The third year of Wanli’s reign, in spring.
The Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng reinstated the practice of keeping the Veritable Records (Qiju Zhu), assigning the duty to the Hanlin historians on a rotating basis.
From that moment on—
Shen Nian, third-ranked Jinshi from the year Xinwei of the fifth Longqing reign, Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Compiler at the Hanlin Court, Zhang Juzheng’s most outstanding disciple, and lifelong nemesis of the Wanli Emperor,
—thus began his career as court chronicler.
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That day, the young Wanli Emperor got drunk and missed an imperial lecture.
Shen Nian straightened his back and wrote:
“His Majesty, drunk, missed the imperial lecture. The Empress Dowager and the Grand Secretary rebuked him sternly, even speaking of dethronement.”
That month, a large number of eunuchs were appointed as mining and tax commissioners, extorting wealth from the people.
Shen Nian raised his chin and wrote:
“Before the throne, I declared: ‘The disasters of monopolies and mining taxes are entirely the Emperor’s fault.’”
That year, the Wanli Emperor neither performed the suburban sacrifices, nor paid respects at ancestral temples. He refused audiences, ignored memorials, and ceased court lectures.
Shen Nian and his fellow historians cried aloud:
“Better to die speaking than live in silence. The greatest honor of a court historian is to be killed by the Emperor.”
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Shen Nian said:
“I must be ill. I can’t sleep at all.
I have contracted Zhang Juzheng’s illness—the burden of holding up a collapsing sky—
but I was not destined for Zhang Juzheng’s fate.
In a daze, I saw the Grand Secretariat reduced to two people:
one drafting memorials—that was me;
one issuing imperial replies—that was also me.”
Jin, Sui and Tang dynasties
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Li Sanniang thought that she only needed to do her best to cure diseases and save lives, but Lord Di insisted that she help investigate the case!
Li Sanniang was very happy when she met the beautiful Hu girl, but the Hu girl came to seek treatment for syphilis!
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Li Sanniang’s ultimate goal in life: to save the world and bring health to the world!
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The time-traveling teenager Chen Shuo joins Shoyo with his legendary NBA skills, forming a double star team with Fujima and his cooking club classmate Shirasawa Yuna. After three years of hard work, he tops the national rankings and heads to the NCAA, writing a legend of passionate basketball and youthful love.
Wang Tianxiao was reborn thirty years ago, the day before the eldest son was born.
It was more than 20 degrees below zero, and the wife shivered on the cold kang with her big belly and three-year-old daughter in her arms.
In the pot, there was no firewood to be seen, and the bottom of the water tank was solidly frozen.
What a difficult start.
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The new book "Inheriting the Tomb of Gods and Demons at the Beginning" is being serialized, welcome to try it!
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[Pure JOJO fan fiction] "I have never read "JOJO", nor do I have a system that can make me rich overnight, nor do I have any ambition to conquer the world. If possible, I just hope to listen to rock music, eat delicious food, read books, play games, and live this second life peacefully and happily with my family." But when the man named Dio appeared, the ordinary world became a thing of the past. "And I, Nero A. Zeppeli, will also embark on a wonderful adventure of my own." - Note: Because I want to write a pure JOJO fan fiction and not write about other worlds, this book is destined to be slow to heat up. At least in the early and middle stages, the protagonist will not be able to defeat everyone, and it probably has nothing to do with a cool novel. But even so, I believe I can bring an excellent story to JO fans.