The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China - Chapter 1028

   It is very strange to say that the suspension of “Fei Gong” did not cause any waves.

   Countless colleagues and readers had expected this, because “Renshi” was written too darkly, and it unabashedly condemned the central government’s military grain purchase policy. So no one stood up to seek justice for Zhou Hexuan, benevolence and benevolence, everyone just lamented that they could no longer order “Fei Gong” in the future.

   Fei Gong was founded before the war, and Zhou Hexuan wrote nearly 200 review articles in this magazine. In particular, the analysis of the international situation and the interpretation of Japan’s policies are the preferred materials for Chinese people to understand the world in recent years. Even Lao Jiang’s Servant Office has established a special research group.

   Now, “Fei Gong” can no longer be run, which has greatly disappointed countless readers.

   But Zhou Hexuan’s novel “Renshi”, because it was written extremely sharply, made people pay more attention to the disaster in Henan. Various newspapers sent reporters to Henan one after another, and non-governmental organizations also responded positively. People in the southwestern provinces donated money and goods to Henan hungry.

  The Henan Disaster Relief Committee couldn’t stand the pressure of public opinion, and began to turn around at full speed – at least on the surface, they were doing their best to relieve the disaster. And the troops stationed on the border of Shaanxi and Henan no longer intercept the famine victims, which makes Shaanxi provincial government officials scold Zhou Hexuan every day for a lot of trouble.

  The eventful Zhou Hexuan was grounded.

  The two gates of Zhou Mansion are guarded by guards around the clock. These soldiers are not small, they belong to Lao Jiang’s outer guards, and they are the ones who are usually responsible for helping Lao Jiang to clear the door.

   As long as Zhou Hexuan stepped out of the gate of his house, he would be stopped by the guards and invited him back very respectfully. After Zhou Hexuan made several harassing calls, Lao Jiang finally let go and allowed Zhou Hexuan to go fishing by the river.

   Zhou Hexuan was also earnestly carrying out the task of reading history assigned by Lao Jiang, and published his first related paper in the Spring Festival of 1943: “The Death of Shen Wansan – Exploring the History of Ming Dynasty”.

   On this day, Chang Kaishen had just finished reading the front-line battle report, and the attendant secretary suddenly came in with a paper and said, “Master, this is the experience of reading history sent by Mr. Zhou.”

  Chang Kaishen got angry when he saw the title and scolded: “Damn, I let him understand the disaster of the Donglin Party, but he gave me research on Shen Wansan’s death!”

  The attendant secretary stood silently aside, daring to speak.

  Chang Kaishen asked: “Have you read this article?”

  The attendant secretary said: “I have seen it.”

  Chang Kaishen asked again: “How did Zhou Mingcheng think Shen Wansan died?”

   “I didn’t say it,” said the attendant secretary.

   “Then what else did he write about the death of Shen Wansan?” Chang Kaishen was quite speechless.

  The secretary of the attendant said: “Mr. Zhou believes that the content about Shen Wansan in the Ming History is a random fabrication, and Zhu Yuanzhang never exiled Shen Wansan at all.”

   Since the late Qing Dynasty, “History of the Ming Dynasty” has been a key research object in Chinese historiography, and is often associated with revolution. Since the tyranny of the Manchu dynasty is to be overthrown, the injustice of the Manchu dynasty must be proved, and the name of the Zhu family must be rectified.

   Until the Anti-Japanese War, “History of the Ming Dynasty” was still a popular study.

  The study of “History of the Ming Dynasty” by historians in the Kuomintang area is to sum up the lessons of the fall of the Ming Dynasty. The Republic of China is like the Ming Dynasty, while the Japanese aggression is like the entry of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. Taking history as a mirror, it warns the Nationalist government how to repair the government and love the people, and how to resist foreign invaders. For example, at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, historians took the internal strife in the Nanming Dynasty as an example, and called for the country to be defended by fighting against Japan with the same enemy.

   The historians in the occupied areas, on the other hand, praised the national heroes of the late Ming Dynasty, and expressed their patriotic enthusiasm by playing edge balls.

   Of course, since Chang Kaishen was a follower of Wang Yangming, there were also a large number of Ming historians who specialized in the research of Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties.

