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Chapter 128 National History Prison

After that night, Yuan Mulan lived on the ship of the Wei delegation, and did not go to Jinling or see Xu You.

When the peace talks were successful, she led the delegation back to Yedu and submitted the peace talks to Taicheng.

The peace talks were spread on that day.

The whole court was in an uproar.

Many people wrote letters to the court to recruit soldiers and expand their troops, and fight to the death with the State of Chu. Some officials even crashed and died on the Shenlong Stone Palace in front of the palace gate to show the indomitable and pride of the Xianbei people.

They did not wake up, and continued to be addicted to the power of the Northern Wei Dynasty and could not extricate themselves; they were unwilling to admit that after more than ten years of growth and decline, the overall national strength of Chu had surpassed Wei State and was widening the distance;

They cannot see the future.

They only knew that the horse hooves of the Xianbei people had trampled on the northern country for a hundred years, and they were invincible across the world with their armor and crossbows.

However, beauties will grow old, heroes will die, and even the most powerful nation will always be weak.

And that day is coming soon!

Yuan Yu was forced to get sick and was carried to court by the guards to make a speech to stabilize the people's hearts and announced that the subjects of the Great Wei Dynasty must abide by the terms of peace and order, and then took the lead in donating gold, silver, money and silk from the treasury to pay compensation.

The next day, he issued an order to order many nobles and families to donate fields, valleys, horses, cattle and sheep according to their ranks. Some people were dissatisfied and privately complained to others. They were found by the Marquis Cao Cha, and Yuanyu actually destroyed the nine tribes of the other party.

The pain of illness, the regret of unfulfilled ambitions, the pressure of defeat, and the spiritual humiliation caused by the Chu-Wei peace talks made Yuan Yu increasingly suspicious and cruel.

Such crazy killing temporarily suppressed the opposition from the Korean Central Committee, but also aroused more people's dissatisfaction, and various contradictions were piled up in secret.

Yedu is like a giant barrel filled with black sky thunder. A little spark will blow and smash it.

But no one knows where this spark will fly from?

"Chang Sui, what should we do? Seeing that the prince is hopeless to recover, the second brother is about to change from a governor to a prince, just waiting for his father, Long Yubintian... I don't have any chance, no more..."

The fifth prince Yuan Ke has been in a bad mood recently. Yuan Yu's illness has become worse and worse since the Battle of Pengcheng. The government has almost been handed over to the second prince Yuan Dun to take full control. Even the beggars in Yedu know that it will not take long before Yuan Dun will be promoted to the crown prince, and then inherit the throne and become the lord of the Great Wei.

In the secret room, He Ru still looked calm and said, "Until the last moment, the outcome is unknown, your highness should not be impatient."

He looked at Wang Liangce and said, "The National History of China was compiled by Cui Boyu as the editor-in-chief. It was just finished writing not long ago. Have you read the entire volume?"

Wang Liangce nodded and said, "It was because the fifth prince went to ask the second prince for his mercy, and I got the whole volume from the book Shi Min Biao in advance."

"Have you found any problem?"

"No big problem. If it weren't for flaws, it would be like recording some of the early customs and habits of the Xianbei people, without using a verse to avoid it, and it was written too straightforward..."

Wang Liangce disliked it and said, "I heard that when the Lord asked Cui Boyu to take over the compilation of "History of the National", he emphasized that he must keep a straightforward writing, which is related to the daily life of the court, the gains and losses of the country, etc., and is in line with the general principles of compiling the history, and there is no violation of the rules."

He Ru's eyes were full of jokes and said with a smile: "Even you think he wrote too straightforwardly. Will those Xianbei people who were criticized by him feel sad and angry?"

Wang Liangce was stunned.

He Ru said again: "When I was in Jiangdong, Xu You commented on Cui Boyu: he was good at planning the country and not good at planning for his body. The cause of his death lies in these eight characters."

Yuan Ke said in surprise: "Cui Boyu? He is now a very powerful minister. The Han family members in Jizhou are all assisted by armies. They are so powerful that they are unattainable. How could they die?"

"The moon is full, and this is the way of heaven and earth, and no one can violate it." He Rudao: "After Kang Jing's death, Cui Boyu was specialized in court power, looked down on his sons, and did not listen to anyone's persuasion. The prophecy of "Yuan and Cui, share the world" was even sung among the people... Pride and complacent are his way of death."

"Cui Boyu is very powerful. No one can kill him. The only one who can kill him is himself!"

"Good strategy, you will follow the plan next. Your Highness, to deal with Yuan Dun, you must first get rid of Cui Boyu. The only chance to kill him is "History of the National". You must cooperate with good strategy, fan the flames among the Xianbei nobles, and create momentum..."

"Yeah!" Yuan Ke showed a fierce light of burning his boats and said, "I know, the winner is here to fight!"

Two days later, Wang Liangce made an appointment with the book Shi Min Biao to drink, and Da Kuati praised the good writing of "History of the National", which was Sima Qian and Ban Gu's style, which was not false and beautiful, and was the first history since the Eastern Han Dynasty...

Min Biao was so dizzy that he felt quite contented. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he listened to Wang Liang's plan: "The good historians are only stored in the palace and read by the royal family. They are like pearls that are dark and cannot return home in glory. It's a pity!"

