Chapter 7030 Come on, show your ass!

Chapter 7030 Come on, show your ass!
While Liu Tong may have been somewhat irresponsible in managing the country, there is one thing that needs to be said: as the eldest princess who experienced the chaos in Luoyang and Chang'an, she would continue to maintain the stability of the country when necessary.

After all, she had truly experienced the chaos of war and knew what kind of terror it was. Even a princess like herself, if not for her young age, would have almost been forced into marriage. Because of this detailed contrast between the prosperous and chaotic times, Liu Tong, unless she was stupid, would definitely hope that the prosperous times would continue. Only in this era could she live with dignity.

Like most guys who say they love war, once they actually go to the battlefield, experience a hail of bullets, get wrecked, and are given a second chance, they probably won't say such nonsense again.

The kind of war that humans enjoy is one in which they heroically turn the tide of battle, rather than the realistic scenario of being killed like cannon fodder amidst a hail of bullets.

Anyone who has experienced despair, once they manage to climb out, would never dream of returning to the mire and repeating such nonsense.

Having experienced pain, one truly has that confidence, but given a choice, who would willingly go through it again? And unless absolutely necessary, who would want to continue going barefoot?

In fact, this is also the biggest dilemma Li You is facing now—San Sha, Hua Xiong, and others are willing to listen to Li You's advice, but unless it is for the greater good, they are unlikely to continue to risk their lives for Li You. Their wives and children, their lineage, their status as marquises—these things they risked their lives for are now actually constraints.

Why doesn't Chen Xi deliberately suppress the Three Fools? Because the Three Fools, in order to protect their lineage, their family's status as marquises, and their hereditary inheritance, are completely capable of serving the Han Dynasty, and are even willing to die for it.

To put it bluntly, if Chen Xi had explicitly summoned the Three Idiots and made them do something that would surely lead to their deaths, but then informed them that their family lineage would be tied to the fate of the nation, the Three Idiots wouldn't have hesitated at all. Sometimes people will willingly put the chains that bind them around their own necks; that's just how reality is.

Unfortunately, Sansa doesn't even have the qualifications to enter Chen Xi's circle. That's the reality. Chen Xi basically won't give Sansa any official orders or personal orders. After all, Chen Xi can find more suitable people to handle anything, so there's no need for this.

In addition, the three idiots are not among the dangers and troubles that Chen Xi mentioned. To Chen Xi, they are just pawns to be left alone. They are the kind of pawns that will be naturally influenced, infected, and assimilated by the times and by his own power. So he only needs to leave them there and leave them alone, and they will become his pawns.

On the contrary, there are some things that look very obedient, but have their own brains and their own thoughts. From the very beginning, they have been thinking about overthrowing Chen Xi while being humble and subservient. Chen Xi really has to keep an eye on them.

"You want to seriously compile history?" Chen Xi muttered to himself before asking.

"Well, this is a good example for you. Didn't you also want to know what these people were thinking?" Liu Tong said lazily, looking at Pratt, who was caught up by Gu Riley and his group, surrounded, and finally killed.

"That's rare. I thought you were still as extreme as before," Chen Xi said casually. The detailed history of the Ling Emperor's reign is not yet included in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty. The official history that Liu Tong wants to compile is naturally from the Ling Emperor's reign to the present, which includes all the content related to the Party Prohibitions, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and even Dong Zhuo's tyranny up to the Yuanfeng era.

This part is actually very difficult to record because the change in stance can be very complicated. If we don't separate the blame and reveal our true colors, many things cannot be explained clearly. But once we reveal our true colors, how to pin the blame becomes a major issue that cannot be avoided.

After all, many people from that era are still alive. If you want to solidify your claims and make them stand up to these people, it's actually quite easy for things to go wrong.

This is also why Chen Xi didn't let Liu Tong touch this earlier. Because Liu Tong's thinking was very clear: if my dad is a nobody, then you guys are just a pile of shit. Don't act like innocent little flowers, and everything is my dad's fault.

