For most people, the so-called preference for history is more about those who like the commentary of the legendary characters or the secret history of the palace of the unofficial history, rather than the official history.

When you sleep, you can hold the book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and read the wonderful places and can't sleep at night; when they hold the heavy book "Zizhi Tongjian", they are inevitably drowsy.

Lu Xuan admitted that he was one of the majority, and he didn't like boring official history very much. Except for those who really studied it, few people seemed to be able to read that thing.

After paying for reading, Lu Xuan's head seemed to automatically isolate the various sounds and smells on the train, and only the text on the phone was left in his head.

[In history, the fifteenth year of Wanli was actually a dull year...]

I don’t know how many readers spit it out when they saw the first paragraph at the beginning. They thought that after reading various historical records, Zhang Chu discovered something unknown to the year, but he turned out to be like this.

What should I read if I don’t look at major events in history?

Let’s see how farmers farm, how handicraftsmen develop, how officials fight in the internal struggle, and how the emperor is enjoying it?

Lu Xuan couldn't help rolling his eyes twice, seriously wondering if the eight dollars were going to waste!

Fortunately, after the second paragraph, Zhang Chu began to ask and answer himself, why should he use such a dull year as the title of a book to write such monographs one by one?

[In 1587, in Western Europe, the year before all Spanish fleets were dispatched to conquer Britain. At that time, several events occurred in the court of the Ming Dynasty that were easy to ignore by historians. These events seemed to be final details on the surface, but in essence they were the crux of the major events that happened in the past and would also cause trouble in the future. The relationship between them was the focus of history.]

Readers’ questions are briefly answered here. No major happened this year, but it is in this calm that the problem can be seen!

"Is it really good to complain about my book title like this?" Lu Xuan couldn't help laughing, and the purpose of writing was shown at the beginning.

Yes, this year is not important at all, so don’t worry about this year.

Such a pure and unpretentious beginning is really different from those stunning sluts outside. Other works repeatedly emphasize how important this year or this event is to history!

However, Zhang Chu directly expressed his point of view at the beginning, looking at the details why the Ming Dynasty, which was a peaceful faction, gradually declined and perished.

It is said that experts are good at the tricks and laymen are good at the fun. Lu Xuan is not a specialist. He is just a fan of history reading materials. After praising him, he starts reading ahead.

However, this reading made him a little uncomfortable. He told the story of Emperor Wanli in a chaotic Wu Dynasty story, and then he began to tell various rules.

"It turns out that the emperor didn't do whatever he wanted!"

One of Lu Xuan's previous thousands of dreams was to be reborn as an emperor. As a result, although the emperor at that time seemed to be a symbol of power, it did not mean that he could absolutely override his personal will over the feudal etiquette system and let himself do whatever he wanted.

Not to mention the enthronement of the crown prince, Emperor Wanli could not even enthrone the imperial concubine, and the contradiction between the monarch and the minister was quite prominent.

The sound in the entire carriage was getting weaker and weaker. Almost everyone closed their eyes and went to sleep, but Lu Xuan's head was extremely excited, staring at the screen and refused to move it away.

This is really a good book. After reading this, he felt that the little history textbook he read in school before was wasted.

The so-called history and historical figures in the textbooks are like third-rate TV series or third-rate cartoons. The characters are fixed and exaggerated. Loyalty, treacherous, good, evil, wise, foolish, clear, and turbid only have one face!

But when Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui, Qi Jiguang, and Emperor Wanli, these characters in the history textbook appeared one by one in "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli", Lu Xuan felt as if he was experiencing their situation, their troubles, their dreams, their ambitions, and their helplessness.

No matter what you judge, you can use "morality" as a weapon. If you can't stand anyone and can't find the crime, then you can make a fuss about morality.

Just as Lu Xun said, when you look at history, you will find that these history has no era. Each page of crooked page contains the words "benevolence, righteousness, and morality", which is actually cannibalism!

Form is above everything else, morality is above everything else, and hypocritical Confucianism has established a superficial world. At the same time, everyone continues to form cliques and engage in private affairs under the unspoken rules, embezzle and accept bribes.

A Confucian system and a set of unspoken rules, the two do not interfere with each other, form this feudal dynasty.

The view in the book is very clear. The disadvantage of feudal monarchy is to replace the legal system with morality, and people often make up for the shortcomings of the system by relying on their personal relationships.

