Chapter 107 New National History
Year 4713 of the Yellow Emperor's Era, 2016 AD.
At the National History Archives of China, an old man dressed in ancient modern clothes held a certificate and passed through many checkpoints before arriving in front of a closed archives.
Ding ding ding!
Enter your pupils and fingerprints, confirm your identity, and the door will open.
Inside are rows of bookshelves, some old and new, some sealed in glass cabinets.
"Great, the application has finally been approved."
Li Sixian was full of excitement. As the oldest ancient history professor in China, he spent a lot of effort to get permission from his superiors to come to this archive full of top secrets.
He did not flip through the information in a hurry, but walked step by step while looking at the covers on the bookshelf.
The earliest ones even have official records from the Chenzhou period.
It records how a merchant family in Chenzhou walked step by step on the road to saving China, and ultimately led the nation to greater prosperity.
These official documents are inseparable from two people - Xu Xuan, the leader of Baidi, and Xu Yong, the emperor of Hanchang. These two names are known to everyone in China. Even an illiterate person who has not gone to school knows their names. name.
They range from national policies, world exchange norms, and political systems to street snacks and roadside clinics, all of which are closely related to them.
Official history is always bright and correct.
As a senior expert in ancient history and archaeology, Li Sixian wanted to know why the two brothers were able to walk on the right path every time, and the ideas they left behind even helped future generations survive all crises.
And why the country has not yet declassified ancient documents from this period.
With all kinds of curiosity, Li Sixian came here.
"Ahem, documents cannot be borrowed and photos cannot be taken. There is a study room in the corner. You can stay there and write your paper." At this time, an old man with a cane coughed and reminded.
"Okay, I will abide by the rules." Li Sixian said seriously.
He probably looked through his outline. Although he was familiar with it, he still had to check if there was anything missing.
Li Sixian was very ambitious. He planned to write the development history of China and the entire Chinese League in a concise and clear book.
Summarizing a historical law centered on China and in line with the values of the new era is also a task assigned to him by his superiors.
Compared with three hundred years ago, human society has undergone great changes.
From the unification of China to the Taiping and Commercial Rebellion in the early Taiping years, historians call it the embryonic period.
The Taiping Shang Rebellion and the death of Xu Xuan the following year were a turning point. After the Taiping Emperor put down the rebellion, he did not expand outwards, but concentrated on managing internal affairs. He made a comprehensive review of the relationship between China's mainland and foreign vassals, and promulgated the The policy is still in use today.
Historians speak highly of this, calling it "the transition from agricultural civilization to industrial civilization." This is a test point that is usually tested in high school history.
People during this period began to realize that as an industrial civilization, it does not just have guns and steam engines, but it must have matching systems.
Emperor Taiping reigned for thirty-five years, followed by Emperor Shengdao.
"Tsk, tsk, the Xu Chang Dynasty is really a long-lived dynasty, but longevity is indeed one of the keys to the stability of a dynasty. In history, there were many things that caused chaos in the country because of the emperor's short life."
Li Sixian recorded his thoughts in his notebook.
They generally give birth late. Except for the first generation of Han Chang, princes usually have their first offspring at the age of twenty-five.
Because the previous emperor lived a long life, subsequent emperors were generally around fifty years old.
This age is considered an old man in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the political arena he is considered a prime man; he is energetic but not too prosperous; he is diplomatic but does not lose his principles.
The Holy Emperor launched a grander and more in-depth colonization. In Li Sixian's words, it brought advanced culture to the surrounding backward civilizations.
After Shengdao came Yongchang, who had no sense of existence. During his five years in office, he indulged in pleasure and even restored the eunuch system, and his social thoughts tended to be conservative.
In this regard, historians commented that the development of the country reached its upper limit and internal conflicts began to appear. It was during this period that the Western Shinra and others began to have differences with China. Some distant vassal states began to go out of control and finally parted ways. But there was no Start a war.
After Yongchang came Emperor Shenwu, who was relatively chaotic at the beginning of his accession to the throne. Then the internal combustion engine began to appear, and Shenzhou once again led the trend, and the national power began to recover.
Needless to say, what happened after that was ups and downs, and other civilizations in the world also began to appear on the stage of history.
After that, a world war broke out, new classes emerged, and forces were divided again. Until the current situation of one superpower and multiple powers, one superpower is now China. The surrounding allies have established a huge alliance with China as the center.
