PNB Chapter 135
Chapter 135
He also saw the history books of past dynasties on the sky curtain. Should he also compile his own history of the Great Qin Dynasty and try to record the events of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period?
Don't let future generations have so much speculation.
"Let's talk about Zhaojun last. First, let's talk about Diao Chan from the Three Kingdoms period. She's actually a bit of a fictional character. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, she's a key figure in Wang Yun's schemes."
"Diao Chan was just the name of a female official. Her specific name is not recorded. Later generations have done research and found out that her real name was Ren Hongchang, and she was from the same hometown as Lü Bu."
"Let's talk about this chain of plots first. Dong Zhuo was in power at the time, and Wang Yun wanted to get rid of him. He came up with a good idea. At a banquet, he said he would marry Diao Chan to Dong Zhuo."
"Later, Diao Chan was promised to Lü Bu, which caused a rift in the relationship between Lü Bu and Dong Zhuo. After Wang Yun's persuasion, Lü Bu finally killed Dong Zhuo."
"But there is no record of this in official history!"
Three Kingdoms
Cao Cao didn't expect that Diao Chan would be in such a situation. Although he had not experienced it completely, he still knew something about it. There was indeed no such strategy in it.
The main reason was that Lu Bu was not very useful under Dong Zhuo at that time. Although Lu Bu was indeed extremely powerful, Dong Zhuo started his career with the Liang Province Army.
How could Lu Bu, who joined later, be reused?
"My lord, it should be Diao Chan who supported the Han Dynasty..." Xun Yu whispered, "Although it is fictional, it is also an idea of later generations."
Cao Cao nodded. It would be great if it was true. Alas, the four beauties of the Three Kingdoms period turned out to be fake, otherwise there would be another beauty in his harem.
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"Yang Guifei was the imperial concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang..." Qi Cheng searched for information. "Their relationship is actually quite complicated. Revealing it might shock everyone."
"Yang Guifei was originally the consort of Emperor Xuanzong's son, Prince Shou Li Mao. Note that she was a consort, not an ordinary concubine. Later, after Emperor Xuanzong took a fancy to her, she was brought into the palace."
"Later she was promoted to Imperial Concubine."
"There was a Tang Dynasty poet named Bai Juyi who wrote a poem called "Song of Everlasting Regret" about this incident. A few lines from it read: "There are three thousand beauties in the harem, and all the favors are bestowed upon one person... My sisters and brothers are all torn apart, and it is a pity that only the glorious one in my family can be found..."
Tang Dynasty
Li Shimin felt ashamed. He had a rough idea of the time when Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was introduced to Chang'an last time. He never expected that his descendants could do such an outrageous thing.
No wonder the Anshi Rebellion happened.
What a shameless thing!
Wu Zetian was speechless at this time. She originally thought that Li Longji was just a little confused in his later years, so she spared his life. She didn't expect him to do such a thing.
This not only ruined his reputation, but I'm afraid the reputation of the entire Tang Dynasty will be dragged down by him!
This is really outrageous.
"Finally, let's talk about Zhaojun. Apart from the fictional character Diaochan, Zhaojun is probably the only positive image among the Four Beauties."
"She went to the Xiongnu to marry for the Han Dynasty!" Qi Cheng shook his head. "Although later generations didn't quite approve of this strategy, from the perspective of the time, it did have some positive significance."
"There's another story about her. It's from the time of Emperor Yuan of Han, when Emperor Xuan of Han said the prince was the one who disrupted the laws of the Han Dynasty. But because of a deep affection for an old friend, he eventually succeeded to the throne."
"Emperor Yuan of Han had a large harem, and he came up with a clever idea: to have painters paint the women's faces. As everyone knows, competition in the harem is fierce, so painters took advantage of the situation to make money."
"If you give more, the painting will be more beautiful. If you give less, the painting will be uglier. But Wang Zhaojun didn't give any money at all, so she was painted much uglier."