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Chapter 895 Let the Holy King shine for thousands of years! (Please ask for monthly tickets in early April)
Time flies like running water, and the situation in the world is also like running water.

Since the attack on the Dong Turks, there has been no war in the Tang Dynasty. The monarchs and ministers have once again begun to focus on the country and the people's livelihood, and the country's power is once again rising.

The rising sun shines in front of the opened palace door, giving the vermilion door a layer of color like the golden makeup of a Buddha statue.

This layer of golden light sprinkled little by little into the Tai Chi Hall. There were eunuchs and palace maids standing on both sides of the hall. Li Shimin was holding a pile of papers and looking through them, with a smile on his face involuntarily.

"Summon me."

Li Shimin raised his head from the pile of papers and gave instructions to the eunuch.

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Compiling national history is a very long task, especially now that we have to find mistakes. The artifact Qingshi cannot be turned on all the time, and Luo Shi's luck points cannot be controlled, so it can only be turned on at critical times.

After Luo Xuanjing was ordered to come to Chang'an, the first thing she did was to give Li Shimin a memorial, detailing her next steps and a rough catalog.

Clear organization and detailed content.

Luo Xuanjing attached great importance to studying history, because after she entered Chang'an, she was called to Lingtian Pavilion by Luo Su. After that, Luo Xuanjing wrote a letter to Luo Xuanxing, asking Luo Xuanxing to send all her sisters to Chang'an. Help her compile history books together.

Because compiling history is an honorable and noble position, Li Shimin especially valued Hongwen Hall, and many talented and promising ministers would take up posts in Hongwen Hall. Compiling history was the most important thing in accumulating qualifications.

In other words, here, you can see a lot of first-hand information. There is no doubt how beneficial this is.

"Do you know why I want Mrs. Chu to study this discipline first?"

what?
Li Shimin's question made everyone confused. Although it is more normal to cultivate one country at a time, it is not a big deal to cultivate this discipline first. What is the deeper meaning in this?
When Li Shimin saw this, he stopped trying to be a squire and said directly: "Once upon a time in Zhaocheng, there was a temple for hundreds of schools of thought, enshrining the sages of that glorious era.

Because Li Shimin was very concerned about the emperors of various countries in the late Han Dynasty, after receiving this draft, Li Shimin summoned his officials to discuss it in Taiji Hall.

From then on, Luo Xuanjing took up the position of traveling at the Hongwen Museum and compiled national history full-time. She became one of the most valued dignitaries in the Tang Dynasty.

Prime ministers and literati have become accustomed to what Li Shimin said. This is Li Shimin. He always has a humble heart. Sometimes he feels that he is very powerful, but he will soon return to a humble state again.

Are these things obtained through "channelling"?
Everyone in the palace was beating the drum in their hearts, but no one really raised their opinions in this regard, because isn't this "psychic" the reason why His Majesty asked the Luo women to study history?

Li Shimin quickly reviewed it, just four words, "In accordance with your instructions."

As expected, Li Shimin saw that everyone had finished reading, and said with emotion: "I asked Mrs. Chu to list the chapters about this era in the history book that I compiled, and thus I have the current draft.

Everyone commented that no one dared to say anything about the format of the history book compiled by Luo Xuanjing. Luo was a professional in this, and even Chu Suiliang did not dare to say anything.

"The words are concise and precise."

"It's just that there are some words in this. If I didn't see them from here, I really don't know how to know them."

The only thing that made them feel a little uneasy was the content. Many of them almost overturned the old history books and historical materials, and were more detailed than the historical books and historical materials.

"The language does not lose its beauty, and even has rhythm in it."

From this point of view, the compilation of this historical annals is indeed beneficial and harmless. "

Now that I have seen it myself, I have learned quite a lot. I have also made many of the mistakes.

The history books submitted by Luo Xuanjing were circulated among these prime ministers or knowledgeable scribes.

My original intention in compiling history is, firstly, to make both wise and foolish rulers visible to the world, and secondly, to serve as a warning to future generations of monarchs.

In the sixth year of Zhenguan, Luo Xuanjing completed a draft of part of the history books of the countries in the late Han Dynasty and submitted it to Li Shimin.

Countless precious words were circulated in the world, nourishing the spiritual world of the Han people.

Presumably all the ministers know it. "

When Li Shimin mentioned this, the atmosphere in the palace suddenly became visibly heated. Even Wei Zheng asked directly: "Your Majesty, do you want to rebuild the Temple of the Masters?"

Even if no one in this era has ever seen the Temple of the Masters, people can feel its grandeur and splendor just from a few words in historical materials.

The literati in the world, whether they are studying Confucianism, Taoism, or practicing medicine, medicine, music, and crafts, the saints they respect are all in the temple of the disciples.

Wei Zheng's question made everyone excited, but then it turned dark. How could it be rebuilt?
The most precious things in the Temple of the Masters, besides the words, are the statues. According to legend, those statues completely record the true appearance of the saints.

Now even if we rebuild the Temple of the Masters, where will we carve the voices, faces, and smiles of those sages?
"I can't restore the former temple of the disciples."