"The reform history of the White Lotus Sect, Baidi Sect and other religions... Hey, here it comes again. This period of history is the most difficult to deal with. I just want to know how Master Xu lived to be 110 years old. Maybe he really has a good physique. Bar."
Li Sixian scratched his head. The history of the Baidi Sect was too complicated. Although they were Taoists and advocated self-cultivation, it was still difficult to explain... He began to search for files on other bookshelves.
"Found it." Li Sixian found relevant books on a bookshelf.
Not to mention the history of the Baidi Sect, the world's evaluation of them is that they are a group of Taoist priests who study the path to immortality all day long, and in the end they developed science.
From gunpowder, guns, to steam engines and internal combustion engines, they are all present. They have indeed found the Tao, but unfortunately it is not the immortal Tao.
The most famous among them is Xu Xuan, the greatest scientist, inventor, and thinker.
Many scientific discoveries are related to him, and the earliest law of mechanics was proposed during the Chenzhou period.
In the ranking of human contributions in the past few years, Xu Xuan ranked first, Xie Miao, who created modern medicine, was also in the top ten, and Chongzhen, who discovered cells, was in the top 100.
There are some myths and legends about him everywhere in the folk. For historians like them, this is actually the limitation of the times.
Because people's scientific level was generally not high at that time and did not understand science, they could only make far-fetched connections with myths. Some myths were just rumors spread by people at that time.
Hot air balloons were widely used in the Shengdao period, but some people found that they actually had a prototype in the Hanchang period.
Perhaps Xu Xuan's so-called flying legend and the so-called real dragon and colorful phoenix were actually just hot air balloons.
Later generations did not think that this behavior was inappropriate. After all, the situation was critical at that time. Only by using religion to establish prestige could people unite. The early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty also relied on the Mingjiao.
"What is this?" He saw one of the rows of files and was immediately attracted.
"The Heavenly Master used the corpse-driving technique... to kill Xu Feng and restore order; during the reign of the King of Chu, the Heavenly Master used the corpse-driving technique to kill Haoge, and used fireballs, flying, corpse-driving, and golden light curses to kill Wu Sangui... In the capital, the Heavenly Master beheaded Emperor Qianqing. In the early years of Hanchang, the Heavenly Master gave the method of growing insects, so that everyone could have extraordinary power and a long life; in the early years of Hanchang, the materials for the formation and the materials for the elixir are as follows..."
There are reports on Xu Xuan's use of magic to kill people, as well as Xu Yong's comments on this, as well as the memoirs of the people at the scene, and the reports of the Northern Barbarians, all of which are very detailed.
The handwriting of the comments is indeed Xu Yong's writing habits when he was young.
"Is there really magic in the world? Xu Xuan is really a god? Impossible!" Li Sixian suddenly came into contact with the truth and couldn't accept it for a while.
In fact, he had already accepted it in his heart.
Because the historical materials are too detailed, and the National History Museum cannot forge materials.
Secondly, the historical materials above explain the mystery of the deaths of Haoge, Wu Sangui, Duoduo, and Asendra Taiji.
No matter from which aspect, when the Heavenly Master was besieged, the enemy had absolute military force, and they were all elite barbarians. It was impossible for a few hundred soldiers to defeat tens of thousands.
Especially when the emperor was beheaded at the birthday banquet in the capital, it was even more in the realm of fantasy. Historians have several theories, such as firearms, hot air balloons, poison gas, and spy warfare.
The official textbooks combined the theories of firearms and spy warfare, because firearms surpassed the times, and spies that penetrated everywhere were able to accomplish such a feat.
This official statement could not completely convince the rigorous Li Sixian, but he could not accept the fact of the gods for a while.
Finally, the decryption of the method of planting insects revealed the origin of those battlefield generals in the early years. After the Shenwu, these powerful soldiers almost never appeared, and the reason was that the Neijing pills were used up.
As for the popular powders for replenishing qi and blood and strengthening physical fitness, they also originated from the Heavenly Master.
"Is this true?..." Li Sixian muttered to himself.
"It's true, I can testify."
The old man guarding the archives appeared behind him at some point.
"Who are you?"
"The descendant of Gengwu, the fourth generation of the White Emperor Sect's chief priest--"
"Gengxin."