In fact, this still exists in modern society. The slogan of governing the country according to law is very loud, but the inheritance of human feelings has never been cut off. Many times, the human system replaces the legal system!

Lu Xuan, who has read many works, was surprised by Zhang Chu's historical writing style. His perspective of reading history and his ability to read historical materials are really too strong.

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In the middle of the night, apart from Zhang Chu's die-hard fans, not many people stayed up late to read such a historical work that was claimed to be academic.

So the sales of this book in the first hour looked a bit bad, which was even smaller than the number of buyers at that time, let alone compared to "Ghost Blows Out the Light"!

However, there are still a few professionals who want to examine what special things are in this work that has been repeatedly praised by industry insiders.

Jiang Xiaoyuan is the author of "Imperial Hegemony". His historical work tells the story of how Emperor Gaozu of Tang Li Yuan opened up the Tang Dynasty, the most proud dynasty of contemporary people.

This time he is here to observe potential competitors. Anyway, selling an extra e-book will not make "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" top the list.

The two history books are released two days apart. If nothing unexpected happens, people will definitely be repeatedly compared. Even if no one takes the initiative to compare, the publisher will arrange relevant news to tie Zhang Chu to Zhang.

"Is this an academic work? Is this a bully for me to read less?" Jiang Xiaoyuan sat in the study and was extremely puzzled. This novel subject and writing style do not look like an academic work no matter how you look at it!

But if you want to say that it is a popular work, it seems to be very far-fetched. The whole article uses the experiences of historical figures to express various views.

Jiang Xiaoyuan was as if he was shocked. Although the name of his book was very domineering, the content was still the same thing. He read a lot of things from his predecessors when he was writing, but unfortunately they often made him drowsy.

Will I make a living by writing such things in the future?

Jiang Xiaoyuan asked himself more than once, and he felt a little depressed. At this time of hesitation, "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" suddenly appeared!

This was like a guiding light that made Jiang Xiaoyuan see clearly that academic texts could still be written like this. He was full of expectations for his next book.

Not only Jiang Xiaoyuan was hit by the impact, but many other industry insiders were the first to be hit by this novel writing method and unique historical perspective!

Liu Zhiqi, a professor in the Department of History of Fudan, was also caught up in thinking. He not only read many academic works, but also wrote them himself and corrected them by others, but none of them could give him a similar feeling.

History should be extremely rigorous, but why does Zhang Chu's writing style make him look extremely relaxed, as if he is reading some relaxed readings, but there are not a lot of thoughts and opinions that should be available!

This is not a clear stream, it is clearly a mudslide in historical academic works. "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" has been eroding through the historical academic community with the momentum of the flood, leaving its figure in the hearts of everyone who has seen it.

Even Yang Xuancong, who had first read the original manuscript of the work, had to admire his student, who could reveal an indisputable fact to people in such a short space, which was very difficult!

Under the historical conditions at that time, the emperor's efforts to govern or copyright belongs to the author, in any form

The dictatorship of the chief minister, the creative or habitual reconciliation of the senior general, the integrity of civil servants, the corruption of corruption or fraud, and the extreme progress of thinkers or absolute conservatism of the thinkers, cannot reverse the situation."

From the emperor to the common people, they all became victims of that corrupt system. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, even if there were wise rulers and generals like "respecting China, great filial piety, and virtuous loyalty", it would be difficult to reverse the wheel of history's rolling forward.

The chapter name of "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" is actually the positioning of everyone. Emperor Wanli is the living ancestor, Zhang Juzheng is the past, the chief assistant Shen Shixing is the mediator, Hai Rui is a strange model official, and Qi Jiguang is a lonely general!

Many people agreed with Zhang Chu's positioning. At first they thought that the book was just a random joke, but they found that it was well-founded and seemed convincing.

Few academic works can attract attention at the beginning of their release, but "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" can be easily done!

Both experts and laymen read it with relish. Many readers who are not very interested in history are also attracted by Zhang Chu's book. It is not that history books are not good-looking, but that they are rigid, because they want to limit people's horizons and consume the personality of historical scholars.

Nowadays, the most innovative works have emerged, and are deterred from history. Those who are not respectful to Xie Wu have to indulge in it.

This book is like a dark horse that has emerged, and it cannot be ignored by people. How to evaluate this book instantly became a controversial topic in the Ming Dynasty’s historical community!

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Chapter completed!