Speculations are always speculations. After a period of time, these speculations may turn into rumors, or disappear when people lose their patience. Su Ren's entry into Tingwei's Mansion attracted great attention from Chang'an City, but one afternoon in Tingwei's Mansion
There is no movement, no matter how good-hearted people are, they find it boring. If you have free time to waste it here, you might as well take advantage of the good weather to do what you should do. After all, eating always comes first. Again,
No one knows what Su Ren and Wang Wenshu said or did in Tingwei's mansion. All conclusions are just guesses and thoughts.
A month later, at the imperial meeting on the first day of March, the emperor finally came up with the results of the tribute incident. A total of 106 princes were deprived of their titles, and particularly serious ones such as Ding Yi and Zhao Zhou who were derelict in their duties were imprisoned.
When asked about their crimes, we can imagine that their fate will definitely not be too good. Many of them were exiled in Lingnan, and they may not be able to come back in this life.
When the imperial edict reached the prison of Tingwei Mansion, there were many voices inside, some were crying and screaming, some were shouting out wishes, and some people chose a way of death that they thought was more honorable and committed suicide. Li
Shizong and Luan Da listened for a long time, but did not hear their names. After exclaiming that they were lucky, they suddenly felt a little disappointed. These people had made arrangements, what should they do? Could it be that they would be locked up in the prison of Tingwei Mansion forever?
, never want to go out again in your life?
The fact is that they thought too much. After the original nobles were dealt with, Luan Da was taken away on a dark and windy night and never came back. Li Shizong was very worried that he would be next, but he couldn't help it.
Come to a conclusion for yourself. He is more and more afraid of the dark night and more and more afraid of being alone. He always takes advantage of the opportunity of delivering food to have a chat with the jailer, but unfortunately he doesn't take any notice of him.
The days passed like this day by day, and the skylight on the top of the cell went dark and then lighted up, then lighted up and then darkened again. Until one desolate morning, another person was thrown into his cell. Li Shizong immediately surrounded him, and he
No matter who he wanted to talk to, that person, like himself, had not been tortured by Wang Wenshu, and was just thrown in cleanly.
"Are you...?" Li Shizong carefully recalled everyone he knew in his mind, and suddenly he shouted: "Sima Gong, Tai Shiling?"
Sima Qian didn't recognize Li Shizong for a while. After looking at it carefully for a long time, he guessed from the dirty hair and the unclear color of the robe that he should have an impression of this person: "You are..."
Li Shizong chuckled, pulled back the hair covering his cheeks, and revealed his white teeth: "Me!"
"Oh! It turns out it's Li Hou. I'm rude to you." Sima Qian quickly stood up and saluted.
Li Shizong sat casually on the ground and stuffed the rotten grass under his buttocks to make himself more comfortable: "No need, we have already arrived in this field, why don't we wait? I have seen so many princes these days.
If you don't, you will still scream, you will bleed, and you will be scared to death."
Sima Qian stood stubbornly, in a respectful and standard manner: "Your Majesty has not won the title, so you are still the Marquis."
"Hahaha..., have you ever seen a prince like me?" Li Shizong shook his clothes and asked Sima Qian to look more carefully: "If you want to stand, just stand! By the way, how did you get in?
What else did you say that you shouldn’t have said?”
"I just wrote straightly, and there was nothing I shouldn't have said." Sima Qian's face was very serious. At least Li Shizong did not see the joke: "His Majesty went his own way and captured 106 people in one night. And these
People had already been tortured in the Tingwei Mansion to an extent, and dozens of people had died tragically at the hands of cruel officials like Wang Wenshu. The ceremony said that punishment could not be worthy of a doctor, and even if they had to be tortured, they should be deprived of their titles and then handed over to the Tingwei for questioning.
How can such people who care so little about human life be able to hold the official position of my great Han Dynasty?"
Li Shizong looked at Sima Qian as if he were a monster: "Is this how you write about His Majesty?"
Sima Qian nodded: "Historians naturally write in a straightforward manner. History should be as it should be. How can it be deleted or modified?"
"You are awesome!" Li Shizong extended his thumb: "It seems that I have company these days and have been in a prison. Why don't you sit down and chat slowly? We have plenty of time."
Sima Qian saluted Li Shizong, found a suitable place and knelt down opposite him, and looked at Li Shizong doubtfully. Li Shizong laughed: "Don't look at me like that, I was not wronged, and Wang Wenshu didn't torture me.
I'm locked up here like this, with a lot of food every day." The more Li Shizong talked about it, the more lonely he became: "I don't know how long I will be locked up, maybe I will be released in another day, maybe I will have to stay here for the rest of my life.
Here, maybe one day in the future, who knows? Judging from your appearance, you haven't been tortured, maybe we will go out together, who knows."
Sima Qian sighed: "It's a pity that there is no pen and paper here, otherwise it would not be a bad thing if I didn't go out."
"Oh! I heard that Taishi Ling is planning to write a unique history book, but are you going to start writing it?"
