The Mystery of Qin Dynasty: Rediscovering Qin Shihuang is a pioneering work of better historical reasoning than novels, a history book written by insiders for laymen, a generation of emperors who were seriously misunderstood by later generations, and a history that Qin Shihuang tried to completely delete.
Case 1: Who is the father of Qin Shihuang?
The author is so powerful that he can write history, detective novels and restore the true colors of history.
As for the biological father of Qin Shihuang, two "doubts" are listed: Yuan Zhen and Lv Buwei. First of all, through combing at different levels, the motives and conditions of Lv Buwei's crime are ruled out. Through identification and evidence collection, it is proved that Qin Shihuang's biological father is Ziyi and his biological mother is Evonne.
History is complicated. How to discard the false and retain the true requires a lot of investigation, overall logic, comprehensive knowledge and ability. With sufficient historical data, more and bigger story scenes can be deduced through strict logic and relevant knowledge, which is what the author calls "trying to say ten words with one material". Similar to "evidence chain", although there is no direct evidence or incomplete evidence, concrete conclusions can be drawn through some relevant evidence or logical relations.
The second case: the story of brother and fake father
Let's start with Ying Zheng's half-brother, Cheng Jiao.
Mrs. Han was born in Ying Zheng during her six-year return to Xian, three years younger than Ying Zheng. First, he gained a large area of land in diplomatic activities with South Korea, and then he directly defected and defected with Zhao on the military front.
The other is Ying Zheng's two half-brothers.
The character "Ed" is very interesting. He belonged to Ying Zheng's biological mother, Evonne (later the Empress Dowager), and served as the beater of the Empress Dowager in the rebellion of Ying Zheng's half-brother Cheng Jiao.
The name is quite special. It is estimated that many people can't write these two words, let alone read them. I have always pronounced these two words as "miu 1 du2", and I believe I am not the only one. I used to hear Luo Zhenyu talk about this man in Luo Ji's mind, but I always have an impression, as if reading the "brand" of "soldering iron" and the "dwarf" of "dwarf". We imagine it as a dwarf with a soldering iron. Then use pinyin input method to type the sound lao4 ai3, and this "Lao Ai" will come out directly.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the relationship between men and women was relatively open, which was already known in Li Shuo's History of Confucius. At that time, the princess or queen raised a "face first", which was equivalent to a man raising a concubine. Ying Zheng's biological father won his early death and reigned for three years, while Zhao Ji, who just lost his wife, was only in his thirties. Lao Ai was a retainer of Lv Buwei, and was later recommended by Lv Buwei to Empress Evonne, which made her popular and developed. Lao Ai's occupation is called "advocating Excellence" and she has super sexual function. Later, Empress Dowager Cixi and Lao Ai gave birth to two sons in succession.
Once again, with the effort of "telling ten sentences with material", the author analyzes and deduces various political struggles and logical deduction under the environment that mother is in power and consorts are in power. Restore the whole story through very few historical materials.
The death of the Empress Dowager Xia = = > Cheng Jiao Rebellion = = > Lao Ai Feng Hou.
Laoyi is arrogant and calls himself Ying Zheng's "fake dad". In the struggle between the Chu consorts group headed by Empress Huayang and the Zhao consorts group headed by Empress Huayang, he finally launched the Lao Ai Rebellion in the Ying Zheng period. Lao Ai was finally killed, as well as two illegitimate children of Empress Dowager Cixi, that is, Ying Zheng's half-brother.
There are also books.
The third situation: looking for Qin Shihuang's uncle
The fourth case: the mystery of Qin Shihuang's harem
The book involves many historical details, people and stories.
We don't want to study history thoroughly, and we don't need to study the details carefully. The biggest gain is to look at the problem, restore the historical view of the problem, make bold assumptions, and verify with different knowledge. Historical materials are very important, and methods and models are more important.
For example, we often hear that "burning books to bury Confucianism" is a semi-forged historical event. History is a field of storytelling. For thousands of years, many people have fabricated one story after another around Qin Shihuang, which is both true and false, adding fuel to the fire.
The author has a unique historical knowledge structure division of "3+N world". Three are the three basic worlds of history: past events, historical materials and historical books. All kinds of historical works derived from these three worlds belong to the "N" world. Fan Qin is the result of roaming "N's historical world"
The author also has two works, Qin Beng and Wu Chu, which I will read again when I have the chance.