I can accept that my dad is 70% wrong, but I absolutely cannot accept that all the problems are my dad's problems, and that your problems are just suggestions that were rejected by my dad. If we want to share the blame, we should all sit down together and discuss this matter properly. I absolutely cannot allow my dad to take the blame all by himself.

If history were to be written in this way, then the history of the Yuanfeng Dynasty would be written together, with Chen Zichuan acting as the sole incompetent official in the court. Since the people of the dynasty had not changed and the mainstream was still the same group, the history of the Yuanfeng Dynasty would be recorded in a true and accurate way, showing two different aspects of a generation.
Chen Xi firmly suppressed this idea. He knew very well how much of an impact Liu Tongzhen's writing would have on him, and that many things couldn't be resolved that way.

Fortunately, Liu Tong has now been emperor for ten years and has finally realized how he should examine this period of history. He no longer gets bogged down in who is right and who is wrong, but instead seriously begins to examine the events of the previous twenty years and record them as neutral facts without any embellishment.

Recording things truthfully is itself a stance. As for right and wrong, there's no need to dwell on it. Lay everything out on the table, and how much is right and wrong will naturally be revealed in the eyes of future generations. They will also have their own means of discernment. History is not only about what happened in the past, but also a reflection of the current stance.

"The process of rewriting, or rather redefining, history, their stance, their attitude, their evaluation, and their statements will all reveal their true thoughts, but what I demand is authenticity." Liu Tong looked ahead indifferently, watching Gore abandon a stand-in and successfully escape under the desperate cover of his teammate Pratt, his mindset inexplicably peaceful.

"Your progress is a bit scary. When did you realize this, or when did you adjust your mindset? I remember you were forcing them to split the profits 30/70 before, weren't you?" Chen Xi said with some admiration. Liu Tong's ability to handle this matter so calmly was a huge improvement for Chen Xi.

"It's because I suddenly realized that you're actually caught in some kind of conflict. Things I can't handle, you can handle. I just need to distinguish their positions, and you can easily crush them." Liu Tong said casually. It wasn't that she had figured it out, but that she realized there was another way to handle this matter.

After all, the powerful families wanted too much, and the collapse of Emperor Ling's dynasty was essentially a result of Emperor Ling's inaction, the powerful families' desire for even more, and the Han dynasty's somewhat intractable problems.

Liu Tong had been struggling with one question: why was all the blame placed on her father? It was as if the entire court was full of capable officials, with not a single incompetent one, and only her father had led the Han Dynasty to this state.

Are you kidding me? Do you really believe that the court is filled with righteous indignation?
Don’t believe it!
From a certain perspective, Liu Tong's behavior was purely rebellious. She believed that Emperor Ling was 70% wrong, but she didn't really care whether Emperor Ling actually made that many mistakes. After all, as an emperor, it was only natural for him to bear the blame of the country.

Sitting in this position means enjoying the glory and prestige that comes with it, so naturally one must also shoulder the responsibilities of this position. Therefore, regardless of whether the problems caused by Emperor Ling himself accounted for 70% of the collapse of the dynasty, he still bears 70% of the responsibility for this matter. After all, this is the meaning of a leader's existence.

The problem is that Emperor Ling admitted to more than 70% of the responsibility after his death, more than 95%, which made Liu Tong very unhappy. He directly rebelled against the other side, saying, "Why should my father admit to 95%? You should know that even emperors who have lost their country do not admit to this level. Why are you deducting more than 95% from my father's responsibility?"

Damn it, even Dong Zhuo managed to come up with the line, "The ruler of the world should be wise and virtuous; every time I think of Emperor Ling, I feel indignant!"

Liu Tong sometimes laughed in anger, thinking, "Damn it, do you even have the right to say that?"

