Words written at the beginning of the story:

Since the novel was uploaded, I've received a lot of private messages and comments from people. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Some of the info are very subtle, and some are directly scolded, and the questions targeted are all the background of the novel.

So after thinking about it for a long time, I decided to put this paragraph of explanation before the wedge.

First of all, it is an fiction, which means that he writes about things that do not exist in history.

If we regard the development of the whole history as a river, after the struggle between Chu and Han, there were many possible branches in history, but Liu Bang's victory was the thickest and most likely, so history naturally tended to this direction.

But what if something changed at the time of the selection process of history?

For example, a figure who did not exist in history: Wang Su intervened in the development of history and rescued Xiang Yu from Wujiang. Maybe there are a lot of stories between them, and the final result is that Xiang Yu changed his face, and finally came back to life with the help of Wang Su and defeated Liu Bang.

The whole story begins on this trivial.

When it was first conceived, I also wanted to write about the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the moment when the Three Kingdoms competed. However, I personally like the Three Kingdoms very much, and although this is a conspiracy novel, I don't think I can retell a story that is more exciting than the original, so I chose to let my protagonist enter another parallel time and space to recreate a history of 'troubled times'.

The development of this period of history will be very different from the real Eastern Han Dynasty in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and it can even be said that it is only based on a political prototype in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and naturally derived, and the central ideas expressed are actually the art of war, conspiracy, war and faith.

So I'd like you to focus on where the story is going and make suggestions >< you want to play in the story rather than the setting

So let's go back to the background issue.

To paraphrase an old saying, everything in the world must be divided for a long time. In my eyes, history has an inevitable tendency.

For example, if the Han Dynasty did not exist, would the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties also not exist? The answer is: not necessarily. Even if the Han Dynasty does not exist, there will be other dynasties that will unify the troubled times, if the troubled times last longer, there may not even be the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and directly Li Shimin unified the world.

There will probably be opinions that if history had changed, maybe Li Shimin would not have been born. But Wang Shimin, Zhang Shimin will not be born? Even if the Tang Dynasty did not exist, there would be other dynasties that would emerge as the times require, shouldering this responsibility, integrating culture and recuperating, which is called the inevitability of history, which is simply the trend of the times.

History may seem complicated many times in the eyes of man, but he is only a short moment in time. Time doesn't care what this period of history will become, what remains unchanged is that it will be divided for a long time.

Well, the second question.

If Xiang Yu wins Liu Bang, the Chu Dynasty will be different, at least not for the county system. As a child of the nobility, Xiang Yu has enough power to centralize power, so the setting of the background seems to be biased.

My explanation for this remains the same. History is like a river, it has too many contingencies and inevitability, so no one knows where it will flow once it is diverted. Maybe if the original Xiang Yu wins, he will shape such a dynasty with centralized monarchy. But in the story, he was saved by Wang Su at the moment of defeat, so there is too much uncertainty about the development of things. For example, in order to ensure that others were willing to follow Xiang Yu again, Wang Su had to divide the power, which eventually became the same pattern as when the Han dynasty was victorious.

The third question: Xiang Yu's character.

Xiang Yu was mediocre and had slaughtered the city, and it seemed completely impossible to win.

However, history is written by the victors!

What does this mean is that if you look back at the past now, are you sure that what you see with your eyes is the truth? The so-called founding monarch is not known to have slaughtered the city. Even if you don't slaughter the city, isn't it right to force the people to go to the front line to die? Is there nothing wrong with using slaves? Is it true that mediocrity leads to easy children and food, and bones and cooking?

Even if you can ignore these things because they are not recorded in history, you must know that a king cannot be worthy of everyone. Killing one person or killing a hundred people, whether it is more sinful, is still a philosophical question. Qin Shi Huang's unification of the six countries is still difficult to distinguish, who knows whether Xiang Yu is likely to unify Chu and Han.

Taking a step back, Xiang Yu, as a person who has 'died' once, will also change, which is the accident of history, so what his character will become should not be a big deal. Moreover, is this Xiang Yu really the previous Xiang Yu?

Well, having said all that, in fact, it's not a question of arguing about the background.

What Xiaodu really wants to express is: please put aside the background setting of only 100 words in total, and take a good look at this 'non-existent' history of my pen, it will bring you many surprises.

There are no routines, but unlike other suspense novels that deliberately hide clues, you won't guess the next development. is not exaggerated, there is no golden finger, the protagonist will also be deflated, and everyone has their own unique style in the troubled times.

I will try to portray a real story of determination and pain, victory and defeat, love and hatred in troubled times.

By the way: this is not a story of heroes and beauties, this is a game of heroes and traitors.

Xiaodu is not mature as a newcomer, thank you for your support!