"Yes, I'm in my heart!" Min Biao clapped his hands with his high-quality hands, feeling a close friend, and said, "A few days ago, I advised Shangshu Ling to carve the "History of the National" on a stone tablet and erect it on the main road for the world to appreciate and appreciate it. Wouldn't it be nice?"

"If this is true, I will prepare ten hu of wine and linger day and night..."

"Hey, Shangshuling thought that doing this would take time and labor, and it was too much, and hesitated... However, I think he has relaxed a little recently and thought he had a chance. Who would have thought that Pengcheng would be defeated and would have to compensate Jiangdong Islander for so much money and goods? I guess he would have no hope."

Wang Liangce said: "Yes, when the country is in danger, everything should be simple... If you do this, it is better to print more and donate them to all officials and noble relatives. At least they must know the hard work spent by Shangshu Ling and Brother Min..."

Min Biao said happily: "Wonderful!"

Wang Liangce took the opportunity to say, "You go and convince the Secretary of the House. I will ask the Fifth Lord to convince the Second Lord. The Lord is seriously ill. Now the Second Lord is in charge of the country. As long as he agrees, everything will be fine."

"Okay, we've decided, I'll go to see Shangshu Ling tomorrow..."

Tai Chi Hall.

Cui Boyu and the second highness Yuan Dun were talking: "The thirty people are of good character and talent. They can serve as county magistrates in the five prefectures and counties..."

Yuan Dun frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's the leader of a county since I started my career. I'm afraid it's not up to the rules... If there are vacancies in those counties, I'd better choose from the officials who have been in office for a long time. They are diligent in governing the people and have not yet received their merits. The people recommended by the Shangshu Ling should start with the officials, and after their experience, they should choose the best..."

Cui Boyu insisted on these thirty people being the county magistrates, but Yuan Dun had no choice but to agree.

His foundation is too shallow, and he can only rely on Cui Boyu to firmly hold the position of governor. It can be said that the true leader of the imperial court is Cui Boyu!

When he returned to the Secretariat, Cui Boyu met Min Biao. After listening to his suggestion, he felt it was feasible, so he allocated a million yuan of special funds and ordered him to handle the matter immediately.

It is easy to do things with money. Min Biao collected all the printing factories in Yedu. In less than half a month, the "History of the National" was printed in two thousand volumes and distributed to the houses of nobles and relatives and officials. The excess was directly built outside the altar to hide from the rain and wind, and placed it inside for pedestrians to read.

Then, Yuan Ke went out and took a small gathering to deliberately describe the straight book of "History of the People's Republic of China" as vilifying the ancestors of Xianbei. As expected, after it was spread, everyone took preconceived ideas. At first glance, it aroused the anger of the nobles of Xianbei and went to the palace to complain.

Yuan Yu on the sickbed was very upset. When He Ru entered the palace, he asked about his opinion on this matter. He Ru suddenly knelt down and kowtowed, "Please go up and leave!"

Yuan Yu said suspiciously: "This is my heart, but what I say to me can be known to them..."

He Ru did not hesitate and said solemnly: "Month ago, Shangshu Cui recommended thirty people to serve as the county magistrates of Ji, Ding, Xiang, You, and the five prefectures and thirty counties. The state supervised the country first opposed it, but Shangshu Cui was stubborn and the state supervised agreed. This is the list, and the thirty people were all from the Han family. As soon as they entered the officialdom, they became county magistrates."

Yuan Guang took the list, looked roughly, and said, "I agree with the first place in the family. What's wrong with choosing an official? "

"I think this move shows two harms. First, the country has no control over Cui Boyu's power. Some people in the market say that Yuan and Cui share the world, and this is the reason. Second, Your Majesty promotes sinicization to integrate the Xianbei and Han people, regardless of whether they are from each other, and they are all people of the Great Wei. However, Cui Boyu's current actions are to suppress the Xianbei people and promote Han people regardless of harming the interests of the court. For example, the prefect of these thirty counties, among which 18 counties have been officials for many years and are the best-ranked Xianbei people, but he insists on doing so. I don't know whether he has ulterior motives or misunderstandings of His Majesty's intentions."

Yuan Yu's face became extremely ugly, and his eyes gradually became cold.

"For example, this book "History of the National", is right. Your Majesty said that he should write it straightforwardly. At the beginning, he recorded that "After Emperor Xianming's death, Empress He was taken over by his father Emperor Zhaocheng, so He Hou was born before and after He Hou, both the sons of Emperor Xianming and the sons of Emperor Zhaocheng. The sons were both brothers and uncles and nephews of each other. This is understandable. The extramarital marriage system was an inevitable choice in the extremely harsh living environment at that time. But Cui Boyu must not have described this matter before, but later he put it under the Confucian human ethics of the Han people for measurement and questioning. Through this comparison, he seemed that the Xianbei people were inconsistent with the common sense and contrary to human ethics. He humiliated the Xianbei people as barbarians and beasts, and were not as noble and elegant as the Han people..."

"Enough!" Yuan Yu suddenly had strength and smashed the bed hard, saying, "Stop talking!"

"I want to say more!"

He Ru raised his head and said, "Cui Boyu compared himself to Zhang Liang, and he had no choice but to do such a stupid thing for no reason? I dared to speculate that he wanted to take the opportunity to slander the legitimacy of establishing a country in the Xianbei Dynasty in behalf of Cao Wei. He wanted the Han people to regain control of the land of the Northern Dynasties, and he wanted to rebel!"

"Come, come!"
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