Even a piece of trash like Dong Zhuo could say such things. Guess how the Han aristocratic families evaluated Emperor Ling? There are quite a few related evaluations in official history, but most of them, including Sima Yi, could say that they were innocent and that Emperor Ling was licentious and tyrannical, which led to the collapse of the Mandate of Heaven.

Liu Tong and the Han family had argued about this matter a lot over the past ten years, because the Han family had gone too far in accusing them of wrongdoing. Even if it weren't for filial piety, Liu Tong would have wanted to fight back against the Han family.

You're all living saints, aren't you? All the blame is on my dad, right? None of you are to blame? Fine, fine, is this how you play the game?

However, in this respect, Liu Tong is indeed no match for the Han family. After all, the Han family controls the propaganda channels, the mouthpiece, and the pen. Even after so many years of study, and even after Liu Tong has sublimated everything he has learned into a spiritual talent, he still cannot overthrow the Han family in this aspect.

Therefore, all the struggles were thwarted. Although the history of Emperor Ling's reign has not yet been compiled, it has basically been concluded. The core content is roughly that "the Han dynasty declined. Since the reigns of Emperors An, He, Chong, and Zhi, the national lineage has been repeatedly broken. Emperors Huan and Ling were dissolute and their wealth was taken away from the royal house. This was the will of Heaven, not something that happened overnight. Its origins have been long ago."

To put it bluntly, the Han dynasty began to decline from the time it produced child emperors. Then, it encountered emperors who were dissolute and tyrannical, and the Mandate of Heaven was lost. Although it was not a problem that happened overnight, the roots were planted a long time ago. However, Emperor Ling, as the final point of decline, has to bear the blame.

When Liu Tong learned of this argument, it was actually quite popular, but he didn't have a good solution.

When humans reach a dead end and realize they can't change things, they either completely explode or they change their ways when all hope is lost. Liu Tong is a smart person; she was just provoked into rebellion by a group of people and decided to deliberately oppose them.

Therefore, after being cornered by that group and realizing that there was no way to reverse the situation, Liu Tong calmed down and began to carefully sort out the matter. Instead of being as loud and boisterous as before, he used various means to force those people to admit their past mistakes. This is also the reason why Liu Tong stopped commenting on Emperor Ling's affairs after the sixth year of Yuanfeng.

Instead of commenting on this matter, Liu Tong could hear some other voices. After all, the Han Dynasty had not yet fallen, and Emperor Ling's daughter was still sitting on the throne. No matter how much the Han aristocratic families controlled the mouthpiece and propaganda channels, they could not completely overthrow Emperor Ling.

So when Liu Tong stopped rebelling, the Han family also stopped reacting. After all, Liu Tong kept pestering them about this matter, which gave the Han family a real headache. They knew very well what they had done back then.

It wasn't that the Han family was afraid of Liu Tong bringing up old grievances, but rather that if Liu Tong continued to pester them and Chen Xi saw some of his dark past and joined in, the Han family simply couldn't withstand the iron fist.

Therefore, it was a vicious cycle from the beginning. Liu Tong wanted to remove some of the blame from Emperor Ling's head, but the blame that was removed had to be distributed to the aristocratic families in order to achieve a 30/70 or even 40/60 split. The problem was that the Han aristocratic families were not willing to accept it. In the past, they would have accepted it, but now, damn it, with the world in chaos, we have 30% to 40% of the blame. How can we, as respectable pioneers, continue to expand?
So they refused to answer, absolutely refused. Whenever Liu Tong brought it up, they would collectively shift the blame, and the burden on Emperor Ling's head grew heavier and heavier.

Liu Tong was helpless in the face of this situation until he realized Chen Xi's position, or rather, Chen Xi's position on this matter, and Liu Tong had an opportunity to leverage his position.

“What if I don’t care? After all, I find dealing with the affairs of the previous dynasty very annoying. My attitude towards these things is usually to let bygones be bygones and not to dwell on them too much,” Chen Xi suddenly asked.