   Throughout the period of the Republic of China, the research works on Ming history were vast. Later netizens criticized the Donglin Party and questioned Yuan Chonghuan’s arguments. It was there as early as that time, but Yuan Chonghuan was still regarded as a national hero, while the Donglin Party became notorious.

  Chang Kaishen also likes to read history books, especially “History of the Ming Dynasty”. After all, he admires Wang Yangming.

After   ’s anger dissipated, Chang Kaishen immediately flipped through Zhou Hexuan’s paper, and the more he read it, the more interesting it became.

According to the “History of the Ming Dynasty: Concubine Biography”: “Wu Xing enriched the people and Shen Xiu helped build one of the three capitals, and invited the army to reward them. The emperor said angrily: ‘If you reward the army of the Son of Heaven, the people who are in chaos should be punished.’ A concubine who hears the law, punishes the lawless, not because of the ominous… The unknown people, the heavens will bring disaster to them, why should Your Majesty punish them!’ It is Shixiu, who is guarding Yunnan.”

   This is the source of the long-running story about Shen Wansan, because Shen Wansan paid to build a third of the city wall and wanted to pay for the army, which immediately aroused Zhu Yuanzhang’s jealousy. Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to kill Shen Wansan, but after being persuaded by Queen Ma, he finally exiled Shen Wansan to Yunnan instead.

  There are also various unofficial histories published by the people, such as what kind of cornucopia, or Shen Wansan attaining immortality in Yunnan, and some people even claimed to have seen Shen Wansan during the Kangxi period.

   However, Zhou Hexuan said in the article that he had a collection of “Wujiang County Chronicles” engraved in the Qianlong year. According to this county annals, Shen Wansan had already died under Zhang Shicheng’s rule, and he would not be at Zhu Yuanzhang’s side at all, let alone pay to help Zhu Yuanzhang repair the city wall.

   The historical source of “Wujiang County Chronicle” is “Wujiang Chronicle”, and the editor of “Wujiang Chronicle” is the family of Shen Wansan’s sons and daughters, so there is almost no possibility of lying.

   In other words, Shen Wansan was from the Yuan Dynasty. He was born in the Yuan Dynasty and died in the Yuan Dynasty. It has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty. When he was alive, Zhu Yuanzhang had not yet occupied Wujiang. The place where he lived was occupied by Zhang Shicheng, who was the mortal enemy of Zhu Yuanzhang. If Shen Wansan paid to help Zhu Yuanzhang repair the city wall, then Zhu Yuanzhang would not have to exile him to Yunnan, and his family would have been chopped up by Zhang Shicheng long ago.

   When “Wujiang County Chronicle” quoted the historical materials of “Wujiang Chronicle”, the “Ming History” of the Qing Dynasty had already been compiled. The editor of the county annals did not dare to overthrow the “History of the Ming Dynasty”, and was even more afraid of trouble, so he specially noted the details later, and said that there were errors in the historical data, and I couldn’t figure out who was right and who was wrong.

   As a result, Zhou Hexuan questioned the credibility of “History of the Ming Dynasty”. The “Biography of Empress Ma” in “History of the Ming Dynasty” is all fraudulent. Who knows that there are no other places? Then Zhou Hexuan quoted the information from the “Ming Shilu” and compared it with the “Ming History”, and found out many contents that maliciously vilify the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

  The most nonsense is the record about Zhu Houzhao. In the “Ming Shilu”, Zhu Houzhao was wise and skilled in martial arts, and he was able to conquer and fight well. He respected the ministers who were really able to do practical things, and dismissed most of the bureaucrats who were vegetarians. In the “History of the Ming Dynasty” compiled by the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao favored the traitorous officials, was absurd and unruly, and was simply a first-class obscure ruler.

   The thesis that Zhou Hexuan gave to Chang Kaishen was a special edition. He compared Lao Jiang to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Although he tried his best to rule, he was deceived by a group of corrupt officials. He also cited the example of disaster relief in the late Ming Dynasty to compare the corruption in disaster relief in Henan today, hoping that Lao Jiang could severely punish the offending officials.

   Of course, the published papers do not have this paragraph, but more textual research on Shen Wansan’s life.