Looking at the content again, we can see that they are all stories of Ren Temple, Ying Temple, and the late emperor showing love, importance, trust and forgiveness to his ministers.

However, very few words are used for each thing.

It can be as short as two or three crosses, or as long as one hundred crosses.

It simply records the conversation between a certain late emperor and a certain minister in a certain month of a certain year.

However, Wen Yanbo looked at it and narrowed his eyes.

Because if you look at these words and stories separately, they might not seem like much.

They just teach the emperor that ministers should be valued, officials should be selected with morality, ministers should be treated with kindness, ministers should be respected, scholar-bureaucrats should be treated favorably, etc.

But when these things are put together, something doesn't taste right.

Just listen to the little official sitting on the throne say: "The teachings of the three dynasties are the two prime ministers and gentlemen who worked hard day and night to extract the sacred teachings, words and deeds of our ancestors to teach me how to listen to and inquire about politics.

It is also the study of political governance.”

"The Prime Minister of the Zuo, Duke Kang, once told me when he gave me the Precious Instructions: The master should be a scholar, observe the intentions of the ancient saints, discuss the rise and fall of the emperors in the past dynasties, and seek the key to establishing government and affairs.

If you talk about the art of loving the people and benefiting things, you will naturally get better with each passing day, and your virtue will spread throughout the world!"

"I will study it diligently so that I can improve with each passing day!"

As Wen Yanbo listened, he hesitated and said like a conditioned reflex: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Zhao Xu looked at it, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

Just like the scriptures of Confucius and Mencius, it is also impossible for the deceased emperor to rise from the coffin and explain his words and deeds back then.

The scholar-officials of the Song Dynasty, even the two saints Confucius and Mencius, could directly communicate with each other, and then announced that they had known the "true meaning" of the saints and understood the intentions of the "sages" back then.

Naturally, it is impossible to let go of the ‘former emperors’.

Therefore, the so-called "Sacred Instructions of the Three Dynasties" is actually a so-called "Sacred Instructions of the Ancestors" compiled and excerpted by the scholar-officials out of their own interests.

Its authenticity is not absent.

But it is generally similar to the modern "Reader" and "Zhiyin".

The deeds and conversations excerpted and intercepted above have all been beautified and whitewashed. There is even a question mark as to whether some things actually happened!

Why?

Because when Jing Yan Guan was ordered to compile the "Three Dynasties Precepts", he followed the story of the Renmiao Dynasty.

In the "Bao Xun" written in the Renmiao era, a large number of folk stories were used.

It even directly refers to the "Sacred Instructions of the Three Pilgrimages" written privately by Shi Jie.

With this precedent, whether it was written by Han Jiang or Lu Gong, whether it was written by Fan Chunren or Lu Dafang, in the compilation process of the "Three Dynasties Precepts", a large number of folk tales that conformed to their ideologies and positions were used.

Many things were even directly copied from Sima Guang's "Shu Shui Ji Wen" and the private notes of other old party literati and ministers.

Therefore, when Li Tao later wrote "The Long Continuation of Zizhi Tongjian", he saw the various "Sacred Instructions" and "Hadith" materials that had been left behind.

Because he discovered that many things in these "Sermons" and "Hadith" cannot be found in actual records, and there are no records in the history of the country.

Even the years, months and days are blurred, and I can only estimate the approximate years by relying on the monarchs and ministers they talked about.

Of course, Zhao Xu would not be used to these scholar-bureaucrats.

Journalism.

It's as if he doesn't know how.

A monk can touch it, even a poor Taoist can touch it!

"So, Taishi, I am following the methods of our ancestors, using our ancestors' love for the people as our foundation, putting the world first, and focusing on the country, to carry out our ancestors' stories of 'emphasis on shepherding and slaughtering' and 'body ministers'."

As he spoke, he began to memorize the excerpts he had excerpted.

Generally speaking, it's all about Injo, Yeongjo, and Hwangkao.

Their deeds are all that the three late emperors valued, were close to and trusted ministers, and acted freely. Finally, with the assistance of this wise minister and capable officials, they finally suppressed the rebellion or stabilized the famine in a certain area.

Among them, there is even Wen Yanbo’s own story.

"During the Qing Dynasty of Injo's reign, Beizhou rebelled and the world was shaken. Injo sighed and said: None of the ministers are doing anything for the country, so what's the use of going to the palace every day?"

