The fourth volume summarizes
the Ming Dynasty where there were many official history books, including numerous official notes, as well as a large number of local chronicles, genealogies, genealogies, and literature archives.
As for the authenticity of these materials, I can only say in one sentence that the authenticity of many historical materials is almost the same as that of our novel.
Therefore, it is really a good idea to argue with Ming Dynasty historical materials. . .
Anyway, the historical data I quoted can only be said to be true, but Fat Bird uses these to serve the novel. To put it bluntly, it is the novelist's words, which serve the plot. You can judge for yourself how true it is.
Therefore, if I write about major historical events in the future, I will post the source of the historical materials so that everyone can read it for themselves and choose the viewpoint they believe.
You may not understand this if I say it in vain. Let me just talk about something mentioned in the article - the Jizhen Mutiny.
To put it simply, there was a dispute between the north and the south, and Wang Bao, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, massacred the Qi family's army.
I quoted this incident in the book to illustrate the corruption of the Ming Dynasty.
But, this matter actually has a lot of room for analysis.
The first is the number of people massacred. According to the North Korean history book "Pyongyang Records of Two Dynasties", Wang Bao killed "thousands and three hundred people."
"History of Ming Dynasty, Biography of Wang Bao" records "hundreds of people".
The number of people in several Ming Dynasty notes is "four to five thousand", which was almost the entire number of southern soldiers fighting in the north at that time.
However, Wang Bao's own Tangbao to the court and later letters to his friends wrote "one hundred and thirty people".
Everyone will know the problem after taking a look. If it is according to the popular saying now, it is that Wang Bao killed all the Qi family's army.
If we go by the minimum number of people, one hundred and thirty, then some of the southern soldiers mutinied. Moreover, Wang Bao wrote to the court and the culprits were sent to the Ministry of Punishment for interrogation before he was killed. The possibility that some soldiers mutinied is also very high.
So readers are asked to judge whether this is a mutiny in some military camps of the Qi family army? Or was it because Wang Bao had selfish motives and didn't want to pay the troops, so he massacred all the Qi soldiers?
In fact, if you ask me, I personally think that the reward from the imperial court was not given by Wang Bao, and the battle has already been fought.
Let's not analyze it from other aspects, but just from the perspective of responsibility. Wang Bao's theory of killing soldiers to save money at this time is actually not very tenable. It can even be said that this reason is very strange.
You, a department manager, led your team-building team back. Because of the large amount of team-building expense reimbursements, you took the initiative to fire all your employees.
Do you think this is reasonable? In fact, it is not very reasonable.
But my book is about rebellion, so I made a statement that is common in Ming history. In fact, I am not wrong, right?
The meaning of this sentence is not to completely plunge everyone into historical nihilism, but to say that many things in this world cannot be discussed clearly by the parties involved, and it is really meaningless for modern people to use them to debate scriptures.
And what is the gain from this incident to future generations? That is, in any political event, the difference in the number of people will be essentially different, and the attack power of taking things out of context is quite large.
If it conflicts with the historical documents that everyone knows, people who understand should just laugh, let me go, and beg for mercy!
Fat Bird still thanks everyone for your continued pursuit of the book. I will continue to write with a more rigorous attitude, reduce the preaching text, and add more interesting plots. Thank you all.
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