Li Shimin said and sighed: "Maybe it was the fate of the Zhuzi Temple. Zhaocheng was destroyed in that heavy rain that rarely happened in a thousand years.

The grass is sparse, the water is wet, and the former glory and brilliance can no longer be seen among the broken walls and ruins.

But the spirit of Zhuzi Temple will last forever.

I am thinking about where the source of the thoughts of all the disciples comes from. It is the Holy King.

Then the spirit of the Holy King must be passed on forever.

With my own body, I have received the grace of King Su and the Emperor, and have won the hearts of all the people of Xia, so that I am what I am today. To show and warn future generations.

In order to enable all people in the world to follow the right path and know the right path, they decided to build an imperial temple.

In the Imperial Temple, those holy kings with great merits and virtues are enshrined.

I will erect a tall stone monument, build this temple with stones, and then decorate it with gold, jade, silver, precious stones, agate, and crystal.

I will list all the objects in this world that are related to beauty. They cannot be majestic unless they are magnificent. The majesty of this holy king is among them. "

Li Shimin said enthusiastically that he had also thought about this matter for a long time. Many years have passed since Luo Su first mentioned it to him, and now it is time to complete it.

He built this imperial temple not only to worship the ancient holy king, but also to enter it himself in the future.

He has this confidence!

"The Holy King lives in the main hall, and the other emperors line up in the side halls. The Holy Kings each list their achievements, and the other emperors line up behind them. Just follow the orthodox order."

The meaning of Li Shimin's words is very simple. This emperor's temple should list most of the emperors who can represent the unified order, that is, the emperors who are in the same line, or branched off in the middle, but finally merged into one place.

The most important among them are the holy kings. These holy kings will later set up separate temples.

The remaining kings who were not selected as holy kings were listed together in the remaining halls.

Then there is a very critical question, "Your Majesty, what is the geometry of this Holy King's Palace?"

Li Shimin said without hesitation: "Yellow Emperor's Palace, Yao Emperor's Palace, Shun Emperor's Palace, Yuwang Palace, Shangtang Palace, Zhou Kangwang Palace, Zhou Zhaowang Palace, Hanwen Emperor Palace, Hanwu Emperor Palace, Hanxuan Emperor Palace.

These ten holy kings are the ten holy kings selected by me. What do you think? "

The emperor Li Shimin chose was an emperor. First of all, the Yellow Emperor and Yao, Shun, and Yutang must occupy five positions, because these five are the holy kings written by King Su himself.

No matter how rebellious Li Shimin is, he can't kick out the Holy King who was personally recognized by King Su, and these five people are precisely the unification of all Xia, from the ancient mythological era to the Zhou Dynasty.

None of these five is complete without any one of them.

The five people after that are very debatable.

After the Shang Dynasty, there was the Zhou Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu of the Chu State, the Han Dynasty, and the Sui Dynasty. When he became a holy king, he must be the emperor, so we will not mention the countries at the end of the Han Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

The final result was two in the Zhou Dynasty and three in the Han Dynasty.

Don’t mention the Qin Dynasty anymore.

Xiang Yu gained the world quickly and lost the world equally quickly, so I won’t mention it either.

In the Sui Dynasty, there was no such thing as a holy emperor.

Even Emperor Wen, judging from Li Shimin's current perspective, felt that he was not good. There was another person in the palace who particularly looked down on Emperor Wen, and that was Fang Xuanling. When Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was the emperor, he said that the Sui Dynasty was not capable of ruling the country. Will last.

The final result confirmed what he said.

In the end, only the Han Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty were left. King Kang of Zhou was assisted by King Su, and King Zhao of Zhou was assisted by Duke Luo Wen. History books call it the prosperous age of Kang Zhao.

Emperor Xiaowen of the Han Dynasty once said that his rule was better than that of King Kang and Zhao of Zhou. This was the highest evaluation for ancient emperors.

There will be no dissatisfaction with these two people.

As for the Han Dynasty, Hanwen and Hanwu are not controversial. The only ones missing may be Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

In Li Shimin's opinion, the two people are of similar level.

However, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty was dragged down by his descendants. Li Shimin thought for a long time and decided to remove Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty.

So there is the current list of ten people.

Li Shimin had thought carefully about this list, and he had clearly identified the ten holy kings, so the ministers did not know how to add or subtract from it.

This is really the result Li Shimin wanted.

In the end, I could only look at this list and say, "Your majesty is wise and wise!"

Your majesty is wise and wise!

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In the sixth year of Zhenguan at that time, Taizong Guanshi said: "I have observed the history of the Xia Dynasty for three thousand years, and the rise and fall of the destiny. Although there are twists and turns, it is still like a line. When the sky is overturned, a holy king appears, and when the life ends, a new dynasty is established. I want to build a temple to worship the saint kings, and place emperors under the saint kings to establish the order of the Xia Dynasty and the history of the Qing Dynasty."

People at that time praised it, so they built a temple to worship the emperors and built ten halls to worship the ancient holy kings. People at that time said: "The emperor's temple was built in order to preface the Xia Dynasty. The ten halls of holy kings bless me, the Emperor of Tang Dynasty!" ——"Book of Tang·The Chronicles of Taizong"

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