and quickly stepped forward to take it.
"It's nothing, it's just that I checked the classics a little late. Didn't I get an errand to compile the records yesterday? I have to finish it today. Fortunately, I have time."
As soon as Gu Chengyu talked about this, he thought of the preface he gave to Zhang Hai yesterday, and wondered whether the preface was feasible. Mr. Zhang did not come to him to talk about it today, so Gu Chengyu estimated that he would have to wait for two days.
"Have you really finished the revision? You are so fast!" Ye Zhiqiu couldn't help but admire him. Jin Yu has a wide range of books, and he was able to complete the revision so quickly because he was familiar with these classics before.
"It took a lot of thought. I've been dazzled by the books I've read in the past two days." Gu Chengyu didn't lie. He didn't know how many books he had rummaged through in the past two days. Collating is a hard job, and it's no easier than editing.