Sima Qian sighed again: "Hey, after such a delay, I don't know how long it will take."
Li Shizong chuckled: "Does Su Hou know that you are planning to write history?"
"What does this matter have to do with Su Hou?" Sima Qian looked confused: "Although Su Hou knew that I was planning to write, he didn't know how I would write it. Besides, I also told Su Hou that I would never cover up for him.
"
"Okay!" Li Shizong slapped his thigh: "Maybe Tai Shiling doesn't know that when Su Hou taught us lessons again, I was still studying in the academy!" Li Shizong looked a little embarrassed and quickly added: "
Su Hou is very sure that you have traveled all over the mountains and rivers to seek verification. He even said that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. Su Hou also said that he admires your uprightness and tenacity, and asked that if you are ready to delve into learning, you can
I wanted to learn from you, and later I mentioned your book many times." Li Shizong smiled and said: "At that time, your father was still Taishi Ling. You don't know where you traveled, and I don't know how Su Hou knew about you and your book.
It’s quite surprising now that I think about it.”
Sima Qian looked confused and didn't know what to say. Li Shizong smiled slightly: "Forget it, let's not talk about that, let's talk about your book? How are you going to write it?"
Sima Qian glanced at Li Shizong, and Li Shizong said quickly: "Don't get me wrong, I'm just asking casually. There are only two of you and me in this place, so I have to say something."
Sima Qian thought for a while: "Historical books are written in the style of historical books, but they are too boring and messy. I plan to write them according to each person, so that I can not only explain the history clearly, but also show everything. I can see the same things at different times.
History is understood differently by later generations, and I want to break this shackles."
"Oh? So are you going to write about those people?"
"Nature is the person who can guide the development of history."
"oh."
Li Shizong's answer surprised Sima Qian. In the past, when he mentioned this matter to his friends, he would get different responses from almost everyone. His friends would praise or criticize, but no one would ever use the word "oh"
To answer: "Li Hou thinks it's inappropriate?"
Li Shizong shook his head: "I can't tell. I suddenly remembered a story Su Hou told us before. It said that there was a butterfly in the distant sea. It flapped its wings gently and passed through the atmosphere, temperature, waves, and land.
After the effects of mountains and woods, when you come to us, you will find that it has become a very strong wind. This gust of wind can uproot big trees and blow down houses."
"Is there such a thing?"
Li Shizong shook his head: "I have never seen it, but Su Hou is very confident that this is called the butterfly effect. It's a pity that I am not very knowledgeable and do not understand the mystery of it."
"Of course Su Hou's words have his own meaning. At the cocktail party held in the Su residence a few days ago, Su Hou had a conversation with His Majesty. I was fortunate enough to be present. After listening to it, I was deeply inspired. I already have a draft of "Huo Huo"
"Value Theory" I want to revise it again."
Li Shizong smiled and said: "I think if you want to write history, it is better to have less contact with Su Hou. I always feel that Su Hou is higher than you and me, even His Majesty. His words and deeds seem to be chaotic.
, actually have deep meanings, it doesn’t seem to be harmful at the moment, but it may endanger the big man in the future.”
Sima Qian frowned: "No way? Although Su Hou always behaves strangely, he has made a lot of contributions to the peaceful and prosperous age of our country today."
"I also said maybe." Li Shizong leaned against the wall behind him and didn't speak for a long time. After waiting for a while, he laughed again: "Look at us, we have agreed to talk about your book, how can we talk about it?
Then I ran to Su Hou, let’s talk about your book, right? How do you plan to write about His Majesty?”
“Speak up!”
Li Shizong shook his head: "I'm afraid this is a bit difficult."
"so what?"
"Maybe you won't have the chance to write a book."
Sima Qian was stunned for a moment and then said: "Even if I don't write it, a free man can write straightly."
"You are a stubborn person. Now that His Majesty's authority is getting stronger, I don't even need to issue an order to kill you. Someone like Wang Wenshu will handle the matter very appropriately."
"How could a certain family be afraid of a dying Wang Wenshu?"
"What do you mean by this? Could it be that Wang Wenshu has already..."
"Some people in the court have come forward to impeach Wang Wenshu, and the number is increasing. It is said that some people have used the method used by Su Hou to fight Zhai Qingdi. Some people even published it in the "Da Han Bao", and everyone in the world
We all know Wang Wenshu’s true nature, so even if His Majesty wants to protect it, I’m afraid it won’t be possible.”
"So that's it. Wang Wenshu's role has been completed. It's time to use his head to calm the public's anger. After all, more than a hundred princes were deprived of their titles this time, and they were either dead or injured. Even if they were not deprived of their titles, they would be
A useless person."
"Li Hou means that your Majesty did this intentionally?"
Li Shizong waved his hands quickly: "I didn't say that. You and I are both sinners. Please don't give me another crime of making irresponsible remarks on government affairs and slandering His Majesty."
Sima Qian said nothing, lowered his head and pondered, and the light in his eyes slowly flickered. (To be continued)