“But if we ask them to compile history, even if it’s just to record facts, they will still leave their own stance. And with Chen Zichuan’s perspective, he will naturally see these things.” Liu Tong gave Chen Xi a small compliment. “And what this stance represents, and what kind of thinking it can lead to, I think Lord Chen should understand it better than I do. A history book compiled by those people is enough for Lord Chen to distinguish who his enemies are and who his allies are, right?”

Chen Xi nodded upon hearing this. Not to mention historical records, even literary works, as long as they are written by the author, will reflect the author's stance on social reality and certain issues.

The author's creation is itself a process of revealing one's true nature.

Moreover, this is especially true of historical records, where factual accuracy is a crucial point, and how to achieve factual accuracy is entirely up to the author.

“So before the thirteenth year of Yuanfeng, I will have them finish compiling the history of this period. I think they are also tired of getting entangled in this history anymore, and the historical materials are probably already prepared. They are just waiting to finish compiling it.” Liu Tong glanced at Chen Xi and said calmly.

“Others would take more than ten years to repair, but you’ve finished in three years.” Chen Xi looked at Liu Tong speechlessly, but he had to admit that what Liu Tong said was true. The Han family probably didn’t want to get entangled in this history anymore. Whether it was a genuine desire to let bygones be bygones or to avoid exposing their dark history, the core idea was to stop here. Therefore, the repair should be very quick.

"Doesn't this just allow Chen Hou to get what he wants at the exact right time?" Liu Tong said calmly. "Isn't that great?"

“Actually, even if the Han family had sabotaged us in the battle of the thirteenth year of Yuanfeng, I wouldn’t have lost, unless the largest viaduct on the Southwest Passage suddenly collapsed after the three million troops arrived in Central and Southern China.” Chen Xi said with a hint of sarcasm, then turned to look at Sun Qian, who had been silent since entering the small world.

"Gongyou, how is the quality of the viaduct on the Southwest Expressway?" Chen Xi asked Sun Qian, turning his head. "Won't it suddenly collapse or break?"

“There have been collapses before, but that was due to geological issues. The location we chose was prone to collapse because of geological disasters like mudslides, which caused the foundation to shift and eventually the entire viaduct to collapse. Since then, we've hired more professional geologists, and this situation hasn't happened again.” Sun Qian glanced at Chen Xi, somewhat too lazy to pay him any attention. “I’ve got my head on the line. If this kind of problem really happens, just cut off my head. I know what’s important.”

"Hey, hey, hey, that's going too far!" Chen Xi said to Sun Qian with a serious expression.

“Because it’s impossible.” Sun Qian said very seriously, “I can’t guarantee other aspects, but if I can’t even guarantee my aspect, then I might as well do something else.”

Chen Xi seemed thoughtful upon hearing this. Turning to look to the side, she transmitted her voice to Sun Qian, "Be careful. Not all the people in the geological team are reliable, especially now."

"It's been so many years. I didn't quite understand this before, but now I do." Sun Qian stared blankly ahead. He now understood the scene when Lu Su and Chen Xi slammed their fists on the table and started cursing at the Political Academy. It wasn't just Lu Su alone; it was a group of people pushing Lu Su. Now, he also had a group of people behind him, but he was different from Lu Su. His size was too much for those people to lift!
"That's good." Chen Xi said casually.

The biggest difference between this transportation and logistics planning and construction group and other things is that as long as the leader of this group doesn't cause trouble, even if others have any ideas or want to take action against this group, they can't do anything about it. Although complete isolation can easily lead to stagnation, conversely, complete isolation also makes it virtually impossible for others to influence it.

Conversely, if something happened to Lu Su, it might not necessarily be Lu Su's fault, but if something happened to Sun Qian, it would certainly be Sun Qian's own management problem, or more directly, a problem of self-corruption.

Clearly, Sun Qian has his own understanding of the current situation and has no desire to get involved in these messy things. He also has the ability to remain a bystander.

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