"At that time, Wen Yanbo, the grand master of Pingzhang, was in charge of the military and state affairs. He was the deputy envoy to the privy council. When he heard about it, he was so impressed that he begged to see Renzu and reported the incident in Beizhou, the strategy of calming the people and quelling the chaos, and the words of pacifying and rewarding the army. Renzu

Ancestor Nai was delighted and said: I have entrusted my army and state to your love! I worshiped the envoys of Xuanfu and came out to quell the rebellion..."

When Wen Yanbo heard this, he finally knew something was wrong.

Because this official is practicing the "Three Dynasties Treasure Training" in reverse.

He directly processed the carefully selected sermons, hadiths, and deeds of the "Three Saints" in the Sermons of the Three Dynasties, and then spliced ​​these things together to form his own set of logic.

However, this logic is quite smooth!

Even, it has occupied the moral high ground.

really!

After the official finished memorizing the stories and deeds he had excerpted, he said affectionately: "The Three Sages govern government with benevolence first, caring for the people as the foundation, and benefiting the world."

"Although I am young, I am still willing to serve you!"

"That's why I decided to buy the embankment company last year, and now I'm starting to buy the pawn shop."

"but……"

"After all, the counterfeit office is no better than the embankment department...it involves millions of families..."

"If a merchant buys it without mercy, but instead strips it, carves it, and abuses the people, how can I bear it?"

"The grand master, the elder of the four dynasties, my teacher and protector, came out in my generation to lead the people to a new beginning!"

As he said this, the young official who was sitting on the mattress had already stood up and bowed to Wen Yanbo.

Wen Yanbo's eyelids jumped.

This taste...

Wen Yanbo is very familiar!

Because there is a record in historical records - after Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty came to the throne, he deeply felt that the merits of the veteran army were valuable in Beijing, and he was afraid of being in danger, so he issued an edict to the two prime ministers Chen Ping. Zhou Bo said: "If you send the princes to the country, you may not say it."

The most important thing to me, Prime Minister, is the country where I lead the princes!

Therefore, the two great ancestors and elders who had killed Zhu Lu and established Emperor Wen were relieved of their power and sent back to their feudal kingdoms with a flimsy edict.

Emperor Wen was able to assume great power.

Nowadays, the tone, word choice, and attitude of petty officials are almost the same as the tone, word choice, and attitude of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty in historical records.

Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty wanted to take power.

So what is the purpose of Xiaoguanjia?

Wen Yanbo was excited and immediately realized - this was to ask the Wen family to submit their name!

They are also forcing him, a veteran, to express his stance!

He was even testing the Wen family to see if they had the consciousness to help the emperor do bad things and dirty things - yes, nine out of ten bad things done by the relatives of the Song Dynasty were actually done for the emperor.

Of course Wen Yanbo knew this very well, because he was very close to Queen Wen Chengzhang's family back then.

He is very familiar with the affairs of the Zhang family.

In those years, the relatives of the Zhang family were greedy for money, seized power, and interfered in local money-making businesses everywhere, which caused a lot of criticism in the world.

Do you really think the Zhang family is willing?

Don’t the Zhang family want to imitate the Cao family and live a pure life?

Have no idea!

They were all forced.

When Wen Yanbo thought of this, he lost all temper.

He once again became the Wen Yanbo who, in the Qingli and Huangyou years, licked his face and became brothers with Zhang Yaozuo in order to pay homage to the prime minister.

"Your majesty is a wise man, inherited from his ancestors, and faithful to the teachings of his ancestors, he will surely become the wise master of the world!" Wen Yanbo immediately expressed his attitude.

Then, he sighed: "However, the old minister is old and it may be difficult to act."

It's not that he wants to shirk it.

It's true that he is really not suitable for this job.

"If Your Majesty will not give up, I will beg my dog ​​and my husband to serve Your Majesty!"

This is reverse testing.

Wen Yanbo did not want the Wen family to end up like the Zhang family - Zhang Yaozuo worked as a dog for Renmiao, did so many things, and was besieged by the world.

And finally?

The Zhang family doesn't even have a mansion in the capital, so they can only rent other people's houses to live in!

After the death of Empress Wen Cheng and Zhang, the Zhang family could not even pay the rent, so they could only write a letter begging the court for favor.

Only then did Renmiao issue an edict, asking Yousi to pay a monthly rent of ninety thousand.

Converted, that's one hundred and twenty guans per month.

During the Jiayou period, the money might have been enough for the Zhang family to rent a relatively decent house in Bianjing City.

But now...

I'm afraid I can only go to the edge of the new city to rent a house big enough for dozens of Zhang family members.
To be continued...